Dear AU Exchange Writer 2021,
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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, 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!
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. A lot of the tags also serve as prompts in and of themselves – do feel free to just pick one (or combine a few) and write your heart out to that tag! 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. I love canon divergences of all forms – consider the Canon Divergence AU tag as your carte blanche to pick a point during or before the canon events, make a change (or a few), and see how things develop differently from there!
If I request the shippy version of a relationship, I am also very happy to read the gen version (it sometimes but not always goes the other way as well – feel free to check via the mods if you’re at all unsure). This goes even if the prompts are romantic in nature – I’m also very fond of deep platonic relationships that are the most important to the characters and relationships that straddle the line between platonic and romantic.
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. 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 little bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, Mediaeval Fantasy Edition
Crossover Fandom, Jane Austen Edition
Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Crossover Fandom, Intergalactic Traveller Edition
Crossover Fandom, Star Wars Edition
Leverage
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
General likes
• found families
• loyalty
• 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
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• secrets (both being kept and being 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, a/b/o, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student, non-canonical incest
• 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. This DNW does not apply to GoT/ASOIAF)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough" for sex and fixating on that date
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• characters’ loved ones being angry at them or thinking badly of them due to rumours, assumptions, misunderstandings, miscommunication or a failure to communicate (conflicts due to genuine differences in opinions, wants, and needs are fine and fun!)
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (for crossovers, merging the 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 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 DNW for SGA: wraith/human relationships, focus on John/Rodney
• Fandom-specific DNW for Doctor Who: Donna not having her memories by the end of the story if she’s in it (I don’t need to see the memory return or how the memory wipe was avoided, as long as it can be assumed that either of those things happened)
• Fandom-specific DNW for Star Wars: Bashing of the Jedi Order or their philosophy
Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships:
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
• Sansa Stark/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
Tags:
• ALL: Alternate First Meetings
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters become friends/allies earlier than canon
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Different first meeting
• ALL: Forced Marriage AU
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• ASOIAF: Queen Sansa
• Game of Thrones: Jaime takes Sansa to Catelyn
• GoT: Sansa Flees to Dorne
• GOT: Sansa goes with Brienne in the Vale
• GoT: Sansa is a Warg
• GOT: Sansa Stark gets married to Jaime Lannister instead of Tyrion Lannister
• GOT: Sansa went to Dragonstone to meet Daenerys instead of Jon
General thoughts:
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 maybe uses her skills and abilities to save her family or to secure her own position and get justice for what was done to her, 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.
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.
Canon-typical age gaps are fine for this canon, but I still prefer only fake sex (if any) to occur if any parties in the relationship are below 15 – I am, however, very fond of the trope where one part (usually the man) cuts themself to fake the bedding sheets.
Sansa/Doran:
I think Doran and Sansa would make an excellent power couple! Doran would be patient and kind as she healed and moved on from her traumas in King’s Landing, and she would be compassionate and helpful when he suffered from his gout. They’re both clever, political people, who are capable of reading others and making long-term plans. Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness.
Perhaps Dorne and the North make an alliance for independence from the Seven Kingdoms? Or maybe the point of divergence is later, and she claims her brother’s crown? How does that work, with their two power bases being so geographically far?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Perhaps she manages to make peace between Ellaria and the Sand Snakes and Doran? Does she manage to convince them that killing Myrcella is not in their best interests and that there are better paths to revenge? Or perhaps she manages to discover their treachery in advance, and she and Doran can outmanoeuvre them without it leading to Doran’s death?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's wife – maybe they were never married and his children are legitimised bastards (since Dorne is more accepting of such things), or maybe she’s dead, or they’re legally divorced, or any other way you can think of.
Sansa/Oberyn/Ellaria:
As I said in the above request for Doran/Sansa, Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness. Maybe she would balance out Oberyn’s impetuousness? Maybe she would be a confidante for Ellaria?
I’m also happy for this to be a V-shaped triad, with Ellaria and Sansa as metamours, or maybe Oberyn and Sansa as metamours. You don’t need to include all three in a relationship, but I’d like it if the metamours were friendly, rather than jealous!
Maybe Oberyn marries her to save her from the Lannisters, knowing the abuse she suffers in King’s Landing? Maybe Oberyn sees something of Elia in Sansa? Maybe Robb makes a marriage alliance with Dorne in exchange for their support – the two Kingdoms who most want their independence. Maybe Joffrey marries Sansa to the infamous Viper to be cruel, and it backfires horribly on him? Maybe she escapes on her own, and makes her way to Dorne?
Maybe Ellaria is outraged at the way Sansa's treated, and she's the one who makes the first overture, led by her gentle heart? Sansa notes in canon that Ellaria draws the eye, so perhaps she’s attracted to Ellaria first, and perhaps she’s more confident in her feelings for gentle Ellaria than Oberyn, who’s a man, and one with quite an alarming reputation at that.
How do the Sand Snakes react to her? Both the older girls, who are older than Sansa, and Ellaria’s daughters, who might fear that their mother is being replaced? Or do they accept Sansa since Ellaria does and Sansa makes it clear she’s not out to replace Ellaria?
Just as in the above request, Sansa would need to navigate the politics of the Dornish court – it’s less immediate, since she wouldn’t be the wife of the ruling Prince, but even as Oberyn’s wife, she would have an important position, and be an important player, and could tip the delicate balance between Arianne and Doran one way or the other.
How does the marriage to Sansa change Oberyn’s duel with the Mountain - does he put his living wife over his dead sister and decline to represent Tyrion in the Trial by Combat, or does he refrain from taunting the Mountain into a confession and thereby come out alive? Or does it play out the same way as in canon – and Sansa and Ellaria go to Dorne to mourn? Ellaria wants to have an end to the cycle of violence – does Sansa join the Sand Snakes in their wish for revenge? Or does she agree with Ellaria that there should be an end to the cycle of violence? Or does she take Doran’s approach, and subtly work to take down the Lannisters in the long term?
Sansa/Jaime:
Jaime has the appearance of being the gallant knight she yearns for, but of course, the reality is far murkier. How do they deal with the fact that they are, essentially, on two different sides of the war? That he attacked her father in the streets of King’s Landing, and her brother held him as a prisoner of war? Where do their loyalties eventually end up? Can they reach an understanding?
Does Jaime take his last chance of honour and take her away from Kings Landing with Brienne? Or maybe Tywin manages to arrange for Jaime to be dismissed from the Kingsguard and made to marry Sansa? Do they go to Casterly Rock and rule the Westerlands? Do they stay in King’s Landing, and if so, can he protect her from Joffrey? Does he return Sansa to Catelyn and Robb, and maybe manage to prevent the Red Wedding? How do they deal with his affair with Cersei, and the fact that he pushed her brother out of a window to cover it up? How conflicted is he between his love for Cersei and his duty and growing love for his wife? How does Cersei react when Sansa takes the other half of her soul away from her?
