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tellitslantHello yuletide-writing friend!
I hope what's here gives you some ideas. Don't feel you have to stick to them too closely, though; if you have a story in mind that doesn’t fit my prompts exactly, hey, go for it. Have fun, and thanks in advance for the fic.
If you want to see what my own writing looks like, I'm on AO3 under kathryne.
I do not want to read: rape; explicit abuse; animal abuse or death; self-harm; kid!fic. I am okay with violence in service to the story. I'm also not interested in complete AUs (ie, coffee-shop-type AUs). I do enjoy AUs where one thing in canon is changed and we explore the ramifications of it.
I’m not a big fan of the heteronormative assumption that there’s only one way to progress a relationship and anyone in a relationship must necessarily want co-habitation and homeownership and marriage and children. In fact, I’m really not interested in stories about child-rearing, though dealing with adult children already established in canon can be interesting.
I love stories about women relying on each other. I like seeing moments in fic that give deeper meaning to moments we see on screen. I like porn; I like gen; I like ratings in between. I strongly prefer more developed stories rather than shorter vignettes strung together on a theme.
I like happy endings, but I don't need one - sad and/or melancholy works just as well, but I'd prefer something that's not entirely hopeless.
If you feel like going for some good old tropes, some of my favourites include: bedsharing; road trips; huddling for warmth; mutual pining that gets resolved.
All of these women are competent, flawed, sharp-edged, ambitious, and determined. I love them a lot and want them to get to be awesome together.
Ocean's 8
Debbie, Lou
If you want, check out my Ocean's 8 tag on Tumblr.
I fell sooooo haaaaaard for Lou and Debbie in Ocean’s 8 – particularly Lou. Damn, girl, those clothes. I am super open to clothes porn for these two, and I mean that in all applicable ways – scarves as bondage ties, the sensual pleasures of various fabrics, half-dressed sex, mess and dishevelment… all of it.
I love that their relationship seems so undefined – it seems like they drift together and apart if the job demands it, but always come back to each other. Did that change with Debbie’s prison sentence? How did Lou react to discovering Debbie got conned? Did she try and visit her in jail, or communicate with her at all?
Were they even having sex before then, or did being apart for so long clarify things, and they’ve both separately come to the conclusion that they’re desperately in love, and so they’re trying to find a way back to each other? How about after the film – Lou’s biggest wish was to head off and ride around California; does Debbie follow her?
I love that their love for the job and their love for each other seems to be intertwined: do they literally get off on stealing? It’s a trope for a reason! Have any of their jobs gone terribly bad in the past – maybe they had to run away together until the heat died down? Shared hotel rooms post-con (this possibly deleted scene is interesting)? Also, is Debbie always eating? Does Lou cook for her?
I enjoy fic about masturbation/fantasy – Debbie in solitary, trying to plan and getting distracted by the idea of Lou in nothing but diamonds? Lou in her big warehouse, surrounded by Debbie’s clothes that still smell like her?
Some violence in this is fine (hurt/comfort after a heist leads to one of both of them getting knocked around a bit?), but I’d rather not read a huge angsty injury plotline.
While I know a lot of fic explores the "Is this a proposal?"/"Baby, I don't even have a diamond yet" exchange as meaning that Debbie and Lou are 100% SET for MARRIAGE and that is and has always been their GOAL, I am really not interested in reading that. If you do want to write something along those lines, I'd be much more interested in reading about how they think marriage is even going to work for them, as a couple of criminals who each clearly value their freedom and aren't great at relationships. Why do they think they can make one work; why do they want a legal blessing on this when they don't give a crap about legality otherwise?
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine, Delphine
To start off, I do not want a fix-it story for this canon. I am happy for you to consider this an OR request, though, and write about just Lorraine (I'm less interested in just Delphine). I'd love a story that fleshes Lorraine out pre-film. There's not a lot of wiggle room, but something set during the film that expands what we saw of them would also be great - a just Delphine story here could be interesting. And post-film - well, anything more about Lorraine, really! If you are a spy aficionado, this might be an interesting canon for a crossover: did Lorraine ever run into Judi Dench's M, whatever she was doing in the 80s? Or Emma Peel?
I know Delphine's death angered a lot of people, but I loved the film and felt that given the genre the death of the love interest was pretty much inevitable. Lorraine was affected by it in a way that she wasn't affected by anything else in the film (I think there's a good argument to be made that she was sleeping with Gasciogne for work reasons, but she was with Delphine because she actually wanted to be); she was honest with Delphine in a way she wasn’t at any other time. I don’t want a fic that erases any of that.
