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#4:

The Wanderers, Futurama, SGA

Request 1
by Zabbers
The Wanderers - Meg Howrey
Relationship: Helen Kane & Yoshihiro Tanaka & Sergei Kuznetsov (Wanderers), Fanfiction, Interactive Fiction

I love these astronauts with their exquisite self-control, their expertise at filling out evaluative questionnaires, their ability to maintain equanimity in the face of certain kinds of stress (imminent and unrelenting danger, long stints in small spaces, close quarters with the same two other human beings, waiting, waiting, waiting). They're extremely methodical in their work, their behavior, their thoughts. Nothing matters to any of them as much as showing that they're the best team to be sent into space because nothing matters so much to them as being in space. You can call them exemplary, unusual, strange. I enjoy spending time with them to the extent of skipping over all the chapters with the other characters on reread.

And I'm fascinated by the subtlety of the situation they're in--aware that they're constantly being watched, monitored, evaluated; constantly self-monitoring; constantly asking themselves whether Eidolon feels like a simulation or like the real thing...and I really love the uncertainty...I want it to be possible that it is the real thing but also might not be.

I want more of them! Show me a day in training or simulation that we didn't get to see. Let them gather together post-canon. Maybe they go to Mars. (What do they feel?) Or do some canon divergence in which Eidolon goes differently. Throw them into some new and maybe more science-fictional situation in which they can be them together and demonstrate their competence and cooperation and preoccupation with being far away from all other people, possibly in microgravity.

If you do want to play with the theme of the real versus the simulation, at the physical level and at the behavioral level, I'm very open to something that gets weird or meta. And if you're interested in making interactive fiction, I'd love it to be similar to a traditional narrative, but with choices that affect the plot. But I'd be equally interested in its pushing the weirdness and meta envelope. I'm fine with accessing various formats (HTML, TWINE, etc.)

You can find general likes in my letter.

(expand for ) DNWs (WIP):

current-world politics and events unless in-canon, stories focused on natural disaster or apocalypse, genocide, social and civil unrest, epidemics; "crapsack world" dystopias; financial troubles especially as motivation; abuse in requested character backstories (ok if canonical, but would prefer focus on character's current life); vehicular accidents involving real-world vehicles; nuclear explosions and radiation sickness; burns (including hot fluid and chemical; first-degree is fine), charred/on fire bodies/body parts alive or dead (food is fine, just not people as defined in the fic's world); out-of-control fires or aftermath (things like campfires ok); description of accidental heat damage or being trapped with damaging heat; pregnancy, childbirth, and related complications; de-aging; intergenerational incest within living memory; explicit underage sex; major illness (anything a character might never recover from: curable science-fictional/fantastical ones ok; injuries ok; mental illness ok); deaths of grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, cousins; funerary rites and objects; ashes; widow narratives (in which the plot of the story is about someone losing their partner and mourning and having to adapt); the negative 'ugh'; the words 'gross' or 'yuck' to describe non-physical behavior; the word 'daddy' in any context; service-industry or mundane school/university AUs; characters who must be taken care of to the extent of losing agency; intragroup bullying/social status jostling/scheming (Carrie, Mean Girls, office politics, PTA power struggle trope); characters expressing a "fuck them" attitude (rivalry, nemeses, obsessive revenge ok; milder "never mind them" ok); weddings (aliens made them go through a ritual while on a mission ok); readerfic; accidental discharge of chemical projectile weapon; decapitation; description of corpses; "onscreen" Mireille (ok that she exists); parent-child relationships/issues and childrearing; death except regeneration and fantastical/sci-fi resurrections or transmutations (parent-child relationships and death are both preoccupations of the book, but please avoid those topics in favor of the astronauts getting to focus on being astronauts and on their wonder at and love of space, and/or on the theme of reality vs simulation. Concern with resolving danger in an emergency situation is fine, but not dwelling on the possibility of dying/having intrusive thoughts about either topic)

Letter: http://zabbers.dreamwidth.org/5221.html


Request 2
by Zabbers
Futurama
Character: Zapp Brannigan (Futurama), Fanfiction

The tragedy of Zapp Brannigan! This poor man, who clearly has none of the attributes that would allow him to excel and thrive at his job, and yet has somehow come to occupy this role. He also clearly wants so very much to be the man he's supposed to be, maybe both the ridiculous trope version and the competent captain version. Usually I love the actual hypercompetents, but there's something about Brannigan's situation and the way he lives it--pretending at overconfidence, and then suddenly, helplessly vulnerable--that moves me. I think it's partly the meta-ness of it. Here he is in a very knowing canon satirizing a pop-cultural misrepresentation of a character/type. I'm not sure that he could choose something else even if he tried; I think the trope might push him right back into it. (How would he find agency in that situation?) I love that he has no pants. I love that he recognizes how badly he's in over his head, and still tries. I genuinely wish him well, even as I know how hard he is for the other characters who have to deal with him.

