Title: an exercise in vanity
Author: aces
Fandom, characters: Doctor Who, River Song/Ace McShane
Rating: Teen and up
Word count: approx. 3500 words
A/N: Written for
ionlylurkhere in the dw_femslash ficathon. You give me timestreams-crossing and femslash, of course I’m going to involve Ace somehow. Vague mentions of NAs and BF audios shenanigans, but
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Anyway, fabulous and fun, and also a bit heartbreaking because that kind of time experience seems fantastic but also a bit sad. As if they're all living outside time in relationship with each other but are still held captive by the direction time moves in. Wonderfully written.
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And that's a really cool way of putting it, that I hadn't articulated myself precisely but knew was there--because, yeah, they're not experiencing each other in the linear fashion to which most of us are accustomed, but they're still seeing a progression in time. So, yeah, thanks as always--I'm really glad you enjoyed this. :)
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Your writing is always so gorgeous, a light hand, all the great layers, I'm always so happy to read your stories. I'm just sayin'. *hugs*
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And you are always so generous with your feedback, it really is awesome of you. *hugs back*
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Thank you for reading & for commenting!
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Benny and River stared at each other. “Honestly,” Dorotheé said, “I should have expected you two would find each other at some point. Right, whose room are we going to?”
THAT LINE. Ok, that WHOLE SECTION. I have so much love for it.
I love how the fic is all sort of light and fluffy and adventurey, and then THE END and it is NOT, as that last bit is all bittersweet and angsty underneath.
sigh. =D
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YES, THAT SECTION. As soon as I thought of adding Benny to the mix, I was like, "Oh hell yes." And, yeah, the bittersweet angsty thing crept in necessarily, I think, because these two *do* keep meeting out of times and have lived and seen too much.
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