One hell of a fic rec! (aka DW recs post #3)

[rosiespark]

I haven't been that impressed by any of the recent crop of post-Doomsday Doctor Who fics - for much the same reason that I firmly believe that it was Lymond's son who was killed in Dorothy Dunnett's Pawn in Frankincense and rarely like fics which let Archie Kennedy live on after Retribution i.e. that fixits tend to dilute the power of the original story.

Then I came across svilleficrecs' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor and it knocked me over and then trampled all over my heart. Because it's not a fixit, it's more of a "what if" set in the future. What if the Eleventh Doctor was unable to resist going back in time to meet a sixteen year old Rose?

It's funny and clever and scorchingly hot and heartbreaking all at once - yes, it's that good. This is why I read fanfic - for the stories that surprise and delight and just have to be shared!

Comments

[msilverstar]

I completely agree with you about diluting the power, that's exactly how I feel. Tragedy has its own strength: look at Shakespeare and the Greeks. Modern Americans want a happy ending every time, it's very weird. I know it, intellectually, but my gut wants happy.

Anyway, am going to read the fic now.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the extremely awesome rec. :) I really appreciate it.