Legends of Tomorrow Rom Com Week

A week to celebrate your favourite romantic comedy films, and stories with your favourite slash and femslash pairings from the Legends of Tomorrow universe! DATES: 4th - 10th September 2017

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Legends Romcom Week: Florist Sara + Tattoo Artist Kendra AU “So,” Sara says, her trying to keep her thoughts from wandering to Thai Restaurants and dates in Hong Kong. “Do you like, see tattoos on people?” Kendra’s lipstick is on her straw, the one she uses to idly stir her iced tea. “You mean like, do I fix tattoos or-” “No I mean,” Sara says. “When you see someone. Like a stranger. Do you imagine what kind of tattoos you’d give them?” “Dunno,” Kendra says. “That’s not really what I daydream about. I don’t usually visualize things until I work with someone, you know? You never know what someone is going to want until you get to know them and even then. People surprise you.” “So you haven’t thought about me, then?” Sara asks, waiting as Kendra takes a forkful of noodles. “I thought you might have some ideas.” “All I know is that you’re afraid of needles,” Kendra says. “So I figured giving you a tattoo is out of the question.” “I’m not that scared,” Sara says, flaring her nostrils. “Your ears aren’t pierced,” Kendra says, and Sara feels her fingers reaching for her earlobe before she catches herself. “What about me?” Kendra asks. “You didn’t bring me flowers.” “Should I?” Sara asks.  “You’re a florist,” Kendra says. “Uh, in training,” Sara says. “Right now I’m still just doing deliveries.” “So you didn’t think about it?” Kendra asks, leaning forward, chin in hand. She has eyes that swallow candlelight, hair that falls over her shoulders in waves. “The roses you want to get me?” “Not roses,” Sara says. “Never- I don’t like roses.” “Oh?” Kendra says. “They’re liar flowers,” Sara says. “They’re what you get when you’re not… thinking about the person. I would get you uh- sunflowers. Because you-” She looks at Kendra’s lips, the hint of her smile. “They remind me of you.” “I think,” Kendra says, reaching her free hand across the table. She brushes her fingers against the back of Sara’s hand. “I would like to see your back.” “What?” Sara says. “Because you have so many freckles on your face and chest,” Kendra says. “So I’d want to see your back. Use your freckles to map a constellation, or something. That’s what I think I’d want to give you a tattoo of.” Sara feels goosebumps prick at the back of her arms.

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Saramaya AU: 27 Dresses 

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Sara Lance has been in twenty-seven wedding parties – with the dresses to prove it – but has yet to find her own happy ending. Deeply in love with her boss, Nyssa al-Ghul, Sara hopes some day soon, the dress she wears down the aisle will be white.

When Sara’s older sister Laurel comes home from law school, Sara’s heart is broken when Laurel and Nyssa immediately hit it off and start dating. She could tell Laurel about her feelings, sure, but Sara is still harbouring enough guilt from stealing Laurel’s high school boyfriend to last a lifetime. Her sister deserves to be happy in love, and she and Nyssa are perfect for each other. If Sara has to put up and shut up, that’s what she’ll do. When Nyssa proposes to Laurel, Sara swallows her feelings and jumps into full wedding planner mode. It’s nothing she hasn’t done twenty-seven times before, after all.

But watching Laurel and Nyssa together hits harder than Sara knows how to handle. Unraveling at the seams, Sara finds solace in an unexpected source, a cynical, anti-wedding journalist named Amaya Jiwe.

Amaya works for the Star City Journal in Commitments, and for years, she’s been Sara’s favourite writer. Sara even has an embarrassing collection of Amaya’s articles in her bedside table clipped from the Sunday paper. Getting off on the wrong foot, Sara and Amaya first meet the night Sara spends hours – and hundreds of dollars – running back and forth between two wedding after an incident during the bouquet toss leaves Sara lightheaded and Amaya offers to help her home.

And steals Sara’s day planner in the process.

It’s an innocent mistake at first, Sara forgetting her day planner in the backseat of their shared cab. But once Amaya takes a look inside and sees just how much time and energy Sara puts into being a bridesmaid, an idea for a story that will finally get her out of Commitments and into more serious journalism hits her.  Sara is the perfect subject for an exposé on society’s unhealthy obsession with the wedding industry. And when Amaya gets assigned to write a piece for Laurel and Nyssa’s wedding, she takes it as the perfect opportunity to learn more about Sara and her strange infatuation with weddings.

What Amaya doesn’t expect is to fall in love with Sara. But, the more time they spend together, the more Sara goes from strange wedding zombie to three-dimensional human being. Amaya gets cold feet about the article and asks her editor to hold off on printing it.

