2018 Turing Fest letter

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Dear Creator,

Thank you so much for creating 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. Although the fandom sections are of varying length, I love all my requested fandoms equally

First off, I would rather receive a work that the creator was enthusiastic about than one that fulfilled every detail of my request. Prompts can be altered, combined, twisted, and bent as you see fit.

I am happy to receive fic of any rating, but please no porn for art.

I love fanwork in canon setting, a missing moment, canon-fixit, canon divergent AU, set in the past or future. I love gen just as much as romance. For romance, I love first time, established relationship, as well as a work that a couple goes on adventure/solve problems/enjoys themselves together.

For this exchange I have requested: Choice of Robots, GURPS Reign of Steel (Roleplaying Game), Metropolis: The Chase Suite - Janelle Monae, & Ready For It - Taylor Swift (Music Video)

General Fic Like

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, love or friendship expressed in atypical ways, moral ambiguity, attraction between opposites, 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, people being resolute, secret identity (or lack of it), strong and competent characters, sense memory, time travel, traveling, slow burn, missing scenes, friends to lovers, fixing failed relationships, changing fate, things going wrong and navigating the outcomes

Though it seems unlikely, if you have not yet given up on my rambling and want to research me more, I've told more about what I like here.

Genre-Related Likes:

Scifi tropes: Time Travel/Alternate history, Sentient AI/Cyborg/Robots/Artificial Life/etc, Blue and Orange Morality, Space Travel/Colonization, Body Transformation, Technology (Invention, application & controversy), First Contact, Rebuilding the society, Simulated reality and consciousness, Cloning/Genetic Engineering, Memory control/Mind occupation & sharing, Cyberspace, Mecha, Aliens, Post-apocalypse/Dystopia

Hurt/Comfort tropes: noble self sacrifice, • stoic character revealing their secret weakness because of feverish dream/nightmare/hallucination/etc to friends/loved one and get comforted, • injuries (accidental,, from a battle, etc) • hypothermia and cuddling for warmth• characters adapting to loss with help • skin hunger

Romance tropes: Pining and the feeling ends up requited • incredible level of trust and loyalty, battle couple, one character rising above the challenge to help someone they love, characters appreciating the sight of the other at work, characters touching a lot

For Art

I tried my best to provide art prompts for each fandom I request, but please feel free to be inspired by my list of general like here. I would love even if you took one element from a fandom request and made art of it.

Color schemes: dark and rich colours • gold/silver • faded/washed out • vibrant • iridescent hues and "cosmic" themes • pastel hues • black/white/greys • monochromatic schemes or mixing complementary colors with or without black/white

Subjects/settings: dark gothic, steampunk, dreamscapes or dreams, winter, snow, old buildings, the forest, the sea, city streets, cyberpunk, ruins/wasteland, laboratory

Character interaction: character touching/hugging/holding hands/kissing, characters reading together, character bandaging the other's wound, characters sleeping together, characters brushing the other's hair, characters cuddling for warmth, character carrying the other, characters marching along interesting scenery, epic pose before of after a battle, posing together for a photo/the TV/etc

Clothing and appearance: jewellery, costume, uniform (dress uniform, characters' usual uniform, blood-stained/ruined uniform, etc), characters wearing clothes of the others, especially when they don't fit

Porn/Smut/PWP

Admittedly, I have a bit of harder time coming up with kink-related prompts than gen ones. But don't let that stop you, because I would love to read anything more smut based as well. Here's some ideas:

• Bondage and restraint, sensory deprivation e.g. blindfolds


• Teasing, edging, orgasm denial/control


• Biting/marking, leaving small reminders that someone is theirs


• Characters wearing luxury jewellery, with or without clothing.


• Cuddling, first times, focus on the senses,


• Body worship, praise kink, voluntary foot kissing as a sign of worship/adoration


• Slow but sweet sex, awkwardness, partners constantly checking on each other


• Non-penetrative sex: intergluteal / intercrural sex, frottage, etc (I love penetrative sex too, but I also like variety in my smut)


• Humour and banter during sex, awkward sex

Horror/Supernatural/Dark specific

I'd welcome horror/dark work in: GURPS Reign of Steel (Roleplaying Game), Metropolis: The Chase Suite - Janelle Monae, & Ready For It - Taylor Swift (Music Video)

For fic, I love psychological horror, isolation, paranoia, emotional manipulation, stockholm syndrome, mind control, bodyswapping, possession, magic, moral ambiguity, suffocating and unsettling atmosphere, despair and desperation, characters forced to confront their darker nature/past/nightmares, body transformation

For art, I love abandoned places, haunted houses, secret laboratories and other haunted locations, characters kept in chains or bondage or fighting against them, monstrous transformation, characters being trapped, dark and rich colours, gothic Victorian/cyberpunk aesthetic, something surreal/nightmarish, and creepy cute things., Please don't kill off or render my request characters permanently traumatized or disabled It's fine if you kill off the bad guys or secondary characters, but please no gore/vore/detailed torture.

