TW Fic: To Count on Both Hands

[nancybrown]

Title: To Count on Both Hands
Author: nancybrown
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, other cameos
Rating: PG-13
Words: 7300
Spoilers: CoE (characters only), MD (one character name only)
Warnings: so much sap it could be a tree
Betas: Fide, who is going to pretend to be SURPRISED, and lawsontl, who probably won't

Comments

[bookwormsarah]

Beautifully carried through to the conclusion - wraps up the third season nicely. I particularly love the final paragraph, which feels very right.

[nancybrown]

Thanks! :) I have no idea what's up with the last paragraph, but I wrote and deleted it twice, and it still "wanted" to be in there. So.

[bookwormsarah]

As far as I can remember Creepy Tarot Girl was never explained, she was just *there*, so in the context of both the fic and the show it works perfectly! Somehow it makes it feel more finished. I can't explain why...

[nancybrown]

She's randomly shown up in this series a couple of times. I have no idea why, either.

[coldwater1010]

This was a lovely coda to the series. It made me a bit weepy. Great job.

[nancybrown]

Thanks! *hands you tissue* It wasn't supposed to be sad, I swear!

[coldwater1010]

Heh, it was a nice kind of weepy. I found it all very poignant and I'm just in that frame of mind today to be emotional about things.

[nancybrown]

I can't imagine why. *burns calendar*

[fide_et_spe]

Wow, what a nice surprise! Thank you so much! And the 9th of July as well, it's just right.

I really love all the POVs in this, they feel so in character, even imagining how they will be in 60 years.

That metaphor of Jack's life winding down like a spinning top, it's wonderful and thought provoking.

The unicorns have soft grey fur, aaaw. I so want one, they just sound lovely. They'll miss them, I hope they get to see them again. And Ianto is a silver fox, I just knew it.

How great is the idea of the Hub keeping their files active and recording it all, nice touch.

Thanks again, this is so sweet and makes me happy.

[nancybrown]

*glee* I'm so glad you liked it! I have felt bad because you'd be like, "You could write *this*" and I would always be "But I can't because Reasons." But I could write this.

How great is the idea of the Hub keeping their files active and recording it all, nice touch.

Thanks. I was working through the POVs and realized there was no way that round of Torchwood would just assume they'd seen the last of either of them.

Every day is fix-it day. Today a bit more so.

[fide_et_spe]

Aaaw what was that story where every day was his birthday, something Alice in Wonderland-ish, or maybe Peter Pan. I really like the idea of every day being fix-it day.

So funny you would feel bad! I always think I hope I'm not being too annoying pestering you to let Jack give Ianto a bunny every time. Unicorns are even better than bunnies though!

[nancybrown]

Never a problem, I only get annoyed with "you ought to write X" from people I never hear from otherwise. Like, I posted a fic once and someone replied that I should write a sequel that did X, without saying a word about the actual fic I'd posted, or ever commenting on any other fics before or after that one (including the sequel they'd asked for). People like you and Eldar and LawsonTL and coldwater and everybody, the folks who show up all the time and are bouncy and helpful and enthusiastic, heck, I'll try to write you basically anything you ask for, and I feel bad when I can't because Reasons. (Like that missing week fic.)

tl;dr Don't worry about it. :) Always ask for the bunny.

[withywindle01]

Oh, I loved this. What a great ending!

[nancybrown]

Thank you! I'm really not sure what was going on with it, but I'm glad you enjoyed!

[iantojjackh]

Awww that was really sweet. Loved the wedding. Awesome line about Ianto being there all the ties Jack died that Jack could at least do it for him once. Sad, but so fitting.

[nancybrown]

Thanks! :) I've had the song the title's from running through my head, and it got me to thinking about all the times Ianto's had to do that (admittedly, many of them are fanon ... ). It's not exactly fair of him to point it out, but he's right.