#135 12th Century CE Mediterranean Basin RPF, Lantern Bearers - Sutcliff, Raven Tower - Leckie
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12th Century CE Mediterranean Basin RPF, The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff, The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
Request 1 by Vaznetti
Fandom: 12th Century CE Mediterranean Basin RPF
Characters: Moses Maimonides | Rambam (Mediterranean Basin)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Prompt:
This was an unexpected delight to find in the tagset -- I have never considered that I could have fic about Rambam, so I don't actually know what I want. I'm sure I'd love anything: a character study, casefic, a travelogue, something religious or political or philosophical or medical... I will take my lead from the fandom and say that I would love something that reflects the multicultural richness of the Mediterranean world in this period. Another idea that strikes me is that Maimonides has so many responsibilities, and so many interests, which must have conflicted with each other -- what happens when he has both political and medical emergencies to deal with? Or perhaps, if you'd rather not engage with the larger world, something about his family life, or his relationship with (and grief for) his brother?
Obviously Maimonides' life was shaped in many ways by the background (and less background) antisemitism of the region and the period -- from his initial exile from Spain, to his interactions with the Crusaders, etc. But I DO NOT WANT a story which has "Moses Maimonides encounters antisemitism" as its sole focus. You don't need to ignore that it existed, I would just prefer that it not be the focus of the story.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest; a story focused only on anti-semitism
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
Request 2 by Vaznetti
Fandom: The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
Characters: Ness (The Lantern Bearers - Sutcliff), Flavia (The Lantern Bearers - Sutcliff)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
Neither Flavia nor Ness are the focus of The Lantern Bearers -- for Flavia in particular her entire story happens off the page, although I think we know more about Ness and what she thinks of the world (and of Aquila). I would love a story that centers their narratives, though. You do not need to include both women, and in fact I think it would be difficult to do so; I would rather have a story focused on one or the other of the two if them. It strikes me that insofar as stories about Subroman Britain (and especially Subroman Arthur) are very much about "making Britain" both of these women are doing quite a lot of the literal labor involved in that process.
Some ideas: Flavia in her captivity: what really happened to make her decide not to leave with Aquila when he gave her the chance to escape? What happened after that? Any scene from her life would be wonderful. And for Ness, what about something in that first year of her marriage, perhaps when she is pregnant with Minnow, when Flavian is away? Or later on, how does she see Ambrosius and his court and his cause? Is she really content with her choices? Really, I would appreciate anything that digs into the interiority of one or the other of these women.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
Request 3 by Vaznetti
Fandom: The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
Characters: Worldbuilding (The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie), The Strength and Patience of the Hill (The Raven Tower)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
I read this book last year and loved it, and the two things about it I loved the most were the worldbuilding, and the narrative voice of The Strength and Patience of the Hill. Who could have imagined that a rock would be so engaging, and have so much to say for itself? And I loved the richness of the world, and the many different ways in which the gods interact with each other and with the humans around them. A worldbuilding story that focused on that, and maybe particularly on the relationship between truth and power in divine speech, would be really interesting -- to what extent do human priests anywhere really understand what gods can or cannot do? Some in-universe scholarship could be very satisfying as a way of writing about this, if you want to. As for my darling, favorite rock ever, The Strength and Patience of the Hill, I would love to see something about its early time in the Raven Tower, and perhaps its early relationship with the Raven. How long did it take for the SPH to destroy the Raven? How soon did the Raven realise what it had taken into its home? Or maybe, after the events of the Raven Tower, SPH could reunite with the descendants of the people it helped escape from Ard Vusktia -- I have always hoped that they survived the attack.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
Request 1 by Vaznetti
Fandom: 12th Century CE Mediterranean Basin RPF
Characters: Moses Maimonides | Rambam (Mediterranean Basin)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature all of my chosen character tags (if 0: any from tag set)
Prompt:
This was an unexpected delight to find in the tagset -- I have never considered that I could have fic about Rambam, so I don't actually know what I want. I'm sure I'd love anything: a character study, casefic, a travelogue, something religious or political or philosophical or medical... I will take my lead from the fandom and say that I would love something that reflects the multicultural richness of the Mediterranean world in this period. Another idea that strikes me is that Maimonides has so many responsibilities, and so many interests, which must have conflicted with each other -- what happens when he has both political and medical emergencies to deal with? Or perhaps, if you'd rather not engage with the larger world, something about his family life, or his relationship with (and grief for) his brother?
Obviously Maimonides' life was shaped in many ways by the background (and less background) antisemitism of the region and the period -- from his initial exile from Spain, to his interactions with the Crusaders, etc. But I DO NOT WANT a story which has "Moses Maimonides encounters antisemitism" as its sole focus. You don't need to ignore that it existed, I would just prefer that it not be the focus of the story.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest; a story focused only on anti-semitism
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
Request 2 by Vaznetti
Fandom: The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
Characters: Ness (The Lantern Bearers - Sutcliff), Flavia (The Lantern Bearers - Sutcliff)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
Neither Flavia nor Ness are the focus of The Lantern Bearers -- for Flavia in particular her entire story happens off the page, although I think we know more about Ness and what she thinks of the world (and of Aquila). I would love a story that centers their narratives, though. You do not need to include both women, and in fact I think it would be difficult to do so; I would rather have a story focused on one or the other of the two if them. It strikes me that insofar as stories about Subroman Britain (and especially Subroman Arthur) are very much about "making Britain" both of these women are doing quite a lot of the literal labor involved in that process.
Some ideas: Flavia in her captivity: what really happened to make her decide not to leave with Aquila when he gave her the chance to escape? What happened after that? Any scene from her life would be wonderful. And for Ness, what about something in that first year of her marriage, perhaps when she is pregnant with Minnow, when Flavian is away? Or later on, how does she see Ambrosius and his court and his cause? Is she really content with her choices? Really, I would appreciate anything that digs into the interiority of one or the other of these women.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
Request 3 by Vaznetti
Fandom: The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie
Characters: Worldbuilding (The Raven Tower - Ann Leckie), The Strength and Patience of the Hill (The Raven Tower)
Character Requirement: My gift must feature one or more of my chosen character tags (giver's choice)
Prompt:
I read this book last year and loved it, and the two things about it I loved the most were the worldbuilding, and the narrative voice of The Strength and Patience of the Hill. Who could have imagined that a rock would be so engaging, and have so much to say for itself? And I loved the richness of the world, and the many different ways in which the gods interact with each other and with the humans around them. A worldbuilding story that focused on that, and maybe particularly on the relationship between truth and power in divine speech, would be really interesting -- to what extent do human priests anywhere really understand what gods can or cannot do? Some in-universe scholarship could be very satisfying as a way of writing about this, if you want to. As for my darling, favorite rock ever, The Strength and Patience of the Hill, I would love to see something about its early time in the Raven Tower, and perhaps its early relationship with the Raven. How long did it take for the SPH to destroy the Raven? How soon did the Raven realise what it had taken into its home? Or maybe, after the events of the Raven Tower, SPH could reunite with the descendants of the people it helped escape from Ard Vusktia -- I have always hoped that they survived the attack.
I DNW: omegaverse, D/s and related dynamics; harm to children within the story; PWP or NC-17 rated fic; humiliation; non-canon-setting AUs; non-canonical incest
Letter: http://vaznetti.dreamwidth.org/609398.html
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