Dear Creator in a Box 2022
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chronicbookwormThanks for creating things 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! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but I also like short and sweet things, so if you want to write/make 10 1k-or-equivalent things, that would be a delight – or anything in between!
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 prompts 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 quite a lot of repetition between the sections, if things apply to several sections, 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
Thoughts on mediums
A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones and Narnia
Crossover Fandom, Mansfield Park and Master and Commander 2003/Pirates of the Caribbean
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Agent Carter
Crossover Fandom, Stargate Atlantis and Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Leverage
Mansfield Park
Pride
Star Wars – All Media Types
Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Stranger Things
• 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
• black and white, pastels, soft, muted colours and 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
• landscapes
• clothing, jewellery and hairstyles
• declarations of loyalty (such as illustrations of people getting engaged/married, being knighted or crowned, for instance)
• quiet, domestic scenes (hugs and cuddles, 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 (also known as epic or trailer music)
• 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), visible genitals in art
• 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. This DNW does not apply to GoT/ASOIAF)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" 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 based on or influenced by assumptions, misunderstandings etc. as well as long-standing relationships going sour 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, Mandalorian Clones, Mando’a
• Fandom-specific DNWs for Downton Abbey: requited Thomas/Jimmy, non-consensual kissing between Thomas and Jimmy
Fandom-specific DNW for Stranger Things: Steve/Billy, requited Will/Mike (Will's crush on Mike is fine)
• Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
• Any - Creator's Choice: 3+ Diff In-Universe Mediums/Work That Fit The Canon Setting
• Art - Adaptation Concept Art
• Art - Book Cover
• Art - Drawn - Comics
• Art - Drawn - Fanart
• Art - Fanart Cover/Illustration of Recipient's Fic
• Art - Fancomic of Recipient's Fic
• Art - Remix - Art Remix of my Fic
• Audio - Audio not!Fic
• Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
• Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
• Unique Rules - Map: City or Country or World
• Unique Rules - Map: Drawn or CC-Licensed Map + Annotations Or Map Related Notes
• Video - Fake Trailer
• Video - Fanvid
• Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
• Writing - Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Gifts In This Fandom (W/ Permission!)
• Writing - Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Works In This Fandom
• Writing - Remix - Fic Remix of my Fic
If you want some thoughts about how the non-standard fic mediums might apply, I have some below, but if your vision of what you want to create is different to the ideas here, go with yours! I had thoughts on mediums for each individual fandom, but the letter got too long for DW to post, and as there was a fair amount of repetition between the sections, I decided to just put them here at the start.
For in-universe documentation, there are many ideas in the tagset, but don’t feel limited by that – any kind of in-universe work will make me very happy! Rather than selecting all the possible in-universe documentation in the tagset individually, I’m opting into the catch-all and letting you go where your imagination takes you! Treatises, academic documents, news reports, contracts, court proceedings, letters, excerpts from journals or sketchbooks, maps, schematics or technical drawings, floor plans, posters, reddit threads (for more modern canons), conspiracy boards, coats of arms, templates – anything you can think of that would be preserved or documented, I’m into it!
For art and vids, I have the general likes, but if you want fandom-specific prompts, please feel free to reach out to me! I had them in the first draft of this letter and saved them, so it will take me no time to dig them out for you (that goes for any of the mediums, but there was more overlap between the sections for the other mediums, so I’m mentioning it specifically for art and vids, and also worldbuilding further down).
I really like the rambling style of not!fics, how they combine sweeping outlines of stories with more detailed deep-dives into certain aspects of it and dialogue snippets interspersed with world-building and plot beats. I don’t have any particular prompts for that, but hopefully my general prompts can also serve to inspire a not!fic (aural or written).
For interactive fiction, I’m fine with several ships in one fic, and with bittersweet endings. Like with not!fics, hopefully my general prompts can also serve to inspire interactive fiction.
For worldbuilding headcanons, again, I had lots of fandom-specific prompts that I had to cut out due to Dreamwidth length limits, so feel free to reach out to me if you struggle for ideas – otherwise I’m happy for any part of canon to be developed on and explored, so pick something that interests you and worldbuild how you think it would work or what its implications would be for the characters!
I am also incredibly here for recursive works, remixes or covers/illustrations of any of my works or gifts! I tend to request similar things over several exchanges, so there’s quite a few gifts that match my prompts here (there’s a couple of fandoms where this isn’t possible yet, but I’ve tried to remember to leave these tags off of them, but might have missed one or two, in which case I apologise), and I have also sometimes written the things I request, so feel free to find something that I’ve written or received and give me your take on it!
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• Sansa Stark
• Arianne Martell/Sansa Stark
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Quentyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Willas Tyrell
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
I’m a multishipper, and I’m happy with any of the ships I’ve given prompts for here, or any of the ships down in the GoT section, or most other ships, so if you ship something else, then go for it! I’m less fond of Sansa/Petyr as a romantic ship (him being creepy and assaulting her is fine) and non-canonical incest, however.
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 (except where noted).
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 is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Aegon, 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 love the idea of Sansa in Dorne, claiming her agency and making allies! Perhaps she manages to escape King’s Landing and makes her way to Dorne, since the Lannisters will be expecting her to go North? Perhaps Robb makes and alliance with Dorne, for the two countries’ respective independence, and Sansa goes to Dorne to seal the alliance as a companion to Arianne? Maybe she’s one of Arianne’s advisors?
Arianne is very impetuous and headstrong, how does she get on with the much more reserved Sansa? Do they conflict at first, before they learn to appreciate each other? Or does she bring out Sansa’s headstrong and imperious side, hidden away during her traumatic time in King’s Landing?
How can Sansa help Arianne’s political ambitions? Does she join in the plan to crown Myrcella and free the Sand Snakes? Or does she argue for a more cautious approach, and if so, how does Arianne take it? Does she manage to bring about an earlier reconciliation between Arianne and 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 have mastered the trick of appearing more harmless than they are. 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? Or does Winterfell/the Crown in the North go to one of her younger siblings, while Sansa builds her own a power base in Done? Does she get involved with the Dornish plots to restore the Targaryen dynasty through Daenerys and/or Aegon (whether he’s a Blackfyre or Doran’s legitimate nephew is up to you)?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Does she bring about reconciliation between Arianne and her father? Or does Arianne take against her, this stepmother who’s younger than she is? How does she get on with the Sand Snakes? How does she deal with their plot to put Myrcella on the throne? Does she meet with Arys Oakheart again, and how does that go, given he has very complicated feelings about Sansa and what he did to her in his chapter, and she probably does too, given all she went through in King's Landing?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's canonical 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.
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.
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? Or does she take Doran’s approach, and subtly work to take down the Lannisters in the long term?
This fits in with my other “Sansa in Dorne” requests – I just think she’d do very well there! Quentyn is an interesting character, because we don’t see very much of him – only a few chapters before he dies, but what we do see is quite cool! He’s described as earnest and dutiful – two qualities that are like catnip to me, and his political position is quite interesting – having been raised by another the Yronwoods, and maybe feeling more like he fits in with them than with his biological family, and his insecurities about his place and purpose in the world, and reconciling him being Doran’s first choice of successor with the traditional straight primogeniture of Dornish tradition. What does he know of Doran’s plans? Maybe the death of Viserys made Doran change his plans? Maybe Quentyn wasn’t sent to treat with Daenerys, but instead married off to Sansa for influence in the North? How would that go? Would they be awkward with each other at first, and would there be any misconceptions and misunderstandings between them? How does the conflict with Arianne play out with Sansa thrown into the mix? Does Arianne think they are gathering Northern allies to displace her? How does she react? Can Sansa mediate the conflict, or does her presence only inflame it? Do they manage to set aside their differences and join forces against the Lannisters? Or do they instead go North, to reclaim Winterfell in an attempt to convince her that they have no interest in the stewardship of Dorne?
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 do they meet/get together later, after the Red Wedding, when his love for Cersei has cooled and he’s searching for a purpose and an identity? Is this where Jaime takes his last chance for honour, having squandered the previous opportunity? Does Sansa meet Lady Stoneheart, and if so, how does she deal with what her mother has become and the fact that her mother wants to kill her husband? Where does Brienne fit into all of this – presumably she is going to deliver Jaime to Lady Stoneheart in exchange for Podrick’s and Hyle’s lives – how does the presence of Sansa change her actions?
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or after the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s rather harrowing journey?
Or maybe they reach an understanding later, at an eventual reunion, when they’ve both grown and matured and come to terms with who they are and who the other one is. Feel free to follow show canon or make up your own version of the future for the books – the show changed both of their journey sufficiently that different outcomes for either of them are entirely plausible! Perhaps Tyrion becomes Hand of the King to Young Griff instead of Daenerys? Or perhaps he never becomes more than an advisor in the Second Sons? Perhaps Sansa makes her way back to Winterfell and claims her brother’s crown without first giving it to Jon? Perhaps she doesn’t make it out of the Vale, and Tyrion finds here there?
So we haven’t actually seen Willas in the books yet, but what we’ve heard makes me believe that Sansa would have been very happy if the Tyrells had managed to get her out of King’s Landing and wed to him. His gentleness and kindness would be what Sansa needs after her harrowing experiences with Joffrey, and as a bonus, he likes animals and we know he doesn’t hold grudges, since he gets along with Oberyn even after Oberyn caused his jousting accident. Besides, he’s scholarly and clearly has political acumen, since he’s thought clever by no less a person than the Queen of Thorns! Does she have to manage her disappointment that he isn’t a knight and never will be, or has she had enough of knights?
Would they go to Highgarden to rule the Reach and protect it from the Ironborn? Would they live a quiet life, away from the politics of King’s Landing, dealing with the (slightly) smaller-scale politics of the Reach? Or would they be dragged into the game against their wishes? Or do they throw themselves into the game willingly and plot to take down the people who hurt Sansa’s family/raise the position of the Tyrells?
How would Tywin and Cersei react to losing their hostage – would they retaliate against the Tyrells in some way? Would the Tyrells pull out of the alliance with the Lannisters and join forces with the North? Would that change the course of the War? Or would they try to claim Winterfell after the Red Wedding? How would they deal with Margaery’s arrest and trial – would they go to King’s Landing to try to free her, and how would that affect Sansa?
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• Sansa Stark
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
• Sansa Stark/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Gendry Waters
• Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell
• Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
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.
As I said in the above request for ASOIAF, Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered.I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I also love Sansa’s relationship with Lady, and was really sad when it was cut short. I’d love to see a fix-it for that – either one where Lady doesn’t die (she escapes before they can kill her? Arya doesn’t have her confrontation with Joffrey so the events leading up to her death don’t occur?) or she’s brought back somehow. I like the dichotomy and contradiction of this very proper and gentle lady having a massive direwolf whom dhe adores and considers part of her soul. Sansa being a warg like the other Starks seem to be would be fun, but isn’t necessary, she could just have a direwolf pet!
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?
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s reception by Daenerys?
Maybe Sansa travels to Essos after her escape from Ramsay instead of going to Jon? Does having Sansa there in Meereen change things between Daenerys and Sansa? Perhaps they grow to understand each other better?
Or maybe Tyrion and Sansa reach an understanding later, when she’s Lady of Winterfell (or maybe even Queen in the North) and he’s Hand of the Queen, and they’ve both grown and matured. How do they reconcile Tyrion being Hand to Daenerys and Sansa being such a staunch Northern loyalist? Does that make Tyrion have doubts about Daenerys earlier, and how does that change how things play out?
Or maybe he stays in the North, post-canon, and is Hand to Queen Sansa as they rebuild the North after the many wars they have lived through?
Podrick is so dependable and loyal, he would be a great match for Sansa! Maybe Tyrion/Shae and Podrick/Sansa come to an arrangement in King’s Landing? How does that change Sansa’s experience of King’s Landing? Does she still escape at the Purple Wedding, does Podrick come with her, and how does that change Petyr’s plans? Or does she stay in King’s Landing – and how does she fare after Tyrion is jailed? Is she also accused, and how does she get out of it?
