What, you mean after the total fake-out of Act Three left us thinking, “Hang on, this is ‘The Death and Funeral of Roda’, not ‘Death and Life’, title was clearly authorial misdirection, and then the redoubled fake-out of Act Four left us aware that it was a double authorial misdirection, and the realization of misdirection at the end of Act Three was itself another misdirection? I’m not sure "appreciating” is the right word, but “respecting”, absolutely. ;) LOL. It was just extremely literal. She died (and she did died), and then she lived. *innocent smile* Mostly then writing timey-wimey Moffat-y fic is extremely rewarding!
Though come to think of it, this is the third Time Lord burning funeral we’ve seen in recent times (Simm!Master, Eleven, Roda), and none of them stayed dead. Although the Doctor might be the only one aware of all three. I wonder if he’ll twig, or at least suspect... Well in this 'verse, there have only been two, as the Master of course didn't die at the end of LotT. The Seeker knows of the Doctor's faked death (which is a little short stand-alone that I have been planning to write... Might get to that next), but the methods of escape are of course different. And I don't think the Doctor would suspect, to be honest. Sneakiness isn't something Roda generally goes in for, not in that sense, at least. (The Seeker was the one who came up with the other fake-out - but you'll get to that in Last One Standing.)
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LOL. It was just extremely literal. She died (and she did died), and then she lived. *innocent smile* Mostly then writing timey-wimey Moffat-y fic is extremely rewarding!
Though come to think of it, this is the third Time Lord burning funeral we’ve seen in recent times (Simm!Master, Eleven, Roda), and none of them stayed dead. Although the Doctor might be the only one aware of all three. I wonder if he’ll twig, or at least suspect...
Well in this 'verse, there have only been two, as the Master of course didn't die at the end of LotT. The Seeker knows of the Doctor's faked death (which is a little short stand-alone that I have been planning to write... Might get to that next), but the methods of escape are of course different. And I don't think the Doctor would suspect, to be honest. Sneakiness isn't something Roda generally goes in for, not in that sense, at least. (The Seeker was the one who came up with the other fake-out - but you'll get to that in Last One Standing.)
/rambling