#goosnake!master

[evil-space-villain]

Roberts!master voice: Doctor. Doctor would you still love me if I were a worm

[timespace]

things the master has been turned into:

goosnake

furry

tooth

[yourstatusisnotquo]

(This is one of my favorite trains of Master-related thought!! I got legit excited seeing it being discussed across my dash)

To add to this, I've found the way that this idea of "immortality at all costs" has become less of a goal and more of a curse since the late Simm era extremely interesting.

The Master's three core ingrediants have (more or less) always been 1) Time Lords are superior, 2) I want to be the ruler of the universe, with Gallifrey at its implied center, and 3) I want the Doctor (want him dead, want him as a co-ruler, want him carnally, want him subjugated, want him elevated, all of the above - take it as you will, the answer remains the same).

To accomplish all of the above, he wants to be immortal (or at very least, unkillable. Undefeatable.) But that was simply for the sake of power, and to better obtain those three wants above.

In response, the narrative took away his Time Lord body. Then, his sense of self and reason, repeatedly (eg Survival ep, Morphant/Goosnake, Simm with the drums). Then they took away Gallifrey so there was no one left worth ruling, and even once it was brought back, they have him learn about what they'd done to the Doctor (not to mention to him) and suddenly the entire concept of 'Time Lords as being superior' is taken from him. And of course, the entire story is one big, painfully protracted sequence of him Not Getting The Doctor, no matter what scheme/compromise/threat/plea/gift he comes up with.

The single, solitary thing on his wishlist that he did get was immortality. Just without any of the benifits or power he ever wanted it for. And in the Delgado era that felt fun, almost like a cheeky 'ace-up-the-sleeve', thrown in at the end of epidoses with a "ha ha I'm still alive, see you next time!". But now, 'never dying' has gone from something victorious, to something physically difficult (Ainley), then to something painful and ruinous (Roberts), then to something spiteful and almost involuntary (Simm), then to so something so involuntary it borders on hysterical (Gomez), and finally to something that feels cursed to continue even despite his own efforts (Dhawan).

Has there ever been a character who gets such a protracted and painful narrative of every one of their fears coming true? I don't think there has been, and it's one of the things that makes the Master an incredible character, but damn if he doesn't have an extremely rough story, the consequences of which we're so rarely given exposure to.

I do believe that the current Master is still desperate to never die. Or at least he'd say as much - mostly out of habit, fear, a need for control, a desire to win - you name it. But I think that he wants it all to be over equally as much, to the extent that you get moments like Dhawan consuming that cyber metal with what feels like a Russian roulette mentality of being 50/50 on whether or not it'll kill him.

There's an element of autonomy to it too. Survival against all odds used to feel like an autonomous choice for him - like the ultimate act of power. That gave it value! Now, it feels like surviving has become something obligatory and forced upon him, and it feels like the Master has become aware of this. It feels like watching a character realize it's less that he's less immortal, and more that the option to die has been taken from him, and his fury and horror at that mindset shift has been a little disturbing to watch. Doubly so, because our story's mouthpiece (the Doctor) hasn't seemed to realize this. (Yet.)

You know, the masters life post-delgado is consistently a nightmare. This might have something to do with the abrupt nature of delgado-masters departure, which just... ends after frontier in space because Roger Delgado died in a car accident while filming for another show (which affected the entire shows lore and also influenced Pertwees decision to leave). The master is never quite the same afterwards. But... the deadly assassin establishes that this is the masters final life that he is trying desperately to prolong even though he is actively decaying. in the keeper of traken he says this:

"You will find immobility endurable, Doctor. I speak from experience."

Quite seriously, the Master as we see him in frontier in space is the last time we ever see him in his own body, fully alive and not on the brink of death. For him to be so desperate to stay alive that he would choose such a painful and degrading existence even temporarily, that's horrific, so it probably explains his increasingly deranged and manic plots.

The doctor, with his typical gallifreyan prejudice, dismisses this as the master being irresponsible with his regenerations (funny enough by the time the master was on his last life the doctor is only on his third) but it says something that some of the masters most evil and depraved crimes (possessing Tremas, eating people and turning the human race into him, whatever tf he was doing in the TV movie) are committed simply out of a need to stay alive, and is that so selfish? Well, yes, but what would you do?

[enzymedevice]

My poor little meow meow, goosnake!Master

[doctorwhoisadhd]

[ID: eric roberts as the sleeping paramedic from the tv movie: deepthroating goosnake!master /end ID]

man still cant believe the toymaker was just like "Oh yea see this gold tooth? thats the master" as if it was the first time the masters been in a guys mouth

[natequarter]

loving the "how the nuwho masters would get caught in a bodyswap au" but what about the classic masters

[heimeldat]

Thoughts on the Morphant?

Legitimately impressive CGI. About as logical as anything else in Doctor Who. Honestly part of me is disappointed there's an explanation at all. It would be funnier and more in keeping with the Master's history of inexplicable survival if he just...turned into a goosnake 'cause reasons.

[thefigmented]

NOT DONE WITH CLASSIC ROLESWAP DESIGNS QUITE YET so here are my boys!!! I love them!!

