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Why do I always think I'm not going to write reaction posts? Because it always happens anyway. Oh, and the icon's an exaggeration, by the way, but I don't have one that says 'random thoughts'.

Before I get going though, and counterpoint to yesterday's rant, this fic makes some interesting points about Jack's approach to, well, life really. I agree that Jack cries more easily and freely than your average 20th century bloke (I like the reasons given in the piece). I still object to 'collapsing in a gooey mess' stories but maybe there should be more crying!Jack fics out there.

There's a challenge for all the writers on my flist – write me Jack crying, for whatever reason strikes you at the time. *puppy eyes* Please?

*ahem* Moving swiftly on...

( A Day in the Death – thinky, happy post. Or 'I may as well subtitle my journal 'all about Jack' and have done with it' )

For all the librarians on my flist:

Pimp my bookcart!

For all the Torchwood fans:

Midnight Song by seti_drd. Jack&Tosh, friendship, sweet but not cloying, gentle and warm.

For all the SGA fans:

Tenets of Leadership in Vacuum by xparrot Midway tag. John&Rodney friendship, delivers snarky grins and an emotional gut punch. Pitch perfect.

...then I promise to stop spamming you for the day. Night. Whatever.

Choices by szm is a fantastic 'Meat' episode tag. It's a true 'team fic', and cuts right to the heart of the relationships in the episode. I didn't enjoy the episode that much, but I loved this.

I've finally managed to get all the way through 'Meat', but since I couldn't face writing my episode reaction twice, I've put it over in torchwood_meta

There were parts I loved and parts I hated, and I'm still making up my mind which are which. If you want to give me a hand with that, the discussion post is here.

I was going to make this shorter, but I have too many thoughts. But I kept it under 1600 words and used headings to keep things moving in more or less a straight line. Go me.

Contains spoilers for Doctor Who, Torchwood, Stargate: Atlantis Season 4, fairy tales, Greek mythology and the Bible.

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I have been seduced by the shiny that is Firefly, but together with this week's SGA episode, it's triggered a rather odd train of thought, bringing into focus something that I've been interested in for a while. There's no big argument here and no profound point to make. It's more of a series of observations that have been gathering weight in my mind. If anyone spots a higher meaning, please point it out to me. Otherwise, please keep your arms and legs inside the car and enjoy the ride.

( I was going to call this 'what's in a name?' but decided it was too cheesy even for me (yes, that's possible) )

( And this was the actual point of the ramble – Spoilers for SGA 4x14 'Harmony' )

I feel like I've just got into SGA fic, only to get out again. Having conquered my fear of sga_flashfic, I'm about to post my second story there (I'll update the running list later - it's getting to a respectable length, now). Yay me :D The first was fun because I love to play with dialogue, the second was even more fun. I started out in writing by writing 'flashfic' where you only had an hour to write your story, so I had a go at the 38 minutes challenge (as in "Write a story in...") and loved it so much. You're not so hard on yourself when you've written in a short length of time, and I think it's good for the perfectionist in me to see that things can come out well, even when they're not perfect.

But I really want to get back to Torchwood. Jack is very insistent that I finish his story before the Season 2 starts in January, and has kindly conceded that yes, he does like the first plot I've come up with. So he and I will be holed up for a while, trying to figure stuff out.

In the meantime, I can't rec strongly enough perspi's Beneath Your Heart, dealing with Teyla in S4 (*edited for spoilerphobes*). It's just such a wonderful look at how things could go, that I know I'm going to be disappointed with how they play out on screen next year. This should be canon. The tone is perfect and everyone's in character - it made me smile and sniff in equal measure.

Go, read and flail, like I did.

Continued from here

( Coming Back (part 2) )

idle_myrmidon has very kindly drawn Hugh, Hywel and Ianto for me - they look just as I imagined them in my head!

Go see them here and leave nice comments!

These are all the drabbles I wrote in my great drabble giveaway yesterday. Because I'm pedantic about these things, each one is exactly 100 words.

The drabble-bar is now closed, as the staff should be a)writing The Wandering Years or b)doing coursework. Not necessarily in that order.

Torchwood/Doctor Who drabbles

( For miss_zedem who wanted Ianto/OC )

( For rivers_bend who wanted Gwen to remember Rose and Gwyneth )

( For nnwest who wanted Jack/Ianto flirtage )

( For terrylj who wanted the Ninth Doctor to meet Sam Vimes )

( For crystalshard who gave me the Torchwood prompt 'battlefield' )

( For aeshna_uk who wanted Jack/Detective Swanson )

( For entangled_now who gave me the Torchwood prompt 'flood' )


House Drabbles

( For deelaundry who wanted House and Wilson having fun. )

( For karaokegal who wanted S1 House with one of the big FCC* issues )

Title: Ook

Words: ~1160
Rating/Spoilers: G/Only what's general knowledge...

Summary: Advice sometimes comes from the most unlikely of sources.

Part 1: Myfanwy and Fish
Part 2: Hex
Interlude: Sand

( Ook )