A Team Fan Theory Time

[thecrazyalaskan]

(cross posted from my DA, so sorry if someone's seeing it twice.)

Okay, I'm just gonna throw this out there. It's A-Team (TV) based, but really, you don't need to really understand the show all that much.

Okay, I ship BA x Murdock like burning. I also have a serious penchant for genderswapping Murdock. Dunno why, but let's work with it.

In my head canon, eventually, BA and Murdock have a child together. Question: How does this work with Murdock living in the VA hospital, who will likely find out after Murdock but before the rest of the team? (Depending on the presence of symptoms.) On top of that, you get a lot of questions, the big on being, "Who and when?" It's not like Murdock
can realistically say, "Oh the father of my baby is Bosco Baracus,
y'know one of the Army fugitives of the A-Team."

I'll take damn near anything y'all can throw out there for how this can be worked around.

Comments

[danang1970.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I can see it getting ugly, but then I love my drama/angst... I can see the doctors and nurses thinking that someone (either a patient or staff member at the hospital) has been taking advantage of Murdock. She'd have to do some fancy talking to convince them that it was all above board. That's where my mind takes it, anyway... Maybe BA could use some of Hannibal's disguises!

And would Murdock's baby be allowed to stay with her? Would she have to take a test declaring her mentally fit to take care of a child? I can see her acing that, but then she'd have to leave the VA...

This is all very unhelpful to you. Sorry! I will try to come up with something more constructive!

[thecrazyalaskan.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, I think some angst is inherent here, and I like the occasional bout of angst myself. I can see how the staff would be worried about someone taking advantage of Murdock—given how they buy the crazy shtick so well, they'd probably think there were consent issues at play. How Murdock (and/or BA) convince them of anything else would be an awesome thing to behold, I'm sure!

I've played with the idea of what would happen to the baby afterwards… The only thing that springs to mind on this end is placing the baby in the care of a family member (BA's mama? Some relation to Murdock?) Depending on how you feel about season five with Murdock leaving the VA and the team working for the army would also be a factor.

No, it's fine—I appreciate all comments, and they'll usually help me hammer out other things I haven't thought out yet. Thanks for the input! (: