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first things first
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING FOR ME!
I'm sure I'll love whatever bits and pieces you come up with, and I'm looking forward to reading your fic!
love
- female focus
- relationships of mutual respect and trust (particularly important in het)
- female friendships and friendships generally
- happy or hopeful endings
do not want
- non-con, dubcon, BDSM without consent negotiation
- unrequested pairings
- porn without plot
also rans
- AUs - Pacific Rim, Black Jewels, Dragonriders of Pern, daemons.
- I am always good with gen/friendship if you find that, for some reason or another, you can't do the romantic/sexual relationship.
- please don't focus on making me 'the perfect gift-fic'; something that I'll enjoy is fine.
Justice League
Diana/Bruce, Diana & Clark, Diana & Lois, Bruce/Diana/Lois/Clark
I've always had a soft spot for 'the trinity' of the Justice League, and I really enjoyed both the interactions and the possibilities of them in BvS and JL.
In particular in JL, I was intrigued by Diana's use of Clark's Kryptonian name: they're both outsiders to humans in a way, even if Clark was brought up human - how does that affect their dynamic? I really enjoyed the dynamic between Bruce and Diana during the movie - not quite flirting, but not entirely comfortable with each other, either. (And Bruce/Diana is definitely one of my OTPs in this fandom.) And of course there's always the question of how Diana and Lois must have interacted in the aftermath of BvS, particularly in light of Diana's own loss in the WW movie.
Give me more on these dynamics and I will be delighted!
The foursome pairing at the end, I see as a sedoretu quartet: Bruce/Diana, Diana/Lois, Lois/Clark, Clark/Bruce. However if you want to write them as an OT4 poly orgy and how they get there, then that's an option too.
Stargates - all media types
All the friendships, all the team, all the crazy shenanigans at the SGC/Atlantis and through the gates...this is pretty much an 'anything goes' kind of prompt. Write any gen that's femme-centric and I will love it! Women working together, having professional and personal lives that can be complex and complicated, or simple and low-key - it's all good.
I particularly love fics in which the characters work to find a compromise or solution, where soft power (negotiation and compromise) are not neglected or scorned, and where power is seen as a slippery slope, to be sparingly and carefully used.
One of the things I particularly liked about the Stargates was that they gave the 'unusual, enemy-related power' roles to an unexpected character: Sam was mostly 'the woman', but what happened to her with Jolinar in S2 strongly coloured the next nine seasons of the show. Teyla was 'the alien', but the one with the 'gift' of the Wraithgene - an ability to deal with the Wraith on their own terms and come out on top ("The Queen") - and I'll always resent that the show didn't use that in their 'solution' regarding the Wraith. (I think the SGA Legacy book series does a better job of this - if you want to write anything using that as extended canon, then I am ABSOLUTELY OKAY with that.)
The pairings (John/Teyla, Sam/Jack) can be within the context of their work in the SGC/Atlantis or somewhere else, with no relationship to their workplaces. Both relationships need to be worked delicately - there are professional and personal reputations on the line, and neither Teyla nor Sam are the 'stay at home and make babies' kind of women, which is something that maybe the US military men who love them will have to contend with/adjust.
Rogue One
Multiple options here. Cassian/Jyn have all the hopeful possibilities right before the Death Star backwash destroys them: I don't mind if they're fluffy, darker, or if their encounter is from an AU. However, I am also up for The Odd Couple In Space, a.k.a. Chirrut/Baze being snarky and exasperated and fond of each other, while still being totally together. In addition to which, I am a complete sucker for Found Family - and Cassian, Jyn, Bodhi, Chirrut, and Baze gave me ALL THE FEELS.
Jyn and her father...so many ways to take this. Galen survives and so the Alliance is forewarned and actually makes the move in time? His interaction with Jyn as an adult?
If you have the inclination to write an AU that diverges at any point in the canon, then I'm very okay with that!
This is one option where the happy/hopeful ending can be ignored, so long as they succeed in their mission!
Angel the Series
This selection is pretty much 'Faith and the Fang Gang'. Faith is, without a doubt, my favourite character: it's that she walked into the darkness and then walked out again, but she's not perfect and maybe doesn't see herself as 'good', just working on her redemption and trying to be better. If you picked the team option, though, then go with the option we matched on and write the team, just with Faith. If you'd like to set it in S5 at Wolfram and Hart, or else slot Faith into the story in an earlier season, I'm good with that.
