TW fic - Reclaiming Camelot - review thingie and questions
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byslantedlightActually I've not finished reading this - don't tell me the ending (though I bet I can guess... *g*) - but I've got a question...
Ianto has an eidetic memory? Does he? I'm thinking this is fanon (I've come across it quite a bit now), unless it's maybe from that para-canon TW has from the Beeb etc? I don't remember it from the eps, but... anyone know/remember for sure?
The story's... good... You see I'm saying that with dots... *g* They're all a bit superhero for my liking, I guess - Ianto was a hero from Canary Wharf rather than just a bloke desperate to save his half-converted girlfrield, and Jack is ever so understanding, and has picked up various gadgets and knowledge and wisdom from his time with the Doctor, which... hmmn. And there are various original characters who are shaping up to be clever and witty and yet adorably rebellious and off-the-wall... Also (so far, and we find out pretty quickly so this isn't really a spoiler) Owen is not just a bit of a twat he's also an evil twat who betrays TW because he's a bad 'un through and through, and Gwen is dead, both of which smacks to me of I-don't-like-this-character-so-hah-take-that...
I mean, it's good in that I'm still reading it, and if it wasn't then I wouldn't be... *g*... but I've got to admit that so far it's most of the things I like least about telly - everyone's just a bit too shiny, you know? I kind of like that Ianto was average at school, was only good at saving Lisa up to a point, was really scared and separate from the team in Countrycide, and does lots of things through common sense ("also, it says so at the bottom of the screen") rather than because he has a PhD in geoastrocomputer physics...
Also - "Yan"? Do we ever hear Jack calling him "Yan"? Just... doesn't sound right... Okay, now I'm getting picky... *g*
PC Andy's in it! I like PC Andy! (Although Gwen was apparently only nice because Andy'd rubbed off on her - quit giggling in the back, you know what I mean... *g* - she was really a horrid person which we know because of the way she treated Rhys not matter what she said...)
I'm trying to think of a Pros equivalent... maybe it's in the Bodie's-a-superhero-merc, Doyle's-a-stingy-ex-plod type fic - well enough written, but with clear favourites, you know?
Anyone else TW-ish read this one? What d'you think? (It seems to be well-praised in general, a TW classic, and I think it won a fan award) It is good and long - 100+ pages when I got it all printed up... *g*
ETA - nicely written ending!
Ianto has an eidetic memory? Does he? I'm thinking this is fanon (I've come across it quite a bit now), unless it's maybe from that para-canon TW has from the Beeb etc? I don't remember it from the eps, but... anyone know/remember for sure?
The story's... good... You see I'm saying that with dots... *g* They're all a bit superhero for my liking, I guess - Ianto was a hero from Canary Wharf rather than just a bloke desperate to save his half-converted girlfrield, and Jack is ever so understanding, and has picked up various gadgets and knowledge and wisdom from his time with the Doctor, which... hmmn. And there are various original characters who are shaping up to be clever and witty and yet adorably rebellious and off-the-wall... Also (so far, and we find out pretty quickly so this isn't really a spoiler) Owen is not just a bit of a twat he's also an evil twat who betrays TW because he's a bad 'un through and through, and Gwen is dead, both of which smacks to me of I-don't-like-this-character-so-hah-take-that...
I mean, it's good in that I'm still reading it, and if it wasn't then I wouldn't be... *g*... but I've got to admit that so far it's most of the things I like least about telly - everyone's just a bit too shiny, you know? I kind of like that Ianto was average at school, was only good at saving Lisa up to a point, was really scared and separate from the team in Countrycide, and does lots of things through common sense ("also, it says so at the bottom of the screen") rather than because he has a PhD in geoastrocomputer physics...
Also - "Yan"? Do we ever hear Jack calling him "Yan"? Just... doesn't sound right... Okay, now I'm getting picky... *g*
PC Andy's in it! I like PC Andy! (Although Gwen was apparently only nice because Andy'd rubbed off on her - quit giggling in the back, you know what I mean... *g* - she was really a horrid person which we know because of the way she treated Rhys not matter what she said...)
I'm trying to think of a Pros equivalent... maybe it's in the Bodie's-a-superhero-merc, Doyle's-a-stingy-ex-plod type fic - well enough written, but with clear favourites, you know?
Anyone else TW-ish read this one? What d'you think? (It seems to be well-praised in general, a TW classic, and I think it won a fan award) It is good and long - 100+ pages when I got it all printed up... *g*
ETA - nicely written ending!
