America->England, America is seperate from British!America
anonymous
September 22 2011, 15:40:27 UTC
In more detail: British America (the colony) and America himself were two seperate people, the latter appearing during the revolutionary war. Cue British America (who's like a son) dying in a sobbing England's arms. He then goes after the new America, but can't kill him because the two Americas look so alike. What's worse is new America has all of old America's memories, and believes he was the colony now made independent. But when he tries to patch things up with England, England is completely horrified and the awful truth comes out.
Bonus: The line "You're not my son" Bonus 2: Angst. I like angst, couldn't you tell?
captcha: "1984" Well...that's not at all creepy. Try to keep Orwell out of it?
Re: Fill 6/6
anonymous
October 1 2011, 20:12:19 UTC
This was perfect, anon. A great take on a great prompt and a well loved respite to the usual pattern of Revolution-centric stories. England's pain was heartbreaking (the fact he wouldn't be parental to anyone else, his insistance on this America not being his boy and the fact that he uses "it" to refer to him) as was America's.
I wonder who is in the right, though. Or if both are, because this America has British America's memories and feelings but he's not the original British America? Did I get it right?
It saddens me that this is a complete fill ;_; I think this idea is amazing.
England's sadness and the emptiness resulting from the loss are very jarring, palpable and well written I feel so much hatred for the New America that emerged after the death of British America
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that perhaps British America's death is England's delusion
I suppose it could be taken that way. Personally I wasn't entirely even sure myself when I was writing it, I just let what happened come naturally.
I encountered the first fic involving US and UK as main characters where I fervently hope this US and UK WONT end up together
Agreed. I am a massive USUK shipper, but I just think in this verse, England deserves a son rather than a rather sexually-charged copy of his original child, so I couldn't bring myself to put them together. It just wouldn't fit.
Re: Fill 6/6
anonymous
October 3 2011, 17:29:45 UTC
Wow, A!A. I'm floored. You established such an intense dynamic between England and the New America. The way England struggles against it. This is amazing.
Re: Fill 6/6
anonymous
October 29 2011, 00:49:59 UTC
Oh, poor England. Read this made me feel sick to my stomach. (In a good way!!) I just wanted America to shut up and back off. Of course, I can see how the situation looks from America's view, but he really wasn't going about it the right way and neither was England. At some point, I also started to wonder if New America was really the original America. Perhaps colonial!America had only died in England's heart/mind. It was interesting to see New America bring up that he'd been attracted to England before the Revolutionary War so I guess England's father/son relationship with colonial!America hadn't been as innocent and solid as he thought. Really, great story!
British America (the colony) and America himself were two seperate people, the latter appearing during the revolutionary war.
Cue British America (who's like a son) dying in a sobbing England's arms. He then goes after the new America, but can't kill him because the two Americas look so alike.
What's worse is new America has all of old America's memories, and believes he was the colony now made independent. But when he tries to patch things up with England, England is completely horrified and the awful truth comes out.
Bonus: The line "You're not my son"
Bonus 2: Angst. I like angst, couldn't you tell?
captcha: "1984" Well...that's not at all creepy. Try to keep Orwell out of it?
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I wonder who is in the right, though. Or if both are, because this America has British America's memories and feelings but he's not the original British America? Did I get it right?
It saddens me that this is a complete fill ;_; I think this idea is amazing.
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Got it in one.
It saddens me that this is a complete fill ;_; I think this idea is amazing.
Truth be told, I adore this Universe, but I'm really not sure how I'd continue with it. Maybe I'll go back in the future, who knows.
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that perhaps British America's death is England's delusion
I suppose it could be taken that way. Personally I wasn't entirely even sure myself when I was writing it, I just let what happened come naturally.
I encountered the first fic involving US and UK as main characters where I fervently hope this US and UK WONT end up together
Agreed. I am a massive USUK shipper, but I just think in this verse, England deserves a son rather than a rather sexually-charged copy of his original child, so I couldn't bring myself to put them together. It just wouldn't fit.
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I just wanted America to shut up and back off. Of course, I can see how the situation looks from America's view, but he really wasn't going about it the right way and neither was England. At some point, I also started to wonder if New America was really the original America. Perhaps colonial!America had only died in England's heart/mind. It was interesting to see New America bring up that he'd been attracted to England before the Revolutionary War so I guess England's father/son relationship with colonial!America hadn't been as innocent and solid as he thought.
Really, great story!
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