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chronicbookwormThanks for creating for me! Should you so want, I can be found at both Tumblr and AO3 also as ChronicBookworm, for any stalking purposes.
I like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, character study, slice of life/domestic, you name it – or a mix of them all! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but don’t feel pressure, I’ll be just as happy with something short and sweet!
The prompts below are there to help, not box you in, so please feel free to write something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. Many of the tags can work as prompts in and of themselves – feel free to just pick one, or combine a couple, and write what strikes your fancy based on the tags. The general likes are also there for your inspiration if you prefer looser prompts - do absolutely feel free to use those rather than my prompt ideas if that's more helpful to you!
Some of the tags might be more obviously applicable to one or a few characters or pairings in a request – but if you want to be creative and apply them to a different one, that could also be very fun!
I love strong friendships, and I’m very fond of deep platonic relationships that are the most important to the characters and relationships that straddle the line between platonic and romantic – this is a gen exchange, but don’t panic if you start to feel like you’re verging to close to pre-relationship fic, or if you can’t quite decide whether it’s gen or not.
The length of the sections has nothing to do with how much I want the request, only with how many different ideas/questions I have for each. I want to read them all very badly, so I’m sure I’ll love whatever you write!
Some of the likes and DNWs are aimed at ship-fic – I’ve left them in, because having more than one set of likes/DNWs means information is lost when I update one of them and not the other, so just ignore the ones that don’t apply to this exchange!
This got quite long – feel free to just read the parts that are relevant to you. There’s also some repetition between the sections, if things apply to several sections but not all of them, to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for in the place you’re looking for it, but that means the letter seems to be a bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Agent Carter
Game of Thrones
Leverage
Star Wars Crossovers/AMT
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
General likes
• found families
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• ride or die friendships
• co-dependency
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• marriages of convenience (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• pining
• hurt/comfort
• trauma recovery
• characters with low self-worth being loved and accepted
• characters being shown warmth and kindness when they’re expecting or used to being belittled, bullied or abused
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy
• complicated politics and shifting alliances
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• conflicts between characters based on differences in opinions, wants, and needs (rather than misunderstandings or erroneous assumptions), conflicts between characters without easy solutions, conflicts between characters where neither side is completely right or completely wrong
• secrets (both kept and revealed)
• characters working with limited knowledge
• competent characters, characters being recognised for their competence
• women supporting other women
• canon divergence
• outsider POV
• case fic/mission fic (however that applies to the canon in question)
• time travel (both Peggy Sue style and physical time travel)
• worldbuilding
• longfic
DNWs
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (shouldn't be a problem given the characters I've selected, but if you want to write relationships between characters with a teacher/student relationship, please set any romance some time after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related - cousin incest is OK for Jane Austen canons)
• adultery, infidelity or jealousy (real or imagined)
• massive age gaps in ships (the rule of “half the older character’s age plus seven” as a limit usually works quite well, although for teenagers a max of 2-year age-gap works better)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs
• Fandom-specific DNW for ASoIaF/GoT: requited Petyr/Sansa (his canonical desire for her is fine)
• Fandom-specific DNW for Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, the end of TLB (let me pretend everyone’s alive and happy)
• Fandom-specific DNWs for Star Wars: Madalorian Clones, Mando'a, Jedi bashing
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Game of Thrones
Characters/Groups:
• Sansa Stark & any Pevensie sibling(s)
• Brienne of Tarth & any Pevensie sibling(s)
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Adjusting to a new society or world
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• character A shielding character B and getting hurt in their place
• Character A showing affection by making clothes for character B
• Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
• Character discovering own self-worth
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Close Friendships Between Leaders & Subordinates
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Complicated politics
• conversations in liminal spaces
• court intrigue
• Crossover - Character A isekaied into Character B's canon setting
• Crossover - character travels to another dimension
• Crossover - Characters From Different Fandoms Are Very Compatible as Friends
• Crossover - characters with similar experiences from different fandoms talk about it
• Crossover - Villain from one fandom is causing trouble in another fandom
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Finicky Details About What It's Like To Live In A Particular Setting
• First time a character with very rare interest or talent meets another character who shares it
• Fix-It
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• keeping secrets
• Loyalty - King/Queen and Lionheart dynamics
• Oaths & Vows
• Overcoming Trauma
• Platonic arranged marriage
• Platonic Battle Couple
• political maneuvering
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I'd just like anything that crosses these two worlds – both fairly similar in that they borrow from mediaeval Europe to create a fantasy world, but so very different in tone and content. Use Narnia to fix things for our heroine(s) or throw the Pevensies into Westeros and see how they cope, either way, I just love the thought of the potential of these groups of people with such different experiences and expectations meeting and interacting!
Brienne and the Pevensies
I’d love to read about their adventures, maybe in Westeros trying to find the Stark sisters to fulfil Brienne’s vow – maybe they even manage to find them (one or both) and get to Winterfell. Maybe they get involved in the politics of Westeros, or maybe they stay out of them and just focus on completing their own tasks and surviving.
Or maybe they’re in Narnia playing politics or fighting against threats to Narnia during the Golden Age. Maybe Brienne is a hero summoned by Susan’s horn in an hour of need? How would Brienne react to Talking Animals and the fairy-tale creatures in Narnia? Narnia is a much more friendly and permissive place, so she’d probably fit in much better at Cair Paravel than she did in Westeros—and meet other women warriors!
Brienne & Peter
With Peter, there are some interesting parallels and contrasts. Both are loyal, moral protectors and knights – however, Peter came to it almost reluctantly, whereas Brienne trained all her life to be a knight. Peter never had to prove himself the way Brienne did – after his first battle against the wolf, he as accepted and hailed, and he’s a King, to boot! Maybe she becomes his bodyguard or a general in his army in Narnia, or maybe he joins her in Westeros, looking for and protecting the Stark sisters. How would she react to another golden hero helping her on her quest – would she think him genuine, or would she be as suspicious of him as she was of Jaime to start, despite that she and Peter would meet under very different circumstances?
Brienne & Susan
Susan would absolutely respect Brienne as a warrior, and she would be very impressed by Susan’s grace and poise, while still managing to be a fine marksman. I’d love to read about their adventures, trying to find the Stark sisters for Brienne – maybe they even manage to get to Winterfell and find them: Susan with her experience of managing a castle and running a kingdom would probably feel right at home in Winterfell. Or maybe Brienne is Susan’s bodyguard in Narnia, protecting her from threats? Would she go with Susan to Calormen, and would that change anything? Or does she arrive after Susan’s trip, and is that why Susan prefers female bodyguards?
Brienne and Edmund
I feel like these two would have a very fun dynamic – Edmund’s sarcasm and Brienne’s sincerity. They’ve also both thought very hard about their moral codes and made them deliberate – Edmund after the White Witch debacle and to earn his epithet of the Just, and Brienne to determine what chivalry means for her. Where do they clash and where do they align? How have they adapted to the very different worlds they come from, and how do they meet the other and how the other has adapted to their world and their circumstances?
Brienne and Lucy
This would also be a really fun dynamic to explore – instead of contrasting Brienne’s sincerity with Edmund’s sarcasm, it’s paired with Lucy’s boundless faith and joy! I think Lucy would just accept Brienne completely as she is, no questions asked, and that would be such a breath of fresh air for Brienne who’s always had to justify herself and her choices! Lucy is also not as ladylike and dignified as Susan, so she might not be as intimidating to Brienne, and I’d love to read about their adventures together!
Sansa and the Pevensies
Maybe the Pevensies (one or more) get transported to Westeros and find Sansa in the Eyrie, helping her escape Petyr Baelish’s creepiness? Or the story could be set afterwards, when she’s returned to Winterfell, preparing for the winter and the war against the Others? The Pevensies have experience fighting against a very long winter, after all. Maybe Sansa somehow ends up in Golden Age Narnia, a magical land of summer with good and just rulers where she can heal from her past? Or maybe she ends up in Narnia during their long winter, and has to use the skills she learned from Westeros to survive and help the Pevensies defeat the White Witch?
Sansa & Peter
Peter is the shining noble knight she always dreamed of, both without and within, in a way that no one in Westeros seems to match: he’s handsome, noble, chivalrous, dependable, and kind. He’s also a very good monarch, and Sansa hasn’t had much experience with those. Knowing that such a man exists might restore her faith in songs, stories, and knights, and she would help him be the best High King he could possibly be. Maybe she’s his advisor in Narnia, using her knowledge of managing Winterfell and her experiences from court in the Red Keep? Maybe he would be an advisor to her as Lady of Winterfell of Queen in the North, with his experiences as High King in Narnia, or maybe he’d even be part of her Queensgard?
Sansa & Susan
Sansa and Susan have a lot in common: they’re both noble ladies, used to being coveted for their looks and having their intelligence overlooked. They’re also both good leaders, diplomatic, and practical. Together they would be nigh unstoppable! They also have similar experiences of being wanted not for who they are but for what they represent. Would they bond over Sansa’s experiences in the Vale, King’s Landing, and, if you go with show canon, with Ramsay, and Susan’s experiences in Calormen? Or is the story set before the trip to Calormen, and Susan hasn’t quite experienced the downsides of being a beautiful woman with political connections yet? How does Sansa relate to a more open and unaware Susan, and is that the balm she needs?
Sansa and Edmund
Sansa and Edmund also have a lot in common, but differently than Sansa and Susan. They both have experience of being slightly resentful of their circumstances and family, being charmed beguiled by a beautiful but terrible Queen and trusting the wrong person, and suffering vastly disproportionate consequences from it. Both Edmund and Sansa value justice very highly, partly due to what happened to them. They would understand each other in a different way than the other Pevensies would understand Sansa, and might even be able to share some of the darker aspects of their pasts with each other.
Sansa & Lucy
In contrast to Susan and Edmund sharing some of the darker parts of Sansa’s past. Lucy is light and faith and innocence, and maybe that’s what Sansa needs from Narnia! Maybe Lucy shows her to have fun again and just delight in life, and not worry about the past or the future? Maybe Sansa and Lucy go on adventures in Narnia together? Maybe she helps Sansa in Winterfell, keeping everyone’s spirits us during the Long Night?
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Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Characters/Groups:
• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• Canon Typical Shenanigans
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Character Becomes a Spy
• Character's competence comes across as strange without knowledge of character's background
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Characters work together to solve a mystery
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Crossover - Character A isekaied into Character B's canon setting
• Crossover - character travels to another dimension
• Crossover - Villain from one fandom is causing trouble in another fandom
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• Heist
• secret reveal
• complicated feelings of love and loss and hurt and resentment
• Crossover - characters with similar experiences from different fandoms talk about it
• Expressions of Trust
• Fix-It
• keeping secrets
• Mission Fic
• Moral Dilemmas
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• on the run together
• On the run together and become very protective of one another
• Portal Transports Character To A Different World/Reality/Universe/Time Period
• protective friends
• Secret Identity
• Shared Grief
• Small lie escalates into increasingly more convoluted lies and their maintenance
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Terrible But Earnest Attempts at Mentorship
• Trying to fit in with a group while keeping secrets about own past; other characters are suspicious
• Undercover at a Formal Event
• Uneasy Alliance
• Worldbuilding
General thoughts:
I’d love to see something with the Pevensies interacting with the Agent Carter crew! Maybe the Pevensies are also agents of the SSR after the War? Or maybe they are civilians who help the SSR agents just because they’re in a place to do so and it’s the Right Thing To Do?
Maybe their time in Narnia marked the Pevensies in some way, and either SSR or Leviathan/Hydra or some other sinister organisation is after them? Maybe they don’t quite trust that the Agent Carter crew have their best interests at heart? Maybe the Agent Carter crew don’t quite trust that the Pevensies aren’t hiding more sinister secrets? Maybe they don’t understand how these on the surface normal, middle-class British schoolchildren/young adults (depending on when you set the story and whether you fuff the timelines) can be so competent, and think they’ve been trained as spies?
I like reading about Pevensies who are somehow Different due to their time in Narnia, for instance unexpectedly mature and competent for their ages, or having skills you wouldn’t normally expect from children or young adults in the mid-20th century, but might expect monarchs from a fantasy medieval kingdom to have. I would prefer all the Friends of Narnia to be alive and well in the story – either they survived the train crash, or it never happened. I’m also less fond of the part where Susan turned her back on Narnia and separated herself from her family, or the judgemental tone they use when they talk about how she cares for nothing but “nylons and lipstick and invitations” – feel free to leave that part out entirely and make up your own headcanon on what the Pevensies would be like when they’re older, regardless of what the later books in the series say, or make it clear that Susan can like nylons and lipstick and invitations and also be clever and insightful and retain her belief in Narnia and her siblings’ respect.
Perhaps the Pevensies are in the US for some reason (holiday? Moved there after the War? Working for the British arm/equivalent of the SSR?), or perhaps the story’s set in England (I’m sure there are reasons why Peggy and Jarvis might go to England – family reasons? Sent there by the SSR because they blend in? There on their own investigations, posing as a Lady and her butler?). Do they come across the Pevensies in their investigations? Are they perhaps even investigating the Pevensies?
Maybe it’s even set during the War – maybe Jarvis meets the Pevensies after he has rescued Ana and been discharged? Maybe they live nearby and help Jarvis and Ana find their feet after what they’ve been through? Or maybe Stark is interested in recruiting them/they get involved with his wartime activities and meet Jarvis that way?
Maybe Peggy meets them during leave in London? Perhaps Peter is a new recruit who ends up where the Howling Commandoes are (he’d be just old enough to sign up by the last year of the War, if he was born in the early months of the year), or maybe even Edmund (if he lied about his age/the timeline is fuffed a bit)?
There are plenty of opportunities for polite manners hiding unexpected competence and BAMF-itude on both sides. Plus, the understated snarking would be through the roof!
Not all characters in the group need to be present or focused on (especially if it’s during the War, it might be difficult to get everyone together in the same place).
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Game of Thrones
Characters/Groups:
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
• Sansa Stark & Brienne of Tarth
Tags:
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• character A shielding character B and getting hurt in their place
• Character A showing affection by making clothes for character B
• Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
• Character discovering own self-worth
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Close Friendships Between Leaders & Subordinates
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Complicated politics
• court intrigue
• Finicky Details About What It's Like To Live In A Particular Setting
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Grief/Mourning
• Loyalty - King/Queen and Lionheart dynamics
• Loyalty - Leader wants to be worthy of their followers' loyalty
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• conversations in liminal spaces
• Costume Parties & Masquerades
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Fix-It
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Grief/Mourning
• Hurt/Comfort - Two Characters Traumatized In Different Ways & Trying to Help Each Other
• Loyalty Kink - Us Against The World
• Moral Dilemmas
• Oaths & Vows
• on the run together
• Platonic arranged marriage
• political maneuvering
• PTSD
• Recovering from past abuse
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I’m really not fussed about book or show canon – if I want something for one canon, I’ll be equally happy to see it using the other canon.
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
Sansa & Brienne:
Sansa gets her dashing and gallant knight after all – even if she happens to be female and not knighted. I’m very fond of loyalty, and if there’s one word to describe Brienne of Tarth, it’s loyal. She would do anything for Sansa, and in return Sansa trusts her, values her, and treats her with respect.
Maybe Brienne manages to save Sansa from King’s Landing and deliver her to Robb and Catelyn? What adventures do they have on the road together? Does Sansa trust her from the start, or does she just go with her for lack of other appealing options? Do they somehow prevent the Red Wedding – maybe they overhear something on the road and can warn the Stark army in time?
Maybe Sansa does go with Brienne when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things with no marriage to Ramsay etc. and they arrive at Castle Black before Jon’s death? Maybe something set after they’ve retaken Winterfell, maybe Sansa’s Queen in the North and Brienne the Lady Commander of her Queensguard rather than Bran’s Kingsguard, as they rebuild the North after all its been through? How does Brienne help and support Sansa when they crown rests heavy on her head?
Sansa & Loras:
What if the Tyrells had managed to marry Sansa and Loras? Sansa gets her handsome gallant knight, and Loras gets to save a pretty damsel! They’re both Romantics, in that they believe in songs and the ideals of chivalry, which might lead to a strong friendship and companionship, but there is still the barrier that Loras can’t love her the way she’s dreamed of. I don’t mind if this goes slightly bittersweet, given their respective situations, dreams, and hopes, but I do have a fondness for arranged marriages that end not in love, but with deep, enduring friendships, and relationships that straddle the line between romantic and platonic love.
Would they go to reclaim Winterfell? Would they go to Highgarden for Loras to rule while Mace is in King’s Landing? Or would they stay in King’s Landing? How would Tywin react to being outmanoeuvred – and would he try to retaliate? How does Cersei react to having her hostage ripped away from her control? How would Sansa’s marriage to Loras change the position she played the game of thrones from? Would she learn from Olenna and Margaery, and would they be able to outplay the Lannisters together? Would having Sansa in the family change how they killed Joffrey, as they’d want no risk of suspicion to fall on anyone close to them? Would Cersei still suspect Tyrion, or would she blame Sansa, and how would they deal with that?
Perhaps Sansa might have been able to save Loras at his trial by the Faith (maybe she would point out that a squire having seen his knight master undressed is not incriminating in the slightest)? Or maybe there wouldn’t have been a trial if they managed to convincingly fake a romantic relationship?
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Leverage
Characters/Groups:
• Maggie Collins
• Sterling
• Todd McSweeten
• Todd McSweeten & the Leverage Team
Tags:
• A accused of crimes; only B believes they're innocent
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Awkward and Unconventional Gestures of Friendship
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
• Canon Compliant
• Canon Events From Perspectives Not Given In Canon
• Canon Typical Shenanigans
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Case Fic
• Character Becomes a Spy
• Character is trusting someone they don't realize is untrustworthy
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Characters work together to solve a mystery
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• Heist
• keeping secrets
• Mission Fic
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• on the run together
• On the run together and become very protective of one another
• Overworking
• Secret Identity
• secret reveal
• Secrets - character A knows character B's secret; B doesn't know A knows
• Secrets - character has secret that could destroy their life
• slow burn found family
• Slow burn friendship
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Small lie escalates into increasingly more convoluted lies and their maintenance
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Undercover - Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
• Undercover at a Formal Event
• Uneasy Alliance
General thoughts
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty between the characters, the character growth, the in-jokes/catchphrases (“let’s go steal a …”, “it’s a very distinctive …”, “age of the geek, baby”, and more), the general optimism and light-heartedness even as they’re dealing with some complex and terrible people. This canon lends itself especially well to case-fic, and I’d love to read about some kind of heist or con, but if you want to go in a more slice of life or friendship/romantic direction, that would also make me happy.
Maggie
I love Maggie – how quick she is on the uptake, how she can outsmart Nate, but how she generally keeps it under wraps. I love how she’s not jealous of Sophie, but friends with her, and how she genuinely cares for Nate and worries about him even though they’re separated and takes true joy in his moving on.
I would be really interested to see Maggie working with the Leverage team more. Maybe she is their Mastermind approached by Dubenich instead of Nate? She found out that IYS had denied Sam’s treatment and wanted revenge, gathering famous criminals around her? Or maybe Sophie is her way in, since they both move in the fine art circles, and they start with maybe a case like the Two Live Crew Job, helping steal art back for the original owners, and decide to branch out into helping people generally?
Or maybe she works with Parker, Hardison and Eliot after the end of the series when they need an extra person on the con? Maggie is very charming and unassuming, and we’ve seen that she has the makings of a fine grifter – and they all love her and work well with her, so I’m sure they’d be delighted to have her!
I’d also love to see her with the new team, meeting Harry and Breanna, supporting Sophie after Nate’s death. Maybe she’s even on one of the teams that make up Leverage International?
Sterling
What if it was Sterling in Nate’s place as the Leverage team Mastermind? How different would things be? What if Sterling was the one who lost a child (Olivia? An OC?) and blames IYS? He’s equally clever and ruthless as Nate, if not more so, but he’s also less prone to grandstanding. And his moral compass is slightly askew compared to Nate’s. Would they be more prone to go for vengeance on their marks rather than justice for the victims? Or would their goals be the same, just their methods different? Sneakier?
And where is Nate in this? Is he the IYS agent chasing them? Or perhaps they lead Leverage together, like they worked together for IYS? How would their dynamic be as co-criminal masterminds? Would they still have the push and pull that they had in canon, or would they be more egalitarian?
Another thing that might be fun is a fic set pre-series of Sterling chasing members of the Leverage team? Or him and Nate working together at IYS? We saw a glimpse of how they might have worked together in the Zanzibar Marketplace Job, and it might be fun to explore that further. What did they talk about on the rooftop when they were best friends?
Or, for a canon-compliant fic, I love the way Sterling and the team occasionally team up against a bigger threat, but there’s a deep personal dislike there based on their history and always a sense that he will double cross the team at the first opportunity so they can’t trust him. Does there ever come a point where he doesn’t double cross them? Do they reach the point where the antagonism between them is mostly toothless and they mostly get on, or does he remain a slimy bastard?
How does Sterling feel about Nate’s death? Does he ever run across Leverage International and feel like it has Parker, Eliot and Hardison’s finger prints all over it, even if they’re nowhere to be seen (and then it turns out that they are involved after all)? Or does he come across the new team, and how quickly do they learn to hate him as much as the original team members do?
McSweeten, McSweeten & Leverage Team
McSweeten is such a sweetheart! I love his optimism, his faith in people, his kindness! I would love to spend more time with him – as an FBI agent, as a son, as a person. I’d also love more interactions between him and the team. Does the team run across the FBI on another job and have to slip into pretending to be Hagen and Thomas again? Does he ask for their help on another case in the guises they adopted for the D.B. Cooper job? Does he find out who they actually are, and how does he react to that? Does he ever participate actively in their cons, like Sterling, or does he become someone like Bonnano, a law enforcement officer they can trust to look the other way as long as they’re doing good? What does it take to get him to that point? Do McSweeten and Bonnano ever work together? Or McSweeten and Sterling? Maybe that’s how he finds out? Or does the team have to tell him for some reason? Or does he find out on his own during an investigation?
Maybe he’s accused of a crime and the Team helps him? Or maybe he has the pivotal piece of information that helps clear one of the team of unjust accusations?
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Star Wars Crossovers/AMT
Characters/Groups:
• Finn & Mace Windu
• Finn & Clone Troopers
• Finn & Rey & Poe & any Jedi Council member
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Canon Event where character gets Hurt Instead Goes Better
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Canonically dead character lives (but is still badly hurt)
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Complicated Mentorship Feelings
• Complicated politics
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Everybody Lives
• Expressions of Trust
• Fix-It
• Fix-It - Canonical Character Death is Averted
• Grief/Mourning
• Intergenerational Trauma
• keeping secrets
• Loss
• Mission Fic
• Moral Dilemmas
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• Older character sees themselves in younger character
• political maneuvering
• Portal Transports Character To A Different World/Reality/Universe/Time Period
• secret reveal
• Shared Grief
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Surviving Canon Death with Nonetheless Life-Altering Consequences and Injuries
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Teaching a New Skill
• Time Travel - Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds
• Time Travel Fix-It
• Time Traveler Trying to Change the Past is Hampered by Lack of Full Knowledge of the Past
• Trying to fit in with a group while keeping secrets about own past; other characters are suspicious
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I’m really keen on the idea of the sequel trio (any or all) ending up in the prequels era! How do they deal with meeting these heroes of a bygone era? Do they try to change the fate of the galaxy, to stop the rise of the Empire, and if so, how do they go about it?
Does Finn or Rey get to train with the Jedi? How do they deal with the Council? Are they welcomed? Or are they viewed with suspicion? Does Finn get to meet the clones? How do they react to what has been done with their legacy? How does he react to meeting his forerunners? How does his experiences and skills from their time with the Resistance help them before or during the galactic civil war?
I’d be super keen to read something where they don’t have all the facts, that they’re floundering a bit – not everything became public knowledge, secrets were being kept, things got twisted in the retellings, and so on. Maybe they have to try to keep their origins a secret – how suspicious are they to those native to the time they travel to? Or do they get on with the others right from the start? Or maybe they can be open about their origins, and the people from the two different times try to piece together what happened by combining their respective fragmented knowledge – I’d love to see what misconceptions they come up with on the way!
My favourite take on the Jedi Order is fundamentally good people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi.
