Lost Boys - Interlude II

"It's not about the sex, is it?"

 No it's not. It never has been, for me. I don't write so that I can manoeuvre characters into a situation where they have sex. When you're writing about the connection between two characters - male or female - sex is generally part of that connection. In fact as far as characters like the Master or Tseng are concerned, it's one of the rare occasions when we get to see something other than what they show to the world at large. While I admit the Master presents me trickier material to work with - he is, after all, still insane - if I'd skipped out on the sex scenes we would never have seen those slight differences. Jack's right - it's not about the sex itself (even if I do take a vast amount of glee in writing the dirty bits) it's about seeing that connection on a visceral level. How people interact in the bedroom can be completely different to how they interact in public, as is the case in Lost Boys.

But I'm rambling. The second interlude brings to a close the second phase of the story. The idea of including 'future' Doctor and Jack was a necessity, but I'm hoping it worked: if I had simply stuck to the 'main' plot, I don't think it would have been as effective. We needed an outside view to make sense of what was happening, since a lot of what happens/ has happened between the two Timelords is unspoken. Both of them are far too stoic to admit a lot of what happens.

I hadn't originally wanted it to be Jack. When I first thought about writing the story, I'd imagined the story being explained to Donna, who (even if she'd slapped him first) would have been a bit more understanding. (Apart from Rose, Donna was the only person who the Doctor ever 'talked' to properly - See 'The Doctor's Daughter' for what I'm on about). When it came to writing it, though, bringing back Donna would have taken far too much explanation and would have detracted from the main plot. Jack was the next best thing, especially post-Torchwood Jack. The loss of Ianto gave me feels, yaknow? And after Ianto, I feel that Jack would be a lot less loud, and a lot more sympathetic with what he was seeing.

The scenes in the TARDIS also give me (and the characters) breathing space - a chance for some exposition that won't pull us out of the memories we're watching. Some stuff needs clarifying - like the Master's drums, the effect of the Archangel Network, and Jack's thoughts, which we don't have much time to consider during the memories.

The next chapter will probably be a little while. Not too long, but certainly not within the next few days. Deadlines loom for uni work, and I need to get out of the Master's/ Doctor's head and back into my own. In the meantime, I can't over-exaggerate the importance to me of receiving reviews. They mean so much - always have, and always will. I don't get paid for writing fanfiction, but the best payment I could ever hope for are reviews from the readers.

 On a vaguely related note, I have an incredibly visual imagination, and often think about what my stories would look like on screen. Music is a massive motivator for this. I even think about trailers, and how they'd look and sound. At the moment, if I was to make a trailer for Lost Boys, the music would most definitely be Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Lorde. The words are almost perfect for what I've got in mind. I recommend it in any case. Amazing song.

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I'll see you all next chapter!