This round of my Eagle recs focuses on canon-era AU stories. It’s a short list (shorter than it should be sigh). If you know any stories I’ve missed, feel free to tell me
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Hey, it's warranted, your stories are always great! (By the way, did you get the PM I sent you in regard to "Bodyguards"? I swear I'm not obsessed with that story. I'm not. ).
Thanks for putting this all together! (And, hey, thanks for reccing me.)
Canon-era AUs are probably my favorite genre in this fandom, and I think there are some of these I haven't even read! (Or at least not recently.) Time to reread!
Canon-era AUs are great! I like every genre (even modern AUs), but this particular one is woefully underexplored. It feels like there are so many scenarios that could have been written but weren't. (For some reason, I've always wanted to see a lenghty story about Marcus and Esca returning to Rome and trying to adapt to big city life. Not the most plausible scenario, but one that always made me curious. Or some sort of undercover mission in the name in the emperor! Or Esca and Marcus traveling through the provinces...).
Thanks for putting this all together! (And, hey, thanks for reccing me.)
I adore your fics, you definitively deserve that. ;)
I actually considered both of those, before I ended up writing Chosen Man; I was originally going to write something that was post-canon and they had to go back to Rome and maybe somehow serve Rome directly after the events of the movie, but I kept thinking that Esca hated Rome too much to go for that, so much that he probably wouldn't do it even for Marcus. Which is why I ended up writing an AU that essentially elides that question by making Esca already loyal to Rome. I guess it was my way of addressing that scenario. :)
Someone should definitely write that kind of post canon story though. Someone who isn't me. I would read it so many times! It would be great!
(One of these days I am going to write origfic about Roman undercover work. It is on my list of things to write, at least.)
I agree, it's hard to imagine canon Esca doing the bidding of Rome, at least voluntarily. I could imagine it if Marcus' life was at stake (a sort of blackmail scenario in which Esca has no other choice). But otherwise...very difficult.
Hm yes, it would be great if someone would write that post-canon story. I'll go and poke some people with sticks, maybe that will help.
The origfic sounds awesome! Are you going to post it at AO3, if you write it?
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Canon-era AUs are probably my favorite genre in this fandom, and I think there are some of these I haven't even read! (Or at least not recently.) Time to reread!
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Thanks for putting this all together! (And, hey, thanks for reccing me.)
I adore your fics, you definitively deserve that. ;)
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Someone should definitely write that kind of post canon story though. Someone who isn't me. I would read it so many times! It would be great!
(One of these days I am going to write origfic about Roman undercover work. It is on my list of things to write, at least.)
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Hm yes, it would be great if someone would write that post-canon story. I'll go and poke some people with sticks, maybe that will help.
The origfic sounds awesome! Are you going to post it at AO3, if you write it?
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