Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 17 2009, 11:54:28 UTC
1. Grizzly Bear
Alfred can’t believe it. He doesn’t want to, but as he reads the contract laid out in front of him and his heart sinks, escape seems less and less viable.
“This is Bullshit,” he sneers, glaring up at the Russian leaning over his desk. “How dare he? What gives him the right?”
Ivan shrugs, smiling. “I am not England. But I do know what he means.”
“And that,” America explodes at him, rising to his feet in livid adolescent outrage. “That! Do you think I’m just going to be given? Like some sort of gift? Like some naughty boy off to boarding school?”
Russia doesn’t reply, but Alfred doesn’t need one to know that the answer is a resounding yes. But this is his soil, his land- not Francis’, not Arthur’s and definitely not Ivan’s. “Get out of my house,” he orders, all his people and politicians behind him. “You can go tell Arthur to fuck himself. I’ll fight to the death before I’m handed over to you
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Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 17 2009, 13:35:17 UTC
This was the awesomely awesome of awesomeness! I love the sort of 'choose your own adventure' thing you had going on, where Russia points, and from there it could be any one of the four. I do think the one with America was my favorite, followed by the one with Australia, but they were all great!
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 17 2009, 20:18:25 UTC
This was just... fucking spectacular. I'm speechless. And I love that you wrote out scenarios for more than one colony--they were all well-thought-out and chilling and mmmm. This's one for the records. *bookmarks for rereads*
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 17 2009, 21:31:11 UTC
I have to say that Australia was my absolute favorite (just the complete and utterly dark tone of it all, the warping of what we see Australia as), but Canada's had this incredibly chill to it (pun intended). Such a dark way of looking at Canada being overlooked... Incredibly well thought out and researched!
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 18 2009, 15:57:11 UTC
Oh god, I'm gonna go hide in a hole in the ground or something now. It's so creepy. I love how you twisted the things that make the characters recognizable- so that Canada is Russia's shadow instead of America's, and Austraila is still cheerful but in an utterly terrifying way. I kind of wish Arthur had more colonies so you could write more AUs.
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 18 2009, 16:00:55 UTC
I am... Very near speechless. This is fantastic! I love how you wrote an entry for each Commonwealth (+ America) - it's like we could pick our preferred outcome. Australia's was my favourite. I find it darkly amusing to consider what I may be living like, had this come to happen (and the Russia/Australia pairing - guh. I think I'm a fangirl now. <3). Though Canada's hit a few awesome cords as well.
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 18 2009, 17:27:37 UTC
I love this so much! This was so very wonderfully handled, with the different AU scenarios and Canada's made my heart hurt, and Australia's was so creepy oh my god, and America, I winced holy shit, this is terrific and terrifying and, just wow. Insanely well done.
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 19 2009, 04:39:30 UTC
Oh, Anon--this was beautifully and painfully imagined. Thank you for sharing your imagination and your way with words. I'm certain I have read other things of yours because I recognize the "did you know?" in the notes; I shall have to go through my bookmarks now.
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 19 2009, 04:39:38 UTC
Oooh, this was absolutely fantastic. I love the different possibilities here-- Canada's was absolutely heartbreaking, and I loved the ominous atmosphere in Australia's and the emphasis on temperature. Fantastic stuff.
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
October 16 2011, 13:34:24 UTC
This is rather scary. Thinking about how the little things could change everything. I believe the metaphor is ripples or something? Excellent story anyway. Canada and Australia were my favorites, (thats what really scared me, imagining Australia as a communist nation, and just how odd thinking of it feels.)
Re: Ursa Major (5/5)
anonymous
May 18 2009, 20:09:47 UTC
I... I think my brain just broke with the sheer power of awesome. This is- wonderful, and it has so many implications that I´ll have to spend a few days thinking it over. It was an wonderful filler, really. I´m not even coherent right now, so I´ll just sit here and stare at you in awe.
Alfred can’t believe it. He doesn’t want to, but as he reads the contract laid out in front of him and his heart sinks, escape seems less and less viable.
“This is Bullshit,” he sneers, glaring up at the Russian leaning over his desk. “How dare he? What gives him the right?”
Ivan shrugs, smiling. “I am not England. But I do know what he means.”
“And that,” America explodes at him, rising to his feet in livid adolescent outrage. “That! Do you think I’m just going to be given? Like some sort of gift? Like some naughty boy off to boarding school?”
Russia doesn’t reply, but Alfred doesn’t need one to know that the answer is a resounding yes. But this is his soil, his land- not Francis’, not Arthur’s and definitely not Ivan’s. “Get out of my house,” he orders, all his people and politicians behind him. “You can go tell Arthur to fuck himself. I’ll fight to the death before I’m handed over to you ( ... )
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I love how you twisted the things that make the characters recognizable- so that Canada is Russia's shadow instead of America's, and Austraila is still cheerful but in an utterly terrifying way.
I kind of wish Arthur had more colonies so you could write more AUs.
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<3<3<3<3<3 Hearts for you~!
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THE AWESOME OF THIS
SO MUCH AWESOME
I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO PROPERLY EXPRESS MY AWE
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