#rp; rory williams

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@cag3dsong | for river song.

It remains odd that his daughter - his daughter! - is an intergalactic legend. A fact Rory is extremely proud of, really, but that does not detract the fact that whenever he meets River, he is hard-pressed not to hover and worry. That's his kid, okay!

"Come on, let me take a look at that before you have to jump off again."

[canisonicscrewyou]

DUNNO WHAT OTHER ANON WAS TALKING ABOUT BUT I CARE. tell me about it

I have been meaning to answer these for like a hot week. Take my hand(s). Come with me. This AU is excellent if you don't care too much about canon and if you want to permanently ruin the way you watch Eleven's run w the Ponds. This is also just straight infodumping.

This post is both shorter and longer than I expected. I can talk about this for ages so this is truly one of those topics that’s like If You Have Any Questions At All About Fobwatched Rory!Master AU GimmeGimmeGimme I Will Always Be Down To Talk About Him/Them.

The gist is that this is an AU where Rory Williams is still Rory Williams. It’s just that Rory Williams should not exist? It’s just that Rory Williams Definitely Did Not Exist until some busted TARDIS fell into a backyard in Leadworth in the 90s and sat there to rot. It’s- It’s just that Rory Williams is a front. Was made up. Rory Williams is genetically human. Rory Williams has a fobwatch that has been harboring the Master for as long as Rory Williams has existed.

The background is that the year is 2012 and this is a headcanon being tossed around because the Master has not even been alluded to in Eleven’s run. Criminal. This premise was promptly stolen by me and ruined my brain for the next 12 years. There are a handful of fanfics that explore this premise, it’s been Too Long since I’ve read any so I truly don’t have any recommendations right now.

So. We have Rory Williams.

You may ask me “Hey, Andrew, in 2012 when other people were playing with this headcanon, was there anything in canon that could have supported this? Not because you NEED to justify headcanons and AUs with hard canon. I’m just curious.” and I say thank you for specifying. YES. Definitely. Totally.

I hope this helps :)) No straws were being grasped :)) It will be like 3 more years until Missy is introduced :))))) Some of us were starving :))))))))

So now that that’s some fun fandom lore established let’s settle this bastard (the Master)’s timeline…

From the Doctor’s timeline: Eleven has not actually seen the Master. Eleven’s last time seeing the Master was Simm!Master being dragged back to Gallifrey before the regeneration tour. The Master is dead.

From the Master’s timeline: Missy is dying. Missy is trying not to die and is effectively kickstarting a new regeneration cycle.

There are two priorities here: Get far away from the Doctor and get far away from any version of themself. In fact that new regeneration cycle might take time to fully develop. Doubly in fact, the Master’s TARDIS is not in good shape.

Solution: chameleon arch.

Rory Williams is not meticulously planned as a human. Rory Williams didn’t even have a name made up when the Master was both regenerating and going under the chameleon arch. There was no planning or time to plan. There was just going, and hoping for the best, because the chameleon arch will sort itself out just fine. (wrong)

Amelia Pond moves to Leadworth with her family as a young girl.

The night Amelia Pond settles into a house with a crack in the bedroom wall, a TARDIS crashes in someone else’s backyard in Leadworth. And Brian and Mallory Williams suddenly remember that they were supposed to be renovating their daughter’s bedroom (that strangely looks like a home office at the time), and put Rory Williams to sleep on the couch after he comes wandering in from the woods out back.

Rory Williams meets Amelia Pond the literal next day, and immediately, unknowingly, the youngest 7 year old in existence Fucks The Master’s Whole Shit Up For An Entire Millennia.

About a week later, the Doctor crash-lands into Amelia Pond’s backyard, and there is literally too much going on for him to even get a HINT that his Best Divorced Enemy is taking a ✨Mental Health Break✨ a few blocks over.

Amelia tells Rory all about the Raggedy Doctor she met and he does not question the weird anxious feeling in his stomach at all, because this kid is dealing with other things, like transgenderism and hanging off of Amelia Pond’s arm and also her Every Last Word. He will get dragged into games of Raggedy Doctor until they are at least 15 and will look at all of her Raggedy Doctor fanart and trinkets and listen to her borderline religious obsession with this character and is the only person in Leadworth aside from Mels to not look at her funny or tell her its all A Bit Too Much when she starts ranting about him. He decides early on he wants to be a doctor. Or maybe a nurse.

curb your enthusiasm.mp3

Everything from Eleventh Hour on is… Pretty accurate. The Master isn’t even really involved. The Master is in an old antique wristwatch somewhere in the Williams’ house, buried in boxes in Rory’s closet. I’m sure there’s a joke there somewhere.

Rory Williams is just. Like that.

