Beginning Notes: Yet another word I am unsure if I use properly. But hey, I am having fun with these odd, obscure and obsolete words.

badly knitted Jack is just a man, an immortal man but still a man, and from some of the comments he makes leaves me with the feeling that he is judging us by 51st century standards, just imagine yourself in the Early Iron Age. So I think that when faced with something that was remotely familiar to him and reminded him of home, he would hold on to it. Also I think Jack would have been in charge of people (throughout the various wars and various Torchwood assignments) because he had greater experience and a natural charisma not because he has an innate understanding of people and interpersonal relationship. He knows people like Gwen and Owen, he feels he can handle people like them, but he just doesn't get people like Ianto and Toshiko, I know he isn't judging them but he just doesn't know what to say to them, how to get a handle on them and is most likely completely unaware that there are interpersonal problems because the idea that one would keep silent about problems you have with other people is something he finds utterly baffling (at least without the excuse of a really threatening environment).

Also regarding Ianto and sex. His lack of desire to talk about sex is his natural reticence (he is not shy, but is often confused with being shy), he doesn't like listening to other people talking about sex and doesn't like talking about sex with someone unless of course he wants to have sex with them and it is in private (he also just doesn't get porn). And as to his lack of experience, well he is good at research, is willing to learn, willing to be taught and willing to experiment (much to Jack's delight). As I consider CoE non-canon (never watched it and have no desire to watch it, I also don't consider the books or radio plays canon but that is because I don't have access to them) I feel that Ianto doesn't care about what people think about him and his sexuality, he is rather dismayed by the thought of people thinking about him having sex or gossiping about his sex life, again that is his natural reticence. I think he has more hang-ups about the fact that people might think of him as "Estate trash", hence the suits and very formal manner.

For the record I view Ianto's sexuality as more demisexual than bisexual (to hell with RTD's everyone is bi theory), while the Kinsley scale is considered debunked I still think that it is the closest we have come to understanding human sexuality. I think the most accurate map of human sexuality I can think of would be 2 four-sided pyramids stuck together at the base (and even then I don't think it's perfect).

Title: Item Log

Author: Daashi

Fandom: Torchwood

Characters: n/a

Pairings: n/a

Rating: 13+ (It's Torchwood I will consider everything involved with this fandom at least 13+)

Genre: Drabble, (Fictional Report?)

Warnings: n/a

Item TW3/2006-07-01/025.

A stylet of unknown origins.

The entire length measures 21 centimetres long with a blade length of 13.5 centimetres. Pictures have been taken [link] [link].

The metallurgy report [link] indicates that the entire stylet is made of ferroniobium* with the alloy being at only 40% niobium, unusual of current Terrestrial manufacture. The reports also listed seven trace elements being identified as being non-Terrestrial in origin.

The item in question was fished out of Cardiff Bay as part of the Bay Trawling Initiative. The date it was deposited on Earth is unknown but presumed to be after 1956-03-14 when the last time those co-ordinates was trawled.

The metallurgy report gave an 98.7% alloy match with Item TW3/2006-07-01/008 [link]. Further testing [link] [link] [link] indicated a sub-harmonic resonance with said object.

Currently being examined further by Torchwood Three weapon specialist and second-in-command Suzan Costello.

~End

* Ferroniobium is an alloy made of iron and niobium, with the niobium content being at 60-70%

Word: Stylet

sty - let (noun) : a stiletto or poniard.

End Notes: I believe that the archives are sorted date of encounter rather than the alphabet. Sorting alphabetically never made much sense to me, just imagine how many objects are classified as Unknown Alien Object. Jack does not know every race, every object manufactured across of all time. The files are labelled Torchwood Branch/Date/Object number. Also the dates are year - month - day.

I imagine that at one time trawling the bay happen frequently early on at Torchwood Three but was mostly stopped when fishing in the bay started to dropped off and mostly happened afterwards clandestinely at night and very erratically.

Also I am enjoying talking about my interpretations of canon and love comparing notes with others. If anyone would like to join in the discussions feel free.

I am pretty sure I got the dates wrong, I need to get my hands on a Torchwood timeline. I have actually seen stories where the author has put one up if anyone can help me please drop me a line.