I'm not the biggest fan of AUs (it probably comes from being in HDM fandom and finding it overrun with daemon AUs, rather than actual HDM fanfic), but this jumped out at me in your post:
Nothing makes me happier than opening a fic set in a version of the present day where the Roman Empire is still around and find out why that is.
Have you read the Romanitas trilogy by Sophia McDougall? She has an ingenious explanation for why the Roman Empire continues to exist, although the focus of the series is on power, empire, privilege and resistance more generally. It's one of my favourite series of books ever, one of its three main characters is my favourite fictional female character (she's on my default icon), nobody ever seems to have read the series, and I'm always on the lookout for new fans.
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Date: 2015-05-12 12:24 pm (UTC)Nothing makes me happier than opening a fic set in a version of the present day where the Roman Empire is still around and find out why that is.
Have you read the Romanitas trilogy by Sophia McDougall? She has an ingenious explanation for why the Roman Empire continues to exist, although the focus of the series is on power, empire, privilege and resistance more generally. It's one of my favourite series of books ever, one of its three main characters is my favourite fictional female character (she's on my default icon), nobody ever seems to have read the series, and I'm always on the lookout for new fans.