Dear Trick or Treat Pumpkin
Hi!
I'm really excited to see what you're going to make for me. So excited! It's my first time doing this exchange, but I've done a bunch before.
I have three Do Not Wants: incest, rape and child abuse. When these are canon, please don't focus on them. I'd also prefer is you didn't dwell on any suicidal ideation or prolonged descriptions of grief. Thank you.
On the other hand, there are a lot of things I do want. Here’s a partial list. (I obviously don’t expect you to stick all of these in one story, that would be impossible.)
• Plot. I prefer it to both introspection and porn, but it doesn’t have to be a massive epic.
• Hopeful and/or bittersweet endings, just not the unrelenting grim darkness of the far future
• FRIENDSHIP FIC. You can never go wrong with friendship fic as far as I’m concerned.
• Femslash, gen, het, poly and slash! I'm honestly not difficult. Most of my prompts are gen, but if you want to take them in a shippy direction, go right ahead! I've pointed out ships I ship, but if you ship something else, I'll gladly read it. I tend to ship ALL THE SHIPS.
• Dinosaurs.
• IN SPAAAAAAAAACE AUs
• Historical AUs
• Fandom AUs! Or better yet, fandom not!AUs, in which the canon is exactly the same, except everyone's in fandom!
• Crack taken seriously.
• People on opposite side who care about each other! Whether it's enemies-turned-(grudging)-friends or friends-turned-(grudging)-enemies or any other variation on this theme, I love this trope very dearly.
• Complicated relationships and conflicted loyalties in general, really.
• Superpowers!
• Canon-divergent AUs! Allllllll the “WHAT IF” fics. ALL OF THEM.
• Identity porn! When someone (or several people) have secret identities (fannish, superheroic, all of the above, etc) and their interactions change depending on who's presenting as what at any given time.
• Timetravel! I love all the kinds of timetravel. The ones that create paradoxes and the ones that don't; the ones that are stable and the ones that aren't; the ones with alternate pasts/presents/futures and all the rest. Just. All the timetravel, yeah?
• Worldbuilding! Fuck yeah, worldbuilding.
• Folktales/fairytales/etc.
• If all else fails, you can always stick any random combination of characters on a roadtrip/force them to work together and have them become friends and I will eat it up with a spoon.
I'm now going to give you a hanful of fandom specific prompts, but you really don't have to pick any of them. Write what you want!
Ancient History RPF
Cornelia Africana (Ancient History RPF), Dido of Carthage (Ancient History RPF), Hannibal Barca (Ancient History RPF), Scipio Africanus (Ancient History RPF)
I'm very curious about Cornelia's relationship with her father (Scipio Africanus) or with her mother or sisters. Did she ever find out she had a statue in the Field of Mars?
I have so much Dido feelings lately, it's kind of embarassing. Anyway, I would love a story set before Aeneas -- just Dido, Hanna and Carthage. Before Carthage could also be cool!
I'm really curious about the middle years of the war, he ones between Cannae and Zama, the ones we don't really have sources on. Hannibal as a child would also be nice.
I ship Hannibal/Scipio something fierce, so anything along those lines would be great. I'd also love to see something about Scipio in Spain.
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Monique La Roche, Passepartout | Lau Xing, Phileas Fogg (2004)
In this fandom, I'm most interested in the OT3. This could be either as a post-canon thing or as a side-story on their travels.
If you want individual prompts, what about Monique's life as a painter? How did Lau Xing come up with the Passepartout alias? What were Monique and Lau Xing doing while they were away from Phileas? Does Phileas go in business with the Wright brothers?
Demon Knights
Al Jabr (Demon Knights), Horsewoman (DCU), Sir Ystin | Shining Knight (Demon Knights)
How much do I love Al Jabr's love for science? A LOT. Al Jabr/Science OTP! I am of the very firm headcanon that he became immortal at the end of the book and I really enjoy his relationship with Horsewoman. More immortal BFFs, please. I want more of Al Jabr and science and to know how he ended up ruling a city or why he was in Little Spring in the first place.
Horsewoman is really amazing and I want more of her adventures, be that before canon (why Little Spring?), during the timeskip (did she try to convince the Demon Knights to get back together?) or after canon (a note on this: I'm not happy that the comic fixed her legs, so I'd rather that was temporary).
I find Ystin wonderful and hilarious. Knightiest knight to ever knight! Insulting people in Welsh! I'd love fic of Ystin's solitary adventures. (I kind of ship Ystin/Cain in a dark, fucked up way, fyi.) The AU in which Ystin went to Xanadu and Jason's Camelot would be cool.
Legend of the City of Ys
Dahud, Malgven
I've always been fascinated by the women in this legend. Where does Malgven come from? What happens to Dahud after the fall of Ys into the sea? What do the morganed have to say about any of it? There's a version of the legend that implies there's more than one drowned city under the waves of Brittany, what's up with that? And the Par-Is thing, what's up with THAT?
Locke & Key
Dodge | Echo, Jackie Veda, Jordan Gates, Lucas Caravaggio, Kinsey Locke
I want all the things about the World Beyond the Gate and I am absolutely fascinated by the idea of an AU in which Dodge's Prom Night plan went off without a hitch. (I find the places in which Dodge has actual feelings really intersting to explore.)
I really really really want fix-it fic for Jackie and I ship her wihth Kinsey a lot. I would love love love to see the dance they shared at Prom, because you know they shared one. I also wish for the AU in which they'd told her about Keys before it was too late.
I also wish for Jordan fix-it fic. What about the AU in which she left juuuuuuuust before things went to hell in a handbasket? Or the fic in which her and Kinsey do learn to be better people together? (I have to admit that I kind of ship Jordan/Tyler/Zack. Sorry not sorry.)
The glimpses of Luke we see behind Dodge are interesting (Hello darkness my old friend, the insistence on keeping promises) -- how much of Dodge is Luke? And I would be very interested in fic about that whole generation of Keysplorers. What about an AU in which Luke doesn't get nabbed by Dodge?
I wanted only good things for Kinsey, but alas, it was not to be. You can make it be! What about an AU in which Rendell doesn't die and the Lockes move back to lovecraft for entirely different reasons? I would also enjoy post-canon fic for Kinsey (sooooooooo much therapy). My favourite cracky idea is for her to take up being a superhero by using the powers of the Keys.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
Clarisse la Rue (Percy Jackson), Luke Castellan (Percy Jackson), Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano (Percy Jackson), Thalia Grace (Percy Jackson), Zoë Nightshade
What was Clarisse doing during Heroes of Olympus, huh? That's what I want to know.
I want the AU in which Luke doesn't die upon defeating Kronos and gets to stick around for Heroes of Olympus.
Wtf is up with Apollo and the prophecies after Heroes of Olympus and can rachel fix it? (Yes.)
I want more Reyna and Nico bonding times and/or some Reyna/Thalia, please and thank you.
I want all the stories about Thalia as leader of the Hunters. (They're not dead, they're just pining for the fjords.)
I also want all the stories about Zoë as the leader of the Hunters IN HISTORY. Like, the Hunters in WW1.
Rome
Gaius Octavian (Rome), Lucius Vorenus, Niobe (Rome), Octavia of the Julii, Titus Pullo
Don't ask me why I find Augustus' utter failure to be a human being adorable, but I do. I think it's that he keeps trying. I'm interested in post-canon happenings, possibly where he finds out about Vorenus or Cesarion. Or friendship fic with Agrippa, Mecenas and Livia.
Lucius Vorenus is basically Grumpy Cat: Late Roman Republic Edition and it's great. He totally survived the series and something about that would be nice. Something about his time in Egypt with Mark Antony (or anything about his relationship with Mark Antony -- I kinda ship it, btw) would also be cool.
SO I REALLY WANT A FIX-IT FOR NIOBE OKAY but fic for her before Vorenus returns would be super interesting. I would love to know more about her relationship with Vorenus, because it's fascinating, and I really loved her friendship with Pullo. (Also, I OT3 the three of them, so fic for that would be amazing.)
I love Octavia so much! I love that she's the one who ends the series in the best position, even though her family is, well, the Julii. I've wanted to know more about her first husband since I first saw the series. Something about her relationship with Livia would be amazing. An AU in which she met Cleopatra would be fabulous.
Titus Pullo has a very interesting relationship with Octavian and I would love something that explored it. I don't really ship any of his canon ships, sorry, but I would love the AU in which he gets to be friends with Eirene and her new husband. Pullo's roadtrip back to Rome with Cesarion and Vorenus in tow sounds like a laugh a minute.
Widdershins (Webcomic)
Heinrich Wolfe, Jack O'Malley
(You can find the webcomic here, for free.)
I SHIP THEM OKAY THAT IS ALL
Well, not all. I want to know more about O'Malley's ability -- was he born with it? Does it affect senses other than sight?
Can you write me the AU in which Wolfe is a fossegrim? How did he get O'Malley from Prussia to that train to Widdershins? Friendship fic with Florie, please.
X-Men Evolution
Rogue (X-Men Evolution), Wanda Maximoff (No running off)
Evo!Rogue is my forever girl and I want all the stories about her. I enjoyed her early S1 semi-antagonistic, semi-friendly relationship with Cyclops and more of that would be great. (I do ship both of them, but I am also very happy to see them stay platonic.) I'd love post-canon fic too (she can fly!), or friendship fic with Kitty and/or anyone else (Spyke?). Maybe an AU where she never joins the X-Men?
I am very curious with how Wanda ended up with that (No running off) added to her name and would love a story about that. I really want fic exploring her relationship with Pietro and/or Magneto in this verse. I ship her with Rogue and anti-ship her with Toad. What about post-canon fic, because how does the Brotherhood end up joining SHIELD? I'd also be interested in an AU where her powers and Pietro's are switched.
I hope you enjoy the exchange!
This entry was originally posted at http://dhampyresa.dreamwidth.org/100058.html and has
comments over there.
I'm really excited to see what you're going to make for me. So excited! It's my first time doing this exchange, but I've done a bunch before.
I have three Do Not Wants: incest, rape and child abuse. When these are canon, please don't focus on them. I'd also prefer is you didn't dwell on any suicidal ideation or prolonged descriptions of grief. Thank you.
On the other hand, there are a lot of things I do want. Here’s a partial list. (I obviously don’t expect you to stick all of these in one story, that would be impossible.)
• Plot. I prefer it to both introspection and porn, but it doesn’t have to be a massive epic.
• Hopeful and/or bittersweet endings, just not the unrelenting grim darkness of the far future
• FRIENDSHIP FIC. You can never go wrong with friendship fic as far as I’m concerned.
• Femslash, gen, het, poly and slash! I'm honestly not difficult. Most of my prompts are gen, but if you want to take them in a shippy direction, go right ahead! I've pointed out ships I ship, but if you ship something else, I'll gladly read it. I tend to ship ALL THE SHIPS.
• Dinosaurs.
• IN SPAAAAAAAAACE AUs
• Historical AUs
• Fandom AUs! Or better yet, fandom not!AUs, in which the canon is exactly the same, except everyone's in fandom!
• Crack taken seriously.
• People on opposite side who care about each other! Whether it's enemies-turned-(grudging)-friends or friends-turned-(grudging)-enemies or any other variation on this theme, I love this trope very dearly.
• Complicated relationships and conflicted loyalties in general, really.
• Superpowers!
• Canon-divergent AUs! Allllllll the “WHAT IF” fics. ALL OF THEM.
• Identity porn! When someone (or several people) have secret identities (fannish, superheroic, all of the above, etc) and their interactions change depending on who's presenting as what at any given time.
• Timetravel! I love all the kinds of timetravel. The ones that create paradoxes and the ones that don't; the ones that are stable and the ones that aren't; the ones with alternate pasts/presents/futures and all the rest. Just. All the timetravel, yeah?
