"Expedience" by cupidsbow (TW, Jack/Ianto, PG-13)

[cupidsbow]

Title: Expedience
Author: cupidsbow
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: All seasons, including Children of Earth.
Summary: There's a reason Jack's never doing that again.
Note: Beta by the incomparable

Comments

[majikqueen]

ahh damn that hurt! But it was a really really good hurt. wonderful story.

[cupidsbow]

Thank you!

[nancybrown]

(*blink* I remember reading this. Why the hell didn't I comment on it before?)

Brilliant stuff, as always. :)

[cupidsbow]

At a guess, because I was a scary stranger. :)

I'm terrible at commenting on stories, even when I love them. In fact, even when I know the authors and they are not at all scary. I tell myself that my recs make up for it, but i'm not quite sure they do.

On the other hand, one of my main tenets about reading fiction is that it should always be for pleasure (there are different kinds of reading pleasures, including the search for knowlege), and that it shouldn't be about duty or guilt. Hence, I don't expect people to comment on my stories, although it's lovely if they do.

I'm not sure why I feel I should hold myself to a different standard.

Heee. I seem to have splooged at you. Sorry about that.

And, um, thanks for reading, glad you liked it. :)

[nancybrown]

I try to comment on every single story I read through to the end, even on Scary Stranger LJs, which is why I got confused. :)

TL;DR time:

I don't tend to leave long comments, because I used to want to leave The Cool Comment, and I'd wait so long to think of something insightful that I never said anything. Instead I want to let an author know I read and enjoyed something, even if I only manage a one-word "Neat!" And yeah, it's partially because I know how it feels when you see someone mention a story you did somewhere else, and people say, "Oh! I liked that one!" but they never dropped a comment telling you. (This is also why archives with hit counts are the bane of my mental state.) You are CLEARLY healthier about this whole process than I am, and that's good. :D

Reccers are a different standard for everything; if I see a story show up on your list or dmarley's, even if you didn't have time to drop a note, I know you liked it enough to share, so I'm all happy and bubbly. Meanwhile, I don't rec, because then I have Massive Guilt

[cupidsbow]

The Cool Comment thing -- I fall prey to that too. All the time. I think it's one of the main reasons I get psyched out about leaving comments. It's not helped by the fact that I tend to read last thing at night before bed, and my fingers sometimes type things my brain doesn't actually intend. I have an unreasoning dread I'll accidentally insult someone due to tiredness typos.

I have no idea why I feel no axiety about recs. You'd think I'd have way more than for comments, but I just think of reccong as fannish service and get on with it.

I know what you mean about the unintentional eavesdropping though. It is weird to come across people talking about your work. My profile has faded a bit now (thank goodness), but a couple of years ago, I used to stumble across people talking about my fic and meta often. I never quite knew how to react, but mainly I slunk away and pretended I'd never been there. :)

The whole fannish/online interaction thing is oddly difficult to negotiate. I don't think I'll ever master it.

[eci_frog]

Wow... this was sorta bittersweet...but good, really good. I liked it.

[cupidsbow]

*beams* That's exactly the effect I was going for.

[royalladyemma]

Wow. Well, at least a small piece of Ianto will live on, outside of Jack's broken heart.

[cupidsbow]

Yeah, this 'verse still makes me kind of sad.