everywoman Dear Author letter!
Dear Everywoman Author,
I'm so glad you've been assigned as my writer, and i really hope this letter will give you some assistance when it comes to my likes and dislikes.
LIKES
* Character studies! Tell me how the character got to this point! How they got PAST that point! The first time they did this thing and if they'd ever do that thing again? What are they like when they're older or younger?
* Quests and adventures: especially when said quest helps the characters figure out something about themselves along the way.
* Futurefic and pre-canon fic!
* Girls night out, whether they've gone awry or are right on schedule.
* If you know more than one of the canons we match on, I'd love to see a crossover between any of these properties!
DISLIKES:
I'll still read just about anything but scat, sex between underage partners and nonconsensual sexual activity that's not plot-driven.
Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Characters: Amanda Wickwire, Dixie Cousins, Lenore Raymond, Crystal Hawks
Prompt: I really, really would love to see what it'd be like for these ladies to meet and try to pull off a mission together, whether that means a rescue mission or a dedicated scheme. BUT, if you'd like to write about them individually tell me about how each of these women survived post-canon; tell me about their childhoods. You know Dixie's past is full of stories - what's it like on the road for her? What sort of future does she have? Lenore and Crystal's lives enmesh so closely with the law; you know that means they've met some characters. And I desperately want Amanda to be filled out more, to be more than just the inventor's daughter and Brisco's almost love interest. What is she like? Who does she become?
Alien Series
Characters: Ellen Ripley
Prompt: Ellen is something of an enigma in her pre-Nostromo days. What was she like in training? As a teenager or a child? What's she thinking of in any of the alternate stops between movies? Who is she when the action stops? Who is she when it starts up again? What goes through her mind as she kills? Does she mourn what's left behind or does she get on with the affair of living with aplomb?
Bob's Burgers
Characters: Any (Linda, Tina and Louise Belcher, Gayle)
Prompt: I love these four in absolutely any combination; I'd love to see more of Tina and Gayle getting along (you know that artistic Gayle has a soft spot for Tina's friend fiction), of Louise and Linda NOT getting along; of Linda and little Tina prepping for the birth of Louise, or any moment of them together pre-Louise and Gene; Anything with these awesome women, all four or just one, would be great. Sibling moments with Tina and Louise would be lovely! As for each individual women, tell me more about Gayle and Linda's shared childhood. Tell me about the unflagging optimism that drives Linda, of their musical youths, about how things had to have changed when Linda married and left the nest. Tell me about Gayle and her cats, or about Louise and how she found her rabbit ears. How did Tina become a writer?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Characters: Gina Linetti, Amy Santiago, Sophia Perez and Rosa Diaz
Prompt: I want to know how Sophia fit in with the girls. Was it awkward at first? Did they ever hang out after she broke up with Jake? If you don't want to use Sophia I'd adore watching Gina, Rosa and Amy hang out - or even better, send them off on a road trip! Any stories about their youth, about their lives at the academy or in school - or when they're older and ready to retire - would be awesome. Tell me of musical Amy, of ballerina Rosa, of clever Gina.
Daria
Characters: Daria and Quinn Morgendorffer, Jane Lane
Prompt: Grown Daria and Quinn shenanigans - as they've grown, has their relationship gotten easier or harder, better or worse? Give me more of them as kids, or something of them as working adults - or even some missing scenes! Anything about Daria and Jane's friendship; an alternate universe where they knew each other back when Daria lived in Highland, maybe?
Disney Animated
Characters: Merida (Brave) Tiana (TPATF) Tiana + Lottie (TPATF)
Prompt: Tiana and Lottie's relationships is one of my favorite things ever - anything more featuring the way they get along (as teenagers? now that Tia's married?) would be wonderful to read; I'd also like slash if you're prone to shipping them. Tell me about Tia'a first time in a kitchen - what drew her to restaurant work as her life's passion besides her father's obvious love of cooking? How did she feel, being a frog, knowing she might stay one?
