desertvixen | Five Figure Fandom Exchange 2024 (FFFX 2024) (Reply)

Yes, I have decided to try my hand at the Triple Crown.

Letter Updated 8/26

THE SHORT LIST:

FEEL FREE TO CROSSOVER ANY TIME: Nancy Drew | Georgette Heyer | And Then There Were None | Clue

MAYBE: no-harm dubcon (sex pollen or “fertility artifact”) | period typical attitudes | infidelity | power dynamic

Treats are very welcome.

I am opting in to remixing if you like that option. Feel free to play with any of the stuff I have for these couples.

This is a sort of supercut letter, so enjoy! One has a lot more, it's just because I've put a lot of thought into it. I love them all.

Some of the things I really enjoy are below!

Canon Divergence/What-If AUs:

Canon Divergence AU – I am all about the paths not taken and what-ifs. I am totally here for fix-its, but I’m also here for wandering down different roads. I can NEVER get enough of this. I love the what-if factor and seeing where it takes you. Q-Squared is a great influence on timeline mixing stories I like. Feel free to run it as a straight canon divergence OR spin off into one of the Dimension hopping/time traveling. How does one change change everything?

Canon Divergence Fix-It – Canon has hurt me/disappointed me, but your AU can make it all better…

A few general AU scenarios I enjoy:

Flying Dutchman AU: They don’t have to sail around the Cape but looking for the heart of the story – the determination to do the thing even if it take eternity, the abandoned ship – feel free to evoke Mary Celeste as well. This one translates nicely to space-based canons.

Bermuda Triangle AU – Lost with no trace? Does the Triangle send them elsewhere? People trying to prove/disprove the Triangle?

Ice Age Never Ended AU – I like the idea of sticking the canon in an ice-age landscape (yes complete with megafauna). Saber-toothed kitties please!

Fairy Tale AU – If you want to use a specific fairy tale, that’s fine but I’m really looking for more of the feel and elements, rather than a specific story. I am very fond of tumbling down castles that hide secrets and enchanted forests. Check out my works for ones I enjoy!

I also love some fusions!

Clue Fusion – Exactly what it sounds like. Whether it involves characters from Clue or just mirrors the setup is up to you. I love the house, the dark and stormy night, the secret, the time limit to figure out who is the killer, and the surprises. My faves are Wadsworth, Miss Scarlet and Mrs. White.

House on Haunted Hill Fusion: Much like Clue and ATTWN, I love the group gathered by a host who has Plans for them and an isolated location, where obviously they can’t just leave. Ghosts are not required, but the trapped until dawn factor is a favorite. I prefer the original with Vincent Price overall, but I do love the builder’s descendant in the 1997 remake. “I lied. The house is alive, we’re all going to die.” I’m good with some people surviving. Running out of Scotch is optional.

Jonny Quest fusion – Including Quest and crew and the gadgets could be a lot of fun. Prefer Classic Quest look but feel free to age them up and include Jade.

And Then There Were None fusion: I love the stranded on the island, why have we all been brought together, mysterious host and circumstances, people getting picked off (you don’t necessarily need to kill them off) vibe of the story. If you have a pair of characters standing in as Vera/Philip from the play version that is a plus.

And crossovers!
I LOVE crossovers, whether you play them straight or cracky. I am more interested in WHAT they do while crossed over as opposed to HOW. Insert your favorite dimensional anomaly here.

Crossover: Villain from one fandom is causing trouble in another fandom – I’m good with this being either a case where the villains cooperate OR the villain in the destination fandom is just as annoyed, leading to Heroes & Villains working together.

Cracky Crossovers - Mechanics Not Important Just Get People Together : I don’t care HOW, I care about what they get up to.

I also really love time travel, dimensional travel, multiverse stuff.
Travel Through Alternate Timelines to Get Home: All the fun of what-ifs, but no permanence. Did you read Q-Squared? Everything after “Derailment” would be great for me. Skipping from one timeline to the next? Here for it, whether they just get a glimpse or stay awhile.

Dimension travel to a significantly diverged timeline – Similar to the Canon Divergence AU, only in this one people can go back along the path untraveled back to “current” reality. They aren’t stuck there (well, unless one of them wants to be?)…. Sort of like flirting with canon divergence AUs, or letting you do more than one…

Multiple Universes collide: Cracky hand-waves ahoy! Feel free to McGuffin the EFF out of the mechanism, but I want to get groups of people together who shouldn’t be.

