Fanfic Rec: "Trying to Communicate" by Copperbadge (TW, PG)
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Merlin Missy
Merlin Missy has been active in online fandom since 1994. She likes fanfics with plots and happy endings. By Merlin Missy
Published on 03/17/2008
There's an alien in the Hub. It speaks a very familiar language ...
"IM IN UR BASE SITTIN ON YANTOE."
"Trying to Communicate" takes a fandom that is drenched in crack (there's a pterodactyl in the Hub, everyone's bi or bicurious, humanoid blowfish drive sportscars, Jack kept someone's hand in a jar as a Doctor Detector, and that's just canon) and then cranks it up to Brobdingnagian proportions by simple addition of a cat.
An LOLcat.
A sample:
Ianto squeezed his eyes shut. "There's something on my back."
"Y HALO THAR," something said, somewhere above him.
Ianto briefly wondered if he were hallucinating.
"Is it," he asked carefully, "by any chance -- "
"A cat," Owen said flatly.
"There's a cat," Ianto said. "On my back."
"Hello moggie!" Owen said. "Where'd you come from?"
"IM IN UR BASE -- "
"And it's talking."
"SITTIN ON YANTOE."
The story contains spoilers up through "Dead Man Walking," so if you're caught up with the BBC America broadcasts, you should be fine. But if you like Torchwood when it's embracing the crack, you should definitely read this 'fic. Silly is good.
"Trying to Communicate" by Copperbadge
An LOLcat.
A sample:
Ianto squeezed his eyes shut. "There's something on my back."
"Y HALO THAR," something said, somewhere above him.
Ianto briefly wondered if he were hallucinating.
"Is it," he asked carefully, "by any chance -- "
"A cat," Owen said flatly.
"There's a cat," Ianto said. "On my back."
"Hello moggie!" Owen said. "Where'd you come from?"
"IM IN UR BASE -- "
"And it's talking."
"SITTIN ON YANTOE."
The story contains spoilers up through "Dead Man Walking," so if you're caught up with the BBC America broadcasts, you should be fine. But if you like Torchwood when it's embracing the crack, you should definitely read this 'fic. Silly is good.
"Trying to Communicate" by Copperbadge