Fate (Love is all)

by Jo-jie81

"I loved you Andre, I loved you so much. But if I could change anything, I wish you wouldn't love me. I wish we would had never met. It would be better for you. If only you were alive." What if General de Jarjayes made a different decision in Oscar's childohood. Would Oscar and Andre ever meet? Would they fall in love? Could they be saved? Let's find out!

1. Author's note

Author's note

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Dear Readers,

On your hands I am putting my first fanfiction. It probably remains the only one that will come out of my fingers. However, as long as the initial idea for this story is not quite used up, I do not rule out one more attempt. But I'll tell you why it happened when the story ends.

I first came across „Lady Oscar" when I was ten or eleven year's old. It was the beginning of the 90's and there were few channels on Polish TV. I was watching the anime "Lady Oscar" on the German RTL channel, without understanding a word. I also wrote a note about it in my teenager's diary. Almost thirty years later, in 2019, I returned to this diary and thought "Wait a minute! Now I will definitely be able to watch this series in English or Polish!". And indeed!

It was the beginning of my interest in the anime first, then the manga, and a kind of black hole that dragged me into a completely different world. „Rose of Versailles" started my, now over a year long, fascination with Asia, starting with Japan and Korea, ending with China: Japanese mangas and Chinese manhuas, Korean and Chinese dramas, Korean and Korean-Chinese music groups.

I ended up becoming a nearly 40-year-old „fanjiejie". By the way, I would like to greet all the fans of the most wonderful and precious Wang Yibo! :)

Unexpectedly my life has changed completely. I'm no longer the same person I was before I watched the first episode of „Lady Oscar" in Spring 2019.

As for Rose of Versailles' fanfiction, I've read dozens of them. Some made such an impression on me that I remember them in full detail to this day. The fanfiction that I read on the Italian website was a little inspiration for this story. That story was about Oscar and Andre who had to part ways as teenagers. Then I thought, why not go further this way?.. ;)

I am asking in advance for understanding for all shortcomings. I am pleased to accept constructive criticism regarding the writing style. When it comes to vocabulary and grammar, English is not my mother tongue, so I might have made a few mistakes translating the story from my original Polish version.

Have a nice reading!

Yours

Joanna – Jo-jie81

Ps. Writing this story I was also slightly inspired by Marc Anthony's song - "Love is all", which is also a second title of the story. Unfortunately the site's rules don't allow me to write down lyrics. So - if you are interested, please find the song and listen. Enjoy :)