Pinch Hit #18

[worldbuildingmod]

Unfortunately, there is a last minute pinch hit; see below. This will be due ASAP - if you think you may need a little longer than the currently scheduled time for reveals (1655 UTC on Friday 27th), please get in touch so that we can work something out and I can communicate clearly with all participants about a revised opening time. Update: Reveals remain on schedule.

Many, many thanks to anyone who can help out. To claim, comment here with your AO3 name (comments are screened).


Pinch Hit #18 - CLAIMED!

Request 1 by fawatson
Cat's Paw - LA Taylor
WB: Magic (Cat's Paw), WB: The Other Universe (Cat's Paw), WB: Town vs Village (Cat's Paw), WB: Transformation (Cat's Paw), Any or No Characters (Cat's Paw), Original Character(s) (Cat's Paw), Fanfiction

This fandom is listed in "uncategorised" on A03 but it is actually a novel published in 1995.

Ideas:
How are people with magical talents trained in a country where it is outlawed?
What is the 'other universe' they talk about?
What if one repercussion of Captain Lafass' investigation sees him assigned to lexi and Miranda's village?
Another person who was transformed by Jon Welkin is freed.

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html#cutid1


Request 2 by fawatson
Heart of Gold series - Sharon Shinn
WB: Albino Culture (Heart of Gold), WB: Arranged Marriage (Heart of Gold), WB: gilt girls (Heart of Gold), WB: Gulden customs (Heart of Gold), WB: Honour (Heart of Gold), WB: jahla girls (Heart of Gold), WB: Lost City Children (Heart of Gold), WB: Matriarchy (Heart of Gold), Any or No Characters (Heart of Gold), Original Character(s) (Heart of Gold), Fanfiction

This fandom is listed in "uncategorised" on A03 but really belongs in 'Books & Literature'; it consists of one novel (Heart of Gold) published in 2000 and a short story ("Blood") included in the short story collection Quatrain published in 2009. I noticed it being requested in Yuletide 2019 which led me to re-read and gave me ideas for the worldbuilding exchange.

Ideas:
What happens to girls raised to womanhood within the Lost City - can they ever become part of mainstream Gulden life? Are they the Gulden women who marry Indigo men?
Heart of Gold and "Blood" mention the Albino race but nothing more is said about them. Please fill that gap!
Do Gulden boys raised in the city alter their views? Pakt's sons will live all their formative years in the city and Brolt's son Makk is also going to be exposed to lots of new ideas in the city - do these boys grow into men who follow the same ways as their fathers?
Write about the first Indigo man to inherit from his mother.

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html#cutid1


Request 3 by fawatson
Jean Robertson Series - Janet Sandison
WB: Authority (Jean Robertson series), WB: Carse (Jean Robertson series), WB: Lochview Crescent (Jean Robertson series), WB: The Iron Men - real and imagined (Jean Robertson series), WB: Up the Burn (Jean Robertson series), Any or No Characters (Jean Robertson Series), Original Character(s) (Jean Robertson Series), Fanfiction

Ideas:
Given her background, how does Doris come to terms with her 'fall' and how does she 'rise' to being a member of the aristocracy.
Is Hattie a woman ahead of her time?
Town is depicted in such a grim way - are there no good sides to it?
The Saint's childhood - typical or not?

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html#cutid1


Request 4 by fawatson
Frontier Wolf - Rosemary Sutcliff
WB: Long Moss bog (Frontier Wolf), WB: Lady Stone (Frontier Wolf), WB: marriage alliance (Frontier Wolf), WB: Roman & Celtic relationships (Frontier Wolf), WB: Votadini (Frontier Wolf), Any or No Characters (Frontier Wolf), Original Character(s) (Frontier Wolf), Fanfiction

Ideas:
I'm keen for anything that expands our understanding of the Votadini and Roman interface; what do they really think of each other?
How are the Frontier Wolves the same or different from the rest of the Romans?
How did this custom of killing one's wolf start and why has it continued?
What happens to the Votadini after the Romans withdraw?

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html


Request 5 by fawatson
Black Jewels - Anne Bishop
WB: Apprenticing in a Queen's court (Black Jewels), WB: Craft Lessons Outside the Aristocracy (Black Jewels), WB: Half-Blood (Black Jewels), WB: Kindred (Black Jewels), WB: Landen Culture (Black Jewels), WB: Lighter Jewels (Black Jewels), WB: Queen's Duties (Black Jewels), WB: Tradition Keepers (Black Jewels), Any or No Characters (Black Jewels), Original Character(s) (Black Jewels), Fanfiction

Ideas:
Court Life which isn't twisted.
Lesser powers.
People without power who have to live in the shadow of those with power.

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html


Request 6 by fawatson
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
WB: Clan and Family Relationships (Left Hand of Darkness), WB: Foretelling (Left Hand of Darkness), WB: Other Countries (Left Hand of Darkness), WB: Perversion (Left Hand of Darkness), WB: Shifgrethor (Left Hand of Darkness), Any or No Characters (The Left Hand of Darkness), Original Character(s) (The Left Hand of Darkness), Fanfiction

Ideas:
What did Arek and Therem's father feel when he saw his sons' doomed relationship?
How does it feel to be a natural pervert on this world? What is the shifgrethor of a pervert?
How is the Yomeshta different?

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/41695.html