[Fic] "All Roads Lead to Ragosa" -- The Lions of Al-Rassan
Yuletide reveal day!
My giftee this year was
Dolorosa, and the fandom we matched on was The Lions of Al-Rassan, which is one of my favorite books ever, and one I myself have requested for Yuletide at various times in the past. :)
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All Roads Lead to Ragosa (1818 words) by Elizabeth Culmer
Fandom: The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miranda Belmonte/Rodrigo Belmonte, Jehane bet Ishak & Ammar ibn Khairan & Rodrigo Belmonte
Characters: Miranda Belmonte, Jehane bet Ishak, Ammar ibn Khairan, Rodrigo Belmonte
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Reunions
Summary: Word of the ambush at Emir ha'Nazar gets out. Miranda moves the Belmonte household to Ragosa.
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I don't have a lot to say about this story, honestly? Dolorosa and I seem to share interpretations of and reactions to the book, so the prompts were exactly up my alley. The main challenge was finding a reasonable point to kick canon in the knees and get Miranda into the same physical location as the other three main characters, while also ensuring that the wider political situation is still careening toward disaster because sociopolitical forces are larger than any one person. I think I found a decently plausible solution for that!
If I'd had more time and energy, I would have liked to write a much longer story that would go into more logistical detail about Miranda's trip south, show word of turmoil in Valledo reaching Ragosa, do some blunt-hammer-meets-subtle-maneuvering politics with Miranda's formal introduction to King Badir, let Miranda actively get to know Jehane and Ammar, include Diego and Fernan around the edges, and possibly trace some of the political knock-on effects this would have as the tragedy of canon continues to unroll. Alas, this has not been a great year for me on the creative front. So I fell back on structure and wrote a tidy little four-perspective medley with the outer segments (Miranda and Rodrigo) echoing each other in their opening lines and the inner segments (Jehane and Ammar echoing a little more subtly as observers), and left the wider effects and relationship stuff as implications for the future.
In summary, it's not what I initially wanted to write, but I think it's a pretty good story nonetheless. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)
My giftee this year was
Dolorosa, and the fandom we matched on was The Lions of Al-Rassan, which is one of my favorite books ever, and one I myself have requested for Yuletide at various times in the past. :)
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All Roads Lead to Ragosa (1818 words) by Elizabeth Culmer
Fandom: The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miranda Belmonte/Rodrigo Belmonte, Jehane bet Ishak & Ammar ibn Khairan & Rodrigo Belmonte
Characters: Miranda Belmonte, Jehane bet Ishak, Ammar ibn Khairan, Rodrigo Belmonte
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Reunions
Summary: Word of the ambush at Emir ha'Nazar gets out. Miranda moves the Belmonte household to Ragosa.
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I don't have a lot to say about this story, honestly? Dolorosa and I seem to share interpretations of and reactions to the book, so the prompts were exactly up my alley. The main challenge was finding a reasonable point to kick canon in the knees and get Miranda into the same physical location as the other three main characters, while also ensuring that the wider political situation is still careening toward disaster because sociopolitical forces are larger than any one person. I think I found a decently plausible solution for that!
If I'd had more time and energy, I would have liked to write a much longer story that would go into more logistical detail about Miranda's trip south, show word of turmoil in Valledo reaching Ragosa, do some blunt-hammer-meets-subtle-maneuvering politics with Miranda's formal introduction to King Badir, let Miranda actively get to know Jehane and Ammar, include Diego and Fernan around the edges, and possibly trace some of the political knock-on effects this would have as the tragedy of canon continues to unroll. Alas, this has not been a great year for me on the creative front. So I fell back on structure and wrote a tidy little four-perspective medley with the outer segments (Miranda and Rodrigo) echoing each other in their opening lines and the inner segments (Jehane and Ammar echoing a little more subtly as observers), and left the wider effects and relationship stuff as implications for the future.
In summary, it's not what I initially wanted to write, but I think it's a pretty good story nonetheless. :) If you want to comment on this post, you can do so over here on Dreamwidth, where there are currently (
comments)