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Villainy, (Un)timely Foiled. by Ardent_Autumn
Fandoms: SHAKESPEARE William - Works, Macbeth - Shakespeare
12 Jul 2022
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I'm probably not going to continue this unless I find the time to rewrite it. I wrote this whole fic a couple of years ago when I was still relatively new to writing long fics - and in my opinion, it really shows. Believe me when I say that most of the rest is nonsensical and mostly anticlimactic.
A summary of the original play:
- Macbeth hears a prophecy from the three witches.
- Macbeth, with the help of Lady Macbeth, kills King Duncan.
- Macbeth becomes King.
- He murders some more people; everyone rebels and he dies.
- The end.In contrast, this fiction explores the possibility of what would happen if Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's plans to kill Duncan were foiled. One plan comes after another, and they keep being prevented - by Malcolm and Macduff. Consistently saving Duncan's life without letting on to him or the others that the Macbeths are trying to murder him is tricky work, but surely nothing can go wrong. Can it?