FemslashEx letter, 2014
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polkad0ttingHello! :) This is my first time participating in FemslashEx, but I’m really excited. I hope you are too! You’re already my new favourite person for volunteering to write one of my ships. If we share one of these ships, you are wonderful & awesome & everything lovely. Please don’t be worried about writing for me – I’m very easy to please and I will be ecstatic for pretty much any fic about one of my ships. <3
First, basics, and then on to the fandoms!
Like list
• Basic: Friends-to-lovers, falling in love, comfortable established relationships filled with affection and in-jokes, couples kicking butt together and saving the world/the universe/the day (and then picking up the drycleaning on the way home), people knowing each other really well, banter, emotional support, space!, worldbuilding (some of my favorite questions: how does that thing work? what are its ramifications? what are some things the original canon POV might have overlooked?), politics and diplomacy, running countries, plans, plans that don’t go according to plan, working together and using different strengths.
• In romance: Snark, banter, fond teasing, zaniness, affection laced with humor, snuggling in bed, people in love who enjoy spending time together but aren’t codependent.
• In porn: Kissing, exploring a partner’s body, unexpected erogenous zones, talking during sex, sex that doesn’t go quite right but they run with it and make it awesome anyway, incoherent noises, morning sex, well-developed biceps and shoulders, fingering for the sake of fingering not in preparation for anything else, wall-sex, multiple orgasms, laughter.
Squick list
Basic: Infidelity, bullying of any kind, cruel jokes, noncon, dubcon, incest, bestiality, underage.
In romance: Gaslighting, too much neediness, characters who are in love but don’t seem to really like each other very much, A/B/O.
In porn: Someone kissing their partner after rimming them without washing their mouth out first, bad dirty talk, not checking in on their partner’s comfort and pleasure.
(Final note: I love all of these fandoms and ships. If I have slightly fewer ideas in one section than another, please don’t think it means I want that one less. It’s just late and ideas flow more easily some places than others, lol.)
On to the fandoms!
FANDOMS
fandom number one
Necromancer Chronicles - Amanda Downum
Requested Ships: Khelséa Shar/Gemma the Seamstress, Savedra Severos/Ashlin Alexios
contains spoilers for The Bone Palace
The Bone Palace is a tiny fandom – only two fics exist for it, a beautiful Ashlin/Savedra/Nikos one which the lovely PhoenixFalls wrote me for Rare Ship Swap, and one I wrote her last Yuletide – so if you’ve offered this you’re a wonderful, wonderful person. :) I love this book so, so much, and pretty much every single one of its characters (the only ones I don’t particularly care for are Kirilos and Ciaran).
Some thoughts on Khelséa & Gemma, in no particular order:
I was really intrigued by Khelséa and her job. I’d love to learn more about the Vigils and how they function. We don’t get to hear much about Gemma, but I love the little bits Khelséa drops – she buys Gemma perfumes, Gemma makes her beautiful dresses, Gemma’s always telling her she needs some hobbies (so she shows up to help Isyllt do dangerous things on her day off). And I love the way Isyllt describes Gemma (comparing her to Isyllt herself) - "plump and pretty and not remotely self-destructive".
Ideas: I love the way Khelséa’s dress for the solstice masque is described.
(Excerpt:
“What are you doing here?” [Isyllt] asked.
Khelséa did a double take and grinned. “The Vigils always get a few invitations for diplomacy’s sake. I made sure I got my hands on one.”
“Nice dress.”
“Isn’t it?” She spread her arms and spun, flaring tattered layers of red and gold and orange skirts and trailing sleeves. The orange was nearly the same shade as her uniform, but the low-cut and tight-laced bodice drew a different sort of attention. Her hair was unbraided for once, hanging in shining coils down her back. “Gemma made it.”)
I wonder what Khelséa and Gemma might have got up to during the fittings, and what Gemma thinks, working on that dress and others while Khelséa is away chasing vampires and getting herself injured in the line of duty. What does Gemma think of Khelséa’s job? What does Khelséa think of Khelséa’s job? What’s a day in their life look like? What other adventures might they have? Does Isyllt ever meet Gemma? What was Gemma’s life like before she met Khelséa, and how does she fit into the Bone Palace world? How did they meet (in the course of Khelséa’s duties, perhaps?) How did they fall in love?
If you’re interested in writing porn, Khelséa and Gemma are two of my types – ultra-competent butch woman with a dry sense of humor and plump pretty femme with an artistic bent – even before you take into account all the additional personality and characterization for Khelséa that Downum develops over the course of the book. I adore porn with characterization and idiosyncrasies (see my initial comments for specific likes).
