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A Tangled Web - L. M. Montgomery 

Brian Dark & Margaret Penhallow, Cricket & Brian Dark

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals (see request)

So this has canon cruelty to an animal (Cricket). Fix-it would be good, or gloss over it, but don't dwell on it or get all detailed please. It's bad enough because you just KNOW its coming and you dread it. Fix-it or avoid it.

For Brian and Margaret, learning what it's like to have someone who cares, and dealing with the past.

I’d really love fix-it for Brian and Cricket.  I had such a sense of knowing that something bad had happened…

 

Cherry Ames - Helen Wells & Julie Tatham 

Cherry Ames & Marie Swift

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

So I'm really interested in Marie Swift, in case you can't tell. If you want to toss in some background Cherry/Lex go for it.

You can set this in wartime or the vague "anytime" that the other books, but I want to see Marie Swift in action. She's one of the least developed chums, but we know she's blond, elegant, and has a privileged family background. If you want to throw Lex in the mix, go for it. Maybe Marie has some society girl type adventures? (Think Nancy Drew.)

Pretty much what it says on the tin here.  Marie Swift would also make an excellent alter-ego for one of the 40s and 50s superheroines.

 

Bride Quartet - Nora Roberts 

Parker Brown/Malcolm Kavanaugh, Laurel McBane/Delaney Brown, Parker Brown & Delaney Brown

So I requested this for a romance novel exchange in 2016, and got a really cool story called Take Me Out to the Ballgame.  Then I was reading and listening to Savor the Moment and Happily Ever After and now I need more…again.

Post-canon would be excellent. I love how Parker/Mal work with each other (and I agree that there are few things more appealing than a bad boy who’s a good man – and he BOUGHT her shoes). I also totally went for Laurel/Delaney (I’m a sucker for friends to lovers, especially when one has been unrequited) and like them bets of all. But the books aren’t just romance – the relationships between Parker and Laurel and Parker and Del also make it work.

I just want more.  Friendship times, found family times, romantic sexy times, more crazy wedding clients, all of it!

Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling 

Odikweos & None, Odikweos & Kashtiliash, Kenneth Hollard/Raupasha, Kathryn Hollard & Kenneth Hollard, Kashtiliash/Kathryn Hollard, Althea Walker & Ohotolarix, Jared Cofflin & Kathryn Hollard

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

So, what I would really like here is an exploration of Odikweos against the familiar Odysseus. Much like Kashtiliash, he's an ally NOW because it suits him, but what if that changed? I couldn't nominate her (because Stirling didn’t bother to write her), but I would love love love his Penelope.

One of the things I love about Odysseus is that he and Penelope have an excellent and equal relationship, where she is a match for him in her realm. I’d like that preserved and translated to Nantucket. Perhaps Penelope wants to ensure their son/daughter gets full access to Nantucket options?

I love Kathryn/Kash and have written them a few times – I love their equality and balance, how Kathryn is like a lioness. I also love how vital they are together, and wonder how things would go if things started going not well between Nantucket and Babylon. Lastly, I like how Kathryn tolerates Kash’s reality.

How would Jared and Kathryn deal with each other?

Kenneth/Raupasha can be interesting as well, although their dynamic is very different. And I enjoy the twins interacting with each other.

Lastly, Althea and Ohotolarix – I was seriously disappointed when I realized there wasn’t going to be any more. What happens after canon? How long does Althea bide her time? Hook me up here.

Pretty much what it says above.  I would love any and all of these – feel free to mix and match!  Essentially, I just want someone ELSE to write for these people…

 

Perry Mason (TV) 

Hamilton Burger/Della Street

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

I really want to see this one explored! It can be a temporary deal (willing to explore idea of it not working out).

I’m good with it works out, and feel to bring on all the little awkward moments!  I’m good with it doesn’t work out, and bring on all the later awkward moments.  I think Della would be more than a match for Hamilton.

 

Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon) 

Presto "the Magician"/Varla, Eric "the Cavalier"/Sheila "the Thief"

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

More of either pairing! Feel free to include Ramoud as well.

I stumbled onto Eric/Sheila because I picked up a YT pinch hit…but then I couldn’t stop seeing it. I need more. Presto/Varla is pretty canon, and I really enjoy it. I’m a huge fan of “return to the Realm” stories as well. I’d be down for a story where Varla comes through the portal.

I'd love something set after a rough mission or tangle with DM (episode related or not up to you). I really love return to the realm stories - either DM sucks them back in somehow or they choose to go back. I totally ship Eric/Sheila, but I'm happy if you go Presto/Varla and he gets to do some real magic.

I love both of these, especially in the Realm. Please no Presto pining for Varla stories, unless he goes after her in the Realm. An idea for Eric/Sheila would be if they have the relationship in either the Realm or the real world, but not both places.

Pretty much what it says above. I’d also be down for combining these pairs.

 

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light 

Cryotek/Galadria

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

I love these two together, love that the gruff sarcastic guy gets the girl and stays cranky.

I also love the Cryotek/Galadria relationship (nice to see a guy who's NOT the leader get the girl), especially the fact that he's all gruff and cranky and she's not. They complement each other well - I really love the whole bit in the opening trilogy where she ambushes him because she wanted to see him, and then they ended up fighting back to back until he could give her a chance to escape and warn the others. I'll take a romance, an adventure with some romance, even being stuck in a dungeon (probably some room for romance there as well...).

I do enjoy these two, and would love to see them get some time on their own. 

 

Jonny Quest 

Race Bannon/Jezebel Jade

DNW: cruelty to animals, graphic violence

The whole deal where she can tell the fake Race is fake with a kiss...yeah, more stuff like that!

I’d be good with another mission where Race and Dr. Quest need her help – perhaps a house party at some remote location, secretly hosted by Dr. Zin?

 

Parker Pyne - Agatha Christie 

Parker Pyne & Ariadne Oliver

DNW: graphic violence, cruelty to animals

I'd love to see these two plotting away.

I imagine that Mrs. Oliver comes up with some plots that have Parker Pyne shaking his head…and that he buys plenty of apples.  Bonus points if she’s trying out a plot for the next Sven Hjserson book or borrowing from a previous plot.  (Maybe Cards on the Table?)