I read this when I should've been sleeping (aka in bed) and I must have dreamt my comment instead of actually LEAVING it. Which is not to say it put me to sleep, I was just exhausted physically and wired mentally when I read it. Actually, that probably enhanced the reading experience!
So, firstly, I suck, and, secondly, this story doesn't. It was so internally consistent, edgy without being dark, and true to the Ianto I believe existed. True to the other characters, too, in that they react just how I would expect. You don't use the alien E to take them OOC, you just take down their barriers. You took a potentially cracky premise and delivered total non-crack that told us something about Torchwood.
I kept you up! That's an excellent compliment. I mean, I'm sorry (*right*, it's not all about ME).
I think fanon has /something/ when it portrays Ianto as a bit of a pushover, a bit overly polite and self effacing. I mean, he's not those things, I think those are misreadings of the evidence, but there's something there. He's quiet, he's polite, sure, but I'm thinking the guy who lied, tricked, whored, and who knows what all (plus heavy lifting like WOAH!) into Torchwood in the first place, is far from a pushover. And yet he's a guy who can go deep underground. That's an excellent character to add to any story.
The temptation to just write crack is immense, but I'm addicted to overthinking things even more than I'm addicted to smut, it seems.
Oh mine too, I love it wildly. And yet, hello, consent issues much?! This actually started as an interrogation of the consent issues and then went in another direction pretty early on, but um...where was I? Oh yeah. I love smut too.
that was freakin awesome. So many great twists and turns and stabs at assumptions while still being hot and tense and delicious!
And the descriptions of the sensations of being that high... oh gods! my one and only trip - yeah! oh yeah! Not as "bad" as their situation, but I can really relate.
What a great icon! I'm having icon dissatisfaction at the moment. I need to find a clever icon maker and then poach stuff, because I do not have the photoshop skillz.
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad the portrayal of the trip worked for you. I am such a clean cut sort, really, I have no experiences to draw on beyond drunkenness. I'm always nervous when I have to write about an experience I've only researched. So if I didn't make any obvious gaffes, managed to do it well enough to not pull you out of the story, then I'll call it a total win.
Thank you! Its my first really successful photoshop beastie (well second since I just added the santa hat and tinted his shirt green today) There's a bunch of great icon makers around. I have a bunch of stuff from wykling, erikssiren, 100px_x_100px, and Laurab1 - all good folks to nick from!
Wow. Great story, more sad and melancholy than hot, in my opinion. Poor Ianto, dealing with Jack's pain, his own feelings of inadequacy, and Gwen and Jack's weird fucked up relationship.
This was wonderful. It would have been so simple to use the 'alien drugs made me do it' plot but you had everybody struggling to stay under control. Great job. The Saxon bit was brilliant.
LOL! Funny how I wrote the alien towel as a joke and one year later, they are still going strong. I'm posting a 1st birthday party ramble today to celebrate. *grins*
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So, firstly, I suck, and, secondly, this story doesn't. It was so internally consistent, edgy without being dark, and true to the Ianto I believe existed. True to the other characters, too, in that they react just how I would expect. You don't use the alien E to take them OOC, you just take down their barriers. You took a potentially cracky premise and delivered total non-crack that told us something about Torchwood.
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I think fanon has /something/ when it portrays Ianto as a bit of a pushover, a bit overly polite and self effacing. I mean, he's not those things, I think those are misreadings of the evidence, but there's something there. He's quiet, he's polite, sure, but I'm thinking the guy who lied, tricked, whored, and who knows what all (plus heavy lifting like WOAH!) into Torchwood in the first place, is far from a pushover. And yet he's a guy who can go deep underground. That's an excellent character to add to any story.
The temptation to just write crack is immense, but I'm addicted to overthinking things even more than I'm addicted to smut, it seems.
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The UST scenes just short-circuited my brain. They're lovely. I love AMTDI too... guilty pleasure!
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I also live for UST. Sex between the ears, man.
Thanks!
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And the descriptions of the sensations of being that high... oh gods! my one and only trip - yeah! oh yeah! Not as "bad" as their situation, but I can really relate.
So much good stuff in here!
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Thanks for the comment! I'm glad the portrayal of the trip worked for you. I am such a clean cut sort, really, I have no experiences to draw on beyond drunkenness. I'm always nervous when I have to write about an experience I've only researched. So if I didn't make any obvious gaffes, managed to do it well enough to not pull you out of the story, then I'll call it a total win.
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(DID U SEE WHAT I DID THAR?)
Yeah okay. I have to stop reading icanhazcheezburger.
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Thanks, really glad you enjoyed it. (and your naughty alien towel fic still lives in my imagination.)
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