History Literature / AlouettesSong

* MrFixit: Martin Crane III, Margaret's husband.
* TheMarine: Dorothy, although she's actually a U.S. Deputy Marshal by direction of POTUS to recover the Alouette and either bring back or execute [=DuQuesne=]. Almost non-existent training aside from her father having her guard her ranch, but she was the only choice available.

* NumberTwo: [=DuQuesne=], after his protege' Margaret makes a deal with him so he can earn his freedom after losing his bid to hijack the ship.

* ActionGirl: Dorothy, compared to the old continuity, is now oh so very much by the end of this revision

** After marrying Dorothy and Richard settle on Osnome as ordinary citizens, then consummate their marriage, both awarding each other their virginity and immediately conceiving their baby. The End.

* LadyOfWar: [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Sitar of Osnome]], Princess of a ProudWarriorRace, is now the Kondlian equivalent of a UsefulNotes/NavySeals complete with sniper specialization. Dunark is first her general, but [[BattleCouple later]] works with him [[AcePilot part]] of a husband-and-wife team.

* KnightTemplar: This is how [=DuQuesne=] operates now rather than the original PragmaticVillany.

** Margaret begs two weeks additional leave from her boss ([=DuQuesne=]) so she can elope and have a honeymoon with Martin. [[spoiler: what she doesn't tell him is they plan to have the honeymoon in Jupiter orbit. This evasion backfires badly.

* BabiesEverAfter: Margaret's birth control shot gets compromised by an Osnomian fruit she finds delicious and she becomes pregnant while still on Osnome. Richard and Dorothy finally get all their family issues sorted out, they marry on Earth, settle on Osnome as ordinary citizens, then consummate their marriage, both awarding each other their virginity and immediately conceiving a baby, which was what they both wanted.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for a train to catch a connection, [[IdiotHero so without even thinking]] he runs to the other side of the concourse from where she is screaming and jumps off it down onto the track. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He sizes up the situation, then helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run]]. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[spoiler: Immediately after the kiss Richard noticed from her Chai pendant she was Jewish, and revealed as one to her]][[OneTrueLove Each discovers the other is single and conclude]] [[ CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming they are destined for each other]] They begin an online courtship.

* TheJailbaitWait: Zig-zagged. While some jurisdictions may have laws on the books punishing under-18/over-18 relationships even with minimal age gaps as [[ZeroTolerance felony sexual offenders]], many others don't, especially when it's done as part of marriage with parental permission. Rick and Dotty [[OneTrueLove seriously, seriously, seriously love each other]], yet each have their own outstanding reasons to stay virgin until marriage. It's everyone else who thinks that something's going on, including Richard's mother who is even ready to press charges against Dotty.
* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for a train to catch a connection, [[IdiotHero so without even thinking]] he runs to the other side of the concourse from where she is screaming and jumps off it down onto the track. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He sizes up the situation, then helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run]]. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[spoiler: Immediately after the kiss Richard noticed from her Chai pendant she was Jewish, and revealed as one to her]][[TheOneTrueLove They also discover they are both single and conclude]] [[ CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming they are destined for each other]] They begin an online courtship.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for a train to catch a connection, [[IdiotHero so without even thinking]] he runs to the other side of the concourse from where she is screaming and jumps off it down onto the track. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome He sizes up the situation, then helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run]]. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[spoiler: Immediately after the kiss Richard noticed from her Chai pendant she was Jewish, and revealed as one to her]][[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming They also discover they are both single and conclude]] [[TheOneTrueLove they are destined for each other]] They begin an online courtship.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for a train to catch a connection, [[IdiotHero so without even thinking]] he runs to the other side of the concourse from where she is screaming and jumps off it down onto the track. He sizes up the situation helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]][[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming As both are free to marry, they conclude they are destined for each other.]] They begin an online courtship.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for a train to catch a connection, so without even thinking he runs to where she is screaming on the other side and jumps down from to the track. He sizes up the situation helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]][[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming As both are free to marry, they conclude they are destined for each other.]] They begin an online courtship.

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for the same train, so without even thinking he runs to where she is screaming and jumps down from the concourse to the track. He sizes up the situation helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run. [[TheBigDamnKiss While the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]][[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming As both are free to marry,]] [[TheOneTrueLove they conclude they are destined for each other.]]

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Richard is waiting for the same train, so without even thinking he runs to where she is screaming and jumps down from the concourse to the track. He sizes up the situation helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run. [[TheBigDamnKiss As the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming [[spoiler: Moments later, Richard notices she is Jewish from her Chai pendant she is wearing. Richard decides to reveal he is also.]] ]] [[TheOneTrueLove As both are free to marry, they conclude they are destined for each other.]]

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Without a second's hesitation Richard runs to where she is screaming, jumps down from the concourse to the track and helps her to the tunnel well with a split second to spare from the approaching express run. [[TheBigDamnKiss As the train passes at highway speeds inches away from their elbows, Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[spoiler: Moments later, Richard notices she is Jewish from her Chai pendant she is wearing. Richard decides to reveal he is also.]] [[TheOneTrueLove As both are free to marry, they conclude they are destined for each other.]]

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Without a second's hesitation Richard jumps down and helps her to the tunnel well with no time to spare. [[TheBigDamnKiss As the train passes Dorothy rewards him for his valor.]] [[spoiler: Moments later, Richard notices she is Jewish from her Chai pendant she is wearing. Richard decides reveals himself as one to her]] [[TheOneTrueLove As neither are yet married they realize they are destined for each other.]]

