Feb. 11th, 2014 09:58 pm
Dear Rarewomen Writer
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subjunctiveDear Rarewoman writer,
Thanks so much for writing something for me! Here, I'm hoping to give you some idea what I like about the characters I’ve requested as well as some more general tropes/plot devices/themes I like and prompts/ideas. I'm pretty easy to please, I think, even though there are lots of details and ideas here. As is hopefully clear, I'm just using the letter to throw out suggestions.
In general, I like the following things (consider them prompts for any of the characters below): forced proximity, curtain fic/domestic fic, hurt/comfort, apocalypse/post-apocalyptic fic, post-apocalyptic curtainfic (lol), open endings, family dynamics, traveling and/or road trips, sex pollen, circus AUs, Groundhog Day stories, slow burns, stories about friendship, friends-to-lovers, friends-to-FWB-to-lovers, canon AUs, teamfic, missing scenes, and ethical quandaries.
Generally, I don’t like, or am not interested in, the following things: straight-up non-con/rape, kid fic/next gen/pregnancy fic, on-screen wedding ceremonies or marriage proposals, soulmates/True Love, and sexual appearances by non-sexual bodily fluids. For none of the characters I requested am I interested in mundane AUs (coffeeshop, bakery, etc).
I have zero preferences about ratings; fics I read regularly run the gamut from G to E. I would be happy to receive porn with or without plot. I'm cool with violence and horror, too. I'm a sucker for all gen character studies.
I'm VERY excited about all the women I've requested; don't worry that just because one section is particularly long or short, that's equivalent to how much I care for her.
Arrow
Characters requested: Helena Bertinelli, Sara Lance, Laurel Lance, Thea, Nyssa
Original request:
As you can see, I love all the women on this show! Something about fighting crime, hurt/comfort or injury treatment, or reluctant alliances or friendships between these women (and any other characters you're interested in, regardless of gender) would be great. Moral dilemmas and the line between good and evil are also a particular interest of mine with superhero canons ("Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster...") Femslash is awesome also; I am particularly interested in Nyssa/Sara, Sara/Sin, Felicity/Sara, Sara/Thea and Helena/Thea. No incest, please.
Additional details:
Helena: What is Helena up to while she's out of town? How does she think about her family now? Is she getting healthier/in a better space or worse? Fighting crime? Being morally ambiguous? Feel free to have her re-join the main cast in some way, as an ally or opponent. Helena/Ollie also welcome.
Sara: Anything about her backstory with the League, including Nyssa, would be great. For some reason I'm also really taken with the idea of an AU/futurefic where Sara is Starling City's vigilante (either taking up Ollie's mantle for some reason or a complete AU where she ended up with his personal mission somehow. Either may require Ollie's death, which is fine). Or you could kill Laurel off and make her the Black Canary. I'm less interested in island stuff. As you can see, I ship her with just about everyone not related to her, including Ollie and Felicity (training Felicity to fight!!! "You're cute"!!!). She's sort of my Arrow fandom bicycle, so if you're interested in seeing her with someone I haven't named, have at it.
Laurel: The fandom seems to hate her right now, and I understand why--and frankly the show seems to as well given her treatment--but I'd love for you to do something interesting with her. I find her sympathetic, all things considered. Her relationship with Tommy was a highlight for me, and the possibility of her becoming the Black Canary, especially now that she's out of a job, is a definite interest. Something about repairing her relationship with Sara - lots of angst and antagonism and introspection possibilities here - would also be great, as would her addiction/recovery struggles and/or Lance-family stuff.
Thea: I love her and Roy together deeply, and also Sin/Thea/Roy, if you're into it. Anything about her job managing the club--the show made it look like she was a perfect fit, no problems, but anything about the difficulties of management and responsibility and about growing into the job would be great. And/or I'd love to read about her finding out about Roy and the Mirakuru and dealing with the fallout from that.
