Letter for Candy Hearts Exchange
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luzulaAuthor: I am SO sorry to have left this placeholder so long. : (( I was swamped with work and other things, but that's not really an excuse. I know I already told the mods that you could go by my fic exchange letters from the last few years, and there won't be anything new here to surprise you.
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.
The Flight of the Heron by D K Broster (Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham, Lachlan MacMartin & Keith Windham)
If you have your eye on a relationship tag already and want to write that one, go for it! 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. I also love the landscape descriptions, the writing style, the touch of the supernatural, and the historical nerdery. But I'd be equally happy to read about the gen relationship as the shippy ones! Anything about Keith & Lachlan's prickly relationship would be interesting to read. Also, feel free to write Alison out of the story if you like, but please treat her kindly in the process.
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart)
If you already have something you want to write, just go for that! As for prompts: A lot of fic is post-canon, which I have enjoyed, but I'd love to get some sexual and/or romantic tension set during the book. Perhaps one of them realizing their attraction during or after a moment of danger? Or if Davie goes to the continent to study, what do Alan's Jacobite friends make of them together? Or an outside POV of them would be fun, either set during the book or after.
"Mr Rowl" - D K Broster (any relationship)
What is Barrington thinking during canon events? What is his history and how does that affect how he reacts to Raoul? Or for something more plotty: now that Raoul will go back to France and Barrington get a ship again, what if Barrington should be captured in his turn and encounter Raoul while a prisoner? Feel free to focus on Lavinia, who is awesome and obviously knows that her brother is queer. I also like Juliana a lot, and you can include her too if you want. I am not into infidelity, but Raoul and Juliana don't have a commitment to each other before the end of the story, so it's fine with me if something happens between Raoul and Barrington before that and you don't mention her. Or perhaps whatever is between them is unspoken and never comes to anything? Or you could turn Raoul and Juliana's attachment into a friendship--perhaps they feel more like siblings to each other throughout the book.
The Wounded Name by D K Broster (Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne)
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 canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end? What if Aymar runs away to England (before or after the court-martial) and Laurent has to go chasing after him? 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).
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.
The Flight of the Heron by D K Broster (Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Alison Grant/Keith Windham, Lachlan MacMartin & Keith Windham)
If you have your eye on a relationship tag already and want to write that one, go for it! 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. I also love the landscape descriptions, the writing style, the touch of the supernatural, and the historical nerdery. But I'd be equally happy to read about the gen relationship as the shippy ones! Anything about Keith & Lachlan's prickly relationship would be interesting to read. Also, feel free to write Alison out of the story if you like, but please treat her kindly in the process.
Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson (David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart)
If you already have something you want to write, just go for that! As for prompts: A lot of fic is post-canon, which I have enjoyed, but I'd love to get some sexual and/or romantic tension set during the book. Perhaps one of them realizing their attraction during or after a moment of danger? Or if Davie goes to the continent to study, what do Alan's Jacobite friends make of them together? Or an outside POV of them would be fun, either set during the book or after.
"Mr Rowl" - D K Broster (any relationship)
What is Barrington thinking during canon events? What is his history and how does that affect how he reacts to Raoul? Or for something more plotty: now that Raoul will go back to France and Barrington get a ship again, what if Barrington should be captured in his turn and encounter Raoul while a prisoner? Feel free to focus on Lavinia, who is awesome and obviously knows that her brother is queer. I also like Juliana a lot, and you can include her too if you want. I am not into infidelity, but Raoul and Juliana don't have a commitment to each other before the end of the story, so it's fine with me if something happens between Raoul and Barrington before that and you don't mention her. Or perhaps whatever is between them is unspoken and never comes to anything? Or you could turn Raoul and Juliana's attachment into a friendship--perhaps they feel more like siblings to each other throughout the book.
The Wounded Name by D K Broster (Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie, Laurent de Courtomer/Aymar de la Rocheterie/Avoye de Villecresne)
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 canon divergence: what happens if Aymar's name is not cleared at the end? What if Aymar runs away to England (before or after the court-martial) and Laurent has to go chasing after him? 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).
