Dear Fic in a Box Author

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Genre thoughts: I love both the fluffiest of fluff and the smuttiest of smut. I don’t expect to see both in the same fic, but if you can make it work, power to you. I have a complicated relationship with angst - it’s fine if there’s some there, but I prefer it conclude with a happy ending. Given that I have multiple fandoms that include teenagers, please make sure everyone is 18+ - and that it’s made clear in the fic - if there’s going to be any smut.

Character death thoughts: Permanently killing a main character is a big fat DNW for me. Referencing the death of a minor character is okay, as long as it’s not a primary plot point. Basically - fic opens at a funeral or passing reference to someone that died before the events of the story, okay. Minor character dying in the middle of the story, DNW. Temporary character death is okay, as long as the resurrection occurs at the end of the story. Fix-it option for anyone dead in canon.

Pregnancy/kid fics: Yes please. I adore all sorts of kid fics. I'm good with mpreg if you want to go that direction.

SFW DNWS (unless otherwise explicitly stated): on screen-death of any character, permanent death of a major character, angsty endings

NSFW DNWS: dub-con/non-con (unless otherwise explicitly stated), extreme kink, body fluids not meant to be involved in sex

Baby-Sitters Club
Byron Pike/Jeff Schafer
I definitely see this as them reconnecting in college or later.  Given the heteronormative nature of the books, I can also see one or both of them struggling with their sexuality.

Mary Anne Spier/Charlie Thomas
I see Mary Anne & Charlie as getting together later on after both have finished college and have careers.  I’m a sucker for one or both being a single parent going into the relationship and creating a blended family.

Stacey McGill/Sam Thomas
I’ve always loved Sam & Stacey, dating back to when I first read the books as a tween.  I see them as a break up and get back together a few times as a opposed to a first love happily ever after couple, which could easily lend itself to a 5+1 style story.

Watson Brewer & Charlie Thomas
I’d love to see something with Watson being the paternal figure that Charlie never got from his own father.

CSI
Greg Sanders
Greg has been one of my favorites since I started watching the show.  A few ideas.  These can be left as gen, or combined with Nick/Greg.
1) A deeper exploration of Greg’s transition from lab rat to CSI.
2) Anything set between the end of CSI and his appearances on CSI: Vegas.
3) A CSI: Vegas AU where Greg returns to the lab permanently.

Greg Sanders/Nick Stokes
This is one of my oldest ships, so you pretty much can do no wrong here. My own personal head canon has them starting to date after Nick and the cable guy Stalker in season 2, but I also love to see alternative takes on that.

Any sort of hurt/comfort surrounding any of their traumatic canon events would be awesome and unfortunately for Nick and Greg, there are plenty to choose from.

I also have a weakness for kid fic with these two, especially where they adopt a child that was orphaned by one of the cases they work (i.e. Cassie in Gum Drops).

Nick Stokes
I’ve always adored Nick and was super bummed that he decided to leave right before the show was cancelled anyway and therefore wasn’t in Immortality because he was already written out.  I’ve got a few ideas here.  They can be left gen or combined with Nick/Greg or Nick/Mandy.

1) An Immortality AU where Nick appears either a) because he never left or b) he comes back to be a good friend to Catherine.
2) Anything pre-series before Nick comes to Vegas.  Either his childhood/teen years/college or the early years of his career.
3) A deeper look at Nick’s recovery after any of canon’s traumatic events, especially Grave Danger.
4) A CSI: Vegas AU where Nick comes back to town after Brass gets attacked.  I’ve always headcanoned Brass as a second father figure to Nick.

Nick Stokes/Mandy Webster
In season 7, it appeared that the show was inching towards making Nick and Mandy a thing and then remembered that she used to go out with Warrick and backed off.  As much as I adore Nick/Greg, I wouldn’t have minded Nick/Mandy becoming canon and would love to see parts of season 7 re-written from that perspective.

Warrick Brown/Archie Johnson
I’d love to see one of two things here:
1) An AU where Warrick never marries Tina and is with Archie instead.
2) An AU where Warrick and Archie start dating after Warrick and Tina split up and Warrick doesn’t start spiraling and no one gets killed off and everyone lives happily ever after.

