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The Problem With Lucy
Feb. 14th, 2015 09:37 amTitle: The Problem With Lucy
Rating: PG--13
Genre: Darkfic
Characters: The Master (Simms), Lucy Saxon, the Tenth Doctor
Pairings: The Master/Lucy Saxon,
Warnings: Mindfuck, non-explicit violence and torture.
Summary: The problem with Lucy was that she was so stupid.
AN: AN: I have a problem with both Lucy and Simm’s Master, for me they don’t quite gel. Lucy goes from adoring wife to basically catatonic in a year, but we, the audience, aren’t given any good explanation for that transformation. Her actions when the Master releases the Toclafane seem rather psychopathic, but if she is that, then she wouldn’t break down like does. But why this breakdown if she has always known who the Master was? Mind control seems quite likely, he is using it on the rest of the world after all, but we are never given that explanation. It really annoys me. I really like John Simm as an actor, but I don’t think they have written his Master well at all. Both Delgado and Ainley (Roberts I have yet to see) are camp and over the top, but they do it seriously, which I think greatly adds to their menace. Simm’s Master has some high points, but overall he is written as either completely crazy or violent in a very mundane way. Not in a Master-worthy way, I suppose I mean. So this fic as I attempt to explain both Lucy and the Master in a way that satisfies at least me.
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Rating: PG--13
Genre: Darkfic
Characters: The Master (Simms), Lucy Saxon, the Tenth Doctor
Pairings: The Master/Lucy Saxon,
Warnings: Mindfuck, non-explicit violence and torture.
Summary: The problem with Lucy was that she was so stupid.
AN: AN: I have a problem with both Lucy and Simm’s Master, for me they don’t quite gel. Lucy goes from adoring wife to basically catatonic in a year, but we, the audience, aren’t given any good explanation for that transformation. Her actions when the Master releases the Toclafane seem rather psychopathic, but if she is that, then she wouldn’t break down like does. But why this breakdown if she has always known who the Master was? Mind control seems quite likely, he is using it on the rest of the world after all, but we are never given that explanation. It really annoys me. I really like John Simm as an actor, but I don’t think they have written his Master well at all. Both Delgado and Ainley (Roberts I have yet to see) are camp and over the top, but they do it seriously, which I think greatly adds to their menace. Simm’s Master has some high points, but overall he is written as either completely crazy or violent in a very mundane way. Not in a Master-worthy way, I suppose I mean. So this fic as I attempt to explain both Lucy and the Master in a way that satisfies at least me.
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