I love this entire fic madly. All of the nods to canon are delightful. For some reason, one of my very favorite things about this alternate universe is Tremas. I love that you have a Tremas who can interpret Ainley!Master's bizarre facial expressions and take pity on him and all but tell him that Five misses him. And Ainley!Master's inaccurate translation of what Tremas said about Five...seriously, that was the crowning touch. I don't know why I'm so focused on this one small detail in an incredibly gorgeous and witty and detail-rich adventure, but I am. I'm sorry.
Oh, and your characterization of Five is great, but what you've done with Ainley!Master is beyond brilliant. Also, I love how you have Five wishing, early on, that he had met the Master under less adversarial circumstances. Oh, my dear Doctor, how naive you can be ;)
I'm glad you like it, it's probably my favorite of mine. Tremas still being around *and meeting them* is maybe the crowning instance of 'this universe is too nice, for real'.
I don't know that I've really done much with Five and Ainley!Master so much as... written them long enough that they have the time/scope to emerge more as characters? This pairing needs more longfic, for real! Short fic is well and good for what it is, but I really like the dynamic narrative and characterization possibilities of longer work, and would LOVE there to be more.
Here from the anonmeme - this fic is absolutely brilliant. I've read a lot of fanfic over the years, but this one caught me completely by surprise. The banter between the Doctor and the Master is wickedly good, and your descriptions of their psychic connection managed to be touching without resorting to cliches. I found myself genuinely rooting for them to work through their issues. Bravo.
The b_e meme -- though I'd love a link to any other memes you find fantastic (I'm new to the concept of Dr. Who slash ;) I will definitely look forward to browsing your other stories...I have such a soft spot for Five.
I don't really go on the who_anon meme much, and it's not very fic-focused? It doesn't necessarily do a ton of reccing, and when it does I find the quality of the recs to be a bit uneven. That's usually true of recs, from b_e's to calufrax, but who_anon's can be especially dicey. There's sizeofthatthing (http://sizeofthatthing.livejournal.com/), which is a general kink meme for Who with all sorts of pairings. Sizeof sometimes has good quality things, but in general it's more focused on providing explicit sexytimes with certain kinks than on the sort of anon prompting/request-filling/story-creation that the b_e meme's better at? Where you want to go depends on personal tastes and mood, really. While there's great stuff and less great stuff on both, I'm generally more of a b_e meme girl, and not just out of solidarity. And thanks, that's v. kind of you. He's also one of my absolute favorites.
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Oh, and your characterization of Five is great, but what you've done with Ainley!Master is beyond brilliant. Also, I love how you have Five wishing, early on, that he had met the Master under less adversarial circumstances. Oh, my dear Doctor, how naive you can be ;)
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I don't know that I've really done much with Five and Ainley!Master so much as... written them long enough that they have the time/scope to emerge more as characters? This pairing needs more longfic, for real! Short fic is well and good for what it is, but I really like the dynamic narrative and characterization possibilities of longer work, and would LOVE there to be more.
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