Eureka
Jack Carter/Nathan Stark
Jack & Nathan are my primary ship for this show.  My headcanon is that they got together after “Right as Raynes” but I’m open to exploring other options.  Nathan is one of the “dead in canon” characters.  I’m fine with either ignoring it completely and pretending that is never happened or finding a way to fix it and bring Nathan back.  I’d also love to see Nathan adjusting to his role as a step-father to Zoe as it’s going to be a much different experience from when he was Kevin’s step-father.  I’m only interested in the season 4 accidental time travel changing the future thing if it’s used as a vehicle to bring Nathan back from the dead.  Other than that, I’m not super picky.  I always assume the past-Nathan/Allison that exists from pre-canon, but I’m also fine with it if you just throw that out the window.

Nathan Stark
If you’re going to write Nathan gen fic, I’d like to see something exploring his life before he returns to Eureka at the beginning of his series - childhood, Nobel prize, etc.  I’m okay with his marriage to Allison being referenced as long as it’s not a major component of the story.

Game of Thrones
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth
I’d love to see a season 8 AU where Jamie stays with Brienne and fully redeems himself for all the shit from the earlier seasons.  They made so much progress with that, and then undid all at the very end.

Jon Snow/Robb Stark
1) Follow the show canon, they think they’re brothers and don’t find out the truth during the time the relationship lasts.
2) They think they’re brothers when the relationship starts, but Ned fesses up before leaving Winterfell for King’s Landing. Jon is allowed to stay in Winterfell because Catelyn also knows the truth and stops hating Jon since Ned didn’t cheat on her.
3) They think they’re brothers when the relationship starts, Robb finds a way to keep Jon in Winterfell, the Red Wedding never happens, nothing with the Boltons ever happens, Ned is the only Stark that’s dead, and Jon and Robb find out together the truth of Jon’s parentage at the same timeframe as in canon.
4) Ned was always honest with Catelyn about Jon’s parentage. Jon and Robb are told when they’re old enough to understand why it needs to be kept secret. They already know they’re cousins when the relationship starts.
5) Everyone lives AU where Robb has a wife and his relationship with Jon on the side. They can either know the truth or still think they’re brothers.
6) Throw canon out the window and they are actually half-brothers.

Harry Potter
Bill Weasley & Charlie Weasley
Because Bill & Charlie are so much older than Ron, we don’t see as much of them in the books, and poor Charlie especially gets the short end of the stick.

I’d love to see something of the two of them during their Hogwarts days. Or perhaps something after they’re both done with school but before Bill comes back to England because of Voldemort.

I can see them being incredibly close because a) they’re not that far apart in age and b) as they got older and kept gaining more younger siblings, their parents had to focus more on the younger children which resulted in them getting less attention and left to fend for themselves once they’re old enough to be able to do so.

Charlie Weasley
Give me Charlie and his dragons in Romania.  Also, JKR’s explanation of why Charlie never marries blows, so give me a new one.  Is he ace?  Is he trans and it’s a big family secret?  Does he have a secret relationship that he doesn’t tell his family about because he thinks they won’t approve?

Ginny Weasley & Percy Weasley
I would love to see something set within Chamber of Secrets where Ginny is the only one that knows about Percy's relationship, be it the canon one with Penelope or you want to go AU with Oliver.  I'd also love to see them bonding after the war - again it can be canon compliant or it can be a Fred Lives AU.

Molly Weasley & Percy Weasley
I can see Percy being Molly's easiest child when he was young, as he didn't get in trouble and was largely self-sufficient since Molly had her hands full with his younger siblings.  And then, he's the most difficult child as an adult because she just can't relate to him.  Percy has a level of ambition that makes me think he had a similar conversation with the sorting hat as Harry.  I would love to see something where they struggle to relate to each other because of those differences.  Canon-compliant or Fred Lives AU are both good here.

Neville Longbottom/Ginny Weasley
This is my favorite “screw canon” pairing. I thought them going to the Yule Ball together was adorable and I would love to see that built upon to becoming an actual relationship.

