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Fic: Whom We Can Love, We Can Hate (The Words Are Futile Devices Mix)

May 08, 2011 08:56

Title: Whom We Can Love, We Can Hate (The Words Are Futile Devices Mix)
Author: heddychaa (with thanks to Mara.)
Characters: Ianto/Jack, Ianto/Lisa, Team Torchwood
Rating: NC-17
Genre: Angst, character study
Wordcount: ~3739
Warnings: Explicit sexuality
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and Torchwood's characters, concepts, and events belong to their respective owners ( Read more... )

challenges, fanfic, one-shot, jack/ianto, nc-17, ianto/lisa, ianto jones

Comments 23

azn_jack_fiend May 8 2011, 17:59:14 UTC

The dynamic you created here where Ianto is holding on tight to his hatred of Jack, but it keeps slipping away, and he has to deal with that loss of control... it's really disturbing and really good. Awesome remixing.

heddychaa May 9 2011, 17:05:03 UTC

Thanks bud! I love that description of it, hatred slipping away.

madder_rose May 8 2011, 19:17:52 UTC

I love this. And that's all. But I love the way it feels like release the same moment Ianto makes his decision.

heddychaa May 9 2011, 17:05:32 UTC

Aw, thank you so much bb

chamilet May 8 2011, 20:27:19 UTC

Really good:) I always love stories examining Cyberwoman aftermath.

heddychaa May 9 2011, 17:05:53 UTC

Thanks!

manikineko May 8 2011, 20:44:28 UTC

Wow, that was amazing! It nearly made me cry at the end and I loved the little details you put in (like Rhys' handwriting for example). The changes between Ianto's thoughts and his answers to Jack's questions were also absolutely brilliant. Great work, I want to read more! =)

heddychaa May 9 2011, 17:07:25 UTC

I very much liked in the original how confrontational Ianto was, but when it came to remixing I wanted to try tweaking his characterization and motivation a little. A lot of Ianto's inner dialogue (and the lines he makes up for Jack) are lifted from the original, just presented as figments of Ianto's imagination. I had a lot of fun leaving so much unspoken.

Thanks!

51stcenturyfox May 8 2011, 23:39:57 UTC

he’d flushed all his Panadol down the toilet in a fit of impossible determination and then been sick just out of the enormity of it, the fact that choosing to live had turned out to be just as scary as choosing to die

The sellotape and guttering candle, and "why did you kiss me?" So very poetic!

I just love the bit about finding Rose's name. And what a great ending.

heddychaa May 9 2011, 17:09:31 UTC

Thank you, this sat without an ending for such a long time until I rewatched that "Small Worlds" clip for inspiration and saw that folder, and it seemed like a perfect way to establish Jack's humanity in Ianto's eyes, for him to have lost someone, too.

Can't take credit for the "why did you kiss me?" as that's the anchoring line of the original. It is definitely great though, an awesome jumping off point!

Thanks!