Assignments Out & 2 Pinch Hits
They said it couldn’t be done. They said that matching would be impossible. Well, matching is done and assignments have been sent out with only TWO pinch hits. I must say that is the longest the matching has ever taken on any exchange I have run.
I did go through everyone’s absolutely cannot dos. While in some cases the recipient did like things on the cannot do list, in all cases the recipient wanted a variety of things in the matching fandom. So since they had other things I let it stand (example person says they can’t write a certain character or ship and the recipient has a whole long list of different characters and ships they like).
The one thing that seemed to come up the most often on the list of cannot dos was Steve/Tony.
Assignments are due November 16 and must be at least 1000 words, in a requested fandom with at least one tag the person requested.
Now, on to the pinch hits!
Pinch Hit #1
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Choose Your Own Adventure
Fake Historical Documents
Genderswap
Groundhog Day
Rule 63
Worldbuilding
I like most of the characters, the modern ones that we see in the books and the Founders, but if you want to focus on a different era or write originals go ahead. I will be happy with whatever you write. I do prefer gen if possible.
+++CYOA - Have fun with this. Do you want to write from the POV of a character lost at Hogwarts? Trying to deal with bullying or a class?
+++Fake Historical Documents - Announcements from the founding of Hogwarts? Did the early letters look any different? Old Daily Prophet reports on significant magical events?
+++Genderswap/Rule 63 - I'd most like to see the main trio genderswapped to always-a-(other gender), but if you have a favorite character you want to work with, go ahead. I like wondering about how their lives would've been different if they were different genders. For example, girl!Harry with the Dursleys, girl!Ron the first of two Weasley daughters, etc.
+++Groundhog Day - I imagine there is some magical way to inflict this on another person, or to accidentally stumble into it yourself. Maybe there's a section of Hogwarts you can get trapped in if you're not careful. How would they get out? What would their 'lesson' be? Or would there be no lesson, just frantic escape attempts?
+++Worldbuilding - Explore whatever aspect of this is most important to you. If you need ideas, I'm interested in schools in other countries or if anyone Muggle-born ever turns Hogwarts down and stays in regular school.
Divergent Series - Veronica Roth
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Alternate Universe - Dragons
Alternate Universe - Fantasy
Backstory
Epistolary
Magic
Worldbuilding
I like this series a lot and will be happy with whatever you write. Here are some ideas if you need them.
+++AU - Canon Divergence - What if Tris's mother had lived? What if Tris had chosen another faction to go into -- or had stayed in Abnegation? Or if you have another idea, feel free to go with that.
+++AU - Dragons - It would be interesting to see how the city would cope with dragons running around. Would they keep them as pets? See them as menacing terrors? Use them as working animals? Would they only be used by certain factions?
+++AU - Fantasy/Magic: Maybe the factions are split on different ways to practice magic or different beliefs about whether magic is moral. Maybe it's uncommon to have a talent for witchcraft, etc. Maybe people go around making prophecies or have to live side-by-side with magical entities.
+++Backstory - Information on any of the parents' younger lives would be interesting. Or any of the founders' lives, either just after the city was set up or before it.
+++Epistolary - Letters between the founders of the new society would be interesting, or between them and any family that they left behind. But if you have another idea, feel free to go for that.
+++Worldbuilding - I think that the way people here decided to segment society is fascinating and would love to learn more about how they chose to do it, or what made them actually think this was a good idea in the first place.
Halloweentown
Arranged Marriage
Asexual Relationship
Groundhog Day
Possession
Quests
Worldbuilding
This is a fun verse for me and holds a lot of nice memories. I'm sure I'll like whatever you come up with. I would prefer sexless stories for this movie, though.
+++Arranged Marriage - Is this a practice in Halloweentown, or was it ever, maybe before the town's creation? Is it only practiced by certain creatures? Is there something like a magical book that writes down compatible couple suggestions and people can go look at it? However you like to go here.
+++Asexual Relationship - I can see Marnie as asexual. If you want to write her in a romantic relationship with another asexual person (or magical creature), that would be nice. Het or femslash, either way is fine. It would just be nice to see an ace person get a happy ending. Maybe people don't regard asexuality oddly in Halloweentown.
+++Groundhog day - This could happen pretty easily in a magical verse. Is it a known side-effect of a spell? Something that happens every so many years with a determined end, if only anybody can remember what act will finish it? A freak accident?
+++Possession - We know there's dark magic in Halloweentown. Can any magical entities possess people and make them act against their will? Does Marnie ever accidentally become possessed while trying to summon something she needs to talk to?
+++Quests - Maybe Marnie (or whoever you please) needs to find a magical artifact for a particular spell, or to counteract a poison or curse, or find a hermit who's living in the far reaches of Halloweentown's dimension.
+++Worldbuilding - How did they achieve the founding of Halloweentown? Did anything in particular set it off? Were there any part-humans who had to make the decision to stay in the human world or go to Halloweentown? Or, what's it like to grow up in Halloweentown? Or anything you want to explore.
