dude i have been reading THE HELL out of handysparehand.
It is so addictive, isn't it?
i would love an AU where nate ended up in this universe instead of the alt and ended up travelling with the doctor, or working for UNIT with martha!
Oh, me too! Definitely. :)
i am less keen on the ten and rose travelling while dropping nate off somewhere else because they can't be bothered with him part, just because it seems like backsliding that makes both characters look like immature gits (and JE doesn't exactly do much to not support this possible take on the characters, but what the heck, i don't want to go around writing fanfiction that annoys me).
I agree, though I do think it is an interesting direction nonetheless. I like when fanfic plays around with canon, myself (even if I am not personally pleased at the result), because I think fanfic is a great forum for trying out what-if situations.
one thing i was going to say about your fic was that i think it would make much more sense for nate to go in search of donna, if he was going to look for anyone -- and to maybe find martha during that search. still the person he needed without ever knowing beforehand, but nate is ready to acknowledge that, as opposed to the doctor.
You mean in the "Second Best" fic set in the alt!verse? Yes, I could definitely see him searching for Donna as well. I think the one reason I didn't follow that thread was that I always feel a bit uncomfortable writing Donna. It is like I can't always hear her voice. I know I am not perfect with Martha either, but at least with her she is sort of a security blanket. I'll have to see, I might be able to make it work with Donna though.
i have more thoughts, should i just do my full beta, or have you already started writing your new AU?
I've only written a few words of the AU story, so I am definitely open to you beta-ing the above story if you are interested. I haven't written much recently, unfortunately, as I seem to be in a bit of a creative lull of writer's block at the moment, but I am hoping that will pass very soon.
maybe also sometime we could have nate collaboration? i have been wanting to do something like that for ages, since i read violetisblue's and jonquil's Parallax.
I've never done a collaborative work, but I would certainly be up for giving it a go. :)
i have the sad feeling that embarassingly high percentage of the nate content on the anonmeme is me and you anyway.
Yeah, probably. *chuckle* Though I have to admit I was quite surprised, yet happy to see someone had restarted the Handy recs (was that you?).
I have been slowly trying to convert my friend's list to loving Handy, so I like that more and more stories are being rec'ed (now I just have to get around to updating the masterlist over at bluesuit_fic.).
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It is so addictive, isn't it?
i would love an AU where nate ended up in this universe instead of the alt and ended up travelling with the doctor, or working for UNIT with martha!
Oh, me too! Definitely. :)
i am less keen on the ten and rose travelling while dropping nate off somewhere else because they can't be bothered with him part, just because it seems like backsliding that makes both characters look like immature gits (and JE doesn't exactly do much to not support this possible take on the characters, but what the heck, i don't want to go around writing fanfiction that annoys me).
I agree, though I do think it is an interesting direction nonetheless. I like when fanfic plays around with canon, myself (even if I am not personally pleased at the result), because I think fanfic is a great forum for trying out what-if situations.
one thing i was going to say about your fic was that i think it would make much more sense for nate to go in search of donna, if he was going to look for anyone -- and to maybe find martha during that search. still the person he needed without ever knowing beforehand, but nate is ready to acknowledge that, as opposed to the doctor.
You mean in the "Second Best" fic set in the alt!verse? Yes, I could definitely see him searching for Donna as well. I think the one reason I didn't follow that thread was that I always feel a bit uncomfortable writing Donna. It is like I can't always hear her voice. I know I am not perfect with Martha either, but at least with her she is sort of a security blanket. I'll have to see, I might be able to make it work with Donna though.
i have more thoughts, should i just do my full beta, or have you already started writing your new AU?
I've only written a few words of the AU story, so I am definitely open to you beta-ing the above story if you are interested. I haven't written much recently, unfortunately, as I seem to be in a bit of a creative lull of writer's block at the moment, but I am hoping that will pass very soon.
maybe also sometime we could have nate collaboration? i have been wanting to do something like that for ages, since i read
I've never done a collaborative work, but I would certainly be up for giving it a go. :)
i have the sad feeling that embarassingly high percentage of the nate content on the anonmeme is me and you anyway.
Yeah, probably. *chuckle* Though I have to admit I was quite surprised, yet happy to see someone had restarted the Handy recs (was that you?).
I have been slowly trying to convert my friend's list to loving Handy, so I like that more and more stories are being rec'ed (now I just have to get around to updating the masterlist over at