Character Information: Psychology
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dntfretpreciousThe Master believes himself entitled and unique, inherently superior to all other life by virtue of his vision and his abilities. For him, life is about control. Everything and everyone in the universe is an opportunity for him to extend his control, to impose his will on matter and minds beyond his own. When something or someone reacts in ways he cannot take advantage of or has not provoked, they defy his control—and by doing so, they threaten his sense of identity. In his mind, he is the only real being in the entire universe; anyone who resists him aspires to individuality, threatening to steal a part of himself from him, and he cannot accept that. He will go to any lengths to grind others down into predictability and to make them extensions of himself, tools for his use.
He is both passionate and calculating, impulsive and capable of long-term planning. Often, his impulsiveness will undermine his carefully-laid plans, as will his arrogance and his underestimation of all others, but equally often, it serves as a show to make him appear less of a threat than he really is.
A hedonist and a sensualist, he enjoys the finer things in life and believes he deserves them. He plays roles and conforms to or defies expectations with ease and glee, always aware of the rules he's playing by and always willing to break them if it suits him. In effect, he uses others' own rules, social expectations, taboos, and sacred beliefs against them and for himself.
Trust is a weakness, and he trusts no one; on the other hand, betrayal against him is unforgivable. He will punish betrayal, and hold an unrelenting grudge against the betrayer.
He has an obsessive personality, and he rarely gives up. If someone succeeds in breaking his rule of individuality, if he or she proves him or herself his equal, he will go to any lengths to bring them around to his way of thinking. He has no equals, and any exception to that rule becomes the second-most important thing in his universe, right behind himself. They must work with him. They must become him. He will love and hate them as he loves and hates no one else. In canon, he grants this obsession only to the Doctor, a peer and fellow (ex-)Time Lord.
He's terrified of death, though he's died many times before. In all of his previous deaths, he retained the possibility of eventual resurrection—a possibility that has always been realized. As a human, his death will be final. He fears nonexistence above all else. He is incapable of imagining it.
He is both passionate and calculating, impulsive and capable of long-term planning. Often, his impulsiveness will undermine his carefully-laid plans, as will his arrogance and his underestimation of all others, but equally often, it serves as a show to make him appear less of a threat than he really is.
A hedonist and a sensualist, he enjoys the finer things in life and believes he deserves them. He plays roles and conforms to or defies expectations with ease and glee, always aware of the rules he's playing by and always willing to break them if it suits him. In effect, he uses others' own rules, social expectations, taboos, and sacred beliefs against them and for himself.
Trust is a weakness, and he trusts no one; on the other hand, betrayal against him is unforgivable. He will punish betrayal, and hold an unrelenting grudge against the betrayer.
He has an obsessive personality, and he rarely gives up. If someone succeeds in breaking his rule of individuality, if he or she proves him or herself his equal, he will go to any lengths to bring them around to his way of thinking. He has no equals, and any exception to that rule becomes the second-most important thing in his universe, right behind himself. They must work with him. They must become him. He will love and hate them as he loves and hates no one else. In canon, he grants this obsession only to the Doctor, a peer and fellow (ex-)Time Lord.
He's terrified of death, though he's died many times before. In all of his previous deaths, he retained the possibility of eventual resurrection—a possibility that has always been realized. As a human, his death will be final. He fears nonexistence above all else. He is incapable of imagining it.
