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carmarthen asks: the Sutcliff fic you really want someone else to write so you don't have to.
Ha, I should think the answer would be obvious by now. A Sword Song fic about Lady Aud’s adventures in Iceland, of course! Preferably involving trolls, possibly involving geysers, no strong feelings about whether there should be hound metaphors or barley bannock.
I can’t write it myself because even by my extremely low standards, I don’t know enough about Vikings or Iceland. My sole knowledge about Scandinavian trolls comes from Jan Brett’s picture book The Trouble with Trolls, in which trolls kidnap young Treva’s dog so they can eat him and Treva has to trick them into giving him back.
Actually, if Lady Aud met Jan Brett-ish trolls, that would be awesome. I love Jan Brett's work, and I could totally see Aud the Deep-minded coming up with a way to trick the trolls. And what could be more Sutcliffian than a story about saving a pet dog?
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Alternatively, someone else could write a sequel to Wings. Because everyone wants fic about Esca slowly growing to trust Marcus to preen his wings, right?
carmarthen asks: the Sutcliff fic you really want someone else to write so you don't have to.Ha, I should think the answer would be obvious by now. A Sword Song fic about Lady Aud’s adventures in Iceland, of course! Preferably involving trolls, possibly involving geysers, no strong feelings about whether there should be hound metaphors or barley bannock.
I can’t write it myself because even by my extremely low standards, I don’t know enough about Vikings or Iceland. My sole knowledge about Scandinavian trolls comes from Jan Brett’s picture book The Trouble with Trolls, in which trolls kidnap young Treva’s dog so they can eat him and Treva has to trick them into giving him back.
Actually, if Lady Aud met Jan Brett-ish trolls, that would be awesome. I love Jan Brett's work, and I could totally see Aud the Deep-minded coming up with a way to trick the trolls. And what could be more Sutcliffian than a story about saving a pet dog?
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Alternatively, someone else could write a sequel to Wings. Because everyone wants fic about Esca slowly growing to trust Marcus to preen his wings, right?
