Rare Pairs Fest 2021
Not sure on explicitness here, but fade-to-black serves many purposes. I have a very soft spot for Adam and his whole issue with his father and He-Man. I like the idea, and I like the freedom Adam has on Etheria. Something exploring that, or just sexy and sweet? Rebellion celebration?
Cherry/Steve - Either first Cap movie or update Cherry to be a modern Army nurse
I think these two could be interesting together, even if you have to transplant one of them from their accustomed theater of war. Cherry has always been in the Pacific theater. Maybe Dr. Fortune had some link with the supersoldier project? Or bring them both forward and be modern!
Joe/Jessica - I think these two could have some fun together
Hardy Boys working on a case in Sweet Valley? These two seem like they’d make an excellent fling. Trend more towards the SV thrillers. I’m down with him getting with her as part of the case, or as a diversion. Or maybe the case involves protecting Jessica/the Wakefields from something? (Good luck on that one)
Zarana/Eric - She's using him and he thinks he's playing her...
Hate the players, not the game. This is definitely one of those where they are trying to scam each other. Please indulge in the 80s here! I can definitely see Eric getting tangled up with COBRA and Zarana would be a fun figure in Jem-world. Maybe posing as an Aussie singer? She already has the pink hair!
Nancy/Frank - So what I want from this (because they have fandoms together) is for yellow spine Nancy to meet the blue spine Hardys
I want the atmosphere of the yellow spine books, that sort of timeless mid-century world of sheath dresses and chums and canon-typical plots. Prefer the action to take place in River Heights.
Sam/Jessica & Steven/Janine - I've been wanting some BSC meets SVH for a bit now.
Summer fling ahead for Sam/Jessica. I think they are both about the right age.
Steven and Janine could meet at a university exchange, perhaps. I would prefer setting the story in Sweet Valley for the beach and sun aspects. As for Sam and Jessica...I don't know who suggested it, but now I need it. Something light-hearted would be best, I think, with plenty of beaches, bikinis, tans, and 1980s-90s California. Maybe Stoneybrook High goes to Sweet Valley for competitions?
Tiffany/Claude - A Heyer romp!
I see Tiffany trying to play Claude after she’s been burned by some more quick-witted types who see her for what she is. Maybe she plays a little too hard and ends up compromised, or maybe they fall for each other.
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light)
I love these two and there is like nothing.
I also love the Cryotek/Galadria relationship (nice to see a guy who's NOT the leader get the girl), especially the fact that he's all gruff and cranky and she's not. They complement each other well - I really love the whole bit in the opening trilogy where she ambushes him because she wanted to see him, and then they ended up fighting back to back until he could give her a chance to escape and warn the others. I'll take a romance, an adventure with some romance, even being stuck in a dungeon (probably some room for romance there as well...).
I love the dynamic they have, with the gruff warrior and the beautiful young woman, and I love the scene in the first episode or the second where she surprises him, tackles him, and they end up fighting people off back to back. I love their equal relationship. I love the relationship they show these two with (he's stern, she's a little lighter and more willing to laugh, but put them back to back and you've got a fight on their hands)... and I love how Merklyn's totally out to get what he wants, and how the Spectral Knights finally start calling him on it. How did they get to what we see in the pilot for Visionaries? Also, totally down for a quest where it's just the two of them.
Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon)
Varla/Presto | The Magician (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon), Eric | The Cavalier/Sheila | The Thief (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)
I'm good with aged-up Return to the Realm or canon ages. If canon age (14-15) then restrict the activity to making out.
I stumbled onto Eric/Sheila because I picked up a YT pinch hit 9 years ago…but then I couldn’t stop seeing it. I need more. Presto/Varla is pretty canon, and I really enjoy it. I’m a huge fan of “return to the Realm” stories as well. I’d be down for a story where Varla comes through the portal.
I'd love something set after a rough mission or tangle with DM (episode related or not up to you). I really love return to the realm stories - either DM sucks them back in somehow or they choose to go back. I totally ship Eric/Sheila, but I'm happy if you go Presto/Varla and he gets to do some real magic.
I love both of these, especially in the Realm. Please no Presto pining for Varla stories, unless he goes after her in the Realm. An idea for Eric/Sheila would be if they have the relationship in either the Realm or the real world, but not both places.
Prefer not to have too much fun picked at Eric. A little is okay, but gentle.
I really want to see a story where Presto and Varla (older, I think) get together. She may need rescuing again. I love Return to the Realm, either temporarily or forever
Eps I really love: The Hall of Bones, Quest of the Skeleton Warrior, The Last Illusion, The Dragon's Graveyard, Child of the Stargazer.
