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Fics I'd pay for
As long as they'd be in decent size and really well written. :P And by 'decent size' I mean at least 20k (better 100 *g*). I posted once a list of fanarts I dream of, so why not fics, too? Though I'm not sure if I'm really meaning them as prompts. Sure, if someone actually picks some I'll be beyond happy, but I'm not going to hold my breath in waiting. I'm just posting this as ideas, food for thought, is all. If it prompts discussion instead fics, I'll consider it success as well. For some of them I’m less keen than I used to be once, but I’ll write them down anyway. The order of the list is the order of acquiring the fandom.
fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
general idea: crime story
characters: Jack Sparrow, James Norrington, maybe Anamaria or Will; obviously OCs in spades
I like crime stories in less typical settings, and the PotC fandom is (was?) not only lucky in quality writers, but also good in handling diverse genres; it has even an (excellent) monster horror. Still, I've never found a PotC detective/mystery story worth talking about. I had to write one at last, but matter of quality aside (not exactly sure if I'd pay myself for this *g*), it's not the same as reading someone other's fic. *sigh* I’m not picky about ideas. Does Norrington suspect Jack? (what else’s new…) Is it Norrington who’s accused and Jack holds the evidence of his innocence? Do they have to work together on the investigation? Maybe they need Anamaria’s expertise on something involving fishing, or Will’s on blades? Hating each other’s guts, no doubt, but with time coming to a grudging mutual appreciation. And I don’t mean a handwavy excuse for slash, but an actual plot. Must have at least one scene with Jack picking a lock while James is standing on watch, or rather fidgeting on watch, and asking himself what is he doing for sanity's sake... Jack is rolling his eyes, of course. “Don't get ya stockings in a twist and stop rushin' me. I did your office cabinet the other day in no time, and it had a way fancier lock.” “You what?!”
fandom: Urban Magic x The Dresden Files
general idea: Matthew and Harry have to work together; mutual Outsider POV on each other
characters: Matthew Swift, Harry Dresden, Bob, the Archive, maybe Murph (as the sounding board and trusty friend for Harry) and Butters (as the one pointing out Weird Scientific Details, complementing the Weird Magical Details pointed out by Bob), possibly some Wardens and the White Council (Merlin! *gleeful mwahaha* be merciful and give him some free days in countryside after this ends)
A summoning either goes wrong or (even better) it goes in the “you get what you wish, if not what you expect” way and Harry ends with the Midnight Mayor of London in the circle in his sub-basement. Okay, that's weird, even for standards of faeries (must be faerie with such eyes) and old European spells even Bob isn't familiar with. The presumable fae looks annoyed, which is not surprising, but next second weird becomes alarming, because 1. he steps out of the circle hardly noticing it (what???), 2. Bob sounds scared (oh shit), “Boss, for sanity's sake, and I mean it literally, DO NOT try soulgazing him! Also, may I come out and have a month of vacations on the other hemisphere?”, and 3. the guy is in a very focused manner steering at... a box of donuts left on the Little Michigan? Huh, confirmed faerie, though a tad big for a Little Folk...
The difficult (but also interesting) part would be accommodating the mechanics of universes; fortunately the core – 'life is magic' – is the same. Matthew would probably see Harry as one of the older, countryside sort of wizards, but himself would deny every rule Harry is used to.
I'd like also an encounter of Matthew and Ivy worked somewhere into the plot. I have a feeling the Archive would react to the angels like Bob, though more in the line of outrage than terror. From where she stands, they are an abomination, information mold, power without order, living chaos. Little Ivy, however, may be in quandary, because they have emotions and childlike curiosity... and they are the only of their kind, non-human but human-descended and living in the human world. It rings some bells...
Also, with the RPG-ish way Dresdenverse works, this would need establishing Matthew's place in its pecking order. Generally, Urban Magic's, um, magic is a little more subtle, but luckily for Matthew in Chicago, subtle and the angels don't belong in one sentence. When you add to it the sorcerer skills, I'd say we can have him on the level of the Senior Council or even the Ladies? Only with all the mortal advantages, of course. And as the cherry on the top, the human mind gives him the same unpredictable edge Harry has, while even more allergic to attempts of controlling.
