Dollhouse Fic: "Written In Ink, Carved In Stone" (Dominic/DeWitt, ensemble, PG-13)

[demonqueen666]

Okay, so from here on out, we're calling this the Waking 'verse. Sigh.
Also, this part started out very character and emotion-driven, and then toward the end it suddenly got all narrative and plot-y. Wtf?

Title: Written In Ink, Carved In Stone
Characters/Pairings: Dominic/DeWitt, Ballard, Topher, Claire, Victor, Boyd, Ivy
Rating: PG-13 for sex,

Comments

[demonqueen666]

(Two comments, because I had WAY too much to say - and this is the edited version. Yikes.)

a lot of the focus in fanfiction is inevitably going to be on how messed up this relationship is -- because, ya know, it is a lot -- but pre-1x09, there was that wonderful unstated cameraderie between them, and I just love seeing that get to flourish.

I love the angst. I want to marry angst and have little half-angst, half-human babies...the fact that THIS pairing magically leapt from "not even on my radar" to "Dollhouse OTP" in the course of an episode where he betrayed her, she had him tortured, he shot her and she gave him a fate worse than death...really speaks for itself. But clearly, I could never be an actual Whedon writer, because I love to make my characters cry and THEN give them fuzzy magic kittens and rainbow cake to make up for it. So, my take on D/D is pretty much always going to be this weird fro-yo blend of delicious angst and your aforementioned sweet camradarie...because try as I might, I can never make myself too cruel.
But, yeah. I'm glad that you think it still works for them, and with the canon, without hopefully coming off like I'm just ignoring their issues, because I'm really trying not to.

...I think I need to add another icon of this pairing.

I really, really just love, overall, how whole you've made Dominic as a character -- you've got him absolutely perfectly in-character in terms of what we've seen on the show, and you've expanded that

In a weird way, that's why I like limited canons: sooo much room to manipulate and finagle. I'm very glad to hear your approval of where I've taken Dominic, since what you've described is more or less exactly what I was trying to do: keep him as him, but fill in the story between the lines ("No, this is not all there is to Laurence Dominic!")...without stepping on any toes, of course. Thanks for letting me know I stayed on the right track.

In any case, I hope to have an opportinity to play around with this set of toys soon. Now that we've met the other Dominics (plural) I have a feeling this 'verse is not going to let itself be laid to rest long. (As just a note of authorial curiosity: if you go back and re-read the "quitting the NSA" section with the knowledge that that is his sister, does it make your lower lip wibble just a bit more? Because that's kinda where I was going.)

Thank you once again and so much for all of your excellant feedback, and for putting up with my ramblings. Ta!