Will and Skandar vs. Oswald and John.

[hardparade]

This is so bizarre. I'm writing a History essay and it's all about Britain in the 1930s and the economic crisis and everything, so Skandar's great great uncle, the economist John Maynard Keynes, is involved. It was weirding me out the whole time I was taking my notes because they kept just referring to him as Keynes, and I kept being like "Skandar!!" And then this guy, Sir Oswald Mosley, got involved, and I know it's missing an 'e' and all, but...srsly?

He ended up being a fascist so I was a bit disappointed, but now in my essay I'm writing about them both and how initially they had similar ideas, and it's like...Both Mosley and Keynes recommended increasing government spending on public works in order to create more jobs... And ALL I CAN IMAGINE is Will and Skandar trying to like, advise the government on their unemployment issues.

I can also totally see Skandar studying this on set or something and boasting about how great Maynard Keynes was, and making fun of Will because the guy who has his surname supported Hitler.

I don't think I got enough sleep last night.

Comments

[breathe-me27.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is awesomesauce! Of course, I keep embarrassing myself in history these days because we're doing about Edward VI and I keep accidentally calling him Edmund. *facepalm*

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Haha aww!! I'd totally do the same thing, though. XD

[breathe-me27.livejournal.com]

At least I've managed to stop myself from adding "The Just" on the end, even though I totally want to!

[expastic.livejournal.com]

....that is just amazing.

We talked about Narnia in my King Arthur class the other day, BUT THIS WINS THE FANDOM/ACADEMIC CROSSOVER CONTEST FOR SURE.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

Lol awesome!! XD

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION IS TO WRITE HISTORICAL AU.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

THIS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ALREADY CROSSED MY MIND. <_< BUT I CAN'T MAKE WILL A NAZI. D:

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

I BELIEVE IN YOU. STRETCHING YOUR BOUNDARIES ALWAYS HELPS YOU GROW AS A WRITER.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

IT MIGHT ALSO HELP ME LEARN THIS HISTORY STUFF BETTER. INTERESTING. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY TUTOR WOULD THINK OF THAT.

So...just for the sake of discussion, how would it work? Would it be Will and Skandar in the place of Mosley and Keynes? Or would it be actual Oswald/John slash? LOL WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY BRAIN.

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

It would be with different names (Oswald and John), but the same characterization we know. I think. OR YOU COULD MAKE IT TRIPPY, LIKE, THE BOYS FIND THEMSELVES WAKING UP IN ANOTHER TIME? idkidk.

[likecharity.livejournal.com]

LOL I LIKE THE SECOND IDEA MORE BUT THAT WOULD BE SO CRACKY. And also then Will would have to secretly be a Nazi, or...change the course of history, and that'd suck. I WILL THINK ABOUT THIS.

[inksplotched.livejournal.com]

NO, I LIKE WILL BEING A LEGIT NAZI, IT'LL SHAKE THINGS UP. HE COULD BE CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN SOMETIMES, THOUGH.

[picturegames.livejournal.com]

.....I just spent three lectures in International Political Economy learning about Keynes.

WTF??!???!?!????!??!?!?!?!

THAT'S HIS UNCLE? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS.

how is it possible that my mind has just been BLOWN APART TO LITTLE PIECES.

Keynes was fucking awesome, though, eh? I mean, Maynard, not - well, no, both of them are, it's just...nvm. lol

[ichnal.livejournal.com]

JKFLDJAFKL;DSA OKAY SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE FIC NOW BECAUSE THAT IS HILARIOUSLY AWESOME.

[scifigirl.livejournal.com]

That is kind of amazing. ♥

[alexi-lupin.livejournal.com]

lol I was at the Libraary reading something about the US economy and it was like "blah blah John Maynard Keynes blah blah" and I was like :D :D :D the whole time, hahaha. You are not alone!

LOLOLOL as if Skandar and Will could govern their way out of a paper bag. Skandar probably could, as long as Will wasn't involved, hahahaha.

[hot-jupiters.livejournal.com]

I LOL'd kind of ridiculously hard at this.

[elyanell.livejournal.com]

LOL, I knew it :P:P

[alice-pike.livejournal.com]

LOLOL. AMAZING. Everything about this post (and the threads) are FTMFW.

[wirelesstouch.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic!
(I know you posted this a while ago... lulz that don't matter.)

[katakokk.livejournal.com]

So, I realize you made this post over a year ago, but I remember seeing it when scouring your journal for Skandar/Will fic. And then in history just last week we learned about the 1930s crazy economy and John Maynard Keynes and all I could think is, "I have to find this post again!" Skandar and Will advising the government, hee! XD

Also, this reminds me of the time I was looking through my school directory and I came across a boy named "William Moseley (random last name here)," but because the names are written Last, First Middle, and I was only laughing at people's middle names, I freaked out.