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timelordshines

Quick as a Flash

Nov 28, 2013 00:11

Title: Quick as a Flash
Author: Timelordshines
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper
Rating: 15
Words: 1800
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: Characters belong to RTD and the BBC - I’m just borrowing them.
Written for hc_bingo prompt "Body/Mind Swap".

( Quick as a Flash )

15, tw_fic, hc_bingo, owen_harper, gwen_cooper, ianto_jones, jack_harkness

Comments 7

tardisjournal November 28 2013, 03:09:15 UTC

Whew!That was scary. Good job Jack knew right away that something was amiss, and that the team, especially Owen, followed orders without question when time was of the essence.

Kudos for tackling the "body/mind swap" prompt. It's one I always ask to have removed. For some reason it just creeps me out too much, not to mention the logistics of describing what's going on without getting bogged down seems very daunting! Well-done!

timelordshines November 30 2013, 22:50:51 UTC

Jack would recognise Ianto instantly, even if he wasn't quite looking like himself!

Thanks! :-)
I kind of wimped out by having a character swap with a weevil, and having him barely conscious and his body locked up out of the way for most of the fic - that way I didn't have to worry about the logistics of making them sound like themselves in another character's body!

jedi_harkness November 28 2013, 07:26:29 UTC

Eeep, poor Ianto must've been so freaked out! Thank goodness Jack caught on quick!

Well done!

timelordshines November 30 2013, 22:53:01 UTC

Thanks! :-)

I don't think Ianto got chance to be too freaked out by the body-swap, he was probably too worried about trying not to die before Jack could fix things!
Plus, you know, I'm sure he would take that kind of thing in his stride. Jack was more freaked out!

badly_knitted November 28 2013, 16:40:13 UTC

Phew, thank goodness fot that! Ianto is Ianto jones again instead of Ianto Weevil! What a relief. And the Weevil is okay too, which is nice. Everybody wins. i just hope no one steps on the alien tech again. That needs to be very safely stored away before it can switch anyone else.

timelordshines November 30 2013, 23:04:52 UTC

Ianto weevil, lol!

I was going to have the weevil die - that was my plan right from the beginning - but when I got to that point, I just couldn't write it! I couldn't have Owen trying his best to keep the weevil's body alive when Ianto was in it, but just let it die when it is the weevil inhabiting it.

The tech is going in a strong box, with a warning on the lid, straight into the secure archives.

too_beauty December 1 2013, 05:02:57 UTC

what a nice use of the prompts!
you get me nervous for a while!