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Fic: Returning Home

Jan 01, 2010 23:24

I'm normally fairly quick off the mark with fic after fandom events (my post Day 2 fic, for instance, which was sadly not representative of what was to come), and today is no exception. I come bearing fic which tries to patch the wound of today's TV. It's also fix-it fic! Whoopee ( Read more... )

jack/ianto, fic

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euphrosyne2u January 1 2010, 23:51:48 UTC

HURRAH, HURRAH, HURRAH!!!!
Did Rusty REALLY think a quick shag would fix Jack?
I love that Ten doesn't know about Ianto
thanks for that, i was bummed by watching the 2nd half of the episode!
You cheered me right up!

gingerbreadlass January 2 2010, 00:00:20 UTC

I don't know what he was thinking - something along the lines of 'mmm... Russell Tovey', I believe. Silly man.

Ten is good, but he's not entirely omniscient. I can imagine Jack hiding someone at home. I must also admit that I didn't finish the episode, I left after that point. Sad, but true.

euphrosyne2u January 2 2010, 00:06:59 UTC

Yeah I just finished watching it. I spent a few hours on the torrent and my sister was anxious to see it tonight. I would have stopped right after that scene as well; but she would have killed me...you didnt miss much...
it was very weird...wordless angst...and a death scene that I thought ridiculously long.
Did the man NEVER watch ANY of the prior Doctor regenerations? I guess not...even the Baker to Davison regeneration was better and that one was just silly!

gingerbreadlass January 2 2010, 00:12:43 UTC

I didn't get why he was so angst ridden. I mean, come on, he can regenerate, he's got at least two regenerations left depending on whether you count the first renewal as a regeneration or not, and either way he's not going to die. I swear no other Doctor had that level of angst before regeneration.

Ianto, at least, went down with dignity in his quiet acceptance of fate.

euphrosyne2u January 2 2010, 00:21:01 UTC

And THAT is the part I really don't get! It was not death it was change; why should there be this much angst with a regeneration when there has never been before?
That whole thing with Wilfred in the cubicle...really, RTD? None of the other Doctors would have hesitated let alone debated out loud.
Congratulations to RTD on his complete change of 20 odd years of canon...once again to meet his needs.
Yes...I agree even poor mortal Ianto went with much, much more dignity!
And one more thing...bait and switch with Martha and Mickey and where the hell did the Sontaran come from?

scarab_dynasty January 6 2011, 11:32:52 UTC

I question this point. I didn't care for the whole of Ten's death episodes (honestly I think the actor deserved way better; I don't think the heartwrenching nature of a regeneration episode and the typical mad humour of the christmas episodes works very well TOGETHER) But I don't know if I believe that the Doctor was trying to set either Jack or Alonzo up in the hopes that just a "quick shag" would fix things. Naturally it wouldn't and socially in ept or not, the Doctor's probably been around long enough to know that. Of course Jack's first reacton was to flirt - he's JACK it's practically the way he communicates. It's been the way he communicates for centuries and he's probably not gonna stop now that someone (else) he loved is dead ( ... )

scarab_dynasty January 6 2011, 11:37:14 UTC

Whoa... uh... long comment is long/ :( Sorry! Didn't mean to opinion waffle!

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