'Tis the season

[osprey_archer]

‘Tis the season for Yuletide nominations! I am SUPER EXCITED, you guys!

I am definitely nominating Code Name Verity, because I need all the CNV fic in the world (despite having gotten an awesome CNV/Ballet Shoes crossover last year, anomilygrace’s The Surly Bonds of Earth) - the awesomeness of CNV is too great to be contained with just one fic.

And there are so many other Depression/World War II era canons that could be finagled into crossovers! I Capture the Castle, Flygirl (okay, they’re separated by an ocean, but what is an ocean to a pilot!), The Montmaray Journals -

I am hoping someone nominates The Montmaray Journals, but I feel almost greedy hoping for more Montmaray fic. Anyway, I’m waffling between nominating that - or Black Swan - or Crown Duel.

I’m also thinking The Queen’s Thief series, because I am clearly going to keep nominating that for every exchange that it is vaguely eligible for until I get an Attolia/Eugenides/Costis story. Because that would be amazing and also I would love to see Attolia and Gen getting their communication on.

Speaking of OT3s, it is probably time to give up on my quest for a Dostana OT3, because it just seems to be too obscure.

And for my fourth nom, I am thinking: PRE-RAPHAELITES.

But in what form do I wish to nominate the pre-Raphaelites? As much as I love Desperate Romantics (and I do. Desperately), it does leave out some of my favorite pre-Raphaelites - no Christina Rosetti, no Georgie Burne-Jones! So that is clearly out.

So maybe RPF? But I think it’s hard to get RPF stories for historical people for Yuletide; I for one find historical RPF so intimidating that the one time I wrote it I ended up setting it in spaaaaaaaaaaaaace.

I am thinking that the webcomic Pre-Raphernalia, which is sort of like what would happen if Kate Beaton did all pre-Raphaelites, all the time. Everybody who is anyone makes at least a cameo, including Rosetti’s pet wombat Topsy (STORY IDEA: The pre-Raphaelites through the eyes of Topsy the wombat!), but it’s not as intimidating as RPF because the canon is closed.

The only problem is how will I ever decide who to nominate? Georgie Burne-Jones and her friendship with William Morris! Christina Rosetti smashing canvases over pre-Raphaelite heads whenever they say anything sexist! (I’m pretty sure that only happens in the comics. Although it might have been good for Dante Gabrile Rosetti in real life.) Dante Gabriel Rosetti and his general ridiculousness! Topsy the wombat, you guys!!!!!!! How can I winnow it down?

Maybe I’ll just be like “FYI, I love ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE so anyone you want to include would be awesomely awesome” in my optional details that are optional.

On the topic of pre-Raphaelites, I also think fic for Christina Rosetti's poem "Goblin Market" would be pretty awesome, but alas that will have to wait for another year.

Comments

[goldjadeocean.livejournal.com]

What's tripping me up is: something only needs to be nominated once, so what I nominate will probably be super different from what I request. Code Name Verity will probably be nominated several times--but what about, say, Dobrenica, or The Blue Castle?

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I wondered too, about the absence of Christina Rosetti...

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

There really just needs to be a miniseries about the whole Rosetti family (and their pets). They're such awesomely strange people!