#houseproud

[thevisualvamp]

Have a seat From my book House Proud

[gmariam321]

@miladydragon wrote... @gmariam321​ Well, it’s canon in the BF audios that Ianto is houseproud…wouldn’t it be just like him to want to “pretty” the place up a bit?

Okay, let’s talk about this. Where did Ianto get this from? Where did he learn to put out blue towels just for pretty? He’s a 25-year-old guy who seems to have gone through a lot of shit. Is it a coping thing? Did he pick it up from his mum (since I get the impression it probably wasn’t his dad)? His grandmother or grandfather? Did his sister grow up and move out and get a house and he picked it up from her? 

Did Yvonne Hartmann teach him how to decorate? (LOL)

It’s been pretty obvious from the start, and certainly from Fragments, that his personal appearance is a construct, that proverbial suit of armor we all love writing about in fanfic that was eventually confirmed in Broken. But being houseproud? 

I don’t know - I can see it as a coping mechanism at the Hub: cleanliness and order to manage the chaos. And I can see him working hard to do the research and blend in at Serenity Plaza with the lawn and the towels and such. But somehow I feel like his flat is no modern Vogue spread, but a hodge podge of mismatched furniture and dishes, fandom junk, and a general sense of messiness. A place he can relax and not worry about whether an organized refrigerator will be the life or death of someone. Where he can leave his jeans on the floor and the rubbish in the bin for a few days. I’ve read a fic or two about this Ianto and his messy flat, and it’s just sort of stuck in my head; the image of him with a modern, neat, well-decorated home given the life he’s lead and the life he leads doesn’t fit as well to me. 

That said, I can totally see him holding tight to things like tradition and sentimentality. Like maybe that crystal bowl belonged to someone who died because of Torchwood and Ianto wanted to honor them by putting it out. Things like that. Or, as @thatlastdanceofchances mentioned, maybe it came through the Rift. I can totally see him setting out Rift pieces too. Maybe he looked into it, found it was a piece of priceless crystal from the 18th century, and got a kick out of putting it on display. And not just because it was pretty, but because it was priceless18th century crystal in the middle of the Torchwood Hub just begging to get flattened. I am totally working this into a story this year!!

I really wish we’d seen more of the Hub, but that’s okay because I don’t mind making up things that could certainly be tucked around a dark corner. It would be even neater to know more about it’s history and all the junk in there. And what I wouldn’t give to have seen the archives!!

And a bit more information about Ianto Jones would always be welcome, of course.

Stay tuned - my next post will most likely be about the Torchwood crystal decanter collection! ;-)

[ifonly-iweremysterious]

I am obviously a Slytherin with some Gryffindor tendencies

[pointless-letters]

‪“And on that fateful, stormy night I learned that nature really does abhor a vacuum.” ‬

[littlebearleah]

I’ve been spending a lot of time on the bathroom floor this year. Not in the typical way - I spent several months hand painting the grout on our unique arabesque tile. Tonight I finally finished! #houseproud Thank you to @younghouselove for alerting me to Grout Renew. 🥰 https://www.instagram.com/p/Brv8DMggsFA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jkizr096a18h

[sassmouthwriter-blog]

Gryffindor foolery 😂❤️💛

[italian-native]

I've had a moment of "housepriding" this afternoon 😊 Now I'm going to cut them and put them in my planner

[nerdybee2187]