Sutcliff Swap 2013
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A multifandom exchange for fiction and art based on the works of Rosemary Sutcliff
Hi, wonderful person who is going to make me something shiny and lovely! I am afraid that this is probably the vaguest letter ever, but I am ridiculously easy to please when it comes to Sutcliff fic - I like everything about everyone!
Things I particularly like: Friendships, character studies, backstories, relationships (both romantic and platonic) that start with both characters disliking each other, historical and cultural details, difficult choices and decisions, older characters reflecting on the paths/mistakes/happy times of their lives, betrayal and its consequences, canon-divergent AUs. I like sad, bittersweet or ambiguous endings every bit as much as I like happy ones, and I'm fine with character death if you think your story calls for it (though I'd prefer the death not to be the whole point of the plot).
Things I'm not so keen on: Non-con, explicitly detailed sex, underage sex (<16's), graphic torture (I am okay with violence if it's in something like a fight, but torture or even the build-up to it is something I'm very squeamish about).
Eagle of the Ninth - Claudius Hieronimianus/Uncle Aquila
I would really love something that explains how Uncle Aquila became friends with the Legate of the Sixth Legion! Either friendship or slash adventures-in-Judea would be fantastic, although if you go for slash then I guess I don't really see them as having a hugely passionate romance, more like a good friends with benefits relationship.
Aunt Honoria (The Silver Branch)
Rowena (The Lantern Bearers)
Aunt Honoria and Rowena and are some of my favourite female Sutcliff characters and I want to read everything about them, basically! I would love anything like a character study, or something exploring their relationships with other book characters (Rowena/Vortigern, or Rowena's relationship with her father is something I'd be very interested in) or even well-developed OCs, fic about their lives both pre- (I bet Aunt Honoria got up to some wild things in her youth... or even old age!) and post-book... pretty much anything about these two women would make me very gleeful indeed.
Warrior Scarlet - Blai
I felt terribly sorry for poor Blai all the way through Warrior Scarlet, and while I'm happy that the ending with her and Drem seemed promising, I wish it had been a bit longer and not quite so easy for Drem. I'd really love fic from her POV, exploring her new relationship with Drem or her adoptive family post-book, or maybe how she finds a place in the Tribe. I know I said I'm not fussed about sad endings earlier, but for Blai I wouldn't want anything other than a happy/hopeful one, because I think she deserves it.
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Date: 2013-04-13 06:09 pm (UTC)I like all the Swap banners, too, it makes me happy seeing them as I'm scrolling through LJ.
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Date: 2013-04-14 10:01 pm (UTC)Now I should get working on my letter, argh.
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