Falling Stars

The story I wrote for Naynda was:

Title: Deeper Than Reflections
Fandom: Fairy Tales & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: F/M, M/M
Relationship: Prince Charming/Snow White
Tags: Magic, Friendship, Romance, Fairy Tale Retellings, Genderswap, Temporarily a Different Sex, Male!Snow White
Summary: Snow White finds a way to hide from the magic mirror.

Thank you again to Grasshopper_of_Anarchy for How the Other Half Lives. It was awesome fun to read.

Dear 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 )

( Request 2: The Mandalorian - fanfic )

( Request 3: Belgariad/Malloreon Series - David & Leigh Eddings - fanfic )

Works are revealed for the Rule 63 Exchange! I was lucky enough to receive two awesome stories:

Title: Uneven Exchange
Fandom: Fall of Ile-Rien - Martha Wells
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: Gen
Relationship: Florian & Breidan Niles
Characters: Florian, Breidan Niles, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Sexswap, Magical Artifacts, Magical Accidents, Rule 63, Temporarily a 63, brief mention of mild sexism
Summary: A mysterious fayre artifact in a box of odds and ends from the Coldcourt attic leads to unexpected changes for Florian and Niles.

Title: The Lesser Son
Fandom: The Elric Saga - Michael Moorcock
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: F/M
Relationship: Cymoril/Elric of Melnibone
Characters: Cymoril, Elric of Melnibone, Yyrkoon
Additional Tags: Rule 63, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, POV First Person, Extra Treat, Always a 63
Summary: From the early journals of Cymoril, Prince of the Dragon Isle and Consort of Empress Elric, the 428th ruler of Melniboné. Regarding the matters leading up to their marriage and the fate of Yyrkoon, Elder Brother to Cymoril.

Thank you for these stories, dear writers! I was thrilled to read them. Florian and Niles are a delight to watch puzzling out this mystery and learning more about each other. Empress Elric is spectacular, and Prince Cymoril changes history.

The collection has 70 works in 62 fandoms.

The treat I wrote for Sheliak was:

Title: The Second Consort
Fandom: Books of the Raksura
Relationship: Jade/Moon/Original Second Consort
Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Courting Rituals, Polyamory, Extra Treat
Rating: General
Summary: Everyone keeps telling Moon he would like the consort if he met him.

I wasn't signed up for idproquo, but maybe next year! In the meantime, I'm excited that the hurtcomfortex collection is opening in a week, justmarriedexchange has opened signups, and rule63exchange is in nominations.

... How many exchanges is too many exchanges?

Works are revealed for the Rule 63 Exchange! I received a hugely fun From Eroica With Love story:

Title: If the Champagne's Good
Fandom: From Eroica With Love
Rating: General
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: F/F
Relationship: Female Klaus von dem Eberbach/Female Dorian Red Gloria
Characters: Klaus von dem Eberbach, Dorian Red Gloria, Mischa the Bear Cub
Additional Tags: Female Dorian the Drag King, Hostage Situations, Dorian Gives Klaus a Headache Always, Trust Kink, Competence Kink, they make a good team, Dancing, Pre-Relationship

Summary: Irritating as it was, it was so much easier to navigate these parties when Dorian was dressed as a man. At least, it was when she was trying to manage Klaus as well as the night's caper. 'Tom' could get away with a forceful hand on Klaus' forearm if she were raging, and Lady Gloria could only flutter and dazzle. (Her flutter and dazzle were highly effective, most of the time, but historically, not when dealing with Iron Klaus on a tear.)

Thank you for this story, dear writer! It was a delight to see Klaus and Dorian rocking the world as women, saving each other and simmering with chemistry.

Plus more to enjoy in the collection, with 59 works in 56 fandoms.