Dear Crossworks Creator 2025,
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chronicbookwormThanks for writing me a story! Should you so want, I can be found at both Tumblr and AO3 also as ChronicBookworm, for any stalking purposes.
In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, poly, and gen. I also like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, get-together, established relationship, 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.
Don’t feel restricted to stick to the characters and crossover pairings I prompt for – I do have favourite characters, which might bleed through in some of my prompts, but I also like almost all characters (I tend to like protagonists and heroes better than antagonists and villains, but I also adore complex and multi-faceted characters, and I love minor and major characters equally), and would be happy to see any combination, these are just the first that came to mind. Crossworks is one of my favourite exchanges because of this surprise element and not knowing which characters I’ll be getting. 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.
All my requests are for crossovers, rather than fusions – what I’m really interested in is seeing how characters from the different fandoms interact with each other, whether they get on well or not, exploring parallels and differences between them, and possibly applying skills and knowledge from one fandom to another. Anything that works along those lines is bound to tickle my fancy.
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!
This got quite long – feel free to just read the parts that are relevant to you.
General likes
DNWs
Agent Carter, Narnia
A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, Narnia, Lord of the Rings
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate Atlantis
Leverage, Orphan Black, Sense8, Stranger Things
Mansfield Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Master and Commander (2003), Temeraire, Persuasion
Emelan, Tortall
General likes
• found families, especially ones that don’t try to fit characters into traditional family roles (“team mom”, etc.)
• ride or die friendships
• kindness as a choice, characters who are kind even when it’s difficult
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (both platonic and romantic versions)
• marriages of convenience (both platonic and romantic versions), including lavender marriages
• 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 hurt (verbally or physically)
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy, shifting alliances, uneasy alliances
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• characters dealing with political problems, complicated politics, courtly and political intrigue, politics in general
• characters navigating power differentials and power dynamics
• cultural differences, characters trying to communicate when they have wildly different expectations or frameworks for understanding the world
• complicated and messy relationships (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
• moral dilemmas, trying to do the right thing in situations where there is no good choice, doing the right thing even when it costs the characters
• characters making mistakes and dealing with the consequences, characters reacting to situations in non-optimal ways, characters lashing out due to pain or trauma
• 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
• 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 (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime 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 and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• non-canonical infidelity (real or imagined) or jealousy within romantic relationships unless prompted (Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK. Infidelity in the context of a loveless arranged marriage is OK, although if the married couple are friends, I prefer the spouse to be in the know and accepting of the affair)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger (except in Westeros canons)
• sex involving characters under 15 (except for relationships involving Joffrey Baratheon), 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 (characters being biased against each other and the narration reflecting that bias and/or highlighting characters’ negative traits is OK, but please don’t make everything that goes wrong the fault of one character, unless that character is canonically capital-E Evil (e.g. Palpatine, the White Witch, or similar villains))
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone (sad and bittersweet endings are OK)
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
• ASoIaF/GoT: requited Petyr/Sansa (his canonical desire for her is fine)
• Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, the end of TLB (let me pretend everyone’s alive and happy), explicitly making Christianity the only way to find Aslan in the real world
• Fandom-specific DNW for SGA: focus on John/Rodney, wraith/human relationships
• Fandom-specific DNW for Leverage, Orphan Black and Sense8: breaking up canon ships
• Fandom-specific DNW for Stranger Things: Billy as a major character
I’d love to see something with the Pevensies interacting with Peggy and Jarvis, or others in the SSR and the general Agent Carter universe! 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.
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All three worlds in this request are full of rich and complex world-building, complicated politics, characters who struggle with what it means to be a good person, and the fight against evil – all good things I absolutely love! I’d love to see them meet – how do the characters adapt to their new circumstances? How do they get on with the locals?
Either book or show-verse is fine for any of these canons.
Maybe the Wardrobe leads to Middle Earth, rather than Narnia, and the Pevensies end up there – how to they adapt? Do they join the Fellowship? Do they arrive in Gondor or Rohan, and help fight the forces of darkness there, and only have brief contact with the Fellowship?
Or maybe they use the rings, trying to get back to Narnia after their adventures, and go to Middle Earth instead? Same questions apply, but these Pevensies will be older and more experienced, and have skills their younger counterparts don’t, so they might fare better.
Or maybe Susan’s horn summons heroes from Middle Earth to Narnia? How do the characters react to talking animals? How can they help Narnia? How can Narnia help them?
Do Lucy, Merry and Pippin bond over their shared joy of life and high spirits? Or is she more drawn to Sam’s practicality and loyalty?
Does Boromir end up in Narnia after his death? Does Narnia offer him a chance for redemption?
What are the differences between the Dwarves of Narnia and the Dwarves of Westeros? How do Gimli and Trumpkin get along?
If you want to write ship-fic, I have prompts for Boromir/Susan in several letters here on dreamwidth (most recently, here), but I am a multi-shipper, so if you ship something else or feel like writing gen, go for it!
I’d love to see how the Fellowship adapts to Westeros? How do the characters from ASoIaF/GoT react to dwarves, elves and hobbits? Can Gandalf help them fight the White Walkers? How do the Starks react to Boromir, who looks exactly like Ned but isn’t him? Or maybe they end up in Essos, and join Daenerys’ campaign against slavery there? Does she and Aragorn bond over being Kings and Queens in exile, raised far from their lands with the weight of their ancestors’ mistakes?
Or maybe some characters from Westeros end up in Middle Earth? Where do they end up – Rivendell, Gondor, Rohan, or even the Shire? Are they welcomed with open arms, as more soldiers in the war against Sauron? Or are they viewed with suspicion?
Do any of the characters join the Fellowship as the Tenth Walker? Does Sansa make a place for herself at Gondor’s court? Does Tyrion join Bilbo in the library of Rivendell? Do Brienne and Éowyn bond over being women who want to fight but are scorned for it/not allowed? Does Arya help Sam and Frodo sneak into Mordor? Does Jaime see similarities between Denethor and Aerys? How do the Starks react to Boromir, who looks like Ned but isn’t?
I haven’t requested any specific ships for this combination of fandoms in previous exchanges, but feel free to write whatever ship you like, or none if that’s what you prefer – I’m very easy to convince to like a ship!
Narnia is on the surface a much kinder world than Westeros, given it was written for children, but there are hints of darkness and mature themes there as well (what happened to Charn, or slavery in the Lone Islands and Calormen, for instance).
Just like LotR, maybe the Wardrobe leads to Westeros? That would be a much more tricky situation for the Pevensies, given the complicated politics of Westeros, and that they might not be prophesised saviours, but of course, it depends on when and where they end up. In the North, just before the Winter? King’s Landing, during Joffrey’s reign? How do they adapt – are they mistaken for nobles, or do they have to fend for themselves as small-folk?
