6 Aug 2023 04:41 pm
FFFX 2023 Letter
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ambiguityisnoonesfriendDear FFFX Creator,
Some of this is copied from previous letters, and I am also happy with what I asked for in my previous letters. I am very easy to please. Think of the prompts as vague suggestions to get your ideas flowing. As a rule, as long as the relationships I request are the focus, I’m going to be thrilled with whatever you come up with. I have received some wonderful gifts for many of these requests in the past. If I am requesting them again, it only means I am greedy and want more! (Seriously, go see my Gifts page. I have been spoiled rotten!) Don't read into some requests being longer than others. For some things, my entire request can be boiled down to, "Pretty! Want!"
Likes: plot, PWP, toppy women and partners who are turned on by toppy women, humor, endings with hope intact, functional relationships, dysfunctional relationships, secret relationships that aren’t really a secret, established relationships, get-togethers, functional polyamory, canon divergence AUs such as what if they got there five minutes sooner or Anakin never fell, dimension-hopping from/to canon divergent universes where they did get there five minutes sooner, porn, fluff, light angst, friends with benefits, FWB with feelings, kidfic, accidental baby/toddler acquisition, awkward dorky teenagers, parenting including quirky or atypical co-parenting arrangements, pregnancy including mpreg and fpreg and weird "because aliens" preg, fix-its, time loops, road trips, trapped together, partner/child in jeopardy rescues, mixing and matching prompts
Additional Like note: I don't care if you're familiar with the entire universe of things I've requested (I'm not) or if you're only familiar with the five minutes you watched on Youtube that one time. I like when people make things up about the storyverse then run with them.
You can add Grogu to any prompt I've requested as long as his scenes remain rated PG or below. You can add Qi'ra to any prompt I've requested as a morally gray semi-friendly antagonist (think Hondo).
Art likes: bright colors with clear lines, black and white, heavily stylized such as Art Deco or playing cards, complex backgrounds, blank backgrounds, unusual page structure, shadows and shading, photorealistic, chibis, women with muscle definition, props, background animals, background plants, stained glass, marginalia in old books, would love a wedding photo-style picture for any of my requests either "staged" or "candid," character portraits, Rule 63 takes on requested characters (this is an art-only like, please no unrequested Rule 63 for fic)
Do not want: noncon, scat, watersports, omegaverse, sexual activity for anyone under 15 (kissing is fine) unrequested ships except as mentioned, non-canon AUs such as coffeeshops, DNW permanent character death of any canon characters except those who died in canon (ex: Kanan can stay dead or not, but please do not kill off Hera; Ben/Kylo can stay dead post-TROS or not, but please do not kill off Rey, etc.), unrequested sexuality or gender headcanons, unrequested Force sensitivity headcanons, non-canon nicknames
Do not like: (Note: These are NOT DNWs. These are things I'm not fond of but don't mind appearing in a story/artwork in small amounts to move the characters or plot along. This is a guide for what I'd prefer someone not to focus on or otherwise base a gift around, not a list of things I hate.) italics, non-canon swearing, world-building, Mando'a, military details, first person POV, focus on unrequested characters, epistolary format, IF, focus on grief/mourning, sexually submissive women (including femslash - top4top is my jam), implication that the Rebellion went directly from Yavin 4 to Hoth when it took them years to get there in canon (I love Hoth huddling-for-warmth fic. Hoth fic is great.), ambiguous and open endings, extensive references to Legends/video games/unrequested EU novels (small references and Easter Eggs are great, anything that hinges on my knowing unrequested Character X from Legends Novel Y will make a better gift for someone else), erasure of canonical disabilities (AUs where Luke never fought Vader on Bespin and never lost his hand are fine, stories where Kanan still has his sight after Malachor are not), frame stories unless both parts involve groups of my requested characters
Background relationships: Anything listed in other prompts is fine in the background of another ship. Platonic relationships are fine. Mentions of canon ships or character/OC ships are fine. Additional background ships I like: Sabine/Ketsu, Zeb/Kallus, Flix/Orka, Yeager/Captain Doza/Venisa Doza, Hera/Yeager, Rey/Ben|Kylo, Finn/Kaz, Finn/Ben|Kylo, Finn/Rose, Ezra/Luke, Han/Luke/Leia, Luke/Leia, Han/Leia, Han/Luke, past Han/Qi'ra, Rex/Ahsoka, Din/Bo-Katan, past Padme/Obi-Wan, past Padme/Anakin, past Ahsoka/Anakin, past Ahsoka/Padme
The thing I love best in ships is when the characters are best friends who fuck. I also love both banter and seeing characters with major differences have equally valid points to their side of the argument, and despite it all are ride or die for each other. I also love the fluffy happy moments between disasters. I love the first moment when it strikes them that oh no they have feelings. I love the second moment when it strikes them that oh no this is going to be a disaster, too.
