(Yes! They wouldn't be them! I could maybe, maybe have coped with Maltravers being one rank higher than Blenkinsop, because he's always cast as the protective one anyway, but... the other way around? Nope, can't deal with it. And they would still have had to be twenty-somethings. So, yes, interesting though a fic about the suddenly more realistic them would be? It's never going to replace my headcanon. Now if only I could think about my about headcanon without wanting to cry, that would be super.)
Re: Rank insignia
(Yes! They wouldn't be them! I could maybe, maybe have coped with Maltravers being one rank higher than Blenkinsop, because he's always cast as the protective one anyway, but... the other way around? Nope, can't deal with it. And they would still have had to be twenty-somethings. So, yes, interesting though a fic about the suddenly more realistic them would be? It's never going to replace my headcanon.
Now if only I could think about my about headcanon without wanting to cry, that would be super.)