Jan. 26th, 2014 07:01 pm
Dear Creator Letter (ShipSwap)
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subjunctiveDear Writer/Artist,
Hi! Thank you for creating something for me! In this letter, I want to give you a sense of what I like about the pairings I’ve requested as well as some more general tropes/plot devices/themes I like and prompts/ideas for both fic and art. 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; if something else tickles your fancy, chase it away. A lot of the prompts below are in narrative form, but they're meant to inspire any kind of fanwork.
In general, I like the following things (consider them prompts for any of the pairings 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, friends-to-lovers, friends-to-FWB-to-lovers, canon AUs, 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 (being engaged or married is fine), soulmates/True Love, and sexual appearances by non-sexual bodily fluids.
I have zero preferences about ratings; fics I read and art I enjoy 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.
Also: Just because I've requested it for a shipping exchange doesn't mean I necessarily expect a happy ending (although that is good too!). Unrequited pining, fantasizing about the other, angst, can't-be-together-because-circumstances, fic where one mourns the other's death/leaving: it's all good.
I'm equally excited about all the pairings I've requested; don't worry that just because one pairing is particularly long or short, that's equivalent to how much I care for it.
Arrow
Barry Allen/Felicity Smoak
They're so cute together! I love how awkward and sweet they are with each other, and something draws on that dynamic from the show would be lovely. Felicity being there when Barry wakes up from his coma, or spending a weekend with him in Central City, or working together on something or other--all of those sound amazing.
Sara Lance/Felicity Smoak
Hurt/comfort, treating injuries (either way), Sara dropping in on Felicity unexpectedly because she needs her help--all welcome. Forced to work with each other--do they rub each other the wrong way at first? Interpersonal tension becoming sexual tension, yes please. Also, if you happened to write an AU/futurefic where Sara was the vigilante and Felicity and Diggle her support team, however you wrangled it, I'd eat it up with a spoon.
Sara Lance/Thea Queen
I don't know how you'd even get them in a room together if set pre-Sara's return, but I'd love to see it! Thea had a childhood crush? In doing a sideline amateur superhero/investigative business with Roy and Sin, Thea runs across Sara? Thea's in danger and Ollie sends Sara to save her? Sara and Thea plot something together? *chinhands*
Roy Harper/Thea Queen
Something to do with the club/them working together would be awesome, like closing together, workplace arguments bleeding into their personal lives, or making out in the walk-in fridge (or not, 'cause Thea's a professional). Or Thea finding out about the Mirakuru and dealing with the mistrust and fallout from that. Also, I have the feeling Roy kinda likes taking orders from Thea, whatever you want to do with that. Bonus: I'm a million percent into Sin/Thea/Roy, if that's up your alley.
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen/Finnick Odair
The second movie actually ignited my desire to see this pairing, so whichever canon you're inspired by is good. Something post-Games having to do with the Victors; some kind of canon AU like Peeta dying, 75th Games going differently, etc; it's all good. I see a darker, though not entirely without hope, possibility in this pairing--lots of anger, tension, and mistrust (on Katniss's part especially), but also the sense that they could really understand each other. If you want to write porn for these characters, I bet it's kinky.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Darcy Lewis/Sif
Anything that contrasts their personalities would be lovely. I've seen a lot of Darcy-visits-Asgard stories--what about Sif visiting Earth? As a tourist? Reluctant diplomat (ha!)? Avenger? Darcy introducing her to Midgardian customs? Road tripping? Go wild.
Jane Foster/Loki
I love this pairing to death, but my taste for it is a bit specific and limited. If you matched on this, sorry in advance for the wall of text!
On Loki: Everyone seems to have their own characterization preferences. Since there's such a wide range of interpretations, here are some descriptions of him that I thought rang particularly true for me:
None of those descriptions are an I-must-have-it-or-it-will-be-ruined kind of deal, though. In some ways he really was a woobie in the original Thor movie (someone pointed out to me how much Hiddleston looks like he's about to cry in every. single. scene, and wow. yeah.), and then he's sort of generically super evil in Avengers, but I prefer him a little snappier, up to no good, and always pursuing his own agenda.