Finn & the Clones
There are so many parallels here! I would love Finn to meet the Clones – both raised for war, given numbers instead of names, indoctrinated to serve a higher purpose – but there are of course differences: the Clones being identical in body but encouraged and allowed individuality in spirit, whereas the First Order “recruits” being the opposite, as well as the Clones having a strong sense of brotherhood and camaraderie that’s lacking in the First Order, to name two. I would love to see Finn go back in time to meet some of the Clones – whether it’s after he’s free of the First Order and has a name, or when he’s still brainwashed – both are good! How do they react to each other? Does he arrive when the Clones are on Kamino still, or when they’re out in the field – both pose very interesting possibilities for how they interact and what possibilities they have to change their fates and the fate of the galaxy.
What does he let slip about the future? What knowledge does he have of the fall of the Republic, and how much of it is First Order propaganda that they have to sort through to get to the truth?
Finn & Mace Windu
I love the idea of Force-sensitive Finn, and I’d love to see him get the opportunity to train as a Jedi! It would be very interesting to see him and Mace interact – Mace who’s a very traditional Jedi, contrasted with Finn, who’s had a much more eclectic past – and who might feel he has more in common with the clone troopers than with the Jedi! How do they overcome this and find common ground?
How does the rest of the Council react? Is there any resistance to the idea of training Finn due to his age, and how do they resolve that? How does Mace react to the fate of the Jedi order? What does Finn know about the fall of the Republic and the Jedi and how it could potentially be avoided?
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Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Characters/Groups:
• Bail Organa & Mace Windu
• Bail Organa & Padmé Amidala
• Bail Organa
• Mace Windu
Tags:
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Complicated politics
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Fix-It
• Fix-It - Canonical Character Death is Averted
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Moral Dilemmas
• Partisan Fighters or Resistance
• political maneuvering
• PTSD
• Shared Grief
• Stranded In A Hostile Place Together
• Surviving Canon Death with Nonetheless Life-Altering Consequences and Injuries
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Time Travel - Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds
• Time Travel - Peggy Sue
• Time Travel Fix-It
• Time Traveler Trying to Change the Past is Hampered by Lack of Full Knowledge of the Past
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Canon Event where character gets Hurt Instead Goes Better
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Canonically dead character lives (but is still badly hurt)
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• conversations in liminal spaces
• Everybody Lives
• Expressions of Trust
• Grief/Mourning
• Intergenerational Trauma
• keeping secrets
• Loss
• Mission Fic
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• secret reveal
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Teaching a New Skill
• Worldbuilding
General thoughts
I love the worldbuilding of the prequel trilogy, how expansive the galaxy seems, the political intrigue, the tragedy of the fall of the Republic, and the impending sense of doom that the characters can also feel. I love how there are no easy answers (because Palpatine is manipulating everything to remove the easy answers), and I would love to see a story about the heroes prevailing despite this! Or how they survive after the fall of the Republic, how the Rebellion is started and comes together, what challenges and obstacles they face along the way.
My favourite take on the Jedi Order is fundamentally good people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi.
Bail:
I love Bail’s dedication to democracy and his ideals. I love how competent he is, and how he’s not afraid of getting his hands dirty. I love his determination, and how warm he is with his friends, and how he grieves for the Jedi but gets on with founding the rebellion and doing something proactive with his grief! I’d love a story about him as a senator – what made him join the senate? How did he find his feet? How did he get on with Palpatine before he showed his true colours? Or something about his time founding the rebellion, trying to get it off the ground, finding and funding resistance cells? How much do he and Mon Mothma know about what the other is doing? Do they work closely together, or do they keep the other mostly in the dark for plausible deniability reasons?
Or what if Bail from the Imperial era or even the time of his death time travelled? It would be really cool to see a time-travel fix-it that focuses more on the political problems of the galaxy, since most of them (the Separatist crisis, the slow descent into authoritarianism, the chokehold that the Trade Federation, Banking Clans etc. have on the galaxy) are really outside the remit of the Jedi Order. And it would be fun to see Sidious being beaten by someone he has no idea is a threat!
Bail & Padmé:
I would love to see them working together in the Senate before the fall of the Republic – how they divided the labour of convincing allies, deciding what battles to fight and their strategies, balancing Padmé’s passion and Bail’s experience and wisdom. How often did they have different opinions, and how did they manage those?
Or maybe Padmé stays with Bail and Breha after the fall of the Republic with the twins, hiding in plain sight? Or she goes on the run, and only sees them occasionally? Or maybe she never had a relationship with Anakin, and she joins Bail and Mon as the Rebellion’s links to the Senate? How does she manage to keep her ideals under control in the new hostile climate?
This might also be fun as a time travel prompt! Do both of them time travel, or does only one time travel and have to deal with the past version of their friend? If they both time travel, do they know or recognise that the other is also a time traveller? Do they agree on priorities and methods to avoid the fall of the Republic, or do they disagree on how to best go about it? Would they try to reform the Republic, or would they consider the corruption too far gone, and what is the alternative? What if Naboo and Alderaan were to secede while Palpatine was the Chancellor, how would that impact galactic policies?
Mace:
I love Mace so much! I love his seriousness, his dedication to democracy and his principles, I love his compassion and his wisdom! I love that he considers things from different angels, and that he’s willing to reconsider his opinions.
I would love to read more about Mace during the Clone Wars, and how he balances his roles as Master of the Order and General, how he tries to protect both the Jedi and the Clones from the vagaries of the Senate and the Chancellor, and how he tackles being thrown into a war against his will, and how the Jedi attempted to keep their identity and faith as Jedi despite the circumstances. I would also love a story about the quiet moments during the war, with his troops or with civilians, or with other Jedi!
I would adore a fix-it where Mace survives his duel with Palpatine. I love him so much – his seriousness and sincerity, how strongly he believes in the Jedi code, his faith in the Force, his patience and gentleness but also his determination and authority! I would love to see what he gets up to after the fall of the Republic, getting involved with the Resistance, trying to restore the Jedi Order, or just trying to survive. Does he find any Clones and gets them de-chipped, and how does that reunion go?
Mace would also be a fun time traveller, in different ways! How would he handle being back in time? What choices would he make differently, and how would they turn out? I really like the complexities of the situation, and how the Jedi made the only choice they could make, give the situation, but with different facts and more knowledge, would they make a different choice? How would they deal with the Clone army ostensibly ordered in their name, or leave them to a probably worse fate at the hands of the Senate or the Kaminoans? How would they deal with the corruption at the heart of the Republic—both the Sith-related corruption, which clearly falls within their remit, and the everyday, garden variety of political corruption, which doesn’t?
Mace & Bail:
Given how much I love both Bail and Mace, it would be awesome to see something with them together!
I would love to see their take on politics, coming from different viewpoints and representing different interests, but still both with a fundamental belief in democracy. Do they have different ideas of the role of Jedi in the Republic, or the function of the Republic itself, and how do they work to resolve those? Do they work together to tackle problems in the Republic from each of their own angles, politician and peacekeeper/diplomat?
Or maybe they go on an adventure together? There’s lots of fun things that can be done in the Star Wars universe! Maybe they’re on a diplomatic trip together and run into trouble, or maybe they get stranded on an inhospitable planet? How do they deal with that?
Or something set during the Clone Wars, in battle, with Mace trying to protect Bail, or dealing with politics and/or logistics of where to send the army, how to get them there, etc.? Or fighting for Clone rights together?
Or maybe Mace survives his duel with Palpatine, and they meet up after the Fall of the Republic? Does Mace turn to Bail for help, not knowing where else to go? Or do they run into each other unexpectedly? Do they each work against the Empire in different ways, and decide to join forces, or are they coordinated from the start? Do they have different priorities, or are they aligned with each other? Does Mace focus on finding surviving Jedi and hide them, while Bail deals with politics and funding sabotage missions? Or does Mace also carry out sabotage missions?
Just, anything with these two!
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I like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, character study, slice of life/domestic, you name it – or a mix of them all! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but don’t feel pressure, I’ll be just as happy with something short and sweet!
The prompts below are there to help, not box you in, so please feel free to write something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. Many of the tags can work as prompts in and of themselves – feel free to just pick one, or combine a couple, and write what strikes your fancy based on the tags. The general likes are also there for your inspiration if you prefer looser prompts - do absolutely feel free to use those rather than my prompt ideas if that's more helpful to you!
