Reprieve

[prairiedawntoo]

Title:  Reprieve
Rating:  G
Characters:  Ten, Alex Caron (mine), Marie Caron (mine)
Summary:  Character introduction piece.   Sometimes companions choose themselves.  Especially when they have assertive mothers.
Disclaimer:  Obviously Doctor Who isn't mine.  Thanks BBC
Spoilers:  None intentional...set between Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime

Comments

[lindenharp]

I like your Alex. She's interesting and unusual, but doesn't rise to Mary Sue levels of perfection. I read and enjoyed your second fic, Ember, then realized that I hadn't yet commented on this introductory piece.

May I friend you? I don't want to risk missing the future tales that I hope you'll be producing.

[prairiedawntoo]

Sure, you may. But I'm not sure how I reciprocate. Hopefully it will be self explanatory.

Tamara

Yeah, it doesn't hurt that she's clumsy and obnoxious.

[lindenharp]

If you want to reciprocate, just click on the link for my username. That will bring you to my LJ page. At the top, you'll find a link that says "add them as a friend".

There is no obligation to friend someone back. This is especially true for fiction journals. If you friend me, then you'll see my postings on your f-list, as well as seeing them on some of the fanfic communities you watch. But it may well be that my fiction isn't to your taste. Much of what I write is relationship-based (specifically Nine/Rose/Jack OT3), though I also write gen stories. I have friended various writers who did not reciprocate, presumably because my fics aren't their cup of tea. And vice versa. And that's Just Fine.

For people whose journals are personal/social, the implications of "friending" or "unfriending" become more subtle and complicated. I don't have any experience with that side of things, and can't comment on it.

[prairiedawntoo]

What does OT3 mean? Still collecting abbreviations.

Have you ever seen Nigel Marven in Chased by Sea Monsters?

I feel a crossover attacking me...

[lindenharp]

OT3 = One True Threesome. It's a variant on OTP (One True Pair).

I know you're new to LJ, but I don't know how much you know about fandom, shipping, etc. One of my particular reading/writing tastes is a OT3 in which The Doctor, Jack Harkness, and Rose Tyler are friends and lovers. I like to use that relationship as a jumping-off point to explore the characters and their wildly different backgrounds and personalities.

Then again, most of my fiction is character-driven. I considered suggesting one of my stories for your son. "All the King's Horses" is an adventure featuring Donna and the Tenth Doctor, with nary a kiss in any of its 13 chapters. On the surface, it's about Our Heroes dealing with an infestation of monsters on an alien planet. But what it's *really* about is how Donna and the Doctor deal with an advanced society that is snobbish and rigidly hierarchical (rather like Gallifrey), and how Donna deals with the Doctor's Time War angst. I didn't think that would hold a nine-year-old's attention.

Have you ever seen

[prairiedawntoo]

A note: Very familiar with fandom, but not as much with online fandom. Used to do a lot of literature cons when I had money. Nine year old is, sadly, more acquainted with angst and darkness than he should be. (Long story, bullying, mental breakdown).

Chased by Dinosaurs: Naturalist Nigel Marven travels back into Earth's ancient history to observe (CGI) extinct creatures firsthand. Think "Crocodile Hunter" with dinosaurs. It's never made precisely clear how he gets to his past earth locations. Good show, actually.

I have decided that Four took him, and we never see him because he is holding the camera.