#Ianto centric

[starlalotta]

Something a friend said to me recently reminded me of a TW fanfic from years back, the only detail I remember is that Ianto’s mum? Maybe dad? Was a high up Unit official. Ring any bells with anybody? I’d love to figure out what it was and read it again :)

[victoryshowers]

i want to write a torchwood fic soooo bad but i’m so scared bc i don’t think i cld write any of the characters correctly and the last thing i want is to be ooc. it’s a horrifying thought! plus i have no ideas PLUS i never ever end up finishing the fics i write but i want to sooo bad 😭😭 uuugh

[like-butterflies-and-glitter]

i quite enjoy when torchwood writers play around with a literal deus ex machina as in god from the machine or whatever, somewhat sentient machines striving for perfection, or with an idea of it based on whichever person it has decided to "help" and the horror that situation turns into

[the-torchwood-archive]

I suppose I'm carrying on my trend of Ianto centric posts, with TWM #1's The Legacy Of Torchwood One.

I remember when this came out. It was so cool seeing a little bit more of Ianto's Torchwood One past. With all of the Big Finish releases, it's all but been retconned out of canon, but it's still a good little piece.

Also interesting to note, the story seems to be set during season two but the layout of Jack's office and the walkways around the watertower are the season one layout.

[ao3feed-torchwood]

Bad In Your Blood

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60498382 by CaptainFairyGodmother There were only two constants in life at Torchwood; one, that it was almost a certainty that you would not make it to see your first pension payment; and two, that Ianto Jones and Owen Harper would be arguing. At least one of the constants was preventable- and it certainly was not the arguing.   OR; Ianto and Owen are brothers AU, in which Owen's refusal to acknowledge Ianto as his brother- let alone form a familial relationship with him- may just lead to the death of the whole team. Words: 2996, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Torchwood Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M, M/M Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams (Torchwood), Rhiannon Davies Relationships: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper/Rhys Williams, Owen Harper/Toshiko Sato Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Ianto Jones Needs a Hug, Ianto Jones-Centric, POV Ianto Jones, Ianto's Family, Ianto and Owen are brothers, Got to love the sibling bonding trauma, No Beta We Die Like We're In Exit Wounds Or Day Four, half canon compliant, In the Sense of It Mostly Follows the Episodes, But With the Added Divergence of Ianto and Owen Being Brothers, i still don't know how to tag, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Lisa Hallett/Ianto Jones In the First Few Chapters For Canon Compliancy

[teslapunk3327]

if you're asking the question "why are tw fans surprised when I say I prefer Torchwood 1" in good faith - it's because some of us enjoy the show itself (admittedly that is fairly surprising) and characters in it that aren't Ianto

Even then, Torchwood 1 isn't Ianto centric. It's about the mother/father/son dynamic between Ianto, Tommy, and Yvonne. Which is so comforting even with it's dark undertones. Also, Tommy is from Yorkshire. That means so much to me. He's great. Tbh there's no Ianto-centric story in the TW1 range other than Blind Summit. The rest he's paired with Tommy, and stories give balance to both their characters.

The fan who was surprised explicitly believed that there was something wrong with me and blocked me because I liked characters who are morally black regardless. For having a preference? Or acting as if they're watching an actually comforting show and not something which explores human corruptibility.

Plus this is just personal but I can't stand the constant insistence on atheism in Torchwood 3. If feels very RTD. Torchwood 1 at minimum believe in an afterlife. Especially when atp the Nethersphere should be active.

[captain-jacks-coat]

For October, I'm going to do 200 word fics, single word prompts!

Each of them will be centric to one specific character or group, but some will include others too.

Here's the list of character(s) I'm writing for (which I will edit as I write them) if you want to suggest a word!

If it's in red, I have already written it.

