Kentucky Sons
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| Title: | Kentucky Sons |
| Publisher: | MoonGlow Zine Productions |
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| Author(s): | Glow |
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| Date(s): | 2009, second edition 2011 |
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| Fandom: | Elizabethtown |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | publisher |
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Kentucky Sons is a 210-page (first edition) slash Elizabethtown novel by Glow. The second edition has 224 pages.
The fandom is an AU, RPF, fan casted fusion with the 2005 movie, Elizabethtown. The pairing is Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom's character in the movie) and JP Depford (fan casted by Johnny Depp, who does not appear in the movie).
Series
Summary
From the publisher:
Question: What would happen if one of fandom's most beloved slash writers rewrote the Orlando Bloom movie Elizabethtown— but this time cast Johnny Depp as the love interest? Answer: A tender, mature, and scorching-hot romance between two of the world's most beautiful men! Come meet Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) — a young man who has lost his career, his father, and his sense of self—and JD Depford (Johnny Depp) — the stranger in the night who comes to his aid. You'll enjoy being a fly on the wall as these Kentucky scions are intimately drawn together despite their best laid plans.
The Fan Casting
From Glow in the editorial for the related 2011 zine, Bloomtown:
The first obstacle to overcome was figuring out what to do with Drew Baylor, Orlando’s character in the movie Elizabethtown. He was a Hot F—ker, which certainly fit our criteria, but the love interest in that movie was an annoying stewardess who brought down what was an otherwise charming movie about a boy, his grief, and his journey. Okay, difficult, but not insurmountable. We are slash fans after all. We live outside the box. If there’s no sexy potential male love interest for Drew, we’ll create one. We can rebuild it! Hell, let’s go for broke and cast Johnny Depp as this original character. Who better to love our Hot F—ker than the HOTTEST F—ker of all?
From the Zine
The Plan: Create a fanzine based on characters played by Orlando Bloom in his various movies. This zine, Bloomtown, would offer a variety of Orlando character slash: Jack Sparrow and Will Turner, Aragorn and Legolas, even Ned Kelly and Joe Byrne. Seemed like a simple enough venture at the time. But there was one character that Orlando played that I fell in love with, yet didn't quite know how to slash: Drew Baylor from the movie Elizabethtown.
The Problem: There were no real male characters with slash-potential in Elizabethtown for me to match Drew up with. There was also the additional problem of the pesky female character, whom I completely disliked. Being the kind of person who doesn't give up easily (along with being a glutton for punishment) I pondered my dilemma. The parts of the movie I LOVED were the human aspects of grief and family and the very real story of one man's journey from the lowest point in life to realizing there is a whole other world out there. Those were the themes I wanted to capture and play with in my writing. The love story was, in my opinion, the weakest aspect of the film, but in a slash tale, the love story has to be the focal point. So, in a bit of author's license that's best explained in the story's prologue, I recast the role of the love interest. Who better to play the part of this original character than Johnny Depp?
Sure, JD Depford shares some characteristics with the actor Johnny Depp—one being their total HOTNESS — yet I am also proud to say he is an original character as well. Rather than just fitting in as Drew's love interest, JD comes along with his own baggage, family, and issues.
Together, Drew and JD's tale began to expand, both characters so rich and their stories so compelling, this project couldn't help but grow by leaps and bounds.
The Result: While remaining in the Bloomtown series. Drew and JD could no longer be contained within the pages of an anthology fanzine. Kentucky Sons now stands as its own novel, with hopefully two sequels to come. (Yup, even after writing all these pages, I still have more to say.) More than a zine, Kentucky Sons has become a scrapbook of sorts, the story too rich to be kept within the sole confines of printed words.
Tales from the Journey: It's difficult to sum up my own personal journey that this experience has taken me through. I can say that I have never felt so stretched as a writer and crafter of story. The growth involved in this process has been its gift to me. I'm not sure if I'll ever be prouder of an accomplishment or more eager to share it. Each character in this tale speaks from me or my experiences and therefore is the most personal thing I have ever written. The world these characters inhabit brings me joy each day and their courage, love, and beauty of spirit remains my buffer against the dark days.
Sample Interior
The end of the zine contains several pages of a "scrapbook."