Percy Weasley
Percy is my absolute favorite character in this fandom. I’d be happy with pretty much anything, but I do have a few ideas.
1) Given the size of the Weasley family, I can see Percy being the forgotten middle child, especially given how much trouble Fred and George cause. I’d love to see something exploring his childhood pre-Hogwarts - his perfectionism and uprightness could definitely come from feeling like he has to be perfect - and better than his older brothers - to be noticed by his parents.
2) Percy is aware that Fudge is using him to get close to Harry and intentionally estranges himself from his family in order to protect Harry and keep Fudge away from him.
3) Anything post-series with Percy repairing his relationship to his family. I’d prefer an AU where Fred lives - I haven’t finished reading Deathly Hallows specifically because “if I didn’t read it, it never happened.”

Percy Weasley/Oliver Wood
My OTP. My headcanon is that they dated all through Hogwarts (we’ll just ignore that pesky canon girlfriend thing), so I’d love to see one of those little moments.

Homeland
Carrie Matheson/Peter Quinn
The thing I most want to see is an AU for the end of season 4 where Carrie says yes to Quinn and he never goes on that mission and none of the shit that went down after that ever happened.  I powered through most of the series in the period of time between seasons 7 and 8, so I didn't have a lot of time to process everything that went horribly wrong, and I just want Carrie and Quinn to have a happily ever after.

Law & Order: SVU
Dominic "Sonny" Carisi, Jr./Mike Dodds
Everyone lives AU please. I see this as Carisi looking up so Dodds as someone older and more experienced that he can learn from. I’d love to see a post-season 17 AU where Dodds is alive but no longer working in SVU and how they navigate their relationship.

Rafael Barba/Dominic "Sonny" Carisi, Jr.
I was very much happily ship-free for SVU until these two happened. One thing that I would love to see is an AU where Barba never leaves and he and Carisi end up working together in the DA’s office.

Rafael Barba/Dominic "Sonny" Carisi, Jr./Amanda Rollins
This is the newest addition to my ship list and was born from the fact that the only reason that I didn’t like Rollins/Carisi is because she’s not Barba.  I finally went “hey dummy, that’s what OT3s are for.”  There’s a few approaches that could work, but I see it as being either Barba/Carisi or Rollins/Carisi first and the third being added later.

Rafael Barba/Dominic "Sonny" Carisi, Jr./Mike Dodds
Everyone lives AU please. I definitely see this as Barba/Carisi being the established couple and working together to seduce Dodds.

Rafael Barba/Mike Dodds
This is another one for the everyone lives AU category. I love the idea of a slow burn here, where neither is all that fond of each other at first and then they grow to respect each other and then it leads to something more.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Adam Park
Adam has become one of my favorite character’s over the years, so I’d be happy with pretty much anything.  Two suggestions if you need the inspiration:
1) Something surrounding Adam’s mindset surrounding Always a Chance.  As far as I know, the Zeonizers were still functional, so why did he use the broken Dino Morpher?
2) Something revolving around Adam returning to action during “Once a Ranger.”  How was the Dino Morpher repaired so that he wasn’t putting his life in risk using it?

Jason Lee Scott
I would love to see something set during Jason’s time at the Peace Conference, exploring why he went and then why he came home.

Kimberly Hart
Kim is the character that I used to pretend to be from the ages of 7 to 10.  I’ve got some ship options below, but I’m also good with gen fic exploring her post-Ranger life.

Kimberly Hart/Adam Park
I love these two in the context of Kim never having dated Tommy, and Adam having a huge crush on Kimberly when they first meet.  Given that Adam took some time to come out of his shell, I can see Kim being the one to make the first move for them to get together.

Alternatively, they reconnect as adults and get together then.

Kimberly Hart/Jason Lee Scott
My headcanon is that Kim & Jason become a couple sometime between the end of Zeo and the Turbo movie, but I’m fine with whatever timeline that you want to use.  My one ask is that Jason is not the guy from The Letter because that’s too much of a dick move, especially since he comes back to Angel Grove after that.
I would love to see something about the evolution of Kim and Jason shifting from close friends to lovers.  If you do set up after Kim & Tommy’s break-up, I’d love to see handling breaking that news to him as well.  If you do include that break-up, you can make up something less lazy writing than The Letter if you want as I hate that with a passion.