1. Edwin Payne

2. Charles Rowland

3. Hobert Gadling

4. Morpheus (Dream of the Endless)

5. Bill Potts + Twelfth Doctor

6. Clara Oswald

7. Jack Harkness

8. Hamlet

9. Horatio

10. Henry Clerval + Victor Frankenstein

11. Nico di Angelo

12. Will Solace

13. Thirteenth Doctor

14. Ianto Jones

15. Aziraphale

16. Crowley

17. Sherlock Holmes + John Watson

18. Mycroft Holmes + Greg Lestrade

19. Tenth Doctor + Rose Tyler

20. 14th Doctor + Co

21. 15th Doctor + Ruby Sunday

22. Ninth Doctor + Rose Tyler + Jack Harkness

23. Wolfstar

24. Nick Nelson + Charlie Spring

25. 15th Doctor + Rogue

26. The Ponds + 11th Doctor

27. Niko Sasaki

28.  Alex Claremont-Diaz + Henry Fox

29. Loki + Theo Bell

30. Basilton Grimm-Pitch + Simon Snow

31. May Bellerose + Francois DuBois

[meta-squash]

hiya, I just finished reading your Jagged Little Pieces series & I just wanted to reach out to say how much I absolutely LOVED it. the physicality with which you write owen is absolutely wonderful, the descriptions of his movements and emotions feel so true to life. I love love love how often you bring up that he's crying :') I think a lot of fans who aren't as owenpilled end up kind of falling for his tough facade and assuming that he's as prickly as he pretends to be, when really he's so squishy and vulnerable. you captured that element of his personality spectacularly - so many wonderful descriptions of him sobbing and clinging to people and generally being miserable :D. it made me very happy to read, thank you for writing it!!

Thank you! I recently wrote a couple other Owen and Ianto fics - one a shippy fic and the other not - but I really need to jump back in to Torchwood fic! I've had a long term Jack-centric fic in the works but it's not done yet.

Owen is my favorite shithead! I just think he's fascinating because he's so spiky but so unbelievably sensitive at the same time. And his backstory is so interesting. And he's so desperate for human connection and comfort but doesn't know how to receive it without either falling apart or lashing out or both. He's simultaneously so competent and smart and empathetic and also so fucked up and pathetic and lacking in judgment or self control.

I have a very vague concept of an Owen/Ianto/Jack fic in which Ianto adopts a stray/feral dog (a metaphor for Owen) and it learns safety and love and comfort alongside Owen who is unknowingly doing the same and both the dog and Owen become extremely protective of Ianto. I have 2 scenes written for that one but no other structural or narrative bits planned out, but it's there in my head for when more concrete ideas come to me!

[beatrice-otter]

Worldbuilding 2023 Recs

Worldbuilding Exchange was a lot of fun this year, although pretty stressful for me at the end. I received a lovely Pacific Rim fic, Catch the Drift. And there are a lot of other great fics in the collection. Here are my favorites! Catch the Drift (1643 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Pacific Rim (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Raleigh Becket, Yancy Becket, Original Characters Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Journalism, News Media, The Drift (Pacific Rim), Drift Compatibility (Pacific Rim) Summary:

A writer for Smithsonian magazine has a rare chance to see beyond the pop culture portrayals of the Drift to the more complicated reality behind the revolutionary technology.

Call of the Five (1011 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ordol (Chalion Saga), the Father (Chalion), the Mother (Chalion), the Daughter (Chalion), the Son (Chalion), the Bastard (Chalion) Additional Tags: Fictional Religion & Theology, vocation, The Calling of a Divine, Pseudo-academia, In-Universe Meta, no beta we die three times for the house of chalion Summary:

"Some are born to be divines, some take up the call gradually, and some have divines' vows thrust upon them." - an excerpt on vocation from Ordol's Fivefold Path

Design Documents for 61st Annual Hunger Games (1489 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Gamemakers (Hunger Games), Plutarch Heavensbee Summary:

The year everyone froze to death, beginning to end

the wonder of the universe (3142 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Torchwood Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato Additional Tags: Aliens, Caretaking, Ianto's Duties, Ianto Jones-Centric, Slice of Life, Weird Little Aliens, the care and keeping of Torchwood Three's non-human residents, Alien Flora & Fauna, Telepathy, Partial Mind Control, self-surgery, Ianto is a Secretive little bastard by habit, sentient slimemold, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Comedy of Errors, Canon-Typical Disregard for Personal Safety Summary:

Ianto had meant to keep his head down, not draw any notice to himself at Torchwood Three, but somehow he keeps attracting attention from the strangest sources.

