Where is TW100...?

[fajrdrako]

I'm in the mood to write a drabble, but there's no new challenge up at tw100. Anyone care to toss me a topic?

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[louiex.livejournal.com]

ooh ooh! Your ideal TW reunion after the DW finale :D

[commodorified.livejournal.com]

Jack, Mickey and Martha walk into stagger out of a bar...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

LOL.

You're on.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Unplanned/unexpected disclosure of someone's heretofore kept-private hobby.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Here it is: Reconsideration (http://fajrdrako.livejournal.com/935092.html).

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ooh, nice idea. I'll have to sleep on it - hmm.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ianto hockey sticks? The Doctor's interest in horticulture? Jack's a secret racing car driver?

Gotta go to bed now, but you're giving me some cool ideas.

[catslash.livejournal.com]

Ianto and Mickey have something in common: loving someone who loves the Doctor.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Hee! great. I like Jackie being a race-car driver. Ianto being into hockey... hm, does he like the fighting? the burly men? the chill of the ice on his back? heh.

You're welcome. Sleep well. (Have fun dreams!)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like Jackie being a race-car driver.

Jackie? Now, that is a concept. (I said Jack. Heck, they could race cars together.) It isn't ice hockey Ianto's into, but field hockey... At least, he has the hockey stick - we see it in 'Dead Man Walking'. And in 'Sleeper' Jack talks about keeping hockey equipment under the bed. One wonders.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ianto and Mickey have something in common: loving someone who loves the Doctor.

So very true! An interesting parallel.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Really? You say you said Jack? I was sure I saw "Jackie." Made me think of Jackie Stewart, actually, and I almost wrote something about that.

Jack and Jackie racing together. I do like that! Rose would kinda freak!

Field hockey? Gad, that's violent. Hey, there was a photo on the front page of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today about... curling! I am not kidding! The main caption said HURRY HARD! and then the little caption explained what that meant. The thing must have been written by a curling fan, because it casually tossed in jargon like "skip" -- fun, actually, and always nice to have one of my more obscure fondnesses show up in the local paper. (There was some kind of summertime curling competition at Robert Morris University, is why the photo.)

Oh, gad: hockey equipment under the bed? Right. Where it'll be right handy! I maybe don't wanna think about the rest of that. (Although, um, the shin-guards pose interesting possibilities....)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Jack and Jackie racing together. I do like that! Rose would kinda freak!


Yeah, but I think she'd be into it, too. She'd cheer them on. She has a competitive spirit.

Field hockey? Gad, that's violent.

Is it?

there was a photo on the front page of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette today about... curling! I am not kidding!

I take it this is unusual? Seems pretty normal to me!

hockey equipment under the bed? Right. Where it'll be right handy! I maybe don't wanna think about the rest of that.

You never know what Jack will come up with. Have you heard about the UNIT cap he wanted for Ianto?

[rabecka.livejournal.com]

The Torchwood team eating lunch. Mickey tells "Jack" story.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oooh... nice idea.

[rabecka.livejournal.com]

I've had this little snippet in my head, which could very well be a different story...

Mickey trails off when he notices Gwen and Ianto looking at each other in horror.
"Oh. My. God. Ianto, do you think all those stories he tells us are true?..."

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Love it - and I can just see them saying it! "You mean he really did that?" I'm sure they discount half his stories. And they shouldn't.

[rabecka.livejournal.com]

Yup. As Jack said to Owen, "When you've lived as long as I have, you don't have to make stuff up." And I figure he had something like 15 years of wandering around in space before meeting up with the Doctor. Being Jack, he should have enough stories to last for quite some time...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

And I always love Jack's stories - I hope Ianto and Gwen appreciate them, whether they think they're true or not!

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see Jack and Jackie in their team colors... gad, what a thought. And Rose handling the pit crew.

Curling on the front page of a Pittsburgh newspaper. Yes. Unusual. I think maybe four percent of the population even knows what curling is. The big things in town are football and hockey. Used to be baseball, but the Pirates have fallen on hard times. Drat that East India Company, closing off all the ports!

UNIT cap for Ianto...? No. I have not heard about that. I am not even clear on what UNIT is, I confess.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I think maybe four percent of the population even knows what curling is

Not a heavy Scottish population, then?

UNIT is a huge paramilitary organization in the Doctor Who universe, dating back to classic days when the Doctor (I've no idea which one or which ones) had a friend who was in charge of it, named the Brigadier. UNIT has turned up in both Torchwood and series 4 Doctor Who now. It always reminds me of S.H.I.E.L.D., and they have (or had) a huge flying battleship called the Valiant that looks remarkably like the SHIELD Helicarrier.

Anyway, UNIT is the Unified Taskforce (I think) and Martha Jones now works for them. The UNIT soldiers wear red caps, and their mandate is to fight enemy aliens.

So when Martha Jones comes to Torchwood there's a conversation that goes like this:

JACK: Dr Jones is from UNIT.
GWEN: Oh, I'm sorry, sorry, I get a bit confused. Which one's UNIT?
JACK: Intelligence, military, cute red caps. The acceptable face of intelligence gathering on aliens. We're more ad hoc. But better looking.
MARTHA: I identified a pattern from UNIT's data on sudden deaths. Toxic shock. Nothing to link the victims. Different ages, sexes, ethnic origins, occupations. But there was a statistically significant concentration in South Wales.
JACK: Come on, Martha, be honest. You just came all this way to see me.
MARTHA: Still struggling to conquer your shyness, Jack?

And later on, in private, Martha and Jack have a conversation like this:

JACK: He must have thought he owed you a favour. Guess we all do. So Do you think you could get me one of those red caps for personal use? I’m thinking Ianto might look good in it.
MARTHA: You want uniforms, get your own. Now, am I going to get the guided tour?
JACK: Yes, ma'am, whatever you say, ma'am! Huah!

I got this dialogue from the transcript by the incomparable beccaelizabeth.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Curling is a Scots thing...? Huh!

Really, Marvel comics are iconic on so many levels. Apt, this!

I loved the relayed conversations... hee, thanks. So fun! Thanks to beccaelizabeth.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Curling is a Scots thing...?

Yup. And now Canadian too, of course.

I loved the relayed conversations...

That one was really fun. I love the scenes with Jack and Martha together. They play off against each other well; plenty of energy.

Thanks to beccaelizabeth.

She's been doing a wonderful, wonderful job of transcribing Torchwood scripts. I owe her a lot.