Or maybe they don’t get married and fall in love in King’s Landing – maybe it happens later. Does he meet her when he rides North to fight for the living as promised, and how conflicted is he between Cersei’s planned betrayal and his promise to fight for the living? How does he react to Sansa growing from essentially a non-entity in King’s Landing: a frightened, abused girl who parroted what she was told to say, to the competent, powerful Lady of Winterfell and eventually Queen in the North?
Sansa/Daenerys:
Sansa and Daenerys have a lot in common – they were both young girls who were used and abused by older and more powerful men, who took power for themselves and discovered their agency, but in different ways. Of course, there are plenty of challenges for the couple to navigate, with Sansa a staunch supporter of Northern independence, and Daenerys holding to her claim on all Seven Kingdoms. How do they navigate that conflict?
What if Jon had sent Sansa to Dragonstone to plead for aid in his stead? Or what if Jon hadn’t bent the knee, but had instead brought Dany to Winterfell as an ally, not their Queen? Or maybe they did manage to find common ground between the Lady of Winterfell and the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. I find Sansa’s development in Season 8 rather odd – throughout the series, she has learnt to disguise her thoughts and feelings, and pretend to get on with people more powerful than her to achieve her goals, so the blunt and unpolitical way she treats Daenerys in season 8 makes no sense to me. Perhaps understanding could grow between them if Sansa wasn’t so antagonistic, giving Daenerys less reason to be mistrustful and eventually paranoid?
I'd like to see something more about the food situation, which the show kind of glossed over aside from a few comments in episode 1 and 2, and them trying to reconcile their different ideas about what they should do regarding the North, the battle for Dawn, and the fight to retake the Seven (or Six) 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? How do they deal with the demands that Sansa marry and beget an heir?
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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Crossover Fandom, Mediaeval Fantasy Edition
Characters/Ships:
• Peter Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Susan Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Edmund Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Peter Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Susan Pevensie
Tags:
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Forced Marriage AU
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ASOIAF: Queen Sansa
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Character from another fandom ends up in Westeros
• Crossover: Character(s) from another fandom on an adventure in Narnian world
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Melisandre's (GoT/ASOIAF) magic summons hero(s) from another canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• Crossover: Susan's horn brings crossover character(s) to Narnia
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 expectations of the world, and different ideas of magic, and politics - the contrasts and parallels between them and how they adapt their different skill sets to their new circumstances.
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.
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?
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. He might restore her faith in songs, stories, and knights, and she would help him be the best High King he could possibly be.
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.
Sansa/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.
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Crossover Fandom, Jane Austen Edition
Characters/ships:
• Fanny Price/James Norrington
• Fanny Price/Tom Pullings
Tags:
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
General thoughts:
Fanny deserves someone who will respect her and listen to her, which neither of her canonical suitors did (they both came close, but they also both put their own desires and wants above hers).
It might be fun to contrast the quiet stability and elegance of life at home with the dangerous and rough life of a sailor, even an officer. Perhaps Norrington or Pullings suffer from PTSD? Perhaps Fanny joins the ship’s crew, and find it an eye-opening experience?
I’m very fond of the Regency period, and would be delighted with something that leaned into the aesthetics and trappings of the time era, and the ritualised etiquette of courtship and marriage. Historical accuracy very optional - as long as there's a general sense of the Regency period, I'll be happy (of course, I won't say no if you do want to painstakingly research how much a naval officer would make and what that meant for the kind of household his wife would be expected to manage, but that part is definitely not required)!
Fanny Price/James Norrington:
Someone said that Norrington’s only flaw was to be an Austen hero in the wrong genre – so let’s make him an Austen hero!
Fanny Price has connections to the Navy, maybe she meets Norrington through her brother? Or maybe they meet by chance in Portsmouth while Norrington is in dock and she’s with her family? Or maybe Sir Thomas meets him on his trip to the Carribean, and introduces him to his family in England? Maybe he sees how they treat her at Mansfield Park and wants to do something about it?
Norrington would also be in a position to help William, and unlike Henry Crawford, he’d do it because he’s a good person, without any ulterior motives. I feel like she’d be quietly supportive of him and his supernatural pirate-related trauma, and he would appreciate her inner strength.
Or perhaps Sir Thomas took his family with him on his trip to the Caribbean! How does the family settle in to Port Royal? 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?
Perhaps Fanny even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Norrington meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.
Fanny Price/Tom Pullings:
This is quite similar to the Fanny/Norrington prompt – I just want Fanny to marry a dashing naval man who will respect her thoughts and opinions and treat her right!
I must admit, this is about 40% because of how handsome James D’Arcy looks with the ponytail, scar, and the naval uniform! The other 60% are because I think they would work quite well 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. Again, Fanny has a naval connection through William, perhaps they serve together when William’s made lieutenant and he introduces them to each other? Or perhaps they meet in Portsmouth when she’s banished from Mansfield? Perhaps he sees her being relentlessly pursued by a man she doesn’t want and steps in to rescue her? Or maybe he can offer her an escape from her family’s poverty and dysfunction? Although, as is pointed out with William, it’s hard to have a successful career when you lack connections in the navy, so they might have to deal with that as well during their married life.
Perhaps she even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Pullings meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.
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!
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Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Characters/ships:
• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• ALL: Spies & Secret Agents
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• ALL: Character is working undercover
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), as long as either Peggy or Jarvis and one or more Pevensie sibling is present, I’ll be happy!
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Crossover Fandom, Intergalactic Travellers Edition
Characters/Groups:
• Donna Noble & Atlantis expedition
• Martha Jones & Atlantis expedition
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• ALL: Character is working undercover
• All: Identity Porn
• All: Stargate Atlantis crossover
• Crossover: Character from another fandom is a member of Stargate Atlantis expedition
General thoughts:
I would love a story with either Donna or Martha as a British or UNIT representative on Atlantis! I’d love to see Donna and/or Martha make a place for themselves in Atlantis, and interact with the other members of the Atlantis expedition. I’d love to see them apply the skills they had before travelling with the Doctor and the skills they picked up during their travels in a new environment. I’d love to see them be appreciated for who they are and what they can do – maybe not at first, maybe it takes some time, but eventually. I’d love to see them deal with and try to move on from the horrors and wonders they experienced during their time in the T.A.R.D.I.S., and I’d love to see them deal with the horrors and wonders of Atlantis and the Pegasus galaxy.
I’d be especially keen on the Atlantis people not knowing that they’ve travelled with the Doctor. Maybe they don’t even know who the Doctor is, or maybe they think he’s a myth, or maybe they have access to some of Torchwood or UNIT’s archives about him, and being a little bit suspicious of them at first (why are they here, how are they qualified, where do their loyalties lie), maybe finding out about the Doctor during the course of the story, or maybe it never comes up – maybe Donna and/or Martha manage to prove their competence and loyalties some other way.
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., so feel free to explore those aspects!
The characters in the prompts are just people that came to mind when I thought about possible people for Donna and/or Martha interact with – if you have a favourite who’s not mentioned, do feel free to focus on them instead.
