Dear AU Exchange Writer
Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter will be useful.
Likes: Hurt/comfort, humour, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, casually gay/bi characters, family relationships, telepathy/empathy, cultural differences, fix-it fic, dark AUs, AUs that cross over with the canon universe, totalitarian dystopias (e.g. 1984, V for Vendetta, The Handmaid's Tale), on the run from the government, bad guys win, time travel, dimension travel, 'set right what once went wrong'
Dislikes: Character bashing, breakup of requested pairings, non-con between requested pairings, infidelity, modern/mundane AUs, crossovers, asexual/aromantic headcanons, crack fic, graphic violence and gore, first and second POV, explicit sex
Fandoms:
Harry Potter (Dumbledore/Grindelwald)
AU: Ariana doesn't die in the three-way duel at Godric's Hollow
AU: Grindelwald is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor
I just want to see Dumbledore and Grindelwald working together, whether they're taking over the world or just teaching at Hogwarts. (I'd love to see what a world the two of them created would look like.) I'd also really like to see them dealing with that little upstart Tom Riddle, because the two of them put together would be more than a match for him.
-----
Stargate (Sam/Janet)
AU: Dystopia
AU: Janet doesn't die
I feel these are pretty self explanatory. The dystopia can be caused by something that went right in an episode going wrong (maybe Apophis succeeds in his plans, or Ba'al, or the Ori?), or it can be a total setting AU - if you want specific ideas I especially like 'on the run from the government' plots. Bring in as many other characters as you want, but I'm not a big fan of Atlantis, so I'd prefer they be from the SG-1 side of the franchise.
-----
Star Trek Alternate Timeline (Enterprise Crew, Kirk&Spock, Kirk/Spock)
AU: Characters met as kids: I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, and how it affects their later life. Maybe Spock was raised on Earth? Or Winona and Amanda are friends and that's how they meet?
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments. Could also tie in to the 'Nero destroys Earth' request.
AU: High School: Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope.
AU: Nero destroys Earth: Can be either as well as Vulcan or instead of Vulcan, I just want to see the aftermath of Earth being destroyed.
AU: Sarek dies instead of Amanda: I'd love to see the impact this would have on Spock, that his father died without the two of them making peace, and how it affects his actions during the film. I'd really love if Spock and Amanda's relationship isn't perfect either, with Sarek's death bringing them closer together or pushing them apart, and possibly Kirk and Spock bonding over both losing their fathers.
AU: Spock Prime arrives earlier: I'd really like to see him arrive when Kirk is a kid, but I'd be happy with anything. Nero not being able to get his hands on the red matter would change everything.
AU: Spock stays captain: I'd love it if you fixed things so that Kirk doesn't have to relieve him of command in the first place, but him remaining captain despite that (maybe with Kirk as his first officer?) would be great.
AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I love zombies. Please, give me all the people fighting shambling corpses and worrying about being zombified themselves.
Fandom specific notes: My favourite character is Spock, but I like all of them. Gen is great, but if you want to include pairings I like Scotty/Uhura, Uhura/Gaila, Chekov/Sulu, and Sulu/Ben, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk/Spock. (For Spock/Uhura, they can be exes or BFFs, but I'd prefer they not be romantically involved, even in gen.) Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.
Fandom specific DNWs: References to STID, Tarsus IV, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim. Also homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.
-----
Star Trek Original Timeline (Kirk/Spock, TOS Enterprise Crew)
(Kirk/Spock)
AU: Characters met as kids: I've requested K/S, but for this particular AU I'd be just as happy with preslash or friendship fic. I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, maybe even bonding when they're young and then having to deal with that, and how it affects their later life. Spock helping to comfort Kirk after Tarsus, or Kirk staying with Spock's family for a while instead of going to Tarsus would be especially my jam.
AU: Kirk survives Generations: I was thinking in terms of him surviving leaving the Nexus (maybe he and Picard come up with a less ridiculous plan?), but if you want to write it as him surviving the original voyage that's fine too.
AU: Soulmate with species differences in bonds/marks: I really like the idea of Kirk not having a mark and not knowing why until Spock mentions that his mother doesn't have one either and everything just clicks. But really any difference between Vulcan soulmate marks and human ones would be interesting - maybe Spock having a 'human' style mark is one of the things his peers pick on him for?
(TOS Enterprise Crew)
AU: Characters swap jobs: Any swap. Spock as captain and Kirk as first officer/science officer? Uhura as captain and Spock as CMO? Chekov as engineer and Sulu on comms and Scotty as the pilot? Pick any switcharound you want, except McCoy as captain because I don't think that'd go well.
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments.
AU: High School: I love the idea of them all hanging out together in high school, especially if it gives some glimpse into how 23rd century schooling differs from now. Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope.
AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I'd love to see the crew fighting zombies on some random planet.
Fandom specific notes: If you want to include background pairings I like Scotty/Uhura and Chekov/Sulu, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk/Spock. I prefer Vulcan body temperature to be higher than human, and if you include Gary Mitchell please don't have him be a total asshole. (If you need someone to play the part of total asshole, might I suggest Finnegan?) Also please no homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.
-----
Star Trek Original Timeline (Riker/Troi, TNG Enterprise Crew)
AU: Borg Win: What would that universe look like? How do they fight back? Do they fight back, or just try to stay alive?
AU: Characters swap jobs: Any characters, any jobs. Riker as the counsellor and Troi as first officer could be fun, but so could Beverly Crusher as captain and Picard as bartender in Ten Forward, or any combination you can think of.
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, vaguely canon or not.
Fandom specific notes: I'm not all that interested in Worf or Wesley Crusher, so I'd prefer as little focus on them as possible.
