sarcasm always wins out in the end

Hello everyone, I'm not dead yet!

I am, in fact, bringing you porn.

Here's a thing I did for Yuletide:

All The Pleasures Prove
Christopher Marlowe/William Shakespeare, with wine and bickering and discussion of poesy.

Kit pours some wine into a new cup; the man sits down. His fingers are also stained with ink.

“Master Shakespeare, I have a grievance against you.”

The man smiles. “I thought you might.”

And more importantly, here's what I got for Yuletide, a magnificent experiment in crossovers by yunitsa in which Christopher Marlowe meets Francis Crawford. Take a moment to consider the perfection of that idea, and then read the fic because it is amazing.

A Meeting of Minds

Dear Yulewriter,


Thank you for writing for me - I appreciate that Yuletide can be stressful, so please don't worry if any of the suggestions below don't suit your writing. I promise I will be happy with whatever you choose to do.

General likes: Banter and bickering, historical accuracy, sexual tension, plotty plot, adults behaving like adults.

General dislikes: Marriage, teenagers, porn-without-plot, anachronisms.

Lymond Chronicles

In the last year or so, Dorothy Dunnett has eaten my brain and ruined me for all other books. I've read the Lymond Chronicles three times during this period, and the Niccolo series twice, and I expect I'll keep doing that for the rest of my life. Because they are that amazing. And if we are matched on this fandom, I expect you feel the same way - Francis Crawford has that effect. :)

I am interested in anything and everything about him, so anything you want to do with him - during the series, post-canon - is fine. To give you some specifics, I shall try to restrict myself to a few things, so: his interaction with all the men who fall in love with him (Will Scott, Robin Stewart, Jerott Blyth, Graham Malett) and how he both draws them in and then shies away from them. I'm fascinated by how Lymond charms people, and how, when it is not necessary for political purposes, he actively tries not to by being deliberately unpleasant. I'm also quite interested in how much of his behaviour with other people is always based on what he considers necessary for his agenda - do we ever see him have sex for just the pleasure of it, until Philippa? One of the curious differences between Francis and Nicholas is that Nicholas refuses to have sex for any other reason, whereas Francis seems to think it would be self-indulgent to employ his body for reasons other than politics. Anything you might want to do with that, I'd be delighted to see.

Vikings!

I enjoyed the first six episodes of this show enormously, and was puzzled and disappointed by the last two. That said, I love Lagertha and everything she chooses to be and do, so - whatever you want to tell me about her, I'll be happy to read! This could be her life before or after the current events, any additions to things shown in the series, her interactions with Athelstan, or Siggy, or Floki, or her children, or even Ragnar (we see quite a lot of that, so I'm a bit less interested in this than her other relationships). Or if you wanted to discuss the wider legend of Lagertha in viking sagas, that could also be cool.

The Hour

This show is pretty much flawless, and I am fascinated by everything in it, particularly the development and characterisation of Bel and Freddie. If you wanted to write about their relationship at any point during the two seasons, or before or after (I am very invested in their future happiness), that would please me greatly. However, if you'd prefer to discuss either one individually, that is also fine. The Hour is a perfect example of a show demonstrating adults behaving like adults, so as long as you maintain that aspect, I'll be happy with whatever you do.

Christopher Marlowe

I know that's not the name of the fandom, but since we are matched on this character, I expect you will appreciate why he gets to be the title. I have a lot of feelings about Christopher Marlowe; I've read many terrible novels (Deborah Harkness, I'm looking at you) just because he was a character, and will undoubtedly read more because I love him a lot. I'm interested in his facility with words, and the outrageous possibilities he evokes in his plays (No one could conquer all of Asia! Oh wait.), and the clever allusions and games he makes in his poetry (my favourite is Hero and Leander). I also take great delight in the legend that has grown up around him, from 'all who love not tobacco and boys are fools' to the general gay atheist spy thing. And I get sporadically angry about when and how he was killed (stories where he secretly doesn't make me very happy). Again, I love everything about him, so whatever you want to do will be fine with me - slices of life, a discussion of his reputation, a graphic description of how he seduces William Shakespeare...