The AU Meme

[browngirl]

I saw this meme and loved it immediately. My version is a mashup of the ones I saw in penknife and miakun's journals:

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc.) or a time period (Ancient Rome, Renaissance England, etc). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would write for that AU.

While I will very much not mind being asked for a Minoan AU, I like other time periods and settings too!

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

hyel wrote that, once. I can't find a link at the moment, but I'll tell you what she wrote:

On his trip across the Sea, Frodo fell in with pirates, who gave him a job; the life of the sea suited him. Decades later, Sam was at the nearest Westfarthing town with his family when a sun-burnished, wiry hobbit with a gold hoop in one ear came up to him. He saw and gasped and said, "you've come back" and Frodo smiled.

It was a wonderful story. I'll see if I can find it for you.

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

Ooh, sounds great! Thanks.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

I found it!
http://hyel.thedanamark.net/lotr/fics/apirateslife.htm

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

Oh, now, that's an amazing take on the concept. How wonderful - especially that ending. Thank you!