Yuletide 2013 - Mary Renault coordination post

[greerwatson]

This post is for coordinating Renaultverse nominations for Yuletide. The hope is to cover all the books that people are interested in requesting/offering without wasting slots by accidentally duplicating any of the characters.

(If anyone is curious, I'm putting it on my journal rather than maryrenaultfics since it's a closed comm. I'd like it to be possible for people who are not members to be able to read and post.)

• Purposes of Love:
  


• Kind Are Her Answers:
  


• Return to Night:
  
  • naraht
    Hilary Mansell, Julian Fleming — APPROVED
    
  
  


• The Friendly Young Ladies:
  


• North Face:
  


• The Charioteer:
  
  • naraht
    Ralph Lanyon, Laurie Odell, Andrew Raynes, Alec Deacon — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • greerwatson
    Aunt Olive (The Charioteer), Hugh Treviss, Sandy Reid, Lucy Odell Straike — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • moetushie
    Bunny (The Charioteer), Reg Barker, Nurse Adrian — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • my_cnnr
    Michael Odell, Charles Fosticue, Bim Taylor, Dave (The Charioteer) — APPROVED
    
  
  
  
  
• The Last of the Wine:
  
  • fawatson
    Alexias, Lysis, Arete, Phaedo — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • bee_muse
    Myron, Alcibiades, Socrates, Thalia — APPROVED
    
  
  


• Theseus duology (King Must Die;  The Bull from the Sea):
  
  • toujours_nigel
    Aithra, Ariadne, Hipolyta, Phaedra — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • bee_muse
    Hipolytos, Akamas, Mykale, Theseus — APPROVED
    
  
  


• The Mask of Apollo:
  
  • fawatson
    Nikeratos, Thettalos, Dion, Plato — APPROVED
    
  
  


• Alexander trilogy (Fire from Heaven;  The Persian Boy;  Funeral Games):
  
  • toujours_nigel
    Alexander, Hephaistion, Bagoas, Ptolemy — APPROVED
    
  
  
  • fawatson
    Sisygambis, Roxane, Kleopatra, Olympias— APPROVED
    
  
  
  • my_cnnr
    Philip II of Macedon (Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault), Pausanias, Thais (Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault), Drypetis — APPROVED
    
  
  


• The Praise Singer:
  
  • queen_ypolita
    Simonides, Aiskhylos, Anakreon, Bacchylides son of Midylos — APPROVED
    
  
  

Comments

[fawatson]

I'll definitely nominate:

The Last of the Wine: Alexias, Lysis, Arete, Phaedo

The Mask of Apollo: Nikeratos, Thettalos, Dion, Plato

I may nominate one other Renault but I need to think a bit more about that.

[greerwatson]

I've added them to the list.

[moetushie]

For The Charioteer, I'd like to nominate Bunny, Madge, Reg, and Nurse Adrian.

[naraht]

Good to see Reg and Madge finally getting some love!

[greerwatson]

I've added them to the list.

[toujours_nigel]

Theseus Duology: Aithra, Ariadne, Hipolyta, Phaedra

since every character I feel competent to write for TC has already been taken up for nomination I think I'll nominate the Alexander trilogy twice:
Alexander Trilogy: Sisygambis, Roxane, Stateira, Darius
Alexander Trilogy: Philip, Ptolemy, Olympias, Eurydike
This leaves me one free nomination, but I'm, not particularly using it for anything, so if the Big Three for the Alexandriad don't get nominated by anyone else, I can also do
Alexander Trilogy: Alexander, Hephaistion, Bagoas, Pausanias

[greerwatson]

I'm not sure you're actually allowed to do that. You'd better check with the Yulemods whether it is permitted for someone to nominate the same fandom more than once.

[greerwatson]

In any case, I've added your Theseus nominations to the list.

[toujours_nigel]

I put up a post asking, because I remember doing that for YT year before last for the Alexander trilogy. Let's see what they say. :)

[moetushie]

I wouldn't mind getting fic for them, myself.

[moetushie]

Thanks. :)

[naraht]

I'm still hoping we can get some Reg-fic out of selenak. You may have a chance. :)

[toujours_nigel]

you're right, it isn't.

I suppose
Alexander Trilogy: Alexander, Hephaistion, Bagoas, Ptolemy.

[greerwatson]

This may already have occurred to you, but just in case.

If you contact two of the others, you might be able to arrange a swap. For example, naraht might be willing to swap TC (or another) for Alexander: you'd nominate her choice of TC characters (R, L, Andrew, Alec), and she'd nominate four of the ones you want. My sister is another possibility: she's planning to nominate LotW and MoA.

[greerwatson]

I've added the four characters you have named. They're now on the list.

[queen_ypolita]

I'm looking at The Praise Singer at the moment and trying to figure out what I, exactly, want to do with it—but left to my own device I'll probably only nominate Simonides. So there are potentially three slots open, does anyone else have any preferences about who else I should aim to nominate?

[greerwatson]

Well, I've added Simonides, anyway. *g*

Are there any other MR books you have in mind? I see that, at one point, you were thinking of Return to Night; but, of course, naraht is offering that. (You might want to coordinate with her if there are other characters you want, and thus free up a nomination for yourself.)

Any of the historicals?

[queen_ypolita]

I'm thinking of requesting Return to Night, but I'm pretty much only thinking of Hilary-centric requests, I shouldn't need any further characters than those naraht is planning to nominate.

I don't think I'll have room for more than one MR nomination this year.

[greerwatson]

"I don't think I'll have room for more than one MR nomination this year."

I'm in exactly the same situation myself.

[fawatson]

You could add in Aiskhylos or Anakreon, if you want friends of Simonides; or Airistogeiton and Harmodios as two other characters fic has been written for in the past. Hipparchos is logical as a major 'player' in terms of plot. The book is very short on female characters but there is Lyra, the heteira whom Simonides loves.

[fawatson]

I've decided against nominating Stalky again this year, so I have space for 3 MR nominations is need be. I can nominate the Alexandriad if that would help the spread of characters. Or any other people would like.

[greerwatson]

TJ definitely would like more characters for the Alexandriad.

She's nominating Alexander, Hephaistion, Bagoas, and Ptolemy.

However, it looks as though she would like any of Sisygambis, Roxane, Stateira, Darius, Philip, Olympias, Eurydike, and Pausanias. You might check with her which ones head her want list.

[queen_ypolita]

I went with friends and poets: Aiskhylos, Anakreon and Bacchylides, in addition to Simonides

[luzula]

Yay coordination! I am planning to request Laurie and Andrew for The Charioteer, so it's good to know they'll be nominated. : )

[greerwatson]

Added to the list.

[greerwatson]

Yay, indeed!

Nominations Submitted

[fawatson]

I have now submitted my nominations:

Mask of Apollo and The Last of the Wine as indicated above

and the following characters for the Alexander Trilogy:

Sisygambis
Roxane
Ptolemy
Olympias

I know this comment is going in as 'anonymous' but I tried to do the 'open ID' thing and the site wouldn't let me as it says I am already signed in (though it doesn't show that way). Stupid site!

FA Watson

Re: Nominations Submitted

[greerwatson]

Flo, change Ptolemy. TJ already nominated him.