A few Torchwood and Doctor Who story recs...

As you might guess if you know me, I've been reading a lot of Torchwood and Doctor Who fanfic lately. I figure it's time to make a few recommendations. As usual, there are many stories who read as if they were written by teenagers without much life experience, or people who don't know how to use an apostrophe, and stories that just don't have the punch they might have. I find that Doctor Who fandom is rather too full of gen stories, and with Torchwood we need a few more episodes under our belts before we can really get to the substantial, meaty characterization.

This being said, here are stories I think are worthy of recommendation:

Torchwood
Employee Benefits (or, Personnel for Dummies) by mimarie. [R] Jack/Owen. A story that helped me to understand Owen Harper, whom I normally just don't get.

Hub Games by cyberamanda. [R] Jack/Ianto. [NC-17] Just... charming.

Five Ways Ianto Jones Said Sorry by sage_theory. [PG] With the caveat that I'm somewhat tired of "five ways" stories, this had good characterisation.

Salvaging Surrender by boji. [PG] boji's best work so far is Blogging On, but this is a nice character study.

Doctor/Jack
The Beautiful Simplicity of Motion by nostalga_lj. [R] A story greater than the sum of its parts, with the advantage of being my favourite pairing.

Doctor/Rose
Perversions by regala_electra. [NC-17] Not perverted really, sorry. Actually kind of tame. But this is one of the few stories I have seen that in my judgement gets the Doctor's sexuality right - he isn't inhibited or shy, and he certainly isn't asexual; he approaches sex with the same enthusiastic curiosity as he does everything else. What this story lacks in structure, it makes up for in spirit.

Five Things the TARDIS Understood about Rose Tyler (and One She Didn't About the Doctor by misscam. [PG] A nice alien look at Rose.

What, is that all? I'll have to look harder.

Battlestar Galactica: Hero...

I cannot believe how good Battlestar Galactica is. This was one of my favourite episodes, right up with Scar and You Can't Go Home Again. It helps that it so heavily featured my favourite character, Will Adama. Kara wasn't in it so much but what was featured of her was perfect - how wonderful to see her flying again. And Saul Tigh, at his best. Lee, ditto, troubled by his father's confidences. And even though I don't usually like Laura Roslin, she was at her best here, outmaneuvering Adama.

It's almost overwhelming to have so much good material these days. Seeing Casino Royale and then this Battlestar Galactica in the same day was rather intense.

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To koimistress:







Have a year that's as good as you deserve - creative, exciting, fulfilling and happy.

Time to try this meme...

I took this from kelex but I've been seeing it a lot. The trick is to do only one-word answers. I think other people will be doing it better than I.

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