Stockholm Syndrome was a human psychological response which was discarded as pop psychology centuries before she was born, so Jenny had never heard of it. All she knew was that the Master wouldn't let her out, and that ropes really, really hurt when they're left on your wrists for too long.
She did not understand. She was not a prisoner of war, the Master said as much. He didn't want to torture her for information, because what information could she possibly have? He said she was his hostage. She was a weapon of a game - a war game, that's how she saw it, and when she suggested that there was something in his eyes - and that game put her father as the Master's opposition.
If this man was her father's enemy, she had warned him, but he laughed and told her that the Doctor was his best enemy, as well as his oldest friend. Still, she did not understand.
So he told her stories of the Master and the Doctor. He told her the story backwards, from paradox machines and the Eye of Harmony to planets of fire and the Rod and Sash and Key of Rassilon to war games played on planet Earth. Eventually, he told her of Gallifrey and a broken friendship.
It's funny, but when time is reversed, things seem turned all around.
Stockholm Syndrome was a human psychological response which was discarded as pop psychology centuries before she was born, so Jenny had never heard of it. All she knew is that she wanted to help the Master, and she'd do anything he asked of her for that.
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Jenny/The Master (Simm)
Date: 2009-03-05 05:58 pm (UTC)She did not understand. She was not a prisoner of war, the Master said as much. He didn't want to torture her for information, because what information could she possibly have? He said she was his hostage. She was a weapon of a game - a war game, that's how she saw it, and when she suggested that there was something in his eyes - and that game put her father as the Master's opposition.
If this man was her father's enemy, she had warned him, but he laughed and told her that the Doctor was his best enemy, as well as his oldest friend. Still, she did not understand.
So he told her stories of the Master and the Doctor. He told her the story backwards, from paradox machines and the Eye of Harmony to planets of fire and the Rod and Sash and Key of Rassilon to war games played on planet Earth. Eventually, he told her of Gallifrey and a broken friendship.
It's funny, but when time is reversed, things seem turned all around.
Stockholm Syndrome was a human psychological response which was discarded as pop psychology centuries before she was born, so Jenny had never heard of it. All she knew is that she wanted to help the Master, and she'd do anything he asked of her for that.
Why, she'd do anything at all.
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Requests: Jenny/Romana (any), Hex Schofield/The Master (any)