Comments | idontlikegravy: An Immortal Ianto fic 1/1

idontlikegravy

An Immortal Ianto fic 1/1

Jul 21, 2009 11:20

This is part of my Immortal Ianto series, the beginning of which can be found here. So, this one's a little more somber than usual, my brain is leaning towards h/c at the moment, which is a novel experience for me. Big thanks to aeron_lanart for her reassurances ( Read more... )

captain jack, crossover, immie!ianto, ianto, fic, torchwood, highlander

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aeron_lanart July 21 2009, 13:23:58 UTC

Glad you posted this sooner rather than later! I think it's gorgeous, and that last line makes me tear up (in a good way). I like h/c, but not always too much of the hurt bit - at least physically - so this is perfect.

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 19:30:14 UTC

Thank you hon, that really means a lot to me and my paranoia ;) It might come off as false modesty or something, but I really do think I'm crap at the mushy stuff, so again, thank you. :)

strangevisitor7 July 21 2009, 14:02:59 UTC

A nice reflective moment and so full of good denial for the fangirls. I am so glad you made him Immortal before the F@#%$n' show attempt to - well you know

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 19:31:44 UTC

LOL

so am I, for once I was ahead of the curve and can write safe in the knowledge that I'm not in Denial. (Watch this space for an Immortal perspective on CoE - once I can bear to watch it again that is!)

tygermama July 21 2009, 16:38:05 UTC

Just started watching "Children of Earth" and only got spoiled for one plot point, so I really loved this. Jack and Ianto's relationship is so wonderful and real and canon, so we get to see them kissing!

I love their conversation about why you go on living. I imagine it's one Amanda has had to have more than once too.

idontlikegravy July 21 2009, 21:12:34 UTC

*headdesk*

My sincerest apologies - I sometimes forget about spoilers because I'm so used to being behind on US shows and trying to avoid them myself! Mea culpa.

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it and I can only apologise again. :)

tygermama July 21 2009, 23:10:28 UTC

Oh No! Don't apologize, I was spoiled on that point before your lovely fic. Sorry to confuse. :) I seem to do that a lot.

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 06:48:23 UTC

Ah, I see what's happened here. I was referring to the existence of Jack's family and Ianto's sister as spoiler. Ianto's been Immortal since February, it's got nothing to with CoE. (which I'm very happy about, because since I was already writing the story, it's not Denial!). I probably should have put a link to the rest above, shouldn't I? *grin*

bugeyedmonster July 21 2009, 20:10:19 UTC

Aww... at least he has Jack to help him. Bittersweet. Ianto had better enjoy his sister while he can.

And since he works for Torchwood, it might be easy for him to never call only write.

Looking forward to more Immortal Ianto. (It makes me smile.)

(^_^)/
BEM

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 19:33:26 UTC

Thank you! It makes me smile to write it, usually, but I had a bit of angst to work out of me (unsurprisingly). Hopefully it's done now, but there may be more before I can get to the lighter stuff. :)

vipersweb July 22 2009, 18:53:53 UTC

quite a gorgeous piece. I like that Jack is able to reassure Ianto about being immortal and watching people die. I mean, Amanda could do it, but she's his teacher and I don't think it would work as well as it does with Jack, who Ianto knows and loves - or at least likes a lot - and who has dealt with immortality and watching people he loves die for a long time - and yet, still works for Torchwood, which I think is the important part. After all, working for a place where the mortality rate is quite high is not an easy thing.

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 19:36:26 UTC

This is very true.

Thank you, I'm so happy you liked it. As I said above, I don't do this sort of fic often because I genuinely feel I'm rubbish at it. I wrote poetry when I was younger, and I think sometimes I tend to lean to a very poetic kind of language when writing angst and h/c which just comes over as melodramatic in a fic. So, positive comments are genuinely appreciated! :)

vipersweb July 22 2009, 19:38:16 UTC

I like angst. Can't write humor very well, but angst and drama? so well. In fact, I got that as a criticism for Schism - a HP/TW crossover. I was told it was too dark and too angsty and too depressing. (I covered cyberwoman to countrycide, which as you know, are quite depressing episodes.)

idontlikegravy July 22 2009, 20:24:30 UTC

Between your angst and my crack/fluff/humour, maybe we could find a happy medium! *grin*

Too angsty? No such thing. We all need light and fluffy, but without the dark we wouldn't know what it was. I love a good angsty piece. And that sounds like it needs to be angsty. ;-)

*toddles off to investigate Schism*

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