Comments | vail_kagami: Imprints in the Snow

vail_kagami

Imprints in the Snow

Feb 02, 2009 09:03

Rating: G
Prompt: #026 - Parents
Claim: The Time War
Table: Here
Spoilers: The Next Doctor
Characters: Jackson Lake, the Doctor (10)
Summary: Years after the Cybermen came to London, the Doctor comes back for a visit.
Note: Most of this was written between five and nine in the morning. Go figure.

After a while the memories had started to fade.

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medium: story, doctor who era: tenth doctor, fandom: doctor who, table: time war

Comments 7

gritsinmisery February 2 2009, 14:19:06 UTC

Absolutely right. I loved this.

quazonic February 2 2009, 15:35:06 UTC

This should be canon. I love it. And I really like the point you made towards the end!

Also, very off-topic but I couldn't help but grin when you said Frederick died because um, I really didn't like him. But ANYWAY.

capemaynuts February 3 2009, 19:33:34 UTC

Great idea! I really liked Jackson and think he'd make a fantastic companion.

nightrider101 February 6 2009, 00:02:58 UTC

Oh, wow!

This was gorgeous!

Let me point out some of my favorite lines: So he lived on and made his life a good one, like the Doctor wanted him to. And he tried to believe it when reason told him it was good that he could no longer remember as clearly how it had felt to live the life of someone else.

In his memory the Doctor spoke of things being better this way or that, and of broken hearts.

There was a lyrical quality to those sentences. It read like poetry.

He was talking to a man who was one step from the edge and hadn’t yet decided in which direction to go.

Incredible! Painful, yes, but very true to the Doctor. He needs someone, and I'm thrilled he's decided to take Jackson with him.

As mentioned above, this should be canon!

Spelling check because, well, you tell I should: “A world of humans. And countless other words of countless other people.” Words=worlds?

Again, great job! This is one of my favorite stories for your time table!

vail_kagami February 6 2009, 00:15:17 UTC

Thank you! Also for pointing out the typo.

This story nearly died. I started it, and then there was this long break that made it hard to get into it again. Fortunaltely my brain is very adaptable round six a.m..
I'm really glad you like the final result.

nightrider101 February 6 2009, 00:16:49 UTC

Heh. I point out a spell check and end up getting my words mixed around. :P I don't know why you listen to me!

I'm SO glad you didn't give up on this story! It's brilliant! :)

dariclone March 7 2009, 00:25:12 UTC

So sad, so *good.*