Everybody Lives! Fanfiction

[Luckylyn]

I've noticed a lot of fics ignore or rewrite Exit Wounds that killed Tosh and Owen and COE which killed Ianto.  So, I thought a title about everyone living would be appropriate because fanfiction gives you the freedom to ressurect the characters you like best.

 

I wanted to post some fics I enjoy and hope you post suggestions as well.  I've found I really enjoy Torchwood fanfiction.  Sometimes it fills in the blanks the writers left in the show for me.

 

Happy Families - alternate universe fic where Ianto and Jack get to know each other when their siblings are getting married.  I like this one because the interaction is great, and it deals with Ianto trying to adjust to being attracted to a man.

 

Harkness and Jones - This is a different take on Ianto's job.  He's not what he appears to be, and it's fun to read.

 

Our Last Night Before the World Ends - Jack and Ianto's last night before COE begins.

 

The War at Home - Jack and Ianto are having a cold war and Gwen is not pleased.  It's an interesting exploration of some issues Jack and Ianto might have.

 

50 First Dates - Torchwood Style[/ur] - Ianto can't retain new memories, but he and Jack still find a way to bond.

 

Don't Stay[/ur] - Ianto tries to set boundaries to avoid too strong of an emotional attachment to Jack.

 

You Can Stay - The fic involves Ianto trying to navigate having an open relationship with Jack.

 

There was a fic that involves John Hart kidnapping Ianto where they end up having adventures together called "Don't You Want to be On the Good Side for Once".  It manages to be a fun fic, but it's impossible to find.  If you find it please share the link.

[ElleryAnne]

I <3 you for creating this thread, Luckylyn.  I love good fanfic, but for some reason I've never gotten around to hunting down Torchwood fic, so I'm thrilled with the suggestions.

 

I can contribute one suggestion:

 

The only Torchwood fic I've read is Bluebird, by Basingstoke, which is a crossover with The Addams Family.  (I came across this one because I consider the Addams Family to be the little black dress of crossover fiction.  It goes with everything.)  Anyway, I recommend it if you like very unusual premises - in this case, the idea that Ianto is an Addams.  It's very good (as is all of Basingstoke's stuff), but the Addamses come across a bit darker than usual.

 

And while it's not technically fanfic, some of the Torchwood novels have been very good.  I like The Twilight Streets, by Gary Russell, very much. (The storyline involves Bilis and is rather creepy in a way that makes it a good Halloween season kind of read.)

Edited April 26, 2014 by ElleryAnne

[Luckylyn]

When I Promised You Forever -  Jack travels through time struggling with his immortality and his losses.

[Luckylyn]

Flame Beneath Ashes What if Ianto was retconned in season one and ended up running into Jack and the team years later?

 

In These Lonely Hours  This puts forward an interesting theory about the Jack/Ianto dynamic.  Jack doesn't know if Ianto can be trusted post Cyberwoman but can't help getting involved anyway.

Edited May 31, 2014 by Luckylyn

[Captanne]

My absolute favorite fanfic ever written:  http://solsticezero.livejournal.com/16632.html

 

ETA:  I happened to just reread this fic -- still my favourite ever (not just Torchwood, either) -- and found my comments from four years ago.  Surprisingly, I still stand by what I said.

 

This second one I suggest is a tough, so cold it's almost OOC, fanfic but I like it -- the focus is on the Jack/Ianto dynamic before Cyberwoman but after Ianto is hired.  We were rehashing the old debate "did they/didn't they" over in the Jack/Ianto thread and I said I'd post this link if I could find it.

 

http://mcparrot.livejournal.com/4602.html  (This is part one.  There is a second part linked to on the fanfic.)

 

ETA:  Here is a huge, long overview interpretive fic about canon:  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5631194/1/What-is-Essential-is-Invisible-to-the-Eye

 

Cat will remember it well.

 

It was very popular back in the day.

 

I ran hot and cold on it, honestly.

Edited June 1, 2014 by Captanne

[indeed]

Itsmeyousee over at TWoP had a lot of good episode related fic suggestions when we did the last rewatch. Too bad the site is down now.

[itsmeyousee]

I just read this one last night and i thought it really captured the first half of Season 1.

 

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9756623/1/Conflict-and-Conscience

 

First link i hope it works

[itsmeyousee]

This is the latest one that i have read and really liked. I thought the idea really worked.

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10474123/1/Crossing-Timelines

 

There is another i am reading but it isn't finished yet, let me know if you want me to post about it or not. Cause i know it can get frustrating while you wait for a new chapter of a story so i tend to just chat about completed ones.

[Ceindreadh]

Because this fic never gets old http://sam-storyteller.livejournal.com/126227.html "Trying to communicate" aka Torchwood meets an lolcat. 

[Luckylyn]

Logistics - A post KKBB fic with Jack and Ianto

[Captanne]

Ceindreadh, IIRC, GDL read Sam's LOL cat fanfic and approved.  (I think he mentioned it at some convention somewhere.)

[itsmeyousee]

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4442907/1/Dulce-Et-Decorum-Est

 

After rewatching TTLM, i remembered this fic, Jack and Tosh

[Captanne]

Anything by Solstice0.

