Fic: Ecologies

[enitharmonwept]

Title: Ecologies

Characters: Martha Jones, Duplicate Doctor

Rating: PG-13

Summary: The duplicate Doctor considers Martha Jones. Five reasons he wouldn't choose her; one reason he could.

A/N: Thanks ebbyzone and persiflage_1 for beta-ish advice. This story was inspired by one of the 10 Word stories I wrote for newworldnewlove: He did not think that she was a viable option.

Comments

[angelfireeast]

Oh this is just heart breaking:( But well written:)

[fourzoas]

Thank you! After the 10 word drabbles, I couldn't let this idea go. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[persiflage_1]

Oh blimey! These are beautiful but depressing. :(

There's a typo here: and if her lived patterns were any indication

"living" not "lived"

[fourzoas]

Oh blimey! These are beautiful but depressing. :(

Thanks! I don't know why, but those drabbles just brought out this perspective in me.

I actually meant "lived" there; I originally had "life patterns," but didn't want the repetition of "life," so I changed it to lived. I'll think about going with living instead.

[persiflage_1]

Thanks! I don't know why, but those drabbles just brought out this perspective in me.

:(

I actually meant "lived" there; I originally had "life patterns," but didn't want the repetition of "life," so I changed it to lived. I'll think about going with living instead.

I think I prefer "life patterns", "lived patterns" just sounds like the wrong tense - it distracted me as I had to read it twice to work out what you were saying.

[fourzoas]

I just reworked that bit of the sentence; it was a bit too wordy anyway! Thanks!

[catholicphoton]

So many angles of heartbreak! Beautifully written!

[fourzoas]

Thank you! My bunnies were sad today!

[abstruse_fangrl]

A/N: Thanks ebbyzone for the beta and advice!

Wow...didn't think of it beta-ing, more like getting a sneak preview of an awesome (and heartbreaking) new fic. Glad I could be a part of it. :D

This is such a great characterization of Martha, of Handy, of the Doctor...

These are not sustainable reasons to break with established evolutionary trajectories, and so neither really registers in the other’s ecosystem.

I love the idea of them being so separate from each other that it's truly like they're on different planets or ecological opposites.

[fourzoas]

Wow...didn't think of it beta-ing, more like getting a sneak preview of an awesome (and heartbreaking) new fic. Glad I could be a part of it. :D

Are you kidding? You helped me sort out the point of view issue, which was kinda making me nuts. That's the one thing about writing him at this moment--lots of he and him and his unless I come up with more awkward names. Thanks for helping!

This is such a great characterization of Martha, of Handy, of the Doctor...

Thank you; I suppose it is heavy on the Doctor (perhaps I should add him to the character list?).

I love the idea of them being so separate from each other that it's truly like they're on different planets or ecological opposites.

I'm glad you liked that--it intrigued me quite a bit.

[radiantbaby]

*sniffle* Sorry, had something in my eye there...

Wow, so much here, so many emotions tied up in the words. I'll admit that I felt a bit unsettled by a lot of it, but not in a way where I disliked reading it at all, I just felt really bad about the two characters involved, you know? Sometimes the reality of things can be harsh and I think you deftly showed how Handy with (our)Martha as a pairing has so much stacked against it -- not that it is impossible, mind you, but definitely a more difficult pairing than, say, Handy/alt!Martha (and that is coming from someone who ships both!). At least in my opinion.

Still I thought it was a brilliant character study of two damaged souls.

And this?
Neither of them were interested in gardening.

So utterly perfect.

I'll admit when I saw that you'd written Handy/Martha, I was hoping it was going to be secksings inspired by the Nameless verse (you will still do that, y/y?), but I love that you threw me a total curveball. :)

[fourzoas]

Thanks for the thoughtful comment; for some reason the 10 word drabbles brought out this vibe in me and I couldn't let that last one go. I admit it's an odd fic to link from newworldnewlove, but I do think of it as related, if for no other reason than it turns over the "what if/why would they" possibilities that you have to consider if you write the pairing at all.

I think this little snip has been building in me for a long time. Thank you for reading it and commenting so graciously on it. Sorry it wasn't what you hoped for when you began it; I'm sure at some point I'll write somebody doing something naughty to someone else! ;-)