I'm No Siren, God I Know, But I Keep On Trying To Sing You Home...

[ladychi]

Fic: Sea Spray and Siren Song
Author: ladychi
Pairing: Doctor/Rose
Rating: All ages
Summary: She likes the drama of the waves crashing over the rocks, of the way the sea spray bites her face one moment and kisses it the next... A fic inspired by "Siren", a song by Adam of the Mudbloods.

Comments

[editrx]

Woot! So glad to see this posted tonight (er, this morning, for me now). There's something wonderful about fics of yours written from Rose's POV.

One thousand, four hundred, sixty-eight. That's the number of times she's seen the Doctor die now.

These lines broke my heart.

[ladychi]

A lot of people find her difficult to write -- and I don't blame them, I do too, but occasionally she just hits me over the head with something.

Thanks, hun! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

[tardismate]

Oh, Chi! This is...this is just...so beautiful, and sad, and with a lovely end to ground everything in reality.

But you broke me with this...

'One thousand, four hundred, sixty-eight. That's the number of times she's seen the Doctor die now.'

Those two lines are more heartbreaking than anything I've read before.

I love Rose's POV fics, we identify with her and feel her pain accordingly. You captured that pain beautifully.

Thanks for sharing this.

[ladychi]

I couldn't resist a little Rose-angst. Thank you so very, very much for your thoughtful review!

[canaana]

Beautiful. No one else does Rose's point of view quite like you do. I also love the structure of the story--the little stretches of forward motion punctuated by those profound single lines that make them make sense.

[ladychi]

Thanks. I started with that first paragraph -- it hit me over the head like a nine-iron, and then I had that idea of just limiting myself to two or three paragraphs followed by one sentence. I'm glad it worked!

Thank you very much for a thoughtful review! It made my day.

[erateini]

You really know how to give life to your characters.This was quite an interesting way of seeing Rose go from the girl we knew to the woman she is now...

[ladychi]

I did worry that it would come across like a mini Evolution of Rose, but I don't think I could ever explore the character of Rose enough. Thank you so much for the compliments!

[wickedgillie]

This was like a sucker-punch to the gut. You write Rose in ways few can touch. So bloody fantastic, Chi.

[ladychi]

You literally made me blush! Thank you so much.