“Go on, say it. Most people do.” :) See how I restrained myself? (Oh ELEVEN! *is overwhelmed with nostalgia*)
ADRIC: Oh, the Doctor told me that was because it was dimensionally transcendental. See, I Jack is smart enough to understand what he's seeing, and put a name to it. He doesn't understand *how*, but he does know *what*. After all, he is one of the few people who can keep up with the Doctor's technology rambling.
– And little does he know how right he might be, given what happened to Josh and Jamie… Well, that was a very very long time ago.
– Clara would protest at this point about competing with a ghost, and she would have a good point. Jack seems to be just enjoying the ride and not as bothered. It must still hurt somewhere on the inside, though, mustn’t it? Or are the intrigue and fascination enough, for now? Jack is... older than Clara (in every way), and not unused to taking other's people's names/lives. And he's not a control freak, just someone living from day to day and taking life as it comes.
– Again, ouch. Conjuring up a wry expression here with no trouble at all. Alt!Jack is quite pleased with his other self at this point. He's been handed a ready-made lover and partner.
– And a thousand NA references to Looms suddenly cried out and then were silent… LOOMS!! Again, Jack has more information than your average guy due to his Time Agency training.
– Lovely. Tiny little glimpse. Just enough to explain why there will probably not be any more.
– It is always good watching people react to this. Because on the face of it, their reactions have a very good point. Oh yse. And I hear you every much on the bishops (that's the same as Caspian btw, which somehow was my first thought). No one who wants power should have it...
Now I want to go back and re-read the chapter of Dating with the fortune-telling. And obviously this is a few hundred years later and the Seeker is more comfortable with the idea, but… He always saw it as 'becoming his father'. He has now found a way to do it on his own terms. Also, again, Dune is massively relevant. He sees far too clearly the issues with being Paul Muad'Dib.
OCTAVIAN: I know that, sir. And when you've flown away in your little blue box, I'll explain that to their families. And this is why he could never choose the Doctor's way either. Here, for the first time, he is trying to work out how to help shape the aftermath, what works, what doesn't. It's a holiday, but a working one. Researching, learning, accumulating knowledge.
– And, just possibly, the Seeker pushed a little at this point, as well? Oh yes. Talking about observing reactions.
– Oh, Jack. :) He really doesn’t change… Never. ;)
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Absolutely.
“Go on, say it. Most people do.” :)
See how I restrained myself? (Oh ELEVEN! *is overwhelmed with nostalgia*)
ADRIC: Oh, the Doctor told me that was because it was dimensionally transcendental.
See, I Jack is smart enough to understand what he's seeing, and put a name to it. He doesn't understand *how*, but he does know *what*. After all, he is one of the few people who can keep up with the Doctor's technology rambling.
– And little does he know how right he might be, given what happened to Josh and Jamie…
Well, that was a very very long time ago.
– Clara would protest at this point about competing with a ghost, and she would have a good point. Jack seems to be just enjoying the ride and not as bothered. It must still hurt somewhere on the inside, though, mustn’t it? Or are the intrigue and fascination enough, for now?
Jack is... older than Clara (in every way), and not unused to taking other's people's names/lives. And he's not a control freak, just someone living from day to day and taking life as it comes.
– Again, ouch. Conjuring up a wry expression here with no trouble at all.
Alt!Jack is quite pleased with his other self at this point. He's been handed a ready-made lover and partner.
– And a thousand NA references to Looms suddenly cried out and then were silent…
LOOMS!! Again, Jack has more information than your average guy due to his Time Agency training.
– Lovely.
Tiny little glimpse. Just enough to explain why there will probably not be any more.
– It is always good watching people react to this. Because on the face of it, their reactions have a very good point.
Oh yse. And I hear you every much on the bishops (that's the same as Caspian btw, which somehow was my first thought). No one who wants power should have it...
Now I want to go back and re-read the chapter of Dating with the fortune-telling. And obviously this is a few hundred years later and the Seeker is more comfortable with the idea, but…
He always saw it as 'becoming his father'. He has now found a way to do it on his own terms. Also, again, Dune is massively relevant. He sees far too clearly the issues with being Paul Muad'Dib.
OCTAVIAN: I know that, sir. And when you've flown away in your little blue box, I'll explain that to their families.
And this is why he could never choose the Doctor's way either. Here, for the first time, he is trying to work out how to help shape the aftermath, what works, what doesn't. It's a holiday, but a working one. Researching, learning, accumulating knowledge.
– And, just possibly, the Seeker pushed a little at this point, as well?
Oh yes. Talking about observing reactions.
– Oh, Jack. :) He really doesn’t change…
Never. ;)
– See icon…
Oh, excellent.