Dollhouse fic - We Came by Night to the Fortunate Isles And Lay Like Fish; PG-13

[derevko_child]

Title: We Came by Night to the Fortunate Isles And Lay Like Fish
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Laurence Dominic, Adelle DeWitt, Echo, Clyde Randolph
Pairing: DeWitt/Dominic. If you squint.
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own them. Never will.
Words: 6,267
Spoilers: Up to 2x10; with a scene from the episode
Summary: "Reality is a hallucination brought on by

Comments

[sevendayloan]

Okay, hopefully I can make this comment semi-intelligible, rather than a hundred characters of squee. Because yess someone finally wrote this fic! I was getting worried I'd have to do it myself. ;)

I really hope that they show us a little bit of what's going on inside Dom's head tomorrow, because you've gotten me utterly convinced that it would happen exactly like this. You don't have some sort of sneak peak, do you? If the last few paragraphs aren't canon, I'll cry.

But yeah, I love the way this was both hilarious and tragic. I think I needed the naked speech and the man-eating crabs (I wear the cheese, the cheese does not wear me) to distract from the otherwise complete heartbreak. Poor Dominic.

I adore head!Adelle so fricking much, which is pretty awesome, considering I thought I couldn't love anyone nearly as much as head!Dom. “You don’t remember?” she asks softly, “When you were in the NSA. I was shot. You…you asked me to stay.”
“Don’t, please. Stay. Stay with me. Please.”
Ouch. Knife to the gun, that bit

[derevko_child]

Thank you :)

[derevko_child]

As you know, I had a lot of trouble with this fic except for the naked scene part and the ending. I had that everything worked out (except for the poem-- that was kinda last minute) but everything else was just too difficult to write, especially Dom's fears and head!Adelle (oh, lookie, I made a tag for my head!people fic). So, I'm actually very happy you think everything's okay. <3

I adore head!Adelle so fricking much, which is pretty awesome, considering I thought I couldn't love anyone nearly as much as head!Dom.

*cries tears of happiness*

If the last few paragraphs aren't canon, I'll cry.

If it ain't canon, there's always fic. :D

Thank you for the lovely comment. <3

[amzzzziohi]

Gah OMG this is brilliant!

[derevko_child]

Thanks XD

[demonqueen666]

He just knows that her blood is staining the gold-plated emblem of the National Security Agency.

Ooh, symbolism. Great touch. Me likey.

This was an excellant, compelling and very believable take on what Dominic's nightmare and experiences in the Attic might have been. As another commenter said, I'm so glad you wrote this fic, because I was wondering where it was! (Also, naked Dominic reading love poetry. Bonus!)

[derevko_child]

Ooh, symbolism. Great touch. Me likey.

Hehe. Glad you liked. I kinda thought it was too much drama, but then... *shrugs*

As another commenter said, I'm so glad you wrote this fic, because I was wondering where it was!

To tell the truth, this fic almost didn't get finished. I made around four different versions of Dominic's loop then head!Adelle refused to cooperate. Thank the writing gods for the press release and the promo pics. hee.

(Also, naked Dominic reading love poetry. Bonus!)

And now that he's out, he can always do that with Adelle. You know, when they they work out their issues. *nods head*

[otahyoni]

Ooooooh. Awesome. I'm not sure I even have words beyond that.

Want new episode NOW.

[derevko_child]

Lol. Thanks :)

Been mega spoiled for the ep (Because I have no self-control like that. pszfth). I hear it's mega-awesome in general.

[webeh]

Awesome!!! I was waiting for someone to write a Attic!Dominic fic. :)

Some of those worst fears really are weird. Some even to the point of being funny. (Ex. Crab lady and Gumby world.) No wonder Dominic's personality mellowed out a bit...

“I’ve accepted it. I chase Arcane and try to stop him from killing. The reality changes but the enemy stays the same.” He mutters. This is what happens when Adelle isn’t around. Sometimes, he recites monologues. Other times, he hums the stupid song that’s been stuck in his head for ages. “I’ll never rest and I’ll never catch him.”

Ah ha ha ha! I remember finding this funny in the episode too. Poor guy must have lost his mind if he's started to monologue. That's something only supervillains are supposed to do, so that you can react while they're too busy talking to themselves.

[derevko_child]

A few days after the episode aired, I was all, "Hey, where's the Attic!Dominic fics?" lol.

Oh, the Gumby world was initially very disturbing. There'd be all these kids with Gumby and Pokey. Gumby and Pokey will be demonstrating to the kids how they "go through" walls and then makes the kids do it. The kids, since they weren't made of clay, hit their head on the wall and crack their heads open on the floor. So... yeah.

Poor guy must have lost his mind if he's started to monologue.

head!Adelle's presence kept him from doing that, hahaha!

And thank you. :)

[webeh]

Kids cracking their heads in the Gumby world? Now that would be disturbing...

I'm actually wondering now if the more outgoing Dominic is his real personality. Perhaps being the sarcastic/stoic type in the dollhouse was an easy way to disguise his true personality? (Hence a chattier/fluffier person during the drugged-out episode.)

[derevko_child]

Kids cracking their heads in the Gumby world? Now that would be disturbing...

Don't judge me but I watched Gumby when I was a kid and when I learned how Gumby and the donkey moved through walls, I thought about how that would work on people and my theory was that everybody will have a broken head or something. Heh.

I think the sarcastic/stoic type is Dominic's "default" mode personality, when he's with other people/strangers/co-workers/subordinate, and the chattier/fluffier is person is reserved for the people who know him...