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luzulaHello, and thank you so much for writing for me! Sorry the letter is late...I moved a week ago, and am still quite busy with that.
General likes: I enjoy the whole range from gen to porn, and like both happy and angsty stories. I like historical specificity, landscape description and attention paid to the setting in general, old-fashioned omniscient POV, canon-like writing style, loyalty, characters having conflicting loyalties.
General dislikes: Change-of-setting AU in historical canons (but I love canon divergence, and I also enjoy adding supernatural/fantasy elements to the canon setting), non-con/dubcon, infidelity, body horror. If you go with something angsty, I prefer for there to still be a meaning to the character's lives and not be unrelentingly dark.
You can ignore my trick/treat and art/fic preferences for extra gifts.
Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster (Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron, Alison Grant, Lachlan MacMartin, Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham). Trick or treat, art or fic.
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. I love Keith/Ewen/Alison no less, and would be happy just to get some shippy fluff with them! But I'd be equally happy to read about gen relationships as shippy ones. I also love the landscape descriptions, the writing style, the touch of the supernatural, and the historical nerdery. Feel free to write Alison out of the story if you like, but please treat her kindly in the process.
The Wounded Name - D. K. Broster (Laurent de Courtomer, Aymar de la Rocheterie, M. Perrelet, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie). Trick or treat, art or fic.
I love this book 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 more of Aymar's POV than we get in canon. Or hey, how about an outside view of Aymar/Laurent and how extra they are about each other? You could give me the kissing or sex they're probably having in some missing scene, or you could write some dark canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end, or what if he actually did the terrible thing he's accused of? 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 romantic 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).
"Mr Rowl" - D. K. Broster (Raoul des Sablières, Hervey Barrington, Hervey Barrington/Raoul des Sablières). Treat, fic.
You could write the first ever fic for this fandom! : D I'd love to see Barrington's POV on Raoul, perhaps coloured by his backstory (which we only partially know)? You could also write some slashy missing scene, or some future where they encounter each other again. Feel free to write the het ending out of the story if you like, but please treat Juliana kindly if she appears.
Jill - E. A. Dillwyn (Kitty Mervyn, Gilbertina Trecastle, Kitty Mervyn/Gilbertina Trecastle). Trick or treat, art or fic.
I suppose, to me, Jill seems one of the most mundane of the canons I have requested, but feel free to prove me wrong (perhaps there's a ghost in the crypt...)! I would love to get a slashy missing scene from the book, or something set post-canon. Or perhaps some fork-in-the-road AU where things went differently. 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.
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (David Balfour, Alan Breck Stewart, David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart). Trick or treat, art or fic.
A lot of the recent fic is post-canon, which I have enjoyed, but I'd love to get some unresolved (or resolved, if you like!) sexual and/or romantic tension set during the book. Perhaps one of them realizing their attraction during or after a moment of danger? An alternative prompt--if Davie goes to the continent to study, what do Alan's Jacobite friends make of them together? I would also love something spooky and folklore-based. Or if you already have something you want to write, just go for that!
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam). Treat, fic.
I admit that my desire for this pairing comes from having read this series and wanting Elizabeth to have her cake and eat it too! How might the three characters come together in the context of canon? Is there prior Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam? You can give me a glimpse of pre-relationship tension, an established relationship scene, or some turning point in the relationship - whatever you want.
Hornblower - C. S. Forester (William Bush, Horatio Hornblower, Captain Sawyer, William Bush/Horatio Hornblower). Trick or treat, art or fic.
For a treat, I'd love some moment of ship-related joy for them both! Or how about some outside POV on them--do the other officers feel that Hornblower sometimes treats Bush differently, even if he's trying not to? For a trick, I thought Captain Sawyer was chilling in canon, but what would his ghost be like? Or if you have something you already want to write, go for it! (I know I have infidelity as a DNW, but I'm not as sensitive about it in this fandom. But please treat canonical love interests kindly if they do come up.)
