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1. Each rumor a bullet by word_docs_and_willowboughs for sshysmm

   Fandoms: Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett  

   • Mature
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   • Work in Progress

   28 Feb 2024

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Francis Crawford of Lymond and Sevigny & Will Scott
   • Francis Crawford of Lymond and Sevigny
   • Will Scott (Lymond Chronicles)
   • Book 1: The Game of Kings
   • Alternate Universe - 1980s
   • Alternate Universe - Bands
   • Alternate Universe - Gender Changes
   • female Francis Crawford
   • female Will Scott
   • Betrayal
   • the threave incident
   • referenced racism; homophobia; & serophobia
   • HIV/AIDS Crisis
   • Police Brutality
   • Interrogation
   • Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Terrorism
   • cigarette burns
   • discussion of terminal illness

   Summary

   Notes: Genderbend of sshysmm’s Lymond Band AU. See here for a quick summary of the AU premise, and the first entry of the series for a more-involved overview of the genderbent band AU.

   This is a rework of Lymond’s being captured and taken to Threave and tortured.

   The background: Frances was stuck in a recording contract with the Irish mob in NYC pre-canon (galleys era); in the 70s and 80s it smuggled weapons to the IRA. Frances is framed for helping get an arms shipment out of NYC. Willa heard rumors that Frances was involved with the IRA, but didn't believe it at first. When she’s convinced (via the Dandy Hunter Rumor Mill) that it IS true, things start to devolve from there.

   Turkey Mat does not die in this; he is ill, though. Like in band AU canon, he contracted HIV from heroin use in NYC in the late 70s, which Frances knows but Willa only finds out when he’s hospitalized briefly.

   The title is from “Each Dollar A Bullet” by Stiff Little Fingers, because it’s Belfast punks tearing into Irish Americans paying to arm the IRA, which is… exactly what the accusations are.

   Series

   • Part 6 of Lymond Band AU Genderbends

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