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kay_obsessive) wrote2018-01-30 11:56 pm
kay_obsessive) wrote2018-01-30 11:56 pm
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Age Gap Exchange Letter 2018
Dear Age Gap Exchange Creator,
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! Age gaps are my jam and I really love all of these ships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
If you’re the journal stalking type, my previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: A strong sense of character and character relationships. Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence. Intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider perspectives – either a stranger’s view of the main characters or a friend or relative’s view of a character’s relationships. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Backstory. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Friends to lovers. Developing relationships. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it.
Dislikes: Porn with no other story around it (I am A-okay with it as long as there's some kind of set-up). Permanent major character death. Non-con. Extreme underage. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop AUs. Love triangles where everyone acts immature and no one communicates. First person POV, unless the original canon is in first person. Creepily invested matchmaker friends. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world, soulmates, or magical bonding.
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art prompts, so feel free interpret anything in either direction.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
There’s going to be a strong theme of “complicated mentor relationships” to this letter, and Buffy and Giles are a very classic version of that. I love how they have their ups and downs, moments of intense closeness and vicious disagreements, but they’re so bound up in each other’s lives that they couldn’t really stay apart if they wanted to. I love that Buffy’s a little possessive of him, being weird about his love interests and grumpy about him getting along with other Slayers. I love that Giles is willing to get his hands really dirty for her, from physically threatening teachers to killing a man so she doesn’t have to. I would prefer something set in Season 5 or later or else post-series for them. I’m not very familiar with the comics, but I don’t mind if some elements from them are included.
Dishonored
Daud/Billie Lurk
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other. I was doomed basically from Billie’s first line, and it only got better from there.
Doctor Who
Seventh Doctor/Ace McShane, Ninth Doctor/Ace McShane, Thirteenth Doctor/Ace McShane
I’m putting these three together, since they’re really kind of variations on the same ship.
Seven/Ace hit all my mentor/student buttons from the start. I love how there’s a real apprentice-y vibe to their interactions that isn’t there for every Doctor and Companion. I love how that goes a bit dark sometimes, with the Doctor pushing Ace well outside her comfort zone and being willing to hurt her to help her, and with Ace lashing out in response and calling him on his more dickish behavior. On the lighter side, I also just love how comfortable they are with each other, lots of friendly teasing and casual contact.
For the other two, I love the idea of an older Ace interacting with an older Doctor and seeing how that old mentor relationship has changed. Nine and Ace would be a beautiful disaster together, with how raw and traumatized Nine is, and though we’ve only seen a glimpse of Thirteen, I love her already and immediately wanted to see her and Ace running amok through time and space.
(I have listened to some scattered audios, but I wouldn’t really call myself familiar with Doctor Who extended canon.)
Lackadaisy
Ivy Pepper/Viktor Vasko
Ivy and Viktor have my absolute favorite relationship in the comic. Big, strong, curmudgeonly characters who have a not-so-secret soft spot for small, sweet, perky characters are a weakness of mine. I love that he can be murderously protective of her, but she also has a clear power over him, to the point where others will bring Ivy along as a shield if they think Viktor might be unhappy with them. I love how Ivy reacts to Viktor being in danger by being aggressively cheerful and unwilling to let him mope alone, while Viktor reacts to Ivy being in danger by being an asshole and trying to drive her away – and neither of them quite understands what the other is doing and they just wind up arguing.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! Age gaps are my jam and I really love all of these ships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
If you’re the journal stalking type, my previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: A strong sense of character and character relationships. Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence. Intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider perspectives – either a stranger’s view of the main characters or a friend or relative’s view of a character’s relationships. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Backstory. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Friends to lovers. Developing relationships. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it.
Dislikes: Porn with no other story around it (I am A-okay with it as long as there's some kind of set-up). Permanent major character death. Non-con. Extreme underage. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop AUs. Love triangles where everyone acts immature and no one communicates. First person POV, unless the original canon is in first person. Creepily invested matchmaker friends. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world, soulmates, or magical bonding.
Requests
Any prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art prompts, so feel free interpret anything in either direction.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rupert Giles/Buffy Summers
There’s going to be a strong theme of “complicated mentor relationships” to this letter, and Buffy and Giles are a very classic version of that. I love how they have their ups and downs, moments of intense closeness and vicious disagreements, but they’re so bound up in each other’s lives that they couldn’t really stay apart if they wanted to. I love that Buffy’s a little possessive of him, being weird about his love interests and grumpy about him getting along with other Slayers. I love that Giles is willing to get his hands really dirty for her, from physically threatening teachers to killing a man so she doesn’t have to. I would prefer something set in Season 5 or later or else post-series for them. I’m not very familiar with the comics, but I don’t mind if some elements from them are included.
- This ship is an exception to my “magical bonding” dislike, because I love me some Watcher/Slayer stuff, whether it’s an actual magical thing or just an us-against-the-world-ness that develops naturally from living in those roles. I’d be interested in seeing that bond explored either in canon – what goes into assigning a Watcher to a Slayer, what happens when one is replaced, where does the bureaucracy end and the magic begin? – or in some kind of AU where they have a similar connection.