Or maybe they meet instead when Podrick is with Brienne? Does Sansa go with them when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things when that means Petyr can’t marry her off to Ramsay and they arrive at Castle Black before Jon’s death? Or does love only grow between them after Brienne and Podrick have saved her from Ramsay and they’ve retaken Winterfell? Or even after the series, when Sansa’s Queen in the North and Podrick’s in the Kingsguard – perhaps he leaves the Seven Kingdoms to join Sansa’s Queensguard instead?
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.
I love the idea of Sansa going to Dorne, where they don’t hurt little girls (except for the part where they uh… apparently do).
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.
Maybe Oberyn marries her to save her from the Lannisters, knowing the abuse she suffers in King’s Landing? Maybe he sees something of Elia in Sansa? Maybe Robb makes a alliance with Dorne in exchange for their support – and the marriage seals an alliance between 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? Perhaps Sansa’s attracted to Ellaria first, and perhaps she’s more confident in her feelings for Ellaria than Oberyn, who’s a man, and one with quite an alarming reputation at that.
How do the Sand Snakes react to her? Do they look down on her due to her lack of weapon skills? Do they worry about her replacing Ellaria? Or do they acknowledge the power of political manipulation and accept Sansa since Ellaria does and Sansa makes it clear she’s not out to replace Ellaria, and understand that political acumen is also a valuable skill to have?
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.
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 and plan their revenge? How does Sansa react to the plot to kill Myrcella? Does she manage to convince Ellaria and the Sand Snakes to spare the innocent, and focus their revenge on those who actually deserve it? Does she convince them to take Doran's long-term approach to revenge? Or do their different ideas about how to best get revenge cause a rift between Sansa and Ellaria that they have to navigate?
So, the Theon/Sansa ship surprised me – I didn’t ship it in the early seasons, but seasons 6-8 convinced me. They’re the only ones who truly know what the other suffered at the hands of Ramsay, and I’d like to see them supporting each other as they reclaim their agency. They’d know to be careful of each other, know the traumas they’ve both suffered, and so don’t need to explain it or hide from the other, and they’ve both seen the other at their lowest point. This ship offers plenty of opportunities to explore themes of loyalty, forgiveness, healing, and moving on.
Perhaps Theon stays with Sansa when they go to Castle Black – how does that change her reunion with Jon? And how does that affect his and Jon’s reunion? Does he still go to save Yara, or does he stay with Sansa in Winterfell?
Or maybe they go somewhere else, together, and escape Westeros and all the conflicts – Braavos, perhaps? How to they make a living? Does Winter spread even to Braavos, and do they keep up with what’s happening in Westeros? Do they feel guilty for abandoning their homeland, or do they feel well rid of the place that brought them only suffering? Are they recognised at all, or do they manage to fade into obscurity? Some slight jiggling of the timelines could even have them there at the same time as Arya – how does that reunion go down under those circumstances?
Or maybe love blossoms when Sansa's retaken Winterfell and Theon’s returned to fight for Winterfell in season 8? Does he feel torn between his oath to Daenerys and his love for Sansa? Or is this a non-issue for him: Sansa held his loyalty first? Perhaps he manages to survive the defence of Bran against the Night King – does he feel he’s atoned sufficiently for what he did, or will he always feel guilty about it? Do the other Starks forgive him completely, or are they still wary of him?
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 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? Or do they arrive when it’s too late, and how do they deal with that, where do they go from there?
Maybe Sansa does go with Brienne when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things when Petyr can’t marry her off to Ramsay 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 it’s 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?
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?
This can work well with the prompt above, where Loras marries Sansa. That would be the best outcome for everyone involved, really (all that would be needed was a love interest for Loras who wouldn’t sell him out to the Faith) – it would give Sansa the romantic love she’s dreamed of, while still ensuring her safety and a good marriage, and give Sansa and Margaery and excuse to be close and spend a lot of time together, since they’d be good-sisters. How would they manage Tommen, Cersei, and the Faith while hiding both Sansa’s and Margaery’s relationship, as well as Loras’ relationship with his squire?
Maybe the Tyrells succeed with their plot to marry Sansa and Willas, except it turns out Loras is not the only one in the family who prefers the company of men? Or maybe they marry earlier, to create an alliance between Renly and Robb? Maybe the Tyrells kill Stannis and take King’s Landing, making Renly the King, rather than ally with the Lannisters after his death, and rescue Sansa? Sansa, Margaery, Renly and Loras would be such a good power quartet!
Alternatively, if you keep Sansa’s canonical marriage to Tyrion, she and Margaery could get together while they’re still in King’s Landing, behind the backs of their husbands and betrothed: Sansa dealing with her unwanted marriage by seeking out Margaery’s company, and Margaery confiding in Sansa, who knows what Joffrey’s like and what it’s like to have to pretend to love him. Margaery is skilled at manipulation, and Sansa learns quickly (even though she thinks she doesn’t), so before too long, they would be the soft power behind the throne in King’s Landing – I’d love to see the pair of them match wits against Cersei! They’d be even more powerful when Margaery marries Tommen, who’s more biddable than Joffrey, and would probably also get on with Sansa. Would he know about Sansa’s and Margaery’s relationship, or would they hide it from him as well as everyone else? How would Margaery manage to save Sansa’s life if she stayed in King’s Landing after the Purple Wedding? Would Sansa and Margaery working together manage to prevent Cersei’s blunder in giving the Faith more power? Or would they have to deal with it, knowing that they are as much at risk as Loras, if their relationship was discovered? How would they deal with his imprisonment, and would they manage to avert Cersei blowing up the Sept? Or would it still happen, and they somehow survive? I felt like the fall-out from that act was a bit glossed over in the show, so feel free to expand on that, in this request or any other!
This would be a fun pairing, when Gendry’s chip on the shoulder meets Sansa’s romanticism (although she becomes quite jaded fairly quickly as well)! I’d imagine that Sansa would be aware of their different status more than Arya was, but after all she’s gone through, a good heart would probably be more important to her than a good title. Maybe he thinks of their status difference as more of an impediment than she does – since we know he is aware of the difference between him and Arya? Maybe he worries about being good enough for her, especially if he knows about her dreams of marrying a prince or a knight. Maybe his lowborn status and gruff manners would be more of an impediment to early Sansa than later Sansa?
Perhaps Sansa escapes King’s Landing with Yoren, either together with Arya, or instead of Arya. How does she cope with life on the road? Does Sansa also free Jaqen H’gar, and, if so, what names does she give him? Does Gendry still decide to stay with the Brotherhood instead of going with Sansa/the Starks, and if so, what happens when he’s sold to Melisandre? Or perhaps Sansa meets Gendry later, when they’re preparing for the onslaught of the White Walkers at Winterfell? Perhaps, if it’s a post-canon fic, the status difference between the Queen in the North and the legitimised Lord of Storm’s End isn’t so great, but that would bring additional complications of their geographical distance and obligations in two different kingdoms.
If you go with this request, I’d prefer no romantic feelings between Arya and Gendry, on either side, but I’m happy to see Arya/Gendry as a background ship in any other request!
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• Peter Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Susan Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Edmund Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Peter Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Susan Pevensie
I'd just like anything that crosses these two worlds – both fairly similar in that they borrow from mediaeval Europe to create a fantasy world, but so very different in tone and content. Use Narnia to fix things for our heroine(s) or throw the Pevensies into Westeros and see how they cope, either way, I just love the thought of the potential of these groups of people with such different experiences and expectations meeting and interacting!
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.
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?
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?
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?
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 and Susan have a lot in common: they’re both noble ladies, used to being coveted for their looks and having their intelligence overlooked. They’re also both good leaders, diplomatic, and practical. Together they would be nigh unstoppable. They also have similar experiences of being wanted not for who they are but for what they represent. Would they bond over Sansa’s experiences in the Vale, King’s Landing, and, if you go with show canon, with Ramsay, and Susan’s experiences in Calormen? Or is the story set before the trip to Calormen, and Susan hasn’t quite experienced the downsides of being a beautiful woman with political connections yet? How does Sansa relate to a more open and unaware Susan, and is that the balm she needs?
Sansa and Edmund 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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• 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 in 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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• Fanny Price/James Norrington
• Fanny Price/Tom Pullings
This request is mainly due to my desire to see better outcomes for Norrington and for Fanny than they got in canon – Norrington deserves someone who can love him back, who will appreciate his good heart and sense of duty. 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 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 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.
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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• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
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.
The Pevensies meet the English AC characters! Perhaps the Pevensies are in the US for some reason (holiday? Moved there after the War? Working for the British arm/equivalent of the SSR?), or perhaps the story’s set in England (I’m sure there are reasons why Peggy and Jarvis might go to England – family reasons? Sent there by the SSR because they blend in? There on their own investigations, posing as a Lady and her butler?). Do they come across the Pevensies in their investigations? Are they perhaps even investigating the Pevensies?
Maybe it’s even set during the War – maybe Jarvis meets the Pevensies after he has rescued Ana and been discharged? Maybe they live nearby and help Jarvis and Ana find their feet after what they’ve been through? Or maybe Stark is interested in recruiting them/they get involved with his wartime activities and meet Jarvis that way?
Maybe Peggy meets them during leave in London? Perhaps Peter is a new recruit who ends up where the Howling Commandoes are (he’d be just old enough to sign up by the last year of the War, if he was born in the early months of the year), or maybe even Edmund (if he lied about his age/the timeline is fuffed a bit)?
There are plenty of opportunities for polite manners hiding unexpected competence and BAMF-itude on both sides. Plus, the understated snarking would be through the roof!
Not all characters in the group need to be present or focused on (especially if it’s during the War, it might be difficult to get everyone together in the same place).
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• Thomas Barrow & Anna Smith
• Thomas Barrow & Gwen Dawson
• Thomas Barrow & Tom Branson
• Thomas Barrow & William Mason
I would really like to see Thomas have more friends and feel more at home at Downton Abbey, like later season Thomas had Baxter and Andy. Given how easily he gave his loyalty to Baxter and Andy, and how ride or die he was for them, it might not take much to wrangle early season Thomas away from O’Brien – probably just acceptance of his sexuality and showing they can be relied on to keep it a secret. Don’t get me wrong – Thomas is a self-serving bastard, and I love that about him, but I also think that part of why he lashes out so much and is his own worst enemy, is his deep-seated insecurity and feeling of being at war with the world. I’d love it if he had better friends who could curb his worst impulses rather than encourage them, and who’d encourage him to turn his scheming and manipulation for good.
If you want to give Thomas a love interest, that is completely fine with me. I mainly want to see him having friends, but love interests are good also. It could be William or Branson – this is one instance I’m perfectly happy to see a gen relationship turned shippy, or it could be an OC, or it could be Chris Webster, Richard Ellis or Guy Dexter arriving on the scene early, but please, no Jimmy. Feel free to have Thomas pining for Jimmy, but I don’t want it requited, and I also don’t want Thomas kissing an unwitting Jimmy – I don’t really mind how you deal with it: change the circumstances so the possibility never arises, have his friends talk him out of it, keep everything the same but just pretend it never happened, or some other way are all fine with me.
Historical accuracy very optional - as long as there's a general sense of the early 20th century, I'll be happy (of course, I won't say no if you do want to painstakingly research what daily life below stairs would be like, but that part is definitely not required)!
Maybe William finds out and accepts Thomas’ sexuality early on in his career at Downton, and maybe that means Thomas actually acts as a mentor to him in his early days at Downton Abbey? Thomas would probably still be a bit exasperated with William’s general naïveté, and would be a very prickly friend, but William’s good-natured enough he could probably let it flow off him, as long as he knew Thomas didn’t mean it, really.
Maybe William helps cover for him, and make it look like Thomas is interested in women, and maybe Thomas helps him woo Daisy? Maybe they shield each other from Carson’s wrath?
Or maybe William survives the war, and they bond over the horrors they have both experienced, and difficulties returning to normal life? Maybe the War has made William more jaded, and more able to understand Thomas’ bitterness?
