I swear, the day all the media conglomerates just let the fans take over the means of production is going is be GLORIOUS. <3333 Bwahaha, thanks! Why do all AUs seem like a good idea to write at the time? Like. Barista AU! Punk rock AU! Regency AU! WE NEED THEM. WHO WILL DO IT? --OTHER THAN ME? /o\
The Bill-Jayne fistfight would have not only songs written about it, but epic sagas. Oh my god. And oh wow, would that make Harry the pilot? Jebus help us all.
YOU ARE SO RIGHT. Hogun as a living statue, YES. &yourbrain;
And re: immigrants, there were actually huge swaths of the Union Army that didn't speak English. If I'm remembering correctly, there were an astounding number of Germans fighting for the North, not to mention all the Irish (remember Kilrain) and others, so it wouldn't be too extraordinary for Haldane's grandfather to be from-Scotland Scottish. /pedantic! (Sorry, I don't know if I mentioned this, but I was obsessed with the Civil War when I was in fifth grade. I was that kid who knew every moment and angle of the Battle of Gettysburg. Uh, old habits die hard.)
--ooooh. I hadn't even considered doing it in a modern setting, but that's fascinating too. Very GenKill in its possibilities.
There would be communities on distant worlds where Bill and Jayne's fight would've become some kind of creation myth. And oh god help us, I would not get in a ship flown by Harry. I get travel-sick at the best of times!
As for the immigration thing - I have enough awareness of it to know there were a lot of recent immigrants who fought, it's just that the sources I read gave me some vague impression that Haldane was only second-generation, ie. none of his family were even in the US during the Civil War. Those sources may be incorrect, though, or I may have interpreted it wrongly (as you said, maybe a Scottish grandfather instead); I really ought to get round to purchasing some of the books.
Post-WWII is a rich setting in itself, or post-Vietnam - post any war, really, but I just really liked the idea of your concept in a present-day setting, with all the complexities that went with it. (And the one thing that never changes: his dog would have waited for him the whole time.)
I really should get you something from Oslo Coffee Roasters here in the city - their in-house blends are named after Norse gods. Very sadly, they missed the opportunity to name their espresso blend "Loki."
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YOU ARE SO RIGHT. Hogun as a living statue, YES. &yourbrain;
And re: immigrants, there were actually huge swaths of the Union Army that didn't speak English. If I'm remembering correctly, there were an astounding number of Germans fighting for the North, not to mention all the Irish (remember Kilrain) and others, so it wouldn't be too extraordinary for Haldane's grandfather to be from-Scotland Scottish. /pedantic! (Sorry, I don't know if I mentioned this, but I was obsessed with the Civil War when I was in fifth grade. I was that kid who knew every moment and angle of the Battle of Gettysburg. Uh, old habits die hard.)
--ooooh. I hadn't even considered doing it in a modern setting, but that's fascinating too. Very GenKill in its possibilities.
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As for the immigration thing - I have enough awareness of it to know there were a lot of recent immigrants who fought, it's just that the sources I read gave me some vague impression that Haldane was only second-generation, ie. none of his family were even in the US during the Civil War. Those sources may be incorrect, though, or I may have interpreted it wrongly (as you said, maybe a Scottish grandfather instead); I really ought to get round to purchasing some of the books.
Post-WWII is a rich setting in itself, or post-Vietnam - post any war, really, but I just really liked the idea of your concept in a present-day setting, with all the complexities that went with it. (And the one thing that never changes: his dog would have waited for him the whole time.)
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