Canon Alternate Reality that was “resolved” persists instead – Tell me what’s going on in the alternate reality! Does it ever bite the canon reality in the ass?

Time Travel Fix-It – Let’s fix the bad thing before it actually happens (without making things worse, please).

Time travel to future where characters are in a relationship – And it convinces them to get together… confidences between past and future selves optional.

Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently: alternate dimensions where canon events went differently – This one is one of my favorites – what do our people think of the alternate dimensions? What do they think of our people? Feel free to mash a few together.

Dimension Travel - Character is permanently stuck and must adapt to new universe : Exactly what it sounds like. Don’t care about the HOW.

Dimension Travel – counterparts are in a relationship – Yes, make them think about it PLEASE. Maybe they’re in the only timeline where they aren’t together…?

Time Travel – A realizes only towards the end of the adventure that B is their ancestor

Dimension travel - meeting alternate versions of self/friends/antagonists: I love this, especially if they have to work with/against themselves. Either slam a bunch of timelines together (did I mention I just reread Q-Squared?) or one on ones.

Some tropes I enjoy:

Snowed in at a Haunted Hotel – Group of people trapped together, isolated from the outside by the elements (and maybe One of Them is a Killer), having to deal with each other AND there’s a ghost. I love the snowed in, but feel free to have the ghost/haunting not be real (a la Scooby Doo).

Character A is a hockey player and Character B is a figure skater – If you have not seen The Cutting Edge, go do your homework. That’s part of the vibe I’m looking for.

Dinosaurs & Tropical-Type Climate & Flora Survived to Canon – Looking for a lost-world island type thing here (which, of course, canon villains will use in their plots). Including a pterodactyl is a MUST (and either character is picked up in its claws or rides it)! Saber-toothed kitties please?

Female characters don't get put in the fridge – Exactly what it sounds like. Let female badasses be female badasses.

Characters Started Flirting With Each Other "As A Joke" But Now They're Not Really Joking : Just what it sounds like. Is it a joke because people are gossiping? When does one or both realize they aren’t joking…?

kneeling for cunnilingus and then needing to support her legs as they buckle: I don’t need the explicit details necessarily (blow by blow, or rather lick by lick) but more the overall experience and image, the emotional ties, but yes I love this one. Feel free to tie in with “staying quiet”

Outsider POV - Gossip correctly guesses at A/B's secret relationship only to dismiss it as absurd: I live for the “I knew it” moment on this one, and all those times they shook their head because it just couldn’t be…

Stranded at Roadside Motel: (Storm Optional) This can be a venue for case fic or get a room already. I just like the isolation, especially if you work the weather in, and the feeling that anything could happen here, even if it’s only for a night.

That moment after a long night where the bowtie is loose and the sleeves are rolled up: Men in dress shirts that are a little rumpled? Hair that is a little mussed? Neckties that are undone and hanging around their neck? (I also like this with bow ties, btw) Sign me up.

Touch Starved - Character Startled by How Good Being Touched Feels : It’s been a long time since anyone did…

Trying to Stay Quiet Or You'll Get Caught: This is also a good one for established couples, but I am totally here for we have to be quiet – women making little gaspy sobs instead of the scream or moan they really want, muffling oneself in a pillow, kissing your partner so they don’t make noise.

vanishing hitchhiker: I will always love one of these. I’m down for a vanishing hitchhiker in any fandom, any era. I love the whole part where they don’t realize it’s a ghost until the end. If you would like to invoke Resurrection Mary, go for it. I would also consider reverse phantom hitchhikers (ie, the hitchhiker is real, the vehicle is not) as well as places that aren’t really there.

Castaways in Time: I’m a huge Nantucket fan, and this is the heart of the series – waking up and finding yourself out of your own time.

Castaways in Time Have Chance to Go Home: I like the possibilities inherent in this one, especially if some castaways make the decision to stay in their new time. How are they torn? Where is the conflict?

Characters Solving Problems Like The Adults They Are : Pretty much what it says. No hand-wringing or waffling, just Do The Thing (and maybe have feeling about it after), feel free to complain while you’re working. I don’t know who nominated this tag but I loved it. No flailing or Big Mis, just “we need to do the thing, let’s do the thing” energy. Calm, competent and collected.

