Okay, first off! THANK YOU. I love having stories written for me and/or art created for me, so the very fact that you are going to do so makes you my hero.
Second, I am INCREDIBLY easy to please. I like a LOT of stuff. I know this letter is pretty long, but that is only because I firmly believe too much information is better than not enough. Everything provided in here is intended for your benefit, but I am INCREDIBLY easy to please. As long as you avoid my dislikes--which I've tried to make pretty clear--there's not many ways you can go wrong. :-)
Fic Likes
- time travel
- telepathy/soulbonds* (*accidental or by choice in the case of the latter, NOT fated)
- crossovers (between any of these fandoms, or these fandoms and any other I'm into)
- fusions
- most other types of AUs not listed under dislikes
- gen, het, femslash, slash, poly, friendship fic, whatever
- holiday fic (as long as it's appropriate to the characters)
- women being awesome
- best friends become lovers
- committed, equilateral poly relationships
- love as a choice made anew every day
- worldbuilding
- three-dimensional original characters
Fanart Likes
- I would absolutely die of happiness if someone drew an illustration and/or created a graphic based on one of my stories or universes, but if I don't have a femslash story in the fandom/'ship I requested (or even if I do!), an original drawing/manip/graphic (or a set of icons!) would be equally loved!
Fic Dislikes
- incest
- rape/non-con/dub-con
- torture
- character bashing (even of characters I don't like)
- adultery/cheating
- underage sex
- power imbalances in relationships (teacher/student, chain of command, etc.)
- love triangles
- atypical use or graphic depiction of bodily excretions
- destined relationships (this includes soulmate AUs unless the trope is subverted somehow)
- A/B/O AUs
- betrayal of trust or a third party using the trust between characters against them
- see individual fandoms for any fandom-specific NoTPs, squicks, etc.
Fanart Dislikes
- Nothing too graphically NSFW (a little bit is okay), otherwise, pretty much anything goes :-)
Babylon 5
Favorite things about the series in general - Pretty much everything about the Minbari culture, especially Valen and the Rangers. I also love the way the show handles religion in general: every character has their own faith or their own personal reason for rejecting it, and each and every one of them is treated with equal respect and understanding, even when those beliefs face hard challenges. Favorite characters are Delenn, Sinclair, Marcus, G'Kar, and Vir. I find the Psi Corps deeply creepy but utterly believable: of COURSE that's what humans would do if faced with telepaths among us.
Lyta Alexander/Talia Winters - I know I can't be the only one who thinks there was an undercurrent of something more than just an acquaintance between these two in Talia's revelation that they knew each other. Not to mention Lyta's reaction when the sleeper turned out to be Talia. *g* I would love to see that backstory explored. When and where did they meet? What kind of a relationship did they have, and how/why did it end? I suspect the Corps isn't big on same-sex relationships due to its emphasis on breeding more powerful telepaths--were they separated deliberately? Or, alternately, someone once suggested that a surviving Talia would've made a MUCH more interesting leader for the telepath resistance than Byron. Give me that AU scenario.
Susan Ivanova/Laurel Takashima: This idea has intrigued me ever since someone mentioned to me that it was almost canon (if Laurel had stayed past the pilot). (I don't know if the person I heard that from got it from a reliable source, but regardless, I like the "what if?") I'd love to see a glimpse of what that version of things might have looked like, or if you're not an AU person, I'd also be okay with them meeting and having a relationship after Susan leaves the station. Whatever works best!
Doctor Who
Favorite Things About the Series in General - TIME TRAVEL. Seriously, that is probably my number one narrative kink of all time, and I love the fact that Doctor Who can go anywhere you can imagine. Even, if you felt like it, into the universe of any of my other requests. *g* I love the TARDIS. I love how each Companion has different strengths and weaknesses that they bring to the table, all of which are basically essential to the version of the Doctor that they're traveling with. I especially love characters from different eras meeting and interacting. Favorite Doctors are Eight, Five, Three, Eleven and Nine. Favorite companions is too long a list, but the VERY top ones are Martha, Charley, Sarah Jane, and Nyssa. I love UNIT, especially the Brig, Kate, or Osgood. Only companions I don't really care for are Rose and Turlough; feel free to throw in anyone else if the mood strikes. :-)
Martha Jones/Sarah Jane Smith: Been in love with this idea ever since I wrote it as, ironically, a protest against the arbitrary pairing of Martha with Mickey in "The End of Time" (even though that pairing too has since grown on me...though not the way it was done). Martha and Sarah Jane are both tough, practical, no-nonsense ladies who don't take crap from anyone and become heroes in their own right after they leave the Doctor, and it's a shame they barely got to exchange two words in "Journey's End." I'd love to see them bond over their shared experiences and see where that grows.
