Fic In A Box 2022

[violet_rain3]

Hello! Thanks for writing something for me. I've signed up under legendofthefireemblem. While I think most of the tags speak for themselves, here are a few additional details about what I like.

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General Likes
DNWs
Blaseball (Video Game)
The Expanse (TV)
Fallen London | Echo Bazaar
Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Ted Lasso (TV)
The Mandalorian (TV)

General Likes:

• What-ifs based on canon events (what if person did X instead of Y)/Canon Divergence
• Character studies
• Worldbuilding
• Meaningful platonic relationships
• Alternate Universes: magical realism, general magical shenanigans, cosmic horror, fae, scifi, space opera, historical, reincarnation, any of the aforementioned fused with the canon universe
• Teambuilding shenanigans, having to get along with (near/almost) strangers to achieve a goal
• Timeloops
• Hurt/comfort
• Hurt without comfort, whump
• The beauty/almost religiousness of suffering
• Epistolary/logs
• Essays/In-universe documents
• History
• Unreliable narrators
• Categorizing/archival, libraries, stories
• Catharsis
• Language/word choice (in terms of what the characters use in the story) being significant

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Art Likes:

• Vibrant colours
• Dark outlines
• Watercolours
• Art Nouveau
• Chiaroscuro
• Sense of movement
• Tarot
• Impressionist-style

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Do Not Wants

• Noncon
• Omegaverse
• Pregnancy
• Humiliation
• High School AU
• Readerfic
• Significant original characters

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Blaseball (Video Game)

I’m so obsessed with Blaseball and I’d love to have anything with any of these characters. I love the lore and worldbuilding, so feel free to put your little touches into the fic. I also love the Moist Talkers, the Monitor (Moist God) and the music of the Garages—anything based off one of their songs would be amazing.

Any Current or Former Canada Moist Talkers Player (Blaseball), Any Canada Moist Talkers Player(s) & Any Canada Moist Talkers Player(s) (Blaseball) :
• As mentioned, I'm a huge Moist Talkers fan. My favourite player is probably Alternate Polkadot Patterson (Alto), but I'd be happy with any current or former Talkers (including Short Circuit Talkers, like Bibby Trunbo) to get the spotlight.

Solo: Derrick Krueger(Blaseball):
• I listened to the Ballad of the Unremarkable Derrick Krueger so many times over the last year, I'm absolutely obsessed with that song. It's very relatable and the Just Some Guy characterization of Derrick really hits home for me. Since I wasn't a fan during this period, he's the one I know the least about and also the one I'd like to know more about! Here are some prompts:
• Canon Divergence: Derrick doesn't get incin'd at the usual place :D What happens next? Does he get a credit to the team arc like Mike? Does he sort of stay an average pitcher?
• Doctor Who Van Gogh ep-style: Derrick ends up at the current season of blaseball through wacky shenanigans. How does he react? There's so much that has changed.

Derrick Krueger/Mike Townsend (Blaseball):
• I just think it's interesting if two of the so-called "worst" Garages pitchers are in a relationship. Especially the difference between Mike Townsend "is a disappointment" to Unremarkable Derrick Krueger who was incinerated on the mound and most people didn't notice.

WB: Weather Events (Blaseball) WB: The Hall of Flame (Blaseball) WB: Any (Blaseball (Video Game)):
• I love anything relating to worldbuilding, so feel free to flesh out your own interpretation of how the world works. What causes the weather? How does it affect blaseball players/regular people? What does the Hall of Flame look like? How does it work? Are the players there still playing or frozen in time? Or feel free to worldbuild any aspect of blaseball, (like cities, especially combined with Map mediums).

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it. I love the propaganda posters fans have made for Elections voting, I’d love to see an in-universe take on it. I'd also love to see Tlopps-style card art of any of my requested characters. Also, any song covers/original songs will be met with a lot of enthusiasm from me.

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The Expanse (TV)

WB: Any (The Expanse (TV)):
• The Belter language fascinates me, I would love getting fic or meta about that. But also fleshing out any of the cultures and events we see on screen would get me excited. Is Mars' Terraforming still going? How did the full-fledged UN we see in series get set up?

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it. Since the show is very politics heavy, I would be interested in seeing propaganda posters for the variety of different factions that exist in-universe (OPA, UN, Mars etc). The dark Remember The Cant graffiti from the first season of the show has really stayed with me. I'd also love any of the requested art mediums to feature the characters with heavy lining/outlines.

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Fallen London | Echo Bazaar

I love the writing style of the game, anything that sticks to that definitely has my heart.

The Ardent Bookkeeper/The Sage Archivist, Solo: The Sage Archivist (Fallen London | Echo Bazaar):
• The Exceptional story really captured my attention. I love the Sage Archivist and want anything to do with these two characters as an extension of the story's content.

WB: Any (Fallen London | Echo Bazaar), Solo: Creator's Choice of Canon Character (Fallen London | Echo Bazaar):
• I love the whole world of Fallen London, so any fic centring on the city, the Masters or any character really would make me super happy and excited to read..

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it.

