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Fic: Mrs Saxon's Diary. Part 7/10
RL is v. busy, so I come to procrastinate... Incidentally this chapter was the first part I wrote (and I have barely altered a word since) - the rest kinda grew around it. I considered posting it first, but in the end decided that I better do the story chronologically.
Enjoy - and feedback would be hugely appreciated!
Setting: Post-'Sound of Drums' (just)
Spoilers: End of S3.
Pairing: Lucy/Harry.
Rating: PG-13.
Previous parts here.
The day the Earth fell.
I am the wife of an Evil Overlord. It feels strange to write it down, black on white, and yet it is nothing less than the truth. If he ever reads this I know he’ll laugh. And then probably crack a joke about not turning into a giant snake. I wouldn’t put it past him to keep a printout of ‘The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord’ around somewhere - unless of course he wrote the list in the first place. After all he’s been around for so long...
I remember reading it once, back when I was doing my GCSE’s. Amanda showed it to me, and I read through the whole list although I didn’t find it very funny. But I needed her help, and mother taught me always to be polite. I wonder where Amanda is now, and if she still thinks that aiming to be a good wife is a pointless ambition.
It occurs to me, as I write, that I could have her killed if I wanted. I won’t. But I could. And I think I now - finally - truly understand my Master.
Part 8.
Enjoy - and feedback would be hugely appreciated!
Setting: Post-'Sound of Drums' (just)
Spoilers: End of S3.
Pairing: Lucy/Harry.
Rating: PG-13.
Previous parts here.
The day the Earth fell.
I am the wife of an Evil Overlord. It feels strange to write it down, black on white, and yet it is nothing less than the truth. If he ever reads this I know he’ll laugh. And then probably crack a joke about not turning into a giant snake. I wouldn’t put it past him to keep a printout of ‘The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord’ around somewhere - unless of course he wrote the list in the first place. After all he’s been around for so long...
I remember reading it once, back when I was doing my GCSE’s. Amanda showed it to me, and I read through the whole list although I didn’t find it very funny. But I needed her help, and mother taught me always to be polite. I wonder where Amanda is now, and if she still thinks that aiming to be a good wife is a pointless ambition.
It occurs to me, as I write, that I could have her killed if I wanted. I won’t. But I could. And I think I now - finally - truly understand my Master.
Part 8.
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It occurs to me, as I write, that I could have her killed if I wanted. I won’t. But I could. And I think I now - finally - truly understand my Master.
::shivers::
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Trying to re-trace my steps (as it were) I think it all started with the 'Evil Overlord' list... except Lucy is *not* the sort of person to ever read that kinda thing. So how could she be familiar with it? Then I hit upon the idea of 'Amanda', and I began to see how Lucy could always have been a bit 'on the outside' - pretty, and from a good family, but 'not particularly bright' and not really ambitious in any way. So being not only noticed by someone like The Master, but actually *courted* by him would be hugely flattering, and it would most probably appeal to the part of her that always felt a little overlooked. (Just to waffle on at great length - hope you don't mind!)
::shivers::
I doubt anyone can marry someone like The Master, knowing what he is, and not be corrupted. (I'm remembering the look on her face when he talks about 'decimating'...)
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*nods* Sooooo twisted. (I love it!)
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I also loved her remembering that Amanda girl, and what she'd been like at the time—such a good little girl, meek, polite.
It occurs to me, as I write, that I could have her killed if I wanted. I won’t. But I could. And I think I now - finally - truly understand my Master.
That part was utterly fascinating. Knowing that she wouldn't actually kill, but that she could, and relishing that power. Knowing the well-mannered little girl, who wanted to become a good wife, became this. Such revenge. ♥ And how it made her closer to the Master—her Master… (And oh, this is actually different from "my Doctor"—I just nailed what made me uncomfortable about it. "My Doctor" is the companion being possessive over the Doctor. "My Master" is the Master possessing her—but if we hold on tight to the mirroring and the fact that it's his name, it also gives her a hold on him. A lesser hold perhaps, but very much there. My Master. My Master. Mutual dependency. My heart. ♥)
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You've read The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord, right?
That part was utterly fascinating. Knowing that she wouldn't actually kill, but that she could, and relishing that power. Knowing the well-mannered little girl, who wanted to become a good wife, became this. Such revenge. ♥ And how it made her closer to the Master—her Master…
And the conversion is complete...
And oh, this is actually different from "my Doctor"—I just nailed what made me uncomfortable about it. "My Doctor" is the companion being possessive over the Doctor. "My Master" is the Master possessing her—but if we hold on tight to the mirroring and the fact that it's his name, it also gives her a hold on him. A lesser hold perhaps, but very much there. My Master. My Master. Mutual dependency. My heart. ♥
Excellent insight!
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Yes, but a while ago so I just had a lovely time rereading it ;)
My Master. My Master. Mutual dependency. My heart. ♥
Excellent insight!
See what I did there? ;) Tiny tribute to your "His love. His love."
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I made my daughters read it a while ago. I thought it a necessary part of their cultural education.
See what I did there? ;) Tiny tribute to your "His love. His love."
Ooooh I noticed alright! :)
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And quite right you were. That's really the clichés to avoid. Those girls will have/already have the most smashing cultural education ;)
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