* DudleyDoRightStopsToHelp: Dorothy is mugged and pushed to the bottom of subway tracks, spraining her ankle. Without a second's hesitation Richard jumps down and helps her to the tunnel well with no time to spare. As the train passes Dorothy rewards him for his valor. [[spoiler: Moments later, Richard notices she is Jewish from her Chai pendant she is wearing. Richard reveals himself as one to her.]] As neither are yet married they realized they are destined for each other.

* TheJailbaitWait: Zig-zagged. While some jurisdictions may have laws on the books punishing under-18/over-18 relationships even with minimal age gaps as [[ZeroTolerance felony sexual offenders]], many others don't, especially when it's done as part of marriage with parental permission. Rick and Dotty seriously, seriously, seriously love each other, and both while devoted to each other have outstanding reasons to stay virgin until marriage. It's everyone else who thinks that something's going on, including Richard's mother who even ready to press charges against Dotty.

* TheJailbaitWait: Zig-zagged. While some jurisdictions may have laws on the books punishing under-18/over-18 relationships even with minimal age gaps as [[ZeroTolerance felony sexual offenders]], many others don't, especially when it's done as part of marriage with parental permission. Rick and Dotty serious, seriously, love each other, and both have outstanding reasons to stay virgin until marriage. It's everyone else who thinks that something's going on, and Richard's parents are not willing to believe him to the point of pressing charges.

* NotSoVeryDifferent: Richard and Dorothy [[spoiler: are both Jewish, Dorothy being highly observant and Richard starting out as nearly secular. Their theology is very similar to Kondal's with those people even having their own Abraham figure in the form of their land's founder, Lady Kondal]]

* CallARabbitASmeep: The term for horse manure sounds really different in Kondalian.

* TearJerker: The story of Kondal's founding six thousand years ago by the Lady Kondal and Dunark the Martyr.

* FiveMinutesIntoTheFuture: A plausible explanation for how the story would work in the early 21rst century rather than the early 20th. [[spoiler: Richard Seaton, a teen artist, is attempting to electroplate niobium through a rare-earths waste solution provided by his close friend, Martin Crane, an engineering freshman, living on the opposite side of the country. Martin had been childhood friends with Margaret Spencer, a child prodigy now a graduate student researching a total matter-energy conversion effect for her master's degree in math under her professor, Marc [=DuQuesne=]. When Seaton places his copper candlestick into orbit completely by accident, Margaret begins to see the possibilities. Martin and Margaret fall in love, build a ship, marry, and go out to Jupiter on a honeymoon; completely oblivious that Marc had Richard captive with a plan to highjack the ship on orders from Marc's other employer to suppress the technology. Richard had gained a girlfriend, Dorothy Vaneman, a musical superstar with talents in both voice and violin, in the meantime. Dorothy's the only one left on Earth who can rescue them. She has powerful friends who can help, but she's still terrified...]]

* RenamedTheSame: "Skylark" is the English name for avian genus Alauda. "Alouette" is the French name for exactly the same. There are reasons this was done far beyond simple rebranding, portions of the plot depend on this [[spoiler: for example, such as a SoftwareBackdoor for entering the spacecraft.]]

SPOILER ALERT: STORY SUMMARY.

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* FiveMinutesIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler: Richard Seaton, a teen artist, is attempting to electroplate niobium through a rare-earths waste solution provided by his close friend, Martin Crane, an engineering freshman, living on the opposite side of the country. Martin had been childhood friends with Margaret Spencer, a child prodigy now a graduate student researching a total matter-energy conversion effect for her master's degree in math under her professor, Marc [=DuQuesne=]. When Seaton places his copper candlestick into orbit completely by accident, Margaret begins to see the possibilities. Martin and Margaret fall in love, build a ship, marry, and go out to Jupiter on a honeymoon; completely oblivious that Marc had Richard captive with a plan to highjack the ship on orders from Marc's other employer to suppress the technology. Richard had gained a girlfriend, Dorothy Vaneman, a musical superstar with talents in both voice and violin, in the meantime. Dorothy's the only one left on Earth who can rescue them. She has powerful friends who can help, but she's still terrified...]]

SPOILER ALERT: STORY SUMMARY. [[spoiler: Richard Seaton, an artist, is attempting to electroplate niobium through a rare-earths waste solution provided by his close friend, Martin Crane, an engineering student, living on the opposite side of the country. Martin had been childhood friends with Margaret Spencer, a child prodigy now a graduate student researching a total matter-energy conversion effect for her master's degree in math under her professor, Marc [=DuQuesne=]. When Seaton places his copper candlestick into orbit completely by accident, Margaret begins to see the possibilities. Martin and Margaret fall in love, build a ship, marry, and go out to Jupiter on a honeymoon; completely oblivious that Marc had Richard captive with a plan to highjack the ship on orders from Marc's other employer to suppress the technology. Richard had gained a girlfriend, Dorothy Vaneman, a musical superstar with talents in both voice and violin, in the meantime. Dorothy's the only one left on Earth who can rescue them. She has powerful friends who can help, but she's still terrified...]]

* BabiesEverAfter: Margaret's birth control shot gets compromised by an Osnomian fruit she finds delicious and she becomes pregnant while still on Osnome. Richard and Dorothy finally get all their family issues sorted out, they marry on Earth, settle on Osnome as ordinary citizens, then consummate their marriage.