Through a Looking Glass Darkly: Ace of Pentacles Part One

[going_boldly]

When Alice was fourteen, she became a Spade.

It wasn’t a decision she’d made lightly. There were four different types of Suits, and although you had to be appointed to the Hearts, if she’d really wanted to dress up and fawn over the Queen all day, she could have certainly used her friendship with Jack to that end. She could have been a Club;

Comments

[vanilla212]

The execution part was disturbing. People who live under/work for bloodthirsty tyrants don't often have the luxury of taking the moral high road, do they? Not if they want to live, that is.

I like your use of Wonderland words (uffish, beamish) later in the chapter, and the interaction between Jelly and Hatter is great.

[going_boldly]

Thank you! I was aiming for disturbing with that scene- and luxury is exactly how Jelly views acting in accords with how she thinks things should be done.

Working Wonderland phrases and words was a joy in this fic, even if it drove my betas up the wall.