Sara and Amaya are both blindsided when Amaya’s article shows up on the front page of the Commitments section Sunday morning. Especially because, after a heated argument about Sara’s feelings for Nyssa and an ill-timed car accident in the middle of nowhere, Sara and Amaya ended the night before by sleeping together.

Sara’s trust betrayed, it’s up to Amaya to make amends for all the heartbreak she’s caused, and the wedding she’s inadvertently ruined with the truth of Sara’s feelings for Nyssa laid bare for all to see. 

That is, if Sara will ever speak to her again.

written for @romcomsoftomorrow

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Legends Romcom Week: AtomWave (eventual ColdWaveAtom) | Lost Alien AU The last thing Mick needs following a heist and car chase gone almost horribly wrong are any damn surprises.  Which is why when he finds a 6′4″ man in his safehouse, totally naked and going through his rations, he’s less than thrilled. And while yes, it seems like it would be wrong to kill this messy-haired, starry-eyed boy, Mick sure as hell isn’t happy he’s there. Especially not when the boy kisses him to “learn English.”

The man isn’t even a man, he’s a goddamn alien, and he’s clingy as hell and wears Mick’s jacket and sort of sits on Mick’s sofa with this kind, expectant face- Mick doesn’t even know how to contact Leonard without them both getting caught while the cops are still looking for them, let alone how to help some alien reassemble his spaceship so he can go home and tell everyone about Earth.

And then there’s the fact that Ray (he says it’s a loose translation) is a touchy-feely kind of guy in every way possible- And that every time he tries to learn something new, Mick ends up with another 5 hickeys. He doesn’t know how to help Ray, or himself, or Leonard, and now on top of everything, it seems like there’s people out there looking for Ray, too. 

But damn, that boy kisses like a dream. He says it’s for thanks, and when Mick explains what it means he just laughs, and says it can be that, too.

Mick’s pretty sure Len’s gonna hate him or love him. Quite frankly, he’s not sure which one he feels, either.

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legends of tomorrow romcom week: cold atom + love actually

SIX WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Leonard pulled up to Downing Street and took a deep breath. He could do this. He was the youngest prime minister elected in all of Britain’s history at only 43, and he could do anything, he had promised to do anything.

He opened the door and was met with the flashes of cameras and a barrage of questions. He did the best he could to smile and wave while making his way towards the door. He could feel Sara, his assistant, guiding him through the doorway and into the privacy of the house.

When the door was finally closed, he let out a sigh of relief. “So,” he said, turning toward the younger blonde woman next to him, “down to business?”

“Not quite,” she said, smirking at him impishly, “Time to meet the house staff.” Leonard groaned and rolled his eyes. House staff was always so proper, and he was not in the mood for socialization. He ran for office to fix the country, not to schmooze.

Sara leads him into the next room, where several men and women of all ages are dressed in waiting attire and standing perfectly straight. “Prime Minister Snart,” she says, “meet your house staff.”

An older man wearing thick-framed glasses takes a step out of line. “It’s an honor to meet you,” he says, “my name is Martin Stein. I’m the head of house staff.”

Leonard shook his hand. “I had an uncle called Martin once,” he said thoughtfully, “hated him. But don’t worry, I like the looks of you,” he said with a reassuring smile.

Sara continued to lead him down the line. “This is Felicity.”

The impossibly tiny woman in front of him piped up. “I’m in charge of housekeeping.”

Leonard smiled again. “Oh, it should be a lot easier with me than with the last lot. No nappies, no teenagers, definitely no scary wife.” She laughed at that, putting him a little more at ease.

Sara introduced him to a few more people before they stopped in front of an incredibly tall, handsome man. “This is Raymond,” Sara supplied, “he’s new. Like you!”

He put out his hand and grinned. “Hello, Raymond,” he said, “pleasure to meet you.”

Raymond hastily took his hand and shook it. “Hello, Leonard!” The rest of the staff, and Sara looked at him in shock. When he realized what he’d done, he dropped Leonard’s hand immediately. “I mean sir. Shit, I can’t believe I did that. And now I’ve said ‘shit’. Twice. I’m sorry, sir.”

“It’s fine, don’t worry,” said Leonard, oddly charmed by the man’s babbling, “You could’ve said ‘fuck’ and then we would’ve been in real trouble.”

Ray grinned back at him toothily. “Thank you, sir. I did have an awful premonition I was going to fuck up on my first day.” He pause a moment before looking up to the ceiling in exasperation. “Oh, fuck.”

