King Arthur AU Fic: Slave to Fashion

[amari_z]

Title: Slave to Fashion
Warnings: None
Notes: Follows after Resurrection and Tools of the Trade-so, in other words, more crackish AU. This one took a slightly serious turn that I had not quite envisioned. I’d love to hear what you think about it. Once more-blame for this should rest squarely on sasha_b.

Comments

[sasha_b]

Ahhahhahaha! Like I said, I will gladly take the blame for this. Too lovely. And I think I forgot to mention earlier that I liked Lancelot "not" being distracted by Arthur's clothing. That whole discourse on the necktie being a noose was perfectly L.

Well done. And you better believe I want more. :)))

[amari_z]

Good, cause blame has already been assigned. ; )

Oh yes, Lancelot did not notice anything about Arthur's appearance--yeah, and he also wouldn't have jumped out the window if it had been opened. :D I couldn't resist the noose image--I often wonder at the utter uselessness of ties, so I can only imagine what someone from the 5th C would think--which I guess I just did.

Hehehehe. Glad you liked it!!!

[sasha_b]

LOL, yes I noticed that blame part. :p

Ah, Lancelot. The torture of "not" noticing how attractive Arthur is, or how his clothing sits on his shoulders. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Makes me smile just thinking about it. ;)

Don't feel bad - I'm working on lbts again after reading this for the second time. :p

[amari_z]

Pointing fingers, that's really the best part of life. ; )

Yeah lbts!!

[darklyscarlett]

Bloody brilliant, really. Ah, Arthur WOULD be listening to those damn PR people! It would be funny to see Lance, after all the resistance and the posturing pissy-ness, turning into uber fashion-whore. I think he should discover John Varvatos, or Tom Ford-era Gucci, and product (yes, he'll just be calling it 'product'). I can already see Gawain rolling his eyes.

It's funny how the characterizations derived from the film, and fleshed-out in fannon remain so consistent, despite the AU timeline. Knights attempting defenestration? But of course, darn shatter-proof glass not withstanding!

[amari_z]

*snickers* I think you may have confused me with someone whose initials are GM--and no, not the car company. ; )

Although I have very little doubt Lancelot is as vain as vain can be ( just lookat his beard), I think he's more the I-may-use-stuff-to-make-my-hair-look-oh-so-good,-but-mention-it-and-I-will-cut-your-throat--and-that-means- you,-Galahad type. But that's just me. : ) I had rather picked out Galahad as the potential clothes horse, but we'll see if that develops. ; )

Seriously, glad you enjoyed it!

[darklyscarlett]

The funny thing is that both Ioan and Hugh are spokesmodels for Burberry. I think Galahad would be the overt brand whore (in a Clueless kind of way), but that Lance has a flashy side that he THINKS he's being subtle with. And yes, he's spew vitriol if anyone dared to accuse him of vanity.

[amari_z]

I think I had heard that somewhere. A whole other AU could be written--but not by me. No.

Heheh. Well, we'll see what happens here anyway. I'm thinking they're all going to be a bit more interested in the oh, pretty! shiny guns (did you see the way that thing flew apart--hey let me try!) for awhile anyway.

[far_mountain]

I've read and thoroughtly enjoyed all three (so far) of these!

I am in absolute awe of how fast you turn them out.

I've had so much fun reading your and SashaB's AU series. Mind if I give it a try?

[darklyscarlett]

For someone who has been looking for a prompt, the challenge of AU should be impetus enough. Most of my favorite R/L novelists are masters of the AU setting, and have very strong short story writing skills as well.

Good luck! There can never be enough. Bonus points for clever and proper use of anachronisms!

[far_mountain]

Well, of course, I'll have to learn how to spell first. lol

And I'm still working on the writing skills. But it looks like there's some fun to be had.

Ooh, bonus points! They're so shiny! :-)

[amari_z]

No need to even ask--totally go for it. I'm having loads of fun with it myself.

Oh and I've been turning them out that fast because, oddly, I don't currently have a lot of time to spare--so I write when inspiration strikes (and inspiration here is not exactly high browed--this one came about because I was like Ha! Wouldn't it be fun to shave off Lancelot's beard! *gigglesknickersnort*), and pow, have to finish it, because work is calling, and it's getting angry. Perhaps with something silly like this, it's actually better to just go for it and not think to much? And I'm certainly not turning out anything polished here. : )

Glad you're enjoying them!

[ivy03]

I just had to come back for a second round of complimenting this amazing AU.

I love Arthur and Lancelot's exchange about cigarettes. Arthur's being ridiculously protective - hello, this guy is a soldier who enjoys fighting people with swords and Arthur gets upset about emphysema. I can't decide if Arthur telling Lancelot that it will ruin his wind is hypocritical or really smart. On the one hand, Arthur has expressed the intention never to draw a sword again - and seems to want Lancelot not to either. So Lancelot doesn't really need his wind. On the other, Arthur knows Lancelot well enough to know that if he just told him not to, Lancelot would smoke out of spite. So he uses an argument he knows Lancelot will listen to

[amari_z]

Well, I figure the best way to get Lancelot to want to do something is to tell him not to. Arthur probably knows that, although he, of course, can't resist telling him anyway. So thus the appeal to what he sees as Lancelot's self interest. I think this dynamic plays out a couple of other times over the series, but I think I'm also making Arthur a bit smarter (or more interested) than he was in the movie--there he never seemed to even bother to try to appeal to L's self interest.

Hmm. Camelot, huh? Well I might have to rent it and watch that scene and see if anything comes to me. Although, from what I remember, I think you're right--Lancelot wouldn't sit still and watch that. I had rather been picturing their movie night as watching zombie movies, but this could be just as fun. : )

Thanks for your lovely comments and I'm glad you're enjoying the fic. The next chapter is nearly done and is very silly. : )

[amari_z]

: ) Poor Arthur.

I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks for letting me know!