#i need some megillas esther fanfic apparently

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@iwanttowriteitall and I want to do away with the typical portrayal of the women getting ready to be brought before achashverosh for him to choose who will be crowned queen.

Because it's always these women who are mean and horrible to each other and fighting over each other to be seen, contrasted with Esther being the only calm modest one etc.

However... consider an au with all of the women getting ready together in their dressing rooms and helping each other, doing each other's makeup, fighting and then making up and continuing to just have a blast. Like c'mon they've got like unlimited access to resources like makeup, scented baths, oils, hair products, whatever they wanted. You can't tell me they wouldn't be having fun. Esther isn't particularly interested in beautifying herself, so she goes around supporting everyone else.

Consider an au where two queer women get called up to the palace and they're panicking about what they're gonna do if they get chosen. When they get to the rooms and discover all this excitable chaos though they dive right in while trying to come up with an escape plan, and when the other women discover that these two are queer they decide to help them and the women do their best to ensure that these two don't get chosen no matter what.

There is so much potential for humor and comedy and fun and women supporting women and suspense and drama here.