Dear Fandom5K Author

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Thank you so much for writing for me.  I have tons of ideas, so I apologize for this getting a little long-winded.

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.

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 (thanks Torchwood) is okay, as long as the resurrection occurs at the end of the story.  A few of the characters in my requests are dead in canon, so that’s one fix-it option.

Pregnancy/kid fics: Yes please.  I adore all sorts of kid fics.  While I’m okay with mpreg as a general concept, I don’t want to see it in every fandom or with every ship, so I’ll mention where I’m good with it under the request specific info.

SFW DNWS: on screen-death of any character, permanent death of a major character, angsty endings

NSFW DNWS: dub-con/non-con, extreme kink, body fluids not meant to be involved in sex

Eureka
 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.
Jack Carter/Nathan Stark
Jack & Nathan are my one and only 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.

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Steve Rogers
Steve is basically my baby when it comes to this fandom.  Two possible ideas: 1) what is find Steve’s determination to enlist in the Army?  Most men would have given up after the first 4F.  2) something about Steve adjusting to the present day after he gets thawed out.  The Avengers is a pretty short time after that, so he’s definitely not gotten everything figured out yet.
Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
Stucky is one of my favorite ships and I don’t care what canon says, there is no way in hell that after everything Steve went through to save Bucky that he would just leave him behind to go and be with Peggy.  A few ideas:
1) Steve and Bucky in the late 1930s/early 1940s before WWII and the US Army intervene.  This could be a getting together or an established relationship fic, I’m not picky.
2) Sneaking around in a war zone to be intimate with each other.  I’m fine with Peggy and/or Howard and/or the Commandos busting them as long as they’re fine with it and help them keep their secret.
3) 1940s everyone lives AU where they both go home after the war.  How do they readjust to civilian life.  How do they explain away the fact that Steve is twice the size he used to be?
4) Post-Winter Soldier AU where Sam and Steve find Bucky before the events of Civil War can ever happen.
5) Civil War AU where Tony already knew that Hydra had his parents killed because Steve wasn’t a fucking coward and therefore that epic Stucky vs. Tony fight does not happen.  Tony helps hide them from the government and fix Bucky and Bucky doesn’t have to go into cryo and Steve and Bucky have lots of quality time together.
6) Endgame AU where Steve stays in 2023 and he and Bucky live happily ever after.
Steve Rogers/Howard Stark
This is one of my guilty pleasure pairings and I have so many ideas.  The one thing I ask is that if your story includes the years of 1970 or later, that Tony still exists.
1) When money is short, Steve and Bucky resort to prostitution to get by.  Steve ends up getting picked up by Howard and it becomes an exclusive arrangement in the interest of discretion.  Things get awkward when Steve becomes part of Project Rebirth.
2) Howard is just as drawn to Steve during the early phases of Project Rebirth, but knows he can’t start something literally under the Army’s nose.  And then after Steve rescues Bucky et al, Howard assumes that Steve and Bucky are boyfriends.  Eventually they pull their heads out of their asses and get together.
3) Howard is the one that answers the radio call and tells Steve that the serum means he won’t freeze to death in the water before they can get to him and convinces him to jump out of the Valkyrie before it crashes and then they pull Steve out of the ocean and everyone lives happily ever after.
4) Howard actually finds Steve and the Valkyrie and then they thaw Steve out and everyone lives happily ever after.
5) Steve and Howard were in a relationship in the 1940s, hence Howard’s obsession with finding Steve.  Events between 1945 and 2011 play out differently and Howard is still alive when they find Steve.  Either Howard and Maria have gotten divorced or Maria is deceased, so Steve and Howard pick up where they left off, much to Tony’s horror.
6) When Steve returns the stones at the end of Endgame, he stays in the past to be with Howard.  He picks the year 1971 to make sure that he doesn’t prevent Tony from being born.
7) An Infinity War Fix-It/Endgame AU where changing the past does actually change the future.  Steve goes back to 1991 to rescue Bucky, save Howard, and destroy the Tesseract all in one fell swoop.  Is takes them a few years to find the Tesseract because it’s with the Scrulls, and probably a couple more to Howard & Tony to figure out how to destroy it.  The ripple effect makes for a much more peaceful world as Loki never attacks New York because the tesseract is already destroyed.  There’s also the issue of two Steves existing at the same time, especially since one is frozen on the bottom of the ocean.  I’ll leave how that is dealt with open to interpretation as long as it’s resolved with a happy ending.  I wouldn’t mind seeing Tony/Rhodey as a side pairing, but that’s not a requirement.
8) An Endgame AU where “changing the past doesn’t change the future” means that they can pluck Howard out of the past, bring him to the present, and Tony’s life and memories are exactly the same.  If any questions how that’s actually possible, the answer is “because science.”   Bonus points if Howard is plucked from a point in time where he’s younger than present-day Tony.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
While these requests fall under Mighty Morphin, I’m fine with them including other seasons that the characters are in, i.e. Zeo, Turbo, Dino Thunder, anniversary team-up specials.
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 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
Pretty much anything - I’m not going to be picky.  The one thing that I do not want to see is anything revolving around The Letter.
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.  I’m fine with a ship being included as long as he’s not with Kat.
Kimberly Hart/Jason 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 going 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.  I’d also love to see kid fic with these two.
Tommy Oliver/Jason Scott
This is a pairing I’ve only started to play around with, but I have a few ideas:
1) An AU where Kim realizes that Tommy has a crush on Jason and steps aside to play matchmaker for the Red and Green Rangers.
2) Jason put his name in for the Peace Conference because he was tired of watching one of his oldest friends date the boy he had a giant crush on.  After he returns and becomes the Gold Ranger, Jason and Tommy talk and start dating.
3) At the time of Forever Red, Jason and Tommy hadn’t spoken since the Turbo movie (I’ll let you decide why), which is why Tommy wasn’t sure if he was going to show up.  They clear the air after the mission and start dating.

