#196 Call Me By Your Name, Seraphina, Graceling Realm, Fleabag, John Finnemore Seasons 1-8

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Request 1 by starfishstar
Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Tell me absolutely any story of Elio/Oliver. During that summer, the longing before they confess their feelings, the stolen moments once they’ve come together, the bittersweetness as the summer rushes to its close; or give me the story of after – do they stay together? do they find each other again 20 years later? or something in between? The only thing I ask is that any headcanons from “Find Me” be left out of it. Consider yourself unbound by that particular headcanon, and free to explore any headcanon of your own. :-)

Or Annella! She’s such an understated character, beautifully portrayed by Amira Casar. She’s so wise, clearly knowing a lot more than she lets on about what’s going on with her son. She hangs back, letting him figure things out for himself, but she’s also there when he needs a shoulder to cry on (literally). Feel free to include all 4 nominated characters, or any subset of them, or any additional characters from the film.

Fandom-specific DNW: Plot points/characters from “Find Me”; treating female characters dismissively (i.e., please either don’t include Marzia in the fic at all, or let her be a fully developed character in her own right).

DNW: major character death; graphic violence

Letter: http://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html


Request 2 by starfishstar
Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

Oh, book series of my heart. <3 I appreciate so very much the empathy with which Rachel Hartman writes her characters. And oh, how I love these characters! (And this world! Oh, Rachel Hartman’s worldbuilding!) I didn't nominate this, this year, only because I saw it was already nominated, and with precisely the characters I would have nominated myself. <3 <3

* Seraphina/Kiggs/Glisselda post-Shadow Scale – I’m not really looking for explicit fic here; rather, I’m endlessly curious about the dynamics of this relationship, what kind of day-to-day life the three of them build for themselves and how their triad works. Do the ways they have to play pretend in public take a toll? When they get precious moments just to be themselves, what is that like? Come to think of it, this needn’t necessarily be shipping fic – just give me Seraphina & Kiggs & Glisselda bantering together in the behind-the-scenes of running a kingdom.

Orma! I love Orma and the awkward, dragon-ish, and yet ultimately very loving bond between him and Seraphina. They don’t always understand each other, but he really looks out for her. (And you get the sense that throughout her childhood he was often the *only* one looking out for her, which is heartbreaking.) So: Orma and Seraphina in her childhood, Orma and Seraphina during the events of the books, Orma post-memory pearl…?

You don't have to include all of the nominated characters; feel free to also include Tess, or any other characters from Seraphina (Abdo and the other half-dragons?) I'm having to write these notes very quickly just before the sign-up deadline, but please consider me open to any corner of this world and its characters you want to explore.

DNW: major character death; graphic violence; smut/PWP

Letter: http://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html


Request 3 by starfishstar
Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore
Katsa (Graceling Realm), Po | Greening Grandemalion (Graceling Realm), Bitterblue (Graceling Realm), Giddon (Graceling Realm)

I've requested Katsa, Po, Bitterblue and Giddon, since those do seem to be the core characters I keep coming back to, but you definitely don't have to include all four! And you're more than welcome to include others from their shared world – Raffin and Bann come especially to mind. For that matter, I'm totally a fan of Fire and Brigan as well, if you'd rather write there. I unfortunately wasn't as captivated by Winterkeep (though I probably need to reread it) so I'm less interested in that set of characters. Except...Adventure Fox! I'd happily read any story from Adventure Fox's POV. And for that matter, you're welcome to write any/all of the other characters traveling in and interacting with Winterkeep - I'm just less interested in a fic that has Lovisa, Mari, Nev, etc. as the main set of characters. I'm a big sap for Giddon's undying devotion to Bitterblue. Katsa has my heart forever. And though I will ship Katsa/Po forever, to my surprise when I reread Bitterblue last year, my brain went...Giddon/Po? Now that would be intriguing. I'm sorry that I'm running out of time to write notes here, but I'll put more in my letter!

DNW: major character death; graphic violence; smut/PWP (sex included in a fic would be fine; it's just not the main/only thing I'm looking for)

Letter: http://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html


Request 4 by starfishstar
Fleabag (TV)
Fleabag (Fleabag)

For characters, I've requested just Fleabag, to leave maximum leeway to write whoever else you want with her! Like all of us, I am always interested in Fleabag/Priest in any form. (Stay together? Canon bittersweet parting? Get back together later? Or not?) And I'm a fan of all explorations of Fleabag & Claire. ALSO, I nominated the Fox (or maybe that should be Foxes, it occurs to me now...) because there's so much fun to be had in exploring the meaning of the foxes in this canon, what their connection to the Priest is, what their POV might be... Feel free to take that anywhere you like. More in my letter!

DNW: major character death; graphic violence

Letter: http://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html


Request 5 by starfishstar
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Seasons 1-8
Finnemore | The Storyteller (JFSP S 1-8)

I love this show, I love John Finnemore's writing, with its combination of humor and kindness, and I'm good with anything you want to write in this fandom! I've nominated Finnemore | The Storyteller, but you're welcome to branch out to anywhere else in the series, as the muse takes you. I love it all! (More in my letter!)

DNW: major character death; graphic violence; smut/PWP

Letter: http://starfishstar.dreamwidth.org/120515.html

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