• Worldbuilding! Fuck yeah, worldbuilding.
• Folktales/fairytales/etc.
• If all else fails, you can always stick any random combination of characters on a roadtrip/force them to work together and have them become friends and I will eat it up with a spoon.
I'm now going to give you a hanful of fandom specific prompts, but you really don't have to pick any of them. Write what you want!
Ancient History RPF
Cornelia Africana (Ancient History RPF), Dido of Carthage (Ancient History RPF), Hannibal Barca (Ancient History RPF), Scipio Africanus (Ancient History RPF)
I'm very curious about Cornelia's relationship with her father (Scipio Africanus) or with her mother or sisters. Did she ever find out she had a statue in the Field of Mars?
I have so much Dido feelings lately, it's kind of embarassing. Anyway, I would love a story set before Aeneas -- just Dido, Hanna and Carthage. Before Carthage could also be cool!
I'm really curious about the middle years of the war, he ones between Cannae and Zama, the ones we don't really have sources on. Hannibal as a child would also be nice.
I ship Hannibal/Scipio something fierce, so anything along those lines would be great. I'd also love to see something about Scipio in Spain.
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
Monique La Roche, Passepartout | Lau Xing, Phileas Fogg (2004)
In this fandom, I'm most interested in the OT3. This could be either as a post-canon thing or as a side-story on their travels.
If you want individual prompts, what about Monique's life as a painter? How did Lau Xing come up with the Passepartout alias? What were Monique and Lau Xing doing while they were away from Phileas? Does Phileas go in business with the Wright brothers?
Demon Knights
Al Jabr (Demon Knights), Horsewoman (DCU), Sir Ystin | Shining Knight (Demon Knights)
How much do I love Al Jabr's love for science? A LOT. Al Jabr/Science OTP! I am of the very firm headcanon that he became immortal at the end of the book and I really enjoy his relationship with Horsewoman. More immortal BFFs, please. I want more of Al Jabr and science and to know how he ended up ruling a city or why he was in Little Spring in the first place.
Horsewoman is really amazing and I want more of her adventures, be that before canon (why Little Spring?), during the timeskip (did she try to convince the Demon Knights to get back together?) or after canon (a note on this: I'm not happy that the comic fixed her legs, so I'd rather that was temporary).
I find Ystin wonderful and hilarious. Knightiest knight to ever knight! Insulting people in Welsh! I'd love fic of Ystin's solitary adventures. (I kind of ship Ystin/Cain in a dark, fucked up way, fyi.) The AU in which Ystin went to Xanadu and Jason's Camelot would be cool.
Legend of the City of Ys
Dahud, Malgven
I've always been fascinated by the women in this legend. Where does Malgven come from? What happens to Dahud after the fall of Ys into the sea? What do the morganed have to say about any of it? There's a version of the legend that implies there's more than one drowned city under the waves of Brittany, what's up with that? And the Par-Is thing, what's up with THAT?
Locke & Key
Dodge | Echo, Jackie Veda, Jordan Gates, Lucas Caravaggio, Kinsey Locke
I want all the things about the World Beyond the Gate and I am absolutely fascinated by the idea of an AU in which Dodge's Prom Night plan went off without a hitch. (I find the places in which Dodge has actual feelings really intersting to explore.)
I really really really want fix-it fic for Jackie and I ship her wihth Kinsey a lot. I would love love love to see the dance they shared at Prom, because you know they shared one. I also wish for the AU in which they'd told her about Keys before it was too late.
I also wish for Jordan fix-it fic. What about the AU in which she left juuuuuuuust before things went to hell in a handbasket? Or the fic in which her and Kinsey do learn to be better people together? (I have to admit that I kind of ship Jordan/Tyler/Zack. Sorry not sorry.)
The glimpses of Luke we see behind Dodge are interesting (Hello darkness my old friend, the insistence on keeping promises) -- how much of Dodge is Luke? And I would be very interested in fic about that whole generation of Keysplorers. What about an AU in which Luke doesn't get nabbed by Dodge?
