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This heat is ridiculous.

There's only three chapters left in my fic, but the one I'm on now is really complicated. Just trying to figure out how to put new spins on unavoidable "Stations of the Canon" moments. I'll definitely do a second series made up of short fics of scenes that should have been in this main story but aren't. Like the development of Silas and Dianna's relationship, Dianna's relationship with Michael, maybe Jaqui's attempt at marrying Kurt Ghent, how Jaqui and Abigail learn to get along, definitely a stand alone Jaqui/Josephine fic... This is not The Newbie's Guide to Kings, I don't have to retell every second of the entire thirteen episodes but it's possible that following the fic at all requires knowing that plot?

I should have done more with the conflict between Rose and Jaqui. Queen Rose, on the show, basically had Katrina (Jack's first fiancee) die in a “car accident” because she couldn't handle the thought of being supplanted by a younger queen. She makes sure that Lucinda, Jack's second choice, won't even think about making a power grab. She's much harsher with Michelle than with Jack, throwing her to the media wolves to protect Jack's reputation. And in Queens, the struggle between queen and princess should be explosive, so maybe look for more of that.
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In the Bible, Saul's wife is named Ahinoam. She doesn't get talked about that much, especially in Christianity. But her name means My brother is pleasant. 1) Unless I'm missing some information about this definition, even in a pretty unfeminist world like ancient Israel, damn that's cold of her parents. 2) Queen Rose, the "Kings" character who corresponds to her has a slick, charming brother. HAH! I love whoever did the research for this show.

Although William was probably also created so the show could have a genuine villain that we didn't sympathize much with, because really, all the Benjamins are protagonists in their own way- Saul in the Bible was a victim as much as he was a villain, and the show needed someone for us to loathe without reservations.

Shiloh was the city Saul based his government out of in the Bible. David is the one who later moves it to Jerusalem. Shiloh is also a place where some bad stuff went down at one point in the Bible. If I recall, a large faction of people wanted to build a temple there, because of reasons, and other people didn't like that, they thought having two temples made one of them inauthentic because the Shiloh faction was allegedly making up their own rules (because duh, they couldn't keep depending on people who were miles away to run their lives). So it went badly. Shiloh is also the name of a pretty well known battle in the American Civil War...

Vesper Abaddon was played by Brian Cox, who once played Hannibal Lecter. Abaddon is a man so evil and dangerous that he has to be jailed in the country's most secure cell, cut off from all outside contact. Silas visits him sometimes, they play chess and drink wine and Abaddon gives him highly questionable yet brilliantly observant advice. He may be evil but he's the only person Silas can really talk to. OMG, did Vesper Abaddon eat people?


I put a playlist up. It starts with songs by women, and also female covers of songs originally by men, for "Queens" and then follows with the male versions. A couple of the covers are a little shaky but that's what you get with people playing guitar in their bedrooms on Youtube. I was not expecting the female led street busker version of Hinech Yafa to knock my socks off the way it did though...

On Youtube

A weird issue with my Jaqui fic-Since Dianna is, at that point in the fic, still married to Jaqui's brother- Dianna is already a Benjamin. So she's Dianna Shepherd Benjamin, but if she marries Jaqui, she'll still be. So Jaqui wanting to be Jaqui Benjamin Shepherd is really a formality, they already have the same last name.

I don't think the dress Andrew makes Jaqui wear is embarrassing enough. But I'm having a hard time finding a better choice. Jaqui is young, thin, in great shape and knows it, and not shy,what would make her go "I will only put that on under the threat of pain" without it being something a literal prostitute would wear to work?

These are what I've found so far...
http://www.polyvore.com/coral_lace_bodycon_dress/thing?id=84442852
http://www.polyvore.com/forever_21_lace-trimmed_maxi_dress/thing?id=84671491 (in pink)
http://www.polyvore.com/pink_chiffon_prom_dress_strapless/thing?id=81078247
http://www.polyvore.com/sherri_hill_21057/thing?id=83663383
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Someone on Tumblr is roleplaying Fem!Bucky and they've been using Nina Dobrev as their PB. I think I'd briefly considered her for Jaqui and then discarded that because I thought she was too tall or too tan or something but you know what? I'm gonna go with it. Because they have about twenty pages of pictures of her looking sooo Jaqui. And I said I didn't want someone who looked frail like Allison Miller.

Considered Natalie Dormer. Because there's something a little Anne Boleynish about Jaqui's situation. This person who could've ruled the world if she hadn't been reduced to her ability to have children or not, and got imprisoned for the "treason" of her sexuality and failure to give the king an heir. And there's a desperation, because her entire life is depending on this. So there's that. Plus, she's a little shorter.


(Nina Dobrev)
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/tagged/%5B-I-see-those-cigarettes-Nina-put-those-down-%5D
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/50525025011/elena-gilbert-jogging-3x06-3x10-3x16
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/search/fem!bucky
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/tagged/%5B-You-are-ever-so-beautiful.-%5D
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/47601474366
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/46850305242
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/46756991285/itsbedlambaby-nina-dobrev-photoshoot-by-jake
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/46619725777/ive-spent-so-much-time-running-and-lying-just-to
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/47378899682
http://bourbonandbullets.tumblr.com/post/51419675539

Dianna is officially going to be Tracy Spiridakos
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So what I really want, is a long, detailed, comic book version of "Queens". That would be the best fannish birthday/Christmas present. I spent some time last night picking out more outfits for Jaqui and Dianna. Including some options for their possible coronation.

Also, there's more Chris/Sebastian RPF than I thought. Not a whole genre by itself like in some fandoms but at least six or seven. AO3 just has a tagging system that makes it hard to find more obscure pairings. Once again, it's Chris Evans/Sebastian, not any non Marvel Comics related pairings.

I'm really not in the mood for deepness or productivity today.
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Dianna Shepherd crowned by butterflies

Dianna, I've already narrowed down to Aly Michalka, Tracy Spiradakos or Blake Lively, like I already mentioned.

Who to choose? )

For just a generic Rule 63!Sebastian Stan, in terms of biography I could use Masiela Lusha.. Born in the Balkans in 1985, her parents fled to Vienna and from there, to the US. More bookish than you'd ever expect her to be- she was a published poet at 13 and left a major role on a nationally beloved sitcom to attend college. Maybe if she darkened her hair again, it could work? Unfortunately, I haven't seen much of her post George Lopez work because she hasn't really done anything people actually saw.
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Part of the frustration of trying to write an AU that moves along the same basic timeline as the original is that a lot of the best scenes from canon feel like they lose a bit of their emotional impact. It's hard finding new ways to show the same scene.
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The fic is slowing down a little. Because there are some storytelling choices I need to make before I can keep going, and I'm not sure what to do. Four issues, to be specific.
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I wanna genderflip Kings. I wanna try girl!Jack. With or without girl!David...I'll see if I'm in the mood to write lesbians.

Wouldn't girl!Jack just be Michelle since they're twins? No, because Michelle is not only a wildly different personality, she's also totally different from the way she is in the original text. Let's genderflip them both and see what happens- although you might be able to argue they already were in contrast to their Biblical versions. After all, Michelle is a much softer, kinder, more supportive version of Michal, while Jack is angry and unhappy and snarky and suffers an unfair amount of retribution for wanting the people he loves to have at least a token respect for his feelings and opinions.

It makes everything that happens to Jack on the show three times more disturbing, really, if he's genderflipped. OMG. Is thinking that sexist, though? Or am I right on the money that it'd all be even harder to watch?

I made her some outfits

This would be her song

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