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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
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Hub Games by
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Five Ways Ianto Jones Said Sorry by
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Salvaging Surrender by
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Doctor/Jack
The Beautiful Simplicity of Motion by
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Doctor/Rose
Perversions by
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Five Things the TARDIS Understood about Rose Tyler (and One She Didn't About the Doctor by
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What, is that all? I'll have to look harder.
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Date: 2006-11-20 12:21 pm (UTC)Yes - as I was once. And please don't think I'm saying 'teenagers can't write' or that these stories are necessarily substandard. The problem is that when you read a whole crop of such stories where the lack of experience shows - there's a sort of cumulative effect! Like reading sex scenes written by virgins. The scene may be terrific, but it's dealing with second-hand images.
thanks for the pointage out!
My pleasure! We need more stories, more rec lists, more, more, and more!
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Date: 2006-11-20 12:32 pm (UTC)It is possible to write Torchwood fic without sex scenes, I hope.
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Date: 2006-11-20 01:49 pm (UTC)Oh, yes. I've done it twice now. In fact, I've yet to write a Torchwood sex scene - ! I must be slipping.
No, I'm not saying that all stories should have sex in them. As always, it's the writing quality that counts, not the subject or genre.
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Date: 2006-11-20 04:33 pm (UTC)[Written without sex scenes, I mean.]
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Date: 2006-11-20 05:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-20 07:59 pm (UTC)But in my case, you hope it continues...Did I just admit something? Me? *shrugs*
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Date: 2006-11-20 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
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