It maybe shouldn't exist, but I like it. :) The bit about the Doctor
feeling more "alive" to her than humans is good, in particular, and I'm
always glad to see an acknowledgment of the TARDIS or Zen as a character.
Oh, wow, what a FANTASTIC retelling of this story... more from Cally's
POV, though I'll have to re-read the original to be sure.
I too really loved the idea that "living with humans was like living with
ghosts" - what a fantastic way to descibe mind-blindness as perceived by
a telepath!
Yes, this was deliberately from Cally's POV, because I wanted to
figure out why she would suddenly leave her friends in the middle of a
crisis and go off with this complete stranger...
I really got the sense from the original story that it was what he said
and the sense of common ground - everything that gets sort of outlined in
"Blaze" and "Lifted Now Skyward" - but this story really cemented it,
outlined EXACTLY what Cally was thinking.
at one point it was "like living with the undead", but that was coming
on rather too strong, so I changed it back to "ghosts".
It's also - and maybe this is just me - more lyrical this way, flows
better.
Oh, I really enjoyed this. It makes sense, and Cally really would make an
excellent Companion--certainly less likely to get everyone in trouble.
And I love the TARDIS being aware!
Hello - I linked across from the anon meme thingy, and this series caught
my eye. You have some fab original phrasing and a real sense of Cally's
slight 'otherness,' - as with the Doctor, enough for recognition/empathy,
but still alien.
It maybe shouldn't exist, but I like it. :) The bit about the Doctor feeling more "alive" to her than humans is good, in particular, and I'm always glad to see an acknowledgment of the TARDIS or Zen as a character.
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Nice Cally (and Cally is hard to do well, methinks)..
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I like! What the others said. :-)
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Oh, wow, what a FANTASTIC retelling of this story... more from Cally's POV, though I'll have to re-read the original to be sure.
I too really loved the idea that "living with humans was like living with ghosts" - what a fantastic way to descibe mind-blindness as perceived by a telepath!
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Yes, this was deliberately from Cally's POV, because I wanted to figure out why she would suddenly leave her friends in the middle of a crisis and go off with this complete stranger...
I really got the sense from the original story that it was what he said and the sense of common ground - everything that gets sort of outlined in "Blaze" and "Lifted Now Skyward" - but this story really cemented it, outlined EXACTLY what Cally was thinking.
at one point it was "like living with the undead", but that was coming on rather too strong, so I changed it back to "ghosts".
It's also - and maybe this is just me - more lyrical this way, flows better.
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Excellent stuff. I love Cally's reading of the Doctor's aura.
Gina
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Oh, I really enjoyed this. It makes sense, and Cally really would make an excellent Companion--certainly less likely to get everyone in trouble. And I love the TARDIS being aware!
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Hello - I linked across from the anon meme thingy, and this series caught my eye. You have some fab original phrasing and a real sense of Cally's slight 'otherness,' - as with the Doctor, enough for recognition/empathy, but still alien.
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