rec: Blue Touch Paper, by kiwimouse

Mar. 14th, 2009 12:15 am
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Story: Blue Touch Paper
Author: kiwimouse
Rating: Adult
Word Count: 2198
Author's Summary: Ace and the Doctor have a go together. Written under pain of disinheritance and expulsion from Nireville; takes place after "Remembrance of the Daleks."
Characters/Pairings: Ace/Seven
Warnings: None


Recced because:  I feel a little nervous reccing this.  Not because it isn't good.  It IS good, very good indeed.  It is just that it is Ace/Seven smut, which is very hard to come by, and when you do find it, rarely it is as good as this.  Which is why I am reccing it.  The characterisations are good, and the smut is believable, which is no easy task when writing Seven/Ace.  In my opinion, kudos to kiwimouse for acheiving that.


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REC: Nowhere Man

Jan. 25th, 2009 11:04 pm
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These are the recommendations of the Calufrax reccer Biichan. My week-long mission is to explore strange new genres, to seek out new authors and new pairings, and to boldly rec where I have not recced before.

Story: Nowhere Man
Author: the_seventh_l
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1863
Author's summary: He's a nowhere man with nowhere plans; meet the Seventh Doctor. Even when (supposedly) retired, there's still work to do.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor/Ace (though it's not really a shipfic), Jamie, Susan, Sylvia Noble, Donna Noble
Warnings: One suspects the plot is purposely confusing

Recced because: This is an odd little story about an odd little man, with plot that doesn't immediately make sense when you first read it or indeed when you reread it, but I'm fond of it anyway because it does a very good job of encapsulating the basic essence of the Seventh Doctor: who the man is, if not necessarily why he does what he does.
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Rec: Verity

Aug. 5th, 2008 02:30 pm
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Story: Verity
Author: whispersecho
Rating: None given (Gen)
Author's Summary: Inspired by and shamelessly filking bits from Paul Cornell's NA Human Nature... also contains spoilers for Love and War and Sanctuary. Right...I think it's really finished this time.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane, Benny Summerfield, (Seven/Ace)
Warnings: None
Word Count: 8,419

Recced because: The story of the Doctor becoming John Smith and falling in love with Joan Redfern originally belonged to the Seventh Doctor, and included his companion Benny. Whisperecho brilliantly takes the original story and adds back what is missing - Ace. Ace shows up at the school, not knowing the the Doctor has used the arch to turn human. John Smith doesn't know Ace, but his psyche has incorporated her memory into his past in a very interesting (and telling) way. Lovely and true to character. Though it references a couple of the books you don't have to know them - just that at some point Ace left Seven to travel on her own, and misses him.

( A little hint of what is to come. )
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REC: Blue Touch Paper

Feb. 9th, 2008 08:28 pm
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Story: Blue Touch Paper
Author: kiwimouse
Rating: Adult
Author's summary: Ace and the Doctor have a go together.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor/Ace
Warnings: explicit sex

Recced because: It's terribly wrong of me, I admit it. The Seventh Doctor's era was the height of asexuality and it's common fandom wisdom that he and Ace are supposed to have a father/daughter relationship. But then Gallifreyans are a bit odd about family relations (witness Susan and the Fifth Doctor) and it's not like they're genetically related.

I admit it. I ship it, if only just a little bit. And even if you don't particularly ship it, I'd still recommend this story because it's sweet and poignant and funny. It's lovely to find an explicit fic that isn't afraid to be funny.
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  • Current Music: Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away
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Rec: Falls the Shadow

Jan. 30th, 2008 10:21 pm
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Story: Falls the Shadow
Author: Nemo the Everbeing
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: It was supposed to be nothing more than a seaside holiday for two old friends to relax and recharge, but something went wrong. Then a lot of things went wrong. Now, as Ace deals with the emotional fallout of a realization that could put an end their decade-long friendship, the Doctor discovers something potentially deadly about the world on which they’ve stopped. And then the darkness falls.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Dorothy (Ace) McShane (Seven/Ace)
Warnings: Swearing

Recced because: I never thought I'd actually like, no love, a Seventh Doctor/Ace story. The Seventh Doctor was my first Doctor, just as Ace was my first companion, and I always thought theirs was more of a mentor/mentee or father/daughter relationship. That is until I read this story. This is an older, wiser Ace and a clever, clever Doctor. Nemo the Everbeing has a great talent to bring these characters to life in such a way that I can say 'yeah, I can see that happening' when it comes to a pairing that I never thought I'd be able to read. The storyline is rich and engaging, with the underlying romance a perfect counterpoint to the angst and entertainment of time going dreadfully wrong. If you are hesitant over the idea of Seven/Ace, do give this a try. I guarantee that it will sway you, because this is a writer whose pairing of these characters I can get behind. Nemo has several fics that are just as brilliant as this one, and I highly recommend them all, but this one has a special place in my heart.
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rec: wither and die

Jan. 30th, 2008 10:54 am
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Story: Wither and Die
Author: LillyRose
Rating: not given, but I'd say All Ages.
Author's summary: It's the little things that remind him that nothing is forever.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor/Ace
Warnings: none

Recced because: Like I was going to make it through an entire week of reccing without singling out a Seventh Doctor story! I remembered initially finding this vignette on LJ, and was very pleased to see that it had been posted to Teaspoon as well so I could use it. The title is taken from the Tenth Doctor's famous line in School Reunion. Here it's applied to the Seven/Ace relationship, in a completely believable manner. The result is a bittersweet gem about the passage of time and the little defining moments along the way. I love all of it, including the ending. Even though it kind of broke my heart.
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