Some thoughts on Ashlin & Savedra (again, in no particular order):
I would be overjoyed with pretty much any fic you were to write here, as long as it’s happy, or at least has a happy ending. I’m not into unrelieved angst for these two – they went through enough in the book already! Ideas, if you want a starting place (but do feel free to do your own thing!): Ashlin’s POV! I’m intrigued by pretty much everything about her, and I’d love to see things from her POV. What was her life like before she was betrothed, and how did she adjust to married life – with Savedra there; how did she first realise she was falling in love with Savedra, not just her husband? What was their first meeting like – did they confound everyone around them by not acting like they “should”? Every time Ashlin’s in a scene I find myself wondering what she’s thinking.
If you want to go porny, that’s great too! Savedra and Ashlin are one of my OTPs, and I love porn, so that’d be lovely. ;) I especially love porn with characterisation, so if you worked in Savedra and Ashlin’s personalities as well as the hot porniness, I would love you forever. :)
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fandom number two
Doctor Who
Requested Ships: Martha Jones/Donna Noble, Harriet Jones/Original Female Character, Liz Ten/River Song
Martha Jones/Donna Noble
I adore these two. They’re absolutely awesome. I love their personalities, and their humour, and the way they grow over time. Martha and Chantho’s scene in Utopia is still one of my favourites, and Donna’s bravery and sharp-tongued fierceness keep her very close to my heart. I love how they’re both very smart, and how they call the Doctor out when he needs it. I think they’re both absolutely gorgeous, of course, and I love the way they carry themselves and their – if not fearlessness, their willingness to confront what they fear and forge on despite it.
Also, I really loved their relationship on the show. :) They definitely got along, and yes, I ship them desperately, so that’s why I’m asking for them now! Anything with them together is great. The ONLY caveat I’m going to make here is that I’m not interested in a Martha/Donna/Doctor threesome, or even a love triangle. I like the Doctor a lot, and him being a character is grand, but not in the shipping part, please. Just Martha/Donna. :)
I love first-time fic, so if you showed me how they became attracted to each other and got together, that’d be wonderful. Or perhaps once they got together Martha stayed on the TARDIS with Donna & the Doctor and they were a three-person team having adventures together! (Including days on which they went “exploring the TARDIS together” and the Doctor knew not to come a-knockin’.) Or perhaps you want to write an AU in which Martha and Donna never met the Doctor (or one of them didn’t) and they ended up working for Torchwood together and fell in love. Or perhaps you want to write some delicious, steaming-hot porn! It’s all great with me. :) I especially like my porn with a hefty helping of characterisation, so if you do go porny, I’d love to see the bits that make it Donna-and-Martha porn, if that makes sense. :)
Harriet Jones/Original Female Character
Oh gosh, I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love Harriet Jones. I just, love her. I completely buy that she was the architect of Britain’s Golden Age (before the Doctor messed that up by deposing her – and yes, I think she was right to do what she did, but we don’t need to get into that).
Who her partner is, that’s really up to you. Is she already married (to another MP, to an artist, to a theatre actress, to a London bus driver)? Does she fall in love with a sarcastic middle-aged House of Commons tour guide as they’re putting the pieces back together after the Slitheen events and she’s on her way to becoming Prime Minister (how does that happen?) After she becomes Prime Minister and starts working with Torchwood to protect the Earth against future attacks, does she meet and fall in love with one of the Torchwood personnel (not anyone on the show Torchwood)?
And whoever she’s with, what does their life look like? If you know the British parliamentary system, feel free to write all about how the knowledge of extraterrestrial life would be folded into the portfolio of Her Majesty’s Government. Or maybe Harriet goes to check up on Rose after World War Three and meets Jackie, and invites her over to her apartment (not 10 Downing Street, it’s been blown up!) to have tea with her and Mrs Harriet.
But really, anything happy and/or plotty and/or worldbuildy about Harriet and Mrs Harriet would be great with me. :)
(And is it just me, or would Harriet saying “Harriet Jones, Prime Minister” in bed be a turn-on? No? Just me? *slinks away*)
Liz Ten/River Song
Like Harriet after World War Three, I’d love to see how Liz Ten rebuilds after The Beast Below. And how does River play into it? Does she come to do research in Liz Ten’s library? Do they flirt among the stacks?