On the pairing: I'd prefer no fluff or uncomplicated romance, although I'm not asking for hatesex either (although that would be fine!). Feel free to kill Thor off--this might provide a nice catalyst for something to happen--but I'd prefer no Thor-bashing (or Odin-bashing, for that matter). I have a special fondness for post-Thor Loki-falls-to-Earth AUs, whether his initial goal is to help Jane or get revenge on her. And "pay her a visit" stories (without, you know, ending in the implied rape/torture/murder/however you interpreted that; but seduction is A+, especially if it's more difficult than he anticipated, not because of Thor, but because he's misjudged her in some way). If post-Avengers or -The Dark World, I think it would take something weirder to get them together, like sex pollen, shared sex dreaming, forced proximity, other extreme circumstances, etc. (which I happen to adore as plot devices). One of the things I love about this pairing's potential is their mutual intelligence and curiosity, traits that might bring them together, especially if they were, say, compelled to work together on something.
Bruce Banner/Jane Foster
Even though Bruce is the Hulk, that's more like an alternate personality; as Dr. Banner I would guess he's as weirded out by the supernatural, superhero, and spy stuff as plain old human Jane is. Them being (or trying to be) regular people with regular lives doing regular things (and failing?) despite their totally weird surroundings is A+ for me. Also: scientists and sciency stuff!
Marvel 616
Clint Barton/Kate Bishop
Kate dragging him to her parents' boring rich people parties and them making their own fun, superhero mentoring, roadtripping, circus/Clint stuff (tell me when Kate was training herself to be awesome, she did acrobatic/trapeze type stuff and I'll love you foreverrrr). Curtainfic, superheroing, drama, angst, I'm down for it all except super-fluff (I think, and I think they know, that it's going to end badly for one or both of them eventually). Confession: I love all the weird AUs for Hawkeye: Circus AUs (oh god please be inspired by issue #2), Mafia AUs, spy AUs, thief AUs, Pacific Rim/Jaeger fusions, etc. And apocalypsefic! Just no, like, high school or other extra-mundane AUs.
Jane Foster/Sif
I fell in love with these two in their very brief scenes together in Journey into Mystery. Any other situations where they're forced to work together (are you sensing a theme in my requests, anon creator?) or collaborate on some effort would be great. Or Sif tries to see what Thor sees(/saw) in Jane (and succeeds more than she expected, maybe). I'd also love cuddly domestic fic, Jane trying to teach Sif about pop culture, or anything that feels like it's set in rural-ish Oklahoma (oh who am I kidding, the entire state is rural).
Leah/Loki
Lots of stuff here: Anything set during JIM canon, like curtainfic or adventure fic, would be awesome. Apparently they kissed? You could tell me about that. I bet it was awkward; kid Loki trying to be smooth and failing is A+. If you want to age them up and pretend #645 never happened and they do hero type things (or morally gray type things! machinations! plots within plots!), I'm all for that too. However, I could go for a more angsty approach also (Five Futures Leah Never Had?). Or some iddy h/c where one/both is ~repressing their feelings~ and sublimating them into being really pissy (Leah) or snarky (Loki). The most important thing to me for any of those options is the canonical dynamic between them. For sexytimes, please have them be the equivalent of 16 or older. You could also do something darker and more messed up, like New!Old Loki (Young Avengers/Agent of Asgard) having hallucinations of Leah a la New!BSG's Baltar/Caprica Six. Or if you wanted to do some Leah/Loki/Daimon, who would I be to crush your dreams? ;)
Once upon a Time
Captain Hook/Regina Mills
They're both villains, but they also think they're both the heroes, looking for their happy endings. I loved their scene together on the Jolly Roger deck at the end of S2. Any ruminations on the parallels and/or differences between these two would be great. I'm not a fan of the soulmates trope as OUAT sometimes does it (to summarize: I think love is built, not found), so I'd prefer it either be subverted in some way or left out entirely. Any time/setting would be great, including the one-year gap where they're in Fairy Tale Land shown in the mid-S3 finale (don't worry about being jossed, I won't care). Prefer no background Neal/Emma, either.
Captain Hook/Tinker Bell
They sure have some kind of history. Tell me about it! Or tell me about how much she wants him to have his happy ending, and works tirelessly toward that goal, but slowly realizes it might be with her. Or how fairies aren't supposed to get happy endings, just dish them out, except she really wants one (making your own happy ending? Would love!). Lighter or darker is fine. Neverland-set fics very welcome, as are gap-year fics and futurefics. Again, prefer no traditional soulmates (see above) or Neal/Emma.
Thank you again, anon creator!