I'd like something that takes Brannigan seriously and sympathetically, that asks what it would be like to be him. If it's got tragedy and pathos, that would be amazing. If it's also funny, I would be so impressed. It's okay if that humor is somewhat at his expense, as long as it's kind to him. Feel free to play with the meta and the knowingness and get weird with it, if inspiration takes you that way.

You can find general likes in my letter.

(expand for) DNWs (WIP):

current-world politics and events unless in-canon, stories focused on natural disaster or apocalypse, genocide, social and civil unrest, epidemics; "crapsack world" dystopias; financial troubles especially as motivation; abuse in requested character backstories (ok if canonical, but would prefer focus on character's current life); vehicular accidents involving real-world vehicles; nuclear explosions and radiation sickness; burns (including hot fluid and chemical; first-degree is fine), charred/on fire bodies/body parts alive or dead (food is fine, just not people as defined in the fic's world); out-of-control fires or aftermath (things like campfires ok); description of accidental heat damage or being trapped with damaging heat; pregnancy, childbirth, and related complications; parent-child relationships/issues and childrearing; de-aging; intergenerational incest within living memory; explicit underage sex; non-canonical major character death (except regeneration and fantastical/sci-fi resurrections or transmutations); major illness (anything a character might never recover from: curable science-fictional/fantastical ones ok; injuries ok; mental illness ok); deaths of grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, cousins; funerary rites and objects; ashes; widow narratives (in which the plot of the story is about someone losing their partner and mourning and having to adapt); the negative 'ugh'; the words 'gross' or 'yuck' to describe non-physical behavior; the word 'daddy' in any context; service-industry or mundane school/university AUs; characters who must be taken care of to the extent of losing agency; intragroup bullying/social status jostling/scheming (Carrie, Mean Girls, office politics, PTA power struggle trope); characters expressing a "fuck them" attitude (rivalry, nemeses, obsessive revenge ok; milder "never mind them" ok); weddings (aliens made them go through a ritual while on a mission ok); readerfic; accidental discharge of chemical projectile weapon; decapitation; description of corpses; sobbing/onscreen prolonged crying

Letter: http://zabbers.dreamwidth.org/5221.html


Request 3
by Zabbers
Stargate Atlantis
Relationship: Rodney McKay/John Sheppard (SGA), Relationship: Rodney McKay & John Sheppard (SGA), Fanvid

John and Rodney are very dear to me, and while I know that there are many McShep vids out there...I'm greedy, I want one for me! Something full of my likes. Something that harnesses the gorgeous power of current-day vidding tools while being unapologetically oldschool (which for me means probably a songvid, whether it constructs a story or retells canon events).

Things I would love, in no particular order, not all of which might go together:

- John's loneliness (John is my blorbo)
- Flying; flying in space, flying in atmosphere, flying underwater
- Shep whump
- Melancholy and yearning (say, a sense of alienation, wistfulness, or I'm up for something straight up sad as long as it's not grief/mourning for one of them: maybe the past, unrequited feelings, or repression resolved or not resolved, or fights or a friendship in trouble)
- Or painful joy? Overwhelming joy?
- Distance and intimacy
- Togetherness/fittingness
- Juxtapositions
- Indulging in gorgeous shots (lighting, scenery, Atlantis, space)
- Indulging in both characters' gorgeousness (and if it's that kind of vid, showing them appreciating each other's bodies)
- Team! Ronon & Teyla & Rodney & John; team being there for each other
- Reaction shots full of feeling (that may or may not have been contextually about each other in the original)
- Humor
- John Sheppard making faces
- Music that has (or develops) momentum, images that build up
- A moment of quiet at the end
- John touching Rodney (I mean, vice versa too...)
- The pleasure of each other's company (sidelong glances, looking at each other a lot in general, grins, coordinated movements, hanging out together, teasing and playing, getting up to unwise things together)
- Thinking too much about each other (whether that's worry or preoccupation or ?)
- Saving (or trying to save) each other
- John the soldier
- Rodney the brave
- Feelings, so many feelings

You can find general and music and vid likes in my letter.

