r/Sharpe

Was there ever an outcome for a character that surprised you when reading the Sharpe books that you didn't expect... Just finished reading Sharpe's Trafalgar for the umpteenth time and always partly surprised that Chase doesn't get killed.

Whereas on the other hand I know that when I get back round to Sharpe's Eagle, its always Denny of the Ensigns that I wish could have lived, reading him get killed always shocks me a little bit for some reason.

So I had this fanfiction idea of a sharpe and bridgerton crossover where Anthony meets Richard and Lucille at a party at Whitehall and Anthony offers to put sharpe in charge of his local militia

I used to watch this alot as a kid when at my grandparents' while it was shown on daytime itv.

Since then, I started to re-watch it, and then I saw that there's a book series depicting Sharpe's grandson fighting in the ACW.

It made me think: What if Sharpe was set during the First World War?

The Rifle Brigade served with distinction during the war (it descended from the 95th Rifles)

Sharpe could use a P1908 Bayonet as an ersatz sword or even carry a club of some kind.

instead of a Nock gun, Harper could carry a Lewis gun (similar silhouette).

The 'South Essex Pals' could be a privately raised force by Sir Simmerson that falls into obscurity due to feckless waste of men and abuse by 'the lash'.

Harper could have his loyalties tested by the Easter rising of 1916.

The King's Royal Rifle Corps is descended from the 20th Royal American Rifles, fought alongside the Rifle Brigade during the war also, which would dovetail nicely.

LeRoy could either serve in the South Essex Pals, or he could be present at the front with the French Foreign Legion, similar dynamic with Simmerson as 'an old friend' with shifty dealings.

Dubreton & his NCO Jean [iirc] could return as proper allies, etc

Any ideas in the comments let me know!

I was planning to and to maybe send him a drawing in there to be signed...

Experiences?

Started reading the series again, and at this point the mere mention of Hakeswills name gets my back up. He’s such a great shit. Always completely self serving, always doing horrific things to other people for his own gain, then completely getting away with it by sucking up to some officer who he has onside because he mailed their hated wife some anthrax then killed another English soldier in battle to pimp their wife out to him. Even in the TV series Pete Poselthwaite does a great job of being a shit.

Just wondered if everyone else shared my view.

Idk, thought of it as I kind of put a modern au sharpe into my ocs, and was thinking of the rest of the Sharpe series.

Any headcanons on them in a modern setting? I would eat them up and may make some fanart, if yall maybe consider that decent payment in return perhaps.

https://preview.redd.it/9gr4051afnah1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a4c09ce8fed1de108a7f19ff24a5b410845122c

Fanart of my beloved! Thought she'd look good in sharpe's outfit and ofc she did. In the books she's implied to have black hair that's why she does instead of the show's mousy-ish brown hair.

(Same person as the last fanart, but I made another account to have a cool username bc the last one didn't let me change.... found out the hard way you cant change usernames)

If they remade sharpe today actor I would love to see play hogan would be Brendan Gleeson