Fic: River's Choice.
Oh this one has been a labour of love. I hope you like it. Many thanks to kathyh for the beta. :)
Summary/setting: Companion piece to Donna’s Choice (Eleven visits Donna), and set immediately afterwards (between S5 and 6). Like the previous piece, this one also deals with problematic consent issues. (It’s also shamelessly shippy - you have been warned ( Read more... )
Summary/setting: Companion piece to Donna’s Choice (Eleven visits Donna), and set immediately afterwards (between S5 and 6). Like the previous piece, this one also deals with problematic consent issues. (It’s also shamelessly shippy - you have been warned ( Read more... )
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More later. I must go hang laundry and contemplate the possibilities for River's head in a jar meeting Nixon's head in a jar . . .
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Am running out the door, but am now laughing my head off at the heads in jars thing! Oh, it's been MUCH too long since I watched Futurama...
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So, I'd like to preface the rest of this by admitting that I find great amusement in the fact that everybody who gets so incensed about Ten taking away River's choice by loading her into the computer begins from the assumption that she would not want that kind of ending and then goes on from there ( ... )
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Heeeeee!
So, I'd like to preface the rest of this by admitting that I find great amusement in the fact that everybody who gets so incensed about Ten taking away River's choice by loading her into the computer begins from the assumption that she would not want that kind of ending and then goes on from there.
That is a very good observation. Having re-watched the episodes in question recently, her reaction is not one of surprise, or shock, or dismay - it's just amused affection. ("Oh, for heaven's sake! He just can't do it, can he? That man, that impossible man! He just can't give in.")
Also, I feel like an awful lot of people tend to think about it as if this were merely an act of selfish impulsiveness on the part of Ten when, really, all Ten did was execute a plan set up by his ( ... )
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Thank you again. ♥
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Yay, fic about how River heard of Donna! This is one of those things I always wanted someone to fic, but didn’t know I did until I read it. (Hope that made a little bit of sense.) And then it also had River saying she’d like to “hang around”, which made it even better.
This is just as beautiful as the Donna piece, while still making the similarities and the differences between Donna and River clear.
‘Go back a year’ is a great beginning! I love the matter-of-factness of it, and the respect for the time lines. The meteor shower talk was just lovely, all of it. Oh, and the parantheses, the quotes: perfectly chosen.
And these…
Plus, in her case it was a lying sort of question, since he knew the answer.
This sentence says so much so subtly, and it fits the mood perfectly.
She had been right though, on Alfalfa Metraxis - he would always be there to catch her. Even the final time she leapt into the unknown, he was/would be/had been there. River Song - saved. And this. That ( ... )
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I was utterly shocked when I saw my story being rec'd, particularly since I'd posted this story just a short while before. The timing was beyond perfect, since I'd always intended them to go together. (So I added the link asap! I'm so glad you followed it!)
Yay, fic about how River heard of Donna! This is one of those things I always wanted someone to fic, but didn’t know I did until I read it. (Hope that made a little bit of sense.)
Perfect sense! It happens to me a lot too!
And then it also had River saying she’d like to “hang around”, which made it even better.
*beams*
This is just as beautiful as the Donna piece, while still making the similarities and the differences between Donna and River clear.
Oh this makes me very happy. I adore them both, in each their way, and I think the Doctor is very aware of how lucky he is/was...
‘Go back a year’ is a great beginning! I love the matter-of-factness of it, and the respect for the time lines.I love how their relationship ( ... )
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It really deserved the rec! :) I didn't even notice the posting date! That is too cool!
And then it also had River saying she’d like to “hang around”, which made it even better.
*beams*
I think the best part was that she just said 'yes', without comments or questions.
I love how their relationship is so very solid, and yet built on something so fragile, and playing with those aspects is fascinating.
Ooh, yes!
I think I was subconsciously thinking about River's description of their last meeting
That was totally what I thought, too. I like to think they('ll) need nights like that to breathe.
Most of my fic is meta-heavy, but sometimes I just go flat-out, because I need to anchor everything to canon so it doesn't float away, if that makes sense. (ETA: Plus, of course, quotes are a brilliant shorthand!)Makes sense, yes. Quotes are wonderful, they really are. (Btw, thanks again for all the meta you recced me! I'm ( ... )
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Isn't it just? I've been in a happy mood ever since. :) (And thank you! *blushes*)
I think the best part was that she just said 'yes', without comments or questions.
One of my favourite scene ever is their last meeting at the end of the Big Bang - the way she just says 'yes', no matter what the question is. promethia_tenk and I have discussed how this is probably the only way the relationship can work - if you're always out of sync you need to always say 'yes' or the whole thing falls apart. Of course this particular question is different, but she knows (and loves) him well enough to agree.
That was totally what I thought, too. I like to think they('ll) need nights like that to breathe.
Wish list for S6: Picnic at Asgard.
Makes sense, yes. Quotes are wonderful, they really are.
:)
Btw, thanks again for all the meta you recced me! I'm reading it in lovely chunks, so as to avoid too many plot bunnies, which meta always seem to give me. ;)
Ooooh boy, do I know ( ... )
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Oh, and now I'm all sniffely! Just allergies you know!
That was lovely. You captured the Doctor's voice beautifully; I could almost hear it. And a very believable relationship with River. I loved the "go back a year"; especially since he did without even questioning.
::sniff::
But then Donna’s voice intruded again - she seemed to have made herself permanently at home in his mind, bluntly distracting him from his agreeable thoughts on chivalry and devotion:
I love the Doctor, but I think he needs a little Donna voice in his head. She was always sensible, and she loved him.
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::hugs you::
Oh, and now I'm all sniffely! Just allergies you know!
Of course. ::hands you tissue::
That was lovely. You captured the Doctor's voice beautifully; I could almost hear it.
He behaved himself beautifully in this - he can be tricky, but I had no problems at all this time. *pets him*
And a very believable relationship with River.
Thank you - it's still at a very cautious stage, but I think I made it work.
I loved the "go back a year"; especially since he did without even questioning.
Poor thing, he's not feeling up to arguing at all - plus, he got confirmation that it'd all turn out OK, which is what he needed most, I think.
I love the Doctor, but I think he needs a little Donna voice in his head. She was always sensible, and she loved him.
*nods a lot*
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