SW: Rebels
Ahsoka Tano/Sabine Wren
Ahsoka Tano & Sabine Wren
Note that I am going to be watching the new series with my eyes glued to the screen but I don't expect anyone else to have to do the same. Feel free to incorporate as much or as little as possible. The hints we got in the trailer of their bumpy relationship have only made me more excited about them as a pairing. Grumpy not-quite-exes who are still ride or die for each other is one of my favorite tropes. If Ezra's crush on Sabine comes up, please continue to keep it one sided on his side rather than reciprocated by her. I'd prefer Sabine not be Force sensitive unless the show goes there. Another favorite trope: you've got the Force and I've got a blaster, let's go kick some ass together.
Space lesbians on a quest! Everyone knows the point of a quest story is the journey and the discovery of the characters' own true inner selves, right? I want to know about all their adventures together: following clues, exploring possible places Ezra and Thrawn wound up, side quests to convenient old Jedi temples, running into Aphra or Qi'ra! Show the hinted at lightsaber training! (Naked lightsaber training?) Do they pretend to be married on one planet for reasons? Does Sabine build an awesome Machine that causes them unforeseen plot problems? Does Barriss show up and cause trouble / make Sabine realize her True Feelings? Does Ketsu, and same? (Bonus for actual shipping there. I'm fine with either going back to her ex and the other one being happy for her despite knowing exactly how much baggage is there.)
Additional note having now watched all of "Ahsoka": I loved it. Feel free to incorporate as much as you'd like, or ignore what you'd rather ignore.
Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla
Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla & Jacen Syndulla
DNW breakup fic for Kanan/Hera. I am fine with fics set after he died and told in flashback, or with him as a Force ghost, or fix-its where he didn't die and/or they find a way to being him back. The rest of the cast is welcome to play significant roles in the story. I'm not super into angst for this pairing. A little is fine but I'd rather aim for something on the "sweet" end of "bittersweet" when possible.
- Their first months working together.
- Missing scenes from the time of the show.
- That time they got stuck in a Groundhog Day time loop for three days that lasted six months, and how they got out and how much time they spent having sex.
- That one job that started out simple and wound up them wheeling and dealing with half the criminals in the underworld, including Qi'ra, for the sake of getting a Jedi artifact or something.
- That time they banged in Ezra's old comm tower while everyone else was busy during "Flight of the Defender."
- Those times they banged in the various rooms of the ship.
- Their first time post-Malachor.
- Kanan figuring out this Force Ghost business after the fact the way Qui-Gon did, and hanging out to watch and guide.
- Were Zeb and Sabine their first attempt at building a crew, or were there others around before, and what happened?
- He's been smitten with her since the beginning, and she didn't say she loved him until the end, so how did they work around feelings, and not admitting to those feelings despite the fact that everyone around them knew?
- What was he about to tell her when Rukh attacked?
- Comedy capers where they're just hanging out having fun!
- Fix-its in which she's running the Rebellion and he's changing diapers and trying to keep Chopper from tossing the baby out through the airlock.
- Non-fix-its where his ghost is hanging out with them, making bad jokes and attempting to parent from beyond the grave.
