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"tell rock n'roll i'm alone again" [part two], Torchwood, Owen/Ianto

Jul 30, 2010 17:16

( 'Fine,' Owen says, getting up from the table and wishing he could use needing a cigarette as an excuse to escape, 'well, if you want to convince the world that you’re not madly pining over Jack, you might want to stop singing his songs in the shower.' )

pairing: ianto jones/lisa hallet, pairing: jack/suzie, pairing: owen/suzie, pairing: adam smith/tosh sato, type: het, tv show: torchwood, challenge: au_bingo, pairing: gwen/rhys, character: ianto jones, character: suzie costello, type: slash, character: toshiko sato, character: owen harper, character: gwen cooper, pairing: owen/gwen, pairing: gwen/tosh, pairing: owen harper/ianto jones, character: jack harkness, pairing: jack/john, character: john hart

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allyndra July 30 2010, 17:20:41 UTC

Band AUs, God! I think the reason they appeal to me so much is the combination family/lovers/people trapped together vibe, which this fic has in spades. Owen is so sharp-edged, hurting himself as often as he hurts anyone else; it makes it easy to sympathize with him, despite his frequent assholishness. I love the tangled relationships, and the little conversations and memories that illuminate them. Jack as an addict makes so much sense, and the episode titles work really well as song titles. And I'm grateful for the hopeful ending, letting me imagine that things will turn out better for the band Torchwood than it did for the characters on the show.

Thanks for sharing this! It was an unexpected treat when I opened my flist this morning.

paperclipbitch August 3 2010, 16:56:06 UTC

I love band AUs as well, though I don't think I've ever read a happy one ever, which is kind of weird... I couldn't believe how much the episode titles sounded like songs either! And I had to give it a hopeful ending, I love these guys too much not to.

Thank you so much sweetie, I'm glad you liked :D

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paperclipbitch August 3 2010, 16:59:29 UTC

Awww, thank you so much lovely! I always want to tell Tosh to run away from the crazy people too (she deserves so much more!). And as for the Welsh accent thing... I think most people feel that way actually! Half my family are Welsh and I still squee when I talk to them on the phone... Anyway, I'm glad you liked :)

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eudaimonia_ish July 30 2010, 19:20:51 UTC

This is amazing. I love how incredibly destructive all the members of Torchwood are, and how that destructiveness always teeters between tearing them to pieces and holding them together. That's how I always saw them on the show, and it works so well in this AU that it blows my mind. Fabulous work.

eudaimonia_ish July 31 2010, 00:03:24 UTC

ALSO. If you did decide to write a Martha-POV sequel, I just might explode from sheer joy. I'm already imagining how it would go, and it would be epic.

paperclipbitch August 3 2010, 17:02:02 UTC

I love the destructiveness of the Torchwood people a bit too much, I imagine that that comes across! Thank you very much sweetie, I'm glad you liked!

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test_kard_girl July 30 2010, 20:03:51 UTC

Ohmygoodness, how much better are the Torchwood guys as freakishly dysfunctional band members rather than fucking screwed up alien catchers?? This should be the TV show.

Oh, how I've missed your Torchwood stuff!! You've been writing these boys for too long, every word out of their mouths is ridiculously in character. I especially love your Ianto. 'Cos he's a twat.

“Oh look,” Ianto mutters, “you turn into Gok Wan when you’re hammered. Always nice to know.”

I love how you've worked the Torchwood storylines into the bandom plot, all the way down to episode titles being song titles. That's actually kind of beuatiful :).

But, oh, the angst. Owen is so, so fucked up it's kind of heartbreaking. And Suzie! (you always write Suzie so wonderfully it gives me chills). The bit when the band hear she's killed herself is such a horrible shock, even though, I guess, I should've knew where that was going. I love the claustrophobia and the anger and it all just seems so spot-on. The Torchwood gang should never go on tour together. They would kill ( ... )

paperclipbitch August 3 2010, 17:05:11 UTC

I've become weirdly attached to their helpless faily band alter-egos now ;) And it's been too long since I've written for these boys, considering how much I love them (more than any other couple I write for at all, seriously). I'm glad you picked up on the facebook line, I'm weirdly attached to that one although I have no idea why! Basically, thank you so much for such a lovely and detailed comment sweetie, you are marvellous :D I'm so glad you liked!

xxx

faith_less_one July 30 2010, 21:37:10 UTC

I have far too many things to say, and most of them are just quoting huge sections and telling you how awesome you are... so I'll skip the quoting bit and just say that I loved all of this. The band is a scarily perfect AU, and "The Time Agents" are brilliant and I adored cute little Tosh and slutty Gwen and OCD emo Ianto and flirty id-driven Jack and poor depressed Suzie and conflicted confused Owen most of all.

You are far too good at this, sweetie. Don't ever stop. :)

paperclipbitch August 3 2010, 17:09:03 UTC

Awww, thank you so very much lovely! I had too much fun writing it, frankly, and I'm so pleased that you enjoyed :D

xxx