Both ambitious people who want to improve their situation – Gwen by leaving service, and Thomas by rising to the top of the service career ladder. Maybe they help each other, and cover for each other – Thomas when Gwen goes to interview, and Gwen if he wants to sneak out to meet a special someone? Maybe seeing Gwen’s success makes him realise there is a world outside service, and she helps him find a job, particularly after the war when he’s desperate and Downton Abbey aren’t willing to have him back? Maybe Gwen is a lesbian or female-leaning bisexual, and they act as each other’s beards?
Thomas resents the wealth the Crawleys have, and think they’re no better than him – and he’s absolutely right! Maybe Branson manages to turn Thomas’ resentment into political activity, and they have their own little Socialists Charter at Downton? Maybe they recruit Daisy, who shows some interest for workers’ rights? How does he react when Branson marries Sybil and becomes a member of the Upstairs? Does Branson let him know what he and Sybil are planning, or does he keep it a secret? How betrayed does he feel, and do they manage to overcome it?
Or maybe they become friends through Sybil during the war, and Thomas helps them cover up their relationship? Or you could combine this with the request above regarding Gwen, and have a foursome of Gwen, Thomas, Branson and Sybil all trying to get Gwen a better job?
Anna has a sneaky side, as evidenced when she made Thomas and O’Brien think she’d hidden the stolen snuff box in one of their rooms – she’s cunning enough to keep up with Thomas, but also has a good heart and strong morals, so she’d be slightly more able to keep him on the straight and narrow.
How does Thomas and Anna being friends change his relationship with Bates? How does Anna react when the two men she cares about are fighting over the same job? Or does her friendship with Thomas mean she never grows close to Bates? Maybe she even finds out he’s gay and acts as his beard – how does that influence her courtship with Bates?
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• Maggie Collins
• Jim Sterling
• Todd McSweeten
• Todd McSweeten/Parker
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty between the characters, the character growth, the in-jokes/catchphrases (“let’s go steal a …”, “it’s a very distinctive …”, “age of the geek, baby”, and more), the general optimism and light-heartedness even as they’re dealing with some complex and terrible people. This canon lends itself especially well to case-fic, and I’d love to read about some kind of heist or con, but if you want to go in a more slice of life or friendship/romantic direction, that would also make me happy.
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!
Redemption spoilers: I’d also love to see her with the new team, meeting Harry and Breanna, supporting Sophie after Nate’s death. Maybe she’s even on one of the teams that make up Leverage International?
What if it was Sterling in Nate’s place as the Leverage team Mastermind? How different would things be? What if Sterling was the one who lost a child (Olivia? An OC?) and blames IYS? Or maybe he has some other reason for wanting to double cross his employers? 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 (not that Nate’s is entirely straight). Would the team be more prone to go for vengeance on their marks rather than justice for the victims? Or would their goals be the same, just their methods different? Sneakier?
And where is Nate in this? Is he the IYS agent chasing them? Or perhaps they lead Leverage together, like they worked together for IYS? How would their dynamic be as co-criminal masterminds? Would they still have the push and pull that they had in canon, or would they be more egalitarian?
Another thing that might be fun is a fic set pre-series of Sterling chasing members of the Leverage team? Or him and Nate working together at IYS? We saw a glimpse of how they might have worked together in the Zanzibar Marketplace Job, and it might be fun to explore that further. What did they talk about on the rooftop when they were best friends?
Or, for a canon-compliant fic, I love the way Sterling and the team occasionally team up against a bigger threat, but there’s a deep personal dislike there based on their history and always a sense that he will double cross the team at the first opportunity so they can’t trust him. Does there ever come a point where he doesn’t double cross them? Do they reach the point where the antagonism between them is mostly toothless and they mostly get on, or does he remain a slimy bastard?
Redemption spoilers: How does Sterling feel about Nate’s death? Does he ever run across Leverage International and feel like it has Parker, Eliot and Hardison’s finger prints all over it, even if they’re nowhere to be seen (and then it turns out that they are involved)? Or does he come across the new team, and how quickly do they learn to hate him as much as the original team members do?
McSweeten is such a sweetheart! I love his optimism, his faith in people, his kindness! I would love to spend more time with him – as an FBI agent, as a son, as a person. I’d also love more interactions between him and the team. Does the team run across the FBI on another job and have to slip into pretending to be Hagen and Thomas again? Does he ask for their help on another case in the guises they adopted for the D.B. Cooper job? Does he find out who they actually are, and how does he react to that? Does he become someone like Bonnano, a law enforcement officer they can trust to look the other way as long as they’re doing good, and what does it take to get him to that point? Do McSweeten and Bonnano ever work together? Or McSweeten and Sterling? Maybe that’s how he finds out? Or does the team have to tell him for some reason? Or does he find out on his own during an investigation?
I also really like how gone he is on Parker as Hagen and how he sweet is about trying to woo her, even when she’s oblivious. I’d love to see something that brings them together – her being on the other side of the law might be even more of a problem in this case than in the gen version of this request, since it’s more personal when it’s someone he’s romantically interested in or involved with. How do they bridge that difference? Does he end up as an associate member of Leverage International, or even an actual member? Or does he stick with the FBI, and they have to navigate the conflict of interest between his career and hers? Or does he act as their inside man in the FBI?
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• Fanny Price
• Fanny Price & William Price
Fanny is probably Austen’s most divisive heroines, but I love her! I like that she’s quiet, and unassuming, and self-sacrificing to a flaw, but she still won’t budge when everyone around her is trying to persuade her into something she thinks is wrong. I like that inner strength she has, that allows her to endure both Mansfield and Portsmouth.
I’d really like a story that highlights those qualities – and I’d also really like her to be happy and valued. Maybe post-canon, and Edmund learns to not put how own wants above her needs? Or maybe a canon divergence, in which Henry actually goes to Everingham and not to London, and reforms enough to be the kind of husband she deserves? Or maybe she doesn’t get married at all? Maybe she becomes an author and writes improving tracts for young ladies? Or maybe she becomes the companion to another rich lady, one who values her and enjoys her company, and doesn’t see her as a general dogsbody? Maybe they even fall in love? Or maybe you have another idea in mind for what happens to her – I’m open to anything, as long as she’s happy! Feel free to make this a crossover with any other canon – I’m happy see her shipped with any “good” character, male or female (defined as character the Austen narrative sympathises with, i.e. no Willoughbys or Elizabeth Elliots, but Darcys or Mariannes are welcome!), or for you to create your own OCs to pair her with.
I love their strong friendship and how much they obviously care for each other! I love that they write to each other, despite how far away they are from each other, and that he gave her a cross. And how obviously she delights in his success, and how he worries about her health. William is the one truly good man in Mansfield Park.
Maybe something about them as children – they’re the eldest, and used to looking after their younger siblings. How does he cope when Fanny goes to Mansfield? How does the death of Mary affect the family and Fanny’s and William’s relationship – she’s away at Mansfield when that happens, does he wish for her there with her family? Is he ever jealous of her good fortune, or is he just happy for her?
Or during the canon era? Does he see what a bad environment Mansfield is for her more clearly, since he’s not so close to it? How does he feel about the woman Fanny has grown into, and about her two suitors? How does he feel about Admiral Crawford and his own promotion after Henry’s actions and his linkage to Admiral Crawford who is not a virtuous man and isn’t well looked-upon by society – does that matter to his future career developments, or is Crawford better respected as a navy man than in society?
Or post-canon? How does he progress in the navy, and how does he feel about Fanny and Edmund being married? How often do they see each other?
Or maybe a canon divergence? Maybe William and Fanny were both sent to Mansfield? How would that change things, if she wasn’t so lonely growing up? Would she still be as close to Edmund, or would the presence of William mean she didn’t need to turn to him for guidance and support? How would William get on with Edmund? How would he get on with Tom, Maria, and Julia?
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• Cliff Barry
• Cliff Barry & Johnny & Lee
• Dai Donovan
• Dai & Hefina Headon & Sian James
• Mark Ashton & Dai Donovan
• Joe “Bromley” Cooper & Steph Chambers
• Sian James
• Joe “Bromley” Cooper & Sian James
I love this film! The warmth between the characters, the two separate communities coming together, the friendships, the support they give each other – it’s all so very heart-warming and hopeful! Of course, there are plenty of complications, too, if you want something to sink your teeth in, I’d love something dealing with the complexities and problems of the world we live in and the difficult issues these characters face. Feel free to include difficult themes like poverty, politics, homophobia, and HIV/AIDS that mark the lives of these characters, but don't feel you have to - you can also focus on the happy moments of their lives, the friendships, love and laughter that they share.
I really don’t mind if the story’s set pre-, during or post canon, I’d just love anything that explores the relationships between these wonderful characters! Feel free to include any other non-nominated characters if you want to – I love all of them!
I love Cliff, the soft-spoken, poetry-loving working class intellectual, and I’d love to read more about him and his place in Dulais as a retired miner and gay man, and how he reconciles those two different aspects of himself. Maybe he finds his people in the Gay Poetry and Literature Society? Bonding with Gethin about their love for the written word, and with Jonathan over their love for the spoken word? Going to plays put on by Out Loud?
How is his relationship with Maureen and his nephews? How was his relationship with his brother, and how did things change when his brother died? What support could he give them when the boys were young, and did Maureen’s pride allow her to accept it, or were there tensions there? Does he come out, and does that change things? At least Johnny came around to accepting LGSM, but does that stretch to Cliff – when it’s not just some abstract gay people in London, but his uncle? Does Lee ever come around?
I really like Dai, how down-to-earth he is, how caring and open, how he rolls with things, and how his quiet demeanour hides an iron core. How did he and Margaret meet? How did he get involved with union politics? Had he been involved for a long time, or did he become more active during the strike? What happens after the strike? Does he find another job when the pit closes? Does he stay involved with politics, or does he fade into the background after the strike?
I loved the friendship these two had, how they both pushed each other onto the stage when they weren’t 100% comfortable in the circumstances, but how they overcame and grew stronger together. The symbol of the clasped hands was a lovely touch, and how Mark and Dai embodied these communities coming together. And they were also wonderful foils for each other – Mark, the firebrand, always looking for a cause, and Dai, the quieter and more pragmatic one who got pushed into activism by circumstances. I’d love something that explores their different approaches to the fight, Dai sharing wisdom from his longer life experience, and Mark sharing wisdom from his longer activism experience. I loved how they were so different, but united.
Their friendship was such a good friendship! Outspoken Steph helping Joe to come out of his shell! Joe unconditionally supporting Steph as she was and not wanting her to change! I’d love to read about Joe and Steph working out how to live together and be young and gay in 1980s London? Does he try to reconcile with his family, or is he done with that? How does Steph deal with all that? Do they ever have to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend for safety?
Or maybe something about them and the rest of LGSM? What does LGSM do after the strike? Do they stay together, or do they drift apart? I’m especially interested in the parallels and differences between Joe and Steph on one side and Jonathan and Gethin on the other, with the different generations of gay people interacting? How different is it? What challenges did Jonathan and Gethin face that Joe and Steph don’t, and what challenges do Joe and Steph face that Jonathan and Gethin didn’t?
I love how quickly Sian and Joe take to each other, how she’s there for him and supports him when he’s struggling, and how she’s not afraid of telling his family what a treasure they’re wasting. I really liked the scene when she drives him back to London and he falls asleep, and he looks so young and she looks so fond of him - maybe she has some maternal feelings for him, even though she’s not that much older than he is.
It would also be interesting to see Mark and Joe interact – they’re both quite quiet and reserved, which might make it awkward and tense to start off with, even though we know they become great friends by the end of the film.