Labyrinth (1986)
Backstory
Childhood
Epistolary
Fairy Tale Elements
Fake Historical Documents
Groundhog Day
Worldbuilding
I’ve liked this movie for a long time and always thought that the world could use some more exploring. There’s also a million options for going further with Jareth and Sarah’s relationship (or lack thereof), either before or after the movie happened.
+++Backstory/Childhood - Jareth’s backstory interests me specifically. What was he like growing up? Did he have a real family, is there a real society around the Underground? Or was he just brought into being through magic? What was the Labyrinth and the challenges like before Sarah came?
+++Epistolary - Jareth and Sarah writing letters, or Jareth writing letters to his family, or Sarah writing letters to Toby, or Sarah and her friends from the movie corresponding. There are a lot of characters you could involve with this.
+++Fairy Tale Elements - I think it would be easy to incorporate some fairy tales in here. Underground could easily have a “wicked witch.” Sarah’s stepmother said that she’s always the evil stepmother in the movie. Maybe Jareth tries to impose a fairy tale on Sarah when she grows up in order to get her back/get revenge/etc. Toby could be the youngest child going on a quest, etc.
+++Fake Historical Documents - Maybe there are recordings in diaries or illuminated manuscripts of Jareth’s escapades. Maybe there are mentions of the Labyrinth or of Underground. Earlier mortal knowledge of him or the Labyrinth or Underground would be interesting.
+++Groundhog Day - I think it would be interesting to see Jareth imposing this on Sarah. How would she escape? What would his aim be? What kind of day would he trap her in? Or is there some way Jareth and the Labyrinth could get stuck in one of these, and Sarah would have to save her friends?
+++Worldbuilding - If you would like to get deeper into how the Labyrinth or Jareth’s magic works that would be great. Does it react differently to every person? Can a person “figure out” an easy way to the center if they know themselves well enough? Would it change for Sarah if she had to run it again when she was older? Does Jareth have control, or does it react to him in ways he can’t change?
Pinch Hit #2
Supernatural
Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Jody Mills, Kevin Tran
Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
Alternate Universe - Space
Angst with a Happy Ending
Case Fic
Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Curtain Fic
Detective Noir
Families of Choice
Quests
Road Trips
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Longmire (TV)
Angst with a Happy Ending
Backstory
Case Fic
Detective Noir
First Time
Friendship
Magic
Romance
Snowed In
Any Character
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Stargate SG-1
Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
Apocalypse
Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Detective Noir
Fake/Pretend Relationship
Families of Choice
Hijinks & Shenanigans
Quests
Road Trips
Spies & Secret Agents
Any Character
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Both are claimed. Thanks!
I did go through everyone’s absolutely cannot dos. While in some cases the recipient did like things on the cannot do list, in all cases the recipient wanted a variety of things in the matching fandom. So since they had other things I let it stand (example person says they can’t write a certain character or ship and the recipient has a whole long list of different characters and ships they like).
The one thing that seemed to come up the most often on the list of cannot dos was Steve/Tony.
Assignments are due November 16 and must be at least 1000 words, in a requested fandom with at least one tag the person requested.
Now, on to the pinch hits!
Pinch Hit #1
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Choose Your Own Adventure
Fake Historical Documents
Genderswap
Groundhog Day
Rule 63
Worldbuilding
I like most of the characters, the modern ones that we see in the books and the Founders, but if you want to focus on a different era or write originals go ahead. I will be happy with whatever you write. I do prefer gen if possible.
+++CYOA - Have fun with this. Do you want to write from the POV of a character lost at Hogwarts? Trying to deal with bullying or a class?
+++Fake Historical Documents - Announcements from the founding of Hogwarts? Did the early letters look any different? Old Daily Prophet reports on significant magical events?
+++Genderswap/Rule 63 - I'd most like to see the main trio genderswapped to always-a-(other gender), but if you have a favorite character you want to work with, go ahead. I like wondering about how their lives would've been different if they were different genders. For example, girl!Harry with the Dursleys, girl!Ron the first of two Weasley daughters, etc.
+++Groundhog Day - I imagine there is some magical way to inflict this on another person, or to accidentally stumble into it yourself. Maybe there's a section of Hogwarts you can get trapped in if you're not careful. How would they get out? What would their 'lesson' be? Or would there be no lesson, just frantic escape attempts?
+++Worldbuilding - Explore whatever aspect of this is most important to you. If you need ideas, I'm interested in schools in other countries or if anyone Muggle-born ever turns Hogwarts down and stays in regular school.
Divergent Series - Veronica Roth
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Alternate Universe - Dragons
Alternate Universe - Fantasy
Backstory
Epistolary
Magic
Worldbuilding
I like this series a lot and will be happy with whatever you write. Here are some ideas if you need them.
+++AU - Canon Divergence - What if Tris's mother had lived? What if Tris had chosen another faction to go into -- or had stayed in Abnegation? Or if you have another idea, feel free to go with that.
+++AU - Dragons - It would be interesting to see how the city would cope with dragons running around. Would they keep them as pets? See them as menacing terrors? Use them as working animals? Would they only be used by certain factions?
