Hitting the Ground Running: Chapter Thirty-Seven

[aoitsukikage]

Title: Hitting the Ground Running

Fandom: Torchwood

Rating: Adult

Pairing: Primarily Jack/Ianto, with other secondary pairings mentioned

Chapter: 37/?

Word Count: 3226

Summary: AU. Majorly AU. Ianto Jones first encountered Torchwood as a teenager trying to leave his old life behind. However, when Torchwood Three gets rather violently

Comments

[footprint_23]

I didn't know that a lot of people didn't like 'from out of the rain'. I really liked the episode because of the freaky circus thing - it reminds of this random (terrifying) travelling circus movie I watched on TV once. The name of the movie escapes me at the moment.

Anyway this was a great chapter you really filled out the episode wonderfully - the angst was perfect and I loved the conversation between Jack and Owen.

Edit: The movie was 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. No-one probably cares - I was just proud I remembered

[aoitsukikage]

The main feeling I got from message boards and recaps was that a lot of people thought it was one of the weaker episodes, but I personally liked it a lot!

And I've never seen that movie, but I looked up the novel on Wikipedia and there does seem to be some similarities (although I'll probably never watch it because, like I said, circuses creep me out xP)

[fiwen1010]

I loved this episodes, and your take on it is lovely. It's the little touches that change what they had in canon to what they have here, and they're ever so sweet
Gxxx

[aoitsukikage]

Thanks! I loved the episode, too, so I didn't want to change all that much about it.

[scifiangel]

The episode creeped me out too. Love Jack's/Owen's conversation. Loved Jack knowing Owen was at Tosh's too.

[aoitsukikage]

Jack just has great instincts when it comes to those things xP Glad you liked it :)

[rift_bound]

I loved "From out of the rain"! It's one of my favorite Ianto episodes and I think you've done a lovely job recreating it here. I always thought Ianto knew about Providence Park because of his mother. Ianto and Jack's conversation about that just broke my heart. Lovely!

[aoitsukikage]

One of the reasons I like FOOTR IS because it's an Ianto-centric episode and we actually get to see him DOING something (and see Jack telling him things he doesn't tell the others, when usually it's only Gwen that has the benefit of that...)

And, to prove I follow my own canon, Ianto actually admits his mother is in Providence Park way back in Chapter One, so this was a nice place to re-introduce that particular fact!

[aoitsukikage]

It makes sense that his mother (or somebody he knew) would be there, because as soon as the nurse mentioned Providence Park he immediately knew where it was. (I also mentioned that, at least in THIS 'verse, his mother was in Providence Park in Chapter One, so if nothing else my own fic won't have continuity errors xP)

I just felt that the episode was kind of meant to creep people out because it WASN'T aliens or crazy people or anything, it was honestly something that was just supernatural, and for me it got the point across! And I agree with you on the Ianto-centric-ness of it, which is another reason I'm fond of it!

Yes, Exit Wounds is coming up...actually, it's already written, although I can't give anything away...