desertvixen | Dear Prime Time Player (Reply)

Of course, I'll love whatever you write, so have fun!

You can find my general likes/dislikes here.

On to the specifics!

1. Greek and Roman Mythology

Clytemnestra & Iphigenia

Clytemnestra & Penelope & Helen of Troy

Demeter & Hera

Hera/Zeus

Clytemnestra & Iphigenia - AU for Iphigenia at Aulis where Iphigenia lives

Clytemnestra & Penelope & Helen of Troy - Cousins and their interactions

Demeter & Hera - The 2 mature ladies

Hera/Zeus - I'd love something sensual between the 2 of them

Clytemnestra & Helen of Troy & Penelope - Penelope is their cousin. A lot of people forget this. Post-war introspection? Regency AU? Playing off Jane Yolen's Young Heroes?

I’d love something playing off Iphigenia at Aulis, and I don’t necessarily need Agamemnon to be the bad guy, but I also don’t really need a focus on him. Here for the ladies.

I admit to being more interested in Clytemnestra and Penelope, but mostly because so much other stuff has been done about Helen. So while I was working on a story for Once Upon A Fic last year, I started thinking about the whole deal where all the suitors are piled up at Tyndareus’ palace, fighting over Helen, and realized: this would make an awesome Regency house party story. I’d like the focus to be on Odysseus trying to win Penelope’s hand (with her uncle Tyndareus’ help) and the relationship between Helen, Clytemnestra, and Penelope (how do the sisters get on, with each other and their cousin Penelope? I envision Penelope as having been asked to help be a responsible adult).

Hera & Demeter - They're both considered to be Great Goddesses. What do the senior Olympian women chat about? Let them show their power.

I’m really more into Demeter, especially when portrayed in a ripe aspect (wheat blonde braids/waves and blood red poppies, a mature woman but not a crone). I find her interaction with humans and her removal from all the soap operas over at Olympus to be interesting. I also like Hera, even if she does get petty. I’d be down for a Regency AU if you feel like it. Or maybe put these two (and some of the other Olympians) in an Christie-style mission. Bonus points if you include Nemesis in this one.

Of all the gods and goddesses, Demeter should surely have some compassion for Clytemnestra if you feel like combining prompts. I hate the whole emphasis on the fact that she cheated on her husband and killed him (in the bath), while ignoring the whole part where Agamemmnon was totally cool with sacrificing their little girl Iphigenia so they could go fight the Trojans.

2. Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Ludmilla "Drou" Droushnakovi & Laisa Toscane Vorbarra

Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril

Laisa Toscane Vorbarra & Tej Arqua Vorpatril

Laisa Toscane Vorbarra & Aral Vorkosigan

Laisa Toscane Vorbarra & Ivan Vorpatril

Pretty much all about Laisa here

Drou & Laisa - How do these two get along? Maybe related to Laisa and Gregor's children

Laisa & Tej - Outsiders who become insiders

Laisa & Aral - How do these two relate?

Laisa & Ivan - I see them having fun at social events

Ivan/Tej - my very favorite VK ship

Ivan/Tej - sexy sweet, I love these two! maybe with a dealing with weird Barrayaran cultural stuff aspect?
Of all Bujold couples, Ivan/Tej are one of my very favorites. I love how they play off each other, I love how she calls him "Ivan Xav", I love how he can be himself with her, I love them. It can be sweet and fluffy or sexy and risque. I would really love something set in the Barrayaran social whirl, perhaps when they are home between assignments?

Laisa and Ivan - I like how Gregor and Ivan interact with each other, and I'd like to see how Laisa and Ivan interact - either large social settings where they're both on and "in character" or a more intimate family event. Ivan is Alys' son, after all, and he's alive to social nuances (and I imagine to ladies' fashion). Not interested in Laisa/Ivan... but if you wanted to do something that was Gregor/Laisa and Ivan/Tej, I'd not say no.

Or maybe they share a guilty pleasure show or book series? I can just imagine a Barrayaran version of Downton Abbey or such.

I love both of them - I love the sweet and sexy vibe between Ivan and Tej, and can imagine a similar one with Gregor and Laisa. I love the social whirl aspects of Barrayar, and court politics, and would be totally down for some sort of Winterfair mystery with fancy dresses, or even just the fancy dresses and no mystery.

Tej starts watching the equivalent of Downton Abbey set during the Time of Isolation or Regency. She's hooked but Ivan and Alys may not be. Alternately, Alys has a guilty habit of watching them (and possibly critiquing them). I'm also down for a treatment of over the top costume drama on these periods. Bonus points if you have characters based on Alys and Padma in it (with her critique).