Or maybe they use the Rings to get there, either deliberately, or trying to get back to Narnia? Where do they end up? In the North, just before the Winter? King’s Landing, during Joffrey’s reign? Are they recognised as Kings and Queens, or are they mistaken for powerful sorcerers who can travel the worlds at will? Maybe the Dawn Treader reaches Westeros?
Or maybe they arrive in Westeros during the height of their reign, as Kings and Queens? Maybe Susan’s horn somehow ends up in Westeros, and it summons the Pevensies – either by one of the armies of the War of the Five Kings, or by Daenerys when she wants to conquer or rule Slaver’s Bay and Westeros, or maybe by the surviving Starks to face the White Walkers? Or maybe Melisandre uses some magic to summon them?
Maybe Narnia and Westeros are actually the same world, and they can make diplomatic visits? How does that work, when the denizens of the one country are mostly magical creatures and talking animals?
For a story set in Narnia, maybe Susan’s horn calls characters from ASOIAF/GoT to help them against some calamity – the White Witch, the Telmarines, the Calormenes, or some other canonical or non-canonical threat? I don’t mind who gets called – possibilities are Brienne, Robb, Jon, Jaime, or any other skilled fighter or general (canon is full of them, and all of them would lead to fun results – maybe even Robert for a more unusual choice) to fight a battle, Sansa, Varys or Tyrion, or some other mastermind (again, plenty to choose from) if the problem requires a diplomatic solution, Daenerys with her dragons, or Arya for more sneaky solutions – or something else entirely, the choice is completely up to you!
If you want to write ship-fic, I have specific prompts for Sansa or Brienne paired with various Pevensie siblings (not at the same time) in many, many of my previous letters found at this dreamwidth (most recently here). However, I am a multi-shipper, so if you ship something else or nothing at all, go for it!
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I love the potential of the world-building of SGA, so anything that builds off that would be great – the idea of a floating/flying city, the way they never seem to have enough resources, the way they can lose contact with Earth at any given moment and are so reliant on the Stargates, the way different societies react differently to the Wraith threat, and the place of the Atlanteans in the Pegasus galaxy, etc., and would love to read your headcanons on how Atlantis and Pegasus works!
I’d really like this to be Buffy characters in the Pegasus galaxy or on Atlantis while it’s on Earth, rather than SGA characters in Sunnydale. I’d love to see the Scoobies and/or allies deal with and try to move on from the horrors and wonders they experienced in Sunnydale, and I’d love to see them deal with the horrors and wonders of Atlantis and the Pegasus galaxy.
How do the characters come to be there? Does one or more character join the Atlantis expedition? How suspicious are the expedition members of them, or do they manage to sneak under the radar before something forces them to reveal who or what they are? How do the skills and knowledge they have from Sunnydale apply to the Pegasus galaxy?
Does a portal dump them in the Pegasus galaxy? If you go this route, it would be fun to see them establish themselves in Pegasus independently of the Atlantis expedition before their paths cross. Maybe they think they’re in an alternate dimension, until they meet these people who are obviously from Earth? How do the Atlantis expedition members react to other Earthlings in Pegasus? Or do the Buffy characters try to keep their origin a secret?
I am also OK with including characters/worldbuilding/other elements from Stargate SG-1 and Angel: the Series.
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There is something incredibly satisfying about a group of hyper-competent people (or somewhat competent) working together to take down corrupt corporations/organisations! Shady science, evil corporations, competent protagonists, loyalty, trust issues, and found family – all of these shows are like catnip to me. Mix them up, and it gets even better!
I’d love it if the various groups don’t necessarily know about each other’s “things” before they meet (i.e. I’m less interested in any of the Leverage characters being a Sensate, or the Clone Club having El’s powers or having been brought up in Hawkins lab, etc., than I am in seeing them react to each other’s weirdness, the misunderstandings and misconceptions on the way, and how they combine their various strengths and skills).
Regarding Stranger Things, I like the kids and teens (well, younger teens and older teens, by now) more than the adults, but I’d prefer that Billy is a background character at most if he’s in the fic (references are absolutely fine). I’m OK with any and all ways of dealing with the timeline – having the Stranger Things characters be adults, moving Stranger Things to the current era, moving the other canon to the 80s, or making time travel part of the plot are all completely viable ways of dealing with the setting difference – or any other way you can come up with!
I really like the canon pairings of Sense8, Orphan Black and Leverage, so please don’t break them up, but I’m happy with any other ships, or none, whichever you like – and I’m open to any or no ships regarding Stranger Things that fit within my DNWs!
Ophan Black is full of shady people, corporations and groups for Leverage to do a job on – DYAD, Neolution, Brightborn, Proletheans... the list goes on.
Maybe they run across Clone Club in their investigation? Do they think all the clones are just one incredibly skilled grafter until they find out the truth? Or maybe they know about the cloning experiments? Does Clone Club trust the Leverage team, or are they waiting for the inevitable betrayal?
Maybe Sarah and Sophie compare grifting techniques? Does Hardison gleefully join Scott, HellWizard and Cosima for board games (or maybe they’re even internet friends)? Do Eliot and Helena compare fighting techniques? Is Alison’s rehab the same rehab from the 12-step job? Does Parker teach Kira how to break out of handcuffs, just in case?
Again, the Leverage team can help in the fight against BPO! Maybe Hardison and Nomi know each other, and Nomi reaches out to him for help? Maybe Amanita calls Leverage in to help her save Nomi’s life when she’s in hospital?
Or maybe they run across each other independently? Leverage takes on BPO for another client and stumbles across the Cluster? How do they react to these people who seem to know things they shouldn’t, and have such a diverse range of skills? Do they work together to take down BPO and Whispers?
Or maybe they do a job on Bak Enterprises to get justice for a client defrauded by Joong-Ki, and have to deal with not only the Cluster looking out for Sun, but also an active police investigation led by a competent detective Mun?
Maybe the Leverage team is even trying to run a scam on Rajan and Kala, thinking they’re involved in shady business to do with the pharmaceutical company? How does the Cluster rally to protect one of their own?
This is the most complicated of the crossovers in this grouping, since both canons have so many twists and turns, have lots of characters, all the characters have secrets, and there are about fifty-eleven factions to keep track of – but that just makes it more fun! Is there a connection between BPO and DYAD/Neolution/Brightborn?