Country House Party: Feel free to go either Regency or Golden Age of Mystery here. I love groups of people gathered together who don’t go together, being stuck with social formalities, semi-polite snarky shots at each other, and a mystery (optional). Great setting for mystery and romance.

Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms : Coping, but maybe not in the best way. Prefer not super harmful but just not the smartest choice.

"Of course you're part of the team!" : the "of course you're part of the team!" moment that surprises only the character being told this: I love the acceptance, and the whole “you’ve always belonged”.

A&B Trapped in Secret Passage By Friends Who Want A&B to Get Together: Exactly what it sounds like. Sometimes love/lust needs a little help from their friends…

Outsider POV - Would You Two Just Fuck Already? : More than get a room, just get it out of your systems. Or not…. Stop fighting it and just fuck already. On this one, I enjoy other people thinking the same thing about the couple, and maybe doing what they can to make it happen. It doesn’t have to be a casual thing (despite saying just fuck already) but this vibe doesn’t end in “nice sex”.

That one scene from canon but make it sexier: Exactly what it sounds like. Take that moment that for some reason did NOT turn romantic/sexy (even though it was RIGHT THERE RIGHT THERE) and turn it. If you’re a TNG fan, the ending of the Attached episode is the vibe. Or Strange New Worlds S1E2, when the moment is clearly ripe and passed by.

Can't be fixed but they can be managed: If you watched SNW S2E8 this is the truest way to explain PTSD.

Chaotic But Sexy : Trouble but so much fun.

Characters keeping secrets - Technically I Didn't Lie: More like I just forgot to mention…

sparring as foreplay: You know where to go from here – fighting practice that slides to sexy, with that growing awareness on both sides.

Villain and hero both agree hero’s loved one is delightful – Exactly what it sounds like. I do love when heroes and villains find some commonality, especially if the loved one could fall on either side.

Hurt/Comfort – Nightmares – I like the nightmares and the recovery, the soothing, the talking about it until you’re calm and can sleep again, whether your partner does or not. Talk it out and get some help.

Dreams and nightmares – Symbolic and weird and revealing the character’s subconscious – If you’re a B5 fan, then key up Sheridan’s weird dream because that is EXACTLY the vibe I want here. Or the Duck Tales 2017 episode where Glomgold has amnesia, which made my daughter say B5 called and wanted their weird dream back. Also love the bit where they’re sitting there trying to figure out WTF all that was.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions – They meant well, but you know what they say. Also down for people who know that bad things are going to happen but they can’t stop it because it serves the greater good.

Fix-It: I’ll tell you where canon hurt me, you apply the bandaid. Even if it isn’t wrong, sometimes I would have liked a different ending.

intimate makeouts in cars while pulled over in out-of-the-way places: I’m into both the physical and emotional intimacy here. Bonus points if it is raining/storming/other bad weather. Feel free to have them head off into some sort of mystery afterwards where they don’t have Time to Deal with All of That Now.

Pulling someone in by their tie for a kiss: I love how this looks/feels (man wearing the tie, woman doing the kissing), and also here for possessive straightening/fixing of ties.

"For you; it was always me”: I’m particularly fond of seeing this come to a head.

Being Picked Off One by One: I love the tension inherent in this one, especially if they don’t know that the person picking them off is an outsider or not. (I am pretty good either way)

Bored Old Man Faked His Own Death and Left Clues To Frame His Family Members: In other words, what I thought Knives Out was going to be. Feel free to use as a Case Fic setup or fuse your characters into it.

Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked: Pretty much what it says. Going back to the moment in their head, trying not to think about it when they see them normally, stammery embarrassed moments.

First Time Seeing Partner Naked: Here I really like the “better/more than I expected” aspect here, the wondering description and the “God I’m so lucky” factor.

All requests allow for 1 x 10000-Word Fic Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics – do what works best for you!

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)

La'an Noonien-Singh/UEF James T. Kirk (ST SNW)

James T. Kirk/La'an Noonien-Singh (ST SNW)

Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike (ST SNW)

I really enjoy the whole crew, but these ships are my focus. AUs are very welcome. Resolving the S2 cliffhanger is very welcome. I thought the teaser clip for S3 was not good. Missing scenes or shore leaves always welcome.

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Prompts:

La’an is on Kirk’s Enterprise when they encounter Khan Noonien Singh. I’m very interested in this, especially since she has not killed him once…but might think differently in this round. Also feel free to have him try and exploit their tie. Could be an AU. If you’d like to play with the La’an meets Khan in Space Seed with La’an/James, I am (obviously) here for it, whether they have been together or that’s why they get together.

