Comments | verasteine: Fic: Tracing Patterns

verasteine

Fic: Tracing Patterns

Jun 20, 2009 21:32

Please read this story on the Archive Of Our Own.

(fic)content:character study, (fic)char:gwen cooper, (fic)type:oneshot, (fic)rating:mature(sex), (fic)pairing:jack/ianto, (fic)char:ianto jones, (fic)fandom:torchwood, (fic)category:slash, (fic)char:jack harkness

Comments 69

amand_r June 20 2009, 19:55:36 UTC

The next time he watches Ianto fade into the background, he understands. The next time he watches Ianto count quietly to himself, he understands. The next time Ianto disagrees with him, he listens to the careful way Ianto constructs the argument.

Oh my god. Yeah, baby. Okay so I love the formatting, and how the counting, in the end the counting of the story is actually the counting of the anger in a lot of ways (I am dumb and need to have this shit spelled out for me. No really). And I love that it doesn't descend into violence, not really, because I think that would have been too much, and you paint this home life with such a rise brush that I can fill in a lot of gaps and that works for me.

And the scene with Gwen. I love it to bits. I wish we had more fighting Jack/Ianto.

Oh thanks for this!

verasteine June 21 2009, 10:18:20 UTC

You're very welcome! I had been wondering whether people would get the numbers thing or not, because it's pretty obscure, so I'm glad you noticed it! And yay for the story love :). Thank you.

hab318princess June 20 2009, 20:05:47 UTC

I liked that a lot

verasteine June 21 2009, 10:18:29 UTC

Thank you!

disorder_in_blu June 20 2009, 20:10:15 UTC

Wonderful and heartbreaking. Ianto's fear of his own anger and what it could do to his relationship with Jack (I hope I'm reading this right) is so very real.

verasteine June 21 2009, 10:18:49 UTC

You're reading it exactly right! That's what I was getting at. Thank you!

elainasaunt June 20 2009, 20:14:17 UTC

Well. This is . . . about a lot more than Jack and Ianto. God, I love how the best writers of fanfic (especially, so it seems to me, in this fandom) can infuse certain stories with feelings - fears, joys - that truly resonate with what we are pleased to call real life. This is one of those. And you're one of those.

verasteine June 21 2009, 10:19:43 UTC

Thank you very much!

This is . . . about a lot more than Jack and Ianto.

Thank you for that, too. It's a compliment I appreciate tremendously, seriously. Thank you for everything you said.

marita_c June 20 2009, 20:37:27 UTC

Amazing. Wow. Your portrayal of Ianto as damaged by his past, hurting on the inside yet non communicative about his feelings is perfect. Great work.

verasteine June 21 2009, 10:19:58 UTC

Thank you very much!