So many ideas, so little time, so limited an attention span for research...

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Kidnapped fic I will never write, a list:

1. AU where Davie joins the church instead of looking into the stuff about his mysterious uncle and is deployed to the Highlands as a missionary catechist on behalf of the Scottish Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge who has a down and dirty affair with an Alan Breck Stewart who's in town recruiting. I'd have to fudge timelines a bit, probably having the stuff with Davie's parents happening when he's 16/17 as in the book but keeping the play setting of him and Alan meeting around 19 and 25, respectively. Anyway it would require way too much research, so it'll never happen, but just for the musing of those who might be interested. (Also I'm not up to resolving the issues between someone working on behalf of the Reformed Church and a local attempting to hang onto his own religion, but whatever. Handwavey historical romance with heavy religious overtones, I throw myself upon thy mercy.)

More to come as I think of them, which certainly won't be an issue as every song I hear and new tidbit of historical information I learn makes my brain go "but what if applied to your favorite little guys, eh?" /melting smiley face emoji

Comments

[muccamukk]

Oh man, I know SO LITTLE about the religious side of things, though I do think/hope Davie would come down with the Moderate movement that was happening with the Presbyterians at the time. Rather than the THERE IS NO BUTTER IN HELL! people.

[regshoe]

Ooh, there's an idea! Yeah, definitely a lot of historical issues there... For that matter I don't think we actually know which denomination Alan belongs to. The book sort of implies he might be Catholic, but IIRC the Appin Stewarts were historically mostly Episcopalian, and James of the Glens was definitely an Episcopalian (as he says in his dying speech) so I imagine his foster-son would be too.

every song I hear and new tidbit of historical information I learn makes my brain go "but what if applied to your favorite little guys, eh?"

Aww :D

[sanguinity]

Here from the friending meme, where I recognized the Kidnapped NTS icon and thought, Halloa! We have overlapping interests! <3

[luzula]

Hey, I also saw you at the friending meme! *follows*

I am not actually writing Kidnapped fic (at least not yet), but I am in the, uh, Jacobite Extended Universe fandom, starting with Flight of the Heron, and I am definitely here for your Kidnapped thoughts and fic! : )