Fourth Rare Ship Swap Letter
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in_the_blue. If it's in character and doesn't hit one of my squicks, I guarantee I'll like it.
In general, I like almost everything, but please no horror, tragedy, deathfic, porn without plot (with plot, no prob), most dirty talk (it's the vocabulary not the subject matter), embarrassment, body-related humor, oral sex (though for some reason, I make an exception for Bobbi/Clint), bodily fluids, graphic violence, gore, vivid descriptions of medical procedures or bodies, bashing of any kind, infidelity/cheating/betrayal, or alternate gender norms. I also have no problem with assassination but do have a problem with murder. I know. Fine line.
I do like gen, asexual romance, family, chosen family, identity issues, brainwashing/mental triggers/amnesia, soulmates/soulbonds/soulmarks, developing relationship, slow build, established relationship, warm fuzzies, domestic, mission fic, competence (oh, I love me some competence), and intimacy.
Clint/Maria: I imprinted on "And Then There Was Us", an epic Clint/Maria that really, really works. I love this little rarepairing and have written short fics for it that give you a feel for how I like them. The way they were snuggled on the couch together in the Ultron trailer, the way they just kind of have that solid ability to work with people professionally and deal with where the chips fall, the way they seem like they'd grate but be close anyway. I love the idea of them and would love something showing them feeling their way into a relationship. They don't strike me as the hit it off, which just makes it better, to be honest.
Maria/Bucky:tielan got me onto this pairing. I love her tough girl, his charmer (and how impervious she is to it), and the way I think she'd appreciate a gentleman and they both have issues and she wouldn't really coddle him and I think he'd like that. I'd love deprogramming fic or post-deprogramming where he's learning to be human again and normal and she becomes a part of that or where she's having to deal with running the Avengers and that sort of off-shoot of SHIELD that privatizing global security implies and Bucky just fills in and starts being there for her, maybe even before she realizes it.
Bobbi/Clint: They're the comics married duo and for this exchange, please just ignore Lance unless he's an ex. I would especially love Clint coming to SHIELD and she's the one he connects with or them meeting on a mission like in the comics or just married being SHIELD agents. I love her characterization in Agents of SHIELD, though I totally don't believe in any way she's HYDRA. I do want her to be scientist/field agent though.
Bobbi/Natasha/Clint: Where do I begin. The MCU characterization of these three makes me want OT3 fic of them. I especially love the idea of Bobbi and Natasha being platonic soulmates and a packaged deal when they fall for Clint or Bobbi/Clint were a thing when Natasha came to SHIELD and eventually they became a threeway thing or the three of them were a freelance threeway thing of Mockingbird, Hawkeye, and Black Widow and Coulson tries to recruit two of them and the third breaks them out only to find out they're signing up or, or, or... Go wild. I'll love it.
Bucky/Clint/Natasha: My flat-out OT3. I'd love to see Bucky coming and him and Clint having this grudging respect or else Clint reaching out to him and meeting on common ground of post-brainwashing and the three working together so perfectly because they've all been weapons and they all just fit so, so well. I've written and bookmarked this pairing, for reference.
I started shipping Skye/Trip at the second episode of season 2 and my heart about broke on the winter finale. I want all the fic. I love their easy rapport, I love the idea of his legacy from the Howling Commandos and hers from Coulson, the new Director. I'd love to see futurefic where he lived and they take on the world of international espionage by storm, carrying on that legacy. I'd love seeing canon-compliant fic where Skye and he were involved before the Terrigen Mists event and she figures out along with her new gift that she's pregnant. Or just developing relationship through series events.
I'm not especially interested in major AUs (except Trip lives) for this, crossovers, or radical departures from SHIELD dynamics. I have not seen any of Agents of SHIELD pre-HYDRA reveal.
Francher/Twyla: My OTP, the pairing of my heart, the one I beg anyone to write anything for and I will be a perfectly happy camper, relieved that they have something more. From the story "Captivity," Francher makes music through his Talents and Persuasions and can make them simply on air. He's fostered in a horrible environment, the shoes, and his relationship with Miss Carolle is beautiful to watch in how the trust grew between them. But I love Twyla. She loved Francher despite his old, ratty clothes, worried about him, cared for him, didn't care what other people thought, danced with him in the air, and always hoped wistfully he'd come back for her. Please can I see more Twyla and Francher together in the story or, even better, can I see him come back for her?
