I just needed to reblog this again.
Because jfc, you don’t understand how important this scene is to me.
Or maybe you do!
Because it has Jack openly showing his affection and admiration for two people of different gender in the exact same way, making no difference at all, and neither do Rose nor the Doctor. Zilch. No hesitating, no flinching, no comic relief.
I wish it could be like this more often.
That scene up there is doing everything right, end of story. And while Jack’s sexuality is often made out to be something to smile at, it’s also shown as very natural and Nine was just cool with that, no reason not to be.
Acceptance: You’re doing it right.
This is one of my favorite Jack scenes. And I love how Rose is more surprised by the kiss than Nine is.
This scene in particular (but all the stuff with Jack and Rose and Nine – OT3 of my heart! – in general) was vitally important to me and how I viewed my own bisexuality. More importantly it was vitally important to my mum, the many many conversations we had about sexuality through the medium of Jack taught her more about the subject in a positive circumstances than anything else did. It laid so much of the vital groundwork that made coming out to my mother much easier than it otherwise would have been. Whatever other flaws the writing of Jack might have had, this stuff will always be precious to me.
Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve been angrier in my fandom life than when someone called this scene, written by and starring a gay man, airing before the watershed at prime time on the BBC “queerbaiting”.