Dear FFFX Creator

Dear fffx-er

 

Here’s my letter, I hope you find something in it that’s inspiring and helpful for your writing. Some of this is the same as my sign-up, just with a few more ideas.

 

General information

 

Likes-

Friendship, Close, non-sexual intimacy, Canon typical violence, Mysteries, Puzzles, Time shenanigans and time travel, characters staying in character, Loyalty, competence, angst, hurt/comfort, happy endings

 

I don’t ship any of the characters I’ve asked for, that doesn’t mean I don’t want them to have relationships, it’s more I’m not so interested in that part of their lives, and I’m not really invested in any one partnership for any of these fandoms. A well-placed sex scene with lots of characterisation can be excellent, but I’m not so bothered about PWP (or PW-Charactisation - You know, characters who are portrayed as generic robots with name-stickers on (which maybe a little ironic considering I’ve asked for Westworld, but you know what I mean)). I suppose it goes back to the like of characters staying in-character.

 

DNW

Mundane AUs, Graphic descriptions of rape, underage, incest, Mpreg, excessive gore, PWP, sex without love or affection, graphic descriptions of abuse, ABO, age-play, scat/watersports, gender swaps, humiliation as a kink, irreparable damage to close friendships, no major character deaths.

 

“sex without love or affection” might need a bit more explanation, but I like the characters to enjoy themselves, or if they’re not then there’s a well-explained and understood reason why they’re not. Dub-Con is fine, as long as the context is shown. 

 

 

The fandoms

 

 

Westworld

Character Teddy Flood

Teddy Flood & the Man in Black

 

(I’ve only watched S1 and S2 as they killed almost all their characters off, so nothing after that.  By all accounts S3 was a bit dull. I might watch S4, but I thought the end of S2 would have been a great place to leave the show, with them opening the door to go out into the “real” world.). 

My DWN of "no excessive gore" and "no graphic descriptions of rape" might seem incompatible with "Canon typical violence" as this *is* Westworld, especially since the hosts have no choice but to enjoy sex with humans, and can't refuse to do anything. There's a grey area in there, so if in doubt, ask the Mods to ask.

 

Poor Teddy! He really seems to be one of those Hosts that will always end up screwed over, no matter what - it's the way his story was designed.

I don't ship Teddy with anyone, and I'm not averse to him / with anyone, although I found him and Dolores a bit dull. Him and Wyatt is interesting, and is him and The MiB.

Thinking about it more, any form of relationship Teddy has with the MiB is bound to be more than a little bit twisted.

 

Ideas

The MiB is obsessed by Dolores, and so Teddy is his direct rival. Would he use Teddy against Dolores?

Wyatt seems to have been mostly forgotten about, but the idea that he was out there as a host is intriguing. What was his relationship with "Wyatt", how far did it go, how did it fit with "Dolores"? How did they meet (in the narrative), where they friends? What justification did Teddy give for Wyatt’s betrayal? 

What about Teddy’s life as the sheriff, before everyone died.

Was he programmed for any other roles before he was the mysterious bounty hunter? Maybe between being sheriff and being the Teddy we see.

He died the most in the park (I think?) - Why?

He would have had the most reprogramming and the most trips back to the workshop. Did that affect his programming? How did they make sure he was still functional after all those deaths?

Thinking about that more, the Ghost Nation guy came to sentience by not dying and just living, couldn’t Teddy have done something similar but by dying over and over again?

What about an AU where no host ever found the way to the centre of the maze, what would happen in the future for him? There was the new narrative that Ford was mapping out, what was it?

What future scenarios might there have been?

The MiB trying to corrupt him might be interesting too, as he is set up as "the good guy".

What if Westworld goes offline and the Hosts are left to fend for themselves? What would Teddy have to do to survive?

 

And then there is all the possibilities that the computerised side of his nature might contain. 

Programming errors, calibration, de-bugging, system error, blue screen of death.

Teddy cycles through his loop, but his programming degrades each time round.

Fanfic fun could be had with some of that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defenders of the Earth

 

Dynac X & Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician & Ming the Merciless

Char: Mandrake the Magician (DotE Cartoon)

 

My favourite character is Mandrake. I’d prefer &s rather than /s but maybe the poor guy needs a bit of fun as well. But I’d prefer no Mandrake/Jedda

 

The canon-typical violence here can be stretched upwards a little, as it was a kids cartoon in the 80s and maybe needs a bit of updating. 

