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Jack likes to think he's master of the situation, but you're the one who calls the shots
That's always been my take on their relationship, too. If only because Jack doesn't *need* to call the shots and Ianto probably does. They're flexible like that.

I liked the bit about John Hart playing things so that the least damage remotely possible happened, because I like the idea of him being clever and a brilliant planner instead of just an impulsive sociopath.

JENNY.
"I think I'd like to buy you lunch," Jack said.
Oh, Jack.

I very much liked these ficbits.

I think if Ianto didn't have Jack wrapped around his little finger from the start, he certainly would have been nervous enough that Jack would have let him pretend for a bit :D

Very nice - especially liked the email one and the last one.

Oh, great fun! In particular, I liked the last one. I'd love to see more of Jenny in any context.(Not necessarily from you, I know you said this is all for these stories, I just meant in general.) But seeing how Jack reacts to her? Especially priceless!

I really had fun with Jenny, but the problem was where to go with it -- she can't continue to be bouncy and all-knowing without some serious Mary Sue issues :D

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(Anonymous) - 2010-04-16 03:39 (UTC) - Expand

"Three: get out more and wear more jeans," Jack read. "I'm listed after fashion advice."

Ha! I love that. The one with the Doctor, Jack and Rose was my fave, though. Carnal slapping!

Bombarded With Goodies!!!!!

I loved them all, especially the Tosh one, but the last one was the best. It's great as a stand-alone, leaving the rest to the imagination, but there's SO MUCH POTENTIAL too. And also, Ianto's code made me smile.

"Yeah. Well, no. Well, in the sense of, I've got some of his genes. Well, most of his genes."
YEP. That's the Doctor's Daughter.

*flails with glee*

ohmygodIlovethese!

Sorry, they all just were great little snippets and lovely and thank you so much for sharing!! (And obviously I've had a bit too much caffeine this morning.)

These are really excellent; I think my favorite are the ones about Tosh and Jenny. I think most of them work just fine as short fic, honestly.

I would like some more of "Chips Down The Pub" please if that's possible. ;-)

I never really figured out anywhere for that one to go, alas.

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caledonius72.livejournal.com - 2010-04-16 08:12 (UTC) - Expand

JENNY!!!

Ok, I'm good.

The ghosting one got me. I was putting together a lesson plan on civil religion and traditions and, just as I was wrapping things up, I paused here.

Oh dear. It's so very Tosh.

Y'know, after Jenny was introduced, someone on my f-list wanted her to find Jack and have them hook up.

Hell, until the most recent Christmas Special, I thought that was a pretty good way to bring back the Time Lords*.

*I maintain this crack theory that humans and Time Lords are the same race, just drastically chronologically displaced.

LOL, THAT WAS ME. I ship Jack/Jenny!

i LOVE 'the obvious perk'. this line killed me - 'You still think about what your children would have looked like' gah.

and the line about whore-ish jack is brilliantly silly :)

i like your spin on things in composition. john's meticulous planning, very interesting.

i love that jack is fourth on the to do list in ghosting :P at least he's before checking for grey hairs, and reading emails... perfect

in the last one, i love that ianto goes for the innuendo in the end ;)

"But he didn't wreck homes, he didn't push, and he didn't do serious relationships without a whole bucketload of thought first.

You'd have to fill the entire TARDIS with thought before you fully identified all the issues and ramifications of seducing the last of the Time Lords. Besides, there was Rose to think about."

I remember this sentence(s) from forever ago! I'm so glad there's more :)

Thank you, made my day better.

I loved all of these, but my favorites were the first and the last. There isn't enough Jenny. And Jack thinking about Rose and the Doctor is probably one of the hottest things I've read in a while.

I love the last one so much I want to hug it.

Oh lovely! Especially the first and last!

These are delicious and perfect tidbits. I really like the diary one and the email/Tosh one, and Jenny was fantastic. Some much to love in each of them really. Thank you!

**BOUNCEBOUNCEBOUNCE** If I send you a dozen recipes for things that you want to make but can't find recipes for, would that be enough of a bribe to get you to continue the last bit, the one with Jenny? I loved all of 'em, but that one put me over the freaking moon. Please? I have a GREAT recipe for Pecan-Praline Bacon!

LOL! Sorry, there's not that much room for that story to really go anywhere -- though someone did write a continuation in comments :)

http://sam-storyteller.livejournal.com/161526.html?thread=8915958#t8915958

Oh, these were all wonderful! :D Though, I think the last was my favorite. hehe Jenny sure can babble like the Doctor! :)

It's already been a bumper month for Samfic, but that was a glorious, unexpected bonus. Even your throwaways are a delight. *peers around shiftily, stakes out Sam's garbage*

Loved them all, but perhaps especially the diary (wasn't it Two Centres where you had retconned-Ianto reading it?) and also, OMG, the Alex segment -- that's a period of Jack's TW tenure that I'd really like to see written more often; one gets a sense from Fragments that it was one of the better times for Jack, and that he and Alex had a bond worth exploring.

Yeah, I love messing about with the diary; not just that Ianto keeps one, but that it's very much like the paper diaries I used to keep (full of scraps, randomly laid out). And that Jack reads it, because on the one hand that's a huge invasion of privacy, but on the other Ianto seems almost to expect it, and it's a great way for him to communicate with Jack without actually communicating directly.

I really rather like Alex, as psycho as he is when we meet him, and I'd love to see more of that era. Especially since Jack obviously cares deeply for his teammates and even after finding out Alex killed them, his first concern is to try to get the gun away from him.

Oh, SAM! You remembered me! That's.....that's just BRILLIANT!

Of course, Jenny! Who could forget you. :)

I love all of these, especially Tosh's "ghosting." I can definitely see her doing that, and both Gwen and Ianto's reactions are entirely plausible.

The first one seems very familiar, by the way. I think you must have posted part of it before or maybe sent it to me in email at some point. Or maybe recycled some of it in another story.

I was very proud of coming up with the "ghosting" idea for Tosh. :)

I think I must have posted a bit of the first one at some point, you're not the only one who found it familiar. Hmm...

Y'know, it strikes me that "Something Beautiful", "Chips Down The Pub", and "The Obvious Perk" are actually part of the same narrative thread, if you were to pursue that...

Yeah, I grouped them together because I kind of thought they "went", but I'm not sure that they'd tie together perfectly in a thematic sense. There's too much ease there between Jack and Ianto to make a really interesting story.

I love the sheer glee in Jenny's story. It made me smile!