raspberryhunter

I wrote three fics for ToT and had entirely too much fun doing so. Two were for zdenka:

Führt Liebe ihn zur Pflicht (1681 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Die Zauberflöte | The Magic Flute - Mozart/Schikaneder
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sarastro & Pamina's Father
Characters: Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Paminas Vater | Pamina's Father
Additional Tags: Friendship, Music, Canon-Typical Misogyny, Angst
Summary:

The last meeting of Sarastro and Pamina's father.

I love Die Zauberflöte so so much, it's probably my favorite opera ever, all the hope and love in it and the gorgeous gorgeous music. I've had in my head for a while that Sarastro and Pamina's father were friends, and I really enjoyed getting to write this down and get it to explain some things, like why Sarastro pushes for Pamina being initiated into the Temple. Zdenka asked for music, and I had a lot of fun putting lots of music in the story too. Basically, getting to spend time with this opera makes me happy <3 Thanks to sprocket and justplainsavannahd for beta!

With Me Your Heart Will Be Stronger (9649 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Don Carlos | Don Carlo - Verdi/du Locle/Méry
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlos/Rodrigue, Rodrigo & Elisabeth, Elisabeth & Eboli, Philip & Rodrigo
Characters: Rodrigue | Rodrigo, Élisabeth de Valois | Elisabetta di Valois, La princesse Eboli | La Principessa Eboli, Philippe II | Filippo II, Carlos | Carlo
Additional Tags: Fix-It, fix all the things, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Extremely Ahistorical, Save Flanders, Trick or Treat: Treat, Treat, Rodrigo/Flanders, Elisabeth/Philip - Freeform, Carlo/Elisabeth, Loyalty, Trust
Summary:

Rodrigo and Elisabeth, Elisabeth and Eboli, Philip and Rodrigo, Carlos and Rodrigo: together, they can strengthen each other; together, they can save the ones they care for.

Of course Don Carlo(s) is the one I have all the FEEEEEELINGS about, and here is my fix-it where, after many words and four pairs of people having Feelings at each other, I finally managed to fix All The Things, and put in a lot of loyalty bonds and pining and reconciliation and trust because both Zdenka and I love those things. And it was not easy! (I mean fixing all the things, not putting in loads of people flinging themselves to their knees -- that was easy because LOVE.) Verdi/du Locle/Mery put a LOT OF THINGS in the way of Our Heroes, as it turns out, so it took a fair number of words (at least for me, I'm not really a longfic writer)...

Thanks to sprocket and iberiandoctor for beta, with an especial thanks to iberiandoctor for the last-minute beta and "here's what you need to do in the next 36 hours to make this fic THAT MUCH BETTER" talk :D

And then I wrote another small little bitter-chocolate treat for iberiandoctor, because she had the Don Carlo(s) prompt "The opera canon is such a terrible Bad Ending, but I would not mind at all if you tried to make it worse this Halloween," and if you think I could resist that you clearly don't know me very well :D

This one is set in a universe sort-of (?) like the "Coeur de Flamme" fic, in that Philip and Rodrigo are in a sexual relationship at the time of canon (though nothing super explicit). But darker. :P

ma confiance fut trompée (352 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Don Carlos | Don Carlo - Verdi/du Locle/Méry
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Philip II/Rodrigo (Don Carlos)
Characters: Philippe II | Filippo II
Additional Tags: dubcon, Betrayal, Missing Scene, Sex makes everything worse
Summary:

Philip is told about the traitor of Flanders.

This is what happens when you leave me unattended, I'm just saying. Canon-divergence fix-it fic is what happens!

What I needed more than anything else after watching Don Carlo was to have fixed — not Rodrigo's sacrificial death — I desperately wanted to have fixed the part where his sacrifice doesn't end up saving anyone at all. (There's not even really any hope for either Carlos or Flanders. That's all I really ask.) Also I have a lot of Feelings about Philip and Rodrigo, and how in the opera there is a strong consciousness of the lord-liege relationship between them on both sides that — if it could have been leaned on just a bit more — Well. Anyway.

Concrit and discussion are always welcome — on all my fics, really (it's interesting to see what did and didn't work for people, and different interpretations, as well as nice things, which of course I always enjoy), but this one particularly because unless I get hit by a bus there are going to be more fics in this fandom coming :P

His noble words revealed to my soul a new world (2829 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Don Carlos | Don Carlo - Verdi/du Locle/Méry
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Philip II & Rodrigo, Philip II/Elisabeth de Valois
Characters: Rodrigue | Rodrigo, Thibault | Tebaldo, Philippe II | Filippo II
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Ending, Canonical Character Death, Fix-It, Posthumous letter, Even in non-supernatural AU Charles V is still really odd
Summary:

Rodrigo makes one last bid to fulfill his responsibilities to the King, to protect the Queen, and to protect his Carlos, even after his death.

This time, he is successful.