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: Noncon or dubcon, 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: 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 elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
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Request 2: The Mandalorian - fanfic
Relationships: F!Boba Fett & M!Fennec Shand
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: Of all the Star Wars characters, Boba Fett is one of the oldest and most iconic, and Fennec Shand is one of the newest and most enigmatic. Two morally ambiguous characters with chequered pasts, transformed by near death experiences, and rediscovering their directions in life. Also total badasses.
Prompts:
* Both of them are famed and feared. Is an unexpected genderswap an opportunity to go unnoticed for a while? Lying low in a quiet town, under assumed identities? Maybe getting to know the neighbours in a domestic setting. Maybe busting out the big guns when something threatens the town.
* Or is this just an opportunity to go undercover in disguise on a mission? I would love to see the genderswapped versions of them running around being devastatingly cool and competent.
* Boba has always been the son of his father, shaped in his image, following in his steps. How does he face this change to his identity? Fennec has survived being shot, at the cost of a cybernetic abdomen. How does she deal with another sudden body alteration?
* Reactions of friends, foes, and others. Being recognised? Not being recognised? Give me all the surprising interactions.
Canon knowledge: I've watched the series and most of the movies. I don't mind spoilers for other parts of canon or legends, and I'm fine for you to include those elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
***
Request 3: Belgariad/Malloreon Series - David & Leigh Eddings - fanfic
Relationships: Polgara/F!Durnik
Freeform tags: Always a 63
What I love: Durnik is a plain and ordinary smith. Polgara is the most powerful sorceress in the world. They share a quiet devotion and a deep affection, that grows into love.
Prompts:
* If Durnik were a woman, what would the bond they developed be like? I'd love to see their first meeting and first impressions, and them getting to know each other and spend time together, and other moments on Faldor's farm.
* Journeying on the quest together. Going through dangers, seeing new places, and maybe finding small wonders to share.
* Life in the Vale. A day of peaceful happiness. Caring for Eriond. Making something new together.
Canon knowledge: I've read the Belgariad and the Malloreon. I don't mind spoilers for the prequels, and I'm fine for you to include those elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
***
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: Noncon or dubcon, 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: 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 elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
***
Request 2: The Mandalorian - fanfic
Relationships: F!Boba Fett & M!Fennec Shand
Freeform tags: Temporarily 63ed
What I love: Of all the Star Wars characters, Boba Fett is one of the oldest and most iconic, and Fennec Shand is one of the newest and most enigmatic. Two morally ambiguous characters with chequered pasts, transformed by near death experiences, and rediscovering their directions in life. Also total badasses.
Prompts:
* Both of them are famed and feared. Is an unexpected genderswap an opportunity to go unnoticed for a while? Lying low in a quiet town, under assumed identities? Maybe getting to know the neighbours in a domestic setting. Maybe busting out the big guns when something threatens the town.
* Or is this just an opportunity to go undercover in disguise on a mission? I would love to see the genderswapped versions of them running around being devastatingly cool and competent.
* Boba has always been the son of his father, shaped in his image, following in his steps. How does he face this change to his identity? Fennec has survived being shot, at the cost of a cybernetic abdomen. How does she deal with another sudden body alteration?
* Reactions of friends, foes, and others. Being recognised? Not being recognised? Give me all the surprising interactions.
Canon knowledge: I've watched the series and most of the movies. I don't mind spoilers for other parts of canon or legends, and I'm fine for you to include those elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
***
Request 3: Belgariad/Malloreon Series - David & Leigh Eddings - fanfic
Relationships: Polgara/F!Durnik
Freeform tags: Always a 63
What I love: Durnik is a plain and ordinary smith. Polgara is the most powerful sorceress in the world. They share a quiet devotion and a deep affection, that grows into love.
Prompts:
* If Durnik were a woman, what would the bond they developed be like? I'd love to see their first meeting and first impressions, and them getting to know each other and spend time together, and other moments on Faldor's farm.
* Journeying on the quest together. Going through dangers, seeing new places, and maybe finding small wonders to share.
* Life in the Vale. A day of peaceful happiness. Caring for Eriond. Making something new together.
Canon knowledge: I've read the Belgariad and the Malloreon. I don't mind spoilers for the prequels, and I'm fine for you to include those elements, as long as the story can be understood without knowing them.
***