I would love to see more Faith-friendships, to be honest. Faith's sexuality is easy to depict, but friendships and care are probably a more fraught situation for her. How to deal with people who just want to be friends, and what that means to a woman who probably hasn't had too many friends in her life. I'd really enjoy seeing Buffy and Faith in a kind of 'ten years later' deal - or really, any of the relationships - I haven't read the comics (or I don't remember what happened in them) so don't feel you have to take that path as canon.
Faith/Wes is what I see as a 'dirty little secret' kind of pairing - not quite Wes/Lilah, but with enough parallels that perhaps it makes him uncomfortable (so: post-S3 Wesley). In particular, I like the chips they have on their shoulders (eased back by the time they meet in S4): the unwanted watcher and the unnecessary slayer. I'd love a story about them coming to terms with loving each other (one gathers they haven't had many people who cared about them in their respective pasts).
MCU
The gen options in this fandom are pretty much "Maria Hill & [someone]", and if we matched on one of these, I'd love a story of action/adventure or getting-to-know-and-like you. I'd like Maria portrayed as she is in the movies: a friend of the heroes, accepted, respected, liked, kickass.
The women of the MCU are amazing, and I would love a story about any of the relationship tags working together to solve a problem or kick a bad guy in the teeth. Or downtime-fic that shows what professional women do when they're being a little less professional. Or curtain-fic with an ironic bent (even SHIELD commanders and company CEOs like to choose their own pop tarts). Basically, in any of the female friendship tags, GO FOR YOUR LIFE.
The relationship options are Maria/Steve, Bucky/Maria, or Bucky/Sam.
Maria/Steve: I really enjoy the intimacy implied in the comfort and ease of their interactions even when she's critical of him, or he's giving her an unconscionable command. I love the idea of taking it one step further into a romantic/sexual relationship (and I'm always glad to see others' takes on their relationship).
Bucky/Sam: The frenemies vibe totally does it for me in Civil War, especially given their ties with Steve. Veterans and PTSD, dealing with each other's burdens and ghosts (obviously Bucky's will be more extensive, but Sam's probably got nightmares about losing Riley, too) or just a cute fluffy day in the life of two very gorgeous, charming (when they set their minds to it), dangerous men? You decide!
Bucky/Maria: they've never met on-screen, but I just like the potential of this dynamic. Bucky's still a weapon, Maria isn't one to leave him lying around for possible enemies to pick up - how do they conflict, how do they concord, and what draws them to each other, like moth to torchlight? Write them as you see them as a couple interacting, and it will be Most Excellent.
Sanctuary
I like stories inside the Sanctuary - not quite 'domesticity' but the little details of running the Sanctuary and everything going on around them. Kate is my favourite character, mostly because she's snarky and charming and ruthless, but still values her family and the connections she makes. Not tame, a little bit cheeky, practical, and pragmatic.
Put her with Bigfoot (lots of patience, but also curiosity - she probably used to transport 'abnormals' like him, so how do they level with each other?), or Helen (pragmatic women who don't read as dangerous straight off), or Will (worked with the cops, dealing with an ex-con), or Declan (dealing with weird bosses, amirite). Or, you know, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
My pairing pref is Kate/Will, but I just like the everyday ins and outs of the Sanctuary and Kate's particular skills in con jobs, transport, the darker alleys and by-ways of life. Also, if you want to explore her past and how it might interact with her present (at the Sanctuary) then I'm up for that!
Crossover
I am extremely flexible with these options. Basically, if you've been wanting to write any of these relationships but haven't previously been inspired, then consider this your bugle call to action!
Maria Hill (MCU) & Melinda May (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D): friendship, competence, trust - how did this come about? Where could it go?
Maria Hill (MCU) & Eve Moneypenny (Bond Movies): Secret spy women who work in the background, generally unnoticed and underestimated. (Please don't bring in Natasha.)
Peggy Carter (MCU) & Diana Prince (DCCU): Diana would surely have kept an eye on women who might be clever and powerful, perhaps mentored them? Peggy would definitely be a candidate for this.
Maria Hill (MCU) & Diana Prince (DCCU): What if Diana met Maria before the MCU movies, while Diana's still keeping below the radar?
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) & Diana (Wonder Woman movie): competence, women who walk into darkness to fight it, did the Amazons of Themiscyra know of the Slayers? What did they think of them?
