Dear Engineering Wizard letter
Sep. 25th, 2012 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Thank you so much for attempting to create a fanwork for me! I'm sure I will love it anyways, but here are some details about what I like/dislike, in case you like to do your research.
First off, I would rather receive a work that the creator was enthusiastic about than one that fulfilled every detail of my request. These are guidelines meant to help you, not to cage you.
I like stories with: amnesia, action/adventure, alternative universes, banter, capture and rescue, competence, crossover, dominance and submission, the edge between civilization and the unknown, formation of friendship, history affecting the present, humour, hurt/comfort, longing, matchmaker, love or friendship expressed in atypical ways, moral ambiguity, opposite attraction, outsider POV, people telling stories, people who have each other 's backs, people who flat out like each other's company, people suffering stoically, power exchange, resolve, secret identity (or lack of it), strong and competent characters, sense memory, time travel, traveling.
In a rare case you have not yet given up on my rambling and want to research me more, I 've told more about what I like here.
Seriously, If you go the AU route-- or just in general-- please don't worry too much about making everything fit exactly into canon. I am *not* going to be super-picky about what happened when, or which characters were doing what during whatever event.For ganart/graphic, I would like to keep thing SFW. For fanvid, I'd appreciate including the lyrics in some way bcause of my hearing difficulties.
I don't particularly like: mpreg, soul-bonding or "destiny" in terms of romance, excessive possessiveness and/or jealousy portrayed as healthy or romantic, "we're not gay we just love each other," first person narration, graphic violence, torture, deadfic, heavy illness (e.g. cancer or AIDS), rape/noncon, unrelenting angst, hardcore kink, self-harm, incest or faux-incest, religion bashing, major public embarrassment, and/or female-character-bashing-- including dialogues like "Don't be such a girl," and so on.
Fandom 1: Ou Dorobou Jing | King of Bandits Jing
Characters: Any
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, slash, het or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. If you want a prompt, though, it would be awesome if you could write further adventure of Jing and Kir, or how Rose Postino go on their life after their encounter with Jing. (I think they are both interesting characters and must have their stories to tell.) Or world building.
Additional detail: I love this anime so much for the mystery surrounding the characters, the glimpse into a very complicated world and Jing as a trickster figure, but I think the female characters have a lot of unexplored potentials. It'll be cool if you can explore them, but it's all right if you focus on Jing.
Fandom 2: Paranoia (role-playing game)
Characters: Any
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, slash, het or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. I don't mind death fic in this fandom. If you want some prompt, what about the usual shenanigans the treacherous agents are involved, or the comedic power struggle between the High Programmers? Or if you want to explore more about the world, be my guest!
Additional detail: I love Paranoia for taking the sideways at the whole RPGs and the cunning sense of dark humour. It's just so much fun and I would appreciate if you can have some of it in your work, but feel free to write straight horror for example.
Fandom 3: Young Allies (Marvel)
Characters: Any
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. If you want a prompt, what about a ladies' night together that they go out saving the world? Or a fic that the characters explore and develop their relationship, or space adventure? If there's romance, I'd like Rikki/ Anya.
Additional detail: I love this short-lived series because it's great fun to read superheroes saving the world while passing the Bechdel's Test with flying colour. I think Anya complements Rikki very well and female platonic mentor/student relationship is always a win so I want to have more of that.
Fandom 4: Deadlands (Roleplaying Game)
Character: Any
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, slash, het or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. If you want a prompt, what about horror story that the characters are trapped in a deserted town and must try to escape? An action/adventure story that they fight with alien invasion? Or whatever trouble that come up from their past? World building is always appreciated too.
Additional detail: I love the alternative history and dark fantasy and the unlikely heroism. Pleas feel free to use characters not listed or incorporate your campaign/adventure experience. I have access to Hell on Earth and Lost Colony if it's relevant.
Fandom 5: Avengers (Comics)
Character: Carol Danvers
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. If you want a prompt though, what about a story that Carol's wit and resourcefulness saves the day? Or a story that Carol pushing to her limit, only to triumph at last? Or what if House of X never stops and she remains the top superhero? If there's romance, Carol/Wanda is lovely though not necessary
Additional details: I love bigger than life superheroes. I love the Determiner. I love how Carol keep bouncing back from the abuse the comics writers threw at her. Pleas don't use anything from the Marcus plot as it squicks me hugely.
Fandom 6: Forgotten Realms
Character: Any
Anything would be great! I'm totally okay with gen, slash, het or femslash. I like story focusing on friendship, or first times, and established relationships. I also like when characters go out for adventure or sit and think by themselves. If you need a prompt though, I like hack or slash, epic fantasy, dark fantasy, or low fantasy. So for example, a comedic tale of a misfit team fighting monsters, an epic tale that the characters get to save the world, or a tale that the adventurers encounter things that people shouldn't see. But don't feel restrained by my prompts.
Additional details: I just love how extensive the world is and so many years of history in it. One can just kill monsters for a living or to be a big hero. Please feel free to use characters not listed or incorporate your campaign/adventure experience.
Feel free to go through the mods anytime if you have some kind of question about any of this--but really, I will love whatever you write me. If your choice is between writing a story that is truly awesome and you're really excited about, as opposed to something that's exactly what I want, go with one that you're really excited about-- I will love it regardless, because it's awesome!