And it’s probably a bit mean to say no K’shin or Zuffy, but they are just so annoying (in that 80s cartoon sidekick kind of way)! If you could find them something wholesome to do “off camera” that would be fantastic!

 

Something about his life before being part of the team. I seem to remember that when he was much younger he was a bit of a tearaway, and an arrogant asshole to people. Perhaps him learning the Dr Strange lesson of “it’s not about you” would be interesting. I mean, he’s a lot better by the time of the cartoon, and he literally defends the whole earth, so he had to find that out somehow. 

Also, as a Defender and one of their leaders, he would have to sometimes make tough decisions about life and death for other people. Can he do that easily, or does he struggle? What might some of the consequences be?

 

What does he think of his fellow Defenders?

Him and Lothar go back a long way - I can’t remember off-hand if how they met and became friends was ever shown, but if it wasn’t that would be fun.

And he knows The Phantom, but how probably wasn’t fleshed out either. 

How does he get on with the teenagers? Or how do they get on with him? Is he the one they might go to to complain about their respective parents?

 

He’s keeper of the Crystal of Konos, so potential there for time shenanigans and other temporal fun. He’s also a Shadow Lord of huge power, so how does he avoid getting sucked into power games.

And what are the limits to his power? What would he do if it all went horribly wrong? Would he turn “Strange-Supreme” and go on a rampage to set it right? How far would he really go?

Has he been fighting evil monsters before forming the Defenders? Bet he did!

I’d also be interested in something about him and Dynak X the supercomputer. Magic vs technology, similarities and differences.

And talking of similarities and differences, what about Mandrake and Ming? How about Ming finding a way to “persuade” Mandrake to join his team? Or and AU where Mandrake does end up on the other side of the conflict for some reason? That could be fun!

 

 

KA:LotS

 

Char: Goosefat Bill

Arthur & Goosefat Bill

 

Fun, fun, fun! It’s so British, silly, intense, and man what a fab soundtrack.

Anyway…

My favourite character is Goosefat Bill. I don’t ship him with anyone, although I quite like the idea of him and Maggie, and the only / I don’t like is him and Bedivere, as they seem to be good friends more than anything more.

 

Sir William Wilson, member of Uther’s inner circle, and rebellion spy! He’s both, and he fits into both worlds. So how did a high-ranking court member end up a top-flight spy?

What was he like while Uther was alive, and how did he react to his death?

What was the personal cost to Bill for not cosying up to Vortigen? 

I’d imagine he’d do what he had to do to be such a good spy, how does he actually feel about that? Him and Bedivere worked for years to find Arthur and try and protect the people. What sort of things did they have to do?

I kind of want to read a fic entitles “Bill and Bed’s Excellent Adventure”, just because it would be funny…

How did he end up in the brothel, what was that mission about?

How did he get his nickname?

How about something post-film film with Arthur and Bill in the Darklands fighting giant monsters?

 

 

Gauntlet Dark Legacy

Sumner, Sumner & Garm, Skorne & Garm

 

Basically, anything. How helpful!

But there is so little in this fandom that anything about these two mages, or their world, would be amazing.

It is one of my all-time favourite games, and I could happily play it all day (and I have!). That’s part of the reason I need fic for it, I’ve played it so much and spent so much time thinking about it while playing that my brain demands answers. I have my own ideas, but I’d love to hear other people’s, especially since this is such a teeny weeny fandom.

The heroes showing up would be okay too, I don’t mind. The “in-character” part of my likes is more difficult, especially since you don’t get too much characterisation of any of them.

 

Wtf does Sumner do all day in his tower? He’s always there. He stands around and seems to do nothing.

Does he feel any guilt about dragging these heroes into his family problem.

And how does he get so many (basically infinite) power-ups for the heroes?  Does he craft them? 

And what does he do with all the gold he gets?

As he’s so powerful why did he need to drag the players into all of this?

And why doesn’t he just *tell* them where the runestones are? Why all the secrecy (obviously for the game, but in-universe…)

And why bother with all those crystals to open the doors, just what is going on in that tower???

Garm is his brother, what’s their story?

And how did Garm meet up with Skorne? Why did he betray the world?

 

Oh, one of my favourite parts isn’t even in the main game - when you quit and it goes “game over”, there is a short scene with Sumner at this podium and Skorne’s fist punches through the wall and pulls him away. I love it! And what an excellent starting point for a fic!