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Dear AU Exchange Writer
Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful.
Likes: Hurt/comfort, sickfic (esp vomiting), humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, happy endings, angst with a happy ending, gay/bi characters, friendships between gay/bi men and gay/bi women, reunions, mission/case fic, episode tags/missing scenes, huddling for warmth, bed sharing, trapped in a lift or other small space together, recovery from injury, cuddling, kissing, forehead kisses, handholding, stargazing, shore leave, holiday fic, post-canon fic, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy/empathy, cultural differences, time travel and alternate universes, travelling through alternate universes
Dislikes/DNWs: Noncon, permanent major character death, focus on grief, poly/open relationships/infidelity, unrequested non-canon pairings, break up of requested pairings, asexual/aromantic/nonbinary headcanons, permanent injury, graphic violence and gore, bleak/hopeless endings, real-world politics/current events, crossovers, unrequested setting AUs, crackfic, first and second POV, explicit sex
Fandoms:
The Simpsons (Lisa/Juliet)
ALL: Boarding School AU
All: Characters went to college/university together
All: Characters went to high school together
ALL: College/University AU
ALL: High School AU
ALL: Summer Camp AU
Juliet only appears in one episode (Lisa the Drama Queen), but I loved the relationship between her and Lisa. They seemed to connect so well, in a way that's pretty rare for Lisa, and I like how smart and imaginative they both are. I'd love to see more of that relationship, and how it might have gone differently if they'd met later, or in different circumstances. For the boarding school/summer camp AUs I'm happy with them being aged up or kept at their canon ages.
Fandom specific DNWs: Romance above a G-rating (handholding, cheek kisses, etc) while they're at their canon ages (but aged up to teenagers is fine!), Lisa and/or Juliet being judged for being "weird" or imaginative (unless those judging them are meant to be wrong/unsympathetic).
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Star Trek AOS (Kirk/Spock)
This relationship is really interesting to me. They're not the same as the TOS versions, but I feel like them being less mature, added to the way they go from pretty much hating each other to becoming close friends willing to defend each other with their lives adds an interesting angle to their relationship.
Technically, their lives are already an AU, but I'd love to see how they'd react to a much more alternate universe, like those below.
ALL: D.E.B.S. Fusion
I saw this in the tagset and thought it could be really fun; Kirk as the supervillain with a heart of gold and Spock the super-spy who finds himself falling in love with the enemy. Both keeping it as a modern day AU (and have Spock be human) or changing it to fit the 23rd century canon setting are fine, and if you want a background pairing to fit the Scud/Janet role, I like Gaila/Uhura, Scotty/Uhura, T'Pring/Uhura, and Chekov/Sulu.
ALL: Top Gun AU
I rewatched this movie a few months ago, and it struck me that it would make a great Kirk/Spock AU with Kirk as Maverick, Spock as Iceman, McCoy as Goose, and Pike as Viper. But, as far as I can tell, no one's written it, so I'm asking for it here. As above, updating the setting/plot to the 23rd century could be cool, but I'd be fine with keeping it set in the 80s and making it an all-human AU.
Fandom specific DNWs: Winona Kirk being a bad mother, Sarek or Amanda in a major role, any mentions of John Harrison/"Khan", human Spock being named anything other than "Spock".
Canon-setting specific DNWs: References to STID (Beyond is fine), Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans, the Star Trek future being sexist/homophobic/racist/ableist, Tarsus IV.
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Star Trek Discovery (Pike/Ash)
I really like this pairing, and always want more fic for it. I love how Pike is such a genuinely good person, and how Ash is clearly damaged but still trying to do the right thing, even if he isn't always sure what that is. I also really love how the catalyst for them going from disliking and distrusting each other to basically friends is fighting a robotic squid from the future, and the potential bond formed by them being two of the only people left behind at the end. I really like the idea of them working together and becoming closer, and there's so many points where things could have gone differently for one/both of them that I'd love to see explored.
ALL: Dimension travel to a universe where the characters are in a relationship
ALL: Time travel to a future where the characters are in a relationship
I'd love to see one or both of them (at the "friendship" stage or the "pining" stage or even the "never considered you like that before" stage) transported (physically or mentally) to a universe/future where they're in a relationship, and seeing how they deal with it and how it changes them. I'd especially love a fic where Pike is transported to a post-injury future where he's somewhat recovered and gets to see that, yeah, he's going to go through something terrible but it doesn't mean that's the end of his story, but any kind of dimension/time travel would be great.
Star Trek DSC: Ash joins the crew of the Enterprise
I like the idea of Ash leading Section 31, but I'd love to see a fic where he follows Pike to the Enterprise instead. Maybe he could replace Nhan as the security chief? I'd enjoy seeing a fic about them working together on a mission or trying to juggle their jobs with their relationship, or anything else you have an idea for.
