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As of 3/13/2008, I'm reccing a lot in Torchwood but also open to The West Wing and Star Wars (PT, OT, & EU).
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As of 3/13/2008, I'm reccing a lot in Torchwood but also open to The West Wing and Star Wars (PT, OT, & EU).
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Hysterical and adorable fic in the Hitchhiker's Guide style. Talking about it too much would spoil it, but on the offchance you haven't read this yet, you really, really need to. So much win. <3
Post-S1/pre-S2, hot, sweet, and ouchy in turns. I really like Jack as a hero, here, through Ianto's eyes, and Ianto's feelings of guilt is something we usually don't see. Not too angsty, either, although it still packs a punch.
Follows Ianto's flashback in Fragments, and mostly keeps the tone of the flashback, just with the UST becoming a little less U. My favorite part is Jack, and his concern for Ianto even though they just met. Sweet and a little hot at points.
A nice glimpse of the 'date' Ianto promised Jack in KKBB, romantic and sweet but not mushy or conventional. Extremely hot throughout the fic, with some nice character stuff in the beginning and a definitely feeling of hopefulness. My favorite kind of fic!
Excellent, excellent postep for Cyberwoman. This is probably one of my favorite versions of Jack and Ianto, and I love the UST that's practically making the air between them hum. Also a very well-written fic in general, with a definite punch at the end.
One of my favorite stopwatch fics, even though there's no stopwatch. Sweet but not too sentimental, it has some of the hottest first time J/I I've seen in a while. I also love the bit that takes place in the dark -- lights out is a kink of mine. Win!
Perfect h/c followup to Exit Wounds. Heavy and underlaid with lots of ouch and angst, but still unbelievably sweet. This fic could have gone on forever and I still would have kept reading it. More please!
Ahaha, oh Rhys. :D Very short and very cute.
More post-EW J/I angst. Everything Giddy writes is fabulous and you've probably already read this, bbut in case you haven't -- lovely, sweet, and painful h/c with brilliant characterization of everyone, even Owen and tosh, who appear only glancingly.
Postep for Something Borrowed. Fucking hot stall sex between Jack and Ianto, yes please! Short and quick but so, so good.
Postep for FOoTR. More really fucking hot sex between Jack and Ianto, but this time in a movie theater. There's something here for everyone -- theater fetishists, language fetishists, exhibitionists, voyeurs . . . lots and lots of win. And hot.
This fandom *needs* more GSF like burning, especially if it's all this good! Jack is pure smug mischief in here, everyone else is pure sex, and the pairings are everything I didn't know I wanted from TW. So much love for this fic!
laskjlaskdja excellent excellent hot J/I with a side of angst! And h/c! And hopefulness! And Ianto topping! Really, really fabulous, love every inch of it to death and oh, Jack and Ianto. <3
Postep for Adrift. The writing in this fic is a little rough at times, but it's still an excellent look at the fallout from the ep, particularly Ianto's feelings. Lovely Gwen in here too, warm and hopeful -- I wish the show wrote her this well.
I've only just started getting into Doctor Who, but I can totally see this fic happening. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's canon to me. Excellent voices for both boys, particularly the Doctor, and Jack omg you are a total lech. I <3 you.
Ianto! Has a thing for Jack's coat! (Well, don't we all?) Fabulous writing and characterization and equally fabulous hot. I am never gonna be able to watch Jack stomp around onscreen without thinking of this fic, now.
I'm surprised more people haven't latched onto the quip about Jack's manners in bed! This fic is wonderfully hot and funny, even though it has almost no dialogue, and the ending is fantastic. A must read!
The characterization here felt off at first,, but it picks up after the first few bits. Lots of nice team stuff, nice J/I in public, and then nice J/I in private. :D The sex scene is a little longer than I usually like, but it's very sweet.
Probably the best Ianto-centric fics I've read, in terms of theme and introspection. Lovely characterizations and some stunning lines; if you're a TW fan and haven't read this fic, you really, absolutely need to.
I was expecting this to be much ouchier than it was. Still pretty dark though, with some light humor and some really really sexy stuff. :D
Lovely winter!fic, lovely Jack/Ianto, sweet and fluffy as always. Not much to say, other than 'it's fantastic'.
Short but good postep for KKBB. A little grittier than I usually like my fic, but lots of introspective J/I stuff and hey! Their date! The ending is nice and hopeful.
