Treat Collection and Reposting Pinch Hit #4

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Treats! The thing you do when you're finished your assignment or in lieu of it while hoping inspiration will come to you. For Fandom 5k treats go into one of two places:

• If the treat is longer than 5,000 words: Fandom 5K
• If the treat is less than 5,000 words: Fandom Couch

Also as a reminder: if a person has been defaulted on at the deadline (that is, their author does not turn in anything and has not defaulted by the deadline) any treat that is in the Fandom 5k collection will become their assignment. Please keep this in mind!

We are also reposting Pinch Hit 4, which has some new fandoms added to it! Please take a look and see if you could write any of these prompts! If you are interested, please comment to this post with your AO3 name. All comments are screened.

Request 1 by fawatson

The Charioteer - Mary Renault 

Bunny (The Charioteer), Bim Taylor (The Charioteer), Sandy Reid (The Charioteer), Lucy Odell Straike (The Charioteer), Ralph Lanyon (The Charioteer), Laurie Odell (The Charioteer), Andrew Raynes (The Charioteer), Alec Deacon (The Charioteer), Angst, AU - SciFi / Fantasy Elements, Character Development, Established Relationship, Humor, Slice of Life, Worldbuilding

 

Please let me reassure you: I do not expect something that includes every character.  

 

Plot ideas: Backstory about Ralph as a child or youth would be nice. We know his family background is non-comformist. How does that influence his approach to his sexuality? Show us something of Ralph's years at sea before he meets up with Laurie again; show us his years with women. If you prefer Laurie as a character: how about his time at Oxford. What was it like for him as a closeted queer who was fighting his own nature? Or give us some insights into his time in the BEF. I also would love to read something about Bim: why did he join up and how did he come to fly? How did he meet Ralph (was it simply the Bridstow scene at work or something more?). An AU where he lives and eventually meets Ralph again.  Show us something about Alec as a medical student; what motivated him to study for this profession? If future-fic is more to your liking: Laurie's relationship with his mother and Straike over the years (through the war and after).   Bunny, Ralph, Laurie and Andrew all meet years later after they have long since gone their separate ways.  Sandy and Andrew: a match made in heaven or hell?  What happens to Sandy during the war (does he come into himself once out from under his failed relationship with Alec)?   If you want to be really 'outside the box': The Charioteer as a Space Opera.

 

Please don't feel bound by these ideas: write what interests you and I am sure I will enjoy it.

 

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/36395.html

 

 

Request 2 by fawatson

Frontier Wolf - Rosemary Sutcliff 

Hilarion (Frontier Wolf), Cunorix (Frontier Wolf), Lucius (Frontier Wolf), Connla (Frontier Wolf), Alexios Flavius Aquila (Frontier Wolf), Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Character Development, Darkfic, Hurt/Comfort, Slice of Life, Worldbuilding

 

Please let me reassure you: I do not expect something that includes every character.  

 

I would rather not have something that focuses on romance.  A focus on friendships between the characters and how this causes angst is fine; but please no M/M as that is not canon compliant and for thuis story I would prefer something canon-compliant.  

 

Plot ideas:  Backstory: Hilarion's growth as a soldier from being posted to Castellum to when Alexios arrives.   Border alliances and rivalries: Votadini and Roman, or Votadini and Dalriad.  Cunorix and Connla from Lucius' perspective.  Future-fic: Alexios looks back years later with regret that he did not save Connla.  

 

Please don't feel bound by these ideas: write what interests you and I am sure I will enjoy it.

 

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/36395.html

 

 

Request 3 by fawatson

Alexander Trilogy - Mary Renault 

Roxane (Alexander Trilogy), Ptolemy (Alexander Trilogy), Alexander the Great (Alexander Trilogy), Eurydike (Alexander Trilogy), Hephaistion (Alexander Trilogy), Bagoas (Alexander Trilogy), Sisygambis (Alexander Trilogy), Olympias (Alexander Trilogy), Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Genre Shift, Character Development, Darkfic, Established Relationship, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Slice of Life, Worldbuilding

 

Please let me reassure you: I do not expect something that includes every character. 

 

Plot ideas:  I am very fond of stories which include minor characters interacting with one or more of the major characters in ways which reveal more of the subtleties of either relationships or ethical dilemmas. My plot bunnies include characters not nominated but please don’t feel you have to include any of the non-nominated characters. I offer these in case they help, so if they don’t please ignore them.   Show us more of Alexander’s campaigns before he and Bagoas meet. If you want to show them from someone else’s perspective (e.g. Perdikkas, Ptolemy, Antipater, etc) all the better. Alexander, Hephaistion and Roxane: the eternal triangle. Alexander and Sisygambis: show us their relationship developing. Eurydike channelling the shade of Alexander.  Life in the Persian harem: the women’s power bases and how they change as Darius loses control and Alexander’s campaigns continue. Bagoas after Alexander’s death: how does he rebuild his life? 

 

Please don't feel bound by these ideas: write what interests you and I am sure I will enjoy it.

 

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/36395.html

 

 

Request 4 by fawatson

The Sandbaggers 

Mike Wallace (The Sandbaggers), Matthew Peele (The Sandbaggers), Marianne Straker (The Sandbaggers), John Tower Gibbs (The Sandbaggers), Willie Caine (The Sandbaggers), Sir Geoffrey Wellingham (The Sandbaggers), Neil Burnside (The Sandbaggers), Jeff Ross (The Sandbaggers), Action/Adventure, Angst, Character Development, Darkfic, Humor, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Worldbuilding

 

Please let me reassure you: I do not expect something that includes every character. 

 

Plot ideas: Jeff Ross comes into his own and for once runs rings round Neil. Perhaps Wellingham teams up with Willie to manipulate Neil. Why not tell us a story of Neil as a baby Sandbagger? How about the first op Neil ran as D.Ops (and his unease at sitting in the chair sending out his agents instead of being out there himself)? How did Neil and Willie become such good friends? Was that because of an op where they had to depend on each other in a ‘life-and-limb’ situation? Marianne becomes a Sandbagger and proves herself exceptionally good (turns out she’s even more twisty than Neil). What would happen if, in Whitehall machinations, for once John Tower Gibbs and Neil were on the same side against Sir Geoffrey Wellingham? The Russian who paired up with Willie Caine in Cyprus resurfaces on another op, this time with Mike Wallace. 

 

Please don't feel bound by these ideas: write what interests you.   I love this fandom and anything you write will be a ‘plus’.

 

Letter: http://fawatson.dreamwidth.org/36395.html

Request 5 by fawatson
Vorkosigan Saga
Aral Vorkosigan, Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan & Alys Vorpatril

Suggestions: 
* Backstory for Aral: the conquest of Komarr 
* Cordelia and Alys foiling a plot against the Emperor during the Regency

Request 6 by fawatson

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 

Characters: Mary Bennet 

 

Suggestions: 

* Mary's season in London. Her moralising is a trial to her sisters but in the end she outshines them all.