As I said in the introduction to this letter, I’m a multishipper, so any and all ships are welcome, with the exception of wraith/human ships. Regarding John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, I don’t mind it being included in the background, but I’d prefer it if it wasn’t a focus.
Donna Noble & Atlantis crew:
Donna is strong, abrasive, and doesn’t hide who she is, so she might rub people, the wrong way to start, especially Weir. But, on the other hand, she’s not likely to be a spy, given her general everything. She’s the best temp in Chiswick – and also Atlantis? She can help out with organisation, and administrative support, and would quickly make herself invaluable to Weir, Carter, or Woolsey.
As for the rest of the expedition, her outspoken shell hides very kind-hearted person who doesn’t like to see anyone suffer, and I think they’d come to appreciate that quickly. She and Rodney would get along either very, very well, or very, very badly. Maybe she can act as a support for Aiden, when he’s in over his head? She also has experience with someone who’s the last of his people, so she might be good at comforting Ronon when he needs it. Maybe she, Lorne and Chuck would bond over being the people who aren’t as flashy as the others, but hold the place together with their steady competence?
You don’t have to explain her memory restoration, but you can if want to, or maybe it never happened and the Doctor managed to integrate the DoctorDonna or remove just that part of her, or you can even have her regain the memories during the course of the story – but I don’t want her to still be mind-wiped by the end. Maybe there are even remnants of the DoctorDonna – maybe she displays occasional flashes of genius and comprehension beyond the human, before she goes back to her normal self – how would the Atlantis expedition react to that? Would they be suspicious of her, or would they be appreciative of the times it did happen, and curious about why it’s not all the time? Do Rodney and Zelenka want to poach her for the science department?
Martha Jones & Atlantis crew:
Martha has common sense, and is soft-spoken, but she’s also pragmatic and willing to tough it out and do what needs doing – this might help her get on better in Atlantis than Donna to start with, but she’s also more reserved, which would make her more suspicious to them. There is also the fact that she works/worked for UNIT and has some shadowy figure very high up in the organisation pulling strings for her. But once they get over their suspicions, they would probably really appreciate her competence, her brilliance, and not compare to her to her predecessor constantly.
Carson and Martha would probably quickly establish an easy rapport in the infirmary, as would Keller and Martha – Martha and Keller have a similar no-nonsense approach to medicine, and Carson is accepting and would probably care more about her competence than the fact that she’s hiding secrets. But there might be potential for conflict between them: how would she react to his unethical medical experiments on Wraith?
Or maybe she would instead be on gate team as a field medic – since she has fighting skills beyond what Carson and Keller showed – honed during her year on the run from the Toclafane, and evidenced in End of Time part 2. Lorne, Zelenka and Martha would probably represent the voices of reason and prgmatism on Atlantis, and might get on very well because of it. Like Donna, she has experience with someone who’s the last of his people, so she would also able to support Ronon. She would probably also get on very well with Teyla – they have the same work ethic, the same inner strength, and the same ability to quickly get back on their feet and adapt when life throws them curve balls.
How does her family react to her going off into space and another galaxy again? Is she at all conflicted about leaving them after the Year that Never Was? Maybe you could even include Mickey and Martha on Atlantis as a married couple – how would that change how they react to her? How would they react to Mickey?
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Crossover fandom, Star Wars
Characters/ships:
• Finn & Creator's Choice of Clone(s)
• Finn & Mace Windu
• Rey & Mace
• Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• ALL: Dimension travel
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Accidentally and Permanently Time Travels Back in Time; Changes the Course of the Future
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• ALL: Going back in time to fix the future
• ALL: Multiple Characters Travel Back in Time
• ALL: Time Travel
• All: Time Travel Fix-It
• ALL: Time Travels Back to the Beginning to Attempt to Fix Everything and Save Everyone
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?
I’d love 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, Rey & Mace:
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?
Or what if he takes Rey on? How does her training with Luke compare with what Mace has to teach her? How different is the old Jedi order to the new? Does she get to learn things that were lost in the Purge? Can she teach them things Luke discovered on Ach-to that had been lost by the time of the prequels era?
How does the rest of the Council react? Is there any resistance to the idea of training Finn and/or Rey due to their age, and how do they resolve that? How does Mace react to the fate of the Jedi order? What do Rey and/or Finn know about the fall of the Republic and the Jedi and how it could potentially be avoided?
Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan:
How does the prequel trilogy react to the sequel trilogy? Are they suspicious of these strangers that come out of nowhere claiming to know things about the future? How do Rey’s, Finn’s and Poe’s experiences and skills from their time with the Resistance help them in the prequel era? Can they avoid the Clone Wars before they even break out, or is the course locked well before they arrive in the past? Maybe they can help the GAR? Both Poe and to a lesser extent Finn are experienced with command and military tactics, and they all have experience of spying and sabotage missions. Does the fact that they have the skills needed and are willing to help make them less suspicious, or more?
Do Anakin and Poe bond over their love of flying? How common is the knowledge that Anakin is Vader? Do Finn, Rey and Poe know, and, if so, how do they react to Anakin? How do Anakin, Padmé and Obi-wan react to hearing about Luke, who and what he is? How much has Luke told Rey about “Ben”, and how do their expectations match up with the reality of Obi-Wan?
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Leverage
Characters/ships:
• Jim Sterling & Team Leverage
• Maggie Collins & Team Leverage
• Solo: Jim Sterling
• Solo: Maggie Collins
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: Alternate First Meetings
• ALL: Characters become friends/allies earlier than canon
• ALL: Different first meeting
• Leverage: Jim Sterling is Team Leverage's inside man at IYS or Interpol (Leverage)
• Leverage: Jim Sterling is the Mastermind instead of Nate
• Leverage: Maggie joins the crew while Nate is in prison
• Leverage: Nate dies because IYS won't pay out and Maggie becomes Mastermind
General thoughts:
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty, 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.
I also love the side characters! I like how both Maggie and Sterling are complicated characters with their own moral code and inner lives, and I love how each of them have their own relationships with everyone on the team, not just their history with Nate. I would be happy to see them on their own or with any member of the team. I’d love to see them integrated in the team, and how they would play things differently to Nate, how their presence would change the team dynamics, the type of jobs they pulled, the strategies and tactics they used in each con!
I have watched all 8 currently available episodes of Redemption, so if you want to bring in characters or plots from that, do feel free – no need to worry about spoilers!
Maggie, Maggie & the Team:
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!
Sterling, Sterling & the Team:
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?) 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?
Or what if Sterling is feeding them information, playing both sides? Do they trust him? Does he double cross them? How does their working relationship look like? Like the Queen’s Gambit Job, or do they settle into something more friendly?
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Characters/ships:
• Cody/Obi-Wan
• Cody/Obi-Wan/Rex
• Obi-Wan/Rex
• Mace
• Mace & Katooni
• Cody/Mace
• Barriss & Luminara
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• SW: Clones and Jedi reunited after Order 66
• SW: more Jedi survive Order 66
• SW: Order 66 happens but most Jedi survive
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• SW: Order 66 Fails
• SW: Palpatine Is Killed During The Clone Wars
General thoughts:
One thing I like about the Clone Wars is that we see how much the Clones and Jedi care for each other, how they protect each other, fight for each other, and how loyal they are to each other – and then, of course, the tragedy of Order 66. I would love to see more Jedi to survive and Clones and Jedi to be re-united afterwards. The angst potential! Complicated feelings of guilt and blame and forgiveness all around!
