I'm thinking it's a sex-slave harem rather than a contractee harem, because the angst potential is more delicious that way. There may not be any legal way to free a slave [yet], and Jon would certainly be in open disgrace if he tried it.
There's more to the outfits than just gauze! Gauze is an integral part of the design, that's all :3
I'm not sure what caused Jon's turnaround -- if there was any particular event involved, or if his own self-loathing at going along with the system reached a point where he couldn't live with himself if he didn't at least try to change things, no matter what the risk.
Sam and Stephen are the only two concubines remaining from before the change, and Stephen's trust in Jon is only loosely fact-based, so Olivia doesn't consider it a reliable source XD
I'm assuming Sam's view changed after Jon took some substantial risk to protect some of the harem members.
Even after giving up his bedroom, it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice for Jon to sleep in one of the equally cushy guest rooms. Sleeping in the same kind of rooms as the concubines shows more of a willingness to treat himself no differently from them. (Even if only for the night, it's still a good symbolic gesture.)
Olivia assumes they will definitely cuddle. That doesn't preclude them doing anything else :3
If RL calms down any time soon, there just might be some fanart coming out of this AU. Prompts -- for art as well as fic -- are also welcome!
Re: Ten Olivia/Kristen AUs (6-10)
There's more to the outfits than just gauze! Gauze is an integral part of the design, that's all :3
I'm not sure what caused Jon's turnaround -- if there was any particular event involved, or if his own self-loathing at going along with the system reached a point where he couldn't live with himself if he didn't at least try to change things, no matter what the risk.
Sam and Stephen are the only two concubines remaining from before the change, and Stephen's trust in Jon is only loosely fact-based, so Olivia doesn't consider it a reliable source XD
I'm assuming Sam's view changed after Jon took some substantial risk to protect some of the harem members.
Even after giving up his bedroom, it wouldn't be much of a sacrifice for Jon to sleep in one of the equally cushy guest rooms. Sleeping in the same kind of rooms as the concubines shows more of a willingness to treat himself no differently from them. (Even if only for the night, it's still a good symbolic gesture.)
Olivia assumes they will definitely cuddle. That doesn't preclude them doing anything else :3
If RL calms down any time soon, there just might be some fanart coming out of this AU. Prompts -- for art as well as fic -- are also welcome!