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Dear FAIB Creator,

 

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

Teddy Flood & the Man in Black

Teddy Flood & Wyatt

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(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.

 

Teddy, he 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 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.

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

 

 

Defenders of the Earth

 

Dynac X & Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician & Ming the Merciless

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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), so if you could find them something wholesome to do “off camera” that would be fantastic.

 

Something with him and Dynak X the supercomputer. Magic vs technology, similarities and differences. She would have a unique opinion about him and his skills. Would they be able to work together without any of the other defenders there too?

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?

Could they be persuaded to work together for some reason?

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. 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?

 

 

 

KA:LotS

 

Char: Goosefat Bill

Arthur & Goosefat Bill

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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 & Garm
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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!

 

X-Men OTM

Scott Summers, Scott Summers/Logan (X-Men Movieverse) (OTM)Scott Summers & Logan (X-Men Movieverse) (OTM)

 

Scott is my favourite character in both OTM and ATM, and I’d love something fun with him and Logan.

 

I love time shenanigans with this fandom, as it lends itself so well (and there is so much to “fix” with X3!

I’m much less precious about changing canon in the name of a good story too, especially since Logan sods off at the end of X1 and doesn’t show up again until very close to the start of X2. Not much of an opportunity for characters or relationships to develop.

Ideas -

Scott coming to terms with how Logan felt about Jean.

Scott survives in X3 and helps Logan defeat Jean

Original X1 uses the original five X-men

Original Trilogy characters take on Apocalypse

Scott doesn’t join the x-men

 

 

X-Men ATM

Scott Summers (ATM)

 

Something Post Dark Phoenix

Maybe something with Storm, as they seem to have developed a good friendship by the time of Dark Phoenix. Not necessarily slashy, but that would be interesting.