Alternatively, have it fail or avoid it altogether! There is still plenty wrong in the galaxy – the Clones don’t have equal (or, indeed, any) rights as property of the Republic, there is plenty of anti-Jedi and anti-Clone sentiment around, crime and slavery have flourished while the Jedi have been occupied with the War, and they’re still dealing with the Senate that would have welcomed a Sith-led dictatorship with thunderous applause and the Separatists that allowed Dooku and Grievous to enslave and lay waste to countless planets during the war.
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.
Cody/Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan/Rex, Cody/Obi-Wan/Rex:
This is such a good triad, in any combination!
Cody and Obi-Wan, the loyal Commander and his Jedi who pretends to be much more sane than he is. Rex and Obi-Wan, who have been on so many adventures together, the (slightly) more moderate counterparts to Anakin and Ahsoka. The three of them together, the perfect balance between competence and recklessness. I love how the loyalty and support goes both/all three ways, and how each of them take care of the other(s).
Maybe the story is set after Order 66, with all the angst of Cody having ordered Obi-Wan’s death, or the angst of Rex being free while his brothers are trapped? Do Rex and Obi-Wan go after Cody to try to free him from the chi? Or does the influence fade on its own, leaving him to try to find them? Does Rex persuade Obi-Wan to join the rebellion? Or are they on Tatooine, trying to raise Luke and Leia together?
Or maybe their relationship leads to a series of events that exposes Palpatine so that Order 66 is never triggered? Or maybe they free Cody from the chip before Order 66, and together they save most of the Jedi?
Mace, Mace & Katooni:
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?
I’d also love something with Mace and Katooni as survivors – maybe he takes her as a padawan! I’d love to see him teaching her, guiding her and keeping her safe in what is, admittedly, very dangerous circumstances for them to be in. How do they blend in? Do they pretend to be (adoptive) father and daughter, and how does that change the padawan-master relationship? Does she manage to keep her faith in the goodness of those she meets even after the rise of the Empire, and her faith in the Jedi way?
Cody/Mace:
I feel like Cody and Mace have a lot in common – they’re dutiful, highly competent, loyal, and have a high level of responsibility that they deal with admirably. They’re both people who put their duty above their feelings, which makes them very well matched, but does that ever pose difficulties for them? Do they get together during the Clone Wars, serving in different battalions, meeting whenever they have a chance and com-calling at other times? Do they have plans for after the war, and how to get the Clones rights and recognition as sentient beings?
Or maybe they meet again afterwards – does Mace save Cody from the influence of the chip? Or does Cody somehow escape it, and they have to work together to find out what’s happened with the other Clones? Do they work together to free as many of Cody’s brothers as possible from the Empire?
Barriss & Luminara, Barriss & the Clones:
Barriss was done dirty! I’d love to see something that fixes her arc, and doesn’t have one of the two Muslim-coded characters in TCW engaged in a terrorist bomb plot! She struggles with the role of the Jedi in the War, and the death and destruction around her, but I’d love her to find peace with it, either with the help of Luminara, or with the help of any clone trooper, allowing her to find a better way to help people that uses her skills and abilities for good, rather than evil!
Alternatively, I’d also love something where Barriss survives Order 66, dealing with survivor’s guilt and facing the darkness of a galaxy without the Jedi. If you do keep the events of the Temple Bombing arc as in canon, maybe this is her opportunity for redemption, seeing what the galaxy turns into without the Jedi, trying to restart the Jedi Order and save as many people as she can from the Empire, with the help of Luminara and/or surviving Clone Troopers. Of course, she could do this even if she didn’t follow the events of the Temple Bombing arc – not as a search for redemption, but as a way to hold on to her Jedi identity in a time of darkness.
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Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Characters/ships:
• Cal
• Cal & Prauf
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• SW: Clones and Jedi reunited after Order 66
• SW: more Jedi survive Order 66
• SW: Order 66 happens but most Jedi survive
• SWJFO: Prauf survives on Bracca
General thoughts:
I recently discovered this game and was taken by all the possibilities, both of the characters and the world-building! It fits really neatly into the Star Wars universe, and fleshes out parts that we haven’t seen before – and I’d love to see that fleshed out more! I love the theme of the game, of picking yourself up after failure and trying again, and never giving up. I loved exploring the different worlds, the flora and fauna of each, and the little quirks that made each unique, like the wind tunnels of Zeffo, or the springboard mushrooms of Kashyyyk. And I loved all the characters, how they each had their flaws they struggled with, but how they kept going, kept struggling, kept trying to do the right thing, and how they made their own little family on board the Mantis!
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.
Cal:
I love Cal – his perseverance, strength of character, optimism, and kindness! I’d love to see him interact with others – most of my tags lend themselves to interactions with other surviving Jedi or Clones, but if you have another idea, feel free to just take the Canon Divergence carte blanche and go with it!
With other surviving Jedi, there is the matter of the holocron to deal with – does he have company trying to find it, or do they only meet each other after he’s destroyed it, and how do they feel about that? Do they have different ideas on how to be Jedi in a galaxy where being a Jedi is tantamount to a death sentence, and does that cause any friction?
With the Clones, a large part of Cal’s arc is of course coming to terms with the trauma he was faced with during Order 66 – does he find out what happened? Does he meet unchipped Clones and have to deal with the guilt and mistrust of those interactions, or does he meet Clones still under the influence of the chip, and have to work out what is going on while also avoiding being killed?
Cal & Prauf:
We get so little of Prauf, but what we do get is so good – questioning the Empire, protective, keeping Cal’s secret without questions, willing to stand up for and even die for what is right and to give Cal a chance to escape. What if the escape panned out so that Prauf also survived? How does he fit in with rest of Mantis crew? How does he adapt to life on the run from the Empire? How does his relationship with Cal change at the reveal he’s a Jedi? Does he have any complicated feelings about Cal lying, even if he knows why? We know he’s loyal, and that he keeps Cal’s secret even when it leads to his death, but how does he feel about it? Does it change what he thinks about Cal? Did he use to hero worship the Jedi Order? How does he reconcile his ideas of the Jedi with what he knows about Cal?
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In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, 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!
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. A lot of the tags also serve as prompts in and of themselves – do feel free to just pick one (or combine a few) and write your heart out to that tag! 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. I love canon divergences of all forms – consider the Canon Divergence AU tag as your carte blanche to pick a point during or before the canon events, make a change (or a few), and see how things develop differently from there!
If I request the shippy version of a relationship, I am also very happy to read the gen version (it sometimes but not always goes the other way as well – feel free to check via the mods if you’re at all unsure). This goes even if the prompts are romantic in nature – I’m also very fond of deep platonic relationships that are the most important to the characters and relationships that straddle the line between platonic and romantic.
