That Loyalty of Friendship. Being the Adventures of David Balfour, Ewen Cameron and other Notable Persons in and about the Year 1753: How Keith Windham saw a Quarrel made and mended; how Mr Balfour took a bold Step, and suffer’d a great Misfortune, in which there was yet a great Happiness; the History of Alan Breck Stewart and Dr Archibald Cameron, with divers other Jacobites; of Falsehood and Truth in Friendship and Politics; and treating also of Amity and Love between Jacobite and Whig.
At Ye Jacobites By Name | On AO3
Fandoms: Kidnapped (book), The Flight of the Heron
Relationships: Ewen/Keith, Alan/David
Characters: Ewen Cameron, Keith Windham, Alan Breck Stewart, David Balfour, Archibald Cameron, with various other canonical, historical and original characters in minor roles
Rating: T
Content warnings: Major character death (spoilery details are available in the beginning notes)
Length: 118,175 words*
*The AO3 work does not include the prologue, which I posted separately, but does include the endnotes, which I had to make into their own chapter because they're too long to go in the actual endnotes section. Hence the discrepancy in wordcounts.
This fic began in June last year in Glen Nevis, if I remember correctly, where![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
luzula and I were discussing FotH fic ideas; she floated the idea of a Kidnapped crossover, and this seeming promising, challenged me to write it. I thought this was all very intriguing and began turning the idea over in my mind; and in August, having finished the other things I was working on at the time, I started to write it. Throughout 2022 I'd been stretching my writing muscles, gradually writing longer and plottier fics, and by now I felt up to the challenge of something that would clearly be significantly longer and plottier yet. And so here, somewhat more than a year later, it is: not only my longest fic to date but more than five times longer than the next one before that, which is kind of mind-boggling.
(Right,luzula, you have to write that Flemington crossover now :D )
Bothluzula and sanguinity have been utterly amazing beta readers, and I cannot thank them enough. ♥ Also deserving a mention is NTS Kidnapped, which really has done a great deal for my general spirits this year as well as keeping up my fannish love for Kidnapped; you may spot a reference or two in the fic. :)
I think I will not write another longfic for a little while! Although I've really enjoyed writing this, it has been frustrating having other ideas popping up and not being able to fit in writing them around the longfic, as well as having to limit participation in exchanges. I have various shorter ideas percolating, and in any case intend to spend the next couple of months writing loads of fic for Yuletide.
At Ye Jacobites By Name | On AO3
Fandoms: Kidnapped (book), The Flight of the Heron
Relationships: Ewen/Keith, Alan/David
Characters: Ewen Cameron, Keith Windham, Alan Breck Stewart, David Balfour, Archibald Cameron, with various other canonical, historical and original characters in minor roles
Rating: T
Content warnings: Major character death (spoilery details are available in the beginning notes)
Length: 118,175 words*
*The AO3 work does not include the prologue, which I posted separately, but does include the endnotes, which I had to make into their own chapter because they're too long to go in the actual endnotes section. Hence the discrepancy in wordcounts.
This fic began in June last year in Glen Nevis, if I remember correctly, where
luzula and I were discussing FotH fic ideas; she floated the idea of a Kidnapped crossover, and this seeming promising, challenged me to write it. I thought this was all very intriguing and began turning the idea over in my mind; and in August, having finished the other things I was working on at the time, I started to write it. Throughout 2022 I'd been stretching my writing muscles, gradually writing longer and plottier fics, and by now I felt up to the challenge of something that would clearly be significantly longer and plottier yet. And so here, somewhat more than a year later, it is: not only my longest fic to date but more than five times longer than the next one before that, which is kind of mind-boggling.(Right,
luzula, you have to write that Flemington crossover now :D )Both
luzula and sanguinity have been utterly amazing beta readers, and I cannot thank them enough. ♥ Also deserving a mention is NTS Kidnapped, which really has done a great deal for my general spirits this year as well as keeping up my fannish love for Kidnapped; you may spot a reference or two in the fic. :)I think I will not write another longfic for a little while! Although I've really enjoyed writing this, it has been frustrating having other ideas popping up and not being able to fit in writing them around the longfic, as well as having to limit participation in exchanges. I have various shorter ideas percolating, and in any case intend to spend the next couple of months writing loads of fic for Yuletide.
