Okay, so I did get some (limited) interest in the tropes-for-charity thing. Might as well give it a try...?
So here are some guidelines:
This is a game and it should be fun!
This is also a fundraiser! For now, let's say the organizations I'm fundraising for are The National Parks Conservation Association (not the National Parks Foundation), an organization that brings legal action against developers and the current administration to protect park resources; The Attic Center, a LGBTQ youth center local to me; and Immigration Equality, an organization that helps queer and HIV+ people immigrate to the US and Canada.
(Note: If you use this link to donate to the NPCA, your donation will be doubled through the end of the month.)
I would prefer to write origific for this particular exercise but we can certainly negotiate fanfic.
Went back and forth on this for a while, but I think the first trope you request will be free. In other words, you can request ONE TROPE without making a donation, but any requests that involve money will go to the top of my to-do list. Free requests will be done when and if I can fit them in.
I am not guaranteeing that I will do any of these requests in a certain order; I'll write each one as I'm inspired to write it.
You may request any trope from this list except ones listed under "pairing tags" and "diverse characters." In other words, you can request story/setting/character type tropes, but give me a little leeway on how the characters themselves shake out. (This obviously mostly applies to fic where I'll have to write OCs.)
I'm also not married to that list, it just came up when I ran an internet search for AO3 tropes. You can certainly request others that come to mind.
I reserve the right to turn down any request that I really do not wish to write. If that happens, you are of course welcome to request a different trope. I wouldn't say that most tropes would be an issue here, but I think it's wise to have an out just in case. To keep things fair, I'll also let you tell me anything you really don't want to have in the fic, too, within reason.
As for the nitty-gritty... Let's say that free requests can ask for one trope from that list. Any trope. Fics requesting two tropes start at $10 and are an additional $5 for any trope after that. No limit, feel free to get crazy. If you want to donate $50 and pick ten tropes, that is your prerogative and perhaps also your funeral.
(I am not guaranteeing that a fic including ten tropes will be good, in other words.)
And let's say that donation fics will be at least 1000 words, free fics will be whatever I want, lmao.
I'll be doing this until Fourth of July Weekend, at which point I'll switch to the usual fundraising weekend model. (In other words, you donate $15+ and I'll do whatever you want within reason lmao.)
So uhh let's spend two weeks writing weird fics for a good cause, huh?
And you can block "#fundraising trope fic" if you don't want to see these posts.
