Original 5K
For the royalty and Harvest Goddess, I want all the lush details and wonder. I want something dealing with the whole ritual sex between king and queen as stand-in for harvest goddess to ensure a good harvest. It's supposed to be symbolic, but what if the harvest goddess did actually come down? Whether or not anyone except the king and queen realizes that she is present is optional. I like the idea of the goddess actually coming down - perhaps she likes the look of the king or he reminds her of someone else? I’d prefer she be attracted to the king - perhaps a reminder of her own consort.
Crown Princess/King: They meet at last
For crown princess, I wrote on this one for Fandom 10K, so you can feel free to look at that, add on, get inspired by it! https://archiveofourown.org/works/27190984 is the first of three stories.
Scandalous Victorian Gentleman/Proper Victorian Lady: I read Amanda Quick.
So if you've ever read an Amanda Quick Regency or her Arcane Series Regencies... well, you know my jam. I’m a sucker for a little scandal, assignations, and marriages of convenience.
Bluestocking/Gentleman: I read Amanda Quick.
If you want to maybe channel a Regency-era Evy Carnahan that would work for me. I liked the earlier Regencies by Quick where the ladies were bookish. The gentleman can be rakish.
Widow/Friend: I read Amanda Quick. I would really like this one to be in a a Regency/Victorian deal as I'm not a fan of present-day arranged marriages. Unless you want to make them royals...
I really like the idea of the widow has survived the marriage made by her parents (probably for the $$$) and now she can marry the was-poor, now-rich childhood friend/sweetheart she should have eloped with.
Original Mixed Gen and Ship
Beekeeper/Husband and Bees: One of these three needs to go and it's not the bees.
Pregnant Beekeeper/Controlling Husband & Bees - This has been deleted from AITA but can be found on the AITA Twitter ( https://twitter.com/AITA_reddit/status/1220800379614646273). He gives away her bees! Maybe the bees are magical. Maybe she is secretly a bee priestess. Maybe they all come back and “take care” of him… This can be fluffier (like the recent gift I got for it) or you can go darker. No harm to bees. Harm/off-screen death to the man is okay. Or if he runs in terror every time he sees a bee, that works as well.
I just got a lovely story where the bees and the woman have a bond and agree the man is trash. Maybe something as she goes through the pregnancy with the bees?
I would prefer less graphic, more creepy if death of deserving characters is shown - but I am a-ok with it. But maybe being haunted/traumatized to the end of their days would be good as well (being stalked by angry bees?).
Woman/Boyfriend and Plants: See above.
I would prefer less graphic, more creepy if death of deserving characters is shown - but I am a-ok with the man dying - maybe he has a car accident in that brand new truck and the forest plants take care of him? But maybe being haunted/traumatized to the end of their days would be good as well (A fear of climbing plants?).
Link to plant: https://twitter.com/redditships/status/1267555908000845824 (thought it was AITA but no - BF wanted to fight and she didn’t play along, so he destroyed her custom plant room, including her great-grandmother’s ivy, and now he’s sad that his best friend is gone)
So what I’d really like is for there to be consequences. Man found dead in pond where he drowned all the plants.
I’d really like for the great-grandma’s ivy to just reappear to the girlfriend once she’s safe. I got an excellent story for this in OWO last year but more is good!
Pining/Pining and Cat: Meet cute with Fluffy.
This is a new one for me, but I like the idea of two people thinking they are the only ones caring for the cat...and finding out they are not. My theory is that cats have actually domesticated us, since we feed them, clean up after them, allow them to sleep wherever. Then generally cat slaves pair up with other cat slaves (or convert people), and produce little cat slaves. Think of the cat having a little agency.
Black cat or Siamese-ish preferred.
Original Solo and Gen Ships
Warrior Princess: How does she manifest?
More interested in how she acts as guardian angel than how she became one. Do female warriors in particular pray to her? Does she assist a young girl fighting off an attacker? Does she ride a tiger or have a chariot pulled by cats (how I would prefer to travel)?
I like the guardian spirit idea, and that the person needing help must be found worthy of the spirit. If you go with the warrior princess, I would prefer to have her aiding women. And please associate her with cats, big or small.
I have a take on it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25795774
Lighthouse: Slow descent into madness
This is a new one for me, but I kind of like the idea of the new keeper being female and therefore determined to prove herself and thus ignoring the beginning of the descent. Or if you want to invoke a mystery like this: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70180/115-year-old-mystery-flannan-lighthouses-missing-keepers - Go for it!
