ficlet project: "Culloden" (Doctor Who)

[kindkit]

Title: Culloden
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Jamie McCrimmon, Second Doctor
Rating: All ages
Warnings: None needed
Word count: 100
Summary: History, truth, and entertainment.
Notes: Written for

Comments

[stunt_muppet]

Doctor Who, Three/Delgado!Master, motifs

[stunt_muppet]

And now for the actual commentary on the fic:

I really liked this. I loved the commentary on the way even rigorously researched portrayals are removed from the real thing, and the way we use real deaths as entertainment. And Jamie's reaction is spot-on, especially noticing the little details first.

[kindkit]

Thank you!

I think I'm probably doing the film an injustice, in the sense that it was created in part as a critique of imperialism and an indirect response to the Vietnam War. But no historical re-enactment is ever going to be anything but disturbing for someone who was actually there.

[wishfulaces]

Oh, Jamie. Excellent use of the drabble form--that last line packs a terrible punch.

[kindkit]

Thank you! *hugs Jamie*

[kindkit]

Thank you!

There's surprisingly little Jamie fic that deal with what Culloden and the defeat of the Stuart cause would mean to him. I can't imagine it didn't occupy his mind at times.