Adventures in Solitude - Comments

I'm quite late on reading this, but this is lovely. I love the insight that we get into Rory's life. You did an excellent job of writing him as a hardworking but weary guy, and I really like that. I can picture his life in Leadworth on the show as you described it here. The interactions between the characters are great as well, and I also like how you wrote Amy. She's very in character, and the way she interacts with Rory after the breakup is so spot-on to her. It's just a subtle difference, but it's there. I love how you've shown that Rory really does need to travel with the Doctor, but he doesn't realize it because he's too busy thinking that he's just a nurse in a little town where nothing ever happens and putting others before himself. That was so Rory, telling the Doctor that he should take Amy rather than him.

Add me to the list of people who like Amy but think that Rory going off with the Doctor would be brilliant. Doctor/Rory is such an underrated pairing as well. I loved reading this.

If you just heard a really high pitched squeal, that was me going mad with happiness when I saw this. There's seriously nothing wrong with your summary or layout (and that banner; mmph!) and I'm going to read this now and do a lot more squealing and flailing.

I seriously don't know how to express how much I love your writing. That first paragraph, you set the scene up perfectly; poor tired Rory and then the Doctor, just being awkward across the road. I could definitely see this happening on the show. But then, right after that, you just slammed on the emotion, with the seven year old girl dying and that was just so brutally real. I don't think that I could ever be a nurse to be honest; too much stress. But it was great to see that reflected in Rory; poor man.

(He looks the same age as Rory, maybe even younger with his soft, childlike features, but when he smiles like that he could be nine hundred years old.) That line! That bit was just so clever because we both know that the Doctor really is that old but Rory doesn't; it's just a lucky guess.

The man’s outside his house again the next day. Rory walks straight to his car and doesn’t turn his head to look. I like how this bit was its own paragraph. This definitely seemed appropriate; I can only imagine how creeped out I would be if there was a strange man just sitting outside of my house.

The relationship between Rory and Amy in this is great. I like how you mention that they're broken up because I otherwise wouldn't have known. But the exchange between them was definitely genuine, especially Amy asking about the man's looks. Classic! I can definitely see these two staying friends if they broke up as well; I don't think Amy would let Rory not be her friend!

The internet angle was great! I wasn't expecting that at all but it makes total sense that the Doctor would be all over the internet; I mean, I'm sure some of his past companions have blabbed about him. :P He’s just a nurse from Leadworth, this is too much. That line made me feel oddly sad and I'm not sure why. But I really loved it.

“I’m just a nurse,” Rory repeats, helpless.

“And I’m just a doctor,” the Doctor says, taking him by the hand. “What a wonderful pair we make.”
-insert heart skipping a beat here because that was just too freaking sweet and mmph-

That ending! My God, why couldn't the show have actually happened like this? I mean, don't get me wrong, I like Amy as a companion but Rory, poor sweet innocent Rory, that would have been the sweetest thing ever. I seriously completely and utterly adored this; Rory's character was just so wonderful and sweet and sad and the Doctor was wonderfully awkward, of course. This is further fueling my Rory/Eleven love and I think I might want to marry you. xD
Seriously though. You're like King Midas; everything you (write) turns to gold.