I love how strong and caring Sian is, and how she finds her courage and her strength during the mining crisis, how she stands up for what she believes is right, and how she gets down and does what needs to be done. Maybe something about her at university studying Welsh language? Is it a culture shock? How does she get on with the other students? Does she feel alienated as a mature student with rather different life experiences and expectations compared to the other students, or does she find a group of people to fit in with (the 80s was just after the great university expansion and before the introduction of tuition fees, so there would probably be a fair few other students with working-class backgrounds there – maybe she finds her people among them, even if they might be a bit younger than her, or with the other mature students)? Does she struggle balancing her education and her family, and how do they adjust to the change of having a breadwinner and a homemaker to two breadwinners? And how does she get started in politics? Maybe something about her first campaign to become MP? Or her early days in Westminster?
Another thing I’d love to get is a work about a story about Dai, Hefina, and Sian, bonding over being official and unofficial leaders of a community that is so dependent on the doomed mine. How do they carry on, after the strike? There must be very complicated emotions going back to work after so long, especially knowing that they’ve been defeated and it’s only a matter of time until the mine closes. How do they keep the community going? How do they keep up the ties between LGSM and Dulais?
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• Finn & the Clones
• Finn & Mace
• Finn & any Clone Wars Jedi
• Rey & Mace
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Rey
• Rey & any Clone Wars Jedi
• Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan
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!
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?
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?
Does Obi-Wan teach Rey the skills of a Jedi, even though she's far too old, because she's already learned some of it? Does Rey know things that Luke discovered on Ach-To that the Jedi have forgotten? How has the Jedi philosophy changed between the prequels and sequels era, and how do the characters relate to that (no bashing of the Jedi philosophy of either era, please! Discussions where both sides have valid points are fine, but I'd prefer if you avoided one side being Clearly Right and the other being Obviously Wrong)? How much has Luke told Rey about “Ben”, and how do her expectations match up with the reality of Obi-Wan?
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?
Or I’d also love to see Finn and/or Rey interact with any other Jedi seen in the Clone Wars cartoon! There are so many good ones! How would they get on with Luminara’s gentle reserve, or Plo Koon’s paternal warmth, or Kit Fisto’s easy-going charm, or Yoda’s cryptic wisdom and mischievousness, or Ki-Adi Mundi’s questioning grandfatherliness that hides a warm sense of humour, or Eeth Koth’s loyalty, or Aayla Secura’s solid pragmaticism, or Jocasta Nu’s steady calm, or Terra Sinube’s patience and understated wisdom, or anyone else you can think of, really! I love all of the Jedi and just want to see more of them!
Or how do they get on with the Padawans of the Order? Barriss Offee, who is so clever and compassionate, but who struggles with darkness and loses faith in the Jedi? Do they manage to reinstate it and avoid her fall by telling her what befalls the galaxy once the Jedi are gone? Do they manage to convince her that the Jedi are not to blame for the war, and that she and the galaxy are being manipulated?
Or do they interact with the Initiates – do they join Katooni, Petro, Gungi, Zatt, Ganodi and Byph on their trip to Ilum, and how do they feel about that, knowing that Ilum will be first mined for kyber for the Death Stars, and then converted into Starkiller Base? How does their knowledge and training in the Force differ from what the Initiates have been through? We know that the Jedi Order places a high regard on teaching, do they teach the younglings at all, or do they learn from them?
Or, you could take it in a darker direction, and put them with Pong Krell, or another Jedi who falls, and let them see the toll the war takes on the Jedi even before the Purge?
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• Cal
• Cal & Prauf
• 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. I’d love to see more quirky worlds of the Star Wars Universe! 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 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 is great! I love his slightly self-deprecating humour, his strength, his perseverance, his compassion and his sense of adventure. I like that he’s always willing to extend his hand, how quick he is to forgive and move on, but that he also stands his ground when needed. I love his relationship with BD-1, but I didn’t have any prompts for stories centred around that relationship, so that’s why I haven’t requested that tag. However, if you want to bake that into the story, do feel free – I’d be delighted!
Maybe something about Cal and the clone troopers, learning to fit in on the Albedo Brave? Or about him and Master Tapal? How did Master Tapal choose Cal? What challenges did they face early in the relationship – was there and adjustment period or did they find a way or working together easily?
Or something about Cal learning to deal with his psychometry – as an initiate, as a padawan, or after the Purge?
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?
Or what if the Mantis hadn’t showed up? What if Cal and Prauf had ended up going on the run from the Empire together? What would they have done? Where would they have gone? Nar Shadda, like Cal planned to, or somewhere else? How would they have survived and who would they have met on their travels? Would they have laid low, finding low-level work where they could get it, or would they have found the Rebellion or the Partisans somehow, and joined them? How would they have fit in in either group? Would Cal keep his Jedi identity secret, or would he let people know? What would Prauf bring to the table? How would they be welcomed?
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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• Eddie
• Eddie & Dustin
• Eddie & Will
• Eddie & El
• Eddie/Steve
• Steve & Robin
• Steve & the party
• Steve & Max
• Jonathan & El
• El & the other lab subjects
I love the plucky heroes going up against unspeakable horrors, how close they become through it, their friendships and loyalty, and how they lean on each other! I also like the way each group tends to have part of the story, and it’s only when they all come together at the end that they can truly solve the plot. This is one canon that really lends itself to outsider PoV and characters doing their best with limited knowledge! I also like how they deal with both mundane and supernatural problems, and striking the balance between them, and I’m very fond of the snarky banter between the characters – and also the occasional arguments and fights, how they don’t always see eye to eye, but they put their differences aside when it really matters. I tend to be fonder of the kids and teens (or, I suppose, at this point, teens and older teens) than the adults, which is reflected in my requested characters and relationships. Even though I only prompt for Eddie/Steve, I’m happy for any and all relationships to be included in any request, except Billy/Steve and Mike/Will – including between the older teens and younger teens if the story is set when they’re in their twenties so the age difference matters less!
Eddie! Just one season and he really captured my heart! I love his generosity, his devil-may-care attitude that hides a heart of gold, and his courage and bravery when it matters! His death was heart-breaking, and I’d love to see it fixed, somehow. What does he do next? Is his name cleared, and how does he go back to facing the town that went on a man hunt after him, or is he still on the run, and how does he cope with that? Or maybe he time travels at the time of his death and ends up in the past, with knowledge about what’s in Hawkins and what the others are dealing with, and joins them earlier?
I’d also love something dealing with his and Dustin’s friendship, which was incredibly touching, and both actors really sold me on it! I’d love to see them bonding over D&D, and him introducing Dustin to metal music. Or possibly something about how he takes the younger boys under his wings, giving them a place to fit in within Hawkins High School.
I also ship Eddie/Steve - they’re very different people, and there are some prejudices and misconceptions on both sides, but they’re both very good people, they have Dustin in common, and they have the Upside Down in common, and I liked how frank they were with each other and Eddie’s almost flirty vibe when he interacted with Steve.
And it’s such a shame Eddie and Will never got to meet in canon! I’d love to see Eddie take Will under his wings, and mentor him in D&D, music, and, if you headcanon Eddie as gay or bi, maybe also a queer mentor! How would his relationship with Will be different from the others in the party, given Will is a bit shyer and has a different connection to the Upside Down? Does Eddie’s introduction to the world of the Upside Down go down differently if Will is still in Hawkins?
Steve and Robin’s friendship is so good! I love how supportive Steve is of her, and how she teases him and their banter. I love how they lighten up around each other, and how they go from reluctant co-workers to platonically joined at the hip! I’d love something about Robin’s thoughts on Steve before they got to know each other properly, and how he’s different from what she expected, or them working together at Family Video, discussing movies and teasing each other for their different tastes, or just hanging out. Or something about the future, moving out and settling down together in a platonic life partnership (which may or may not include romantic partners), or even fake dating!
I also love Steve the babysitter, and I’d love to see more of that – protecting the kids from danger, making sure he’s always the last out, driving them around, supporting them through their various life crises and generally being a good brother to them!
I’d particularly love to see more of Steve and Max. Does he step into the role as a surrogate big brother to her after Billy’s death, and how does she feel about that? Does she have mixed feelings about Steve being a better brother than her actual (step-)brother? How does Steve get on with her mother? How does he react to her shutting everyone out? What do they do after S4? How does she get through her recovery and how does he help her?
I am very sad that they never let Eddie and Eleven meet – after mentioning twice to him that she has superpowers, I’d really like to see his reactions to said superpowers! Maybe she saves him, in the Upside Down? How does he react to everything the Hawkins lab did to her? Does he give her advice for how to cover up her tattoo if she wants to? He shares some outward similarities with Kali, with his rebellious attitude, does she feel drawn to him for that reason, or maybe she’s wary of him, for that reason, given her slightly complicated relationship with Kali and her choices?
Another relationship I’d really like to see, and was a bit disappointed they didn’t develop in the show given they had such a good set-up for it, is Jonathan and Eleven! Jonathan is such a good big brother to Will, I’d love to see him take on the role for Eleven, and to see them grow into a sibling relationship, from being fairly distant. I’d love to see Jonathan grow from being grateful to her for saving Will to caring about her for her own sake, and see her figuring out where she stands with him, since she has good relations with Will and Joyce, but doesn’t know him so well.
I’m also really interested in the relationship between Eleven and the other subjects at Hawkins – I refuse to believe that the only interactions she had with them was Two and his friends bullying her! Who were her friends, what kind of games did they play, how did they spend their time when they weren’t training? Were they all introverted loners, or was there a max of personalities, and did that ever lead to a clash between subjects with personalities? Did they ever help each other with harnessing their powers? Did they use their powers for play, and was that encouraged or discouraged? Did they ever get in trouble with mischief, or were they too afraid of Brenner and the collar to do so deliberately? Did they get in trouble accidentally, and how, or were they too tightly controlled for that?
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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! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but I also like short and sweet things, so if you want to write/make 10 1k-or-equivalent things, that would be a delight – or anything in between!
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 prompts 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 quite a lot of repetition between the sections, if things apply to several sections, 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
Thoughts on mediums
A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Crossover Fandom, A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones and Narnia
Crossover Fandom, Mansfield Park and Master and Commander 2003/Pirates of the Caribbean
Crossover Fandom, Narnia and Agent Carter
Crossover Fandom, Stargate Atlantis and Doctor Who
Downton Abbey
Leverage
Mansfield Park
Pride
Star Wars – All Media Types
Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Stranger Things
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
Comics/art likes
• black and white, pastels, soft, muted colours and 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
• landscapes
• clothing, jewellery and hairstyles
• declarations of loyalty (such as illustrations of people getting engaged/married, being knighted or crowned, for instance)
• quiet, domestic scenes (hugs and cuddles, 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 (also known as epic or trailer music)
• 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), visible genitals in art
• 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. This DNW does not apply to GoT/ASOIAF)
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" 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 based on or influenced by assumptions, misunderstandings etc. as well as long-standing relationships going sour 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, Mandalorian Clones, Mando’a
• Fandom-specific DNWs for Downton Abbey: requited Thomas/Jimmy, non-consensual kissing between Thomas and Jimmy
Fandom-specific DNW for Stranger Things: Steve/Billy, requited Will/Mike (Will's crush on Mike is fine)
Thoughts on mediums
Medium Opt-Ins
• Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
• Any - Creator's Choice: 3+ Diff In-Universe Mediums/Work That Fit The Canon Setting
• Art - Adaptation Concept Art
• Art - Book Cover
• Art - Drawn - Comics
• Art - Drawn - Fanart
• Art - Fanart Cover/Illustration of Recipient's Fic
• Art - Fancomic of Recipient's Fic
• Art - Remix - Art Remix of my Fic
• Audio - Audio not!Fic
• Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
• Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
• Unique Rules - Map: City or Country or World
• Unique Rules - Map: Drawn or CC-Licensed Map + Annotations Or Map Related Notes
• Video - Fake Trailer
• Video - Fanvid
• Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
• Writing - Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Gifts In This Fandom (W/ Permission!)
• Writing - Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Works In This Fandom
• Writing - Remix - Fic Remix of my Fic
If you want some thoughts about how the non-standard fic mediums might apply, I have some below, but if your vision of what you want to create is different to the ideas here, go with yours! I had thoughts on mediums for each individual fandom, but the letter got too long for DW to post, and as there was a fair amount of repetition between the sections, I decided to just put them here at the start.
