Torchwood - Solution; 1/1

[pintsizeninja]

Title: Solution
Pairing: None; Character study
Characters: John Frobisher, the Prime Minister
Rating: PG-13 for subject matter
Spoilers: Spoilers for all of Children of Earth, especially Episode 5.
Summary: Frobisher makes a decision.
Disclaimer: Torchwood and its characters are owned by Russell T. Davies and BBC, not me. Dialogue is from Children

Comments

[pintsizeninja]

Thank you so much for reading. I agree, the scene was gut-wrenching. The way they filmed it was beautiful and heartbreaking.

[pintsizeninja]

I love your Frobisher icon! That's the first one I've seen, I think. I'm so glad I made your day - I'd been feeling the need to write this fic for a while, and I'm glad I did. There's a serious lack of Frobisher fic, and I think he's an absolutely brilliant character and there should be more.

Thank you for the kind words! ♥

[baka_sensei]

YAY! You posted and it is glorious. Wonderful character study, supremely in character and heartbreaking, and the utter GENIUS of that last line cannot be disputed. You broke me all over again when I read this the first time, and even now, re-reading it makes my tummy hurt.

WE NEED MORE FROBISHER FIC! And less focus on poor Ianto in fic- there's already a ton of denial!fic and fix it!fic out there (and I'm blatantly ignoring the fact that I'm writing a fix it!fic myself. Shh.) I hope you write many more little gems inspired by CoE. You do it so well. :D

[pintsizeninja]

Thank YOU for all your wonderful help. <3 It's been so painful re-watching Frobisher go through all this as we've been re-watching Children of Earth - his story is just so tragic and I agree, we definitely need more Frobisher fic.

And your fix it!fic is fantastic, so you hush. :p If all the fix it!fic were like yours, I'd be drowning in happiness.

As for more CoE fic, maybe! My next plot bunny takes place before Torchwood airs and after Doctor Who's The Christmas Invasion and involves Jack and a certain special hand. We'll see if I ever write it, though, because it will most certainly involve dialogue which I'm still absolutely terrified of. :D

[baka_sensei]

AHHHH! You must write it. You MUST. And if you need any help with dialogue, I will be more than happy to impart any advice on the subject as dialogue is one of the things I struggle with as well. It's always worrying to try to make it sound as realistic and believable as possible, and I've learned a few techniques that have helped me a lot in my dialogue writing.

Jack/Doctor's hand fic is so rare. You are going to be a champion for rare!fic, I just know it. :D *glee*

[pintsizeninja]

I saw that there's actually like two Jack/Doctor's Hand communities. I laughed so hard when I saw that. This is going to be more of a "how the hell did Jack find the Doctor's hand" type fic rather than, uh, Jack doing things with the hand. ;)

I will of course seek your advice with the dialogue! And actually, some timeline stuff because I haven't worked that all out yet. I'll send you an email tomorrow, probably, with my ideas for it. :D

[kronette]

This scene gutted me in the series, and your story gave it all the more impact. Frobisher made everything more real, as he was just a normal person doing his job. Thanks for this.

[pintsizeninja]

Thanks so much for commenting. I know I'll have a difficult time watching the scene again, tonight, when episode 5 re-airs on BBC America.

[pitbap]

This was HEART-WRENCHING.

I love the use here of disjointed time -- the bulk of the fic actually takes place in flashback, and I feel like this works really well for Frobisher's disturbed mindset. This whole passage:

He couldn't stop the flood of past and future images invading his mind. His girls, smiling at him from across the table...

LOVE IT. What a great glimpse into Frobisher's mind. It reveals so much about his emotions in so few sentences. And I think you HAVE to already be aware of how cool this line is:

He is, after all, a masterful problem solver.

Ouch!

It's wonderful, my dear!