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Honor Harrington swap letter
Aug. 18th, 2023 08:29 pmDear author: I'm delighted to get an HH story! Please don't worry, I am not picky!
LIKES: Fluff, hurt/comfort, worldbuilding, digging into what makes people tick, Outsider/queer/weirdo perspectives on mundane/square/normalized things, queer perspectives in general.
Dislikes: Shipfics just for shipping, excessive 21st century stuff in the far future, (Are we super-informed about the trends of the 1300s? No? Well...) unhappy endings for no reason.
Grayson: As a former Mormon with much fondness for the good parts and the weird parts, I want to dig into what it's like to live in that society. What's the day to day life like, how do faith and practicality intersect, how do people who can see the greater galaxy and its not-Grayson morals prospering justify their faith? With the dark mirror of Masada right there, how do the Graysonites feel about the worst parts of their religion? It's easy to say "those people over there do that, we don't" but the honest among them surely see their own similar flaws?
What's it like to be a wife in a world where women are too common and men too rare? What about the low-key acceptance of sister-wives, and how does that shade into queer themes of bisexuality and even lesbianism? Are any of the Grayson women we know wives in name only, who actually love their "sisters" more than their husbands? What about rejecting that path and going into space, then? That can't just be idolizing Honor, there has to be more for Honor's path to appeal. What's the "more?"
And, extra-specifically, what does a Graysonite say about the soul of a Treecat? How do non-humans intersect with a religiously-based world?
Treecats: They're super cool in and of themselves, so treecat/treecat interactions and stories are AWESOME, but treecats are also amazing for their insight into humanity. As empaths they can dig in deep, even when they don't quite fully understand the language. How does their reality intersect with human reality? Humans are invaders to their home world, while they are colonists to Grayson, and visitors elsewhere in the galaxy. What do they think about that? Give me the outsider's look at our human selves. How do we measure up?
Forgive me for not naming specific character names, I'm just interested in themes, any way a character might fit into those!
As said above, though, I'm not picky. If you want to drop me a tiny drabble about treecats fishing or Grayson people having lunch, that's fine too! <3 Thanks!
LIKES: Fluff, hurt/comfort, worldbuilding, digging into what makes people tick, Outsider/queer/weirdo perspectives on mundane/square/normalized things, queer perspectives in general.
Dislikes: Shipfics just for shipping, excessive 21st century stuff in the far future, (Are we super-informed about the trends of the 1300s? No? Well...) unhappy endings for no reason.
Grayson: As a former Mormon with much fondness for the good parts and the weird parts, I want to dig into what it's like to live in that society. What's the day to day life like, how do faith and practicality intersect, how do people who can see the greater galaxy and its not-Grayson morals prospering justify their faith? With the dark mirror of Masada right there, how do the Graysonites feel about the worst parts of their religion? It's easy to say "those people over there do that, we don't" but the honest among them surely see their own similar flaws?
What's it like to be a wife in a world where women are too common and men too rare? What about the low-key acceptance of sister-wives, and how does that shade into queer themes of bisexuality and even lesbianism? Are any of the Grayson women we know wives in name only, who actually love their "sisters" more than their husbands? What about rejecting that path and going into space, then? That can't just be idolizing Honor, there has to be more for Honor's path to appeal. What's the "more?"
And, extra-specifically, what does a Graysonite say about the soul of a Treecat? How do non-humans intersect with a religiously-based world?
Treecats: They're super cool in and of themselves, so treecat/treecat interactions and stories are AWESOME, but treecats are also amazing for their insight into humanity. As empaths they can dig in deep, even when they don't quite fully understand the language. How does their reality intersect with human reality? Humans are invaders to their home world, while they are colonists to Grayson, and visitors elsewhere in the galaxy. What do they think about that? Give me the outsider's look at our human selves. How do we measure up?
Forgive me for not naming specific character names, I'm just interested in themes, any way a character might fit into those!
As said above, though, I'm not picky. If you want to drop me a tiny drabble about treecats fishing or Grayson people having lunch, that's fine too! <3 Thanks!