Yeah, and it's... ok, so, yeah, it is not like it's a wrong conclusion to say the Master redeems himself, but it's odd to imply that he does it explicitly to redeem himself? It's more of a consequence of his rage towards Rassilon and his love towards the Doctor. And we know the Master kind of sucks at thinking his plans through--he acts on impulse (which results in spur-of-the-moment silliness like "oh, fuck yeah, I am going to turn the human race into me"). He's very much a creature of emotion and impulse (which is pretty much what Letts/Dicks were saying when they first came up with the character, which is fantastic).
And yeah, the Doctor and Wilf with the gun fucking *killed me*. Even the Earth, even his own life, even an old man weeping and pleading with him don't matter shit when the Master's life is at stake. That's fucked-up true love right there.
And there are SO MANY sex faces! The Masters keep closing their eyes ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I am dying. I have to make a picspam once I'm done.
It's nice having an impulsive Master so very alive and emotional, particularly in these episodes where his impulsiveness and madness were just so much better written than S3 Simm!Master. Another aspect to his characterisation from the start, I'd imagine, is how he reflects the Doctor at the time. Somehow here it makes more sense as a mirror to the character who is "fire and ice" and all that. Particularly the coming-back wrong as a parallel to the destroying-everyone-in-the-past.
Yesss. I thought it worked much better this time round, because he got to do proper, real, pained madness and emotion instead of just playing around and pulling stupid faces. It balanced the crack out better, I thought. Plus, y'know, Simm!Acting. Simmtears. Holy fuck, *yes*.
And yeah, the Doctor and Wilf with the gun fucking *killed me*. Even the Earth, even his own life, even an old man weeping and pleading with him don't matter shit when the Master's life is at stake. That's fucked-up true love right there.
And there are SO MANY sex faces! The Masters keep closing their eyes ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I am dying. I have to make a picspam once I'm done.
"That's it, Doctor. Lower..."
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But yes. SEXFACES. UNF
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*goes back to capping summoar*
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