G.I. Joe (Cartoon)
Blaine "Mainframe" L. Parker/Zarana (GI Joe), Cover Girl/Wayne "Beach Head" Sneeden (GI Joe)
I can't get enough of the star-crossed factor for Zarana/MF. CG/Beach is a fanon couple that I used to be really involved with writing. I miss them!
CG/Beach Head - I was there when this ship was created, and I still love it.
It was one of the ensemble cartoons I really enjoyed, so feel free to play with that.
From a previous trope exchange prompt: Cover Girl/Wayne "Beach Head" Sneeden (Cartoon): Trapped together - snowed in, Sharing a Bed - Turns into more, Will They or Won't They?, Captivity - Captured Together, Kissing After Falling on/Straddling Another Person, Physical Fight Leading to Sex - Sparring, Belligerent Sexual Tension, Handcuffed Together, What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
From a previous trope exchange prompt: Blaine "Mainframe" L. Parker/Zarana (Cartoon): Betrayal - Fake Traitor, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies Forced To Work Together - Common Enemy, Trapped together - snowed in, Sharing a Bed - Turns into more, What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
So one of these are obvious enemy to lover situations, and one is more will they or won't they - but I love both. I really love Blaine and Zarana's Romeo and Juliet vibe (with less death). And I like loyalty issues.
The Mainframe/Zarana one made the biggest impact on me, and I would also be totally down for a fic that reveals she's actually been a Joe agent the whole time. I'm good with either modernizing the Joes or keeping them in the glory of the 1980s, but please don't introduce any real life adversaries - stick with bad COBRA plots!
Yes, it's always the 80s in my house!
Love the conflict between Mainframe & Zarana, would love to see either a stolen moment after the episode or a resolution that lets them be together
Beach/Courtney - One of the first ships I embraced that wasn't part of canon but I love their vibe, I love the smart-ass and the hardass. Uniformed event or relaxation time, sarcastic banter (I LOVE dress uniforms)
Sweet or sexy is good.
Pretty much what it says - I’ve written and received CG/BH fic, but not for some time.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
King Randor/Queen Marlena (He-Man)
I love these two. Feel free to combine with the He-Man/Castaspella prompt!
One of the fandoms of my heart.
Marlena/Randor being sexy or sweet.
This. Just the sound of the Filmation opening used to send me running to the living room, and I still enjoy it today. Adam has a lot of nuance, and Marlena is a badass, but I love the Rainbow Warrior episode where Adam realizes that she knows. How does this affect things going forward? (I’ve also enjoyed a fanfic where Adam asks his mother how she could possibly realize it, and her remark is essentially “comic books, let me introduce you.”)
Even though Randor is hard on his son, I enjoy his vibe with Marlena.
I love these two, and there is never enough of them, just them.
My favorite moment is in Rainbow Warrior, when she pulls off her helmet and Randor says, "Marlena, MY QUEEN" (and then He-Man almost slips and calls her Mom). Give me something along those lines, or Marlena's early days on Eternia - fitting in, in need of cheering up. Feel free to go steamy or higher here.
I would really love to see something on their early days, how the woman from another world charms the young King Randor.
The Unknown Ajax - Georgette Heyer
Lady Aurelia Darracott/Matthew Darracott (UA), Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott/Vincent Darracott (UA), Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott (UA)
I love dysfunctional families and these guys are all about it.
Anthea/Hugo - what happens next?
Anthea/Vincent/Hugo - AU where Anthea and Vincent are already married when Hugo turns up?
Sweet or sexy is good.
Anthea and Hugo dealing with their assorted relations. Anthea and Hugo and Vincent dealing with their assorted relations.
For the threesome, I am on board with either an AU where Anthea and Vincent are married when Hugo shows up, or one where the relationship evolves naturally. I have received several excellent fics on this latter theme but always want more!
I have never requested Lady Aurelia/Matthew, but I really enjoy how cool and composed her character is. Tell me a story about how these two made what was likely an arranged marriage work. Or maybe they had a brilliant love story? They are clearly fond of each other, if he is a little intimidated by her.
Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril (VS)
They're my faves. Sweet, sexy, fluffy, introspective...it all works for me.
I'd love something from their ambassadorial days or Winterfair in Vorbarr Sultana post-Cryoburn. Or even how Tej helps Ivan get through Aral's funeral? Is she there when Cordelia cuts off her hair? Feel free to be more "Tej trying to analyze Barrayarans" introspective on this one. If you go the ambassadorial route, I'd really love something fancy dress and well, Vorish. Please no Arqua family though.
