*This it the start of a semi-regular series, in which I express envy of someone who’s similar to me in some superficial way. Most likely dealing with fictional characters (because who wants to be a real person?)*
This is Ianto Jones from the BBC’s (wonderfully queer) sci-fi drama Torchwood:
This guy has like the best office job ever. He works in a super secret underground base that you can only get to through an invisible lift. He’s the admin/field agent for a secret team that tracks down aliens and their technology that come through a rift in space and time. They even have a fucking pet pterodactyl. He wears impeccable suits, makes the best goddamn coffee, knows everything, has the best snarky comebacks, and is totally sleeping with Captain Jack Harkness, his hot, immortal, time-traveling boss from the 51st century. Ianto Jones is part butler, part librarian/archivist, and part badass.
You sir, are totally living the dream.
Sure, he got the job by conning the team because he had a cyborg girlfriend he needed to hide in the basement in an attempt to save her life until her machine half took over and she tried to kill everyone. And then he had to stand by helplessly while his teammates took her down. And then he almost died himself.
But it’s so worth it. I’d totally be willing to go through all of that pain and trauma to be an ass-kicking, snarky office boy/archivist with a pet pterodactyl. I mean, if you’re gonna be stuck in an office job, you could do a lot worse.
