CharactOR Exchange letter
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meteordustDear CORE Creator,
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love the fandoms I've nominated, and I'm keen to see what you come up with! 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.
I've requested fanfic for the below canons.
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 depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. 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.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones nominated, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the nominated characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust
(AO3 name Serenade)
***
Request 1: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Stone) - fanfic
- I'm intrigued by Stone being a line-grandfather, and what that life is like for him. He's seen generations of his court be born and grow up and pass on. What would it be like for him, to follow someone throughout their life? What would it be like for them, to always have this one constant in the background? Stone mentions once that Bramble bit him when she was a baby, which was clearly memorable. Stone tells Moon he's already raised enough kids, but he's still affectionate with the Sky Copper fledglings.
- Are there any other line-grandfathers around? Do they ever meet up and reminisce about things only they remember? It must be a unique life with unique challenges. Has Stone ever given advice to a new line-grandfather about what to expect? Did anyone ever give advice to him when he first learned that was his future?
- Stone has a passion for travelling and exploring. What's it like seeing how the world changes and evolves? Are there groundling settlements he might have visited several times over the course of a century? Are there families where he has got to know several generations of them? Is he tracking the development of a particularly delicious fried pastry? I would love Stone taking someone on a tour of great food places, or just enjoying lots of great food himself.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Stone with Moon (though I like their platonic relationship too) and with Azure (his former queen). I prefer not to ship him with anyone else from Indigo Cloud or Opal Night, but I'm fine to see him with other canon characters or original characters.
***
Request 2: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny (Coral) - fanfic
- Coral is yet another of Oberon's long lost offspring, but she seems to fit in more easily with the next gen than the original royals. I'd love to see her meet the other princes and princesses of Amber, and have some deep and meaningful conversations with her siblings. What's it like to come into this family from the outside?
- Coral makes some bold choices: risking her life to test her bloodline on the Pattern, and asking it to send her where it chooses. What are some other mysteries she might investigate, or assumptions she might overturn?
- Coral has to help one of her many relatives out of trouble, using her wits, diplomacy, combat skills, or Jewel of Judgment powers.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Coral with Merlin, with Luke, or with both.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want: I don't want graphic descriptions of eye injury or eye surgery. I am fine with mentioning those canon events (ie that Coral's eye was damaged and then replaced with the Jewel of Judgment), but would prefer no heavy focus on the topic.
***
Request 3: Seafort Saga - David Feintuch (Nicholas Seafort, Edgar Tolliver, Vax Holser, Alexi Tamarov) - fanfic
- I love all these characters for their loyalty, bravery, sacrifice, and intense UST. I wish we got to see more of their lives in between the crises they face. I'm happy to read about any, some, or all of them.
- Derelict ships and abandoned outposts! Of course someone has to investigate.
- Shore leave! Possibly together with someone else, who has very different ideas about what they should do on shore leave. Or what games might they play during downtime aboard ship? Something fiercely competitive? Strip poker? Truth or dare?
- Do they ever tell stories about ghost ships that wander through space, or lost colonies that vanished off the map, or sightings of alien artefacts? Has anyone ever encountered them?
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship any of these characters with any of the others.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want: I don't want infidelity. For their canon relationships, I'd be happy with any of the following: after it ends, alternate universe where it never happened, or just not mentioned.
***
Request 4: Moon Knight (Steven Grant, Arthur Harrow) - fanfic
Steven Grant
- I love how kind and brave and insightful Steven is. I just want him to be happy, and to help others be happy too.
- Steven finally gets to go on the perfect date, or an imperfect date that is still wonderful. (To make up for the agony of that missed date!) Maybe he introduces Layla to all his favourite London haunts, or Layla shows him around hers but in America or Egypt? Maybe he takes Marc somewhere he thinks Marc would appreciate?
- Steven manages to get through to Harrow, or visits him at the asylum, or saves him from his fate.
- Steven gets to be a tour guide, and he is awesome at it.
- Steven goes to a really cool aquarium, or maybe he adopts a lot of fish.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Steven with Marc, with Layla, and with Harrow.
Arthur Harrow
- I find Harrow extremely compelling and fascinating in all his contradictions, that he can be at times gentle and at times ruthless, and that he is still seeking a kind of justice for the world in his own way. Having him be a past avatar of Khonshu too made him a beautiful dark mirror.
- Origin stories! Was Harrow vulnerable in some way to being manipulated by Khonshu into serving him? Did it make a difference that he admittedly enjoys killing people? Does he know anything about the previous avatar? And what finally made him break with Khonshu? Was it before or after he learned about Ammit and her philosophy?
- Harrow has had a lot of things broken in him, and I would love to see what healing might look like. Is there a moment when he might have been persuaded to change his course? Or might he reflect and repent in the aftermath? What do you do with yourself if you survive being the avatar of two vengeful gods?
- Maybe Harrow goes on a boat ride with Taweret that ends up being a life-changing road trip. (A life-changing river cruise?)
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Harrow with Steven, with Ammit, and with Khonshu.
***
Thank you so much for offering to write a story for me! I love the fandoms I've nominated, and I'm keen to see what you come up with! 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.
I've requested fanfic for the below canons.
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 depressingly bleak. However, I don't mind darkness as long as there is a glimmer of light. Endings that are bittersweet or ambiguous are also fine.
