#fandom: tamora pierce

[queershippingpolls]

Do you ship them?

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 2 Poll A

(Papyrus and peach blossom)

[cricketnationrise]

FTH 2024 baby!

it's that time again, folks! I'm participating in Fandom Trumps Hate for a third year, offering fics for Check Please!, Tortall, or Red, White, and Royal Blue. Come with your own prompt in mind, or let's hone in on one together 💜

For more specifics about what I will/won't write, my auction listing is here. Please read carefully and make sure to choose the correct auction!

Bidding opens today, March 5 at 8:00 AM EST and runs through March 9, 8:00 PM EST!

examples of past FTH fics are here.

have fun bidding y'all and i can't wait to write something for you!

-💜🦗

[whimsicallywiddershins]

The Provost's Dog series is amazing in how Tamora Pierce calmly and nonchalantly addresses sexuality, relationships, gender, and gender roles.

In the very first few chapters we have Rosto, Kora and Aniki together in some sort of a poly/open/threesome relationship. It's never actually stated directly what their relationship is, if it's romantic, open, sexual but not romantic, queer platonic, if Kora and Aniki are together, ect. But real life relationships are not black and white. And very few people advertise the exact details, and good friends don't really ask or make a big deal about it. Which is exactly what happens in Terrier. And it's a very healthy relationship. Kora decides to date Erksen instead, and Rosto and Aniki are completely fine with it. There is no resentment, fighting or jealousy. As Kora says, she is her own woman. I have never seen such a drama-free relationship in a young adults book before. It really shows a young reader that relationships can be simple and you can still be friends if it doesn't work out.

And then the sneaky descriptions of "spintry." Another term for a male prostitute. There is no judgement for a spintry, no one finds it strange and both female and male prostitutes are treated exactly the same, as just a job, as any other in the Rouge's Court. It was such a simple and refreshing take in a children's book, and it's done so well with no judgement or any acknowledgment that it's not normal.

That feeling of normality is an ongoing theme in the Provost's Dog books. There are a lot of shocking and liberal topics in the books, but they are treated as normal, everyday things, so it takes away any shock value and makes the reader simply accept it. Considering most readers are teens, that's a pretty great thing.

Take Okha/Amber. A transwomen/gender queer person who is in a long-term relationship with a man, a police captain. It's described as a normal thing. Beka is a bit confused at first, because she has never met a gender queer person before, but accepts the explanation and moves on. Amber's gender is never really fully explained, but thay makes sense. Gender isn't simple. In a fantasy world without modern labels, Amber is just Amber. They are who they are.

Beka has several flings throughout the series, and its treated normally. That is not usually seen in a teen book. The main female character having casual relationships, going into them knowing they won't last? That is super rare, and is how real life works. It's a great break from normal ya relationship drama.

There is some relationship drama in the series, with Beka's fiance, Holborn. He dies before Mastiff starts, and we never met him. But later, it is revealed that she was planning on breaking up with him because he was emotionally abusive towards her. She ends up meeting Farmer and getting over Holborn quickly. She feels guilty for not feeling more guilty over his death, instead feeling relieved that their toxic relationship is over. She loves some of the time they spent toghether though, and she does mourn him. It's a fascinating and nuanced relationship you never see in a ya book. But her and Farmer's relationship is wonderful.

As a young teenager growing up in a conservative, rural, small town, the Provost's Dog books were revolutionary, not that I realized it at the time. The book's description of gender, of relationships was so normal I didn't even realize it could be something debated. I just accepted it as normal. Okha/Amber was the first time I ever learned thay trans/gender questioning people could exist, and I just acted like Beka, accepted it and moved on. When people talked about poly relationships, how strange and unusual it was, l was confused, because Kora, Aniki and Rosto were normal to me. Learning prostitutes were discriminated against was shocking. Complicated relationships were normal.

I remember once in highschool, my teammates were talking about a scenario where your husband cheats on you with another woman, and that woman had a child with him, and they are now homeless. Your husband loves this woman and you. Would you accept the child and the other woman living with you? Or something inane like that.

I said, "Well, yeah, if she's a good person. If my husband loves her, then she's probably a good person, and I would try to fall in love with her too. And raise the child together."

My teammates did not expect that answer. I suppose I should have realized then I wasn't straight lol.

[six-of-snakes]

Fandom Trumps Hate 2024: Tortall series offerings

Browsing for the @fandomtrumpshate 2024 auction is open now! Bidding runs from March 5th at 8 am EST to March 9th at 8 pm EST! View all offerings here.

This year there are 5 total offerings for Tamora Peirce's Tortall universe!