All in all, they'd rather like than hate each other, as long as they wouldn't have to share the same city for more than a week or two. :)
Actually there exists a fic like this (well, without my opening scene and without Ivy so far), though it's incomplete. I don't really care, though, because I found it disappointingly mediocre in style...
fandom: The Dresden Files
general idea: Justine POV on Justine/Thomas
characters: I bet you won't guess :P
Ugh, a fix fic if ever was one... A classic case of “author failed disgustingly, so fic writers need to fill the gap”. It doesn't really need a plot, though I’d like it stretched over years, from their first meeting; I just want Justine's view on Thomas and their relationship, and it probably would work best in the 1st person narration. The thing is, it must be a Justine with personality, preferably the down-to-earth, slightly cynic yet determined, holding the lid on her (violent?) insanity Justine that glimpsed in Grave Peril, only to be buried later under the doe-eyed, mostly voiceless, ever-worried doll we have now. Obviously, this would need a high rating, since it's also one of those (not so often) cases, where sex scenes are essential for characterization. Mind you, the point is this should NOT be just fluff and fluff only, but on the other hand I DO NOT want them fighting beyond the pretty facade. It certainly may not be a mutually abusive love-hate thing. They are like crooked beams that make a safety hazard among good beams and fall when left alone, but can keep upright when supporting each other. That’s why it would need psychological insight and exceptional literary skills, because what I want is an intimate analysis of a thing that hardly fits the idea of a textbook relationship, but actually works and is the healthiest option for both of them, though wouldn’t be for others. In short, I want what the canon claims, but either never shows or shows the contrary.
As I see it, in spite of being (probably and roughly) one part of plot to nine parts of internal monologue it certainly doesn't have to be dull, even in +20k size. For one, what is the everyday logistics of being (and living?) together with the constant caution for casual and/or accidental touches?
fandom: Supernatural
general idea: Bela Talbot, that's all
characters: Bela, her cat, and either Dean or both Winchesters
Something plotty, preferably with Bela's POV and with lot of her working solo (because let's be honest, any team would only hinder her, and I bet she's perfectly able to a narration riveting enough to not need an interlocutor for a dialogue, in literary terms). Bela/Dean will be a nice ornament, as long as they won't end as some happy ever after OTP. :P I don't really have any particular idea beyond that, I just want more of what the canon ended too soon and the fandom as a whole never cared enough for to pick up.
fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
general idea: the Three Laws of Robotics
characters: Bucky Barnes (either the Winter Soldier or post-WS), Jarvis, probably OCs
If you're not familiar with the thing, here you have Asimov's Three Laws. A few fics raises a question whether Jarvis is bound by the Three Laws. The answer authors usually choose is he’s not, they prefer him as human as possible, and probably also decide Tony wouldn’t do it to him. While I’m not really convinced about canon!Tony, I do prefer him seeing Jarvis as more or less ‘live’ friend in fics.
Hydra, however, wouldn’t bat an eye. So, what if the Three Laws are a part of the Winter Soldier’s programming? Just swap ‘human’ for ‘handler’. The inconvenience of the WS not being useful against handlers who fell out of favour (because of the conflict of the Second with the First) could be fixed with a sub-clause that Hydra’s agent doesn’t by default equal handler and higher level handlers trump lower ones.
It’s open to interpretation how much Bucky himself is aware of that as something forced upon him (and therefore whether he struggles and how much succeeds), and if Hydra actually used Asimov’s idea or he never existed in the Marvelverse and they came up with this on their own. If Bucky is and Asimov existed, then the additional twist of irony would be if he – a sci-fi fan – could actually recognize it for what it is. The date of the Laws' first publication was 1942, so there’s some margin of possibility, albeit narrow.
