We Can't Rewind, We've Gone Too Far

Hi! Thanks so much for writing for me, and congratulations on your evident good taste!

If you want to benignly internet-stalk me to get an idea of my interests, Tumblr and AO3 are probably a better idea than DW. Though I have been book blogging recently.

This year I requested Band Sinister by K. J. Charles, Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, the Roaring Twenties Magic series by Allie Therin, The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I am happy with any fic rating or length, and welcome extra treats.

A large and random list of things I like in general: worldbuilding, hurt/comfort, huddling for warmth, teamwork, competence, adventure, lesbians, ethical dilemmas, loyalty conflicts, people being clever, twisty plots, gender issues, sibling or sibling-like relationships, epistolary fic, backstory, pining, physical affection, queerness, philosophy, romance, UST, found families, mythological and literary allusions, polyamory, slash, het, femslash, passionate platonic friendships, hidden worlds, cities, banter, complicated plans, beautiful landscapes, angst, puns, magical realism, history, social class issues, older women with major roles, case fic, period accuracy, gen, smut, pwp, diversity of opinion, secret identities, fairy tales, specific sense of place... Feel free to use any of these, don't try to use all of them.

DNW: Child- or pregnancy-focused fic, high school AUs, fic entirely centred around a wedding or wedding preparation, incest, or graphic depictions of rape or gore or torture. See a couple of the specific fandom notes for exceptions.

Fandom specific thoughts and optional details:
( Band Sinister - K. J. Charles )

( Dimension 20 (Web Series) )

( Roaring Twenties Magic - Allie Therin )

( Tortall - Tamora Pierce )

Finally, my two vaguely femslashy horror fandoms (with the DNW exceptions):
( The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen )

( The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman )

Title: Giving off Sparks
Wordcount: 982 words
Fandom: Marvel Something-or-Other
Rating: T
Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes & Clint Barton
Characters: Clint Barton, James “Bucky” Barnes
Warnings/Enticements: Alternate Universe - Vampires, Angst, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Hopeful Ending
Summary:
“Are you here to kill me?”
“You know I’m not.”
“Can’t blame a guy for hoping.”

So here’s my trickortreatex fic!

I got two gifts this year: Curd-Cutting by Fioment, which is an excellent exploration of an incident in Colin Provolone’s personal history with the Bulbian Church.

And venus febriculosa by summerstudie, which is a Carmilla fic which I also love and recommend, but it’s dark somnophilia from the rapist’s PoV, so don’t click unless you want that.

So here are all the Ravening War meta bits I've posted on tumblr. I'm not cross-posting most of the liveblogging, though. Assume they all have spoilers.

( On Karna after episode 2 )

( On Amangeaux after episode 3 )

( On Fructera and Vegetania )

( On Karna post-season )

( Short meta in liveblogging posts )

And my tag on tumblr has a bunch of other people's meta and fic recs and art.

I have been thinking lately about alternate universes versus retellings (like fairy tale retellings). An alternate universe, in the fandom sense, is usually the same characters in a different plot, or a different setting. The characters are the constant (fanon notwithstanding), and everything else may have parallels, but it doesn't need to be the same or even similar.

But in a retelling, the plot is sometimes more of a constant than the characters. The events are the important part, and the characters are filled out in different ways to fit those events. A retelling is not a fandom style alternate universe, it's Terry Pratchett's narrativium. You need to have characters in the right situations to produce the story, but a different retelling can have almost entirely different characters. The plot is what's important, not who it's happening to.

Mice and Murder is a story inspired by Sherlock Holmes (specifically the RDJ movies), but I don't think it's a Sherlock Holmes adaptation (unlike, say, Basil of Baker Street), because Sylvester Cross is not Sherlock Holmes (and Lars isn't Watson, and Daisy D'Umpstaire isn't Irene Adler, etc.). Although he is apparently similar enough to have produced this.

Title: Always Nice to See You
Rating: G
Universe: Dimension 20: Mice and Murder
Characters: Sylvester Cross, Lars Vandenchomp
Warnings/Enticements: Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Dungeons & Dragons Game Mechanics, Serious Injuries, Hurt/Comfort, Second meeting
Summary: A broken hip and a forged alliance.
Word Count: 920

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