fandom stocking letter

[tielan]

MCU/Agents of SHIELD/It'sAllConnected'verses

Maria Hill: I love her no-nonsense attitude, the way she gets shit done. She's direct and occasionally blunt, but she's also good at what she does. I would LOVE any story about her in any universe, so long as she's the hero.

Maria Hill/Steve Rogers: after Peggy and Natasha, Maria is the female character with whom Steve has had the most interaction in the MCU. They're clearly friends, at the very least, and they're my OTP. I love reading other people's takes on how they get together, how they cope with being together, and how they deal with being very differently wired (cf. Comics Civil War). You don't have to go the whole route of the comics Civil War, but I'd like a difference of opinion that is respectful, and which ends with them both having to compromise in the situation.

Maria Hill/Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes: Needs moar fic.

Along with Maria, I also like: Melinda, Pepper Potts, Akela Amador, Helen Cho (if you write me Helen Cho and Maria friendship being drolly snarky about the Avengers Team Mk I and Mk II, I will ADORE you; also Helen Cho and curiosity about Steve's physique), Peggy Carter, Natasha...most of the ladies, actually. Avengers-and-associates as family is fine, but go easy on Tony because too much of him is a problem. But always, always, always Maria.


Stargate Atlantis

Teyla Emmagan: practical, pragmatic, and grounded, Teyla was my favourite from the start. All the more because she was a non-white in a sea of white people (or passing white in the case of Ronon), a 'primitive' who survived the Atlantis expedition for some four years, and both a mother and an adventurer/hero. I'd love to see more of all those things, because the show simply didn't make enough of that. (Maybe it would these days, who knows?)

Teyla Emmagan/John Sheppard: these guys were my OTP, because John is messed up and the two people with the best coping mechanisms on the expedition were Teyla and Ronon, who'd been through enough to make a psychologist lose it and were still sane. I don't mind John/Ronon, but my focus is always on the women, and so John/Teyla is it. I love to see how he manages his mental state, how she manages his mental state, how they manage their fears and hopes and dreams together, even coming from such disparity of lives.

I liked pretty much all the major characters on SGA, but particularly the women - Sam Carter, Elizabeth (when not portrayed as Saint Elizabeth The Perfect), Kate Heitmeyer, Keller (when TPTB weren't shoving her into every storyline thanks to the Jewel Staite Warp Factor), and the various scientists we glimpse, from Miko Kusanagi (Rodney's assistant) to Marie Wu (one of the infirmary nurses). Oh, and Zelenka, for the practicality and the snark. The Team is always good (either with!Ford or with!Ronon, although I kind of prefer Ronon) as long as you keep McKay to a minimum. Think of him as hot chillies; he should be used to add spice, not as the main course.

My other major pairing in this fandom was Elizabeth/Ronon, otherwise gen is perfectly fine.


Stargate SG1

Sam Carter: that first episode with the allegedly cringeworthy 'genitals on the inside' line and the challenge to arm-wrestle? I love that. Sassy Sam Carter, back before Sassy Women were a thing. Sam had me from hello, and then she mentioned "three years and two cray supercomputers to MacGyver a system" and Jack gave her a Look and I was SOLD. The fact that she's a professional woman, successful, acknowledged, and competent, is definitely one of the reasons I love her so much;

SG1 Team - either the with!Daniel version or the with!Jonas version.


BBC Merlin

Gwen: Gwen all the way. I like seeing her interaction with Arthur, with Merlin, with Morgana, with her brother and any of the other knights, Gwaine in particular with his easy charm. I love stories about Gwen taking on responsibilities for people, organising the commoners, and speaking up even in the presence of nobles (sensibly, of course, because she's Gwen). The development of the Gwen/Arthur relationship, and Arthur learning how to deal with Gwen and that nobility isn't just about rank and birth, and the easy way Merlin and Gwen rub along together. I liked early Morgana, but she became just a little too dramatically evil in the later seasons and I didn't watch past the end of S3 (and that was an effort).


Pacific Rim

MAKO MORI. That is all.

Okay, not quite all. Mako sent me into a little tizzy of HOMG when I first saw Pacific Rim. An Asian woman who is neither ninja kickass nor entirely submissive? Who chooses her battles and still stays strong? Who is matched with a brawny blonde guy who treats her as his equal in-universe? YES. ALL THE YES.


I love her relationship with Stacker, I'd love to see her relationship with Herc. I ship her and Raleigh (but friends is fine, so long as you're not pairing Raleigh with anyone else). I can sort of see her as ace or aro, but out of all the guy characters I've ever encountered, Raleigh seems like the most well-equipped to handle a woman as his physical or intellectual equal or better and be okay with this and I see them as the perfect opportunity to showcase a respectful heterosexual relationship.


Relationships with the Wei triplets, with Pang So-Yi and An Yuna, with Caitlin Lightcap, and with Tamsin Sevier would be awesome - any of the Jaeger pilots in fact, but the women particularly. (Yes, Aleksis Kaidonovsky, Ilsapie Flint, Stephanie Lamphier, etc. Go for it. ALL THE LADIES.) And I don't mind Chuck - I just think he should be a minor character. Also, I'm an Australian, and Americans-writing-Australians tends to shit me to tears, which is why I usually go for a 'softly-softly' approach when asking for either Chuck or Herc.


NCIS

Ziva: Ziva was mosts certainly my favourite character on the show - her moral complexities, the way she boils things down to the simple but is still beautifully direct. I love her dynamic with all the team, but particularly with Tony - colleagues, antagonists, friends, and (eventually) lovers. Casefic is always appreciated, but if not, a slice-of-life would be wonderful. Please don't forget her Jewishness, incidentally. There's an essay [here] on how to casually include the Jewish faith in the background of a character without going over the top.


Wonder Woman

I got into Wonder Woman via the Justice League cartoon series, and loved her forthrightness, her very direct solutions, and both her personality and intelligence. (She worked out that Batman was Bruce Wayne all on her own.) I haven't kept up with what's happening in DC, or how Diana is going to be in the Bats vs Supes movie (maybe?) but I'm hoping that it'll be good. I'd love to see something about how she'd interact in this modern, very broken world, how she'd use technology to keep up with people around her, the friendships she'd make, and how she'd affect the discussion around sexism and in what ways.


Jupiter Ascending

This is the fandom of my sixteen year-old heart, twenty-three years too late. That's okay, I still have that sixteen year-old in me, and she LOVES this movie in all it's crazy insanity, ridiculousness, and young adult heroism. Jupiter/Caine, any scenario, any dynamic, and all the characters around them - Kiza, Domika Tsing, Aleksa Bolotnikov (and Aunt Nino) are particular favourites, but Kalique has a certain charm about her, and I like Stinger's rough-and-ready attitude and his friendship with Caine.