The Master has no hand in Rory Williams’ sheer inability to die.

Every time Rory somehow evades inexistence the Master is pleasantly surprised. It makes absolutely no damn sense how this random human managed to escape death multiple times. It makes no damn sense that he just so managed to become an Auton just so he could guard his girlfriend for 1000 years (for the Doctor, but it’s important that every move this man makes is in Amy Pond’s name. The Doctor doesn’t even cross Rory’s mind when he decides to watch over the Pandorica.).

Rory Williams does not think much about how anxious he feels in the TARDIS. Somehow, the TARDIS makes him feel claustrophobic. Somehow, he feels like he isn’t welcome there, though nobody around him would give him that impression, ever. He does not think much about how he understood how the TARDIS worked immediately outside of the one article he read on dimensional travel. There is a period of time where he thinks the sickly feeling he gets in his stomach looking at the Doctor is just him needing to unpack weird feelings around his own bisexuality and Amy teases him relentlessly for it, because honestly, it’s just mortifying that it’s the Doctor of all people.

Around the Power of Three, Brian Williams is downsizing. It’s just him living in Rory’s childhood home now, no reason to hold onto all of these boxes of things.

Brian discovers an old, busted wrist watch in Rory’s childhood bedroom, buried deep in his closet shelves where he frankly never even touched. There’s some part of his memory that tells him it was from Rory’s grandfather, some hand me down, a gift for a christening, something. Rory should have this watch. Rory would want it. Next time he sees Rory, he gives it to him.

Rory is now aware of the watch. The Master is now aware that Rory is aware of the watch. The watch has gotten incredibly claustrophobic. The Universe resetting itself doesn’t take away Rory’s centurion stint, and it doesn’t apply to streams of consciousness that are hidden in dusty Time Lord tech. Rory does not want to open the watch- there is a part of Rory deeply self aware that if it’s opened, he will no longer exist. Every fiber of Rory’s being feels compelled to open the watch. The Master does want to open the watch- but the Master does not, cannot have, the watch opening around the Doctor. Neither man wins in this scenario.

You are the Master. You explicitly chose some random coordinates and fobwatched yourself into some random human with a random backstory. You somehow wound up best friends with the person obsessed with your ex that you were AVOIDING. You all traipse around his TARDIS together. You die and come back multiple times for this girl, this woman that you hooked onto immediately. Your daughter marries that same fucking ex. You couldn't have pranked yourself harder if you tried.

You are Amy Pond. You shouldn't really exist but you do against all odds. And you do not deserve any of this.

When the Master comes out(ha.) it is messy and awkward and nobody has a good time. There is no discernible reason why the Doctor should believe the Master going “oops !! oopsie !! well this is awkward isn’t it !!!!” while wearing the face of his best friend’s husband, and a very good friend of his own, and also technically his father-in-law. The Master is also aware of this. The Master is, actually, feeling kind of guilty that he killed Amy Pond’s husband right in front of her?

The Master has been locked in a state of half-regeneration for 1000 years. The Master has been in Rory Williams head, and likewise the Master has had Rory Williams in his own head. The Master is softly aware that there is something different in him this time around. There is something that feels decidedly human, sickly and overly emotional and cagey. There’s also just plain dysphoria when he looks in the mirror as himself, as the Master and not Rory, for the first time, something that absolutely fucks up the Master who is A. A Time Lord who has regenerated dozens of times B. Up until this point frequently operates on the idea that “Any Working Body Is A Good Body”.z

Eleven hates his guts. Amy is not fond either. (I am convinced that if that watch opened up without the Doctor around at all he would’ve immediately snatched up Amy and forced her to be his best friend even if she didn’t want to. I am certain that if Rory opened the watch at a few specific points the Master could’ve absolutely just willingly whisked Amy away to be his own companion and they would be sooo fucked up together.) It is uncertain to everyone involved whether or not River knew this was a possibility, let alone something she knew would even happen. The Master is spiraling. The Master is also lonely, both in the present and in the memory of being Missy. The memory of a Doctor who doesn’t exist yet. Rory Williams is a ghost that haunts the Master until he regenerates. Rory is in his sudden knowledge of how to properly bandage a burn. Rory is in his hesitation at saying the coldest and cruelest thing he could think of to get a reaction out of Amy Pond. Missy is in the inside joke he quips to the Doctor before realizing that the joke hasn’t happened yet. Missy is in the way he wonders if the Doctor even had a chance at remembering this regeneration of his since the whole timeline is disrupted, so does it actually matter what he does with it? Between Rory and between everything that happened with Missy and the Saxon Master and Twelve, is he actually what he perceives as the Master anymore? Or will another version of himself eventually just come along and put him down like a sick dog for not performing correctly, too?

