DW/TW Fic: There Are Some Men Who Should Have Mountains to Bear Their Names to Time (Part 3)

[kalichan]

Title: There Are Some Men Who Should Have Mountains To Bear Their Names To Time
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Ianto, Ten, +TW team, +sundry members of DW Cast
Authors: rm & kalichan
Rating/Warning: NC-17, slash, plot, religion (!!), and porn.
Summary: Some people say goodbye and others say hello.
Wordcount: ~32,000 words posted in five parts
Authors' Notes: This

Comments

[azriona]

"If you wish. But if you will not tell me my story, perhaps you could be enticed to tell me yours."

"I don't know your story, so I certainly can't tell you that."

Mind, I'm still going on my theory here. Ianto might not know Jack's full story, but he knows his part of it. And really, every story that Boe hears, he's always involved in some way, else why would the story be told to him? Perhaps that's the point of the stories - Boe hears them, and in hearing them, shapes himself. Perhaps that's why Ianto is there - not just to remind him that he was once human, but to make that memory part of his story again.

Ooo, I'm good. I'm probably wrong, but I'm good.

"...And if you tell me, it becomes mine, does it not? A story is a gift that you can give away and yet still keep. And sometimes, they become more in the telling."

Ha-ha!!!!! The story becomes part of Boe....but I do like the parallel, with telling stories, within a story. I hope you grinned for at least half an hour after writing that. :)

The Face seemed to smile.

[kalichan]

Perhaps that's the point of the stories - Boe hears them, and in hearing them, shapes himself. Perhaps that's why Ianto is there - not just to remind him that he was once human, but to make that memory part of his story again.

*beams admiringly* you are good! And yes, once we nailed this part down, there was a lot of whooping and hollering. We may have been in a bar, after several beers [Rach] and several ciders [me]. *grins* Personally, I love stories about stories, so this section was very dear to us for that reason.

You know, the more aggravated Ianto is, the more Boe seems to enjoy it. Which is so very Jack. I love it. :)

One of the big challenges for us in this section was to keep Boe recognizably Jack (sense of humor intact for one thing), but at the same time noticeably evolved in more ways than just the physical. It was great fun, honestly, and it's great to have it picked up on. Thank you.

Ah, Ianto. In the end, it's the same thing, isn't it? Storytellers and Storykeepers still center around the story, even if they stand

[azriona]

because Jack has evolved into this face thing, so that's the setting he'd come back to, and part of me says yes, because he ought to come back to the factory settings that Rose left him at. But right now I'm leaning towards 'no' because of that whole "aging" thing that Jack mentions right at the end of DW Series 3.

Agreed. Also, if Jack returned to "factory settings" as done by Rose, he'd be coming back with shorter hair every time we've seen him die. Which doesn't happen. So I think it's that he comes back to whatever state he died in - minus the wounds and all. Although that doesn't explain why he doesn't have a beard when they dig him up in 1901 (or whenever that was, I won't swear to the year). Maybe he evolves past the need to shave? *grin*

[f_l_e_m]

"I've heard it can be quite pleasurable," the Face said reflectively.

Ianto stared. "I'm sorry, was that an... never mind." Surely this giant Face wasn't making a sexual reference. It had little tentacles! They were waving in its smoke! And it was probably reading his mind, right now.

The Face seemed to smile. Ianto thought very seriously about banging his head into a wall until he was dead.

That part made me laugh out loud :)

Also, this is literature. No doubt about it. Beautifully written. ♥

[kalichan]

What a fabulous compliment! Thank you. And v. sorry for the delayed response. Things have been a bit crazy round these parts. So delighted you enjoyed it.

[specialj67]

It wasn't enough apparently that Jack was now a big giant head that didn't remember him at all and happened to be living in a jar. No, Jack was a big giant romantic head in a jar.

LOVE this! An inordinate amount.

[kalichan]

Thank you! And sorry for the incredibly late reply. =D

[tree00faery]

Eee! So much to love in this. I can sense the story being wrapped up, and it's making me kind of sad. As such, I keep tearing up. :P

(The line with the moth and the three nights totally did me in. Had to stop reading for a minute or two and grab a bunch of tissues.)

I love Ianto telling stories to Boe. Makes the whole thing less depressing, in a way. Yes, Jack forgets Ianto. But he still has him in the end.

[kalichan]

Well, this installment's almost over -- there's still one more to go after this. You certainly sped through it.

Re: the moth -- Rach and I keep kicking around the idea of writing up the actual moth fairy tale. I'm sure we'll get around to it one of these days.

And yes, Jack definitely has Ianto in the end. It's a very long love story ;-)