Rule 63 Exchange letter
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meteordustDear Rule 63 Creator,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms and characters, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives, or where the future might take them.
RULE 63 NAMES: I'm happy to go with the canon names of the characters. But if you come up with an alternate version you want to use, I'm happy to go with that too.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favourite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I've requested gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
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Request 1: The Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells - fanfic
Relationships: M!Florian & F!Niles
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: I love this series, I love the characters, and I just want to spend more time hanging out in the world with them. Florian and Niles might not be as dramatic as some of the other characters, but I like how they're brave and resourceful and competent (and sometimes exasperated by the people around them). I love how sorcerers are like academics and scientists: curious about the world, methodical in their thinking, and occasionally woobie in pushing the limits of their magic to exhaustion.
Prompts:
* Researching a forgotten spell or inventing a new one, or accidentally setting off a magical artefact. Working together to figure out how to reverse the effect.
* Alternatively, shrugging their shoulders and getting on with life, trusting the effect will wear off. They just rock up to everything as usual, while their friends all do double takes.
* Going undercover in disguise for a mission. Or the god of Cineth transforms them for some mysterious purpose of its own.
* I've requested gen because I get the impression of them as friendly colleagues. But if you're inspired by an idea for something shippy, I'd love to see your take on it.
Canon knowledge: I've read the novel trilogy and the short story collection. However, I would be perfectly happy with a story based only on the first book, The Wizard Hunters.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want:
- I don't want sexual harassment or sexual violence. (Actual or threatened.)
- I don't want Ixion to kill people or irreversibly change them into monsters. (I'm fine with trying and failing. I'm fine with mentions of canon events.)
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Request 2: Tekken - fanfic
Relationships: F!Lee Chaolan/M!Anna Williams
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: Both Lee and Anna see themselves as suave and sexy, but they are also kind of cheesy and ridiculous. I can imagine them having lots of lovers of all genders, but I can also imagine them being failboats at it. I like the idea that over the years, they keep having casual flings with each other. I also like the idea that as veterans of Iron Fist - sometimes rivals, sometimes allies - they might share jaded musings over drinks.
Prompts:
* They get genderswapped, either intentionally (eg as a disguise), accidentally (eg trying to power up with experimental science or ancient magic), or mysteriously (eg strange artefact or woke up different). Maybe they have to work together to figure out how to reverse it. Maybe they go out shopping for clothes and go on fancy dates. Maybe they just find each other really hot, and then they bang.
* Identity porn! They enter the Iron Fist tournament in their new identities, unknown to each other. Or maybe they recognise each other, but swear each other to secrecy. Or maybe everyone else recognises them anyway and they're just playing along.
* I'm fine with something cracky or something serious.
Canon knowledge: I've played up to and including Tekken 5. I don't mind spoilers for the later games, and I'm fine for you to include those characters and events, as long as the story can be understood without having played them.
***
Request 3: The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock - fanfic
Relationships: F!Elric/M!Cymoril
Freeform tags: Always a 63
What I love: The fantastical worldbuilding and imagery. Elric being a subversion of the typical sword-and-sorcery hero. The fragile albino sorcerer king, dependent on a souldrinking black sword, trying to be a moral person, even against the traditions of his people and his gods.
Prompts:
* I just want to see cool sword-and-sorcery tropes, but with Elric as a woman and Cymoril as a man. Magic, duels, dragons, quests, curses, kingdoms, prophecies, etc.
* How are things different if Elric is the Empress of Melniboné, and Cymoril is a Prince of the Dreaming Isle?
* Regarding Cymoril as the tragic doomed lover: I'm fine to see his fate played out for angst, or for his fate to be averted somehow.
Canon knowledge: It's been so long that I can't remember which books I've read or haven't read. I'm not fussed about continuity though, especially since this premise is an AU. I don't mind spoilers for this canon either.
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Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love all these fandoms and characters, and I'm really keen to see what you do in them! I've provided some prompts in case you're looking for inspiration, but I'd also love to see whatever other ideas capture your imagination.
For me, it's about the characters and their interactions. I'm not a stickler about researching canon details, as long as the spirit of the characters and the flavour of their world is there. I want to see adventures that might have been, or missing moments from between scenes, or a slice of their daily lives, or where the future might take them.
RULE 63 NAMES: I'm happy to go with the canon names of the characters. But if you come up with an alternate version you want to use, I'm happy to go with that too.
