Another shortie. Unfortunately time constraints are conspiring against me at the moment. I have to fit these chapters in around my other work. Ugh.
This one was fairly easy to write. Sometimes characters come easily to me, this was one of those times. It makes a nice change from struggling with characters' mental processes and speech, deliberating over every word I write.
That little snippet at the end is one of my favourite moments so far (although Chapter 19 still stands as my favourite overall). The Master's insanity is something I understand quite well, but putting it into words on a page can be difficult. The Doctor, however, is the perfect person to vocalise that. He can say it so much better than I ever could.
I always feel a bit odd about letting characters cry. With some characters it feels like I'm forcing them into emotions they wouldn't normally feel. The Doctor is the exception: he cried on numerous occasions (a very manly cry, I might add). While other people might feel that this is a bit melodramatic, in my opinion it's completely in character. He's a sensitive guy, and watching someone who means so much to you kill millions of people in a fit of madness is enough to make even the most manly man weep like a baby.
I'm rather glad to say that we're getting slowly back into Master/Doctor territory now. The next chapter should bring to an end the public display of insanity and move us back into the relationship between the two.
Thank you, guys, for reading all my weird little rants so far. Sometimes it's nice to just talk about the fanfiction - if I wrote all this in footnotes, people would get very very pissed off. You're welcome to PM me, leave comments etc. if you want to ask me anything, or just have a chat - I don't bite.
Link to the chapter is here: Chapter 26
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