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alibi_factory

A Country of Smaller Wars (3/3b)

Sep 19, 2011 18:45

"A Country of Smaller Wars", 3/3b ( Main page)
Gallifrey, Narvin/Romana
~23,000 words
R (violence, sexual situations, ennui)
Spoilers through the end of season four.

Replication as personal philosophy, or, an ex-spy walks into a bar and says-

( Blinovitch Limitation Effect aside, it's not a good idea to have two of someone in the same room. )

Comments 5

eloralouistra September 24 2011, 11:20:04 UTC

…I think you’ve just broken my heart. In the best way possible ( ... )

alibi_factory September 26 2011, 21:26:01 UTC

Aw, man, thank you. I'm esp. glad you found it funny, since I wanted to keep it from being all misery all the time. And Narvin's penchant for head trauma is canon, I feel bad for the dude. One of these days he'll wake up in a coma.

(The last chapter got rejected for improper formatting and I didn't notice until too late - I only go on non-crappy-phone-internet once a week, so. It should be up shortly.)

janeturenne September 28 2011, 21:49:41 UTC

Oh, my heart. This is so painful but also so plausible and so gorgeously written. For the umpteenth time, your Narvin characterization is utterly flawless, and the Romana here is so clearly 'Romana-through-Narvin's-eyes,' which is a trick of voice which I find utterly fascinating and brilliant and pleasantly jealous-making. On the whole, this story is deeply affecting and really, really well done.

alibi_factory October 3 2011, 22:12:24 UTC

JANE. Jane. You are the queen of Romana/Narvin and I hope you know how happy yr approval makes me. It took me forever to figure out how to write Narvin without accidentally writing your Narvin, is the level of your influence here. Thank you, really.

(Also I am pleased you enjoyed the technobabble, which is a thing that both enrages me (picture me, 3 am, listening to the first fifteen minutes of "The Inquiry" and trying to figure out what the fresh fucking hell a ~Timeonic Fusion Device~ is) and fills me with great joy. The sf MacGuffin, man, ain't nothing like it.)

bagheera_san February 29 2012, 22:47:19 UTC

So there's this excellent long Gallifrey fic (and Narvin fic, at that!) out there and I didn't find it for half a year - I feel a little betrayed by the universe. More people need to read this.

The way Narvin acts around Romana in part III is PERFECT because it's both credible behaviour for both of them and intense, and apparently I like intensely miserable people a lot. It's almost kinda hot (I don't think hot is what you're going for - what I mean is, this is emotional kink and it's well-written kink at that.)

I also really like the bit with the wiretapping a lot. I would have read more about that, actually. (Also, have you seen the movie, The Lives of Others? I have a feeling you'd like it.)