Purimgifts Letter 2023
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morvidraHello, dear Purimgifts creator!
Thank you so much for creating for me this year.
If you would like some of my thoughts and prompts on our mutual fandoms, read on below. On the other hand, feel free to ignore them and write the story you are enthusiastic about - I'm quite sure I will love whatever you produce!
Fandoms:
A Countess Below Stairs
I will love you forever if you give me Leo Rabinowitz, Susie and Tom, and/or the Honourable Olive in ANY combination or setting. Otherwise I adore Anna being her inimitable self, Minna Byrne being quietly practical, the servants being quietly awesome, Rupert's mum communing with the spirits... heaps to choose from!
Amelia Peabody
Amelia herself is so amazing, but there are so many other women who do awesome things in these books. Evelyn mixing her roles of artist, wife, mother, part-time arse-kicker? Nefret's medical training? Katherine Vandergelt - I adore her backstory of "semi-villain and con-artist medium", and her friendship with Amelia is lovely. Does she ever meet Evelyn? (I haven't read the last few books in the series, so maybe avoid anything specifically set after Ramses gets married.)
Anne of Green Gables
I really like Anne and her various female friend groups throughout the books - Story Club shenanigans with Diana, Jane and Ruby, college escapades with Phil, Priscilla and Stella? Or heart-to-hearts with Miss Stacy or Mrs Allen? Otherwise Anne's daughters and their friends would be lovely to read about also. (Please keep to book-canon rather than Anne with an E TV canon, for preference!)
Ballet Shoes
Missing scenes or future adventures for any the girls would be great. Otherwise, what about some backstories for the doctors or Theo? What was it like for Sylvia growing up in Gum's house with her widowed mother and Nana? I'm thinking that the doctors (either or both) could be Jewish, if you want to consider that one. Maybe some of the snacks they have mid-morning are traditional Jewish foods? Or maybe Petrova's birth family were Russian Jews, and she later explores her heritage?
Check Please!
Denise "foxtrot" Ford is the musical-theatre loving, vintage-clothing wearing, terrifyingly organised darling of my heart, so anything with her would be amazing. Also Bitty's family has lots of strong-minded women (Suzanne, Aunt Judy, Moomaw) and I'd love to hear more about them. I can't remember offhand if any characters are canonically Jewish (Holster maybe?) but go right ahead and create some if you want to explore that side of things.
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Millie is awesome, anything with her at whatever age. Maybe hanging out with Elizabeth (Tonino's mum)? Or as a child with Mother Proudfoot? Or as an adult sorting out problems at the Castle? OTherwise it would be lovely to see more or the Witch Week characters.
Dark is Rising
Jane, Jana, Juno, Jane - what happens to Jane after the books? How much does she remember of their adventures after they lose their memories? Does she remember seeing the Greenwitch on a mundane level, for instance, or does she dream about it and not know what it was? Alternatively, what about a story about Will's sisters - Barbara especially always seemed like such a nice person. Or do feel free to create OC Old Ones - I'm sure some of them were Jewish, over the centuries.
Discworld
Huge, HUGE range of characters to pick from here. Susan, Lady Sybil, Cheery Littlebottom, Adora Belle Dearheart and Magrat are some of my favourites, so a story about any of those would be great. Monstrous Regiment is a book I adore as a whole, maybe explore what happened to any of the characters afterwards?
Enchanted Forest
Any stories about Morwen in the Enchanted forest dealing with magical problems in a practical way will be received with great affection. Seriously, I love Morwen. Also Cimorene, Alianora, Kazul, Morwen's cats and fellow witches... Throw in as many magical shenanigans as you like! If you want to throw in something like the Frying Pan of Doom, well... bonus points, I guess. :)
Good Omens (Book and TV)
I've listed both of these, but feel free to follow the common fandom practice of borrowing from each of them. I like the choices the TV show made, but I've been a fan of the book for years, so *shrugs* either/or, really. Having said that, if you write me a Jewish Greasy Johnson (book character) I will probably faint with delight. Otherwise Madame Tracy, Anathema, Pepper, Pepper's mum, Sister Mary Loquacious aka Mary Hodges... interacting in any capacity at all would be lovely. And of course Crowley and Aziraphale would be more than welcome.
