Title: A Mother's Work Is Never Done
Fandom: American Idol RPF
Pairing/Characters: Kris Allen, Kimberly Allen
Rating: Teen
Summary: Kimberly Allen has some very specific ideas about Kris's social life after his divorce, much to Kris's shock
Warnings: post-divorce, future!fic
Notes: Originally written in 2010 for the anniversary of kradam_ai

On AO3: A Mother's Work Is Never Done

On raselgethi: A Mother's Work Is Never Done

This is me working on re-posting my old fic. Delving into my American Idol phase. ^_^

Also, today would have been the author reveals for fairytaleinspired, but the date has gotten pushed back. I wanted to post fic today, so we'll settle for this.

I just realized that while tooling around on YouTube, and stumbled across Kris Allen and Adam Lambert duet-ting with Queen. Also, Brian May has aged quite a bit in 10 years.

( We Are The Champions )

I'm not saying that was the best Season (8) of American Idol, but it was certainly the high point. Not just because of the slash fandom it spawned, but because of all the extras that surrounded it. That was the first time I got interested and involved enough to actually vote.

The watch parties and threads on ontd_ai, Michael Slezak's Idolatry videos with Kristin Baldwin (although I also love his later ones with Melinda Doolittle), interspersed with references to LOTR and BtVS.

( Scream On )

I honestly don't remember any two finalists with as much talent and charisma in the seasons after that. Of course, Paula Abdul leaving didn't help anything. There was just so much buzz and fandom conversations surrounding that season. And also, Glee premiered right after AI aired, so there was a lot of buzz in general that spring.

I haven't watched the new version. Anyone?

ETA: I had no idea Adam and Queen were opening the Oscars. But he sounded fabulous and Brian May seemed to be having the time of his life.