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Chapters: 1/1 (9649 words) Fandom: Don Carlos | Don Carlo - Verdi/du Locle/Méry Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carlos/Rodrigue, Rodrigo & Elisabeth, Elisabeth & Eboli, Philip & Rodrigo Characters: Rodrigue | Rodrigo, Élisabeth de Valois | Elisabetta di Valois, La princesse Eboli | La Principessa Eboli, Philippe II | Filippo II, Carlos | Carlo Additional Tags: Fix-It, fix all the things, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Extremely Ahistorical, Save Flanders, Trick or Treat: Treat, Treat, Rodrigo/Flanders, Elisabeth/Philip - Freeform, Carlo/Elisabeth, Loyalty, Trust Summary:
Rodrigo and Elisabeth, Elisabeth and Eboli, Philip and Rodrigo, Carlos and Rodrigo: together, they can strengthen each other; together, they can save the ones they care for.
SO HERE IS LONG (for me) FIX-IT. I FIXED ALL THE THINGS. Gosh, Verdi/du Locle/Mery really made it difficult -- there are so many things working against Our Heroes, and at one point I had this whole list and diagram of all the things that had to be fixed and what order they had to be fixed in because if one didn't do it in the right order it all fell apart.
It's extraordinarily, unrepentantly ahistorical, and I super don't care because Verdi didn't either :D I also did the opera thing of pulling things from Schiller when I felt like it and cheerfully ignoring Schiller when I didn't :)
Thank you to @iberiandoctor and sprocket for very helpful betas!