#midnight musing

Did you know that the first idea of Jess being thrown into a room by O'Donald, actually had her being rescued by Erik and Nanna? Yep, originally Jess did not go down with the Titanic, but was rescued by a lost Erik and Nanna Piston. Leading to all three getting off the ship safely. The downside is that Jess was revealed to be a woman and the trauma she had for not only surviving the sinking but being thrown into the room and left for dead. John at least gets to know that Jess is safe once on the Carpathia.

Though the thought of the letter does start here, with her being locked in the room. As an if she didn't get out of the room scenario. This is also the first instance of once her nieces and nephews get the letter that they would read it out for the public to hear the true story of their Aunt Jess.

I also have a different time travel scenario in relation to this initial idea, where Jess and Erik somehow are both pulled into the future for a handful of hours before being thrown back into their own time while the Titanic is sinking. Leading to Erik being able to rescue Jess in this particular AU, because the future the two were pulled into, they hadn't survived. (I might have posted this before but I honestly can't remember if I have. And if I have; I don't remember what it's posted as, and I ain't searching for it. So that's a post to come soon.)

This particular AU has a range of events that possibly happen after the Titanic survivors are rescued. If Jess manages to keep her secret of not being a man, she quits sailing because O'Donald was too close of a call for comfort and the events are a little less dramatic, but there's still a fuss made about O'Donald having left her to die.

There's a version where O'Donald himself brings up the fact that Jess isn't who she says she is, but with that being the case it's also made painfully clear that that O'Donald himself had tried to kill her, even though he knew all the facts. In this version it's a huge deal and there's a whole part of the inquiry dedicated just to the fact that Jess was pretending to be a man, a crime for the time of which she could be punished for. And for the fact that O'Donald had tried to murder her, which only failed because Erik and Nanna had gotten lost and managed to get Jess out of the room. Erik and Nanna providing testimony about their roles. Other sailors also vouching for her character.

There's also this one moment that I haven't gotten to yet, but I know is coming at some point that I think is a rather amusing idea. It happens after Ruth and John are married, as well as Jess and Erik being married. And I believe that the entire family is going to see John off on his next stint at sea or they're welcoming him home. I don't really remember which and it could be either. Anyways not the point. The point is that John is talking with a fellow sailor who had once worked with Jess and John together and is wondering whatever happened to Hudson, as he never hears about he taking stints anymore. (The sailor having missed all the drama about Hudson not being a him.) So John thinking it funny doesn't correct this sailor and just says that Hudson's married and now expecting a little one and happens to be here in port with the rest of the family. Cut to the sailor learning upon seeing Jess that she's the one carrying a baby and she's married to a man with money. Erik just never being able to fully hide the fact that he's wealthy and grew up in the upper crust. This particular sailor just accepts it and is glad to see that Jess is doing well for herself.