River Song/Bernice Summerfield - Okay, so here's the thing. I'm not actually a very big River fan. :-/ If I had to choose between her and Benny, Benny would win every time. But I just cannot shake the idea of the two of them together. They would hit it off SO well and it would be SO much fun to watch. Give me them working together on a dig, swapping Doctor stories in bed, ganging up on one (or more) incarnations of the Doctor, getting into and out of trouble, terrorizing the universe together, whatever. I just want something light-hearted and fun with lots of shenanigans and witty banter. :-) Because I honestly can't imagine anything else happening if these two were in the same place at the same time. (Throw in Jack too--platonically or sexually--and I'll be even happier. ;-) )
Clara Oswald/Charley Pollard - This is one of those that I didn't know I needed until I saw it as an option. *g* But seriously, it makes SO much sense. Clara (or at least her echoes) have met EVERY Doctor, and Charley's met a few herself. I'd love to see Charley meet several different versions of Clara, falling for her maybe a little bit more with each one even as she gets confused by her omnipresence. *g* Or the converse: maybe Charley doesn't trust her at first because of her experience with Mila and Clara has to work to win her over (for reasons)? Either way, long-term or short-term, I'd just love to see these two gorgeous, stubborn, flawed ladies interact.
Martha Jones/Charley Pollard - I love the idea of these two for a couple of reasons. First, because they're my two absolute favorite companions. Second, because they come from such different times, even though they're less than a century apart. Charley is a girl ahead of her time even before she meets the Doctor, and traveling with him broadens her mind quite a bit, but she is still from the 1930s, and from a very sheltered, upper-class lifestyle. I would love to see the slow burn of the two of them finding a middle ground, of Charley struggling to overcome her prejudices and privilege for Martha's sake--but without putting the burden of educating her on Martha. I want to see both of them making mistakes and assumptions, but then working through them because they really do love each other. The actual scenario of how they wind up knowing each other in the first place I leave entirely to you. :-) (Well, it's ALL up to you, really, but I don't even have any ideas to guide you on that front. Sorry!)
due South
Favorite things about the series in general - Its silliness. The way it plays with both Canadian and American stereotypes. The strong emphasis on friendship breaking down barriers between people from different worlds. DIEF. VECCHIO. The little hints of magic that make this not quite the real world. Like the ghosts and the talking (sic) wolf-dog. *g* Or Fraser's supernatural ability to never get any dirt on his uniform.
Francesca Vecchio/Maggie McKenzie/Stella Kowalski (and also-requested permutations thereof) - my fantasy request for this one is I would LOVE to see an AU version of the show starring Maggie, Frannie and Stella instead of Fraser and the Rays. Maybe when Maggie comes to town on the trail of her husband's killers, she winds up going to Detective Frannie Vecchio of the CPD instead of Fraser (because Fraser is still in the Yukon in this scenario) for help? Maybe a couple of years later, Frannie goes deep undercover with a human trafficking ring and Detective Stella Kowalski (whose middle name just happens to be Frances) is brought in to play her? I don't know; play with it however you want as long as the ladies are still recognizably themselves despite the role-reversal. *g* If that scenario doesn't work for you, though, I would also be happy with any way you can hook the girls up in the canon universe. I loved, for example, how Frannie acted as kind of a buffer for Maggie between her and the guys instead of getting jealous. Anything like that--with the girls teaming up and backing each other up--would make me ecstatic. Relationships between the boys in the background would also be acceptable, but not required by a long shot. (But fair warning: if you do have any background slash with the main guys? I can't do Fraser/Kowalski. F/K/V and F/V, yes. But not F/K without Vecchio.)
Eastwick
Favorite things about the series in general - MAGIC. Female friendship/relationships as the core of both the main plot and several side ones. Paul Gross naked as the devil (although that's not really relevant to THIS exchange *g*). ;-) The sly humor. Kat is my favorite, but I really love ALL the main trio--and Penny--like crazy.
Kat/Roxie/Joanna: I 'ship all three of these characters together, in any combination, including OT3. Sometimes with Darryl, but for obvious reasons feel free to leave him out. ;-) I love the bond between the three of them and I honestly don't think I could choose which permutation I like best. Whichever two (or three *g*) you do choose, though, I'd love if you worked their powers into the story, even into the sex if there is any (totally not required, but always welcome *g*).
