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[out_there]

Now, I'm used to mentally assigning songs to characters/situations. I'm used to plotting imaginary songvids that I never actually do. I'm used to the urge to repeat a song over and over and over while writing.

However, I'm currently sniggering at myself. My song for Ianto? Is Ani Difranco's "Studying Stones". *giggles*

Okay, most of the amusement here is coming from the way that Ianto is clearly such a woobie -- and TW itself is at one with the emo side of the force -- for me to connect in this way. The other amusement is freakin' Ani Difranco. I mean, I know Ianto isn't an alpha male, but according to my deep-down-brain, he's barely even registering as male. *snorts*

Also? Painkillers kicked in. So I'm easily amused. And my picfor1000 story refuses to... be more than three lines long.

ETA:

Lyrics:

studying stones
i am out here studying stones
trying to learn to be less alive
using all of my will
to keep very still
still even on the inside
i've cut all of the pertinent wires
so my eyes can't make that connection
i am holding my breath
i am feigning my death
when i'm looking in your direction

'course numb is an old hat
old as my oldest memories
see that one's my mother
and that one's my father
and that one in the hat, that's me
it's a skill i'd hoped to abandon
when i got out on the open road
but any more pent up emotion
and i think i'm gonna explode

there's never been an endeavor so strange
as trying to slow the blood in my veins
to keep my face blank
as a stone that just sank
until not a ripple remains
i am high above the tree line
sitting cross legged on the ground
when all of the forbidden fruit has fallen and rotted
that's when i'm gonna come down

'course numb is an old hat
old as my oldest memories
see that one's my mother
and that one's my father
and that one in the hat, that's me
it's a skill i'd hoped to abandon
when i got out on the open road
but any more pent up emotion
and i think i'm gonna explode

Comments

[celli]

...when is that due again>

[utterfrivolity.livejournal.com]

I don't really listen to Ani, but I can see how Ianto and his canonically "constant" pain could bring those lyrics to mind. I really think that Torchwood (and the Doctor Who it prompted me to watch) has warped my understanding of how much angst a person should experience on a day-to-day basis. I find myself feeling a bit empty because I'm in stable, long-term relationship and have a number of close friends who seem to more or less understand and accept me. That's not how life's supposed to be!

Your description of Owen & his body language is spot-on--so good that I kinda want to hit him, just like I do in every episode of the show. Good luck with the rest of the fic!

[phoebesmum.livejournal.com]

But if each line were 333 words, you'd only be one word short.

[damaduende.livejournal.com]

I´m not an Ani D fan, *tilts head sideways*... but I can see your point.
I´ve only see a couple of Torchwood eps, but I think that you are nailing the characters. Although, you´ve got to admit that you are giving yourself a job is you are really gonna let this fic run itself to the Gen part of the road. The Gen Teamfic part of the road.
But if someone can pull it off, sweetie, I know it´s you... *munches cookie and waits to see what happens next*