For in-universe documentation, there are many ideas in the tagset, but don’t feel limited by that – any kind of in-universe work will make me very happy! Rather than selecting all the possible in-universe documentation in the tagset individually, I’m opting into the catch-all and letting you go where your imagination takes you! Treatises, academic documents, news reports, contracts, court proceedings, letters, excerpts from journals or sketchbooks, maps, schematics or technical drawings, floor plans, posters, reddit threads (for more modern canons), conspiracy boards, coats of arms, templates – anything you can think of that would be preserved or documented, I’m into it!
For art and vids, I have the general likes, but if you want fandom-specific prompts, please feel free to reach out to me! I had them in the first draft of this letter and saved them, so it will take me no time to dig them out for you (that goes for any of the mediums, but there was more overlap between the sections for the other mediums, so I’m mentioning it specifically for art and vids, and also worldbuilding further down).
I really like the rambling style of not!fics, how they combine sweeping outlines of stories with more detailed deep-dives into certain aspects of it and dialogue snippets interspersed with world-building and plot beats. I don’t have any particular prompts for that, but hopefully my general prompts can also serve to inspire a not!fic (aural or written).
For interactive fiction, I’m fine with several ships in one fic, and with bittersweet endings. Like with not!fics, hopefully my general prompts can also serve to inspire interactive fiction.
For worldbuilding headcanons, again, I had lots of fandom-specific prompts that I had to cut out due to Dreamwidth length limits, so feel free to reach out to me if you struggle for ideas – otherwise I’m happy for any part of canon to be developed on and explored, so pick something that interests you and worldbuild how you think it would work or what its implications would be for the characters!
I am also incredibly here for recursive works, remixes or covers/illustrations of any of my works or gifts! I tend to request similar things over several exchanges, so there’s quite a few gifts that match my prompts here (there’s a couple of fandoms where this isn’t possible yet, but I’ve tried to remember to leave these tags off of them, but might have missed one or two, in which case I apologise), and I have also sometimes written the things I request, so feel free to find something that I’ve written or received and give me your take on it!
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A Song of Ice and Fire
Characters/Ships
• Sansa Stark
• Arianne Martell/Sansa Stark
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Quentyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Willas Tyrell
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
General thoughts
I’m a multishipper, and I’m happy with any of the ships I’ve given prompts for here, or any of the ships down in the GoT section, or most other ships, so if you ship something else, then go for it! I’m less fond of Sansa/Petyr as a romantic ship (him being creepy and assaulting her is fine) and non-canonical incest, however.
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 (except where noted).
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 Stark
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Aegon, 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.
Arianne/Sansa
I love the idea of Sansa in Dorne, claiming her agency and making allies! Perhaps she manages to escape King’s Landing and makes her way to Dorne, since the Lannisters will be expecting her to go North? Perhaps Robb makes and alliance with Dorne, for the two countries’ respective independence, and Sansa goes to Dorne to seal the alliance as a companion to Arianne? Maybe she’s one of Arianne’s advisors?
Arianne is very impetuous and headstrong, how does she get on with the much more reserved Sansa? Do they conflict at first, before they learn to appreciate each other? Or does she bring out Sansa’s headstrong and imperious side, hidden away during her traumatic time in King’s Landing?
How can Sansa help Arianne’s political ambitions? Does she join in the plan to crown Myrcella and free the Sand Snakes? Or does she argue for a more cautious approach, and if so, how does Arianne take it? Does she manage to bring about an earlier reconciliation between Arianne and Doran?
Doran/Sansa
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 have mastered the trick of appearing more harmless than they are. 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? Or does Winterfell/the Crown in the North go to one of her younger siblings, while Sansa builds her own a power base in Done? Does she get involved with the Dornish plots to restore the Targaryen dynasty through Daenerys and/or Aegon (whether he’s a Blackfyre or Doran’s legitimate nephew is up to you)?
Dorne is a complicated place – how does Sansa navigate the Dornish court? Does she bring about reconciliation between Arianne and her father? Or does Arianne take against her, this stepmother who’s younger than she is? How does she get on with the Sand Snakes? How does she deal with their plot to put Myrcella on the throne? Does she meet with Arys Oakheart again, and how does that go, given he has very complicated feelings about Sansa and what he did to her in his chapter, and she probably does too, given all she went through in King's Landing?
I don’t mind how you deal with Doran's canonical 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.
Oberyn/Ellaria/Sansa, Oberyn/Sansa, Ellaria/Sansa
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.
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? Or does she take Doran’s approach, and subtly work to take down the Lannisters in the long term?
Quentyn/Sansa
This fits in with my other “Sansa in Dorne” requests – I just think she’d do very well there! Quentyn is an interesting character, because we don’t see very much of him – only a few chapters before he dies, but what we do see is quite cool! He’s described as earnest and dutiful – two qualities that are like catnip to me, and his political position is quite interesting – having been raised by another the Yronwoods, and maybe feeling more like he fits in with them than with his biological family, and his insecurities about his place and purpose in the world, and reconciling him being Doran’s first choice of successor with the traditional straight primogeniture of Dornish tradition. What does he know of Doran’s plans? Maybe the death of Viserys made Doran change his plans? Maybe Quentyn wasn’t sent to treat with Daenerys, but instead married off to Sansa for influence in the North? How would that go? Would they be awkward with each other at first, and would there be any misconceptions and misunderstandings between them? How does the conflict with Arianne play out with Sansa thrown into the mix? Does Arianne think they are gathering Northern allies to displace her? How does she react? Can Sansa mediate the conflict, or does her presence only inflame it? Do they manage to set aside their differences and join forces against the Lannisters? Or do they instead go North, to reclaim Winterfell in an attempt to convince her that they have no interest in the stewardship of Dorne?
Jaime/Sansa
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 do they meet/get together later, after the Red Wedding, when his love for Cersei has cooled and he’s searching for a purpose and an identity? Is this where Jaime takes his last chance for honour, having squandered the previous opportunity? Does Sansa meet Lady Stoneheart, and if so, how does she deal with what her mother has become and the fact that her mother wants to kill her husband? Where does Brienne fit into all of this – presumably she is going to deliver Jaime to Lady Stoneheart in exchange for Podrick’s and Hyle’s lives – how does the presence of Sansa change her actions?
Tyrion/Sansa
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or after the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s rather harrowing journey?
Or maybe they reach an understanding later, at an eventual reunion, when they’ve both grown and matured and come to terms with who they are and who the other one is. Feel free to follow show canon or make up your own version of the future for the books – the show changed both of their journey sufficiently that different outcomes for either of them are entirely plausible! Perhaps Tyrion becomes Hand of the King to Young Griff instead of Daenerys? Or perhaps he never becomes more than an advisor in the Second Sons? Perhaps Sansa makes her way back to Winterfell and claims her brother’s crown without first giving it to Jon? Perhaps she doesn’t make it out of the Vale, and Tyrion finds here there?
Willas/Sansa
So we haven’t actually seen Willas in the books yet, but what we’ve heard makes me believe that Sansa would have been very happy if the Tyrells had managed to get her out of King’s Landing and wed to him. His gentleness and kindness would be what Sansa needs after her harrowing experiences with Joffrey, and as a bonus, he likes animals and we know he doesn’t hold grudges, since he gets along with Oberyn even after Oberyn caused his jousting accident. Besides, he’s scholarly and clearly has political acumen, since he’s thought clever by no less a person than the Queen of Thorns! Does she have to manage her disappointment that he isn’t a knight and never will be, or has she had enough of knights?
Would they go to Highgarden to rule the Reach and protect it from the Ironborn? Would they live a quiet life, away from the politics of King’s Landing, dealing with the (slightly) smaller-scale politics of the Reach? Or would they be dragged into the game against their wishes? Or do they throw themselves into the game willingly and plot to take down the people who hurt Sansa’s family/raise the position of the Tyrells?
How would Tywin and Cersei react to losing their hostage – would they retaliate against the Tyrells in some way? Would the Tyrells pull out of the alliance with the Lannisters and join forces with the North? Would that change the course of the War? Or would they try to claim Winterfell after the Red Wedding? How would they deal with Margaery’s arrest and trial – would they go to King’s Landing to try to free her, and how would that affect Sansa?
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Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships
• Sansa Stark
• Doran Martell/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Oberyn Martell/Sansa Stark
• Ellaria Sand/Sansa Stark
• Podrick Payne/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark & Loras Tyrell
• Jaime Lannister/Sansa Stark
• Sansa Stark/Daenerys Targaryen
• Sansa Stark/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Gendry Waters
• Sansa Stark/Margaery Tyrell
• Theon Greyjoy/Sansa Stark
• Tyrion Lannister/Sansa Stark
General thoughts
I’m really not fussed about book or show canon – if I want something for one canon, I’ll be equally happy to see it using the other canon.
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 Stark, Sansa & Lady
As I said in the above request for ASOIAF, Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered.I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I also love Sansa’s relationship with Lady, and was really sad when it was cut short. I’d love to see a fix-it for that – either one where Lady doesn’t die (she escapes before they can kill her? Arya doesn’t have her confrontation with Joffrey so the events leading up to her death don’t occur?) or she’s brought back somehow. I like the dichotomy and contradiction of this very proper and gentle lady having a massive direwolf whom dhe adores and considers part of her soul. Sansa being a warg like the other Starks seem to be would be fun, but isn’t necessary, she could just have a direwolf pet!
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/Tyrion
I like that they’re both very clever and know how to play the game despite their relative lack of physical prowess, and I like how they are both kind, honourable people who will use their kindness and honour for their own ends.
Perhaps they were better friends before their marriage, thus setting better conditions for love to grow out of it? Maybe they work together to become the power couple of King’s Landing? Maybe Tyrion and Sansa escape together after the Purple Wedding or the trial? Is Sansa put on trial alongside Tyrion? Which escape do they follow – to the Vale or to Essos? How does Petyr react when Sansa won’t leave Tyrion behind? How does Sansa’s presence change Tyrion’s reception by Daenerys?
Maybe Sansa travels to Essos after her escape from Ramsay instead of going to Jon? Does having Sansa there in Meereen change things between Daenerys and Sansa? Perhaps they grow to understand each other better?
Or maybe Tyrion and Sansa reach an understanding later, when she’s Lady of Winterfell (or maybe even Queen in the North) and he’s Hand of the Queen, and they’ve both grown and matured. How do they reconcile Tyrion being Hand to Daenerys and Sansa being such a staunch Northern loyalist? Does that make Tyrion have doubts about Daenerys earlier, and how does that change how things play out?
Or maybe he stays in the North, post-canon, and is Hand to Queen Sansa as they rebuild the North after the many wars they have lived through?
Sansa/Podrick
Podrick is so dependable and loyal, he would be a great match for Sansa! Maybe Tyrion/Shae and Podrick/Sansa come to an arrangement in King’s Landing? How does that change Sansa’s experience of King’s Landing? Does she still escape at the Purple Wedding, does Podrick come with her, and how does that change Petyr’s plans? Or does she stay in King’s Landing – and how does she fare after Tyrion is jailed? Is she also accused, and how does she get out of it?
Or maybe they meet instead when Podrick is with Brienne? Does Sansa go with them when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things when that means Petyr can’t marry her off to Ramsay and they arrive at Castle Black before Jon’s death? Or does love only grow between them after Brienne and Podrick have saved her from Ramsay and they’ve retaken Winterfell? Or even after the series, when Sansa’s Queen in the North and Podrick’s in the Kingsguard – perhaps he leaves the Seven Kingdoms to join Sansa’s Queensguard instead?
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, Sansa/Oberyn, Sansa/Ellaria
I love the idea of Sansa going to Dorne, where they don’t hurt little girls (except for the part where they uh… apparently do).
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.