Now, what I want is the interaction (preferably cooperation) and mutual views of a free Jarvis and a Laws-conditioned Bucky on each other (preferably with switching POV), their reflections about the matter and them coming up with ways to work around it. This would ideally need some long action plot. Does someone attack the Tower? Or Jarvis has a suit in the field? Or just jumps between Internet-connected devices? In any case this would demand skills for solid and clear plots, because Three Laws stories by their very nature rely on logic and finding loopholes in it.
fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
general idea: Pepper POV
characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Jarvis, maybe Happy and whoever is handy at the moment
You don’t achieve Pepper’s position without having observations and reflections on the way, not to mention growing up from a girl into a woman. I want to see how did she get her job and what has she been doing for years after that. What was her first day and first impressions of her boss? her workplace? her duties? How was it all changing? How was she changing? What exactly were and are her thoughts while visiting the labs? seeing out Tony’s one-night-stands? hiring and/or introducing new staff? (was it she who chose Happy?) How is her relationship with Jarvis? Does she consider him ‘real’? I hope so. In general, what is her workday like and when we’re at it, what are her free days like, if she even has any. Doesn’t really need a single consistent plot, but I want it long, not just a ficlet with one scene or a few, but a life story.
And after that a sequel – just the same, but with Pepper hiring Bucky as her bodyguard. I’m fond of this trope, but so far I’ve seen maybe one (and too short) fic I really liked.
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fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
general idea: crime story
characters: Jack Sparrow, James Norrington, maybe Anamaria or Will; obviously OCs in spades
I like crime stories in less typical settings, and the PotC fandom is (was?) not only lucky in quality writers, but also good in handling diverse genres; it has even an (excellent) monster horror. Still, I've never found a PotC detective/mystery story worth talking about. I had to write one at last, but matter of quality aside (not exactly sure if I'd pay myself for this *g*), it's not the same as reading someone other's fic. *sigh* I’m not picky about ideas. Does Norrington suspect Jack? (what else’s new…) Is it Norrington who’s accused and Jack holds the evidence of his innocence? Do they have to work together on the investigation? Maybe they need Anamaria’s expertise on something involving fishing, or Will’s on blades? Hating each other’s guts, no doubt, but with time coming to a grudging mutual appreciation. And I don’t mean a handwavy excuse for slash, but an actual plot. Must have at least one scene with Jack picking a lock while James is standing on watch, or rather fidgeting on watch, and asking himself what is he doing for sanity's sake... Jack is rolling his eyes, of course. “Don't get ya stockings in a twist and stop rushin' me. I did your office cabinet the other day in no time, and it had a way fancier lock.” “You what?!”
fandom: Urban Magic x The Dresden Files
general idea: Matthew and Harry have to work together; mutual Outsider POV on each other
characters: Matthew Swift, Harry Dresden, Bob, the Archive, maybe Murph (as the sounding board and trusty friend for Harry) and Butters (as the one pointing out Weird Scientific Details, complementing the Weird Magical Details pointed out by Bob), possibly some Wardens and the White Council (Merlin! *gleeful mwahaha* be merciful and give him some free days in countryside after this ends)
A summoning either goes wrong or (even better) it goes in the “you get what you wish, if not what you expect” way and Harry ends with the Midnight Mayor of London in the circle in his sub-basement. Okay, that's weird, even for standards of faeries (must be faerie with such eyes) and old European spells even Bob isn't familiar with. The presumable fae looks annoyed, which is not surprising, but next second weird becomes alarming, because 1. he steps out of the circle hardly noticing it (what???), 2. Bob sounds scared (oh shit), “Boss, for sanity's sake, and I mean it literally, DO NOT try soulgazing him! Also, may I come out and have a month of vacations on the other hemisphere?”, and 3. the guy is in a very focused manner steering at... a box of donuts left on the Little Michigan? Huh, confirmed faerie, though a tad big for a Little Folk...
The difficult (but also interesting) part would be accommodating the mechanics of universes; fortunately the core – 'life is magic' – is the same. Matthew would probably see Harry as one of the older, countryside sort of wizards, but himself would deny every rule Harry is used to.
