Dear Spacer 2022,
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chronicbookwormThanks for writing me a story (interactive or otherwise), creating fanart for me, or making a podfic or a video for me! 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/make something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. I’m not very used to prompting for non-fic things, so if anything seems unclear or you want more information, just reach out via the mods and I’ll do my best to answer any questions you may have.
If I request the shippy version of a relationship, I am also very happy to consume 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 bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Crossover Fandom, Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis
Crossover Fandom, Star Wars Eras
Star Wars Prequels
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: New EU (Jedi: Fallen Order)
• 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
• soft, muted colours or deep, rich colours
• variation in or playing around with panel shapes and sizes
• contrasts between text and visuals
• flowing lines, sense of movement
• Art Nouveau influences
• realistic body and facial proportions
• any level of detail, from rough sketches of the characters to individual leaves on trees in the background
• clothing, jewellery and hairstyles
• hugs and cuddles
• declarations of loyalty (such as illustrations of people being knighted or crowned, for instance)
• quiet, domestic scenes (cooking, eating, reading, playing an instrument, playing games, walking in nature/the garden, etc. - the list is far from exhaustive!)
• action-packed, adrenaline-filled scenes (running, sword-fighting, climbing, riding a horse, etc. - the list is far from exhaustive!)
• My tastes in music are eclectic and I like lots of different genres and styles, both with and without vocals! Generally, I like the sound of acoustic instruments better than electronic (so I’d prefer if you avoided heavy metal, techno, synthpop, disco, and other music styles that rely mostly on electric guitars, synths, etc.), but I am quite fond of blended music or the hybrid orchestra style
• Dialogue in videos is not necessary, but I do like it a lot!
• I tend to like vids conveying certain emotions and/or themes better than constructed narratives – I often struggle to follow along and get distracted trying to work out what’s happening or which clip is supposed to match up to which “plot point” unless it’s super clear – fake trailers are fine (trailers are supposed to be disjointed so I can parse those ok, it’s just disjointed video narratives that I sometimes struggle with)
• Vids highlighting comparisons and contrasts (between characters, between characters at the start and end of canons, between canons, between anything you can think of)
• Vids showing off pretty cinematography
• Feel free to include footage from other canons/sources than the one you’re vidding for if it fits (but sources are appreciated, so I can find the original if I get intrigued)
• 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 (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related)
• adultery, infidelity or jealousy (real or imagined)
• massive age gaps in ships (the rule of “half the older character’s age plus seven” as a limit usually works quite well, although for teenagers a max of 2-year age-gap works better)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough" for sex and fixating on that date
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• Important and deep relationships going sour due to rumours, assumptions, misunderstandings, miscommunication, or a failure to communicate (relationships starting off with assumptions, misunderstandings etc., or relationships going sour due to genuine differences in opinions, wants, or needs are fine)
• 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 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, Mandalorian clones
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• Martha Jones
• Donna Noble
I really enjoyed Doctor Who during the early years, and Martha and Donna were my favourite companions. I liked the sometimes tricky moral situations, and how there wasn't always a clear-cut right and wrong, but they still kept trying, still did their best, still tried to save as many people as possible - and I also liked that sometimes there was a clear-cut right and wrong, and how they stood up for the right choice!
I love Martha so much! I love how clever she is, how analytical, and how she learns her self-worth and to stand up for herself! I’d love to see more about her! An adventure with the Doctor that wasn’t shown in the series? Or something set during the Year That Never Was – what did she run into, walking the Earth and spreading the story of the Doctor? How did she get other parts for the gun that was her cover story? Who did she meet? Or maybe something set after she’s left the Doctor? What does she do for UNIT? How does she settle back to Earth? How has her relationship with her family changed since the Year That Never Was? Does she ever come across people she met and knew during that year, who don’t know her, and how does she deal with that?
Donna and Martha vie for the position of favourite companion, and I really can’t pick between them! I love Donna’s brashness hiding a soft heart, I love her dynamic with the Doctor, of two idiots sharing one braincell, how she’s not afraid of calling him on his crap.
Her fate makes me quite sad, that all that character development was lost, so I’d really prefer it if that didn’t happen – she could either have her memories returned or have the mind wipe avoided altogether – feel free to handwave the mechanics, as long as she has the memories of her time with the Doctor and retains her growth from the season she spent travelling with him. What does a Donna with her memories do after the Doctor? What kinds of adventures does she get up to? Or, like with Martha, what adventures did she and the Doctor have that weren’t shown in the series?
