BLACK SAILS APPRECIATION WEEK -> day 7 – free choice
I think if you look at it in a certain light, it does look like she harmonizes with Vane and with Silver. I think it doesn’t require turning the light very much for it to look like she is in Flint’s story, that she is sort of abused and traumatized for what she is, who she is, and sort of has to figure out a way to shake her fist at civilization, but come up with different answers about how to do it. It doesn't–you don’t have to work that hard for her to look a lot like Bonny. I mean, that’s text, and in season two and three–it’s text in season four that she is literally in Eleanor’s story. She’s eight episodes behind Eleanor and living the same choose-your-adventure story and just trying to figure out how to get to a different ending. So, I do think that part of the reason she feels central to me, is because she exists in the middle of a Venn diagram in which, I think, there are meaningful pieces of everyone, and I think that’s probably part of the reason it felt right that she was the one that kind of is left standing at the end. -Jonathan Steinberg
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The event is live, and I thought I'd post about it here! It is a gift exchange, but you can look at the requests summary and see if anyone's prompt inspires you to write them a short extra treat.
And under the cut you can see my requests (for DC comics, Pluribus, Foundation, Black Sails, The 100, Yellowface, The Refrigerator Monologues, and Stranger Things). Maybe see if they inspire you :P
Some general likes/tropes I'm into, in case that serves as inspiration: amnesia, time travel/loop, exploration of canon historical settings, canon divergence, adapting to disability, angst, explorations of lore and worldbuilding, unusual forms of fics (epistolary, outsider POV, etc.), adventures, heists and escapes, lovers to enemies, betrayal, mourning, mind control, abuse aftermath, role reversal, two-person love triangle.
Do Not Wants: non-con, underage or sex under altered mental states/states that impede consent such as pollen, drugs, unconsciousness etc. (between the pairing or explicitly on page; referenced/inferred/past cases of sexual trauma suffered by the characters, especially in canon, are fair game to discuss or implement into the story); omegaverse and similar AUs (i.e. biologically assigned D/s roles, werecats, etc.); watersports/scat, gender swaps, pregnancies (except canon ones), overt fluff, modern/no capes/mundane AUs, soulmate AUs, focus on romance that isn't F/F (unless requested).
Drabble type (drabble, double drabble, triple drabble, sequences): any.
Fandom #1: DC comics.
Characters requested: The Amazons, Diana, Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Hippolyta, Lois Lane, Cassandra Cain, Anissa Pierce, Grace Choi, Catalina Flores, Kara Zor-El, Barbara Gordon, Philippus, Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd, Mia Dearden.
Suggestions/prompts:
Pre-reboot (2011) canon setting. Or, if you know it, Wonder Woman: Historia.
Amazonian society(ies) and its intricacies (feel more than free to reject canon's misogynistic takes).
Amazonian BDSM practices as per old comics canon.
Diana navigating a crush on an older Amazon.
Diana/Artemis. Foe yay, reluctant allies, cultural clash.
Anything with Anissa/Grace (from Outsider comics).
Catalina Flores-centric. No sanitising but no bashing/stories where she "gets what's coming to her."
Cass & Barbara or Steph & Barbara focused fic, with emphasis on the difficulties in those relationships.
For Jason and Mia, only shippy fic between them.
For this fandom specifically, NO Steve Trevor.
Fandom #2: Pluribus.
Characters requested: Carol Sturka, Laxmi, Kusimayu, Mary Kuksie Akintola, Helen Umstead, The Others, Manousos Oviedo.
Suggestions/prompts:
Anything Laxmi-centric. Her in denial, her dynamic with Carol, her coming to terms with what The Joining means, etc.
Mary Kuksie Akintola is the 8yo immune and I keep thinking about that poor child añsklfj. Maybe something with her and Laxmi?
Kusimayu-centric. Maybe about her getting de-plurbed (maybe by Carol and Manousos).
Carol/Helen pre-show.
Immune!Helen and Hive!Carol.
Scenarios where Helen survives but joins the hive, inspired in this.
Anything meta with the Wycaro novels.
Carol & Manousos reluctant friendship.
Carol/Hive and the horror of that relationship.
Carol is my favourite, so any Carol character study is welcome as well.
Fandom #3: Foundation (TV).
Characters requested: Gaal Dornick, Salvor Hardin, Queen Sareth I, Azura Odili, Demerzel, Cleon XXV, Cleon I.
Suggestions/prompts:
Gaal/Salvor or Gaal & Salvor. That is… an unusual bio mother-daughter dynamic, to say the least.
Pre-s2 Sareth-centric stories.
Anything Azura-centric. I find the mysteries her fascinating and her ending one of the most horrifying ones I've seen, and would love anything exploring either of those things.
Demerzel-centric. Anything about her past in the robot wars, about her beliefs, about her dynamics with the Cleons, season 3 fix-its etc.
