Hey Hex-y!

[clocketpatch]

So, I've finally contributed money to that great and noble company which we call Big Finish. I got two audios: Night Thoughts (which I didn't like much over-all, but had some great character moments) and Arrangements for War (which I liked quite a bit, except for the ending which made me scratch my head a bit; I couldn't figure out why the Doctor was willing to allow all of the collateral damage that the love story brought about; and why he seemed relatively unconcerned by said collateral, but meh. Was a good story and good character moments). I highly recommend.

Anyway, I'm back at work on my Seven-Ace-Hex jungle thriller thing, though I should really, really, REALLY be working on my WIPs (I did plug in a new 2000 words for Forever Tomorrow though, I'm just trying to get the conclusion sorted... I knew where I was going with that story, and then it all just sort of got away from me).

What I want to know is, do any of you think there'd be an audience for a story which contains: a spot-light stealing OC who swears a lot, a Big Finish character (Hex), an-absent-for-most-of-the-fic Doctor (Seven), a-half-dead-for-quite-a-bit companion (Ace),  and a combination of near-future politics (and by near I mean, fifty years hence, and in the DW universe), random historical stuff, archaeology, and aliens? And timey-wimey, lots of timey-wimey... It's also looking to be quite long, if I ever get it done that is. I've got around 6000 words and I'm just finishing up the second chapter. So, probably a doosey.

Also, is anyone familiar enough with Seven, Ace, and Hex to be willing to beta for them? I'm thinking this will be a relatively early on adventure to make up for the fact that I haven't heard most of their audios, but I'm afraid I'm getting the dialogue wrong and maybe contradicting established characterisation?

Mostly I'm just concerned people aren't going to stand for reading half a chapter of my OC stamping around swearing. 
 

Comments

[vonquixote.livejournal.com]

I would read that like a bat going back into hell because it left its cookies there and Satan will messily devour them if it doesn't go and retrieve them right now. There are ingredients for a bad Seven-Ace-Hex fic but I see none of them in what your promise.

I cannot beta the bounder though, not being massively familiar with the audios myself. Sorry.

[clocketpatch]

Ooo, your mad bat antics both reassure and amuse me. What would bad ingredients be, out of curiosity, so that I might avoid them should they come knocking on my door?

[vonquixote.livejournal.com]

I think you're probably safe from committing the worst excesses. It's bad Seven/Ace that really gets my back up - I imagine that same degree of fluffiness and inappropriately doing the Underpants Charleston and extend it to poorly done threesomes as well and oh dear it hurts. It sounds like you have an actual plot and I don't think your tastes extend to fluff or masturbation-at-the-expense-of-character-integrity, though, and that's a good start.

[clocketpatch]

While I do like the occasionally bit of fluff, the idea of a Seven/Ace/Hex threesome makes my head explode; and not in a good way. Ace/Hex, yes, that's just adorable awkwardness, Seven/Ace... *shudders* now that's a ship I've never been able to understand because it is so clearly, clearly not a ship, at least, not romantically... I'll accept it well written but... *shudders*

[vonquixote.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a 'ship all right, it's just not physically sexual. There's a who_secrets secret which, while not mine, might as well be:



Incidentally, I trawled through the Seventh Doctor archive on the Teaspoon looking for examples for you, from which I determined a) that there is no truly bad Ace/Hex there and b) that there is some truly unnerving Seven kink out there, with bonus points going to the Kangbang.

[clocketpatch]

'Because he fracked her mind so well he didn't need to frac anything else'

Win, and so very, very true. I do love the pair of them in all their dysfunction and complex bat-shittery, but there's no need to take it to the next level when they've already gone so far beyond that; also, I usually look at theirs as a messed-up father-daughter type relationship rather than a romantic one.

the utter lack of bad Ace/Hex fic is one of the reasons I wanted to write them. I figured: either this will be AWESOME, ~or~ I'll get the medal for being the first person to $#%#-up the pairing. Either way, it'll be something remarkable. (kind of hoping not to win the medal though, 'cause that would suck)

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Well, exactly. Seven and Ace's relationship is so unique and resonant (and with that dysfunctional kink that seems to run through Seven like the writing in a stick of rock) that physically shipping them seems to cheapen it severely (as well as being kind of creepy, what with the teacher/pupil, father/daughter vibes going on; not that there wasn't a subtle creepiness to it at times even in the TV episodes, as vonquixote points out).