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Encounters in Between [Master/One] (Battle)

Feb 03, 2009 06:07

Pairing: Master/One
Challenge: Battle
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: The First Doctor and the Master discuss the up- and downsides of regeneration.

Smirking, he looked down at the Doctor, sitting on the floor with his hair and clothes in disarray. He glared up at his opponent between strands of white hair, wiping the blood out of his ( Read more... )

characters: master (other), characters: first doctor, challenge: battle

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vail_kagami February 3 2009, 20:52:00 UTC

Thank you!
I had nothing elso to do (<-shameless lie!) and thought I'd pop in for a visit.

shinodabear February 3 2009, 20:23:39 UTC

This was fantastic! (I wish I had more words for you, but unfortunately, I can't find any. Perhaps I need some coffee . . .)

vail_kagami February 3 2009, 20:51:10 UTC

Seriously? I thought it was crap. I nearly didn't post it. Thank you!

shinodabear February 3 2009, 21:00:06 UTC

Had my coffee. Now I may speak. :)

It was One that really clinched it for me. I've been focusing on (and craving, you might say) an older, more curt Doctor a la One. He's --- what did Ten say? Serious and important? He's so distanced from Gallifrey, from the Master, from the boyish Theta, that he's almost closed off from it entirely. He's not even playing into the game. He's shutting down, pulling back, and maintaining a superior air all the while: “Oh, but we both know you won’t do that, my dear boy.” The Doctor emphasized the last word, mocking it. He didn’t seem frightened.

And the image of One smacking the Master with his cane is quite adorable, despite it all. *G*

vail_kagami February 3 2009, 21:35:43 UTC

I had misspelled cane a couple of times. Not sure the Master being smacked with a crane would be as adorable. :P

I get the feeling the story would have been happier with you. I tried to get the Doctor down like you described him, but it never seemed quite right to me.

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evilawyer February 19 2009, 06:23:28 UTC

Missed this earlier. Your Master's anger is so well counter-pointed against your One's arrogance. Nice job.

vail_kagami February 19 2009, 10:55:26 UTC

Thank you!

lithrael February 22 2009, 21:46:38 UTC

Heh! I loved this one too. One is always so awesome when he's being a cold bastard. Now I must back away from your journal, at least till I get my chores done...

vail_kagami February 22 2009, 22:00:23 UTC

Heh. I'm glad One was satisfactory bastardly. Thanks for the comment!

edzel2 February 7 2011, 23:09:46 UTC

You know, one of the things I LOVE about prompt fic is how I keep discovering fics I never knew existed...

And it's a source of constant wonder to me every time I realise (I mean really realise, in the manner of the Na'vi's 'I see you') that One and Ten (or Eleven but especially Ten because he's my fave) truly are the same person... I'm so glad that you DID post this because I too think One's voice is excellent. I also liked the Master very much indeed - I imagined SimmMaster because he's my favourite Master but really I think the voice you used for him would have very well served any of the Master's incarnations because there were hints to all of them.

And as for Sarkeywoman's comment about abandonment - that would make a great prompt (if it hasn't been used already - I'll check momentarily) and if it happens, I may just have to write something for it.... XD

vail_kagami February 8 2011, 05:29:46 UTC

Thank you!
I enjoy writing about the different incarnations of the Time Lords, because even while I do have my favourites, it is always the same character, and there's so much to play with for a writer.