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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 8:19:25 GMT 10
Continued from This subthread to the "Favorite Characters thread in Tortall. Raoul founded his own label, I think, & called it "Third Company". Flyndon manages a couple of the bands and is in charge of marketing for most of the label. I'm all for making this an "Open AU" where anyone can contribute with any writing or art they want to and everyone is in it for the fun times and the silliness. All in favor, say "aye", all opposed, say "nay"! |
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 30, 2009 8:25:50 GMT 10
Ah, here we are.
Lerant is trying to make it as a country singer, but had a chequered past (maybe his brothers were all in a boy band together) and nobody takes his musical talent seriously.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 8:28:21 GMT 10
Maybe Lerant's aunt Delia was a small-time diva who was caught lip synching, and since then, he can't get people to even give him an audition?
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 30, 2009 8:32:42 GMT 10
Oh, that's much better! Devious Delia the Diva. But Raoul signs him up because he can see his talent and doesn't care about gossip. Dom helps out, too and plays session guitar on Lerant's break through track.
Dom would be such a perfect cowboy. Wholesome in a check shirt and jeans.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 8:41:14 GMT 10
Thanks! I like the idea of raoul as a nice guy who cuts a friend a break. Do they have groupies? I sort of had this image of Yuki coming to a concert as a favor to Kel and becoming intrigued by the drummer in the back.  |
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 8:41:46 GMT 10
I can't believe no one's mentioned Joren yet! He's a die-hard traditionalist who is not at all okay with Kel's vaguely popish sound (although being tall and muscular rather than spindly precluded a career as popstar) and he does absolutely everything within his power to sabotage Kel's career.
So Neal starts up a rumor in the tabloids that Joren's gay. (Kel is not amused.) (I can also see Neal as a music journalist in this AU. He's the guy that discovered Kel at a small town music festival or county fair or something. Or hell, maybe he's both, and freelances under a nom de plume!)
Also, instead of sparrows, she has a flock of free-range parakeets that rule the bus.
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 30, 2009 8:45:10 GMT 10
Yuki wouldn't quite understand why she was interested in him, and Meathead (could he have long hair and flail about like Animal from the Muppets?) would be absolutely besotted.
Dom would have millions of groupies, and Kel would have an unrequited crush on him.
Wolset could be a roadie.
Joren! And there could be a chart battle for Number one, which Kel wins. Joren never picks up a guitar again, and descends into a haze of Jack Daniels.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 8:49:52 GMT 10
Wow! Joren--that's creative. I wouldn't have thought of that. What about Alanna, then? Maybe she was the star of the previous decade, but her current contract prevents her from endorsing a new young star? So she helps them out with gift cards to whatever mechanic they bring Peachblossom-the-cranky-tourbus to and tea to help soothe the throat and practical little gifts like that. I like the idea of Jon and Thayet as superstars who stopped performing and now have a fabulous record company (Talking about this is so much more fun than writing my paper tonight...) |
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 8:51:42 GMT 10
Meathead (could he have long hair and flail about like Animal from the Muppets?) Yes. This. And yeah, Yuki's just bewildered by the whole thing. Hmm, Joren and Jack. Yes, I think if he lost to Kel, they might make friends. |
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 30, 2009 8:54:18 GMT 10
Where would Buri fit in? Maybe a super-efficient PA for Thayet? She could have been assigned to help organise the tour, and she and Raoul fall for each other whilst at a particularly dull press junket.
By rights I should be asleep, but this is entertaining!
Neal is a drummer by nature, but keeps trying to write songs (inspired by Yuki). They have the worst lyrics ever.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 8:57:51 GMT 10
Maybe Buri started as a Personal Assistant, but when Thayet "retired" from performing, Buri accepted an executive position in the record company. Her protege is Evin Larse, the child of two actors who decided all he wanted to do was sing and perform.
Oh gosh, I hadn't see what you wrote about Neal and his song lyrics. Hee! Kel tortures him by disguising herself and singing the awful compositions outside his hotel window. Off key.
And parakeets in the bus--that'd be an adventure for sure.
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 8:58:38 GMT 10
Thayet sings with the Conte label - she married its CEO shortly after an attempted (failed) hostile takeover by Duke Records - Thayet was her bodyguard until retiring to launch a music career of her own. (She plays traditional Mahori music as both Buri and Thayet are Cambodian.)
I think Buri and Raoul met at a renaissance faire where he was tilting (a skill he picked up during an extended stay in Maryland) and she was racking up points in the archery competition. Renfaires and Society for Creative Anachronism is something of a guilty pleasure for both of them.
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 30, 2009 9:01:33 GMT 10
Perfect. The whole of Tortall is covered. |
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:04:59 GMT 10
Agreed. And wow, this may be the crackiest fic idea I've heard or come up with lately. |
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 9:09:59 GMT 10
Numair works tech and keeps all the equipment and vehicles in working order, and Daine is taking a break from her vetrinary practice to tour with them. She's Acting Mistress of First Aid and treats a lot of burned and blistered mouths ("Didn't your ma ever teach you to let the pizza cool off before you eat it?"). ETA: Daine's iguana, Kitten, gets into absolutely everything. Son of ETA: What're Alanna and George up to in this AU? Second Cousin of ETA: Great balls of fire, K4, this is the crackiest thing I've ever seen too!  |
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:16:59 GMT 10
She's Acting Mistress of First Aid and treats a lot of burned and blistered mouths ("Didn't your ma ever teach you to let the pizza cool off before you eat it?"). HAH! You have such a creative mind. And of course, Kel insists that they buy salad, so that there are vegetables with some of the meals. What do we think about young Roald? I say the press has dubbed him the Prince of Pop, but he doesn't really like performing. He feels obligated though, not to waste the opportunity he has from his family, and he does have a good voice. Alanna, I think, is a country star who made it big when there weren't many girls in that business--though that would be going back to like Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline. She wants Kel to succeed, but something ties her hands. George totally works behind the scenes to make the magic happen. His job is to keep an eye on the competition, to make sure they aren't stealing songs or acts or doing payola or anything else illicit that hurts the Conte label |
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 9:20:00 GMT 10
Neal loves his chicken fried bacon and thinks hush puppies are vegetables.
