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Persuader

Persuaderby Red Wolf

Rose leaned against one of the console room support columns and interrupted the Doctor's latest tirade against humanity.

"Doesn't anyone ever get the hump with you calling them stupid apes?"

The Doctor stood upright and thought for a moment. "Once."

"What happened?"

"Sunk her teeth into my leg until our difference of opinion was resolved. Ruined a perfectly good pair of trousers."

"She objected to being called stupid?"

The Doctor smiled. "Actually, she objected to being called an ape."

Rose picked up the Doctor's mallet, gently cradled its head. "Nice to know it's possible for you to learn new things."
Doctor Who 100 — challenge #94: prodigy

Published Babble Horde — 30.11.2005
Published Doctor Who 100 — 30.11.2005
Published A Teaspoon and an Open Mind — 02.01.2006
Published fanfiction.net — 02.01.2006

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Oh, ::evil grin:: that was a very satisfying drabble! — via LiveJournal — posted by mahala_lj at 10.09.2007 20:28 AEST | #
Love your icon oldweirdme — via LiveJournal — posted by mad_jaks at 10.09.2007 20:28 AEST | #
Thanks! — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:29 AEST | #
heeheehee. Rose would never hit him with a mallet... Would she???? — via LiveJournal — posted by mad_jaks at 10.09.2007 20:29 AEST | #
Guess it depends how annoyed she is — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:30 AEST | #
Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it, get a larger hammer — via LiveJournal — posted by echoalpha at 10.09.2007 20:31 AEST | #
Blunt instruments can be quite persuasive — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:31 AEST | #
Sounds like the good Doctor's about to get another lesson! — via LiveJournal — posted by Mark Hunter at 10.09.2007 20:32 AEST | #
Or, at least, threatened rather vigorously — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:32 AEST | #
That can be a lesson by itself. By the way, while the grammar is technically incorrect, I think it flowed better. I get called on my grammar all the time, but I write it the way it sounds best when spoken out loud — via LiveJournal — posted by Mark Hunter at 10.09.2007 20:33 AEST | #
edenfalling is my external grammar brain. My internal brain is always a bit iffy when I post late at night. But, I agree, that sometimes things just flow better when you bend the rules — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:34 AEST | #
Same here, and it's late at night now. My wife used to be my external grammar brain, but since the divorce she hasn't been so eager to help — via LiveJournal — posted by Mark Hunter at 10.09.2007 20:34 AEST | #
That would be Wolf, right? Squee! Also, Rose has a mallet. I sense a lesson coming up... ::grin::

"Actually," the Doctor smiled. "She objected to being called an ape." — The punctuation and phrasing here is a little screwy, but I'm not sure how you'd want to fix it.

Rose picked up the Doctor's mallet, gently cradled its head. — This is technically a run-on, but I kind of like it from a stylistic point of view. ::shrug:: — via LiveJournal — posted by Elizabeth Culmer at 10.09.2007 20:36 AEST | #
I left mention of Wolf out because it's very tangental, but you're right. I will add a reference now.

Transposed the first weirdness and left the second. I wanted the image of Rose weighing up the mallet while talking to the Doctor. Thanks for picking up my grammar oddities — via LiveJournal — posted by Red Wolf at 10.09.2007 20:36 AEST | #
oh, I want a sequel to this one — via FanFiction.net — posted by Smego Baggins at 14.09.2007 20:00 AEST | #
LOL:) Just wanted to say I loved it! — via FanFiction.net — posted by mea-kh at 14.09.2007 20:01 AEST | #
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