- A Kanan (or Caleb) from another timeline shows up post-ROTJ, and the resulting angst of dealing with someone who looks like your dead ex and trying to explain it to your kid.
Ahsoka Tano & Sabine Wren & Hera Syndulla
A combination of any of my other prompts for these characters would be great. Hera stepping in to help Sabine and Ahsoka on their quest (or stepping in to stop them sniping at each other during one of their breakups). The aftermath of bringing Ezra home, and nobody knows how to fit together as a family any more until they work things out. Or, during the S2 era, Ahsoka and Hera are still working together and Sabine is struggling to fit in given the trust issues she had in S1 with Hera's secret contacts with Ahsoka. Ahsoka and Sabine playing fairy godmothers to Jacen and possibly spoiling him or teaching him even more inappropriate stuff than Chopper does while Hera's trying to keep the Rebellion together and deal with having a little kid around. Dropping the kid off with Rex or Zeb and Kallus and the three women go off on some adventure together. I just love seeing them interact.
SW: The Bad Batch
Omega & Hera Syndulla
Omega/Hera Syndulla
My heart grew three sizes watching these two spend time together. I'd love to read about a future adventure for the two of them. Maybe a year or two later when The Batch are on a mission and need to call in a favor from some old friends. Maybe when Hera goes out into the galaxy on her own at 16 or so, she runs into Omega and they cause trouble for the Empire together, running missions, stealing from the Imperials, etc. (If you want to have them meet up with other EU characters who act as friends, foes, or a complicated mix of both such as Qi'ra or Enfys Nest, this would be welcome.) Maybe post-RotJ, Rex lets his new friends know where his old ones have been conducting their own private war against the Imperials. I am fine with developing a romantic relationship between Hera and Omega post-RotJ. I am also happy with them remaining platonic friends who stay in touch the rest of their lives via a series of letters and who meet up to help each other out from time to time. I am fine with trans girl Omega headcanon or not but prefer the story not focus on that past "yep, this is a thing, who wants waffles?")
SW: Resistance
Tam Ryvora/Synara San
I'm fascinated by Tam's gradual fall into working for the First Order, and my deepest regret about the show ending was not getting to see her pick herself up after the dust settled, having to deal with the things she did and choosing to go on every day.
Tam and Synara had gorgeous chemistry together early on, and I remain sad that the show dropped the ball later. They bonded early, and Tam even consented to spend leisure time with Kaz to get to hang out with Synara. Synara fought against her own shipmates to save Tam! They are due a reckoning after the events of the show, forced missions together, or even a quest of their own post-TROS that brings them together. Maybe after the war, Tam strikes out on her own as a pilot for hire, or finds work as a mechanic on the racing circuit, and meets up with Synara again a few years down the road. What I would love more than anything for these two is for them to work past the lying, the betrayals, and the hurt, and move on together. Maybe they don't speak for a year and find each other again after the war, or maybe they decide the Colossus is too small to keep their distance. Or an AU where Tam went into racing and she meets Synara on some romantic (or horrible) planet and they have space lesbian adventures together.
Crossover Fandom (SW:Sequel Trilogy / SW:Rebels)
Poe Dameron/Jacen Syndulla
Note I am prepared for this to get canonballed to hell and back once the Ahsoka series premieres and I do not care. I am convinced these two knew each other when they were younger. Competing aces in the New Republic Academy who occasionally settled their constant oneupsmanship in bed? Long-term boyfriends driven apart by destiny? Occasional fuckbuddies who are on-board with the other seeing other people as long as he's up for some fun when they're both in town? The sky's the limit. Or, canon AU where they saw where things were headed and fucked off to run their own cargo business together while the events of the rest of the galaxy play on without them. I am also interested in them as snippy exes, and maybe Jacen comes back into Poe's life right as he's finally getting things worked out with Finn. (I'm okay with a Poe/Finn endgame if you want to go there as long as there's plenty of Poe/Jacen backstory.) Preference for Jacen to be Force sensitive but not a Jedi, though I could be amenable to him deciding if all the other Jedi he knows are going to have sex, he's not sticking to that rule either.
