Dear Author Letter: Femslashex 2017
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burglebezzlemenI’m excited to be part of this exchange, and I’m excited to see what you come up with. I love all of these ships, and I will be delighted to get a gift for any of them. :D
While I have prompts for all of these ships, I’m also totally here for something different if there’s a story you’d love to tell (provided it doesn’t run into a DNW). Some of my favorite gifts have been ones I would never have thought to prompt!
Some general likes:
-Slice of life
-Domestic scenes
-Cooking and food
-General shenanigans and hijinkery
-Summertime and autumn activities and the great outdoors
-Casefic
-Established relationships
-Get-togethers
-Ghost stories and cryptids
-Someone gets turned into an unusual animal
-The Hangover and/or Waking Up In Vegas plotlines
-Gothic themes, whether subverted or played straight
-Someone’s a secret vampire/selkie/werepanther/whatever; someone else finds out
-Exploring new places together
-Vacations gone awry
-Trapped together/stranded by the weather
-Abandoned houses, whether exploring or fixing them up
-Five Times fic
-Undercover as a couple
-That fic where they have to go to a remote island or resort to investigate a haunting/why everyone has been invited and someone’s killing them off one-by-one/other mystery here
DNW: Dubcon (with an exception for Don’t Trust the B as explained below), noncon, fic focused on explicit porn and/or kink content, underage, major character death (although temporary MCD or minor character death in the service of a casefic are fine), cannibalism, and terminal illness tropes (e.g. Hanahaki Disease)
Don't Trust the B: Chloe/June
I love these two together. I love the way Chloe doesn’t realize she’s letting June in under her guard until she’s already in there, in some kind of reverse-corruption deal. ♥
I love the episodes where Chloe reveals some unexpected soft spot, like her secret collection of Shitagi Nashi comics or her love of Charro. I love when June discovers or uncovers a side of Chloe that Chloe didn’t know she had.
While I’m not really into PWP pr explicit porn, I’d be fine with plots including dubcon kissing, cuddling, etc. between Chloe and June, which seems pretty realistic based on canon. I’m also fine with an open relationship for these two, if that’s how you see them.
Maybe Chloe dares or blackmails June into getting into a kissing battle with someone else/playing Spin the Bottle/whatever, but is surprised to find she gets jealous. (Or would Chloe get jealous? Maybe she just realizes that she’d look way better kissing June than whatever schmoe June found to kiss.) Or maybe Chloe is horrified to find that she did something wholesome with June while under the influence of some designer drug.
I like Chloe kidnapping June and taking her somewhere she didn’t expect — a party, a bar. Maybe a cruise ship headed for international waters. Maybe Chloe hooked up with someone from a secret space program a few years back and agreed to become a secret astronaut, and June finds herself wrapped up in the situation (whether it’s a real program or a fake one the hookup made up to impress Chloe).
Or maybe the tables turn, and June’s the one who kidnaps Chloe or tricks her into doing something she normally wouldn’t! Or June tries to take Chloe somewhere wholesome, like a corn maze or apple-picking, but Chloe finds a dark, seedy underbelly, because Chloe is really good at that.
I’m also good with genre-bending stuff here. Maybe June gets turned into a vampire and makes Chloe into her thrall. Chloe either makes a terrible thrall, or is surprised to find she’s into it. (Side note: my cannibalism squick/DNW does not include consensual blood-drinking by vampires, so if you want to run with that, go for it.) Or maybe someone with a grudge against one of them is trying to act out a horror movie and invites them to a remote island or abandoned summer camp, only to find Chloe (or June! Or both of them!) flipping the script on them.
Ghostbusters: Abby/Erin
I came out of Ghostbusters shipping this hard. Erin literally throws herself into a vortex to save Abby? Yes, please! I love their history together, the way it’s tough but they manage to find their way back to one another. I also love Holtz and Patty, and really enjoy the team together. I’d love established relationship about their life together, or anything about finding their way back to one another romantically as well as professionally and friend-ily.
Anything canon-typical or casefic-y would be amazing. Busting ghosts, solving problems both scientific and paranormal. NYC-based stuff is great, too — I love the kind of weird history that might show up on something like Scouting NY. (Side note: I’m reasonably familiar with the city, but I don’t live there, so no worries if you take liberties with NYC-based stuff.)
A road trip out of town to bust ghosts or investigate paranormal phenomena somewhere else could also be great. What types of ghosts might take them to the Midwest, or a California beach town, or some other part of the country? Is Holtz eventually going to make them all go check out whatever happened in Langville, Montana?
