Dear Fandom 5k Writer
Thank you so much for participating in this exchange. Also, please allow me to compliment you for A.) your exellent taste in fandoms B.) your willingness to write outside your comfort zone C.) both. We at least have some matching interests in TV or movies, so that practically makes us besties, right?
Don't tell anyone, but the sad truth is that I am super-easy. :) Write a story that you enjoy writing and I'm sure I'll love it and enjoy reading it. BUT, if prompts tend to make you chafe, then by all means, just read the do-not-wants paragraph and then go away and write the story. I want you to have freedom, if that's what you need.
Above all, have fun. If you find that the suggestions feel like a burden, then ignore them and write something that interests you. True passion shines through and makes a story special.
My do-not wants list is super-short: first-person narration, incest, non-con, scat/watersports, child death or grievous injury, and misusing the words less and fewer.
My likes in stories is much broader: angst, UST, longing looks, long-repressed feelings that explode one day, kid fic, teamy goodness, found or chosen families, epistolary fic, hurt/comfort, broken people finding their way together, AUs that arise from roads not taken in canon, zombies, ghost stories, crazy decisions that are right even though they seem so very wrong, 2nd person narratives, porn that reveals more than just naked bodies, unreliable narrators, song fic, x+1 format, and backstories.
If you're going down the porn route (thank you, thank you, thank you), I am pretty vanilla. I like guys who take charge (but who are consent-ly about it). I'm cool with a little hair-pulling and light bondage. Cock's a great word, dick not so much. Pussy is fine, c--t not so much. I'm more interested in the feelings/emotions/undercurrents than a play-by-play.
And, if it helps, here are prompts for my requested fandoms and relationships:
Stranger Things: Group: Joyce/Chief
Tags: Character Development, Getting Together, Smut
I am so interested in Joyce and Hopper and what happens next for them. How has the Upside Down changed them? What is Joyce like when she's not under so much pressure? They clearly have a past, but I'm more interested in their future- how do they handle whatever it is that's going on with Will? Equally, I'd really love a slow-burn getting together fix for them.
Rogue One: Group: Chirrut Imwe/Baze Malbus
Tags: Character Development, Established Relationship, Getting Together, Humor, Hurt/Comfort
I'd be happy with anything here - backstory, missing scene, Chirrut and Baze imparting wisdom. My favorite description of Chirrut and Baze was on tumblr, and it was something along the lines of how refreshing it is to have a monk and warrior combo where the monk is the one whois saying “hold my drink” while the warrior facepalms. In my head, they are totally married. I want to know what their lives were like together. I want to know how they felt and what they did when Jedeh was invaded. If the course of their true love didn't run smooth, I want to know all about the speed bump.
Star Wars Original Triology: Group: Leia Organa/Han Solo
Tags: Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Smut
Han and Leia are my very first OTP, so I've pretty much been shipping them since I was in second grade. I would be happy with anything. Umm, I would be especially okay with PWP. There have got to be quiet little cozy spots somewhere on Endor that would have some hot stories to tell, right? Alternatively, I'd love a slow-burn getting together fic for them. The original trilogy really irritated me, even as a kid, the way their courtship was essentially just them hurling insults at each other and her being the only woman in the entire galaxy. I'd also love a series of "missing scenes" fic for the plot to rescue Han and what happens after Han gets unfrozen.
Riverdale: Group: Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge, or Betty or Veronica
Tags: Action Adventure, Angst, Character Development
I just watched the first episode today and am pretty much hooked. To be honest, I ship Betty/Veronica/Archie, but since Archie isn't in the signup, I totally get if you don't want to include him. What I'd love most of all here is either a wacky roadtrip, bizarre AU situation or a character backstory. Also, that kiss in the cheerleading tryouts seemed to throw Betty for a big loop. Human sexuality is a spectrum - I'd love to see these characters finding their places on that spectrum.
The Force Awakens: Group: Leia Organa and Ben Solo!Kylo Ren
Tags: Angst, Character Development, Interpersonal Drama
Tell me about how Ben broke his mother's heart, but how his mother still loves him. Tell me about Ben's early childhood. Tell me about Leia's worries. Tell me about how/whether the Force connects these two. Tell me anything about this tragic backstory.
