30 of fandom meme; day 30
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scripsi30 – Do you have a favorite fic you've written? What makes it your favorite? And don't forget to give us a link.
Professor Keller, a Doctor Who a story about a couple who are hapless enough to meet the Master when the Doctor isn’t there to help out. They meet this charismatic person whom they like and trust and who then slowly turn their lives into a nightmare. I think I did a pretty good job of conveying this spiralling nightmare for the protagonists, their terror and their confusion. I also think I managed a good Master, balancing between charm and cruelty. It’s not a happy fic, but I like a good tragedy. And even if I think it’s the best thing I have written, I still can’t let go of it and am working on a re-write.
I think people like it as well, even if only![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
flowsoffire has actually commented on it. It has few hits, which isn’t so surprising- how many wants to read about the Master if the Doctor isn’t around, really? (Well, I obviously.) And a lot of people are very sceptical towards original characters, but on AO3 the ratio of kudos compared to the hits makes it one of my highest rated fics ever, and it also have more bookmarks than most of my other fics as well.
It started out with me wondering what an evil Time Lord would do in his spare time. Delgado!Master is a very charming villain who rarely resort to physical violence, but underneath the charm and the seeming good humour he is not only ruthless, but pretty sadistic too. I still remember the shock I felt in Terror of the Autons when he kills that poor man by suffocating him slowly in a deflating chair while he just watches. It’s unnecessary cruel, the Master could easily have disposed of him quickly, so evidently he gets a kick out of it.
Also, the Master is very much the anti-Doctor and most people who are in contact with the Doctor gets a better life for it. It open up their horizon and even if some companion’s end up worse than when they started, like dead, the majority grew and get a good life, often better than it was before. So I figured the people who meets and survive the Master would be marked by their experience as well, but not in a good way.
When I rewatched Three’s second season, the one where the Master shows up in every episode I realised that quite some time must have elapsed between the first and second one. In Terror of the Autons the Master shows up on Earth and basically draft minions where he finds them. In the second he has a whole slew of specialized minions and a plan that spans several countries and must cost a lot of money. He has also established himself a professor and adapted to some Earth habits, like smoking cigars. He even mimics the Doctor and has a cute sort-of-companion, whom he terrorises. So I wondered how he got hold of all the money and how he managed to establish himself. He wouldn’t want the Doctor to notice him too early, so I guess he would not solely use mind control to get what he wanted. And then fic happened...
Professor Keller, a Doctor Who a story about a couple who are hapless enough to meet the Master when the Doctor isn’t there to help out. They meet this charismatic person whom they like and trust and who then slowly turn their lives into a nightmare. I think I did a pretty good job of conveying this spiralling nightmare for the protagonists, their terror and their confusion. I also think I managed a good Master, balancing between charm and cruelty. It’s not a happy fic, but I like a good tragedy. And even if I think it’s the best thing I have written, I still can’t let go of it and am working on a re-write.
I think people like it as well, even if only
flowsoffire has actually commented on it. It has few hits, which isn’t so surprising- how many wants to read about the Master if the Doctor isn’t around, really? (Well, I obviously.) And a lot of people are very sceptical towards original characters, but on AO3 the ratio of kudos compared to the hits makes it one of my highest rated fics ever, and it also have more bookmarks than most of my other fics as well.It started out with me wondering what an evil Time Lord would do in his spare time. Delgado!Master is a very charming villain who rarely resort to physical violence, but underneath the charm and the seeming good humour he is not only ruthless, but pretty sadistic too. I still remember the shock I felt in Terror of the Autons when he kills that poor man by suffocating him slowly in a deflating chair while he just watches. It’s unnecessary cruel, the Master could easily have disposed of him quickly, so evidently he gets a kick out of it.
Also, the Master is very much the anti-Doctor and most people who are in contact with the Doctor gets a better life for it. It open up their horizon and even if some companion’s end up worse than when they started, like dead, the majority grew and get a good life, often better than it was before. So I figured the people who meets and survive the Master would be marked by their experience as well, but not in a good way.
When I rewatched Three’s second season, the one where the Master shows up in every episode I realised that quite some time must have elapsed between the first and second one. In Terror of the Autons the Master shows up on Earth and basically draft minions where he finds them. In the second he has a whole slew of specialized minions and a plan that spans several countries and must cost a lot of money. He has also established himself a professor and adapted to some Earth habits, like smoking cigars. He even mimics the Doctor and has a cute sort-of-companion, whom he terrorises. So I wondered how he got hold of all the money and how he managed to establish himself. He wouldn’t want the Doctor to notice him too early, so I guess he would not solely use mind control to get what he wanted. And then fic happened...
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