So there's this idea I've been kicking around in my head for a few weeks now, which I haven't actually done anything with due to the little voice in my head saying, "This is a very bad idea and you shouldn't do it. It's got nothing in common with canon except the names. If you actually write this and post it online, it will end up being sporked somewhere."
It's a pirate AU, because my brain runs on pepper-jack cheese logic.
Christine is a pirate captain.
Erik is her Angel of Sailing.
Raoul is a naval deserter.
Basically, after her father died (do we know how old Christine was when her father died? I don't think the novel ever mentions it), Christine dressed in boy's clothes and got a job as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. Erik, one of the crew members, figured out she was a girl, but instead of revealing her secret, he took a liking to her and taught her the finer points of sailing. After a while, the ship was attacked by pirates. Erik and Christine were among those who volunteered to join the crew.
Nowadays, Christine is the captain of her own pirate ship, the Angel. (I know 20 is a little young to be a captain, but I can age her and Raoul up a little. And I know the Angel doesn't sound very pirate-y, but hey, Edward Low named one of his ships the Rose Pink. Besides, I can always add "of Death" or something.) Erik is her quartermaster. They've recently picked up a new crew member: Raoul de Chagny, Christine's childhood friend who's traumatized by his days in the navy and the death of his brother.
Here's the part I'm worried about. I came up with this plotline involving the hunt for a lost treasure and a literal ghost ship, which is all very well, but it sounds more like Pirates of the Caribbean than Phantom of the Opera. The canonical love triangle is reduced to a subplot. I know that's bad, which is why I'm having doubts about this whole thing, but part of me still really wants to write this fic.
So, uh...talk me out of it? Encourage me to go ahead and do it? Offer suggestions for improvement?
(In case you're wondering how I came up with Pirate-captain!Christine in the first place...I was reading Phanwank's tags list and came across the tag "white slave!christine." I immediately thought, "And then Christine escaped her master, commandeered a ship with the help of her fellow runaway slaves and a tax dodger, and became the most feared pirate in the Caribbean."
Remember Custer!Raoul,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
igenlode? Now we have Blood!Christine.
Besides, "Captain Christine Daaé" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?)
It's a pirate AU, because my brain runs on pepper-jack cheese logic.
Christine is a pirate captain.
Erik is her Angel of Sailing.
Raoul is a naval deserter.
Basically, after her father died (do we know how old Christine was when her father died? I don't think the novel ever mentions it), Christine dressed in boy's clothes and got a job as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. Erik, one of the crew members, figured out she was a girl, but instead of revealing her secret, he took a liking to her and taught her the finer points of sailing. After a while, the ship was attacked by pirates. Erik and Christine were among those who volunteered to join the crew.
Nowadays, Christine is the captain of her own pirate ship, the Angel. (I know 20 is a little young to be a captain, but I can age her and Raoul up a little. And I know the Angel doesn't sound very pirate-y, but hey, Edward Low named one of his ships the Rose Pink. Besides, I can always add "of Death" or something.) Erik is her quartermaster. They've recently picked up a new crew member: Raoul de Chagny, Christine's childhood friend who's traumatized by his days in the navy and the death of his brother.
Here's the part I'm worried about. I came up with this plotline involving the hunt for a lost treasure and a literal ghost ship, which is all very well, but it sounds more like Pirates of the Caribbean than Phantom of the Opera. The canonical love triangle is reduced to a subplot. I know that's bad, which is why I'm having doubts about this whole thing, but part of me still really wants to write this fic.
So, uh...talk me out of it? Encourage me to go ahead and do it? Offer suggestions for improvement?
(In case you're wondering how I came up with Pirate-captain!Christine in the first place...I was reading Phanwank's tags list and came across the tag "white slave!christine." I immediately thought, "And then Christine escaped her master, commandeered a ship with the help of her fellow runaway slaves and a tax dodger, and became the most feared pirate in the Caribbean."
Remember Custer!Raoul,
igenlode? Now we have Blood!Christine.Besides, "Captain Christine Daaé" has a nice ring to it, don't you think?)
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