Don't tell anyone, but the sad truth is that I am super-easy. :) Write a story that you enjoy writing and I'm sure I'll love it and enjoy reading it. BUT, if prompts tend to make you chafe, then by all means, just read the do-not-wants paragraph and then go away and write the story. I want you to have freedom, if that's what you need.
Above all, have fun. If you find that the suggestions feel like a burden, then ignore them and write something that interests you. True passion shines through and makes a story special.
My do-not wants list is super-short: first-person narration, incest, non-con, scat/watersports, child death or grievous injury, and misusing the words less and fewer.
My likes in stories is much broader: angst, UST, longing looks, long-repressed feelings that explode one day, kid fic, teamy goodness, found or chosen families, epistolary fic, hurt/comfort, broken people finding their way together, AUs that arise from roads not taken in canon, zombies, ghost stories, crazy decisions that are right even though they seem so very wrong, 2nd person narratives, porn that reveals more than just naked bodies, unreliable narrators, song fic, x+1 format, and backstories.
If you're going down the porn route (thank you, thank you, thank you), I am pretty vanilla. I like guys who take charge (but who are consent-ly about it). I'm cool with a little hair-pulling and light bondage. Cock's a great word, dick not so much. Pussy is fine, c--t not so much. I'm more interested in the feelings/emotions/undercurrents than a play-by-play.
And, if it helps, here are prompts for my requested fandoms and relationships:
Stranger Things: Group: Joyce/Chief
Tags: Character Development, Getting Together, Smut
I am so interested in Joyce and Hopper and what happens next for them. How has the Upside Down changed them? What is Joyce like when she's not under so much pressure? They clearly have a past, but I'm more interested in their future- how do they handle whatever it is that's going on with Will? Equally, I'd really love a slow-burn getting together fix for them.
Rogue One: Group: Chirrut Imwe/Baze Malbus
Tags: Character Development, Established Relationship, Getting Together, Humor, Hurt/Comfort
I'd be happy with anything here - backstory, missing scene, Chirrut and Baze imparting wisdom. My favorite description of Chirrut and Baze was on tumblr, and it was something along the lines of how refreshing it is to have a monk and warrior combo where the monk is the one whois saying “hold my drink” while the warrior facepalms. In my head, they are totally married. I want to know what their lives were like together. I want to know how they felt and what they did when Jedeh was invaded. If the course of their true love didn't run smooth, I want to know all about the speed bump.
Star Wars Original Triology: Group: Leia Organa/Han Solo
Tags: Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Smut
Han and Leia are my very first OTP, so I've pretty much been shipping them since I was in second grade. I would be happy with anything. Umm, I would be especially okay with PWP. There have got to be quiet little cozy spots somewhere on Endor that would have some hot stories to tell, right? Alternatively, I'd love a slow-burn getting together fic for them. The original trilogy really irritated me, even as a kid, the way their courtship was essentially just them hurling insults at each other and her being the only woman in the entire galaxy. I'd also love a series of "missing scenes" fic for the plot to rescue Han and what happens after Han gets unfrozen.
Riverdale: Group: Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge, or Betty or Veronica
Tags: Action Adventure, Angst, Character Development
I just watched the first episode today and am pretty much hooked. To be honest, I ship Betty/Veronica/Archie, but since Archie isn't in the signup, I totally get if you don't want to include him. What I'd love most of all here is either a wacky roadtrip, bizarre AU situation or a character backstory. Also, that kiss in the cheerleading tryouts seemed to throw Betty for a big loop. Human sexuality is a spectrum - I'd love to see these characters finding their places on that spectrum.
The Force Awakens: Group: Leia Organa and Ben Solo!Kylo Ren
Tags: Angst, Character Development, Interpersonal Drama
Tell me about how Ben broke his mother's heart, but how his mother still loves him. Tell me about Ben's early childhood. Tell me about Leia's worries. Tell me about how/whether the Force connects these two. Tell me anything about this tragic backstory.