Hi! Thank you for creating something for me! In this letter, I want to give you a sense of what I like about the pairings I’ve requested as well as some more general tropes/plot devices/themes I like and prompts/ideas for both fic and art. 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; if something else tickles your fancy, chase it away. A lot of the prompts below are in narrative form, but they're meant to inspire any kind of fanwork.
In general, I like the following things (consider them prompts for any of the pairings 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, friends-to-lovers, friends-to-FWB-to-lovers, canon AUs, 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 (being engaged or married is fine), soulmates/True Love, and sexual appearances by non-sexual bodily fluids.
I have zero preferences about ratings; fics I read and art I enjoy 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.
Also: Just because I've requested it for a shipping exchange doesn't mean I necessarily expect a happy ending (although that is good too!). Unrequited pining, fantasizing about the other, angst, can't-be-together-because-circumstances, fic where one mourns the other's death/leaving: it's all good.
I'm equally excited about all the pairings I've requested; don't worry that just because one pairing is particularly long or short, that's equivalent to how much I care for it.
Arrow
Barry Allen/Felicity Smoak
They're so cute together! I love how awkward and sweet they are with each other, and something draws on that dynamic from the show would be lovely. Felicity being there when Barry wakes up from his coma, or spending a weekend with him in Central City, or working together on something or other--all of those sound amazing.
Sara Lance/Felicity Smoak
Hurt/comfort, treating injuries (either way), Sara dropping in on Felicity unexpectedly because she needs her help--all welcome. Forced to work with each other--do they rub each other the wrong way at first? Interpersonal tension becoming sexual tension, yes please. Also, if you happened to write an AU/futurefic where Sara was the vigilante and Felicity and Diggle her support team, however you wrangled it, I'd eat it up with a spoon.
Sara Lance/Thea Queen
I don't know how you'd even get them in a room together if set pre-Sara's return, but I'd love to see it! Thea had a childhood crush? In doing a sideline amateur superhero/investigative business with Roy and Sin, Thea runs across Sara? Thea's in danger and Ollie sends Sara to save her? Sara and Thea plot something together? *chinhands*
Roy Harper/Thea Queen
Something to do with the club/them working together would be awesome, like closing together, workplace arguments bleeding into their personal lives, or making out in the walk-in fridge (or not, 'cause Thea's a professional). Or Thea finding out about the Mirakuru and dealing with the mistrust and fallout from that. Also, I have the feeling Roy kinda likes taking orders from Thea, whatever you want to do with that. Bonus: I'm a million percent into Sin/Thea/Roy, if that's up your alley.
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen/Finnick Odair
The second movie actually ignited my desire to see this pairing, so whichever canon you're inspired by is good. Something post-Games having to do with the Victors; some kind of canon AU like Peeta dying, 75th Games going differently, etc; it's all good. I see a darker, though not entirely without hope, possibility in this pairing--lots of anger, tension, and mistrust (on Katniss's part especially), but also the sense that they could really understand each other. If you want to write porn for these characters, I bet it's kinky.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Darcy Lewis/Sif
Anything that contrasts their personalities would be lovely. I've seen a lot of Darcy-visits-Asgard stories--what about Sif visiting Earth? As a tourist? Reluctant diplomat (ha!)? Avenger? Darcy introducing her to Midgardian customs? Road tripping? Go wild.
Jane Foster/Loki
I love this pairing to death, but my taste for it is a bit specific and limited. If you matched on this, sorry in advance for the wall of text!
On Loki: Everyone seems to have their own characterization preferences. Since there's such a wide range of interpretations, here are some descriptions of him that I thought rang particularly true for me:
- zeta_tauri: "chaotic neutral"
- From "Fundamental Forces," by nayanroo: "he had always been able to play people as though they were but pieces on a board, but understanding and relating to them was another matter entirely"
- From "Icarus," by trinity_destler: "His heart on his sleeve when it came to his emotions and an enigma machine when it came to his thoughts."
None of those descriptions are an I-must-have-it-or-it-will-be-ruined kind of deal, though. In some ways he really was a woobie in the original Thor movie (someone pointed out to me how much Hiddleston looks like he's about to cry in every. single. scene, and wow. yeah.), and then he's sort of generically super evil in Avengers, but I prefer him a little snappier, up to no good, and always pursuing his own agenda.
