Past Imperfect letter
Dear Time Traveller,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I hope that the tropes in the additional tags provide you with inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their relationships. I'm not a stickler for canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there.
TIME TRAVEL LIKES: Some of the things I like in time travel stories are:
- a sense of wonder about the ancient past
- discovering the difference between a present day character and who they were in the past
- discovering the difference between what everyone believes about a past character and what they were really like
- outsider point of view where the reader can tell that the observed character is a time traveller
- humorous snowballing consequences while trying to fix the timeline
- seeing a time through the eyes of someone from another time
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light. Bittersweet endings are also fine.
RATING: I've requested both gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
CROSSOVERS: I would prefer no crossovers with other canons.
AUS: I like seeing the characters in their own settings, so I would prefer no alternate universes like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse. However, I like alternate universes where something happened differently in canon. And I'm fine with alternate universes that are different from ours because time travel has changed society.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
Request 1: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Dusk) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Future Character Accidentally Tells Past Character Their Fate
Future Character Can't Tell Past Character Their Fate
Guardian of Forever Issues
Meeting Currently Dead Character in Past
Travel to Past to Make Up for Lost Time
Details:
- Moon lost his father too young to remember him. I would love to see Moon travel into the past to meet him. What was Dusk like as a consort and a person? Is he what Moon expects or totally different? Would they be friends if they hung out together? What was Dusk like with young Malachite and little Moon?
- Moon knows Dusk will be killed by the Fell. But if he tries to stop it, it could change the whole future. Moon and his allies have averted catastrophic events and saved countless lives. Moon may have to let Dusk meet his fate in order to preserve the timeline. Does he agonise over his decision? Does he give away the truth?
- Moon is apparently the spitting image of Dusk. He also wears a broken and bloodstained version of his pendant. Does this raise any questions or cause any weirdness?
***
Request 2: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Forerunner) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Going back in time to kill unexpectedly hot and charming enemy
Learning About the Reasons Behind Your Current Tech or Lifestyle from the Past
Psychic time travel projection into a person of an earlier time
Sharing Skills with a Person from a Different Time Period
Teaming Up with a Person from a Different Time Period for a Common Goal
Details:
- I love the mystery and wonder of lost ancient civilisations. The forerunners are so intriguing to me. I would love to see Moon travel back to the height of their power and learn what they were like. What do they make of Moon?
- Moon meets a lone forerunner, or a small expedition of forerunners, and they have to work together to escape danger.
- Moon is sent back in time to kill a particular forerunner, to stop some disaster in the future, only to discover oh no he's hot. (I am open to gen or ship.)
- The forerunners were the origin of the Raksura and the Fell both. Do they have special powers, like the queens and mentors, or the progenitors and rulers?
***
Request 3: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Stone) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Going to see dinosaurs
Details:
- I would love to see Moon and Stone on a time travel road trip together, getting in and out of trouble, and griping at each other to hide their fondness.
- Moon meets a young Stone! Was Stone ever a shy delicate consort? Or did he always have a stubborn wild streak? What does young Stone make of this unusual stranger? I would love to see Moon and young Stone have an adventure together.
- Dinosaurs! Escaping hungry dinosaurs. Petting friendly dinosaurs. Communicating with sapient dinosaurs.
***
Request 4: The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien (Elrond & Fëanor) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Apocalypse Prevented
Encountering relatives of a previous generation
Future Character Deliberately Tells Past Character Their Fate to Change History
Meeting Currently Dead Character in Past
Time Travel for Historical Research
Details:
- Elrond travels back in time to Valinor before the Darkening, to meet the greatest of the Noldor. Elrond and Fëanor geeking out together over language and lore!
- Can Fëanor tell that Elrond is Half-Elven? He has never met any Men. They are probably yet to appear. Does he have a lot of questions? Do any of them get answered?
- What does Elrond understand about Maedhros and Maglor, from getting to know their father?
- Does Elrond start out just on a historical study trip, but eventually feels compelled to intervene in events?
***
Request 5: The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien (Elrond & Galadriel) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Time Loop/Groundhog Day - Both Characters Stuck in Loop
Time Travel Fix-It - Derailing The Bad Guy's Descent Into Evil
Time Travel Fix-it - Multiple Characters Trying To Fix Different Things
Time Travel Fix-it - Time Travelers Disagree On How To Fix The Problem
Time Travelers With Conflicting Goals for Altering Past
Details:
- Elrond and Galadriel travel back in time to a key moment in history. Do they try to change things? Do they try not to change things? Do they each try to change different things?
- Elrond and Galadriel meet past versions of themselves. They get to see what the other person was like then, and it gives them insight into the other person now.
***
Request 6: Original Work (Police Officer From 2018 & Police Officer From 2048) or (Police Officer From 2018/Police Officer From 2048) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Adjusting to a Different Era
Fish out of Temporal Water
Outsider POV Of Time Traveler(s)
Stranded In The Past
Trapped in the Past
Details:
- Life on Mars is one of my favourite TV shows. A police officer from 2005 is somehow sent back in time to 1973, where he has to deal with primitive technology and prejudiced attitudes, while trying to fight crime and return home. I would love to see a police officer from 2048 sent back in time to 2018, where they see our time through different eyes.
- Does the 2018 character know that the 2048 character is a time traveller? Or do they just think there's something a bit weird about them?
- I'm fine with gen or ship for these characters.
- I'm fine with any gender for these characters.
***
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
comments. Comment here or there.
