Since this was one single scene, I didn't want to write two separate entries about it. I split it into two for dramatic effect (besides which, it would have been horribly long if I'd simply posted it as one).
Before you ask - yes, there will be more sex in this story, but let me tell it my way, ok? I know what I'm doing... sometimes.
This was a bit of a struggle. I've gotten into the habit now of writing the Doctor and the Master alone, but suddenly there were five voices to address, each one of them important. I'm sorry to say that Tish was the one that suffered because of this. I simply didn't have enough time or room to include her greatly in the conversation, which is a shame: she's the one person in this scene who is actually on the Doctor's 'side'.
Bringing the Doctor and the Master out of their little bubble had to be done. If I'd been writing a short, pwp scene then I wouldn't have gone down this road, but I'm writing about the whole year, here. While I can't help but see the Master as a sympathetic character, considering where his madness came from, I'm also acutely aware of the fact that the Master's dark, almost nihilistic side needs addressing if I'm going to represent him accurately. The Doctor, too, needed to show his strengths, since they've been so absent in the first two phases of the story. It's all about balance.
It took much longer for us to get up those steps and look out of the window than I'd expected. Maybe I spent a bit too much time in conversation, but I needed it to flow coherently. Besides, it's fun to see the characters interact in public for a change.
Characterisation bothers me a lot. I spend a lot of time thinking about what the characters would really say in certain situations, which almost makes me tear my hair out. Sometimes you just have to plunge forward and hope for the best, or nothing would ever get written.
I know there were some who were expecting this fic to be nothing but sex scenes, but I'm sorry - that's not the way I work. I write about characters. Yes, ok, I write sex and romance too, but it's the characters that count. And if I had kept the Doctor and the Master cooped up in that room for the whole story, it would have gotten repetitive and boring. It would have also been insulting to the Doctor's character to keep him as the Master's submissive pet. He's so much more than that, and the Master knows it.
Anyway, forgive the rant. Sometimes I feel like I need to explain what I'm doing, since I write in a style that I hardly ever see on fanfiction websites (that's not putting other fics down, it's just that I know I write differently). One thing that irks me about fanfiction websites is that they generally only let you post two genres (For example: Lost Boys is registered as 'Romance/Tragedy') when in fact things are so much more complex than that. Actually, the whole genre thing is a bit irritating. Good stories are good stories, no matter what they're pidgeon-holed as.
Moving on, the burning of Japan is a turning point (for... reasons. Spoilers, sweetie), so we needed it in there. I like to keep my stories fairly canon, and we know for a fact that this happened.
The Master and the Doctor will get more of their moments, I promise. Just let me revel in the Master's insanity for a while longer.
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