(Despite his best efforts, Ianto adopts a bunch of aliens)

The Aslan Clause (1200 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Narnian Character(s) Additional Tags: Museumverse, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Modern Setting, Matters of Succession, Comment thread Summary:

In the modern, democratic age of Narnia, the argument continues over whether the Aslan Clause should be reworked… or altogether retired.

On Witnessing For the Self (6101 words) by Anonymous Fandom: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Thara Celehar Summary:

Eventually Thara Celehar gets better at teaching. Sometime much later, this happens.

A Dull Careful Person May Manage (1595 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dag Benin & Pel Navarr, Dag Benin & Miles Vorkosigan, Dag Benin & Fletchir Giaja Characters: Dag Benin, Pel Navarr Additional Tags: Book: Diplomatic Immunity, POV Dag Benin, Canon-Typical Problematic Things, Cetagandan eugenics and accompanying mindsets, non-graphic mention of Barrayaran practices of taking body parts as trophies, Ambiguous/Open Ending, star creche, Cetagandans, Cetagandan Ghem caste, title is a Dorothy Sayers quote from a Peter Wimsey book Summary:

Dag Benin considers the nameless ba's plot.

Re: Re: Transporter Duplication - Lt JG Bradward Boimler (3285 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Brad Boimler, William Boimler, William Riker Additional Tags: Epistolary, Documentation, Transporter Malfunction, Clones, Humor, POV Outsider Summary:

After a transporter accident results in an extra Boimler, Starfleet Personnel is notified so that the situation can be sorted out. There are procedures for this sort of thing.

Listening and Untangling (1536 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Young Wizards - Diane Duane Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Rhiow (Cats of Grand Central), Lone Power (Young Wizards), Urruah (Cats of Grand Central), Original Mouse Character Additional Tags: The Wizards' Oath (Young Wizards), Ordeal (Young Wizards), Worldgates (Young Wizards), Coming of Age Summary:

Surely something that was going to eat her wouldn't speak to her so civilly?

Listening and Untangling (1536 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Young Wizards - Diane Duane Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Rhiow (Cats of Grand Central), Lone Power (Young Wizards), Urruah (Cats of Grand Central), Original Mouse Character Additional Tags: The Wizards' Oath (Young Wizards), Ordeal (Young Wizards), Worldgates (Young Wizards), Coming of Age Summary:

Surely something that was going to eat her wouldn't speak to her so civilly?

These Ink-Stained Hands Are Red (4616 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Male Character(s), Seneca Crane, Coriolanus Snow Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Hunger Games-Typical Death/Violence, Designing A Hunger Games, 72nd Hunger Games, Angst, Politics, Tragedy, Unlikeable Protagonist, Drama, office politics Summary:

A middling Gamemaker is given the chance of a lifetime. Things do not turn out for the best.

Five Times Abigail Met People From the Demi-Monde, and One Time She Didn't (9157 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Abigail Kamara & Brent Characters: Abigail Kamara, Brent, Melissa Oswald, Original Characters, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Podfic Welcome, Don't copy to another site, Demimonde Necessity Has Made Us Allies (5000 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Bail Organa, Original Characters Additional Tags: Rebellion, Recruitment, Action/Adventure, Worldbuilding, Rebel Alliance Factions Summary:

Old wounds from the Clone Wars still fester, and not everyone who wants the Empire gone wants to restore the Republic.

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[toshsato]

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Tagged by @princess-of-the-worlds!!! Thank you, bestie!

Rules: post the top 5 works you’re most proud of that you released in 2022 (not necessarily your most popular), your top 4 current WIPs that you’re excited to release in the new year, your top 3 biggest improvements in your writing over the past year, your top 2 resolutions (ways you wish to improve your writing/blog) for the new year, and your number 1 favorite line you’ve written this year!

5 works

1. Bilis Manger, the Demon, and the River

This was very first piece of published smut! Cursed, but still hot.

