[FICATHON] This Keen Encounter, for the_alchemist

[lareinenoire]

Title: This Keen Encounter
Author: lareinenoire
Recipient: the_alchemist
Play: Richard III, some 3 Henry VI
Characters / Pairings: Richard of Gloucester, Lady Anne; Richard/Anne
Rating: T
Warnings: Yorks behaving badly
Summary: Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?
Notes: I couldn't resist this prompt, in spite of the play itself trying to

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[lareinenoire]

Anne was the character that got me into the Wars of the Roses, funnily enough. It was back when I was maybe 12-13 years old and I ran across--of all things-- a copy of Jean Plaidy's The Reluctant Queen (yes, I know, shameful, but I read a lot of silly things even now) at the local library. She's got a very meek and mild Anne but she certainly caught my attention and I've been obsessed with the Yorkists ever since. ;) Lancastrians too, to be fair.

And thank you so muh! I'm very glad you enjoyed it.

[lareinenoire]

Ai, yes, I read The White Queen and threw it at the wall. It made me very angry. ;) For me it's just as bad because I've written a book about these women (an academic book, so not very widely read) and although I don't mind a bit of dramatic license (don't even start me on Shakespeare's chronology), Gregory's doesn't even make the story more interesting! Argh!

I saw Virgin Widow on Amazon the other day. I'm trying to figure out how on earth a person writes Richard/Anne fluff...

Oh, Warwick is absolutely fascinating. I read a very good biography of him a few years ago by I want to say A.J. Pollard. It's truly amazing how much he managed to get away with! And, if you don't mind a bit of self-promotion, I've written a few stories that are either Warwick-centric or where he plays a fairly major role.

Ne vile velis (15th Century RPF) - This, he knew, was a boy who could be King. And he, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, was the idol of a King.

The Bear and the Shooting Star (2 and 3 Henry VI, PG) - John de Vere learns lessons in

[lareinenoire]

Thank you! I saw that prompt and it wouldn't leave me alone, so thank you for requesting it

[likeadeuce]

This is a really interesting take on Anne. It's initially surprising when she becomes complicit with Richard, but looking back over everything it really isn't. She is indeed Warwick's daughter. Nicely done.

[lareinenoire]

I'm sure the historical Anne didn't spend that much time with her father, considering he was off setting up and pulling down kings,* but he has to have had some influence on her, right? After all, she got dragged to and fro across the Channel and nearly died several times as a result of Warwick's various power grabs. I keep wanting to see an Anne like that, but nobody seems to want to write one except for me and the_alchemist. ;)

Thanks so much--I was worried when I initially posted that there wasn't enough of a foundation to make her complicity believable, so I'm glad to hear it worked for you!

* Okay, now I need to get back to that CSI fic and put in more backstory about how Anne was one of those kids who never saw her parents and had more money than sense.

[17catherines]

Ooh, this is lovely! I do like this interpretation of Anne Neville.

[gehayi]

Oh, I love this version of Anne Neville--clever, devious, ambitious and every inch her father's daughter. Her shift from hating Gloucester to accepting and becoming complicit with him surprised me on first reading. But on the second read, it doesn't surprise me at all. It fits. It fits seamlessly. Thank you for writing this.

[lareinenoire]

You're very welcome, and I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! As I said on another comment, one of the things that worried me was making Anne's complicity believable, so I'm very happy that it was.