Fic challenge

[tanarian]

Title: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Martha, Mickey
Rating: Mild PG for kiss
Spoilers: Strong for Journey's End
Warning: Not really a good choice for Martha and Mickey fans
Disclaimer: Not mine; they belong to RTD and to the BBC
Summary: Written for Day Six challenge on horizonssing.

How happy is the blameless vestal'

Comments

[tanarian]

I'd worry less if it wasn't for the fact that RTD seems to consider a nice tragic ending to be the very height of TV writing. First season of Torchwood ended in them losing Jack, second season had them losing Owen and Toshiko. First season of New Who had them losing Jack and the Doctor regenerating, second season had him losing Rose, third season had the Master being killed and the Doctor losing Martha and fourth season had Donna as good as dead. It's not an encouraging track record, you know!

While the characters of Martha and Mickey are strong in Who, they will be unknown to the Torchwood fanbase who don't watch both shows (and they exist). And the fact that Martha and Mickey are strong characters will mean that they are used more. A scriptwriter who's pushed for time is going to use a readily developed character rather than go to all the trouble of fleshing out another one - especially if they're having to write a new villain as well

[tanarian]

That's okay - it's a long-standing gripe amongst all us Jamie fans! Although, to be fair, the Doctor had no part in that, being arrested at the time.

[stubbyuk]

Nope not the doc's fault that one...but I sometimes my ability to hold grudges against writers is scary..and I didn't even see the original episodes of this, just reruns and videos, and it still makes me bristle, lol.

[tanarian]

oh, people i really really hope u're wrong about the future of Jack-Ianto in s3! i want more of it not a magic trick disappearance.
this fic hurt :'(

[love_jackianto]

I'm hoping I'm wrong, but I've been burned by enough tv shows that I've learned to expect the worst (every time I like a character they either stay a minor character or get killed).

[tanarian]

Same here. It's a miracle Ianto's lasted this long, really, given my track record.

[love_jackianto]

Yeah. He's harder to kill than Jack. I thought for sure they were going to kill him at the beginning of Series 2 so they could put Jack and Gwen together. I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before they put Martha and Jack together.

[tanarian]

I just think that Martha's too huge a character for them to ignore and the combination of Jack and Gwen and Martha (plus Action!Mickey) will leave nothing over for Ianto.