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and the master always hoped that he did not belong to this. because his doctor always loves, right? always forgives, no matter what he does, right? only all this hope is broken with the same zeal
don't let their seemingly straight-passing tension fool you, they are still very gay and dysfunctional
My Doctor Who Ships
OTP: Eleven/Clara (Whouffle/Souffez)
I don’t care what everyone says… I ship them and them only.
Pairings I like (they’re not ranked):
Doctor/Rose (NineRose and TenRose)
During my first watch of NewWho these two just steals my heart already.
Doctor/River (Yowzah)
“Spoilers” and “Hello Sweetie” makes this ship one of my faves.
13/Yaz (Thasmin)
Since S11 I was onboard.
13/Spy Master (Spydoc)
NGL tho, I immediately shipped them after seeing them together for 1 millisecond.
12/Missy
This scene and the possibility of Missy being good in S10 just gives me the reason why I ship them.
Amy/Rory
Of course we would not forget about Amy and Rory. They are arguably IMO the goldest couple in the show’s history.
i just think theyre neat
Please, come back and me haunt me
Take me in your arms and kiss me till apocalypse
“doesn’t matter what face he was wearing, they’re all the doctor to me.”
*thirteenth doctor voice* not anymooore!
DOCTOR WHO, S12E02 Spyfall: Part Two
something something the doctor having this incurable ability to see the beauty in everything, no matter their intentions.
am completely aware that it’s Not That Deep, and that this has nothing whatsoever to do with thoschei but i’d like to use it as an example of the many times the doctor’s seen the master commit atrocities yet still, found the beauty in them (by them i mean the master)
the doctor is literally strapped to a chair here. he’s been kidnapped, rolled about and slapped yet; he still will not give up on the master and their childhood dream to wander the stars together. he can’t help but think his old friend could be more, could be beautiful again. he’s the only person who can see the master’s potential for good, although he is known to be evil. he admires the master’s intelligence, when anyone else would think nothing of it because of what he uses it for.
with that admiration also comes a deep yearning for them to be equals again, not just in their cleverness but in their ideals. they are inherently the same but they don’t stand on the same side and that causes a wall in their relationship, a wall which the doctor would like to tear down by guiding the master towards goodness.
and i’d like to add that the situation’s a bit different here, obviously, since the doctor and missy were already trying to make their friendship work again. so the doctor reminisces and feels nostalgic about their past, he is hopeful about their future and wants his friend (bill) to understand why. their history’s not just history, it’s an endless cycle of meetings and goodbyes. they’re never truly gone from each other.
bill even goes so far as admitting being scared of missy. however the doctor can’t give any response to that, can’t make any promises to his friend because his oldest friend needs his help and he’s already made up his mind. he’s aware he finds a monster beautiful but he does nothing to change it.
and last but not least, this little thing. i can’t even begin to get into the atrocities spymaster committed towards the universe at large and the doctor specifically. the entire episode is filled with mentions of his past crimes, and there’s no forgiveness to be found this time, however the doctor is still noticeably unable of ignoring his brilliance, quite ironically, in the same manner he tried to be her and have a companion to “bask” in it.
all this to say— the doctor clearly associates ingenuity with beauty on top of just admiring the two, especially when they come together. and the master, being the doctor’s first friend, and a brilliant one at that, fits every criteria. the doctor’s also not just alien to humans, but alien to their own species and anyone else in the universe when it comes to how they perceive the master. therefore, the master may be beautiful to the doctor, but to everyone else, they’re evil.
don’t care much for the drumming bit but the i forgive you healed me
The drumming. Can’t you hear it? I thought it would stop, but it never does. It never, ever stops. Inside my head. The drumming, Doctor, the constant drumming.