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I hope that the tropes in the additional tags provide you with inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their relationships. I'm not a stickler for canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there.
TIME TRAVEL LIKES: Some of the things I like in time travel stories are:
- a sense of wonder about the ancient past
- discovering the difference between a present day character and who they were in the past
- discovering the difference between what everyone believes about a past character and what they were really like
- outsider point of view where the reader can tell that the observed character is a time traveller
- humorous snowballing consequences while trying to fix the timeline
- seeing a time through the eyes of someone from another time
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light. Bittersweet endings are also fine.
RATING: I've requested both gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
CROSSOVERS: I would prefer no crossovers with other canons.
AUS: I like seeing the characters in their own settings, so I would prefer no alternate universes like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse. However, I like alternate universes where something happened differently in canon. And I'm fine with alternate universes that are different from ours because time travel has changed society.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
Request 1: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Dusk) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Future Character Accidentally Tells Past Character Their Fate
Future Character Can't Tell Past Character Their Fate
Guardian of Forever Issues
Meeting Currently Dead Character in Past
Travel to Past to Make Up for Lost Time
Details:
- Moon lost his father too young to remember him. I would love to see Moon travel into the past to meet him. What was Dusk like as a consort and a person? Is he what Moon expects or totally different? Would they be friends if they hung out together? What was Dusk like with young Malachite and little Moon?
- Moon knows Dusk will be killed by the Fell. But if he tries to stop it, it could change the whole future. Moon and his allies have averted catastrophic events and saved countless lives. Moon may have to let Dusk meet his fate in order to preserve the timeline. Does he agonise over his decision? Does he give away the truth?
- Moon is apparently the spitting image of Dusk. He also wears a broken and bloodstained version of his pendant. Does this raise any questions or cause any weirdness?
***
Request 2: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Forerunner) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Going back in time to kill unexpectedly hot and charming enemy
Learning About the Reasons Behind Your Current Tech or Lifestyle from the Past
Psychic time travel projection into a person of an earlier time
Sharing Skills with a Person from a Different Time Period
Teaming Up with a Person from a Different Time Period for a Common Goal
Details:
- I love the mystery and wonder of lost ancient civilisations. The forerunners are so intriguing to me. I would love to see Moon travel back to the height of their power and learn what they were like. What do they make of Moon?
- Moon meets a lone forerunner, or a small expedition of forerunners, and they have to work together to escape danger.
- Moon is sent back in time to kill a particular forerunner, to stop some disaster in the future, only to discover oh no he's hot. (I am open to gen or ship.)
- The forerunners were the origin of the Raksura and the Fell both. Do they have special powers, like the queens and mentors, or the progenitors and rulers?
***
Request 3: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Moon & Stone) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Going to see dinosaurs
Details:
- I would love to see Moon and Stone on a time travel road trip together, getting in and out of trouble, and griping at each other to hide their fondness.
- Moon meets a young Stone! Was Stone ever a shy delicate consort? Or did he always have a stubborn wild streak? What does young Stone make of this unusual stranger? I would love to see Moon and young Stone have an adventure together.
- Dinosaurs! Escaping hungry dinosaurs. Petting friendly dinosaurs. Communicating with sapient dinosaurs.
***
Request 4: The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien (Elrond & Fëanor) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Apocalypse Prevented
Encountering relatives of a previous generation
Future Character Deliberately Tells Past Character Their Fate to Change History
Meeting Currently Dead Character in Past
Time Travel for Historical Research
Details:
- Elrond travels back in time to Valinor before the Darkening, to meet the greatest of the Noldor. Elrond and Fëanor geeking out together over language and lore!
- Can Fëanor tell that Elrond is Half-Elven? He has never met any Men. They are probably yet to appear. Does he have a lot of questions? Do any of them get answered?
- What does Elrond understand about Maedhros and Maglor, from getting to know their father?
- Does Elrond start out just on a historical study trip, but eventually feels compelled to intervene in events?
***
Request 5: The Silmarillion - JRR Tolkien (Elrond & Galadriel) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Time Loop/Groundhog Day - Both Characters Stuck in Loop
Time Travel Fix-It - Derailing The Bad Guy's Descent Into Evil
Time Travel Fix-it - Multiple Characters Trying To Fix Different Things
Time Travel Fix-it - Time Travelers Disagree On How To Fix The Problem
Time Travelers With Conflicting Goals for Altering Past
Details:
- Elrond and Galadriel travel back in time to a key moment in history. Do they try to change things? Do they try not to change things? Do they each try to change different things?
- Elrond and Galadriel meet past versions of themselves. They get to see what the other person was like then, and it gives them insight into the other person now.
***
Request 6: Original Work (Police Officer From 2018 & Police Officer From 2048) or (Police Officer From 2018/Police Officer From 2048) - fanfic
Additional tags:
Accidental Time Travel To The Past
Adjusting to a Different Era
Fish out of Temporal Water
Outsider POV Of Time Traveler(s)
Stranded In The Past
Trapped in the Past
Details:
- Life on Mars is one of my favourite TV shows. A police officer from 2005 is somehow sent back in time to 1973, where he has to deal with primitive technology and prejudiced attitudes, while trying to fight crime and return home. I would love to see a police officer from 2048 sent back in time to 2018, where they see our time through different eyes.
- Does the 2018 character know that the 2048 character is a time traveller? Or do they just think there's something a bit weird about them?
- I'm fine with gen or ship for these characters.
- I'm fine with any gender for these characters.
***
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
comments. Comment here or there.