Diana Prince (Wonder Woman 2017) & Steve Rogers (MCU): anything you please.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): Two dangerous individuals, Ziva with her own sensuality and oddity yet sharp as a knife, Eliot with his 'dumb harmless hick' look and his sharp practicality.
Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) & Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG-1): oh god, oh god, THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE...
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Faith Lehane (Angel the Series): sassy and snarky and sexy. Or, you know, the Winter Soldier vs. the Killer Slayer.
Faith Lehane (Angel the Series)/Dean Winchester (Supernatural): this is kind of the same above, only with the angle of the supernatural about it. How do they meet? Why do they stick around? (Other than the sex.)
Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends)/Luke Skywalker (Star Wars ST): Mara Jade in the sequel trilogy, and her relationship with Luke. Or with Leia. AU this, or go with canon and chart how their relationship breaks down and what happens to Mara.
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends): Take this one wherever you care to go - I just like the idea; if you wanna run with it, please do!
Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends) & Rey (Star Wars ST): what if Mara found Rey before BB8 did?
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Wedge Antilles (SW Legends) : "Successful spies value caution; successful pilots value calculated risk. You think like a pilot, not a spy."
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Leia Organa (SW:OT): Rebellions are built on hope; but also on practicality and politics...
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Luke Skywalker (SW:OT): the best stars have hearts of kyber...
James Bond (Daniel Craig Movies)/Lara Croft (Tomb Raider (Video Game)): I freely admit to being influenced by the 90s Lara Croft Movies (featuring Angelina Jolie) because Daniel Craig was Lara's ex in the first movie, but honestly, one spy/sanctioned killer, one archaeologist/grave robber, and a whole lotta mayhem...what's not to love?
--
Finally, I'm writing this letter in good faith and I trust that you're willing to take my requests in good faith, too. I will honestly take and be glad of fic from any of these requests, no matter what I've said or not-said about them in this letter.
Ultimately, please don't stress this; I want you to enjoy writing for me! These are ideas that I have, and so long as you can write my optional details without twisting your brain in knots, write the fandom and relationship we matched on and it'll be fine.
Thank you!
first things first
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WRITING FOR ME!
I'm sure I'll love whatever bits and pieces you come up with, and I'm looking forward to reading your fic!
love
- female focus
- relationships of mutual respect and trust (particularly important in het)
- female friendships and friendships generally
- happy or hopeful endings
do not want
- non-con, dubcon, BDSM without consent negotiation
- unrequested pairings
- porn without plot
also rans
- AUs - Pacific Rim, Black Jewels, Dragonriders of Pern, daemons.
- I am always good with gen/friendship if you find that, for some reason or another, you can't do the romantic/sexual relationship.
- please don't focus on making me 'the perfect gift-fic'; something that I'll enjoy is fine.
Justice League
Diana/Bruce, Diana & Clark, Diana & Lois, Bruce/Diana/Lois/Clark
I've always had a soft spot for 'the trinity' of the Justice League, and I really enjoyed both the interactions and the possibilities of them in BvS and JL.
In particular in JL, I was intrigued by Diana's use of Clark's Kryptonian name: they're both outsiders to humans in a way, even if Clark was brought up human - how does that affect their dynamic? I really enjoyed the dynamic between Bruce and Diana during the movie - not quite flirting, but not entirely comfortable with each other, either. (And Bruce/Diana is definitely one of my OTPs in this fandom.) And of course there's always the question of how Diana and Lois must have interacted in the aftermath of BvS, particularly in light of Diana's own loss in the WW movie.
Give me more on these dynamics and I will be delighted!
The foursome pairing at the end, I see as a sedoretu quartet: Bruce/Diana, Diana/Lois, Lois/Clark, Clark/Bruce. However if you want to write them as an OT4 poly orgy and how they get there, then that's an option too.
Stargates - all media types
All the friendships, all the team, all the crazy shenanigans at the SGC/Atlantis and through the gates...this is pretty much an 'anything goes' kind of prompt. Write any gen that's femme-centric and I will love it! Women working together, having professional and personal lives that can be complex and complicated, or simple and low-key - it's all good.
I particularly love fics in which the characters work to find a compromise or solution, where soft power (negotiation and compromise) are not neglected or scorned, and where power is seen as a slippery slope, to be sparingly and carefully used.
