AU Fics / Kink Meme Reminder

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Recently we've been treated to quite a few AU fics (50 Shades, Kronette's Librarian!Rimmer fic, the Dirty Dancing one) and it's got me thinking about AUs I'd like to read (ideally, obviously no-one's obligated to write them for me). ;)

Historical ones are springing most readily to mind.  I think it's because Rimmer's hideous family would fit so well as an aristocratic or social climbing clan forcing him to do what they consider proper - and then he catches sight of (for example) Stable boy!Lister and falls hopelessly in love.  Much rolling around in hay lofts ensues.  (This is thematically similar to the Merchant Ivory film "Maurice" starring a young Rupert Graves aka Lestrade from "Sherlock".)

I realise historical AUs do raise the question of racism and whether to ignore it or incorporate it.  One way to get around that could be to turn it around by having Rimmer be the outsider e.g. he could be a vicar in inner-city Liverpool.  Or turn things around completely and have Lister be the wealthy, privileged one for once.

It was the Dirty Dancing AU which put all this in my head and that sprang from a prompt on the Kink Meme, so this is just a reminder that if you haven't looked on there for a while, a lot of prompts have been filled recently.

So what AUs would others like to see?  They can be detailed ones or just PWP scenarios.

Comments

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. Stable boy!Lister? Rolling around in haylofts? Leather harnesses, mouth bits and riding crops? What are you trying to DO to me???
*Goes to lie down*

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Actually, if it gets your wonderful imagination going, I'm not sorry at all. ;)

*Passes you a fan* :)

[laurenthemself]

I have no qualms about just leaving this link here.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Pony hooves for THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS????

[laurenthemself]

Eagle Leather are not the cheapest of Melbourne's fetish shops.

I like Lucrezia and De Sade's fetish marsupials.

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

That's all well and good but where are the butt plug pony tails? *Tuts*. Amateurs.

[laurenthemself]

I'm actually surprised they don't have those because they've got butt plug dog tails for puppy play.

Also I went in there today and HOLY SHIT the Ream and Scream is heavy.

(I was book shopping. I just book shop in some interesting places.)

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

It just amuses me slightly that my mind went from pony play on one hand to Princess Diaries so easily. I have a strange personality.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

The Ream and Scream?! It sounds like something Rimmer's self-loathing beast would use. *Mind boggles* :o

[laurenthemself]

It's a butt plug almost as round as it is tall. It was so heavy. You could use it as a weapon, if so inclined.

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Reality TV. Maybe a cooking competition judged by Gordon Ramsay...

...been watching a lot of Kitchen Nightmares.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

*Lol* Rimmer would spend far too much time planning his meal and not be ready when Gordon comes round. Just as he's about to tear into Rimmer, Lister takes pity on him and stages a distraction by burning his own meal. Or something. ;)

That's more like "Masterchef", but whatever. :)

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

A Princess Diaries AU where it turns out Lister is actually a long lost prince who was given up for adoption because he's the illegitimate heir to the throne. He gets a makeover, a castle and a string of goldigging admirers...but he misses Rimmer. And Rimmer is sick with resentment over the whole stinking business.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Cat could give him the makeover and Kryten could be his loyal valet or butler. That could be a good one. :D

Rimmer sick with resentment? No change there, then. ;)

[laurenthemself]

I think in terms of AUs I might bring over some of the ideas I've been writing for Big Bang Theory, which is playing with gender. Not just a straight (heh) swap from cis male to cis female, but, well.

What if that huge bulge that Lister sports turns out to be a packer? If he's a trans man, and even though presumably surgical alterations have improved by the time of the show, he hasn't been able to afford anything other than top (chest) surgery. It's why he's a little body shy, keeping his longjohns on as much as possible. Inevitably, though, sharing such a small space means that Rimmer finds out.

Maybe he was never 'our Rob or Ross'. Maybe he started out as Rose.

(This is the sort of thing I'd write as an AU, not just PWP. Especially now you've got me thinking.)

I'd be hesitant to write Rimmer as FTM because then his backstory of being the bullied underachiever in the family would be frankly misogynistic.

[(Anonymous)]

...Or he never wanted bottom surgery, but he feels obliged to pack in order to stealth.

~feckles, your friendly neighbourhood non-op trans dude

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you and Lauren should team up to write this? Or write separate fics, whichever. :)

[laurenthemself]

Very valid point, Feckles!

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

You know, this had never occurred to me, but now that I think about it it would make a pretty plausible twist on canon which I'd be interested to read. :)

[pebblerocker]

I do enjoy a funny and creative AU! Some good ideas here already. Historicals can be very enjoyable, but then practically anything is a historical setting from the viewpoint of three million years in the future ;)

How about: Chief Hollister is going to strip Detective Lister of his badge because of his constant insubordination and messy paperwork, unless he can pull out a miracle and solve a high-profile murder by Tuesday... and to make things worse, he's saddled with a new partner who is irritatingly by-the-book and near impossible to work with. Will they be able to work together, or is another homicide on the cards?

[laurenthemself]

Holy crap holy crap holy crap I NEED THIS LIKE BREATHING.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

That sounds great. Buddy movie Rimmer and Lister! With a gay twist to offset the "no-homo" crap you sometimes get in that kind of film. :D

Let's face it, Hollister would make a perfect put-open police chief or sheriff.

[sunny-bexster.livejournal.com]

Oh god, please write this!

[sunny-bexster.livejournal.com]

Personally...Lawyer!Lister with Rimmer as his slightly exasperating client. I don't...even...know how I would begin to make this work...but I can dream.

This post is brought to you by wine...

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Intriguing. :)

[laurenthemself]

Lister in a judge's wig?

(now I ded of lol)