Fic: I Am Not My Own

[methylethyl]

Title: I Am Not My Own (2/2)
Author: methylethyl
Rating: R
Summary: "Torchwood's disability pay is about this big--" Ianto held up his thumb and index finger, about two centimeters apart. "--and comes out of a gun at a thousand meters per second." [Or, the fic in which Ianto bleeds everywhere all the time.]
Disclaimer: TW & Co. does not belong to me.
Notes: This

Comments

[ofthisangel]

*whimper* ... ♥

Thank you for giving into this bunny, I haven't read a really good IC Torchwood fic in a looooong time, so it was wonderful to find this. ♥ ♥ I especially love how there was no quick fix for the problem and how Jack was just desperately hoping for a way out without going down there himself and just leaving the door open for Ianto to leave through.

askfjskf. I'm going to go be emotional over here now, kthnxbai.

[ofthisangel]

...and that "IC Torchwood fic" part sounds bad, I meant to say that it's been a while since I read something that was well fleshed out with that dark undertone to it that characterizes Torchwood itself. If the show took itself even a fraction of a bit seriously, I think it would be a little like this. :)

Gah, you make me want to write Torchwood One fic.

[methylethyl]

Thank you. Wow, what an amazing comment. I cannot tell you how thrilled I was to have received this.

I was a little bit paranoid about posting this second part, because the first was very Standard Torchwood, even with the religious undertones, and it carried a definite Everything Will be Solved and Okay Again feel. Enter part two, where everything gets weird and dark and not okay. (And judging by the lack of response to this part, as compared to the response to the first part, most people didn't care for it.)

So, thank you, thank you, thank you for your comments. I'm so grateful to hear that you liked seeing this darker spin on Torchwood.

Also, YES you should write Torchwood One fic. That's like my favorite thing ever!

[ofthisangel]

:) You're very much welcome! I can see why you'd be paranoid, this part definitely has a different feel compared to the first where I couldn't stop laughing (and quoting this to a friend, who was promptly hooked) while this part took my soul, rolled it up tight and then banged it against a rock over and over again.

I will sue. ;_;

The thing is, the "dark and not okay" aspect is kind of how TW rolls and if it's done right/isn't melodramatic or done for the sake of drama and makes sense then it's just awesome. Which is probably what sets this apart from the hundreds of other fics I've read that are too busy looking for reasons to make Ianto cry rather than, well... telling a story which might have Ianto crying. If that makes any sense.

And the "everything will be solved and okay again" is all well and good, but again, TW. Suzie brainwashed a guy because she was afraid to die when she could have just avoided the Gauntlet and lived. It's hinted that Ianto knew what Suzie was doing but didn't say anything. Jack keeps who knows how many

[methylethyl]

Hey--I just wanted to let you know that I love everything you said, but I'm in the middle of exams and I don't have the time to give this the reply that it deserves. I'll get to it when I can, but I didn't want to leave you with this beautiful response and the thought that I'd left you hanging.

*goes back to essay*

[ofthisangel]

:) No problem - thank you so much for the notification and, believe me, there's no rush.