Six

[preserved_ginger]

Title: Six
Character(s), in order of appearance: Ten. Mention throughout of Rose.
Pairing: Ten/Rose
Rating: 12
A/N: Coming to terms with this is more difficult than I’d expected ... hence these drabble!fics. This particular one comes from seeing a parallel between Ten’s behaviour on the beach in Journey’s End and his treatment of Harriet Jones in The Christmas Invasion.
Disclaimer: Not mine
Spoilers: Journey’s End; I’ve borrowed language and themes also from The Christmas Invasion.
Summary: Six words.

Six words. Just six. Six words in which he comes the closest he’s been in years to admitting to somebody just how much he needs them. And although he needs Rose more now than ever, the treacherous little voice in his head keeps telling him how he doesn’t deserve her and how, now his double is “a completely new man”, he should give her up for her own good.

She knows how he feels about her. She has to know. He’s done everything but say it.

And yet —

“He needs you. That’s very me.”

Just six. Six words.

Six.

Comments

[travelintheways.livejournal.com]

That's one hell of a parallel you found there. Wow. For a guy who jabbers on as much as the Doctor does, he can get a lot across with just a few words when he really tries.

Lovely, and very poignant.

[helygen.livejournal.com]

You are amazing.

To make this connection, to look inside his head and his heart the way that you do, to write this so simply and yet so beautifully powerful and full of emotion.

Amazing.




*sobs*

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

I did really like that line. It told us he really is painfully in love with her. I mean, his eyes said as much, but the words there helped.

[theorclair.livejournal.com]

I really like how you seem to have taken the whole idea that Ten II is a "clean slate" even if he isn't and have run with it.

You've got to at least post some fixit, though, because my heart can't take this.

[requialexa.livejournal.com]

Wow. With that bit of brilliant insight, those lines are so much more gut wrenching! I totally agree with what helygen said.

Well done!

[thatlibrarylady.livejournal.com]

That line broke my heart when I first heard it. This is lovely.

[arethusa85.livejournal.com]

I noticed the same parallel when I was watching 'Journey's End', but you've done a beautiful job at expressing it! Lovely insight into what the Doctor was thinking.

[fishface44.livejournal.com]

Wow. This was exceptionally good!

[wiggiemomsi.livejournal.com]

“He needs you. That’s very me.”

Oh! Very, very beautifully written set-up of those six little words. Such meaning behind them ... too bad he couldn't tell Rose those three little words that were also so very, very true.

*Hugs*

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Oh! Very, very beautifully written set-up of those six little words. Such meaning behind them ... too bad he couldn't tell Rose those three little words that were also so very, very true.

Yes. Which is why I am having so much difficulty with the concept of the duplicate Doctor.

[trustme1013.livejournal.com]

Aaaaargh!

Damn you, Doctor!

(Still having issues here, don't mind me.)

Incredible point. Well done!

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Damn you, Doctor!

Yup.

(Still having issues here, don't mind me.)

Have all the issues about this ep you like (I have masses of them, why else do you think I’m writing stuff like this?)

Incredible point. Well done!

Karma’s a bitch, isn’t it? And thank you!

[almosttomorocco.livejournal.com]

Woah. That just made me cry... and it was beautiful. And an excellent parallel too.

Wonderful.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Woah. That just made me cry... and it was beautiful. And an excellent parallel too.

The parallel made me feel very, very sad for Ten (the whole bloody thing makes me feel sad for him, to be honest with you).

Wonderful.

Thank you!

[almosttomorocco.livejournal.com]

... it really does make me feel awful for Ten... he's so lonely- and I really don't think he wishes to be. *Sniffles*

[nebularific]

Ouch. This just reminded me why I hate RTD so much right now. Those six words are the closest the *Doctor* can come to saying his feelings, just goes to prove that Bluesuit isn't really him... *grr* [yes, I still have issues with JE.]

Lovely little fic though. I hadn't spotted to parallel before, but there it is.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

Yup.

This just reminded me why I hate RTD so much right now. Those six words are the closest the *Doctor* can come to saying his feelings, just goes to prove that Bluesuit isn't really him... *grr* [yes, I still have issues with JE.]

Don’t worry, I have issues with it as well (by the sounds of it, quite possibly the same ones as you.)

Lovely little fic though. I hadn't spotted to parallel before, but there it is.

It took me a little while to find the parallel myself, but once I had the thing pretty much wrote itself.

[catsfiction.livejournal.com]

Well spotted indeed. RTD is quite wonderful at writing that kind of heart-wrenching, very English emotional awkwardness, isn't he, and that's why I forgive him so much.

And David Tennant is wonderful at presenting the convoluted feelings of "I love you but I hate myself. You love me. Ergo, I despise you."

I've just seen him doing the same thing to Ophelia. Ouch.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

That icon of yours, sadly, is pretty much how I feel about Rose after having seen this year’s finale. They built it up so much, and then did what they did ... *sighs*

Anyway ...

Well spotted indeed. RTD is quite wonderful at writing that kind of heart-wrenching, very English emotional awkwardness, isn't he, and that's why I forgive him so much.

He is very, very good at it; the Doctor is about as good at talking about his emotions and things that he cherishes as I am, and I’m hopeless at it. I’m not sure I’d go as far as forgiving RTD for Journey’s End just yet, mind.

And David Tennant is wonderful at presenting the convoluted feelings of "I love you but I hate myself. You love me. Ergo, I despise you."

This is also true. Although given how this season ended I wonder if they sold us all a crock back in ’95 when they seemed so adamant that yes, the Doctor loved Rose ...

[jesswinchester8.livejournal.com]

Fantastic spot! Will always think of this when i watch JE now.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Fantastic spot!

Thanks!

Will always think of this when i watch JE now.

I’m not sure I can watch that episode for a long, long time. I’d say never again, but as the Doctor said: “never say ‘never ever’”.

[caterwolime.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

Thank you!

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Fantastic.

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Fantastic.

Thank you! :D

[in-a-union-jack.livejournal.com]

Dear Doctor, let me teach you about math.

Six words were not necessary. Three words would have been more than sufficient. Just three. Three words. THREE. (Here's a hint: I love...)

Ouch. It's ok, I didn't need my heart for anything important. *whimpers*

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Beautiful. Really. But heartbreaking. Did I mention beautiful?

[bananasandroses.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Beautiful. Really. But heartbreaking. Did I mention beautiful?

*HUGS*

This one is supposed to be angsty, and painful, and heart-breaking; in that respect, I’m glad it hurts – it means I’ve managed to do what I wanted!