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Trick or treat letter
Sep. 17th, 2023 10:14 pmGeneral tastes: I enjoy everything from fluff to angst, and from gen to porn. I love the addition of spooky and/or supernatural elements to canon! But would be equally happy with a treat. In general, I enjoy it when attention is paid to capturing the style of canon. I don't want infidelity/partner betrayal or non-con, and also don't enjoy body horror (spooky/scary/supernatural/angsty: yes please! details of character turning into a decomposing zombie? no thanks!).
Bonnie Dundee by Rosemary Sutcliff (Darklis Ruthven, Lady Jean)
We don't see much of their relationship in the book, since it's from Hugh's POV, but Darklis and Jean make a sort of counterpart to Hugh's devotion to Claverhouse. I would love to see more of them! You can take it in a femslashy direction if you want, but honestly I think what I want is the sort of loyalty (especially in wartime) that we often get between male characters, but less often between female ones. Perhaps with an unspoken romantic or sexual tension? So, how do they first form that bond? What conflicting loyalties do they have, and how do they handle them? What happens between them when Lady Jean marries? What about after Claverhouse dies?
The Wounded Name by D K Broster (Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie, Laurent de Courtomer & M. Perrelet, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne)
I love this in all its iddy glory: when you think it can't become any more over the top, Broster proves you wrong. The hurt-comfort, the courtroom drama, Aymar's angsty wounded honour, Laurent's devotion, it's all great. You could give me the kissing or sex they're probably having in some missing scene, for example, or you could write some canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end? For that matter, Laurent could well be court-martialled for ditching his duty and staying with Aymar! With Avoye, you could either have her and Aymar love each other like siblings instead, or keep their relationship and resolve the ending into poly. But if you do the latter, please don't lean into the sibling-like nature of Aymar/Avoye (it already almost trips my incest squick).
Jill, by E A Dillwyn (Kitty Mervyn/Gilbertina Trecastle | Caroline Jill)
I suppose, to me, Jill seems the most mundane of the canons I have requested, but I would love for you to prove me wrong! I would love to get a slashy missing scene from the book, or something post-canon. Or perhaps some fork-in-the-road AU where things went differently. Or a piece of Kitty’s POV, which the book doesn’t give us. Or an outside POV on them. What I enjoy most about the book is Jill’s talkative and independent POV, and her huge crush on Kitty.
England Series - K J Charles (Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva)
I just read this and thought it was delicious! For a trick, what if they run into some supernatural creature on an assignment? I do also have a more specific suggestion: I loved everything about the book except for the bit at the end where Archie goes for a forceful non-con kiss to convince Daniel to continue their relationship. So I'd love a fix-it where he uses his words instead, or respects Daniel's decision and leaves, only for Daniel to change his mind later. But feel totally free to ignore this prompt and go for something else instead! Another thing I'd love is an outside POV on them. Daniel presumably has a community and friends--I'd love to see Daniel talking to one of them about Archie, or to see Daniel and Archie through the eyes of one of Daniel's friends. Or through the eyes of a fellow officer of Archie's.
The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster (Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham)
I have no specific prompts--since I've been writing so much for the fandom, I suppose I just want to read something I wouldn't come up with myself? So, here's what I love about the canon: Obviously I ship Ewen and Keith--the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers aspects, the way they are torn between their duty and their love, the hurt-comfort. Broster knew how to write fannish catnip, is what I'm saying. But I would also really love there to be more Ewen/Alison/Keith in the world! Pretty much anything about them would make me happy. As for tricks, obviously there's a lot of room to play around with Scottish folklore, and with the heron prophecy!
Bonnie Dundee by Rosemary Sutcliff (Darklis Ruthven, Lady Jean)
We don't see much of their relationship in the book, since it's from Hugh's POV, but Darklis and Jean make a sort of counterpart to Hugh's devotion to Claverhouse. I would love to see more of them! You can take it in a femslashy direction if you want, but honestly I think what I want is the sort of loyalty (especially in wartime) that we often get between male characters, but less often between female ones. Perhaps with an unspoken romantic or sexual tension? So, how do they first form that bond? What conflicting loyalties do they have, and how do they handle them? What happens between them when Lady Jean marries? What about after Claverhouse dies?
The Wounded Name by D K Broster (Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie, Laurent de Courtomer & M. Perrelet, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne)
I love this in all its iddy glory: when you think it can't become any more over the top, Broster proves you wrong. The hurt-comfort, the courtroom drama, Aymar's angsty wounded honour, Laurent's devotion, it's all great. You could give me the kissing or sex they're probably having in some missing scene, for example, or you could write some canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end? For that matter, Laurent could well be court-martialled for ditching his duty and staying with Aymar! With Avoye, you could either have her and Aymar love each other like siblings instead, or keep their relationship and resolve the ending into poly. But if you do the latter, please don't lean into the sibling-like nature of Aymar/Avoye (it already almost trips my incest squick).
Jill, by E A Dillwyn (Kitty Mervyn/Gilbertina Trecastle | Caroline Jill)
I suppose, to me, Jill seems the most mundane of the canons I have requested, but I would love for you to prove me wrong! I would love to get a slashy missing scene from the book, or something post-canon. Or perhaps some fork-in-the-road AU where things went differently. Or a piece of Kitty’s POV, which the book doesn’t give us. Or an outside POV on them. What I enjoy most about the book is Jill’s talkative and independent POV, and her huge crush on Kitty.
England Series - K J Charles (Archie Curtis/Daniel da Silva)
I just read this and thought it was delicious! For a trick, what if they run into some supernatural creature on an assignment? I do also have a more specific suggestion: I loved everything about the book except for the bit at the end where Archie goes for a forceful non-con kiss to convince Daniel to continue their relationship. So I'd love a fix-it where he uses his words instead, or respects Daniel's decision and leaves, only for Daniel to change his mind later. But feel totally free to ignore this prompt and go for something else instead! Another thing I'd love is an outside POV on them. Daniel presumably has a community and friends--I'd love to see Daniel talking to one of them about Archie, or to see Daniel and Archie through the eyes of one of Daniel's friends. Or through the eyes of a fellow officer of Archie's.
The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster (Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham)
I have no specific prompts--since I've been writing so much for the fandom, I suppose I just want to read something I wouldn't come up with myself? So, here's what I love about the canon: Obviously I ship Ewen and Keith--the enemies-to-friends-to-lovers aspects, the way they are torn between their duty and their love, the hurt-comfort. Broster knew how to write fannish catnip, is what I'm saying. But I would also really love there to be more Ewen/Alison/Keith in the world! Pretty much anything about them would make me happy. As for tricks, obviously there's a lot of room to play around with Scottish folklore, and with the heron prophecy!
