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Okay, you've said before that there are fic moments that stick in your head - could you name some of your favorites? 🥰

hello candy my darling!!!! 💖 oh boy, i sure can, but like all times anyone asks for a list i'm sure i'll forget a ton of good ones 😂 what i'm gonna do is list the fics up here and then do the moments below a cut, in case you (or whoever's reading) haven't read one of them and don't want spoilers! you can just ctrl-F to the ones you wanna see i think? (alternatively if you're like "I need motivation to start this” you can read all of the spoilers of my favorite parts, haha)

also just by nature of this request (things that i think about even months after i've read them) it's harder to include recently-published fics so a lot of these are probably old? i haven’t looked at the dates tbh but anyways, something to keep in mind is that this lacks newer fics!

(also just saying like--i love talking about fics so if you or anyone is like "I'VE READ THAT LET'S CHAT" or “hey have you read this? let’s talk best moments” yes absolutely hit me up)

Fics Mentioned Below The Cut -

Terra Glacies by Vampiyaa

Five Days by Vampiyaa

Long Way 'Round by Aelwyn

After Life by Aelwyn

Time is Still A-Flying by Chocolatequeen

For Whom His Hearts Beat by GroovyKat

Speaking His Language/Reclaiming Gallifrey by GroovyKat

Queen of Hearts by CupofSonic

The Aftermath of Forever by NoPondInTheForest

Run with You by mltrefry

Until the End by mltrefry

When the Wolf Runs by Emmitha

Battle in the Sky by bubblygal92

literally cutting myself off for now, lest I go on forever--more and more fics keep coming to mind! but to finish this off, two more by YOU, dear candyholly, so that you know what you do to me:

Groceries

never changed by crooked hearts

Terra Glacies by Vampiyaa

I don’t know a lot about Four but this fic!! Responsible for a lot of my multidoctor obsession tbh. It’s just... iconic? The scene that lives in my head is Rose cooking with alien ingredients and Four just appearing in the doorway and asking if she’s his wife 😂 Because she’s beautiful and he’s wearing a robe that smells like her and she’s cooking for two. Beloved idiot energy all the way. Also, him looking at the photo of her and Ten and going “either I am a flippin’ sap in the future or we’re In Love”?? Amazing.

Five Days by Vampiyaa

Yeah so who isn’t a sucker for fake out or almost or reversed death? The scene where Five is trying desperately to save her and can’t figure out why nothing’s working and then sees that her heart has been burned away--”At once the world ended.” That will live with me forever. Thank god it’s a happy ending fic.

Long Way 'Round by Aelwyn

When Rose tackles Five against a wall and snogs the life out of him because she's figured out he's the Doctor; meanwhile Five is a puddle of confusion but also lowkey down and then they have a date.

After Life by Aelwyn

10000% the rent-free-in-my-mind scene of this fic is the climax. So the premise of this fic is that when each of the Doctor’s incarnations die, they’re tied to Rose’s life. Rose can see and interact with them, etc. I just... I cannot stop thinking about the end where all of the Doctors are on the Valiant with the Doctor and the Master and suddenly are all visible because it’s time--they all say their goodbyes to Rose one-by-one and essentially get absorbed into Ten? It’s glorious and I love it.

Time is Still A-Flying by Chocolatequeen

I need to reread this series, holy shit! It took me a moment to figure out which series rewrite this was, haha, but the scene during the Year That Never Was where the Master puts a telepathic dampener on Rose to make the Doctor think she died because it’d feel like their bond snapped 😭😭😭 So, so good and so creative, and oooof that angst. I absolute love this idea.

For Whom His Hearts Beat by GroovyKat

Honestly I vibe with a lot of Groovy’s works (there’s a cassowary fic somewhere that’s genius) but this one!! For one, River salt. The absolute bravery of being so salty in fic--I love it. The two scenes that live in my head are the appearance and disappearance of Rose in the Library! When she’s first materializing in and River is pointing a gun at her and the Doctor is practically spooning her the second he realizes who she is 😂💗 And then him holding on to the air she had just occupied when she’s recalled back to Pete’s World until he absolutely has to face reality? Such a good reunion and such a good (temporary, thank god) goodbye.

Speaking His Language/Reclaiming Gallifrey by GroovyKat This is going to sound so pathetic but I genuinely don't remember where the split of the plot in the series is so it's all as one here instead of two separate stories but like... the entire premise of this is SO good. How can I pick one moment? I think about this story all the time. When Rose has to lose Eight because Bad Wolf takes her and the kids away. The fricking FRIENDSHIP between Rose and Brax, holy shit. No one has EVER done this so well; I can’t even name another side friendship I’ve seen in a fic that has me in its clutches like this. Brax feeling at home enough with Rose to come to her to regenerate? Brax vowing to take care of their family since Theta's mind has been wiped? Brax provoking her during the End of Time, Rose desperate to save him when they took off alone... The fricking part where Rose and Romana have to go save their future selves because the Doctor and Brax in that part of the timeline think they're dead or missing? Holy fucking hell, excuse the language but?!?!?! Also when Rose is with Eight, Nine and Ten on the run from the burn notice or whatever it's called and they're all sorta fighting over her lol (and also she and Ten have WOLVES and Nine is like????) and the freaking. Moment. When. Eight wants her to travel with him just for a bit and Ten SAYS HE'D UNDERSTAND (this is not going to make sense without context but it's a bit moment okay) and Rose chooses him and their future over missing their past. Please. My fricking heart. There’s been a new chapter since I’ve last read it but I need to reread it before I can allow myself to go on, haha.

