Dunnett Appreciation

House of Niccolo plus the Lymond Chronicles! Here on a re-read 5+ years later- Walk over with me 😉 main is penguins-united i normally follow back from there

[design-is-fine]

Micrographic Design in the Shape of a Labyrinth, early 17th century. Pen and ink. Anonymous French or Flemish. Via Metmuseum

[mala-taste]

I love it when people who have only read Lymond go, "Well, the characters may think that some of them have supernatural powers but this is just a combo of the Barnum effect and those characters having a good information network. The inclusion of magic just accurately reflects the superstitions of the time period the books take place in!" because then I, the enlightened House of Niccolò reader, get to tell them that no actually Lymond's great grandpa point blank knows how to work magic and he uses it for get rich quick schemes, financial fraud, and stalking his estranged wife.

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ScotSwap 2026 Sign-Ups OPEN!

ScotSwap 2026 Sign-Up Form

For artists, writers, pinch-hitters and beta readers: Sign up here for ScotSwap 2026, a Lymond Chronicles fanfic & fanart exchange. Fanfics

Open May 1-30 at 5PM UTC

For artists, writers, pinch-hitters and beta readers: Sign up here for ScotSwap 2026, a Lymond Chronicles fanfic & fanart exchange. Fanfics will be minimum 1k words; fanart will be minimum 1 drawing with clean lines on unlined paper/canvas. All deadlines will be at 5PM UCT (time converter here) Sign-ups available (links on tumblr, Discord): Friday, May 1, 2026 This form is for writers, artists, betas and pinch hitters. You can sign up to do an assignment and also pinch-hit or beta if you want! Sign-ups due: Saturday, May 30, 2026 Assignments out: No later than Saturday, June 13, 2026 Default Deadline: Saturday, July 4, 2026 Assignments due to the Unrevealed AO3 Collection: Saturday, August 15 2026 Assignments posted (on AO3 and tumblr): Saturday, August 22, 2026

Tag list (this is the last time I will tag anything about ScotSwap this year):

@magpiefngrl @venndaai @whodunnett1526 @allthefoolmine @morethanfantasy @semicolonsandsimiles @erinaceina @notasapleasure @ameliarating @veliseraptor @sweet-cynicalstrain @swordbreakerz @cardinalvalentino @pricklysplendours @inashoe @vincentpriceofficial @mellowlow @oldshrewsburyian @bloody-wonder @weirdsociology @penguins-united @theconceptsofastan @spending-life-pretending @yellowraincoat @softieghost @thecrenellations @lostmyheavydirtysoul @distressednoise @oldshrewsburyian @theodoradove @an-ruraiocht @waxedpaperdoor @aspocko @sugarbabywenkexing @yekoc @linovadraws @faustandfurious @fandom-frenzy @neuxue @sleepy-hour @boatcats @whataliethatwas @startlingly @pilfered-words @doh-rae-me @faustandfurious @intearsaboutrobots @mmetacarpals

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ScotSwap 2026 Schedule

ScotSwap is a yearly Lymond Chronicles fanfic and fanart exchange. Fanfics will be a minimum of 1,000 words; fanart will be minimum 1 drawing with clean lines on unlined paper/canvas to be posted to the AO3 collection. A signup form will be made available May 1 for participants as well as those who are interested in signing up to be potential beta readers or pinch hitters

Please signal-boost so as many folks in the fandom know as possible!

The poll results are in! We had 30 people vote across tumblr and Discord, which is awesome! By a siginficant percentage, you guys went for the schedule that's starting in May and ending in August

The schedule is as follows (also here in a web-published Google doc):

AO3 Collection

All deadlines will be at 5PM UTC (time converter here) - note, for Americans this is morning

Sign-ups available: Saturday May 2, 2026

* For writers, artists, and pinch-hitters; you can sign up to pinch-hit and do an assignment both!

Sign-ups Due: Saturday, May 30, 2026

A request summary will be posted after sign-ups close so that treats may be offered.

Assignments Out: No later than Saturday, June 13, 2026

Default Deadline: Saturday, July 4, 2026

Pinch hitters will be assigned as needed at this time.

Assignments Due to the Unrevealed AO3 Collection: Saturday, August 15, 2026

Assignments Posted (revealed on AO3, posted tumblr): Saturday, August 22, 2026

Questions can be submitted to me (K) on tumblr @stripedroseandsketchpads discord @kcl3656 or email to [email protected]

(the only times I'll include a bunch of user tags like this are for this scheduling post, and for the sign-up form, then I'll stop bothering y'all! I just don't want anyone to miss it, but feel free to drop me a line if you'd prefer not to be tagged in the sign-up post in May, and I won't include you then)

@magpiefngrl @venndaai @whodunnett1526 @allthefoolmine @morethanfantasy @semicolonsandsimiles @erinaceina @notasapleasure @ameliarating @veliseraptor @sweet-cynicalstrain @swordbreakerz @cardinalvalentino @pricklysplendours @inashoe @vincentpriceofficial @mellowlow @oldshrewsburyian @bloody-wonder @weirdsociology @penguins-united @theconceptsofastan @spending-life-pretending @yellowraincoat @softieghost @thecrenellations @lostmyheavydirtysoul @distressednoise @oldshrewsburyian @theodoradove @an-ruraiocht @waxedpaperdoor @aspocko @sugarbabywenkexing @yekoc @linovadraws @faustandfurious @fandom-frenzy @neuxue @sleepy-hour @boatcats @whataliethatwas @startlingly @pilfered-words @doh-rae-me @faustandfurious @intearsaboutrobots

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ScotSwap 2026 Timeline Poll

Hi all! I’m starting to get ready for running ScotSwap 2026, a Lymond Chronicles fanfic and fanart exchange!

