Fic: an exercise in vanity (DW, River/Ace)

[wishfulaces]

Title: an exercise in vanity
Author: aces
Fandom, characters: Doctor Who, River Song/Ace McShane
Rating: Teen and up
Word count: approx. 3500 words
A/N: Written for ionlylurkhere in the dw_femslash ficathon. You give me timestreams-crossing and femslash, of course I’m going to involve Ace somehow. Vague mentions of NAs and BF audios shenanigans, but

Comments

[jenlev]

I love the Timey Wimey-ness of this. Such a wonderful Mobius strip that's also quite fractal. And hopefully that makes some kind of sense as it's rather hard to articulate without gesticulating. ;)

Anyway, fabulous and fun, and also a bit heartbreaking because that kind of time experience seems fantastic but also a bit sad. As if they're all living outside time in relationship with each other but are still held captive by the direction time moves in. Wonderfully written.

[wishfulaces]

Gesticulating seems appropriate when attempting to deal with the timey-wimeyness of this fic. :)

And that's a really cool way of putting it, that I hadn't articulated myself precisely but knew was there--because, yeah, they're not experiencing each other in the linear fashion to which most of us are accustomed, but they're still seeing a progression in time. So, yeah, thanks as always--I'm really glad you enjoyed this. :)

[jenlev]

Cool that it made sense! Sometimes the exercise of typing these thoughts is so much harder than talking.

Your writing is always so gorgeous, a light hand, all the great layers, I'm always so happy to read your stories. I'm just sayin'. *hugs*

[wishfulaces]

Believe me, I understand. (How do you think I felt writing this fic? :p)

And you are always so generous with your feedback, it really is awesome of you. *hugs back*

[atraphoenix]

The timey wimey nature of this story was extremely well done and very appropriate for both characters. It was a really fun read. I particularly liked the cameo from Benny, the mention of the 'bowtie of Rassilon' and River's first meeting with Ace. I don't know why the promise of this pairing didn't occur to me sooner.

[wishfulaces]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I couldn't resist throwing Benny in, as soon as I thought of her; it was far too delicious an opportunity.

Thank you for reading & for commenting!

[trialia]

Mmm, hot.

[wishfulaces]

Thanks!

[trialia]

Also, love the time-stream play, because it would be far too weird to have River and Ace be that intimate when Ace is what, fifteen when we first meet her? *g*

[wishfulaces]

Oh yeah. River is flexible, but she's not *that* flexible. :)

[lyssie]

I know why I didn't leave feedback for this (I fled the field and didn't leave feedback for anyone after the first one)

Benny and River stared at each other. “Honestly,” Dorotheé said, “I should have expected you two would find each other at some point. Right, whose room are we going to?”

THAT LINE. Ok, that WHOLE SECTION. I have so much love for it.

I love how the fic is all sort of light and fluffy and adventurey, and then THE END and it is NOT, as that last bit is all bittersweet and angsty underneath.

sigh. =D

[wishfulaces]

Um, yeah, come to think of it, I ran out of time to read most of the fics from this ficathon...damn.

YES, THAT SECTION. As soon as I thought of adding Benny to the mix, I was like, "Oh hell yes." And, yeah, the bittersweet angsty thing crept in necessarily, I think, because these two *do* keep meeting out of times and have lived and seen too much.