Maybe Will and Beth (pre-canon or in an AU where she survives, either way works) bond over being police and feeling powerless in the face of corruption in the police force? Or maybe he bonds with Art, in a canon-compliant take on the crossover? Maybe Kala and Cosima work together to figure out the science behind clones or behind Sensates? Maybe Alison and Lito exchange acting tips, and compare community theatre and professional film-making? Or you could pair Sarah and Wolfgang – I don’t have any particular prompts, but something tells me they’d have a very interesting dynamic!
Do the Clone Club run into the Stranger Things kids or teens in their investigations of Dyad/Brightborn/Neolution, or do the Stranger Things kids/teens stumble across the Orphan Black corporations in their fight against the Demogorgon/Mindflayer/Vecna? Which clone do they meet first, and how long does it take them to realise the clones are clones (some of the Party are fairly genre savvy, so it might not take them very long)? Is there a connection between El’s powers and Kira’s (occasionally hinted at) enhanced abilities? Do any of Clone Club end up in the Upside Down? Does Dyad/Brightborn/Neolution want to get their hands on El and/or the other test subjects in Hawkins lab, depending on when it’s set, and use her powers to further their own cause?
Maybe the Leverage team investigate the Hawkins lab and find things are even stranger than they could have thought? Maybe Nancy goes to them to get justice for Barb? Do they get involved to prove Eddie’s innocence, even if that’s not typically the kind of case they take on? How protective does Eliot get over El? Does he teach the kids how to fight? And does Parker teach them to do crime? Do Hardison and the Party bond over nerd stuff? Do any of the Leverage Team end up in the Upside Down, and how do they deal with that?
Does Will’s job bring him into contact with the many deaths and murders in Hawkins and makes him realise Something is Up? Does he believe Eddie’s innocence, or is he pat of the manhunt? Does Nomi find something weird in the Hawkins lab computers? Is there a connection between Sensate powers and El’s psychic abilities? Can the Sensates sense the Upside Down? How would it work if some of the Sensates entered the Upside Down, and others were still in this world? Would they still be able to use their Sensate powers, or do they only work when they are in the same dimension? Do they have to try to solve the problem without some of their Cluster, with the help of the Stranger Things kids/teens?
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All of these canons have plenty of points of contact between them via the historical setting and connections to the British Navy! I'm interested in social and naval life during both the mid-18th century of PotC and the early 19th century of Mansfield Park, Master and Commander, Temeraire and Persuasion, and would be very happy with anything you wrote for this! I would especially enjoy the crossover to also include female characters in some shape or form (aside from the Master and Commander film, all canons have at least a few prominent, well-rounded and interesting female characters (some have several!) that can be explored in the context of a crossover with the others!)
Sir Thomas went to the Caribbean in canon – perhaps he took his family with him! How does the family settle in to Port Royal? How do free-spirited Elizabeth and righteous Fanny react to each other? Are they swept up in the pirate-related excitement, or do they stay out of it? Maybe Norrington is stationed on the ship they take to get over there, or maybe they meet while already there? How does Norrington relate to the Miss Bertrams and Miss Price? Does he fall for Fanny (or maybe even Maria or Julia!) rather than Elizabeth, or does he stay true to his first love?
Or if the story is set in Regency England rather than 1720s Caribbean – how does that change the situation for the PotC characters? The romance between Will and Elizabeth seems even more improbable in this situation. Perhaps Governor Swann and Sir Thomas are old friends – how does Elizabeth relate to the Bertrams? Does she and Fanny strike up an unlikely friendship, as different as they are, or are they too different and more adversarial? Elizabeth might find Fanny sanctimonious and dull, whereas Fanny might find Elizabeth scandalous – if she’s already had a bad experience with Mary Crawford, perhaps she’d be especially suspicious of “open-minded” and “modern” women? Or would she see that even though Elizabeth is also outspoken and blunt, she’s still a good person?
There is of course the naval connection, with both Admiral Crawford and William being in a position to know Norrington – how does the addition of him to the events of Mansfield Park change things? Perhaps Mary sets her cap at him, rather than Edmund, or perhaps he’s charmed by Fanny, and falls for her integrity and moral certitude? Maybe he can help William advance (without Henry’s ulterior motives), and earn Fanny’s loyalty and admiration that way?
If you want to write ship-fic, I have prompts for Norrington/Fanny in many previous letters at this dreamwidth (most recently here), but again, I’m more than happy if you want to explore other ships and pairings, or none!
This is quite similar to the above request in that it comes with a built-in connection through the Prices’ and Crawfords’ naval connections, even if the specific Caribbean connection is lacking in M&C – although I am sure that at least some members of the crew of the Surprise have ventured to the Caribbean, and they could very well have met Sir Thomas there. There is even no timeline adjustment needed, since they are set in pretty much the same era (Mansfield Park is set maybe a tiny bit before M&C, but not really enough to make a difference).
Maybe William served aboard the Surprise alongside Aubrey, Maturin, Pullings et al.? Or maybe Mary and Henry know the Surprise crew through their uncle, the Admiral? Maybe they come across Fanny in Portsmouth?
Fanny/Pullings is the tiny little rarepair of my heart, and I’ll adore you forever if you write it (I’ll adore you forever if you write any of my requests, but since this one is so rare, it has a special place in my heart). I have plenty of prompts for them in previous letters on this dreamwidth (most recently here), suffice it to say that I think they would be very good together, Pullings is easy-going and cheerful enough to balance out Fanny’s more serious side, but he’s also hard-working, loyal, and dutiful enough that she’d still be able to admire and respect him, unlike Henry Crawford. And James D’Arcy looks very dashing in this film, which is a plus! That being said, I am open to other pairings, or none, you go wherever inspiration strikes you!
I haven’t read the Aubrey/Maturin books, but I am more than happy for you to use material from them, as long as it can be understood by someone who just knows the film.
It would be very easy to bring these two naval canons together. Perhaps the HMS Surprise serves a tour in the Caribbean, hunting pirates? Or the Interceptor chases privateers in the waters around South America? How does Jack Aubrey get on with James Norrington? Do they team up to chase Captain Jack Sparrow? Do they fight in the Napoleonic Wars together? Do the characters serve on the same ship, either as young lieutenants or midshipmen, or does one serve as the sponsor for the other? Does Pullings serve on the Interceptor or the Dauntless before the Surprise, or is he put under to Commodore/Admiral Norrington’s command when he becomes a Captain in his own right? How does Norrington get on with Maturin and his scepticism of the Navy – at least early Norrington is a little dogmatic and a true believer, and a little less flexible than Aubrey, so perhaps there is more conflict there?
