The Drums of War
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3rd-May-2010 07:17 pm - FIC: Simple Little Things
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (Obligatory gas mask icon.)
Character(s): The Master and The Doctor
Summary: Cupcakes and world-domination.
Rating: G
Words: 673
Warnings: Cracktastic.

For [livejournal.com profile] rude_not_ginger and [livejournal.com profile] justaddmarbles. As they are COMPLETELY AT FAULT FOR THIS HAPPENING. Courtesy of this exchange on D_M.

He’s had everything from paradox machines to plastic flowers, so the Master does know a thing or two about variety already. )
6th-Mar-2010 12:38 am - FIC: Letter to my Self
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (A botched resurrection)
Community: [livejournal.com profile] justprompts
Prompt: Write a letter to your younger or older self.
Character(s): EoT!Master writing to SoD!Master
Words: 307

Okay bed now lol.

To my younger Self )
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (I was the one with the world at my feet)
It's been like... eons since I posted heavy ficcage. All these ooc posts. Eesh. SO! I turned back to my music meme, which I'm doing here and partially on my occasionally used 10.5 journal lol.

Rules Recap:
1.) Select songs of your choice.
2.) Write two different fics/drabbles/whatever from each song. Change the lyric, the character, whichever.
3.) …Profit?



Song: Running Through the Gardens by Fleetwood Mac
Characters: 1 - the Doctor and the Master / 2 - the Doctor
Words: 1,837
Notes: First drabble is AU post-LotTL, and a bit angsty but more... angry. Second drabble has really slight spoilers for recent episodes, and also completely wtf I have no idea where it ran off to but I'm leaving it as is. It also has a quote from The Stone Rose. lol.

Also, I swear to god I’ve seen something where the TARDIS had a garden of sorts in the classic series, and I can’t for the life of me find any reference to it at all now. fff. Madness.

1 - 'Never did I mean to imprison you, here in my garden.' )
2 - 'Never did I mean to imprison you, here in my garden.' )


Previously done songs:
Song I: Blindness by Metric - 1 - the Master / 2 - the Doctor
Song II: Handlebars by Flobots 1 - the Doctor / 2 - the Doctor (human) @ [livejournal.com profile] battleborndr
20th-Oct-2009 07:49 am - FIC: Simple Manipulation
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (Are you receiving me?)
Character(s): The Master, Donna Noble
Words: 431

Part of the Doctor-proof series. Precedes anything else that's been written for such.

They spend about two weeks doing nearly nothing related to work. )
26th-Jul-2009 12:39 am - fic: To War We Go
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (I'm fascinated - really.)
Community: [livejournal.com profile] justprompts
Prompt: What worries you masters you. -Haddon W. Robinson
Character(s): The Master, the Doctor, Donna Noble
Words: 1,265

Directly follows this. The evil!Donna thing I previously wrote ended up in its own little verse, and I wasn't planning on having anything after that particular piece (more going in the direction of everything leading up to it) but lol... things happen XD;

I was thinking about how the hell the Master ever thought that he could have a new Gallifrey up in the heavens. Seriously, dude, wtf. … I have no idea if this would actually work, of course, but hey. That’s life. And it's not like I really care


To war we go... )
1st-Jul-2009 03:37 am - FIC: Audiences
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (Oh beautiful victory.)
Community: [livejournal.com profile] justprompts
Prompt: Deception.
Character(s): The Master, the Doctor, Donna Noble
Words: 1,043

Warning: Very, very, very slight spoilers for Planet of the Dead, I guess XD ... er, and I also suppose s4's ending. *headscratch*

As per usual, I have no idea what's going on :D However, I may work with this 'concept' again, because it's quite interesting.

I haven't really edited this yet.


It’s funny because the Doctor finally expects it... )
29th-Jun-2009 11:55 pm - ooc: Verses & Notes about the Master
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (Neutrality)
Verses

It's much more fun having the two in the same story in some way, honestly.


Allies

Any sort of concept that the Master and the Doctor are working together. Nooo set timeline, generally I'll lean towards a s3-AU wherein Martha saves the Master from dying. Not always though, I don't always decide XD; And... sometimes stuff I write for it are many years after, so they've already had their ups and downs or whatever XD;
    Family Ties

    Falls under 'Allies'. Post s4, Master resurrected somehow. Many, many, maaaany years later the pair are futzing around and the Doctor gets a certain message... long story short, they rescue Jenny, and then the trio continues to travel...

Enemies

Probably even more self-explanatory than the 'Allies' verse XD Master is alive in some way shape or form and making evil in the universe lol. ...or, heck, possibly vis-versa :D
    Doctor-Proof

    Falls under 'Enemies' verse. Post s4, resurrects courtesy of Lucy 8D He later runs into Donna and a few wrong words causes her brain to crack open and he manages to 'save' her... while rearranging some things. Yay evil!Donna~

Grey

Hard to tell what's going on with the pair. Often times the 'beginning' of their 'travels' wherein... eventually something would likely change XD


Notes

I generally write him post-LotTL, AU. Med Student Martha Jones saves him life, yada-yada cliche. He hates her for it, given that she robbed him of his victory. From there, I rarely stay consistent XD; He's either traveling with the Doctor - willingly after awhile sometimes, or unwillingly (the beginning of their 'time together' I suppose) - or he's escaped to treat the universe to some havoc, lol.

When he's the more-or-less willing Master, he and the Doctor still snipe at one another, but it's... very rarely hateful. At this point, they've likely been traveling like this for awhile, and the Master has mellowed some. My reasoning for this? The TARDIS. Somewhere along the way I've decided that the TARDIS, once it and the Master get along, softens the drumming in his mind. Fills the empty space where the Time Lords use to be and makes life more bearable annnnd keeps him 'sane.' :D He never had much of a problem in his 'younger' regenerations 'cause he had his own TARDIS, but he lost the poor girl, unfortunately. I very much like this theory, lol.

He doesn't enjoy wars that he has no control over, and he certainly doesn't like anyone or anything trying to destroy the entire universe, because that leaves him nothing to rule over.
29th-Jun-2009 11:48 pm - FIC: 10 Times You've Disobeyed
beholdthedrums: [Saxon] (And the stars of the show!)
Community: [livejournal.com profile] justprompts
Prompt: Ten times you've disobeyed.
Character(s): The Master, the Doctor
Words: 206

Okay, technically given that what I write is generally AU, #6 is kinda odd. Because, well, he did disobey regenerating, but he still lives. *shrugs* Yes… 1-6 are quotes from s3. I could’ve gone into classic episodes too, but that would’ve taken too long since I haven’t watched the ones I have in awhile, lol. 7-9 are… whatever.

And he swivels away quickly, rushing off to set things into motion… )
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