I love both Liz and River’s personalities (and, uh, am rather attracted to both too). I think they’d work really well together. Whether you want to tell me a story about how they fell in love, or how they went on adventures together, or how they had sex and Liz fell asleep listening to River tell her about archeology, or how they went on a trip with the Doctor but accidentally left him behind on a planet and had to work together with the TARDIS to save the day and pick him up afterwards, or whether you have another glorious idea – it’s all good. :)
~//~
fandom number three
Tennis RPF
Requested Ships: Serena Williams/Caroline Wozniacki, Samantha Stosur/Simmone Morrow
I know this is a long shot to request, because this fest doesn’t seem to have a lot of RPF and I don’t think anyone’s offered tennis, but just in case, here are my thoughts on tennis. :)
I love both ships and all four of the women I asked for. Serena – what can I say, she’s just the best! I love her on the tennis court, when she dominates, and afterwards, when she twirls on the baseline in joy. I love her relationship with her sister, and I adore how great a friend she’s been to Caro sincethat douchebag cad jerkface Rory dumped her by phone after their wedding invitations went out. I’d love to see a story where she was being a great friend to Caro, and they ended up falling in love. Perhaps capped by a USO final, if that ends up being in the cards! (Nearly there!)
And if you wanted to write established relationship rather than falling in love, Sam and Simmone! Sam is like, the epitome of one my types. Her arms & shoulders… yeah. *blushes* I love her relationship with Simmone. It’s been rumoured for a long time that they’re dating, not just athlete and physio/personal trainer. I’d love a story in which this was true, and where they were totally happy and cosy together. If you wanted to bring in tennis and/or friendships with other WTA players, that would be great too. Casey Dellacqua, also an Australian WTA player, recently came out after having a baby with her partner. I also really love Jelena Jankovic, and Li Na, and Sveta Kuznestova, and of course Serena and Caro :). But focusing entirely on Sam & Simmone would be awesome too! I’d love to see something focused around a tournament (Simmone sits on the sidelines looking rather stressed the whole time, poor woman, and sometimes has a stress ball; maybe Sam tries to relieve the stress later?), particularly if Sam does well. ;) Domestic fic and just the everyday-rhythms of a relationship on the WTA tour would be adored. Porn is also great, although for this ship I’d love if you could get a bit of tennis in too. :)
I love tennis. I love the sport, all its nobbly bits and strategy and head-games and breathtaking moments, a good backhand down the line and a fearsome cross-court forehand. I love Sam’s biceps, and Rafa’s back muscles, and Laura Robson’s zaniness. I love the umpires, and bad dropshots, and ice-bath pictures with a friend, and underdogs and rivalries, and the sense that most of these athletes are quite good people, on the whole. So if you love tennis too, I’d love a tennis-y-fic with one (or both!) of the pairings I asked for, if that makes sense. (It’s late.)
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fandom number four
Original Work
Requested Ships: Athlete/Rival Athlete, World #1 Athlete/Journeywoman
I love sports. Like I said in the tennis section, I love the nobbly bits and strategy and head-games and breathtaking moments. I love the muscles and locker-room bonding, umpires and ice-baths, underdogs and rivalries and tempests in teapots. I love competition and fire, and the friendships that flourish in spite of competitive fire.
I’ll take these ingredients in just about any sport. (I don’t really like golf? Though if you do, and you can communicate why it’s so awesome, I’d be willing to give it a shot.)
I don’t really know what to write here. If you read through my general likes and maybe through my other sections, you’ll get a sense of what kind of stories I love. Specifically for this section, I think the pull between an on-court competitiveness and an off-court relationship would be an interesting dynamic. I also love the drive to a goal – for example, World Championships in gymnastics, Wimbledon in tennis, WNBA finals in basketball, etc. – and how that push takes a toll on athletes but can also bring them together.
Athletic sex – especially celebratory athletic sex – is also always a turn-on. Especially if it involves biceps and/or shoulder muscles. Because yes.
Oh, and really, go to town on the sports! Obviously my home sport is tennis, but if you want to write a fic about Olympic weightlifters falling in love across country divides and going out for ice cream? Yes! Swimmers racing each other with sex bets on the line? Go for it! Water polo athletes from competing teams falling into bed with each other to work off the frustration? Basketball players shopping for wedding dresses? Anything and everything works. :)
And I really like the dynamics of the two ships I requested. Any fic that explored those and what they’d mean for the relationship would be great. For athlete/rival!athlete, I’d lean more towards the slightly angsty/ “oh god what does this mean for our rivalry”/ “lol everyone thinks we hate each other but we’re boning” ends of the spectrum than towards the hate-sex end of the spectrum.
