dear scifi swap author
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naushikaDear Scifi Swap Author,
Thank you so much for writing me a fic. <3
I am very easy to please. If you have a good idea already for the fandom/pairing you were assigned (as long as it doesn't clash with my DNWs) feel free to run with it. I'm eager to see what you can come up with. If you are looking for prompts/more direction, then read on!
Do Not Wants:
- BDSM
- non-con
- excessive descriptions of violence or gore
- incest
- violence between partners (romantic or platonic)
- PWP (smut is fine, but I would prefer more non-smutty bits to smutty bits, basically)
General Likes:
- friendships turned romantic relationships
- angst, delicious angst (generally I still prefer a somewhat non-angsty ending - I like pain, but then I like payoff)
- AUs (special love for college or high school AUs, coffee shop, and similar tropey AUs)
- hurt/comfort (physical or emotional)
- trapped together (trapped on an elevator, trapped in a cell, snowed in, basically any permutation of this!)
- similar to trapped together, bonded together (telepathically, actual handcuffs, mystical spell where they can't go further than 50 feet apart, etc)
- apocalypse, dystopia, in general end of the world scenarios, especially how characters cope in that new world
- amnesia
- fake marriage, undercover marriage/relationship
Fandom-specific Ideas:
Agents of SHIELD
Pairing requested: Jemma Simmons/Grant Ward
This gifset sums up what I love about their relationship. It is built on camaraderie, support, and respect. It just kills me how much they will listen to each other and rely on the other so thoroughly for support. Can trust be a kink? Hah. For Ward/Simmons it totally is for me. Especially with Big Bad Agent Ward, who is soooo crazy protective of everyone, but he trusts Jemma to do her Science and backs her up. *heart melts*
I would love to see the slow burn of their growing feelings for one another. Little moments they share during or after missions. I have this image in my head of an early morning on the bus, and Ward is making eggs while Jemma watches, and she goes on a science-y tangent and Ward just listens and in that moment realizes how much he loves her. A romantic relationship between the two strikes me as something that would be quiet but intense. :D
I'm also always up for fun teamy goodness, or wacky hijinks. I think SHIELD is a canon that lends itself to tropes very well, so anything from my general likes up above would totally work for me with these two. :D
SPOILERS BELOW FOR RECENT AGENTS OF SHIELD EPISODES AND ALSO CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Edit: With the recent events of AoS, I'm kind of excited at the angsty possibilities here. The above things I've written all still totally apply and feel free to ignore recent canon and just do something like the above, but other new options include how Jemma deals with Ward's betrayal, or the team capturing Ward and trying to win him back/figure out what's wrong.
Also, after having seen Winter Soldier, I'm very open to crossovers between Agents of SHIELD and the MCU! Even if it's Gen, I would love to see the characters interacting in some way. Maybe Fury, Steve, Sam, and/or Natasha hook up with Coulson & Co and they try to sort out this HYDRA mess.
spoilers over! :)
Arrow
Pairings requested: Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak, Sara Lance/Felicity Smoak
Arrow is a show that pretty much stormed my heart and took me by surprise. A lot of my love is focused on Felicity, who is just adorable and funny and amazing and yeah, if you've watched Arrow I'm sure you understand. ;D One of the things I love is how she seems to disarm everyone around her. She's unusual, that's for sure, but also flawed. I enjoyed the recent episode where Felicity felt kind of left out, and rather than mock her for it, everyone supported her as she worked through it. (So many team feels.)
For Felicity and Oliver, the chemistry is just there. They rely on each other so much, and they just fit each other. I also enjoy how much Felicity challenges Oliver. Challenges him to be true to himself, to let other people in and confide in them, to trust other people. And I love how Oliver trusts Felicity, and relies on her as a part of his team. I am kind of a sucker right now for the "not being with you protects you" bit from Oliver with regards to Felicity, but I also really want Felicity to eventually be like, dude, I'm in danger either way. That's not an excuse. I'd love a fic where she knocks some sense into him in that way.
