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Non Sum Qualis Eram, Part Two

Feb 13, 2010 19:38

Title: Non Sum Qualis Eram
Author: lookninjas aka ninjasnano
Character/Pairing(s): Full Torchwood Team, one character from Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, slightly altered.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Takes place mid-series Two, so no real spoilers for Torchwood. Some spoilers for House of Leaves. Some violence, not explicit.

Disclaimer: I own neither ( Read more... )

i have abandonment issues, non sum qualis eram, house of leaves

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solsticezero February 14 2010, 02:09:23 UTC

First, let me express to you how much I love you.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

If I could do so through interpretive dance, beat poetry, Inuit throat singing and incoherent screaming all at the same time, I would be doing that now.

There are about a billion reasons why this was a good idea. To type them all out would wear out my laptop keyboard, and I'd have to sue you, so I'm going to keep it to a few basic themes:

FTAIRS!
FTAIRS!

And, of course, everything else. But that, particularly, made me the kind of happy generally associated with illicit drugs. I am not the only person who has read this book a thousandthousandthousand times and loved details like that, and it makes my heart SWELL WITH LOVE FOR YOU.

I'm getting very forward. Dialing it back a bit.

The fact that you used the line from If You Were Here just kind of cinched the deal of me adoring this as a response to two interesting universes, merging them the way that you did. Well, one incredibly interesting, terrifying universe and one kind of cracky LOOK WE HAS ( ... )

ninjasnano February 14 2010, 03:40:17 UTC

I like your POV of Tosh, even though it leaves me thinking about Jack and Ianto in the halls and wanting to write it myself, write it like the recordings of Tom at the top of the stairs, or SOMEHOW like the crazy formatting in the middle of the book, two words to a page.

I am in favor of this plan, and think you should immediately proceed.

Also, I am very glad you liked the story, and very glad that you're not suing me, and I don't mind at all if you're forward, because you're a House of Leaves fan, and that makes it okay.

solsticezero February 14 2010, 03:57:01 UTC

I might actually do it. If I do, I will link you and sing your praises, because it was a great, great idea.

♥ I was apparently not finished throwing hearts at you.

(And you have me listening to "Exploration B", "Haunted" and "5 1/2 Minute Hallway" over and over again.)

ninjasnano February 14 2010, 04:32:01 UTC

See, I just put the song "House of Leaves" on repeat, and left it there. Although I don't advise doing that. Ever.

Also, it would be remiss of me not to mention that some anonymous someone is doing an amazing HoL/Sherlock Holmes crossover here. I have no idea how they're doing it, but OMG fucking amazing. There's codes and an unnamed narrator fucking with reality and it's just amazing.

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rexluscus February 14 2010, 02:18:05 UTC

Oh my god this was so good. Then I went to listen to that song on YouTube and it got ten times creepier. This was like an episode, except better. Tosh! Ianto! I love them so, especially how you write them. Ahhhh sorry not being very coherent here. In sum: LOVE. <3

ninjasnano February 14 2010, 03:41:56 UTC

What's funny is that I didn't listen to the real version of "Dominique" until about three-quarters of the way through writing this story. There's a snippet of the song sampled in "House of Leaves" by Poe, and it's just the creepiest thing ever. I actually have it on megaupload; if you want to hear it, I'll give you the link.

rexluscus February 14 2010, 06:42:47 UTC

Sure, I'd love to, thank you!

ninjasnano February 14 2010, 13:19:23 UTC

It's here.

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snakeling February 14 2010, 02:34:35 UTC

It's three in the morning here, and I'm fucking terrified to step into the corridor to go back to my bedroom.

By which I mean this was creepy as hell and therefore absolutely excellent :)

ninjasnano February 14 2010, 03:43:05 UTC

I'm so glad it worked. But I hope you can get into the corridor at some point.

(And I feel for you. I have hot-water heating, so there's random thumping and clanking sounds in my apartment all night long. The minotaur's going to get me!)

vipersweb February 14 2010, 05:09:22 UTC

I love how creepy this is. You keep the level of suspense up the whole time and the sense of mystery and creepiness. I like seeing this from Tosh's POV and your history for Ianto is quite intriguing and sad. Like the sense of team that comes across as well.

ninjasnano February 16 2010, 03:12:05 UTC

Thank you! I'm always a bit concerned about my Tosh voice, so I'm glad it worked for you.

51stcenturyfox February 14 2010, 05:16:52 UTC

SO creepy. This is a fantastic story, and the music is perfect.

Eee! I'm freaked out. I loved it!

ninjasnano February 16 2010, 03:13:36 UTC

Sometimes freaked out is good. I'm glad this is one of those times.

(It kills me that "Dominique" has come up in comments so often, because I really never listened to it until midway through writing this. I just used it because it's in Poe's "House of Leaves," and is ridiculously scary there.)