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tellitslantHello, author! I hope this note gives you some good ideas for a fic. I'm very excited to see what you come up with, and no matter what we matched on, I know I'll be delighted to have another fic for that pairing in the world :D
If you already have an idea that doesn't contradict my DNWs, run with it. But if you're looking for suggestions... look no further.
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.
Ocean's 8
Debbie, Lou
I particularly love the undefined history of this relationship. They've known each other so long for so well! How has that changed? How is the art of the con intertwined with their history - which came first? Did they really not speak at all while Debbie was in prison? What did that look like on either side?
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? 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
I do not want a fix-it story for this canon. 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.
DCU (Comics)
Diana (Wonder Woman), Kate Kane
The trouble with comics is that it is often impossible to assume that you, my author, have read the same ones I have! So I am going to talk about a few places where I feel Diana and Kate meet and if you've read my sources, maybe you will get an idea, but if you haven't, maybe you will have a different idea (or will want to read my sources).
- the almost-supernatural elements of Batwoman and the way that overlaps with Wonder Woman's relationship to dark magic (see: The Witching Hour), and how the two of them could be each other's only solid thing in the middle of a disturbing investigation/event;
- the guilt behind Kate's drive to serve (see: Elegy) and how Diana uses training sessions with other women as chances to listen and talk as well (see: Gail Simone's run, among others): I'm just saying, training porn with feelings;
- truth is such an important concept to the two of them - Kate's refusal to lie about being gay, Diana's entire existence - and I'd love to read something about how that truthfulness draws Diana to Kate;
- a big trope in WW/Batman fic used to be Diana on the arm of Bruce Wayne; I'd love to read about Diana appearing in public with Kate and how that happens/how they handle it.
I'm also really curious to see what other people think about this ship, so if you have an idea that's not on here, go for it!
If you already have an idea that doesn't contradict my DNWs, run with it. But if you're looking for suggestions... look no further.
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.
Ocean's 8
Debbie, Lou
I particularly love the undefined history of this relationship. They've known each other so long for so well! How has that changed? How is the art of the con intertwined with their history - which came first? Did they really not speak at all while Debbie was in prison? What did that look like on either side?
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? 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
I do not want a fix-it story for this canon. 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.
DCU (Comics)
Diana (Wonder Woman), Kate Kane
The trouble with comics is that it is often impossible to assume that you, my author, have read the same ones I have! So I am going to talk about a few places where I feel Diana and Kate meet and if you've read my sources, maybe you will get an idea, but if you haven't, maybe you will have a different idea (or will want to read my sources).
- the almost-supernatural elements of Batwoman and the way that overlaps with Wonder Woman's relationship to dark magic (see: The Witching Hour), and how the two of them could be each other's only solid thing in the middle of a disturbing investigation/event;
- the guilt behind Kate's drive to serve (see: Elegy) and how Diana uses training sessions with other women as chances to listen and talk as well (see: Gail Simone's run, among others): I'm just saying, training porn with feelings;
- truth is such an important concept to the two of them - Kate's refusal to lie about being gay, Diana's entire existence - and I'd love to read something about how that truthfulness draws Diana to Kate;
- a big trope in WW/Batman fic used to be Diana on the arm of Bruce Wayne; I'd love to read about Diana appearing in public with Kate and how that happens/how they handle it.
I'm also really curious to see what other people think about this ship, so if you have an idea that's not on here, go for it!