Some of the tags might be more obviously applicable to one or a few characters or pairings in a request – but if you want to be creative and apply them to a different one, that could also be very fun!
I love strong friendships, and I’m very fond of deep platonic relationships that are the most important to the characters and relationships that straddle the line between platonic and romantic – this is a gen exchange, but don’t panic if you start to feel like you’re verging to close to pre-relationship fic, or if you can’t quite decide whether it’s gen or not.
The length of the sections has nothing to do with how much I want the request, only with how many different ideas/questions I have for each. I want to read them all very badly, so I’m sure I’ll love whatever you write!
Some of the likes and DNWs are aimed at ship-fic – I’ve left them in, because having more than one set of likes/DNWs means information is lost when I update one of them and not the other, so just ignore the ones that don’t apply to this exchange!
This got quite long – feel free to just read the parts that are relevant to you. There’s also some repetition between the sections, if things apply to several sections but not all of them, to make it easier for you to find what you’re looking for in the place you’re looking for it, but that means the letter seems to be a bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Agent Carter
Game of Thrones
Leverage
Star Wars Crossovers/AMT
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
General likes
• found families
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• ride or die friendships
• co-dependency
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• marriages of convenience (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• pining
• hurt/comfort
• trauma recovery
• characters with low self-worth being loved and accepted
• characters being shown warmth and kindness when they’re expecting or used to being belittled, bullied or abused
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy
• complicated politics and shifting alliances
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• conflicts between characters based on differences in opinions, wants, and needs (rather than misunderstandings or erroneous assumptions), conflicts between characters without easy solutions, conflicts between characters where neither side is completely right or completely wrong
• secrets (both kept and revealed)
• characters working with limited knowledge
• competent characters, characters being recognised for their competence
• women supporting other women
• canon divergence
• outsider POV
• case fic/mission fic (however that applies to the canon in question)
• time travel (both Peggy Sue style and physical time travel)
• worldbuilding
• longfic
DNWs
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (shouldn't be a problem given the characters I've selected, but if you want to write relationships between characters with a teacher/student relationship, please set any romance some time after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related - cousin incest is OK for Jane Austen canons)
• adultery, infidelity or jealousy (real or imagined)
• massive age gaps in ships (the rule of “half the older character’s age plus seven” as a limit usually works quite well, although for teenagers a max of 2-year age-gap works better)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs
• Fandom-specific DNW for ASoIaF/GoT: requited Petyr/Sansa (his canonical desire for her is fine)
• Fandom-specific DNW for Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, the end of TLB (let me pretend everyone’s alive and happy)
• Fandom-specific DNWs for Star Wars: Madalorian Clones, Mando'a, Jedi bashing
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Game of Thrones
Characters/Groups:
• Sansa Stark & any Pevensie sibling(s)
• Brienne of Tarth & any Pevensie sibling(s)
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Adjusting to a new society or world
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• character A shielding character B and getting hurt in their place
• Character A showing affection by making clothes for character B
• Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
• Character discovering own self-worth
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Close Friendships Between Leaders & Subordinates
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Complicated politics
• conversations in liminal spaces
• court intrigue
• Crossover - Character A isekaied into Character B's canon setting
• Crossover - character travels to another dimension
• Crossover - Characters From Different Fandoms Are Very Compatible as Friends
• Crossover - characters with similar experiences from different fandoms talk about it
• Crossover - Villain from one fandom is causing trouble in another fandom
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Finicky Details About What It's Like To Live In A Particular Setting
• First time a character with very rare interest or talent meets another character who shares it
• Fix-It
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• keeping secrets
• Loyalty - King/Queen and Lionheart dynamics
• Oaths & Vows
• Overcoming Trauma
• Platonic arranged marriage
• Platonic Battle Couple
• political maneuvering
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I'd just like anything that crosses these two worlds – both fairly similar in that they borrow from mediaeval Europe to create a fantasy world, but so very different in tone and content. Use Narnia to fix things for our heroine(s) or throw the Pevensies into Westeros and see how they cope, either way, I just love the thought of the potential of these groups of people with such different experiences and expectations meeting and interacting!
Brienne and the Pevensies
I’d love to read about their adventures, maybe in Westeros trying to find the Stark sisters to fulfil Brienne’s vow – maybe they even manage to find them (one or both) and get to Winterfell. Maybe they get involved in the politics of Westeros, or maybe they stay out of them and just focus on completing their own tasks and surviving.
Or maybe they’re in Narnia playing politics or fighting against threats to Narnia during the Golden Age. Maybe Brienne is a hero summoned by Susan’s horn in an hour of need? How would Brienne react to Talking Animals and the fairy-tale creatures in Narnia? Narnia is a much more friendly and permissive place, so she’d probably fit in much better at Cair Paravel than she did in Westeros—and meet other women warriors!
Brienne & Peter
With Peter, there are some interesting parallels and contrasts. Both are loyal, moral protectors and knights – however, Peter came to it almost reluctantly, whereas Brienne trained all her life to be a knight. Peter never had to prove himself the way Brienne did – after his first battle against the wolf, he as accepted and hailed, and he’s a King, to boot! Maybe she becomes his bodyguard or a general in his army in Narnia, or maybe he joins her in Westeros, looking for and protecting the Stark sisters. How would she react to another golden hero helping her on her quest – would she think him genuine, or would she be as suspicious of him as she was of Jaime to start, despite that she and Peter would meet under very different circumstances?
Brienne & Susan
Susan would absolutely respect Brienne as a warrior, and she would be very impressed by Susan’s grace and poise, while still managing to be a fine marksman. I’d love to read about their adventures, trying to find the Stark sisters for Brienne – maybe they even manage to get to Winterfell and find them: Susan with her experience of managing a castle and running a kingdom would probably feel right at home in Winterfell. Or maybe Brienne is Susan’s bodyguard in Narnia, protecting her from threats? Would she go with Susan to Calormen, and would that change anything? Or does she arrive after Susan’s trip, and is that why Susan prefers female bodyguards?
Brienne and Edmund
I feel like these two would have a very fun dynamic – Edmund’s sarcasm and Brienne’s sincerity. They’ve also both thought very hard about their moral codes and made them deliberate – Edmund after the White Witch debacle and to earn his epithet of the Just, and Brienne to determine what chivalry means for her. Where do they clash and where do they align? How have they adapted to the very different worlds they come from, and how do they meet the other and how the other has adapted to their world and their circumstances?
Brienne and Lucy
This would also be a really fun dynamic to explore – instead of contrasting Brienne’s sincerity with Edmund’s sarcasm, it’s paired with Lucy’s boundless faith and joy! I think Lucy would just accept Brienne completely as she is, no questions asked, and that would be such a breath of fresh air for Brienne who’s always had to justify herself and her choices! Lucy is also not as ladylike and dignified as Susan, so she might not be as intimidating to Brienne, and I’d love to read about their adventures together!
Sansa and the Pevensies
Maybe the Pevensies (one or more) get transported to Westeros and find Sansa in the Eyrie, helping her escape Petyr Baelish’s creepiness? Or the story could be set afterwards, when she’s returned to Winterfell, preparing for the winter and the war against the Others? The Pevensies have experience fighting against a very long winter, after all. Maybe Sansa somehow ends up in Golden Age Narnia, a magical land of summer with good and just rulers where she can heal from her past? Or maybe she ends up in Narnia during their long winter, and has to use the skills she learned from Westeros to survive and help the Pevensies defeat the White Witch?
Sansa & Peter
Peter is the shining noble knight she always dreamed of, both without and within, in a way that no one in Westeros seems to match: he’s handsome, noble, chivalrous, dependable, and kind. He’s also a very good monarch, and Sansa hasn’t had much experience with those. Knowing that such a man exists might restore her faith in songs, stories, and knights, and she would help him be the best High King he could possibly be. Maybe she’s his advisor in Narnia, using her knowledge of managing Winterfell and her experiences from court in the Red Keep? Maybe he would be an advisor to her as Lady of Winterfell of Queen in the North, with his experiences as High King in Narnia, or maybe he’d even be part of her Queensgard?
