trobadora: Make All Things New (Ten/Jack, Eleven/Jack) [R]

[trobadora]

Title: Make All Things New
Author: trobadora
Pairing: Ten/Jack, Eleven/Jack
Rating: R
Challenge: Identity
Summary: He smiled as another piece of his new self clicked into place. "Not too afraid of not running," he murmured to himself. "I'm that kind of a man. For once." - Set post-Children of Earth, during and after The End of Time.
A/N: Written long

Comments

[tardis_stowaway]

This is excellent! It hits the right emotional notes, dealing with Jack's grief and the bond between these two men without losing the capacity for a little humor now and then. I laughed at Jack's joke about Eleven getting carded, and then giggled a little more that it actually happened.

Ten's decision that he couldn't say goodbye to broken Jack just after CoE makes sense, since Ten had neither the spine nor the time for that confrontation and Jack really didn't need another goodbye. I liked the way you wrote Eleven, from the lack of fear of not running away to the horniness and new kink to the way he really pushed Jack to come with him and have loaded post-coital chats. I appreciated the way you left some ethical ambiguity at the end.

[trobadora]

Thank you very much, I'm glad this worked for you! I'm still not quite sure what to think about that brief scene in The End of Time because it feels so inadequate for Jack at that point in time, so I decided to move the time frame around a bit.

And I realise my Eleven characterisation is going to be completely Jossed as soon as the first ep of the new series airs, but it was fun making up my own version.

Also, the ethical ambiguity - thank you so much for mentioning that! It's something I dearly hope these characters (and their writers) are keeping in mind.

[dshael]

LOVED this.

[trobadora]

Thank you very much!

[yamx]

I love this. All of it. The new Doctor realizing he can't leave Jack where he first found him, their conversation, the Doctor thoroughly learning and enjoying his new body...

The conversation at the end was very poignant. And it just goes to show that these two need each other.

Favorite line: Always wordlessly, because that hadn't changed. He'd never say it, not any of it, not out loud. But sex was a language Jack spoke very well. So true. about both of them. And it's what makes this scene work.

Thank you for sharing.

[trobadora]

Hee, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this. Absolutely agreed about them needing each other. :)

There are plenty of things neither of them are ever going to say out loud; communicating via sex seemed very fitting. :D

[canaana]

This is the crux of the thing, of course: "Which of us is the better man, do you suppose?" This is the first time I've seen this done, drawing the *differences* of the Doctor and Jack after CoE and EoT into sharp relief, as opposed to highlighting the parallels. Or maybe I mean making the similarities stand out by using this one poitn of contrast.

But, sadly, this is my favorite bit:

"Mmmpf," the Doctor mumbled into the mattress. A contented sound, he decided. He liked this.

Somehow, you managed to make the Doctor so quintessentially the Doctor, even while making little happy noises with his arse up in the air. It's perfect, and also made me giggle very hard.

[trobadora]

This is the crux of the thing, of course:

Hee, thank you so much! You're absolutely right about that line - it's the crux of the difference between them. They draw their lines completely differently - in part because of the differences in tone between Doctor Who and Torchwood, but in part just because of who they are and who they've always been, even when they were on the same show. And I love that they're both heroes, just different kinds, and neither of them is found wanting for being the kind of hero he is. I've been wanting to do something with this for a while, and The End of Time gave me the perfect set-up with that conversation between Wilf and the Doctor.

But, sadly, this is my favorite bit:

Yay, I'm very happy that line works for you. There's an essential Doctorishness, no matter what incarnation of the Doctor we're looking at, and I'm so glad I managed to bring that out. :)

[insevens]

This is absolutely perfect! You've got every character's voice spot on. And the whole timing and set-up is beautiful. Wonderful stuff. <3

[trobadora]

Yay, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)