2. The Seas That Were Broken (Brought Us Together)

My first thasmin centric fic!

3. queens don't stay unless their king treats them right

One of my favourite spuffy fics to write!

4. Please stay with me and don't you leave me alone

Rex/Ianto fic that made me pull my hair out, but it’s my longest fic from 2022, so I am proud of it.

5. Horns and Horniness

Second longest fic! Almost forgot about its existence, but it was very fun to write!

4 WIPs

1. Gwento smut fic

2. Bridgerton Kanthony Crack Fic (technically there are two of these, don’t ask)

3. Merlin Mergwenthur crack and smut

4. a polyamorous Torchwood fairytale AU

3 Writing Improvements

Hmm, I guess pushing myself outside of my comfort zone to write more explicit content was a big one for me in 2022? On that note, also pushing myself to just be more vulnerable in general when it comes to sharing my writing. I took a memoir class where I let myself do so, and it resulted in writing that was some of my best so far, and I’m sure that’ll help with fic writing. I’ve also been trying to play around with using different tenses.

2 Writing Resolutions

1. Try again to get my short story published.

2. Write longer fics.

1 Favorite Line

Since it was Nik who tagged me, I’ll pick a line from the fic I gifted them last fall, Forever... (is a long time).

“It’s been so long,” Jack said. John watched him, curiously. “I don’t have any memories of him anymore, just the information on this.” He held up his left wrist. “A photograph, a date of birth, some small things about him. I know I promised him I’d remember him, but I’m struggling to even do that.”

tagging @horselover107 @shejustcalledmeafish @someawkwardprose @the-mimse and anyone else that wants to steal this!

[gender-snatched]

Tell me about the Torchwood stuff

ok so basically. theres a bunch of alien fighters in wales. and theyre all bisexual. theres plot but it doesnt matter believe me

gwen: main character! not like that ethical but whatever no one in this show is. bisexual. this is true of all characters. badass woman. cop? ex cop? joins torchwood out of moral superiority and then immediately has an affair.

jack: reason i watched the show. you know him. anyways hes worse here. also bisexual (omni? pan? something). basically hes here, he fucks, he does unethical shit, he fucks some more, he cries but hides it.

owen: okay imagine the most annoying man ever. you hate him. okay now imagine loving him because he has genuinely touching moments. you watch this guy have a moment with aphrodiasiac, go "well that was super fucking not okay" and then watch more show and go "fuck i like this gremlin". fucks a man in the first episode (the bad aphrodisiac moment) scientist with buttons on his lab coat (very newt coded for the guy who plays hermann) hes also dead for a considerable bit. fucks gwen (her affair) but ends up (?) with tosh

speaking of: tosh: im love her. computer genius!!! expert in everything, including being amazing and being ignored. has a very fun her-centric episode in which shes bisexual and can read thoughts but it almost made me vomit because jack is transphobic in it. seems soft spoken but could kill. if she wanted to

ianto: you know him. looks like a cinnamon roll has the worst fetishes you can imagine. bisexual as well. dating jack after saying he hates him for killing his evil girlfriend. the reason i cant finish torchwood (and see him DIE??). has a pet pteradactyl. his job is to get coffee and stop jack from becoming a super villian

rhys: hes here. engaged to gwen. straight but made jack say the words "homoerotic tension" on screen. i dont like him but also a god because imagine your girlfriend is running around lying and fucking other men and knows about aliens. and you marry her anyways

and thats torchwood, the TV-MA companion to dr who! theres also a kids show companion and theyre both very good and i didnt finsih either.