On the off-chance you’ve read it, I have read and greatly enjoyed the tie-in book (Ghosts from Our Past). Expanding on an experience from their college years together could be fun! Or what if they agree to take a hunt for a different type of paranormal phenomenon or cryptid, inspired by their college-age love of all things X-Files? Or maybe they have to go home to Michigan for some reason, and confront some of the more metaphorical ghosts from their past.
Finally, I love slice-of-life in this canon, and anything domestic about settling into the fire house or actually relaxing for a change could be delightful.
The Good Place: Eleanor/Tahani
My The Good Place OTP! ♥ I love how different they are. I love how great they are together, in spite of their differences.
Wacky sitcom hijinks and shenanigans are always good, as are plotlines about either or both of them investigating The Good Place and/or one another. Or slice of life is great! I loved the two of them hanging out, watching Margaret & Deirdre. Maybe Eleanor introduces Tahani to churro dogs!
I’m fascinated by Michael’s afterlife tech, like the Truth Cube and Eleanor’s ethical Fitbit. What other sorts of tech might Michael confront them with? Or maybe Tahani discovers the Truth Cube or Eleanor’s Fitbit in the next reboot, and tries to figure out what’s going on.
I’d love to see them explore more of The Good Place together. We don’t get to see a lot of the other areas — what else is there outside of the neighborhood? For that matter, what’s inside the neighborhood? We only really got to see the restaurant last season. What’s for sale at Your Anticipated Needs? What if Tahani and Eleanor both want the last available [insert item here]?
For a canon-departure, how would things look different if Eleanor and Tahani had been soulmates from the start/were soulmates in another reboot of TGP? Or for another reboot, what would things look like if Michael tried to convince them they were in the Medium Place? Eleanor would be fine with it, but Tahani probably wouldn’t, which could go some interesting places.
I know canon comes back during the writing period, so please feel free to go canon-departure AU from any point, or set things during a different memory-wipe reboot of TGP. A fusion AU where Michael reboots them in some different setting could also be interesting. Or if you’re setting it in the new season, that’s great too! I’ll be watching as it airs, so no worries on spoilers.
Hart of Dixie: Magnolia/Rose
I love both of these characters and how they bounce off one another, and I would be so delighted by something canon-verse where they meet again and fall in love.
They’ve got a history — Rose’s aunt worked for Brick’s practice for years, and I think Magnolia feels the way Brick sometimes takes an interest in Rose as a good student, etc. It was also probably pretty hard for Magnolia to get sent away to boarding school and her grandmother’s place while Rose got to stay in Bluebell. On Rose’s side, I love that she’s studious but also willing to raise a little heck when the time’s right for it.
This seems like a great ship for a fake relationship that leads to real feelings. Maybe Magnolia’s become a small-time star with her music and and has a journalist scheduled to come do a cover story or shoot a TV segment about Magnolia and her girlfriend… only her girlfriend just broke up with her, and she needs someone to play the part. Or maybe Rose is the one who needs the “fake” girlfriend, and she manages to convince Magnolia to help.
I love all the Bluebell-specific canon, like the way everyone has bad luck when it snows. I could totally see Magnolia and Rose coming together while competing in another town event, like the talent show or a dancing competition. Or maybe Lemon and Zoe put them in charge of some big town event, like the Sweetie Pie Dance or the Founder’s Day Parade, and they have to work together.
Or maybe Bluebellians become convinced something supernatural is going on — that there’s a haunting in town, that the town’s run afoul of a curse laid by one of the town founders, etc. Rose wants to investigate as a journalist. Magnolia is either roped into helping Rose investigate, or gets uncovered by Rose as the source of the hoax.
Or an accidental Vegas marriage. Or maybe something totally different!
The Librarians: Cassandra/Estrella
If Cassandra has a type, I suspect that type has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with immortality. I loved the episode where Estrella showed up, and I was so happy to see Cassandra get a girlfriend, even if for only one episode. :D
I love Cassandra's science and math geekery, her growing magical powers, and her unique fashion sense. On Estrella's side, I felt like Estrella saw the real Cassandra and accepted her for who she was. I could see these two either staying in touch (maybe the Library's door facilitates a long-distance relationship? maybe they're online pen pals?) or reconnecting for a case.
I find Estrella's vampire retreat fascinating. Maybe something mysterious happens at Estrella's retreat, and she calls in Cassandra (with or without the other Librarians) to help figure out what's going on. Or maybe something goes pear-shaped at the Library, and Cassandra has to flee to the retreat for safety.
Alternatively, maybe Cassandra needs Estrella's special skills and abilities to look into a case somewhere else. Maybe there's a mystery at a resort/hotel/whatever that needs looking into, and the two of them have to go undercover as a couple, leading them to reconnect.