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. 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 little bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, Mediaeval Fantasy Edition
Crossover Fandom, Jane Austen Edition
Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Crossover Fandom, Intergalactic Traveller Edition
Crossover Fandom, Star Wars Edition
Leverage
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
General likes
• found families
• loyalty
• 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
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• secrets (both being kept and being 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, a/b/o, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student, non-canonical incest
• 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. This DNW does not apply to GoT/ASOIAF)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough" for sex and fixating on that date
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• characters’ loved ones being angry at them or thinking badly of them due to rumours, assumptions, misunderstandings, miscommunication or a failure to communicate (conflicts due to genuine differences in opinions, wants, and needs are fine and fun!)
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (for crossovers, merging the 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 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 DNW for SGA: wraith/human relationships, focus on John/Rodney
• Fandom-specific DNW for Doctor Who: Donna not having her memories by the end of the story if she’s in it (I don’t need to see the memory return or how the memory wipe was avoided, as long as it can be assumed that either of those things happened)
• Fandom-specific DNW for Star Wars: Bashing of the Jedi Order or their philosophy
Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships:
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
• Sansa Stark/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
Tags:
• ALL: Alternate First Meetings
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters become friends/allies earlier than canon
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Different first meeting
• ALL: Forced Marriage AU
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• ASOIAF: Queen Sansa
• Game of Thrones: Jaime takes Sansa to Catelyn
• GoT: Sansa Flees to Dorne
• GOT: Sansa goes with Brienne in the Vale
• GoT: Sansa is a Warg
• GOT: Sansa Stark gets married to Jaime Lannister instead of Tyrion Lannister
• GOT: Sansa went to Dragonstone to meet Daenerys instead of Jon
General thoughts:
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 maybe uses her skills and abilities to save her family or to secure her own position and get justice for what was done to her, 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.
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.
Canon-typical age gaps are fine for this canon, but I still prefer only fake sex (if any) to occur if any parties in the relationship are below 15 – I am, however, very fond of the trope where one part (usually the man) cuts themself to fake the bedding sheets.
Sansa/Doran:
I think Doran and Sansa would make an excellent power couple! Doran would be patient and kind as she healed and moved on from her traumas in King’s Landing, and she would be compassionate and helpful when he suffered from his gout. They’re both clever, political people, who are capable of reading others and making long-term plans. Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness.
Perhaps Dorne and the North make an alliance for independence from the Seven Kingdoms? Or maybe the point of divergence is later, and she claims her brother’s crown? How does that work, with their two power bases being so geographically far?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Perhaps she manages to make peace between Ellaria and the Sand Snakes and Doran? Does she manage to convince them that killing Myrcella is not in their best interests and that there are better paths to revenge? Or perhaps she manages to discover their treachery in advance, and she and Doran can outmanoeuvre them without it leading to Doran’s death?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's wife – maybe they were never married and his children are legitimised bastards (since Dorne is more accepting of such things), or maybe she’s dead, or they’re legally divorced, or any other way you can think of.
Sansa/Oberyn/Ellaria:
As I said in the above request for Doran/Sansa, Sansa would probably do very well in Dorne, where women have more agency, and she would also be an asset, with her connections and her cleverness. Maybe she would balance out Oberyn’s impetuousness? Maybe she would be a confidante for Ellaria?
I’m also happy for this to be a V-shaped triad, with Ellaria and Sansa as metamours, or maybe Oberyn and Sansa as metamours. You don’t need to include all three in a relationship, but I’d like it if the metamours were friendly, rather than jealous!
Maybe Oberyn marries her to save her from the Lannisters, knowing the abuse she suffers in King’s Landing? Maybe Oberyn sees something of Elia in Sansa? Maybe Robb makes a marriage alliance with Dorne in exchange for their support – the two Kingdoms who most want their independence. Maybe Joffrey marries Sansa to the infamous Viper to be cruel, and it backfires horribly on him? Maybe she escapes on her own, and makes her way to Dorne?
Maybe Ellaria is outraged at the way Sansa's treated, and she's the one who makes the first overture, led by her gentle heart? Sansa notes in canon that Ellaria draws the eye, so perhaps she’s attracted to Ellaria first, and perhaps she’s more confident in her feelings for gentle Ellaria than Oberyn, who’s a man, and one with quite an alarming reputation at that.
How do the Sand Snakes react to her? Both the older girls, who are older than Sansa, and Ellaria’s daughters, who might fear that their mother is being replaced? Or do they accept Sansa since Ellaria does and Sansa makes it clear she’s not out to replace Ellaria?
Just as in the above request, Sansa would need to navigate the politics of the Dornish court – it’s less immediate, since she wouldn’t be the wife of the ruling Prince, but even as Oberyn’s wife, she would have an important position, and be an important player, and could tip the delicate balance between Arianne and Doran one way or the other.
How does the marriage to Sansa change Oberyn’s duel with the Mountain - does he put his living wife over his dead sister and decline to represent Tyrion in the Trial by Combat, or does he refrain from taunting the Mountain into a confession and thereby come out alive? Or does it play out the same way as in canon – and Sansa and Ellaria go to Dorne to mourn? Ellaria wants to have an end to the cycle of violence – does Sansa join the Sand Snakes in their wish for revenge? Or does she agree with Ellaria that there should be an end to the cycle of violence? Or does she take Doran’s approach, and subtly work to take down the Lannisters in the long term?
Sansa/Jaime:
Jaime has the appearance of being the gallant knight she yearns for, but of course, the reality is far murkier. How do they deal with the fact that they are, essentially, on two different sides of the war? That he attacked her father in the streets of King’s Landing, and her brother held him as a prisoner of war? Where do their loyalties eventually end up? Can they reach an understanding?
Does Jaime take his last chance of honour and take her away from Kings Landing with Brienne? Or maybe Tywin manages to arrange for Jaime to be dismissed from the Kingsguard and made to marry Sansa? Do they go to Casterly Rock and rule the Westerlands? Do they stay in King’s Landing, and if so, can he protect her from Joffrey? Does he return Sansa to Catelyn and Robb, and maybe manage to prevent the Red Wedding? How do they deal with his affair with Cersei, and the fact that he pushed her brother out of a window to cover it up? How conflicted is he between his love for Cersei and his duty and growing love for his wife? How does Cersei react when Sansa takes the other half of her soul away from her?
Or maybe they don’t get married and fall in love in King’s Landing – maybe it happens later. Does he meet her when he rides North to fight for the living as promised, and how conflicted is he between Cersei’s planned betrayal and his promise to fight for the living? How does he react to Sansa growing from essentially a non-entity in King’s Landing: a frightened, abused girl who parroted what she was told to say, to the competent, powerful Lady of Winterfell and eventually Queen in the North?
Sansa/Daenerys:
Sansa and Daenerys have a lot in common – they were both young girls who were used and abused by older and more powerful men, who took power for themselves and discovered their agency, but in different ways. Of course, there are plenty of challenges for the couple to navigate, with Sansa a staunch supporter of Northern independence, and Daenerys holding to her claim on all Seven Kingdoms. How do they navigate that conflict?