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Stranger Things (TV 2016)

As of this point, I've finished S3 and am about to start S4. I expect I'll be done S4 before fic reveals, but to make it simple I'll keep the requests up to my S3 knowledge and not update them as I watch. Although I do love AUs, for this fandom I would prefer in canon universe just because canon is interesting to play with (and a huge source of possible hurt hehe).

Solo: Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things)
• I found him all too relatable and interesting in S1, but in later seasons I feel like he doesn't get so much careful attention. How did his parents separating affect him? How did he develop his love of photography?

Jonathan Byers & Will Byers (Stranger Things):
• I absolutely loved their relationship in the first and second season, but as s3 went on, it definitely felt like that relationship wasn't in focus as much anymore. The natural protectiveness and closeness the brothers seem to have for each other is something I enjoy seeing a lot. I love how seriously Jonathan takes being Will's older brother: is it something that comes naturally to him, or something he learnt as he grew older? Iirc in one ep they mention that Jonathan played D&D too, but unlike Nancy we don't really get a throwaway line explaining how or if he enjoyed it. Maybe Will doing a special D&D oneshot with his brother? I'd also be interested in a fic where Will gets to be the protector/comforter instead.

Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things):
• I was convinced from the moment I saw the S1 finale and immediately went Nancy has two hands. I love fic about these three figuring out how they fit together, whether it's slowly and painfully, with a bit of fighting, or more carefully like trying to connect fragile pieces. I'm not to picky on the timeline for this, whether they get together soon after S1 or way later when they realize that their attempted relationships didn't work because they were missing a very special someone. I'd prefer this to take place in the canon universe however, especially around the time of the series.

Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington (Stranger Things):
• I know there isn't really much of a canon moment for this pairing, I just really love the contrasting parallels these two represent: poor older brother from an unhappy family life and a rich only child with a stable family life, loner and a former popular kid, etc. I'm just forever enamoured with the possibility of their dynamic, especially in the high-tension moments that the show can produce, but also the quiet ones that follow after.

Nancy Wheeler/Robin Buckley (Stranger Things):
• I know Robin calls Nancy a priss in the end of S3 but I think they would fit well together. Maybe a run-in at the video store, where Nancy's getting smth for Mike and they hit it off?

WB: Any (Stranger Things (TV 2016)):
• There's not a lot of worldbuilding because of the whole horror aspect of the show, but I'd love to see some. It's a little hinted at in the show, but does spending time in the Upside Down cause sickness? Do people still find Demodogs/Demogorgons in the wild and are they just brushed off as strange animals?

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it.

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Ted Lasso (TV)

I love Ted Lasso ensemble, so feel free to include any other players/coaching squad/characters in the background as necessary or write a fic based around the whole team.

Solo: Dani Rojas (Ted Lasso):
• What’s it like being the other ace on the team? Was there a lot more pressure during the tie streak? (Feel free to include Jamie in this one if you like).
• What’s his relationship like with the other members?
• What’s it like being part of Team Can’t-Go-Home-For-The-Holidays? Do they do something special after Higgins’ Christmas party? Is there any way they combat homesickness?

Solo: AFC Richmond (Ted Lasso TV):
• I’d love a short day at the pitch kind of fic, or maybe even a pre-game/post-game rituals fic. Anything about the players getting to hang out on their own is interesting, I don't really have a preference for whoever you chose, so feel free to have fun with it.

AFC Richmond & Ted Lasso (Ted Lasso):
• I just love the relationship Ted has with the members of his team, I'd love a 5+1 where they think of kind things to do for him.

Solo: Nathan Shelley (Ted Lasso):
• I think where we left him in S2 is super interesting. Does he try to strike out on his own? Does he reach out to his ex-coworkers? Does he ever realize he's made a mistake and tries to make up for it?

Ted Lasso & Rebecca Welton (Ted Lasso):
• I just love the two of them relying on each other. Not being afraid to be totally themselves with each other despite the differences and possible conflict.

Keeley Jones/Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt (Ted Lasso TV):
• Their relationship is so complicated, but I love to see the three of them lifting each other up and making each other's days.

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it.

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The Mandalorian (TV)

Din Djarin & Grogu | Baby Yoda (The Mandalorian):
• I love Din and Grogu's episodic outings, so I'd really love to see fic/art in that style.

Din Djarin & Grogu & Luke Skywalker:
• I just think it would be very cute epistolary-style (but with holos) to have correspondence between Luke (on Grogu's behalf) and Din, specifically on how Grogu is doing. Bonus points for Din being confused at Jedi teaching methods/terminology and Grogu doing wonderful distracting things while Luke is recording. For Post-BoBF, it almost makes sense to do this the other way round XD. I'd love to see Luke just running into Din and Grogu on a day-trip out, maybe some fun together during an outing!

Cobb Vanth/Din Djarin:
• For this one, I lean towards it taking place during the s2 episode, but I'm also okay with any future encounters you might imagine! I'd just really love a snapshot of that time, since they had all that time to learn to cooperate and strategize, and also get closer of course.

A note about Mediums: I'd love any of the mediums requested in the tags. If you want to use original characters to portray in-universe RPF or outsider POV, I'm okay with it.

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