Or maybe they just decide to take a vacation together -- the Library is stressful, and running a vampire retreat doesn't seem easy either. Where could a vampire and a Librarian go to relax together? Cave exploration? :D
A couple quick clarifications on DNWs: I have terminal illness tropes as a general DNW. However, I'm fine with fic including Cassandra's canonical brain-grape situation as part of the backstory or motivation, as long as the brain-grape situation remains past tense and the plotline isn't "Cassandra's brain grape came back and now she's dying.” Also, consensual blood-drinking by vampires does not hit my cannibalism squick/DNW, so if you’re looking to include Estrella drinking Cassandra’s blood, go for it.
Lumberjanes: Rosie/Abigail
Abigail shows up in Lumberjanes Vol 4: Out of Time. I love the glimpses we get of their time at camp together, their relationship, their backstory — there’s so much the comic suggests about their relationship, but doesn’t fill in.
In terms of canon, I’m caught up through the Yeti roller-derby story, and spoilers for anything in the most recent issues are totally fine.
Abigail’s house — like, what? Who has that many secret doorways and a Scrooge McDuck-style treasure room? How did she build it without Rosie noticing? (Or was she secretly hoping Rosie would notice?)
Does Rosie try to reconnect now that she realizes Abigail’s back in the forest? I feel like there’s a lot of potential in something like five times Rosie tried to reach out, and one time Abigail let her.
Lumberjanes shenanigans from their time at camp as scouts! What types of adventures did they have together? They must have had a lot of interesting cases or Monster-of-the-week stories!
The current crop of Lumberjanes travel back in time and meet Rosie and Abigail when they were campers, or camper-era Rosie and Abigail travel forward in time and meet the current Lumberjanes.
Some greater problem forces Rosie and Abigail to work together for the good of the forest/the Lumberjanes/whatever.
I’m fine with femslashy pining or low-key stalking for this one (from either side). I’m also fine with this ship being written as a difficult or even antagonistic relationship. Based on the comics, their relationship has ranged from friendship to relationship to antagonism over the years, with lots of mixed feelings and tough history in between.
Finally, a quick note to clarify my general underage DNW here: If you’re writing Abigail and Rosie as campers, I’m totally fine with casual touching, hand-holding, kissing, etc., similar to what we see with Mal and Molly in canon.
While I have prompts for all of these ships, I’m also totally here for something different if there’s a story you’d love to tell (provided it doesn’t run into a DNW). Some of my favorite gifts have been ones I would never have thought to prompt!
Some general likes:
-Slice of life
-Domestic scenes
-Cooking and food
-General shenanigans and hijinkery
-Summertime and autumn activities and the great outdoors
-Casefic
-Established relationships
-Get-togethers
-Ghost stories and cryptids
-Someone gets turned into an unusual animal
-The Hangover and/or Waking Up In Vegas plotlines
-Gothic themes, whether subverted or played straight
-Someone’s a secret vampire/selkie/werepanther/whatever; someone else finds out
-Exploring new places together
-Vacations gone awry
-Trapped together/stranded by the weather
-Abandoned houses, whether exploring or fixing them up
-Five Times fic
-Undercover as a couple
-That fic where they have to go to a remote island or resort to investigate a haunting/why everyone has been invited and someone’s killing them off one-by-one/other mystery here
DNW: Dubcon (with an exception for Don’t Trust the B as explained below), noncon, fic focused on explicit porn and/or kink content, underage, major character death (although temporary MCD or minor character death in the service of a casefic are fine), cannibalism, and terminal illness tropes (e.g. Hanahaki Disease)
Don't Trust the B: Chloe/June
I love these two together. I love the way Chloe doesn’t realize she’s letting June in under her guard until she’s already in there, in some kind of reverse-corruption deal. ♥
I love the episodes where Chloe reveals some unexpected soft spot, like her secret collection of Shitagi Nashi comics or her love of Charro. I love when June discovers or uncovers a side of Chloe that Chloe didn’t know she had.
While I’m not really into PWP pr explicit porn, I’d be fine with plots including dubcon kissing, cuddling, etc. between Chloe and June, which seems pretty realistic based on canon. I’m also fine with an open relationship for these two, if that’s how you see them.
Maybe Chloe dares or blackmails June into getting into a kissing battle with someone else/playing Spin the Bottle/whatever, but is surprised to find she gets jealous. (Or would Chloe get jealous? Maybe she just realizes that she’d look way better kissing June than whatever schmoe June found to kiss.) Or maybe Chloe is horrified to find that she did something wholesome with June while under the influence of some designer drug.