I'd like also an encounter of Matthew and Ivy worked somewhere into the plot. I have a feeling the Archive would react to the angels like Bob, though more in the line of outrage than terror. From where she stands, they are an abomination, information mold, power without order, living chaos. Little Ivy, however, may be in quandary, because they have emotions and childlike curiosity... and they are the only of their kind, non-human but human-descended and living in the human world. It rings some bells...
Also, with the RPG-ish way Dresdenverse works, this would need establishing Matthew's place in its pecking order. Generally, Urban Magic's, um, magic is a little more subtle, but luckily for Matthew in Chicago, subtle and the angels don't belong in one sentence. When you add to it the sorcerer skills, I'd say we can have him on the level of the Senior Council or even the Ladies? Only with all the mortal advantages, of course. And as the cherry on the top, the human mind gives him the same unpredictable edge Harry has, while even more allergic to attempts of controlling.
All in all, they'd rather like than hate each other, as long as they wouldn't have to share the same city for more than a week or two. :)
Actually there exists a fic like this (well, without my opening scene and without Ivy so far), though it's incomplete. I don't really care, though, because I found it disappointingly mediocre in style...
fandom: The Dresden Files
general idea: Justine POV on Justine/Thomas
characters: I bet you won't guess :P
Ugh, a fix fic if ever was one... A classic case of “author failed disgustingly, so fic writers need to fill the gap”. It doesn't really need a plot, though I’d like it stretched over years, from their first meeting; I just want Justine's view on Thomas and their relationship, and it probably would work best in the 1st person narration. The thing is, it must be a Justine with personality, preferably the down-to-earth, slightly cynic yet determined, holding the lid on her (violent?) insanity Justine that glimpsed in Grave Peril, only to be buried later under the doe-eyed, mostly voiceless, ever-worried doll we have now. Obviously, this would need a high rating, since it's also one of those (not so often) cases, where sex scenes are essential for characterization. Mind you, the point is this should NOT be just fluff and fluff only, but on the other hand I DO NOT want them fighting beyond the pretty facade. It certainly may not be a mutually abusive love-hate thing. They are like crooked beams that make a safety hazard among good beams and fall when left alone, but can keep upright when supporting each other. That’s why it would need psychological insight and exceptional literary skills, because what I want is an intimate analysis of a thing that hardly fits the idea of a textbook relationship, but actually works and is the healthiest option for both of them, though wouldn’t be for others. In short, I want what the canon claims, but either never shows or shows the contrary.
As I see it, in spite of being (probably and roughly) one part of plot to nine parts of internal monologue it certainly doesn't have to be dull, even in +20k size. For one, what is the everyday logistics of being (and living?) together with the constant caution for casual and/or accidental touches?
fandom: Supernatural
general idea: Bela Talbot, that's all
characters: Bela, her cat, and either Dean or both Winchesters
Something plotty, preferably with Bela's POV and with lot of her working solo (because let's be honest, any team would only hinder her, and I bet she's perfectly able to a narration riveting enough to not need an interlocutor for a dialogue, in literary terms). Bela/Dean will be a nice ornament, as long as they won't end as some happy ever after OTP. :P I don't really have any particular idea beyond that, I just want more of what the canon ended too soon and the fandom as a whole never cared enough for to pick up.
fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
general idea: the Three Laws of Robotics
characters: Bucky Barnes (either the Winter Soldier or post-WS), Jarvis, probably OCs
If you're not familiar with the thing, here you have Asimov's Three Laws. A few fics raises a question whether Jarvis is bound by the Three Laws. The answer authors usually choose is he’s not, they prefer him as human as possible, and probably also decide Tony wouldn’t do it to him. While I’m not really convinced about canon!Tony, I do prefer him seeing Jarvis as more or less ‘live’ friend in fics.
Hydra, however, wouldn’t bat an eye. So, what if the Three Laws are a part of the Winter Soldier’s programming? Just swap ‘human’ for ‘handler’. The inconvenience of the WS not being useful against handlers who fell out of favour (because of the conflict of the Second with the First) could be fixed with a sub-clause that Hydra’s agent doesn’t by default equal handler and higher level handlers trump lower ones.