Heiress & Girl Sleuth: Think Nancy Drew
Yes! Secret passages and hidden treasure and a plucky girl sleuth who helps the heiress defeat the murderous relatives!
Kindly Ghost & Child: Helpful ghosts are fun
For the kindly ghost, I'd prefer a female ghost helping a lost girl, but am okay with a lost boy too. I would prefer perhaps that they don't realize that the ghost is a ghost. If you want to go with a vanishing hitchhiker style ghost, I am here for that. For the lost child, why is the ghost there? I like a young ghost, maybe a lost hiker or even a Girl Scout, but I love that the person being helped doesn’t know they’re a ghost until someone pulls the “oh yeah, we’ve heard this story before” routine. I love vanishing hitchhikers.
Space Rover & Rescuer: Opportunity saved
Focus is on the Brave Little Rover That Roved and the excitement of the crew.
Princess in Misogynist Land: All the dy-nasties
Plots and attempts to undercut and the cut direct. I like the idea of setting this leading up to her crowning when they all have to sit and watch.
Ruling Queen & Queen Consort: Mom's advice not always helpful
Basically on this one, Mom wants to be helpful but 99% of her advice does not really apply. But I also like the idea that she is right every now and then.
Ghost & Princess in Exile: Help from beyond
Help to find the missing treasure that will help her take back her realm/the incontrovertible proof that the exiled princess is the True Ruler and depose the Evil Usurping Uncle/Cousin.
Vanishing Hitchhiker: The classic
I love vanishing hitchhikers and the people they interact with, so have at it. I love the Twilight Zone episode The Hitchhiker, I love Resurrection Mary, I love the Phantom Passenger that Needs a Ride Home. Go for it!
Original Other Ships
Nomad/Oasis: Maybe only worthy travelers can find the oasis? Maybe there is a price... Prefer nomad be male, oasis spirit female, and am not opposed to gen if you want them both female.
Not much to add, but I’m definitely interested in the aspect where the oasis spirit controls who finds it. Can only someone who is worthy find it? Does it provide a refuge?
I’m a desert person, so I appreciate descriptions and bringing out the beauty - maybe the oasis has a superbloom going on?
Explorer/Deity: Here I like just a touch of obsession on part of explorer with others ridiculing their quest. Prefer explorer to be female, deity may be either.
I have a take on this here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20100790 I like the idea of the explorer being something like a linguist or a documents expert (or yes if you would like to channel Evy Carnahan from the Mummy GO RIGHT AHEAD).
This post can also be found on Dreamwidth.
Crown Princess/King: They meet at last
For crown princess, I wrote on this one for Fandom 10K, so you can feel free to look at that, add on, get inspired by it! https://archiveofourown.org/works/27190984 is the first of three stories.
Scandalous Victorian Gentleman/Proper Victorian Lady: I read Amanda Quick.
So if you've ever read an Amanda Quick Regency or her Arcane Series Regencies... well, you know my jam. I’m a sucker for a little scandal, assignations, and marriages of convenience.
Bluestocking/Gentleman: I read Amanda Quick.
If you want to maybe channel a Regency-era Evy Carnahan that would work for me. I liked the earlier Regencies by Quick where the ladies were bookish. The gentleman can be rakish.
Widow/Friend: I read Amanda Quick. I would really like this one to be in a a Regency/Victorian deal as I'm not a fan of present-day arranged marriages. Unless you want to make them royals...
I really like the idea of the widow has survived the marriage made by her parents (probably for the $$$) and now she can marry the was-poor, now-rich childhood friend/sweetheart she should have eloped with.
Original Mixed Gen and Ship
Beekeeper/Husband and Bees: One of these three needs to go and it's not the bees.
Pregnant Beekeeper/Controlling Husband & Bees - This has been deleted from AITA but can be found on the AITA Twitter ( https://twitter.com/AITA_reddit/status/1220800379614646273). He gives away her bees! Maybe the bees are magical. Maybe she is secretly a bee priestess. Maybe they all come back and “take care” of him… This can be fluffier (like the recent gift I got for it) or you can go darker. No harm to bees. Harm/off-screen death to the man is okay. Or if he runs in terror every time he sees a bee, that works as well.
I just got a lovely story where the bees and the woman have a bond and agree the man is trash. Maybe something as she goes through the pregnancy with the bees?
I would prefer less graphic, more creepy if death of deserving characters is shown - but I am a-ok with it. But maybe being haunted/traumatized to the end of their days would be good as well (being stalked by angry bees?).
Woman/Boyfriend and Plants: See above.
