Matches for Bujold Ficathon
OK, I chose this user icon because at times, matching y'all up really did feel this way!
- Deadline for stories: 27 July 2007
Stories should be posted in this community; you may also provide a link elsewhere, though the best way to get a story read is to post it here! Post any time before the deadline. Please note that I will be out of town and without net access July 20-22.
Word count: whatever fits your story, with a minimum of 500 words. Last year's entries went up to several thousand words, but again -- whatever fits your story.
By consensus (on and off this community), fics set in the "Wide Green World" universe of Bujold's new Sharing Knife series are welcome, but must be clearly marked as such, to avoid spoilerage.
Negative requests are in italics.
Questions etc. to my username at livejournal.com
- Deadline for stories: 27 July 2007
Stories should be posted in this community; you may also provide a link elsewhere, though the best way to get a story read is to post it here! Post any time before the deadline. Please note that I will be out of town and without net access July 20-22.
Word count: whatever fits your story, with a minimum of 500 words. Last year's entries went up to several thousand words, but again -- whatever fits your story.
By consensus (on and off this community), fics set in the "Wide Green World" universe of Bujold's new Sharing Knife series are welcome, but must be clearly marked as such, to avoid spoilerage.
Negative requests are in italics.
- aervir writing for szandara: Positive requests: Vorkosiverse, focus on female characters. Kou/Drou, Elena, Elli, Cordelia? Negative requests: sex ok, but not explicit.
- altariel writing for philomytha: I'd love to read one of these: 1. Something from one of Miles' other missions, perhaps the one with Galeni on Komarr, 2. Cazaril during the siege of Gotorget, 3.A bit of a wild card here: any Bujold characters, on a desert island or deep-space equivalent (inspired by a discussion on the LMB mailing list)
- avon7 writing for glishara: -- Vorkosiverse -- Gen only. I tend to really like stories that take place before the characters are really introduced to use: tellings of the defining moments in their lives. No romance-centric plots, no non-canon pairings.
- ceresi writing for queenortart: Gregor and Laisa for choice, Cordelia, Something light and fluffy and romantic would be lovely. No slash, don't want lovely people to die :)
- edge_of_ruin writing for aervir: I'd love to read a fic about the social changes in Barrayar's society (e.g. in the vein of Bujold's "The Mountains of Mourning") and/or the ethics of warfare. It's a plus if it involves Cordelia and Aral somehow. Negative requests: Gore. Torture. Sex.
- ekaterinn writing for firefly_124: Something of Cazaril and Bertriz' life post-CoC would be neat. Or else perhaps a childhood adventure with Ivan and Miles, whether one of the canon-referenced ones or something else entirely. I deal with enough grossness at work, so I'd rather not have too much blood and gore.
- firefly_124 writing for litalex:- Ivan/Byerly or Gregor or Miles/Bel (slightly AU is okay), nothing angsty, snark, witty lines, slash to gen, crossovers with other SF/F shows/books/movies would be more than welcome No het, please (however, mentions of canonical het pairings are completely okay...)
- glishara writing for kikibug13: Fleshing out secondary characters or unused themes, in any of the 'verses. Negative requests? No bloody gore/violence, really. No unresolvable pessimism.
- jadethe2nd writing for edge_of_ruin: I'd love anything involving Illyan, particularly with Alys, or perhaps something with Cordelia and Alys. In fact pretty much anything involving Barrayarans would be fine. Not anything too explicit. Not so keen on the older Ezar, Aral, Ges stuff.
- keswindhover writing for minor_ramblings:- A slice of life at Vorkosigan House, from the POV of the serving staff as something big goes down in the Count Piotr era. Alternately, some Elli Quinn fic! No slash if it's not canon (Aral/Ges = YES. Piotr/Ezar = no thanks) and other than that it's good.
- kikibug13 writing for sahiya: Positive Requests: UMEGAT FIC (I would worship you forever), perhaps something involving him and his relationship with the Bastard after the events of Chalion; slash involving Miles, Gregor, Duv, Ivan, or Benin (in whatever combination); Cazaril/Palli at any point in the timeline. I have a hurt/comfort kink the size of Alaska. Negative requests: No character death. Sad is okay, hopeless is not. Not too terribly schmoopy, even if you go the h/c route, since that often goes into OOC territory.
- litalex writing for quietann: Gregor, hopefully featuring horses. Cordelia. Ekaterin. Anything about canon characters as teenagers. I tend to like sexual 'shippiness more than explicit sex. No bloody gore/violence.
- minor_ramblings writing for jadethe2nd: Cordelia/Aral shippiness (prefer subtle to overblown, though). Ivan. Political intrigue. Non-canon slash (i.e. Ges/Aral is okay, Miles/Gregor isn't). Fluffiness.
- mummimamma writing for avon7: Positive Requests: Miles and Ivan as cousins/friends is my favourite thing. Ivan winning. Postive Mark - maybe with Ivan? or Miles. Younger Simon. Frankly, I like nice and I like people caring for each other. Negative requests: Not Ivan/Miles slash, not sex, not torture or anything too violent.
- philomytha writing for keswindhover: I'd like to see Miles in a bind, and using his fiendish cunning to get out of it. Or some of the more minor characters having an adventure on the fringes of one of Miles's existing adventures - seeing something that LMB didn't have time to put in!
- queenortart writing for altariel: What I would love beyond all measure is a reworking of Roman Holiday with Gregor in the Audrey Hepburn role. But if that's just a bit too specific, I'd be happy to see anything wry, touching, and tender about Gregor or Cazaril, in combination with any of their friends, sweethearts, mentors. Ekatarin and Laisa: the Cordelia and Alys of their generation. Show me them as or becoming friends, allies, forces to be reckoned with. Nothing explicit, please.
- quietann writing for mummimamma: Vorkosiverse! What I'd actually like to see is a bit of Barrayar (or Sergyar!), and Barrayaran backstory, tales/mythology/folklore/traditions (like what do people do on Winterfair, and how impatient was Miles (or Ivan!) while waiting for Father Frost and his gifts? Crazy stories about old Vor and their crazy lives (there are a couple told as asides in the books - I like those, either as a part of a bigger plot or as a free story.) No Miles/Gregor. No hurt/comfort.
- sahiya writing for ekaterinn: One of Miles' missions as Admiral Naismith that didn't show up in the books (some comedy in this one would be great). More about Caz or Palli or both. Ekaterin at university, either when she was younger or during A Civil Campaign or both. I don't like a lot of smut, and while some angst is definitely okay, nothing horribly depressing please!
- szandara writing for ceresi: Positive: Something about Gregor and Miles growing up? Or Gregor's married life with Laisa, how they deal with the attention they're under, or pretty much anything involving Duv Galeni, he is just magic. *.* Negative: Please don't kill anyone! :o
Questions etc. to my username at livejournal.com