dhampyresa

Thank you for writing for me! I'm sure whatever you write me will be wonderful.

Feel free to poke around this journal or my Ao3 account (username: sevenofspade) if you want to. My letters tag is here.

I have three Do Not Wants: incest, rape and child abuse. When these are canon, please don't focus on them. I'd also prefer is you didn't dwell on any suicidal ideation or prolonged descriptions of grief. I would also prefer not to have to deal with people losing things important to them and toxic living arrangements, be that family or roomates. Thank you.

On the other hand, there are a lot of things I do want. Here’s a partial list. (I obviously don’t expect you to stick all of these in one story, that would be impossible.)

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I have a history tag, btw. I like history a lot.

Hannibal Barca + Scipio Africanus
An AU in which they're somehow on the same side (whichever). The Pun-ic War (I LIKE PUNS OK). IN SPAAAAAAAAAACE AU. Hannibal wins AU. He's a Carthaginian general sworn never to be a friend to Rome, he's a Roman general trying to avenge his father's death by Carthaginians, TOGETHER THEY FIGHT CRIME.

I ship them, but you can totally go gen or with other ships instead, idc. Hannibal/Maharbal? Yes. Aemilia/Scipio? Also there. Ditto Aemilia/Scipio/Hannibal.


Dido + Augustus
Sometimes I do that thing where I mention a crackship* and accidentally talk myself into being invested in it. Case in point. That said, I think they would have fascinating discussions about empire-building, making your way to the top and basically, statescraft in general. Is there tension because of the Aeneas and Carthage burning things? Are they bros in the afterlife?

* Where ship = any kind of relationship, not necessarily romantic.


Joan of Arc
Jeanne d'Arc is FASCINATING and I'm not just saying that because I'm French. Tell me about the voices and the visions -- how do they manifest? Are they real? (I'm okay any way you want to spin this, from delusion to God to some other sort of spirit -- I'm agnostic myself, but the framing of Joan as prophet is fascinating to me.)

I'd love an AU in which she never dies and by never I don't just mean 'survives teh pyre', I mean 'never'. Immortal Joan! Possibly ruling France!


Cornelia Africana
I am SO THERE for Cornelia being a badass and laying a political smackdown on whoever the fuck. But I am also here for something between her and her relatives, be that her daughter or her sons (the Gracchi -- I love them too, btw) or her sisters or her father (Scipio Africanus).

I'm really curious about how she felt about having a statue in the Field of Mars -- especially since she was probably the first woman in this position!


Hatshepsut
THE LAST KING OF EGYPT! I basically want to know everything about her and her rule and her super-complicated relationship with Tutmoses. Tell me about her being nine years old and suddenly having her father become king, out of nowhere! Tell me about her father raising her as his heir. Tell me about her spreading the tale of her divine birth.

Tell me about the women in her life, the other queens and princesses she had to deal with, be they dowager queens or secondary wives of her husband, or even her mother, sister and daughter.


Thank you so much for writing for me!

(Comments welcome.)

The collection is open! There are 16 works, of which I wrote 3. You can try to guess which ones they are, but I suspect it will not be much of a challenge.

I got two fics! Well, a fic and a treat.

The treat is very short and can't be described without spoilers.
You Must Be Miseducated (30 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Historical RPF, Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Scipio Africanus/Hannibal Barca
Characters: Scipio Africanus, Hannibal Barca
Additional Tags: Eurovision, Manip, Song Lyrics, Crack
Summary:

Hannibal and Scipio set the record straight about ancient Eurovision.

The fic is AMAZING AND GORGEOUS AND I LOVE IT FOREVER.
The Third Aphrodite (3104 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Historical RPF, Classical Greece and Rome History & Literature RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sappho (fl. 600 BC), Cleis (Sappho), Ἀφροδίτη | Aphrodite (Hellenistic Religion & Lore)
Additional Tags: Dreams, Suicide Attempt, Growing Up, Lesbian Character, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000, Ocean, Drowning, Magical Realism, Storytelling
Summary:

It's said that Sappho killed herself by jumping off a cliff when she failed to win the heart of the beautiful ferryman Phaon. This tale has the story backwards, for in fact Sappho died not at the end of her life, but at the beginning.

This fic speaks to me on such a deep level I don't even have words for it. IT'S WONDERFUL.

I'm so glad I ran this exchange, you lot, SO GLAD.

Thank you so much for writing for me! You're amazing! And anything you write will be amazing! (I'm honestly not difficult! And possibly addicted to exclamation marks!)

I have three DNWs: incest, rape and child abuse.

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But just write whatever inspires you the most!

Prompts in chronological order, btw. You will notice they tend towrds the "TELL ME EVERYTHING" side of things, because I would be legit delighted to get anything about any of these folks (and having to pick who to request from the nominations was such heartache, let me tell you).

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Thanks again for writing for me!