Trauma Exchange Letter

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 Will be here. IS HERE!

The main thing to remember is to have fun. I know it’s ten k in 14 days, but enjoy writing your fic and I’m sure that I’ll enjoy it as well.

Thank you for joining in with this exchange and for writing for me.

General DNWs

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.

Please do not permanently kill off any major characters.

FANDOM 
Westworld TV

Fandom Specific DNWs-

And I've only watched to the end of Season 2, so I wouldn't like anything about things that happen in the later seasons. Besides, the part I liked the most about the show is the Park - the mix of humans and Hosts in the park playing their roles.

 

This is Westworld, so violence and abuse of Host is kind-of the norm, but I'd prefer it to be at the level show in the show, and no worse. “sex without love or affection” in the DNW above might need a bit more explanation for this fandom, 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.

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'm okay with any rating, though I'd probably prefer more M rated sex. 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 PWiythout-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.

Ideas.

I've only ever watched s1 and s2 of Westworld and I don't have much desire to watch the other 2, I much preferred it when it was about the interaction in side the park, and the background of how it all worked.

Tags -
Abuse - Abuse of Authority
Abuse - Gaslighting
Abuse - Stalking
Aftermath - A has to cope with the aftermath of a long period of isolation
Aftermath - Aftermath & Comfort For Canon Hurt
Aftermath - Character Thinks They're Too Broken to Love
Aftermath - Of Betrayal
Aftermath - Survived a Massacre
Art - Hanging from wrists
Betrayal - Person Thought to be Ally Was Enemy All Along
Captivity - Doesn't know they're a prisoner
Death/Grief - Survivor's guilt
Hurt/Comfort - 'I just need to sit/lie down for a minute' says character about to pass out
Hurt/Comfort - Character isn't used to receiving gentleness
Hurt/Comfort - Gunshot Wound
Mental - Character Has Breakdown Due To Repeated Trauma
Mental - Existential Crisis
Mental - Unexpected Trigger
Resurrection - Character Wishes They Hadn't Come Back
Scenario - "No one will save you"
Scenario - Auctioned Off to Highest Bidder ×

 

I tried to pick additional tags that would fit in well with the show, and especially the Park.

Teddy is my favourite character, and he basically gets screwed over all the time. And shot. And then revived and has to do it all over again just to entertain us humans, so I'd like his to be involved if possible, even in the worldbuilding.

Some Random Ideas - Not sure how they might fit,

A day in the life at the park, before all the shit went down, and the cumulative affect of all that trauma.

What was his full loop? Not sure we ever see it all.

How does  he "process" trauma - is there a dedicated subroutine? Or a small part of his loop where he nearly has a melt-down but pull himself together

They all seemed to forget about Wyatt, but what was his relationship with Wyatt like? How did they meet (in the narrative), where they friends? What justification did Teddy give for Wyatt’s betrayal? How does he react to it all?

What about Teddy’s life as the sheriff, before everyone died. How much does he really remember.

Was he programmed for any other roles before he was the mysterious bounty hunter? Other than being sheriff and being the Teddy we see. How does he cope with the lingering memories, even if they were "wiped"?

What if Westworld goes offline and the Hosts are left to fend for themselves, but there was no Dolores any more? What would Teddy have to do to survive? How did he feel and cope with the failure

How did the park really function, the jobs, the techs the processes and procedures that Teddy had to go through. Trauma from the techical procedures?

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 cycling through his loop, but his programming degrades each time round.

Request 2 Defenders of the Earth

DNWs at the start pretty well cover it all. If you feel the need to ship Mandrake with anyone, I'm not too bothered with whom, except any of the younger Defenders.


Medium: Fanart
Medium: Fanfiction

Aftermath - A has to cope with the aftermath of a long period of isolation
Aftermath - Of Betrayal
Mental - Existential Crisis
Scenario - "No one will save you"
 

If another tag really speaks to you, the go for it, as long as it doesn't go into DNWs, then I'm probably going to be happy. There is so little fic in this fandom, that the more the merrier!

Mandrake is my favourite, so having him struggle with what they have to do to save the earth would be great - it can't be as easy as it looks all the time. I'm pretty sure theres death and destruction nvolved in fighting an evil emperor!
I also wondered about all those times he ends up captured, and what effect it has on him.

You could go Au, and change it so Mandrake is forced to help Ming, being forced to turn on his friends, feeling that somehow he's been betrayed or left behind, but  it's all Mings mindgames.