memery!

[vaznetti]

As seen on yahtzee63's lj --

The Hypothetical AU Meme: Take any one of the fandoms you know I write AND give me another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc.). I will then explain what story from that fandom I would AU in that era.

It looks like fun, and I am here all afternoon -- meme me!

Comments

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Alias - Frontier America.

[vaznetti]

Hm. So the sort of politically responsible thing to do would be to make this an AU all about expansion westward and the dispossession of the Indians, and you could actually do something quite interesting to do with mixed marriages and passing and issues like that. But I am unable to be that responsible this afternoon so -- instead of spies, they're ranchers, and the conflict is all about land grabs and cattle.

Jack Bristow and Arvin Sloane started out working for the same outfit, but Arvin eventually struck out on his own, and Jack (apparently) went with him; it turns out, of course, that Arvin is doing quite a lot of cattle rustling from their old employer, and Jack is working to keep tabs on him. The plot, I think, would hinge on the return of Jack's beloved and long-lost wife, who (he thought) had been kidnapped and massacred by bandits, but who in point of fact had simply returned to Mexico -- the story would be Jack's process of learning about Irina/Laura -- who was she, really? what did she want? had she in fact been sending information on the movements of Texas rangers to the Mexican government? And what was Arvin's role in her disappearence, all those years ago.

Um... and no doubt I'd find some way to work Sydney into this, as well.

[timesink.livejournal.com]

I would totally read that, even without Sydney.

[vaznetti]

It's really just the thought of Jack Bristow as a cowboy, isn't it?

[timesink.livejournal.com]

I think it's Irina as a secret Mexican bandit.

Oh, okay, Jack in a big long duster, too. Victor Garber could rock that.

[anenko.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. I'm willing to admit to being shallow: cowboy hats are hot.

(For some plot related reason, at some point, Sydney must absolutely crossdress.)