I'd also love to read about Lorraine as a queer woman in a man's game running heterosexual honeytraps. It would be great to see more of her thought processes about Delphine - why does she choose to sleep with her, how does it become more (if it does - though I think it does, I'd love to see other takes on it, as long as they don’t completely erase Lorraine's queerness)? What sort of non-professional sexual history does Lorraine have pre-film, and how does Delphine's death affect her post-film?
I feel like this canon is open to a lot of potential sex-wise, if you want to write sex: I would enjoy anything that fits the vibe, is consensual, and does not involve bloodplay (for ex: BDSM, lingerie, leather, exhibitionism, and probably more feel like they would suit very nicely; soft snuggles are also good!).
I'd also really enjoy reading a more standard case-fic plot about either of them. Canon levels of violence are fine, but so is less description. I'd rather see period-typical attitudes towards homosexuality than have that ignored or treated with 2018's attitudes.
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
The Aristocrat (Tilda), The Maiden Aunt (Alma)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die is a perennial request of mine. I’ve received some great fic and written some myself, but I just love to see how different people interpret it, and I want MORE!
Please feel free to include any of the other characters from the photoshoot, as long as the focus of the story is on my chosen two. I am really open to almost anything for this: I adore noir tropes and I love to see them reinterpreted through a queer female framework and gaze.
I prefer to ignore the suggestion that Tilda and Alma are half-sisters (a fiction, no doubt cooked up to keep their relationship under wraps). There could be more lies buried under that, though – how did Alma come along and meet Tilda in the first place? What sort of cons have they pulled? Who else do they work with or have leverage on? Have they ever screwed each other over? I'd love to read about how either of them – singly or as business partners – have been scrimping and surviving in the underworld. If you ship either of these ladies with any of the other female characters, I'm here for that too.
Tilda dies in the photoshoot – keep that or re-imagine it, I’m happy with either. Ditto that I’m happy with any timeline for this – past, during the events of the ‘film,’ future with or without Tilda alive.
Violence is fine in this, as keeping with the canon. If you’re dealing with their relationship being outed, I’d prefer period-accurate homophobia versus trying to paper it over with today’s attitudes.
I hope some of this is helpful, author mine. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with - I hope you enjoy the process!
I hope what's here gives you some ideas. Don't feel you have to stick to them too closely, though; if you have a story in mind that doesn’t fit my prompts exactly, hey, go for it. Have fun, and thanks in advance for the fic.
If you want to see what my own writing looks like, I'm on AO3 under kathryne.
I do not want to read: rape; explicit abuse; animal abuse or death; self-harm; kid!fic. I am okay with violence in service to the story. I'm also not interested in complete AUs (ie, coffee-shop-type AUs). I do enjoy AUs where one thing in canon is changed and we explore the ramifications of it.
I’m not a big fan of the heteronormative assumption that there’s only one way to progress a relationship and anyone in a relationship must necessarily want co-habitation and homeownership and marriage and children. In fact, I’m really not interested in stories about child-rearing, though dealing with adult children already established in canon can be interesting.
I love stories about women relying on each other. I like seeing moments in fic that give deeper meaning to moments we see on screen. I like porn; I like gen; I like ratings in between. I strongly prefer more developed stories rather than shorter vignettes strung together on a theme.
I like happy endings, but I don't need one - sad and/or melancholy works just as well, but I'd prefer something that's not entirely hopeless.
If you feel like going for some good old tropes, some of my favourites include: bedsharing; road trips; huddling for warmth; mutual pining that gets resolved.
All of these women are competent, flawed, sharp-edged, ambitious, and determined. I love them a lot and want them to get to be awesome together.
Ocean's 8
Debbie, Lou
If you want, check out my Ocean's 8 tag on Tumblr.
I fell sooooo haaaaaard for Lou and Debbie in Ocean’s 8 – particularly Lou. Damn, girl, those clothes. I am super open to clothes porn for these two, and I mean that in all applicable ways – scarves as bondage ties, the sensual pleasures of various fabrics, half-dressed sex, mess and dishevelment… all of it.
I love that their relationship seems so undefined – it seems like they drift together and apart if the job demands it, but always come back to each other. Did that change with Debbie’s prison sentence? How did Lou react to discovering Debbie got conned? Did she try and visit her in jail, or communicate with her at all?
Were they even having sex before then, or did being apart for so long clarify things, and they’ve both separately come to the conclusion that they’re desperately in love, and so they’re trying to find a way back to each other? How about after the film – Lou’s biggest wish was to head off and ride around California; does Debbie follow her?