It’s open to interpretation how much Bucky himself is aware of that as something forced upon him (and therefore whether he struggles and how much succeeds), and if Hydra actually used Asimov’s idea or he never existed in the Marvelverse and they came up with this on their own. If Bucky is and Asimov existed, then the additional twist of irony would be if he – a sci-fi fan – could actually recognize it for what it is. The date of the Laws' first publication was 1942, so there’s some margin of possibility, albeit narrow.
Now, what I want is the interaction (preferably cooperation) and mutual views of a free Jarvis and a Laws-conditioned Bucky on each other (preferably with switching POV), their reflections about the matter and them coming up with ways to work around it. This would ideally need some long action plot. Does someone attack the Tower? Or Jarvis has a suit in the field? Or just jumps between Internet-connected devices? In any case this would demand skills for solid and clear plots, because Three Laws stories by their very nature rely on logic and finding loopholes in it.
fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
general idea: Pepper POV
characters: Pepper Potts, Tony Stark, Jarvis, maybe Happy and whoever is handy at the moment
You don’t achieve Pepper’s position without having observations and reflections on the way, not to mention growing up from a girl into a woman. I want to see how did she get her job and what has she been doing for years after that. What was her first day and first impressions of her boss? her workplace? her duties? How was it all changing? How was she changing? What exactly were and are her thoughts while visiting the labs? seeing out Tony’s one-night-stands? hiring and/or introducing new staff? (was it she who chose Happy?) How is her relationship with Jarvis? Does she consider him ‘real’? I hope so. In general, what is her workday like and when we’re at it, what are her free days like, if she even has any. Doesn’t really need a single consistent plot, but I want it long, not just a ficlet with one scene or a few, but a life story.
And after that a sequel – just the same, but with Pepper hiring Bucky as her bodyguard. I’m fond of this trope, but so far I’ve seen maybe one (and too short) fic I really liked.
Why won’t you post you own wishes for fics of your dreams? :)
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I think you and I may have talked already about this -- what *I*'d love to see is Rivers of London crossed over with Urban Magic, and also RoL with Dresdenverse, and I would not be at all averse to a three-way between these fandoms, either.
While I don't have much interest in Bucky, and only episodic interest in Jarvis (as Tony's straight man, basically), I looove Three Laws fic, so that is an interesting one as well.
And I feel like Thomas/Justine would be hard to do justice to and keep in step with canon (which, as you say, rather made a muddle of this promising ship), but I would like to see it done well, maybe just ignoring the canon of the later books. (I used to like Thomas/Justine, but find that after Ghost Story I just flash back to that awful copout resolution and don't want to think of it anymore).
I may need to do this 'meme' myself. Various exchanges letter are starting to go up, and that always reminds me of all the made-to-order fics I'd love to see but never will since I don't participate in exchanges since I don't write myself.
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I like pretty much all of Butcher's women, and I LOVE quite a few of them. I do try to la la la my way past his obvious straight white male-ness when he slips up, mostly bc of my love for the rest of the verse.
I suspect if there was a larger fandom, and therefore more meta conversations, I might be persuaded otherwise - or maybe I would be forced to defend my position with more brain power than I have atm. ;)
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(It's weird, because I've read Butcher's Alera books, and while I like them a lot less on the whole, I don't have the same problem with the way he writes women in that one. I'm still not satisfied with some of the resolutions they get, but that seems to be more about punishing the bad guys and rewarding the good guys than a gendered thing. So I guess it's the combination of Butcher's straight white male-ness and Dresdenverse's noir roots that brings it out... I haven't read the new steampunk yet, but it'll be interesting to see how that one plays.)
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I also suspect (and also have for a long time) that Molly is not Michael's biological daughter. She's something Other than human on her dad's side is my bet.