Howl series
So I really like Sophie, but I also love her sisters. Especially Martha, even though we don't see her much, because her life choices are just so interesting. Also love Princess Beatrice - so practical! How did she learn to darn socks, anyway?? And honestly, I really relate to Charmain getting lost in books and forgetting about everything.
Lord of the Rings
Eowyn! Rosie Cotton! Ioreth! Galadriel and Arwen! aaaand, that's about all the female characters I can think of here, this is not a fandom overly supplied with them. Feel free to invent more. I love Middle-Earth as a setting, so anything exploring that will be lovely. I've also read some great fan-canon with Jewish Dwarves in Middle Earth, so exploring that further would be interesting.
Lord Peter Wimsey
An absolute plethora of interesting women here: the Dowager Duchess, Lady Mary, the Shrewsbury dons, Eiluned and Sylvia, Marjorie Phelps, Miss Climpson, Miss Murchison... and of course, not forgetting Harriet. Harriet meeting Miss Climpson would be fun to read, or what about some domestic bits with the Dowager and Lady Mary? Marjorie, Eiluned and Sylvia in Bloomsbury shenanigans? Harriet as a student at Shrewsbury in an interview with the Dean? Or how about exploring some of the canonically Jewish characters like Rachel Arbuthnot (nee Levy) and her family?
Tortall
(FYI I haven't yet read the recent Numair.) Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, and Provost's Dog are probably my favourite series' - I love the main characters in each of them. Beka with Achoo, or with Kora and Aniki, or Goodwin. Maybe Alanna with the Bazhir - how are Kara and Kourrem going as shamans? Or Kel being patient and grumpy and organised and caring with her refugees, or dropping in to Lalasa's self-defence classes, or just hanging out with her Yamani friends.
Thank you so much for creating for me this year.
If you would like some of my thoughts and prompts on our mutual fandoms, read on below. On the other hand, feel free to ignore them and write the story you are enthusiastic about - I'm quite sure I will love whatever you produce!
Fandoms:
A Countess Below Stairs
I will love you forever if you give me Leo Rabinowitz, Susie and Tom, and/or the Honourable Olive in ANY combination or setting. Otherwise I adore Anna being her inimitable self, Minna Byrne being quietly practical, the servants being quietly awesome, Rupert's mum communing with the spirits... heaps to choose from!
Amelia Peabody
Amelia herself is so amazing, but there are so many other women who do awesome things in these books. Evelyn mixing her roles of artist, wife, mother, part-time arse-kicker? Nefret's medical training? Katherine Vandergelt - I adore her backstory of "semi-villain and con-artist medium", and her friendship with Amelia is lovely. Does she ever meet Evelyn? (I haven't read the last few books in the series, so maybe avoid anything specifically set after Ramses gets married.)
Anne of Green Gables
I really like Anne and her various female friend groups throughout the books - Story Club shenanigans with Diana, Jane and Ruby, college escapades with Phil, Priscilla and Stella? Or heart-to-hearts with Miss Stacy or Mrs Allen? Otherwise Anne's daughters and their friends would be lovely to read about also. (Please keep to book-canon rather than Anne with an E TV canon, for preference!)
Ballet Shoes
Missing scenes or future adventures for any the girls would be great. Otherwise, what about some backstories for the doctors or Theo? What was it like for Sylvia growing up in Gum's house with her widowed mother and Nana? I'm thinking that the doctors (either or both) could be Jewish, if you want to consider that one. Maybe some of the snacks they have mid-morning are traditional Jewish foods? Or maybe Petrova's birth family were Russian Jews, and she later explores her heritage?
Check Please!