Dita/Low: I love their laughter and their talking underneath and her ancestral stone wall versus his racial memory. Honestly, I'd love to see more of how her earthlingness works with his Peopleness and how Dita fits into the Group, belonging but not belonging and able to put People in their place when they get too uppity about her earthling status. I love her sharp sense of humor and her general competence and hey, there goes another schoolteacher that's theirs. A time of need ("there's need") or teaching in the Canyon or just Dita and Low being Dita and Low would be lovely.
Miss Carolle/Dr. Curtis: I just really saw some lovely chemistry in "Captivity" with how they talked and interacted and "don't strain your pattern. It's disbelieving." And yeah, I read something into the Francher's yours, Jemmy, but she's one of mine. I want to see her being one of his and want to see her learning to walk so that Lea could see the disability then wonder why she thought she saw it and see them talking about things the way they did and falling in love maybe and at least some serious romantic tension. Please?
Valancy/Jemmy: The original pairing, and they show up everywhere, but I find the "love at first sight" thing in Ararat intriguing because of how normal and down to earth the People feel to me in how they handle connections and love. They're even warier than most. I would love to see the getting to know each other fic, especially when they didn't know each other was hiding the secret of their Peopleness. Pining, mutual pining, finally get together, finally together without secrets would all be wonderful. Or continually trying for a baby until they finally got the one in Lea and had cause for inordinate rejoicing. Or whatever makes you happy.
I generally don't mind sex but for these stories, it would really feel gratuitous without a lot of characterization leading there. Please no kink, porn without plot, or anything gratuitous with violence, profanity, etc. Please respect the religious elements of these stories as that's one thing I love about them. Their approach to the Presence fits very well with mine. Reunion fic especially wonderful. AUs fine but canon-compliant better.
I want it all! No really, I'm reasonable here. I'll love whatever you write for me on any of them, though I'd prefer strong pairing/romantic focus with strong characterization over genfic or PWP. No need to include all the couples. I'd be happy with any of these.
Walsh/Beaumont: I love their dynamic, the secret relationship, the fact that Allison actually initiates sex more than Walsh, the fact that they were coming out of the closet at the beginning of "Crime Slut," the games they play, the secrets they share, the way he likes her having secrets, the tough girl who gets to be herself around him, the detached cop who lets down his walls with her. I love how he calls her Al. I'm crazy to know more about that date at the opera where she was going to sleep with him no matter what and he said he liked it in order to score. They're adorable and cute together and yet do sexy or serious just as well. If you're going to write me kink or porn with plot, this is teh pairing I'd love to see it with.
Casey/Davis: Oh, I could go on a long time about these two. They have issues, the rich girl who needs rules and the working class upbringing that earned his riches. He likes to eat at a nice restaurant, and she loves how down to earth he is. He loves her cop side and her feminine side and she has to learn to let him be the guy in the relationship from time to time. I would love to see all their awkwardness, the working things out, the cute moments, the coming together at the end of their differences of perspectives, and yes, characterized sex with plot is also great. Wouldn't mind AUs with these two, but no role reversal please, and I adore their characters as is.
Delahoy/Monica: He blackmailed her, then got attached, then fell for her, and even though she got fired, the reason she wouldn't get involved with him was only because he wouldn't get help. Working through that, getting help, working through the serious issues of trust, blackmail, etc. all interests me mightily. Then their whole flowers, Korean, and Italian conversation also made me just want to see them actually get to know each other. I really want more of their interaction and dealing and drawing closer more than sex, but whatever works for you.
Banks/Bridget: I love everything about them, how cute they are, how cute they are together, the notecards introducing himself, that she laughs in her sleep and never stops talking, that he was tongue-tied around her in the first place, the closet and how much she liked that, how she got when she was mad at him. I'll take anything. Serious fic working through his issues with being 42, fluffy fic, expansive fic, anything at all. Even background pairing around the others.
I fell hard for Lamptrimmer (Tess/Kyle) when I rewatched the entire show. Even though I like them as siblings, I love them as a pairing and I'd love to see more about their growing closer, awkward bonding, some resolution to that "lamp needing trimming" scene, or anything sweet and happy you can give me. I don't mind angst in the middle, but I want a happy ending.
Whatever you write, I'm sure I'll love it. Thank you!
If you have even wandered over here after the epic prompts list I filled out, you are a brave soul. I tried to include everything you might need in the prompts, but I have a habit of posting a letter anyway.