For Sara and Felicity, again, it's totally all about chemistry. I was into it from their first scene together. (And the fact they are almost regularly taking their clothes off in front of each other, at this point, is cementing the deal for me.) Felicity is a little awestruck by Sara, and Sara thinks Felicity is so adorable. I can't get enough of that dynamic. I loved the scene where Sara gave Felicity a couple tips about fighting technique. I would love for an expansion on that, like Felicity asks Sara to give her one on one training which totally develops into something more. If you're not into these two in a particularly shippy way, I would be totally happy with general friendship or bonding.
(Completely optional: I'm not into threesomes, per se, but if you want to incorporate both these pairings into the same fic somehow, I would not be averse. I love angst, so Felicity dealing with the fact she loves two different people would be bittersweet and lovely.)
Mass Effect
Pairing requested: FemShep/Kaidan Alenko
I just recently played through this whole series for the first time, and it's amazing. So amazing, I'm in the middle of ANOTHER playthrough. I love the scope of the universe, the badassness of Shepard, and the relationships. I was struck especially with the relationship with Shepard and Kaidan. Kaidan is so vulnerable, so open, so willing to lay out his feelings entirely in front of Shepard and let the pieces fall where they may. My Shep couldn't help falling in love with him, since I'm pretty sure I did just a little. As much as it hurt, I even enjoyed the rift during ME2 - Horizon was a punch in the gut, but, I'm a sucker for angst and when they finally mended the fences and came together again in ME3 it was even better than if there'd never been that rift in the first place.
I'm very new to the Mass Effect fic world, so I am open to anything. A big part of me that wants all the hurt from ME3 to be soothed with post-Destroy fic where Kaidan and FemShep find each other again and live happily ever after. Or angstily ever after, because living in a post-war galaxy can't be easy for a soldier like Shepard, but Kaidan would be there to help her however he could. Even if that meant they hop on a spaceship and just roam the galaxy for the rest of their lives, finding people with minor problems and fixing them. I just really want them to find each other again!
(Side note: If you want a Shep to work from, this is mine, and her name is Jane, because names are hard. She's mostly Paragon but she does the Renegade things that just seem right.. like shooting Udina. Screw that guy. If you just want to work from Default FemShep too, that's fine.)
Thank you so much for writing me a fic. <3
I am very easy to please. If you have a good idea already for the fandom/pairing you were assigned (as long as it doesn't clash with my DNWs) feel free to run with it. I'm eager to see what you can come up with. If you are looking for prompts/more direction, then read on!
Do Not Wants:
- BDSM
- non-con
- excessive descriptions of violence or gore
- incest
- violence between partners (romantic or platonic)
- PWP (smut is fine, but I would prefer more non-smutty bits to smutty bits, basically)
General Likes:
- friendships turned romantic relationships
- angst, delicious angst (generally I still prefer a somewhat non-angsty ending - I like pain, but then I like payoff)
- AUs (special love for college or high school AUs, coffee shop, and similar tropey AUs)
- hurt/comfort (physical or emotional)
- trapped together (trapped on an elevator, trapped in a cell, snowed in, basically any permutation of this!)
- similar to trapped together, bonded together (telepathically, actual handcuffs, mystical spell where they can't go further than 50 feet apart, etc)
- apocalypse, dystopia, in general end of the world scenarios, especially how characters cope in that new world
- amnesia
- fake marriage, undercover marriage/relationship
Fandom-specific Ideas:
Agents of SHIELD
Pairing requested: Jemma Simmons/Grant Ward
This gifset sums up what I love about their relationship. It is built on camaraderie, support, and respect. It just kills me how much they will listen to each other and rely on the other so thoroughly for support. Can trust be a kink? Hah. For Ward/Simmons it totally is for me. Especially with Big Bad Agent Ward, who is soooo crazy protective of everyone, but he trusts Jemma to do her Science and backs her up. *heart melts*
I would love to see the slow burn of their growing feelings for one another. Little moments they share during or after missions. I have this image in my head of an early morning on the bus, and Ward is making eggs while Jemma watches, and she goes on a science-y tangent and Ward just listens and in that moment realizes how much he loves her. A romantic relationship between the two strikes me as something that would be quiet but intense. :D
I'm also always up for fun teamy goodness, or wacky hijinks. I think SHIELD is a canon that lends itself to tropes very well, so anything from my general likes up above would totally work for me with these two. :D
SPOILERS BELOW FOR RECENT AGENTS OF SHIELD EPISODES AND ALSO CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Edit: With the recent events of AoS, I'm kind of excited at the angsty possibilities here. The above things I've written all still totally apply and feel free to ignore recent canon and just do something like the above, but other new options include how Jemma deals with Ward's betrayal, or the team capturing Ward and trying to win him back/figure out what's wrong.
