Torchwood Fic: We Happy Few (NC-17, ~48,000 words)

[hope]

Title: We Happy Few
Author: Hope (angstslashhope)
Fandom: Torchwood/Whoniverse
Wordcount: ~48,000
Genre: crack, teamfic, het, femslash, slash, humour.
Rating: NC-17
Pairing(s): Various permutations, duplications and confabulations of Tosh, Owen, Ianto & Gwen.
Warnings: See: 'Pairings'. Also: group sex, slapstick, abuse of science, abuse of fashion, abuse of Whoniverse minutiae, liberal advantages taken of 'alien tech'. Spoilers for things that occur up to the end of season 2 of Torchwood and season 3 of Doctor Who.

Notes: This would never have happened without Karen's stellar enabling. Thanks also to friends who encouraged and enthused throughout the process, and big thanks for invaluable editing help to emeraldwoman, elouisa & sizeoftheocean.

Summary: Jack's a captive on the Valiant and the Master has initiated the extinction of humanity. Meanwhile, in Cardiff, the imminent threat has triggered a lockdown of the Hub, trapping the Torchwood Three team inside. For a year. (A "year-that-wasn't" story of exceeding silliness.)


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Also, bonus of awesomeness: Alternate ending by my killer beta: And Comes Safe Home by emeraldwoman.

Comments

Re: phew...

[hope]

Thank you for reading! And for sticking with it through several days.

I'm glad you enjoyed it - I actually had to take out a few other meerkat comparisons, thought I was overdoing it :D

[greenapricot.livejournal.com]

This was absolutely delightful, every little bit of it.

[hope]

*beams* thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

[nieded.livejournal.com]

Hello! I just read this and I wanted to tell you that it's amazing. You succeeded in it being cracky and incredibly creative, while at the same time being daunting and terrifying. In fact, my favorite parts were the most terrifying including Tosh's future blood in the autopsy bay and the scenes from Cyberwoman. And you did it in such a way that wasn't obvious, but subtle and surprising.

I love a good long story that ties up all its loose ends -- where no event or mention goes unwasted. This was brilliant. Absolutely.

[hope]

Thank you so much!

I'm glad that the more serious parts worked; I started this off as a crackfic but it really took on a life of its own by that point!

So, yay! :D

Also, that icon is made of win.

[flmun.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. I *adore* the Tosh POV. I couldn't list all that was absolutely perfect. The whole thing struck a wonderful tone. Thank you for sharing.

PS.-- I read via archiveofourown.org.

[hope]

Thank you so much for commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed it :D

[mcparrot.livejournal.com]

This was a wonderful story. I started reading it about 4 nights ago and have finally got to the end. So many wonderful bits I don't know where to start, but the sort of Lord of the Flies feeling of desperation was interesting.
Loved the Borscht and variations of, the gentle humour, duplication and loss of Owen, ressurection of Jack and so much else.
Bravo.

[hope]

Thank you so much for commenting! And for the lovely feedback :) I'm really glad you enjoyed it :D

[nancybrown.livejournal.com]

This was utterly brilliant. I started reading and couldn't stop. Loved the characterizations, the interplay, and all the many moments of, "Ah, they're *insane* now." Beautiful work.

[hope]

:D Thank you so much!! Especially for commenting this long after I posted it (you totally made my day). I'm very glad you enjoyed it :) :)

[sandssavvy.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, amazingly, awesome.

I think my fave bit might have been when Ianto took off in a jetpack for the first time to avoid Gwen.
It's hard to choose, though.

The whole thing was fantastic.

[hope]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it :D

(And wow, haven't seen you around since 21 Jump Street days!!)

[sandssavvy.livejournal.com]

Haha, yes you remembered me. :)