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luzulaOMG, look what I made! Aaaah, I was kind of scared to push the 'post' button...I remember back in March or something, when I was vaguely contemplating this AU and thinking that probably it would be too ambitious plotwise for me ever to write it. Heh.
If Fate Should Reverse Our Positions (70222 words) by Luzula
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Ewen Cameron, Keith Windham, Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, Donald Cameron 19th Lochiel (c.1695 - 1748), Earl of Stowe (Flight of the Heron), Francis Delahaye, James St Clair, Henry Hawley, Charles Edward Stuart (1720 – 1788), Lachlan MacMartin, Neil MacMartin, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate History, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Romance, Slow Burn, War, Battlefield Violence, Swordfighting, Duty, Honor, First Time, Grief/Mourning
Summary: In July of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart lands in Scotland, but he does not come alone: a regiment of the Irish Brigade is with him. And thus is the course of history changed, for Britain and for Keith and Ewen.
If you can't stomach the warning, know that I am now writing an alternate ending that branches off fairly late in the fic, and in which there is no major character death, so you can wait for that if you want. I'll put clear instructions to show where it branches off.
This is the most ambitious thing I have ever written, both when it comes to length and to plot, and I am quite proud of it! I am also very grateful to my three beta readers:garonne, hyarrowen, and regshoe, who have all equally helped me by cheerleading, brainstorming, and by insightful beta comments. They have spotted anachronistic word choices, plot issues that needed to fixed, and helped me with the setting, from birds to the interior of Age of Sail ships. A special thanks to garonne for help with the Gaelic, and to solo for help with the brief Scots dialogue!
More notes at AO3. Also, I will eventually podfic this, if you prefer to wait for that, but it'll take some time, which is also because I'm doing another project inbetween.
If Fate Should Reverse Our Positions (70222 words) by Luzula
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Ewen Cameron, Keith Windham, Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, Donald Cameron 19th Lochiel (c.1695 - 1748), Earl of Stowe (Flight of the Heron), Francis Delahaye, James St Clair, Henry Hawley, Charles Edward Stuart (1720 – 1788), Lachlan MacMartin, Neil MacMartin, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Alternate History, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Romance, Slow Burn, War, Battlefield Violence, Swordfighting, Duty, Honor, First Time, Grief/Mourning
Summary: In July of 1745, Charles Edward Stuart lands in Scotland, but he does not come alone: a regiment of the Irish Brigade is with him. And thus is the course of history changed, for Britain and for Keith and Ewen.
If you can't stomach the warning, know that I am now writing an alternate ending that branches off fairly late in the fic, and in which there is no major character death, so you can wait for that if you want. I'll put clear instructions to show where it branches off.
This is the most ambitious thing I have ever written, both when it comes to length and to plot, and I am quite proud of it! I am also very grateful to my three beta readers:
garonne, hyarrowen, and regshoe, who have all equally helped me by cheerleading, brainstorming, and by insightful beta comments. They have spotted anachronistic word choices, plot issues that needed to fixed, and helped me with the setting, from birds to the interior of Age of Sail ships. A special thanks to garonne for help with the Gaelic, and to solo for help with the brief Scots dialogue! More notes at AO3. Also, I will eventually podfic this, if you prefer to wait for that, but it'll take some time, which is also because I'm doing another project inbetween.
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Date: 2020-08-05 03:07 pm (UTC)Poor Archie Cameron gets no dates? (1707–7 June 1753) if you want to still add it in. :D
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Date: 2020-08-05 03:26 pm (UTC)The tag wranglers are the ones who decide who gets dates, and I assume they have some system for it! I just use their canonical tags... : ) Probably there is currently no other Archibald Cameron of Lochiel on AO3, whereas I know there is another Donald Cameron of Lochiel who is a character in fic.
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Date: 2020-08-05 06:11 pm (UTC)Yay, you posted! Congratulations! I have been looking forward to that so I could re-read it again from the start :)
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Date: 2020-08-05 11:18 pm (UTC)I'm so going enjoy reading this all the way through.
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