Change For The Better (2/2)

[nemaline]

‘Any breakthroughs?’ the Doctor asked, standing in the doorway of the small laboratory the Master seemed to have appropriated as personal space.

‘No.’

The Doctor strolled in, leaning over the Master’s shoulder to see what he’d been working on. Scattered sheets of paper - some crumpled, some torn in half - covered the desk; those sheets that

Comments

[shinodabear]

I love fics where Theta and/or Koschei manage to cross timelines with their future selves. This one was executed quite well. I really enjoyed reading it. It's my own personal canon that, without the Master/Koschei there would be no Doctor. I love how you handled that here. Very nice!

If I apparently turned you into the champion of sweetness and light by making you rebel against my less-than-savoury path, perhaps you can turn me good by being evil?’

I like this line of thinking. It's giving me bunnies. Uh oh. :)

[hexiva]

Ooh, are there other fics with that? Could you recommend some?

[shinodabear]

I had one fic on my mind for sure. It can be found here @ Teaspoon. I thought I remembered the ending a bit different, so the Doctor only shows up at the end. It's Theta and Torchwood/UNIT.

While searching for it, I came across another Theta-meets-TW one here.

I knew there had to be one where Ten met Theta and it turns out I wrote it. *headdesk* It's not young!Theta, but still Academy era, and it may be just a shameless excuse to write Ten/Theta slash. If that's not your thing, I understand. If you're still interested, it's here in the very last drabble.

There are more out there. At least, there should be. I though I read more than that. Ah, well, they're good fodder for plot bunnies.

[hexiva]

Thank you, those were good. Although I found the first one a bit distracting because eight-year-old Theta was so much less mature in that story than four-year-old Koschei in this one.

[nostalgia_lj]

I love how deliciously fucked up this is, that he'll save the Master even knowing he could potentially save millions by killing him. It is v well written as well, you are good with words and stuff :)

[nemaline]

It is really deliciously fucked-up. They always have been. The odd thing is I didn't really realise as I was writing it how messed up it actually was, it was only as I was editing it a while later that I realised, "Hey, this whole saving the Master thing is rather fucked up, isn't it?'

Thanks for commenting!

[bacon_fiend]

Wow, that was fantastic! Your characterization and word choices are brilliant, not to mention the amazing technobabble. Fabulous, wonderful, lovely story.

[nemaline]

In the words of Jack, sometimes a little technobabble is good for the soul! I do like making it up, particularly names for technological gizmos, when you can just bang exciting-sounding techno words together until you get something that sounds plausible.

Thank you!

[elfgirljen]

Wonderful wonderful story!

[nemaline]

Thank you!

[nemaline]

They're the best sort of twisted. Honestly, I think that's why I'm so interested in them. The nice safe happy ships (well, the ones that are nice, safe and happy in comparison to these two) are too, well, nice and safe and happy!