Maybe Oberyn marries her to save her from the Lannisters, knowing the abuse she suffers in King’s Landing? Maybe he sees something of Elia in Sansa? Maybe Robb makes a alliance with Dorne in exchange for their support – and the marriage seals an alliance between 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? Perhaps Sansa’s attracted to Ellaria first, and perhaps she’s more confident in her feelings for Ellaria than Oberyn, who’s a man, and one with quite an alarming reputation at that.
How do the Sand Snakes react to her? Do they look down on her due to her lack of weapon skills? Do they worry about her replacing Ellaria? Or do they acknowledge the power of political manipulation and accept Sansa since Ellaria does and Sansa makes it clear she’s not out to replace Ellaria, and understand that political acumen is also a valuable skill to have?
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.
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 and plan their revenge? How does Sansa react to the plot to kill Myrcella? Does she manage to convince Ellaria and the Sand Snakes to spare the innocent, and focus their revenge on those who actually deserve it? Does she convince them to take Doran's long-term approach to revenge? Or do their different ideas about how to best get revenge cause a rift between Sansa and Ellaria that they have to navigate?
Sansa/Theon
So, the Theon/Sansa ship surprised me – I didn’t ship it in the early seasons, but seasons 6-8 convinced me. They’re the only ones who truly know what the other suffered at the hands of Ramsay, and I’d like to see them supporting each other as they reclaim their agency. They’d know to be careful of each other, know the traumas they’ve both suffered, and so don’t need to explain it or hide from the other, and they’ve both seen the other at their lowest point. This ship offers plenty of opportunities to explore themes of loyalty, forgiveness, healing, and moving on.
Perhaps Theon stays with Sansa when they go to Castle Black – how does that change her reunion with Jon? And how does that affect his and Jon’s reunion? Does he still go to save Yara, or does he stay with Sansa in Winterfell?
Or maybe they go somewhere else, together, and escape Westeros and all the conflicts – Braavos, perhaps? How to they make a living? Does Winter spread even to Braavos, and do they keep up with what’s happening in Westeros? Do they feel guilty for abandoning their homeland, or do they feel well rid of the place that brought them only suffering? Are they recognised at all, or do they manage to fade into obscurity? Some slight jiggling of the timelines could even have them there at the same time as Arya – how does that reunion go down under those circumstances?
Or maybe love blossoms when Sansa's retaken Winterfell and Theon’s returned to fight for Winterfell in season 8? Does he feel torn between his oath to Daenerys and his love for Sansa? Or is this a non-issue for him: Sansa held his loyalty first? Perhaps he manages to survive the defence of Bran against the Night King – does he feel he’s atoned sufficiently for what he did, or will he always feel guilty about it? Do the other Starks forgive him completely, or are they still wary of him?
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? Or do they arrive when it’s too late, and how do they deal with that, where do they go from there?
Maybe Sansa does go with Brienne when they meet in the Vale – how does that change things when Petyr can’t marry her off to Ramsay 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 it’s 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?
Sansa/Margaery
This can work well with the prompt above, where Loras marries Sansa. That would be the best outcome for everyone involved, really (all that would be needed was a love interest for Loras who wouldn’t sell him out to the Faith) – it would give Sansa the romantic love she’s dreamed of, while still ensuring her safety and a good marriage, and give Sansa and Margaery and excuse to be close and spend a lot of time together, since they’d be good-sisters. How would they manage Tommen, Cersei, and the Faith while hiding both Sansa’s and Margaery’s relationship, as well as Loras’ relationship with his squire?
Maybe the Tyrells succeed with their plot to marry Sansa and Willas, except it turns out Loras is not the only one in the family who prefers the company of men? Or maybe they marry earlier, to create an alliance between Renly and Robb? Maybe the Tyrells kill Stannis and take King’s Landing, making Renly the King, rather than ally with the Lannisters after his death, and rescue Sansa? Sansa, Margaery, Renly and Loras would be such a good power quartet!
Alternatively, if you keep Sansa’s canonical marriage to Tyrion, she and Margaery could get together while they’re still in King’s Landing, behind the backs of their husbands and betrothed: Sansa dealing with her unwanted marriage by seeking out Margaery’s company, and Margaery confiding in Sansa, who knows what Joffrey’s like and what it’s like to have to pretend to love him. Margaery is skilled at manipulation, and Sansa learns quickly (even though she thinks she doesn’t), so before too long, they would be the soft power behind the throne in King’s Landing – I’d love to see the pair of them match wits against Cersei! They’d be even more powerful when Margaery marries Tommen, who’s more biddable than Joffrey, and would probably also get on with Sansa. Would he know about Sansa’s and Margaery’s relationship, or would they hide it from him as well as everyone else? How would Margaery manage to save Sansa’s life if she stayed in King’s Landing after the Purple Wedding? Would Sansa and Margaery working together manage to prevent Cersei’s blunder in giving the Faith more power? Or would they have to deal with it, knowing that they are as much at risk as Loras, if their relationship was discovered? How would they deal with his imprisonment, and would they manage to avert Cersei blowing up the Sept? Or would it still happen, and they somehow survive? I felt like the fall-out from that act was a bit glossed over in the show, so feel free to expand on that, in this request or any other!
Sansa/Gendry
This would be a fun pairing, when Gendry’s chip on the shoulder meets Sansa’s romanticism (although she becomes quite jaded fairly quickly as well)! I’d imagine that Sansa would be aware of their different status more than Arya was, but after all she’s gone through, a good heart would probably be more important to her than a good title. Maybe he thinks of their status difference as more of an impediment than she does – since we know he is aware of the difference between him and Arya? Maybe he worries about being good enough for her, especially if he knows about her dreams of marrying a prince or a knight. Maybe his lowborn status and gruff manners would be more of an impediment to early Sansa than later Sansa?
Perhaps Sansa escapes King’s Landing with Yoren, either together with Arya, or instead of Arya. How does she cope with life on the road? Does Sansa also free Jaqen H’gar, and, if so, what names does she give him? Does Gendry still decide to stay with the Brotherhood instead of going with Sansa/the Starks, and if so, what happens when he’s sold to Melisandre? Or perhaps Sansa meets Gendry later, when they’re preparing for the onslaught of the White Walkers at Winterfell? Perhaps, if it’s a post-canon fic, the status difference between the Queen in the North and the legitimised Lord of Storm’s End isn’t so great, but that would bring additional complications of their geographical distance and obligations in two different kingdoms.
If you go with this request, I’d prefer no romantic feelings between Arya and Gendry, on either side, but I’m happy to see Arya/Gendry as a background ship in any other request!
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Crossover Fandom, Narnia and A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Characters/Ships
• Peter Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Susan Pevensie/Brienne of Tarth
• Sansa Stark/Edmund Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Peter Pevensie
• Sansa Stark/Susan Pevensie
General thoughts
I'd just like anything that crosses these two worlds – both fairly similar in that they borrow from mediaeval Europe to create a fantasy world, but so very different in tone and content. Use Narnia to fix things for our heroine(s) or throw the Pevensies into Westeros and see how they cope, either way, I just love the thought of the potential of these groups of people with such different experiences and expectations meeting and interacting!
Brienne and the Pevensies
I’d love to read about their adventures, maybe in Westeros trying to find the Stark sisters to fulfil Brienne’s vow – maybe they even manage to find them (one or both) and get to Winterfell. Maybe they get involved in the politics of Westeros, or maybe they stay out of them and just focus on completing their own tasks and surviving.
Or maybe they’re in Narnia playing politics or fighting against threats to Narnia during the Golden Age. Maybe Brienne is a hero summoned by Susan’s horn in an hour of need? How would Brienne react to Talking Animals and the fairy-tale creatures in Narnia? Narnia is a much more friendly and permissive place, so she’d probably fit in much better at Cair Paravel than she did in Westeros.
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. They also have similar experiences of being wanted not for who they are but for what they represent. Would they bond over Sansa’s experiences in the Vale, King’s Landing, and, if you go with show canon, with Ramsay, and Susan’s experiences in Calormen? Or is the story set before the trip to Calormen, and Susan hasn’t quite experienced the downsides of being a beautiful woman with political connections yet? How does Sansa relate to a more open and unaware Susan, and is that the balm she needs?
Sansa/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, Space Explorers Canons
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 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 in 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, Mansfield Park and Master and Commander 2003/Pirates of the Caribbean
Characters/ships
• Fanny Price/James Norrington
• Fanny Price/Tom Pullings
General thoughts
This request is mainly due to my desire to see better outcomes for Norrington and for Fanny than they got in canon – Norrington deserves someone who can love him back, who will appreciate his good heart and sense of duty. 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 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
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, Narnia and Agent Carter
Characters/ships
• Peggy Carter & Edwin Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
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.
Peggy & Jarvis & the Pevensie siblings
The Pevensies meet the English AC characters! Perhaps the Pevensies are in the US for some reason (holiday? Moved there after the War? Working for the British arm/equivalent of the SSR?), or perhaps the story’s set in England (I’m sure there are reasons why Peggy and Jarvis might go to England – family reasons? Sent there by the SSR because they blend in? There on their own investigations, posing as a Lady and her butler?). Do they come across the Pevensies in their investigations? Are they perhaps even investigating the Pevensies?
Maybe it’s even set during the War – maybe Jarvis meets the Pevensies after he has rescued Ana and been discharged? Maybe they live nearby and help Jarvis and Ana find their feet after what they’ve been through? Or maybe Stark is interested in recruiting them/they get involved with his wartime activities and meet Jarvis that way?
Maybe Peggy meets them during leave in London? Perhaps Peter is a new recruit who ends up where the Howling Commandoes are (he’d be just old enough to sign up by the last year of the War, if he was born in the early months of the year), or maybe even Edmund (if he lied about his age/the timeline is fuffed a bit)?
There are plenty of opportunities for polite manners hiding unexpected competence and BAMF-itude on both sides. Plus, the understated snarking would be through the roof!
Not all characters in the group need to be present or focused on (especially if it’s during the War, it might be difficult to get everyone together in the same place).
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Downton Abbey
Characters/Ships
• Thomas Barrow & Anna Smith
• Thomas Barrow & Gwen Dawson
• Thomas Barrow & Tom Branson
• Thomas Barrow & William Mason
General thoughts
I would really like to see Thomas have more friends and feel more at home at Downton Abbey, like later season Thomas had Baxter and Andy. Given how easily he gave his loyalty to Baxter and Andy, and how ride or die he was for them, it might not take much to wrangle early season Thomas away from O’Brien – probably just acceptance of his sexuality and showing they can be relied on to keep it a secret. Don’t get me wrong – Thomas is a self-serving bastard, and I love that about him, but I also think that part of why he lashes out so much and is his own worst enemy, is his deep-seated insecurity and feeling of being at war with the world. I’d love it if he had better friends who could curb his worst impulses rather than encourage them, and who’d encourage him to turn his scheming and manipulation for good.
If you want to give Thomas a love interest, that is completely fine with me. I mainly want to see him having friends, but love interests are good also. It could be William or Branson – this is one instance I’m perfectly happy to see a gen relationship turned shippy, or it could be an OC, or it could be Chris Webster, Richard Ellis or Guy Dexter arriving on the scene early, but please, no Jimmy. Feel free to have Thomas pining for Jimmy, but I don’t want it requited, and I also don’t want Thomas kissing an unwitting Jimmy – I don’t really mind how you deal with it: change the circumstances so the possibility never arises, have his friends talk him out of it, keep everything the same but just pretend it never happened, or some other way are all fine with me.
Historical accuracy very optional - as long as there's a general sense of the early 20th century, I'll be happy (of course, I won't say no if you do want to painstakingly research what daily life below stairs would be like, but that part is definitely not required)!
Thomas & William
Maybe William finds out and accepts Thomas’ sexuality early on in his career at Downton, and maybe that means Thomas actually acts as a mentor to him in his early days at Downton Abbey? Thomas would probably still be a bit exasperated with William’s general naïveté, and would be a very prickly friend, but William’s good-natured enough he could probably let it flow off him, as long as he knew Thomas didn’t mean it, really.
