Fic: Backwards the clock goes ticking (Doctor Who)

[flowsoffire]

Title: Backwards the clock goes ticking
Author: flowsoffire
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/characters: River Song, mentions of the Doctor and Amy Pond
Genre: Angst/Drama
Rating: K+
Word count: 495 words.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Summary: Sunlight burns and water gleams, and River Song stands suspended. Lake Silencio, twice.
Author's note:

Comments

[irishvampire13]

Oh, wow, Azzie...that is just...

Wow...

*loves you*

[avarill]

Amazing! Perfect look at River's POV at the Lake (the second time); beautifully drawn. Wow.

[flowsoffire]

Thank you so much, dear, I'm so happy you liked this! ♥

[flowsoffire]

:D Love you right back! It means a lot to me that you seemed to like it so much ♥

[scripsi]

Such a powerful Little ficlet. And Beautiful! I could feel the sun when I read it, and how she felt. Really, really good.

[flowsoffire]

Thank you so much! :D It means a lot to me that you liked it so, and especially that the descriptions were effective!

[a_phoenixdragon]

Gods, Azzie...

This...this is the winner. I just...I know it. It has to be.

I cannot. I am breathing and yet it feels like crying. How can you -?

Thank you.

*hugs you fiercely*

*Gives you humbled and passionate kisses*

[flowsoffire]

*flails a little* Thank you ♥♥♥

*kisses back*

[paynesgrey]

Oh my gods this is just fantastic. Such wonderful depth, flow of words and just the raw emotion felt here, her helplessness and stuck in that long moment. Just Portrayed wonderfully. Awesome job!

[flowsoffire]

♥♥♥ Thank you! It means the world to me that you liked it so much.

[rumpelsnorcack]

This is so beautiful! In a heartbreaking way, of course. As others have said, you can feel the weight of the sun burning down on her and what it all means to her. How everything changed in a second from idyll to despair and how the sun itself changed from benign to threatening.

I also really love the mention that Eleven knows who she is even though the Ponds don't. That's not something I had picked up on, but of course this older version does know. How complicated everything is for her, keeping it all straight, and then how weighty that burning sun is as her world falls apart even as she doesn't really fully understand why, and how the only thing she can do, even though she knows it's never going to work, is to shoot and shoot again and again.

[flowsoffire]

Thank you so much, I'm so happy you liked with, and the feelings and imagery! :D And yes, the complicated timelines-and the fact that this actually isn't very normal, because the Doctor and the Ponds are supposed to be in sync. I kind of meant to convey that it didn't strike her at first, but it was kind of a warning that something was off-didn't really go on about it though, because 500 words. It was a bit of work already getting it down to that ;) I wouldn't have it eating on my sun imagery, either. *chuckles*

And this is all so confusing for the author too even so Iʼm glad that feeling came across as well =)

how the only thing she can do, even though she knows it's never going to work, is to shoot and shoot again and again.
THAT PART JUST KILLED ME. IN CASE YOU COULDN'T TELL. River ♥

*hugs* ♥♥♥