Star Trek DSC: Pike figures out Ash isn't the spy earlier
It's always bugged me that at the end of "If Memory Serves" Pike realises that Ash couldn't have been the one who told Section 31 where they are, but by the start of the next episode he's back to insisting Ash must be responsible as if there's no other possible conclusion. So I'd love an AU where he takes that realisation and actually does something with it. Maybe he and Ash decide to trust each other and work together? (And if this happens to lead to Airiam being found out early enough to be saved, all the better.)
ALL: Near Fatal Injury Brings Characters Together
All: Time Travel Fix-It
Star Trek: Pike is less injured/recovers from his injuries
What happens to Pike is horrific, and I'd love basically any kind of fix-it for it. AU where he recovers/his injuries aren't quite as bad? Section 31 stepping in to help? Ash travelling back in time (accidentally or otherwise)? Or if you want to just handwave the actual saving bit and focus on the aftermath that'd be great too. I'm fine with him still being injured/disabled/scarred, just as long as he can still move and communicate and have a relatively normal life. (And isn't spending the rest of his life on Talos, because screw that.)
I'd also love to see Pike grappling with no longer knowing his future - either because it already happened or Ash stopped it somehow - and trying to figure out what that means and/or how to deal with it. (And also realising that he has to stop throwing himself into danger because he no longer has the certainty of knowing he'll survive it.)
ALL: Lighter and fluffier than canon
ALL: Suburban domesticity
All I want for these is to see the two of them happy together. Maybe one or both of them is retired or working at the academy and they live together in San Francisco? Maybe Ash helps Pike as he recovers from his injuries? Or one of them gets a minor illness (e.g cold, flu) and the other one looks after them? Or maybe they go on a mission together and everything goes well for once. Just give me something warm and fluffy and I'll be happy.
Note: The "permanent injury" DNW does not apply to making Pike's canon injuries less bad. Also, while I've DNW'd noncon, mentions of Ash's canon trauma are fine.
Fandom specific DNWs: References to Pike's fate in TOS or his knowledge of same (unless you're writing a fix-it), the Star Trek future being sexist/homophobic/racist/ableist, Pike/Vina.
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Star Trek Discovery (Gabrielle Burnham)
ALL: Going back in time to fix the future
ALL: Time-travel to fix an apocalyptic future
ALL: Travel between alternate timelines
We only see the final timeline where Control is defeated, so I'd love to see some of the other timelines where things don't go according to plan. What it was like for Gabrielle, doing the same thing over and over, interacting with different versions of the same people, and how she grows and learns and adjusts and keeps trying to get it right. I don't really have any specific prompts for this, I just like the idea of seeing all those alternate universes; what changes and what stays the same.
Thanks again!
Likes: Hurt/comfort, sickfic (esp vomiting), humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, happy endings, angst with a happy ending, gay/bi characters, friendships between gay/bi men and gay/bi women, reunions, mission/case fic, episode tags/missing scenes, huddling for warmth, bed sharing, trapped in a lift or other small space together, recovery from injury, cuddling, kissing, forehead kisses, handholding, stargazing, shore leave, holiday fic, post-canon fic, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy/empathy, cultural differences, time travel and alternate universes, travelling through alternate universes
Dislikes/DNWs: Noncon, permanent major character death, focus on grief, poly/open relationships/infidelity, unrequested non-canon pairings, break up of requested pairings, asexual/aromantic/nonbinary headcanons, permanent injury, graphic violence and gore, bleak/hopeless endings, real-world politics/current events, crossovers, unrequested setting AUs, crackfic, first and second POV, explicit sex
Fandoms:
The Simpsons (Lisa/Juliet)
ALL: Boarding School AU
All: Characters went to college/university together
All: Characters went to high school together
ALL: College/University AU
ALL: High School AU
ALL: Summer Camp AU
Juliet only appears in one episode (Lisa the Drama Queen), but I loved the relationship between her and Lisa. They seemed to connect so well, in a way that's pretty rare for Lisa, and I like how smart and imaginative they both are. I'd love to see more of that relationship, and how it might have gone differently if they'd met later, or in different circumstances. For the boarding school/summer camp AUs I'm happy with them being aged up or kept at their canon ages.
Fandom specific DNWs: Romance above a G-rating (handholding, cheek kisses, etc) while they're at their canon ages (but aged up to teenagers is fine!), Lisa and/or Juliet being judged for being "weird" or imaginative (unless those judging them are meant to be wrong/unsympathetic).
Star Trek AOS (Kirk/Spock)
This relationship is really interesting to me. They're not the same as the TOS versions, but I feel like them being less mature, added to the way they go from pretty much hating each other to becoming close friends willing to defend each other with their lives adds an interesting angle to their relationship.
Technically, their lives are already an AU, but I'd love to see how they'd react to a much more alternate universe, like those below.
ALL: D.E.B.S. Fusion
I saw this in the tagset and thought it could be really fun; Kirk as the supervillain with a heart of gold and Spock the super-spy who finds himself falling in love with the enemy. Both keeping it as a modern day AU (and have Spock be human) or changing it to fit the 23rd century canon setting are fine, and if you want a background pairing to fit the Scud/Janet role, I like Gaila/Uhura, Scotty/Uhura, T'Pring/Uhura, and Chekov/Sulu.
