Three Drabbles, for reserve, with love and squalor
Society for Creative Anachronism: Ten and Ainley!Master do the Ren Faire
The Doctor laughed for five minutes solid as the Master tugged his silver-encrusted collar, attempting to wait out the humiliation.
“Let me guess: you come here to feel impressive because you’re more historically accurate?”
“And better dressed,” the Master growled.
“You’re such ( Read more... )
The Doctor laughed for five minutes solid as the Master tugged his silver-encrusted collar, attempting to wait out the humiliation.
“Let me guess: you come here to feel impressive because you’re more historically accurate?”
“And better dressed,” the Master growled.
“You’re such ( Read more... )
*laughs*
*grins some more*
I love it when the Master's humiliated and cranky about it. I almost feel sorry for the SCA members. I definitely feel that the two of them should not be allowed to own pets (well, humans would be fine - they can feed themselves - but not dogs).
Loved these. Most amusing.
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I like some SCA people (I had to do a newspaper article on ren faire culture, so I Learned Much), as they're generally not as bad as some of the H-COR reenactment kids, who can get self-righteous in that way only Truest Nerds can manage. "You didn't knit that with the bone of a sparrow which you hunted with a longbow and flax you collected yourself from the very living hills of Stratford?! Hack!" It's like Martha Stewart with chain mail.
Maybe they're not the best pet owners? But I bet the TARDIS keeps the thing alive when they forget about it for a week, and the Doctor really wanted that dog to love...
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I've always thought the SCA sounded like fun, as long as you didn't take it too seriously.
"You didn't knit that with the bone of a sparrow which you hunted with a longbow and flax you collected yourself from the very living hills of Stratford?! Hack!"
I blame your comments with the muskrat and trebuchet, but I can see the Master doing that, if it was to knit something for the Doctor. Easily.
Daffodil's in good hands then. *grins* The TARDIS probably has a whole zoo of animals she's taking care of, accumulated by the Doctor over the years.
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Ha. Yep.
"Daffodil's in good hands then. *grins* The TARDIS probably has a whole zoo of animals she's taking care of, accumulated by the Doctor over the years."
O_O Is it just me or the the room of lost pets (and occasional forgotten companions) the SADDEST ROOM EVER? He stumbles in one day and it's just all these animals, prevented from aging/dying by the TARDIS, starring at him with sad eyes. Like all the abandoned Christmas puppies in the world.
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So very true. I read a fic just recently in which it turned out that Peri had been lost in the depths of the TARDIS for years. It made sense.
IT'S NOT THE DESTRUCTION OF GALLIFREY HE FEELS GUILTY ABOUT - IT'S THE PUPPIES. STARING AT HIM. HUNGRILY.
THE MASTER FOLLOWING HIM AROUND, CACKLING AND SAYING THINGS LIKE "AND YOU THINK I'M THE EVIL ONE" ONLY MAKES IT WORSE.
Did he actually keep the horse from The Girl in the Fireplace, or do I just think he did because I've read too much fanfiction?
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You know I have no idea what became of the Pony. Hopefully it wasn't a Boxer from Animal Farm situation where Noble Pony Met Sucky Fate.
Shame moment: Girl in the Fireplace is the only NewWho ep I never watched. I heard 'abandons TARDIS/development arc w/ Rose for some fling with a French lovvah who Mary Sue style mind-groks him and tells him he was Lonely As A Child (which actually doesn't seem to fit his personality at all/what little we know about that period to me)' and I went '...I think that would only make me angry. So no.'
I'm by no means a batchipper, obviously, but him abandoning Rose 'n TARDIS in the manner it was described to me seemed ultra off? I know I need to see it (and probably will this week, b/c Spring break occurs as we speak) b/c people say it's a great ep in a vacuum, but I will probably go nuts re: how poorly it seems to fit into the narrative arc?
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Shame moment remix: I haven't seen Father's Day yet. I keep meaning to. I cringe at the thought of Rose being illogical/emo enough to stop her dad getting killed, but mostly I just "haven't got around to it yet". It's the only one I've missed, out of New Who.
I haven't read Animal Farm, either. Should I?
I'd have to rewatch GitF to be able to comment intelligently - I certainly enjoyed it, but at the time I watched it I was constitutionally incapable of disliking anything Doctor Who, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
I'm sure he was lonely at least once as a child, though. He'd probably had a particularly vicious row with Koschei the day before and was just realising that this meant he didn't get to show him the chromatic alterator he'd just finished and that it wouldn't be half as much fun turning parts of the academy (and its inhabitants) different colours all ( ... )
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Actually given how little he explains to her, I think Rose is perfectly reasonable in Father's Day. He literally is like 'have NO warnings whatsoever. Omg you did that? I'm so angry!' leaving Rose to be like 'wait. Wait, what?' It's probably my favorite episodes of that season. I get wibbly from the sadness of her disappointed expectations of her parents and the genuine quality of her Pete, who's so much gentler and kinder than AU!Pete b/c he's lived a very different life.
Animal Farm and 1984 take so little time. They're quick reads, each is finishable in a long afternoon. I don't love Orwell's writing for its prose quality so much a I respect his ideas/recognize how many damn references get made to him. So take that as you will?
I certainly enjoyed it, but at the time I watched it I was constitutionally incapable of disliking anything Doctor Who, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Oh man, I went through that phase forever! Now even when a classic episode is unfathomably bad (hello again, Time ( ... )
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