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I'm afraid that Harry/Molly is one of those things, like Angel, that we'll just have to agree to disagree on :) (I liked her crush on him c. Proven Guilty, but I like a lot less that she hasn't outgrown it, and least of all the way Butcher writes about it from Harry's POV. Anyway, I like their platonic relationship a lot, and wholeheartedly agree with Aletheia that Butcher is a lot better at writing friendship than romance. My Molly ships of choice are Thomas/Molly, after their Soulgaze, and Molly/Carlos.)
As for Harry/Murphy, what concerns me is that I'm afraid Butcher will screw up Murphy's character to fit the Harry/Murphy agenda. Her vowing she'd follow him to hell didn't ring true to me (not in the context it came up in), and also I feel like what he's saying about Harry/Murphy vs what he's actually writing are at odds. Like in the last book: Harry picks Murphy as backup because he's not going to protect her just because she's a woman or romantic interest, he counts on her, etc. etc. -- immediately after, Murphy spends the rest of the book pretty much out of the action. And as awesome as I find Butters as a Knight of the Cross with his holy lightsaber -- "Mister, where I come from, there is no try" instantly became one of my favorite lines in the whole series, plus Butters is one of my favorite secondary characters -- and while I can believe that Murphy, though an incadescent avenging angel as Harry sees her, may be lacking somewhat in Christian charity towards scumbags, I really didn't like her being set up for a failure in that particular way. That may not have anything to do with Harry/Murphy, and maybe Butcher is doing something subtler with post-Changes Murphy than I'm giving him credit for, but so far I don't care much for it...
I also suspect (and also have for a long time) that Molly is not Michael's biological daughter. She's something Other than human on her dad's side is my bet.
Oh, interesting! I haven't thought of that. Is that just because only Changelings seem to become Winter/Summer ladies, or are there other things that make you think that?
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Molly- Remember how adamant Charity was that she not get into anything magic? Also if you remember Charity met Michael when he rescued her from some kind of dragon cult. It's entirely possible she was already pregnant. Also yes, her being called as Winter Lady, the care Leah took in training herr prior to that even. And finally- she can use a cell phone. A human wizard, as Harry mentioned several times, cannot do that without destroying it. Plus it would make a great plot point and an interesting arc for Molly.
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The cell phone definitely seems to be pointing to *something*. I was assuming it was just the Faerie-ness of being Winter Lady making Molly not-entirely-human, but I didn't like that explanation very much, so if it is something more interesting than that, well! that could be cool.
Will definitely have to read the next books with this possibility in mind!
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Face scene of last book? Micheal: Well. I'm out. Nghdhdhdhdh.
Also I want a fic where Maggie and Ivy team up to fight 'crime' while Charity packs them sandwiches and tells them to be home for dinner. Mouse, obviously is instructed not to let them get in any kind of trouble. I would read the chronicles of that, actually.
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She's one tough mofo, man, surviving everything she has despite what was obviously an emotional disability at baseline. She went from GF and uh, meal, for the questionable protagonist to undercover spy
...very much THIS! My beef with Butcher is not about Justine as such, but about how she and J/T relationship is shown. As I see it, it's a problem in the line of telling vs showing, in literary terms. We are told one ("True Love" and all that) but shown the other (when she's captured, Thomas isn't even so much as upset about it and his only concern is Harry going to rescue her and the others, to name only one and recent example). To be clear, I don't take it for any ill will or whatever; it's just poor writing, is all. And only a failure in what otherwise is good writing, as a whole series. Then again, that's why it's so annoying, because I know he can do better. Then again, I think Butcher generally writes friendship much better than romance, so maybe he can't after all... :/
For the record, though, I'm uncomfortable with calling anything we don't like, don't agree or find undersatisfying "white male etc.", and generally using those as pejoratives per se.
