Yuletide!

Over and gone, but finally an update...
I got an AMAZING Marion Ravenwood/Narnia crossover!

Make a Plan Tomorrow (4506 words) by Amilyn
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Indiana Jones Series, Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marion Ravenwood/Colin Williams (addressed)
Characters: Marion Ravenwood, Mutt Williams, Susan Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie, Harold Oxley
Additional Tags: Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Grief/Mourning, Loss, Loss of Spouse, Loss of Parent(s), Narnia, Post-Narnia, The Problem of Susan, World War II, Post-World War II, London, London Blitz, Children, Toddlers, parenting, Misses Clause Challenge, POV Female Character, Female Protagonist, Female Characters, Bechdel Test Pass
Summary:

But men, good ones or not, did one thing. They left her. As a result, Marion had seen so much more of the world than most women her age. Hell, she'd seen more of the world than most women alive. Her experiences were diverse, including things not right for "polite conversation." She would rather know more than be limited.

 

This is an amazing story and I'm so happy that Amilyn has received the praise it is due. Definitely check it out and tell them how awesome it is. Amilyn wrote a wonderful Marion, Lucy, and Susan, and toddler terror Mutt is just incredible. What I especially love is that Marion is not necessarily really likeable. She is enormously sympathetic and empathetic but she's brittle -- and SO YOUNG. She grows a lot over the story. The depiction of grief is wrenchingly, achingly perfect.

I wrote an unsuccessful story for Killjoys. I'm not sure what went wrong as I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to do and added a second chapter to push the point and more explicitly meet the prompt. My recipient was gracious and kind. The story just didn't work.