Pocket Universe (1/1)

[the_tenzo]

Title: Pocket Universe (1/1)
Rating: All Ages
Characters/Pairings: Rose, Mickey, OC (Doctor/Rose implied)
Summary: The first time Rose Tyler tried to use the Dimension Cannon, things did not go as planned.
Word Count: 1362

A/N: Written for Challenge 2.01 of writerinatardis. I made it through to the next round (juuuust by the skin of my teeth)! And a big thanks to xebgoc and

Comments

[asahifirsa]

Just writing to let you know that I really enjoyed this. It's different, and strange, but it's also very beautiful. Thank you.

[the_tenzo]

Thank you! I know it's a little weird, but variety is the spice of life I guess. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[rosewarren]

Oh, I liked this the first time I read it!

[the_tenzo]

Thanks! I was certainly curious as to how it'd be received. It's not as different form my usual stuff as I think people think it is on first gloss, but it is a bit askew from the norm for me. I'm glad you liked it! :)

[fid_gin]

I really like this, even if I can't quite figure out what's going on. I get the impression though, of sadness and wrongness and missed oppourtunities, and it makes me sad.

[the_tenzo]

Angsty/confusing fic is angsty and confusing. I feel like I should make a general apology to the world for foisting this upon everyone! One of these days perhaps I'll go back and write it without a word limit and actually flesh out my ideas.

[10_point_5]

Yay, you're through to the next round :D I got a lot more out of it reading it this time, especially the maturity/seriousness of Rose and contemplating the sorts of devastation she must have seen when the worlds were disappearing and she was looking for the Doctor. Ans that poor guy who wasn't quite. He was just hauled into existence, sort of like the metacrisis, and as fid_gin pointed out, he was ready to die for the sake of everything when he ran at Davros. Incidentally, I was drinking wine the night I first read this too - so I don't know if wine helps me to get this fic, but I really like this fic.

[the_tenzo]

I'm glad you like it. I might have to file this one under "You either get it or you don't get it." But thanks for being a guinea pig for me last week!

[the_tenzo]

And also, I like how you describe not-quite-Doctor as sort of hauled into existence--that is exactly how I conceive of him, the poor sod.

[10_point_5]

Poor sod indeed *huggles him* And his bravery at the end just made me want to huggle him more.

[wendymr]

You know, I really do like your writing. And this is beautifully written, very moody and evocative, with a sense of mist swirling around the characters the whole time. But... I haven't a clue what's actually going on here. At first, I wondered if the doctor was a chameleon-arched Doctor, and if the artefact Rose gave him was the pocket watch - but apparently not. I know I'm not very good at filling in the blanks usually, and these sort of mystical, work-it-out-for-yourself stories usually leave me a bit confused. Sorry!

I didn't vote in WIAT - the thought of 20-odd stories was too offputting. But even with the somewhat impenetrable nature of this I would not have voted against it (I think I've already read the fic I probably would have voted against) and I'm glad you've lived to write another day :)

[the_tenzo]

It is perhaps inadvisable for me to take my inspiration from notoriously obtuse films. But I did figure, if I am going to just throw caution to the wind and write something that may turn out to be rather impenetrable, I should probably do it for the first round when there are 20 other fics to draw the fire. The prompt was "first times" and I was trying *so hard* not to go for the obvious, that perhaps I went too far in the other direction.

I could explain it, but perhaps one day I'll rewrite it without having to deal with a word limit and flesh out my ideas in a way that will hopefully make them a bit clearer. Thanks for slogging through it, though. :)