Leonard laughed. Sara smiled reassuringly at the man, and said “Don’t worry about it Raymond, really.” She looked up at Leonard and said, “I’ll get my things, and then off to fixing the country, okay?”

Leonard nodded, giving a mock salute to the house staff and walking off. In the background he could hear Felicity mocking Raymond. “Dude,” she said, “really?”

“He was hotter than I expected!” Ray shout-whispered back. “I was caught off guard!” Felicity snickered and Leonard smiled to himself. Well this should be fun.

read the rest on ao3 here

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legends romcom week  | hawkcanary

kendra is a barista at the local coffee shop sara visits. a flirtatious smile soon turns into an exchange of numbers, then a date at that same coffee shop, then kissing underneath a lamppost while the sky above is swamped with stars.

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Tangled ColdAtom AU.

Just because it fits and would be super cute!

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Re blogging for the @romcomsoftomorrow fest!

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I Love you Ray Palmer ColdAtom Au!

Leonard Snart becomes a cop, gets married and starts a family, but after a terrible car accident, he vows to be true to himself. He comes out of the closet, moves to Florida, and finances a luxurious lifestyle with bad checks and credit cards. In prison, Leonard meets Ray Palmer, a mild-mannered inmate who becomes the love of his life. Determined to build a beautiful life with his lover, Leonard embarks on another crime spree.

Snart the ultimate con man who commits all his crime to provide the perfect life for his lover Ray is just too good to not Au!

If you haven’t seen the original film here’s the trailer: https://youtu.be/DwkXLt-lZZ0

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Re blogging for the @romcomsoftomorrow fest!

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Legion of Doom Mean Girls Au!

Yeah I did it worked out how to make this an AU and even  snuck in some ColdAtom! Though I may reimagine them as staff rather than the students!

Leonard Snart was working in Africa when he has to return to the states and take a teaching job in the suburbs of Illinois. Leonard finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide his students and his fellow teaching staff into tightly knit cliques. He unwittingly finds himself in the good graces of an elite group of strict and tough teachers dubbed “the Legion of Doom,” but Leonard soon realizes how his shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

So Imagine Eobard is of course the queen bee of the group and at first Leonard befriends teachers Mick and Sara and they egg him on to hang with Legion and then report back to them. Its then that Len gets crush on science teacher Ray Palmer (Eobards ex) and to make sure Len knows his place Eobard forces Ray to date him again and thus Len plots revenge on the Legion of Doom from the inside. He, Mick and Sara work a out a way to take down Eobard, split up the Legion (also helping Damien and Malcolm realise they are better together and should have got together ages ago) and win Ray’s affections!

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Re blogging for the @romcomsoftomorrow fest!

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Legends Romcom Week: HawkVixen | Superhero + Girl Reporter AU Kendra Saunders doesn’t believe in heroes. People with special abilities? Magic? Sure, all of that’s real, she’s seen that- But she’s also seen enough of this world from the lens of her camera to make her certain that heroes, real heroes, just don’t exist. Those guys in spandex? They just do it for the fame. Kendra knows better than to trust people, or believe in anyone. 

When she hears reports of the mysterious “Vixen” taking stay in St. Roch, she doesn’t think much of it, despite clamoring that she’s St. Roch’s first major costumed hero. It’s not until late one evening that The Vixen crashes into Kendra- Literally crashes through Kendra’s window on the second floor, in desperate need of stitches. 

From that night forward, Kendra forms a tentative and intense relationship with the woman who bled on her Ikea carpet- She doesn’t trust Vixen at first, but there’s something about her that just might change Kendra’s mind about heroes.

And that’s not to mention the hero dormant inside Kendra that she doesn’t even know about yet….

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I think tumblr ate my ask, so I'm going to try sending it again - what are the rules regarding polyamorous ships? Does everyone involved have to be the same gender, or can it be mixed?

My apologies for not getting to this sooner, Tumblr showed me it, then ate it when I tried to reply. 

And while same gender is preferred, we will accept mixed gender with polyamory. :) 

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Legends Romcom Week: Kendra + Amaya + Sara in a Practical Magic inspired AU Kendra Saunders is just a beautiful witch with a big heart- With one small caveat. Every man she becomes involved with ends up meeting an early and tragic end. Kendra has tried every way she can imagine to break her family curse- Including getting help from her best friend and very powerful witch, Amaya Jiwe. It all seems hopeless after Kendra’s most recent boyfriend Carter dies in a water polo accident- Until Kendra meets Sara Lance, an unusually lucky girl who’s cheated death more times than she can count.

