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... never noticed that.
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. *smiles* And that story is perfectly true - as in, it actually happened. So although Lucy's reaction is obviously more extreme, due to the extremeness of her situation, it's a perfectly normal human response.
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! So, so many echoes of the Doctor, but warped and dark and backwards. Not seeing the wonders of the universe, but the darkness... And making it all turn around himself.
(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'm not sure, but I decided to just go with what would fit with my story. *g*
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. He is in many ways pushing her very far, very fast. Partly, I think, to test her. How will she react? Will she understand what he's doing?
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. ♥ Well they used to be his actual friends, sweet and innocent, like Yana - but they (like him) learned that life is cruel and hard. (And he truly cares about them - he calls them 'My children' in LotT - I think they meant more to him than he'd let on. Broken, warped humans, mirrors of himself, just like the Doctor likes to keep mirrors...)
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. *beams*
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I... never noticed that.
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.
*smiles* And that story is perfectly true - as in, it actually happened. So although Lucy's reaction is obviously more extreme, due to the extremeness of her situation, it's a perfectly normal human response.
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!
So, so many echoes of the Doctor, but warped and dark and backwards. Not seeing the wonders of the universe, but the darkness... And making it all turn around himself.
(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'm not sure, but I decided to just go with what would fit with my story. *g*
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.
He is in many ways pushing her very far, very fast. Partly, I think, to test her. How will she react? Will she understand what he's doing?
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. ♥
Well they used to be his actual friends, sweet and innocent, like Yana - but they (like him) learned that life is cruel and hard. (And he truly cares about them - he calls them 'My children' in LotT - I think they meant more to him than he'd let on. Broken, warped humans, mirrors of himself, just like the Doctor likes to keep mirrors...)
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.
*beams*