Everywoman '23 is now de-anonymized

[brightknightie]

The everywoman '23 exchange (collection by fandom) has revealed its authors. So here are just a few recommendations:

• BSG78: "Duty To Each Other" by malinaldarose (G, gen, ~3K words) (Cassiopeia, Sheba). This is the one written for my exchange request, previously recommended here for relating an attack on the fleet from the perspective of a lumbering shuttle moving civilians between larger ships. I love getting the civilian point of view within BSG78, and I love getting more of the growth of Cassiopeia and Sheba's deeply fraught friendship (canon may forget that Sheba resented Cass, but I don't forget).


• Ancient Greek Religion & Lore: "Red Flowers of Autumn" by calenlily (T, m/f, ~800 words) (Persephone). Myths are a good place for metaphors and symbols to be all too literal. This Persephone finds that returning to the underworld doesn't just bring autumn to the overworld as her mother grieves losing her again, but integrally affects her own body.


• P&P (Austen): "Give It Time" by yletylyf (G, m/f, ~2K words) (Caroline Bingley). Caroline, of course, is the Bingley sister who wanted to marry Darcy herself. This is a nice post-canon pick-up in which Caroline has -- without losing her sharp edges -- done some introspection and personal growth. When she's content that she doesn't need a husband (after all, she does have a personal fortune, as well as a rich brother), that's when she meets Colonel Fitzwilliam, who appreciates her just as she is, sarcasm and all.


• MCU: "Lost Without Her" by capsquared (Not rated, gen, ~500 words) (Maria Hill). This is set after Winter Soldier. I feel it packs a punch for a reader coming off Secret Invasion.

The story I wrote for the exchange is D&DC "So the Heart May Become the Eye" (G, gen, ~6K words) (Terri, Sheila). It's for DesertVixen's request, in which she wanted to explore whether Terri, a one-episode character who came from and returned to the same amusement park as our heroes, ever returns to the Realm, and what she tells the adults back home. While the requested Terri and Sheila are the starring, perspective characters, and Diana has the third-most screen time, the whole gang appears and all get at least a few lines and contribute a plot point. In the nice way that exchanges sometimes accomplish, I really enjoyed getting to know the Terri character and her episode more deeply than I ever had before.