Comments | demonqueen666: Dollhouse Fic: "Walking the Haze That Is Between Dreams" (Dominic/DeWitt, PG-13)

demonqueen666

Dollhouse Fic: "Walking the Haze That Is Between Dreams" (Dominic/DeWitt, PG-13)

Apr 29, 2009 22:55

Title: Walking the Haze That Is Between Dreams
Characters/Pairings: Dominic, DeWitt, Langton, Topher, Claire, mention of various Actives; Dominic/DeWitt and some minor Victor/Sierra
Rating: PG-13 for language, adult themes, tone
Spoilers: through 1x10, "Haunted"
Length: 7,980 words
Notes: Direct sequel to Waking Up One Moment at a Time
Summary: You ( Read more... )

dollhouse, fanfic

Comments 21

revelininsanity April 30 2009, 05:06:24 UTC

Each time I read this, the spookier it gets. *hides* I mean, I don't know if he really loves her at this point, or if they just made him love her, to keep him on!

demonqueen666 April 30 2009, 12:23:31 UTC

*coughs* Well, I guess I can see where that interpretation would come from, though it wasn't my intention while writing it. More that they've always had (restrained) feelings toward each other and everything that happened made it too hard to keep down anymore ^^;

...Still, it does have a vague Stockholm Syndrome feel to it, eh?

In any case, thank you for reading and commenting.

dollsome April 30 2009, 05:55:58 UTC

OH MAN, words cannot express how much I enjoyed this! I was actually sort of pained as I super-reluctantly scrolled down at the very end, just because I really didn't want it to be over! Just -- such a great, great read. You wrote all of the characters so well (I found the scene with Doc Saunders especially fantastic, and you make Topher so Tophery and funny and amoral and delightful, and BOYD, and just EVERYBODY), and the concept was fascinating, and I loved getting to picture all of the different dolls as Laurence (especially Sierra, just because I think Dichen would rock it; she can do no wrong in my eyes). And you portrayed his inner state and his torment so well, and him and Adelle were so great that it kind of just makes me want to go "aldjfadljfal;dkjdalkjfadl;kajsl!" forever because my brain cannot put actual words together to express how much they were FANTASTIC and I LOVED THEM ( ... )

demonqueen666 April 30 2009, 12:30:39 UTC

Wow, thank you so much! I'm pleased that enjoyed reading it so much and that you liked how I did the characters (epspecially Saunders, since I wasn't sure I could do her justice - she's so...hard to pinpoint), and that the shippy parts lived up to your expectations ^_^

I loved getting to picture all of the different dolls as Laurence (especially Sierra, just because I think Dichen would rock it; she can do no wrong in my eyes)

Dude, if there's any doll I would love to see something like this happen with on the show, it's her. I don't know why, but for some reason I seem to have decided the image of Sierra wandering around acting all gruff and snarky would be the most hi-larious and awesome.

... it would be wildly and wickedly greedy to hope for another sequel, huh?

As much as I would love to, I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular storyline. I'm quite happy with where it ends, and I think I did pretty much everything with it that I could and wanted to.

dollsome May 18 2010, 01:25:03 UTC

Okay, I just reread this (GOD IT IS SO AWESOME, OH THE LOVE), and I just need to point out your reply to me and cackle wickedly:

As much as I would love to, I don't think I'll be writing any more for this particular storyline. I'm quite happy with where it ends, and I think I did pretty much everything with it that I could and wanted to.

Bwahahahahaha! This is me, cackling wickedly!

I also love that you have Adelle say "You were a spy, and you got caught," which is almost word-for-word what she said later in The Scene in Epitaph One. The way that so many moments in this series sort of predicted stuff that happened on the show will never stop being awesome.

demonqueen666 May 20 2010, 18:23:44 UTC

Lol, oh irony, huh? So much for me not having anything more to do with them...such as, say, a forty part series.

aka_katya April 30 2009, 07:32:18 UTC

First off, YAY! THERE IS A SEQUEL!

and OMG! It's SOOOOO DAMNED GOOD! *guh* I can't even properly say anything to convey how much I love this particular series of fic awesomeness! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CONTINUE WITH EVEN MORE!

demonqueen666 April 30 2009, 12:33:32 UTC

Hee, I'm flattered I was able to make you so happy with it.

I don't think I'll be continuing, simply because I think I've written the story to a good ending point and can't really think where it could go from here. But thank you for your interest. Hopefully, I'll be writing more for this fandom in the future :)

dont_trip5143 April 30 2009, 11:39:51 UTC

Oh. My. God. This story was freaking amazing!! I seriously cannot contain my grin at end. This whole series was just such a great look into Dominic who is still one of my favorite characters on the show, and you write him beautifully. It broke my heart when he asked Adelle for just a day to be a person again. And when he discovered he was in his own body just made me smile. You also captured the complexities of his and Adelle's relations wonderfully. It kept with how they interact in canon, while also managing to add another layer that could totally be canon. You are an amazing and wonderful writer and I hope you continue to write in the fandom (and more Dom/Dewitt, we do need to know how their dinner went after all ;) ). For now I'll just go back and re-read the whole series. Thanks for writing this!

demonqueen666 April 30 2009, 12:41:22 UTC

Well, you're very welcome - thank you for reading and leaving such lovely feedback. I'm happy to hear I was able to do justice to one of your favorites, and that you think my interpretation of their relationship works.

I can't make any promises, but I have a feeling I'll be back for more in this fandom. And probably with more of this pairing (though not more of this particular series - I think they got the ending they need).

ditto to dollsome anonymous April 30 2009, 11:42:43 UTC

ditto to everything dollsome said - especially about making this a trilogy. and i'm so not even kidding about that!

that was awesome. your characterisations continue to amaze me. absolutely brilliant job of capturing the voices and even movements of all the characters. i so clearly felt dom's psychological strain but it never moved into something un-dom-like. gah! i'm not making any sense.

i guess what i'm trying to say is you captured the cool professionalism of dom so well that despite his great reserve in even admitting his own emotions and thoughts to himself, i still clearly felt all the emotional trauma he was going through. that's very hard to do, but you hit every not spectacularly!

LOVED it! more than the first and that's saying a lot!

Re: ditto to dollsome demonqueen666 April 30 2009, 12:47:35 UTC

Haha, thank you. I doubt I'll be writing a third story for this series, I think this part has a good end on its own. But I'm flattered in your interest - and don't worry, I have a feeling I'll be writing for this show and probably this pairing again.

I'm especially relieved to hear you think I hit the right mark with Dominic and everything he was going through in the story. I was very conscious of it while I was writing, trying to never lose the character while still taking it to a place the canon never really had a chance to go. It's good to hear that my efforts payed off.

Thanks again for all your commenting ;)