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Interrupting Tardis for Missmara (PG13-mild R) Torchwood

Jul 18, 2009 11:25

Title: Interrupting Tardis
Author: maryavatar
Recipient: missmara
Fandom: Torchwood (with a little Dr Who mixed in)
Rating: PG13 (maybe edging into an R)
Spoilers: up to S2 finale
Warnings: I started writing this before season 3, and decided not to flounce off in the huff when I got Jossed (damn you, RTD, damn you to Hell). It was bloody painful finishing it, and I ( Read more... )

Comments 16

missmara July 18 2009, 15:51:00 UTC

You rock! You completely and totally rock and I love you! lol I was hoping this prompt would get picked, and imagine my delight when I saw it was by an author I was familiar with?

I loved Jack hallucinating the others, and not believing that The Tardis and The Doctor are real... especially since I firmly believe Jack is a social creature and would go completely batshit if he was alone for that long...

I also adore the end, where it leaves it hanging on whether it's real or another hallucination... I'm chosing to believe real... lol...

(editted for typo and appropriate icon)

maryavatar July 18 2009, 16:19:31 UTC

Phew, it's always a relief when the recipient likes what's been written. I have to admit, I was very nervous - I went shopping right after I'd posted the story and kept thinking things like 'Oh God, should I have warned for the consumption of sentient beings?' and 'Argh, I just realised... it's a crossover!' and the usual stupid flailing about.

I do enjoy leaving things with ambiguous endings. While there's the shiny happy me who wants Jack to land on the floor of the Tardis, there's also the evil twisted me who wants Jack to plummet, screaming "Bastaaaaaaar*crunch*!"

missmara July 18 2009, 16:32:48 UTC

I know the feeling... this is my third year doing this, the first year just as a pinch hitter, last year with an assigned fic, and this year with one assignment and one pinch hit... and every year I panic thinking "Oh God... they're gonna hate it. it's not what they want. I suck. Oh God..." lol...

I literally burst out laughing at "Bastaaaaaaar*crunch*!" lol...

ximeria July 18 2009, 16:16:03 UTC

Oooh, this is good. Seriously. I love the half-mad Jack - sounding so sane about it all, yet it's completely off kilter. Part of me wishes you'd write what comes after, but most of me just thinks the ending is brilliant *beams*

maryavatar July 18 2009, 16:36:45 UTC

He is completely bonkers, poor man. No doubt he'll recover, eventually :)

purple_cube July 18 2009, 20:26:02 UTC

I really enjoyed reading this - as the previous comment said, Jack sounds so sane while he's off his rocker! All of the characters sound very much like themselves, and the open ending is brilliant imho.

maryavatar July 18 2009, 20:50:11 UTC

Thank you :) I've come across more than one person who seems completely fine until they start explaining how the neighbours walk though the walls to spy on them. Much scarier than gibbering insanity O.o

kaizoku July 26 2009, 17:13:28 UTC

This is totally fantastic. It made me *hurt* for Jack while still laughing uproariously.

maryavatar July 26 2009, 17:39:54 UTC

Thank you :) I used to write terribly serious fiction, but these days I cannot resist dropping some humour into pretty much everything I write. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

rickybuchanan August 16 2009, 04:55:25 UTC

Truly truly AWESOME indeed!

I love this! Thank you :)

maryavatar August 16 2009, 12:54:14 UTC

Thank you :) I almost gave up and wrote something else when S3 happened, but I'm glad I didn't.

rickybuchanan August 17 2009, 03:27:32 UTC

I'm very glad you didn't - Ianto was my favourite character and not having his halucination in this would have made it less enjoyable for me! OTOH Jack's off his nut (in his oh-so-sane way) so I guess you could say it doesn't exclude CoE having happened ... we'll just assume any bits that don't fit are the insane bits, right?

Thanks for giving great fic :)