Dear Fic Corner Scribbler
Likes: Femslash. Polyamory. Fluff. Happy endings. People being delightfully practical and down-to-earth in the midst of MAGIC EVERYWHERE.
Dislikes: Embarrassment/humiliation of characters as humor or plot. Sex involving men. Angst about being queer.
The Ordinary Princess - M.M. Kaye
Characters: Amy
There are so many options here! More details of her interacting with the delightful Crustacea? What is it like when she's off living in the woods with Peregrine? What was her relationship with her sisters like? They're people, surely they must have personalities beyond 'blonde'. Write about Amy exploring the woods? Expound in more detail on something in the book? Anything would be delightful! I am very fond of this book, as someone who grew up as a girl with mouse-brown hair (though I don't have freckles, and my nose does not turn up at the end).
Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
(It deeply pains me to not write that as Patricia C Wrede, as my copies all identify her. Damn you, tags!)
Characters: Any
I can't even pick who to request, here. I had trouble narrowing it down to request. I love everyone. I love these books. Do you want to write domestic fluff about Cimorene and Mendenbar? I would delight in that! Would you rather write about how things worked out with Alianora and the stone prince? Delightful! Do you want to ship Alianora and Cimorene, or Cimorene and Morwen? I am down with that! Fic about Morwen putting up with Telemain? Fic about how Kazul adjusts to her new role as king of the dragons? Fic about what the SIXTEEN YEARS of waiting were like for the dragons? Or for Morwen? Or what growing up was like for Shiara? How Shiara does as a dragon princess? I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES. If you want to write about someone non-nominated, that's cool too! I would prefer a female POV, though. And no sex involving men, please. (PS: I have read the short story with the ultimate frying pan of doom and the other one with the unicorn water and the cat, if you know them and want to work something in.)
Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Characters: Marianne Pinhoe
I would love fic about how Marianne does up at the castle, dealing with people she's been taught to hate and fear all her life. (PS: If you want romance, I'd rather she was with Janet than Cat. Or Julia.) Alternatives I did not have space to nominate: If you want to write about Irene adjusting to being Gammer, that would be amazing. Molly and Dolly and the other one finally together again in the forest and their travels with the old Gaffer? Marianne all grown up and working for Cat-as-Chrestomanci? Or honestly just write about Chrestomanci. (And I mean Christopher. As an adult.) He's like a delightful fantasy version of the Doctor in a fancy dressing gown, gallivanting through universes fixing things, I love it. I so wish there were more Chrestomanci books. If the muse strikes you, I am also cool with a totally side new adventure with OCs having A Magic Problem and Chrestomanci sweeping in to help. (...Or, hell, if you want to drop him into one of my other fandoms. Other things in this exchange I love outside of what I've requested: Old Kingdom series, DWJ's Dalemark and Derkholm and Howl serieses, Damar series, The Neverending Story, Catherynne Valente's Fairyland series.)
Ronja Rövardotter | Ronia the Robber's Daughter - Astrid Lindgren
Characters: Any
I love this book. I adore this book. I have loved this book since I was tiny. Give me Ronia, grown up, a wild fey robber queen with tangled black hair who can climb up walls like a lizard. Or tell me what led Lovis to the life she leads. Or show me how Lovis supports Ronia as she grows up. Ronia with a gang of robbers with women in it as partners, who don't just stay home and cook and raise children. (Maybe some of the men would rather stay home!). *flails wordlessly*
Dislikes: Embarrassment/humiliation of characters as humor or plot. Sex involving men. Angst about being queer.
The Ordinary Princess - M.M. Kaye
Characters: Amy
There are so many options here! More details of her interacting with the delightful Crustacea? What is it like when she's off living in the woods with Peregrine? What was her relationship with her sisters like? They're people, surely they must have personalities beyond 'blonde'. Write about Amy exploring the woods? Expound in more detail on something in the book? Anything would be delightful! I am very fond of this book, as someone who grew up as a girl with mouse-brown hair (though I don't have freckles, and my nose does not turn up at the end).
Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
(It deeply pains me to not write that as Patricia C Wrede, as my copies all identify her. Damn you, tags!)
Characters: Any
I can't even pick who to request, here. I had trouble narrowing it down to request. I love everyone. I love these books. Do you want to write domestic fluff about Cimorene and Mendenbar? I would delight in that! Would you rather write about how things worked out with Alianora and the stone prince? Delightful! Do you want to ship Alianora and Cimorene, or Cimorene and Morwen? I am down with that! Fic about Morwen putting up with Telemain? Fic about how Kazul adjusts to her new role as king of the dragons? Fic about what the SIXTEEN YEARS of waiting were like for the dragons? Or for Morwen? Or what growing up was like for Shiara? How Shiara does as a dragon princess? I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES. If you want to write about someone non-nominated, that's cool too! I would prefer a female POV, though. And no sex involving men, please. (PS: I have read the short story with the ultimate frying pan of doom and the other one with the unicorn water and the cat, if you know them and want to work something in.)
Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones
Characters: Marianne Pinhoe
I would love fic about how Marianne does up at the castle, dealing with people she's been taught to hate and fear all her life. (PS: If you want romance, I'd rather she was with Janet than Cat. Or Julia.) Alternatives I did not have space to nominate: If you want to write about Irene adjusting to being Gammer, that would be amazing. Molly and Dolly and the other one finally together again in the forest and their travels with the old Gaffer? Marianne all grown up and working for Cat-as-Chrestomanci? Or honestly just write about Chrestomanci. (And I mean Christopher. As an adult.) He's like a delightful fantasy version of the Doctor in a fancy dressing gown, gallivanting through universes fixing things, I love it. I so wish there were more Chrestomanci books. If the muse strikes you, I am also cool with a totally side new adventure with OCs having A Magic Problem and Chrestomanci sweeping in to help. (...Or, hell, if you want to drop him into one of my other fandoms. Other things in this exchange I love outside of what I've requested: Old Kingdom series, DWJ's Dalemark and Derkholm and Howl serieses, Damar series, The Neverending Story, Catherynne Valente's Fairyland series.)
Ronja Rövardotter | Ronia the Robber's Daughter - Astrid Lindgren
Characters: Any
I love this book. I adore this book. I have loved this book since I was tiny. Give me Ronia, grown up, a wild fey robber queen with tangled black hair who can climb up walls like a lizard. Or tell me what led Lovis to the life she leads. Or show me how Lovis supports Ronia as she grows up. Ronia with a gang of robbers with women in it as partners, who don't just stay home and cook and raise children. (Maybe some of the men would rather stay home!). *flails wordlessly*