I FINALLY finished rereading the EDA Parallel 59 after weeks of spending on it (the problem with only reading it during mealtimes, when I can be arsed...). It's probably the first time I've read it since, er, *checks publishing date* 2000?
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Shall cut to spare those who are not interested in Middle Skool Who )
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So, anyway, I am always really pleased by bits where it's evident that it's not as though all the over-the-top devotion is on Fitz's side. It almost seems that way, which would be a bit sad. But, really, it's just that there isn't a lot of bits that really get into the Doctor's emotions, and he's weird about emotions anyway. But that bit actually does imply very obviously that the Doctor loves Fitz! :D
And I think I might read Parallel 59 now. Oh, wait, this is the one that's really, really, really slashy on the Doctor's side of things, isn't it? About how he wishes he'd got into Fitz's capsule thingy and all that. I mean, you said it was slashy, but this is seriously pretty ( ... )
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Yes, it's a good reminder that while Fitz is the more obvious one of the two, it's not all one-sided; the Doctor really does have a thing about him.
This is really pretty slashy on the Doctor's part. Fitz is making time with about three different women (and his new best mate), though it is also where Fitz wonders just how much influence the Doctor and the TARDIS had in Remembering him. But yes, it's mostly the Doctor mooning over Fitz and shaking his head at Compassion. It's lovely. (One of the authors is Stephen Cole, so it's sort of not surprising?)
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I didn't even notice the smoking thing in this one. Maybe that's part of it all being a dream, and he puts it down to being in Mechta? Then again, he might have mentioned it specifically early on in the book and I've completely forgotten because I read that bit weeks ago. Memory like a sieve. *sigh*
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Oh, and didn't you love that the Doctor keeps humming a little song Fitz wrote throughout the book? In my mind, I'm convinced this is the same song Fitz plays in Year of Intelligent Tigers that the Doctor can't seem to forget, even when he's forgotten everything else.
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