verecunda

I've been remiss in keeping up with goings-on here on DW, but since I've already squeed about my Yuletide gifts over on Tumblr, I had to do the same here. A bit belated, since the anon period is over, and I'm still plodding slowly through the collection - but better late than never, yes?

It was all Jacobites, all the time this year for me. :D I was lucky enough to get two really lovely Jacobite fandom gifts, one each for Kidnapped and another for The Flight of the Heron.

night breeze (1294 words) by Serenity_Ribbon
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: David Balfour Series - Robert Louis Stevenson
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart
Characters: David Balfour, Alan Breck Stewart
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Getting Together, Missing Scene
Summary: In Balquidder, Alan and David talk.

The Balquhidder section of the book seems like an ideal place to let Davie and Alan just breathe a bit, and to follow up on their reconciliation properly, and this story is just the ticket for that. Really lovely mutual fussing and h/c, especially of the emotional variety. 💖

I've not run into the author, Serenity_Ribbon, before, so that was a nice bonus, too, to find another Kidnapped fan. :)

As Little Irksome As He Can (4813 words) by sanguinity
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Jacobite Trilogy | The Flight of the Heron Series - D. K. Broster
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron
Additional Tags: Only One Bed, Fassefern, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: In which there is a mishap with a stolen philabeg, and Captains Windham and Cameron have to share a bed after all.

If the Kidnapped fic built on the tropey potential provided by canon, this one built on the potential that canon so cheekily waved under our noses then snatched away at the last minute. XD This one was a delight from start to finish. I was alternately laughing aloud at the wonderful Keith POV, and fanning myself at the sheer UST.

I wasn't very sure who wrote this one. At first I vaguely thought it might be sanguinity, then I started leaning more towards luzula. Should've gone with my first thought, obviously!

My own offering, written for regshoe:

Like a Lover's Voice Fires the Mountainside (4676 words) by Verecunda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Kidnapped - McArthur & McCarthy & Stevenson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart
Characters: Alan Breck Stewart, David Balfour
Additional Tags: finale, Post-Canon, Fluff, Romance, canon-typical anachronisms
Summary: Alan returns to Scotland with only one wish: to be reunited with Davie. But it's been many years since they parted, and there's no knowing what awaits him at the end of his road.

I loved writing this one so much, trying to match the humour of the play and especially all the warm, fuzzy, joyful emotions of the finale. So thanks again to regshoe for your wonderful prompts! 💖

Also, unrelated to Yuletide, I ended up writing a short wee book-verse fic on New Year's Eve:

But Seas Between Us Braid Hae Roar’d (824 words) by Verecunda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: David Balfour Series - Robert Louis Stevenson
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: David Balfour/Alan Breck Stewart
Characters: David Balfour, Alan Breck Stewart
Additional Tags: Fluff, Hogmanay, POV First Person
Summary:

David’s first visitor of the New Year is dark, but not tall, and most assuredly not a stranger!

1) I raise you: Alan getting in so deep in the gambling at Cluny's Cage, not just because he's daft when he gets to the cartes, but because he's only too aware that Davie is sick, and he needs the distraction to keep himself from freaking out completely. Unfortunately, by the end, Davie is still even more sick, and also very very angry to boot.

2) NTS!Alan doesn't seem to have quite the same sentimental attachment to Scotland that book!Alan does. Book!Alan says that he comes back as much out of homesickness as out of his duty to his chief, whereas NTS!Alan says that politics is the only reason he's back in "this godforsaken country" at all. Now, he's talking in anger, so maybe we shouldn't take him fully at his word, but still. Cf. the finale, when he says that he's "home"... and it's because of Davie. Davie is what has brought him home at last. <3

3) NTS!verse again: lowering Alan's age to twenty-five was probably a sound idea purely for adaptational purposes, but it also has me feeling some very strong emotions that I'm getting too sleepy to parse. Assuming that the play is also set in 1751 (albeit a wacky alternate 1751), that means Alan would have been Davie's own age at the time of the uprising. That's just... *gestures hopelessly* But not only that, twenty-five was also the age RLS himself was he met Frances (though in their case, she was the older one). Something something parallels. Kinda.

4) On Saturdays, I volunteer with the books at one of the local charity shops. Yesterday, I was going through the bags, when lo! out of one I pull a non-fiction book about the Appin Murder. :D Yes, I got it for myself. (I'm too tired to go rummaging for it now, so I can't remember the proper title or the author - Seamus somebody?) If nothing else, I'm hoping it'll be useful for mining background details for fic!

Nothing to see here, just me trying very hard to remember that I actually do have a DW account and that I should at least try to make some use of it. Especially, I admit, since the Jacobite fandom seems to be mostly over here. :)

Dear Trick or Treater,

Woo, it’s that time of year again! I love Hallowe’en, and this exchange has become one of my favourite ways to mark the spooky season. 👻

This letter contains a rundown of my general likes and DNWs, as well as some potential prompts for each of my requests. If you find something here to inspire you, that’s great - but at the same time, please don’t feel restricted to what’s here, either. I’m always interested in other people’s interpretations of my faves, and if you have ideas of your own, I’d love to see them too.