If you need any help knowing if I'll like something, I recommend asking
in_the_blue. If it's in character and doesn't hit one of my squicks, I guarantee I'll like it.In general, I like almost everything, but please no horror, tragedy, deathfic, porn without plot (with plot, no prob), most dirty talk (it's the vocabulary not the subject matter), embarrassment, body-related humor, oral sex (though for some reason, I make an exception for Bobbi/Clint), bodily fluids, graphic violence, gore, vivid descriptions of medical procedures or bodies, bashing of any kind, infidelity/cheating/betrayal, or alternate gender norms. I also have no problem with assassination but do have a problem with murder. I know. Fine line.
I do like gen, asexual romance, family, chosen family, identity issues, brainwashing/mental triggers/amnesia, soulmates/soulbonds/soulmarks, developing relationship, slow build, established relationship, warm fuzzies, domestic, mission fic, competence (oh, I love me some competence), and intimacy.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Clint/Maria: I imprinted on "And Then There Was Us", an epic Clint/Maria that really, really works. I love this little rarepairing and have written short fics for it that give you a feel for how I like them. The way they were snuggled on the couch together in the Ultron trailer, the way they just kind of have that solid ability to work with people professionally and deal with where the chips fall, the way they seem like they'd grate but be close anyway. I love the idea of them and would love something showing them feeling their way into a relationship. They don't strike me as the hit it off, which just makes it better, to be honest.
Maria/Bucky:
tielan got me onto this pairing. I love her tough girl, his charmer (and how impervious she is to it), and the way I think she'd appreciate a gentleman and they both have issues and she wouldn't really coddle him and I think he'd like that. I'd love deprogramming fic or post-deprogramming where he's learning to be human again and normal and she becomes a part of that or where she's having to deal with running the Avengers and that sort of off-shoot of SHIELD that privatizing global security implies and Bucky just fills in and starts being there for her, maybe even before she realizes it.Bobbi/Clint: They're the comics married duo and for this exchange, please just ignore Lance unless he's an ex. I would especially love Clint coming to SHIELD and she's the one he connects with or them meeting on a mission like in the comics or just married being SHIELD agents. I love her characterization in Agents of SHIELD, though I totally don't believe in any way she's HYDRA. I do want her to be scientist/field agent though.
Bobbi/Natasha/Clint: Where do I begin. The MCU characterization of these three makes me want OT3 fic of them. I especially love the idea of Bobbi and Natasha being platonic soulmates and a packaged deal when they fall for Clint or Bobbi/Clint were a thing when Natasha came to SHIELD and eventually they became a threeway thing or the three of them were a freelance threeway thing of Mockingbird, Hawkeye, and Black Widow and Coulson tries to recruit two of them and the third breaks them out only to find out they're signing up or, or, or... Go wild. I'll love it.
Bucky/Clint/Natasha: My flat-out OT3. I'd love to see Bucky coming and him and Clint having this grudging respect or else Clint reaching out to him and meeting on common ground of post-brainwashing and the three working together so perfectly because they've all been weapons and they all just fit so, so well. I've written and bookmarked this pairing, for reference.
Agents of SHIELD
I started shipping Skye/Trip at the second episode of season 2 and my heart about broke on the winter finale. I want all the fic. I love their easy rapport, I love the idea of his legacy from the Howling Commandos and hers from Coulson, the new Director. I'd love to see futurefic where he lived and they take on the world of international espionage by storm, carrying on that legacy. I'd love seeing canon-compliant fic where Skye and he were involved before the Terrigen Mists event and she figures out along with her new gift that she's pregnant. Or just developing relationship through series events.
I'm not especially interested in major AUs (except Trip lives) for this, crossovers, or radical departures from SHIELD dynamics. I have not seen any of Agents of SHIELD pre-HYDRA reveal.
The People - Zenna Henderson
Francher/Twyla: My OTP, the pairing of my heart, the one I beg anyone to write anything for and I will be a perfectly happy camper, relieved that they have something more. From the story "Captivity," Francher makes music through his Talents and Persuasions and can make them simply on air. He's fostered in a horrible environment, the shoes, and his relationship with Miss Carolle is beautiful to watch in how the trust grew between them. But I love Twyla. She loved Francher despite his old, ratty clothes, worried about him, cared for him, didn't care what other people thought, danced with him in the air, and always hoped wistfully he'd come back for her. Please can I see more Twyla and Francher together in the story or, even better, can I see him come back for her?
