DW Fic: Fries, Gravy, and Cheese Curds (Ten II/Rose)

[goldy_dollar]

Title: Fries, Gravy, and Cheese Curds
Pairing: Ten II/Rose
Summary: The Doctor and Rose sample a Canadian delicacy.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1, 200
A/N: principia_coh’s prompted me with Ten II/Rose visiting Montreal for the stump the author meme. Also inspired by this post.

Betaed by shinyopals. *smooch*

Comments

[locker_monster]

People need to write more fics where the Doctor and Rose visit Canada. The two of them need to buy toques and go to Tim Horton's for some Timbits and a double double. :-D

“You know,” Rose mused, “Montreal’s not half bad. I mean, aside from the cold and the rude drivers and the homeless person who swore at me in two languages. And-” she pointed a finger at him, growing more animated, “how come we always seem to be walking uphill? Who landed here and thought, ‘Oh, this frozen mountain looks like a good place to build a city.’”

Best line ever. Because it's true.

[goldy_dollar]

I actually spent a long time worrying that anything I tried to write for this prompt would be horribly boring. I suspect it's because all Canadians are trained on some level to assume everything should be set somewhere else because nobody wants to read about us.

Mmm. Timbits. :D

Best line ever. Because it's true.

Thanks! :D I think anyone who has ever struggled to walk through downtown Montreal in winter can relate.

[_thirty2flavors]

I actually spent a long time worrying that anything I tried to write for this prompt would be horribly boring. I suspect it's because all Canadians are trained on some level to assume everything should be set somewhere else because nobody wants to read about us.

As an English major I feel totally qualified to say "trufax". One of the weirdest things about Can Lit was that things were SET IN PLACES I HAD BEEN. Like... Montreal, or like, the prairies. And every time I'd think, "I don't want to read about this place, this is boring!"

[goldy_dollar]

I always get excited at first (back when I went through my Margaret Atwood phase, I was always going: "Wow, a book set in Canada!!!")... which would quickly turn to boredom.

Part of it could be all the movies that are filmed in our cities and then made to look American or European. Possibly this leads to us thinking subconsciously: "Toronto is pretty cool... SO LONG AS IT IS CALLED 'NEW YORK.'"

lol WHAT AM I SAYING? Toronto is never that cool. What? I can't seem to stop.

[_thirty2flavors]

It's like once a book features people roadtripping to Sudbury I lose all ability to take it seriously. I wonder, does this happen with Americans? I think it doesn't. I think they are probably like "SWEET, I LOVE THINGS SET IN IDAHO" whereas I am just like "Saskatchewan? REALLY?"

Well, and movies/television shows set in Canada are notoriously terrible, which doesn't help. That's why whenever there's a half-decent Canadian movie I am AMAZED.

[goldy_dollar]

Glad you liked it. :)