Some of this is copied from previous letters, and I am also happy with what I asked for in my previous letters. I am very easy to please. Think of the prompts as vague suggestions to get your ideas flowing. As a rule, as long as the relationships I request are the focus, I’m going to be thrilled with whatever you come up with. I have received some wonderful gifts for many of these requests in the past. If I am requesting them again, it only means I am greedy and want more! (Seriously, go see my Gifts page. I have been spoiled rotten!) Don't read into some requests being longer than others. For some things, my entire request can be boiled down to, "Pretty! Want!"
Likes: plot, PWP, toppy women and partners who are turned on by toppy women, humor, endings with hope intact, functional relationships, dysfunctional relationships, secret relationships that aren’t really a secret, established relationships, get-togethers, functional polyamory, canon divergence AUs such as what if they got there five minutes sooner or Anakin never fell, dimension-hopping from/to canon divergent universes where they did get there five minutes sooner, porn, fluff, light angst, friends with benefits, FWB with feelings, kidfic, accidental baby/toddler acquisition, awkward dorky teenagers, parenting including quirky or atypical co-parenting arrangements, pregnancy including mpreg and fpreg and weird "because aliens" preg, fix-its, time loops, road trips, trapped together, partner/child in jeopardy rescues, mixing and matching prompts
Additional Like note: I don't care if you're familiar with the entire universe of things I've requested (I'm not) or if you're only familiar with the five minutes you watched on Youtube that one time. I like when people make things up about the storyverse then run with them.
You can add Grogu to any prompt I've requested as long as his scenes remain rated PG or below. You can add Qi'ra to any prompt I've requested as a morally gray semi-friendly antagonist (think Hondo).
Art likes: bright colors with clear lines, black and white, heavily stylized such as Art Deco or playing cards, complex backgrounds, blank backgrounds, unusual page structure, shadows and shading, photorealistic, chibis, women with muscle definition, props, background animals, background plants, stained glass, marginalia in old books, would love a wedding photo-style picture for any of my requests either "staged" or "candid," character portraits, Rule 63 takes on requested characters (this is an art-only like, please no unrequested Rule 63 for fic)
Do not want: noncon, scat, watersports, omegaverse, sexual activity for anyone under 15 (kissing is fine) unrequested ships except as mentioned, non-canon AUs such as coffeeshops, DNW permanent character death of any canon characters except those who died in canon (ex: Kanan can stay dead or not, but please do not kill off Hera; Ben/Kylo can stay dead post-TROS or not, but please do not kill off Rey, etc.), unrequested sexuality or gender headcanons, unrequested Force sensitivity headcanons, non-canon nicknames
Do not like: (Note: These are NOT DNWs. These are things I'm not fond of but don't mind appearing in a story/artwork in small amounts to move the characters or plot along. This is a guide for what I'd prefer someone not to focus on or otherwise base a gift around, not a list of things I hate.) italics, non-canon swearing, world-building, Mando'a, military details, first person POV, focus on unrequested characters, epistolary format, IF, focus on grief/mourning, sexually submissive women (including femslash - top4top is my jam), implication that the Rebellion went directly from Yavin 4 to Hoth when it took them years to get there in canon (I love Hoth huddling-for-warmth fic. Hoth fic is great.), ambiguous and open endings, extensive references to Legends/video games/unrequested EU novels (small references and Easter Eggs are great, anything that hinges on my knowing unrequested Character X from Legends Novel Y will make a better gift for someone else), erasure of canonical disabilities (AUs where Luke never fought Vader on Bespin and never lost his hand are fine, stories where Kanan still has his sight after Malachor are not), frame stories unless both parts involve groups of my requested characters
Background relationships: Anything listed in other prompts is fine in the background of another ship. Platonic relationships are fine. Mentions of canon ships or character/OC ships are fine. Additional background ships I like: Sabine/Ketsu, Zeb/Kallus, Flix/Orka, Yeager/Captain Doza/Venisa Doza, Hera/Yeager, Rey/Ben|Kylo, Finn/Kaz, Finn/Ben|Kylo, Finn/Rose, Ezra/Luke, Han/Luke/Leia, Luke/Leia, Han/Leia, Han/Luke, past Han/Qi'ra, Rex/Ahsoka, Din/Bo-Katan, past Padme/Obi-Wan, past Padme/Anakin, past Ahsoka/Anakin, past Ahsoka/Padme
The thing I love best in ships is when the characters are best friends who fuck. I also love both banter and seeing characters with major differences have equally valid points to their side of the argument, and despite it all are ride or die for each other. I also love the fluffy happy moments between disasters. I love the first moment when it strikes them that oh no they have feelings. I love the second moment when it strikes them that oh no this is going to be a disaster, too.