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I think that’s about it! :) Thank you so much for volunteering to write for one of my ships! I’m really, really excited. I love them all, and I love you for writing for me! <333
First, basics, and then on to the fandoms!
Like list
• Basic: Friends-to-lovers, falling in love, comfortable established relationships filled with affection and in-jokes, couples kicking butt together and saving the world/the universe/the day (and then picking up the drycleaning on the way home), people knowing each other really well, banter, emotional support, space!, worldbuilding (some of my favorite questions: how does that thing work? what are its ramifications? what are some things the original canon POV might have overlooked?), politics and diplomacy, running countries, plans, plans that don’t go according to plan, working together and using different strengths.
• In romance: Snark, banter, fond teasing, zaniness, affection laced with humor, snuggling in bed, people in love who enjoy spending time together but aren’t codependent.
• In porn: Kissing, exploring a partner’s body, unexpected erogenous zones, talking during sex, sex that doesn’t go quite right but they run with it and make it awesome anyway, incoherent noises, morning sex, well-developed biceps and shoulders, fingering for the sake of fingering not in preparation for anything else, wall-sex, multiple orgasms, laughter.
Squick list
Basic: Infidelity, bullying of any kind, cruel jokes, noncon, dubcon, incest, bestiality, underage.
In romance: Gaslighting, too much neediness, characters who are in love but don’t seem to really like each other very much, A/B/O.
In porn: Someone kissing their partner after rimming them without washing their mouth out first, bad dirty talk, not checking in on their partner’s comfort and pleasure.
(Final note: I love all of these fandoms and ships. If I have slightly fewer ideas in one section than another, please don’t think it means I want that one less. It’s just late and ideas flow more easily some places than others, lol.)
On to the fandoms!
FANDOMS
fandom number one
Necromancer Chronicles - Amanda Downum
Requested Ships: Khelséa Shar/Gemma the Seamstress, Savedra Severos/Ashlin Alexios
contains spoilers for The Bone Palace
The Bone Palace is a tiny fandom – only two fics exist for it, a beautiful Ashlin/Savedra/Nikos one which the lovely PhoenixFalls wrote me for Rare Ship Swap, and one I wrote her last Yuletide – so if you’ve offered this you’re a wonderful, wonderful person. :) I love this book so, so much, and pretty much every single one of its characters (the only ones I don’t particularly care for are Kirilos and Ciaran).
Some thoughts on Khelséa & Gemma, in no particular order:
I was really intrigued by Khelséa and her job. I’d love to learn more about the Vigils and how they function. We don’t get to hear much about Gemma, but I love the little bits Khelséa drops – she buys Gemma perfumes, Gemma makes her beautiful dresses, Gemma’s always telling her she needs some hobbies (so she shows up to help Isyllt do dangerous things on her day off). And I love the way Isyllt describes Gemma (comparing her to Isyllt herself) - "plump and pretty and not remotely self-destructive".
Ideas: I love the way Khelséa’s dress for the solstice masque is described.
(Excerpt:
“What are you doing here?” [Isyllt] asked.
Khelséa did a double take and grinned. “The Vigils always get a few invitations for diplomacy’s sake. I made sure I got my hands on one.”
“Nice dress.”
“Isn’t it?” She spread her arms and spun, flaring tattered layers of red and gold and orange skirts and trailing sleeves. The orange was nearly the same shade as her uniform, but the low-cut and tight-laced bodice drew a different sort of attention. Her hair was unbraided for once, hanging in shining coils down her back. “Gemma made it.”)
I wonder what Khelséa and Gemma might have got up to during the fittings, and what Gemma thinks, working on that dress and others while Khelséa is away chasing vampires and getting herself injured in the line of duty. What does Gemma think of Khelséa’s job? What does Khelséa think of Khelséa’s job? What’s a day in their life look like? What other adventures might they have? Does Isyllt ever meet Gemma? What was Gemma’s life like before she met Khelséa, and how does she fit into the Bone Palace world? How did they meet (in the course of Khelséa’s duties, perhaps?) How did they fall in love?
If you’re interested in writing porn, Khelséa and Gemma are two of my types – ultra-competent butch woman with a dry sense of humor and plump pretty femme with an artistic bent – even before you take into account all the additional personality and characterization for Khelséa that Downum develops over the course of the book. I adore porn with characterization and idiosyncrasies (see my initial comments for specific likes).