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• Martha Jones
Like I said in the above request, I love Martha so much! I’d love to see more of her in the Torchood setting – maybe an AU where she joins the team after Reset/Dead Man Walking – how does that change things? How do she and Owen divide the medic duties between them? How are the team dynamics? How do the rest of her react to knowing Jack so well and having shared experiences with him that they have no idea about?
Or what if she joins them for Children of Earth, like they had plans to do? How does she fit into this smaller team, racked by loss? How does she cope with Torchwood on the run, does it bring back memories of the Year That Never Was?
Speaking of the Year That Never Was, did she meet Torchwood during that, and under what circumstances? Maybe she knows them, remembers them, and they don’t know her – that would be a really interesting set-up to explore!
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• Donna Noble & Creator's Choice of Atlantis expedition member(s)
• Martha Jones & Creator's Choice of Atlantis expedition member(s)
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.
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 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 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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• Finn & the Clones
• Finn & Mace
• Rey & Mace
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 flawed but still fundamentally good, and on Jedi as 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!
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?
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?
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• Bail Organa
• Bail Organa/Breha Organa/Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Mace Windu
The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy offers so much fertile ground in terms of exploring politics, worldbuilding and character! I’m also happy with any canon or plot point borrowed from the Clone Wars, which do a fantastic job of fleshing out that war years, but if you want to stick to just the films, there is plenty to explore in those as well!
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi!
Bail is so fantastic, I love his integrity and political acumen – and any man who raises someone like Princess Leia must have strength of character. I love how he is always willing to help the Jedi, and I love how he’s the only one out of those with Chancellor Palpatine at the end of AotC who doesn’t seem to welcome the arrival of the Clones. I’d love something that focuses on Bail as a politician, and a believer in democracy. How does he feel about the devil’s bargain the Republic struck when they accepted the use of the Clone army? What measures does he try to ameliorate the situation, and how do they work out for him? How does he get on in the Senate, who are his allies, and who are his opponents? How did he and Padmé meet? Was he her mentor when she was a new Senator, or was Padmé already a seasoned politician who could meet him as an equal? What causes did he champion before the war? How does he feel about Palpatine?
Or what about something about him raising Leia, trying to keep her origins hidden from the Empire? How does he fare in the Imperial Senate, as a known member of the Delegation of 2000? How did he avoid being arrested? Or something about him founding the rebellion, and working to balance his role in the Senate with his rebellious activities? Was he ever in danger of being found out? What alliances did he try to forge? Did he have to try to work with former Separatists, and how did they manage their previous conflict hanging over their relationship?
I love the idea of these three together! I have already laid out all the reasons I love Bail, and although we see less of Breha in canon, what we do see strikes me as a very gentle but strong person, who shares her husband’s political acumen and strong integrity. They’d be prefect for Obi-Wan, who needs someone he can match his wits with, but who won’t stifle him.
How do they all get together? Who falls in love with Obi-Wan first, or do they do it together, as a couple? How do they broach the idea of adding him to their relationship with each other, or with him?
Is there pining? Does he refrain from acting on his feelings because they’re married? Or does Obi-Wan have a relationship with one or the other before they’re married, and they then have to navigate a political marriage that catches feelings, while also still having feelings for Obi-Wan?
Does Obi-Wan ever have doubts about his ability to balance his commitment to the Order with his feelings for Bail and Breha, and how does he resolve that conflict and accept love without giving in to attachment?
I’d prefer there to be no jealousy or doubt between Breha and Bail about their relationship as husband and wife, but pining and doubts about whether their feelings for Obi-Wan (or his for them) are returned are super welcome!
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!
What does he do in his role as Head of the Order? How does he go about representing the Jedi in the Senate and on diplomatic missions? What kind of internal problems or conundrums does he face? How does the Council operate during peacetime, and how is this changed by the War?
I would also 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?
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• Barriss Offee & Luminara Unduli
• Barriss Offee & Creator’s Choice of Clone Trooper(s)
• Katooni & Mace Windu
• Mace Windu & Yoda
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.
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as 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!
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.
I’d also love something with Mace and Katooni as survivors of Order 66 – 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?
Or maybe an Au in which Order 66 never happens, and he takes her as his Padawan anyway? What lessons does he teach her and what does he learn from her? How do they work to heal the galaxy from the civil war, and to restore peace and harmony? What sort of adventures do they get up to?
