"this is not a trend!"

[chmclfairytales]

I'm not really in the mood to drink these days but mango rum is trufax awesomesauce. Half of the time I forget it's rum until the bite comes. I wish I'd also gotten the coconut rum though.

I was talking to nova33 about the perfect utopia and now I suddenly really want a political bandom AU. Or just, I don't know, bandom people being smart and articulate

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[kelly96]

Oh man, I'm sure there's a Big Bang out there where they're all in the White House. Gerard is the actual president.

[chmclfairytales]

Oh yeah, I remember now! I really need to start reading the bigbangs...

[aileane47]

You totally have to read the White House one, it's awesome!

[chmclfairytales]

Ahaha, I totally will!

[runthegamut]

I was talking to nova33 about the perfect utopia and now I suddenly really want a political bandom AU.

:| So, I've been through a dozen or so political campaigns (from local to presidential) as the partner of someone who's worked on them. Fully half the people I know are involved in politics as politicians themselves or their staffers or campaign workers. It occurs to me that I could write something from what I know (campaign sex! happens a lot!) using bandom peeps, but... my muse is kind of in a coma atm. Still, I sort of wrote up a plot bunny. And now I kind of hate you (not really). Cuz it has the potential to be really effing long and involve way more characters than I feel comfortable writing. If I were to write it. Which I'm definitely not saying I will. But it will annoy me now that I have this knowledge rattling around in my head and it's going to waste. *significant glare*

[chmclfairytales]

!!! That sounds awesome, because writing what you know is always awesome. \o/ I really really want to see what you come up with!

[runthegamut]

Gerard as the candidate (when he's 'on' he's earnest and hopeful and charismatic, in his private life he's quiet and withdrawn). Pete as the 'ideas' guy/campaign manager. Patrick as the practical statistician (he works the numbers and tries to temper Pete's ideas with common sense). Mikey as the brother everyone ignores, or tries to, because they think he's an idiot (cuz they don't understand him and don't take the time to) so he gets shoved aside and made to do menial tasks like stuff envelopes and they hide him from the press like he's Roger Clinton. And the rest of the staff would have to be filled out with other supporting bandom peeps. There'd be at least two romantic story arcs, and if you know me, it's not hard to figure out how those break down. I have an idea of how they play out (or at least the beginning, middle, and end). *winces* I kind of want to write it. I have so much work to do and other stories to write, but if I don't do this when I want to it'll never happen. :( *bangs head*

[chmclfairytales]

!!! OKAY, NOW YOU HAVE TO WRITE THIS. *________*

[secrethitmen]

Dude, In This White House, by lordessrenegade. Yes, it is one of the big bangs, and it is possibly my favorite bandom fic. Ever. I honest to god love it to bits, like, seriously. There's Frank/Gerard/Lyn-Z/Jamia. And the whole thing is very vaugely based on West Wing, so comparing the characters is just fantastic. Read it! Now!

[chmclfairytales]

Yeah, I think I'm going to read it soon! :D

[do_come_in]

Oh my gosh. I would love to read/write a utopia thing. But like... possibly also a dystopia, with cyberpunk. Cyuberpunk utopia would be interesting. If you don't understand what I'm saying feel free to ignore it.

[chmclfairytales]

Oh, dystopia. Cyberpunk distopia. Now that could be interesting. Do you have any idea how it would pan out? :D

[do_come_in]

Pete would be in a junky run down old apartment, shooting up and stuff like that. He'd be depressed and angry at the world but not doing anything about it.

Joe would be this hero with fucking awesome hair and leather and neon, who was trying to take down the corrupted government. He runs into Pete one day and takes him with him.

The whole story is based around Pete getting clean and Joe being around to help him.

There'd probably be a bunch of spin-offs, with like Ryan and Spencer being rich and Gabe being a drug lord. Stuff like that, you know.

[chmclfairytales]

...Yes pls. There needs to be more Joe&Pete fics, always. *_*