Fic: River's Choice.

[elisi]

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

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[elisi]

(I came here via Teaspoon via ladymercury_10's Calufrax rec.)
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 is so very solid, and yet built on something so fragile, and playing with those aspects is fascinating.

The meteor shower talk was just lovely, all of it.
I think I was subconsciously thinking about River's description of their last meeting ("You took me to Darillium to see the singing towers. Oh, what a night that was! The towers sang, and you cried.") I wanted something similar, because I don't think that night was a one-off.

Oh, and the parantheses, the quotes: perfectly chosen.
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!)

This sentence says so much so subtly, and it fits the mood perfectly.
You know, that's one of the first lines that I thought of, one of those integral to the whole thing. So thank you for picking it out. :)

And this. That never occurred to me, and it is so true!
And that was one of the things that came to me as I was writing, and I almost gasped at the perfection of it. Of course he saves her - it's what he does.

[honeynoir]

I was utterly shocked when I saw my story being rec'd, particularly since I'd posted this story just a short while before.
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 reading it in lovely chunks, so as to avoid too many plot bunnies, which meta always seem to give me. ;) )

Of course he saves her - it's what he does.
It truly was perfection. (It also made River's 'And you are so wrong!' line so much more angsty, in the best possible way.)

[elisi]

It really deserved the rec! :) I didn't even notice the posting date! That is too cool!
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 that feeling! (And I rec'd you meta? When? Where? I mean - I'm always reccing stuff, so I've forgotten the particulars. *g*)

It truly was perfection. (It also made River's 'And you are so wrong!' line so much more angsty, in the best possible way.)
I hadn't even thought of that. Oh that beautiful. And painful.

[honeynoir]

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.
Ooh, that’s really very interesting! 'Yes' works like a linchpin… *ponders*

Wish list for S6: Picnic at Asgard.
Yes, please. Hopefully it'll be a picnic with a semblance of normality, at least for a while. :)

(And I rec'd you meta? When? Where? I mean - I'm always reccing stuff, so I've forgotten the particulars. *g*)
It was here: http://elisi.livejournal.com/550649.html?thread=7435769#t7435769
Reccing is good! More people should rec more!

[elisi]

Ooh, that’s really very interesting! 'Yes' works like a linchpin… *ponders*
It's good, isn't it? :)

Yes, please. Hopefully it'll be a picnic with a semblance of normality, at least for a while. :)
*prays to the Moff* Plus, it sounded TERRIBLY romantic from the way she said it, so I am sat here waving my 'shippers flag!

Reccing is good! More people should rec more!
Oh I remember now! Thank you. And yes, reccing is very important. I'm forever doing it - partly because I know I'm much more likely to follow a rec from my flist than something random on who_daily.

[honeynoir]

It's good, isn't it? :)
Very, very good! :)

I am sat here waving my 'shippers flag!
*joins you*

I'm forever doing it - partly because I know I'm much more likely to follow a rec from my flist than something random on who_daily.
So true! I really should start reccing...

[elisi]

Very, very good! :)
I wish I could remember where that conversation took place, but it could be anywhere, really...

*joins you*
And I swore I'd never 'ship the Doctor with a human... ;)

So true! I really should start reccing...
Oh do! *urges you on*

[promethia_tenk]

[promethia_tenk]

Bleah. Foiled by a quotation mark. Take two:

Here.

[elisi]

Oooh thank you! Like you say, it's a conversation we've had a lot and I couldn't for the life of me remember the particulars. :)

[honeynoir]

And I swore I'd never 'ship the Doctor with a human... ;)
Well, she might not be human, so maybe you aren't! :)

lol your icon!

[elisi]

Well, she might not be human, so maybe you aren't! :)
Well someone *mortal*... (Although the fact that she's 'already dead' makes a big difference, in that I don't have to worry about her getting killed off.)

I had my friend kathyh make it for me (since I am useless at computer graphics). I love it very much! :)

[honeynoir]

Well someone *mortal*... (Although the fact that she's 'already dead' makes a big difference, in that I don't have to worry about her getting killed off.)
Ah, true! I've pretty much only *really* shipped him with other Time Lords, but I don't know, maybe it's just the timey-wimey relationships themselves I'm shipping...

That one "spoiler" that went "River dies!!1! in S5" was lolarious.

It's an awesome icon! ;)

[elisi]

promethia_tenk found it! (Our yes-conversation) Look here! :)

[honeynoir]

Oooh, thank you both! :D

[elisi]

Enjoy. It's wrapped up in a lot of other stuff...