Disclaimer: I don't own The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A/N: This is a joke of sorts. I'm not taking it seriously. It's a satire of Ancient Romans (who I adore). You see, they liked making things up that sounded cool. If they hated an emperor they wrote that he slept with his sisters and killed random people - even if he never did such things. And if they like him - or he liked propaganda - then they'd do things like claim he was divine and all that jazz.
Legendary people Romulus and Remus were said to be the twin sons of the god Mars, for example. And Augustus claimed to be a descendant of Venus.
So that's how I'm writing this. As if I were a historian telling about actors. A Roman historian would make up a lot of nonsense. Hopefully it's fun (and not seen as offensive)...
The tale of how the Fandomium RHPS (which here stands for Rabidus Horrendus Populus Societas) began starts with three people...
One is a man called Richard Octavius. He lived in a far-away land called New Zealand. Like any glorious hero of an epic, his heritage was divine. His Father was secretly the god of music, Apollo.
As a kid he watched many badly-made films in movie theaters. Later these inspired him to write his most wonderful musical. Though he was a mere, simple farmboy when this epic story of Rock n' Roll theatre begins...
One day, the God Apollo appeared. This probably creeped him out somewhat, since that doesn't happen as much these days. Though it meant he was destined for greatness. Why else would a god appear?
"You should go to Londonium to enter show business, boy. A farmer's life isn't for you."
Richard Octavius couldn't help but agree. Being a farmer was very dull. So he packed his things and sailed for Londonium.
The boat he sailed on spent many days at sea. The mystical land of New Zealand was far from civilization. The others on the ship were all sort of bored so he sang songs for them. This cheered them all quite well.
Once he got to Londonium and tried to become an actor it turned out that Octavius was such a common name he needed to change it. So, he became Richard Brianillus.
Alas, he struggled with his work. It was hard to get a job as an actor – even for he! There he worked and hoped for a good role. Oh! If only the Fandomium RHPS could've seen him then, they would've wept.
Soon he was an out of work actor. It was the first year of the seventh decade of the 21st century that he began to work on his Magnum Opus. Yes, that which is called Rocky Horror. Songs were written out of order. Much work was put into the creation of it. Yet he continued to write his musical!
Humble as he was he didn't brag of this work. Nay, he thought little of it. Soon this masterpiece was complete…
In Belfast, Northern Ireland a young woman lived. She too was destined to become an actor most glorious. Her name was Quinta Patricia. In the decade of the 20th century she too moved to Londonium. There she worked hard to become an actress of both stage and television. Her beauty – which rivaled Helen's! – and her lovely personality helped with this.
The lovely Patricia liked to have fun and was a favorite of Dionysus. Though she didn't know this, as people rarely do.
Somehow, she became friends with Richard Brianillus. This led to her getting involved in his musical. Such a friendship wasn't true coincidence. No, Dionysus helped push things along…
Another person important to the glorious founding of the Fandomium RHPS was Laurilla. This was a girl – called Laura at birth, "Laurilla" is a diminutive of "Laura" making her name basically "Little Laura" – who lived in Londonium, too. Though she'd grown up in Australia and been a swimmer before her wondrous tap dancing became legendary to the Fandomium RHPS.
The god Dionysus also liked Laurilla, though she knew it not. So he secretly influenced her to street-perform – busk – where the casting people might see. This is how she became a part of Fandomium RHPS.
Dionysus was very much into Rocky Horror. As were most of the Gods! This is why it's such a wonderful idea.
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