Maybe William helps cover for him, and make it look like Thomas is interested in women, and maybe Thomas helps him woo Daisy? Maybe they shield each other from Carson’s wrath?
Or maybe William survives the war, and they bond over the horrors they have both experienced, and difficulties returning to normal life? Maybe the War has made William more jaded, and more able to understand Thomas’ bitterness?
Thomas & Gwen
Both ambitious people who want to improve their situation – Gwen by leaving service, and Thomas by rising to the top of the service career ladder. Maybe they help each other, and cover for each other – Thomas when Gwen goes to interview, and Gwen if he wants to sneak out to meet a special someone? Maybe seeing Gwen’s success makes him realise there is a world outside service, and she helps him find a job, particularly after the war when he’s desperate and Downton Abbey aren’t willing to have him back? Maybe Gwen is a lesbian or female-leaning bisexual, and they act as each other’s beards?
Thomas & Branson
Thomas resents the wealth the Crawleys have, and think they’re no better than him – and he’s absolutely right! Maybe Branson manages to turn Thomas’ resentment into political activity, and they have their own little Socialists Charter at Downton? Maybe they recruit Daisy, who shows some interest for workers’ rights? How does he react when Branson marries Sybil and becomes a member of the Upstairs? Does Branson let him know what he and Sybil are planning, or does he keep it a secret? How betrayed does he feel, and do they manage to overcome it?
Or maybe they become friends through Sybil during the war, and Thomas helps them cover up their relationship? Or you could combine this with the request above regarding Gwen, and have a foursome of Gwen, Thomas, Branson and Sybil all trying to get Gwen a better job?
Thomas & Anna
Anna has a sneaky side, as evidenced when she made Thomas and O’Brien think she’d hidden the stolen snuff box in one of their rooms – she’s cunning enough to keep up with Thomas, but also has a good heart and strong morals, so she’d be slightly more able to keep him on the straight and narrow.
How does Thomas and Anna being friends change his relationship with Bates? How does Anna react when the two men she cares about are fighting over the same job? Or does her friendship with Thomas mean she never grows close to Bates? Maybe she even finds out he’s gay and acts as his beard – how does that influence her courtship with Bates?
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Leverage
Characters/Ships
• Maggie Collins
• Jim Sterling
• Todd McSweeten
• Todd McSweeten/Parker
General thoughts
I love this show so much – the competence kink, the found family aspects, the trust and loyalty between the characters, the character growth, the in-jokes/catchphrases (“let’s go steal a …”, “it’s a very distinctive …”, “age of the geek, baby”, and more), the general optimism and light-heartedness even as they’re dealing with some complex and terrible people. This canon lends itself especially well to case-fic, and I’d love to read about some kind of heist or con, but if you want to go in a more slice of life or friendship/romantic direction, that would also make me happy.
Maggie
I love Maggie – how quick she is on the uptake, how she can outsmart Nate, but how she generally keeps it under wraps. I love how she’s not jealous of Sophie, but friends with her, and how she genuinely cares for Nate and worries about him even though they’re separated and takes true joy in his moving on.
I would be really interested to see Maggie working with the Leverage team more. Maybe she is their Mastermind approached by Dubenich instead of Nate? She found out that IYS had denied Sam’s treatment and wanted revenge, gathering famous criminals around her? Or maybe Sophie is her way in, since they both move in the fine art circles, and they start with maybe a case like the Two Live Crew Job, helping steal art back for the original owners, and decide to branch out into helping people generally?
Or maybe she works with Parker, Hardison and Eliot after the end of the series when they need an extra person on the con? Maggie is very charming and unassuming, and we’ve seen that she has the makings of a fine grifter – and they all love her and work well with her, so I’m sure they’d be delighted to have her!
Redemption spoilers: I’d also love to see her with the new team, meeting Harry and Breanna, supporting Sophie after Nate’s death. Maybe she’s even on one of the teams that make up Leverage International?
Sterling
What if it was Sterling in Nate’s place as the Leverage team Mastermind? How different would things be? What if Sterling was the one who lost a child (Olivia? An OC?) and blames IYS? Or maybe he has some other reason for wanting to double cross his employers? 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 (not that Nate’s is entirely straight). Would the team be more prone to go for vengeance on their marks rather than justice for the victims? Or would their goals be the same, just their methods different? Sneakier?
And where is Nate in this? Is he the IYS agent chasing them? Or perhaps they lead Leverage together, like they worked together for IYS? How would their dynamic be as co-criminal masterminds? Would they still have the push and pull that they had in canon, or would they be more egalitarian?
Another thing that might be fun is a fic set pre-series of Sterling chasing members of the Leverage team? Or him and Nate working together at IYS? We saw a glimpse of how they might have worked together in the Zanzibar Marketplace Job, and it might be fun to explore that further. What did they talk about on the rooftop when they were best friends?
Or, for a canon-compliant fic, I love the way Sterling and the team occasionally team up against a bigger threat, but there’s a deep personal dislike there based on their history and always a sense that he will double cross the team at the first opportunity so they can’t trust him. Does there ever come a point where he doesn’t double cross them? Do they reach the point where the antagonism between them is mostly toothless and they mostly get on, or does he remain a slimy bastard?
Redemption spoilers: How does Sterling feel about Nate’s death? Does he ever run across Leverage International and feel like it has Parker, Eliot and Hardison’s finger prints all over it, even if they’re nowhere to be seen (and then it turns out that they are involved)? Or does he come across the new team, and how quickly do they learn to hate him as much as the original team members do?
McSweeten, Parker/McSweeten
McSweeten is such a sweetheart! I love his optimism, his faith in people, his kindness! I would love to spend more time with him – as an FBI agent, as a son, as a person. I’d also love more interactions between him and the team. Does the team run across the FBI on another job and have to slip into pretending to be Hagen and Thomas again? Does he ask for their help on another case in the guises they adopted for the D.B. Cooper job? Does he find out who they actually are, and how does he react to that? Does he become someone like Bonnano, a law enforcement officer they can trust to look the other way as long as they’re doing good, and what does it take to get him to that point? Do McSweeten and Bonnano ever work together? Or McSweeten and Sterling? Maybe that’s how he finds out? Or does the team have to tell him for some reason? Or does he find out on his own during an investigation?
I also really like how gone he is on Parker as Hagen and how he sweet is about trying to woo her, even when she’s oblivious. I’d love to see something that brings them together – her being on the other side of the law might be even more of a problem in this case than in the gen version of this request, since it’s more personal when it’s someone he’s romantically interested in or involved with. How do they bridge that difference? Does he end up as an associate member of Leverage International, or even an actual member? Or does he stick with the FBI, and they have to navigate the conflict of interest between his career and hers? Or does he act as their inside man in the FBI?
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Mansfield Park
Characters/Ships
• Fanny Price
• Fanny Price & William Price
Fanny Price
Fanny is probably Austen’s most divisive heroines, but I love her! I like that she’s quiet, and unassuming, and self-sacrificing to a flaw, but she still won’t budge when everyone around her is trying to persuade her into something she thinks is wrong. I like that inner strength she has, that allows her to endure both Mansfield and Portsmouth.
I’d really like a story that highlights those qualities – and I’d also really like her to be happy and valued. Maybe post-canon, and Edmund learns to not put how own wants above her needs? Or maybe a canon divergence, in which Henry actually goes to Everingham and not to London, and reforms enough to be the kind of husband she deserves? Or maybe she doesn’t get married at all? Maybe she becomes an author and writes improving tracts for young ladies? Or maybe she becomes the companion to another rich lady, one who values her and enjoys her company, and doesn’t see her as a general dogsbody? Maybe they even fall in love? Or maybe you have another idea in mind for what happens to her – I’m open to anything, as long as she’s happy! Feel free to make this a crossover with any other canon – I’m happy see her shipped with any “good” character, male or female (defined as character the Austen narrative sympathises with, i.e. no Willoughbys or Elizabeth Elliots, but Darcys or Mariannes are welcome!), or for you to create your own OCs to pair her with.
Fanny Price & William Price
I love their strong friendship and how much they obviously care for each other! I love that they write to each other, despite how far away they are from each other, and that he gave her a cross. And how obviously she delights in his success, and how he worries about her health. William is the one truly good man in Mansfield Park.
Maybe something about them as children – they’re the eldest, and used to looking after their younger siblings. How does he cope when Fanny goes to Mansfield? How does the death of Mary affect the family and Fanny’s and William’s relationship – she’s away at Mansfield when that happens, does he wish for her there with her family? Is he ever jealous of her good fortune, or is he just happy for her?
Or during the canon era? Does he see what a bad environment Mansfield is for her more clearly, since he’s not so close to it? How does he feel about the woman Fanny has grown into, and about her two suitors? How does he feel about Admiral Crawford and his own promotion after Henry’s actions and his linkage to Admiral Crawford who is not a virtuous man and isn’t well looked-upon by society – does that matter to his future career developments, or is Crawford better respected as a navy man than in society?
Or post-canon? How does he progress in the navy, and how does he feel about Fanny and Edmund being married? How often do they see each other?
Or maybe a canon divergence? Maybe William and Fanny were both sent to Mansfield? How would that change things, if she wasn’t so lonely growing up? Would she still be as close to Edmund, or would the presence of William mean she didn’t need to turn to him for guidance and support? How would William get on with Edmund? How would he get on with Tom, Maria, and Julia?
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Pride
Characters/ships
• Cliff Barry
• Cliff Barry & Johnny & Lee
• Dai Donovan
• Dai & Hefina Headon & Sian James
• Mark Ashton & Dai Donovan
• Joe “Bromley” Cooper & Steph Chambers
• Sian James
• Joe “Bromley” Cooper & Sian James
General thoughts
I love this film! The warmth between the characters, the two separate communities coming together, the friendships, the support they give each other – it’s all so very heart-warming and hopeful! Of course, there are plenty of complications, too, if you want something to sink your teeth in, I’d love something dealing with the complexities and problems of the world we live in and the difficult issues these characters face. Feel free to include difficult themes like poverty, politics, homophobia, and HIV/AIDS that mark the lives of these characters, but don't feel you have to - you can also focus on the happy moments of their lives, the friendships, love and laughter that they share.
I really don’t mind if the story’s set pre-, during or post canon, I’d just love anything that explores the relationships between these wonderful characters! Feel free to include any other non-nominated characters if you want to – I love all of them!
Cliff, Cliff & his nephews
I love Cliff, the soft-spoken, poetry-loving working class intellectual, and I’d love to read more about him and his place in Dulais as a retired miner and gay man, and how he reconciles those two different aspects of himself. Maybe he finds his people in the Gay Poetry and Literature Society? Bonding with Gethin about their love for the written word, and with Jonathan over their love for the spoken word? Going to plays put on by Out Loud?
Performing
in plays put on by Out Loud? Finding love? Does it come easily for him, or does he struggle with internalised homophobia? Does he meet someone in London or in Wales, and if it’s in London, does the distance pose problems?How is his relationship with Maureen and his nephews? How was his relationship with his brother, and how did things change when his brother died? What support could he give them when the boys were young, and did Maureen’s pride allow her to accept it, or were there tensions there? Does he come out, and does that change things? At least Johnny came around to accepting LGSM, but does that stretch to Cliff – when it’s not just some abstract gay people in London, but his uncle? Does Lee ever come around?
Dai
I really like Dai, how down-to-earth he is, how caring and open, how he rolls with things, and how his quiet demeanour hides an iron core. How did he and Margaret meet? How did he get involved with union politics? Had he been involved for a long time, or did he become more active during the strike? What happens after the strike? Does he find another job when the pit closes? Does he stay involved with politics, or does he fade into the background after the strike?
Mark & Dai
I loved the friendship these two had, how they both pushed each other onto the stage when they weren’t 100% comfortable in the circumstances, but how they overcame and grew stronger together. The symbol of the clasped hands was a lovely touch, and how Mark and Dai embodied these communities coming together. And they were also wonderful foils for each other – Mark, the firebrand, always looking for a cause, and Dai, the quieter and more pragmatic one who got pushed into activism by circumstances. I’d love something that explores their different approaches to the fight, Dai sharing wisdom from his longer life experience, and Mark sharing wisdom from his longer activism experience. I loved how they were so different, but united.