On the pairing: I'd prefer no fluff or uncomplicated romance, although I'm not asking for hatesex either (although that would be fine!). Feel free to kill Thor off--this might provide a nice catalyst for something to happen--but I'd prefer no Thor-bashing (or Odin-bashing, for that matter). I have a special fondness for post-Thor Loki-falls-to-Earth AUs, whether his initial goal is to help Jane or get revenge on her. And "pay her a visit" stories (without, you know, ending in the implied rape/torture/murder/however you interpreted that; but seduction is A+, especially if it's more difficult than he anticipated, not because of Thor, but because he's misjudged her in some way). If post-Avengers or -The Dark World, I think it would take something weirder to get them together, like sex pollen, shared sex dreaming, forced proximity, other extreme circumstances, etc. (which I happen to adore as plot devices). One of the things I love about this pairing's potential is their mutual intelligence and curiosity, traits that might bring them together, especially if they were, say, compelled to work together on something.
Bruce Banner/Jane Foster
Even though Bruce is the Hulk, that's more like an alternate personality; as Dr. Banner I would guess he's as weirded out by the supernatural, superhero, and spy stuff as plain old human Jane is. Them being (or trying to be) regular people with regular lives doing regular things (and failing?) despite their totally weird surroundings is A+ for me. Also: scientists and sciency stuff!
Marvel 616
Clint Barton/Kate Bishop
Kate dragging him to her parents' boring rich people parties and them making their own fun, superhero mentoring, roadtripping, circus/Clint stuff (tell me when Kate was training herself to be awesome, she did acrobatic/trapeze type stuff and I'll love you foreverrrr). Curtainfic, superheroing, drama, angst, I'm down for it all except super-fluff (I think, and I think they know, that it's going to end badly for one or both of them eventually). Confession: I love all the weird AUs for Hawkeye: Circus AUs (oh god please be inspired by issue #2), Mafia AUs, spy AUs, thief AUs, Pacific Rim/Jaeger fusions, etc. And apocalypsefic! Just no, like, high school or other extra-mundane AUs.
Jane Foster/Sif
I fell in love with these two in their very brief scenes together in Journey into Mystery. Any other situations where they're forced to work together (are you sensing a theme in my requests, anon creator?) or collaborate on some effort would be great. Or Sif tries to see what Thor sees(/saw) in Jane (and succeeds more than she expected, maybe). I'd also love cuddly domestic fic, Jane trying to teach Sif about pop culture, or anything that feels like it's set in rural-ish Oklahoma (oh who am I kidding, the entire state is rural).
Leah/Loki
Lots of stuff here: Anything set during JIM canon, like curtainfic or adventure fic, would be awesome. Apparently they kissed? You could tell me about that. I bet it was awkward; kid Loki trying to be smooth and failing is A+. If you want to age them up and pretend #645 never happened and they do hero type things (or morally gray type things! machinations! plots within plots!), I'm all for that too. However, I could go for a more angsty approach also (Five Futures Leah Never Had?). Or some iddy h/c where one/both is ~repressing their feelings~ and sublimating them into being really pissy (Leah) or snarky (Loki). The most important thing to me for any of those options is the canonical dynamic between them. For sexytimes, please have them be the equivalent of 16 or older. You could also do something darker and more messed up, like New!Old Loki (Young Avengers/Agent of Asgard) having hallucinations of Leah a la New!BSG's Baltar/Caprica Six. Or if you wanted to do some Leah/Loki/Daimon, who would I be to crush your dreams? ;)
Once upon a Time
Captain Hook/Regina Mills
They're both villains, but they also think they're both the heroes, looking for their happy endings. I loved their scene together on the Jolly Roger deck at the end of S2. Any ruminations on the parallels and/or differences between these two would be great. I'm not a fan of the soulmates trope as OUAT sometimes does it (to summarize: I think love is built, not found), so I'd prefer it either be subverted in some way or left out entirely. Any time/setting would be great, including the one-year gap where they're in Fairy Tale Land shown in the mid-S3 finale (don't worry about being jossed, I won't care). Prefer no background Neal/Emma, either.
Captain Hook/Tinker Bell
They sure have some kind of history. Tell me about it! Or tell me about how much she wants him to have his happy ending, and works tirelessly toward that goal, but slowly realizes it might be with her. Or how fairies aren't supposed to get happy endings, just dish them out, except she really wants one (making your own happy ending? Would love!). Lighter or darker is fine. Neverland-set fics very welcome, as are gap-year fics and futurefics. Again, prefer no traditional soulmates (see above) or Neal/Emma.
Thank you again, anon creator!
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