*rolls up sleeves*

[fangrrl_squees]

This is for the fans of the "Toppy!Ianto" series. Both of them.

No, it's not a fic, not yet, at least.

I've got an idea for getting the fics out of the doldrums. It does, however, involve picking the continuity up by its ears and dropping it firmly into post The Last Time Lord territory. And Jack being a bit, er...crazy. But only a bit.

It would also be a bit darker, probably quite angsty and, honestly, perhaps not quite as much fun. I'm just warnin' ya. I've got ideas. Whether or not I manage to write them down, on the other hand.

Regardless, I'll crank out some sort of ending to the currently-unfinished bit, and see if I can't shoehorn in an indication that there's going to be a sizable segue. Or something. Besides, the vignette is far too cute to leave under wraps...

The meeting at my office that unlocked this particular plotbunny also set loose about three others for The Original Shameless Jack/Lucy/Saxon Fic of Dooooom, so I really need to get cracking on having my shame removed (and my pervy writing skills upgraded) before the thing eats my brain, entirely. It's reached the point of so many ideas, I'm getting muddled so I'll have to sort it out quite soon.

Comments

[cyberamanda.livejournal.com]

As much as I love your Toppy!Ianto series, this -

And Jack being a bit, er...crazy. But only a bit.

It would also be a bit darker, probably quite angsty and, honestly, perhaps not quite as much fun

makes me squee even more. Dark and angsty works for these two, and there's not enough of it.

And of course, anything with Jack and the Master in the same fic is made of win. Now if you threw Ianto into the mix....

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

Dark and angsty works for these two, and there's not enough of it.

The tricks lies, I think, in not crossing the line into emo-ridden melodrama. I believe that I can avoid that particular minefield, but I'm not entirely sure that I can pull off what I've got in mind. Mad outlining is to commence, once I've got the Lucy/Jack fic out of my system...

And of course, anything with Jack and the Master in the same fic is made of win

Naturally! If I manage to write the Super Shameless Fic of Dooooom, it will, of course, be riddled with Jack/Master goodness. :)

[cyberamanda.livejournal.com]

Yep. There's a lot of emo-ridden melodrama, especially where Ianto is concerned, and I hate it when writers have him come across as fragile and weak, because he isn't. If you need someone to bounce ideas off, let me know.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

You and crabby_lioness will be the first to know - although I don't want to spoil the ideas for you, given that you're 2/3 of the intended audience! :)

(I just started outlining and, oh dear god, the messed-up sh*t that's falling out onto the screen...)

[cyberamanda.livejournal.com]

Hey, there's nothing wrong with messed up! Well,there is but you know what I mean! Sounds promising ;-)
And hey, there's a lot more people out there who'll love reading it!

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

The tricks lies, I think, in not crossing the line into emo-ridden melodrama.

Very true, but you do a good job of remembering that they are grown men and not teenage girls. If I can help any, let me know.

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

You and cyberamanda will be the first to know - although I don't want to spoil the ideas for you, given that you're 2/3 of the intended audience! :)

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! :)

Speaking of which, I did have an idea for later in the series. It's probably too inept to use and you probably won't like it, but would you mind if I sent it to you in an email?

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

Sure. Although if you don't mind waiting, er, a week or so, you can take a look at the 'setup' I have in mind (I figured out the bones for it on the train-ride home, short and sweet to kick things off) and then you can decide if you want to share it?

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

No problem. It's sort of amorphous on the time-scale just "later than now", so it's pretty flexible. Let me know when you're ready.

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

Oh. You'll know, alright.

*chortles wickedly*

[crabby-lioness.livejournal.com]

hank you. :) It was clear to me from early on that you were splashing in the shallows while preparing to head into deeper waters. Go for it.

And I don't see how Jack wouldn't be a bit, er crazy is a pretty good word, after the Valient. He goes into it with the most altruistic of motives, to sacrifice himself to save the Doctor and Martha's family from torture at the Master's hands by presenting a more tempting victim. He suffers nobly. He comes out a hero with the answers he was looking for. He's more at peace with himself and the Doctor. I can buy all that, I really can. But please don't try to tell me it didn't leave him with issues that he needs to work past before he can be completely happy!Jack.

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

*chortle* what I've got in mind is far too shallow for, y'know, resolving issues. Although knowing my habit of sliding plot into my PWPs, it might well happen, eventually...

[kaligrrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm a *huge* fan of toppy!Ianto too! :)

[fangrrl-squees.livejournal.com]

Okay, so with j00j, there's four of you, at least. :)

I think I've got it all sorted. I figured out the bare bones of the 'setup' story, so I might bash that out tomorrow, if work is as quiet as I think it's going to be. :)