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botherd ([personal profile] botherd) wrote2009-06-09 02:25 pm
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I love this time of year.

I got my [livejournal.com profile] femslash09 assignment and OMG, I love it! I already have ideas aplenty running through my head.

Dear [livejournal.com profile] femslash09 writer...

Firstly, thank you so much for writing something for me! I hope I'm a pretty easy-going recipient; for me the most important thing is that you have fun writing, so feel free to disregard all of this if you get a completely different idea that you're really inspired to write. If you write to your strengths, I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with. That said, if you want more guidance I'll talk a bit about the fandoms I've requested and why I love these pairings.

(Okay, I'm sorry, this got insanely long.)

Skins
Naomi/Emily: my OTP to end all OTPs. I love them like fierce, and anything about them would make me gleeful. Future!fic, fic that fills in some of the blanks of series three, something set post-Love Ball - anything would be awesome. All I really ask is that you give them a happy ending, because I'm a pathetic sap and can't deal with heartache over them. (That said, it doesn't have to be fluff! You can throw as much angst at me as you like as long as it all turns out okay in the end.)
Katie/Emily: I know, I know, it's incest and illegal and not everyone is as big a perv as me. But, God, Katie is so fucked up and needy when it comes to Emily and I'd love to see that explored more in fic. Feel free to go as dark as you like with this one; I like incest fic that really deals with how weird and fucked up it is. But also, to be completely contrary, I love Katie and Emily when they're actually getting on, so if you wanted to write something lighter, that would be awesome too.
Katie/Effy: another pairing that's totally fucked up! I really like how their dynamic changed over the course of the series, starting off with Katie being so desperate for Effy's approval and Effy barely concealing her contempt, and then that completely shifting with the rock incident. I think there's a lot of room for dark angsty hate!sex but I also think it would be nice to see them reach a place where they realise that maybe there's something real there.
Naomi/Effy: they only really shared one scene in the series but I think there's so much potential there and they could really relate to each other if they got to know each other better. Mostly, I like how they're not afraid to call each other on their bullshit, but in a way that shows they really care. I don't really ship them in a forever way so something like a temporary friends-with-benefits thing could work, but if you want to have them end up happily ever after I'm totally open for convincing.

Gossip Girl RPF
Blake/Leighton: I'm less involved with the fandom than I used to be, but I still adore them to pieces; they're so giggly and handsy and SO IN LOVE. I'd rather not see a really cracked-out AU about them - although God knows there have been some epic ones in this fandom - but a more normal AU or something set in the real world would be awesome. Basically, anything where they're adorable and in love, preferably with a happy ending. (Just a note: I stopped watching Gossip Girl after 2x18 and have yet to catch up, so any references to specific GG plots would probably go over my head.)

Skins RPF:
Lily/Kat: you know what I would love with these two? Anything really teenager-y, with epic crushes and PINING and bucketloads of UST (which is basically my favourite thing ever in fic). I like Lily being a totally charming dork and Kat having a massive, barely-concealed crush and, I don't know. Basically anything about these two makes me hugely squeeful and it would be difficult to go wrong.
Meg/Kaya: Meg!face is one of my favourite things ever and you could just write like, 1000 words about Meg being confused and Kaya adorably laughing at her and it would make me the happiest person alive. Seriously, I'm so easy. I like them mostly fluffy and angst-free, I have to say, but if you want to take them in a completely new direction? Go for it.
Note about Skins RPF in general: any bonus Kat&Meg time is LOVE.

Crossover: Chuck/Criminal Minds
Sarah Walker/Emily Prentiss: in my epic quest to find someone suitable to slash Sarah with (because much as I love Chuck, the show is lacking in that regard), I somehow came up with this pairing. I have no investment in the ship outside of thinking that it'd be totally awesome and hot, so you can really take it in any direction you want. Honestly, I think this crossover would be a bit of challenge; the shows are so different in tone that I imagine it'd be really difficult to meld the universes together. But, hey, they're both hot, competent women in law enforcement - it could totally work! I love both of them separately (especially Sarah, oh my God), so any way you could think to get them together would be brilliant.

Gilmore Girls
Rory/Paris: what I love about this show is the humour and the heart, and I adore fic that manages to capture that. I love the dynamic between Rory and Paris (who is one of my favourite characters ever, and I'm completely in awe of anyone who manages to capture her voice), especially when they're roommates at Yale. When it comes to Gilmore Girls fic I really just love anything fun and banter-y that keeps in with the tone of the show.


A few general dislikes: I'm not keen on baby!fic, or death!fic, or PWP. (I'm equally happy with or without sex in fic, I just prefer that there's some plot or character development in there too.) Not a fan of extreme kink either. With the exception of Naomi/Emily, I vastly prefer first-time stories to established relationships, and most of the time I like happy (or at least hopeful) endings.

SORRY, that turned out ridiculously long and you deserve a cookie if you made it all the way to the end. Like I said, those are just some general ideas about what I like and you're free to take as much or as little notice of it as you like. Thank you again - anything you write will be awesome, and I can't wait to read it! ♥

[identity profile] ems.livejournal.com 2009-06-09 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Rory/Paris, huh? Eeeenteresting. I thought of an awesome crossover the other day - Paris and Taylor Townsend from The OC. I love both those characters. :D

I really only love Rory when she's little and having innocent kisses with Dean (as much as I love Logan) so I don't think I could read any Gilmore Girls slash. It would be like reading about my sister. Even though Alexis Bledel is fucking stunning.

[identity profile] botherd.livejournal.com 2009-06-09 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't read a ton of Gilmore Girls slash, and I don't think any of it's been really porny (that might be a bit weird, mainly because Alexis Bledel looks perpetually twelve), but Rory/Paris can be AMAZING when done right. I haven't watched enough of The OC (I think I stopped watching halfway through the third series) to remember Taylor Townsend very well, but Paris/Taylor could work.