General likes: I enjoy the whole range from gen to porn, and like both happy and angsty stories. I like historical specificity, landscape description and attention paid to the setting in general, old-fashioned omniscient POV, canon-like writing style, loyalty, characters having conflicting loyalties.
General dislikes: Change-of-setting AU in historical canons (but I love canon divergence, and I also enjoy adding supernatural/fantasy elements to the canon setting), non-con/dubcon, infidelity, body horror. If you go with something angsty, I prefer for there to still be a meaning to the character's lives and not be unrelentingly dark.
You can ignore my trick/treat and art/fic preferences for extra gifts.
Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster (Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron, Alison Grant, Lachlan MacMartin, Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham). Trick or treat, art or fic.
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. I love Keith/Ewen/Alison no less, and would be happy just to get some shippy fluff with them! But I'd be equally happy to read about gen relationships as shippy ones. I also love the landscape descriptions, the writing style, the touch of the supernatural, and the historical nerdery. Feel free to write Alison out of the story if you like, but please treat her kindly in the process.
The Wounded Name - D. K. Broster (Laurent de Courtomer, Aymar de la Rocheterie, M. Perrelet, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie). Trick or treat, art or fic.
I love this book 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 more of Aymar's POV than we get in canon. Or hey, how about an outside view of Aymar/Laurent and how extra they are about each other? You could give me the kissing or sex they're probably having in some missing scene, or you could write some dark canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end, or what if he actually did the terrible thing he's accused of? 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 romantic 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).
"Mr Rowl" - D. K. Broster (Raoul des Sablières, Hervey Barrington, Hervey Barrington/Raoul des Sablières). Treat, fic.
You could write the first ever fic for this fandom! : D I'd love to see Barrington's POV on Raoul, perhaps coloured by his backstory (which we only partially know)? You could also write some slashy missing scene, or some future where they encounter each other again. Feel free to write the het ending out of the story if you like, but please treat Juliana kindly if she appears.
Jill - E. A. Dillwyn (Kitty Mervyn, Gilbertina Trecastle, Kitty Mervyn/Gilbertina Trecastle). Trick or treat, art or fic.
I suppose, to me, Jill seems one of the most mundane of the canons I have requested, but feel free to prove me wrong (perhaps there's a ghost in the crypt...)! I would love to get a slashy missing scene from the book, or something set post-canon. Or perhaps some fork-in-the-road AU where things went differently. 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.
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (David Balfour, Alan Breck Stewart, David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart). Trick or treat, art or fic.
A lot of the recent fic is post-canon, which I have enjoyed, but I'd love to get some unresolved (or resolved, if you like!) sexual and/or romantic tension set during the book. Perhaps one of them realizing their attraction during or after a moment of danger? An alternative prompt--if Davie goes to the continent to study, what do Alan's Jacobite friends make of them together? I would also love something spooky and folklore-based. Or if you already have something you want to write, just go for that!
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam). Treat, fic.
I admit that my desire for this pairing comes from having read this series and wanting Elizabeth to have her cake and eat it too! How might the three characters come together in the context of canon? Is there prior Fitzwilliam Darcy/Colonel Fitzwilliam? You can give me a glimpse of pre-relationship tension, an established relationship scene, or some turning point in the relationship - whatever you want.
Hornblower - C. S. Forester (William Bush, Horatio Hornblower, Captain Sawyer, William Bush/Horatio Hornblower). Trick or treat, art or fic.
For a treat, I'd love some moment of ship-related joy for them both! Or how about some outside POV on them--do the other officers feel that Hornblower sometimes treats Bush differently, even if he's trying not to? For a trick, I thought Captain Sawyer was chilling in canon, but what would his ghost be like? Or if you have something you already want to write, go for it! (I know I have infidelity as a DNW, but I'm not as sensitive about it in this fandom. But please treat canonical love interests kindly if they do come up.)
