I liked it. Mostly, I think, because it was something that couldn't be explained. It was something that, while Jack had encountered it before, he couldn't define - they weren't really sure if they were aliens or not, to be honest; they could have come out of the Rift or somewhere else millennia ago, for all anyone knew - couldn't fight, and it scared the almighty hell out of him. And he lost. A lot of times in these things, people don't remember what it's like to lose, unless it's big and dramatically appropriate. You know, a couple of main characters die in horrible ways and whatnot but good eventually triumphs despite it? In this case, it wasn't like that - it was actually "Oh. Well. Weird powerful things get what they want and we really can't do anything about it so let it happen and feel really shitty about it later, when there's time."
And yes, flirty!Jack wouldn't go amiss. Though after being buried alive for several centuries by his own long-lost brother, it's entirely possible that he'll go even further into angst. It's like the Young and the Restless, only with marginally better writers.
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Date: 2008-06-06 03:59 pm (UTC)And yes, flirty!Jack wouldn't go amiss. Though after being buried alive for several centuries by his own long-lost brother, it's entirely possible that he'll go even further into angst. It's like the Young and the Restless, only with marginally better writers.