What the Thunder Said (Meta on the Doctor Falls and the Twelfth Doctor's era)
Alternative title: Why Moffat Who is Poetry
Welcome to the meta café! Although this time it's more The Poetry Café (not that there's ever much difference). What I mean is, this post is like a follow-up to The Hollow Men and will be formatted in a similar way: I.e. first up is the poem/imagery, which will then be followed by lengthy, complex and in ( Read more... )
Welcome to the meta café! Although this time it's more The Poetry Café (not that there's ever much difference). What I mean is, this post is like a follow-up to The Hollow Men and will be formatted in a similar way: I.e. first up is the poem/imagery, which will then be followed by lengthy, complex and in ( Read more... )
At some point the Nurse kneels beside him and traces his injuries through the torn, tattered clothes, wincing in sympathy.
Most of the damage has been done by internal bleeding -traumatic brain injury, probable aortic rupture, multiple rib fractures, blast lung, dislocated shoulder- but there are many visible cuts, bruises, and burns. Some hidden wound in the back of his right leg still bleeds down a dark trouser-leg, releasing small, pinkish clouds that quickly disperse in the water ( ... )
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Genuine lol.
I wanted it to be ambiguous enough for other interpretations to be applicable. But I wrote it to be River
Conflating River with other female characters is always the correct answer.
So yes, naming them in the end is a conscious choice to show the change, the truer presence and communication.
I thought that worked excellently.
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Hello! I have excuses, but mostly I just suck and also every time I let myself get sucked into thinking about the perfection that is Twelve's arc I spend the next month in a state of emotional compromise.
This show will kill me some day, and you sure are doing a magnificent job in helping it along.
*sigh* I knew this would be exquisite just from your description of what you wanted to do, and oh . . . it is ( ... )
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Aww, it’s cool, no worries.
This show will kill me some day, and you sure are doing a magnificent job in helping it along.
You know what they call me in the ancient legends of the fanfiction community? The Oncoming Nope.
...Though this is pretty tame, by my standards. ;)
I love how it takes that moment of flashes of the companions from the episode which I quite like in concept but comes across a bit trite in execution and makes it into exactly what it should be. I shall be thinking about this fic every time I watch from now on.
I’m especially proud of that bit. And d’awww, thanks!
The way this is phrased, the disconnected voices reminds me very much of parts of The Waste Land, appropriately enough ; )
Daum! <3 <3 <3
I don't have much to say to this other than you have such a beautiful turn of phrase and rhythm. Ha! In your ( ... )
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