(Doctor Who/Dollhouse) One Too Many Mountains for arysani

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Title: One Too Many Mountains
Author: just_drifting_6
Fandoms: Doctor Who/Dollhouse
Characters 10th Doctor, Jack Harkness; Adelle DeWitt, Laurence Dominic, Topher Brink, Alpha
Pairings: None
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 3,700
Spoilers: Through season 1 of Dollhouse and series 1 of Doctor Who
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and Dollhouse belong to their

Comments

[arysani]

*glomps you* i don't know where to start. the characterization was WONDERFUL. Adele's complacency with her lot in life, despite having seen things so much greater, her evaluation of the Doctor and how he doesn't really fit in with what she's built up as a moral code - the bit about shades of grey vs. black-and-white was so simple, but it hit just right.

As expected, he’s disgusted. - for only being with him a couple of weeks she knows him quite well. i almost feel like comparing her to Sarah Jane here - in that both of them went on to live their lives, but he somehow still affects them - Sarah Jane went on a quest for justice because what she's seen/done makes her special, while Adele struggles with what she does because she feels how insignificant she really is in the grand scheme of the universe

[just_drifting_6]

Ack, sorry it took so long getting back to you! Thank you for this glorious comment!

I wish on the sign-up sheet we could have mentioned favourite characters. Before writing this, I tried like fifty-billion other scenarios with different fandoms and characters. In the end, I thought I'd just have to write it. Adelle is my favourite character and I can write her best, so I went with her, but I worried that you wouldn't like Adelle. Glad you enjoyed the Topher bits :)

Thank you for you comment, it's really lovely and I'm glad you enjoyed this! I enjoyed writing it for you :D

[aurilly]

This was so good! It's really cool and rare to read a Doctor Who story that ends with a huge falling out between the Doctor and one of his old friends, and you did this amazing job of keeping the tension that it was coming simmering even while everyone was ostensibly focused on Alpha. Of course the Doctor would get hysterical about the Dollhouse, which is the epitome of squicky and not ok. I felt so terrible that they became enemies, but it made sense; people move on and change, sometimes for the worse. This was an incredibly realistic story.

I've never seen Dollhouse, but you got me really invested in Adelle, which is great.

[just_drifting_6]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it even though you haven't seen Dollhouse :D