I like Chloe kidnapping June and taking her somewhere she didn’t expect — a party, a bar. Maybe a cruise ship headed for international waters. Maybe Chloe hooked up with someone from a secret space program a few years back and agreed to become a secret astronaut, and June finds herself wrapped up in the situation (whether it’s a real program or a fake one the hookup made up to impress Chloe).
Or maybe the tables turn, and June’s the one who kidnaps Chloe or tricks her into doing something she normally wouldn’t! Or June tries to take Chloe somewhere wholesome, like a corn maze or apple-picking, but Chloe finds a dark, seedy underbelly, because Chloe is really good at that.
I’m also good with genre-bending stuff here. Maybe June gets turned into a vampire and makes Chloe into her thrall. Chloe either makes a terrible thrall, or is surprised to find she’s into it. (Side note: my cannibalism squick/DNW does not include consensual blood-drinking by vampires, so if you want to run with that, go for it.) Or maybe someone with a grudge against one of them is trying to act out a horror movie and invites them to a remote island or abandoned summer camp, only to find Chloe (or June! Or both of them!) flipping the script on them.
Ghostbusters: Abby/Erin
I came out of Ghostbusters shipping this hard. Erin literally throws herself into a vortex to save Abby? Yes, please! I love their history together, the way it’s tough but they manage to find their way back to one another. I also love Holtz and Patty, and really enjoy the team together. I’d love established relationship about their life together, or anything about finding their way back to one another romantically as well as professionally and friend-ily.
Anything canon-typical or casefic-y would be amazing. Busting ghosts, solving problems both scientific and paranormal. NYC-based stuff is great, too — I love the kind of weird history that might show up on something like Scouting NY. (Side note: I’m reasonably familiar with the city, but I don’t live there, so no worries if you take liberties with NYC-based stuff.)
A road trip out of town to bust ghosts or investigate paranormal phenomena somewhere else could also be great. What types of ghosts might take them to the Midwest, or a California beach town, or some other part of the country? Is Holtz eventually going to make them all go check out whatever happened in Langville, Montana?
On the off-chance you’ve read it, I have read and greatly enjoyed the tie-in book (Ghosts from Our Past). Expanding on an experience from their college years together could be fun! Or what if they agree to take a hunt for a different type of paranormal phenomenon or cryptid, inspired by their college-age love of all things X-Files? Or maybe they have to go home to Michigan for some reason, and confront some of the more metaphorical ghosts from their past.
Finally, I love slice-of-life in this canon, and anything domestic about settling into the fire house or actually relaxing for a change could be delightful.
The Good Place: Eleanor/Tahani
My The Good Place OTP! ♥ I love how different they are. I love how great they are together, in spite of their differences.
Wacky sitcom hijinks and shenanigans are always good, as are plotlines about either or both of them investigating The Good Place and/or one another. Or slice of life is great! I loved the two of them hanging out, watching Margaret & Deirdre. Maybe Eleanor introduces Tahani to churro dogs!
I’m fascinated by Michael’s afterlife tech, like the Truth Cube and Eleanor’s ethical Fitbit. What other sorts of tech might Michael confront them with? Or maybe Tahani discovers the Truth Cube or Eleanor’s Fitbit in the next reboot, and tries to figure out what’s going on.
I’d love to see them explore more of The Good Place together. We don’t get to see a lot of the other areas — what else is there outside of the neighborhood? For that matter, what’s inside the neighborhood? We only really got to see the restaurant last season. What’s for sale at Your Anticipated Needs? What if Tahani and Eleanor both want the last available [insert item here]?
For a canon-departure, how would things look different if Eleanor and Tahani had been soulmates from the start/were soulmates in another reboot of TGP? Or for another reboot, what would things look like if Michael tried to convince them they were in the Medium Place? Eleanor would be fine with it, but Tahani probably wouldn’t, which could go some interesting places.
I know canon comes back during the writing period, so please feel free to go canon-departure AU from any point, or set things during a different memory-wipe reboot of TGP. A fusion AU where Michael reboots them in some different setting could also be interesting. Or if you’re setting it in the new season, that’s great too! I’ll be watching as it airs, so no worries on spoilers.
Hart of Dixie: Magnolia/Rose
I love both of these characters and how they bounce off one another, and I would be so delighted by something canon-verse where they meet again and fall in love.
