Fic: Mum's the Word

[thenoblethang]

Title: Mum’s the Word
Rating: PG
Genre: hurt/comfort
Words: 1640
Characters: Donna, Sylvia, mentions of Ten
Warning/Spoilers: Takes place in between Journey’s End and End of Time, contains mentions of alcohol
Summary: Sylvia has a little talk with Donna.
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or the series from whence they hail.
A/N: I bought and

Comments

[sandyosullivan]

Donna gave a rough, snotty noise as she blew into it.
Awwwww TNT you write the most touching things!!!!!

I love this, you know how much I love Sylvia! If I was the Doctor, I'd totally make her my companion!

[thenoblethang]

LOL don't I? ;)

I was working on a fic where Sylvia was for once on the TARDIS. Needs some polishin' though. But yes, Sylvia fo' life!

[lifefailsme]

Aww this is funny and so sweet. Really well written and utterly compelling!

Love it X-D Best.Pairing.Ever

(Though Eleven/TARDIS [as Sexy] is epic too LOL)

[thenoblethang]

D'aw, thanks... :D

Yes! I do love Donna-Sylvia-mummy-daughter-bondin'. Their relationship is so messy and complicated but really so much more.

(oh yes, they're my other OTP LOL)

[lifefailsme]

I love messy and complicated relationships. Mine with my entire extended family, my side, is like that and I think everyone has a relationship like that with at least one member of theirs, so it is easy to relate to when done well.

And you do it well.

Mine too! I also have anOTP3 cos I'm a perv. *points to icon*

LOL

[sczep84]

This was awesome. I love that Sylvia is so caring here (despite her snarky-ness). I always wanted to see more of Sylvia and Donna and their relationship. Beautifully written, thanks a lot for sharing!

Also, my heart broke a little for Donna when she says that something's (or rather someone) is missing, sigh. And ohh Donna, please stop drinking :(

[thenoblethang]

She does care a lot, she just tends to channel all that mush into anger cause it's just not like her to "wear her heart on her sleeve". Sylvia, like her daughter, is a lot more than meets the eye, and I think their relationship was soo underdone in the series. Beautiful Chaos did a great job showing some of it to us, though, so if you haven't already read that, read it! It's so wonderful in many ways (not only in the Sylvia department, but in the Ten/Donna one too. LIKE OMG I squeed.)

Oh, I know D; *hands tape for heart* I really didn't want to make Donna a borderline alcoholic, but she just sort of seems like it, doesn't she, what with getting hangovers and missing great big alien invasions xD I promise you, after this, she wouldn't dare do it again for the love her mummy <3

Thanks for reading+commenting! :D

[noblegirl91]

You don't often find stories with Sylvia acting so motherly. This was lovely! A nice change of pace for the usually grumpy shouting Sylvia :D

[thenoblethang]

There are some! Like little instances in bas_math_girl's if I remember correctly xD
But yeah, Sylvia has another side, and peeps need to give some credit to her for it. Though that's hard to do since she never really showed that other side and you can only really find it when you pay super close attention to the little things she does (or have read Beautiful Chaos, that one was a big pointer, heh)

Thanks a bunch! :)

[sykira]

I love this in so many ways I don't even know where to begin.

You have actually made me like Sylvia, and I NEVER like Sylvia, and it really WAS Sylvia, you got her voice PERFECTLY. And the way she thought one thing and said another really resonated with me, it was just so right, she just can't do mushy, such a complex dynamic and really fitting as Donna's mother because it is kinda Donna too.

I was totally tearing up too. I love it when people don't duck out of owning the utter gutwrenching tragedy of Donna's fate, even when you throw Mr. Make-Do husband in the mix.

Absolutely BRILLIANT. Thank you for this.

[thenoblethang]

D'ow, this really had me grinning like an idiot. x")

I didn't like Sylvia all too much before. But eventually I did because hey, she's actually got some redeeming qualities that are really hard to get out of her, mostly because she shows it in her actions, less than her words. With actions it's a lot more subtle, which makes sense to do with someone like Sylvia, where words were never really her thing. The only time she did ever say something true to her feelings was the "She still is. She's my daughter" thing, and the Doctor calling her on that was of course offensive, cause maybe, I dunno, she's too scared to say it to Donna herself.

It'd be foolish to think that Donna could be made happy so easily, even with a hubby and lotto. *hugs Donna close* *hmm she's staring at me weird again...better stop*

And oh, thank you. ♥