DO NOT WANT: Noncon, underage, bleak endings, crossovers, setting change AUs like high school, coffee shop, or omegaverse (but canon divergence AUs are fine).
RATING: I am open to gen or ships for these characters. 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.
POV: I'm open to stories from the point of view of a different character from the ones nominated, especially if they provide an interesting perspective on the nominated characters.
INTERACTIVE FICTION: I like interactive fiction and would welcome it.
AO3: I have gifts enabled and am open to treats.
I've listed more details under each individual request.
I hope this helps. Have fun writing!
Yours sincerely,
meteordust(AO3 name Serenade)
***
Request 1: Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells (Stone) - fanfic
- I'm intrigued by Stone being a line-grandfather, and what that life is like for him. He's seen generations of his court be born and grow up and pass on. What would it be like for him, to follow someone throughout their life? What would it be like for them, to always have this one constant in the background? Stone mentions once that Bramble bit him when she was a baby, which was clearly memorable. Stone tells Moon he's already raised enough kids, but he's still affectionate with the Sky Copper fledglings.
- Are there any other line-grandfathers around? Do they ever meet up and reminisce about things only they remember? It must be a unique life with unique challenges. Has Stone ever given advice to a new line-grandfather about what to expect? Did anyone ever give advice to him when he first learned that was his future?
- Stone has a passion for travelling and exploring. What's it like seeing how the world changes and evolves? Are there groundling settlements he might have visited several times over the course of a century? Are there families where he has got to know several generations of them? Is he tracking the development of a particularly delicious fried pastry? I would love Stone taking someone on a tour of great food places, or just enjoying lots of great food himself.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Stone with Moon (though I like their platonic relationship too) and with Azure (his former queen). I prefer not to ship him with anyone else from Indigo Cloud or Opal Night, but I'm fine to see him with other canon characters or original characters.
***
Request 2: Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny (Coral) - fanfic
- Coral is yet another of Oberon's long lost offspring, but she seems to fit in more easily with the next gen than the original royals. I'd love to see her meet the other princes and princesses of Amber, and have some deep and meaningful conversations with her siblings. What's it like to come into this family from the outside?
- Coral makes some bold choices: risking her life to test her bloodline on the Pattern, and asking it to send her where it chooses. What are some other mysteries she might investigate, or assumptions she might overturn?
- Coral has to help one of her many relatives out of trouble, using her wits, diplomacy, combat skills, or Jewel of Judgment powers.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Coral with Merlin, with Luke, or with both.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want: I don't want graphic descriptions of eye injury or eye surgery. I am fine with mentioning those canon events (ie that Coral's eye was damaged and then replaced with the Jewel of Judgment), but would prefer no heavy focus on the topic.
***
Request 3: Seafort Saga - David Feintuch (Nicholas Seafort, Edgar Tolliver, Vax Holser, Alexi Tamarov) - fanfic
- I love all these characters for their loyalty, bravery, sacrifice, and intense UST. I wish we got to see more of their lives in between the crises they face. I'm happy to read about any, some, or all of them.
- Derelict ships and abandoned outposts! Of course someone has to investigate.
- Shore leave! Possibly together with someone else, who has very different ideas about what they should do on shore leave. Or what games might they play during downtime aboard ship? Something fiercely competitive? Strip poker? Truth or dare?
- Do they ever tell stories about ghost ships that wander through space, or lost colonies that vanished off the map, or sightings of alien artefacts? Has anyone ever encountered them?
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship any of these characters with any of the others.
Fandom Specific Do Not Want: I don't want infidelity. For their canon relationships, I'd be happy with any of the following: after it ends, alternate universe where it never happened, or just not mentioned.
***
Request 4: Moon Knight (Steven Grant, Arthur Harrow) - fanfic
Steven Grant
- I love how kind and brave and insightful Steven is. I just want him to be happy, and to help others be happy too.
- Steven finally gets to go on the perfect date, or an imperfect date that is still wonderful. (To make up for the agony of that missed date!) Maybe he introduces Layla to all his favourite London haunts, or Layla shows him around hers but in America or Egypt? Maybe he takes Marc somewhere he thinks Marc would appreciate?
- Steven manages to get through to Harrow, or visits him at the asylum, or saves him from his fate.
- Steven gets to be a tour guide, and he is awesome at it.
- Steven goes to a really cool aquarium, or maybe he adopts a lot of fish.
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Steven with Marc, with Layla, and with Harrow.
Arthur Harrow
- I find Harrow extremely compelling and fascinating in all his contradictions, that he can be at times gentle and at times ruthless, and that he is still seeking a kind of justice for the world in his own way. Having him be a past avatar of Khonshu too made him a beautiful dark mirror.
- Origin stories! Was Harrow vulnerable in some way to being manipulated by Khonshu into serving him? Did it make a difference that he admittedly enjoys killing people? Does he know anything about the previous avatar? And what finally made him break with Khonshu? Was it before or after he learned about Ammit and her philosophy?
- Harrow has had a lot of things broken in him, and I would love to see what healing might look like. Is there a moment when he might have been persuaded to change his course? Or might he reflect and repent in the aftermath? What do you do with yourself if you survive being the avatar of two vengeful gods?
- Maybe Harrow goes on a boat ride with Taweret that ends up being a life-changing road trip. (A life-changing river cruise?)
- Relationships: I'm fine with gen or ships. If you would like to include shipping, I ship Harrow with Steven, with Ammit, and with Khonshu.
***
