Fic: Your Handy Guide to Christmas with the Jones Family

[csg1]

Title: Your Handy Guide to Christmas with the Jones Family
Author: csg1 
Characters/Pairings: Human!Ten/Alt!Martha, Alt!Jones Family
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Journey's End
Summary: The human Doctor has survived Christmas with Martha's family, now he shares his wisdom with all.
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, Doctor Who, Handy, Martha and the Jones family don't belong

Comments

[persiflage_1]

This:

No matter how many times you say “Do you think it’s wise for me to spend Christmas with your mother after what happened last time?” And for the record, I wasn’t actually stroking her breasts, I was mopping up my drink.

and this:

Find somewhere comfy to sit.

Or find yourself a nice soft Martha to lean against as you moan in agony because you’ve eaten too much. She’ll be nice to you because it’s Christmas and she feels sorry for you, and she’ll rub your belly to soothe the aching. Martha’s not a doctor for nothing. And maybe if you’re lucky she’ll stroke your hair as she natters away to Tish about a New Year’s party they’re planning.

are particularly funny - and the second one is also ridiculously cute and sweet! :P

[csg1]

*grins*

Glad you like :)

[persiflage_1]

I laughed an awful lot throughout! :D

[abstruse_fangrl]

Going to investigate is not a good idea, particularly when Francine and Clive Jones are in the heat of an argument and Francine is holding a saucepan. I have never run so fast in my life.

I had so many favorites in Handy's How to Guide, but that one was just too funny. I can just see the look on his face as he flees the scene of the melee.

This fic was a great balance of humorous anecdotes and sweet little moments between Martha & Handy. I really enjoyed it. :)

[csg1]

Thank you!

Handy's interaction with Martha's family was enormous fun to write, and I'm glad you think I've got the balance between humour and romance right. :D

[fourzoas]

Aww! This was so sweet and lovely! I really like the approach you took to responding to the prompt--very clever!--and the tone is light and romantic. You've done a great job weaving in the various personalities of the family members and giving us glimpses of Handy's relationship to each member--I particularly loved the bit about Tish crying.

This

If she is looking cheerful, and taking the rough with the smooth, it shows she is in good humour and your clumsiness is amusing her more than annoying her. If, however, she is closing her eyes and counting to ten, and knocking back the wine like there’s no tomorrow, that’s a cue for you to shut up and meekly eat your dinner, only commenting on how nice it was at the end of the meal. It’s a pity I don’t practice what I preach.

had me howling, and this

You want to leave a good impression. As you support Martha as she sleepily leans against you, smile and say how much you’ve enjoyed yourself and what a wonderful meal it was. I was particularly surprised when Francine kissed me on the cheek

[csg1]

Aww! This was so sweet and lovely! I really like the approach you took to responding to the prompt--very clever!--and the tone is light and romantic.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the style I wrote it in. I tried out several different ways of writing it before I decided on a way I was happy on.

You've done a great job weaving in the various personalities of the family members and giving us glimpses of Handy's relationship to each member--I particularly loved the bit about Tish crying.

I wanted to make the most of Handy spending time with the Joneses, and particularly enjoyed writing interactions between them.

Thank you for commenting (and for suggesting the prompt!), I'm really glad you liked it! :D

[syien_island]

At Tish’s party last month, where the mopping up the drink incident happened, I discovered that it doesn’t take much to get me intoxicated, and that one glass of champagne makes me unsteady on my feet and more than a little giggly. In fact very giggly. As in little girl giggly.

Absolutely adorable and funny to imagine!

[csg1]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

[dk323]

This was funny and cute. *thumbs up* I loved it. :) It's been mentioned before, but I really liked the "Find somewhere comfy to sit" part of the guide. Lucky John has someone like Martha to make him feel better.

She’ll be nice to you because it’s Christmas and she feels sorry for you, and she’ll rub your belly to soothe the aching. Martha’s not a doctor for nothing. And maybe if you’re lucky she’ll stroke your hair as she natters away to Tish about a New Year’s party they’re planning.

Awww :) *love*

Hopefully this guide turns out to be helpful for him. ;-)

[csg1]

This was funny and cute. *thumbs up* I loved it. :)

Thank you!

Lucky John has someone like Martha to make him feel better.

Lucky John indeed!

Awww :) *love*

Thanks!

Hopefully this guide turns out to be helpful for him. ;-)

If he can learn to take his own advice!