Demerzel/Cleon I horror, about their Blue Beard/Pygmallion type of dynamic.
Gaal/Cleon XXV. That mix between the genuine parts of the dynamic and the manipulation was quite interesting.
Fandom #4: Black Sails.
Characters requested: Max, Eleanor Guthrie, Idelle, Madi, Mr. Scott, Abigail Ashe, Miranda Barlow, John Silver, James Flint, Anne Bonny.
Suggestions/prompts:
Max/Eleanor. How they begun, relationship angst, what-if scenarios. Not particularly interested in fix-its, I love the tragedy in particular LOL, but if you think you have something interesting in mind, go ahead!
Max & Idelle's friendship.
Max & Madi and the fundamental differences between them that would make them clash.
Madi & Mr. Scott.
Any character study of the female characters listed.
Anything about Max & Silver, or about Madi & Flint.
Flint & Miranda or Silver & Miranda.
For this fandom, no Thomas Hamilton in present day (mentions of him from Flint or Miranda's POV are fine).
Self-loathing masochist!Octavia, with Octavia/Diyoza or Octavia/Niylah.
Anything character-centric with any of the female characters, especially Echo, Raven, Octavia, Emori, or Indra.
Octavia & Indra & Gaia.
Echo/Raven. In my head they had an undefined fwb relationship in the Ark during the first couple of years, that broke down because Raven wasn't in the headspace for something like that then. I would love something about that, or about them reuniting post-show.
Clarke only in Clarke/Josephine or Clarke/Echo shippy fic.
I'd be game for pretty much any other f/f combination, with the exceptions of Clarke ships that aren't the above, Josephine with anyone other than Clarke, Octavia/Indra or Indra/Gaia.
Raven & Emori or Echo & Emori frienship (or all three, but I do also romantically ship Echo/Raven so I included that separately).
No Emori/Murphy breakups/bashing.
Fandom #6: Yellowface - R.F. Kuang.
Characters requested: June Hayward, Athena Liu.
Suggestions/prompts:
I'd be interested in about anything exploring these two's fucked up dynamic, platonically, psychosexually or otherwise.
Maybe something where Athena REALLY is haunting June.
June's career after the book ends. I'm a cynic that things she could get out of the hole she dug herself in and even capitalise further on her relationship with Athena, tbh, but follow your gut.
Athena's POV/character exploration. We only really know her through others, so it'd be interesting to see her perspective on things.
Outsider POVs on their dynamic. By readers, people who knew both or either of them, etc.
Fandom #7: The Refrigerator Monologues - Catherynne M. Valente.
Characters requested: any.
Suggestions/prompts: for those who don't know it, this is a short novella where the author critiques the Women in Refrigerators trope through monologues of six characters meant to be ex-pies of DC and Marvel characters (Paige Embry as Gwen Stacy, Julia Ash as Jean Grey, Pauline Ketch as Harley Quinn, Blue Bayou as Queen Mera, Daisy Green as Karen Page, and Samantha Dane as Alex Dewitt), all now (even with some resurrections here and there) in Dead Town.
If you're familiar with it, I'd love anything with them, especially Samantha or Blue Bayou or Paige. But I'd also love anything that takes the concept and runs with it: exploring it with other fridged female characters, relationships between them, explorations of Dead Town, etc.
Fandom #8: Stranger Things.
Characters requested: Lucas Sinclair, Erica Sinclair, Max Mayfield, Kali Prasad, Eleven, Holly Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Nancy Wheeler, Henry Creel, Mike Wheeler, Karen Wheeler.
Suggestions/prompts:
Anything Lucas-centric.
Anything Erica-centric. With her frenemy, teachers, in the future, etc.
Anything Kali-centric. With El, angst, fix-it, canon-divergence AUs at any point during the show (Kali joining the cast earlier, for example, or having interactions with any of the characters listed).
Anything Robin-centric.
Something about Billy's attack on him that actually centers Lucas's perspective. Maybe in a conversation with Erica, maybe relating it to other microaggressions he suffers on the regular during the show.
Something focused on Holly, maybe with her siblings or her mother, or Max, maybe exploring the very eerie dynamic with Henry.
Dustin/Steve, post series. Maybe about how it started unrequited, maybe Steve having his lightbulb moment years down the line and going in his wooing mode.
Steve & Robin's friendship. I'd especially like something that acknowledges Steve's romantic feelings for her, which to me make how he reacted in the coming out scene more special, not less.
Lucas/Max post series, or post-s2.
El & Max's decaying friendship after s3.
Steve as a sex ed teacher. I know he'd be good AND funny to read in that role. Maybe from the POV of students? Or other teachers, ones who knew him from before.
For this fandom: no Eddie, no Jonathan, no Billy unless it's from Lucas's or Max's perspective.