Does William Price serve with Wentworth, or with Harville, or maybe even with Admiral Croft? Does Admiral Croft know Admiral Crawford—are they, perhaps, rivals in the Navy (because I can’t imagine that Admiral Croft would be friends with someone like Admiral Crawford)? Do Sophie and Admiral Croft take Fanny under their wing? How do Fanny and Anne get on—both overlooked and neglected by their own families, both gentle and unassuming, but ready to take charge when needed (Anne with Louisa’s fall, Fanny in Portsmouth). I’d love to see Fanny get a better life through friendship and companionship with people who will appreciate her, and I think the characters from Austen’s other novel with a Navy tie would absolutely fit the bill!
If you want to write shipfic, I have promts for Fanny/Benwick in other letters at my dreamwidth (most recently here), but, as always, I’m open to other ships if you’d rather take it in a different direction!
Maybe William is in the Aerial Corps instead of the Navy? Does he do better there, or does he still suffer from a lack of connections to move up? Does he serve with Temeraire or another dragon? How does that impact the story – if at all? Does it change his relations with his family at Mansfield Park – is he still welcomed by Sir Thomas, or do they keep it a secret?
I would prefer if Fanny wasn’t raised in the Aerial service, since I think the way she was raised as an unwanted poor relation in such a grand house is formative to who she is as a character – but she could be chosen by a dragon later in life, the way Laurence did! What circumstances would lead to that? Presumably it would be a Longwing – or maybe she bonds to a dragon of a different breed – a Regal Copper, even? How does Fanny react to being chosen by a dragon, of everything that could happen to her? How does she fit into the Aerial corps – with the culture shock that must entail after having lived with the very conservative Sir Thomas all her life? Does she struggle to assert herself and be taken seriously? Does she find the friendship and companionship she was lacking at Mansfield?
I would also happily see her courted by any member of the Aerial Corps – male or female (Laurence, Harcourt, Emily Roland, Granby in a lavender marriage, James – I would love to see Fanny with Volly, she would be so gentle and good with him, Tharkay (and what would Sir Thomas think of that?) – or anyone else you fancy)! What would her life as the wife/chosen companion to an aviator be? Would she be given a support position in the Corps, or would she keep house instead? How would she deal with what being part of an aviator family entails? Would she fit in with the other families?
Or what does Mansfield and the characters at Mansfield do during the French invasion of Britain? Who rallies the resistance, who collaborates with the French, and who tries to just get on with life without rousing the notice of the French or the British resistance?
Or maybe Mary Crawford or Susan are aviators – I would especially be interested in Susan as an Aviator! Is it a secret from the Bertrams? If not, what do they think about it? How does that change relations between Fanny and Susan? How do the two sisters relate to each other when their lives are so different?
What would Wentworth do in a universe where there were dragons? Would he be an Aerial Corps member – and how would that impact on his courtship with Anne? Would he be more understanding of her rejection, being more used to societal disapproval? Or would that just add more salt to the wound? How would Anne get along with the other aviators – she gets along splendidly with the Harvilles and Benwick in canon, but would the cultural shock be more pronounced with regards to the Aerial Corps? How would she react to female aviators? What if both Admiral and Sophie Croft were aviators? How would that change how she interacted with the Musgroves and Eliots?
What if Louisa or Henrietta were aviators? Would that influence how they related to Wentworth – especially the (burgeoning, misplaced) romance between Louisa and Wentworth, which would have very different expectations and trappings?
Or, like in the above Mansfield Park request, how would the Eliots and Musgroves deal with the invasion of Britain? Who rallies the resistance, who collaborates with the French, and who tries to just get on with life without rousing the notice of the French or the British resistance?
Or what if Wentworth was still a Naval Captain, just in a universe that also contained dragons? How would Wentworth interact with Laurence? Would they get on? What about Wentworth and Riley? What would his role in the war be?
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The Tortall books are an old childhood favourite of mine, and I really like the worldbuilding, the strong heroines, and the politics (that Pierce often glosses over as her stories are more focused on protagonists who aren’t very interested in politics, but the bits we do get fascinate me). I like how the universe gets more and more complex as the series go on, how what starts as fairly straightforward good vs. evil becomes more complicated, and the characters become more complex in later stories, but they don’t lose their hope and their belief in the goodness of humankind!
Similarly, the Emelan books were very important to me growing up—I actually discovered them before Tortall! I loved the worldbuilding, and the idea of magic working through everyday objects, as well as the found family among the Circle and their tight bonds! I loved how competent they all were in their own fields, and how their competence was acknowledged and nurtured by their mentors.
I would be delighted by something that combines these two series! I really don’t mind if it’s a crossover in the sense that one set of characters suddenly find themselves in a different world, or in the sense that they’ve always been part of the same world. I would be equally happy to see any character(s) from the Tortall series in Emelan and I would seeing characters from the Emelan series in Tortall—as visitors, refugees, cross-dimensional refugees, or whatever you can think of!
It would be very interesting to explore differences between the Gift, Wild Magic, academic magic, and ambient magic, and to delve into the differences between the worldbuilding in general! Obviously, there are some similarities, but Emelan on the whole seems like a more progressive place than Tortall, even Tortall under Jonathan and Thayet, even though they’re both vaguely feudal: but the overall social hierarchy is less well defined in Emelan, and there isn’t the emphasis on knighthood and chivalry that there is in Tortall. I also get the impression that learning is valued higher in Emelan than Tortall, but that could be simply due to the different settings that the main characters mostly move in (Knight training and battle/war, versus a temple and various natural disasters, with only the occasional battle/war). How do the characters react and view these differences?
I have no preference for what era of the Tortall series the character(s) from Tortall are drawn from—are the Circle there during Alanna’s years, do they help out against Roger? Do they help in the Immortals War with Daine? Are they there during Kel’s training and the Progress, or perhaps even after the ents of Lady Knight? Perhaps Sandry makes a state visit to Tortall and brings her siblings with her? Perhaps they’re in exile after one of her cousins makes a bid for the throne? Perhaps there’s a marriage alliance brokered between Sandry and one of Jonathan’s sons—or even Jonathan himself?
I would also be interested to see the characters from the Emelan universe interact with someone from somewhere else in the Tortall universe, it doesn’t have to be Tortall itself: perhaps in Carthak while Numair is there: is there an exchange between Carthak University and the Living Circle as centres for learning? Or do they help Thayet during the Saren civil war, and does that change the outcome of events in canon: perhaps they help her take the throne?
Similarly, I’m happy for any character from Emelan and the surrounding lands: the mentors, the Circle themselves, their students, or even side characters that only appear in one book and are never mentioned again!
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In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, poly, and gen. I also like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, get-together, established relationship, 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.
Don’t feel restricted to stick to the characters and crossover pairings I prompt for – I do have favourite characters, which might bleed through in some of my prompts, but I also like almost all characters (I tend to like protagonists and heroes better than antagonists and villains, but I also adore complex and multi-faceted characters, and I love minor and major characters equally), and would be happy to see any combination, these are just the first that came to mind. Crossworks is one of my favourite exchanges because of this surprise element and not knowing which characters I’ll be getting. 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.