Dita/Low: I love their laughter and their talking underneath and her ancestral stone wall versus his racial memory. Honestly, I'd love to see more of how her earthlingness works with his Peopleness and how Dita fits into the Group, belonging but not belonging and able to put People in their place when they get too uppity about her earthling status. I love her sharp sense of humor and her general competence and hey, there goes another schoolteacher that's theirs. A time of need ("there's need") or teaching in the Canyon or just Dita and Low being Dita and Low would be lovely.
Miss Carolle/Dr. Curtis: I just really saw some lovely chemistry in "Captivity" with how they talked and interacted and "don't strain your pattern. It's disbelieving." And yeah, I read something into the Francher's yours, Jemmy, but she's one of mine. I want to see her being one of his and want to see her learning to walk so that Lea could see the disability then wonder why she thought she saw it and see them talking about things the way they did and falling in love maybe and at least some serious romantic tension. Please?
Valancy/Jemmy: The original pairing, and they show up everywhere, but I find the "love at first sight" thing in Ararat intriguing because of how normal and down to earth the People feel to me in how they handle connections and love. They're even warier than most. I would love to see the getting to know each other fic, especially when they didn't know each other was hiding the secret of their Peopleness. Pining, mutual pining, finally get together, finally together without secrets would all be wonderful. Or continually trying for a baby until they finally got the one in Lea and had cause for inordinate rejoicing. Or whatever makes you happy.
I generally don't mind sex but for these stories, it would really feel gratuitous without a lot of characterization leading there. Please no kink, porn without plot, or anything gratuitous with violence, profanity, etc. Please respect the religious elements of these stories as that's one thing I love about them. Their approach to the Presence fits very well with mine. Reunion fic especially wonderful. AUs fine but canon-compliant better.
The Unusuals
I want it all! No really, I'm reasonable here. I'll love whatever you write for me on any of them, though I'd prefer strong pairing/romantic focus with strong characterization over genfic or PWP. No need to include all the couples. I'd be happy with any of these.
Walsh/Beaumont: I love their dynamic, the secret relationship, the fact that Allison actually initiates sex more than Walsh, the fact that they were coming out of the closet at the beginning of "Crime Slut," the games they play, the secrets they share, the way he likes her having secrets, the tough girl who gets to be herself around him, the detached cop who lets down his walls with her. I love how he calls her Al. I'm crazy to know more about that date at the opera where she was going to sleep with him no matter what and he said he liked it in order to score. They're adorable and cute together and yet do sexy or serious just as well. If you're going to write me kink or porn with plot, this is teh pairing I'd love to see it with.
Casey/Davis: Oh, I could go on a long time about these two. They have issues, the rich girl who needs rules and the working class upbringing that earned his riches. He likes to eat at a nice restaurant, and she loves how down to earth he is. He loves her cop side and her feminine side and she has to learn to let him be the guy in the relationship from time to time. I would love to see all their awkwardness, the working things out, the cute moments, the coming together at the end of their differences of perspectives, and yes, characterized sex with plot is also great. Wouldn't mind AUs with these two, but no role reversal please, and I adore their characters as is.
Delahoy/Monica: He blackmailed her, then got attached, then fell for her, and even though she got fired, the reason she wouldn't get involved with him was only because he wouldn't get help. Working through that, getting help, working through the serious issues of trust, blackmail, etc. all interests me mightily. Then their whole flowers, Korean, and Italian conversation also made me just want to see them actually get to know each other. I really want more of their interaction and dealing and drawing closer more than sex, but whatever works for you.
Banks/Bridget: I love everything about them, how cute they are, how cute they are together, the notecards introducing himself, that she laughs in her sleep and never stops talking, that he was tongue-tied around her in the first place, the closet and how much she liked that, how she got when she was mad at him. I'll take anything. Serious fic working through his issues with being 42, fluffy fic, expansive fic, anything at all. Even background pairing around the others.
Roswell
I fell hard for Lamptrimmer (Tess/Kyle) when I rewatched the entire show. Even though I like them as siblings, I love them as a pairing and I'd love to see more about their growing closer, awkward bonding, some resolution to that "lamp needing trimming" scene, or anything sweet and happy you can give me. I don't mind angst in the middle, but I want a happy ending.
Whatever you write, I'm sure I'll love it. Thank you!
