Ficathon Fic: Gravity

[ameretrifle]

Title: Gravity
Rating: PG (Sorry, guys, did my best)
Gift for: dark_aegis
Beta: Working on it. Mistakes are wholly my own and will gladly be paid for in blood, sweat, and tears. Well, maybe not the blood. I can promise the other two, though.
Summary: "Seriously-- in your little world, are there any dangerous planets

Comments

[honorh]

The last couple of lines are just sublime. I absolutely love the whole fic--the Doctor's idea of "perfectly safe" leaves a great deal to be desired, and perhaps that's just how he likes it (can we say "punishing ourselves," Nine?)--but the last part just makes it. Gorgeous!

[ameretrifle]

Oh, thank you so much! (Romance ain't exactly my comfort zone, so I'm replying through a haze of relief here.) I am so, so very glad that ending worked. And as to the Doctor's idea of "perfectly safe"-- *grin* Though, that's why I had trouble buying into the "That's what I see-- all the time" idea, lovely a line as it was; there's an awful lot of unforeseen alien uprisings and unplanned stops, every single episode pretty much ever, for me to deal with the Doctor being quite that omniscient. Well-traveled, well-read, extraordinarily clever, shiny special Time Lord senses, quick study-- that's all that makes sense, and that's all you need. *grin* Sorry, I felt the need to say something coherent. Not sure why. Anyway, I'm so glad you liked it! ^^

[lillibetm3]

Absolutely lovely. Sweet, touching and funny. Very well done.

Is it wrong that one of my favourite lines is "But-- I've got blue tomato in my hair."
Somehow I don't think that's a line that crops up very often.:)

[ameretrifle]

Oh, wow, thank you so much! :) Frankly, I'm just glad you have a favourite line, much less lines plural. ;D Not wrong in the slightest. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[angel932]

Oh, this is really wonderful! The last bit is particularly lovely.

[ameretrifle]

Oh, wow, thank you so much! ^^ I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[dark_aegis]

This was absolutely brilliant. You've got some great lines in here and I love how you brought up Gallifrey.

I think, at the moment, this is my favourite line (though I could spend all night sharing the rest of the fic with you and that'd be redundant ;)):

"I'm looking for any planet we could land on and not have you say, 'Ah! This planet! It's harmless, you'll love it!' I'm looking for a planet where you'd open the door, say 'Oh, bloody hell', and slam it shut."

Oh yes. Lovely. And you mentioned the Celestial Toymaker! Kudos for that! :) Thank you so much for this!

[ameretrifle]

Oh, thank goodness! :) (No, no, I wasn't worried for a second, not in the least. Hah. ;)) I am also very happy the Celestial Toymaker reference didn't seem too random; my knowledge of canon at this point is kind of all over the place. And very oddly clustered. But from what I know, I've always thought the Doctor's reaction to the destruction of Gallifrey would be a bit more complicated than we've seen in canon (especially more recently). Not so much different as a trifle more complex. Which would be why I chose the prompt I chose. Apparently it turned out all right. :)Thank you so much! I am so, so glad (and more than a little relieved) that you enjoyed it!

[wendymr]

Oh, this is gorgeous! You sucker us in with hilarious exchanges between the two of them, such as this:

"So that great slave revolt that 'revolutionized Cygnus IV', that didn't make the history books?"

He glared at her. "It temporarily slipped my mind!"

"Riiight. Says Mr. Time Lord. But really, there's only two planets that are dangerous?"

"What, not counting yours?"

"Mine?"

"You wouldn't believe the trouble you humans cause me!"

"Don't mind returning the favour, now, do you?"

but then soon turn the tables when the conversation becomes bleak, the Doctor talking about Gallifrey and telling Rose that he's the one who destroyed it. Love her method for letting him know he's not alone, and the ending is so right: she did decide that she wanted to make sure he wouldn't be alone:

she wouldn't stand for being told that this was dangerous, too much for her, too little for her. If she did get burned by it, it was only because he was on fire himself, and she had no intention of letting him burn alone

[ameretrifle]

Thank you so much! ^^ Ah, you make it sound so duplicitous... ;) But I'm very, very glad it worked, especially the ending, because I wasn't entirely sure it wasn't a bit too much. I am so glad you enjoyed it...