When I was younger, I was notorious for having favourite characters who were side characters. It was very rare that my favourite characters in stories, whether they were on the page or on the screen, were the main characters, and I think we can all agree that a book can really fall flat when the secondary characters don’t feel like real people with their own stuff going on.
It can be just as frustrating when the side characters are more interesting than the main characters – I want to enjoy my side characters, but I don’t want to wish I was following them instead! – and yet sometimes there are certain side characters who stay with me to such an extent that I’d happily read another story all about them…
Dear Elizabeth May, could you write me a story about when Catherine met Daniel?
Considering Elizabeth May writes historical romance as Katrina Kendrick, I’d love to read a novella about the romance between Catherine, Aileana’s best friend in The Falconer series, and Daniel. I loved how May used a post-apocalyptic 19th century setting to explore a marriage between two people from very different social classes and I really liked what we saw of their relationship.
Dear Holly Black, could you write me stories about the Folk of the Water, Earth and Fire?
I loved the way Holly Black wrote the fae in her Folk of the Air trilogy, so now I’d love to see her give us trilogies following other fae courts. The Folk of the Water, for example, could focus on the underwater fae court we visit in The Wicked King.
Dear S.A Chakraborty, could you write me a story about the adventures of Zaynab and Aqisa?
The friendship between these two, though we only get glimpses of it, is one of my favourite things about the Daevabad Trilogy. Considering the way it ended, I desperately need an adventure story about these two.
Dear Cornelia Funke, could you write me a story about the reign of Queen Violante?
It’s been so long since I read the Inkworld trilogy, and one of these days I’d quite like to re-read it, but my favourite character by far was Violante, who was cruelly dubbed ‘Her Ugliness’ by her people because of a birthmark on her cheek. To this day she’s still one of my favourite women in fantasy. I’d love to have some kind of follow-up to the trilogy following Violante to check in on her and see how she’s doing!
Dear Katherine Addison, could you write me a story about Csethiro sword fighting?
As much as I adore The Goblin Emperor, it’s criminal that we never get to see Maia witness Csethiro’s skill with a blade. (It’s also criminal that there isn’t much Csethiro fan art.) I’d love a fun short story or novelette in which Csethiro challenges Beshelar to a duel, purely because the idea of duelling the empress would probably give Beshelar a nosebleed.
Dear Laini Taylor, could you write me a story about the centaur and his lady?
Back in May I mentioned the lack of centaurs in my fantasy, and also mentioned that I desperately need Laini Taylor to write about the centaur and his lady who regularly appear in Lazlo’s dreams in Strange the Dreamer. I still need this story and, written by Taylor, it would be a stunner.
Jessticulates 
Haha, what a unique post 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hi Jess, I’m catching up on blog hopping after a couple months off. Love this idea! I agree with wanting to read about Violante’s reign. I was just commenting on another blog that I would like to read Uprooted from Kasia’s point of view…
LikeLiked by 1 person
Such a fun post! I can’t remember what author I saw tweeting about wanting to write fanfic of their own books, but we can only hope the idea catches on.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Jess, you always have the coolest and most creative posts 🙂 I don’t know all the characters you mentioned here, but I think I’d really enjoy learning more about the other worlds in faerie like you mentioned! I would love to get a story from V.E. Schwab about Holland from her Shades of Magic series, or even just back-stories from the other Londons!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Aw thank you, Dini, that’s so nice! ❤ The Shades of Magic series wasn't for me, sadly, but I know so many people love it and I hope fans of it get more stories about the characters from that world. 😀
LikeLike
I would love a story told from the POV of the best friend of a “chosen one” character. Like, we get to see most of the action, but we also get a story of how people who aren’t the chosen one are being affected by whatever’s going on.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ooh yeah, I’d definitely read that!
LikeLike
Still squealing over the idea of Aqisa / Zaynab adventure spin off oh so very yes
…and I think I just pulled a muscle laughing at the mental image of Beshelar’s face at Csethiro demanding he duel her.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Hahaha I adore Beshelar, and therefore want to see him suffer.
LikeLike
I am having a Moment. I just imagined him and a young Joscelin Verreuil having a competition to see who could be more proper and disapproving whilst simultaneously getting angry if the other actually criticised their charge. Bless them both.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes to Holly Black! All the faerie tales, please!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Fingers crossed we get more!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Excited for the new Cardan story this November, but hoping for more full-length!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I would love Maggie Steifvater to write a story about how Ronan and Gansey originally met in The Raven Cycle. 😍
LikeLiked by 1 person
I haven’t read The Raven Cycle, but I’ve heard enough about the characters to know how popular they are! 😀
LikeLiked by 1 person