Sansa & Susan
Sansa and Susan have a lot in common: they’re both noble ladies, used to being coveted for their looks and having their intelligence overlooked. They’re also both good leaders, diplomatic, and practical. Together they would be nigh unstoppable! They also have similar experiences of being wanted not for who they are but for what they represent. Would they bond over Sansa’s experiences in the Vale, King’s Landing, and, if you go with show canon, with Ramsay, and Susan’s experiences in Calormen? Or is the story set before the trip to Calormen, and Susan hasn’t quite experienced the downsides of being a beautiful woman with political connections yet? How does Sansa relate to a more open and unaware Susan, and is that the balm she needs?
Sansa and Edmund
Sansa and Edmund also have a lot in common, but differently than Sansa and Susan. They both have experience of being slightly resentful of their circumstances and family, being charmed beguiled by a beautiful but terrible Queen and trusting the wrong person, and suffering vastly disproportionate consequences from it. Both Edmund and Sansa value justice very highly, partly due to what happened to them. They would understand each other in a different way than the other Pevensies would understand Sansa, and might even be able to share some of the darker aspects of their pasts with each other.
Sansa & Lucy
In contrast to Susan and Edmund sharing some of the darker parts of Sansa’s past. Lucy is light and faith and innocence, and maybe that’s what Sansa needs from Narnia! Maybe Lucy shows her to have fun again and just delight in life, and not worry about the past or the future? Maybe Sansa and Lucy go on adventures in Narnia together? Maybe she helps Sansa in Winterfell, keeping everyone’s spirits us during the Long Night?
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Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Characters/Groups:
• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• Canon Typical Shenanigans
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Character Becomes a Spy
• Character's competence comes across as strange without knowledge of character's background
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Characters work together to solve a mystery
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Crossover - Character A isekaied into Character B's canon setting
• Crossover - character travels to another dimension
• Crossover - Villain from one fandom is causing trouble in another fandom
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• Heist
• secret reveal
• complicated feelings of love and loss and hurt and resentment
• Crossover - characters with similar experiences from different fandoms talk about it
• Expressions of Trust
• Fix-It
• keeping secrets
• Mission Fic
• Moral Dilemmas
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• on the run together
• On the run together and become very protective of one another
• Portal Transports Character To A Different World/Reality/Universe/Time Period
• protective friends
• Secret Identity
• Shared Grief
• Small lie escalates into increasingly more convoluted lies and their maintenance
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Terrible But Earnest Attempts at Mentorship
• Trying to fit in with a group while keeping secrets about own past; other characters are suspicious
• Undercover at a Formal Event
• Uneasy Alliance
• Worldbuilding
General thoughts:
I’d love to see something with the Pevensies interacting with the Agent Carter crew! Maybe the Pevensies are also agents of the SSR after the War? Or maybe they are civilians who help the SSR agents just because they’re in a place to do so and it’s the Right Thing To Do?
Maybe their time in Narnia marked the Pevensies in some way, and either SSR or Leviathan/Hydra or some other sinister organisation is after them? Maybe they don’t quite trust that the Agent Carter crew have their best interests at heart? Maybe the Agent Carter crew don’t quite trust that the Pevensies aren’t hiding more sinister secrets? Maybe they don’t understand how these on the surface normal, middle-class British schoolchildren/young adults (depending on when you set the story and whether you fuff the timelines) can be so competent, and think they’ve been trained as spies?
I like reading about Pevensies who are somehow Different due to their time in Narnia, for instance unexpectedly mature and competent for their ages, or having skills you wouldn’t normally expect from children or young adults in the mid-20th century, but might expect monarchs from a fantasy medieval kingdom to have. I would prefer all the Friends of Narnia to be alive and well in the story – either they survived the train crash, or it never happened. I’m also less fond of the part where Susan turned her back on Narnia and separated herself from her family, or the judgemental tone they use when they talk about how she cares for nothing but “nylons and lipstick and invitations” – feel free to leave that part out entirely and make up your own headcanon on what the Pevensies would be like when they’re older, regardless of what the later books in the series say, or make it clear that Susan can like nylons and lipstick and invitations and also be clever and insightful and retain her belief in Narnia and her siblings’ respect.
Perhaps the Pevensies are in the US for some reason (holiday? Moved there after the War? Working for the British arm/equivalent of the SSR?), or perhaps the story’s set in England (I’m sure there are reasons why Peggy and Jarvis might go to England – family reasons? Sent there by the SSR because they blend in? There on their own investigations, posing as a Lady and her butler?). Do they come across the Pevensies in their investigations? Are they perhaps even investigating the Pevensies?
Maybe it’s even set during the War – maybe Jarvis meets the Pevensies after he has rescued Ana and been discharged? Maybe they live nearby and help Jarvis and Ana find their feet after what they’ve been through? Or maybe Stark is interested in recruiting them/they get involved with his wartime activities and meet Jarvis that way?
Maybe Peggy meets them during leave in London? Perhaps Peter is a new recruit who ends up where the Howling Commandoes are (he’d be just old enough to sign up by the last year of the War, if he was born in the early months of the year), or maybe even Edmund (if he lied about his age/the timeline is fuffed a bit)?
There are plenty of opportunities for polite manners hiding unexpected competence and BAMF-itude on both sides. Plus, the understated snarking would be through the roof!
Not all characters in the group need to be present or focused on (especially if it’s during the War, it might be difficult to get everyone together in the same place).
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Game of Thrones
Characters/Groups:
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
• Sansa Stark & Brienne of Tarth
Tags:
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• character A shielding character B and getting hurt in their place
• Character A showing affection by making clothes for character B
• Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
• Character discovering own self-worth
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters with complicated pasts struggling with guilt and grief and forgiveness
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Close Friendships Between Leaders & Subordinates
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Complicated politics
• court intrigue
• Finicky Details About What It's Like To Live In A Particular Setting
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Grief/Mourning
• Loyalty - King/Queen and Lionheart dynamics
• Loyalty - Leader wants to be worthy of their followers' loyalty
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Characters in a lavender marriage of convenience getting to know each other
• conversations in liminal spaces
• Costume Parties & Masquerades
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Fix-It
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Grief/Mourning
• Hurt/Comfort - Two Characters Traumatized In Different Ways & Trying to Help Each Other
• Loyalty Kink - Us Against The World
• Moral Dilemmas
• Oaths & Vows
• on the run together
• Platonic arranged marriage
• political maneuvering
• PTSD
• Recovering from past abuse
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I’m really not fussed about book or show canon – if I want something for one canon, I’ll be equally happy to see it using the other canon.
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
Sansa & Brienne:
Sansa gets her dashing and gallant knight after all – even if she happens to be female and not knighted. I’m very fond of loyalty, and if there’s one word to describe Brienne of Tarth, it’s loyal. She would do anything for Sansa, and in return Sansa trusts her, values her, and treats her with respect.
Maybe Brienne manages to save Sansa from King’s Landing and deliver her to Robb and Catelyn? What adventures do they have on the road together? Does Sansa trust her from the start, or does she just go with her for lack of other appealing options? Do they somehow prevent the Red Wedding – maybe they overhear something on the road and can warn the Stark army in time?
Maybe Sansa does go with Brienne when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things with no marriage to Ramsay etc. and they arrive at Castle Black before Jon’s death? Maybe something set after they’ve retaken Winterfell, maybe Sansa’s Queen in the North and Brienne the Lady Commander of her Queensguard rather than Bran’s Kingsguard, as they rebuild the North after all its been through? How does Brienne help and support Sansa when they crown rests heavy on her head?
Sansa & Loras:
What if the Tyrells had managed to marry Sansa and Loras? Sansa gets her handsome gallant knight, and Loras gets to save a pretty damsel! They’re both Romantics, in that they believe in songs and the ideals of chivalry, which might lead to a strong friendship and companionship, but there is still the barrier that Loras can’t love her the way she’s dreamed of. I don’t mind if this goes slightly bittersweet, given their respective situations, dreams, and hopes, but I do have a fondness for arranged marriages that end not in love, but with deep, enduring friendships, and relationships that straddle the line between romantic and platonic love.
Would they go to reclaim Winterfell? Would they go to Highgarden for Loras to rule while Mace is in King’s Landing? Or would they stay in King’s Landing? How would Tywin react to being outmanoeuvred – and would he try to retaliate? How does Cersei react to having her hostage ripped away from her control? How would Sansa’s marriage to Loras change the position she played the game of thrones from? Would she learn from Olenna and Margaery, and would they be able to outplay the Lannisters together? Would having Sansa in the family change how they killed Joffrey, as they’d want no risk of suspicion to fall on anyone close to them? Would Cersei still suspect Tyrion, or would she blame Sansa, and how would they deal with that?