I would totally be down for a story where La'an is on the ship when Khan gets picked up. Obviously there would be no BS trying to figure out who they were, whether they could trust them, but how would he react to her? I find it really intriguing. La’an being on the Enterprise when they pick up Khan (who’s clearly a known baddie) – how does that go? Maybe they don’t drop him off at Ceti Alpha V? Also sounds like a good opportunity for some La’an/James?

Future Pike’s 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? James/La’an appear to be a thing here as well – tell me about it. What all was happening in that alternate timeline before we got dropped into it, or after we leave it. This would be good for La’an/James.

Rigel VII: Does a crew ever get a chance to go back and check on them? It would be awesome if La’an and/or Pike were part of THAT. Does Luq regain his rightful role as leader because it’s written in every line of him. Or just, how does their society gradually adapt? Might having memories be as disturbing as having none? Sounds like a recipe for severely messed up dreams. And how it impacts the folks on our side (and their relationships)…

La'an/James get together in S2E9: AU or continuation of what we’ve seen – after all we know Carol and Kirk don’t work out…. I lean towards the AU though. Interested in seeing how his Tarsus 4 background plays in. What Happened in the Alternate Timeline before S1E10 would also be a great place for La’an and James to hook up again. AUs where Carol Marcus is not a thing, maybe?

La'an /UEF James get together: I would be very into a S2E3 AU where he does not die and comes back with her (feel free to play on the scene she imagines in S2 E9 where he is holding out his hand because damn intensity I’ll take him!). Maybe they aren’t quite finished yet? How are the characters we know different in the UEF and how do they react? Interested in either him getting pulled into our timeline or her into his.

Joint Mission. Something involving a colony welfare check would provide a great backbone for a story for a couple. TBH, I love these. I am here for the colony needs a rescue. I am here for the colony is shady AF. I am here for pollen that makes everyone stupidly happy. Maybe they even go to rescue a Klingon colony? Is the colony in trouble or are they the trouble? Or what is it like when the ships get together? Do the crews have exchanges and rivalries?

Gorn continuation: Erica & M'Benga & Sam & La'an: What happens after the end of S2E10? – So once we realized what had happened, my only thought was how the Gorn captured themselves the wrong group of people… How does that work out for them? Feel free to include people developing coping mechanisms that aren’t the healthiest (if M’Benga channeled the Elysian Kingdom I would be there for that). Obviously want this crew to live.

Crossover with Diane Duane books: SNW crossover involving Ael: I want to see how she would interact with this crew. Obviously the timelines don’t add up but I am totally here for crazy time-travel multiverse, and if you pick Spock, contemplating how he is different from the Spock she knows is totally welcome.

Crossover with TOS: TOS Nyota & SNW La’an: I think this could be fun in context with everything else.

Una/Pike AU: I’m totally here for an AU after the comet episode (they’re so close why didn’t you kiss?). They need a clue brick.

For all 3 couples, feel free to play with the S1E10 stuff or go with something else, especially if you tie into either of the other dimension travel ones. I’d love one where they hook up after realizing how good their counterparts are together. Or maybe an AU where Chris did pick an Eve?

Big Damn Rescue (with a kiss) – I’m here for it, with either side doing the rescuing!

Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently – meeting your counterparts who are in a relationship? I also really really think they would be good for the AU counterparts (after all, La'an has already met two of his and was involved with at least one). I find the AU counterparts to be very interesting here. Rescuing works well too. The time-traveling descendant could be a lot of fun (I love the vibe of “something so familiar but I can’t put my finger on it” with that one).

Dimension Travel - Character is permanently stuck and must adapt to new universe – For this one I specifically would be interested in La’an getting sucked into the UEF timeline.

That one scene from canon but make it sexier - The end of the comet episode in S1 (the kiss is RIGHT THERE) or James/La’an. The end of S1E2 or S2E3 is what I’d love here.

Essentially, stop pining, solve your issues, and start kissing. I LOVE those field jackets they have on the show, they look heavy and warm and comfy, and good to share.

Ramblings:

Of all the new Trek things, this is my favorite. I'm current on Season 2, and very interested in Season 2 specific stories! Especially what happens after To Be Continued. WHAT DO YOU MEAN “TO BE CONTINUED”?

