Story: Seeing Face To Face
Author: wmr/
wendymr Characters: Ninth Doctor, Jack Harkness (Pete's World)
Universe:
Through A Glass DarklyRated: PG13
Summary: It's time. He has to go and see the lad
Written for
yamx in return for a very generous donation to disaster relief in Haiti as a result of the
help_haiti community fundraising efforts. I'm so sorry that it's
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So... yes, you're getting your wish. I'm working on a story to follow more or less immediately after this one - the Anywhere but Earth destination the Doctor promises Jack. A teaser:
He cuffs the Doctor’s shoulder lightly. “Supercilious git.” It’s a familiar, and affectionate, insult ( ... )
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Lovely work, as always.
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this.
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I think by this time (and given that the Time War is so far in his past) the Doctor's not going to run at the mention of the L-word. He knew that Jack loves him, and he reciprocates, though he's unlikely to say it. It's just the in love bit that takes him by surprise - but he's known and cared about Jack for so long now that he's not going to run away from it.
Thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed this.
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I like how you look at things, and make us look at things, in this 'verse. To us Jack is beautiful, but you've put him in a context where people don't agree. And it could almost be a joke, but it's not really. It sort of reminds me of an old Twilight Zone episode where they were doing plastic surgery on someone to fix her disfigurement and at the end they say sorry it didn't work and then you get the reveal that the patient is played by the woman who ended up playing Daisy Duke and the normal people all had pig face prosthetics.
So here we have two beautiful guys who both have issues with appearance and both have worries that the other might stop loving them as a result. And it might be absurd, but you've written it so that it feels so real from each of their perspectives.
Sorry, I might be over thinking. It's a rainy weekend morning and I seem to be in a mood.
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And it's such a compliment that they, and their issues, feel real and plausible to you. That's one of the biggest challenges about writing AU versions of familiar characters: how much can I change them before they don't feel like themselves any more?
I'm thrilled that this story, and the series, made you think so much!
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And like someone said above, the undercurrent of sadness just fits with Nine-era fic, no matter how AU you go.
Damn, I miss Nine.
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And, yes, I miss Nine too. So very much :(
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