#with 13

[rowanthestrange]

While I usually like some two-sided UST with the Doctor and Master, it’s an interesting position Chibs went with for Dhawan!Master (big gay vibes including @ Thirteen with no conflict there) and Thirteen (emotional reinforced nuclear bunker wall @ him), which does therefore elevate the Thirteen/Yaz.

Because with Ten, all things being equal, he really does break down over Simm!Master more, and while we were still flirting with canoning the relationship there, you’d probably see a good amount of struggle and weeping if Ten had to choose between them. And Twelve and Missy there’s an equality there with Clara, that Missy is aware and actively leans into trying for an OT3 angle. But with Thirteen, the show is clear at all stages, that she definitely loved Yaz more than Dhawan!Master. No question. If forced to choose, she would’ve shot him herself before person making her choose stopped talking.

But because of the writing for Dhawan!Master (and the implications with O), the Doctor/Master is still fine, there’s no sense of retconning that. While simultaneously keeping her love for Yaz paramount beyond question.

[rowanthestrange]

How dark can we go?

Because just following what we have: Barton kills his mother. Swarm kills Tecteun. Both blatant Master mirrors.

Depending on how much the Master understands of both Tigmi, and the extent to what the Division have done with him and the Doctor, along with his suicidal nature…

Does he actually kill Bel (currently therefore plus Tigmi)?

And boom, the Doctor is suddenly disintegrating, panicking, screaming for Yaz because she had no warning she’s just ending now

And depending on which universe we’re talking or however we’re handling it, probably the Master disintegrating too.

Leaving Yaz to have to do something to rewrite this, be the Doctor in the TARDIS because what the hell else is she supposed to do.

Save Tigmi, save the poet, save the universe, she knows this.

We would have probably reminded the audience that Yaz can fly the TARDIS during Vinder’s stick-up - him saying why he could (Amy and the Astronaut one of two) shoot the Doctor. So we can roll fairly easily into her doing just that.

Maybe this is where the podcast fits in from what I know of the premise. “Oh Rowan, Ace and Tegan definitely still exist because-” no, we’ve almost certainly already done our bit seeing them and Kate, cus Yaz looks like she’s already got Kate’s gun in the stick-up.