So let’s talk about Season 2 peeps! The Hippocratic Oath is fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps and throats! Yay Una is back! No, they’re still pushing the Pike/Batel thing (I am not into it, it is not my thing, why does she never eat the fabulous food?). La’an and star-crossed doomed time-travel love. I fly the ship (on Alpha shift). Why is Spock eating bacon? Why is Sam Kirk suddenly missing from the cleanest science lab in history? We finally meet the real Kirk! Kirk meets Spock (and Uhura doesn’t know this is her life for the next 50 years). Cartoon crossover! M’Benga gets away with murder (and can we please leave the PTSD crew ALONE?). All systems stable! Why are we singing? Who’s going to be Gorn chow? WHAT DO YOU MEAN “TO BE CONTINUED”?

Just inject it into my veins. After sitting out several of the newer shows, I dove into this one and please just give me more more more. I think the things I REALLY want to know is, what all was happening in that alternate timeline before we got dropped into it.

I really love this new show, although I am wondering about continuity but NOT REALLY CARING I LOVE THIS CREW.

So this is obviously the one I have the most thoughts on, but don’t feel weird if we didn’t match on it. I’ve been creating for this one quite a bit lately, so it’s just on my mind more.

Something involving Captain Batel and La'an having to interact could be interesting.

So originally, I started watching SNW for Una, because I am a long-time Number One fan. Then I loved La’an as well, and while I’m not a fan of Batel WITH Pike, I don’t dislike her as much as I did. It helps when they flesh things out. This is really my newest favorite thing. Especially James/La'an, who I didn't expect to like so much. So we did noms and all before Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow aired and if you’re watching SNW, you’ll understand why I had all the feels about La’an/James. I’m good with using the UEF Kirk instead of the “real” Kirk, or with having that influence the La’an/James relationship. That episode really blew me away I’m always down for a what-if involving Una and the Illyrians, or the universe where Pike/Number One hook up. Or La’an/James because that ep left me wrecked.

Long time Pike/Number One shipper, Like ever since I saw The Cage.. Pike/Una: I ship these two so hard. I am a lifelong shipper for these two. Hook me up with something good – sweet and/or sexy! I’ve been a Pike/Number One shipper since the first time I saw The Cage (in the 90s, I think) and I want to see how these two would play it.

Huge James/La’an shipper. I didn’t expect to like them so much but believe me, I do.

I am personally on the SNW doesn’t have to lead to our TOS train – I am totally okay with assuming it spins out/plays out differently. If you want to get inspired by TOS episodes, go right ahead. I kind of wish that they had called the Gorn something else, because I feel like it would make things stronger.

Castaways in Time - It’s here for the time travel if you need it.

Country House Party – You can expand this to be an intergalactic house party if it helps.

Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently. Alternate versions of selves, counterparts are in relationships, you know the drill.

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.

La’an & M’Benga – Interested in how these 2 are working through their trauma together and separately, love the sparring partner bit. Also, La’an totally knows what went down in S2E8. And she understands the final line of that episode. Some broken things can’t be fixed, only maintained. That’s a super good take on the PTSD issue, honestly – as a veteran.

Can't be fixed but they can be managed – So seriously, S2E8 is one of the best things on PTSD I have ever seen. And the line about how some things break in a way that can never be fixed, just maintained – show me.

Stranded on a Deserted Spacestation – Is it a mission? Is it just bad luck? Why are the scanners picking up a weird signal? Maybe it ties to time travel.

And yes, the bridge crew is capital-N Nosy so good luck keeping it a secret.

I have a favorite character and it isn't who I thought it would be... More interpersonal stuff! Sam and La'an interacting. Fix-it fic for James/La'an. No-fun girl squad shenanigans.

La’an & Christine (& M’Benga): There could be some interesting stories here.

La’an & Sam: Interested in how they interact. Play it into La’an wanting to weasel out more info about James or not. Also, when does Sam realize he is never getting away from little brother?

I have read the comic, it was okay. The book was a no for me.

So this is obviously the one I have the most thoughts on, but don’t feel weird if we didn’t match on it. I’ve been creating for this one quite a bit lately, so it’s just on my mind more.

TOS Nyota & SNW La’an: I think this could be fun.

WB: Life on United Earth Fleet Enterprise: Tell me about it...How are the characters we know different?

Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

Duv Galeni/Delia Koudelka (VKS Saga)

Ivan Vorpatril/Tej Arqua Vorpatril (VKS Saga)

My two favorite couples. My sweet spot for canon is Memory to Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (although I greatly enjoyed Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen). What else do they get up to? Winterfair visits home?

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Society in Vorbarr Sultana. I'd really devoutly love a Winterfair or Midsummer story with society in Vorbarr Sultana. How does Duv like the new family? How do Ivan and Tej interact with everyone while home on leave? I love balls and social events and yes, a little intrigue. I think a scenario where Delia and Tej are experiencing the snowed-in Winterfair would be excellent. A little formal, a little homey, a little snowed in, fun times had by all. I love fancy dresses and parties and formal balls and description.

Barrayaran Period Dramas. 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). Perhaps Tej gets Laisa interested as well? Feel free to have Cordelia put in her contribution as well!

Obviously those dramas should be lavish fashion and maybe not so lavish history... Feel free to insert Duv Galeni rolling his eyes at popular history. Think Downton Abbey, or maybe even a little crackier. Delia has to sneak over and watch with Tej because otherwise Duv will ruin everything with a lecture. Alys tsking over indelicate subjects. Cordelia making comments on casting (especially if they cast someone who’s too pretty/conventionally attractive as her and Aral).

I’d also be down for scathing reviews/discussion of Barrayaran period drama (Cordelia and Alys nitpicking portrayals of their lives could be good!) or Cordelia and Alys dropping some truth about how it used to be. I’m envisioning something like Downton Abbey but Vorish. Pretender-era dramas? Cordelia and Alys and Drou nitpicking casting (they should definitely cast someone too smooth to play Aral). Not to mention Duv complaining about the history. I am interested in Delia and Tej. Maybe Delia has a very guilty pleasure of period dramas?

Duv/Delia Courtship/Wedding. I recently wrote a missing scene for these two in Memory and I would just love more. So exactly how many rules did they break during that courtship? Wedding stuff? Duv realizing how enmeshed he’s about to be with Miles’ family?

Aftermath of Vault in CVA. Is Delia ever going to see her husband again? Feel free to play into the period dramas. Maybe that sparks a resurgence?

Ramblings:

I'm a huge Ivan fangirl and love Tej, so anything for them is good. Same for Duv/Delia, and feel free to combine!

I'm also interested in how Laisa, Delia, and Tej all get along with their different perspectives.

I think Aral would love Tej, and I would love to see some stuff between him and Ivan.

And I'm always here for a good AU.

Ivan/Tej – I love these two SO much. She’s not what I expected but she is so good for him, and they’re so good for each other and I love them.

The fandom has an established trope of “new” stories developed during the Time of Isolation, and I’d love a spin on maybe Sleeping Beauty or VorCinderella, or the Princess and the Pea, or the Two Caskets. The Danish Green Knight story would also be good.

Or, if you like, an encounter with Kareen's ghost. I’ve gotten two incredible ones but I am not opposed to more.

So I clearly have a favorite character in later LMB and it is Tej. Interested in sweet/sexy for her and Ivan. How might Cordelia like her newest "daughter"? Or Aral for that matter? How does Falco deal with them in the long run? I loved the interactions with Alys (and Simon). Do she and Laisa bond over "Barrayarans!"

Duv & Laisa: The outsiders' perspective on the craziness that is their new home? Laisa reading Duv's book?

So I'm super interested in the period after ACC and what might be considered the next generation of Vorbarr Sultana. I love Cordelia and Alys in their roles as advisors/arbiters, but I really want to see what happens next as Barrayar modernizes.

For 2021, I did a Vorkosigan AU, feel free to have a look. I’d love more Alys & Ivan & Aral moments. See also a_shepherd’s excellent One Leg at A Time.

Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon)

Eric | The Cavalier/Sheila | The Thief (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

Presto | The Magician/Varla (Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon)

I think 10K would be great for a Return to the Realm style of story, and I love these couples.

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Prompts:

Return to the Realm. If you need a framework, this is a great option. You cannot go wrong with a Return to the Realm story for this one. I’m okay with Eric/Sheila falling for each other on the return, as opposed to having already been in a relationship. Going back by their choice or DM’s choice? Choosing to stay?

Still in the Realm. I’m here for the stuck in the Realm much longer stories as well. Do they find a portal only to find they can’t go home for some reason? Price too high to pay? Dreams about going home. AUs stemming of episodes? Some faves are The Last Illusion, Child of the Stargazer, The Hall of Bones, The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow, The City at the Edge of Midnight and the Dragon’s Graveyard.