 

http://solsticezero.livejournal.com/29066.html

 

(That should be her master index.)

 

At the very end of her index is the Virtual Season Three -- http://tw-itallchanges.livejournal.com -- she wrote a  bit for it.  Are you guys familiar with that?  I recommend it.  Most of my favorite authors took part.

 

If you're curious about that "It All Changes" link -- here is the source:  http://tw-itallchanges.livejournal.com/3027.html

 

The fan written series was fun to read as it was going up (or, "airing", I suppose.)

Edited July 13, 2014 by Captanne

[itsmeyousee]

This is the best Meat related fanfic i've ever read, perfect just in it's title alone

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4685833/1/Hypocrisy

[itsmeyousee]

Just chatting about fanfics set while Jack is gone between season 1 and 2, i found two that i like

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7781596/1/Switching-Ranks

 

This one is a short funny one with the Team dealing with their new roles

 

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5649111/1/Infanta

 

And this one is one of my all time fav stories, it's an interesting idea for a case but also being set while Jack is gone. I think it really captures the team well and how they would work and despite no Jack. And how Jack's presence still looms very large over them but doesn't stop them from doing the job

[itsmeyousee]

After watching Adam, there is so many stories coming from that ep, evil Ianto ones, Jack and his past, remembering Adam ones, Tosh and Owen romance or backgrounds explored, Gwack ones, why Adam change them the way he did. But the one i chose is one of my all time fav stories, it's not about the ep but the character of Adam coming back

 

 

http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/124595.html

[itsmeyousee]

There isn't that many stories that limit themselves with the ep Reset or they are au . But i found one little fun one.

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5228211/1/Coffee-and-Biscuits

[itsmeyousee]

I found the fanfic i mentioned Dizzy about the events of Meat taking Jack back to TYTNW, when you said Jack and Owen talking about the Space Whale would have been a good opening for Owen to see something was wrong with Jack.

 

Like i said it's not Owen but Ianto instead

 

http://madder-rose.livejournal.com/13429.html

[Dizzy76]

Thanks, Itsmeyousee!  I'm heading off to read it now.

[itsmeyousee]

I just found this one, it's been ages since i read it, it's a Cyberwoman post ep story but what i  like that's it's all about Ianto. Not trying to understand Ianto and Jack or Torchwood or anything else, just Ianto.

 

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5643461/1/Unquestioning-Love

[itsmeyousee]

While checking out some older fanfics that i haven't read in quite a while i found this

 

http://turnleft-tw.livejournal.com/?skip=10

 

It's Season One rewritten basically, someone starts it off then the next author has to take into account the changes made but still have the story from the ep. It's fun reading what people would change.

[itsmeyousee]

This is my fav fanfic with the Owen arc in mind but i would put it after everything but before SB when Jack questions the difference Ianto and Owen relationship. i think it captures who Ianto and Owen are now.

 

http://ninjasnano.livejournal.com/48285.html

[itsmeyousee]

This is the only Something Borrowed fanfic i like cause it's set after the ep and has nothing to do with the ep LOL. All other fanfics basically are trying to work out why they are all like they are ? Whether it's Ianto leaving or Rhys leaving or Jack explaining or Gwack getting together and none of them work, just like the ep, all over the place.

 

http://archiveofourown.org/works/35624

 

But this is Owen , Jack and Ianto with a little bit of Tosh after a mistake in the field but it's funny and sweet.

[itsmeyousee]

This one isn't a fanfic as such cause it's written like a alternative script for FOOTR and it's a great idea. But that's doesn't mean i didn't enjoy the ep we got this is  just a different twist and a really good one.

 

 

http://sam-storyteller.dreamwidth.org/115057.html

[Luckylyn]

Five Days Forward - When Gwen falls backward in time, it's up to Ianto to protect the timeline.

[Dizzy76]

I just ran into Five Days Forward a couple of days ago (by accident) and loved it!  I couldn't believe that after I was finished, I wanted another story that focused on Gwen and Ianto and how their relationship changed due to her time jump.  I really like fic that takes Gwen's character and grows her in an organic way while addressing issues that show writers created but ignored with her.

[Luckylyn]

I just ran into Five Days Forward a couple of days ago (by accident) and loved it!  I couldn't believe that after I was finished, I wanted another story that focused on Gwen and Ianto and how their relationship changed due to her time jump.  I really like fic that takes Gwen's character and grows her in an organic way while addressing issues that show writers created but ignored with her.

I agree.  The fic calls Gwen on her flaws while still being sympathetic to her. 

[Luckylyn]

Reluctance - Resistance - A chance remark at her wedding leads to a change in perspective for Gwen, and thus for Jack and Ianto.

[Luckylyn]

After All - Jack’s eternity, he came to understand, was as incongruous and contradictory as he was; he’d forever be the here and now, he’d forever only have the here and now. Jack/Ianto. Post-Exit Wounds.

Better Wrong - Ianto leaves because it seems like the only reasonable thing to do. Telephone talk ensues. Jack/Ianto. Post-Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.