I can be found on AO3 as Verecunda.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via the mod.

All requests are for fic or art, tricks or treats.

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Beowulf
- Beowulf, Unferth, Grendel, Grendel's Mother, Dragon, Last of the Ancient Race Who Hid the Hoard

British Folklore & Mythology
- Kelpie
- Selkie

The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
- Ship: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham

The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Witch-king of Angmar, Khamûl, Nazgûl, Eärnur, Lady of the Blue Brooch, Last Prince of Cardolan, Original Character from the Legacy Kingdoms of Arnor, Barrow-wights


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The Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster

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The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

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Dear Candy Heart Maker,

Hello, and thank you for creating something for me! :D This letter contains a rundown of my general likes and DNWs, as well as some potential prompts for each of my requested ships. If you find something here to inspire you, that’s great - but at the same time, please don’t feel restricted to what’s here, either. If you have ideas of your own that you’d rather go with, I’d love to see them too!

I can be found on AO3 as Verecunda.

If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to get in touch via the mod.

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Final Fantasy X
- Auron/Priest’s Daughter, Auron & Priest’s Daughter

The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff
- Flavia/Saxon Husband
- Flavia/Ambrosius Aurelianus

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Khamûl/Witch-king of Angmar

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Beleg Cúthalion/Túrin Turambar
- Eönwë/Sauron | Mairon

Roman Britain RPF
- Cartimandua/Venutius, Cartimandua/Vellocatus, Cartimandua/Vellocatus/Venutius
- Barates/Regina
- Lucius the Gladiator/Verecunda the Actress

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Final Fantasy X

Auron/Priest’s Daughter, Auron & Priest’s Daughter
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The Lantern Bearers - Rosemary Sutcliff

Flavia/Saxon Husband
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Flavia/Ambrosius Aurelianus
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The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

Khamûl/Witch-king of Angmar
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The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien

Beleg Cúthalion/Túrin Turambar
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Eönwë/Sauron | Mairon
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Roman Britain RPF

Roman Britain is one of my all-time favourite historical periods, in fact and in fiction. I'm open to any kind of story in this setting: whether that's a quiet, slice-of-life, historically plausible piece; an evocative, almost mythical Rosemary Sutcliff-style tale; or a big, Old Hollywood-esque swords and sandals melodrama of highly dubious historical accuracy. I love it all!

Cartimandua/Venutius, Cartimandua/Vellocatus, Cartimandua/Vellocatus/Venutius
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Barates/Regina
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Lucius the Gladiator/Verecunda the Actress
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One of my New Year's Resolutions is to use this DW account more often - still haven't quite worked out what for, but I thought I could start off with this meme ganked from silverink.

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And because I apparently never linked to this one when it was first posted:

Between the Desert and the Wood (1562 words) by Verecunda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Beren Erchamion/Lúthien Tinúviel
Characters: Lúthien Tinúviel, Beren Erchamion, Huan (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Hurt/Comfort, Sleeping Together
Summary: After the perils of Tol-in-Gaurhoth, both Beren and Lúthien stand in need of rest.

Fill for prompt #79 - "Liberty".

Dear Trick or Treater,

Hello! It’s that time of year again! I love Hallowe’en, and this exchange has become one of my favourite ways to mark the spooky season. 👻

This letter contains a rundown of my general likes and DNWs, as well as some potential prompts for each of my requests. If you find something here to inspire you, that’s great - but at the same time, please don’t feel restricted to what’s here, either. I’m always interested in other people’s interpretations of my faves, and if you have ideas of your own, I’d love to see them too.

I can be found on AO3 as Verecunda.

If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via the mod.

All requests are for fic or art, tricks or treats.

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British Folklore & Mythology
- Character: Kelpie
- Character: Selkie

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Character: Barrow-wight(s)
- Character: The Witch-king of Angmar
- Characters: The Army of the Dead, Baldor

The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Character: Sauron
- Ship: Sauron/Morgoth

Spirit - George Roux
- Characters: Man, Ghost

The Uninvited (1944)
- Characters: Carmel, Pamela Fitzgerald, Stella Meredith, Mary Meredith


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The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Uninvited (1944)

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My first fill for the 100ships table! Filled for prompt #35 - Cream.

Above Hoarded Gold (1139 words) by Verecunda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Characters: Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo Baggins, Balin (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Character Death Fix, Humour, Fluff, Domesticity
Summary: Thorin has cause to celebrate a simple life.

Dear Rare Pairs writer

Hello! Thank you so much for writing one of my rarepairs for me! :D This letter contains a rundown of my general likes and DNWs, as well as some potential prompts. If you find something here to inspire you, great! But please don’t feel restricted to what’s here, either. If you want to take one of my prompts in a slightly different direction, or if you have ideas of your own, I’ll love them too. As long as you’re having fun with it!

I think some sections are a bit longer than others, but that shouldn’t be taken as a mark of preference. I’d be delighted with fic for any of the pairings requested here.

I can be found on AO3 as Verecunda.

If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to get in touch through the mod.


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Final Fantasy VIII

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The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)

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Outcast - Rosemary Sutcliff

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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

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