One of the things I particularly liked about the Stargates was that they gave the 'unusual, enemy-related power' roles to an unexpected character: Sam was mostly 'the woman', but what happened to her with Jolinar in S2 strongly coloured the next nine seasons of the show. Teyla was 'the alien', but the one with the 'gift' of the Wraithgene - an ability to deal with the Wraith on their own terms and come out on top ("The Queen") - and I'll always resent that the show didn't use that in their 'solution' regarding the Wraith. (I think the SGA Legacy book series does a better job of this - if you want to write anything using that as extended canon, then I am ABSOLUTELY OKAY with that.)
The pairings (John/Teyla, Sam/Jack) can be within the context of their work in the SGC/Atlantis or somewhere else, with no relationship to their workplaces. Both relationships need to be worked delicately - there are professional and personal reputations on the line, and neither Teyla nor Sam are the 'stay at home and make babies' kind of women, which is something that maybe the US military men who love them will have to contend with/adjust.
Rogue One
Multiple options here. Cassian/Jyn have all the hopeful possibilities right before the Death Star backwash destroys them: I don't mind if they're fluffy, darker, or if their encounter is from an AU. However, I am also up for The Odd Couple In Space, a.k.a. Chirrut/Baze being snarky and exasperated and fond of each other, while still being totally together. In addition to which, I am a complete sucker for Found Family - and Cassian, Jyn, Bodhi, Chirrut, and Baze gave me ALL THE FEELS.
Jyn and her father...so many ways to take this. Galen survives and so the Alliance is forewarned and actually makes the move in time? His interaction with Jyn as an adult?
If you have the inclination to write an AU that diverges at any point in the canon, then I'm very okay with that!
This is one option where the happy/hopeful ending can be ignored, so long as they succeed in their mission!
Angel the Series
This selection is pretty much 'Faith and the Fang Gang'. Faith is, without a doubt, my favourite character: it's that she walked into the darkness and then walked out again, but she's not perfect and maybe doesn't see herself as 'good', just working on her redemption and trying to be better. If you picked the team option, though, then go with the option we matched on and write the team, just with Faith. If you'd like to set it in S5 at Wolfram and Hart, or else slot Faith into the story in an earlier season, I'm good with that.
I would love to see more Faith-friendships, to be honest. Faith's sexuality is easy to depict, but friendships and care are probably a more fraught situation for her. How to deal with people who just want to be friends, and what that means to a woman who probably hasn't had too many friends in her life. I'd really enjoy seeing Buffy and Faith in a kind of 'ten years later' deal - or really, any of the relationships - I haven't read the comics (or I don't remember what happened in them) so don't feel you have to take that path as canon.
Faith/Wes is what I see as a 'dirty little secret' kind of pairing - not quite Wes/Lilah, but with enough parallels that perhaps it makes him uncomfortable (so: post-S3 Wesley). In particular, I like the chips they have on their shoulders (eased back by the time they meet in S4): the unwanted watcher and the unnecessary slayer. I'd love a story about them coming to terms with loving each other (one gathers they haven't had many people who cared about them in their respective pasts).
MCU
The gen options in this fandom are pretty much "Maria Hill & [someone]", and if we matched on one of these, I'd love a story of action/adventure or getting-to-know-and-like you. I'd like Maria portrayed as she is in the movies: a friend of the heroes, accepted, respected, liked, kickass.
The women of the MCU are amazing, and I would love a story about any of the relationship tags working together to solve a problem or kick a bad guy in the teeth. Or downtime-fic that shows what professional women do when they're being a little less professional. Or curtain-fic with an ironic bent (even SHIELD commanders and company CEOs like to choose their own pop tarts). Basically, in any of the female friendship tags, GO FOR YOUR LIFE.
The relationship options are Maria/Steve, Bucky/Maria, or Bucky/Sam.
Maria/Steve: I really enjoy the intimacy implied in the comfort and ease of their interactions even when she's critical of him, or he's giving her an unconscionable command. I love the idea of taking it one step further into a romantic/sexual relationship (and I'm always glad to see others' takes on their relationship).
Bucky/Sam: The frenemies vibe totally does it for me in Civil War, especially given their ties with Steve. Veterans and PTSD, dealing with each other's burdens and ghosts (obviously Bucky's will be more extensive, but Sam's probably got nightmares about losing Riley, too) or just a cute fluffy day in the life of two very gorgeous, charming (when they set their minds to it), dangerous men? You decide!
