Fanfic - A Man of Goodwill [Torchwood: Ianto/Lisa]

[soera]

Title: A Man of Goodwill
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Ianto/Lisa
Warnings: angst, weird formatting, spoilers for Cyberwoman
Summary: There are many ways that Ianto Jones' life could have gone.
Author's Notes: Experimenting with formatting here, as you'll clearly see. I've checked it on Firefox, Chrome, IE and Safari, and it seems to work fine. Hopefully

Comments

[criccieth]

oh god that's heartbreaking.

so very heartbreaking. And not even the glimmer of hope that you get from canon because now Jack doesn't even know what Ianto can do.

Lovely portrayal of Lisa - so few people seem to touch on her!

and some of those 'other lives' sound almost interesting - how would he still meet Jack in them....

[robling_t]

Formatting comes out okay and I think it adds quite a bit to the story, to show the forks in the road...

[specialj67]

Ooh, got chills down my spine!

I think the formatting here was original and did much to enchance the story, the other paths not taken and what might have happened and how even in these other realities, Ianto was still a damaged and unhappy person trying to deal with his grief all on his own. It's hard, by this point, to read Cyberwoman-era fics focusing on Ianto that feel original or bring something new to the (very depressing) party, but I loved what you did here.

The notion of Ianto making lists of possibilities for his life and then burning them as soon as he finishes them--dude...it felt both new (to me--I'd never thought of that before) and old (it's something that, of course, he would do becuase he is that kind of calculating person). I love stuff like that.

[honey_felidae]

That was new and good. Wow.

is me bad, because i want more?
that is fantastic. =O

i am speakless...

[niyalune]

So sad ! Ianto/Lisa always breaks my heart.
I love the formating and all the might have beens - the list feels a bit like "choose your own adventure" books ^^ Very good !