ALL: Top Gun AU
I rewatched this movie a few months ago, and it struck me that it would make a great Kirk/Spock AU with Kirk as Maverick, Spock as Iceman, McCoy as Goose, and Pike as Viper. But, as far as I can tell, no one's written it, so I'm asking for it here. As above, updating the setting/plot to the 23rd century could be cool, but I'd be fine with keeping it set in the 80s and making it an all-human AU.
Fandom specific DNWs: Winona Kirk being a bad mother, Sarek or Amanda in a major role, any mentions of John Harrison/"Khan", human Spock being named anything other than "Spock".
Canon-setting specific DNWs: References to STID (Beyond is fine), Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans, the Star Trek future being sexist/homophobic/racist/ableist, Tarsus IV.
Star Trek Discovery (Pike/Ash)
I really like this pairing, and always want more fic for it. I love how Pike is such a genuinely good person, and how Ash is clearly damaged but still trying to do the right thing, even if he isn't always sure what that is. I also really love how the catalyst for them going from disliking and distrusting each other to basically friends is fighting a robotic squid from the future, and the potential bond formed by them being two of the only people left behind at the end. I really like the idea of them working together and becoming closer, and there's so many points where things could have gone differently for one/both of them that I'd love to see explored.
ALL: Dimension travel to a universe where the characters are in a relationship
ALL: Time travel to a future where the characters are in a relationship
I'd love to see one or both of them (at the "friendship" stage or the "pining" stage or even the "never considered you like that before" stage) transported (physically or mentally) to a universe/future where they're in a relationship, and seeing how they deal with it and how it changes them. I'd especially love a fic where Pike is transported to a post-injury future where he's somewhat recovered and gets to see that, yeah, he's going to go through something terrible but it doesn't mean that's the end of his story, but any kind of dimension/time travel would be great.
Star Trek DSC: Ash joins the crew of the Enterprise
I like the idea of Ash leading Section 31, but I'd love to see a fic where he follows Pike to the Enterprise instead. Maybe he could replace Nhan as the security chief? I'd enjoy seeing a fic about them working together on a mission or trying to juggle their jobs with their relationship, or anything else you have an idea for.
Star Trek DSC: Pike figures out Ash isn't the spy earlier
It's always bugged me that at the end of "If Memory Serves" Pike realises that Ash couldn't have been the one who told Section 31 where they are, but by the start of the next episode he's back to insisting Ash must be responsible as if there's no other possible conclusion. So I'd love an AU where he takes that realisation and actually does something with it. Maybe he and Ash decide to trust each other and work together? (And if this happens to lead to Airiam being found out early enough to be saved, all the better.)
ALL: Near Fatal Injury Brings Characters Together
All: Time Travel Fix-It
Star Trek: Pike is less injured/recovers from his injuries
What happens to Pike is horrific, and I'd love basically any kind of fix-it for it. AU where he recovers/his injuries aren't quite as bad? Section 31 stepping in to help? Ash travelling back in time (accidentally or otherwise)? Or if you want to just handwave the actual saving bit and focus on the aftermath that'd be great too. I'm fine with him still being injured/disabled/scarred, just as long as he can still move and communicate and have a relatively normal life. (And isn't spending the rest of his life on Talos, because screw that.)
I'd also love to see Pike grappling with no longer knowing his future - either because it already happened or Ash stopped it somehow - and trying to figure out what that means and/or how to deal with it. (And also realising that he has to stop throwing himself into danger because he no longer has the certainty of knowing he'll survive it.)
ALL: Lighter and fluffier than canon
ALL: Suburban domesticity
All I want for these is to see the two of them happy together. Maybe one or both of them is retired or working at the academy and they live together in San Francisco? Maybe Ash helps Pike as he recovers from his injuries? Or one of them gets a minor illness (e.g cold, flu) and the other one looks after them? Or maybe they go on a mission together and everything goes well for once. Just give me something warm and fluffy and I'll be happy.
Note: The "permanent injury" DNW does not apply to making Pike's canon injuries less bad. Also, while I've DNW'd noncon, mentions of Ash's canon trauma are fine.
Fandom specific DNWs: References to Pike's fate in TOS or his knowledge of same (unless you're writing a fix-it), the Star Trek future being sexist/homophobic/racist/ableist, Pike/Vina.
Star Trek Discovery (Gabrielle Burnham)
ALL: Going back in time to fix the future
ALL: Time-travel to fix an apocalyptic future
ALL: Travel between alternate timelines
We only see the final timeline where Control is defeated, so I'd love to see some of the other timelines where things don't go according to plan. What it was like for Gabrielle, doing the same thing over and over, interacting with different versions of the same people, and how she grows and learns and adjusts and keeps trying to get it right. I don't really have any specific prompts for this, I just like the idea of seeing all those alternate universes; what changes and what stays the same.
Thanks again!