What if Jon had sent Sansa to Dragonstone to plead for aid in his stead? Or what if Jon hadn’t bent the knee, but had instead brought Dany to Winterfell as an ally, not their Queen? Or maybe they did manage to find common ground between the Lady of Winterfell and the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. I find Sansa’s development in Season 8 rather odd – throughout the series, she has learnt to disguise her thoughts and feelings, and pretend to get on with people more powerful than her to achieve her goals, so the blunt and unpolitical way she treats Daenerys in season 8 makes no sense to me. Perhaps understanding could grow between them if Sansa wasn’t so antagonistic, giving Daenerys less reason to be mistrustful and eventually paranoid?
I'd like to see something more about the food situation, which the show kind of glossed over aside from a few comments in episode 1 and 2, and them trying to reconcile their different ideas about what they should do regarding the North, the battle for Dawn, and the fight to retake the Seven (or Six) 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? How do they deal with the demands that Sansa marry and beget an heir?
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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Crossover Fandom, Mediaeval Fantasy Edition
Characters/Ships:
• Peter Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Susan Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Edmund Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Peter Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Susan Pevensie
Tags:
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Forced Marriage AU
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• ASOIAF: Queen Sansa
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Character from another fandom ends up in Westeros
• Crossover: Character(s) from another fandom on an adventure in Narnian world
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Melisandre's (GoT/ASOIAF) magic summons hero(s) from another canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• Crossover: Susan's horn brings crossover character(s) to Narnia
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 expectations of the world, and different ideas of magic, and politics - the contrasts and parallels between them and how they adapt their different skill sets to their new circumstances.
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.
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?
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. He might restore her faith in songs, stories, and knights, and she would help him be the best High King he could possibly be.
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.
Sansa/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.
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Crossover Fandom, Jane Austen Edition
Characters/ships:
• Fanny Price/James Norrington
• Fanny Price/Tom Pullings
Tags:
• All: Arranged Marriage AU
• All: Arranged Marriage-previous marriage was traumatic
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: character marries a different person
• ALL: Characters in arranged marriage AU catch feelings
• ALL: Marriage of Convenience AU
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
General thoughts:
Fanny deserves someone who will respect her and listen to her, which neither of her canonical suitors did (they both came close, but they also both put their own desires and wants above hers).
It might be fun to contrast the quiet stability and elegance of life at home with the dangerous and rough life of a sailor, even an officer. Perhaps Norrington or Pullings suffer from PTSD? Perhaps Fanny joins the ship’s crew, and find it an eye-opening experience?
I’m very fond of the Regency period, and would be delighted with something that leaned into the aesthetics and trappings of the time era, and the ritualised etiquette of courtship and marriage. Historical accuracy very optional - as long as there's a general sense of the Regency period, I'll be happy (of course, I won't say no if you do want to painstakingly research how much a naval officer would make and what that meant for the kind of household his wife would be expected to manage, but that part is definitely not required)!
Fanny Price/James Norrington:
Someone said that Norrington’s only flaw was to be an Austen hero in the wrong genre – so let’s make him an Austen hero!
Fanny Price has connections to the Navy, maybe she meets Norrington through her brother? Or maybe they meet by chance in Portsmouth while Norrington is in dock and she’s with her family? Or maybe Sir Thomas meets him on his trip to the Carribean, and introduces him to his family in England? Maybe he sees how they treat her at Mansfield Park and wants to do something about it?
Norrington would also be in a position to help William, and unlike Henry Crawford, he’d do it because he’s a good person, without any ulterior motives. I feel like she’d be quietly supportive of him and his supernatural pirate-related trauma, and he would appreciate her inner strength.
Or perhaps Sir Thomas took his family with him on his trip to the Caribbean! How does the family settle in to Port Royal? 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?
Perhaps Fanny even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Norrington meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.
Fanny Price/Tom Pullings:
This is quite similar to the Fanny/Norrington prompt – I just want Fanny to marry a dashing naval man who will respect her thoughts and opinions and treat her right!
I must admit, this is about 40% because of how handsome James D’Arcy looks with the ponytail, scar, and the naval uniform! The other 60% are because I think they would work quite well 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. Again, Fanny has a naval connection through William, perhaps they serve together when William’s made lieutenant and he introduces them to each other? Or perhaps they meet in Portsmouth when she’s banished from Mansfield? Perhaps he sees her being relentlessly pursued by a man she doesn’t want and steps in to rescue her? Or maybe he can offer her an escape from her family’s poverty and dysfunction? Although, as is pointed out with William, it’s hard to have a successful career when you lack connections in the navy, so they might have to deal with that as well during their married life.
Perhaps she even marries Crawford or Edmund, and her husband turns out to be controlling and emotionally abusive. Maybe Pullings meets her while she’s in the abusive marriage (cue pining), or maybe he only meets her when she’s already widowed and is taken by her endurance and fortitude.
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!
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Crossover Fandom, World War 2 and Post-War Edition
Characters/ships:
• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• ALL: Spies & Secret Agents
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• ALL: Character is working undercover
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), as long as either Peggy or Jarvis and one or more Pevensie sibling is present, I’ll be happy!
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Crossover Fandom, Intergalactic Travellers Edition
Characters/Groups:
• Donna Noble & Atlantis expedition
• Martha Jones & Atlantis expedition
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• Crossover: Characters turn out to be highly compatible
• Crossover: Shared Universe AU
• All: Characters transported into another canon’s setting
• ALL: Dimension travel
• Crossover: character crosses into different canon
• Crossover: Permanently stuck in other character's universe
• ALL: Character is working undercover
• All: Identity Porn
• All: Stargate Atlantis crossover
• Crossover: Character from another fandom is a member of Stargate Atlantis expedition
General thoughts:
I would love a story with either Donna or Martha as a British or UNIT representative on Atlantis! I’d love to see Donna and/or Martha make a place for themselves in Atlantis, and interact with the other members of the Atlantis expedition. I’d love to see them apply the skills they had before travelling with the Doctor and the skills they picked up during their travels in a new environment. I’d love to see them be appreciated for who they are and what they can do – maybe not at first, maybe it takes some time, but eventually. I’d love to see them deal with and try to move on from the horrors and wonders they experienced during their time in the T.A.R.D.I.S., and I’d love to see them deal with the horrors and wonders of Atlantis and the Pegasus galaxy.
I’d be especially keen on the Atlantis people not knowing that they’ve travelled with the Doctor. Maybe they don’t even know who the Doctor is, or maybe they think he’s a myth, or maybe they have access to some of Torchwood or UNIT’s archives about him, and being a little bit suspicious of them at first (why are they here, how are they qualified, where do their loyalties lie), maybe finding out about the Doctor during the course of the story, or maybe it never comes up – maybe Donna and/or Martha manage to prove their competence and loyalties some other way.
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., so feel free to explore those aspects!
