fleurlb | Dear Drabble Writer...

Hello!

Thank you so much for participating in this fun exchange. Or at least I think it will be fun? The challenging word limits might have me questioning my exchange choices, but I don't think so!

I love...
angst, UST, longing looks, long-repressed feelings that explode one day, kid fic, teamy goodness, well-done hurt/comfort, AUs, roads not taken in canon, zombies, wacky road trips, old friends, handsome strangers, ghost stories, crossovers, crazy decisions that are right even though they seem so very wrong, 2nd person narratives, porn that reveals more than just naked bodies, unreliable narrators, awesome ladies being awesome, found families, BFFs, opening your presents on Christmas Day rather than Christmas Eve, and long deep slow kisses that last three days.

I do not want..

passivity, first-person narration, incest, non-con, non-canon slash, porn without plot, child death or grevious injury, dog death, and misusing the words less and fewer.

See, I told you I was mostly easy. I will love any story you write for me. I am open to sequences and also to double and triple drabbles. I am not entirely sure how to prompt for drabbles, because it seems like I could easily exceed a Drabble word count, just when describing a prompt.

So here are some general things I like, not all of which are suitable for drabbles:

A natural or manmade disaster strikes and characters must work together to save themselves and others

AU - The Zombie Apocalypse strikes - what is life like and how do the characters manage?

Wacky roadtrip, a la "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles"

Character backstories - I love a good backstory!

The road not taken...what happens when a character makes a different decision than in canon. How does the story (and more importantly, the character) change as a result of the decision.

First times - first kisses, first loves, first day of school/prison/the army/whatever

5+1 (As in Five times X happened and 1 time it didn't) is a tried and true format - I'd eat any 5+1 with a spoon. (And it doesn't have to be 5 +1, it could be 3 or 7 or whatever works for you.)

Song fic - I don't even need to know the song. (But if you're a fan of The National, you literally cannot go wrong with any of their songs.)

Crossovers - I love crossovers like Whoa! They are seriously my favourite fandom genre. I would be delighted to see crossovers between any of my requests or with any of these fandoms: Friday Night Lights, Supernatural, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Good Place, My So-Called Life, Homeland (although I'm only current to season 5), Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Sons of Anarchy, or Leverage.

And here is what I love about each of my fandoms:

Rogue One: Quite simply, I think this is the best Star Wars movie in the franchise. It has everything - a sassy robot, a strong heroine, Darth Vader, a hilarious married couple (Baze and Chirrut, of course!), and so much adventure and such high stakes and oh I am getting woozy just thinking of it all.

Star Wars Original Trilogy: Leia, Leia, Leia, Leia, Leia. I also love Han and Chewie.

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy: See Star Wars Original Trilogy.

Seriously though....These movies are my first fannish obsession, and Princess Leia was always one of my favorites. I'd love a character study. I'd love a glimpse inside her head after Alderan was destroyed. I'd love future fic of her as a new mom, trying to juggle a baby and her responsibilities as a leader. How does she parent without parents to guide her? She clearly has the Force, why doesn't she pursue it? It'd pretty much love anything Leia-centric.

Billions: I am only current through Season 2, but goodness how I love the show. I love the moral ambiguity of it - how no one is the good guy and plenty of people are the bad guys. I am so interested in Taylor and understand they have a bigger role in S3, which I am very much looking forward to.

Stranger Things - I totally ship Hopper and Joyce. I love the kids and the way they're kids, and especially the way Steve ended up as their babysitter/friend. loved this show so much (total nostalgia addiction - it just felt like putting on my favorite sweater), I would be happy for any opportunity to spend more time in its world.

Hamlet - A play that both intrigues and infuriates me. Hamlet's inability to act vexes me in ways that I cannot really articulate.

Sons of Anarchy - I love the first season of this show most of all, before it went off the rails and floundered in complicated and bloody plot devices. Jax, Chibs, Opie - I loved the relationships and how Jax was trying to change things. (See Hamlet.)

Anyway, if you've read this far, good luck and don't fret - it's only 100 words!