For either of these two, here are some ideas. Please feel free to have the kids feel negatively/frustrated and work through that.

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?

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?

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. How does this impact relationships?

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. 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.

They get home but get pulled back. Why? How do they feel about it? Why is it them?

Ramblings:

I love Return to the Realm, missing scenes, and getting together. Feel free to steam up to young teen levels (i.e. making out) unless you feel like aging up.

I’m a huge Eric/Sheila shipper. They just work for me, and I’m a big fan of them separately.

I really liked the potential in Presto/Varla. Give me more. I like the idea of her calling him back somehow, or dreaming about her.

For this pairing I would prefer nothing too explicit (i.e. making out yes, actual sex no – skinny dipping would be acceptable). This one is crying out for summer at the amusement park. I love Return to the Realm, whether they know they are going or not...

Four words you can't go wrong with: Return to the Realm.

You cannot go wrong with a Return to the Realm story for this one. I’m okay with Eric/Sheila falling for each other on the return,as opposed to having already been in a relationship.

For Eric & Rahmoud, feel free to combine with Eric/Sheila, but I really love how he and Eric connected, and how Eric seems to need a family more than the rest of them. For the romantic couples, they can both apply across the board.

Voltron: Lion Force (1984)

Allura/Lance (VLF 1984)

Romelle/Sven (VLF 1984)

Allura & Romelle (VLF 1984)

Post-canon. Canon AUs. I love these couples, and would love to see Allura & Romelle in action together.

More in letter.

Prompts:

The Lions are alive. The Lions are alive. Whether with Lion Spirits or the spirits of their former/first pilots, there is something more there than just a machine. Tell me about it. Allura communing with the spirit of Blue Lion could be fun, or can she feel her father’s spirit in Black Lion?

Or how the lions respond to their pilots - especially when they switch around in the Lions. I feel like Black feels more complex. I'd be totally down for Black welcoming Allura (she is the princess). Or the Lions and their creator (or his ghost)?

I really like the idea that the lions have a spiritual component. There’s a great take on it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/114508. The idea of the lions adapting to pilots and vice versa is a very interesting one.

Royal ball. Give me some fancy dresses and dancing and intrigues. Or maybe a royal wedding?

I don’t have as much in the way of specific prompts for this one, but think post-canon adventures for the pairings. Or strike out on the AU pathways!

Sven/Romelle. Quiet moments make me happy (a sweet quiet moment? A sexy quiet moment?). They’re my OTP in this one, I love how they’re both healing from trauma in their own ways, and how they need each other. You can cause them some more trauma as long as all ends well. What if Sven didn’t drop off the team?

Canon Divergence AU of your choice. Allura as the pilot of Black Lion? Her mother alive? Allura/Lance become a thing? Feel free to toss in dimensional travel. Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently – Feel free to use any of the Canon Divergence ideas or if you really know this one, a little Beast King Go-Lion inspired reality? I think a mirror universe deal would be very powerful to explore with Allura – a deal where her parents are still alive, but she has to discover the hard way they aren’t the good guys. Sounds like a job for Lance to rescue her…

Big Damn Rescue (with a kiss). Either couple is good for this one. Why do they need to be rescued?

Ramblings:

Allura/Lance would be a great fling, and maybe something more? Maybe it’s growing but they don’t quite see it…. Lance has always been my favorite. I have a weakness for smartasses.

Feel free to tackle the concept that the Arusian characters probably all have a case of PTSD.

Frank Talk about How Nations/Countries/Planets Have No Friends – I would dearly love to see Coran laying it down about how Galaxy Garrison was fine standing by when Arus had nothing to offer.

I love Romelle/Sven, especially the edge to their relationship.

Frozen or Tangled fusion: Exactly what it sounds like, how does Allura fit with this crew? How does human Sven feel about reindeer Sven?

Most Dangerous Game: This would be great for temporary truces.

Pilots have previous connections – Maybe it’s not coincidence that they all end up there? Maybe they’re selected for it (even if they don’t know why – not a big Voltron Force fan but the ep where they find the old ship that thinks Keith is his grandfather – that’s where I’m going) or maybe it’s coincidence. Or combine with the inheritance one!

