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calufraxStory: Jokes I May Have Misremembered
Author: Fahye
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1682
Author's Summary: He travels and travels until the jetlag would have killed anyone else, until he can feel the time sickness shredding his sanity, and then he aims himself at the last clue he’s got and pulls back on the throttle.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness
Warnings: None
Recced because: I've never seen an episode of Torchwood, but this story still grabbed me right away. It's a wonderful character study, literary and moody, and it has section breaks with titles taken from McSweeney's lists! What more could you ask for?
An excerpt:
The faint outline of the TARDIS is still in the air when Jack starts running through reactions in his head, trying each one on for size and then discarding it. He wonders if crying would help; decides that it wouldn’t. He wonders if praying is viable; decides that he probably hasn’t racked up enough good karma yet for it to be worthwhile, considering his former occupation, and anyway, he’s an atheist, and now he’s babbling away on the inside of his head because he can’t hear anything but the hiss of air filters and the raggedness of his own breath and he is very, very alone.
Jack, after some further consideration, decides to start with anger.
Author: Fahye
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1682
Author's Summary: He travels and travels until the jetlag would have killed anyone else, until he can feel the time sickness shredding his sanity, and then he aims himself at the last clue he’s got and pulls back on the throttle.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness
Warnings: None
Recced because: I've never seen an episode of Torchwood, but this story still grabbed me right away. It's a wonderful character study, literary and moody, and it has section breaks with titles taken from McSweeney's lists! What more could you ask for?
An excerpt:
The faint outline of the TARDIS is still in the air when Jack starts running through reactions in his head, trying each one on for size and then discarding it. He wonders if crying would help; decides that it wouldn’t. He wonders if praying is viable; decides that he probably hasn’t racked up enough good karma yet for it to be worthwhile, considering his former occupation, and anyway, he’s an atheist, and now he’s babbling away on the inside of his head because he can’t hear anything but the hiss of air filters and the raggedness of his own breath and he is very, very alone.
Jack, after some further consideration, decides to start with anger.
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Date: 2010-09-08 05:10 pm (UTC)I've never seen an episode of Torchwood, but this story still grabbed me right away.
Being a HUGE Torchwood fan, I can reveal that it's not a Torchwood story (Jack's story with Torchwood is very, very different in canon), but it is still an excellent story, and a wonderful character study. So thank you! :)
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Date: 2010-09-08 05:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-09 06:13 am (UTC)Well, whoever wrote it has watched S1 one of Torchwood (at least the first episode), since there are certain elements from the show (the immortality, the invisible lift), but it was obviously written before S3 of DW aired, because it doesn't follow what Jack tells the Doctor in 'Utopia'. So... AU, but with a Torchwood-y flavour, definitely. (I can't explain how frustrating it was to watch S1 of Torchwood, not knowing why or how Jack had ended up where he was, and with only minimal clues. This fic is an excellent fill-in-the-blanks!)
Oh, and you should watch Torchwood, for it is fabulous!
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Date: 2010-09-09 12:19 pm (UTC)Is it? I've heard good things about the CoE miniseries, but Torchwood sounds like it's got way too much sex for my taste.
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Date: 2010-09-09 04:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-09 10:59 pm (UTC)