The Master's madness is just another case of "the time war did it" - something in the time war changed the Master's timeline so he hears, and always has heard, the drums. What was that "something"? Oh yeah, the last day, when Rassilon ordered that the drumming be implanted into the Master's mind as a child! Rassilon would never have been resurrected to make that order if it weren't for the time war (and of course there'd never have been a "last day of the time war" if it weren't for the time war).
Now we just need to make the time war all the Doctor's fault, so we can finally make everything wrong with the Master because of the Doctor!
Isnāt all that the Master is already because of the Doctor?
If we donāt count the fact that they had promised to travel the stars together and the Doctor just fucking yeeted instead of upholding his promise, didnāt the Doctor offer the Masterās soul (or whatever) to Death after the Torvic incident to be Deathās champion instead of him making them, in fact, enemies and thus creating the Master?
my brain just birthed this masterpiece and who was I to stand in the way of its greatness?
so, letās play āWhat Your Favourite Koschei Says About Youā (Tag yourself Classic Who Version!)
1. Og Bby Koschei (Academy Years Koschei): youāre sweet, a bit too sweet for your own good, but you have big ideals and you believe with everything in yourself that you can and will make a difference in the world. and if your way to go about it is a little bit too unhinged, well, nobody has to know
2. Gentleman Koschei (The Delgado Master): youāre still a very sweet person, but life got to you. Repeatedly. In the face. Nothing ever goes your way, but youāre used to it so you still make the best of every difficult situation you find (and most of the time you put) yourself in. you absolutely do not have a crush on that old man, why do people keep asking you that!?
3. Crispy Koschei (The Crispy Master, since I decided thatās their official name now): you have issues. And you are very stubborn, as you go on and on even when life really is trying to fuck you over. Good for you on that! But still, Many Issues. Please go see a doctor about it. (pun intended?)
4. Kitty Cat Koschei (The Ainley Master): you are a Powerhouse. Youāre fierce. You persevered and you got what you wanted even when it looked like you really were done for and you totally never used problematic methods to get it!! Good on you! Still, what is up with you and cats?? like, I get you love them but thatāsā¦ a little weird
5. ER doctor Koschei (The Roberts Master): you are a total style icon, you are very ambition driven and, most importantly, you are totally normal!! Yessir nothing is wrong about you, nothing at all. Well, nothing except the weird alien gummy worm with world domination ambitions that took control of you body, but who doesnāt have one, right?
Bonus!
6. Mr.Roboto Koschei (Android Master to the Alt Ninth Doctor): you areā¦ letās say unique. Really unique. And totally human!! haha nothing to see here. While at first glance you may appear as cold and unfeeling towards others, thatās totally not true! You are sassy, cold and unfeeling, which in you opinion is a pretty big difference. While your existence might be centred around someone or a specific place that holds importance in your life, you canāt help but long for more and know in you heart that one day (and totally not with questionable methods) you will get it.
oh to be dragged on social media by some of the vilest bigots this country has to offer, and then rock up to a press night wearing a non-binary badge and pink nail polish after a blissful day of literally not giving a fuck. can i get anything for you king. anything at all
since this seems to be the tangent I am currently on, here we fucking go again with my latest toschei brainrot:
I canāt fucking get over the fact that Theta was meant to be the Master, but that they intrinsecally embodied everything that the Master is and fucking CHANGED THE COURSE OF THEIR FUTURE bc they didnāt want that and so they simply fucking YEETED REAPONSABILITY ONTO KOSCHEI like it was nothing??? I canāt with this child
the worst thing is that you can see it too: everything the Doctor does is always hyper controlled, like they are afraid of letting part of themself go, like they fear that part of themself
AND they always need (almost compusively) to be the āgoodā guy of the situation, like they have something to prove, almost as if they know that they really arenāt
also, to be completely honest, everywhere the Doctor goes, they bring misery: almost everyone the Doctor meets ends up dead in a way or another, or misplaced in time, or with their heart broken, or with all of the above
though I am not too sure about the Master themself
like, I know that Koschei really wasnāt meant to be the Master, but since they did became the Master, I feel that they too had the potential, just less then Theta, apparently
thatās why they keep on telling Theta that they are two sides of the same coin: because they fucking are!! the same!! (one of them is more cowardly than the other though)
but I dunno, maybe they could also have become the Doctor, or some version of it at least, after all they showed that every time they donāt remember who they are they become an almost normal and genuinely good person (YANA I LOVE YOU, also The Master audio, guys, The Master audio), or that they are at least capable of change (MISSY, MY BELOVED MISSY)
āwho knows, could have been interestingā I say, normally, while I go back to thinking about thoschei a normal amount. normally.
People exist who actually want the Master to be written out of the show? Even temporarily? Theyāre likeā¦the only other reoccurring character. The only other active character that can be recasted. Almost as central and iconic to the show as Cybermen or Daleks. Infamous for coming back from the dead. The Doctorās person.
who is it that wants my little meow meow out of the show?? theyāre talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely never have been done before, unafraid to reference or not refere-
i swear if I think too hard about that one comic where the doctor literally unalived (rip torvic) one of their classmates because he was hurting the master, then made the master forget it was the doctor who did it and proceeded to plant a fake memory of the master being the one to end torvic instead of them in the masterās head, while also offering the master up instead of themself to Death itself to be their champion and therefore switching their destinies forever i will cry
i swear if I think too hard about that one comic where the doctor literally unalived (rip torvic) one of their classmates because he was hurting the master, then made the master forget it was the doctor who did it and proceeded to plant a fake memory of the master being the one to end torvic instead of them in the masterās head, while also offering the master up instead of themself to Death itself to be their champion and therefore switching their destinies forever i will cry
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