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Beverly Crusher & Ro Laren (ST TNG)

Beverly Crusher/Jean-Luc Picard (ST TNG)

Char: Elizabeth Shelby (ST TNG)

P/C is a formative ship and I am definitely down for some AUs with this bunch. Forget about the movies! Give us a better ending than Picard! Keep women out of fridges.

More in letter.

Prompts:

Shelby. I’m totally here for Nechayev and Shelby together. (I enjoyed ST NF up to about book 10 so if you know it feel free to work it in. Soleta as well, maybe?). AU perhaps? Captain Shelby?

Frontier Colony Mission. They really do Ro wrong, and I had a headcanon that she had, perhaps, not really defected but was working for Intel (and possibly Nechayev). Something where she and Beverly can shine together - and learn from each other – would also be excellent. They have a lot of potential. Totally here for an AU where she doesn’t leave. A colony where they're in trouble or ARE the trouble would be wonderful. Or Ro and Beverly on the bridge?

Also, if you feel like doing a story involving the Yesterday’s Enterprise universe, don’t let me stop you! I am here for it. Ro might fit in a little better there. (I have a headcanon that Nechayev would have been a captain during the Cardassian War era – and that she and Ben Maxwell are a thing, but this exchange is all about the ladies – would the Federation even have done anything with the Cardassians if they were fighting the Klingons? Feel free to explore). Shelby could be great here as well.

Picard/Crusher. Something better than what we got. An AU where they don’t part after Attached? An AU where they get back together post BOBW? Please just ignore the movies and avoid the whole 20 years of silence in between TNG and Picard. Make them work. Dimensional travel a la Q-Squared perhaps? Feel free to riff off that and/or Michael Jan Friedman’s Reunion. An AU that starts there would be lovely.

The three ladies together would be wonderful.

Ramblings:

You don't have to use all of them (BUT IF YOU SOMEHOW DID IT WOULD BE AWESOME) but I'm here for either an adventure or quiet moments.

Nechayev – I love her. I love the cool competence, and I love the way she shuts some BS down in a hurry.

Beverly – I love her. How about more about her shifts commanding the bridge?

Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M. Martin

Maureen Spencer McGill/Richard Spier (BSC-Martin)

Janine Kishi/Charlie Thomas (BSC-Martin)

I love both of these couples. Good with AUs, post-canon.

Prompts:

Maureen/Richard, I’m here for all the tags, because there is a little bit of extra baggage there. I just really think Richard/Maureen would have been an interesting pair, and much better than Richard/Sharon. I'd love to see how this plays out - from both the adults' perspective and girls' perspective. Maureen/Richard feel like they have some energy that could be good. I’m not a Richard/Sharon fan and I won’t be sad if we just pretend Dawn doesn’t exist. Maybe Elizabeth is doing a little matchmaking? Maybe they start a relationship while the girls are on summer vacation and then can't quite figure out how to reveal it? They could be fun for the joking about flirting until it isn't a joke trope.

Charlie/Janine. I am totally here for the idea that maybe they’re having a relationship at school and wondering how to spill it to the crew at home. Or they get busted! Long-distance relationship after a holiday hookup that they have to make public? The Thomas connection is crazy and complicated (and I love it for them). I am super here for the “unmarried couple fantasizing about getting married at a wedding” one here.

For this one, I am here for the “double date busted” (Do you see that couple over there?) storylines! I'm also here for "person suspects they are dating and dismisses it because it's too far-fetched".

Wedding. You cannot go wrong with a wedding story for me in this fandom. If you want to use another couple anchor it, I’m good with using Sam/Stacey.

Notes Left in Books – Is the first one an accident? Are others increasingly less accidental?

Ramblings:

I am totally part of the part of BSC fandom more invested in the parents and wondering if Stoneybrooke is like Peyton Place. Bonus points if Elizabeth is helping fix them up! I’m here for how they meet, navigating the challenges of single parent dating, dawning realization by the girls that they are Dating, not just showing up (maybe a little evasion on parents’ part…). Maureen making the first move because Richard is kind of frozen? Meet cute? I just want it.

For Charlie/Janine, I’m very here for secret admirer, fake/pretend, notes in books, not the pair, fluff, jacket. I love them (jock and the smart girl, not that Charlie is not smart) and am here for their younger siblings going “really?”

If you want to toss both couples together (a mutual look who happens to be on a date over there situation), go for it.

And if at any time one of the male halves feels like he should drape his jacket around the female half’s shoulder… don’t stop him.