SW: Rebels
Ahsoka Tano/Sabine Wren
Ahsoka Tano & Sabine Wren
Note that I am going to be watching the new series with my eyes glued to the screen but I don't expect anyone else to have to do the same. Feel free to incorporate as much or as little as possible. The hints we got in the trailer of their bumpy relationship have only made me more excited about them as a pairing. Grumpy not-quite-exes who are still ride or die for each other is one of my favorite tropes. If Ezra's crush on Sabine comes up, please continue to keep it one sided on his side rather than reciprocated by her. I'd prefer Sabine not be Force sensitive unless the show goes there. Another favorite trope: you've got the Force and I've got a blaster, let's go kick some ass together.
Space lesbians on a quest! Everyone knows the point of a quest story is the journey and the discovery of the characters' own true inner selves, right? I want to know about all their adventures together: following clues, exploring possible places Ezra and Thrawn wound up, side quests to convenient old Jedi temples, running into Aphra or Qi'ra! Show the hinted at lightsaber training! (Naked lightsaber training?) Do they pretend to be married on one planet for reasons? Does Sabine build an awesome Machine that causes them unforeseen plot problems? Does Barriss show up and cause trouble / make Sabine realize her True Feelings? Does Ketsu, and same? (Bonus for actual shipping there. I'm fine with either going back to her ex and the other one being happy for her despite knowing exactly how much baggage is there.)
Additional note having now watched all of "Ahsoka": I loved it. Feel free to incorporate as much as you'd like, or ignore what you'd rather ignore.
Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla
Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla & Jacen Syndulla
DNW breakup fic for Kanan/Hera. I am fine with fics set after he died and told in flashback, or with him as a Force ghost, or fix-its where he didn't die and/or they find a way to being him back. The rest of the cast is welcome to play significant roles in the story. I'm not super into angst for this pairing. A little is fine but I'd rather aim for something on the "sweet" end of "bittersweet" when possible.
- Their first months working together.
- Missing scenes from the time of the show.
- That time they got stuck in a Groundhog Day time loop for three days that lasted six months, and how they got out and how much time they spent having sex.
- That one job that started out simple and wound up them wheeling and dealing with half the criminals in the underworld, including Qi'ra, for the sake of getting a Jedi artifact or something.
- That time they banged in Ezra's old comm tower while everyone else was busy during "Flight of the Defender."
- Those times they banged in the various rooms of the ship.
- Their first time post-Malachor.
- Kanan figuring out this Force Ghost business after the fact the way Qui-Gon did, and hanging out to watch and guide.
- Were Zeb and Sabine their first attempt at building a crew, or were there others around before, and what happened?
- He's been smitten with her since the beginning, and she didn't say she loved him until the end, so how did they work around feelings, and not admitting to those feelings despite the fact that everyone around them knew?
- What was he about to tell her when Rukh attacked?
- Comedy capers where they're just hanging out having fun!
- Fix-its in which she's running the Rebellion and he's changing diapers and trying to keep Chopper from tossing the baby out through the airlock.
- Non-fix-its where his ghost is hanging out with them, making bad jokes and attempting to parent from beyond the grave.
- A Kanan (or Caleb) from another timeline shows up post-ROTJ, and the resulting angst of dealing with someone who looks like your dead ex and trying to explain it to your kid.
