Double Drabble: Disillusioned
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Title: Disillusioned
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Characters: Suzie, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 616: Thrill at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Spoilers: Set pre-series.
Summary: Suzie has become disillusioned about Torchwood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Back when she was recruited to Torchwood, it had all been so exciting and new. Suzie had been filled with awe and wonder at each new discovery but as time had passed the thrill had worn off.
She’d started to realise they never got anything really good. They got Weevils and Hoix, both species willing to eat whatever they could get their claws on. They got bits of unidentifiable tech, most of it broken beyond hope of repair. They got random objects from earth’s past, none of which were worth anything, and they got junk, the discarded refuse of a thousand worlds. The Rift should be charged with littering.
Where were all the wonderful things she’d expected to discover, the technology that could change the world? Where were the aliens from advanced civilisations who could provide the people of earth with cures to all known diseases, eliminate air pollution, and provide clean sources of energy?
Jack was no help; he kept talking about timelines and how they had to be maintained. He said changing the future would be catastrophic, but he was wrong. They should be using what they found to make the world better, otherwise what was the point?
The End
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Suzie, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 616: Thrill at
tw100.Spoilers: Set pre-series.
Summary: Suzie has become disillusioned about Torchwood.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
Back when she was recruited to Torchwood, it had all been so exciting and new. Suzie had been filled with awe and wonder at each new discovery but as time had passed the thrill had worn off.
She’d started to realise they never got anything really good. They got Weevils and Hoix, both species willing to eat whatever they could get their claws on. They got bits of unidentifiable tech, most of it broken beyond hope of repair. They got random objects from earth’s past, none of which were worth anything, and they got junk, the discarded refuse of a thousand worlds. The Rift should be charged with littering.
Where were all the wonderful things she’d expected to discover, the technology that could change the world? Where were the aliens from advanced civilisations who could provide the people of earth with cures to all known diseases, eliminate air pollution, and provide clean sources of energy?
Jack was no help; he kept talking about timelines and how they had to be maintained. He said changing the future would be catastrophic, but he was wrong. They should be using what they found to make the world better, otherwise what was the point?
The End
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Date: 2020-09-17 05:59 am (UTC)He should have been brought into Torchwood all on his own merit. Especially since he was too important to kill off. No need for Gwen.*shrugs*
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Date: 2020-09-17 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-09-18 11:40 am (UTC)Jack: Always. Rhys is a lucky man, a perfect husband. He's loyal, brave. He's got a hell of a swing on him. And best of all, he really loves you.
Gwen: I know.
Do you, Gwen?*raises hands in defeat*
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Date: 2020-09-18 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2020-09-19 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-19 10:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-19 06:44 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2020-09-20 03:05 am (UTC)I wish they had done an episode where Gwen had not uncovered Torchwood.
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Date: 2020-09-20 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-09-20 11:33 am (UTC)Donna got "Turn Left" and we saw how integral she was to the Doctor's life. I'd rather Rhys had forgotten Gwen in the episode "Adam". Andy would have been interesting as part of the Torchwood team. Imagine how he'd get on with the others.
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Date: 2020-09-20 05:54 pm (UTC)Rhys wasn't under Adam's influence though.
That's why I added Andy to my team.
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Date: 2020-09-21 05:20 am (UTC)Donna: I can try.
It sure was.
True. I just wish there had been such a scenario with Rhys.
Yes. That was/is very wise of you. I really wanted to see Andy and Ianto banter onscreen.
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Date: 2020-09-21 09:25 am (UTC)