#turn week

I don’t know if this is exactly addressing the prompt since it isn’t really the revolution itself in another time period, but I wanted to do something similar building off of my post from last year where I listed culper headcanons in a modern day setting!

I thought all day about what this might entail— was very tempted to use a “different time period” as an excuse to yap about Future ‘38 (an obscure Nick Westrate film about time travel that I will never be over 🤡) but I think that warrants a whole other occasion. 😂

Yet finally, I decided why not make it a sneak peak to some potential future fics? Not trying to turn this into self promo lol (especially since the key word is potential prompts), just thought some might get a kick out of these ideas! Without further ado, some modern AU Culper Prompts:

- AU where, no matter the circumstances and/or how far they are from each other, Abe and Robert end every night by playing a shitty mobile game version of checkers together

- Anna may or may not watch Neil deGrasse Tyson with Hewlett

- Caleb as a bit of a horror film enthusiast, which he may subject the rest of the group to from time to time

- Ben still has that habit of looking like a beagle when he turns his head to the side, and his friends legitimately call him out on it one day when they see him in proximity to someone’s actual beagle (and he hasn’t lived it down since)

- Since they live off Oyster Bay, Samuel Townsend teaches Robert how to operate a boat— where Rob finds his father is inclined to go at questionable speeds because hey, if he has to use a cane to walk and can’t usually go fast, might as well zoom across the waters of Long Island sound

- In at least SOME modern AU, Abraham meets Robert at an arbitrary bar/restaurant where’s he a waiter (shoutout to Anna for being wingwoman of the year for Abe)

- Similarly; Anna, Caleb, and bonus, maybe even Joe Sturridge (if he found his way into their lives in a modern AU) are definitely the most amused by Robert and Abe’s antics and try to play matchmaker at every opportunity (even though they probably don’t even need to honestly)

- Ben, bless his heart, might be a little too awkward to be a wingman for them though 😭

- Once Abe and Rob are in a relationship and actually living together, they make it a habit to invite the rest of the group over whenever there’s the time for it, and let’s just say Caleb and Anna take great joy in messing with their speaker and playing… interesting music on loop at said gatherings (including but not limited to Technotronic’s Pump Up The Jam)

- Of course, since Ben has a fondness for horses, perhaps he does actually prioritize riding them in his spare time— I’d imagine it was something he did as a kid, “ran out of time to do” as an adult, but eventually gets back in touch with it again

- And finally

- Modern AU Abe had a crush on Bill Skarsgård at some point because I’ve come to realize he occasionally looks Nick Westrate-ish in certain photos and therefore resembles Robert Townsend enough to be Abe’s celebrity crush. That is all.

( @tincta-aurum You know I haven’t forgotten about that particular AU because of you. 🤡)

Well y’all, we made it! 🫶 Sorry this one was even more random and unhinged than usual lmao.

Once again, having a Turn Week prompt to look forward to has been a blast, and this being a little joy in my life every day has been so very meaningful to me. <33 I’ll be sad to see it go, but already I can look forward to next year as well! ;D

In the year 2025, the 13 A.merican C.olonies remain under B.ritish rule — g.overned by a transatlantic C.rown A.uthority that’s saturated the land with b.iometric s.urveillance, the way of life controlled under corporate c.ensoship, and i.mperial p.olicy enforced by a technologically advanced m.ilitary.

G.eneral W.ashington’s Culper Ring is composed of h.ackers, embedded a.gents, and underground couriers and works in secret to sabotage the C.rowns grip. Abe is a former d.ata a.nalyst for a B.ritish tech c.onglomerate tied to g.overnment s.urveillance turned s.py.