The characters in the prompts are just people that came to mind when I thought about possible people for Donna and/or Martha interact with – if you have a favourite who’s not mentioned, do feel free to focus on them instead.
As I said in the introduction to this letter, I’m a multishipper, so any and all ships are welcome, with the exception of wraith/human ships. Regarding John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, I don’t mind it being included in the background, but I’d prefer it if it wasn’t a focus.
Donna Noble & Atlantis crew:
Donna is strong, abrasive, and doesn’t hide who she is, so she might rub people, the wrong way to start, especially Weir. But, on the other hand, she’s not likely to be a spy, given her general everything. She’s the best temp in Chiswick – and also Atlantis? She can help out with organisation, and administrative support, and would quickly make herself invaluable to Weir, Carter, or Woolsey.
As for the rest of the expedition, her outspoken shell hides very kind-hearted person who doesn’t like to see anyone suffer, and I think they’d come to appreciate that quickly. She and Rodney would get along either very, very well, or very, very badly. Maybe she can act as a support for Aiden, when he’s in over his head? She also has experience with someone who’s the last of his people, so she might be good at comforting Ronon when he needs it. Maybe she, Lorne and Chuck would bond over being the people who aren’t as flashy as the others, but hold the place together with their steady competence?
You don’t have to explain her memory restoration, but you can if want to, or maybe it never happened and the Doctor managed to integrate the DoctorDonna or remove just that part of her, or you can even have her regain the memories during the course of the story – but I don’t want her to still be mind-wiped by the end. Maybe there are even remnants of the DoctorDonna – maybe she displays occasional flashes of genius and comprehension beyond the human, before she goes back to her normal self – how would the Atlantis expedition react to that? Would they be suspicious of her, or would they be appreciative of the times it did happen, and curious about why it’s not all the time? Do Rodney and Zelenka want to poach her for the science department?
Martha Jones & Atlantis crew:
Martha has common sense, and is soft-spoken, but she’s also pragmatic and willing to tough it out and do what needs doing – this might help her get on better in Atlantis than Donna to start with, but she’s also more reserved, which would make her more suspicious to them. There is also the fact that she works/worked for UNIT and has some shadowy figure very high up in the organisation pulling strings for her. But once they get over their suspicions, they would probably really appreciate her competence, her brilliance, and not compare to her to her predecessor constantly.
Carson and Martha would probably quickly establish an easy rapport in the infirmary, as would Keller and Martha – Martha and Keller have a similar no-nonsense approach to medicine, and Carson is accepting and would probably care more about her competence than the fact that she’s hiding secrets. But there might be potential for conflict between them: how would she react to his unethical medical experiments on Wraith?
Or maybe she would instead be on gate team as a field medic – since she has fighting skills beyond what Carson and Keller showed – honed during her year on the run from the Toclafane, and evidenced in End of Time part 2. Lorne, Zelenka and Martha would probably represent the voices of reason and prgmatism on Atlantis, and might get on very well because of it. Like Donna, she has experience with someone who’s the last of his people, so she would also able to support Ronon. She would probably also get on very well with Teyla – they have the same work ethic, the same inner strength, and the same ability to quickly get back on their feet and adapt when life throws them curve balls.
How does her family react to her going off into space and another galaxy again? Is she at all conflicted about leaving them after the Year that Never Was? Maybe you could even include Mickey and Martha on Atlantis as a married couple – how would that change how they react to her? How would they react to Mickey?
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Crossover fandom, Star Wars
Characters/ships:
• Finn & Creator's Choice of Clone(s)
• Finn & Mace Windu
• Rey & Mace
• Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• ALL: Dimension travel
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Accidentally and Permanently Time Travels Back in Time; Changes the Course of the Future
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• ALL: Going back in time to fix the future
• ALL: Multiple Characters Travel Back in Time
• ALL: Time Travel
• All: Time Travel Fix-It
• ALL: Time Travels Back to the Beginning to Attempt to Fix Everything and Save Everyone
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?
I’d love 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, Rey & Mace:
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?
Or what if he takes Rey on? How does her training with Luke compare with what Mace has to teach her? How different is the old Jedi order to the new? Does she get to learn things that were lost in the Purge? Can she teach them things Luke discovered on Ach-to that had been lost by the time of the prequels era?
How does the rest of the Council react? Is there any resistance to the idea of training Finn and/or Rey due to their age, and how do they resolve that? How does Mace react to the fate of the Jedi order? What do Rey and/or Finn know about the fall of the Republic and the Jedi and how it could potentially be avoided?
Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan:
How does the prequel trilogy react to the sequel trilogy? Are they suspicious of these strangers that come out of nowhere claiming to know things about the future? How do Rey’s, Finn’s and Poe’s experiences and skills from their time with the Resistance help them in the prequel era? Can they avoid the Clone Wars before they even break out, or is the course locked well before they arrive in the past? Maybe they can help the GAR? Both Poe and to a lesser extent Finn are experienced with command and military tactics, and they all have experience of spying and sabotage missions. Does the fact that they have the skills needed and are willing to help make them less suspicious, or more?
Do Anakin and Poe bond over their love of flying? How common is the knowledge that Anakin is Vader? Do Finn, Rey and Poe know, and, if so, how do they react to Anakin? How do Anakin, Padmé and Obi-wan react to hearing about Luke, who and what he is? How much has Luke told Rey about “Ben”, and how do their expectations match up with the reality of Obi-Wan?
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Leverage
Characters/ships:
• Jim Sterling & Team Leverage
• Maggie Collins & Team Leverage
• Solo: Jim Sterling
• Solo: Maggie Collins
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: Alternate First Meetings
• ALL: Characters become friends/allies earlier than canon
• ALL: Different first meeting
• Leverage: Jim Sterling is Team Leverage's inside man at IYS or Interpol (Leverage)
• Leverage: Jim Sterling is the Mastermind instead of Nate
• Leverage: Maggie joins the crew while Nate is in prison
• Leverage: Nate dies because IYS won't pay out and Maggie becomes Mastermind
General thoughts:
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty, 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.
I also love the side characters! I like how both Maggie and Sterling are complicated characters with their own moral code and inner lives, and I love how each of them have their own relationships with everyone on the team, not just their history with Nate. I would be happy to see them on their own or with any member of the team. I’d love to see them integrated in the team, and how they would play things differently to Nate, how their presence would change the team dynamics, the type of jobs they pulled, the strategies and tactics they used in each con!
I have watched all 8 currently available episodes of Redemption, so if you want to bring in characters or plots from that, do feel free – no need to worry about spoilers!
Maggie, Maggie & the Team:
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!
Sterling, Sterling & the Team:
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?) 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?
Or what if Sterling is feeding them information, playing both sides? Do they trust him? Does he double cross them? How does their working relationship look like? Like the Queen’s Gambit Job, or do they settle into something more friendly?