Thanks again!
Likes: Hurt/comfort, humour, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, casually gay/bi characters, family relationships, telepathy/empathy, cultural differences, fix-it fic, dark AUs, AUs that cross over with the canon universe, totalitarian dystopias (e.g. 1984, V for Vendetta, The Handmaid's Tale), on the run from the government, bad guys win, time travel, dimension travel, 'set right what once went wrong'
Dislikes: Character bashing, breakup of requested pairings, non-con between requested pairings, infidelity, modern/mundane AUs, crossovers, asexual/aromantic headcanons, crack fic, graphic violence and gore, first and second POV, explicit sex
Fandoms:
Harry Potter (Dumbledore/Grindelwald)
AU: Ariana doesn't die in the three-way duel at Godric's Hollow
AU: Grindelwald is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor
I just want to see Dumbledore and Grindelwald working together, whether they're taking over the world or just teaching at Hogwarts. (I'd love to see what a world the two of them created would look like.) I'd also really like to see them dealing with that little upstart Tom Riddle, because the two of them put together would be more than a match for him.
-----
Stargate (Sam/Janet)
AU: Dystopia
AU: Janet doesn't die
I feel these are pretty self explanatory. The dystopia can be caused by something that went right in an episode going wrong (maybe Apophis succeeds in his plans, or Ba'al, or the Ori?), or it can be a total setting AU - if you want specific ideas I especially like 'on the run from the government' plots. Bring in as many other characters as you want, but I'm not a big fan of Atlantis, so I'd prefer they be from the SG-1 side of the franchise.
-----
Star Trek Alternate Timeline (Enterprise Crew, Kirk&Spock, Kirk/Spock)
AU: Characters met as kids: I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, and how it affects their later life. Maybe Spock was raised on Earth? Or Winona and Amanda are friends and that's how they meet?
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments. Could also tie in to the 'Nero destroys Earth' request.
AU: High School: Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope.
AU: Nero destroys Earth: Can be either as well as Vulcan or instead of Vulcan, I just want to see the aftermath of Earth being destroyed.
AU: Sarek dies instead of Amanda: I'd love to see the impact this would have on Spock, that his father died without the two of them making peace, and how it affects his actions during the film. I'd really love if Spock and Amanda's relationship isn't perfect either, with Sarek's death bringing them closer together or pushing them apart, and possibly Kirk and Spock bonding over both losing their fathers.
AU: Spock Prime arrives earlier: I'd really like to see him arrive when Kirk is a kid, but I'd be happy with anything. Nero not being able to get his hands on the red matter would change everything.
AU: Spock stays captain: I'd love it if you fixed things so that Kirk doesn't have to relieve him of command in the first place, but him remaining captain despite that (maybe with Kirk as his first officer?) would be great.
AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I love zombies. Please, give me all the people fighting shambling corpses and worrying about being zombified themselves.
Fandom specific notes: My favourite character is Spock, but I like all of them. Gen is great, but if you want to include pairings I like Scotty/Uhura, Uhura/Gaila, Chekov/Sulu, and Sulu/Ben, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk/Spock. (For Spock/Uhura, they can be exes or BFFs, but I'd prefer they not be romantically involved, even in gen.) Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.
Fandom specific DNWs: References to STID, Tarsus IV, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim. Also homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.
-----
Star Trek Original Timeline (Kirk/Spock, TOS Enterprise Crew)
(Kirk/Spock)
AU: Characters met as kids: I've requested K/S, but for this particular AU I'd be just as happy with preslash or friendship fic. I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, maybe even bonding when they're young and then having to deal with that, and how it affects their later life. Spock helping to comfort Kirk after Tarsus, or Kirk staying with Spock's family for a while instead of going to Tarsus would be especially my jam.
AU: Kirk survives Generations: I was thinking in terms of him surviving leaving the Nexus (maybe he and Picard come up with a less ridiculous plan?), but if you want to write it as him surviving the original voyage that's fine too.
AU: Soulmate with species differences in bonds/marks: I really like the idea of Kirk not having a mark and not knowing why until Spock mentions that his mother doesn't have one either and everything just clicks. But really any difference between Vulcan soulmate marks and human ones would be interesting - maybe Spock having a 'human' style mark is one of the things his peers pick on him for?
(TOS Enterprise Crew)
AU: Characters swap jobs: Any swap. Spock as captain and Kirk as first officer/science officer? Uhura as captain and Spock as CMO? Chekov as engineer and Sulu on comms and Scotty as the pilot? Pick any switcharound you want, except McCoy as captain because I don't think that'd go well.
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments.
AU: High School: I love the idea of them all hanging out together in high school, especially if it gives some glimpse into how 23rd century schooling differs from now. Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope.
AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I'd love to see the crew fighting zombies on some random planet.
Fandom specific notes: If you want to include background pairings I like Scotty/Uhura and Chekov/Sulu, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk/Spock. I prefer Vulcan body temperature to be higher than human, and if you include Gary Mitchell please don't have him be a total asshole. (If you need someone to play the part of total asshole, might I suggest Finnegan?) Also please no homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.
-----
Star Trek Original Timeline (Riker/Troi, TNG Enterprise Crew)
AU: Borg Win: What would that universe look like? How do they fight back? Do they fight back, or just try to stay alive?
AU: Characters swap jobs: Any characters, any jobs. Riker as the counsellor and Troi as first officer could be fun, but so could Beverly Crusher as captain and Picard as bartender in Ten Forward, or any combination you can think of.
AU: Dystopia: Any kind, vaguely canon or not.
Fandom specific notes: I'm not all that interested in Worf or Wesley Crusher, so I'd prefer as little focus on them as possible.
Thanks again!