Ahsoka Tano & Sabine Wren & Hera Syndulla
A combination of any of my other prompts for these characters would be great. Hera stepping in to help Sabine and Ahsoka on their quest (or stepping in to stop them sniping at each other during one of their breakups). The aftermath of bringing Ezra home, and nobody knows how to fit together as a family any more until they work things out. Or, during the S2 era, Ahsoka and Hera are still working together and Sabine is struggling to fit in given the trust issues she had in S1 with Hera's secret contacts with Ahsoka. Ahsoka and Sabine playing fairy godmothers to Jacen and possibly spoiling him or teaching him even more inappropriate stuff than Chopper does while Hera's trying to keep the Rebellion together and deal with having a little kid around. Dropping the kid off with Rex or Zeb and Kallus and the three women go off on some adventure together. I just love seeing them interact.
SW: The Bad Batch
Omega & Hera Syndulla
Omega/Hera Syndulla
My heart grew three sizes watching these two spend time together. I'd love to read about a future adventure for the two of them. Maybe a year or two later when The Batch are on a mission and need to call in a favor from some old friends. Maybe when Hera goes out into the galaxy on her own at 16 or so, she runs into Omega and they cause trouble for the Empire together, running missions, stealing from the Imperials, etc. (If you want to have them meet up with other EU characters who act as friends, foes, or a complicated mix of both such as Qi'ra or Enfys Nest, this would be welcome.) Maybe post-RotJ, Rex lets his new friends know where his old ones have been conducting their own private war against the Imperials. I am fine with developing a romantic relationship between Hera and Omega post-RotJ. I am also happy with them remaining platonic friends who stay in touch the rest of their lives via a series of letters and who meet up to help each other out from time to time. I am fine with trans girl Omega headcanon or not but prefer the story not focus on that past "yep, this is a thing, who wants waffles?")
SW: Resistance
Tam Ryvora/Synara San
I'm fascinated by Tam's gradual fall into working for the First Order, and my deepest regret about the show ending was not getting to see her pick herself up after the dust settled, having to deal with the things she did and choosing to go on every day.
Tam and Synara had gorgeous chemistry together early on, and I remain sad that the show dropped the ball later. They bonded early, and Tam even consented to spend leisure time with Kaz to get to hang out with Synara. Synara fought against her own shipmates to save Tam! They are due a reckoning after the events of the show, forced missions together, or even a quest of their own post-TROS that brings them together. Maybe after the war, Tam strikes out on her own as a pilot for hire, or finds work as a mechanic on the racing circuit, and meets up with Synara again a few years down the road. What I would love more than anything for these two is for them to work past the lying, the betrayals, and the hurt, and move on together. Maybe they don't speak for a year and find each other again after the war, or maybe they decide the Colossus is too small to keep their distance. Or an AU where Tam went into racing and she meets Synara on some romantic (or horrible) planet and they have space lesbian adventures together.
Crossover Fandom (SW:Sequel Trilogy / SW:Rebels)
Poe Dameron/Jacen Syndulla
Note I am prepared for this to get canonballed to hell and back once the Ahsoka series premieres and I do not care. I am convinced these two knew each other when they were younger. Competing aces in the New Republic Academy who occasionally settled their constant oneupsmanship in bed? Long-term boyfriends driven apart by destiny? Occasional fuckbuddies who are on-board with the other seeing other people as long as he's up for some fun when they're both in town? The sky's the limit. Or, canon AU where they saw where things were headed and fucked off to run their own cargo business together while the events of the rest of the galaxy play on without them. I am also interested in them as snippy exes, and maybe Jacen comes back into Poe's life right as he's finally getting things worked out with Finn. (I'm okay with a Poe/Finn endgame if you want to go there as long as there's plenty of Poe/Jacen backstory.) Preference for Jacen to be Force sensitive but not a Jedi, though I could be amenable to him deciding if all the other Jedi he knows are going to have sex, he's not sticking to that rule either.
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