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Fic: Personnel Issues - Part 11

Oct 06, 2010 22:36

Title: Personnel Issues
Authors: sparking_off and pinkfairy727
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Tosh, Owen,
Warnings: Canon character death, swearing
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 36,300
Beta: etmuse
Summary: The Torchwood Three email newsletter: an excuse to gossip, bitch, plan dates, fight, and discuss squirrel rats.
Spoilers: For all of series 2.

( Part 11 - Newsletter 49 )

captain jack harkness, gwen cooper, fic, toshiko sato, torchwood, co-written, owen harper, ianto jones

Comments 20

erin_giles October 7 2010, 00:29:36 UTC

This was all kinds of amazing. I don't even know where to begin... There were lots of laugh out loud moments as well as some cringe-worthy moments, especially with Jack and Ianto arguing. I loved Owen's obsession with the squirrel-rats and Ianto's 'not-worrying'. The constantly changing signatures of team Torchwood also kept me amused, and it was as much about what they didn't say in their e-mails which I really loved. Half the time my brain was trying to remember the episodes and how it affected each team member... I clearly need to re-watch Torchwood.

Right, enough rambling. I will repeat though, this was amazing, hilarious and so very original. Brilliant job guys. (So worth staying up to read too)

remuslives23 October 7 2010, 00:49:38 UTC

I giggled much of the way through this. The squirrel rat was so funny. Love the way they all interact. I particularly liked the way you handled Meat, and Gwen and Ianto's kidnapping. Ending was so sad, though. Fantastic fic!

nancybrown October 7 2010, 01:08:16 UTC

This was a delight to read. I loved the gap-filling, the snarking, and the underlying sense of fondness among the team, just in email form. The end was heartbreaking, but it had to be. Lovely, lovely job.

sariagray October 7 2010, 01:57:16 UTC

I absolutely loved this. Voice was spot on, and it was hilarious at points, sad at others. Oh, brilliant. This was clearly a labor of love! Thank you for sharing! It made my day that much better! :-D

lizzledpink October 7 2010, 02:00:38 UTC

Bloody brilliant. Oh, God.

Let me count the ways:

Snark, so many WTF Torchwood moments, brilliant use of some of the aliens (Judoon!abduction fail), not to mention of other organizations (UNIT and MoD, the rest - PWNED! Tosh and Jack and Ianto rule all)... Owen's squirrel-rats. Never expected the twins. Hilarious and cut Jack/Ianto fluff, the obvious ties in with canon, codas, heart-wrenching, hysterical, GORGEOUS... Myfanwy with a cold. Concerned. Cupcakes, OH THE CUPCAKES. Tosh's project. Oh, there is so much love in this story!

And then you end with this. <3 Oh, that obstacle course, left unfinished, that just BREAKS me. T.T Perfect. So, so perfect.

CANON. Right here. I have no doubt I'm going to end up slipping in references to this if/when I can in my own fanfiction, because this was just so... Exactly them. Perfectly them. And Ianto's weekly newsletter, the simple idea of it... So Ianto. Actually, it kind of reminded me of what copperbadge did in the askworld, and I really hope you know exactly how much of a compliment that is ( ... )