fic: a matter of time -- part two (of two)

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Title: A Matter of Time (2/2)
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Ten2/Rose, an assortment of Tylers, alt!Donna, moar flashback!Ten and Donna
Genre: Humour and angst, with a bit of emphasis on the angst
Spoilers?: Through 4x13
Summary: Tony's eighth birthday party forces the Doctor to consider something he hadn't before: the possibility of children

Comments

[shinyopals]

*Squishes them both*

A brilliant ending. I really felt for both of them. And I'm glad they're talking about stuff. I don't blame Rose for being annoyed and I'm glad she could reassure him, although I really wish he could just stop worrying about stuff.

I really loved the scenes with Donna. Both Donnas, in fact. The dynamic you write between the Doctor and Donna is lovely.

[_thirty2flavors]

It would drive me nuts, too, so I can't really blame Rose, even if I understand his motivation. She's more patient in general than I think I would be.

Aw I'm glad, I love writing those two, which is probably why altDonna crops up so often in my fics.

Thank you!

[electrictoes]

Absolutely wonderful, you're too good at this.

[_thirty2flavors]

Aw, thank you!

[wendymr]

I *pounced* on this as soon as I saw it. Your parallel-world fics are sheer brilliance, and I love your Donna, both the parallel-universe version and our Donna. The snippet where she's grieving for the kids who never existed (and the Doctor comforting her) is just beautiful, and the juxtaposition of that with the Doctor talking to parallel-Donna about kids is poignant and so very clever.

Yes, yes, you resolved the Doctor-Rose situation here very well indeed, showing both the Doctor's insecurities and how Rose is affected by his refusal to talk to her, but what had most impact on me here is Donna, the parallel Donna. I'm now hoping so very much that she'll find someone too. For some reason, Lee does nothing for me; I could just imagine her with a human version of Eight, or even a human Nine - the snark would be hilarious :)

Keep this series going, please!

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Poor proper!Donna, the library episodes are such a mindfuck for her.

Donna and Nine would be hilarious. Once upon a time I ran across a fic where they met briefly, and though I have no idea where it is I remember being quite amused. I liked Lee inasmuch as Donna liked him, but as a character I didn't find him exceptionally fascinating, no. I do feel quite bad for her, it would suck to be stuck with a ridiculous fairytale couple like that.

Thank you!

[wendymr]

Once upon a time I ran across a fic where they met briefly, and though I have no idea where it is I remember being quite amused.

That could have been my Bleep Encounter, possibly, or dark_aegis's Used to be Brilliant. There may be other Donna meets Nine fics out there but right now they're not coming to mind...

[lucyd3]

Brilliant. So much great stuff, wonderful emotions, everyone perfectly in character. And at the end you just want to hug him. :-)

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Hee, well, that's what Rose is for!

Thank you!

[sunnytyler001]

Awwwww. Snif. That was sad and beautiful!
Silly Doctor! You just always think you know what other people want. But you're oh so wrong....

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He does have a bad habit of presuming to know precisely what other people want, despite a rather poor track record, doesn't he? Thank you!