Trick-or-treat letter
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luzulaFic is the primary way I experience fandom, so I only clicked the "fic" box, but if you're struck by inspiration to do an art treat, that is welcome, too! The text below is just a copy of what I put in my requests, so if you're assigned to me, there's nothing new there. I hope you have fun writing and that I've given you enough to go on!
Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, characters: any
I don't remember feeling fannish about these before, but on reread, I suddenly am! Ideas:
- An AU where Ann and Sax got together on Antarctica. How does this influence the terraforming debate?
- Arkady on Antarctica, pretending to be boring and hiding his revolutionary anarchist plans. His inner monologue is probably hilarious...
- Marina/Ursula/Vlad - what does that relationship look like? We don't get any of their POV:s, but it's made pretty clear that theirs is a poly relationship. Also it would be fun to see them working on their ecological economics.
- Frank/John/Maya. They are not actually my favorite characters, but Frank/John is a slash pairing that cries out for someone to write it.
- Nadia is one of my favorite characters, so maybe just tell me a story about her solving an engineering problem?
Or tell me whatever story interests you most! : ) I really like all the landscape description and technical detail in the books, so feel free to pastische that if you want, but you don't have to (I get that it could be daunting!). I also like all the people and communities and political debate in the Martian underground. I think character and setting is what I'm most interested in here.
Do-not-wants: My political opinions are to the left, so if you tell me a story dismissing everything about the Martian revolutions as wrong, I am probably not going to appreciate that. Although of course politics doesn't have to come into the story at all, if you're not interested in that.
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, characters: any
I recently re-read this book with a book club, and we had lots of interesting discussion. So what I want here is worldbuilding, which maybe seems redundant because that's what the whole book is about. But whatever, basically any exploration of the world that you want to write is welcome.
Ideas (though feel free to have your own idea instead):
- I really liked the story in the "life stories" section about the guy who breeds pear trees. Doing something well and making it your life's work, I find that very moving.
- What does childrens' schooling look like?
- One person in book club speculated that Kesh culture had been intentionally created in the past, could that be so?
- I find Le Guin's various self-inserts fascinating (Pandora, Little Bear Woman, the nameless editor), especially the conflicted Pandora. Maybe you could do the same kind of meta self-insert as a fanfic author writing in Le Guin's world?
- How much does Kesh culture change over time? If you write from the POV of someone who is Kesh in 200 years, what would it look like?
- Maybe write from the POV of someone from another culture who comes to live with the Kesh? What things are similar/different?
- Several people in my book club found the culture frustrating because of its lack of critical and rational thinking, maybe you could adress this?
- Do people do Yuletide over the Exchange, and ask for filthy within-House incest porn?
Rogue One, characters: Bodhi Rook, Cassian Andor
I think the canon world is what makes the characters who they are, so I would prefer to get no AU:s except canon divergence AU:s. That is, coffeeshop AU is out but everyone-lives AU is fine. My one exception to this is if you wanted to do a Spanish Civil War AU, which I would love. I ship these characters, but gen is also welcome. How do these characters connect? What do they have in common and what could they be together? How do they differ? I also love worldbuilding details. I have only watched the movies and don't know the EU stuff, but feel free to include things from there if they add depth and are understandable without knowing the EU.
ETA: Er, I just realized I could also get fic about either of these characters separately. That is fine and I would be happy with it! I would love to read about how either of them came to join the Rebellion, for example. I also love reading about people being competent at something.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley, characters: any
I love Sunshine's narrative voice, and also all the worldbuilding in canon, so more of those would be great. It would also be cool to get backstory for any of these characters. Slice-of-life with delicious baking also welcome. : )
Relationship-wise, I would love to see Sunshine being more open to Mel about what's going on, and that they resolve their relationships in some way. I see it more as a V-style relationship, although if you find a way for Mel and Con to connect, that's great too.
DNW: I would prefer a story where jealousy doesn't play a large role.
Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, characters: any
I don't remember feeling fannish about these before, but on reread, I suddenly am! Ideas:
- An AU where Ann and Sax got together on Antarctica. How does this influence the terraforming debate?
- Arkady on Antarctica, pretending to be boring and hiding his revolutionary anarchist plans. His inner monologue is probably hilarious...
- Marina/Ursula/Vlad - what does that relationship look like? We don't get any of their POV:s, but it's made pretty clear that theirs is a poly relationship. Also it would be fun to see them working on their ecological economics.
- Frank/John/Maya. They are not actually my favorite characters, but Frank/John is a slash pairing that cries out for someone to write it.
- Nadia is one of my favorite characters, so maybe just tell me a story about her solving an engineering problem?
Or tell me whatever story interests you most! : ) I really like all the landscape description and technical detail in the books, so feel free to pastische that if you want, but you don't have to (I get that it could be daunting!). I also like all the people and communities and political debate in the Martian underground. I think character and setting is what I'm most interested in here.
Do-not-wants: My political opinions are to the left, so if you tell me a story dismissing everything about the Martian revolutions as wrong, I am probably not going to appreciate that. Although of course politics doesn't have to come into the story at all, if you're not interested in that.
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, characters: any
I recently re-read this book with a book club, and we had lots of interesting discussion. So what I want here is worldbuilding, which maybe seems redundant because that's what the whole book is about. But whatever, basically any exploration of the world that you want to write is welcome.
Ideas (though feel free to have your own idea instead):
- I really liked the story in the "life stories" section about the guy who breeds pear trees. Doing something well and making it your life's work, I find that very moving.
- What does childrens' schooling look like?
- One person in book club speculated that Kesh culture had been intentionally created in the past, could that be so?
- I find Le Guin's various self-inserts fascinating (Pandora, Little Bear Woman, the nameless editor), especially the conflicted Pandora. Maybe you could do the same kind of meta self-insert as a fanfic author writing in Le Guin's world?
- How much does Kesh culture change over time? If you write from the POV of someone who is Kesh in 200 years, what would it look like?
- Maybe write from the POV of someone from another culture who comes to live with the Kesh? What things are similar/different?
- Several people in my book club found the culture frustrating because of its lack of critical and rational thinking, maybe you could adress this?
- Do people do Yuletide over the Exchange, and ask for filthy within-House incest porn?
Rogue One, characters: Bodhi Rook, Cassian Andor
I think the canon world is what makes the characters who they are, so I would prefer to get no AU:s except canon divergence AU:s. That is, coffeeshop AU is out but everyone-lives AU is fine. My one exception to this is if you wanted to do a Spanish Civil War AU, which I would love. I ship these characters, but gen is also welcome. How do these characters connect? What do they have in common and what could they be together? How do they differ? I also love worldbuilding details. I have only watched the movies and don't know the EU stuff, but feel free to include things from there if they add depth and are understandable without knowing the EU.
ETA: Er, I just realized I could also get fic about either of these characters separately. That is fine and I would be happy with it! I would love to read about how either of them came to join the Rebellion, for example. I also love reading about people being competent at something.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley, characters: any
I love Sunshine's narrative voice, and also all the worldbuilding in canon, so more of those would be great. It would also be cool to get backstory for any of these characters. Slice-of-life with delicious baking also welcome. : )
Relationship-wise, I would love to see Sunshine being more open to Mel about what's going on, and that they resolve their relationships in some way. I see it more as a V-style relationship, although if you find a way for Mel and Con to connect, that's great too.
DNW: I would prefer a story where jealousy doesn't play a large role.
