desertvixen | Dear Worldbuilder (2023) (Reply)

My general preferences are here.

My blanket DNW are nominated character death, graphic/extreme/sexual violence, cruelty/death to animals/children

Treats are enabled and ALWAYS welcome!

Fairy Tail

WB: Hereditary Nature of Magic (FT)

WB: Dragonslayer Magic (FT)

WB: Script Magic (FT)

WB: Grand Magic Games (FT)

Laxus Dreyar (FT)

Levy McGarden (FT)

Evergreen (FT)

Gajeel Redfox (FT)

Freed Justine (FT)

Fanfiction In-Universe Meta

All characters do not need to appear. I ship Gajeel/Levy, Laxus/Mira, and enjoy the Thunder Legion together.

Primarily looking for the following:

1. Grand Magic Games that don't end up in fighting the apocalypse - an actual tournament of skills

2. Script mages - how they do what they do

3. How Script Mages can best support the Dragon Slayers (yes I am a Gale shipper)

4. Talk to me about inheriting magical ability.

So Fairy Tail is a weird fandom for me because there’s a lot of writing and not as much stuff that I like. But it’s big so there’s less exchanges I can request it in.

GMG – While I enjoyed the Dragon King Festival, I’d really love a GMG where they actually get to compete without the end of the world being on the menu. I’d love focusing on this for the 3 characters nommed, or pretty much any of the guilds/characters that appear in the arc. I’m particularly fond of how Fairy Tail has an A and B team, and I like Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel. I’d also be down for post-GMG party time for real, not like what we got in the episode. I would be very down for a second generation battle. Kids of Gajeel/Levy, Natsu/Lucy, Jellal/Erza, Laxus/Mira, Gray/Juvia, Rogue/Sting, Bickslow/Lisanna, Elf/Ever, Cana/Bacchus, Lyon…any old rivalries.

I’m a big Gale shipper, so feel free to keep that in mind.

I’d love a look at how the script mages do their thing, and peculiarlities around it. They’re support magic, but it is powerful. Think about Freed’s traps in the Fantasia arc or in the S-Class, and how Levy and Evergreen both subvert it. (I’ve just been rewatching that whole arc, and for Freed I also love the scene where he stops fighting to lecture his enemy. Channel that.). Levy making Gajeel the iron with the heart in it is another one of my faves.

Is magic power inheritable? Does it run in families? Talk to me about it. We see some examples, like Lucy and her mother both being having the same power, but we see some other examples too: the Strauss siblings with their various takeover abilities, Laxus-Ivan-Makarov all having different abilities, Gildarts and Cana both being fairly powerful (even though Cana’s magic is very different, I find the the fact that she can cast Fairy Glitter to be intriguing), Ur and Ultear having different abilities.

Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling

WB: Tensions between uptimers and downtimers (Nantucket Trilogy)

WB: Revenge of William Walker's Side (Nantucket Trilogy)

WB: Nantucketers are the Sea Peoples (Nantucket Trilogy)

WB: Exploring the 1250 BCE World (Nantucket Trilogy)

WB: Alliance with Babylon falls apart (Nantucket Trilogy)

Martha Cofflin (Nantucket Trilogy)

Kathryn Hollard (Nantucket Trilogy)

Althea Walker (Nantucket Trilogy)

Odikweos (Nantucket Trilogy)

Kashtiliash (Nantucket Trilogy)

Fanfiction In-Universe Meta

All characters do not need to appear. I'm totally down for a story where they DO though.

1. As the trilogy closes, Althea Walker and Ohotolarix are riding into Central Asia. I don't think Walker's daughter stays down for long. How does she come back? Do they mount any attempts to find her?

2. It's always hinted that Kathryn is going to find herself more torn between her roles as Queen of Babylon and Nantucketer - show me more of that. I don't want her and Kashtiliash torn apart but I am good with some angst and a compromise. Or, what drives the stake in the alliance's heart? How does Kathryn feel about being on the wrong side

3. What else is out there in 1250 BCE?

4. Tensions go along with alliance with Babylon failing, but this I see as more of the little things that make it difficult for the two groups to get along. Maybe look at the experiences of downtime students who come to Nantucket - everyone can't be happy and welcoming.

5. Do any of their historians ever realize that the Nantucketers are LITERALLY the Sea Peoples? Are there conspiracy theories? Do they find some group to be the Sea Peoples?