I wanted only good things for Kinsey, but alas, it was not to be. You can make it be! What about an AU in which Rendell doesn't die and the Lockes move back to lovecraft for entirely different reasons? I would also enjoy post-canon fic for Kinsey (sooooooooo much therapy). My favourite cracky idea is for her to take up being a superhero by using the powers of the Keys.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types
Clarisse la Rue (Percy Jackson), Luke Castellan (Percy Jackson), Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano (Percy Jackson), Thalia Grace (Percy Jackson), Zoë Nightshade
What was Clarisse doing during Heroes of Olympus, huh? That's what I want to know.
I want the AU in which Luke doesn't die upon defeating Kronos and gets to stick around for Heroes of Olympus.
Wtf is up with Apollo and the prophecies after Heroes of Olympus and can rachel fix it? (Yes.)
I want more Reyna and Nico bonding times and/or some Reyna/Thalia, please and thank you.
I want all the stories about Thalia as leader of the Hunters. (They're not dead, they're just pining for the fjords.)
I also want all the stories about Zoë as the leader of the Hunters IN HISTORY. Like, the Hunters in WW1.
Rome
Gaius Octavian (Rome), Lucius Vorenus, Niobe (Rome), Octavia of the Julii, Titus Pullo
Don't ask me why I find Augustus' utter failure to be a human being adorable, but I do. I think it's that he keeps trying. I'm interested in post-canon happenings, possibly where he finds out about Vorenus or Cesarion. Or friendship fic with Agrippa, Mecenas and Livia.
Lucius Vorenus is basically Grumpy Cat: Late Roman Republic Edition and it's great. He totally survived the series and something about that would be nice. Something about his time in Egypt with Mark Antony (or anything about his relationship with Mark Antony -- I kinda ship it, btw) would also be cool.
SO I REALLY WANT A FIX-IT FOR NIOBE OKAY but fic for her before Vorenus returns would be super interesting. I would love to know more about her relationship with Vorenus, because it's fascinating, and I really loved her friendship with Pullo. (Also, I OT3 the three of them, so fic for that would be amazing.)
I love Octavia so much! I love that she's the one who ends the series in the best position, even though her family is, well, the Julii. I've wanted to know more about her first husband since I first saw the series. Something about her relationship with Livia would be amazing. An AU in which she met Cleopatra would be fabulous.
Titus Pullo has a very interesting relationship with Octavian and I would love something that explored it. I don't really ship any of his canon ships, sorry, but I would love the AU in which he gets to be friends with Eirene and her new husband. Pullo's roadtrip back to Rome with Cesarion and Vorenus in tow sounds like a laugh a minute.
Widdershins (Webcomic)
Heinrich Wolfe, Jack O'Malley
(You can find the webcomic here, for free.)
I SHIP THEM OKAY THAT IS ALL
Well, not all. I want to know more about O'Malley's ability -- was he born with it? Does it affect senses other than sight?
Can you write me the AU in which Wolfe is a fossegrim? How did he get O'Malley from Prussia to that train to Widdershins? Friendship fic with Florie, please.
X-Men Evolution
Rogue (X-Men Evolution), Wanda Maximoff (No running off)
Evo!Rogue is my forever girl and I want all the stories about her. I enjoyed her early S1 semi-antagonistic, semi-friendly relationship with Cyclops and more of that would be great. (I do ship both of them, but I am also very happy to see them stay platonic.) I'd love post-canon fic too (she can fly!), or friendship fic with Kitty and/or anyone else (Spyke?). Maybe an AU where she never joins the X-Men?
I am very curious with how Wanda ended up with that (No running off) added to her name and would love a story about that. I really want fic exploring her relationship with Pietro and/or Magneto in this verse. I ship her with Rogue and anti-ship her with Toad. What about post-canon fic, because how does the Brotherhood end up joining SHIELD? I'd also be interested in an AU where her powers and Pietro's are switched.
I hope you enjoy the exchange!
This entry was originally posted at http://dhampyresa.dreamwidth.org/100058.html and has
comments over there.