Rory haunts the Master in the way that the Doctor can’t look at the Master’s face without revulsion for ages. Until the Master is grasping at straws, and suddenly insisting that the Doctor look him in the eyes. And he does- he just barely does. It’s not what he was expecting, but he does it. The Master grabs at his wrist and there’s a desperate insistence to the way he says it, the most pathetic “Say My Name” to ever fall from any regeneration’s lips, and when the Doctor does say “Master…”, it’s only to follow up with “Master… Are you okay?” because NO he clearly isn’t. The Master is quite obviously never okay but this is different, nothing is working the way it used to, nothing sounds right and even the Doctor isn’t doing it right and it’s clearly(/s) all just because of Fucking Rory Williams.

Anyways. It’s about haunting your own narrative and it’s about how to best fuck up a Time Lord who was Too Human For Too Long. It’s about giving the Master empathy and both gender and social dysphoria and an identity crisis.

It's also about Amelia Pond and Rory Williams, two human beings who by all accounts should NOT exist at all, finding and loving each other because two TARDISes crash landed in Leadworth in 1996.

In Conclusion:

P.S. while I’m here: Him Face (Also important to note that if you’ve read this far in, congratulations, you get the added fun fact of knowing that in this the Master’s TARDIS is a horribly beat up and graffiti’d vending machine. It’s not stuck like that. It’s just how his TARDIS prefers to present, and shockingly, the Master’s TARDIS refuses to listen to a word he fucking says.)

[euphoriclusts]

open to: w / m / nb. character: rory williams. cis man. bisexual. nurse.

"where have i been? oh...around. sick. busy. life, y'know?"

[emilythezeldafan]

Open Starter

((first encounter, open for muses of all genders and ages. OCs and crossovers welcome.))

"My, what kind of trouble have I got myself into now..?"

The Blue Eyed Ginger thought to herself, sighing as she looked down at her dress, which had been soaked along with her hair thanks to her falling into a pool earlier. Her clumsiness would be the death of her one day...though death didn't mean the same to a time lady as it would to a human. The Doctor was probably worrying himself sick over the whereabouts of his companion, and she could imagine him getting chewed out by Amy. Maybe even River.

The thought made her chuckle to herself.

"Excuse me," Amerie Rowe lightly tapped a stranger on the shoulder, sighing as she pulled her hand away quickly and attempted to wring the water from her hair. "Would you mind telling me when and where exactly I am? I find myself temporarily unaware of my whereabouts." Why she avoided the word lost so adamantly, even she didn't seem to know.

[deathxproof]

I DON’T HAVE TIME TO DIE !!!

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Sporadic activity, low-formatting, text-heavy, lots of AUs and lots of headcanons. Multi-ship, multi-verse, AU, OC, crossover, etc etc friendly. Incredibly queer in here. Main Muses: (Regenerated)Susan Foreman, The Master, Rory Williams, AU! Theta & Koschei, && the Doctor. ft. AU Rory!Master(Arthur Darvill!Master) & Regen Susan Foreman 5! :3

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[the-lone-centurian]

You know when being a conditionally immortal plastic Roman is a really big part of your life and then the universe reboots and you forget but then your wife remembers her best friend back into existence and also remembers this really big part of your life back into existence and suddenly you're plastic again and you have all the memories of your life except for some kinda repressed stuff around the mid 14th century and you keep alternating between everything being fine and really just trying to process?

[deathxproof-archive]

This one is a Starter Call for Rory Williams !!

Like and/or Interact with this post for a Rory Williams starter !! Multis specify muse probably, but not necessarily required.

Length will vary, && if you wanna message me to plot feel free <33 !!!

[the-lone-centurian]

Speaking as an ancient roman who has lived a lot of life, I was very disappointed. And I was born in this century! Though, to be fair, I was also born way back then so...

[legendsoffaerun]

CASTMATES REQUESTED

The following characters have been requested.

Rory Williams

Clara Oswald

Bill Potts

Other versions of the Doctor

Claimed Doctor Who characters

Amy Pond River Song 12th Doctor 13th Doctor Ruby Sunday

PREMISE | RULES | MASTERLIST | INVITE | NAVIGATION

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@misfitpuzzlepieces | continued from here.

This was too much energy for this time in the morning, but Rory couldn't say he was surprised. He rubbed his face wearily, hiding the bemused tilt to his mouth behind his hand until he could adopt an expression that was a lot more disapproving. "That's not a good thing, Doctor. Sleep is important. Sleep keeps us from making mistakes because we're running on fumes and caffeine and suddenly, you're giving a patient the wrong meds and almost poisoning them instead of healing them." A specific example that has happened to at least three of his colleagues at the hospital. It was why he had a speech for it. Or had, before his own sleep had gotten disturbed by memories and nightmares and what could have beens. It would have made him a hypocrite to use it now. "Was going to get a bit of warm milk, actually. You want some?"

