Master List for the Narnia Fic Exchange 2012

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And that's the end of the NFE for 2012, folks! Congratulations to everyone who participated! The stories, as always, were wonderful. Under the cut you'll find the reveals/master list.

Feel free to post your fic wherever you'd like!




Title: Fragile Layers
Author: ceitfianna
Recipient: ilysia_039
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Set during Horse and his Boy
Summary: Hayat lives in Tashbaan and wonders about the Northerners that she is cooking for. When one of them comes to visit her, her views on her neighbors to the North change.


Title: Live By the Currents, Follow the Sun
Author: Ruan Chun Xian
Recipient: freudiancascade
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings/Disclaimer: More angst than author intended, spoilers for all books and a “blink and you miss it” reference to RthStewart’s universe.
Summary: Susan, the sea and all the ups and downs of a life lived twice.


Title: In Exile
Author: therck
Recipient: edenfalling/Elizabeth Culmer
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for the ending of Prince Caspian and for the premise of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (book continuity for both)
Summary: This isn't the way Prunaprismia ever imagined her life going.


Title: Beginnings and Ends
Author: october_26
Recipient: canttakeabreath
Rating: PG
Summary: A friendship at the beginning and the end of the Golden Age.


Title: Truth, Remembrance, Love
Author: crescent_gaia
Recipient: amine_eyes
Rating: PGish
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: It is set after The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, so a bit spoilerish for the movie.
Summary: Set a month after being back from Narnia, chaos happens, and then Susan and Edmund have a nice talk.


Title: Between a Rock and a Bard Place
Author: freudiancascade
Recipient: notoriousreign
Rating: K+
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Takes place after SC. Warning - contains Shakespeare!
Summary: The Experiment House tries to put on a play as proof it really has reformed.


Title: How Prince Col Came to Leave Narnia
Author: bedlamsbard
Recipient: therck
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: mention of underage arranged marriage in a historical context
Summary: Listen now. I will tell you a story that is never told among the Narnian kind, for there are none remaining in Narnia who remember such things.


Title: the rapport between water and sand
Author: kitsuneasika
Recipient: pencildragon11
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: none that I can think of
Summary: Cair Paravel is full of strangers that night, fine men in fine clothing who do not quite belong in these halls usually filled with Talking Beasts and dwarves and all sorts of other Narnians. [Takes place about a month or two after the Pevensies become Kings & Queens of Narnia.]


Title: The First Day
Author: lauraandrews
Recipient: tantella
Rating: K
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for The Magicians Nephew.
Summary: Have you ever wondered what Frank and Helen did on their first day as King and Queen of Narnia? A short story, told from Helen's POV.


Title: the girl from beyond the world’s end
Author: wingedflight21
Recipient: caitriona_3
Rating: K+
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: An AU of The Silver Chair and The Last Battle.
Summary: Jill is the girl from another world but Narnia is the home that will always draw her back.


Title: Forgiveness
Author: snitchnipped
Recipient: animus_wyrmis
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary:you will remember / for we in our youth / did these things // yes many and beautiful things —Sappho 24A, trans. Anne Carson


Title: The Temperate Faun
Author: linneasr
Recipient: ceitfianna
Rating: PG13
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: no graphic sex or violence; some intimidation and distress. Many thanks to Elizabeth Culmer for some invaluable beta-reading.
Summary: MovieVerse, sorry!; Tumnus suffers a freeze and a thaw.


Title: Until Never
Author: TastyAsItGets
Recipient: tiabolt
Rating: K+
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: On November 19th, 1947, Edmund disobeys Aslan in order to rendezvous with his first love on the eve of her wedding day.


Title: rise after a thousand years
Author: ilysia_039
Recipient: snacky
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Second person POV. You have been warned.
Summary: There is magic, after all, and then there is magic. One is Aslan’s sort; the other, Jadis’. Both are dangerous, both are subtle and twisting and embedded in the fabric of this world.


Title: Into Telmar
Author: tantella (Avia Tantella Scott)
Recipient: bedlamsbard
Rating: K+
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None
Summary: The origin of Telmar, as seen through the eyes of a particularly grumpy pirate suffering the effects of too little palm wine, as well as one of the first children.


Title: Details, details, you breathe in when I exhale
Author: canttakeabreath
Recipient: kitsuneasika
Rating: PG-13
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Hints of incest, spoilers for the entire series.
Summary: And Susan holds them all together.