I really like the frank and open friendship they have with each other, how they counsel each other and have each other to voice their doubts and concerns to! I like how much respect there is between them, but that they’re also not afraid to disagree with each other when needed.
Maybe something set pre-canon, when Mace is a Padawan, or a newly made Knight, or new to the Council, and Yoda counsels him and gives him advice? Or maybe something about them on the Council together, working out how the Jedi Order should deal with a particular issue – however small or big? Or trying to keep the Order safe and together during the War, and figuring out how to fight the War without losing who they are as Jedi?
Or maybe Mace survives Order 66 and finds Yoda on Dagobah? How do they reconcile what’s happened to them? How does Mace see Yoda’s decision to hide, does he feel they should be doing more to stop the horrors of the Empire, or is he sympathetic to Yoda’s decision?
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• Cal & Prauf
• Cal & Cere
• Cal & Cere & Merrin & Greez & BD-1
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!
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as 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!
There isn’t nearly enough fic about Cal’s early days on Bracca, finding work in the Scrappers guild and someplace to live, and how he and Prauf met! How did Prauf go from engineer to scrapper, how did he take it, what did the other engineers think? Was it all the engineers at Bracca, or just the non-human ones?
How protective does Prauf feel about Cal? What does he think happened to leave this orphaned kid scrambling for survival on Bracca’s scrapheaps? Or maybe they only meet later, when Cal’s been at Bracca a couple of years, and is a little rougher around the edges and fits in better? Maybe he protects Prauf from something? Maybe they’re both the protectors of the other scrappers – Cal trying to keep his head down, but still not being able to shed his training as Jedi that’s taught him that it’s his duty to try to help if he can?
Or what if Prauf survived Bracca? 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? Accepting, keep secret, loyal – but does change what think about? Does he have any complicated feelings about Cal lying, even if he knows why? We know he’s accepting and loyal, and that he keeps Cal’s secret even when it leads to his death, but how does he feel about it? Did he use to hero worship the Jedi Order? How does he reconcile his ideas of the Jedi with what he knows about Cal?
I really like the mentorship between Cal and Cere, and how they work through their issues, initial mistrust and secrets and come to a point where they understand each other and work together so well! I like how Cere always has advice for Cal, but that she lets him make his own decisions as an adult. I find it really fascinating how she’s almost like a Master but not really, because Cal had a Master, and she had a Padawan and they can’t replace Jaro Tapal or Trilla, but that they make something new. I like their different responses to being Jedi in a world where there are no Jedi.
Maybe something about them exploring an old Jedi Temple, recovering lost relics and dealing with whatever dangers and traps that lurk within? Do they find other ancient Force civilisations? Maybe they even go to Tattooine and meet Obi-Wan, or meet Ahsoka or Caleb/Kanan or any other Jedi survivor? Do they tell them about the holocron, and are there differing opinions about what they should have done with it?
So, what do they do next? I’d love to read about the further adventures of this group of rag-tag heroes! Presumably they keep fighting against the Empire – what sort of missions do they undertake? Espionage, sabotage, heists?
Do they meet up with the Rebellion? Come across Saw’s people again? Do they ever meet other Jedi survivors? Or do they meet any of the Force-sensitive children who were on the list, and how do they act? Do they try to save them, and how? By taking them with them? By teaching them to hide? What are Cal and Cere’s feelings about the fate of the Order, after they destroy the holocron?
Maybe the Haxion Brood comes after them again, determined to get their money’s worth from Greez? Do they have to rescue him, or does the Brood kidnap Cal again, or Cere or Merrin?
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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/make something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. I’m not very used to prompting for non-fic things, so if anything seems unclear or you want more information, just reach out via the mods and I’ll do my best to answer any questions you may have.
If I request the shippy version of a relationship, I am also very happy to consume 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 bit longer than it actually is.
General likes
DNWs
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Crossover Fandom, Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis
Crossover Fandom, Star Wars Eras
Star Wars Prequels
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: New EU (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
Art likes
• soft, muted colours or deep, rich colours
• variation in or playing around with panel shapes and sizes
• contrasts between text and visuals
• flowing lines, sense of movement
• Art Nouveau influences
• realistic body and facial proportions
• any level of detail, from rough sketches of the characters to individual leaves on trees in the background
• clothing, jewellery and hairstyles
• hugs and cuddles
• declarations of loyalty (such as illustrations of people being knighted or crowned, for instance)
• quiet, domestic scenes (cooking, eating, reading, playing an instrument, playing games, walking in nature/the garden, etc. - the list is far from exhaustive!)
• action-packed, adrenaline-filled scenes (running, sword-fighting, climbing, riding a horse, etc. - the list is far from exhaustive!)
Vid likes
• My tastes in music are eclectic and I like lots of different genres and styles, both with and without vocals! Generally, I like the sound of acoustic instruments better than electronic (so I’d prefer if you avoided heavy metal, techno, synthpop, disco, and other music styles that rely mostly on electric guitars, synths, etc.), but I am quite fond of blended music or the hybrid orchestra style
• Dialogue in videos is not necessary, but I do like it a lot!
• I tend to like vids conveying certain emotions and/or themes better than constructed narratives – I often struggle to follow along and get distracted trying to work out what’s happening or which clip is supposed to match up to which “plot point” unless it’s super clear – fake trailers are fine (trailers are supposed to be disjointed so I can parse those ok, it’s just disjointed video narratives that I sometimes struggle with)
• Vids highlighting comparisons and contrasts (between characters, between characters at the start and end of canons, between canons, between anything you can think of)
• Vids showing off pretty cinematography
• Feel free to include footage from other canons/sources than the one you’re vidding for if it fits (but sources are appreciated, so I can find the original if I get intrigued)
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 (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related)
• adultery, infidelity or jealousy (real or imagined)
• massive age gaps in ships (the rule of “half the older character’s age plus seven” as a limit usually works quite well, although for teenagers a max of 2-year age-gap works better)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough" for sex and fixating on that date
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• Important and deep relationships going sour due to rumours, assumptions, misunderstandings, miscommunication, or a failure to communicate (relationships starting off with assumptions, misunderstandings etc., or relationships going sour due to genuine differences in opinions, wants, or needs are fine)
• 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 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, Mandalorian clones
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Doctor Who
Characters/Ships:
• Martha Jones
• Donna Noble
General thoughts
I really enjoyed Doctor Who during the early years, and Martha and Donna were my favourite companions. I liked the sometimes tricky moral situations, and how there wasn't always a clear-cut right and wrong, but they still kept trying, still did their best, still tried to save as many people as possible - and I also liked that sometimes there was a clear-cut right and wrong, and how they stood up for the right choice!
Martha Jones
I love Martha so much! I love how clever she is, how analytical, and how she learns her self-worth and to stand up for herself! I’d love to see more about her! An adventure with the Doctor that wasn’t shown in the series? Or something set during the Year That Never Was – what did she run into, walking the Earth and spreading the story of the Doctor? How did she get other parts for the gun that was her cover story? Who did she meet? Or maybe something set after she’s left the Doctor? What does she do for UNIT? How does she settle back to Earth? How has her relationship with her family changed since the Year That Never Was? Does she ever come across people she met and knew during that year, who don’t know her, and how does she deal with that?
Donna Noble
Donna and Martha vie for the position of favourite companion, and I really can’t pick between them! I love Donna’s brashness hiding a soft heart, I love her dynamic with the Doctor, of two idiots sharing one braincell, how she’s not afraid of calling him on his crap.
Her fate makes me quite sad, that all that character development was lost, so I’d really prefer it if that didn’t happen – she could either have her memories returned or have the mind wipe avoided altogether – feel free to handwave the mechanics, as long as she has the memories of her time with the Doctor and retains her growth from the season she spent travelling with him. What does a Donna with her memories do after the Doctor? What kinds of adventures does she get up to? Or, like with Martha, what adventures did she and the Doctor have that weren’t shown in the series?
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Torchwood
Characters/Ships:
• Martha Jones
Like I said in the above request, I love Martha so much! I’d love to see more of her in the Torchood setting – maybe an AU where she joins the team after Reset/Dead Man Walking – how does that change things? How do she and Owen divide the medic duties between them? How are the team dynamics? How do the rest of her react to knowing Jack so well and having shared experiences with him that they have no idea about?
Or what if she joins them for Children of Earth, like they had plans to do? How does she fit into this smaller team, racked by loss? How does she cope with Torchwood on the run, does it bring back memories of the Year That Never Was?
Speaking of the Year That Never Was, did she meet Torchwood during that, and under what circumstances? Maybe she knows them, remembers them, and they don’t know her – that would be a really interesting set-up to explore!
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Crossover Fandom, Doctor Who and Stargate Atlantis
Characters/ships:
• Donna Noble & Creator's Choice of Atlantis expedition member(s)
• Martha Jones & Creator's Choice of Atlantis expedition member(s)
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.