[canisonicscrewyou]

I’m not going to ask if this is anything because this has been everything to me for like 10 years now.

Whoever first started tossing around the fan theory around season 5 or 6 that Rory Williams was actually the Master in a fobwatch, I owe you my life, and you owe me years in therapy bills.

But now I’m actually in the beginning process of plotting out a cohesive(ish) fanfic* using my Rory/Darvill!Master, and maybe that plus drawing my self-diagnosed Pretty Boy will help get the fungi out of my brain (<- impossible)(<- the fungus is now a load-bearing part of my brain.)

*(in which the Master gains enough control+consciousness to… kind of put Rory in the fob(wrist)watch and like, he COULD probably just open the watch. But now Rory’s stubborn, and he can see what will happen, and he can use Rory as some kind of hostage, and… he’s kind of fond of him after like, a thousand and thirty some years, technically. Hence giving Rory a body+voice through a TARDIS hologram port.)(probably. it’s an early WIP for a reason.)

[the-lone-centurian]

*cough*thedoctor*cough*

History fans be like: "Yeah that's my scrimblo babygirl blorbo"

And the "babygirl" in question is a decaying, sad, middle aged man who's lived through the horrors of the world.

[deathxproof]

Starter Call For !!! Arthur Darvill!Master AND/OR Rory Williams

It’s a 2-for-1. The Master is the Master, it’s just that the Master spent time s Rory Williams, for, well, a long while.

Read More About Rory Williams & Rory/Darvill!Master Here!

!! Like or Interact for a Master Starter and/or for Plotting Purposes!! !! For a Rory Williams Starter Specify or Otherwise Leave a <3 In The Replies Please !!

[the-lone-centurian]

I feel like I'm making charcuterie wrong... it seems to be mainly salami and electric blue celery... um. Why is the celery blue?

[hclyrevivals]

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character list ( currently standing at 126 ) under the read more, * denotes oc

adam lowe*, aelin galathynius, andromea "andie" caldwell *, angel mutti, angela montenegro, angela weber, annie marks, aria montgomery, bay kennish, benjamin "ben" gates, bloom of domino, blossom utonium, brittany aarons, caitlin geller, camryn "cam" barnes, carina deluca-bishop, carol newman ( mrs. claus ), chandler bing, chase adams, clare edwards, claire standish, daphne blake, danielle de barbarac, danielle "dani" dennison, danny fenton, davina claire, delaney jackson*, elizabeth swann, eloise thompson, elphaba thropp, emma duval, esme cullen, evangeline milton*, evelyn "evy" carnahan o'connell, evie grimhilde, frances "baby" houseman, freddie benson, galleria garibaldi, georgia miller, gillian owens, hallie parker, hector "zero" zeroni, hiccup haddock, hope mikaelson, hope paetz*, holly berensen, isabel "belly" conklin, isobel "izzie" stevens, isolde navarro*, jake fitzgerald, miss jennifer honey, jesusita "jess" valenzuela, jim hawkins, joyce byers, juliet o'hara, juniper ramos*, kai hewett*, katerina "kat" stratford, katherine "kate" bishop, katniss everdeen, kelsi nielsen, kendall santoro jr*, kevin doyle, kiki nakamura, kimberly "kim" possible, kirby reed, kourtney carino*, laney boggs, laurie forman, layla williams, lexy gold, logan mitchell, loretta modern, lucy hardgrove, luke danes, luna crowley*, madeline "maddie" fitzpatrick, maeve donovan, manuella "manny" santos, marnie piper, mary jane watson, matt flamhaff, max mayfield, mikey walsh, miley stewart, milo thatch, mirabel madrigal, nancy drew, nancy wheeler, nash gibson*, nesta archeron, noah redding*, odessa guzman*, olivia whitehead, padme amidala naberrie, penelope garcia, peyton sawyer, prudence "prue" halliwell, quinn james, rachel akana-miori*, rachel peabody, rikki chadwick, riley marra, robin scherbatsky, roger radcliffe, rory gilmore, ruthie camden, sabrina spellman, samantha "sam" carpenter, samantha "sam" montgomery" samantha "sam" simpson, scout hynes*, shiloh "seven" kellerman*, sidney prescott, summer field, taylor callum, tiana rogers, topanga lawrence, veronica mars, vivian ward, wes hicks, willa fitzgibbons*, winifred "winnie" foster, yumi ishiyama, yzma mendoza, zenon kar.

[the-lone-centurian]

I think you're missing a few...