Fanfiction

Chash (@ponyregrets) is offering a 10-20k fic with a max rating of E. Her favorite characters to write about are Alanna and Kel.

six-of-snakes (@six-of-snakes) is offering a <5k fic with a max rating of M. He likes to write Ozorne/Numair, Alanna/Thayet, Roald vi/Neal and aroace!Kel.

cricket (@cricketnationrise) is offering a 5-10k fic with a max rating of E. She is especially interested in writing Protector of the Small era, aroace!Kel, AUs, and alternate POV.

kitsuneri88 (no tumblr) is offering a 5-10k fic with a max rating of M. kitsuneri88 prefers to write Neal/Yuki and Numair/Daine.

fan labor

aliteralgarbageheap (@aliteralgarbageheap) is offering a podfic up to 5k, length depending donation. They especially like Alanna/George, Alanna/George/Numair, Kel & Neal, Kel & Dom, Aly/Nawat, but are open to other pairings.

if i messed up or missed someones @ or other info, please let me know!

[oyasumiaow]

poll time!!

challenge: make a poll with five of your all time favorite characters, and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favorite.

I was tagged by @duohensheng :3

And I will tag.......... @bichenique @thepurplewombat @eternal-brainrot @pikazchu @wannabe-f-f-friends -- and anyone else who sees it and wants to give it a whirl :3

[onyourstageleft]

who was gonna tell me that the Tamora Pierce fanfic scene started going hard in the last few years?? I found one fic through a discord server (thank u mutual for inviting me to it I appreciate you so much) and now I'm down a rabbit hole that includes recently updated 100k+ fics??? I'm gonna go feral

[dr-dendritic-trees]

I'm not generally a huge villain-enjoyer, which is why the whole Tempests and Slaughter thing has kind of thrown me for a loop. But oh, right, Ozorne lives on the same sad shelf I keep Serin Osman on. That's why I'm being weird.

[moonybadger]

You know what, I’m gonna say it! I liked Kel and Cleon’s relationship and I’m kinda sad it didn’t work out!!!! He’s always made into such a buttmonkey in fics, but he just wants to be Kel’s stay at home trophy husband and I think she deserves that

[anewgayeveryday]

Today's LGBT+ Character is;

Amber Orchid from Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce-Transgender Woman

Species; Human

Requested by Anon

Status: Alive

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Main Bracket !

Round 3 Poll ZZ

(Nightshade, briar and moss)

[cricketnationrise]

Hey y'all!

Bidding is open until March 6th for this year's Fandom Trumps Hate event!

Want a fic tailored especially for you? Want to make me expand on a fic i've already written? Some secret, third option?

Then go bid! I've got offerings up for Check, Please!, Red, White, & Royal Blue, Tortall, and Parasol Protectorate. If you want a different fandom reach out and we'll see what we can do :)

Follow the link to find my auctions, and if you have any questions feel free to reach out!

[whimsicallywiddershins]

I'm just imagining one day that George, Alanna, Jon, Thayet, Numair, Daine, the knights, ect are just hanging out after a council meeting or something, and they all start talking about famous ancestors, cause they are all noble and I'm sure they all have great records. And George is sitting there, listening but quiet, cause he really can't contribute to all these ancient bloodlines and kings and such. Jon feels bad and is like

"George, do you have any interesting family members? I've bet you've got lots of famous thieves." You know, the include him. And George is like.

"Well, there is this one lady, Rebekah Cooper. She was a guradswoman that caught some big kidnappers and such."

And everyone's like, cool cool, how ironic, ect.

Then Jon starts thinking. That name is familiar, but he just can't place it. So later everyone is drunk and having a good time and Jon goes and unearths a book about his family. And there, in the section of his famous ancestor King Gareth III, there is a sungle page about his kidnapping. And one sentence mentioning his rescue by Provost Guardswoman Rebekah Cooper.

Jon goes insane. He goes running back to the little party and is like

"George!!! You won't believe this shit!"

And everyone gathers around and is amazed. That George's many great-grandma saved Jon's many great-grandfather. And there are lots of jokes about how Tortall would be lost without a Cooper there to save it.

But then, as the weeks go by, Jon keeps looking. He finds old Provost reports about a stubborn Puppy named Cooper that nabbed a notorious child kidnapper. About a rookie dog that ended a counterfeit ring practically singlehandedly. Reports left by Lord Gershom of Haryse, praising Rebekah Cooper for her work. Small accounts talking about an odd cat. A scent hound. The amount of people Rebekah Cooper saved. The difference she made.

And he compiles these findings, and spreads them around. Everyone is reading about this young Guardswoman that saved Tortall's people, over and over. Girls are inspired to become guards and knights and Riders. The Lower City is proud of its savior. The commoners are excited about a hero that came from nothing, like them. People start telling stories, making songs. Talling the story of Rebekah Cooper, so she will never be forgotten.

[ladylollys]

forget gender, the only binary that matters is whether you're the kind of asoiaf fan who loves the series because you think chivalry is real and beautiful and worth reconstructing, or if you're the kind of asoiaf fan who loves the series because you think chivalry is bullshit feudalist progaganda and you want to see it get skewered brilliantly

[lovelyscot]

If anyone out there know of artists familiar with Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar universe who are taking commissions---PLEASE send their info my way.