McGann!Master likes to bait people into arguments, then feign innocence when the other person snaps to make them look like a fool, and at first glance seems serious business and no nonsense but then you spend any extended amount of time with him when he's not putting up a front and realize how much of a dramatic bastard he is. Think McGann’s character from Always Crashing in the Same Car but more of a flashy idiot. Also, he’s still technically goosnake in this AU. His body is slowly falling apart and because he knows this, he tends to be a bit more indulgent/hedonistic, ya know, just in case he doesn’t find a new body in time.

Roberts!Doctor is so clumsy, seriously somebody save this man from himself. His jacket is far too large for him and he likes to wear fun socks. He’s also very easily excited and is very enthusiastic about most things. To think that this is the one that’d have to go through at least the beginning of the time war,,,,,, oh dear.

[magistermantis]

Doctor Who: The Master Escapes - The Movie

[cookiepianos]

I did this last month as an entry for a Doctor Who fanart competition - I didn’t win lol so I’ve posted it on deviantART :P http://fav.me/db0xlug Also available to buy on redbubble! https://www.redbubble.com/people/cookiepianos/works/25514296-the-enemy-within?asc=t

[bullet-farmer]

I got tagged in a “Getting to Know You” meme by @once-a-polecat. ONE: name/alias - Jo, or Bullet Farmer. I answer to both.

TWO: birthday - August.

THREE: zodiac sign - Leo, Gemini rising and Moon. :)

FOUR: height - Five foot five/six ish.

FIVE: hobbies - writing, cats, collecting perfume, making jewelry (trying to do that professionally, though), TV

SIX: favorite colors - greens of any shade; black, white, and red in combinations; dark blue

SEVEN: favorite books - The Neverending Story, most of Alan Moore’s work (Tom Tomorrow bored me, though, and The Killing Joke makes me really uncomfortable, and I don’t like it), Les Miserables, and you know what? I don’t know. I don’t read for pleasure much anymore, unless it’s fanfic.

EIGHT: last song I listened to - The Doomed by A Perfect Circle

NINE: last film I watched - Late Night, on Netflix. A great movie about gender issues, racism, and ageism in the TV industry. Written and directed by two Indian American women!

TEN: inspiration for my muse - Not sure. Right now maybe not dying? 

ELEVEN: dream job - My current job, except ADHD and grief didn’t ruin it for me.

TWELVE: meaning behind your url - The Bullet Farmer is one of the antagonists from Mad Max: Fury Road. I sort of got hyperfixated with him and his ride, and now I’m pretty much Bullet Farmer (or KellerProcess) everywhere.

THIRTEEN: top 3 ships: Fuck it, I’m doing more than that: Ebony Maw/Thanos, Beelzebub/Gabriel, Aziraphale/Crowley, Hastur/Ligur/Sandalphon (in any combination of two or more), Beelzebub/Dagon, Michael/one of my OFCs (in an rp a friend and I are doing),  Uriel/Dagon, Sandalphon/Gabriel, Proxima Midnight/Corvus Glaive, Cull Obsidian/The Other (based on an RP a friend and I have been doing for ages), the Bullet Farmer/the People Eater/Immortan Joe (in any combination), Loki/Thor, the Doctor/the Master (in any regeneration with any regeneration, yes even Crispy!Master and Goosnake!Master), Martha/Ten (I am so pissed off this didn’t happen), Utena/Anthy, Hux/Poe, Finn/Rose, Kylo/Rey, Amadeus/Salieri (from the movie, not IRL), Javert/Jean Valjean (pretty much any iteration of them, my goodness!), Elena/Rude (Final Fantasy VII), Charlie/Dee (Always Sunny), Newt/Hermann/Hannibal Chau (Pacific Rim, in any combination), Natasha/Loki (MCU), Mantis/Nebula (new to it, but loving it), Grandmaster & Topaz (queerplatonic friendship), Jukrat/Roadhog/Sombra (in any permutation, though I hate the Overwatch fandom so much), Symmetra/Pharah, Junkrat/Roadhog/Queen of Junkertown (in any permutation), Moira/Mercy, Moira/Junkrat...I’m just gonna stop there

FOURTEEN: lipstick or chapstick - Neither. Only if I need chapstick really badly.

FIFTEEN: currently reading - Lots of fanfic.

Tagging @silentfcknhill, @ineffably-human, @bai-xue, @the-beelz, @standardizedbogey, @gallifreytreeflower, @hasturlavista, @bigbeautifulcartoonpeople, @thefeistydragon ,I don’t know, I’m tired and blanking on people I know I want to add here. Please do it if you want to, and please know I don’t love you any less if I fucked up and didn’t include your name.

[thereyvan]

”get yourself a Victorian-aesthetic romantic manic pixie timelord boy” yes i definitely will

doctor who: the movie (1996) + letterboxd reviews

[a-sad-secret-death]

oh no not this goosnake!master bullshit again

[ask-themasters]

I know this is technically just the masters, but 8, how do you feel about goo snake master?

“WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH GOO-SNAKE??”

hey look at that roberts is here to answer asks now cuz i’ve decided i like him

[clockworkouroboros]

👏goosnake👏master👏is👏valid👏and👏deserves👏recognition👏

[natequarter]

really funny how nobody has come up with a consistent system for naming different time lord regenerations. first doctor second doctor third doctor. delgado master crispy master ainley master goosnake. romana i romana ii romana iii. rassilon other rassilon other other rassilon