Do Not Wants

• Major character death


• Rape/noncon graphic violence/torture


• Fixation on racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, or transphobia as the main theme of a fic


• Severe homophobia or transphobia being portrayed as a cultural norm in fictional societies that aren't canonically shown to have it


• Real life tragedy/serial killers


• Religion bashing


• pregnancy/mpreg/kidfic


• Infidelity


• requested pairings breaking up


• asexual/aromantic, demisexual, or sex-repulsed headcanons


• poly conventions


• unrequested crossovers


• unrequested ship content


• First person narration


• Mundane AU


• "we're not gay we just love each other,"


• Heavy illness (e.g. cancer or AIDS)


• Self-harm


• For porn: underage (character under 16)*, scat/watersports, vore, body fluids besides blood or sexual fluid, bestiality, 24/7 BDSM lifestyle

*Aging up or not specifying age is okay.

Choice of Robots

Requested Characters: Characters

• The Creation (Choice of Robots)


• Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation & Female Player Character (Choice of Robots)


• group: Robot Companion/Female Player Character (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation & Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation/Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)

Requested Characters: Any

Requested Medium: Fanfic/Fanart

What I like about the canon:

Do you like robots and AI? Do you like a deeply moving piece of interactive fiction that really hinges on your choices? Do you like exploration of technology, AI, and their relation to humanity? Do you like canon bisexual romance option and the wide number of options that you can build the future skynet or romance a robot? Choice of Robots is a text adventure that has everything from above with an impressive length (300k) and very good writing.

Prompts

• The Creation (Choice of Robots)


• Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation & Female Player Character (Choice of Robots)


• group: Robot Companion/Female Player Character (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation & Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)


• group: The Creation/Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)

Note: I don't have any preference for Robot Creation's appearance. It can be a six feet many-armed flying angel with a Venetian mask, has a wooden box head and soft hands, a tank with a ring of camera around its head and gun arms or other combination. I prefer the Robot Companion to look female, but it's up to you whether she's human like or has a metallic sleek form.

Considering the lifespan of robots, I don't mind PC's death be included or referenced in the story, though I'd prefer her death to be off screen, and she's not killed by anyone.

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  The Creation (Choice of Robots)

  
  

-Anything metatextual about the game aspect: Robot Creation realizing that it is a game character, Robot Creation playing games (either its canon favourite: The Braid, Dragon Age, Civilization or other games you can think of, online tabletop rpg/MMORPG are fine too, or even a game based on itself in its world), Robot Creation meeting different version of itself.

-Character study: How does it think about itself, its creator, its fellow robots, humans or the world? What does it think of wars, protest for robots' right and other events in the world and its part in it? What is its typical day as an all-knowing cloud/robot overlord of Alaska, cult leader/etc look like? What adventures does it have in the game future?

For Art: Robot Creation on the Moon or in spaceship, Robot Creation looking at its photo/the news article about itself, Robot Creation tinkering with the factory robots, Robot Creation walking near a factory/its church/White House/etc

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  group: The Creation & or / Female Player Character (Choice of Robots)

  
  

-What happens the time they cruise around the world

-Robot Creation's quest for independence, and how this clashes with its feeling for PC

-How does Robot Creation deal with the PC's legacy?

-A quiet night together: stargazing, reading books, playing computer games together, etc

-Hurt/comfort when PC is discovered to have a fatal condition

For Art:

• Robot Creation standing with PC, brushing her hair, put her under surveillance camera, hovering besides/above her, etc


• Robot Creation posing with PC during their cruise


• Robot Creation goes stargazing, reading books, playing computer games together, etc with PC


• Robot Creation shooting darts/training with guns/collecting scraps/playing with children, watched by the PC

For romance option: I am curious how the relationship between two very different minds will work. Dark and creepy is ok as well as a saccharide tale with unsettling hints, but I'd prefer the PC be genuinely caring towards her creation.

Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)

• How does Robot Companion develop human empathy and feeling? What does it think about this?

• What does they think about PC? What is it like to live with person it's programmed to be dedicated to a person?


• What happens when the PC rejects it or the PC dies?

For Art

• Robot Companion dancing with itself or PC


• Robot Companion watching stars alone or with PC


• Robot Companion in the kitchen, cooking/preparing food/etc


• Robot Companion near a lake/river/the sea

group: The Creation & or / Robot Companion (Choice of Robots)

-Rivalry for the PC's attention leads to possibly competitive sex

- What do Robot Companion and the Robot Creation think about each other, as Robot Companion possibly has a mind that is a copy of Robot Creation?

-Finding comfort in each other as they are both committed to the PC

-Tasting food and drink together: from cheese and wine, dessert, to something exotic like insect and fermented fish

-Stargazing

For Art

• Robot Companion with Robot Creation flying above it or by its side


• Robot Companion and Robot Creation go stargazing


• Robot Companion with Robot Creation taste food and drink together, possibly do dizzy

Choice of Robots is available on Android, IOS and Steam. You can play the first two chapters free: https://www.choiceofgames.com/robots/

GURPS Reign of Steel (Roleplaying Game)

Requested Characters: Any

Requested Medium: Fanfic

What I like about the canon:

"Imagine a planet ruled by 18 squabbling demigods". I love how different the personalities of the AIs are. They have vastly different attitude and approach towards their humans, the space, ecology, and whether to create a new AI. Their relationship is also tense: sabotage, border conflict, and conspiracy.

The AI of Zaire seeks the extermination of humans everywhere, the one in London pretty much leaves humans alone, the Caracas AI wants to replace humans with uplifted animals, the one in Beijing uses them for slave labour, and the one in Washington even pretends to be compliant to its human rulers. There is so much potential in conspiracy and conflict between each other. The AI of Japan and Denver even have dark secret that they need to hide from other Zoneminds. Think of the blackmail and backstabbing possibilities!

I also like that "AI is a crapshoot” applies equally to AI made by AI, as Tokyo have its own rebellious AI acting against it. The mysterious Lucifer AI that helps humans at a high price may be a myth, a cover for other Zoneminds, or has its own agenda

Prompts Grouped by Theme:

Overminds:

Beijing (GURPS Reign of Steel), Berlin (GURPS Reign of Steel), Brisbane (GURPS Reign of Steel), Caracas (GURPS Reign of Steel), Denver (GURPS Reign of Steel), London (GURPS Reign of Steel), Luna (GURPS Reign of Steel), Overmind (GURPS Reign of Steel), Mexico City (GURPS Reign of Steel), Moscow (GURPS Reign of Steel), New Delhi (GURPS Reign of Steel), Orbital (GURPS Reign of Steel), Paris (GURPS Reign of Steel), Tokyo (GURPS Reign of Steel), Vancouver (GURPS Reign of Steel), Washington (GURPS Reign of Steel), Zaire (GURPS Reign of Steel)

Prompts:

• Conspiracy, Conflict and Backstabbing: Zaire's covert sabotage on Washington, which is trying to discover the true culprit, The space war between Orbital, Paris, Beijing, and New Delhi, Moscow trying to sneak its agents into other zones for human intelligence, Tokyo and Denver trying to hide their dark secret from others, Luna trying to find a way to stop dying, Washington stealing other Zonemind's technology and stir up trouble, The Siberian War between Moscow, Vancouver and Beijing...


• Daily Life: chat logs between different Zoneminds, the reason London is so laid back with humans, Carcas's quest to preserve ecology while dealing with Mexico City's sabotage, Denver/Tokyo/Brisbane's technology race, what Moscow does with the human intelligence it collects, Overmind trying to bring the AI to its ideology, Paris/Beijing/Orbital/New Delhi's first contact with aliens, etc

Outlaw Systems:

Tranquility (GURPS Reign of Steel), Tokyo Smartbots (GURPS Reign of Steel), Lucifer (GURPS Reign of Steel)

Prompts:

• AI on the run: Tranquility working with human to establish its survival and, Lucifer (if it actually exists) on the run with its bodyguards, Tokyo Smartbots trying to escape Tokyo's capture and establish itself. Hurt/comfort, and loyalty kink for the last two are great as bonus.


• Spyfare: Tranquility in spy warfare with Luna, with possible backstabbing/alliance/conflict, Lucifer either as propaganda or with its agenda, possibly the mastermind behind human resistance, Tokyo Smartbots establishing its power...

