Not Prime Time letter
Yes, I am doing this.
Dear NPT writer,
I'm always about the female characters, their goals, their hopes, their dreams, their wants and desires and agency. So I hope this is in line with what you can write, because I love me the female characters and their stories! (We should have matched on female characters, that's mostly what I requested, after all!)
I really like the idea of the women in a canon being connected to each other, even if they don't necessarily like each other. But they respect what they can do, and they don't tear each other down because they've been there and they've watched the guys do that, and they're not going to be like that. In short, women being awesome, and women being awesome to each other.
I have my pairing preferences, which I've listed, but I'm very much a rarepair shipper in most fandoms, so gen interaction is perfectly okay.
MCU: Maria Hill
Maria Hill is my spirit animal. Well, that's not true. But Maria is my favourite character in the MCU and associated fandoms, so I want a story about her.
I want a story about her being awesome, about her Reasons Why, about her interactions with the other women of the MCU - particularly Pepper, Melinda, Bobbi, Sharon, Wanda Maximoff, and Peggy Carter.
Ideas:
- shared missions, shared thoughts
- relaxing and downtime: not the typical giggly "girls' night out" kind of stuff, but the kind of conversations that professional women in intelligence work would have (ie. about their work and possibly the men they work with)
- dealing with the boys' club of intelligence work (which would still hold at SHIELD, although Peggy would have eased its grip)
My major pairing is Maria/Steve, but if you can't manage that, then Maria/Bucky, Maria/Rhodey, or Maria gen would be great!
Captain America Movies: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers
Maria/Steve is my OTP of OTPs.
She's the female character he's had the most canonical interaction with after Peggy and Natasha. She follows his lead and protests by his name when he wants her to finish the job - and there's a history there, although not necessarily romantic.
Give me a story about their interaction, a mission, downtime, or something that they discussed/argued about. If you can angle it towards romantic interest, then I'd love to read your take. If you can't or don't want to, then I want to read your version of their behind-the-scenes interaction.
Maria is my favourite character, btw, so be good to her, please!
Jupiter Ascending: Jupiter, Aleksa, Kiza, Diomika
The women of Jupiter Ascending are all awesome, each in their own way. They do the things they can (or must) and if it's not exactly competence, it's a need to complete the job.
One of the things I really loved about the movie is that Jupiter is connected to her family. I'd actually really like to read a story about how Jupiter tells her family about being Space Queen Of Everything. There are few stories out there that do this, and I want to see the reactions: not only the family's, but the rest of Jupiter's 'court' (so to speak) to her family and their...peculiarities.
Please don't demonise the Bolotnikovs: they may not be picture-perfect, but they're not abusive (although Vlad does border on self-centered asshole).
Pacific Rim: Mako Mori, Raleigh Becket
Mako/Raleigh, post-movie, dealing with each other and what it means to be Drift-compatible.
I know this has been done (possibly to death) but there's just so many possibilities and options, so many things that could happen and that I'd like to read. And I always want more!
See if you can work in bits of their past that we haven't seen from the movie; her relationship with Pentecost (and the Weis, the Kaidonovskies, the Hansens, and other pilots), and his relationship with Yancy (and the other pilots they worked with through the years). There'd always be some conflicts and issues - now that Raleigh has come back and saved the world, that Mako has finally found a copilot with which to drive a Jaeger, how do these come out?
I'm not averse to Herc, but I find I don't generally like the portrayal of the Drs. G, so maybe skip them. (Unless you like Vanessa Gottlieb, in which case: husband-and-his-drift-compatible-frenemy wrangling!)
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Finally, dear author, I hope you enjoy writing this and it's not a chore. Write and have fun and I'll enjoy what you have for me!
Thank you!
Dear NPT writer,
I'm always about the female characters, their goals, their hopes, their dreams, their wants and desires and agency. So I hope this is in line with what you can write, because I love me the female characters and their stories! (We should have matched on female characters, that's mostly what I requested, after all!)
I really like the idea of the women in a canon being connected to each other, even if they don't necessarily like each other. But they respect what they can do, and they don't tear each other down because they've been there and they've watched the guys do that, and they're not going to be like that. In short, women being awesome, and women being awesome to each other.
I have my pairing preferences, which I've listed, but I'm very much a rarepair shipper in most fandoms, so gen interaction is perfectly okay.
MCU: Maria Hill
Maria Hill is my spirit animal. Well, that's not true. But Maria is my favourite character in the MCU and associated fandoms, so I want a story about her.
I want a story about her being awesome, about her Reasons Why, about her interactions with the other women of the MCU - particularly Pepper, Melinda, Bobbi, Sharon, Wanda Maximoff, and Peggy Carter.
Ideas:
- shared missions, shared thoughts
- relaxing and downtime: not the typical giggly "girls' night out" kind of stuff, but the kind of conversations that professional women in intelligence work would have (ie. about their work and possibly the men they work with)
- dealing with the boys' club of intelligence work (which would still hold at SHIELD, although Peggy would have eased its grip)
My major pairing is Maria/Steve, but if you can't manage that, then Maria/Bucky, Maria/Rhodey, or Maria gen would be great!
Captain America Movies: Maria Hill, Steve Rogers
Maria/Steve is my OTP of OTPs.
She's the female character he's had the most canonical interaction with after Peggy and Natasha. She follows his lead and protests by his name when he wants her to finish the job - and there's a history there, although not necessarily romantic.
Give me a story about their interaction, a mission, downtime, or something that they discussed/argued about. If you can angle it towards romantic interest, then I'd love to read your take. If you can't or don't want to, then I want to read your version of their behind-the-scenes interaction.
Maria is my favourite character, btw, so be good to her, please!
Jupiter Ascending: Jupiter, Aleksa, Kiza, Diomika
The women of Jupiter Ascending are all awesome, each in their own way. They do the things they can (or must) and if it's not exactly competence, it's a need to complete the job.
One of the things I really loved about the movie is that Jupiter is connected to her family. I'd actually really like to read a story about how Jupiter tells her family about being Space Queen Of Everything. There are few stories out there that do this, and I want to see the reactions: not only the family's, but the rest of Jupiter's 'court' (so to speak) to her family and their...peculiarities.
Please don't demonise the Bolotnikovs: they may not be picture-perfect, but they're not abusive (although Vlad does border on self-centered asshole).
Pacific Rim: Mako Mori, Raleigh Becket
Mako/Raleigh, post-movie, dealing with each other and what it means to be Drift-compatible.
I know this has been done (possibly to death) but there's just so many possibilities and options, so many things that could happen and that I'd like to read. And I always want more!
See if you can work in bits of their past that we haven't seen from the movie; her relationship with Pentecost (and the Weis, the Kaidonovskies, the Hansens, and other pilots), and his relationship with Yancy (and the other pilots they worked with through the years). There'd always be some conflicts and issues - now that Raleigh has come back and saved the world, that Mako has finally found a copilot with which to drive a Jaeger, how do these come out?
I'm not averse to Herc, but I find I don't generally like the portrayal of the Drs. G, so maybe skip them. (Unless you like Vanessa Gottlieb, in which case: husband-and-his-drift-compatible-frenemy wrangling!)
--
Finally, dear author, I hope you enjoy writing this and it's not a chore. Write and have fun and I'll enjoy what you have for me!
Thank you!