Each Our Own Devil, Jack/Ianto, PG

[valderys]

Title: Each Our Own Devil
Author: valderys
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, mention of Lisa
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3,252
Notes: A bit stream of consciousness. Quite dark in theme. Rather wordy. What can I say? Ianto had Views :) Set in some loose universe, sometime after ‘Meat’.
Summary: Everyone wants to be unique, wants to be loved - but Ianto has tools in his

Comments

[laligin]

Archival perdition calls you, Ianto, can't you hear it? That's paperwork abuse!

Ee. Like! Though it's twisted, it's very pretty. Nicely done. ;)

[valderys]

Hee. I know - I combined two of Ianto's worst nightmares, I think :) When a Ianto goes to the bad, he really goes to the bad...

[normalhumanbein]

I love fucked up Ianto so much. This is excellent - really unusual but at the same time completely in character.

[valderys]

Ooh good - because I was pushing the envelope and the interpretation worked in my own head but sometimes that's not enough! :) Although, it's amazing how icky I felt writing it, considering that only the odd night of someones's memories, and a few files, are destroyed in the making of this fic...

[prochytes]

This is very intriguing. The theme of the destruction of the self through loss of memory is a particularly apt one for the Whoniverse, of course (Zoe, Donna, even Mr. Smith...) And I do love the careful precision of diction that marks this Ianto's perdition: "Ianto appreciated being strictly correct, although luckily Jack appreciated it even more".

[valderys]

I'd not written anything for about a month, and then this sort of just came flowing out - it's a bit weird and fucked up.

Oh, Mr Smith! I know he became an evil computer, but that was his true personality and I felt rather sorry for him when he went all vanilla again. As though I was somehow expected to cheer for slavery, you know?

[alba17]

Wow, very interesting. I wasn't anticipating the evil, but plausible, turn of Ianto's mind.

[valderys]

Excellent! Evil, yet plausible, was what I was hoping for - although remember no real paperwork was harmed in the making of this fic... :)

[t_mystery01]

this story left me feeling uncomfortable but I kept thinking about poor twisted Ianto!! good writing!!

[valderys]

Sorry about the discomfort, but I don't think I ever write precisely *comfortable* fics - sorry about that! Thank you for reading!

[t_mystery01]

I do not want to read only fics that are safe and comfortable! I like to read different kinds of fics depending on my mood! Sometimes I like fics that are uncomfortable and make me think!
Thank you!