Nyssa: Anything about her history, especially with her relationship with Sara and/or her father. What was it like growing up in the League of Assassins? What does she think about her job? What does loyalty mean to her? A look at the episode about her and Sara from Nyssa's perspective, especially if it offers new information, background, or interpretation of what went on. Alternately, looking toward the future, what is she going to do now that she's failed her mission?
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Character requested: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Original request:
I love Boomer as she was portrayed in seasons 1 and 2--one of my favorite characters ever--but her characterization seemed to go off the rails with her role in the occupation of New Caprica. I'd really love something set before that time period, like during the period she was figuring out she was a Cylon, her dynamic with the other pilots, her relationship with Tyrol or the old man, her time in the brig, or some kind of AU/fixit where her decisions actually make sense. I LOVED her alliance with Caprica Six, and I can see them getting into some real trouble.
Additional details:
I think I pretty much covered everything. I'm happy to read about her coming to terms with (or not) her Cylon and human identities--I just didn't like the way the show covered it (i.e., the failed occupation and her resulting bitterness/rejection of humanity). Her and Caprica Six going down a different path with respect to Cylon/human relations would be amazing. I totally ship her with Caprica Six also.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Characters requested: Alice, Anastasia
Original request:
For Alice, I would be happy to see something about her history with Wonderland and what it means to her, her relationship with her family, something about the build of her and Cyrus's relationship, or I also totally ship her with the Knave and some kind of journey-to-discovering-their-love (including retrieving the Knave's heart) would be great.
For Anastasia, again, more about her past with the Knave would be lovely, or the lead-up to her regretting her decision and trying to make it right, or about her marriage (was it loveless? or just not enough?). Future-fic would also be great, maybe something about her and the Knave (again, retrieving his heart would be gold).
I would also love to see these characters learn to - or be forced to - work together, if you're interested in that.
Additional details:
We haven't got much of a sense of Wonderland as a real place yet--of its borders, the different parts and creatures who live in them, or the land itself. That would be great to read about as well. I'd love to see more of the Underland and Caterpillar as well--the potential adaptation of the Lewis Carroll story for organized crime sounds like a lot of fun! Feel free to bring in any other stories, myths, Once characters, etc., as per your interests.
Again, thank you!
Thanks so much for writing something for me! Here, I'm hoping to give you some idea what I like about the characters I’ve requested as well as some more general tropes/plot devices/themes I like and prompts/ideas. I'm pretty easy to please, I think, even though there are lots of details and ideas here. As is hopefully clear, I'm just using the letter to throw out suggestions.
In general, I like the following things (consider them prompts for any of the characters below): forced proximity, curtain fic/domestic fic, hurt/comfort, apocalypse/post-apocalyptic fic, post-apocalyptic curtainfic (lol), open endings, family dynamics, traveling and/or road trips, sex pollen, circus AUs, Groundhog Day stories, slow burns, stories about friendship, friends-to-lovers, friends-to-FWB-to-lovers, canon AUs, teamfic, missing scenes, and ethical quandaries.
Generally, I don’t like, or am not interested in, the following things: straight-up non-con/rape, kid fic/next gen/pregnancy fic, on-screen wedding ceremonies or marriage proposals, soulmates/True Love, and sexual appearances by non-sexual bodily fluids. For none of the characters I requested am I interested in mundane AUs (coffeeshop, bakery, etc).
I have zero preferences about ratings; fics I read regularly run the gamut from G to E. I would be happy to receive porn with or without plot. I'm cool with violence and horror, too. I'm a sucker for all gen character studies.
I'm VERY excited about all the women I've requested; don't worry that just because one section is particularly long or short, that's equivalent to how much I care for her.
Arrow
Characters requested: Helena Bertinelli, Sara Lance, Laurel Lance, Thea, Nyssa
Original request:
As you can see, I love all the women on this show! Something about fighting crime, hurt/comfort or injury treatment, or reluctant alliances or friendships between these women (and any other characters you're interested in, regardless of gender) would be great. Moral dilemmas and the line between good and evil are also a particular interest of mine with superhero canons ("Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster...") Femslash is awesome also; I am particularly interested in Nyssa/Sara, Sara/Sin, Felicity/Sara, Sara/Thea and Helena/Thea. No incest, please.
