Yeah, I said in the same sentence that it's Retcon. As I was writing it, I had the idea that he was just removing Ianto's memory of that one night and the violence he inflicted on Jack, because he knew Ianto wouldn't be able to get over Lisa's death if he remembered doing that and felt guilty about it, but he also knew that the catharsis that came from beating the shit out of Jack would remain even when he Retconned that night out of him.
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Date: 2012-09-16 05:36 pm (UTC)As I was writing it, I had the idea that he was just removing Ianto's memory of that one night and the violence he inflicted on Jack, because he knew Ianto wouldn't be able to get over Lisa's death if he remembered doing that and felt guilty about it, but he also knew that the catharsis that came from beating the shit out of Jack would remain even when he Retconned that night out of him.