All my requests are for crossovers, rather than fusions – what I’m really interested in is seeing how characters from the different fandoms interact with each other, whether they get on well or not, exploring parallels and differences between them, and possibly applying skills and knowledge from one fandom to another. Anything that works along those lines is bound to tickle my fancy.
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!
This got quite long – feel free to just read the parts that are relevant to you.
General likes
DNWs
Agent Carter, Narnia
A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones, Narnia, Lord of the Rings
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate Atlantis
Leverage, Orphan Black, Sense8, Stranger Things
Mansfield Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Master and Commander (2003), Temeraire, Persuasion
Emelan, Tortall
General likes
• found families, especially ones that don’t try to fit characters into traditional family roles (“team mom”, etc.)
• ride or die friendships
• kindness as a choice, characters who are kind even when it’s difficult
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (both platonic and romantic versions)
• marriages of convenience (both platonic and romantic versions), including lavender marriages
• 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 hurt (verbally or physically)
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy, shifting alliances, uneasy alliances
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• characters dealing with political problems, complicated politics, courtly and political intrigue, politics in general
• characters navigating power differentials and power dynamics
• cultural differences, characters trying to communicate when they have wildly different expectations or frameworks for understanding the world
• complicated and messy relationships (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
• moral dilemmas, trying to do the right thing in situations where there is no good choice, doing the right thing even when it costs the characters
• characters making mistakes and dealing with the consequences, characters reacting to situations in non-optimal ways, characters lashing out due to pain or trauma
• 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
• 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 (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime 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 and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• non-canonical infidelity (real or imagined) or jealousy within romantic relationships unless prompted (Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK. Infidelity in the context of a loveless arranged marriage is OK, although if the married couple are friends, I prefer the spouse to be in the know and accepting of the affair)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger (except in Westeros canons)
• sex involving characters under 15 (except for relationships involving Joffrey Baratheon), 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 (characters being biased against each other and the narration reflecting that bias and/or highlighting characters’ negative traits is OK, but please don’t make everything that goes wrong the fault of one character, unless that character is canonically capital-E Evil (e.g. Palpatine, the White Witch, or similar villains))
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone (sad and bittersweet endings are OK)
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
• ASoIaF/GoT: requited Petyr/Sansa (his canonical desire for her is fine)
• Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, the end of TLB (let me pretend everyone’s alive and happy), explicitly making Christianity the only way to find Aslan in the real world
• Fandom-specific DNW for SGA: focus on John/Rodney, wraith/human relationships
• Fandom-specific DNW for Leverage, Orphan Black and Sense8: breaking up canon ships
• Fandom-specific DNW for Stranger Things: Billy as a major character
Agent Carter, Narnia
I’d love to see something with the Pevensies interacting with Peggy and Jarvis, or others in the SSR and the general Agent Carter universe! 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.
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ASoIaF/GoT, LotR, Narnia
All three worlds in this request are full of rich and complex world-building, complicated politics, characters who struggle with what it means to be a good person, and the fight against evil – all good things I absolutely love! I’d love to see them meet – how do the characters adapt to their new circumstances? How do they get on with the locals?
Either book or show-verse is fine for any of these canons.
Narnia, LotR
Maybe the Wardrobe leads to Middle Earth, rather than Narnia, and the Pevensies end up there – how to they adapt? Do they join the Fellowship? Do they arrive in Gondor or Rohan, and help fight the forces of darkness there, and only have brief contact with the Fellowship?
Or maybe they use the rings, trying to get back to Narnia after their adventures, and go to Middle Earth instead? Same questions apply, but these Pevensies will be older and more experienced, and have skills their younger counterparts don’t, so they might fare better.
Or maybe Susan’s horn summons heroes from Middle Earth to Narnia? How do the characters react to talking animals? How can they help Narnia? How can Narnia help them?
Do Lucy, Merry and Pippin bond over their shared joy of life and high spirits? Or is she more drawn to Sam’s practicality and loyalty?
Does Boromir end up in Narnia after his death? Does Narnia offer him a chance for redemption?
What are the differences between the Dwarves of Narnia and the Dwarves of Westeros? How do Gimli and Trumpkin get along?
If you want to write ship-fic, I have prompts for Boromir/Susan in several letters here on dreamwidth (most recently, here), but I am a multi-shipper, so if you ship something else or feel like writing gen, go for it!
ASoIaF/GoT, LotR
I’d love to see how the Fellowship adapts to Westeros? How do the characters from ASoIaF/GoT react to dwarves, elves and hobbits? Can Gandalf help them fight the White Walkers? How do the Starks react to Boromir, who looks exactly like Ned but isn’t him? Or maybe they end up in Essos, and join Daenerys’ campaign against slavery there? Does she and Aragorn bond over being Kings and Queens in exile, raised far from their lands with the weight of their ancestors’ mistakes?
Or maybe some characters from Westeros end up in Middle Earth? Where do they end up – Rivendell, Gondor, Rohan, or even the Shire? Are they welcomed with open arms, as more soldiers in the war against Sauron? Or are they viewed with suspicion?
Do any of the characters join the Fellowship as the Tenth Walker? Does Sansa make a place for herself at Gondor’s court? Does Tyrion join Bilbo in the library of Rivendell? Do Brienne and Éowyn bond over being women who want to fight but are scorned for it/not allowed? Does Arya help Sam and Frodo sneak into Mordor? Does Jaime see similarities between Denethor and Aerys? How do the Starks react to Boromir, who looks like Ned but isn’t?
I haven’t requested any specific ships for this combination of fandoms in previous exchanges, but feel free to write whatever ship you like, or none if that’s what you prefer – I’m very easy to convince to like a ship!
ASoIaF/GoT, Narnia
Narnia is on the surface a much kinder world than Westeros, given it was written for children, but there are hints of darkness and mature themes there as well (what happened to Charn, or slavery in the Lone Islands and Calormen, for instance).
Just like LotR, maybe the Wardrobe leads to Westeros? That would be a much more tricky situation for the Pevensies, given the complicated politics of Westeros, and that they might not be prophesised saviours, but of course, it depends on when and where they end up. In the North, just before the Winter? King’s Landing, during Joffrey’s reign? How do they adapt – are they mistaken for nobles, or do they have to fend for themselves as small-folk?
Or maybe they use the Rings to get there, either deliberately, or trying to get back to Narnia? Where do they end up? In the North, just before the Winter? King’s Landing, during Joffrey’s reign? Are they recognised as Kings and Queens, or are they mistaken for powerful sorcerers who can travel the worlds at will? Maybe the Dawn Treader reaches Westeros?