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Characters/ships:
• Cody/Obi-Wan
• Cody/Obi-Wan/Rex
• Obi-Wan/Rex
• Mace
• Mace & Katooni
• Cody/Mace
• Barriss & Luminara
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• SW: Clones and Jedi reunited after Order 66
• SW: more Jedi survive Order 66
• SW: Order 66 happens but most Jedi survive
• All: Character deals with a canonical difficult situation better than in canon
• All: Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
• SW: Order 66 Fails
• SW: Palpatine Is Killed During The Clone Wars
General thoughts:
One thing I like about the Clone Wars is that we see how much the Clones and Jedi care for each other, how they protect each other, fight for each other, and how loyal they are to each other – and then, of course, the tragedy of Order 66. I would love to see more Jedi to survive and Clones and Jedi to be re-united afterwards. The angst potential! Complicated feelings of guilt and blame and forgiveness all around!
Alternatively, have it fail or avoid it altogether! There is still plenty wrong in the galaxy – the Clones don’t have equal (or, indeed, any) rights as property of the Republic, there is plenty of anti-Jedi and anti-Clone sentiment around, crime and slavery have flourished while the Jedi have been occupied with the War, and they’re still dealing with the Senate that would have welcomed a Sith-led dictatorship with thunderous applause and the Separatists that allowed Dooku and Grievous to enslave and lay waste to countless planets during the war.
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.
Cody/Obi-Wan, Obi-Wan/Rex, Cody/Obi-Wan/Rex:
This is such a good triad, in any combination!
Cody and Obi-Wan, the loyal Commander and his Jedi who pretends to be much more sane than he is. Rex and Obi-Wan, who have been on so many adventures together, the (slightly) more moderate counterparts to Anakin and Ahsoka. The three of them together, the perfect balance between competence and recklessness. I love how the loyalty and support goes both/all three ways, and how each of them take care of the other(s).
Maybe the story is set after Order 66, with all the angst of Cody having ordered Obi-Wan’s death, or the angst of Rex being free while his brothers are trapped? Do Rex and Obi-Wan go after Cody to try to free him from the chi? Or does the influence fade on its own, leaving him to try to find them? Does Rex persuade Obi-Wan to join the rebellion? Or are they on Tatooine, trying to raise Luke and Leia together?
Or maybe their relationship leads to a series of events that exposes Palpatine so that Order 66 is never triggered? Or maybe they free Cody from the chip before Order 66, and together they save most of the Jedi?
Mace, Mace & Katooni:
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?
I’d also love something with Mace and Katooni as survivors – maybe he takes her as a padawan! I’d love to see him teaching her, guiding her and keeping her safe in what is, admittedly, very dangerous circumstances for them to be in. How do they blend in? Do they pretend to be (adoptive) father and daughter, and how does that change the padawan-master relationship? Does she manage to keep her faith in the goodness of those she meets even after the rise of the Empire, and her faith in the Jedi way?
Cody/Mace:
I feel like Cody and Mace have a lot in common – they’re dutiful, highly competent, loyal, and have a high level of responsibility that they deal with admirably. They’re both people who put their duty above their feelings, which makes them very well matched, but does that ever pose difficulties for them? Do they get together during the Clone Wars, serving in different battalions, meeting whenever they have a chance and com-calling at other times? Do they have plans for after the war, and how to get the Clones rights and recognition as sentient beings?
Or maybe they meet again afterwards – does Mace save Cody from the influence of the chip? Or does Cody somehow escape it, and they have to work together to find out what’s happened with the other Clones? Do they work together to free as many of Cody’s brothers as possible from the Empire?
Barriss & Luminara, Barriss & the Clones:
Barriss was done dirty! I’d love to see something that fixes her arc, and doesn’t have one of the two Muslim-coded characters in TCW engaged in a terrorist bomb plot! She struggles with the role of the Jedi in the War, and the death and destruction around her, but I’d love her to find peace with it, either with the help of Luminara, or with the help of any clone trooper, allowing her to find a better way to help people that uses her skills and abilities for good, rather than evil!
Alternatively, I’d also love something where Barriss survives Order 66, dealing with survivor’s guilt and facing the darkness of a galaxy without the Jedi. If you do keep the events of the Temple Bombing arc as in canon, maybe this is her opportunity for redemption, seeing what the galaxy turns into without the Jedi, trying to restart the Jedi Order and save as many people as she can from the Empire, with the help of Luminara and/or surviving Clone Troopers. Of course, she could do this even if she didn’t follow the events of the Temple Bombing arc – not as a search for redemption, but as a way to hold on to her Jedi identity in a time of darkness.
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Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Characters/ships:
• Cal
• Cal & Prauf
Tags:
• ALL: Canon Divergence AU
• ALL: More People Live/Fewer People Die AU
• ALL: Canon Character Death Evaded
• ALL: Canonically Dead Character Survives
• ALL: Finding Peace/An End to the War
• SW: Clones and Jedi reunited after Order 66
• SW: more Jedi survive Order 66
• SW: Order 66 happens but most Jedi survive
• SWJFO: Prauf survives on Bracca
General thoughts:
I recently discovered this game and was taken by all the possibilities, both of the characters and the world-building! It fits really neatly into the Star Wars universe, and fleshes out parts that we haven’t seen before – and I’d love to see that fleshed out more! I love the theme of the game, of picking yourself up after failure and trying again, and never giving up. I loved exploring the different worlds, the flora and fauna of each, and the little quirks that made each unique, like the wind tunnels of Zeffo, or the springboard mushrooms of Kashyyyk. And I loved all the characters, how they each had their flaws they struggled with, but how they kept going, kept struggling, kept trying to do the right thing, and how they made their own little family on board the Mantis!
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.
Cal:
I love Cal – his perseverance, strength of character, optimism, and kindness! I’d love to see him interact with others – most of my tags lend themselves to interactions with other surviving Jedi or Clones, but if you have another idea, feel free to just take the Canon Divergence carte blanche and go with it!
With other surviving Jedi, there is the matter of the holocron to deal with – does he have company trying to find it, or do they only meet each other after he’s destroyed it, and how do they feel about that? Do they have different ideas on how to be Jedi in a galaxy where being a Jedi is tantamount to a death sentence, and does that cause any friction?
With the Clones, a large part of Cal’s arc is of course coming to terms with the trauma he was faced with during Order 66 – does he find out what happened? Does he meet unchipped Clones and have to deal with the guilt and mistrust of those interactions, or does he meet Clones still under the influence of the chip, and have to work out what is going on while also avoiding being killed?
Cal & Prauf:
We get so little of Prauf, but what we do get is so good – questioning the Empire, protective, keeping Cal’s secret without questions, willing to stand up for and even die for what is right and to give Cal a chance to escape. What if the escape panned out so that Prauf also survived? How does he fit in with rest of Mantis crew? How does he adapt to life on the run from the Empire? How does his relationship with Cal change at the reveal he’s a Jedi? Does he have any complicated feelings about Cal lying, even if he knows why? We know he’s loyal, and that he keeps Cal’s secret even when it leads to his death, but how does he feel about it? Does it change what he thinks about Cal? Did he use to hero worship the Jedi Order? How does he reconcile his ideas of the Jedi with what he knows about Cal?
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