These things never happened... (and that's probably a good thing)

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Stolen from jjpor because it was too much fun not to:

Give me the title of a story I've never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it almost never got posted, the scene that hit the cutting room floor but that I wish I'd been able to salvage, or something else that I want readers to know.

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Comments

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

One fic of yours that I never get tired of rereading is "Best Enemies"; the idea of Three and the Master retiring together to open an antique shop in Harrogate isn't an obvious one, I'll admit, but from the moment the Meddling Monk turned up pursued by the entire Torchwood team, I was hooked! The resulting roller-coaster ride of thrills spills, touching romance and bonecrunching violence remains one of the best things I've ever read in Who fic, so any light you might cast on the thought processes that went into it would be very welcome.

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It wasn't an obvious one to me either! I was just doing a bit of brain storming one day, and I came up with that lovely first sentence:

One blue day(both literally and metaphorically; the sky was very blue) the Doctor realized that he was, in fact, better at attracting dangerous aliens than defeating them, and that his continued presence on Earth was beginning to endanger his favourite planet

Of course, from there on in it's history; Three discovers that his falling out with the Master has given him an aura of negative energy, leading to his resolution to make up with his old friend. I though that was bit far-out at first, but you know, Who is at its best when it can successfully mix science with the paranormal, and Pertwee's era had all of those Buddhist undertones towards the end, so I think it worked. That one scene where the Master faces his own burden of karma; I don't think I've ever written anything so emotional. It pretty much drove me to drink after, I was so distraut.

Everything seemed so anti-climactic after that though. I'm glad you liked my attempts to spice it up with the Monk and Torchwood, but doesn't it feel, I don't know, a bit trying too hard? I'm very much stalled on the latest chapter as a result. Damn these WIPs!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think you're a bit hard on yourself there; the Master scene you're talking about is indeed heartrendingly sad, but the subsequent Master/Jack gun/sword/Venusian aikido fight is nothing short of astonishing. And when you brought the cake into it! LOL? I fell off the chair!

And bonus points for the bit where Three practices his transcendental mediation with Cpt Yates and George Harrison...

[abbyromana.livejournal.com]

You've written so many great fics, CP, since I've known you. You never cease to amaze me with your ability to take characters to a whole new level. For example, your fanfic "Day as the Professor" does an amazing job of exploring the relationship (both positively and negatively) between Ace and Seven.

I mean, when I showed you that strange photo of the two actors, I knew you were interested in having them switch roles and/or bodies, but I never imagined you would also be including Hex into the story. His romance with Ace only added to the hillarity of the writing and what it meant to the switch.

Then you topped even yourself with the twist of evil Torchwood not only prosuing them, while they try to resolve the issue, but being the ones to help return Ace and Seven to normal. It was a stroke of brilliance!

I'd love to hear more about it, and if you had any further backstories with any of the characters, especially that Torchwood Agent Peters. He was brilliant as a double agent. Still, really , anything at all would be fabulous to hear back! :D

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That story really twisted me out of my comfort zone, but I felt that it had to be done, and once I started I really couldn't stop. I think that the message of gender and identity roles highlighted by the switch is a timely one, and, while Hex's initial reactions to Doctor!Ace were difficult to write, it was interesting to track the way their relationship evolved in response to the change. The part at the end when she gets her body back and he doesn't know how to act around her and keeps looking at the Doctor unconsciously played out so well in my mind, and I hope that translated to the page.

Evil!Torchwood wasn't an original part of the story, but after the Doctor-in-Ace's body started having a metacrisis, I knew that they'd have to find outside help to solve the problem. And then agent Peters just sort of took on a life of his own. Never has an OC been quite so insistent with me that /he/ is the actual star of the story!

[abbyromana.livejournal.com]

Gosh! I'm just blown away with that insight. Yes, that scene near the end after they return to their own bodies is fabulous!

Thank you so much, CP.

I'd love to go on and on with you about this tale, but I'm sure I should let you get back to the WIPs you have. If you ever thinf of writing a squeal to this story, I for one would love to read it and/or beta it. :)