Title: I Know a Tale, or, The Lost King
Author: pencildragon11/OldfashionedGirl95
Recipient: wingedflight21
Rating: T to be safe.
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Familiarity with LWW, parts of PC, and one element in MN is assumed. Supporting character defoliation, and someone whose mother probably didn't have soap with which to wash out his mouth when he was a kid.
Summary: "Great Lion, grant me a son," prayed Queen Althea in the days before the winter, “I will teach him to give magnanimously, to love tenderly, to judge wisely, and to fight courageously; that he may restore your peace to Narnia."


Title: Who We Were, Who We Are, Who We Will Always Be
Author: caitriona_3
Recipient: lealila
Rating: G/E
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: N/A
Summary: Edmund and Lucy will always remember.


Title: Queen Lucy, the Firebird, and the Death of Koschei the Deathless
Author: edenfalling/Elizabeth Culmer
Recipient: rthstewart
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: none
Summary: In which Queen Lucy of Narnia and Princess Elena of Vinyedvyeri go on a quest to defeat Koschei the Deathless, rescue Elena's brothers, and incidentally get Lucy back home after she was carried off by a magical bird.


Title: pieces fall together
Author: animus_wyrmis
Recipient: l_a_r_m
Rating: PG-13
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Consent issues
Summary: Liliandil tries to remember. Or, the AU where the Lady of the Green Kirtle takes the queen instead of the prince.


Title: Narnians Assemble!
Author: rthstewart
Recipient: intrikate88
Rating: Gen, mild T, PG (for reference to wartime actions)
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Minor spoilers for Captain America: The First Avenger; Marvel Comics; The Incredible Hulk (2008); The Avengers (2012); Alternative Universe for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle. Contains references to war crimes and uses period-appropriate terms for race.
Summary: Susan and Peggy go shooting; Peter and Steve get in a bar fight; Crow, Spider, Hawk fight the Cold War; Hulk like Lucy.


Title: Give Me Your Country and I Will Defend It
Author: mihnn
Recipient: snitchnipped
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: Peter Pevensie does what he can. Some might say that he was born only to be great.


Title: Mansuetus Gentilis Regina
Author: tiabolt
Recipient: angel_in_tears
Rating: T (for slight suggestive language)
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None
Summary: Becoming Gentle is an uphill battle she didn’t expect. How does one become Gentle in Narnia when one does not even know what it means? A story of negotiations, politics, and midnight escapades in the Golden Age as Queen Susan learns to be Gentle.


Title: Never Let You Go
Author: angel_in_tears
Recipient: crescent_gaia
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: AU
Summary: Caspian cannot let Susan go


Title: Across the Ages
Author: writeonkate
Recipient: lauraandrews
Rating: K
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None
Summary: Some lessons never become too old, even if they come from thousands of years past.


Title: A Parfit Gentil Knight
Author: snacky
Recipient: TastyAsItGets
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Assumes familiarity with all the books. Reepichceep /Susan romance – mostly one-sided and unrequited. A mix of bookverse and movieverse – book references, but uses events from the Prince Caspian movie.
Summary: Reepicheep always wanted to be a Knight of Narnia, in the service of the Gentle Queen.


Title: Ghost Behind My Eyes
Author: m3535
Recipient: turkeyish
Rating: PG-13
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: LWW and PC
Summary: Even when she is long gone, and he is back in his own world, he cannot escape her


Title: To Beard the Lion
Author: lady_songsmith
Recipient: m3535
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: Caspian has a bit of a crush. Trouble is, he’s got his eye on the most popular boy in school.


Title: Revisionary History
Author: cofax7
Recipient: linneasr
Rating: All ages
Warnings: none
Summary: Jill and Eustace accomplished more in their adventure in Narnia than The Silver Chair properly conveyed. Set during TSC. 5,800 words.


Title: Thimbles and Thunderstorms!
Author: rthstewart
Recipient: october_26
Rating: Gen, G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: Alternate Universe for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Summary: The problem with seeking the advice of the Lord Trumpkin is that everyone else is going to hear about it, too.


Title: Mater Magna
Author: lady_songsmith
Recipient: writeonkate
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: Helen finally has the family she wanted.


Title: What the Bards Did Not Know
Author: starbrowsings
Recipient: Ruan Chun Xian
Rating: PG
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: the entire plot of HHB
Summary: Edmund knows he's found the lost prince. He just needs not to lose him again.


Title: If This Is Real, Give Me What’s Not
Author: mihnn
Recipient: narniaexchange
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: None.
Summary: They tell her it’s not real, but she doesn’t believe a word they say.


