TW fic: "The Cat in the Plass, and the Robot Below" (G, 1,095 words)

[kayliemalinza]

Another no-pressure free-write. I'm feeling my way back to a calmer, more emo Ianto. ^^

Title: The Cat in the Plass, and the Robot Below
Rating: G
Word Count: 1,095
Setting: Post Fragments, pre-series
Spoilers: You've seen Cyberwoman, right

Comments

[kayliemalinza]

Ianto talking to the kitten reminded me a little of the man talking to his lions.
Are you implying that Ianto has a Bedazzler in the back of his wagon? 'Cause that's what I'm hearing. >P

...wow. That sounds like a euphemism for something. >.0

really, though, that's how we talk to animals in my house. as if they could understand us, and completely undaunted by any indication to the contrary.

Jack's eyes - they know exactly how pretty they are, don't they?
For some reason, I'm imagining Jack's eyes doing a pole dance in a strip-club. Really not sure how that would work.

More cat-imagery. Deliberate or not, I liked that.
Ooh, that was actually completely uninten-- I mean, yes. It was deliberate. Every sentence and insinuation of my work has been carefully wrought, I'll have you know. >.> fun fact: when cats rub against things with their faces, it's to mark the object with scent glands and thusly claim it as their territory. That fits nicely, if you view Jack as cat-like in that scene. ^^

It was a very kittenish kitten. I didn't mind at all when Ianto so abruptly threw it out - it seemed natural that he should do so, once he had finished waiting.
Finally, all those months doing character study on CuteOverload.com have paid off! :D I'm glad that it was ok that Ianto threw the kitten out-- I was worried that it'd seem mean, or people wouldn't understand why his attitude had changed.

[order_of_chaos]

Easier to picture Jack's eyes molesting the pole-dancer than molesting the pole. Although... that would work, too.

Every sentence and insinuation of my work has been carefully wrought, I'll have you know. Yes. Yes, of course it was :P
*grins* That fun fact has been one of my favourite fun facts, these past few days. There is much scent-marking in Cats. And an orgy. No-one told me there would be an orgy :D

I keep reading that as CuteOverlord by accident.
It was mean. But it wasn't malicious mean, it was efficiently-remove-all-obstacles-to-taking-care-of-Lisa mean, and perfectly Ianto-like.

[criccieth]

oh the cat-out-the-door thing worked. It made the sudden gear-shift from "flirt with the boss to stop him wondering why I'm here 24.7" to the "Have X time to see to Lisa, check her, make sure she can manage whilst I'm doing the next flirt". The imagery is good as well - you can see Ianto standing there calmly till about half a second after Jack's gone and then going into full speed - kind of like the post-basketball scene in cyberwoman, where he goes into full sprint across the Hub the second the team has gone.