ok so: I'm working on a series of one shots for Pride this year and the basic concept is we take historical/literature gay and trans people and stick them in the *homophobic* *transphobic* modern world exactly as it is now and watch Confusion unfold. Here are some ideas:
1. Fingon and Maedhros on the Hither Shores in the seventh age of Arda, trying to deal with the technological advancement and find out who this "Tolkien" is and also wtf the "Rings Of Power" are. Run ins with right wing weirdo Tolkien fans are a must: "dirty shippers" "what is a shipper?? we're married if that's what you're asking"
2. Alexander the Great and Hephaistion crash a Neo Nazi march. They are completely baffled as to why the world has been taken over by Persians (bc pants) and also at first are relieved that people know their names, but this quickly turns to: "we are like Achilles and Patroclus" "ah yes such pure and perfect brotherly love" "NO, we are like ACHILLES and PATROCLUS"
3. Tiresias crashes a TERF hippie seance and actually manages to predict the future (they are baffled by climate change) and end up getting Snake gendered (having their gender transed AGAIN BY THAT SAME DAMN PAIR OF SERPENTS) in front of said seance
4. Vergil and Sappho strike up a friendship and try to publish poetry, little did they know, they are in hot water due to book bans, and wonder how the current government even works.
5. Catullus writes an explicit invective against Ron DeSantis for banning Sappho's poetry. On the Statehouse of Florida's exterior. He is rather impassioned given the sheer amount of Fanboy, but his lack of regard for modern vandalism laws could land him in trouble.
6. Beleg and Túrin join a hunting group, little did they know, they might be the ones hunted, but they outfox their chasers? Idk about this on