Thank you so much, M! I don't deserve it as I dropped out of the running but I'm very happy to know that you were the person they picked for my story. And you did seem to think of me with every bit of it. Right down to the neurotoxin. You even kept to my "no sex with Nine" rule which I was prepared to forgive you for ignoring once I saw your set-up. I think the kiss is very hot...as was the sleeping together. The lovely thing about Nine is his deep denial of his obvious longing for Rose makes the little things seem far more sensual. Ten is hot in a different way...Ten is hot in a "we have sex on the console and make-out while fleeing werewolves" kind of way.
I loved the Torchwood monster getting an out and I loved the Doctor deciding that he could leave well-enough alone. That makes for a refreshing change from the usual chaos he causes. He is quite right to want to spare Rose his lifestyle. As for his lying to her...well...it's not the only time he did that. He tends to lie to her when he thinks it's for her own good. He doesn't do selfish lies but lies of omission are fairly common in Doctor Who. I do wonder a bit about his motivation for lying to her there. Was he just trying to keep her from getting upset thinking he'd explored without her or was he thinking she would want him to go back and help the people? Most of what he told her was true...he did talk to the High Priest and Priestess and they did decide she was too sick to perform the ceremony.
Anyway, not important, I loved the concept of Tombstone. I loved the American Western setting and the decapod and the idea of a Celtic fertility ceremony being part of a world religion of peace and love and sexual union. Cool! Very shamanistic. Also, I liked the psychological aspects of this...the colors. Your Nine was a bit generic at first (not Ten but not really Nine) but you developed wonderful voice in part two when he got down to figuring things out and explaining stuff. Why is this sounding more like a beta than a thank you? I am incorrigable. And also very happy indeed with this story as a gift. Thank you from the bottom of my neurologically challenged heart.
I love it so much...:hugs it to me: So much I am using up my 30 minutes of finger-therapy typing up this review. Now...off to rest my hand. :smooches:
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Oh! What a sweet and delicately beautiful gift!
Date: 2007-07-29 06:43 pm (UTC)I loved the Torchwood monster getting an out and I loved the Doctor deciding that he could leave well-enough alone. That makes for a refreshing change from the usual chaos he causes. He is quite right to want to spare Rose his lifestyle. As for his lying to her...well...it's not the only time he did that. He tends to lie to her when he thinks it's for her own good. He doesn't do selfish lies but lies of omission are fairly common in Doctor Who. I do wonder a bit about his motivation for lying to her there. Was he just trying to keep her from getting upset thinking he'd explored without her or was he thinking she would want him to go back and help the people? Most of what he told her was true...he did talk to the High Priest and Priestess and they did decide she was too sick to perform the ceremony.
Anyway, not important, I loved the concept of Tombstone. I loved the American Western setting and the decapod and the idea of a Celtic fertility ceremony being part of a world religion of peace and love and sexual union. Cool! Very shamanistic. Also, I liked the psychological aspects of this...the colors. Your Nine was a bit generic at first (not Ten but not really Nine) but you developed wonderful voice in part two when he got down to figuring things out and explaining stuff. Why is this sounding more like a beta than a thank you? I am incorrigable. And also very happy indeed with this story as a gift. Thank you from the bottom of my neurologically challenged heart.
I love it so much...:hugs it to me: So much I am using up my 30 minutes of finger-therapy typing up this review. Now...off to rest my hand. :smooches:
Rae