Ouuuuuuch. I was totally expecting to get my heart broken at the end, but I was surprised. Confusing at times, but the plot is fantastic and meaty, with some unexpected lightness amidst the angst. Really love Ianto's characterization!
Five takes on Jack/Ianto, set in the first season. I really like all the glimpses of the team here, particularly Gwen and Tosh's convo, but I had to keep reminding myself that Jack came back! And things weren't always so angsty.
Really hot and surprisingly sweet Jack/Ianto fic, set mid-S1. Not much to describe here, other than the fact that it's insanely hot and like Ianto, wool blankets make me sneeze.
Warm and sweet Jack/Ianto fic, set post-EoD. Not much to say, other than 'it's good', and I like this take on Ianto. :D
Postep for TKKS. Easily one of the best things I HAVE EVER READ. Made of so much win, seriously, from the format of the fic to the content. Hot and hilariously adorable.
Adorable little series of vingettes about Jack getting lost in the Hub. They range from ouch to funny to hot, but I think my favorite is the fourth one (yes, even instead of the third).
This fic has been Jossed by 2x12, but I still really like it anyway. Ianto's misunderstanding of Jack is bitterly amusing, Jack's pain is understated but very present, and the Doctor's cameo is full of ouch. Poetry reference is also FTW!
Hot hot hot stopwatch fic! Ianto is fiendishly, fiendishly clever and it's nice to see Jack be the one coming undone for once. Really, if you haven't read it, you absolutely need to.
Absolutely gorgeous fic about Jack and the people he's loved. The first five are anywhere from horrifying to sad, with a few happy bits sprinkled through, and the last one is just hopeful. <3!
Full of ouch. Goes from pre-series to post-Cyberwoman, and does a lovely job of showing Ianto's grief and numbness. I prefer to interpret the last bit as somewhat hopeful, but I'm a noted angstaphobe. :D
Featuring asshole!Owen and a little woobie!Ianto, but I like it. Owen's assholeishness is perfectly believable, and Jack is nicely imposing. Sprinkled with flashes of hotness, which I like. :D
Awesome, awesome fic. I really love this take of Owen's personality, and the theme that runs through the fic. His obsession with Our Boys is a little creepy and majorly hot. Jack and Ianto are pitch perfect, too. FTW!
Beautiful writing, including descriptions of the Hub (which I love) and insanely, insanely hot Jack/Ianto. Insanely hot. Also a little sweet and ouchy towards the end, but in a good way. Absolutely fantastic.
Hysterical Jack/Ianto stuff and some voyeurism stuff, too. Features a cousin of Manipulative!Ianto, as well as some pseudo-meta on Gwen, both of which I could have done without, but the rest of the story is so good I didn't really care.
Best. Stopwatch. Fic. Ever. My favorite bit is the part with the toes? and if that sounds too kinky for you, you've really gotta read the fic. Right now. So much fucking win, I can't even.
Lovely postep for Exit Wounds, sweetly domestic at some times but with an undercurrent of angst, with some great Gwen on the side. Also, temp T3 employees + UNIT psychologist = FTW! Practicality, how I love thee. :D
More of the awesome meta, this time analyzing the date scene in KKBB. Very specific re: Jack and Ianto's body language, but my fav bit is the analysis of them at the end. Also, good stuff in the comments!
Part of a meta series. Awesome, awesome analysis of the characters' group dynamics and how the directors/actors position them to show us what's happening. Lots of pictures and lots of interesting stuff.
Part of a meta series. This one focuses on interpreting the characters' gestures and postures -- lots of interesting Ianto/Jack stuff, and lots of interesting stuff about acting styles.
Part of a meta series. Breaks down the rules of personal space and how the characters use it. Well illustrated and insightful about everybody, particularly Jack and how he uses space to shift the team around.
Best Tosh!fic *and* best het fic I've read in the fandom. Sweet and a little domestic in the beginning, and sweet and hot hot hot at the end.
Postep for Cyberwoman. Jack feels very real here, more than in most fics, and Ianto is pathetic and heart-breaking. Jack's anger is perfectly handled, and his strange sense of compassion. The end is sweet but achy.
Love love LOVE Jack/Tosh, and this is awesome. Lots of hotness and sweetness, even if the Jack here is very ouchy and a little bitter.
I adore good h/c about illness and crises and this fic totally scratches my itch. Awesome Doctor!Owen and worried!Jack, and of course, sick!Ianto. Great sense of urgency, too, especially in the first few lines.
