FIC Torchwood (poem) - Adversary

[fajrdrako]

Title: Adversary
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Bilis, Jack
Genre: Poem #13
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Possible spoilers for "End of Days". Bilis' voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form. I hadn't planned it, but it seems beautifully

Comments

[fajrdrako]

Bilis creeps me out beyond words

Yes, me too, but in a sort of good way!

I'm so glad I was able to make you quiver. Thank you!

[raissad]

Again, you've captured the voice perfectly. :)

[fajrdrako]

Thank you. It was fun to write.

[damalan]

You know, if it weren't for Danger Man this really would be my favourite poem of the set. You've gone for a simple, credible and frightening extension of the events of End of Days, and in the process made Bilis - who is already highly disturbing - a whole lot more scary.

I just wanted to say that I am most impressed that you've had both the stamina and imagination to see this through to the end. And in the process examined the series from a lot of different angles. You've more than earned the right to claim co-ownership of this acrostic poem form.

Next stop all the other villains and victims of the series? ;-)

[fajrdrako]

I found Bilis fascinating, and no less so because we don't ever learn his motives or his methodology, and we don't see anything about what happens to him at the end of the episode - presumably, nothing. Presumably he goes back into some niche in time of his own choosing, knowing what happened between Jack and Abaddon.

I'm particularly delighted that you found my take on Bilis scary!

It's been fun, poking at the different episodes from different viewpoints. I found that writing it as poetry was a whole different process than writing about Torchwood in prose - in some ways more challenging, in some ways less difficult, because it's a different mental process. Thanks for giving me the form and the idea in the first place!

I'm not sure what I'll do next. I think I need a dose of prose-writing for a break - but I'm not sure what.

[damalan]

Bilis has been the best villain as you say: we know even less about him that we do his nemesis, Jack. In that sense they are made for each other.

Well, rest assured I shall be reading whatever else you move on to. Good luck!

[fajrdrako]

You're right, Jack and Bilis are sort of parallel mysteries: age unknown, point of origin unknown, motives unknown. And both are time travellers.

Nice connections there.