Love Letters to Theta, ages 336 & 33 (#03 - Alone & #96 - Brilliant; PG-13)

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Title: Love Letters to Theta, age 336
Author: von_gelmini
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Theta/Koschei
Rating: PG-13
WordCount: 395
Warnings: angst
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who. I am not writing this for profit.

Written for Love Letters prompt #3 – Alone

A/N: Thanks to the site Rassilon, Omega, and the Other Guy for referencing the Doctor’s timeline. Not that I’m sticking to it much, but it is nice to know what canon says, even if I break it. : )

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Title: Love Letters to Theta, age 33
Author: von_gelmini
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Theta/Koschei
Rating:: PG-13
Word Count:
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who. I am not writing this for profit.

Written for Love Letters promt #96 - Brilliant

Fic: The Horror of Our Love (1/13)

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Title: The Horror of Our Love 

Author:  british_demon 
Word Count: 8604 total (777 this chapter)
Pairing: Theta/Koschei, Eight/Jacobi!Master (Chapter 12), Ten/Simm!Master (Chapter 13)
Rating: PG-13/T
Warnings: mild adult content
Beta thanks: clutzycricket Who is a far superior writer than me in nearly all ways c:
Summary: The Doctor and the Master… from the day they met to the day it all ended and why. The backstory you always knew existed, but no one talked about.

A/N: My interpretation of the history of Theta Sigma and Koschei, how they met, what their relationship was in school, how the rift happened, how they became the Master and the Doctor, I did my very best to cover ALL of it. There are specific references eo episodic and audio canon, I DID do my best to stick to canon as much as possible. But this is only one interpretation and in that I humbly ask for your deference, this is my opinion, I do not give it as fact.  And... one last thing... this is my BABY. I spent MONTHS trying to perfect this trying to make this the BEST thing I'd ever written... the last chapter especially. It is my pride and if anyone would honor me by reading Iw ould very much appreciate it.

Disclaimer:  Aside from the obvious 'I do not own Doctor Who, the Doctor, the Master... blah blah blah... the BBC owns my soul blah blah blah... etc.' I stole the title from the song 'The Horror of Our Love' by Ludo.  It's a great song and every chapter title is borrowed from a lyric from that song. Why? I don't know, it just helped focus my thoughts and it really represented their relationship to me. Well... I think that covers it...


(Chapter I: Never So Much Blood Pulled Through My Veins)

Rec: The Darkness Drops Again

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I love the anon memes, because people come up with prompts like this, and sometimes we're lucky enough to get responses like this, too.

Pairing: Gatiss!Master/ Colonel Brimmicombe-Wood
Length: PWP
Warnings: explicit, somewhat dark, spoilers for “Sympathy with the Devil”
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): anonymous
Why this must be read:

It happens very rarely that I find a story that pairs the Doctor or the Master not with each other both convincing and enjoyable. This is convincing because it it’s far from a love story, but I enjoy it because it’s also more than a PWP. It manages to show a glimpse of a relationship between the Master and a person who’s not the Doctor (and a human, too!) that could become something like friendship in the way the Doctor and the Brig are friends, if you, you know, reversed the polarity of that relationship. Also, I like to think this ends with the Master forced to work for UNIT, which is always an entertaining idea.

“Sympathy for the Devil” is one of the must-listen audios for D/M fans, in my opinion, because although AU!Doctor isn’t terribly memorable, Mark Gatiss does a very good Master on audio and the (rather slashy) plot gives the Master some interesting potential for character development. Colonel Wood, voice acted by David Tennant in the audio, is pretty much the anti-Brig: unkind, abrasive, pragmatic and not terribly heroic for a UNIT soldier, and for some reason, he makes a great sidekick/foil for the Master. As soon as I had read this story, I shipped it, in a friends-with-benefits way.

Excerpt:
"The second thing I'm going to do," it was Brimmicombe-Wood who first spoke, and when he did, it was with icy determination, "is gather up what UNIT forces are left, and get them home safely. The first thing I'm going to do is kill you."

"You're welcome to try," the Master replied with a gentleness that surprised the colonel, putting on a slim, thin-lipped smile. "Though not only have better men failed, but as it turns out, tonight, there's quite a queue as to what that's concerned."

The Darkness Drops Again on sizeofthatthing