Recced by everyone and their grandma, but I'm having a go. Absolutely adorable Jack, with a few intense moments as he's remembering the battlefield, and a grumpy Ianto, who is adorable. Love the plot, too.
Nice fic, interesting glimpse of Jack and Ianto from someone else's P.O.V. Owen's concern for Ianto is actually very sweet, and Jack's urgency and fear is understated but evocative.
Ouch! I usually don't rec fics that are pure angst, but this one snuck up on me. Grieving and desolate Ianto here, with some nice cameo OCs and an achy Jack at the end. Ouch ouch ouch. :(
Nice counter to my last rec. ;) Pure fluff with a touch of alien device shenanigating. Giddy's grasp of the characters is flawless, as always, and the ending is sweet without being saccharine. Lovely.
I was prepared to be 'meh' about this fic, but I really liked it. Lots of steamy Jack/Ianto snippets, the angst is maybe a little OTT but hey, it's Torchwood, and the hotness makes up for it.
Kind of a postep for EoD? Marvelous handling of Ianto's "Jack-left-me angst" and an explanation, of sorts, for their relationship. Also, lots of subtle hotness. Ianto's characterization really shines here, but the rest of the cameos are good as well.
Hurty postep for Cyberwoman. I would call this h/c but it's far from sentimental, and Ianto's despair and desperate love for Lisa are expertly handled. Not much to say otherwise, read it!
Sweet, simple, straightforward fluff, with just enough bite to make it palatable. Love Ianto and Jack's closeness and the voices are dead on, even the rest of the team's brief appearance. Love it love it love it!
Magical and gently sad fic about a creature lost in the hub. Ianto-centric but everyone shines, and the ending is a little strange, a little hot, and definitely wonderful.
Postep for Countrycide. I love all the little details here, from Jack working Ianto's cappuccino machine to the taste of the TCP. Sweet w/o being sentimental, and the last line packs a wallop, for some reason.
Postep for CJH and EoD. Lovely, lovely, lovely. Toshiko is always so neglected but I love her with Jack, especially the way she smiles at him, and this little drabble totally scratched my itch for them. Last line killed me dead.
This really stood out from all the other Cyberwoman posteps for me. It's much more thematic and Ianto-centric than the others, which are more like h/c, and doesn't provide any cheap or easy resolution. A must-read.
Best stopwatch fic I've read, I think, or at least the funniest. Short but well-worth the read.
Action-adventure! This fic could use another beta, imo, some of the writing and characterization felt a bit rushed, but the plot is really solid and it has appearances from all the characters, so. I'm happy!
The girls' characterization felt a little off in places, but Ianto and Owen dominate the fic and they're perfect. I love fics with fighting and fics with hot sex and this fic has BOTH what more can I ask for? Hot and generally awesome.
A little realer and grittier than canon but full of lush details and a very true-feeling Ianto; I think I like this insecure version more that most others. Perfect Ianto/Jack, and not as angsty as I was expecting it to be.
Sexy and sweet postep for Countrycide. Also has some great explorations of the characters and deals with some leftover issues from Cyberwoman. Terrific fic, and did I mention it was sexy?
Another postep for Countrycide, another fic where Ianto and Jack get drunk and chat. Neither genre gets old, though! Short but nice glimpse of the characters, and the ending is nicely open and even canon-compliant.
Nice postep for Adam. Good explorations of the characters, Tosh, Owen, and Jack's vignettes are heartbreaking but Gwen and (unusually enough) Ianto's are heartening.
HAHAHAHA. THEY HAVE TO KEEP THE RIFT MISTLETOE AWAY FROM JACK! IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR! Win win *win*, hot and funny and it opens with IANTO AND TOSH HIDING FROM JACK UNDER A DESK so much awesomsauce. Read it~!
Owen's not my favorite character, but this fic made me love him a little bit. Fantastic character study, and lovely cameos from the rest of the team. The one line about Tosh kills me.
Absolutely sweet and awesome postep for KKBB. Ianto's got some great snark in here, and the mush (such as it is, definitely not overdone) is wonderful. Angst-bunnies won't like it, but I adore it. :D
Rough but fantastic postep for EoD. Featuring roughsex against a wall and a brief morning after scene. Also, it's Ianto/Owen! I am becoming a shipper, my friends.