Discovering a lost colony - I'd like to see Ivan and Tej be sent in their diplomatic role. Have fun.

"Tej seemed such a sunny personality, much of the time—these flashes of dark were like a crack in the sky, shocking and wrong. Reminding him that the daylight was the illusion, the scattering of light by the atmosphere, and the endless night was the permanent default behind it all."

I already got a lovely one like this, but would totally dig ANOTHER one! I love the whole "person has ghostly encounter", and doesn't realize it until they see a portrait of the person. This would be particularly nice with Laisa and Tej seeing Kareen's ghost. A side dish of "trying to figure out Barrayarans" would go well. Feel free to add in some Ivan/Tej sexysillyfun times.

3. Descendants (Disney Movies)

Jay/Li Lonnie

Jay & Li Lonnie

I'm really a sucker for these two, as friends or lovers or warriors fighting back to back...

I don’t have a bunch of prompts for this one because I’ve never requested it, but I am equally down for a friendly, playful story or a sweet and sexy one. I would be totally in for a story where fighting back to back or working out together gets steamy.

4. The LEGO Movie (2014)

Unikitty (The LEGO Movie) & None

I love Unikitty! Every idea is a good idea except the NOT HAPPY ones.

So, Unikitty was pretty much my favorite part of the movie. I knew as soon as I saw her, I was going to love her. She's a princess rainbow unicorn kitty (with a bit of a mean side when needed) - what more do you need? Feel free to crossover with some of the other Lego properties.

5. Star Trek: The Original Series

Number One/Christopher Pike

Mirror Number One/Mirror Christopher Pike

Number One & Spock

I'm a sucker for Cage days.

Spock and Number One interacting while Pike is away?

Pike/Number One or Mirror counterparts - would love something sensual or tender. If mirror, I'd prefer them to be not evil. Maybe helping Mirror Spock?

Here for Number One - shippy stuff with Pike (can be a little angsty or "what the hell, we have tonight" or working relationship with Spock - or combo of the 2!

So, I love Number One. So much. I would love more things about this Enterprise and this crew, especially if it involves Number One and Chris Pike acknowledging deeper feelings or imitating a West Texas screen door OR Number One and Spock being logical and competent and probably driving others to drink. But I love the whole group. Feel free to work in stuff from DC Fontana's book Vulcan's Glory - which if you are a fan of these folks and have NOT read it, I suggest you rectify that situation.

These two prompts could go together nicely, I think. But up to you. I do ask that you avoid inklings of Chris Pike's TOS fate, however. They can be angsty about the fact that the captain and first officer probably shouldn't be doing each other, but no pain and suffering please.

Number One/Chris Pike - AU where Chris Pike doesn't get killed would be great. Play off things in the novel Vulcan's Glory if you like. I love these two together, and I LOVE Number One, but no sacrificing her career to be with him. Maybe they have to attend a diplomatic function?

6. Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Fix-It Felix Jr. & Stan Litwak

Stan Litwak & None

Tamora Calhoun/Fix-It Felix Jr.

I'd love something exploring Mr. Litwak's love of video games - maybe he's playing Fix It Felix late one night by himself and notices something strange...

Tamora and Felix - I love these two.

Larry Litwak has been relying on Fix-It Felix Jr. to bring in people for a long time. How does he feel about the old games and their sudden "upgrade" at the end? Maybe he plays a little Fix-It Felix Jr. after hours to relax? Does he have a passion for old games, and only have the stuff like Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush to bring in the kids? Does anyone ever wonder why this old game console is still hanging around? And does he ever notice strange things in the arcade, either when he comes in the morning or late at night? I picked Felix because that seems like the sort of game this guy would play himself (or maybe some other classics, like Pac-Man, Mario, Shinobi).

7. Babylon 5

Stephen Franklin/Susan Ivanova

Stephen Franklin & Susan Ivanova

I thought I was the only person who thought Stephen and Susan should hook up, but apparently not!

Or friendly dealing with each other.

Nothing to add, I just think it would work….

8. Star Trek: The Next Generation

Beverly Crusher & Elizabeth Shelby

Beverly Crusher & Tasha Yar

Richard Castillo/Tasha Yar

Beverly Crusher/Jean-Luc Picard

Beverly & Elizabeth interacting, or Beverly & Tasha interacting

Castillo/Yar - remember the whole line where he tells her if she sees an older man giving her a certain look, she should talk to him - I need that please

Picard/Crusher - My first ship ever

Not much to add, just got a cool P/C story for Space Swap but we can always use more – sexy or sweet (or both). I also love Yesterday’s Enterprise, so go to town with that.