Fic: Unthinkable?

[amyross]

Everyone’s gone, now. It’s quiet, so quiet. The Doctor faces the empty Tardis and only wishes it were for the first time.

Sarah Jane was right. He might be lonely, but he’s not alone. When it counts - when it really counts - he can call on some of the best, most brilliant people in the world. Today, if nothing else, has taught him that. But what of

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[christine_twfan]

See there is this rather large part of me that would kill to see Jack and Ianto travel with the Doctor. That would so totally rock.

[amyross]

I know! Me, too. But I think you'll have to get someone smarter than me to write it. Although now you mention it, I have been looking for a project to work on once the schools finish ...

[cazmalfoy]

oh do we get a sequel?

[amyross]

See, this is what gets me into trouble with fanfic. I write these open-ended non-endings because I'm crap at endings, and then people ask for sequels, and then I want to write the sequels, and the sequels don't go as well as I'd hoped, and ... big trouble.

It would be nice, though, wouldn't it? (I'm doomed!)

[cazmalfoy]

Don't worry, hon. Most writers suck at something - me? I suck at endings as well.

A sequel would be fun. Be nice to see the Doctor's reaction to all things T3.

[amyross]

My utter crappiness at endings might be something of a vicious circle - I hate them, so I never write them, so I never get any practice at them, so I'm rubbish at them, so I hate them, so I never write them ... and so on.

Like I say. Schools break up in a fortnight - I might be in the market for a longer project ...

[teachwriteslash]

Oh I like this . . . I think Ianto and Jack traveling with the Doctor is one of my biggest fangirl oooooooooohhhhhhhssssss (and NOT just because it means jb/gdl/dt in a small blue box!) The personality dynamics are so wonderful it would be a true character study.

Oh I do hope you write more :-)

[amyross]

Oh, I know! I think I would agree to losing whole years from my life to see that. Oh, and it's totally got nothing to do with seeing those three in a tight space. No, sir.

It's funny, I didn't have that in my mind when I wrote this at all until the very last sentence. All I wanted to do was explain why Jack travelling with the Doctor was a total non-option now, and also why Jack had been so well-behaved. But now the plot bunnies start to nibble ...

Oh, twist my arm. I'll think about it ;)

[criccieth]

go on then - write the sequel - you KNOW you want to (grin)

We all do seem to a bit dissapointed in the lack of 2 return to the Hub don't we? I guess it came down to running time - they already had 65 minutes after all. And they'd SHOWN that all three Torchwood people knew each other had survived, so....shrug.

that said, after the nod to "the Unquiet Dead", I wouldn't have minded a quick "who's he - he seems familiar" from the Doctor (on the grounds that they might just have seen each at Torchwood Tower!)

[amyross]

The trouble is, I know me. It won't be a sequel. It'll be eighteen sequels and will probably take me six months to write.

I second your shrug. I can live with not seeing the reunion, I suppose, given that all three survived and will definitely be reunited. And it gives us a lot of fic opportunities.

The issue with Ianto and the Doctor crossing paths is intriguing and also creates opportunities ... wow, these bunnies just keep multiplying, don't they?

[cynic2022]

I love this! I also vote for more! :)

[amyross]

Thanks! I was set to resist any pressure to write a sequel, but if you guys twist my arm any further my clothes will need altering.

I'm thinking about it ... deeply!