So long time LMB fan, longtime Ivan fan, and I LOVED LOVED LOVED Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. So much. The above prompt pretty much spells it all out. I'd be willing to go a little more explicit with this couple, although no trips to the Orb, I think. I'd love something fancy dress and Barrayaran uniforms. Tej should get to see him once in his parade red-and-blues... Also, I love the idea that Ivan and Aral may have had a deeper relationship (bonding over Padma) than is often portrayed in the books. I'm not a fan of Tej's family though, because of the constant put-downs, so let's avoid that, shall we?
I cannot stress enough how much I would love a Winterfair story if that is where it leads you. If you do, I love the lush details and social stuff and dresses and uniforms.
Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin
Maureen Spencer McGill/Richard Spier (BSC), Janine Kishi/Charlie Thomas (BSC)
Richard/Maureen - could be interesting
Janine/Charlie - My OTP.
They're my favorite ship. I love the geeky girl and the sports-type guy getting together, love the older sibling moments, love the trying to keep things on the down low in a small community
Pretty much this. I love high school stories, college stories, home on vacation stories - all of them. I also enjoy stories where they tried to keep it on the DL, and failed. If you’re going to work in sports, please make it baseball!
After reading one of the newer/later ones with Stacey, I'm all about her mom (I hear she has it going on)
Maureen/Richard - Not necessarily a ship but a date at least?
(Does Elizabeth fix up Maureen and Richard on a blind date or a double date? Feel free to walk down this road...)
Maureen/Richard - Look, just ignore the whole thing where Richard and Sharon hook up again. (Warning: NOT a Dawn fan here) If that never happens, then you can't tell me that at SOME POINT, no one thinks to try and hook these two up.
Charlie/Janine - I'm really partial to "home from college hookups" and being thrown together by their siblings' events.
Feel free to go steamy and beyond.
For Charlie/Janine, I also like the families being all "didn't see that one coming".
Charlie & Janine - future fic, wedding fic, dealing with their nosy siblings fic, reactions to people finding out they're dating
Maureen & Richard - You cannot tell me the ladies of Bradford Court have not tried to fix the widower up with someone. Maybe Stacey's mom is just what he needs?
Sweet and/or sexy always welcome.
I’ve received a number of excellent Charlie/Janine fics, but always want more! I’ve also received a lovely one for Richard/Maureen, but would be open to more. I like to think there’s plenty of gossip and drama among the adults in the series/
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Cherry/Steve - Either first Cap movie or update Cherry to be a modern Army nurse
I think these two could be interesting together, even if you have to transplant one of them from their accustomed theater of war. Cherry has always been in the Pacific theater. Maybe Dr. Fortune had some link with the supersoldier project? Or bring them both forward and be modern!
Joe/Jessica - I think these two could have some fun together
Hardy Boys working on a case in Sweet Valley? These two seem like they’d make an excellent fling. Trend more towards the SV thrillers. I’m down with him getting with her as part of the case, or as a diversion. Or maybe the case involves protecting Jessica/the Wakefields from something? (Good luck on that one)
Zarana/Eric - She's using him and he thinks he's playing her...
Hate the players, not the game. This is definitely one of those where they are trying to scam each other. Please indulge in the 80s here! I can definitely see Eric getting tangled up with COBRA and Zarana would be a fun figure in Jem-world. Maybe posing as an Aussie singer? She already has the pink hair!
Nancy/Frank - So what I want from this (because they have fandoms together) is for yellow spine Nancy to meet the blue spine Hardys
I want the atmosphere of the yellow spine books, that sort of timeless mid-century world of sheath dresses and chums and canon-typical plots. Prefer the action to take place in River Heights.
Sam/Jessica & Steven/Janine - I've been wanting some BSC meets SVH for a bit now.
Summer fling ahead for Sam/Jessica. I think they are both about the right age.
Steven and Janine could meet at a university exchange, perhaps. I would prefer setting the story in Sweet Valley for the beach and sun aspects. As for Sam and Jessica...I don't know who suggested it, but now I need it. Something light-hearted would be best, I think, with plenty of beaches, bikinis, tans, and 1980s-90s California. Maybe Stoneybrook High goes to Sweet Valley for competitions?
Tiffany/Claude - A Heyer romp!
I see Tiffany trying to play Claude after she’s been burned by some more quick-witted types who see her for what she is. Maybe she plays a little too hard and ends up compromised, or maybe they fall for each other.
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light)
I love these two and there is like nothing.
