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Fic: A Kiss before Dying (Doctor Who/Torchwood, PG-13)

Oct 01, 2011 17:05

Title: A Kiss before Dying.
Author: Prochytes.
Fandom: Doctor Who/Torchwood.
Rating: PG-13. Angst.
Characters/Pairing: Jack Harkness/Melody Pond.
Disclaimer: All the Beeb’s.
Summary: Melody was less than candid about who she had been.
Word Count: 571.
A/N: Spoilers for Doctor Who “Let’s Kill Hitler”, for Torchwood to the end of S3, and for the Old! ( Read more... )

doctor who, torchwood

Comments 16

rabecka August 21 2012, 03:44:17 UTC

Not sure how I missed this til now, but very glad I stumbled over it at last. Since others have already beat me to several favorite lines and observations, I'll mention that I loved the connection of the title to the last paragraph. It didn't register with me at first, til I went back up to the top to bookmark the story and then wham...

prochytes August 21 2012, 08:35:26 UTC

Many thanks! It has always been one of my favourite titles for a novel, and I was pleased that Mels gave the opportunity to use it so appositely.

veritas6_5 September 11 2012, 08:33:30 UTC

You're going to get tired of my adoration. I hope it takes a long time. Must go read more.

prochytes September 11 2012, 17:07:29 UTC

I am very glad that you enjoyed the fic!

dieastra March 31 2013, 20:51:21 UTC

Found one ;)

I recently was re-watching the first two Torchwood seasons and I was really sad that they did not more with Tarot girl. I guess they thought they had a bit time ahead to explain her better but then nothing came out of it. So nice to have fanfictions for that.

As for the ending, I always wondered what happens when the person wearing the lipgloss is wetting their lips... Would they poison themselves? And did Jack knew before he kissed her or only afterwards?

prochytes March 31 2013, 21:44:22 UTC

Yes - I suspect that we might have seen more of Tarot Girl in canon if things had turned out differently. Oh well - never mind.

I've always assumed that the various lip-glosses which we see (River's hallucinogenic one, and the more lethal ones used by Melody and John Hart) were tailored to the individual physiology of the user: harmless to him (or her); effective on anyone else. This might explain why they are apparently so hard to come by: only rogue Time Agents and bespoke psychopaths have the necessary contacts. My assumption is that Jack knew before he kissed her; it's a trick with which he has reason to be familiar. Many thanks for the comment!