Or maybe they arrive in Westeros during the height of their reign, as Kings and Queens? Maybe Susan’s horn somehow ends up in Westeros, and it summons the Pevensies – either by one of the armies of the War of the Five Kings, or by Daenerys when she wants to conquer or rule Slaver’s Bay and Westeros, or maybe by the surviving Starks to face the White Walkers? Or maybe Melisandre uses some magic to summon them?
Maybe Narnia and Westeros are actually the same world, and they can make diplomatic visits? How does that work, when the denizens of the one country are mostly magical creatures and talking animals?
For a story set in Narnia, maybe Susan’s horn calls characters from ASOIAF/GoT to help them against some calamity – the White Witch, the Telmarines, the Calormenes, or some other canonical or non-canonical threat? I don’t mind who gets called – possibilities are Brienne, Robb, Jon, Jaime, or any other skilled fighter or general (canon is full of them, and all of them would lead to fun results – maybe even Robert for a more unusual choice) to fight a battle, Sansa, Varys or Tyrion, or some other mastermind (again, plenty to choose from) if the problem requires a diplomatic solution, Daenerys with her dragons, or Arya for more sneaky solutions – or something else entirely, the choice is completely up to you!
If you want to write ship-fic, I have specific prompts for Sansa or Brienne paired with various Pevensie siblings (not at the same time) in many, many of my previous letters found at this dreamwidth (most recently here). However, I am a multi-shipper, so if you ship something else or nothing at all, go for it!
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Buffy, SGA
I love the potential of the world-building of SGA, so anything that builds off that would be great – the idea of a floating/flying city, the way they never seem to have enough resources, the way they can lose contact with Earth at any given moment and are so reliant on the Stargates, the way different societies react differently to the Wraith threat, and the place of the Atlanteans in the Pegasus galaxy, etc., and would love to read your headcanons on how Atlantis and Pegasus works!
I’d really like this to be Buffy characters in the Pegasus galaxy or on Atlantis while it’s on Earth, rather than SGA characters in Sunnydale. I’d love to see the Scoobies and/or allies deal with and try to move on from the horrors and wonders they experienced in Sunnydale, and I’d love to see them deal with the horrors and wonders of Atlantis and the Pegasus galaxy.
How do the characters come to be there? Does one or more character join the Atlantis expedition? How suspicious are the expedition members of them, or do they manage to sneak under the radar before something forces them to reveal who or what they are? How do the skills and knowledge they have from Sunnydale apply to the Pegasus galaxy?
Does a portal dump them in the Pegasus galaxy? If you go this route, it would be fun to see them establish themselves in Pegasus independently of the Atlantis expedition before their paths cross. Maybe they think they’re in an alternate dimension, until they meet these people who are obviously from Earth? How do the Atlantis expedition members react to other Earthlings in Pegasus? Or do the Buffy characters try to keep their origin a secret?
I am also OK with including characters/worldbuilding/other elements from Stargate SG-1 and Angel: the Series.
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Leverage, Orphan Black, Sense8, Stranger Things
There is something incredibly satisfying about a group of hyper-competent people (or somewhat competent) working together to take down corrupt corporations/organisations! Shady science, evil corporations, competent protagonists, loyalty, trust issues, and found family – all of these shows are like catnip to me. Mix them up, and it gets even better!
I’d love it if the various groups don’t necessarily know about each other’s “things” before they meet (i.e. I’m less interested in any of the Leverage characters being a Sensate, or the Clone Club having El’s powers or having been brought up in Hawkins lab, etc., than I am in seeing them react to each other’s weirdness, the misunderstandings and misconceptions on the way, and how they combine their various strengths and skills).
Regarding Stranger Things, I like the kids and teens (well, younger teens and older teens, by now) more than the adults, but I’d prefer that Billy is a background character at most if he’s in the fic (references are absolutely fine). I’m OK with any and all ways of dealing with the timeline – having the Stranger Things characters be adults, moving Stranger Things to the current era, moving the other canon to the 80s, or making time travel part of the plot are all completely viable ways of dealing with the setting difference – or any other way you can come up with!
I really like the canon pairings of Sense8, Orphan Black and Leverage, so please don’t break them up, but I’m happy with any other ships, or none, whichever you like – and I’m open to any or no ships regarding Stranger Things that fit within my DNWs!
Leverage, Orphan Black
Ophan Black is full of shady people, corporations and groups for Leverage to do a job on – DYAD, Neolution, Brightborn, Proletheans... the list goes on.
Maybe they run across Clone Club in their investigation? Do they think all the clones are just one incredibly skilled grafter until they find out the truth? Or maybe they know about the cloning experiments? Does Clone Club trust the Leverage team, or are they waiting for the inevitable betrayal?
Maybe Sarah and Sophie compare grifting techniques? Does Hardison gleefully join Scott, HellWizard and Cosima for board games (or maybe they’re even internet friends)? Do Eliot and Helena compare fighting techniques? Is Alison’s rehab the same rehab from the 12-step job? Does Parker teach Kira how to break out of handcuffs, just in case?
Leverage, Sense8
Again, the Leverage team can help in the fight against BPO! Maybe Hardison and Nomi know each other, and Nomi reaches out to him for help? Maybe Amanita calls Leverage in to help her save Nomi’s life when she’s in hospital?
Or maybe they run across each other independently? Leverage takes on BPO for another client and stumbles across the Cluster? How do they react to these people who seem to know things they shouldn’t, and have such a diverse range of skills? Do they work together to take down BPO and Whispers?
Or maybe they do a job on Bak Enterprises to get justice for a client defrauded by Joong-Ki, and have to deal with not only the Cluster looking out for Sun, but also an active police investigation led by a competent detective Mun?
Maybe the Leverage team is even trying to run a scam on Rajan and Kala, thinking they’re involved in shady business to do with the pharmaceutical company? How does the Cluster rally to protect one of their own?
Orphan Black, Sense8
This is the most complicated of the crossovers in this grouping, since both canons have so many twists and turns, have lots of characters, all the characters have secrets, and there are about fifty-eleven factions to keep track of – but that just makes it more fun! Is there a connection between BPO and DYAD/Neolution/Brightborn?
Maybe Will and Beth (pre-canon or in an AU where she survives, either way works) bond over being police and feeling powerless in the face of corruption in the police force? Or maybe he bonds with Art, in a canon-compliant take on the crossover? Maybe Kala and Cosima work together to figure out the science behind clones or behind Sensates? Maybe Alison and Lito exchange acting tips, and compare community theatre and professional film-making? Or you could pair Sarah and Wolfgang – I don’t have any particular prompts, but something tells me they’d have a very interesting dynamic!