They’ve got a history — Rose’s aunt worked for Brick’s practice for years, and I think Magnolia feels the way Brick sometimes takes an interest in Rose as a good student, etc. It was also probably pretty hard for Magnolia to get sent away to boarding school and her grandmother’s place while Rose got to stay in Bluebell. On Rose’s side, I love that she’s studious but also willing to raise a little heck when the time’s right for it.
This seems like a great ship for a fake relationship that leads to real feelings. Maybe Magnolia’s become a small-time star with her music and and has a journalist scheduled to come do a cover story or shoot a TV segment about Magnolia and her girlfriend… only her girlfriend just broke up with her, and she needs someone to play the part. Or maybe Rose is the one who needs the “fake” girlfriend, and she manages to convince Magnolia to help.
I love all the Bluebell-specific canon, like the way everyone has bad luck when it snows. I could totally see Magnolia and Rose coming together while competing in another town event, like the talent show or a dancing competition. Or maybe Lemon and Zoe put them in charge of some big town event, like the Sweetie Pie Dance or the Founder’s Day Parade, and they have to work together.
Or maybe Bluebellians become convinced something supernatural is going on — that there’s a haunting in town, that the town’s run afoul of a curse laid by one of the town founders, etc. Rose wants to investigate as a journalist. Magnolia is either roped into helping Rose investigate, or gets uncovered by Rose as the source of the hoax.
Or an accidental Vegas marriage. Or maybe something totally different!
The Librarians: Cassandra/Estrella
If Cassandra has a type, I suspect that type has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with immortality. I loved the episode where Estrella showed up, and I was so happy to see Cassandra get a girlfriend, even if for only one episode. :D
I love Cassandra's science and math geekery, her growing magical powers, and her unique fashion sense. On Estrella's side, I felt like Estrella saw the real Cassandra and accepted her for who she was. I could see these two either staying in touch (maybe the Library's door facilitates a long-distance relationship? maybe they're online pen pals?) or reconnecting for a case.
I find Estrella's vampire retreat fascinating. Maybe something mysterious happens at Estrella's retreat, and she calls in Cassandra (with or without the other Librarians) to help figure out what's going on. Or maybe something goes pear-shaped at the Library, and Cassandra has to flee to the retreat for safety.
Alternatively, maybe Cassandra needs Estrella's special skills and abilities to look into a case somewhere else. Maybe there's a mystery at a resort/hotel/whatever that needs looking into, and the two of them have to go undercover as a couple, leading them to reconnect.
Or maybe they just decide to take a vacation together -- the Library is stressful, and running a vampire retreat doesn't seem easy either. Where could a vampire and a Librarian go to relax together? Cave exploration? :D
A couple quick clarifications on DNWs: I have terminal illness tropes as a general DNW. However, I'm fine with fic including Cassandra's canonical brain-grape situation as part of the backstory or motivation, as long as the brain-grape situation remains past tense and the plotline isn't "Cassandra's brain grape came back and now she's dying.” Also, consensual blood-drinking by vampires does not hit my cannibalism squick/DNW, so if you’re looking to include Estrella drinking Cassandra’s blood, go for it.
Lumberjanes: Rosie/Abigail
Abigail shows up in Lumberjanes Vol 4: Out of Time. I love the glimpses we get of their time at camp together, their relationship, their backstory — there’s so much the comic suggests about their relationship, but doesn’t fill in.
In terms of canon, I’m caught up through the Yeti roller-derby story, and spoilers for anything in the most recent issues are totally fine.
Abigail’s house — like, what? Who has that many secret doorways and a Scrooge McDuck-style treasure room? How did she build it without Rosie noticing? (Or was she secretly hoping Rosie would notice?)
Does Rosie try to reconnect now that she realizes Abigail’s back in the forest? I feel like there’s a lot of potential in something like five times Rosie tried to reach out, and one time Abigail let her.
Lumberjanes shenanigans from their time at camp as scouts! What types of adventures did they have together? They must have had a lot of interesting cases or Monster-of-the-week stories!
The current crop of Lumberjanes travel back in time and meet Rosie and Abigail when they were campers, or camper-era Rosie and Abigail travel forward in time and meet the current Lumberjanes.
Some greater problem forces Rosie and Abigail to work together for the good of the forest/the Lumberjanes/whatever.
I’m fine with femslashy pining or low-key stalking for this one (from either side). I’m also fine with this ship being written as a difficult or even antagonistic relationship. Based on the comics, their relationship has ranged from friendship to relationship to antagonism over the years, with lots of mixed feelings and tough history in between.
Finally, a quick note to clarify my general underage DNW here: If you’re writing Abigail and Rosie as campers, I’m totally fine with casual touching, hand-holding, kissing, etc., similar to what we see with Mal and Molly in canon.