(expand for ) DNWs (WIP):

current-world politics and events unless in-canon, stories focused on natural disaster or apocalypse, genocide, social and civil unrest, epidemics; "crapsack world" dystopias; financial troubles especially as motivation; abuse in requested character backstories (okay if canonical, but would prefer focus on character's current life); vehicular accidents involving real-world vehicles; nuclear explosions and radiation sickness (a Genii bomb in the back of a jumper or a hive ship exploding in the distance ok; mushroom clouds no, Rodney making suggestive hand gestures as he talks about Trinity scientists irradiating themselves no); burns (including hot fluid and chemical; first-degree is fine), charred/on fire bodies/body parts alive or dead (food is fine, just not people as defined in the fic's world); out-of-control fires or aftermath (things like campfires ok); description of accidental heat damage or being trapped with damaging heat; pregnancy, childbirth, and related complications; parent-child relationships/issues and childrearing; de-aging; intergenerational incest within living memory; explicit underage sex; non-canonical major character death (except regeneration and fantastical/sci-fi resurrections or transmutations); major illness (except for curable science-fictional/fantastical ones); deaths of grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, cousins; funerary rites and objects, widow narratives (in which the plot of the story is about someone losing their partner and mourning and having to adapt); the negative 'ugh'; the words 'gross' or 'yuck' to describe non-physical behavior; the term 'AR-1'; the word 'daddy' in any context; service-industry or mundane school/university AUs; characters who must be taken care of to the extent of losing agency; intragroup bullying/social status jostling/scheming (Carrie, Mean Girls, office politics, PTA power struggle trope); characters expressing a "fuck them" attitude (rivalry, nemeses, obsessive revenge ok; milder "never mind them" ok); weddings (aliens made them go through a ritual while on a mission ok); accidental discharge of chemical projectile weapon; decapitation; corpses; Atlantis' secession; Keller, Jackson, Kavanagh, Michael (ok if events involving these characters are referred to as long as they're offscreen); characters who have been visibly fed on by Wraith enough that flesh starts shrinking (gray hair, wrinkles, long shots ok; faces requiring prosthetic masks/cgi/another actor entirely no)


Sound-related DNWs: Fadeout without a cadence/before the end of a phrase; echo/reverb sound effects; ASMR-video style sound; child performers famous for being child prodigies; original voiceovers


Vid-related DNWs: fancam, tiktok, vertical, close selfie lens distortion, mushroom clouds

Letter: http://zabbers.dreamwidth.org/5221.html

#5:

BSG '03, SG-1, Mando & TBoBF, ST: AOS, SWST

Request 1
by anr
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Relationship: Lee "Apollo" Adama/Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (BSG 2003), Fanfiction

Prompt Suggestions:
- Finale fix-it: Kara doesn't disappear; she and Lee make a life together on Earth.
- AU where Kara chooses Lee over Zak.
- Five times Kara and Lee kissed, or got (accidentally) married, or were exposed to sex pollen...

Do Not Want:
- Kara dead (if set after the series finale either bring her back or have her, you know, not dead in the first place).
- Kara or Lee in love with other characters (Dee, Sam, Zak, etc) and just settling for each other.
- Modern/mundane AUs or AUs where everyone's in the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc. Unhappy endings. Hurt/no comfort. Character deaths. Established relationship for my OTP and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted). Gen fic. Unrequited or one-sided love between my OTP. Other characters matchmaking my OTP together. Embarrassing situations, pratfalls, overly comedic characterisations. First/second POVs or reader inserts. Character bashing. BDSM, non-con, sub/dom, anal, rimming, spanking, choking, fisting. Rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death. Menstruation, bestiality, A/B/O, mpreg, genderbends.

More Info:
- Please see my "Dear Writer" letter for more things I like & why I requested this.
- Treats adored! <3

Letter: https://anr.dreamwidth.org/1593649.html


Request 2
by anr
Stargate SG-1
Relationship: Robot Sam Carter/Robot Jack O'Neill (SG1), Relationship: Sam Carter & Jack O'Neill (SG-1), Fanfiction

Prompt Suggestions:
- Fix it AU where Robot Sam and Robot Jack live.
- Sharing a bed/sleeping space.
- Five times Robot Sam and Robot Jack kissed, or got (accidentally) married, or held hands...

Do Not Want:
- Nicknames for any requested characters or any renaming of Robot Sam or Robot Jack (Sammy, Jon, different surnames, etc).
- Character bashing of Pete or Sara, especially by Sam or Jack.
- Modern/mundane AUs or AUs where everyone's in the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc. Unhappy endings. Hurt/no comfort. Character deaths. Established relationship for my OTP and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted). Gen fic. Unrequited or one-sided love between my OTP. Other characters matchmaking my OTP together. Embarrassing situations, pratfalls, overly comedic characterisations. First/second POVs or reader inserts. Character bashing. BDSM, non-con, sub/dom, anal, rimming, spanking, choking, fisting. Rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death. Menstruation, bestiality, A/B/O, mpreg, genderbends.