+++AU - Fantasy/Magic: Maybe the factions are split on different ways to practice magic or different beliefs about whether magic is moral. Maybe it's uncommon to have a talent for witchcraft, etc. Maybe people go around making prophecies or have to live side-by-side with magical entities.
+++Backstory - Information on any of the parents' younger lives would be interesting. Or any of the founders' lives, either just after the city was set up or before it.
+++Epistolary - Letters between the founders of the new society would be interesting, or between them and any family that they left behind. But if you have another idea, feel free to go for that.
+++Worldbuilding - I think that the way people here decided to segment society is fascinating and would love to learn more about how they chose to do it, or what made them actually think this was a good idea in the first place.
Halloweentown
Arranged Marriage
Asexual Relationship
Groundhog Day
Possession
Quests
Worldbuilding
This is a fun verse for me and holds a lot of nice memories. I'm sure I'll like whatever you come up with. I would prefer sexless stories for this movie, though.
+++Arranged Marriage - Is this a practice in Halloweentown, or was it ever, maybe before the town's creation? Is it only practiced by certain creatures? Is there something like a magical book that writes down compatible couple suggestions and people can go look at it? However you like to go here.
+++Asexual Relationship - I can see Marnie as asexual. If you want to write her in a romantic relationship with another asexual person (or magical creature), that would be nice. Het or femslash, either way is fine. It would just be nice to see an ace person get a happy ending. Maybe people don't regard asexuality oddly in Halloweentown.
+++Groundhog day - This could happen pretty easily in a magical verse. Is it a known side-effect of a spell? Something that happens every so many years with a determined end, if only anybody can remember what act will finish it? A freak accident?
+++Possession - We know there's dark magic in Halloweentown. Can any magical entities possess people and make them act against their will? Does Marnie ever accidentally become possessed while trying to summon something she needs to talk to?
+++Quests - Maybe Marnie (or whoever you please) needs to find a magical artifact for a particular spell, or to counteract a poison or curse, or find a hermit who's living in the far reaches of Halloweentown's dimension.
+++Worldbuilding - How did they achieve the founding of Halloweentown? Did anything in particular set it off? Were there any part-humans who had to make the decision to stay in the human world or go to Halloweentown? Or, what's it like to grow up in Halloweentown? Or anything you want to explore.
Labyrinth (1986)
Backstory
Childhood
Epistolary
Fairy Tale Elements
Fake Historical Documents
Groundhog Day
Worldbuilding
I’ve liked this movie for a long time and always thought that the world could use some more exploring. There’s also a million options for going further with Jareth and Sarah’s relationship (or lack thereof), either before or after the movie happened.
+++Backstory/Childhood - Jareth’s backstory interests me specifically. What was he like growing up? Did he have a real family, is there a real society around the Underground? Or was he just brought into being through magic? What was the Labyrinth and the challenges like before Sarah came?
+++Epistolary - Jareth and Sarah writing letters, or Jareth writing letters to his family, or Sarah writing letters to Toby, or Sarah and her friends from the movie corresponding. There are a lot of characters you could involve with this.
+++Fairy Tale Elements - I think it would be easy to incorporate some fairy tales in here. Underground could easily have a “wicked witch.” Sarah’s stepmother said that she’s always the evil stepmother in the movie. Maybe Jareth tries to impose a fairy tale on Sarah when she grows up in order to get her back/get revenge/etc. Toby could be the youngest child going on a quest, etc.
+++Fake Historical Documents - Maybe there are recordings in diaries or illuminated manuscripts of Jareth’s escapades. Maybe there are mentions of the Labyrinth or of Underground. Earlier mortal knowledge of him or the Labyrinth or Underground would be interesting.
+++Groundhog Day - I think it would be interesting to see Jareth imposing this on Sarah. How would she escape? What would his aim be? What kind of day would he trap her in? Or is there some way Jareth and the Labyrinth could get stuck in one of these, and Sarah would have to save her friends?
+++Worldbuilding - If you would like to get deeper into how the Labyrinth or Jareth’s magic works that would be great. Does it react differently to every person? Can a person “figure out” an easy way to the center if they know themselves well enough? Would it change for Sarah if she had to run it again when she was older? Does Jareth have control, or does it react to him in ways he can’t change?
Pinch Hit #2
Supernatural
Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Jody Mills, Kevin Tran
Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
Alternate Universe - Space
Angst with a Happy Ending
Case Fic
Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Curtain Fic
Detective Noir
Families of Choice
Quests
Road Trips
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Longmire (TV)
Angst with a Happy Ending
Backstory
Case Fic
Detective Noir
First Time
Friendship
Magic
Romance
Snowed In
Any Character
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Stargate SG-1
Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
Apocalypse
Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
Detective Noir
Fake/Pretend Relationship
Families of Choice
Hijinks & Shenanigans
Quests
Road Trips
Spies & Secret Agents
Any Character
Letter: http://colls.dreamwidth.org/277422.html
Both are claimed. Thanks!