I would prefer less graphic, more creepy if death of deserving characters is shown - but I am a-ok with the man dying - maybe he has a car accident in that brand new truck and the forest plants take care of him? But maybe being haunted/traumatized to the end of their days would be good as well (A fear of climbing plants?).
Link to plant: https://twitter.com/redditships/status/1267555908000845824 (thought it was AITA but no - BF wanted to fight and she didn’t play along, so he destroyed her custom plant room, including her great-grandmother’s ivy, and now he’s sad that his best friend is gone)
So what I’d really like is for there to be consequences. Man found dead in pond where he drowned all the plants.
I’d really like for the great-grandma’s ivy to just reappear to the girlfriend once she’s safe. I got an excellent story for this in OWO last year but more is good!
Pining/Pining and Cat: Meet cute with Fluffy.
This is a new one for me, but I like the idea of two people thinking they are the only ones caring for the cat...and finding out they are not. My theory is that cats have actually domesticated us, since we feed them, clean up after them, allow them to sleep wherever. Then generally cat slaves pair up with other cat slaves (or convert people), and produce little cat slaves. Think of the cat having a little agency.
Black cat or Siamese-ish preferred.
Original Solo and Gen Ships
Warrior Princess: How does she manifest?
More interested in how she acts as guardian angel than how she became one. Do female warriors in particular pray to her? Does she assist a young girl fighting off an attacker? Does she ride a tiger or have a chariot pulled by cats (how I would prefer to travel)?
I like the guardian spirit idea, and that the person needing help must be found worthy of the spirit. If you go with the warrior princess, I would prefer to have her aiding women. And please associate her with cats, big or small.
I have a take on it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/25795774
Lighthouse: Slow descent into madness
This is a new one for me, but I kind of like the idea of the new keeper being female and therefore determined to prove herself and thus ignoring the beginning of the descent. Or if you want to invoke a mystery like this: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/70180/115-year-old-mystery-flannan-lighthouses-missing-keepers - Go for it!
Heiress & Girl Sleuth: Think Nancy Drew
Yes! Secret passages and hidden treasure and a plucky girl sleuth who helps the heiress defeat the murderous relatives!
Kindly Ghost & Child: Helpful ghosts are fun
For the kindly ghost, I'd prefer a female ghost helping a lost girl, but am okay with a lost boy too. I would prefer perhaps that they don't realize that the ghost is a ghost. If you want to go with a vanishing hitchhiker style ghost, I am here for that. For the lost child, why is the ghost there? I like a young ghost, maybe a lost hiker or even a Girl Scout, but I love that the person being helped doesn’t know they’re a ghost until someone pulls the “oh yeah, we’ve heard this story before” routine. I love vanishing hitchhikers.
Space Rover & Rescuer: Opportunity saved
Focus is on the Brave Little Rover That Roved and the excitement of the crew.
Princess in Misogynist Land: All the dy-nasties
Plots and attempts to undercut and the cut direct. I like the idea of setting this leading up to her crowning when they all have to sit and watch.
Ruling Queen & Queen Consort: Mom's advice not always helpful
Basically on this one, Mom wants to be helpful but 99% of her advice does not really apply. But I also like the idea that she is right every now and then.
Ghost & Princess in Exile: Help from beyond
Help to find the missing treasure that will help her take back her realm/the incontrovertible proof that the exiled princess is the True Ruler and depose the Evil Usurping Uncle/Cousin.
Vanishing Hitchhiker: The classic
I love vanishing hitchhikers and the people they interact with, so have at it. I love the Twilight Zone episode The Hitchhiker, I love Resurrection Mary, I love the Phantom Passenger that Needs a Ride Home. Go for it!
Original Other Ships
Nomad/Oasis: Maybe only worthy travelers can find the oasis? Maybe there is a price... Prefer nomad be male, oasis spirit female, and am not opposed to gen if you want them both female.
Not much to add, but I’m definitely interested in the aspect where the oasis spirit controls who finds it. Can only someone who is worthy find it? Does it provide a refuge?
I’m a desert person, so I appreciate descriptions and bringing out the beauty - maybe the oasis has a superbloom going on?
Explorer/Deity: Here I like just a touch of obsession on part of explorer with others ridiculing their quest. Prefer explorer to be female, deity may be either.
I have a take on this here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20100790 I like the idea of the explorer being something like a linguist or a documents expert (or yes if you would like to channel Evy Carnahan from the Mummy GO RIGHT AHEAD).
This post can also be found on Dreamwidth.