More Info:
- Please see my "Dear Writer" letter for more things I like & why I requested this.
- Treats adored! <3

Letter: https://anr.dreamwidth.org/1593649.html


Request 3
by anr
The Mandalorian & TBoBF
Relationship: Din Djarin/Bo-Katan Kryze (Mandalorian & TBoBF), Fanfiction

Prompt Suggestions:
- Aftermath of near death experience.
- Thank god you're alive/we're alive! sex.
- Five times Bo-Katan and Din held hands, or shared a bed/sleeping space, or were exposed to sex pollen...

Do Not Want:
- Grogu "talking" or having his cooing/babbling written out phonetically.
- Bo-Katan being called Grogu's "mom" (her being maternal towards him is fine). Arranged Marriage scenario exception: in this situation it's fine for Bo to be called Grogu's mother.
- Modern/mundane AUs or AUs where everyone's in the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc. Unhappy endings. Hurt/no comfort. Character deaths. Established relationship for my OTP and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted). Gen fic. Unrequited or one-sided love between my OTP. Other characters matchmaking my OTP together. Embarrassing situations, pratfalls, overly comedic characterisations. First/second POVs or reader inserts. Character bashing. BDSM, non-con, sub/dom, anal, rimming, spanking, choking, fisting. Rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death. Menstruation, bestiality, A/B/O, mpreg, genderbends.

More Info:
- Please see my "Dear Writer" letter for more things I like & why I requested this.
- Treats adored! <3

Letter: https://anr.dreamwidth.org/1593649.html


Request 4
by anr
Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Relationship: Christine Chapel/Leonard "Bones" McCoy (ST: AOS), Fanfiction

Prompt Suggestions:
- Mirror!verse: Chapel and Bones keep saving each other.
- Thank god you're alive/we're alive! sex
- Five times Chapel and Bones kissed, or got (accidentally) married, or were exposed to sex pollen...

Do Not Want:
- Chapel/Spock (I know it's a pairing in "Strange New Worlds" and, at times, in the Original series) or Chapel/Kirk (for the throwaway line in "Star Trek: Into Darkness" please just pretend Carol Marcus named a different friend and move on).
- Modern/mundane AUs or AUs where everyone's in the wild west, or they're all vampires, or running coffee shops, etc. Unhappy endings. Hurt/no comfort. Character deaths. Established relationship for my OTP and/or relationships other than the ones requested (unless otherwise noted). Gen fic. Unrequited or one-sided love between my OTP. Other characters matchmaking my OTP together. Embarrassing situations, pratfalls, overly comedic characterisations. First/second POVs or reader inserts. Character bashing. BDSM, non-con, sub/dom, anal, rimming, spanking, choking, fisting. Rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death. Menstruation, bestiality, A/B/O, mpreg, genderbends.

More Info:
- Please see my "Dear Writer" letter for more things I like & why I requested this.
- Treats adored! <3

Letter: https://anr.dreamwidth.org/1593649.html


Request 5
by anr
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Relationship: Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SWST), Fanfiction

Prompt Suggestions:
- Ben does go with Han in The Force Awakens.
- Ben Solo is a smuggler.
- Ben Solo doesn't turn to the Dark Side.

Do Not Want:
- Dark!Rey, "Kira", Rey turning to the dark side.
- Leia, Luke or Ben referring to Padme as their mother/grandmother and romanticising her as a family figure. If Leia told her son any stories about his grandparents when he was growing up she would have been referring to the parents who raised her on Alderaan, not a Queen/Senator who she would have likely only known of as a dead historical figure.
- Trashing Han and Leia.
- Modern/mundane AUs, historical AUs, supernatural AUs, etc. Unhappy endings. Hurt/no comfort. Character deaths. Established relationship for my OTP and/or relationships other than the ones requested. Gen fic. Unrequited or one-sided love between my OTP. Other characters matchmaking my OTP together. Embarrassing situations, pratfalls, overly comedic characterisations. First/second POVs or reader inserts. Character bashing. BDSM, non-con, sub/dom, anal, rimming, spanking, choking, fisting. Rape, abuse, gore, child harm/abuse/death. Menstruation, bestiality, A/B/O, mpreg, genderbends.

More Info:
- Please see my "Dear Writer" letter for more things I like & why I requested this.
- Treats adored! <3

Letter: https://anr.dreamwidth.org/1593649.html