Re: Torchwood badfic report

Torchwood badfic report by Ansela on 2009-07-07 14:23:00 UTC Reply

Torchwood 5 New Zealand
The name says it all. The new zealand torchwood, my character is found by torchwood and joins them
Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Suspense - Chapters: 14 - Words: 2,527 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-6-09 - Gwen C. & Jack H.

Fourteen chapters, most of the ones I read weren't even long enough to be deserving of the name.

The Twilight Streets
Based on the awesome book by Gary Russell. Named: The Twilight Streets. Watch as Jack Harkness, brings along two teenage girls for the time of their lives, as they investigate, strange going-on’s in Cardiff.Full Summary inside.
Rated: K - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 12 - Words: 26,913 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 7-6-09 - Published: 6-1-09

As far as I can tell, from what I read of it, it's a retelling of the Torchwood book 'The Twilight Streets', but with two Sues inserted. The first proper chapter is a retelling of the start of that book, with said Sues in Jack's place.

And one more! by Ansela on 2009-07-09 11:35:00 UTC Reply

Red Eyes
Kyouya Nakamura is a highschool student in Cardiff. Sounds simple enough, but it turns out that Kyouya has a dark secret. Who is he? And what happens when a man named Jack Harkness appears at his school? Jack/OC Warning: Rated M for later chapters. YAOI!

Jack Stu, first person, Jack is a teenager in a 21st century Cardiff high school and apparently there is only one emo in all of Cardiff.
I've got my eyes set on the Twilight Streets one by IndeMaat on 2009-07-08 20:05:00 UTC Reply

It's not a retelling of the book. It's shameless copying of the book. I've reminded the "author" of that in a few reviews.
Re: Torchwood badfic report by tabbycat on 2009-07-08 13:28:00 UTC Reply

Can't really comment too much on the second one, not having read the book it's based on. It looks pretty bad, though, in terms of Sueishness (of course they have magical mind-reading powers...and mysterious visions...*bangs head against wall a few times*) And it looks to have serious timeline issues with regards to their ages. (This is the problem with usurping an immortal character's place in a story that spans sixty years :P).

As for the first one, though...words fail me. KILL!