- Figuring out where they stand with each again in a post-Sunnydale world after all the messy turns they took during seasons 6 and 7.
- Training or fighting together, showing how well they’ve learned from each other over the years.
- Hugs! They have a couple of really great hugs in canon, and I want to see more.
- Quiet moments in the Magic Box training room.
- Something comparing Buffy and Giles to other Slayer-Watcher pairs throughout history. And maybe the future.
- I would be super into something taking place in an altered Wishverse, where that Buffy survives and she and Giles have to figure each other out in such a grim world where they’re both already so jaded and world-weary from the start.
- …Maybe some kind of demon-induced sex pollen type thing?
Dishonored
Daud/Billie Lurk
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other. I was doomed basically from Billie’s first line, and it only got better from there.
- Something from the Whalers’ heyday: Daud and Billie fighting together, training together, running their gang of assassins together. Maybe blowing off steam after a particularly tough job.
- AU where they meet up again earlier than in canon, before or during the events of Dishonored 2. Maybe one was looking for the other; maybe they stumbled across each other by accident, and now they have to deal with all their issues on top of the plot going on.
- Daud and Billie together on the Dreadful Wale.
- Anything to do with the Fugue Feast. This is one of the most interesting little details of Dishonored’s worldbuilding to me, and it doesn’t get expanded on much in canon. How do people already living outside the law spend their time on a day without laws? Or just use it as an excuse to put them in neat masks and face paint – that’s cool, too. Or go the porny route, also cool.
- Everyone survives Death of the Outsider and Billie and Daud go retire somewhere with their weird adopted former god child that neither of them really wants, but what else are they gonna do with him?
- Or they kill the Outsider but Daud survives, and now they have to deal with the aftermath of that decision.
- I am always down for werewolf/vampire/monster AUs for this canon.
Doctor Who
Seventh Doctor/Ace McShane, Ninth Doctor/Ace McShane, Thirteenth Doctor/Ace McShane
I’m putting these three together, since they’re really kind of variations on the same ship.
Seven/Ace hit all my mentor/student buttons from the start. I love how there’s a real apprentice-y vibe to their interactions that isn’t there for every Doctor and Companion. I love how that goes a bit dark sometimes, with the Doctor pushing Ace well outside her comfort zone and being willing to hurt her to help her, and with Ace lashing out in response and calling him on his more dickish behavior. On the lighter side, I also just love how comfortable they are with each other, lots of friendly teasing and casual contact.
For the other two, I love the idea of an older Ace interacting with an older Doctor and seeing how that old mentor relationship has changed. Nine and Ace would be a beautiful disaster together, with how raw and traumatized Nine is, and though we’ve only seen a glimpse of Thirteen, I love her already and immediately wanted to see her and Ace running amok through time and space.
(I have listened to some scattered audios, but I wouldn’t really call myself familiar with Doctor Who extended canon.)
- What happened when Ace left? Did they have a falling out, were they forced apart, did she stay behind somewhere where she was needed?
- Ace meeting Nine or Thirteen and not realizing they’re the Doctor for a while.
- Ace’s (and possibly the Doctor’s) time on the Cheetah Planet having long-term consequences with some lingering animalistic behavior.
- A lot of the Seven and Ace stories had almost a grand, mythic feel, between the Merlin references and the Fenric storyline, and I always loved that. I would love anything that explored that a little more.
- Nine and Ace and the fallout from the Time War.
- Ace exploring a newer Doctor’s TARDIS and seeing how it has changed.
- Anything digging into that whole “The Doctor was grooming Ace to become a Time Lord” thing. That’s a real fun and messy concept.
- Any Doctor and Ace having classic time and space adventures. Maybe with a little extra unnecessary closeness and touching.
- Ace dealing with a regeneration.
Lackadaisy
Ivy Pepper/Viktor Vasko
Ivy and Viktor have my absolute favorite relationship in the comic. Big, strong, curmudgeonly characters who have a not-so-secret soft spot for small, sweet, perky characters are a weakness of mine. I love that he can be murderously protective of her, but she also has a clear power over him, to the point where others will bring Ivy along as a shield if they think Viktor might be unhappy with them. I love how Ivy reacts to Viktor being in danger by being aggressively cheerful and unwilling to let him mope alone, while Viktor reacts to Ivy being in danger by being an asshole and trying to drive her away – and neither of them quite understands what the other is doing and they just wind up arguing.
- Working through their last argument, reconciling, and moving forward.
- Ivy dealing with everything she’s learned about Viktor recently, figuring out why she feels so weird about the whole ‘estranged wife and daughter’ thing.
- Viktor, however reluctantly, teaching Ivy the skills of their trade.
- Ivy using Viktor for his warmth in winter.
- Ivy and Viktor down the road, after prohibition ends.
- Or maybe something terrible happens to everyone else around them and they wind up doing their own cat people version of the movie Léon
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!