Perhaps Sansa might have been able to save Loras at his trial by the Faith (maybe she would point out that a squire having seen his knight master undressed is not incriminating in the slightest)? Or maybe there wouldn’t have been a trial if they managed to convincingly fake a romantic relationship?
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Leverage
Characters/Groups:
• Maggie Collins
• Sterling
• Todd McSweeten
• Todd McSweeten & the Leverage Team
Tags:
• A accused of crimes; only B believes they're innocent
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Awkward and Unconventional Gestures of Friendship
• Bonding by teaming up during a fight
• Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
• Canon Compliant
• Canon Events From Perspectives Not Given In Canon
• Canon Typical Shenanigans
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Case Fic
• Character Becomes a Spy
• Character is trusting someone they don't realize is untrustworthy
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Characters work together to solve a mystery
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
• Heart-to-Heart Talk in the Middle of an Action Scene
• Heist
• keeping secrets
• Mission Fic
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• on the run together
• On the run together and become very protective of one another
• Overworking
• Secret Identity
• secret reveal
• Secrets - character A knows character B's secret; B doesn't know A knows
• Secrets - character has secret that could destroy their life
• slow burn found family
• Slow burn friendship
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Small lie escalates into increasingly more convoluted lies and their maintenance
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Undercover - Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
• Undercover at a Formal Event
• Uneasy Alliance
General thoughts
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty between the characters, the character growth, the in-jokes/catchphrases (“let’s go steal a …”, “it’s a very distinctive …”, “age of the geek, baby”, and more), the general optimism and light-heartedness even as they’re dealing with some complex and terrible people. This canon lends itself especially well to case-fic, and I’d love to read about some kind of heist or con, but if you want to go in a more slice of life or friendship/romantic direction, that would also make me happy.
Maggie
I love Maggie – how quick she is on the uptake, how she can outsmart Nate, but how she generally keeps it under wraps. I love how she’s not jealous of Sophie, but friends with her, and how she genuinely cares for Nate and worries about him even though they’re separated and takes true joy in his moving on.
I would be really interested to see Maggie working with the Leverage team more. Maybe she is their Mastermind approached by Dubenich instead of Nate? She found out that IYS had denied Sam’s treatment and wanted revenge, gathering famous criminals around her? Or maybe Sophie is her way in, since they both move in the fine art circles, and they start with maybe a case like the Two Live Crew Job, helping steal art back for the original owners, and decide to branch out into helping people generally?
Or maybe she works with Parker, Hardison and Eliot after the end of the series when they need an extra person on the con? Maggie is very charming and unassuming, and we’ve seen that she has the makings of a fine grifter – and they all love her and work well with her, so I’m sure they’d be delighted to have her!
I’d also love to see her with the new team, meeting Harry and Breanna, supporting Sophie after Nate’s death. Maybe she’s even on one of the teams that make up Leverage International?
Sterling
What if it was Sterling in Nate’s place as the Leverage team Mastermind? How different would things be? What if Sterling was the one who lost a child (Olivia? An OC?) and blames IYS? He’s equally clever and ruthless as Nate, if not more so, but he’s also less prone to grandstanding. And his moral compass is slightly askew compared to Nate’s. Would they be more prone to go for vengeance on their marks rather than justice for the victims? Or would their goals be the same, just their methods different? Sneakier?
And where is Nate in this? Is he the IYS agent chasing them? Or perhaps they lead Leverage together, like they worked together for IYS? How would their dynamic be as co-criminal masterminds? Would they still have the push and pull that they had in canon, or would they be more egalitarian?
Another thing that might be fun is a fic set pre-series of Sterling chasing members of the Leverage team? Or him and Nate working together at IYS? We saw a glimpse of how they might have worked together in the Zanzibar Marketplace Job, and it might be fun to explore that further. What did they talk about on the rooftop when they were best friends?
Or, for a canon-compliant fic, I love the way Sterling and the team occasionally team up against a bigger threat, but there’s a deep personal dislike there based on their history and always a sense that he will double cross the team at the first opportunity so they can’t trust him. Does there ever come a point where he doesn’t double cross them? Do they reach the point where the antagonism between them is mostly toothless and they mostly get on, or does he remain a slimy bastard?
How does Sterling feel about Nate’s death? Does he ever run across Leverage International and feel like it has Parker, Eliot and Hardison’s finger prints all over it, even if they’re nowhere to be seen (and then it turns out that they are involved after all)? Or does he come across the new team, and how quickly do they learn to hate him as much as the original team members do?
McSweeten, McSweeten & Leverage Team
McSweeten is such a sweetheart! I love his optimism, his faith in people, his kindness! I would love to spend more time with him – as an FBI agent, as a son, as a person. I’d also love more interactions between him and the team. Does the team run across the FBI on another job and have to slip into pretending to be Hagen and Thomas again? Does he ask for their help on another case in the guises they adopted for the D.B. Cooper job? Does he find out who they actually are, and how does he react to that? Does he ever participate actively in their cons, like Sterling, or does he become someone like Bonnano, a law enforcement officer they can trust to look the other way as long as they’re doing good? What does it take to get him to that point? Do McSweeten and Bonnano ever work together? Or McSweeten and Sterling? Maybe that’s how he finds out? Or does the team have to tell him for some reason? Or does he find out on his own during an investigation?
Maybe he’s accused of a crime and the Team helps him? Or maybe he has the pivotal piece of information that helps clear one of the team of unjust accusations?
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Star Wars Crossovers/AMT
Characters/Groups:
• Finn & Mace Windu
• Finn & Clone Troopers
• Finn & Rey & Poe & any Jedi Council member
Tags:
• Accidental portal travel leads to unexpected meeting
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Canon Event where character gets Hurt Instead Goes Better
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Canonically dead character lives (but is still badly hurt)
• Characters learning to trust each other
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• Complicated Mentorship Feelings
• Complicated politics
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Everybody Lives
• Expressions of Trust
• Fix-It
• Fix-It - Canonical Character Death is Averted
• Grief/Mourning
• Intergenerational Trauma
• keeping secrets
• Loss
• Mission Fic
• Moral Dilemmas
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• Older character sees themselves in younger character
• political maneuvering
• Portal Transports Character To A Different World/Reality/Universe/Time Period
• secret reveal
• Shared Grief
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Surviving Canon Death with Nonetheless Life-Altering Consequences and Injuries
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Teaching a New Skill
• Time Travel - Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds
• Time Travel Fix-It
• Time Traveler Trying to Change the Past is Hampered by Lack of Full Knowledge of the Past
• Trying to fit in with a group while keeping secrets about own past; other characters are suspicious
• Worldbuilding
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
General thoughts:
I’m really keen on the idea of the sequel trio (any or all) ending up in the prequels era! How do they deal with meeting these heroes of a bygone era? Do they try to change the fate of the galaxy, to stop the rise of the Empire, and if so, how do they go about it?
Does Finn or Rey get to train with the Jedi? How do they deal with the Council? Are they welcomed? Or are they viewed with suspicion? Does Finn get to meet the clones? How do they react to what has been done with their legacy? How does he react to meeting his forerunners? How does his experiences and skills from their time with the Resistance help them before or during the galactic civil war?
I’d be super keen to read something where they don’t have all the facts, that they’re floundering a bit – not everything became public knowledge, secrets were being kept, things got twisted in the retellings, and so on. Maybe they have to try to keep their origins a secret – how suspicious are they to those native to the time they travel to? Or do they get on with the others right from the start? Or maybe they can be open about their origins, and the people from the two different times try to piece together what happened by combining their respective fragmented knowledge – I’d love to see what misconceptions they come up with on the way!
My favourite take on the Jedi Order is fundamentally good people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi.
