crack au day!

[aria]

And before I go, a meme!

Take any one of the fandoms you know I write/rec/read AND give me a type of AU (space opera AU, pirate AU, superhero AU, etc) or another time period (Ancient Rome, Regency England, etc). I will then explain the gist of the story I would write for that AU.

I should add that any historical AUs will be EXTREMELY INACCURATE, and you are probably safer with superheroes.

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[aria]

Haha, no, AMAZING. Although, fair warning, I haven't watched any BSG or thought about it properly for ... two years now? Or however long it's been since the show ended, so I may be a bit rusty.

But I am fairly sure it is the tale of Kara Thrace, whose father died some time ago and whose only prospect is to marry a good man so that she might leave the home of her horrible mother. Kara is not particularly good at being ladylike but she still attracts the attention of the young Zak Adama; they're engaged to be married when tragedy strikes again and Zak is lost in a riding accident. Zak's brother Lee seems to be interested in Kara, and so is the handsome stranger Sam Anders. Meanwhile Bill Adama is courting the influential dowager Laura Roslin, and trying to help his friend Saul Tigh make something of himself now that their days of military service are over.

Then, naturally, CLOCKWORK PEOPLE GONE TERRIBLY WRONG, thanks to the misguided efforts of scientist Gaius Baltar! I'm not quite sure how to make this not go weird and gothic, but perhaps they are in fact harmless clockwork curiosities, but Tigh believes they are a threat to good society, and meanwhile Kara is extremely bewildered that the one called Leoben is also trying to court her.

I have to say, there's a tragic lack of ladies doing political things and blowing stuff up in this universe.

[innocentsmith]

HEE. AWESOME. I would so read this.

Saul and Ellen Tigh would be great in a Regency AU - that scene in "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" where she's having dinner with the Adamas and Roslin and being hilariously inappropriate could basically go exactly the same way. XD

Kara is extremely bewildered that the one called Leoben is also trying to court her.

♥ I kind of want a cartoon of clockwork!Leoben bowing and offering flowers to a WTF-ing Regency!Kara.

there's a tragic lack of ladies doing political things and blowing stuff up in this universe.

Hmm. Perhaps the twin sisters, Sharon and Athena Valerii, are Ada Lovelace-types and figure out how to disrupt the clockwork people's functioning. But none of the men will listen to the young ladies at first, so it's up to all the women to lay the smackdown. And possibly Roslin is the widow of the royal Duke of Adar, and thus politically important despite not holding official office? IDK.

[lowkey]

BUT SHARON AND ATHENA ARE ACTUALLY CALCULATING ENGINES

YES

[lowkey]

Regency!Gaius frackin' Baltar would, basically, be the coolest thing ever. And BONUS POINTS for Jamie Bamber being able to speak with his actual accent.

CLEARLY this is the best of all possible worlds.