I love that their love for the job and their love for each other seems to be intertwined: do they literally get off on stealing? It’s a trope for a reason! Have any of their jobs gone terribly bad in the past – maybe they had to run away together until the heat died down? Shared hotel rooms post-con (this possibly deleted scene is interesting)? Also, is Debbie always eating? Does Lou cook for her?
I enjoy fic about masturbation/fantasy – Debbie in solitary, trying to plan and getting distracted by the idea of Lou in nothing but diamonds? Lou in her big warehouse, surrounded by Debbie’s clothes that still smell like her?
Some violence in this is fine (hurt/comfort after a heist leads to one of both of them getting knocked around a bit?), but I’d rather not read a huge angsty injury plotline.
While I know a lot of fic explores the "Is this a proposal?"/"Baby, I don't even have a diamond yet" exchange as meaning that Debbie and Lou are 100% SET for MARRIAGE and that is and has always been their GOAL, I am really not interested in reading that. If you do want to write something along those lines, I'd be much more interested in reading about how they think marriage is even going to work for them, as a couple of criminals who each clearly value their freedom and aren't great at relationships. Why do they think they can make one work; why do they want a legal blessing on this when they don't give a crap about legality otherwise?
Atomic Blonde
Lorraine, Delphine
To start off, I do not want a fix-it story for this canon. I am happy for you to consider this an OR request, though, and write about just Lorraine (I'm less interested in just Delphine). I'd love a story that fleshes Lorraine out pre-film. There's not a lot of wiggle room, but something set during the film that expands what we saw of them would also be great - a just Delphine story here could be interesting. And post-film - well, anything more about Lorraine, really! If you are a spy aficionado, this might be an interesting canon for a crossover: did Lorraine ever run into Judi Dench's M, whatever she was doing in the 80s? Or Emma Peel?
I know Delphine's death angered a lot of people, but I loved the film and felt that given the genre the death of the love interest was pretty much inevitable. Lorraine was affected by it in a way that she wasn't affected by anything else in the film (I think there's a good argument to be made that she was sleeping with Gasciogne for work reasons, but she was with Delphine because she actually wanted to be); she was honest with Delphine in a way she wasn’t at any other time. I don’t want a fic that erases any of that.
I'd also love to read about Lorraine as a queer woman in a man's game running heterosexual honeytraps. It would be great to see more of her thought processes about Delphine - why does she choose to sleep with her, how does it become more (if it does - though I think it does, I'd love to see other takes on it, as long as they don’t completely erase Lorraine's queerness)? What sort of non-professional sexual history does Lorraine have pre-film, and how does Delphine's death affect her post-film?
I feel like this canon is open to a lot of potential sex-wise, if you want to write sex: I would enjoy anything that fits the vibe, is consensual, and does not involve bloodplay (for ex: BDSM, lingerie, leather, exhibitionism, and probably more feel like they would suit very nicely; soft snuggles are also good!).
I'd also really enjoy reading a more standard case-fic plot about either of them. Canon levels of violence are fine, but so is less description. I'd rather see period-typical attitudes towards homosexuality than have that ignored or treated with 2018's attitudes.
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die
The Aristocrat (Tilda), The Maiden Aunt (Alma)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die is a perennial request of mine. I’ve received some great fic and written some myself, but I just love to see how different people interpret it, and I want MORE!
Please feel free to include any of the other characters from the photoshoot, as long as the focus of the story is on my chosen two. I am really open to almost anything for this: I adore noir tropes and I love to see them reinterpreted through a queer female framework and gaze.
I prefer to ignore the suggestion that Tilda and Alma are half-sisters (a fiction, no doubt cooked up to keep their relationship under wraps). There could be more lies buried under that, though – how did Alma come along and meet Tilda in the first place? What sort of cons have they pulled? Who else do they work with or have leverage on? Have they ever screwed each other over? I'd love to read about how either of them – singly or as business partners – have been scrimping and surviving in the underworld. If you ship either of these ladies with any of the other female characters, I'm here for that too.
Tilda dies in the photoshoot – keep that or re-imagine it, I’m happy with either. Ditto that I’m happy with any timeline for this – past, during the events of the ‘film,’ future with or without Tilda alive.
Violence is fine in this, as keeping with the canon. If you’re dealing with their relationship being outed, I’d prefer period-accurate homophobia versus trying to paper it over with today’s attitudes.
I hope some of this is helpful, author mine. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with - I hope you enjoy the process!