Some thoughts on Ashlin & Savedra (again, in no particular order):
I would be overjoyed with pretty much any fic you were to write here, as long as it’s happy, or at least has a happy ending. I’m not into unrelieved angst for these two – they went through enough in the book already! Ideas, if you want a starting place (but do feel free to do your own thing!): Ashlin’s POV! I’m intrigued by pretty much everything about her, and I’d love to see things from her POV. What was her life like before she was betrothed, and how did she adjust to married life – with Savedra there; how did she first realise she was falling in love with Savedra, not just her husband? What was their first meeting like – did they confound everyone around them by not acting like they “should”? Every time Ashlin’s in a scene I find myself wondering what she’s thinking.
If you want to go porny, that’s great too! Savedra and Ashlin are one of my OTPs, and I love porn, so that’d be lovely. ;) I especially love porn with characterisation, so if you worked in Savedra and Ashlin’s personalities as well as the hot porniness, I would love you forever. :)
~//~
fandom number two
Doctor Who
Requested Ships: Martha Jones/Donna Noble, Harriet Jones/Original Female Character, Liz Ten/River Song
Martha Jones/Donna Noble
I adore these two. They’re absolutely awesome. I love their personalities, and their humour, and the way they grow over time. Martha and Chantho’s scene in Utopia is still one of my favourites, and Donna’s bravery and sharp-tongued fierceness keep her very close to my heart. I love how they’re both very smart, and how they call the Doctor out when he needs it. I think they’re both absolutely gorgeous, of course, and I love the way they carry themselves and their – if not fearlessness, their willingness to confront what they fear and forge on despite it.
Also, I really loved their relationship on the show. :) They definitely got along, and yes, I ship them desperately, so that’s why I’m asking for them now! Anything with them together is great. The ONLY caveat I’m going to make here is that I’m not interested in a Martha/Donna/Doctor threesome, or even a love triangle. I like the Doctor a lot, and him being a character is grand, but not in the shipping part, please. Just Martha/Donna. :)
I love first-time fic, so if you showed me how they became attracted to each other and got together, that’d be wonderful. Or perhaps once they got together Martha stayed on the TARDIS with Donna & the Doctor and they were a three-person team having adventures together! (Including days on which they went “exploring the TARDIS together” and the Doctor knew not to come a-knockin’.) Or perhaps you want to write an AU in which Martha and Donna never met the Doctor (or one of them didn’t) and they ended up working for Torchwood together and fell in love. Or perhaps you want to write some delicious, steaming-hot porn! It’s all great with me. :) I especially like my porn with a hefty helping of characterisation, so if you do go porny, I’d love to see the bits that make it Donna-and-Martha porn, if that makes sense. :)
Harriet Jones/Original Female Character
Oh gosh, I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love Harriet Jones. I just, love her. I completely buy that she was the architect of Britain’s Golden Age (before the Doctor messed that up by deposing her – and yes, I think she was right to do what she did, but we don’t need to get into that).
Who her partner is, that’s really up to you. Is she already married (to another MP, to an artist, to a theatre actress, to a London bus driver)? Does she fall in love with a sarcastic middle-aged House of Commons tour guide as they’re putting the pieces back together after the Slitheen events and she’s on her way to becoming Prime Minister (how does that happen?) After she becomes Prime Minister and starts working with Torchwood to protect the Earth against future attacks, does she meet and fall in love with one of the Torchwood personnel (not anyone on the show Torchwood)?
And whoever she’s with, what does their life look like? If you know the British parliamentary system, feel free to write all about how the knowledge of extraterrestrial life would be folded into the portfolio of Her Majesty’s Government. Or maybe Harriet goes to check up on Rose after World War Three and meets Jackie, and invites her over to her apartment (not 10 Downing Street, it’s been blown up!) to have tea with her and Mrs Harriet.
But really, anything happy and/or plotty and/or worldbuildy about Harriet and Mrs Harriet would be great with me. :)
(And is it just me, or would Harriet saying “Harriet Jones, Prime Minister” in bed be a turn-on? No? Just me? *slinks away*)
Liz Ten/River Song
Like Harriet after World War Three, I’d love to see how Liz Ten rebuilds after The Beast Below. And how does River play into it? Does she come to do research in Liz Ten’s library? Do they flirt among the stacks?