Bucky/Maria: they've never met on-screen, but I just like the potential of this dynamic. Bucky's still a weapon, Maria isn't one to leave him lying around for possible enemies to pick up - how do they conflict, how do they concord, and what draws them to each other, like moth to torchlight? Write them as you see them as a couple interacting, and it will be Most Excellent.
Sanctuary
I like stories inside the Sanctuary - not quite 'domesticity' but the little details of running the Sanctuary and everything going on around them. Kate is my favourite character, mostly because she's snarky and charming and ruthless, but still values her family and the connections she makes. Not tame, a little bit cheeky, practical, and pragmatic.
Put her with Bigfoot (lots of patience, but also curiosity - she probably used to transport 'abnormals' like him, so how do they level with each other?), or Helen (pragmatic women who don't read as dangerous straight off), or Will (worked with the cops, dealing with an ex-con), or Declan (dealing with weird bosses, amirite). Or, you know, ALL OF THE ABOVE.
My pairing pref is Kate/Will, but I just like the everyday ins and outs of the Sanctuary and Kate's particular skills in con jobs, transport, the darker alleys and by-ways of life. Also, if you want to explore her past and how it might interact with her present (at the Sanctuary) then I'm up for that!
Crossover
I am extremely flexible with these options. Basically, if you've been wanting to write any of these relationships but haven't previously been inspired, then consider this your bugle call to action!
Maria Hill (MCU) & Melinda May (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D): friendship, competence, trust - how did this come about? Where could it go?
Maria Hill (MCU) & Eve Moneypenny (Bond Movies): Secret spy women who work in the background, generally unnoticed and underestimated. (Please don't bring in Natasha.)
Peggy Carter (MCU) & Diana Prince (DCCU): Diana would surely have kept an eye on women who might be clever and powerful, perhaps mentored them? Peggy would definitely be a candidate for this.
Maria Hill (MCU) & Diana Prince (DCCU): What if Diana met Maria before the MCU movies, while Diana's still keeping below the radar?
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) & Diana (Wonder Woman movie): competence, women who walk into darkness to fight it, did the Amazons of Themiscyra know of the Slayers? What did they think of them?
Diana Prince (Wonder Woman 2017) & Steve Rogers (MCU): anything you please.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): Two dangerous individuals, Ziva with her own sensuality and oddity yet sharp as a knife, Eliot with his 'dumb harmless hick' look and his sharp practicality.
Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) & Vala Mal Doran (Stargate SG-1): oh god, oh god, THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE...
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Faith Lehane (Angel the Series): sassy and snarky and sexy. Or, you know, the Winter Soldier vs. the Killer Slayer.
Faith Lehane (Angel the Series)/Dean Winchester (Supernatural): this is kind of the same above, only with the angle of the supernatural about it. How do they meet? Why do they stick around? (Other than the sex.)
Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends)/Luke Skywalker (Star Wars ST): Mara Jade in the sequel trilogy, and her relationship with Luke. Or with Leia. AU this, or go with canon and chart how their relationship breaks down and what happens to Mara.
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends): Take this one wherever you care to go - I just like the idea; if you wanna run with it, please do!
Mara Jade (Star Wars Legends) & Rey (Star Wars ST): what if Mara found Rey before BB8 did?
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Wedge Antilles (SW Legends) : "Successful spies value caution; successful pilots value calculated risk. You think like a pilot, not a spy."
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Leia Organa (SW:OT): Rebellions are built on hope; but also on practicality and politics...
Jyn Erso (Rogue One) & Luke Skywalker (SW:OT): the best stars have hearts of kyber...
James Bond (Daniel Craig Movies)/Lara Croft (Tomb Raider (Video Game)): I freely admit to being influenced by the 90s Lara Croft Movies (featuring Angelina Jolie) because Daniel Craig was Lara's ex in the first movie, but honestly, one spy/sanctioned killer, one archaeologist/grave robber, and a whole lotta mayhem...what's not to love?
--
Finally, I'm writing this letter in good faith and I trust that you're willing to take my requests in good faith, too. I will honestly take and be glad of fic from any of these requests, no matter what I've said or not-said about them in this letter.
Ultimately, please don't stress this; I want you to enjoy writing for me! These are ideas that I have, and so long as you can write my optional details without twisting your brain in knots, write the fandom and relationship we matched on and it'll be fine.
Thank you!
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