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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who participated this year! It was a great turnout, and we ended up with a wonderful and diverse crop of stories. And thank you to everyone who took the time to comment on the stories - I know everyone worked hard on their fic, and it's good to see the response.

I really wanted to recognize the pinch-hitters:

cofax7
lady_songsmith (two pinch-hits!)
rthstewart
starbrowsings
mihnn (two pinch-hits!)

Thank you so much, ladies! You really helped out when we were in a jam, and I appreciate it so much.

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If you want more great Narnia fic, we'll be doing the Christmas Card drabble exchange again at holiday time.

I'm not sure if there's interest in doing a second round of the Big Bang, but if you are interested, let me know and we can start planning.

Also, there's a prompt meme/kink meme type of thing at nffr_party right now! And if people are interested, we could do a prompt/kink meme here in the future. Let me know what you think.

Comments

[rthstewart.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much Snacky for running the exchange! It's great as usual!

[snacky]

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed!

[lady_songsmith]

Thanks for running it, and for the shout-out for nffr_party!

[lady_songsmith]

May I drop another fic link here? "To Beard the Lion" (as some of you patient folks who listened to me fret know) was my second go at filling m3535's prompt. The first is up on AO3 now: Against the Night

[snacky]

You're welcome! For both! :D

[ceitfianna]

Thank you for running this. I participated in this while moving, dealing with job interviews and then landing a new job and moving again. Each new story has been a gift for every day. I've loved reading all the takes on Narnia and the incredible quality of writing.

This exchange also pushed me, because this was the longest Narnia fic that I've ever written and it was a good challenge.

[snacky]

Oh my gosh, go you on the new job! I just recently ended a long period of unemployment, so you have my heartfelt congratulations!

And I'm very glad you enjoyed the exchange and all the wonderful stories!

[ceitfianna]

Thank you, I had a part-time job but that was ending, so this worked out really well. I'm now a school-librarian and this was the first week of school. I'm still looking for a place to live but its been a good move forward.

[aurilly.livejournal.com]

I only found out about this exchange a week ago, so too late to participate, but have been slowly going through the stories and loving them. I was going to sign up for the big bang in the fall if you do it again. Thanks for hosting such a great exchange! The stories I have read so far have been lovely.

[snacky]

I'm glad you found us! I think I'm going to post a poll to see who's interested in the Big Bang. And we do have a Christmas Card Drabble exchange if you're interested.

[crescent-gaia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for running this! It was a blast and now I can't wait for the Christmas exchange.

[snacky]

I'm glad you had fun! Thanks for joining us!

[pencildragon11.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for running it! (And thank you to the wonderful pinch-hitters!) This was my first year, and it's been a blast.

[snacky]

I'm so glad you joined us and had a good time! Hopefully you'll want to try the Christmas Card exchange too! :D

[snitchnipped.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Another great exchange! Thanks snacky for running this!

And sigh. I still need to catch up on reviewing. I SUCK.

But I'm definitely looking forward to the Christmas card exchange!

[snacky]

I'm glad you had fun! And there's lots of time to catch up before Christmas! :D

[edenfalling]

Thank you so much for running the exchange!

(Will there be a Big Bang again this winter?)

[snacky]

You're welcome! And yeah, if there's enough interest in a Big Bang, I will plan on it!

[canttakeabreath.livejournal.com]

i still haven't had the chance to read through everything, so thank you for the masterlist! and snacky thank you so much for putting this together! i too found this exchange so delightful to experience while moving and dealing with starting a new job and whatnot, so i honestly appreciate all the work you put in (and your patience). ♥♥♥ it was my first time writing any kind of book!verse fanfiction, so i really had fun.

[snacky]

I'm so glad you joined us, and especially that you had fun! And congratulations on the new job!

[angel-in-tears.livejournal.com]

Still catching up on reading everything, but nice work everyone!
Thank you heaps Snacky for running this again, you are amazing ♥

[snacky]

Thank you! I'm glad you had fun!

[tasty (from livejournal.com)]

I echo everyone else and say "THANKS for running this!" This made me think out-of-the-box in terms of an Edmund romance. Hard to come up with new ideas.... :)

Good way to keep us on our toes. :D

[freudiancascade.livejournal.com]

Thank you for all your hard work in running this exchange, Snacky! This was the first Narnia fandom event I've participated in, and it was an absolutely lovely experience. Well done!

[mihnn.livejournal.com]

Boy, I've been away from fandom for too long! There are so many fics to read. Thanks so much for organising such a wonderful fest. Sorry my life got too complicated in the end. *blush*