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⌈ Secret Post #2732 ⌋

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Comments

[cushlamochree]

The background is confusing me. Historical AUs? Or... history fandom? Are people writing a ton of stories where Oliver Cromwell and Genghis Khan are working in a coffee shop or something?

[peablossom]

Genghis probably has to work three jobs, to pay for all his kids.

[(Anonymous)]

Hell no. He was a way better organiser than that. Genghis would aim for the single job that paid for all of them in one fell swoop and get it by hook or by crook. Or, failing that, arrange to have several other people giving him a cut from their jobs.

Seriously, if Genghis Khan is not working at a coffee shop purely as a cover for his take over of the local underworld, I shall be very disappointed.

[11thmirror]

That sounds fantastic - mild mannered coffee shop owner by day, terrifying conqueror of the underworld by night.

[iceyred]

I kinda want a Genghis Khan coffee shop fic now.

[(Anonymous)]

Me too, possibly with Oliver Cromwell in a rival coffee shop. I have never read coffee shop AUs but I would read that in a heartbeat.

[iceyred]

Another idea is an American Revolution coffee shop AU. G. Washington owns the place but can't get his managers to stop fighting, Franklin keeps writing the Coffee Shop Magazine on Kindle, which has dirt on everybody, and nobody listens to John Adams. Meanwhile, the British Cafe down the street is descending into madness. Eventually the Americans partner with the French Bakery to produce some delicious pastries to sell in the shop.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's meant to symbolize different time periods (historical AUs) or the idea of alternate timelines ("FWOAN" AUs).

[cushlamochree]

That makes sense. Although I haven't seen that many historical AUs - they seem to be much less common than modern AUs and coffeeshop AUs and what have you. Then again, I don't usually go seeking them out.

[evewithanapple]

In most fandoms for period dramas (excluding things like Austen, Gaskell, etc) the modern AUs tend to outweigh the canon-era fics. I get why- not everyone wants to go on a research bender to write a drabble- but it frustrates me too. I like these shows because they're historical!

[cushlamochree]

That would make sense! I think what threw me was the fact that it was a non-fiction history book or something? IDK.

Personally, I'm not someone who usually cares a lot about historical exactitude, as long as you have the basic chronology right. So I'd rather see something that's historical even if it's not entirely accurate. But that's just me I guess.

[(Anonymous)]

not everyone wants to go on a research bender

Do you think that's why they do it? It baffles me, because it seems to strip the fandom of its most important feature. But maybe they just find two of the actors hot.

[(Anonymous)]

It's the only reason I can think of. I mean, if they find the actors that hot, they might as well just be writing RPF.

[(Anonymous)]

Ayrt

Maybe they'd be uncomfortable writing genuine RPF, but can write modernised characters who look like the actors?

(I find it even odder when people write LOTR or GOT modern AUs. If they don't want to read the books, how hard is it to watch a film/TV programme a few times?)

[(Anonymous)]

I gotta say it throws me out of Austenfic when they don't specify it's an AU and they have the characters wearing ties and zips in the dresses. I don't read Austen modern AUs or even Lizzie Bennet Diaries fic because I love the original (I watch LBD but don't read the fic).

[(Anonymous)]

Have you ever seen Lost in Austen? I did enjoy that.

[(Anonymous)]

I did quite like Lost in Austen, but again, not enough to read the fic.

[(Anonymous)]

For me it depends on the fandom and on the characters. Some characters can stay the same people transplanted out of their natural environment; some can't.

(Lord of the Rings and Hobbit AUs drive me around the bend, because the overwhelming majority of the characters have most -- or all! -- of their depth in their history and background.)