historical AUs—send all recs!

[jlh]

So there's been an avalanche of fail recently, regarding historical AUs, both RPF and "FPF." I've been thinking about writing a post, a kind of "how to write one and avoid horrible fail!" But to do that, I need your recs!

Please rec historical AUs that you really love, that you feel avoided these kinds of fails but still managed to deal with the historical issues. Many of us have written the equivalent of a costume drama—like, putting the characters in a Regency Romance—that completely avoids the issues of the time. That's totally fine! But those AUs are not the ones I wanted to look at for this project.

I'd love to have AUs from a wide range of fandoms, and various time periods! Feel free to pimp this out to your own flist, and if you have suggestions for things I should think about to include in the eventual post please let me know! (Or, if you'd like to read it over—I think I'll definitely need some "betas" on this one, and I can't force sistermagpie and ali_wildgoose to do all of it!)

Thanks!!

Comments

[jlh]

Thanks!

[dana_kujan]

You're welcome.

This is not a rec, but I saw it on Twitter. You may want to take a look and consider touching on it: http://eumelia.dreamwidth.org/473781.html

I tried to send it as a direct msg from Twitter, but found you no longer follow me there. So, now it is confirmed: I'm officially boring.

[jlh]

Thanks!

No, it's the opposite; I stopped following about twenty people, many personal friends, mostly because they tweeted about political things and I found the necessary lack of context frustrating. I just followed twitters this spring that were sometimes upsetting me, and with all the chaos in my own life I decided I wanted it to be a space that wasn't bringing stuff in that frustrated, etc. It's all on me, man.

[dana_kujan]

Oh, it's okay. But thanks for the context. I do tend to be more political on Twitter. I know that. I guess because I don't do long, "thinky" journal posts, that's where it comes out; it's a better medium for expressing my politics. (p.s. Do try to check your @replies regularly, in case I reply to you.)

I should try to post here more often, and get back on Y!M, just to stay in touch. Anyway, you know how to find me. :)