Joe & Steph
Their friendship was such a good friendship! Outspoken Steph helping Joe to come out of his shell! Joe unconditionally supporting Steph as she was and not wanting her to change! I’d love to read about Joe and Steph working out how to live together and be young and gay in 1980s London? Does he try to reconcile with his family, or is he done with that? How does Steph deal with all that? Do they ever have to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend for safety?
Or maybe something about them and the rest of LGSM? What does LGSM do after the strike? Do they stay together, or do they drift apart? I’m especially interested in the parallels and differences between Joe and Steph on one side and Jonathan and Gethin on the other, with the different generations of gay people interacting? How different is it? What challenges did Jonathan and Gethin face that Joe and Steph don’t, and what challenges do Joe and Steph face that Jonathan and Gethin didn’t?
Joe & Sian
I love how quickly Sian and Joe take to each other, how she’s there for him and supports him when he’s struggling, and how she’s not afraid of telling his family what a treasure they’re wasting. I really liked the scene when she drives him back to London and he falls asleep, and he looks so young and she looks so fond of him - maybe she has some maternal feelings for him, even though she’s not that much older than he is.
It would also be interesting to see Mark and Joe interact – they’re both quite quiet and reserved, which might make it awkward and tense to start off with, even though we know they become great friends by the end of the film.
Sian
I love how strong and caring Sian is, and how she finds her courage and her strength during the mining crisis, how she stands up for what she believes is right, and how she gets down and does what needs to be done. Maybe something about her at university studying Welsh language? Is it a culture shock? How does she get on with the other students? Does she feel alienated as a mature student with rather different life experiences and expectations compared to the other students, or does she find a group of people to fit in with (the 80s was just after the great university expansion and before the introduction of tuition fees, so there would probably be a fair few other students with working-class backgrounds there – maybe she finds her people among them, even if they might be a bit younger than her, or with the other mature students)? Does she struggle balancing her education and her family, and how do they adjust to the change of having a breadwinner and a homemaker to two breadwinners? And how does she get started in politics? Maybe something about her first campaign to become MP? Or her early days in Westminster?
Dai & Hefina & Sian
Another thing I’d love to get is a work about a story about Dai, Hefina, and Sian, bonding over being official and unofficial leaders of a community that is so dependent on the doomed mine. How do they carry on, after the strike? There must be very complicated emotions going back to work after so long, especially knowing that they’ve been defeated and it’s only a matter of time until the mine closes. How do they keep the community going? How do they keep up the ties between LGSM and Dulais?
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Star Wars All Media Types
Characters/ships
• Finn & the Clones
• Finn & Mace
• Finn & any Clone Wars Jedi
• Rey & Mace
• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Rey
• Rey & any Clone Wars Jedi
• Finn & Rey & Poe & Anakin & Padmé & Obi-Wan
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 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?
Obi-Wan & Rey, 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?
Does Obi-Wan teach Rey the skills of a Jedi, even though she's far too old, because she's already learned some of it? Does Rey know things that Luke discovered on Ach-To that the Jedi have forgotten? How has the Jedi philosophy changed between the prequels and sequels era, and how do the characters relate to that (no bashing of the Jedi philosophy of either era, please! Discussions where both sides have valid points are fine, but I'd prefer if you avoided one side being Clearly Right and the other being Obviously Wrong)? How much has Luke told Rey about “Ben”, and how do her expectations match up with the reality of Obi-Wan?
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?
Finn & any Clone Wars Jedi, Rey & any Clone Wars Jedi
Or I’d also love to see Finn and/or Rey interact with any other Jedi seen in the Clone Wars cartoon! There are so many good ones! How would they get on with Luminara’s gentle reserve, or Plo Koon’s paternal warmth, or Kit Fisto’s easy-going charm, or Yoda’s cryptic wisdom and mischievousness, or Ki-Adi Mundi’s questioning grandfatherliness that hides a warm sense of humour, or Eeth Koth’s loyalty, or Aayla Secura’s solid pragmaticism, or Jocasta Nu’s steady calm, or Terra Sinube’s patience and understated wisdom, or anyone else you can think of, really! I love all of the Jedi and just want to see more of them!
Or how do they get on with the Padawans of the Order? Barriss Offee, who is so clever and compassionate, but who struggles with darkness and loses faith in the Jedi? Do they manage to reinstate it and avoid her fall by telling her what befalls the galaxy once the Jedi are gone? Do they manage to convince her that the Jedi are not to blame for the war, and that she and the galaxy are being manipulated?
Or do they interact with the Initiates – do they join Katooni, Petro, Gungi, Zatt, Ganodi and Byph on their trip to Ilum, and how do they feel about that, knowing that Ilum will be first mined for kyber for the Death Stars, and then converted into Starkiller Base? How does their knowledge and training in the Force differ from what the Initiates have been through? We know that the Jedi Order places a high regard on teaching, do they teach the younglings at all, or do they learn from them?
Or, you could take it in a darker direction, and put them with Pong Krell, or another Jedi who falls, and let them see the toll the war takes on the Jedi even before the Purge?
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Star Wars: Jedi: Fallen Order
Characters/ships
• Cal
• Cal & Prauf
• 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. I’d love to see more quirky worlds of the Star Wars Universe! 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 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
Cal is great! I love his slightly self-deprecating humour, his strength, his perseverance, his compassion and his sense of adventure. I like that he’s always willing to extend his hand, how quick he is to forgive and move on, but that he also stands his ground when needed. I love his relationship with BD-1, but I didn’t have any prompts for stories centred around that relationship, so that’s why I haven’t requested that tag. However, if you want to bake that into the story, do feel free – I’d be delighted!
Maybe something about Cal and the clone troopers, learning to fit in on the Albedo Brave? Or about him and Master Tapal? How did Master Tapal choose Cal? What challenges did they face early in the relationship – was there and adjustment period or did they find a way or working together easily?
Or something about Cal learning to deal with his psychometry – as an initiate, as a padawan, or after the Purge?
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?
Or what if the Mantis hadn’t showed up? What if Cal and Prauf had ended up going on the run from the Empire together? What would they have done? Where would they have gone? Nar Shadda, like Cal planned to, or somewhere else? How would they have survived and who would they have met on their travels? Would they have laid low, finding low-level work where they could get it, or would they have found the Rebellion or the Partisans somehow, and joined them? How would they have fit in in either group? Would Cal keep his Jedi identity secret, or would he let people know? What would Prauf bring to the table? How would they be welcomed?
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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Stranger Things
Characters/ships
• Eddie
• Eddie & Dustin
• Eddie & Will
• Eddie & El
• Eddie/Steve
• Steve & Robin
• Steve & the party
• Steve & Max
• Jonathan & El
• El & the other lab subjects
General thoughts
I love the plucky heroes going up against unspeakable horrors, how close they become through it, their friendships and loyalty, and how they lean on each other! I also like the way each group tends to have part of the story, and it’s only when they all come together at the end that they can truly solve the plot. This is one canon that really lends itself to outsider PoV and characters doing their best with limited knowledge! I also like how they deal with both mundane and supernatural problems, and striking the balance between them, and I’m very fond of the snarky banter between the characters – and also the occasional arguments and fights, how they don’t always see eye to eye, but they put their differences aside when it really matters. I tend to be fonder of the kids and teens (or, I suppose, at this point, teens and older teens) than the adults, which is reflected in my requested characters and relationships. Even though I only prompt for Eddie/Steve, I’m happy for any and all relationships to be included in any request, except Billy/Steve and Mike/Will – including between the older teens and younger teens if the story is set when they’re in their twenties so the age difference matters less!
Eddie, Eddie/Steve, Eddie & Dustin, Eddie & Will
Eddie! Just one season and he really captured my heart! I love his generosity, his devil-may-care attitude that hides a heart of gold, and his courage and bravery when it matters! His death was heart-breaking, and I’d love to see it fixed, somehow. What does he do next? Is his name cleared, and how does he go back to facing the town that went on a man hunt after him, or is he still on the run, and how does he cope with that? Or maybe he time travels at the time of his death and ends up in the past, with knowledge about what’s in Hawkins and what the others are dealing with, and joins them earlier?
I’d also love something dealing with his and Dustin’s friendship, which was incredibly touching, and both actors really sold me on it! I’d love to see them bonding over D&D, and him introducing Dustin to metal music. Or possibly something about how he takes the younger boys under his wings, giving them a place to fit in within Hawkins High School.
I also ship Eddie/Steve - they’re very different people, and there are some prejudices and misconceptions on both sides, but they’re both very good people, they have Dustin in common, and they have the Upside Down in common, and I liked how frank they were with each other and Eddie’s almost flirty vibe when he interacted with Steve.
And it’s such a shame Eddie and Will never got to meet in canon! I’d love to see Eddie take Will under his wings, and mentor him in D&D, music, and, if you headcanon Eddie as gay or bi, maybe also a queer mentor! How would his relationship with Will be different from the others in the party, given Will is a bit shyer and has a different connection to the Upside Down? Does Eddie’s introduction to the world of the Upside Down go down differently if Will is still in Hawkins?
Steve & Robin, Steve & the Party, Steve & Max
Steve and Robin’s friendship is so good! I love how supportive Steve is of her, and how she teases him and their banter. I love how they lighten up around each other, and how they go from reluctant co-workers to platonically joined at the hip! I’d love something about Robin’s thoughts on Steve before they got to know each other properly, and how he’s different from what she expected, or them working together at Family Video, discussing movies and teasing each other for their different tastes, or just hanging out. Or something about the future, moving out and settling down together in a platonic life partnership (which may or may not include romantic partners), or even fake dating!
I also love Steve the babysitter, and I’d love to see more of that – protecting the kids from danger, making sure he’s always the last out, driving them around, supporting them through their various life crises and generally being a good brother to them!
I’d particularly love to see more of Steve and Max. Does he step into the role as a surrogate big brother to her after Billy’s death, and how does she feel about that? Does she have mixed feelings about Steve being a better brother than her actual (step-)brother? How does Steve get on with her mother? How does he react to her shutting everyone out? What do they do after S4? How does she get through her recovery and how does he help her?
Eddie & Eleven, Jonathan & Eleven, Eleven & other lab subjects
I am very sad that they never let Eddie and Eleven meet – after mentioning twice to him that she has superpowers, I’d really like to see his reactions to said superpowers! Maybe she saves him, in the Upside Down? How does he react to everything the Hawkins lab did to her? Does he give her advice for how to cover up her tattoo if she wants to? He shares some outward similarities with Kali, with his rebellious attitude, does she feel drawn to him for that reason, or maybe she’s wary of him, for that reason, given her slightly complicated relationship with Kali and her choices?
Another relationship I’d really like to see, and was a bit disappointed they didn’t develop in the show given they had such a good set-up for it, is Jonathan and Eleven! Jonathan is such a good big brother to Will, I’d love to see him take on the role for Eleven, and to see them grow into a sibling relationship, from being fairly distant. I’d love to see Jonathan grow from being grateful to her for saving Will to caring about her for her own sake, and see her figuring out where she stands with him, since she has good relations with Will and Joyce, but doesn’t know him so well.
I’m also really interested in the relationship between Eleven and the other subjects at Hawkins – I refuse to believe that the only interactions she had with them was Two and his friends bullying her! Who were her friends, what kind of games did they play, how did they spend their time when they weren’t training? Were they all introverted loners, or was there a max of personalities, and did that ever lead to a clash between subjects with personalities? Did they ever help each other with harnessing their powers? Did they use their powers for play, and was that encouraged or discouraged? Did they ever get in trouble with mischief, or were they too afraid of Brenner and the collar to do so deliberately? Did they get in trouble accidentally, and how, or were they too tightly controlled for that?
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