@bree-queen replied to your post: “Contemplating starting a Vicbert Modern AU fic, but the serious...”
Please write a vicbert au fanfic! Or any vicbert fanfic for that matter. Oneshot or multiple chapters, I'm down for anything. This fandom is just bombarded with Vicbourne fanfic, that I'm like, "Where are my two fluffy, nerdy favs who love and support each other and have a hundred kids?"
Also, as to your predicament, I think distant cousins by marriage would be acceptable for a modern au.
I know -- I need more of my fluffy, nerdy faves! And, yes, the comparative lack of Vicbert fic was really surprising to me, too. I mean, I hold fast to a “ship and let ship” policy where people are totally free write and read whatever they want -- and, of course, no one should feel particularly beholden to stick to canon -- but I also wish there was more V&A fic (whether canon or AU) out there.
(On a side note, I do feel the need to recommend “A Marriage of Equals”, which is stunningly written and well-researched, and so true to character that I want to cry...)
@assortedflavours replied to your post: “Contemplating starting a Vicbert Modern AU fic, but the serious...”
YES!! Please do!!! I concur, we need Vicbert fic desperately! You could do it where Leopold is just Albert's uncle and Princess Charlotte is Victoria's cousin, making Albert the nephew of Victoria's cousin's husband (I think?), but no blood relation.
That makes sense -- so the only difference is that Leopold and Victoria’s mother aren’t siblings? Thanks for the suggestion!
Anyway, I totally appreciate all the encouragement -- I’m going to need a little time to let the story settle in my head but then I may see what I can do with it. In the meantime, I’ve posted another AU moodboard, which I hope is enough of a consolation!