Circles in the Water (Cecily Duchess of York, PG13)

[lareinenoire]

Title: Circles in the Water
Author: lareinenoire
Fandom / Character: Shakespeare, first history tetralogy / Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Nothing explicit, but a very high body count. Spoilers for all three parts of Henry VI, Richard III, and the last forty years of the fifteenth century.
Prompt: #9. Guard your honour. Let your

Comments

[themolesmother]

Whew!!! That was brilliant. I'm a "Richard was framed" type but this drew me in totally. Richard III is one of my favourite Shakespeare plays and I loved picking up on the echoes in the piece.

MM

[lareinenoire]

Thank you! To be honest, I'm also a 'Richard was framed' type, which made writing that particular section a bit more difficult since the Duchess is so violently furious with him for most of that play. :)

[lareinenoire]

Re-posted because I thought of other things. :)

First of all, I'm so glad Richard came through that way -- I don't want him to be sympathetic, because, really, in the plays, he's a horrible human being. But...well, there you go. Also, between what the RSC version did with his relationship with York in the Henry VIs and what the McKellen film did with his relationship with the Duchess, there seemed so much behind what few interactions he has with his parents. And Cecily herself is such an enigma within the plays -- it bothers me that she's not in the Henry VIs, though I can conceptually understand why for any number of reasons. She'd have been such an interesting foil for Margaret, I think.

I'm very glad you enjoyed!

[lareinenoire]

And Cecily is responsible for so much of what he's reacting to, but she is sympathetic, as well....it really really was well-done.

I have the screenplay for the McKellen version, and in his essay at the beginning, he talks about how excising Margaret (for time and audience reasons) allowed him to give some of her lines to the Duchess and heighten the tension between her and Richard. Poor Richard and his many, many issues.

[a_t_rain]

Oh yay, you finished it! This is so well done, and I love the ending in particular.

[lareinenoire]

Thank you! Now if only I could submit this as a dissertation chapter...

[a_t_rain]

I felt that way about a few of my Shakespeare fics, too...

[miss_morland]

Oh my, this is gorgeous. I love the attention to detail, and the characterisations - now my heart aches for Cecily, but also for Richard, and just.. Gah. Easily one of the best Shakespeare fics I have ever read.

&hearts

[lareinenoire]

Thank you so much!

[lareinenoire]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. There should be more Shakespeare-fic!