As for Merida, I adore her and want to know what she's like when she's older. Or what would happen if she got turned into a bear. Or how things get easier or worse with her mother now that she's agreed to delay her wedding. Tell me how she feels riding around, free as a bird, in the Scottish wildes.
Galavant (TV)
Characters: Isabella of Valencia, Queen Madalena, Gwynne
Prompt: Isabella's childhood must have been equally tuneful; what was she like back then? Tell me of Madalena's life as a peasant - what made her firmly choose life as a queen versus life as a knight's consort? What was Gwynne's family like? How does Gwynne help Isabella when they're trapped in the dungeon together? What's it like when Isabella and Madalena face off?
Les Miserables - All Media Type
Characters: Eponine, Cosette, Fantine
Prompt: Ahh, poor Eponine; there must be a happy alternative universe for her, no? And a time she saw Cosette again after their misbegotten childhoods together. Is Cosette's whole life pink roses and candy confections after Valjean sweeps her off to safety, or are there darker shadows? What of Fantine; is there happiness for her? In the afterlife? Before? Even in the bittersweetness of her dying?
The Simpsons
Characters: Marge and Lisa Simpson, Selma Bouvier
Prompt: I've always found Selma to be an enormously sympathetic character; does she ever accept Marge's simple life or is there always jealousy? How does she get along with her independent, feminist niece? I love absolutely anything where Marge and her daughter bond over artistic situations or projects, so that'd be appreciated! Or something about Selma and Marge's sisterly bond.
Steven Universe
Characters: Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Rose Quartz
Prompt: I admit Amethyst is my favorite, with Garnet a close second. Tell me about Amethyst's time on earth, roaming about. Who did she meet? What did she do? Give me Rose-marveling-at-human-stuff domestic fluff! Gimmie cool and balanced Garnet in control of herself and her circumstances. Gimmie Pearl overcoming fear! Gimmie awesome space gems being friends forever.
I'm so glad you've been assigned as my writer, and i really hope this letter will give you some assistance when it comes to my likes and dislikes.
LIKES
* Character studies! Tell me how the character got to this point! How they got PAST that point! The first time they did this thing and if they'd ever do that thing again? What are they like when they're older or younger?
* Quests and adventures: especially when said quest helps the characters figure out something about themselves along the way.
* Futurefic and pre-canon fic!
* Girls night out, whether they've gone awry or are right on schedule.
* If you know more than one of the canons we match on, I'd love to see a crossover between any of these properties!
DISLIKES:
I'll still read just about anything but scat, sex between underage partners and nonconsensual sexual activity that's not plot-driven.
Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
Characters: Amanda Wickwire, Dixie Cousins, Lenore Raymond, Crystal Hawks
Prompt: I really, really would love to see what it'd be like for these ladies to meet and try to pull off a mission together, whether that means a rescue mission or a dedicated scheme. BUT, if you'd like to write about them individually tell me about how each of these women survived post-canon; tell me about their childhoods. You know Dixie's past is full of stories - what's it like on the road for her? What sort of future does she have? Lenore and Crystal's lives enmesh so closely with the law; you know that means they've met some characters. And I desperately want Amanda to be filled out more, to be more than just the inventor's daughter and Brisco's almost love interest. What is she like? Who does she become?
Alien Series
Characters: Ellen Ripley
Prompt: Ellen is something of an enigma in her pre-Nostromo days. What was she like in training? As a teenager or a child? What's she thinking of in any of the alternate stops between movies? Who is she when the action stops? Who is she when it starts up again? What goes through her mind as she kills? Does she mourn what's left behind or does she get on with the affair of living with aplomb?