LIKES: Some of the things I enjoy in stories are: undying loyalty, personal bravery, risking self to protect others, displaying cool competence, big damn hero moments, special everyday moments, banter, hijinks, confessions exposing emotional vulnerability, conversations loaded with unspoken meaning, tough people showing a soft side, and soft people showing a tough side. Some of my favourite tropes and genres are: amnesia, angst with a happy ending, animal transformation, arranged marriage, bodyswap, cosmic horror, curtainfic, five things fic, getting together, hurt/comfort, mutual requited pining, mystery solving, road trips, sex pollen, slice of life, stranded together, and time travel.
DISLIKES: I generally prefer optimistic stories in exchanges, so I'm not keen on anything that is brutally violent or hopelessly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness during the story, as long as there is a glimmer of light at the end. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I've requested gen and ships in this exchange. For the latter, I'd enjoy anything ranging from unresolved sexual tension, to getting together, to established relationship. I'm fine with explicit sex, but it's usually not the most important part of the story for me.
STYLE: I'm fine with first, second, or third person. I'm fine with past or present tense. I'm fine with stories of any length, including stories that start in media res or consist of a scene that implies a larger plot.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
Request 1: The Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells - fanfic
Relationships: M!Florian & F!Niles
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: I love this series, I love the characters, and I just want to spend more time hanging out in the world with them. Florian and Niles might not be as dramatic as some of the other characters, but I like how they're brave and resourceful and competent (and sometimes exasperated by the people around them). I love how sorcerers are like academics and scientists: curious about the world, methodical in their thinking, and occasionally woobie in pushing the limits of their magic to exhaustion.
Prompts:
* Researching a forgotten spell or inventing a new one, or accidentally setting off a magical artefact. Working together to figure out how to reverse the effect.
* Alternatively, shrugging their shoulders and getting on with life, trusting the effect will wear off. They just rock up to everything as usual, while their friends all do double takes.
* Going undercover in disguise for a mission. Or the god of Cineth transforms them for some mysterious purpose of its own.
* I've requested gen because I get the impression of them as friendly colleagues. But if you're inspired by an idea for something shippy, I'd love to see your take on it.
Canon knowledge: I've read the novel trilogy and the short story collection. However, I would be perfectly happy with a story based only on the first book, The Wizard Hunters.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want:
- I don't want sexual harassment or sexual violence. (Actual or threatened.)
- I don't want Ixion to kill people or irreversibly change them into monsters. (I'm fine with trying and failing. I'm fine with mentions of canon events.)
***
Request 2: Tekken - fanfic
Relationships: F!Lee Chaolan/M!Anna Williams
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: Both Lee and Anna see themselves as suave and sexy, but they are also kind of cheesy and ridiculous. I can imagine them having lots of lovers of all genders, but I can also imagine them being failboats at it. I like the idea that over the years, they keep having casual flings with each other. I also like the idea that as veterans of Iron Fist - sometimes rivals, sometimes allies - they might share jaded musings over drinks.
Prompts:
* They get genderswapped, either intentionally (eg as a disguise), accidentally (eg trying to power up with experimental science or ancient magic), or mysteriously (eg strange artefact or woke up different). Maybe they have to work together to figure out how to reverse it. Maybe they go out shopping for clothes and go on fancy dates. Maybe they just find each other really hot, and then they bang.
* Identity porn! They enter the Iron Fist tournament in their new identities, unknown to each other. Or maybe they recognise each other, but swear each other to secrecy. Or maybe everyone else recognises them anyway and they're just playing along.
* I'm fine with something cracky or something serious.
Canon knowledge: I've played up to and including Tekken 5. I don't mind spoilers for the later games, and I'm fine for you to include those characters and events, as long as the story can be understood without having played them.
***
Request 3: The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock - fanfic
Relationships: F!Elric/M!Cymoril
Freeform tags: Always a 63
What I love: The fantastical worldbuilding and imagery. Elric being a subversion of the typical sword-and-sorcery hero. The fragile albino sorcerer king, dependent on a souldrinking black sword, trying to be a moral person, even against the traditions of his people and his gods.
Prompts:
* I just want to see cool sword-and-sorcery tropes, but with Elric as a woman and Cymoril as a man. Magic, duels, dragons, quests, curses, kingdoms, prophecies, etc.
* How are things different if Elric is the Empress of Melniboné, and Cymoril is a Prince of the Dreaming Isle?
* Regarding Cymoril as the tragic doomed lover: I'm fine to see his fate played out for angst, or for his fate to be averted somehow.
Canon knowledge: It's been so long that I can't remember which books I've read or haven't read. I'm not fussed about continuity though, especially since this premise is an AU. I don't mind spoilers for this canon either.
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