The 2020 Optional Reader Request Post: "I just want you to be happy."

[brightknightie]

We're playing challenge-style in our 2020 fkficfest game. Yet many of us love how exchange-style lets us craft specifically for a particular audience. Some writers find a gift recipient inspiring!

Let's give our 2020 game this possibility via optional treating. That is:

• No matching. No claiming. No promises.
• If you, as a reader, would like to let a writer perhaps gift you a story in this year's game...
• Reply on this post with what kinds of things you like to read.

1. <strong>Some preferred characters:</strong> [names] 2. <strong>Some preferred relationship types:</strong> [for example: gen, m/f, f/f, m/m, canonical relationships, non-canonical relationships, familial relationships, etc.] 3. <strong>Some preferred themes, tropes & elements:</strong> [for example: happy endings, self-sacrifice, first meetings, flying, mysteries, romance, post-series, historical, humor, AUs, Nick regaining mortality, etc.] 4. <strong>A few disliked themes, tropes, or elements, if any:</strong> [for example: explicit sex, second-person narration, main character death, etc.] 5. <strong>Some preferred crossovers, if any:</strong> [series/work titles] 6. <strong>Scenarios/Dear Author Letter, if any:</strong> [link]


Important: Any FK fan may share a request (not only people planning to write). No writer is obliged to fill any request. Every fkficfest story must use at least one of the common prompts. Recipients should acknowledge any stories gifted to them.

Letting someone write a story for you could be a gift from you!

Comments

What BrightKnightie likes to read in FK fanfic...

[brightknightie]

1. Some preferred characters: Nick, Urs, Janette, Schanke, Tracy, Grace, Natalie, Feliks, one-shot human character guest stars... I have a real soft spot for the Nick/Urs rare pairing

2. Some preferred relationship types: gen, m/f, monogamy, longing, friendship, family

3. Some preferred themes, tropes & elements: doing the right thing when it's hard, second tries and second chances, bereavement (character death as experienced by a survivor), first time in the sun, history, metaphor, faith appropriate to the character, self-sacrifice, what-if, first-season sensibility, social justice, hope hard-won or hard-held, the power of friendship, mutuality in relationships, respect for mortality, episode-like/canon-reminiscent scenarios

4. A few disliked themes, tropes, or elements, if any: NC-17, non-con, bloodsucking without consequences, crack/absurdities (like mpreg), glorification of evil (including abuse, bigotry)

5. Some preferred crossovers, if any: If crossovers are your thing, I'd enjoy: Young Blades, Highlander, Call the Midwife, Poldark, Mercy Street, Grantchester; most long-nineteenth-century British or American literature

6. Scenarios/Dear Author Letter, if any: https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/111802.html

Thank you!

[pj1228]

1. Some preferred characters: Lacroix, Nick

2. Some preferred relationship types: Nick/Lacroix, Lacroix/Natalie

3. Some preferred themes, tropes & elements: case-fic, Nick embracing his vampirism, Nick & Lacroix reconciling, Nick’s secret threatened of being revealed, Nightcrawler monologues, romance, pre-series

4. A few disliked themes, tropes, or elements, if any: main character death, stories focusing on minor characters, spiritual struggles, rape, people acting out of character, AU

5. Some preferred crossovers, if any: No crossovers, just FK

6. Scenarios/Dear Author Letter, if any: http://pj1228.dreamwidth.org/4230.html

[dlyt]

1. Some preferred characters: [Nick, LaCroix, Janette, Schanke, Tracy, Urs, Natalie, Reese, Cohen, Screed in moderation, Enforcers where necessary]

2. Some preferred relationship types: [no strong preferences]

3. Some preferred themes, tropes & elements: [missing scenes, day in the life, surprise endings, humor, clever wordplay, good triumphing over evil, complex story lines, character development]

4. A few disliked themes, tropes, or elements, if any: [mpreg, PWP, fluff, filk]

5. Some preferred crossovers, if any: [I’d love to see a “Nick meets Nick” crossover with Grimm or a “LaCroix meets Lucifer Morningstar” crossover with Lucifer]