Orphan Black, Stranger Things
Do the Clone Club run into the Stranger Things kids or teens in their investigations of Dyad/Brightborn/Neolution, or do the Stranger Things kids/teens stumble across the Orphan Black corporations in their fight against the Demogorgon/Mindflayer/Vecna? Which clone do they meet first, and how long does it take them to realise the clones are clones (some of the Party are fairly genre savvy, so it might not take them very long)? Is there a connection between El’s powers and Kira’s (occasionally hinted at) enhanced abilities? Do any of Clone Club end up in the Upside Down? Does Dyad/Brightborn/Neolution want to get their hands on El and/or the other test subjects in Hawkins lab, depending on when it’s set, and use her powers to further their own cause?
Leverage, Stranger Things
Maybe the Leverage team investigate the Hawkins lab and find things are even stranger than they could have thought? Maybe Nancy goes to them to get justice for Barb? Do they get involved to prove Eddie’s innocence, even if that’s not typically the kind of case they take on? How protective does Eliot get over El? Does he teach the kids how to fight? And does Parker teach them to do crime? Do Hardison and the Party bond over nerd stuff? Do any of the Leverage Team end up in the Upside Down, and how do they deal with that?
Sense8, Stranger Things
Does Will’s job bring him into contact with the many deaths and murders in Hawkins and makes him realise Something is Up? Does he believe Eddie’s innocence, or is he pat of the manhunt? Does Nomi find something weird in the Hawkins lab computers? Is there a connection between Sensate powers and El’s psychic abilities? Can the Sensates sense the Upside Down? How would it work if some of the Sensates entered the Upside Down, and others were still in this world? Would they still be able to use their Sensate powers, or do they only work when they are in the same dimension? Do they have to try to solve the problem without some of their Cluster, with the help of the Stranger Things kids/teens?
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Mansfield Park, PotC, Master and Commander (2003 film), Temeraire, Persuasion (various combinations)
All of these canons have plenty of points of contact between them via the historical setting and connections to the British Navy! I'm interested in social and naval life during both the mid-18th century of PotC and the early 19th century of Mansfield Park, Master and Commander, Temeraire and Persuasion, and would be very happy with anything you wrote for this! I would especially enjoy the crossover to also include female characters in some shape or form (aside from the Master and Commander film, all canons have at least a few prominent, well-rounded and interesting female characters (some have several!) that can be explored in the context of a crossover with the others!)
Mansfield Park, Pirates of the Caribbean
Sir Thomas went to the Caribbean in canon – perhaps he took his family with him! How does the family settle in to Port Royal? How do free-spirited Elizabeth and righteous Fanny react to each other? Are they swept up in the pirate-related excitement, or do they stay out of it? Maybe Norrington is stationed on the ship they take to get over there, or maybe they meet while already there? How does Norrington relate to the Miss Bertrams and Miss Price? Does he fall for Fanny (or maybe even Maria or Julia!) rather than Elizabeth, or does he stay true to his first love?
Or if the story is set in Regency England rather than 1720s Caribbean – how does that change the situation for the PotC characters? The romance between Will and Elizabeth seems even more improbable in this situation. Perhaps Governor Swann and Sir Thomas are old friends – how does Elizabeth relate to the Bertrams? Does she and Fanny strike up an unlikely friendship, as different as they are, or are they too different and more adversarial? Elizabeth might find Fanny sanctimonious and dull, whereas Fanny might find Elizabeth scandalous – if she’s already had a bad experience with Mary Crawford, perhaps she’d be especially suspicious of “open-minded” and “modern” women? Or would she see that even though Elizabeth is also outspoken and blunt, she’s still a good person?
There is of course the naval connection, with both Admiral Crawford and William being in a position to know Norrington – how does the addition of him to the events of Mansfield Park change things? Perhaps Mary sets her cap at him, rather than Edmund, or perhaps he’s charmed by Fanny, and falls for her integrity and moral certitude? Maybe he can help William advance (without Henry’s ulterior motives), and earn Fanny’s loyalty and admiration that way?
If you want to write ship-fic, I have prompts for Norrington/Fanny in many previous letters at this dreamwidth (most recently here), but again, I’m more than happy if you want to explore other ships and pairings, or none!
Mansfield Park, Master and Commander (film)
This is quite similar to the above request in that it comes with a built-in connection through the Prices’ and Crawfords’ naval connections, even if the specific Caribbean connection is lacking in M&C – although I am sure that at least some members of the crew of the Surprise have ventured to the Caribbean, and they could very well have met Sir Thomas there. There is even no timeline adjustment needed, since they are set in pretty much the same era (Mansfield Park is set maybe a tiny bit before M&C, but not really enough to make a difference).
Maybe William served aboard the Surprise alongside Aubrey, Maturin, Pullings et al.? Or maybe Mary and Henry know the Surprise crew through their uncle, the Admiral? Maybe they come across Fanny in Portsmouth?
Fanny/Pullings is the tiny little rarepair of my heart, and I’ll adore you forever if you write it (I’ll adore you forever if you write any of my requests, but since this one is so rare, it has a special place in my heart). I have plenty of prompts for them in previous letters on this dreamwidth (most recently here), suffice it to say that I think they would be very good together, Pullings is easy-going and cheerful enough to balance out Fanny’s more serious side, but he’s also hard-working, loyal, and dutiful enough that she’d still be able to admire and respect him, unlike Henry Crawford. And James D’Arcy looks very dashing in this film, which is a plus! That being said, I am open to other pairings, or none, you go wherever inspiration strikes you!
I haven’t read the Aubrey/Maturin books, but I am more than happy for you to use material from them, as long as it can be understood by someone who just knows the film.
Master and Commander (2003 film), Pirates of the Caribbean
It would be very easy to bring these two naval canons together. Perhaps the HMS Surprise serves a tour in the Caribbean, hunting pirates? Or the Interceptor chases privateers in the waters around South America? How does Jack Aubrey get on with James Norrington? Do they team up to chase Captain Jack Sparrow? Do they fight in the Napoleonic Wars together? Do the characters serve on the same ship, either as young lieutenants or midshipmen, or does one serve as the sponsor for the other? Does Pullings serve on the Interceptor or the Dauntless before the Surprise, or is he put under to Commodore/Admiral Norrington’s command when he becomes a Captain in his own right? How does Norrington get on with Maturin and his scepticism of the Navy – at least early Norrington is a little dogmatic and a true believer, and a little less flexible than Aubrey, so perhaps there is more conflict there?
