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Author has written 14 stories for Song of the Lioness, Flatland, Katherine Kurtz, and Harry Potter. I will probably not be updating for a while. Life, in the form of college, has intervened again, and I'm going to be hard pressed to survive it It might be apparent from what I write and how I write it that I'm a college student of the literature persuasion. That's mostly true, although I have a few personal variations on it. I like fantasy, but I don't tend to write fanfic for the authors I'm most passionate about (Currently: Lois McMaster Bujold, Megan Whalen Turner, some Diana Wynne Jones, Patricia Elliot). I try to keep my fics canonical, at least as far as the letter of the law is concerned. It probably helps that my one large-scale story ("Condemned to Repeat") is set in the vaguely near-future Tortall, and my current concern is Carthak ("Sub Malis Principibus," "Inheritance," "Empire's Heir") where there is both less canon and canonically less moral restraint. I am more embarrassed than pleased by my oldest stories (namely: the ones not detailed immediately below) these days; I guess I leave them up to maintain a façade of frank disclosure and humility. On the other hand, they provide a view of where my fanfic-writing has come from: how my style has changed (and, I hope, improved), how my concerns have matured (or not), and what themes I have always liked to explore.
Tamora Pierce "Condemned to Repeat": post PoS/Trickster, Alanna's son Thom accidentally brings Roger back. Who has now killed Jonathan. Only this time getting rid of him is more painful than just sticking a sword in the guy. And then there's the problem of what has to be done about Thom. It's kind an angst-fest, actually. The summary is serious about "no happy ending." "Empire's Heir": pre Emperor Mage, Kaddar lives the normal life of a young Carthaki nobleman: school, friends, rivalries, family. And trying not to do anything that will make his paranoid and powerful uncle suspect and/or kill him. Add a slave -- the son of the man who was responsible for his father's death (unless that was the Emperor's fault, too) -- a whole lot of classic Carthaki poetry (written by your obedient), a few innuendos, casual misogyny, and you have...something. (IN PROGRESS) Oneshot "Sub Malis Principibus" and "Inheritance": two 'prequel' stories to "Empire's Heir." Also Kaddar-centric, also dealing with him trying to make sense of his life, what it means to be a nobleman in a tyranny, and how to live up to his father's example. "Tableware", a little Kalasin/Kaddar moment. Alternately, a dialogic attempt to reconcile the bizarre caricature of exotic eastern slavery of Emperor Mage with something more plausible. "Recollections": a snap-shot of Sandry, from a sometime classmate at Winding Circle. Because all those noblewomen, even without the advantages of interesting magic and connections to royalty in two countries, were people too. Harry Potter "On a Holiday Night": we all know that Anthony Goldstein is Jewish. So nu? "A Question of Loyalty": Luna Lovegood at muggle primary school, and going against the grain even then. Katherine Kurtz "A Testing of Faith": This was the first "serious" fanfiction I wrote, I think, partly inspired by that short story where Morgan helps out the Norse swordsmith, but mostly by wanting to put him where he wouldn't shine. And the creepy fascination with men of power and authority but unjustified self-righteousness. "After the Fall": About Caitrin, because it always bothered me that she tried to assert her right to rule (and why am I supposed to be supporting the conquest of a small independent country by a larger one, anyway?) and ended up on her knees begging a man for mercy -- and didn't get it. And this is somehow just and righteous. And that's myself. | |||||||
1. Empire's Heir » reviewsScholarly, familial, and official duties, the possibility that his father was murdered, imprudent friends, dangerous rivals. And trying to survive his uncle while remaining a decent man. Suffering a slave who hates him is hardly what Kaddar needs.Song of the Lioness - Rated: T - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 8,422 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 1-13-09 - Published: 6-5-08 - Tortall2. Tableware reviewsKaddar gives Kalasin an insight into the Carthaki psyche.Song of the Lioness - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 299 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-21-06 - Tortall - Complete3. Inheritance reviewsKaddar's father died putting down a rebellion in the provinces. Kaddar wanted to be a philosopher. SEQUEL TO Sub Malis Principibus.Song of the Lioness - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,734 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-28-06 - Tortall - Complete4. Condemned to Repeat » reviewsIt all seemed so permanent: progress, equality, family, loyalty. But now Jonathan is dead and the realm in chaos, and there's a traitor to be brought to a painful reckoning. There is no easy answer, no happy ending. The king is dead. Long live the king!Song of the Lioness - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 20 - Words: 39,689 - Reviews: 122 - Updated: 8-24-06 - Published: 12-26-04 - Tortall & Tortall - Complete5. Sub Malis Principibus reviewsYoung Kaddar Ghazanoi Iliniat loses his innocence. A sort of homage to Tacitus.Song of the Lioness - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,950 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 8-1-06 - Tortall - Complete6. On a Holiday Night reviewsIt isn't easy, being Jewish in the midst of Christmas. But Anthony Goldstein finds that he isn't as alone as he had thought.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,268 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 12-27-05 - Severus S. - Complete7. A Question of Loyalty reviewsLuna Lovegood doesn't hold unusual opinions only in the wizarding world... Because we need more Richard III and Ricardian fiction out there!Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 694 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 10-23-05 - Luna L. - Complete8. After the Fall reviewsKatherine Kurtz: Deryni series. Caitrin, once the Pretender Queen of Meara, now a nun in a Gwyneddan convent, reflects on the war that cost her her family, her kingdom, and her freedom. Set at the end of Quest for St Camber.Katherine Kurtz - Rated: K - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,120 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 2-11-05 - Complete9. Inside Citadel Walls » reviewsSandry and her uncle seem to have a picture-perfect relationship...but what really happens Inside Citadel Walls? Ch. 15: L'affaire du Journal Privé (but in English)Song of the Lioness - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 15 - Words: 19,995 - Reviews: 70 - Updated: 8-6-04 - Published: 12-13-02 - Circle of Magic10. A Testing of Faith reviewsMorgan is a tolerant man. He wouldn't hold any unreasonable prejudice. Or allow his heart to overrule his conscience. Would he? Katherine Kurtz: The Chronicles of the Deryni and Histories of King KelsonKatherine Kurtz - Rated: T - English - Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,248 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-26-04 - Complete11. Recollections reviewsA provincial noblewoman writing to her betrothed reminisces about Sandry. Slightly uncanonical to account for a different perspectiveSong of the Lioness - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,088 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 3-7-04 - Circle of Magic - Complete12. Some Analysis on the Works of Tamora Pierce » reviewsAnalysis of various aspects of the Tamora Pierce canon, taken into to horrific and nauseating detail, and with far too much seriousness. A parody of literary criticism, as that genre is usually reserved for works with more than just entertainment value.Song of the Lioness - Rated: K - English - Parody - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,980 - Reviews: 19 - Updated: 2-27-04 - Published: 12-24-0313. Twelfth Night in Tortall » reviewsSo it's been done before but I thought I try my hand anyway....your favorite Tortallans acting Shakespeare...Song of the Lioness - Rated: K - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 7,309 - Reviews: 17 - Updated: 12-1-02 - Published: 8-10-0214. More Flatland reviewsIf you haven't read Flatland, don't read. A. Square's daughter's perspective on everythingFlatland - Rated: K - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,020 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 9-20-02
