Masterly musings

[kerravonsen]

So, flist of mine, I am wondering, and thinking. Perhaps a stupid question. What do you think it would take to redeem the Master? I don't think Ten could do it, really, he's too messed up himself. I liked the android!Master in "Scream of the Shalka"; nicely ambiguous (and someone wrote a believable series for a backstory for that, which I tend to take as personal canon). Then there was the Master in Now We Have A Map of the Stars, who was chilling and manipulative and still ended up sort of redeemed. He kind of reminds me of Draco Malfoy in A Year Like None Other: a spoiled brat who has good reasons for changing allegiance, but very bad habits to overcome.

I like redemption; but while I could imagine the Master being pragmatic about allegiances with Good Guys, I can't imagine him feeling remorse. And I don't think he could truly be redeemed if he didn't.

Comments

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

While I will happily read fic that tries to convince me otherwise, I can't help but feel, deep down, that he passed the point where that was really possible quite some time back.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I agree. The last time that it seemed possible in the TV series (as opposed to audio and book spin-offs with which I'm not familiar) was "Survival". I couldn't see the Master in the TV movie or as portrayed in New Who as being redeeemable.

[kerravonsen]

Personally, I don't think the Master in the TV movie was actually the Master. My personal canon is that it was all a Dalek plot, and it was a shapeshifter programmed to think it was the Master.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I like that idea. Eric Roberts totally failed to capture the character's charm.