Solace (Ten/Simm!Master, NC-18)

[von_gelmini]

Title: Solace
Author: von_gelmini
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Ten!Doctor/Simm!Master
Rating: NC-18
WordCount: 930
Warnings: dub-con

Written for sound_of_drums: Prompt table 6, number 15

Comments

[luckweaver]

This was very good. Poor, poor Doctor. And.... *hugs the Master* Poor Koschei, too.

[von_gelmini]

Thanks. They're both so miserable most of the time. I loved giving them a moment of peace together. *sigh*

[edzel2]

Ooh, that was nice!! Err, don't suppose there'd be any chance of the same but from the Masters POV?? What about the Doctors satisfaction?!? *hopes*

[von_gelmini]

I doubt I could do the madness inside of the Master's head very well. I'd love to try sometime though.

The Doctor's satisfaction wasn't sexual but the feel of someone left after what he'd done to Gallifrey, and for being able to help his friend. Very altruistic, and a little different from what I usually write.

[edzel2]

He is a very difficult (and not altogether pleasant!) character to try and get inside, I must admit! The fact that John Simm is so HOT in the role makes it all the more frustrating IMO, because you WANT to feel for the Master; and that is John's particular talent - he can elicit viewer sympathy for the most venal and unpleasant of characters. Just take a look at his Wiki page...! He's a rare talent IMHO

[von_gelmini]

I adore Terry Gilliam. I know that Brothers Grimm was pretty much universally panned, but I loved it

[von_gelmini]

Thanks. After the way I hurt the Doctor in the previous story, I had to do something nice. Not that the two stories take place in the same universe, but in my mind, I had that ickiness from the previous one gnawing back there. Had to make better.

[mogwai_do]

Oh, I like this. Kind of quiet, a respite from the insanity of everything then - in more ways than one.

Also this line: It had been a good day for his mad friend and he was feeling merciful.

I misread it as the Master's pov at first and wow is perspective everything... gives the whole thing a slightly different flavour. Then I re-read the whole thing a few hours later and realised I'd got it wrong the first time, but either way... it works really well :-)

[von_gelmini]

I have problems getting POV across sometimes. I don't do all the attributions I should because I get tired of reading the names of the characters over and over. Same with the 'he said' stuff. Because of that, it's sometimes hard to tell who's saying/doing what.

Glad you liked it either way.

[mogwai_do]

One of the problems of writing slash: gender pronouns no longer work for identification.

It wasn't a complaint though, it gave the relationship a whole new and rather intriguing spin that I may have to follow-up one day, so thank you for that ;-)

[kate_swynford]

Very good, especially the ending.

[von_gelmini]

Thanks. Yeah, so much regret in Angsty!Ten. I think I like him so much because he's so damaged.

[criminalkitten]

I love the fact that he is so damaged aswell. It's the completion of his character that lies beneath the "I'm always all right" stuff.

Again, I say, lovely work.