It’s Sara’s luck- And Amaya and Kendra’s magic that lead them into a strange and powerful turn of events- Kendra discovers Amaya has been harboring feelings for her but hasn’t acted on them, for fear of Kendra’s curse, and she realizes that it would be all to easy for Amaya and Sara to run off together and leave her one heartbroken witch.

But it’s the love the 3 of them find within each other that might be the key to lifting the curse- And together, they make the most powerful magic of all.

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romcoms of tomorrow ↳ lovebirds + the princess bride

Kendra has known Sara her whole life, she ought to’ve, seeing as Sara worked on her family’s farm. After Kendra confesses her love, Sara departs to America to seek her fortune, and is soon reported to have been murdered by the Dread Pirate Canary. Years later, Prince Vandal seeks a bride so he may take his dying father’s place as king, and forces Kendra his hand. Later, Kendra is kidnapped by a band of rogues, closely tailed by a mysterious black boat. The owner of the boat reveals herself to be Sara, who took up the identity of the new Dread Pirate Canary. However, the lovers are separated again just as quickly as they were reunited, as Vandal confronts them and Kendra makes a deal that she would go with him if he returns Sara safely to her ship. The rogues, Leonard and Mick, then decide to seek Sara out, and find her being tortured by Vandal. They save her, and together, the three of them crash the royal wedding with three goals in mind: fuck bitches, raise hell, and get paid. Oh, and save Kendra too. And maybe Leonard avenges his sister’s death? That too.

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MR Congeniality Atomwave Au!

When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Mr World pageant, the FBI rushes to find a male agent to go undercover as a contestant. Unfortunately, Ray Palmer is the only FBI agent who can “look the part” despite his complete lack of refinement and being total nerd. Ray prides himself on being the tech genius and doesn’t pay much attention to his look and oversized clothes as they don’t help gt the job done.

His partner Mick Rory thinks he’s a lost cause and will never survive this mission but is in for a shock when he see’s the man under the bad dress sense and oversized glasses. Who knew nerdy Ray Palmer was hiding such a great body and as he gains more confidence in the pageant is able to come out of his shell, gain more confidence, realise his feeling for Mick and save the day!

For the @romcomsoftomorrow week!

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legends of tomorrow romcom week: steel atom + amelie (ao3)

He remembers the day he was told about his condition. His father had come home from a work trip and he could hear it, his excitement, the thump-thump-thumping of his heart in his chest. He remembers his father taking out the stethoscope and telling him his heart was too fast, that he had to be homeschooled, that he had to live inside.

He remembers Fluffy the goldfish telling him they would always be best friends and jumping into his drinking glass. His mother had shrieked and his father had said it was too much excitement for his heart to handle. He had released Fluffy into the water behind their house later that day. His father had put his hand on the shoulder promised Ray it was for the best.

He remembers his mother taking him to Notre Dame the next day, promising she felt sorry for Fluffy and for him, and she wanted him to have a little bit of excitement. Just a little bit though, not too much, never too much. He remembers her praying for a son and he remembers hearing the thump and being scared it was his heart, but instead finding his mother lying on the ground behind him.

He remembers the day his father built the shrine and put up the garden gnome with it. He remembers the constant reminders to clean the gnome and care for the shrine while he was also cooking, cleaning, and financing the household.

He remembers the most important day of his life, when he walked out, moved to Paris with no money and threw himself to his knees and begged the landlord to let a man with no money and no job stay in his open apartments. Giving excuses and pleas, leaving himself at the mercy of the landlord.

The man sighed and threw him the keys.

read the rest on ao3 here 

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Coming Soon, to a Tumblr near you...

Rom Com Week has crept up on us, and is next week! 

From Monday 4th - Sunday 10th September, we hope to see lots of exciting, funny, romantic and most of all happy LGBTQ Legends of Tomorrow content shared. 

For ease, if you can include #lotromcomweek17 in your first five tags, so we can reblog all your wonderful work. 

And remember, it’s up to you how much or how little content you create. This first time is a week to celebrate the tropes, rather than a challenge. 

We can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with! 

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what's the deal for a m/f pairing where u headcanon one as trans ?

The original plan for the week was specifically for M/M or F/F romances. However after much thought, we’ve decided to allow this as an option. 

The weeks intention is to provide happy endings for LGBTQ romances, and as trans people also struggle with happy endings in the media, they are more than welcome to be cast in our happy rom coms. 

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Hello! I was wondering when this is going to be, because I want to participate, but Legends of Superflarroween starts in October, and I want to participate in that, too :)

This will be taking place from the 4th - 10th of September, which should give you lots of time to squeeze in both. 😊