[caitiewhoniverse]

Torchwood: Forgotten Lives

INFO - Big finish productions torchwood 1.3 , average goodreads rating 3.71. Length : 1:06:03

My rating - 2.5/5

This review may come across as slightly biased as I have never been the biggest fan of Gwen, through seasons 1-3 I found her slightly unbearable at times especially during her affair with Owen and treatment of Rhys, (I also try very hard to forget about whatever it was her and Jack did or didn't have going on). But then again, I have always been pro-Janto. However, I believe her character really picked up in season 4 'miracle day' when she finally set her priorities straight, and showed just how much she was willing to do and go through for her family. Forgotten Lives was a very Gwen-centric piece of media, other characters including Rhys Williams (husband) and Jack Harkness (although in a different body so not voiced by Barrowman) made an appearance throughout the story. The story was pretty easy to follow and a solid piece of cannon media, although at times I felt myself zoning out and becoming pretty bored, the ending was very hard for me to understand and I found myself having to replay it multiple times. Like what happened to Jack, did he stay an old man or? The thing I did however love about this story is how Gwen's character is written so perfectly, being this story is set after miracle day, and Gwen putting her daughter and husband above her job really made me become more fond of her character. From the beginning it's said how Jack spoke of Ianto in the nursing home, which to me made me sad as a story set after COE Ianto would of passed, so Jack still remembering Ianto is beautiful and the fact he tells stories of him shows how much Ianto really meant to Harkness as he wasn't just another 'partner'. I do know this story is written post miracle, however, it would of made the adventure a lot more entertaining if we saw some more of the OG Torchwood team in action. As a final point to sum up my review, I believe at the end Rhys was extremely out of character, because in what universe would RHYS be the one suggesting that he and Gwen going back to Torchwood? For me Rhys has always read off as a pretty ANTI-torchwood guy, so for him to suggest them going back, when they have a daughter now as well? I could never see Rhys thinking it let alone saying it. This adventure did link back to the committee but other then that it felt more Meh to me.

[violetmessages]

hi hi hi do I have some lists for you

These three are Gwen centric fic recs:

And here are two rec lists I made a while ago, so they’re not updated with recent ones but they were my favs as of 2021!

I totally get it, when I was actively reading torchwood fic it used to make me insane that there were so many gwenbashing fics out there (that’s what made me start writing) but I think (hope) at least that it’s gotten better!

i need to read a torchwood fic where people are normal about gwen. like i don't even care about the pairing or even a lackthereof i just wanna read one where they don't paint her in a cartoonishly negative light.

[javic-piotr-thane]

From Out Of The Rain aesthetic, requested by anon

[ao3feed-torchwood]

Chalk Marks

https://archiveofourown.org/works/59115898 by USS_Genderprise When one unexpectedly finds oneself fifteen years in the past, what is there to do but join a shadowy organisation that claims to fight aliens? Words: 8562, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 1 of Alwynverse Fandoms: Torchwood Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: Gen Characters: Original Characters, Original Non-Binary Character, Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper Additional Tags: Original Character-centric, Origin Story

[teslapunk3327]

hallo friend! i’ve been wanting to get into big finish for more torchwood content, but do you have favorites for someone looking to start slow? (budget restrictions and all) so far i’ve listened to Broken and Fall to Earth and enjoyed both, and you seem like a Reliable Source of BFA recs

As you enjoyed Ianto-centric ones, I'd recommend Restricted: Items Archive, The Last Beacon, Serenity (Janto heaven), and Dinner and a Show. Anything written by GDL is amazing, Tube Strike, Disco, Dinner and a Show, and The Last Beacon. Tube Strike is a nice entry into the Torchwood One range as well. The Last Beacon, and Dinner and a Show will also introduce you to how Owen and Toshiko are written, which can be helpful in exploring the monthly range more. These ones generally are great as they explore character dynamics.

Audios such as Missing Molly, SUV, The Grey Mare, Ex Machina, and The Office of Never Was are heavily centered around the plot rather than characters imo. While the covers look promising, I personally enjoy character-driven audios. I'd class Broken as character-driven, Fall to Earth as plot-driven.

If you hate darker stories, then avoid Corpse Day, The Death of Captain Jack (dark comedy), and The Lincolnshire Poacher.

If you want something more akin to the TV series, then saving for Outbreak and/or Believe would be worth it. Believe is the full original cast, Outbreak is basically season 2.5.

Overall, my highest recs for you are: Serenity, and anything written by GDL (excluding Missing Molly).

-side note: Disco is a prequel to House of The Dead (BBC, not BF)-