Finn & the Clones
There are so many parallels here! I would love Finn to meet the Clones – both raised for war, given numbers instead of names, indoctrinated to serve a higher purpose – but there are of course differences: the Clones being identical in body but encouraged and allowed individuality in spirit, whereas the First Order “recruits” being the opposite, as well as the Clones having a strong sense of brotherhood and camaraderie that’s lacking in the First Order, to name two. I would love to see Finn go back in time to meet some of the Clones – whether it’s after he’s free of the First Order and has a name, or when he’s still brainwashed – both are good! How do they react to each other? Does he arrive when the Clones are on Kamino still, or when they’re out in the field – both pose very interesting possibilities for how they interact and what possibilities they have to change their fates and the fate of the galaxy.
What does he let slip about the future? What knowledge does he have of the fall of the Republic, and how much of it is First Order propaganda that they have to sort through to get to the truth?
Finn & Mace Windu
I love the idea of Force-sensitive Finn, and I’d love to see him get the opportunity to train as a Jedi! It would be very interesting to see him and Mace interact – Mace who’s a very traditional Jedi, contrasted with Finn, who’s had a much more eclectic past – and who might feel he has more in common with the clone troopers than with the Jedi! How do they overcome this and find common ground?
How does the rest of the Council react? Is there any resistance to the idea of training Finn due to his age, and how do they resolve that? How does Mace react to the fate of the Jedi order? What does Finn know about the fall of the Republic and the Jedi and how it could potentially be avoided?
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Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Characters/Groups:
• Bail Organa & Mace Windu
• Bail Organa & Padmé Amidala
• Bail Organa
• Mace Windu
Tags:
• Canon Divergence - Different Character(s) Die
• Complicated politics
• Difficult Decisions In War Time
• Fix-It
• Fix-It - Canonical Character Death is Averted
• Friends Discussing Treason Over Tea
• Moral Dilemmas
• Partisan Fighters or Resistance
• political maneuvering
• PTSD
• Shared Grief
• Stranded In A Hostile Place Together
• Surviving Canon Death with Nonetheless Life-Altering Consequences and Injuries
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Time Travel - Character changes the past to prevent traumatic events and succeeds
• Time Travel - Peggy Sue
• Time Travel Fix-It
• Time Traveler Trying to Change the Past is Hampered by Lack of Full Knowledge of the Past
• Worldbuilding - details of how infrastructure works in the canon setting
• Worldbuilding - details of how politics work in the canon setting
• Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
• Canon Event where character gets Hurt Instead Goes Better
• Canon-Typical Adventures
• Canonically dead character lives (but is still badly hurt)
• Characters run into each other in an unexpected place
• Characters Teaching Each Other New Skills
• Characters work together to solve a major problem
• Cleanup and paperwork after canon-typical plot
• Competence - highly effective teamwork
• Competent Character teaching skill (s) to others
• conversations in liminal spaces
• Everybody Lives
• Expressions of Trust
• Grief/Mourning
• Intergenerational Trauma
• keeping secrets
• Loss
• Mission Fic
• Now that character A knows character B's secrets they see them differently
• secret reveal
• slowly realizing the object of your loyalty is a terrible institution
• Taking On New Responsibilities
• Teaching a New Skill
• Worldbuilding
General thoughts
I love the worldbuilding of the prequel trilogy, how expansive the galaxy seems, the political intrigue, the tragedy of the fall of the Republic, and the impending sense of doom that the characters can also feel. I love how there are no easy answers (because Palpatine is manipulating everything to remove the easy answers), and I would love to see a story about the heroes prevailing despite this! Or how they survive after the fall of the Republic, how the Rebellion is started and comes together, what challenges and obstacles they face along the way.
My favourite take on the Jedi Order is fundamentally good people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi.
Bail:
I love Bail’s dedication to democracy and his ideals. I love how competent he is, and how he’s not afraid of getting his hands dirty. I love his determination, and how warm he is with his friends, and how he grieves for the Jedi but gets on with founding the rebellion and doing something proactive with his grief! I’d love a story about him as a senator – what made him join the senate? How did he find his feet? How did he get on with Palpatine before he showed his true colours? Or something about his time founding the rebellion, trying to get it off the ground, finding and funding resistance cells? How much do he and Mon Mothma know about what the other is doing? Do they work closely together, or do they keep the other mostly in the dark for plausible deniability reasons?
Or what if Bail from the Imperial era or even the time of his death time travelled? It would be really cool to see a time-travel fix-it that focuses more on the political problems of the galaxy, since most of them (the Separatist crisis, the slow descent into authoritarianism, the chokehold that the Trade Federation, Banking Clans etc. have on the galaxy) are really outside the remit of the Jedi Order. And it would be fun to see Sidious being beaten by someone he has no idea is a threat!
Bail & Padmé:
I would love to see them working together in the Senate before the fall of the Republic – how they divided the labour of convincing allies, deciding what battles to fight and their strategies, balancing Padmé’s passion and Bail’s experience and wisdom. How often did they have different opinions, and how did they manage those?
Or maybe Padmé stays with Bail and Breha after the fall of the Republic with the twins, hiding in plain sight? Or she goes on the run, and only sees them occasionally? Or maybe she never had a relationship with Anakin, and she joins Bail and Mon as the Rebellion’s links to the Senate? How does she manage to keep her ideals under control in the new hostile climate?
This might also be fun as a time travel prompt! Do both of them time travel, or does only one time travel and have to deal with the past version of their friend? If they both time travel, do they know or recognise that the other is also a time traveller? Do they agree on priorities and methods to avoid the fall of the Republic, or do they disagree on how to best go about it? Would they try to reform the Republic, or would they consider the corruption too far gone, and what is the alternative? What if Naboo and Alderaan were to secede while Palpatine was the Chancellor, how would that impact galactic policies?
Mace:
I love Mace so much! I love his seriousness, his dedication to democracy and his principles, I love his compassion and his wisdom! I love that he considers things from different angels, and that he’s willing to reconsider his opinions.
I would love to read more about Mace during the Clone Wars, and how he balances his roles as Master of the Order and General, how he tries to protect both the Jedi and the Clones from the vagaries of the Senate and the Chancellor, and how he tackles being thrown into a war against his will, and how the Jedi attempted to keep their identity and faith as Jedi despite the circumstances. I would also love a story about the quiet moments during the war, with his troops or with civilians, or with other Jedi!
I would adore a fix-it where Mace survives his duel with Palpatine. I love him so much – his seriousness and sincerity, how strongly he believes in the Jedi code, his faith in the Force, his patience and gentleness but also his determination and authority! I would love to see what he gets up to after the fall of the Republic, getting involved with the Resistance, trying to restore the Jedi Order, or just trying to survive. Does he find any Clones and gets them de-chipped, and how does that reunion go?
Mace would also be a fun time traveller, in different ways! How would he handle being back in time? What choices would he make differently, and how would they turn out? I really like the complexities of the situation, and how the Jedi made the only choice they could make, give the situation, but with different facts and more knowledge, would they make a different choice? How would they deal with the Clone army ostensibly ordered in their name, or leave them to a probably worse fate at the hands of the Senate or the Kaminoans? How would they deal with the corruption at the heart of the Republic—both the Sith-related corruption, which clearly falls within their remit, and the everyday, garden variety of political corruption, which doesn’t?
Mace & Bail:
Given how much I love both Bail and Mace, it would be awesome to see something with them together!
I would love to see their take on politics, coming from different viewpoints and representing different interests, but still both with a fundamental belief in democracy. Do they have different ideas of the role of Jedi in the Republic, or the function of the Republic itself, and how do they work to resolve those? Do they work together to tackle problems in the Republic from each of their own angles, politician and peacekeeper/diplomat?
Or maybe they go on an adventure together? There’s lots of fun things that can be done in the Star Wars universe! Maybe they’re on a diplomatic trip together and run into trouble, or maybe they get stranded on an inhospitable planet? How do they deal with that?
Or something set during the Clone Wars, in battle, with Mace trying to protect Bail, or dealing with politics and/or logistics of where to send the army, how to get them there, etc.? Or fighting for Clone rights together?
Or maybe Mace survives his duel with Palpatine, and they meet up after the Fall of the Republic? Does Mace turn to Bail for help, not knowing where else to go? Or do they run into each other unexpectedly? Do they each work against the Empire in different ways, and decide to join forces, or are they coordinated from the start? Do they have different priorities, or are they aligned with each other? Does Mace focus on finding surviving Jedi and hide them, while Bail deals with politics and funding sabotage missions? Or does Mace also carry out sabotage missions?
Just, anything with these two!
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