Fic: AU Meme - Catherine Winslow/Sir Robert Morton

[thisbluespirit]

I finally wrote the AU Meme for Catherine Winslow & Sir Robert Morton from The Winslow Boy! I was going to say I have no explanation for why it took me so long, but that's not true: I blame the moment when I realised the perfect fusion fandom was Star Wars (Prequel Era) for breaking my brain into tiny little pieces. (It also took me absolutely ages to come up with the obligatory Romance Novel one, until it finally dawned on me that the 1999 pair had canonically done a thing that would totally be a Scandalous Trope requiring instant marriage in the Romancelandia Regency.)

I should apologise for the SW, the crossover, and probably more, but what are daft AU Memes for if not doing these things?

(The question now is, is it TWB that's the problem or am I just getting terrible at encapsulating an AU into as few words as possible?)

AU Meme: Catherine Winslow/Sir Robert Morton (3933 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow, Arthur Winslow, Grace Winslow, Lady Gertrude Chiltern, Mabel Chiltern
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Fusion, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Crossover, 1910s, Alternate Universe - Medical, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, mentions of John Watherstone/Catherine Winslow, Edwardian Period, Alternate Universe - Regency
Summary: Ten AU scenarios for Catherine Winslow & Sir Robert Morton for an old meme.

Comments

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

So basically, as long as you have a list of 10 well-recognised fanfic AU types and stick to it, you have your meme!

Yay, excellent! And I don't blame you for not including shapeshifters, I honestly have no idea what a shifter AU for Robert and Catherine would even look like :P

It's good to know the format allows for a bit of variability - if I ever did a version of this meme and decided to go down the properly self-indulgent route, I'd be sorely tempted to write a Titanic AU (hey, I mean, it's the same era), among others... (but first I need to actually work on my WIP! alas, I know exactly what I want to write next, but I'm at the stage of postviral fatigue where my mind has wandered away with the fairies, so I remain stuck on the same scene for now - very frustrating!)

[thisbluespirit]

And I don't blame you for not including shapeshifters, I honestly have no idea what a shifter AU for Robert and Catherine would even look like :P

Shapeshifters was in there all three times I did it as a request meme, so that was a LOT of characters/pairings I had to work that out for; it was due for a rest. So I didn't think about it before now, but I think they would turn into natural opposites and also not realise they were (one or both?) shapeshifters for the whole of the case because neither of them would mention it. Unless Catherine did because she was into shapeshifters' rights but Sir Robert would still not say anything.

I'd be sorely tempted to write a Titanic AU (hey, I mean, it's the same era), among others...

There is flexibility! I've done it a few times, and so have a couple of other of my flisters and fair usage includes If the Fandom is already IN SPACE, you can just fuse it/crossover it with another such fandom & the same rules apply to any others where it is already that AU setting. (Which was the route I took for Historical eventually.) So Titanic AU could be a crossover, a fusion (with any of the fictional versions) or Historical, because it is.

The meme police have never arrested me yet! XD

I'm at the stage of postviral fatigue where my mind has wandered away with the fairies, so I remain stuck on the same scene for now - very frustrating!

Aw, I hope it clears up soon!

ETA: I've read your comment on AO3 and I just wanted to add here some pics of Prequel Era Coruscant and senatorial fashion, because it is Very Pretty:

Senate Building corridors/Padme's quarters: https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/200/4k-2-swattack/full/4k-2attackclones-starwarsscreencaps.com-2246.jpg?ssl=1&quality=95
Views out of Coruscant Transparisteel windows: https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/200/4k-5-revengesith/full/revengesith-4k-starwarsscreencaps.com-7240.jpg?ssl=1&quality=95
Casual senatorial nightwear and night views of Coruscant: https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/200/4k-5-revengesith/full/revengesith-4k-starwarsscreencaps.com-8975.jpg?ssl=1&quality=95
Later set of Senatorial quarters for Padme: https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/200/4k-5-revengesith/full/revengesith-4k-starwarsscreencaps.com-10644.jpg?ssl=1&quality=95

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Thank you for the links - that is indeed a very pretty setting, and oddly appropriate for a fusion! :D

Shapeshifters was in there all three times I did it as a request meme, so that was a LOT of characters/pairings I had to work that out for; it was due for a rest. So I didn't think about it before now, but I think they would turn into natural opposites and also not realise they were (one or both?) shapeshifters for the whole of the case because neither of them would mention it. Unless Catherine did because she was into shapeshifters' rights but Sir Robert would still not say anything.

That sounds plausible! :O I've never read anything much involving shapeshifters, so I'm uncertain of the genre conventions (but it feels very Edwardian for them to both have this ability and then just never speak of it, lol!)

[thisbluespirit]

I've never read anything much involving shapeshifters, so I'm uncertain of the genre conventions (but it feels very Edwardian for them to both have this ability and then just never speak of it, lol!)

I'm really not into shapeshifting things, but as I said, it was a thing in this meme and I checked on my AO3, and I found I've done 38 AU Meme works, so basically: I have not read/written any shapeshifting - except for the 38 AU Meme snippets for 38 different characters/pairings, lol. I don't even know how I feel about this.

that is indeed a very pretty setting, and oddly appropriate for a fusion!

<3