Also, after having seen Winter Soldier, I'm very open to crossovers between Agents of SHIELD and the MCU! Even if it's Gen, I would love to see the characters interacting in some way. Maybe Fury, Steve, Sam, and/or Natasha hook up with Coulson & Co and they try to sort out this HYDRA mess.
spoilers over! :)
Arrow
Pairings requested: Oliver Queen/Felicity Smoak, Sara Lance/Felicity Smoak
Arrow is a show that pretty much stormed my heart and took me by surprise. A lot of my love is focused on Felicity, who is just adorable and funny and amazing and yeah, if you've watched Arrow I'm sure you understand. ;D One of the things I love is how she seems to disarm everyone around her. She's unusual, that's for sure, but also flawed. I enjoyed the recent episode where Felicity felt kind of left out, and rather than mock her for it, everyone supported her as she worked through it. (So many team feels.)
For Felicity and Oliver, the chemistry is just there. They rely on each other so much, and they just fit each other. I also enjoy how much Felicity challenges Oliver. Challenges him to be true to himself, to let other people in and confide in them, to trust other people. And I love how Oliver trusts Felicity, and relies on her as a part of his team. I am kind of a sucker right now for the "not being with you protects you" bit from Oliver with regards to Felicity, but I also really want Felicity to eventually be like, dude, I'm in danger either way. That's not an excuse. I'd love a fic where she knocks some sense into him in that way.
For Sara and Felicity, again, it's totally all about chemistry. I was into it from their first scene together. (And the fact they are almost regularly taking their clothes off in front of each other, at this point, is cementing the deal for me.) Felicity is a little awestruck by Sara, and Sara thinks Felicity is so adorable. I can't get enough of that dynamic. I loved the scene where Sara gave Felicity a couple tips about fighting technique. I would love for an expansion on that, like Felicity asks Sara to give her one on one training which totally develops into something more. If you're not into these two in a particularly shippy way, I would be totally happy with general friendship or bonding.
(Completely optional: I'm not into threesomes, per se, but if you want to incorporate both these pairings into the same fic somehow, I would not be averse. I love angst, so Felicity dealing with the fact she loves two different people would be bittersweet and lovely.)
Mass Effect
Pairing requested: FemShep/Kaidan Alenko
I just recently played through this whole series for the first time, and it's amazing. So amazing, I'm in the middle of ANOTHER playthrough. I love the scope of the universe, the badassness of Shepard, and the relationships. I was struck especially with the relationship with Shepard and Kaidan. Kaidan is so vulnerable, so open, so willing to lay out his feelings entirely in front of Shepard and let the pieces fall where they may. My Shep couldn't help falling in love with him, since I'm pretty sure I did just a little. As much as it hurt, I even enjoyed the rift during ME2 - Horizon was a punch in the gut, but, I'm a sucker for angst and when they finally mended the fences and came together again in ME3 it was even better than if there'd never been that rift in the first place.
I'm very new to the Mass Effect fic world, so I am open to anything. A big part of me that wants all the hurt from ME3 to be soothed with post-Destroy fic where Kaidan and FemShep find each other again and live happily ever after. Or angstily ever after, because living in a post-war galaxy can't be easy for a soldier like Shepard, but Kaidan would be there to help her however he could. Even if that meant they hop on a spaceship and just roam the galaxy for the rest of their lives, finding people with minor problems and fixing them. I just really want them to find each other again!
(Side note: If you want a Shep to work from, this is mine, and her name is Jane, because names are hard. She's mostly Paragon but she does the Renegade things that just seem right.. like shooting Udina. Screw that guy. If you just want to work from Default FemShep too, that's fine.)