Queen of Hearts by CupofSonic

This is part of Sonic’s series Valere which is a Rose Stays/The Doctor Falls series and is just.... *chef’s kiss.* So the very last chapter in Queen of Hearts is the Master going to look for Rose after the idiot Doctor does his ridiculous Journey’s End bullshit (ah, yes, still salty apparently). Sonic has a habit of just very casually creating entire universes of possibilies with like, one line, and just--imagine for a second the Master hopping through universes for Rose like she did for the Doctor??? I’m not even one of the proponents of the Master & Rose friendships but?? It sounds so good? Sonic’s a frickin’ genius, I’ll stand by that.

The Aftermath of Forever by NoPondInTheForest

This series, The Consequences of Dreaming, always makes me frickin cry. It’s Tentoo/Rose that turns into ElevenRose after he dies. I was gonna go search for the quote that haunts me but it turns out the author put it in the summary so I feel even less bad about spoilers on this one 😂

"All this time," the Doctor told Rose, "I've had this idea in my head. That if my duplicate was gone, you could belong with me. Partially because I'm him, too, and partially because this," he indicated the air between them, "was between you and me, first. But-"

The Doctor marched out across the room, then faced her, one hand buried in his hair. "But none of that matters, does it? You were his because he stayed. Whereas I'm the one who's never done anything but abandon you." His voice was quiet resignation. "So you don't trust me."

Like... okay? I guess I did not need a heart? It’s fine, just shatter me, why not? 😭 One of my absolute favorite versions of Eleven tbh, I love this series to pieces.

Run with You by mltrefry Okay we've talked about this one but THE CUPLA SHIP EPISODE. The angst!! The hurt/comfort!! Ten heartbroken and confused as Rose continually pushes him away for Nine because her linear-in-time idiot cannot see what a jerk he's been. And then when Nine and her snog and the memory literally floors Ten 😭😂💓 Absolutely frickin iconic. Also, honorable mentions: Eleven showing up to snog Rose in Blink and causing a fight between her, Ten and Martha. And Rose dying to save Tim Latimer a bunch of times in the Year that Never Was. I just.... AHHHH. This frickin series.

Until the End by mltrefry This series... The Eight & Eleven episode is just. Holy shit. When Eight and Rose attract the creature by snogging, and Eleven is a jealous and possessive idiot the whole time, and Amy is like "that's not you" and Rory beats Eleven to saying "yes it is" 😂 Also the chapters right before this is Vincent and the Doctor, and Rose and Rory bonding while Rory is trying to emotionally work through his issues re: Amy... yes. YES. And tracking backwards (it seems I started in the wrong place, haha), Eleven keeping Rose in her healing coma just like. In a floor-length gold gown with her make-up on? This is so unbelievably extra and then he gets to go "that's my wife" to Rory and gesture to a frickin goddess except she's in a coma 😭😂😭😂 absolutely iconic

When the Wolf Runs by Emmitha

I love this whole fic to pieces, but if I had to pick one scene, it’s when Rory frickin decks Eleven, who has no bloody idea that the Ponds know Rose and are so fiercely protective over her. This whole story is so interesting--Rose goes by a bunch of different names over the course of the fic and befriends everyone individually. The timelines are a train wreck in the best ways--she and River are absolute family to each other, and Rory is her best friend. So the chapter I’m talking about is sort of like a confrontation/reveal; Rose took River’s place as the Silence’s puppet, so Eleven saw her at Lake Silencio and knew he had to find her (he’d known she was back in the universe already). He goes to see the Ponds not knowing Rose had just visited with them; she’d been scared they wouldn’t forgive her for killing the Doctor, but they’d actually taken her side and informed her that the Doctor was alive and was an asshole for not telling her he’d survive.

Battle in the Sky by bubblygal92

10000% the chapter where Rose and Eight are reunited after he thinks she’s been dead since she went missing for six years. It’s NSFW and then a hell of a lot of angst/hurt/comfort when he realizes she was planning to sacrifice herself for the war before Narvin took her place. Lovelovelove this part.

Groceries by candyholly

It’s the major character death scene. Just like... him holding on to her body and refusing to go anywhere. Him talking to her and telling her (and himself) that they’re in a time loop and this won’t be the thing to break it 😭💔😭💔 candy what business did you have doing that to my heart?!?! Will absolutely never forget that scene, ever.

never changed by crooked hearts by candyholly

This absolute IDIOT not having realized that he regenerated until he sees his reflection 😂 I adore this stupid alien to pieces. This is SO Eleven it hurts. I love it, I love him. I would never pressure you to write anything but if you ever write... anything, tbh, but also Eleven, I am THERE. (Honestly, you have more fics that live rent-free in my head, but these are two with specific scenes and not just me thinking about Nine and Rose sitting in a cell screaming about board games while a stickler guard acts as their judge, for example 😂)

#candy i am so sorry this is so long #but also thank you. THANK YOU #i love expressing my excitement over fic moments #so answering this was so fun #candyholly #asked and answered #fic rec!!#fic recs #specifically: moments that live in my head rent-free for months #ask game

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