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hidden_passages Title: "The Winter Gift" - Chapters 1 & 2
Author: earthspirits
Fandoms: American Gods / Penny Dreadful crossover
Characters / Pairing: Mad Sweeney / Laura McCabe Moon - Vanessa Ives / Ethan Chandler.
Historical Eras: Victorian London / Medieval Ireland
Chapters: 2/ ?
Spoilers: Contains S3 spoilers for Penny Dreadful and S1 & S2 spoilers for American Gods.
Rating / Warnings: Mature - For 18+ only. Please note that Chapter 1 features horror and some gore / violence + some strong language. May possibly be triggering. Chapter 2 has a little bit of strong language.
Summary: Swept through a powerful energy vortex, Sweeney and Laura Moon have been transported to the past. Here, in the great metropolis of Victorian London, they will encounter unexpected dangers, and make new friends and allies. And here too, in a season of hope, they will discover that true love is the strongest force in any world or era.
Please Note: "The Winter Gift" is #4 in my AU Sweeney and Laura series. It's also #6 in my Penny Dreadful series, and the sequel to "Of Wings Shining in Darkness". All of the Sweeney and Laura stories are connected, and designed to be read in order, as are the Penny Dreadful tales.
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Chapter 1: archiveofourown.org/works/21927529/chapters/52336333
Chapter 2: archiveofourown.org/works/21927529/chapters/52648840
Author: earthspirits
Fandoms: American Gods / Penny Dreadful crossover
Characters / Pairing: Mad Sweeney / Laura McCabe Moon - Vanessa Ives / Ethan Chandler.
Historical Eras: Victorian London / Medieval Ireland
Chapters: 2/ ?
Spoilers: Contains S3 spoilers for Penny Dreadful and S1 & S2 spoilers for American Gods.
Rating / Warnings: Mature - For 18+ only. Please note that Chapter 1 features horror and some gore / violence + some strong language. May possibly be triggering. Chapter 2 has a little bit of strong language.
Summary: Swept through a powerful energy vortex, Sweeney and Laura Moon have been transported to the past. Here, in the great metropolis of Victorian London, they will encounter unexpected dangers, and make new friends and allies. And here too, in a season of hope, they will discover that true love is the strongest force in any world or era.
Please Note: "The Winter Gift" is #4 in my AU Sweeney and Laura series. It's also #6 in my Penny Dreadful series, and the sequel to "Of Wings Shining in Darkness". All of the Sweeney and Laura stories are connected, and designed to be read in order, as are the Penny Dreadful tales.
Posted at A03:
Chapter 1: archiveofourown.org/works/21927529/chapters/52336333
Chapter 2: archiveofourown.org/works/21927529/chapters/52648840
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Date: 2020-01-13 05:05 am (UTC)"Victor Frankenstein gazed curiously at his new patient and her companion" -- aha, so the doctor *was* that Victor :-D
From a technical perspective I found the point-of-view shift from Victor back to Laura as soon as the door opens to be jarring (not least because I hadn't even realised that the viewpoint had shifted for several sentences, and assumed this was still Victor observing Laura!) The shift from Laura to Victor in the first place ("From his perch beside the hearth, Victor Frankenstein gazed curiously") works smoothly enough, but the second one really doesn't :-(
"Suibhne had his own duties for the holiday" -- would 'festival' be more appropriate for mediaeval (?pre-Christian?) Ireland?
Hmm, a drop of blood arousing interest sounds like vampires in that timeline as well (eek!)
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Date: 2020-01-16 03:40 am (UTC)Feeling inspired, I decided to do a re-write of some of the second chapter. Probably still not perfect, but I think it adds more detail to the story and the interactions of the various characters. Anyway, that's all I can do on that chapter, as I'm in the process of writing the next two. : )