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 Eras
Characters/ships:
• Finn & the Clones
• Finn & Mace
• Rey & Mace
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 flawed but still fundamentally good, and on Jedi as people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi!
Finn & the Clones
There are so many parallels here! I would love Finn to meet the Clones – both raised for war, given numbers instead of names, indoctrinated to serve a higher purpose – but there are of course differences: the Clones being identical in body but encouraged and allowed individuality in spirit, whereas the First Order “recruits” being the opposite, as well as the Clones having a strong sense of brotherhood and camaraderie that’s lacking in the First Order, to name two. I would love to see Finn go back in time to meet some of the Clones – whether it’s after he’s free of the First Order and has a name, or when he’s still brainwashed – both are good! How do they react to each other? Does he arrive when the Clones are on Kamino still, or when they’re out in the field – both pose very interesting possibilities for how they interact and what possibilities they have to change their fates and the fate of the galaxy.
What does he let slip about the future? What knowledge does he have of the fall of the Republic, and how much of it is First Order propaganda that they have to sort through to get to the truth?
Finn & Mace Windu, Rey & Mace Windu
I love the idea of Force-sensitive Finn, and I’d love to see him get the opportunity to train as a Jedi! It would be very interesting to see him and Mace interact – Mace who’s a very traditional Jedi, contrasted with Finn, who’s had a much more eclectic past – and who might feel he has more in common with the clone troopers than with the Jedi! How do they overcome this and find common ground?
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?
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Star Wars Prequels
Characters/Ships:
• Bail Organa
• Bail Organa/Breha Organa/Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Mace Windu
General thoughts
The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy offers so much fertile ground in terms of exploring politics, worldbuilding and character! I’m also happy with any canon or plot point borrowed from the Clone Wars, which do a fantastic job of fleshing out that war years, but if you want to stick to just the films, there is plenty to explore in those as well!
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as people who genuinely try to do their best in a very difficult situation, but I’m happy with anything that avoids outright bashing of either the Jedi Order or individual Jedi!
Bail Organa
Bail is so fantastic, I love his integrity and political acumen – and any man who raises someone like Princess Leia must have strength of character. I love how he is always willing to help the Jedi, and I love how he’s the only one out of those with Chancellor Palpatine at the end of AotC who doesn’t seem to welcome the arrival of the Clones. I’d love something that focuses on Bail as a politician, and a believer in democracy. How does he feel about the devil’s bargain the Republic struck when they accepted the use of the Clone army? What measures does he try to ameliorate the situation, and how do they work out for him? How does he get on in the Senate, who are his allies, and who are his opponents? How did he and Padmé meet? Was he her mentor when she was a new Senator, or was Padmé already a seasoned politician who could meet him as an equal? What causes did he champion before the war? How does he feel about Palpatine?
Or what about something about him raising Leia, trying to keep her origins hidden from the Empire? How does he fare in the Imperial Senate, as a known member of the Delegation of 2000? How did he avoid being arrested? Or something about him founding the rebellion, and working to balance his role in the Senate with his rebellious activities? Was he ever in danger of being found out? What alliances did he try to forge? Did he have to try to work with former Separatists, and how did they manage their previous conflict hanging over their relationship?
Bail Organa/Breha Organa/Obi-Wan Kenobi
I love the idea of these three together! I have already laid out all the reasons I love Bail, and although we see less of Breha in canon, what we do see strikes me as a very gentle but strong person, who shares her husband’s political acumen and strong integrity. They’d be prefect for Obi-Wan, who needs someone he can match his wits with, but who won’t stifle him.
How do they all get together? Who falls in love with Obi-Wan first, or do they do it together, as a couple? How do they broach the idea of adding him to their relationship with each other, or with him?
Is there pining? Does he refrain from acting on his feelings because they’re married? Or does Obi-Wan have a relationship with one or the other before they’re married, and they then have to navigate a political marriage that catches feelings, while also still having feelings for Obi-Wan?
Does Obi-Wan ever have doubts about his ability to balance his commitment to the Order with his feelings for Bail and Breha, and how does he resolve that conflict and accept love without giving in to attachment?
I’d prefer there to be no jealousy or doubt between Breha and Bail about their relationship as husband and wife, but pining and doubts about whether their feelings for Obi-Wan (or his for them) are returned are super welcome!
Mace Windu
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!
What does he do in his role as Head of the Order? How does he go about representing the Jedi in the Senate and on diplomatic missions? What kind of internal problems or conundrums does he face? How does the Council operate during peacetime, and how is this changed by the War?
