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Unthinkable

Jul 28, 2009 04:30

Title: Unthinkable
Author: pyrrhiccomedy
Rating: PG
Characters: America, England.
Premise: With victory in Europe secured, and the war in its final throes, England approaches America with a plan to invade Russia.

( Read it behind the cut. )

the chosen end, fanfic

Comments 93

dmajor7th July 27 2009, 21:59:27 UTC

D:>

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 00:30:42 UTC

England really starts to come off as the world's Cassandra, at a certain point.

thetis_argent July 27 2009, 23:37:29 UTC

Oh England. You bastard.

(Never mind the fact that hindsight proves him right. Or something.)

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 00:31:48 UTC

Hey, everyone else has gotten to backstab Russia. England figures maybe it's his turn!

thetis_argent July 28 2009, 13:04:07 UTC

Didn't he do that the last time? Does it alternate? England, then someone else, then England again?

Really, he comes out less 'listen-I-know-what-I'm-talking-about' and more 'no-you-can't-have-any-other-friends-but-me' to America. But I think that was the effect you were going for, isn't it?

tauruschick12 July 27 2009, 23:50:58 UTC

I really, really want America to be right, but he isn't, so now I'm sad. Dammit, Iggy, why, when you're right, do I have to hate you?!

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 00:32:44 UTC

God, I know, right? I always want to just diverge suddenly into an AU, all "And then Stalin totally just died! And Russia decided to give back all those countries, and then there were flowers and sunshine and hot sex forever! The end!"

tauruschick12 July 28 2009, 01:06:09 UTC

I WOULD VERY MUCH BE INTERESTED IN THIS AU. ESCPECIALLY THE HOT SEX 4EVAR PART.

fallenxembers17 July 28 2009, 00:05:13 UTC

Why does England have to be such a bastard when he's right? God, this makes me feel so sad for Alfred. ;-;

But I LOVE how you write these two~. <3

"Because I've seen him with his clothes off," America snapped.
I snorted fer real there. I didn't think he'd actually say it. xD

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 00:33:37 UTC

I snorted fer real there. I didn't think he'd actually say it. xD

Neither did I, seriously, but then I was like, "Wait a minute, why is he hiding it?" XD

fallenxembers17 July 28 2009, 00:53:07 UTC

Because he doesn't want his papa to know he's screwing the enemy? >o>

B-by the way, thanks for the add. <3

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 01:16:17 UTC

America, circa 1945: "He's not the enemy! Maybe we can work something out!"

America, circa 1947: "...*sigh*"

And, of course! I really liked that story you wrote and, and yeah. =D

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minuiko July 28 2009, 00:19:54 UTC

Man I just love America/England table talk, they're so flippant about the saddest issues ("maybe get some of his people to lay off starving so much"). xD Also America calling Stalin Uncle Joe is maybe the best thing ever. Anyways, their convos are always so fun to read because they're really, really argumentative. Unnecessarily. Like real family members, almost (also their past relations always manage to shine through, which is funny because to my knowledge, British people today don't seem to even remember the American Revolution).

Characterization is breathtaking as usual. I'm really curious as to how you guys would write the other countries, Japan especially since Hiroshima and Nagasaki are coming up, but this IS America/Russia centric, so it's alright.

pyrrhiccomedy July 28 2009, 00:40:08 UTC

Also America calling Stalin Uncle Joe is maybe the best thing ever.

Maybe you already knew this, but that really is what they called him! Even Roosevelt! There's all these quotes of Roosevelt being like "Relax, I know how to handle Uncle Joe." XD

(also their past relations always manage to shine through, which is funny because to my knowledge, British people today don't seem to even remember the American Revolution).

Believe me, my aversion to US/UK is strong enough that I'd love to write them as essentially indifferent/familial to each other in the modern day, but I guess I'm technically supposed to be writing fanfic, and I think the crush/failure to get over it is pretty obviously canon at least on England's side. =/

I'm really curious as to how you guys would write the other countries, Japan especially since Hiroshima and Nagasaki are coming upWe are going to be writing about the bombings, but I don't think Japan is going to be in it--it's one of Wizard's posts, so I can't say for sure what she's planning, but our feeling is ( ... )