Kimberly Hart/Tommy Oliver
This is my very first ship and I still love them, even though it is not my endgame ship for either character in my main Power Rangers fic universe.  I’d love to see an AU where they never break up and have to navigate that long distance relationship.  Other options would be clearing the air after the Turbo movie and getting back together or doing the same thing further out in the future when everyone is an adult.  As much as I hate The Letter, I am okay with it being included in a getting back together fic, but I’m also good with making up a different way that they broke up.

Rocky DeSantos/Adam Park
This is one of my favorite ships and I’m good with pretty much anything you want to give me.  My headcanon is that they started dating in 8th grade and never dated anyone else, but I’m good with alternate scenarios as well.

Tommy Oliver
I’d love to see Tommy’s life between giving up his powers in Turbo and becoming a Ranger again in Dino Thunder.

Tommy Oliver/Adam Park
This could be a Tommy dates Adam instead of Kim or Tommy dates Adam instead of Kat after Kim situation. I’d love to see something we’re they’re worried about coming out - either to the team or to their families - and then one they do, everything is fine.

If you want to incorporate later seasons, Tommy & Adam working together to mentor the Dino Thunder Rangers would also be awesome.

Tommy Oliver/Jason Lee Scott
A few ideas, some of which incorporate later seasons:
1) Instead of dating Tommy herself, Kim plays matchmaker to get Tommy & Jason together.
2) Jason has a massive crush on Tommy and leaves for the Peace Conference because it’s too hard watching Tommy & Kim together. When Jason returns and becomes the Gold Ranger, he and Tommy talk about why he left and start dating.
3) In the same vein as the above, Jason leaves for the Peace Conference because of his crush on Tommy. Tommy is already dating Kat when Jason comes back, so he continues to keep his feelings to himself. Tommy & Jason end up having a massive falling out and don’t see each other again until the WF episode “Forever Red.” After the mission, they finally talk about everything and starting dating.
4) Tommy & Jason working together to mentor the Dino Thunder Rangers.

Numb3rs
Charlie Eppes/Colby Granger
I started shipping these two pretty much as soon as I started the show. I wrote a Janus List/Trust Metric centric fic for Fandom5k last year, so I would love to see more in that vein. How does Charlie react to Colby’s seeming betrayal? How do they rebuild things after that?

Ian Edgerton/Colby Granger
I’d love to see something that draws the parallels between Colby in Janus List/Trust Metric and Ian in Ultimatum and how both impact their relationship.

Colby Granger/Don Eppes
I’d love to see something set in the five weeks between Janus List and Trust Metric.  There’s a reason that Don was still watching Colby’s confession five weeks later because there was just something not right with it.  Putting the pieces back together in the aftermath would be awesome too.

Colby Granger/Ian Edgerton/Charlie Eppes
I’d love to see something about how they navigate this relationship without Ian feeling left out given that he’s not always there. I hadn’t considered this trio until I wrote it in a fic, and now I love it.

Power Rangers Dino Thunder
Hayley Ziktor
I’d love to see a deeper look at Hayley’s backstory.  We don’t know much aside from the fact she went to MIT, which I love because it’s my alma mater.

Kira Ford/Conner McKnight
I started shipping Kira and Conner from the second that he called her babe in Day of the Dino, though I also think it does take them awhile to actually get together.  I’d love to see your take on how that happens.

Tommy Oliver
I’d love to see Tommy’s life between giving up his powers in Turbo and becoming a Ranger again in Dino Thunder.

Tommy Oliver/Hayley Ziktor
I started shipping this pairing pretty early on my first time through watching Dino Thunder, and I consider it my endgame ship for Tommy, even though canon has since said otherwise.  I would love to see either of the following: a) a pre-series fic that shows how they met, started building Ranger tech, and fell in love, or b) something that shows their lives after defeating Mesagog.  Kids are very much welcome in the second idea.