I would also 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?
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Characters/ships:
• Barriss Offee & Luminara Unduli
• Barriss Offee & Creator’s Choice of Clone Trooper(s)
• Katooni & Mace Windu
• Mace Windu & Yoda
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.
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as 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!
Barriss, 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.
Mace & Katooni
I’d also love something with Mace and Katooni as survivors of Order 66 – 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?
Or maybe an Au in which Order 66 never happens, and he takes her as his Padawan anyway? What lessons does he teach her and what does he learn from her? How do they work to heal the galaxy from the civil war, and to restore peace and harmony? What sort of adventures do they get up to?
Mace & Yoda
I really like the frank and open friendship they have with each other, how they counsel each other and have each other to voice their doubts and concerns to! I like how much respect there is between them, but that they’re also not afraid to disagree with each other when needed.
Maybe something set pre-canon, when Mace is a Padawan, or a newly made Knight, or new to the Council, and Yoda counsels him and gives him advice? Or maybe something about them on the Council together, working out how the Jedi Order should deal with a particular issue – however small or big? Or trying to keep the Order safe and together during the War, and figuring out how to fight the War without losing who they are as Jedi?
Or maybe Mace survives Order 66 and finds Yoda on Dagobah? How do they reconcile what’s happened to them? How does Mace see Yoda’s decision to hide, does he feel they should be doing more to stop the horrors of the Empire, or is he sympathetic to Yoda’s decision?
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Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Characters/ships:
• Cal & Prauf
• Cal & Cere
• Cal & Cere & Merrin & Greez & BD-1
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!
As I said earlier, my favourite take on the Jedi Order is as a flawed but still fundamentally good organisation and culture, and on Jedi as 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 & Prauf
There isn’t nearly enough fic about Cal’s early days on Bracca, finding work in the Scrappers guild and someplace to live, and how he and Prauf met! How did Prauf go from engineer to scrapper, how did he take it, what did the other engineers think? Was it all the engineers at Bracca, or just the non-human ones?
How protective does Prauf feel about Cal? What does he think happened to leave this orphaned kid scrambling for survival on Bracca’s scrapheaps? Or maybe they only meet later, when Cal’s been at Bracca a couple of years, and is a little rougher around the edges and fits in better? Maybe he protects Prauf from something? Maybe they’re both the protectors of the other scrappers – Cal trying to keep his head down, but still not being able to shed his training as Jedi that’s taught him that it’s his duty to try to help if he can?
Or what if Prauf survived Bracca? 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? Accepting, keep secret, loyal – but does change what think about? Does he have any complicated feelings about Cal lying, even if he knows why? We know he’s accepting and loyal, and that he keeps Cal’s secret even when it leads to his death, but how does he feel about it? Did he use to hero worship the Jedi Order? How does he reconcile his ideas of the Jedi with what he knows about Cal?
Cal & Cere
I really like the mentorship between Cal and Cere, and how they work through their issues, initial mistrust and secrets and come to a point where they understand each other and work together so well! I like how Cere always has advice for Cal, but that she lets him make his own decisions as an adult. I find it really fascinating how she’s almost like a Master but not really, because Cal had a Master, and she had a Padawan and they can’t replace Jaro Tapal or Trilla, but that they make something new. I like their different responses to being Jedi in a world where there are no Jedi.
Maybe something about them exploring an old Jedi Temple, recovering lost relics and dealing with whatever dangers and traps that lurk within? Do they find other ancient Force civilisations? Maybe they even go to Tattooine and meet Obi-Wan, or meet Ahsoka or Caleb/Kanan or any other Jedi survivor? Do they tell them about the holocron, and are there differing opinions about what they should have done with it?
Cal & Cere & Merrin & Greez & BD-1
So, what do they do next? I’d love to read about the further adventures of this group of rag-tag heroes! Presumably they keep fighting against the Empire – what sort of missions do they undertake? Espionage, sabotage, heists?
Do they meet up with the Rebellion? Come across Saw’s people again? Do they ever meet other Jedi survivors? Or do they meet any of the Force-sensitive children who were on the list, and how do they act? Do they try to save them, and how? By taking them with them? By teaching them to hide? What are Cal and Cere’s feelings about the fate of the Order, after they destroy the holocron?
Maybe the Haxion Brood comes after them again, determined to get their money’s worth from Greez? Do they have to rescue him, or does the Brood kidnap Cal again, or Cere or Merrin?
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