Additional details:
Helena: What is Helena up to while she's out of town? How does she think about her family now? Is she getting healthier/in a better space or worse? Fighting crime? Being morally ambiguous? Feel free to have her re-join the main cast in some way, as an ally or opponent. Helena/Ollie also welcome.
Sara: Anything about her backstory with the League, including Nyssa, would be great. For some reason I'm also really taken with the idea of an AU/futurefic where Sara is Starling City's vigilante (either taking up Ollie's mantle for some reason or a complete AU where she ended up with his personal mission somehow. Either may require Ollie's death, which is fine). Or you could kill Laurel off and make her the Black Canary. I'm less interested in island stuff. As you can see, I ship her with just about everyone not related to her, including Ollie and Felicity (training Felicity to fight!!! "You're cute"!!!). She's sort of my Arrow fandom bicycle, so if you're interested in seeing her with someone I haven't named, have at it.
Laurel: The fandom seems to hate her right now, and I understand why--and frankly the show seems to as well given her treatment--but I'd love for you to do something interesting with her. I find her sympathetic, all things considered. Her relationship with Tommy was a highlight for me, and the possibility of her becoming the Black Canary, especially now that she's out of a job, is a definite interest. Something about repairing her relationship with Sara - lots of angst and antagonism and introspection possibilities here - would also be great, as would her addiction/recovery struggles and/or Lance-family stuff.
Thea: I love her and Roy together deeply, and also Sin/Thea/Roy, if you're into it. Anything about her job managing the club--the show made it look like she was a perfect fit, no problems, but anything about the difficulties of management and responsibility and about growing into the job would be great. And/or I'd love to read about her finding out about Roy and the Mirakuru and dealing with the fallout from that.
Nyssa: Anything about her history, especially with her relationship with Sara and/or her father. What was it like growing up in the League of Assassins? What does she think about her job? What does loyalty mean to her? A look at the episode about her and Sara from Nyssa's perspective, especially if it offers new information, background, or interpretation of what went on. Alternately, looking toward the future, what is she going to do now that she's failed her mission?
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Character requested: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii
Original request:
I love Boomer as she was portrayed in seasons 1 and 2--one of my favorite characters ever--but her characterization seemed to go off the rails with her role in the occupation of New Caprica. I'd really love something set before that time period, like during the period she was figuring out she was a Cylon, her dynamic with the other pilots, her relationship with Tyrol or the old man, her time in the brig, or some kind of AU/fixit where her decisions actually make sense. I LOVED her alliance with Caprica Six, and I can see them getting into some real trouble.
Additional details:
I think I pretty much covered everything. I'm happy to read about her coming to terms with (or not) her Cylon and human identities--I just didn't like the way the show covered it (i.e., the failed occupation and her resulting bitterness/rejection of humanity). Her and Caprica Six going down a different path with respect to Cylon/human relations would be amazing. I totally ship her with Caprica Six also.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
Characters requested: Alice, Anastasia
Original request:
For Alice, I would be happy to see something about her history with Wonderland and what it means to her, her relationship with her family, something about the build of her and Cyrus's relationship, or I also totally ship her with the Knave and some kind of journey-to-discovering-their-love (including retrieving the Knave's heart) would be great.
For Anastasia, again, more about her past with the Knave would be lovely, or the lead-up to her regretting her decision and trying to make it right, or about her marriage (was it loveless? or just not enough?). Future-fic would also be great, maybe something about her and the Knave (again, retrieving his heart would be gold).
I would also love to see these characters learn to - or be forced to - work together, if you're interested in that.
Additional details:
We haven't got much of a sense of Wonderland as a real place yet--of its borders, the different parts and creatures who live in them, or the land itself. That would be great to read about as well. I'd love to see more of the Underland and Caterpillar as well--the potential adaptation of the Lewis Carroll story for organized crime sounds like a lot of fun! Feel free to bring in any other stories, myths, Once characters, etc., as per your interests.
Again, thank you!
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