I love both Liz and River’s personalities (and, uh, am rather attracted to both too). I think they’d work really well together. Whether you want to tell me a story about how they fell in love, or how they went on adventures together, or how they had sex and Liz fell asleep listening to River tell her about archeology, or how they went on a trip with the Doctor but accidentally left him behind on a planet and had to work together with the TARDIS to save the day and pick him up afterwards, or whether you have another glorious idea – it’s all good. :)
~//~
fandom number three
Tennis RPF
Requested Ships: Serena Williams/Caroline Wozniacki, Samantha Stosur/Simmone Morrow
I know this is a long shot to request, because this fest doesn’t seem to have a lot of RPF and I don’t think anyone’s offered tennis, but just in case, here are my thoughts on tennis. :)
I love both ships and all four of the women I asked for. Serena – what can I say, she’s just the best! I love her on the tennis court, when she dominates, and afterwards, when she twirls on the baseline in joy. I love her relationship with her sister, and I adore how great a friend she’s been to Caro since
And if you wanted to write established relationship rather than falling in love, Sam and Simmone! Sam is like, the epitome of one my types. Her arms & shoulders… yeah. *blushes* I love her relationship with Simmone. It’s been rumoured for a long time that they’re dating, not just athlete and physio/personal trainer. I’d love a story in which this was true, and where they were totally happy and cosy together. If you wanted to bring in tennis and/or friendships with other WTA players, that would be great too. Casey Dellacqua, also an Australian WTA player, recently came out after having a baby with her partner. I also really love Jelena Jankovic, and Li Na, and Sveta Kuznestova, and of course Serena and Caro :). But focusing entirely on Sam & Simmone would be awesome too! I’d love to see something focused around a tournament (Simmone sits on the sidelines looking rather stressed the whole time, poor woman, and sometimes has a stress ball; maybe Sam tries to relieve the stress later?), particularly if Sam does well. ;) Domestic fic and just the everyday-rhythms of a relationship on the WTA tour would be adored. Porn is also great, although for this ship I’d love if you could get a bit of tennis in too. :)
I love tennis. I love the sport, all its nobbly bits and strategy and head-games and breathtaking moments, a good backhand down the line and a fearsome cross-court forehand. I love Sam’s biceps, and Rafa’s back muscles, and Laura Robson’s zaniness. I love the umpires, and bad dropshots, and ice-bath pictures with a friend, and underdogs and rivalries, and the sense that most of these athletes are quite good people, on the whole. So if you love tennis too, I’d love a tennis-y-fic with one (or both!) of the pairings I asked for, if that makes sense. (It’s late.)
~//~
fandom number four
Original Work
Requested Ships: Athlete/Rival Athlete, World #1 Athlete/Journeywoman
I love sports. Like I said in the tennis section, I love the nobbly bits and strategy and head-games and breathtaking moments. I love the muscles and locker-room bonding, umpires and ice-baths, underdogs and rivalries and tempests in teapots. I love competition and fire, and the friendships that flourish in spite of competitive fire.
I’ll take these ingredients in just about any sport. (I don’t really like golf? Though if you do, and you can communicate why it’s so awesome, I’d be willing to give it a shot.)
I don’t really know what to write here. If you read through my general likes and maybe through my other sections, you’ll get a sense of what kind of stories I love. Specifically for this section, I think the pull between an on-court competitiveness and an off-court relationship would be an interesting dynamic. I also love the drive to a goal – for example, World Championships in gymnastics, Wimbledon in tennis, WNBA finals in basketball, etc. – and how that push takes a toll on athletes but can also bring them together.
Athletic sex – especially celebratory athletic sex – is also always a turn-on. Especially if it involves biceps and/or shoulder muscles. Because yes.
Oh, and really, go to town on the sports! Obviously my home sport is tennis, but if you want to write a fic about Olympic weightlifters falling in love across country divides and going out for ice cream? Yes! Swimmers racing each other with sex bets on the line? Go for it! Water polo athletes from competing teams falling into bed with each other to work off the frustration? Basketball players shopping for wedding dresses? Anything and everything works. :)
And I really like the dynamics of the two ships I requested. Any fic that explored those and what they’d mean for the relationship would be great. For athlete/rival!athlete, I’d lean more towards the slightly angsty/ “oh god what does this mean for our rivalry”/ “lol everyone thinks we hate each other but we’re boning” ends of the spectrum than towards the hate-sex end of the spectrum.
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I think that’s about it! :) Thank you so much for volunteering to write for one of my ships! I’m really, really excited. I love them all, and I love you for writing for me! <333