Roald is a phenomenon who really just wants to quietly run the family business but sings because, well, the public loves him. He meets Shinko on his band's Japan tour?
(Kalasin de Conte meanwhile falls for and marries up and coming R&B singer Kaddar Iliniat.)
ETA: perfect for Alanna and George! (Thom Jr's a chemist working on his MA or PhD, Alan joined the Marines directly out of high school and Aly is working at an embassy somewhere, nominally for the state department but actually her paychecks bear the letters CIA.)
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:25:00 GMT 10
Kalasin is such a favorite of mine. I think I've written like, novel length fic about her and Kaddar.
So obviously, I totally approve of her love affair with our soulful R&B Kaddar. But does she switch formats and make beautiful music with him? Or keep to her country-pop roots?
(OK, now the crack of this is worrying me. I just can't stop.)
ETA: Chicken fried bacon--does such food happen? Really?? Man, I hear that and all I think is "ick."
And perfect on Alanna and George's kids!!
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 9:31:01 GMT 10
Kally is awesome. I'm thinking she doesn't sing much herself, but does the occasional duet with Thayet (a la the Judds) as well as with Kaddar.
ETA: Chicken fried bacon does indeed exist, and it's supposed to be really tasty.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:34:19 GMT 10
Oh, I really like that idea of duets for Thayet and Kalasin.
Now, I wonder, what about Owen? I can sort of see him as this fan who gets a gig as Wyldon's intern. And then they can't get rid of him. Or get him to be quiet. But he's funny and loveable, so that's okay.
ETA: Oh! Gary--what's Gary doing? Is he the lawyer or VP or something?
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 9:41:01 GMT 10
Gary is totally their lawyer. He specializes in contract law but his real passion is for intellectual property. (Owen is totally Wyldon's intern.)
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:49:32 GMT 10
I like that point about Gary's specialty vs. his passion--it's interesting. Do you think he's married to Cythera? I could imagine her starting out as a model and then having to retire and then she just sort of starts making herself useful and suddenly no one knows what they'd do without her.
I think Lalasa would (maybe obviously) be their wardrobe person. But I like to imagine that she writes songs here and there too, and she's working up her courage to ask Kel to sing one. You know that with her past, that woman could write a sad country song. And it would probably be beautiful too.
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 9:52:53 GMT 10
Oh man, yes yes a thousand times yes! Cythera makes sure everything runs smoothly and arranges interviews and hotels and such and Lalasa is the entire wardrobe department.
And at some point in the story de Conte Records picks up Third Company and they're all a big happy family ... except when Jon tries to get Raoul to attend awards shows.
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Post by k4writer02 on Mar 30, 2009 9:57:55 GMT 10
And at some point in the story de Conte Records picks up Third Company and they're all a big happy family ... except when Jon tries to get Raoul to attend awards shows. Ha! I can picture this! And then, they're all a big unhappy family. Who bicker. |
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Post by Fenella on Mar 30, 2009 10:31:48 GMT 10
Ahaha, you guys are the best possible kind of crazy. Just picturing them all in plaid flannel and cowboy hats is making my day. Who is the banjo player?
I keep picturing the Contes as the Wainwright/McGarrigle family, though.
Alex was the Jeff Buckley of his day, obvs, died a tragic death and has a cult following.
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Post by boosette on Mar 30, 2009 10:41:29 GMT 10
Merric plays banjo, accordion and electric banjo. (He is from Louisiana and makes a fine pot of gumbo, too.)
Hahahaha IL this ♥
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Post by iridescentdaisies on Mar 30, 2009 14:35:08 GMT 10
I'm laughing so hard at all of this.
Let's see...Alex was Alanna's country rival who tried to get to the top by sleeping with the head of Duke Records?
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Post by Lindsay on Mar 30, 2009 14:57:15 GMT 10
Aly is Alanna's rebellious daughter who dyed her hair blue, ran away from home, and joined a metal band called Nawat's Copper Isles Crows. She and the band took a "spiritual journey" to a third-world country where they ended up leading an uprising against the local government. After sleeping with the lead singer, she decided she wanted his babies and took some fertility drugs after numerous failed attempts to get pregnant... ending in the birth of triplets.
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Post by girlcalledsun on Mar 31, 2009 0:53:28 GMT 10
What about the other young Contes? Vania, Lianne, Liam? Jasson? I could imagine some fine scandal with him involved, falling out of night clubs.
I love the idea of dead, tragic Alex. Maybe Alanna could come out of retirement to cover one of his songs for charity. "My love is dead (at the moment)", maybe?
Cleon is either the bass player or a roadie.
Crack is the best fun.
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Post by opalgirl on Mar 31, 2009 1:17:20 GMT 10
First, I must say, this thread is hilarious. I love it. /noob.
Second, I agree with the idea of some of the younger Contes causing a scandal - younger children of wealthy, famous parents, with nothing better to do.
Can you imagine Thayet - maybe - bringing the younger ones on tour, occasionally? So they could cause a stir in hotels or on the bus.
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Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!