#this headcanon features prominently in my celestial dimensions au as well

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As much as I totally get that the Master was being shown as a domestic abuser as much as they were allowed to for a family program in ‘The Last Of The Time Lords’, I choose to instead believe that he was just extremely reactive due to, you know, having just run away from a war that scared and traumatized him so severely that he disguised himself as a human at the END OF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE in order to hide from it, and Lucy just tried to hug him from behind or something when he didn’t know she was there and so he immediately threw a punch on reflex; because it is infinitely funnier to me that way.

Lucy: -walking up behind the master- good morning hone- :)

The Master, an extremely anxiety-ridden and traumatized war veteran who just escaped said war: AH- -throws a punch on instinct-

Lucy:

The Master: DON’T FUCKING DO THAT

Lucy:

The Master: -clutching at his hearts as he tries to calm down-

Lucy: that’s it i’m shooting him

Like it’s just so much funnier to me that way. Free my man he did everything wrong but I don’t care.

#doctor who #the master #lucy saxon #like oh i get what canon was trying to imply #but they never said it directly so i get to play in the wiggle room and have fun #simm!master #this is also why he was shaking his hand afterwards #cause he was hurling a punch on panicked reflex so hurt himself too lol #cause considering how much stronger time lords are than humans you would think he wouldn’t be hurting #after punching one #unless he was just going for it on fear #the real miracle here is that lucy survived with only a bruise to show for it tbh #like even in canon if a TIME LORD threw a punch hard enough to feel it #it’s a miracle lucy walked out with only a bruise #send her to unit she’s got something going on fr #this headcanon features prominently in my celestial dimensions au as well #and leads to a funny exchange of #martha: i mean. you know how he treated lucy… #the doctor: oh no- that wasn’t- (knows this is about to hurt) here i’ll show you #and then takes a punch by spooking the master for the bit #and they say man has commitment issues #pshaw