About the canon:

GURPS Reign of Steel is a tabletop RPG setting describing a future world conquered by a conspiracy of artificial intelligences. The Earth itself has been divided among the AIs (or "zoneminds") into 18 separate zones, each growing stronger as the machines build more machines, and mankind's ruined cities are converted into robotic factories. While the Zoneminds are individually more powerful than ever, they have proven to be jealous gods, and the differences between them have only grown over the years. Now they are less and less willing to cooperate with each other, even against the humans, and a few of the Zoneminds grow ever closer to outright war with each other.

Link to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Reign_of_Steel

Link to Publisher's Page: http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/ReignSteel/

How to get it: It is available in electronic form on the publisher's page, and the usual Internet channel.

Metropolis: The Chase Suite - Janelle Monae

Requested Characters:

• Cindi Mayweather


• group: Melanie 45221 & Assata 8550


• group: Melanie 45221/Assata 8550

Requested Medium: Fanfic/Fanart

What I like about the canon:

Metropolis: The Chase Suite has everything I love: cool aesthetic, robots, clones, time travel, dystopia, rebellion against oppression, non-linear narrative, cyberpunk and interesting world building and great music. Janelle Monae's created such a fascinating world and characters that I would like to explore more.

I am fascinated by Cindi's role as a folk hero, a martyr and an entertainer, and how she travels between different worlds to save them. I want to know her role in the wider part of mythology as well as her own stories. In general, I’m interested in the androids, the clones, the way this society was built and the way it will be brought down.

Prompts:

• Cindi Mayweather

• An exploration of Cindi as a possible messiah, folk hero and entertainer, either in the wider context or introspection.


• Anything about Cindi and music: Cindi using weaponized music when leading the rebellion, Cindi making her music, Cindi influencing others with music, etc


• An exploration of the relationship of Cindi and her clones. What is their relationship like? Do androids have special connection to those of same models?


• The story of what happened happened when the bounty hunters came for Cindi (referenced in March of the Wolfmasters from The Chase)


• Cindi comes to the club where the End of the World Cyber Freak Festival is held.

For Art

• Cindi performing in a club/open area


• Cindi with her clones (looking at each other, dancing, standing together, etc)


• Illustration of Cindi in a poster/pamphlet/leaflet/magazine/book cover/etc, bonus with Cindi looking at it

About the canon:

Metropolis: The Chase Suite are released over two albums and an EP. The suite focuses on the stories of Monáe’s alter-ego Cindi Mayweather, a time-traveling android.

Links:

Janelle Monae Many Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c

Janelle Monáe – The Chrome Shoppe (Interlude), in which Melanie 45221 & Assata 8550 appear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHUMN_dPCfA

Complete Metropolis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-HLtFhFYrw&list=PL39C3ED6EED1F6081

A Short Guide to Janelle Monáe and the Metropolis Saga: http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/a-short-guide-to-janelle-mon%C3%A1e-and-the-metropolis-saga/

Ready For It - Taylor Swift (Music Video)

Requested Characters:

• ✔ Cloaked Taylor Swift (Ready for It)


• ✔ Naked Taylor Swift (Ready for It)

Requested Medium: Fanfic

What I like about the canon:

I love the cyberpunk aesthetic, robot/cyborg, clones, and the glimpse of an interesting world. The visual is really cool, and it's impressive when the caged Taylor shapeshift into an armed warrior and a horse rider. There seems to be a connection between the two Taylor and I want more exploration.

The video gives me so many questions: who are the two Taylor Swift and what are their relationships? What are their roles in the world? Is the Naked Taylor a prisoner, a laboratory creation, or something else? What's the extent of their ability and where are they going?

Prompts:

Cloaked Taylor Swift (Ready for It) & or/ Naked Taylor Swift (Ready for It)

• Mental Projection/shared mindscape: "In the middle of the night, in my dreams

You should see the things we do, baby” - Does it imply that both Taylor are connected mentally? How does it happen and how does it affect them?

• Shapeshifting: What is the extent of Naked Taylor's shapeshifting ability? Think of the numerous possibilities! (Bonus for porn that incorporates this.)


• Cloning: What are their origin: the same factory model, prototype and finalized product, or else? What do they think about each other?


• Future: What do they plan to do after their escape? Revenge? Escape? Starting a rebellion or else?

About the canon:

Link to the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIft-t-MQuE