#fidelity.kat

[freegiftjones]

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In November of 1776, the Continental Army is captured by the British in New York City. In a damp cell, Alfred Kirkland must decide the best way to spin his association with the rebels that will keep him in the good graces of his father and the Crown. It's all for America. Every lie he tells, he tells for the good of America. At least, that's what he's telling himself.

this fic stands alone so dive right in! i hope you enjoy!! updates on this one will be very slow but the chapters will be quite long and they each kinda stand alone, so no huge cliffhangers here.

[freegiftjones]

Give me your Fidekiku headcanons, hand them over please 🙏

siri play made in japan by buck owens

for Fidelity, meeting Kiku is his version of freedom. near the mid 1800s, the British swap diplomats with the Japanese, and Fidelity is the one allowed to go on his own--it's his father putting a bit of trust in him after nearly 80 years of watching him closely following the failed revolution. so Fidelity is allowed to go, meets Kiku (who is really the first Nation he meets after the revolution who isn't family, unless he meets some other europeans in brief passing between the rev and the japan visit), and just--imagine being him. being stuck under the watchful eye of your father who you have this super transactional relationship with, with only your brother for company (who you have an equally complicated relationship with) and then you get to go to beautiful japan, and meet this person who doesn't have any preconceived notions about the type of person you are. Fidelity doesn't have to pretend with Kiku. he can start over, almost, being himself, not having to hide any more than the fact that he supported a failed revolution last century.

so for him, Kiku is freedom and independence and a person he does not have to play for. Kiku doesn't know that he has this black stain on his soul, and he likely would not care if he ever found out.

this is all stuff that will be covered in the next chapter of this fic. i have not yet figured out how wwii goes for these two because i haven't gotten there yet. im also undecided on how far their relationship gets, and when. in I'm A Million Different People, Fidelity implies that he has feelings for Kiku, but doesn't state whether or not they are dating. so we will see how that goes as well :) i do think they are together by then, but it's long distance obviously, and im undecided on if Arthur knows about it.

[freegiftjones]

why does fidelity call sodas "soda" and not "pop" or "soft drink"?

You make a good point and are correct—being that he has an English father and Canadian brother (and that they live with their father a lot) he should be saying soft drink. But I am an American and that word is not used here at all really except in very specific cases in the word soda is broadly becoming the most common word used here. Previously it was the word most commonly used in New England.

So real answer: I messed up 🥴. Fake answer: maybe he really likes American social media and picked it up from there. Or maybe he says it because Ivan said it to him in the kitchen.

[freegiftjones]

OMG WAIT WITHOUT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ALFRED AND FRANCIS NEVER GET TO BOND I EIDNT REALIZE THAT. Ohhhh my god. Fidelity. At least he and Matthew are in the same positions but good lord he doesn't have anyone to turn to anymore now that Washington's dead :(. Matthew has Francis as a safe person but all Fidelity has is Arthur, who is Satan from the Bible. And Francis doesn't know or have that bond with him in this universe :(! Papa Francis!!!!

FIDELITY WE LOVE YOU (it’s funny how by all accounts he is embarrassed of the name but we keep calling him that anyway when we don’t even need to. Yes yes yes)

It’s not even that they don’t know each other it’s that Francis ACTIVELY DISLIKES Fidelity at the moment for how unwavering he is behind Arthur, and based on everything Matt has told him (even if it wasn’t true) and Fid wants it to STAY THAT WAY. he does not want Francis to know about his treason bc that’s even more dangerous. Good if Francis hates him—that keeps him safer. Even if Francis knew he would want to help :( it’s sad. Wah. And Matt’s gonna keep writing letters like “yeah Alfred still sucks” to keep up the rouse

[freegiftjones]

its think about fidelity saturday i guess and im just thinking about him and kiku so much right now. who would have thought the thing to make me feel strong amepan feelings would be weird alt history america

[freegiftjones]

sorting out my alt history and it really all just hinges on the fact that there is no real french revolution, which means there are no Napoleonic wars, which means the sorta pax britania peace doesn't happen. and here i am getting hung up on what belgium is doing or if it even exists but dude *puts hand on own shoulder* that does not matter. you dont have to worry about that. broad strokes, people. alfred "i dont care about european nonsense" jones kirkland (sorry fidelity) come save the day. come do some hand-waving for me buddy

[freegiftjones]

thinking deeply about fidelity this morning because im very very close to working on the next part (gotta figure out the logistics of the alt history in the 1800s) but really the thing on my mind is that, no matter how serious and scary and bad the whole situation is, he will in fact be receiving a visit from alternate dimension versions of himself and his father in the year 2020. like thats still canon. it might not be covered in his solo fic but that is still a thing that happens to him and i think thats hilarious

[freegiftjones]

What does the modern fidelity.au American flag look like

to say it would look something like this is the easy answer but something like it was acutally used by the continental army so perhaps not. this is the grand union flag used from 1776-1777

its hard to imagine what it would look like because the gut instinct is to use something with the 13 stripes, but bc of the revolution attempt i think that might not be approved. so im going to have to come up with something brand new. also we need to keep in mind the fact that canada is a separate province but also part of british america as a whole, so theres probably a commonwealth america flag, a canadian flag, and a flag for alfred's territory. i will give this more thought and i will include it in my 1800s chapter (if i remember. i need to write it down)