This is a minimum 1k fic/clean line drawing exchange with 2.5 months to create

Last year we ran sign-ups at the start of April and had submissions due in mid-July, which was decided by running a poll for potential participants’ preferred timelines.

If you think you might want to make art or fic for this exchange, please vote!

Even if you don’t, please reblog to signal boost!

Here in this small fandom I want to make sure it gets as far as wide as I can, and the most people are able to participate!

What should the timeline be for ScotSwap 2026?

Signups in April; assignments in May; works due mid-July

Signups in May; assignments in June; works due mid-August

Signups in June; assignments in July; works due mid-September

Signups in July; assignments in August; works due mid-October

Signups in August; assignments in September; works due mid-November

Signups in September; assignments in October; works due mid-December

Voting ended onMar 17

Tagging a bunch of last year’s participants and people who mentioned maybe wanting to in future years, plus other Lymond fandom people I can think of off the top of my head who might want to boost, but again please spread around even if you aren’t on here! I’m just going off a mental Rolodex of people in the fandom, and I’m sure I’m missing a bunch because I’m just one person. Feel free to tag anyone else you think might be interested :)

@magpiefngrl @venndaai @whodunnett1526 @allthefoolmine @morethanfantasy @semicolonsandsimiles @erinaceina @notasapleasure @ameliarating @veliseraptor @sweet-cynicalstrain @swordbreakerz @cardinalvalentino @pricklysplendours @inashoe @vincentpriceofficial @mellowlow @oldshrewsburyian @bloody-wonder @weirdsociology @penguins-united @theconceptsofastan @spending-life-pretending @yellowraincoat @softieghost @thecrenellations @lostmyheavydirtysoul @distressednoise @oldshrewsburyian @theodoradove @an-ruraiocht @waxedpaperdoor @aspocko @sugarbabywenkexing @yekoc @linovadraws @faustandfurious @fandom-frenzy @neuxue

[history-of-fashion]

1486 Ercole de Roberti - Giovanni II Bentivoglio

(Palazzo Pepoli Vecchio)

[when-morning-dawns]

More bad-quality House of Niccolo drawings. :)

Remember, the purpose in life is ALWAYS to increase the stock-holders value. 👍

[when-morning-dawns]

Claes vs Nicholas

[grandturtleperson]

So I was at a book fair and found a huge stack of past issues of the Dorothy Dunnett Society's magazine 'The Whispering Gallery.' In one of the articles, a member writes about going to Dunnett's estate sale and buying a box of her books, including Renaissance Portraits by Lorne Campbell, which was full of post-its with character names. On one page is Antonello da Messina's portrait The Condottiere and the note in Dunnett's handwriting says 'Niccolò?'

Another exciting one for me is her note of 'Gelis?' above a portrait by Rogier van der Weyden entitled Portrait of a Lady. Here it is:

On the post-it above this painting of Federico Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, by Titian, Dunnett had written: 'Gk with wooden leg? Good face but not bearded.'

And above this portrait by Hans Memling called Man: 'Man, 1470s, Gregorio?'

The only note without a question mark was apparently above this picture attributed to Fra Filippo Lippi entitled Lady. Dunnett had written 'Lucia.'

They all pretty much look like the characters I had in my mind's eye. For me, Nicholas was always the hardest to picture, but I think this portrait by Antonello da Messina is a good approximate.

[sugarbabywenkexing]

Starting a collection

[intearsaboutrobots]

[Nicholas said,] "[...] I felt as if a wave of doom were waiting to fall on me." "Well, it is," Godscalc said, "But we all expect you to deal with it."

Godscalc understands the reader's perspective on a Dunnett protagonist

[tofumoons]

dorothy dunnet said i am going to write sentence so incomprehensible. and thsats waht she did.

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

sowed some stuff but i’m thinking i might not reap it. if it sucks i’ll probably just not reap it.

[ming85]

Claes / Nicol / Banco / Colà / Nikko / Nicomack / Lord Beltrees making a little mechanical toy frog, and three guard geese.

(for Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series. I now have a Dorothy Dunnett tag!)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Fandoms: Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett Rating: Teen & Up (for graphic depictions of violence) Category: Gen Characters: Francis Crawford of Lymond and Sevigny, Graham Reid Malett, mentioned Jerott Blyth, mentioned Margaret Douglas Summary: "He leaned his forehead against the rough surface of the wood, shut his eyes, and tried to breathe deeply as he waited for the first lash to fall." On Lymond's experiences with flogging. Set during the end of The Disorderly Knights with flashbacks to the galleys era. Words: 1,181

Here is one of two ScotSwap fics I wrote - this one for AceofKittens on AO3, it's basically just straight up hurt-no-comfort of what was going on in Lymond's head when he was dissociating during the flogging scene at the end of The Disorderly Knights.

Written for ScotSwap 2025

[ilynpilled]

trope i really like is self-loathing characters desperate for the catharsis of punishment for frankly rather selfish reasons who r also obsessed with repeatedly pressing others into hating them and hurting them as essentially a method of self harm. yes baby continue making it worse for urself and everybody around u instead of doing an actually productive and effective journey of improvement and redemption

[pricklysplendours]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

My contribution to this year’s ScotSwap fanfic/art exchange.

For @whodunnett1526 - I really enjoyed thinking about the prompt and how to connect the two series, thank you, and I hope it’s worked out ok!

Aaand now I’m off to look at all the rest 😁