Redux: Jack/Yana, R

[becky_writing]

Title: Redux
Author: Becky_H
Character(s): Professor Yana, Jack.
Genre: Gen
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Utopia, the Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords.
Warnings: Nope.
Word Count: 650
Prompt: DoctorWho_100 Prompt 41: Human
Summary: End of the universe, take two. Jack gets a reminder about what being human really means. Stream of consciousness.
Author's Notes

Comments

[phoenix64]

Awww. Poor Jack.

[becky_writing]

Jack always gets the short end of the stick.

[skipthedemon]

Oh, Jack.

Oh, Yana. Yana will never stop breaking my heart.

I kinda want to know what happens next...

[becky_writing]

Professor Yana breaks my heart, too - I really, really, love him.

...I want to know what happens next, too. >.< *G*

(Thank you.)

[donutsweeper]

Oh wow, I never even considered Jack (correct time line Jack) being there. This was WONDERFUL. From the frist sentence where you describe him (and the universe), to his thoughts on the Doctor's comment, and the way he thought of his younger self.. to the way he realizes Yana is all about giving hope, to the way he sees Yana as just a human and Jack wants to be as human just then and there.

Brillant.

[becky_writing]

Thanks! Yeah, seriously. The idea smacked me in the back of the head like a ton of bricks because I hadn't thought of it at all, not even kind of. I'm *really* glad it worked for you.

[donutsweeper]

Well kudos and donuts for such a brilliant idea and flawless interpretation of it!

[unfeathered]

Oh, God. This is brilliant. I'd forgotten about Jack being 'out there somewhere' at the end of the universe. (As long as you dismiss that FoB crap, anyway.)

He still doesn't know if he'll ever have that mercy. absolutely killed me.

And oh fuck. Jack at the end of the universe = Jack becoming one of the Toclafane. Never thought of that. Not just becoming one of them, but living through that year again as one of them. Fuck.

I love the idea of the Master 'saving' humanity (not altogether new to me now, but still great).

I don't know if it was deliberate, but I like the use of the phrase He has no idea that he's not alone. - shades of the Face of Boe's words and all that. :-)

And the last line is great. The huge irony of Jack helping Yana. And that good old grin.

(I like that you're writing again *g*)

[becky_writing]

I swear I woke up because my email notificater made a sudden loud sound, and got up to turn it off and then saw this comment and had to reply.

As long as you dismiss that FoB crap, anyway

So, I shouldn't go into the part where if Jack became a Toclafane, and survived it, he'd be: a-) the last of his kind, and b-) A stretched out face with weird bits to attach to the metal?

*Cough* Obviously I'm joking. The timeline's weird and doesn't work - but it made me giggle a little.

Seriously thank you, so much - and I totally didn't mean to do the 'he has no idea he's not alone' thing - but it's a happy accident and the whole thing was just one of those ideas that bit me *when I was trying to sleep*.

I like them I'm writing again too, though.

[donutsweeper]

so Jack could be the Toclafane that killed Jack... my brain hurts

[becky_writing]

Jack's timeline isn't a line. It's a snarl.

[mindy_barrowman]

Poor Jack! *hugs him* I hate that he has to live on for so long alone (but it's better than the Boe theory), it just makes me cry loads, and the thought of him having to decide what to do, such a tough choice. Thank heavens for his humanity, and thank you for the grin at the end!

[becky_writing]

I feel so bad for Jack- there's really no way to get him to happily ever after. And yet he just keeps on throwing himself into life head first, getting on with it and grinning

. ...I'm babbling. Thank YOU.