rumpelsnorcack

Title: A Long Life (But One Worth Living)
Author/Artist: rumpelsnorcack
Rating: PG-13
Characters & Pairings: Rory, Amy,
Word Count: 1030 this chapter
Summary: The story of Rory's life, from meeting Amy to death.
Notes: Many thanks to the wonderful a_phoenixdragon and mollywheezy who have been extremely supportive through this whole process.  I've been writing this on and off for a while.  It's still not finished, but is getting there.  Not sure how many chapters there will be, but each one is intended as a short one-shot in its own right so all can be read independently.  However, they do all build together to give a picture of Rory's life, complicated timelines and all.  It's all roughly chronological, but each piece doesn't necessarily exist in the same timeline as each other piece.  So some are pre-reboot, some post, some exist in a universe which includes Mels, others don't.
Disclaimer: Sadly none of the characters are mine, I just enjoy hanging around in their sandbox.

( You're such a weirdo, Rory,' she said, 'but I kind of like you. )

Prologue
Chapter Two

Title: An Enemy Within
Author/Artist: rumpelsnorcack
Rating: PG-13
Characters & Pairings: Amy/Rory, Eleven
Content Note: Discussion of infertility and brainwashing
Word Count: 8,314
Summary: When Amy finds out she can't have any more children, she discovers she has more darkness inside her than she had bargained for.
Notes: Many thanks to the wonderful a_phoenixdragon and mollywheezy who have been extremely supportive through this whole process. I started this fic immediately after the first episode of S7 aired because it frustrated me how quickly the situation was dealt with. But then I let it fester on my hard drive until now. So, here we have it - slightly belated but done all the same!
Disclaimer: Sadly none of the characters are mine, I just enjoy hanging around in their sandbox.

( An Enemy Within )

I watched the footage of our team from Comic-con talking about Doctor Who and it hit me viscerally that Amy and Rory are going to leave.  I understand that that is fairly obvious and has been since the day they appeared on the show and that in many ways it's well overdue - they hung around longer than most other modern era companions.  Team Doctor kept stressing the message that this is how the show works and it's necessary and I agree with all that. What got me was realising for the first time that characters I'm totally attached to are going to leave.  I've been sad before, mourned other companions before (Donna, for example - her ending will never not hurt me) but it's always been with a sense of 'yay new companion, so excited' or 'Wheeee! New Doctor, it's about time' etc.  This time, while I'm curious about the new companion I know I'm going to be devastated when Amy and Rory leave.  I'm worried that I won't re-engage with the show again too.  I've always enjoyed it, looked forward to it, been excited to see what was coming but I've seen the way die-hard Rose fans have been about everything that happened since and I'm afraid the same will happen to me.  On the plus side, we still have Moffat running the show (yay!) and we still have Eleven (double yay) so I hope that's enough to push me past the loss of the Ponds.  There was a rumour back a while ago that Mat Smith would be leaving the show after this season and I remember getting quite upset at the idea.  Back then, while I was attached to Amy and Rory I was quite prepared for them to go (it was, I think, between the first two Eleven seasons) and I think it would have been easier if they had gone then ... or in the middle of last season as it appeared they had.  Now, because they've 'gone' and/or died and come back so many times, I think it's going to be harder.

Anyway, that's me - a bit of a maudlin thought on what this companion switch will mean to me.  Still, maybe once they've gone I can go back to not being completely stressed every time something happens in case it kills one of them. Here's hoping I recapture what I had in my teens when watching Four and Five or how I felt watching Nine and Ten. I doubt I'll love any future companions in the way I have loved Amy and Rory, but I can try to regain what I had before.  Besides, it was mostly (so far) season 5 that made me feel the way I do; season 6 has been hard in many ways so perhaps a new companion can wipe that slate clean a little and rekindle the happiness that was always hiding behind the stresses of season 5.  Season 6 in many ways was a little too dark for me, I think.

So, here's to knowing I'm going to cry like a baby when Amy and Rory leave but here's also to hoping for a fun rebooted future!

I am borrowing this from honeynoir  just because I found her answers fascinating and because it's a handy way to have all my fic from this year in one handy dandy location.

( fic, 2010 style )

Title: Seven Eels A-Swimming
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 600
A/N: I don't like eels; they are kind of gross and scary so yeah.  Monster eels is the result :D

 

( Seven Eels A-Swimming )

Title: Three Flax Kits
Fandom: Doctor Who
Word Count: 300
A/N: I don't know why, but somehow writing these ficlets all my Amy/Rory stories have centred around Rory being very stick-in-the-mud.  I shall have to redress that at some later date.  In the meantime, Amy and Rory visit NZ at Christmas ...

 

( Three Flax Kits )

 

Title: Electricity
Pairing: Amy/Rory
Rating: G
Word Count: 990
Summary: He had always followed her if he could; there had never been any doubt about it.  The only thing that had ever remained in any sort of doubt in his mind was whether she would follow him back.
A/N: Many thanks to professor_spork  for the wonderful beta help. 

Electricity

Title: The Boy Who Waited
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/characters: Rory/Amy
Wordcount: 2,179
Rating: G
Summary:   As a child Rory had been forced to imitate this man, but he could see how pale an imitation it had been.  How could he ever measure up?
A/N: Rory's take on some events up to the end of The Pandorica Opens.  That episode, coming after Cold Blood, traumatised me into fic.  Un-betaed, so please drop me a line if there are any glaring errors.
 

( The Boy Who Waited )