I suspect if there was a larger fandom, and therefore more meta conversations, I might be persuaded otherwise
OMG, better not! Large fandoms tend to get, uh, hysterical about such things. I should know, I've been in SPN. :D I actually think DF fandom does pretty well in meta discussion, compared to many others. If anything, I'd rather wish there was more fanart. :)
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When I say white male, I mean- well, he's a white male and he writes from that perspective. Can't fault him for that, although he *could* learn a few lessons. For example, the one Jewish character (Butters) is consistently described as having a big nose. As a Jew, I gotta say that's really kinda gross. He doesn't do a great job with minorities in general, but I give him a pass on a lot of that bc I love the world he did build. And overall, yeah, I love his women and I don't necessarily believe Harry's somewhat antiquated view of feminism is also Butcher's per se.
I know what you mean about big fandoms, they get nuts. But I would love some Molly/Harry fic. Where she bosses him around *cough*in bed*cough*.
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(Butters) is consistently described as having a big nose.
Now, when you say this, it made me stop and think, because... I haven't ever noticed that. No, really, I don't remember even a single time. If I was to say what is Butters in such repetitive description terms (oh yes, Butcher does it all the time, with everyone), for me he's "tiny guy with crazy hair, also, did I mention crazy hair?".
But I would love some Molly/Harry fic. Where she bosses him around *cough*in bed*cough*.
I think I've seen one or two, I may send it your way if happen to run across another. *g* Not really my ship, though, sorry. :)
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If you find Molly/Harry DO send it my way. That'd be AWESOME thank you.
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But I agree with you that in general Butcher is not particularly deft at writing about minorities.
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We have, and I think I would check out that, too. Especially if it had more Peter being curious than anyone else from RoL. :)
And I feel like Thomas/Justine would be hard to do justice
Exactly. It would be tricky, because as I see it, writing it half well would be writing it entirely bad. And written well, it would be a heavy piece and risky in a way. Very few writers can manage such sort of literature, especially if it's to be enjoyable on top of all... (Still, I do see such skill level once in a while in various fandoms, so it is possible and even relatively popular, even more than good plots, which don't really happen that often in fanfiction.) So, it's not like I even demand miracles from Butcher or blame him for not writing complex psychology in action genre; I'm just pissed when he makes a disaster even of this little he does write about these two.
Truth be told, some half a year ago I was this close to writing at least a fragment or two myself, until my better judgement caught up... I'd probably whip up something hardly better than oh-so-emo teen crap. :)
You mean I accidentally made up a meme? :D Every time I tried it deliberately, they went down like soggy paper baloons, so I wouldn't mind it at all. *g* And yes, the more prompted writing events in fandom, the better. (*cough* Says who never really participates beyond throwing prompts, but whatever.)
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fandom: LotR/Stargate SG-1 crossover
general idea: Stargate comes to Middle Earth, people get to know each other, stuff happens, they have to work together. I'm not very clear about what sort of stuff, I'm hopeless at plots.
characters:Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, maybe Merry and Pippin, the original SG-1 team (Jack, Sam, Daniel, Teal'c)
The set-up:The War is over, Gondor is rebuilt etc. etc. But Elessar Telcontar is king of Gondor AND Arnor, yet he has no northern capital. He also has a lot of blokes hanging around with nothing much to do these days, being as it doesn't take a huge army just to deal with the few remaining bands of marauding orcs. So he decides to excavate and rebuild Annúminas, the old seat of the northern kings. He'd need some dwarves for this, so Gimli gets involved, and Gimli and Legolas seem to have gone everywhere together once the war was over. And it's not that far from the Shire, so the hobbits join them for old time's sake. During excavations they unearth a big stone ring thingie covered in arcane symbols...
Once the gate's uncovered it is found by Sam's re-dial program. After that it's up to the writer, although I do have more notes.
Not that there will ever be a writer since both of these fandoms are pretty moribund.
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I like the idea with making sure jobless warriors don't get dangerously bored and the whole archeology thing. :) Middle Earth seems a pretty popular destination for such "dropping in with a short visit" crossovers (I've read at least three, each in a different fandom), so maybe someday...?
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Yessss. I like the way you think. *g*
ALSO: Jack picking the lock on James's office cabinet!! *dies laughing at the mental image*
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I can't decide whether he was more interested or disappointed and bored with what he found inside. :>