Dear Prime Time Player 2016:

[jedibuttercup]

First of all, thank you for participating in not_primetime! I look forward to reading my gift.

Please don't stress; I'm easy to please. Whatever you enjoy writing? I'll probably enjoy reading. I like people with layers, and watching them engage with each other is always a good time for me, whatever they're up to. I am equally pleased by stories written close to canon, or divergent AUs, or crossovers with other shows/movies/books I know. I only have a few no-go's, which I'd prefer you avoid: incest, deliberate betrayal of trust between partners, humiliation, and non-consensual sex. Anything else from fluff to angst is OK, as long as the plot resolves upward somehow (I prefer not to close a story feeling depressed).

If you want to stalk me, this is my main journal; my fic index post is at DW, or you can find me at jedibuttercup.

• Fandom 1: FAST AND THE FURIOUS SERIES
  Characters: Brian O'Conner, Letty Ortiz
  
  One of the areas I (still) find underrepresented in this fandom is the interaction between Brian and Letty. Particularly since they appear to have bonded enough before Fast & Furious that Brian would go to all kinds of lengths for her-- not just in that movie, which is as much about Dom as Letty, but in Fast & Furious 6 as well-- and they were on hugging and life-saving terms in Furious Seven even with her memories wrecked. So give me something with the two becoming friends or doing FBI stuff or racing or working on cars or being family or whatever else tickles your fancy.
  
  The pretty people, the pretty cars, the chosen family themes, the mad skillz, the ridiculous lengths the characters all go to for each other: I find this series shiny from front to back, whether it's about the racing, the heists, or going after bigger game. And these two people in specific: I love Letty's strength, and the fact that she's more than just Dom's girl, even when she's not sure who she is; and the fact that Brian is pretty badass in his own right, but puts his personal loyalties before everything else. I'm OK with AUs in this fandom, as long as they're the canon-divergent kind (no coffee shop AUs or the like); and while I generally like Brian/Dom, I don't want it for this prompt. (I love all the characters, in almost every non-incest possible combination you might choose, including poly if that's your jam-- I just would prefer Letty not be sidelined in favor of the main fanon pairing in a fic where I chose her as a main character.)



• Fandom 2: SLEEPY HOLLOW
  Characters: Abbie Mills, Ichabod Crane
  
  If you offered this fandom - bless you; because I took that series finale like a punch to the face, and now I want all the happily ever after fic ever. After everything we went through with these characters, the building of relationships, the discoveries about who they were, the ship teasing-- they gave us THAT? So-- just take me to a happy place with these two characters. Whatever that means for you. You can include any of the other characters, but if you do, happiness all around, please? Set during canon, or divergent AU, just not post-finale-as-aired!
  
  If you want a specific suggestion-- actually resolving the Season 3 events in a way that leaves all our heroes standing would be awesome! Or AU some past event to bring Abbie & Ichabod closer. (I ship them like a house on fire, but I'm OK with gen as well.) Or housemate shenanigans from Season 3? Or digging a bit more into the whole Witness thing together? Or even 'Ichabod reacts to modern stuff' or 'Ichabod is horrified at some modern interpretation of events of his lifetime' fic-- that's always enjoyable.



• Fandom 3: CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK SERIES
  Characters: Dahl
  
  I only asked for Dahl, but you can include any other characters. Just give me a slice of her life! How did she end up working for Boss Johns? What's a day in their merc crew like when they're not hunting on a planet full of monsters? Or does she run into Riddick in a bar after the events of the 2013 movie? Or how about an AU-- how would it have changed things if she was the merc on the Hunter Gratzner instead of Johns Junior? Or if she/Boss Johns' crew caught up to Riddick in Chronicles instead of or in addition to the canon mercs? Feel free to write friendship fic or pair her up, but please no het-- she said she was a lesbian, I'd appreciate you taking her at her word.
  
  I really enjoy these movies, as ridiculous as they are, but while I am very fond of Riddick as a character, the franchise is hard on its women. So, Dahl, a strong female character who survives one of these fabulously testosterone-poisoned movies: more, please! Include as much or as little world-building as you like-- the series whiplashes between survival stuff and grand-scaled destiny, so choose whichever point on the scale pleases you. A touch of grit, angst and dark humor is fine in this fandom as long as the story ends on an up note.


I hope I've given you some things to be thoughtful about, rather than boxing you in. Just have fun writing whatever you're writing, and I'll love whatever you give me. Thank you again!