Joanna/Penny: I love so much how they always find their way back to each other after a falling out, no matter how severe. And I'm convinced that Penny kissing Joanna under the influence of the "luna salvo" wasn't out of character, just lowered inhibitions, and that her later denial of it was a case of protesting too much. *g* So I'd love a follow-up to that: maybe Penny admits the truth, or maybe Joanna realizes she didn't mind it so much, whatever. Also, Penny knowing and/or learning (and BELIEVING this time) Joanna's secret would be awesome too.
Leverage
Favorite things about the series in general - This is my go-to show for when life sucks and I need to feel better about myself. I WISH there were people like this team in real life. Love how everyone is the best at what they do. Love the found family. Love the canon OT3 and I love beyond words the fact that the biggest 'ship in the fandom IS an OT3, so I would be totally okay with that in the background if you wanted. ;-) Favorite characters are Sophie and Hardison, but that's by a VERY narrow margin over the others. Oh, and I like Tara, in case you couldn't guess. *g*
Tara Cole/Sophie Devereaux - I love the dynamic between these two and I wish we could've gotten to see more of it on screen. I love how different they are, despite sharing the same vocation. I love how close they are and how much they trust each other despite that vocation being on that doesn't exactly engender trust. (Sophie trusted Tara with her family--that's HUGE.) And I don't believe for a second that neither one of them considered tapping that where the other was concerned. ;-) Again, I don't see anything long term because Tara doesn't strike me as the long term type, but I would love to see the brief, hot fling they had. ;-) Any backstory between them, really. Or even just Sophie going to visit Tara for the weekend (before she and Nate become exclusive...or afterwards only if it's with his knowledge and blessing) because she needs to de-stress and Tara always knows just how to work the kinks out. *g*
Maggie Collins/Sophie Devereaux - So, apparently Word of God is that Sophie and Maggie had a thing sometime after they met and before Sophie and Nate started officially dating. *g* I want to see how that happened. Also how they went from Sophie being jealous to being such good friends in S4 that Maggie knew about and fully supported Sophie's relationship with Nate. That Maggie was the first person Sophie thought of when she needed backup. If nothing else, I would love to see them commiserating about how frustrating a man Nate Ford is to love, even though neither one of them regret it. *g* Heck, if you wanted to write an AU where Maggie and Sophie are the ones running the team together and having UST instead of Sophie and Nate, I would LOVE that.
Sense8
Favorite things about the show in general - Multicultural representation. As others have pointed out, it's not perfect, but it's probably better than 90% of shows out there right now. LGBTA representation - Ditto. Complex relationships between characters who have very REAL struggles even as they're experiencing this very unreal sort of connection. Pretty much all the characters (especially Amanita and Capheus) except Wolfgang. His struggle just doesn't interest me as much as the others, and I have absolutely no interest in his dick. ;-) TELEPATHY. Seriously, this series hits one of my major narrative kinks SO HARD, so even though most of the 'ships I like are not inside the cluster, any way you can figure out to work in the cluster is OK by me. *g*
Nomi/Amanita - Okay, so I *might've* been a little predisposed to love these two simply by virtue of the fact that one of them is played by Freema Agyeman...but even so, I did not expect to fall so hard! Cutest. Couple. Ever! I love how absolutely devoted they are, how protective of each other, and I can't believe there is virtually no fanfic for them. WTF, people? As for what I want: Backstory. We know Amanita said there was a time before she met Nomi when she couldn't imagine falling in love with someone like her. I would love to see that process of falling. How did they meet? Who asked the other out first? What was their first date? Or were they friends for years who gradually fell in love? Or, alternately, show me how they get their life back and get out from under the threat of Whispers? Do they get married so Amanita can never again be kept out of decisions about Nomi's health? How long are they able to stay at home while Nomi is supposedly in Australia? And when they do have to flee, where do they go? Any of these options would be amazing, I just REALLY want to see more of these two beautiful ladies in love. Also, Amanita is my favorite, so if you COULD write the story from her POV that would be amazing, but I love Nomi too so if you feel more comfortable with her, that's no biggie. :-) The one thing I *don't* want to see is them being broken up for any reason (consensual poly, however--physical or psychic--is more than OK *g*).
So, yeah, that's about it! Thank you again SO much for doing this for me! I can't wait to see what you come up with. :-)
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