I also love the Cryotek/Galadria relationship (nice to see a guy who's NOT the leader get the girl), especially the fact that he's all gruff and cranky and she's not. They complement each other well - I really love the whole bit in the opening trilogy where she ambushes him because she wanted to see him, and then they ended up fighting back to back until he could give her a chance to escape and warn the others. I'll take a romance, an adventure with some romance, even being stuck in a dungeon (probably some room for romance there as well...).
I love the dynamic they have, with the gruff warrior and the beautiful young woman, and I love the scene in the first episode or the second where she surprises him, tackles him, and they end up fighting people off back to back. I love their equal relationship. I love the relationship they show these two with (he's stern, she's a little lighter and more willing to laugh, but put them back to back and you've got a fight on their hands)... and I love how Merklyn's totally out to get what he wants, and how the Spectral Knights finally start calling him on it. How did they get to what we see in the pilot for Visionaries? Also, totally down for a quest where it's just the two of them.
Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon)
Varla/Presto | The Magician (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon), Eric | The Cavalier/Sheila | The Thief (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)
I'm good with aged-up Return to the Realm or canon ages. If canon age (14-15) then restrict the activity to making out.
I stumbled onto Eric/Sheila because I picked up a YT pinch hit 9 years ago…but then I couldn’t stop seeing it. I need more. Presto/Varla is pretty canon, and I really enjoy it. I’m a huge fan of “return to the Realm” stories as well. I’d be down for a story where Varla comes through the portal.
I'd love something set after a rough mission or tangle with DM (episode related or not up to you). I really love return to the realm stories - either DM sucks them back in somehow or they choose to go back. I totally ship Eric/Sheila, but I'm happy if you go Presto/Varla and he gets to do some real magic.
I love both of these, especially in the Realm. Please no Presto pining for Varla stories, unless he goes after her in the Realm. An idea for Eric/Sheila would be if they have the relationship in either the Realm or the real world, but not both places.
Prefer not to have too much fun picked at Eric. A little is okay, but gentle.
I really want to see a story where Presto and Varla (older, I think) get together. She may need rescuing again. I love Return to the Realm, either temporarily or forever
Eps I really love: The Hall of Bones, Quest of the Skeleton Warrior, The Last Illusion, The Dragon's Graveyard, Child of the Stargazer.
G.I. Joe (Cartoon)
Blaine "Mainframe" L. Parker/Zarana (GI Joe), Cover Girl/Wayne "Beach Head" Sneeden (GI Joe)
I can't get enough of the star-crossed factor for Zarana/MF. CG/Beach is a fanon couple that I used to be really involved with writing. I miss them!
CG/Beach Head - I was there when this ship was created, and I still love it.
It was one of the ensemble cartoons I really enjoyed, so feel free to play with that.
From a previous trope exchange prompt: Cover Girl/Wayne "Beach Head" Sneeden (Cartoon): Trapped together - snowed in, Sharing a Bed - Turns into more, Will They or Won't They?, Captivity - Captured Together, Kissing After Falling on/Straddling Another Person, Physical Fight Leading to Sex - Sparring, Belligerent Sexual Tension, Handcuffed Together, What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
From a previous trope exchange prompt: Blaine "Mainframe" L. Parker/Zarana (Cartoon): Betrayal - Fake Traitor, Enemies to Lovers, Enemies Forced To Work Together - Common Enemy, Trapped together - snowed in, Sharing a Bed - Turns into more, What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
So one of these are obvious enemy to lover situations, and one is more will they or won't they - but I love both. I really love Blaine and Zarana's Romeo and Juliet vibe (with less death). And I like loyalty issues.
The Mainframe/Zarana one made the biggest impact on me, and I would also be totally down for a fic that reveals she's actually been a Joe agent the whole time. I'm good with either modernizing the Joes or keeping them in the glory of the 1980s, but please don't introduce any real life adversaries - stick with bad COBRA plots!
Yes, it's always the 80s in my house!
Love the conflict between Mainframe & Zarana, would love to see either a stolen moment after the episode or a resolution that lets them be together
Beach/Courtney - One of the first ships I embraced that wasn't part of canon but I love their vibe, I love the smart-ass and the hardass. Uniformed event or relaxation time, sarcastic banter (I LOVE dress uniforms)
Sweet or sexy is good.
Pretty much what it says - I’ve written and received CG/BH fic, but not for some time.
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
King Randor/Queen Marlena (He-Man)
I love these two. Feel free to combine with the He-Man/Castaspella prompt!
One of the fandoms of my heart.
Marlena/Randor being sexy or sweet.
