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What He Remembered (DW Fic)

May 03, 2010 10:12

Title: What He Remembered (1/1)
Author: sinecure - My master fic list
Character/Pairing: 10.2, Rose
Rating: Teen
Genre: Drama, angst, AU
Summary: The Human-Doctor isn't happy with his new life in Pete's World.
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who.
Thanks: to momdaegmorgan for the beta.

( What He Remembered )

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Comments 13

hazelwho May 3 2010, 17:30:25 UTC

Beautiful angsty realness. I loved the last two lines, and I loved this bit:

"Because you're all I have left now. He took everything else from me."

Heartbreaking, but truthful. I guess that's the kind of man he is now.

sinecure May 3 2010, 20:40:33 UTC

Thank you! I love the fics that are all instant happiness and sexors, but I also looooove the angsty ones that deal with his ambivalence toward the Doctor and Rose for the situation he is shoved into.

Rose has every right to be pissed as well, and people write that all the time. But the Doctor being angry is a rare read for me... not that I'm reading much of anything lately.

I think I almost wrote those lines first.

Thank you for commenting! :)

hazelwho May 4 2010, 02:43:05 UTC

I love the fics that are all instant happiness and sexors, but I also looooove the angsty ones
Yeah, every now and then I get a just need a "and then they lived happily ever after" Ten II fic, but when I really think about JE, my reaction is always more along the lines of "what the fracking hell was THAT?!?". I love stories that explore the ugly, honest truth of what being dumped together in the wrong universe would be like for them. It's the little things, the peppery taste, in these fics that gives me hope for them.

sinecure May 4 2010, 05:59:14 UTC

There's always hope in my fics. Even when they end horribly. Just know that, in my head, they end up together. Hee.

anon_aspasia May 3 2010, 22:43:52 UTC

Ohhhhh, ow. That's beautiful, true, and really painful, all at once.

I'd love to see this continue...partially to get to a better place for the characters, and partially to see those last two lines explored. (Because at the end? There's quite a substantial argument to be made that Ten is the bastard of the group. And I'd love to see this 10.5 make it and this Rose react to it.)

(Oh, also? The "Does it turn you emo?" line cracked me up. No, Rose, you did that already; him being human has nothing to do with it.)

sinecure May 3 2010, 22:57:23 UTC

Hee! She really did make him emo, poor guy.

I have to admit I had big plans for this one to some extent, and I have more written, I just need to get more than vague ideas and a goal in mind before I continue it. But there's a good chance that I will at least add a second chapter.

Thanks for commenting, I know 10.2 isn't as loved as Ten, so he needs all the love he can get. ;)

wiggiemomsi May 4 2010, 02:08:27 UTC

I commented over at Teaspoon, then wandered over here to do the same.

This was angsty to the nth degree, and I loved it. Poor Ten II gets short shrift in most stories I've read, while he has every reason to be angry and resentful at how Ten has basically kicked him -- and Rose -- out. Especially since he remembers being a Time Lord, and realizes what a short and boring life he now has ahead of him.

I do hope you add another chapter. Comfort!sex or even angry!sex would be nice, you know. :)

sinecure May 4 2010, 03:30:36 UTC

Thanks for the double posting! Wiggie, Wiggie, everywhere! *g*

I'm heaping the angst on them in this one. Big-time. More is written--not much--and more is planned, I'm just not sure when exactly. I really agree, 10.2 has so many reasons to be pissy and furious and resentful and I think he would, right away. Yeah, he gets Rose, but look at everything he lost. I guess that's RTD's way of saying he'd give up everything for the woman he loves, but I don't think it's that simple.

Sex is possible. This is me, after all. ;)

julesndairyland May 4 2010, 02:29:32 UTC

Wow, this is awesome. I think you have them both shredding every topic that needs addressing.

Still I have faith they will climb out of the abyss...

sinecure May 4 2010, 03:32:32 UTC

Thank you very much! :) I really wanted them to do more than just immediately have sex and everything is fine. Don't get me wrong, I love those kinds of fics too. I need my mindless sex and happy endings. But I wanted a real reaction from the Doctor.

He's just lost everything that ever meant anything to him. And gained Rose, yes, but is that enough? Not right away.

Keep the faith! ;)

quean_of_swords May 4 2010, 05:51:26 UTC

I love this. It's an approach to TenII that I haven't seen, but I like it. The hard cruelty, that desire to hurt someone even while wanting to comfort them... it's so very human and very nicely done here. I just feel so bad for both of them.

sinecure May 4 2010, 06:00:29 UTC

I haven't really seen fics that tackle this side of 10.2 either. I'm sure there are some out there, but I really think he can be kind of insensitive and cruel at the best of times, but mix in the worst of times and he's gonna go off the rails.

quean_of_swords May 4 2010, 06:11:18 UTC

I sort of have figured that being part human would make him even more mercurial... what with having to deal with not only all the new emotional baggage of being left behind, and Rose etc., but dealing with a new physicality that's the wrong species... depending on how different one thinks he is beyond the obvious 'one heart' thing. It certainly a lot to think about!