Oh, look, a shift—"my Master" closing the previous chapter, "the Master" opening this one… she really is coming to terms with his identity (and how could she not, in the context of Utopia). I loved the way you handled the beginning—how she could not come to terms yet with what she'd seen (raw is the perfect word), let alone narrate it, but the story was a perfect metaphor to her situation. So striking. "There's no point, no point to anything, not ever." Quoting that line forever and also hearing her voice and also shuddering. ♥ And goodness, how you prepared that scene… the continuity is just flawless. Their return from Utopia was really well done as well: another comforting hug—he shows her death, he shows her the pointlessness of human life, but he's always there to hold her afterwards and make her feel safe again. I LOVED the way he set himself up as their saviour, and Lucy's awe and amazement. Also loved the way he directed her to go find a dress, and took her out. It felt like some backward version of the Doctor—so wrong! And yet great! (Isn't the TARDIS supposed to be only able to travel between the two places she landed at though? Well, I don't exactly remember if it was only time-wise and he could move around in space as much as he liked, as long as it was Earth.) I loved the striking contrast between the beautiful beach and the darkness where they came from (real vs. not real… reminded of Clara's Cold War line… hello, Doctor/companion parallel!), and Lucy's shock when the Master toasted to the end of the world. I loved the way the Master told Lucy about the Doctor. Backward parallel AGAIN, and it's all very deliberate. (Well, this one is canon.) Lucy was quite right to wonder why he wanted to save Utopia, and I loved the idea that those people were his… His friends, the Toclafane. His pretty, deadly friends who delighted in death and cruelty. ♥
“But... you will destroy the world?” “Shame, isn’t it? It is so very pretty.” Destroying what's pretty. Oh, Lucy, my love, you're next! ♥ And the Master's following speech… Oh, the feels. I loved Lucy's moment of puzzled hesitation at his proposal—she really is quite lucid, she just sees how different and dazzling he is, and wonders what he's doing with her… That part was just a sum-up of everything Lucy could be or was for the Master, and it was smashing. Amazing last line too :D
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Their return from Utopia was really well done as well: another comforting hug—he shows her death, he shows her the pointlessness of human life, but he's always there to hold her afterwards and make her feel safe again. I LOVED the way he set himself up as their saviour, and Lucy's awe and amazement. Also loved the way he directed her to go find a dress, and took her out. It felt like some backward version of the Doctor—so wrong! And yet great! (Isn't the TARDIS supposed to be only able to travel between the two places she landed at though? Well, I don't exactly remember if it was only time-wise and he could move around in space as much as he liked, as long as it was Earth.) I loved the striking contrast between the beautiful beach and the darkness where they came from (real vs. not real… reminded of Clara's Cold War line… hello, Doctor/companion parallel!), and Lucy's shock when the Master toasted to the end of the world.
I loved the way the Master told Lucy about the Doctor. Backward parallel AGAIN, and it's all very deliberate. (Well, this one is canon.) Lucy was quite right to wonder why he wanted to save Utopia, and I loved the idea that those people were his… His friends, the Toclafane. His pretty, deadly friends who delighted in death and cruelty. ♥
“But... you will destroy the world?”
“Shame, isn’t it? It is so very pretty.”
Destroying what's pretty. Oh, Lucy, my love, you're next! ♥ And the Master's following speech… Oh, the feels. I loved Lucy's moment of puzzled hesitation at his proposal—she really is quite lucid, she just sees how different and dazzling he is, and wonders what he's doing with her… That part was just a sum-up of everything Lucy could be or was for the Master, and it was smashing.
Amazing last line too :D