This. Just the sound of the Filmation opening used to send me running to the living room, and I still enjoy it today. Adam has a lot of nuance, and Marlena is a badass, but I love the Rainbow Warrior episode where Adam realizes that she knows. How does this affect things going forward? (I’ve also enjoyed a fanfic where Adam asks his mother how she could possibly realize it, and her remark is essentially “comic books, let me introduce you.”)
Even though Randor is hard on his son, I enjoy his vibe with Marlena.
I love these two, and there is never enough of them, just them.
My favorite moment is in Rainbow Warrior, when she pulls off her helmet and Randor says, "Marlena, MY QUEEN" (and then He-Man almost slips and calls her Mom). Give me something along those lines, or Marlena's early days on Eternia - fitting in, in need of cheering up. Feel free to go steamy or higher here.
I would really love to see something on their early days, how the woman from another world charms the young King Randor.
The Unknown Ajax - Georgette Heyer
Lady Aurelia Darracott/Matthew Darracott (UA), Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott/Vincent Darracott (UA), Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott (UA)
I love dysfunctional families and these guys are all about it.
Anthea/Hugo - what happens next?
Anthea/Vincent/Hugo - AU where Anthea and Vincent are already married when Hugo turns up?
Sweet or sexy is good.
Anthea and Hugo dealing with their assorted relations. Anthea and Hugo and Vincent dealing with their assorted relations.
For the threesome, I am on board with either an AU where Anthea and Vincent are married when Hugo shows up, or one where the relationship evolves naturally. I have received several excellent fics on this latter theme but always want more!
I have never requested Lady Aurelia/Matthew, but I really enjoy how cool and composed her character is. Tell me a story about how these two made what was likely an arranged marriage work. Or maybe they had a brilliant love story? They are clearly fond of each other, if he is a little intimidated by her.
Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril (VS)
They're my faves. Sweet, sexy, fluffy, introspective...it all works for me.
I'd love something from their ambassadorial days or Winterfair in Vorbarr Sultana post-Cryoburn. Or even how Tej helps Ivan get through Aral's funeral? Is she there when Cordelia cuts off her hair? Feel free to be more "Tej trying to analyze Barrayarans" introspective on this one. If you go the ambassadorial route, I'd really love something fancy dress and well, Vorish. Please no Arqua family though.
So long time LMB fan, longtime Ivan fan, and I LOVED LOVED LOVED Captain Vorpatril's Alliance. So much. The above prompt pretty much spells it all out. I'd be willing to go a little more explicit with this couple, although no trips to the Orb, I think. I'd love something fancy dress and Barrayaran uniforms. Tej should get to see him once in his parade red-and-blues... Also, I love the idea that Ivan and Aral may have had a deeper relationship (bonding over Padma) than is often portrayed in the books. I'm not a fan of Tej's family though, because of the constant put-downs, so let's avoid that, shall we?
I cannot stress enough how much I would love a Winterfair story if that is where it leads you. If you do, I love the lush details and social stuff and dresses and uniforms.
Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin
Maureen Spencer McGill/Richard Spier (BSC), Janine Kishi/Charlie Thomas (BSC)
Richard/Maureen - could be interesting
Janine/Charlie - My OTP.
They're my favorite ship. I love the geeky girl and the sports-type guy getting together, love the older sibling moments, love the trying to keep things on the down low in a small community
Pretty much this. I love high school stories, college stories, home on vacation stories - all of them. I also enjoy stories where they tried to keep it on the DL, and failed. If you’re going to work in sports, please make it baseball!
After reading one of the newer/later ones with Stacey, I'm all about her mom (I hear she has it going on)
Maureen/Richard - Not necessarily a ship but a date at least?
(Does Elizabeth fix up Maureen and Richard on a blind date or a double date? Feel free to walk down this road...)
Maureen/Richard - Look, just ignore the whole thing where Richard and Sharon hook up again. (Warning: NOT a Dawn fan here) If that never happens, then you can't tell me that at SOME POINT, no one thinks to try and hook these two up.
Charlie/Janine - I'm really partial to "home from college hookups" and being thrown together by their siblings' events.
Feel free to go steamy and beyond.
For Charlie/Janine, I also like the families being all "didn't see that one coming".
Charlie & Janine - future fic, wedding fic, dealing with their nosy siblings fic, reactions to people finding out they're dating
Maureen & Richard - You cannot tell me the ladies of Bradford Court have not tried to fix the widower up with someone. Maybe Stacey's mom is just what he needs?
Sweet and/or sexy always welcome.
I’ve received a number of excellent Charlie/Janine fics, but always want more! I’ve also received a lovely one for Richard/Maureen, but would be open to more. I like to think there’s plenty of gossip and drama among the adults in the series/
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