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Red Is My Colour Prompt for Day Seventeen

Jan 18, 2009 02:24

Title: And All Our Childhood Heroes Were Fairytale Creatures

Author: blue_fjords

Pairings/Characters: Suzie, Owen, Tosh, Ianto, Jack

Setting: pre-series one

Rating: PG

Words: 1,500

Summary: One should really be more careful when handling alien tech.

Prompt: Lamppost in the snow

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tw: ianto, tw: suzie, tw: jack, tw: owen, red is my colour, tw: tosh, tw: team, fic

Comments 24

topgeargirl2 January 18 2009, 07:50:19 UTC

very good

onewhodreams January 18 2009, 07:59:29 UTC

That was wonderful. I loved the idea of it. It was innovative and creative. And Owen and OZ...perfect. And you even got some Jack/Ianto action in there. My favorite line: “I was wondering, Sir . . . would you like to explore your childhood fantasy land? Or would you like to ride in with your hero at the last minute?”

Thank you for a great read.

blue_fjords January 19 2009, 00:56:20 UTC

The Oz books and movies always kind of freaked me out as a kid, which fits in perfectly with my idea of Owen, actually.

Yeah, Jack and Ianto had a lot of fun role-playing that night. :)

bookwrm89 January 18 2009, 08:25:55 UTC

Oh that was cute! Although now I'm curious as to what Jack's childhood fantasy was.

hab318princess January 18 2009, 08:43:09 UTC

liked that, their favourites fit them.

and I loved Owen's snark: I can read...

brilliant

blue_fjords January 20 2009, 06:24:45 UTC

Thanks! After I started writing it, I thought perhaps they should each have a different Roald Dahl book as a favorite, but the lamppost was too strongly Narnia and Tosh on the dragon was a must. If they had been Roald Dahl groupies, though, Ianto would have kept the BFG b/c BFG is about happy dreams and Ianto strikes me as a nightmare-haver, Tosh would have "Matilda" b/c they are both brilliant, Owen would have "The Witches" b/c I see him as someone who likes interesting bad guys and he would have craved the relationship the little boy had w/ his grandmother, and Suzie would have "James and the Giant Peach" b/c I think she probably ran away from home several times as a kid. Okay, that's probably too much analysis for a fic, but children's lit is a lot of fun!

hab318princess January 20 2009, 06:37:30 UTC

Oh I agree, that lamppost just screamed Narnia.

I've never read any Roahld Dahl, seen things around of course but couldn't comment on preferred reads

and trust me, there can never be too much analysis / 'research' - because otherwise we may just end up too OOC (that's my excuse for repeatedly watching TW/DW and I'm sticking with it)

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blue_fjords January 19 2009, 01:02:06 UTC

Thanks! The lamppost totally made me think of Mr. Tumnus, and the rest just followed from there. Tosh and Falkor go together like peas and carrots!

And everyone gets to pick their own favorite fantasy for Jack. I'm thinking something with an octopus, myself. It's the tentacles.