Fic: Like Worlds Collapsing [Doctor Who, R]

[bewarethespork]

06/06/2010: edited for public posting.

Title: Like Worlds Collapsing
Author: Jay (bewarethespork)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Pairings (in order of appearance): Eleven/Amy
Rating: R
Spoilers: S05E01-S05E05
Warnings: Dubcon
Disclaimer: These are not the copyright holders you are looking for.
Author’s Notes/Summary: There are advantages to giving

Comments

[melengro]

OKAY. YOU WERE NOT KIDDING WHEN YOU SAID 'DARKFIC'.

This was good. This was really really good. My only concern was that the con wasn't quite as dub as I had expected, given how the Doctor turns the situation into his own sort of manipulation-judo.

Other than that, this was EXACTLY what I was expecting and I hope exactly what you wanted to produce!

[bewarethespork]

OKAY. YOU WERE NOT KIDDING WHEN YOU SAID 'DARKFIC'.

It is the thing I do best!

You have no idea how much I aaaaaangsted over the dubcon thing, but then the manipulation plot bunny crash-tackled me and I had to go with it because it was the only way my muses would let me move the story forward. I was stuck in an endless smut loop otherwise. (This is like a time loop, except that whenever you try to keep writing, you type another line of smut that is basically repeating everything you just typed.)

I am glad you liked it! I was all angsty because you were excited for it and I was worried that it wouldn't meet your expectations at all, but it looks like my worries were groundless.

[melengro]

Well, to be honest, I WOULD have preferred more focus on the dub-ness of the con, but this was good on its own merits too.

I've had the smut loop problem before, which is one reason why I can't write a sex scene that lasts for more than a page (the others, of course, are inexperience and writerly prudishness).

[bewarethespork]

One problem with my fic writing is that I can only write what I've been inspired to write. If you give me a prompt and I don't feel any inspiration to write it, I just can't. My brain shuts down and I can't come up with anything. If I try to write it, it just sounds forced. And on the other hand, when an idea inspires me, I can write a fic in half an hour and it'll be great. But the catch is that I have to write that idea and nothing else or I won't be able to do it at all. So when I was halfway through this and my brain was like, "DELIBERATE SEVEN HOMAGE TIEM!", I had to listen or I wouldn't have been able to finish it.

That said, I think that if I do ever post this publically, I'll try to revise it and add a bit more of a dubcon spin to it. Since last night, my brain has been mentally rewriting lines for me.

Smut loops are the reason I don't write smut much. Like, I can write PWP or whatever, but I worry that it just gets repetitive and boring. Plots are much more fun.

[persiflage_1]

As I said to you earlier, Eleven's very Seven-ish, here...

[bewarethespork]

That was on purpose! I both mentioned the nose-tapping and referenced one of my past Seven fics, Mirror Image ( "One girl or the universe. You don't have a choice."). :) I have said before that I think Eleven/Amy is Seven/Ace for the 21st century in that their dynamic is a bit teacher/student or father/child but I still ship them like crazy. XD

[persiflage_1]

Knowing how big a fan of Seven you are, I had assumed it was a deliberate homage.

[goldy_dollar]

Perhaps the game he is playing is too cruel, but then, he is not human and he does not play by their emotional rules. He cups her face in one hand and smiles, knowing that she will not see that there is no warmth behind it.

OUCH, MAN.

This is really dark, well done. :p I don't think it puts a very sympathetic spin on either of them since Eleven goes from "NO" to "WELL OKAY I'LL JUST USE YOU BACK" pretty quickly. Kind of puts the "dub con" into a bit of a spin because I'm not entirely sure who is using who more.

[bewarethespork]

It started off not as dark as this, but then the manipulation thing just came in out of nowhere and demanded that I write it in. This was originally supposed to be about Amy using the Doctor and him trying to resist but sort of being half-forced into it, and then my brain was like, "Do you know what this needs? MOAR SEVEN." And so I ended up with this instead.

I'm glad you liked it! I'm going to read yours when I get home from class today. :)

[radiantbaby]

This is made of much, much win. I'm a sucker for angsty, dark smut and you brought it in spades. Excellent imagery throughout and great call-backs to the Doctor's past (yays, Seven!). Great job!

[bewarethespork]

Awww, thanks, glad you liked it! :)

[define_serenity]

oh this is absolutely gorgeous! i simply love how you call them two parts of time and space that should never have touched; ♥

*adds to memories*

[bewarethespork]

I'm glad you liked it! And at risk of making myself less sound less intelligent than I apparently appear, I was actually talking about the crack there, not the Doctor and Amy, but thank you for picking up that second meaning! I'm going to pretend that was intentional now. ;)

[define_serenity]

haha, sometimes fic just does that without the writer noticing :)