Denise "foxtrot" Ford is the musical-theatre loving, vintage-clothing wearing, terrifyingly organised darling of my heart, so anything with her would be amazing. Also Bitty's family has lots of strong-minded women (Suzanne, Aunt Judy, Moomaw) and I'd love to hear more about them. I can't remember offhand if any characters are canonically Jewish (Holster maybe?) but go right ahead and create some if you want to explore that side of things.
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Millie is awesome, anything with her at whatever age. Maybe hanging out with Elizabeth (Tonino's mum)? Or as a child with Mother Proudfoot? Or as an adult sorting out problems at the Castle? OTherwise it would be lovely to see more or the Witch Week characters.
Dark is Rising
Jane, Jana, Juno, Jane - what happens to Jane after the books? How much does she remember of their adventures after they lose their memories? Does she remember seeing the Greenwitch on a mundane level, for instance, or does she dream about it and not know what it was? Alternatively, what about a story about Will's sisters - Barbara especially always seemed like such a nice person. Or do feel free to create OC Old Ones - I'm sure some of them were Jewish, over the centuries.
Discworld
Huge, HUGE range of characters to pick from here. Susan, Lady Sybil, Cheery Littlebottom, Adora Belle Dearheart and Magrat are some of my favourites, so a story about any of those would be great. Monstrous Regiment is a book I adore as a whole, maybe explore what happened to any of the characters afterwards?
Enchanted Forest
Any stories about Morwen in the Enchanted forest dealing with magical problems in a practical way will be received with great affection. Seriously, I love Morwen. Also Cimorene, Alianora, Kazul, Morwen's cats and fellow witches... Throw in as many magical shenanigans as you like! If you want to throw in something like the Frying Pan of Doom, well... bonus points, I guess. :)
Good Omens (Book and TV)
I've listed both of these, but feel free to follow the common fandom practice of borrowing from each of them. I like the choices the TV show made, but I've been a fan of the book for years, so *shrugs* either/or, really. Having said that, if you write me a Jewish Greasy Johnson (book character) I will probably faint with delight. Otherwise Madame Tracy, Anathema, Pepper, Pepper's mum, Sister Mary Loquacious aka Mary Hodges... interacting in any capacity at all would be lovely. And of course Crowley and Aziraphale would be more than welcome.
Howl series
So I really like Sophie, but I also love her sisters. Especially Martha, even though we don't see her much, because her life choices are just so interesting. Also love Princess Beatrice - so practical! How did she learn to darn socks, anyway?? And honestly, I really relate to Charmain getting lost in books and forgetting about everything.
Lord of the Rings
Eowyn! Rosie Cotton! Ioreth! Galadriel and Arwen! aaaand, that's about all the female characters I can think of here, this is not a fandom overly supplied with them. Feel free to invent more. I love Middle-Earth as a setting, so anything exploring that will be lovely. I've also read some great fan-canon with Jewish Dwarves in Middle Earth, so exploring that further would be interesting.
Lord Peter Wimsey
An absolute plethora of interesting women here: the Dowager Duchess, Lady Mary, the Shrewsbury dons, Eiluned and Sylvia, Marjorie Phelps, Miss Climpson, Miss Murchison... and of course, not forgetting Harriet. Harriet meeting Miss Climpson would be fun to read, or what about some domestic bits with the Dowager and Lady Mary? Marjorie, Eiluned and Sylvia in Bloomsbury shenanigans? Harriet as a student at Shrewsbury in an interview with the Dean? Or how about exploring some of the canonically Jewish characters like Rachel Arbuthnot (nee Levy) and her family?
Tortall
(FYI I haven't yet read the recent Numair.) Song of the Lioness, Protector of the Small, and Provost's Dog are probably my favourite series' - I love the main characters in each of them. Beka with Achoo, or with Kora and Aniki, or Goodwin. Maybe Alanna with the Bazhir - how are Kara and Kourrem going as shamans? Or Kel being patient and grumpy and organised and caring with her refugees, or dropping in to Lalasa's self-defence classes, or just hanging out with her Yamani friends.
