New Fic

[defying3reason]

Hey guys! I started writing this for the fanon cliche challenge, and I'm finally getting around to finishing it. This is a 19th Century AU. I'm not sure if anyone else will find it as interesting as I do, but I hope you'll take the time to read it anyway. Here's the first chapter:

Title: Between the Midway and the White City (chapter one)
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[t3nsa1]

That. was. amazing. I'd quote things, but there's far too much to quote! I'm loving the concept, and I can hardly wait for the two to meet~.

I really like the way you've played with canon to make it fit with the age! Especially Hartley's ears, and what it seems James is doing for his fear of height so far!

(I've recently created an 1840s circus character based on James~ sadly I think that rp may have fallen before it started. orz so this is doing wonderful things for me in that department as well~)

I simply cannot wait for more! (and my little Watson shimeji would keeps popping up the word AMAZING so I think he agrees as well~)

[defying3reason]

Thank you! When I started writing this I was fresh from a class on Museum Anthropology, which filled in all my ideas for Trickster, and I was reading a lot of Louisa May Alcott/Jane Austen/Mary Cholmondeley, so that gave me Piper's sickness-filled yet aristocratic background. I hope you continue to like the story as I get more of it finished, and good luck with your (hopefully not dead) RP :)

[michikohxd]

Man, this concept is really working for me -- though that may have something small to do with having always associated Hartley with Mother's Younger Brother in Ragtime!

And I'm so terribly glad that you're keeping the general social attitudes of the time, as offensive as they are to modern sensibilities -- I've gotten so tired of reading period fiction where the actual social structure of the time is entirely set aside for the story. I really appreciate it. :)

I'll be eagerly awaiting more~

[defying3reason]

Ah, anacronistic story telling bothers me too. I'm a social historian: all the little racist foibles of other time periods (and this one) are what I find the most interesting! Well, actually, not just racism, bigotry in general is fascinating, but there's just something special about turn of the century racism...

I've never seen Ragtime. Perhaps I should remedy that.

Thanks for the kind words, and I hope the rest of the fic lives up to your expectations :)

[jinx_jesse]

Delighted to see this concept and curious to see what will happen next! Nice work! :)

[defying3reason]

Thank you muchly :) I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!

[tobykikami]

It probably says something about me that when I read "Chicago World's Fair" the first thing I thought was "James (well, Giovanni) and Hartley track down a serial killer?" Serial killers or not, this is intriguing so far.

Well, there was nothing harmful in the moralizing tales of Sintram, which was why he didn't believe for a second that that was what Hartley was actually reading.

Snerk!

"Find me one that isn't and I'll give the workers a ten hour day," Osgood said with a laugh.

Sounds like the kind of offhand bet that's just begging to be cashed in... well, is Giovanni a political sort of anarchist?

"Trust me Papa: it's science."

I adore this line, and the whole scene it comes from. Is he going to make himself a Magic Feather placebo or just knock himself high as a kite? Also, another appearance by the Giuseppe parental units!

[defying3reason]

I'm glad you like the story :) As for your observations...Tricks isn't an ideal candidate for disproving Osgood's statement, sadly (especially not with Hartley influencing him). And I've got some plot-related plans for the miracle tonic, so keep an eye on that in later chapters. Thanks for the kind words!