Yuletide nomination musings

[selenak]

On the 25th, Yuletide nominations start, so I'm pondering which I'll nominate this year. The Americans again, and I'm already coordinating that over at the community. Black Sails, of course, and here alas there is no community (that I know of, and I continue to avoid tumblr if I can). Since it would be lovely to have more than four characters to choose from, I have to ask: gentle readers of these lines, are you watching Black Sails and if so, would you care to nominate it for Yuletide in coordination with me so we can each nominate different characters? I like almost the entire ensemble! (And it's a huuuge ensemble.)

That leaves two more fandoms. I think I'm going to nominate the Shardlake series by C.J. Sansom in the hope that someone will write me a story about Guy, but I'd also take case fic, or a Tamasin pov story that fleshes her out, or a story set post Lamentation in which Matthew settles in his new job for Elizabeth, or backstory (young idealistic Matthew meets Cromwell, gets hired, maybe?), or, well, anything. Again: huge ensemble. If there are other Shardlake readers out there, would you be willing to nominate a few characters? It doesn't mean you have to write anything!

Fourth fandom: Agent Carter is out of the question due to the MCU connection, but Better Call Saul should qualify, and I want Jimmy & Kim, or Jimmy/Kim. Backstory, first season era story, Breaking Bad era story speculating what happened with Kim during that time, post Breaking Bad era story in which Kim meets "Gene" - don't care, gimme. Since I have no other wishes in this fandom, I'm game to nominate whichever other two characters you want, gentle reader, should you also wish for Better Call Saul characters at Yuletide. (Wait, on second thought, I do have another wish, but I don't think Daredevil is a tiny enough fandom, because again, MCU connection. But I still dream of that crossover where Jimmy temporarily ends up working for Nelson & Murdock.)


In other news: BBC Radio 4 did a radio production on Ava Lovelace, starring Sally Hawkins as Ada, Anthony Stewart Head as Charles Babbage, and Olivia Williams as Ada's mother, Annabella, Lady Byron. It was broadcast today, which means you can listen to it for another week at least here.

Comments

[calvinahobbes]

I myself am considering nominating and requesting Black Sails this year. The brainstorming post completely ran away from me, but I know I saw several people mention it, so I'd be surprised if there wouldn't be a few people over there willing to coordinate as well?

[selenak]

In theory, but in practice that post is, as you say, so huuuge that an individual comment is easily overlooked. Still! Will post there as well.

Which characters would you nominate?

[calvinahobbes]

I am mostly interested in Max, Anne, and Jack. I'd probably include Vane, just to fill out my slots.

Oh, and by the way: Remember, they've changed the rules so we only get three noms!

Also, thank you for the Lovelace link :)

[selenak]

You're welcome! Argh, I had forgotten about the change - three fandoms, you mean, not three characters, right?

Anyway, Max, Anne and Jack are on my wish list as well, but if you nominate them, then I can go with Miranda (I so want a Miranda centric story), Max and John Silver. Surely someone will nominate Flint and Thomas Hamilton anyway, what with them being the canon m/m couple?

[calvinahobbes]

Yes, three fandoms, four characters :)

Um, you have Max on there twice. And I also assume Flint and Thomas will be nominated no matter what.

[d_generate_girl]

I'm kind of sad that Agent Carter won't be eligible, because literally every fic on AO3 is either a crossover with MAOS or another movie. It would have been nice to get some solely Agent Carter-focused stories.

Penny and Peaky are my two absolutes. It looks to be an all-historical year because I also really REALLY want to nominate and drum up support for two book!fandoms: Kim Newman's Anno Dracula (which is AMAZING and everyone is fired for not recommending to me earlier) and either Elizabeth Bear's Karen Memory or Carol K. Carr's India Black series (hookers! spy shenanigans! Victorians! Scotland!)

[selenak]

Have you only read Anno Dracula (agreed, btw) or the two sequels as well? He carries it well into the 60s - the WWI era novel is called The Bloody Red Baron, and the early 1960s one Dracula Cha Cha Cha, in which everything comes full circle in Rome. Also Penny (much more interesting as a near century old cynic than as a young woman) has Tom Ripley of Patricia Highsmith fame as a houseboy, and Genevieve is working with James Bond. It remains an insane crossover popculture bonanza.

[d_generate_girl]

I have only read Anno Dracula so far, but I'm intending on downloading TBRB and DCCC as well.