An Officer and the Noble Woman, Part 27

[dtstrainers]

Title: An Officer and the Noble Woman, Part 27  (Still hearing voices...)

Author: dtstrainers
Paring: Donna Noble/Peter Carlisle
Co-Captain of this Ship: WhosInTheAttic, but all errors are mine alone.
Rating: PG- Plot Galore and a bit of angst thrown in for that special Peter/Donna flavor
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Summary: Still dealing with the aftermath of their

Comments

[tkel_paris]

Wow... What a chapter. Poor Ian... Poor Donna... Poor Peter... But it looks like they're on their way to reconciling, which is good. Maybe Ian will get some happiness again, too. :)

[dtstrainers]

Oh, yes! A reconciliation is in the works- I miss Happy Donna and Happy Peter, and they're going to make a reappearance very soon....for a while, at least.

[saaammie]

oh my heart. How typical of Donna to think it was ALL her fault and now she's ruined everything.

Don't even get me started on Sylvia... I know she's not made out to be THAT bad in canon, but well... Let's just say in my mind she's bad enough to not warrant much contact with later in life.
I see her as a very narcisstic personality, who always wants to get her way. I mean, not even her own father stands up to her. Probably she was a late child, and her own mother died early, and so always always got her way, her father's little darling.

[dtstrainers]

Donna does seem to have a bit of a guilt complex, although she hides it with bluster. (Hmmmm- who does that sound like?)

I read Sylvia as a very needy person in her own right, and I think she resented Donna for taking the spotlight off her. If she'd had a son, then there wouldn't have been a problem, but a daughter? Sylvia saw her as competition for the affections of the men in her life. I also don't think Sylvia got to do the things she wanted to in her own life and so she's envious of Donna's youth and opportunities. Since Donna didn't do what Sylvia would have chosen to do, she feels that she squandered her potential and she's disappointed in her, taking every opportunity to tell her that.

A day of reckoning is coming for Sylvia Noble.

[dm12]

Poor everyone in this... and all of the crossed wires, to boot

[dtstrainers]

Oh, thanks so much! I always think I'm writing this only for myself and I'm the only one who will ever read or enjoy it, and then one of you lovely people goes and writes something like this. It makes me haul my lazy hiney to my laptop and lose another night of sleep, sacrificed to the continuing saga of Peter and Donna

[dm12]

Aww.. lucky friend! Nice picture, that smile of his could light up a universe. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to watch the 50th; you need premium cable to watch it here, plus the time differential is an issue.

Funny you should mention the look he gave when he discovered her on that node. I just watched that again today, and you're right, that look was of such total horror that someone he loved was taken from him. You could just feel that he really did love her, and by trying to save her, he may have killed her. It was utter devastation. Yes, Catherine Tate made it perfectly clear that Donna really loved the Doctor. Neither of them felt worthy of the other, and it was a terrible shame, because they wasted so much of the short time they had together insisting they weren't a couple.

[dm12]

So when will this be updated?

Anyhow... I got tickets to the 50th, two of our local theaters have it in 3D, so I'm going on Monday night the 25th! I'm taking my whole family!

[sykira]

Gah I was holding my breath so much in this chapter, so emotionally compelling, my heart broke for Donna, then Peter, then Ian! I was SO relieved at the text reconciliations, I am so overly emotionally invested in this story, it's crazy! It is so real, so mature, so believable. I love it.

[dtstrainers]

Woah- that's some seriously high praise and I'm stunned (and more than a bit chuffed) as a result. I hope I can live up to it and I'm sorry I can't write faster. I know what's going to happen, right up to the very last sentence, but getting the bits in-between written down? This fic is going to be the death of me. Ah, well, at least something good may come of chronic insomnia.

Thanks again for reading and even more for taking the trouble to comment. It gets me off my lazy, overcommitted arse and makes me write more.

Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!

[cmc_chicago]

Ok, I just read this entire wonderful amazing (and unfinished, God save me!) story in one sitting, and I didn't realize until just now that I wouldn't be able to read until the end. I think I will be checking your site several times a day until the next chapter comes up!

Donna's my favorite companion, and I am still heartbroken that she and Ten parted so terribly. Losing her is what killed him, I think--his judgment (never 100% at the best of times, which is why he needed her so badly) went straight to hell without her, and it was made worse by grief and guilt. Peter Carlisle's story broke my heart, too--I know he and Natalie ended up together in the end, but it cost them both so much I was never sure if they'd get past that. So bringing Peter and Donna together is so perfect--I want so desperately for them to be happy!!

Thanks for writing this gorgeous story, and I can't wait for the next installment!!

Re: Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!

[dtstrainers]

I really am sorry it took so long to update- real life is being a right pain in the arse right now and it's putting me off my writing schedule. I'm going to shoot for at least two chapters a month.

I agree with you completely- Ten wouldn't have acted so impulsively if Donna had still been with him. She offered him stability and friendship and didn't demand anything in return. She was just happy to be with him. As for Peter, he's just as impulsive when it comes to personal relationships- he's guarded in his personal relationships, keeping people at arms-length with his irreverent attitude because when he does get involved, he falls hard and he falls fast. If the two of them will just stop trying to second-guess each other, things will be fine....

You are very kind with your generous praise and it's knowing someone is sitting out there waiting for an update that keeps me writing.