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Fic: Abort, Retry, Fail? Part 6 (reel_torchwood)

May 24, 2010 16:54

Title: Abort, Retry, Fail?
Author: caledonius72
Prompt: Written for reel_torchwood round 2; The Stepford Wives (1975); based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name, directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman.
Characters: Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper.
Pairing(s): Gwen/Rhys, Jack/Ianto, implied Owen/ ( Read more... )

fic, reel_torchwood, torchwood

Comments 72

madder_rose May 24 2010, 19:11:09 UTC

Oh brilliant! It's up at last!

Others shall not be disappointed at the awesomeness :)

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 19:22:38 UTC

It took a loooong time to get it ready, and I've spotted two typos already - AARGHH!

I think it's pretty awesome, but then I'm biased ;-)

madder_rose May 24 2010, 22:31:24 UTC

*is not biased, not in the least oh no*

Regardless of non-noticeable typos. ;)

iceshade May 24 2010, 20:14:08 UTC

I kinda shrieked when this popped up on reelTW on my flist, NEGL. 8DDDD downloading the PDF right now, more once I've read it. (which may be a little while)

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 20:27:21 UTC

Wherefore the shrieking? Not that I'm complaining, it makes me feel fuzzy inside knowing someone has shrieked at me (in a good way).

Sorry - it is rather long, but it's action packed and full of tasty BAMF!Ianto goodness.

iceshade May 29 2010, 00:04:08 UTC

BAMF!Ianto is right (and in leather. Saving the day. Yesssssss) I'm so glad you went with the happy ending route. And Gwen being all disgruntled as Jack's "wife" wondering how Ianto does it and yet still being awesome. ::mems:: And there's probably more that I can't think of at this very moment, but I really, really loved it.

Could this be made of any more win? I don't think so.

caledonius72 May 29 2010, 00:27:21 UTC

I wasn't planning on leatherclad Ianto, but the plot made me realise that he had to have a secret getaway plan, and knowing how methodical and clipboardy he is, he'd go for a powerful bike and the leathers to go with it. My main thought behind Ianto is "I am Ianto Jones, and this is how I roll" - he just gets on with it, and is BAMF awesome as a result, because he still gets nervous, or squicked, but he picks himself up, dusts himself down and just keeps going.

Gwen is just as awesome as Ianto, but in a different way. That's why she's full of admiration for him for being able to put up with Jack. I know in the fandom there are Gwen haters and Ianto haters, but I love them both. Jack and Gwen would never work, they'd just clash. They'd get on like a house on fire - screams, damage and fire engines.

Thank you, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it - I take it there's little danger of being sporked in badfic_quotes then? ;-) I avoided Gwen being gap toothed, and I think I avoided Ianto rolling his eyes.

cen_sceal May 24 2010, 20:25:50 UTC

Oooh, I was looking forward to this one! I've snagged the PDF & I'll be back to comment :)

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 20:28:07 UTC

Enjoy, and do pop back to let me know your thoughts.

cen_sceal May 24 2010, 23:11:19 UTC

That was fantastic, really enjoyed it! And, I have so many thoughts on this ( ... )

caledonius72 May 25 2010, 09:38:23 UTC

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it and I'm so pleased that the transition from light and comedic to tension and paranoia worked.

Hiding in plain sight, and if you 'own' the town...

I always think if you have unrelenting doom and gloom it's a little too much, you need some funny stuff thrown in as a contrast. And black humour in the face of adveristy is very torchwood.

I wrote this with the mantra of "I am Ianto Jones, and this is how I roll" - shit happens, and he just gets on with it, mostly brave, but still oh so human.

angstosaur May 24 2010, 20:34:04 UTC

just to let you know I'm going to save the pdf file to read carefully, at my leisure and will comment when I've read it through properly ... have been looking forward to this :-)

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 20:40:00 UTC

It's a whapper - 69 pages *snort*

angstosaur May 24 2010, 20:42:21 UTC

yeah - I noticed that ;-)

does that mean it can be read backwards?

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 20:45:24 UTC

No, because if you do that it reads like MPreg and curtains!fic.

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milady_dragon May 24 2010, 21:20:13 UTC

That was fantastic! Loved badass!Ianto, and Jack having to face his doppelganger..so much for him only being happy with himself! Gwen wondering just how Ianto puts up with Jack's shit made me laugh every time. I could just picture Tosh as a government nerd, and was sincerely disturbed by a nice Owen; he should never be that nice. Not ever.

This is definitely a keeper!

caledonius72 May 24 2010, 21:31:01 UTC

Thank you!

Ianto is not to be trifled with, or he will shoot you. Jack does love himself, but that was a bad double - "does not play well with others". I can just see Jack being a pain in the ass in a domestic setting, sure he's done it before, but does he care? Not really.

I love an undercover Tosh, she's very subtle - all international woman of mystery in an ill-fitting suit. Super-nice Owen is too scary by half. Grudgingly nice Owen I can deal with.