THIS IS THE IANTO/JACK FIC I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Seriously. Seriously seriously, nice length and it runs the gamut from ouch to wonderful and it has Ianto and Jack sleeping together! Like, sleeping sleeping, you know? My kink! So much love.
Postep for Adam, reassuring and hot after a heartwrenching episode. Much love for the switch from kink to comfort and the writing is excellent.
Short, w/ some postep Adam meta, but hot hot hot. And the ending is so wonderful I'm just alksjdalskdj yes. Read it!
Everyone and their grandmas have read this by now, but! It's great anyway. Excellent look at Jack and Ianto and their funky formal but totally awesome relationship and lots of great stuff from the other characters.
Postep for an ep I haven't seen yet (Countrycide), but it rocks nonetheless. Fantastic analysis of all the characters and Jack's voice is wonderful, not too angsty and dark. Ianto's characterization is the best part though, hands down.
Cute but absolutely adorable. Everybody's voices are dead on and the banter is fantastic. Jack being the Responsible Leader of the Gang will never not be awesome. Win!
This is technically about Jack observing his team but really it's a portrait of him; lots of wonderful stuff and some sweet Ianto/Jack interaction. The ending makes me want more, but the fic is so satisfying as is that I can't really complain.
I could sit and read fics like this all day. Short little fic about the gang investigating a weird occurence at a playground -- interactions and voices are dead on, and the Owen POV is a nice touch.
Niiiiiice postep for Adam, very atmospheric and heart-wrenching, and lots of Ianto-angst. Jack brooding in the background is also nice.
Ianto's tentative attempts to extend comfort to Owen killed me, and this fic kills me too, but in a sweet way. Ianto's 'we both know who's going to have to keep you in brains' is made of pure win.
Postep (of sorts). I really love Tosh here, especially her protectiveness, and I've got a serious kink for people being tied up, even if it's not sexual. Which this isn't. Excellent fic, just wish there was more.
Fucking fantastic. Runs the gamut from angsty to hysterical to hot (and back again). Too bad Jack wasn't around during the third time . . . that'll teach him to run off, won't it? :D
YES. GWEN + IANTO FRIENDSHIP FIC. Lovely and ouch and lovely postep for Sleeper. Short but really good.
Nice threesome fic that deals more with the fallout than the bomb itself (if you know what I mean) but with lots of nice flashbacks. Excellent writing, and I really wish I could find more of the author's stuff.
Excellent political ensemble script-type fic. It could almost be a missing episode, that's how top-notch the writing is. I just wish there was more!
Wonderful and understated and full of ouch. Gregor during Mirror Dance, with a little snippet of Aral. Wonderful wonderful.
Awesome sex pollen fic. I haven't read Panic stuff in forever, but I really liked this one.
I never saw much of Milo but this fic makes me wish I had. ;) Hot and cute.
Yes, you read that pairing right. lol. The writing is a little sketchy in places but good despite that, and the ship is strangely endearing. Strongest aspect is the dialog, which the author nailed. FTW!
Ouch. I loved Jason/Sam before, and still think the writers dropped the ball on that one -- this is a short look back on Sam's part. Well-written and painful. :(
CCCCCJJJJJJJ. That's really all I have to say. Also, Gail!
Ouch. Brief but thoughtful looks at Luke in combat throughout the movies and EU.
Okay, I really like this one! I suddenly want more fics with Mara and Wedge, particularly if Wedge is always this baffled. Poor muppet. :D
Hands down, best thing ever. Seriously, seriously, *so freaking cute*.
There's another fic in this series, but this one is my favorite. Luke's retorts are hilarious and I love how blatantly Mara is baiting him. Cute!
Two short but cute drabbles. Also, Wedge!
Short, sweet, and sad little fic about the trio and the passing of time. Very nice writing and excellent ending.
Ugh, boys! ;) Cute and funny, but I like Luke's lines the best. So clueless . . . :D
Nice length fic set between ANH and ESB. The writing is rough in places, with some typos, but the characters are solid and the story overall is handled well. Also, it has Wedge! And Luke as Rogue Leader!
Very nice little fic about Luke and Wedge's first meeting.
Okay, so maybe this fic is a TIIIIIIINY bit cheesy. And not canon-compliant at all. But it's so cute!
Nice, short introspective piece about Mara and Karrde. Fic does a good job of showing the complexity of their relationship, but I wish there was more of the characters and less thinky-stuff.
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