So like, I just want MORE. What happens next? I’m never going to stop being salty about 10+ emberverse books and nothing more for this trilogy.

I love Kathryn/Kash and their adaptation to each other’s world – even if that isn’t always going to be happy.

I think it would be interesting to see Martha interact with more leaders – especially since Kash and Odikweos seem to be willing to take female counsel.

Sea Peoples. The Sea Peoples. I can’t believe I just realized it a few years ago.

I don’t want Althea to win completely, but I wouldn’t be opposed to her carving out a little queendom and causing problems, but interacting with other players.

Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon)

WB: How Long are The Kids in the Realm? (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

WB: The Hall of Bones (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

WB: Royalty in the Realm (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

WB: Portals that don't lead back to the Amusement Park (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

WB: Other Parties in the Realm (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

Eric | The Cavalier (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

Sheila | The Thief (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

Ramoud (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

Fanfiction

1. I'd really love something lush that shows a royal court our adventurers come upon. Maybe Eric or Sheila are kidnapped by a princess/prince? Maybe show us Ramoud's court? Or show us a historical one of a queen from the Hall of Bones?

2. How do the portals that don't lead home make them feel? Maybe a portal that appears to go home but just takes them elsewhere in the Realm? You can make this one a little darker if you like but eventually save them.

3. There have to have been other parties that DM brought through. What happened to them? Are they still trapped in the Realm? Might they join forces?

4. How long are they in the Realm vs. how long are they gone in the real world? Canon suggests that no one has even noticed they're gone.

5. Tell me more about the Hall of Bones and the people in it.

I’m a huge Eric/Sheila shipper.

Pretty much what it says. If you want to channel a fairy tale or something similar (Sleeping Beauty or perhaps Princess and the Pea) go for it. A fairy tale telling of the Hall of Bones? A fairy tale the kids have to unravel?

The portals that go elsewhere – I am totally down if you want to do a little time travel or they never existed/have been missing.

For how long they’ve been gone - I am good for either side.

I’m totally down for 1000+ words of description, scene-setting fluff. Or a Back to the Realm story.

I do love Ramoud so please include him. He would be a great force for exposition, but I love him and Eric together.

One of mine here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/142642

Or this: https://archiveofourown.org/works/599706

Or this: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2809454

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)

WB: Space Supersititions (ST SNW)

WB: Future Pike's Doomed Timeline (STSNW)

Number One | Una Chin-Riley (STSNW)

Spock (STSNW)

hristopher Pike (STSNW)

Fanfiction In-Universe Meta

I really really am enjoying this show.

1. Space Superstitions - I am totally here for whatever superstition/urban legend you want to recast IN SPACE.

2. Future Pike's Doomed Timeline - So what happens there, tell me about it!

I am a serious Pike/Number One shipper so feel free to work that on in!

For space superstitions, I’m totally in on ghost ships, Flying Dutchman, eerie abandoned places, places that aren’t really there, vanishing hitchhikers, reverse phantom hitchhikers, Room for One More.

The doomed timeline – if you want to look at how Kirk’s adventures would have gone differently with Pike and crew in charge, be my guest. In my head SNW is starting its own continuity. Maybe let’s not kill people off though…especially Spock?

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983 Cartoon)

WB: The Sword of Power (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

WB: Other Champions of Grayskull (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

WB: Eternian Mythology (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

WB: Eternian History (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

WB: Castle Grayskull (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

Sorceress of Castle Grayskull | Zoar the Falcon (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

Randor (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

Marlena (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

Man-At-Arms (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)

He-Man | Adam (He-Man 1983 Cartoon)Fanfiction In-Universe Meta

All characters do not need to appear. I do ship Sorceress/Man-at-Arms and Marlena/Randor.

1. The Sword of Power - have there been others? What is special about the sword?

2. Other Champions - Have there been others?

3. Eternian Mythology - Feel free to recast some Earth myths/fairy tales in Eternian clothes.

4. Eternian History - See above. Or more about Randor's family line.

5. Castle Grayskull - Tell me more!

Pretty much what it says above. Is there anything to indicate that Adam’s sword is different/special? Have there been other champions? Does Marlena being from Earth have anything to do with her children’s special fate? Randor telling Marlena about Eternian myths/history (could even do a reverse 1001 nights). Castle Grayskull – is it, as Revelations suggests, the well of all magic on Eternia?