Mansfield Park, Persuasion
Does William Price serve with Wentworth, or with Harville, or maybe even with Admiral Croft? Does Admiral Croft know Admiral Crawford—are they, perhaps, rivals in the Navy (because I can’t imagine that Admiral Croft would be friends with someone like Admiral Crawford)? Do Sophie and Admiral Croft take Fanny under their wing? How do Fanny and Anne get on—both overlooked and neglected by their own families, both gentle and unassuming, but ready to take charge when needed (Anne with Louisa’s fall, Fanny in Portsmouth). I’d love to see Fanny get a better life through friendship and companionship with people who will appreciate her, and I think the characters from Austen’s other novel with a Navy tie would absolutely fit the bill!
If you want to write shipfic, I have promts for Fanny/Benwick in other letters at my dreamwidth (most recently here), but, as always, I’m open to other ships if you’d rather take it in a different direction!
Mansfield Park, Temeraire
Maybe William is in the Aerial Corps instead of the Navy? Does he do better there, or does he still suffer from a lack of connections to move up? Does he serve with Temeraire or another dragon? How does that impact the story – if at all? Does it change his relations with his family at Mansfield Park – is he still welcomed by Sir Thomas, or do they keep it a secret?
I would prefer if Fanny wasn’t raised in the Aerial service, since I think the way she was raised as an unwanted poor relation in such a grand house is formative to who she is as a character – but she could be chosen by a dragon later in life, the way Laurence did! What circumstances would lead to that? Presumably it would be a Longwing – or maybe she bonds to a dragon of a different breed – a Regal Copper, even? How does Fanny react to being chosen by a dragon, of everything that could happen to her? How does she fit into the Aerial corps – with the culture shock that must entail after having lived with the very conservative Sir Thomas all her life? Does she struggle to assert herself and be taken seriously? Does she find the friendship and companionship she was lacking at Mansfield?
I would also happily see her courted by any member of the Aerial Corps – male or female (Laurence, Harcourt, Emily Roland, Granby in a lavender marriage, James – I would love to see Fanny with Volly, she would be so gentle and good with him, Tharkay (and what would Sir Thomas think of that?) – or anyone else you fancy)! What would her life as the wife/chosen companion to an aviator be? Would she be given a support position in the Corps, or would she keep house instead? How would she deal with what being part of an aviator family entails? Would she fit in with the other families?
Or what does Mansfield and the characters at Mansfield do during the French invasion of Britain? Who rallies the resistance, who collaborates with the French, and who tries to just get on with life without rousing the notice of the French or the British resistance?
Or maybe Mary Crawford or Susan are aviators – I would especially be interested in Susan as an Aviator! Is it a secret from the Bertrams? If not, what do they think about it? How does that change relations between Fanny and Susan? How do the two sisters relate to each other when their lives are so different?
Temeraire, Persuasion
What would Wentworth do in a universe where there were dragons? Would he be an Aerial Corps member – and how would that impact on his courtship with Anne? Would he be more understanding of her rejection, being more used to societal disapproval? Or would that just add more salt to the wound? How would Anne get along with the other aviators – she gets along splendidly with the Harvilles and Benwick in canon, but would the cultural shock be more pronounced with regards to the Aerial Corps? How would she react to female aviators? What if both Admiral and Sophie Croft were aviators? How would that change how she interacted with the Musgroves and Eliots?
What if Louisa or Henrietta were aviators? Would that influence how they related to Wentworth – especially the (burgeoning, misplaced) romance between Louisa and Wentworth, which would have very different expectations and trappings?
Or, like in the above Mansfield Park request, how would the Eliots and Musgroves deal with the invasion of Britain? Who rallies the resistance, who collaborates with the French, and who tries to just get on with life without rousing the notice of the French or the British resistance?
Or what if Wentworth was still a Naval Captain, just in a universe that also contained dragons? How would Wentworth interact with Laurence? Would they get on? What about Wentworth and Riley? What would his role in the war be?
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Emelan, Tortall
The Tortall books are an old childhood favourite of mine, and I really like the worldbuilding, the strong heroines, and the politics (that Pierce often glosses over as her stories are more focused on protagonists who aren’t very interested in politics, but the bits we do get fascinate me). I like how the universe gets more and more complex as the series go on, how what starts as fairly straightforward good vs. evil becomes more complicated, and the characters become more complex in later stories, but they don’t lose their hope and their belief in the goodness of humankind!
Similarly, the Emelan books were very important to me growing up—I actually discovered them before Tortall! I loved the worldbuilding, and the idea of magic working through everyday objects, as well as the found family among the Circle and their tight bonds! I loved how competent they all were in their own fields, and how their competence was acknowledged and nurtured by their mentors.
I would be delighted by something that combines these two series! I really don’t mind if it’s a crossover in the sense that one set of characters suddenly find themselves in a different world, or in the sense that they’ve always been part of the same world. I would be equally happy to see any character(s) from the Tortall series in Emelan and I would seeing characters from the Emelan series in Tortall—as visitors, refugees, cross-dimensional refugees, or whatever you can think of!
It would be very interesting to explore differences between the Gift, Wild Magic, academic magic, and ambient magic, and to delve into the differences between the worldbuilding in general! Obviously, there are some similarities, but Emelan on the whole seems like a more progressive place than Tortall, even Tortall under Jonathan and Thayet, even though they’re both vaguely feudal: but the overall social hierarchy is less well defined in Emelan, and there isn’t the emphasis on knighthood and chivalry that there is in Tortall. I also get the impression that learning is valued higher in Emelan than Tortall, but that could be simply due to the different settings that the main characters mostly move in (Knight training and battle/war, versus a temple and various natural disasters, with only the occasional battle/war). How do the characters react and view these differences?
I have no preference for what era of the Tortall series the character(s) from Tortall are drawn from—are the Circle there during Alanna’s years, do they help out against Roger? Do they help in the Immortals War with Daine? Are they there during Kel’s training and the Progress, or perhaps even after the ents of Lady Knight? Perhaps Sandry makes a state visit to Tortall and brings her siblings with her? Perhaps they’re in exile after one of her cousins makes a bid for the throne? Perhaps there’s a marriage alliance brokered between Sandry and one of Jonathan’s sons—or even Jonathan himself?
I would also be interested to see the characters from the Emelan universe interact with someone from somewhere else in the Tortall universe, it doesn’t have to be Tortall itself: perhaps in Carthak while Numair is there: is there an exchange between Carthak University and the Living Circle as centres for learning? Or do they help Thayet during the Saren civil war, and does that change the outcome of events in canon: perhaps they help her take the throne?
Similarly, I’m happy for any character from Emelan and the surrounding lands: the mentors, the Circle themselves, their students, or even side characters that only appear in one book and are never mentioned again!
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