Yuletide 2023

How quickly another Yuletide rolls around. I missed it last year. This year... well, here I am. Part of this is copied from last time, because some things just don't change.

My tastes and desires don't change much from year to year, though new fannish loves get added to the mix. So here I am again - with new fannish loves, and many old ones. The options are a little different this year, so I'm trying to make my requests different this time.

I'm always happy to get new prompts for stories about beloved characters, and always happy to get stories, so it's a good trade.

As always, the template here is taken from [personal profile] triplesalto.

Hello and welcome to my Yuletide letter! Thank you for writing for me.

AO3 name: fajrdrako
General likes: Competence, heroism, adventures, slow burn romance, passionate feelings, first times, five-times fics, happy endings, history. Good grammar and good spelling and that more nebulous thing, good style, are all very important to me - more important than story content. I love in-character fanfic that makes me feel I know a character better than I did before. More...( Read more... )

Fandoms Requested this year: (1) 1st Century BCE Roman Politics RPF, (2) Falco Series - Lindsay Davis, (3) Swordspoint Series - Ellen Kushner, (4) Warchild Series - Karin Lovachee, (5) The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison,

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Fandom 1: Books: Lymond Chronickles ( Read more... )

Fandom 2: Books: Falco Series - Lindsay Davis ( Read more... )

Fandom 3: Books: Swordspoint Series - Ellen Kushner ( Read more... )

Fandom 4: Books: Warchild Series - Karin Lowachee( Read more... )

Fandom 5: Books: The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison( Read more... )

...Now to go to the site and make my offers.

Our Flag Means Death...One episode to go in Season 2

Why am I not talking about Our Flag Means Death here? I have so much to say. I've posted a little on Twitter (yup, wrong name, no, not sorry) but I find Twitter awkward to use.


Today I re-watched episodes 2x06 (Calypso's Birthday) and 2x07 (Man on Fire). Yes, I see why some viewers are concerned, but I see this as the point where things fall apart before coming back together. Oh, Stede. Oh, Ed.


● I love it that the title of "Man on Fire" is visually represented in the flaming guy, but it's so very clear that the actual character who is "on fire" is Stede. And with two meanings: that he's on fire because his energy is up with his new successes and popularity; and "on fire" because because, like a dumpster conflagration, he's bound to be left with everything in ashes.


● Olu, Archie, and Jim are leaving The Revenge? Really? What's that all about?

● Loved Fang and Roach having a spa day.

● I liked the line about Ed and Stede being innkeepers, but I hope they don't leave the sea. Or the Revenge. Could they make the Revenge into a floating inn?

● Loved it that Ed is still protective of Stede.

● It broke my heart that Izzy sang the tender (yet edged) love song to the crew while knowing that Ed, the man he had loved, was cementing his relationship with Stede, the man he had hated. And he sang on, and congratulated them. Who would have ever thought, in season one, that Izzy would end up breaking my heart?