[FICATHON] Gimmors and Devices, for lareinenoire, 1/4

[angevin2]

Title: Gimmors and Devices
Author: gehayi
Recipient: lareinenoire
Fandom: Crossover between Richard II and Thomas of Woodstock
Characters: Eleanor de Bohun (Duchess of Gloucester), Brother Conrad, Thomas of Woodstock (Duke of Gloucester), John of Gaunt, Edmund of Langley (Duke of York), Richard II, Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), Sir Henry Green, Sir John Bushy

Comments

[lareinenoire]

(Yes, the icon is the wrong Richard. But the squee is SO RIGHT.)

YOU HAVE TOTALLY REDUCED ME TO CAPSLOCK INCOHERENCE. THAT IS HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS FIC.

But I will try to be coherent.

The universe. My GOD, the universe! I love the Baconians and the Dominicans and Franciscans -- and of course they would fight over nomenclature! Conrad and his insistence that he is a scientist and not a wizard. All the wonderful, rich touches that bring this world to life--

I am COMPLETELY staggered.

This reads like the most fantastic speculative fiction, with just enough realism to feel perfectly organic to the period it refracts.

And ELEANOR! What a wonderful heroine! She's one of the few sensible people in Thomas of Woodstock, and you have done such a magnificent job of both transplating her and turning her into the perfect vessel to explore this universe

[anderyn]

GodDAMN. This is one very cool story.

You are turning into one incredible writer, you know?

[julian_griffith]

THIS IS SO GOOD I CAN'T EVEN.

You're getting the detailed squee over IM, but I wanted to leave a comment here.

[gehayi]

Oh, thank you! I'm so glad you like it!

[anonymous]

Whoa. This is wow. This is brilliant.
The world-building, the characters- The fact that this is totally something Richard would plausibly do if given the option- Lovely flaky clueless Richard...

I don't think I've ever seen the minions be so despicable before it's really well done...

And the whole 'he would make a good king of France' and 'he was bookish but not shrewd, the competence of his uncles terrified him and made him feel useless' ...I live for that kind of exegesis- Congratulations
<3 <3

[gehayi]

Oh, thank you very much! I'm flattered that you liked it!