That's a great story! Lots of Jack whumping but that's not why it is great ;) I am a sucker for "stranded on an island and having to survive" stories. I found it an interesting twist that it was not only Jack and Ianto, as usually, but also Owen with them. And yes, I did pick up on the glasses! I found it stupid in "Adam" that just because he was a dorky version of himself, he suddenly needed glasses. So your explanations makes much sense.
And poor Jack suddenly being not immortal anymore. I knew climbing that tree would be trouble...
Thank you :) I do seem to write rather a lot of Jack whump at the moment, although I suppose it kind of happens to him most episodes any ways, so maybe it's kind of to be expected.
I like the 'stuck somewhere have to survive' kind of stories too. There are so many different ways that it can turn out.
With Owen's glasses or lack of I decided that contact lenses were the only thing that made sense, as a glasses and contact wearer myself (although I was nice to Owen and decided his eyes were nowhere near as rubbish as mine).
Sorry, re-reading my words, in case it wasn't clear: Of course I adore whump, I just meant, it's not the ONLY reason why this was a great story. I didn't want to come over as shallow
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Not shallow at all. I think with Jack it's easier to go don't the psychological whump type route. I think I should write something though that isn't Jack getting hurt in some way though, just for a change (as in the last few fics I've written with him in he's been accidentally shot by an old friend, stabbed by a giant robotic bug, got a truly nasty space fungus infection in his lungs and had a panic attack from going into a mine due to memories of being buried alive - and the not resent ones are actually a great deal more pleasant) I think I need to write nice, happy fic for a change. (Unfortunately the one I'm currently writing is it
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Oh, I don't think I read some of the others you mention, I totally shall go back in your LJ and seek them out! Especially the one with the mine sounds interesting.
I have grown up in Eastern Germany, so I only encountered the Swiss Family Robinson much later than my childhood days. I remember seeing it in TV once, but never read the book.
Of course *slaps self* And I do even have the picture to prove it:
The one with the mine is Out of Dark Places which I wrote with Harkpad02 to tw-collab-fest, the metal bug was Just Another Torchwood Evening, shot by old friend was Song as Old as Time, and the lung fungus was Things Lost and Found Along the Way.
And poor Jack suddenly being not immortal anymore. I knew climbing that tree would be trouble...
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I like the 'stuck somewhere have to survive' kind of stories too. There are so many different ways that it can turn out.
With Owen's glasses or lack of I decided that contact lenses were the only thing that made sense, as a glasses and contact wearer myself (although I was nice to Owen and decided his eyes were nowhere near as rubbish as mine).
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I have grown up in Eastern Germany, so I only encountered the Swiss Family Robinson much later than my childhood days. I remember seeing it in TV once, but never read the book.
Of course *slaps self* And I do even have the picture to prove it:
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