Bob's Burgers
Characters: Any (Linda, Tina and Louise Belcher, Gayle)
Prompt: I love these four in absolutely any combination; I'd love to see more of Tina and Gayle getting along (you know that artistic Gayle has a soft spot for Tina's friend fiction), of Louise and Linda NOT getting along; of Linda and little Tina prepping for the birth of Louise, or any moment of them together pre-Louise and Gene; Anything with these awesome women, all four or just one, would be great. Sibling moments with Tina and Louise would be lovely! As for each individual women, tell me more about Gayle and Linda's shared childhood. Tell me about the unflagging optimism that drives Linda, of their musical youths, about how things had to have changed when Linda married and left the nest. Tell me about Gayle and her cats, or about Louise and how she found her rabbit ears. How did Tina become a writer?
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Characters: Gina Linetti, Amy Santiago, Sophia Perez and Rosa Diaz
Prompt: I want to know how Sophia fit in with the girls. Was it awkward at first? Did they ever hang out after she broke up with Jake? If you don't want to use Sophia I'd adore watching Gina, Rosa and Amy hang out - or even better, send them off on a road trip! Any stories about their youth, about their lives at the academy or in school - or when they're older and ready to retire - would be awesome. Tell me of musical Amy, of ballerina Rosa, of clever Gina.
Daria
Characters: Daria and Quinn Morgendorffer, Jane Lane
Prompt: Grown Daria and Quinn shenanigans - as they've grown, has their relationship gotten easier or harder, better or worse? Give me more of them as kids, or something of them as working adults - or even some missing scenes! Anything about Daria and Jane's friendship; an alternate universe where they knew each other back when Daria lived in Highland, maybe?
Disney Animated
Characters: Merida (Brave) Tiana (TPATF) Tiana + Lottie (TPATF)
Prompt: Tiana and Lottie's relationships is one of my favorite things ever - anything more featuring the way they get along (as teenagers? now that Tia's married?) would be wonderful to read; I'd also like slash if you're prone to shipping them. Tell me about Tia'a first time in a kitchen - what drew her to restaurant work as her life's passion besides her father's obvious love of cooking? How did she feel, being a frog, knowing she might stay one?
As for Merida, I adore her and want to know what she's like when she's older. Or what would happen if she got turned into a bear. Or how things get easier or worse with her mother now that she's agreed to delay her wedding. Tell me how she feels riding around, free as a bird, in the Scottish wildes.
Galavant (TV)
Characters: Isabella of Valencia, Queen Madalena, Gwynne
Prompt: Isabella's childhood must have been equally tuneful; what was she like back then? Tell me of Madalena's life as a peasant - what made her firmly choose life as a queen versus life as a knight's consort? What was Gwynne's family like? How does Gwynne help Isabella when they're trapped in the dungeon together? What's it like when Isabella and Madalena face off?
Les Miserables - All Media Type
Characters: Eponine, Cosette, Fantine
Prompt: Ahh, poor Eponine; there must be a happy alternative universe for her, no? And a time she saw Cosette again after their misbegotten childhoods together. Is Cosette's whole life pink roses and candy confections after Valjean sweeps her off to safety, or are there darker shadows? What of Fantine; is there happiness for her? In the afterlife? Before? Even in the bittersweetness of her dying?
The Simpsons
Characters: Marge and Lisa Simpson, Selma Bouvier
Prompt: I've always found Selma to be an enormously sympathetic character; does she ever accept Marge's simple life or is there always jealousy? How does she get along with her independent, feminist niece? I love absolutely anything where Marge and her daughter bond over artistic situations or projects, so that'd be appreciated! Or something about Selma and Marge's sisterly bond.
Steven Universe
Characters: Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Rose Quartz
Prompt: I admit Amethyst is my favorite, with Garnet a close second. Tell me about Amethyst's time on earth, roaming about. Who did she meet? What did she do? Give me Rose-marveling-at-human-stuff domestic fluff! Gimmie cool and balanced Garnet in control of herself and her circumstances. Gimmie Pearl overcoming fear! Gimmie awesome space gems being friends forever.