The Crystal Palace

[redblonde7]

Title: The Crystal Palace

Genre: Angst/Drama/Family

Pairing(s): USUK, France/Canada, France/Monaco, past FrUK

Word Count: 3,710

Rating/Warnings: Victorian London. 15

Summary: The Kirkland family had fallen from grace and now they scraped out a living with the rest of the lowest of the low. Alfred Jones, heir to the great Jones fortune, was staying with

Comments

[renuki]

YAY! THEY MADE UP! but you told someone else that it will get worse before it gets better... *waits to see what is coming next*

*grins at them as they look around the Crystal Palace*

...oh shit. Hi, Francis.

You must never contact him again. Alfred will find a suitable woman and settle down like we all must do. You will be forgotten as you should be.

Hey, wait a m-

...oh boy. Alfred heard parts of the talk! And he very much not pleased.

*isn't to sure she wants to hear the talk either*

[redblonde7]

Slightly ashamed that I had to look up the comment you were talking about. However that comment applied more to the first draft of this I wrote (that is now with my laptop at the computer shop). Then again there is another couple of parts of this AU coming.

I really wanted to write about the Crystal Palace. It sounds beautiful.

I know, I had fun making Canada the 'bad guy' in this even though he did have his reasons for doing it. But Alfred is really, really not pleased with him. And I will not be writing that talk.

Thank you for your comment!

[aria_dc_al_fine]

Oh boy, Matthew was scary. "You picked the wrong brother to cosy up to." oooh, it's really clear what he thought of Arthur with that line. Ah, he's not to blame...Victorian era, not as liberal as present time. It's a bit cruel in a sense that the two just 'got together' in the morning and in cloud nine, then reality crashes so fast. Is Matthew bitter that his brother can have a happy ending that slips through his own fingers

[aria_dc_al_fine]

Yes Victorian era and Matthew is just more aware of their different positions. Alfred is upper class and rich while Arthur was upper class and rich but now lives in the slums.

Matthew is a little bitter but that's not the main reason why he told Arthur that. It's not a very good reason but to Matthew it is important. He wants his brother to be happy so that was why he helped the relationship along slightly. Matthew is a confusing mix of emotions and I don't think I conveyed that well enough.

Most of the stories I am writing for the summer camp are slightly rushed because I write each one in about a day when I normally sit on a new story/chapter for ages before posting so I can read it again and make sure that it makes sense. If I ever get the other chapter back, I might try and merge the two.

I'm rooting for that as well but there's some more things that have to happen between then and now.

Thank you, I really hope my laptop gets fixed quickly and there is nothing wrong with the hard drive.

Thanks for your comment!

[redblonde7]

That was me, I don't know why it said anon.

[xolavander]

.. Who is the one who said all the mean things to Arthur and what happened to the real Matthew?

HE SCARED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME, DARN IT.
I guess I'm not used to Matthew being like that.. cold and.. *shrugs*

[redblonde7]

There is a reason for Matthew saying those things. I think in the first draft it wasn't as mean and the reason he was doing it was more obvious but I don't have the first draft.

I think Matthew is capable of saying mean things (I think they all are) and it was interesting to write a Matthew that is not totally perfect. He is still a nice guy (the fact that he rescued Arthur and his brothers off the street is proof of that), he's just a little confused.

Well I hope you liked this part anyway. Thanks for your comment!

[xolavander]

Mm. I suppose that he really likes Francis very much.
Not-so-perfect Matthew is perfect. Yes, he is nice. (And may I ask you where Kumajirou-kun is? I miss that little ball of fluff.)

I did like this part! I love it even! ♥

[midori_verte]

I must say, I enjoy seeing Matthew's darker side (even if it did scare me a little XD ). I'm really looking forward to seeing where this is going! I imagine the conversation between Matthew and Alfred won't be...pleasant.

[redblonde7]

It was quite fun to write Matthew's dark side, I rarely do after all. It will go somewhere but we won't see Alfred and Matthew's conversation.

Thank you for your comment!

[kasumicc]

Woooow, Matthew's development was certainly interesting. I'm glad things could be solved between Alfred and Arthur, but I wasn't expecting for them to have further problems in the future xD It'll be interesting to see what's coming to them!