Power Rangers Dino Charge
Ivan of Zandar
I would love to see something involving Ivan adjusting to modern times.
Ivan of Zandar/Tyler Navarro
I hate the fact that at the end of Dino Super Charge, Ivan was sent back to his own time, which separates Ivan and Tyler.  I’ll take any sort of fix-it fic that either a) pretends that never happened or b) finds a way to reunite them.
Riley Griffin/Chase Randall
These two are my babies and the fact that Michael Taber said that he played Riley as gay with a crush on Chase makes me love them more.  I’d love to see a slow burn getting together fic, but really I’ll take anything you want to write.

Power Rangers Dino Thunder
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/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.

Sherlock
Mycroft Holmes
I have a major soft spot for Mycroft and would love to see something that shows his more human side, as opposed to the cold British Government side.
Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade
I’ve seen the first two seasons of Sherlock so many times, I don’t even remember what started me shipping these two.  I’d love to see how their relationship started - if you follow canon and Lestrade’s divorce then Sherlock is probably the reason they first met, but I’m also very much open to AUs where Lestrade lets Sherlock consult on his cases because of his relationship with Mycroft.

Smallville
Clark Kent/Lex Luthor
I shipped these two pretty much from the show’s start, though it clearly has some complications because of a) Lex being 6 years older than Clark and b) Jonathan Kent’s dislike of the Authors.  I’d love to see how they manage a relationship around their complications.  Perhaps Clark comes clean with Lex about who he is and prevents a lot of the strife the show put in after the first few seasons.

Stargate Atlantis
John Sheppard
I adore John to bits and would love to see his complexities explored.  Perhaps something pre-series relating to either the black mark on his record or his difficult relationship with his family.  I’d also take a story that’s basically just Atlantis continuing to react to him in new and different ways.  I’m not going to be picky.
Laura Cadman
I know she was only in two episodes, but I love Cadman dearly.  I’d love to see pretty much anything beyond what we get in canon.  Any and all references to the episode “Duet” are welcome.
Laura Cadman/Evan Lorne
This definitely falls under the guilty pleasure category because they barely had any screen time together.  I adore these two and would be happy with anything.  If you go the kid fic route, I’d love to see the struggle in the counter-balance between parenting and being in the military.
Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
While I’ve dabbled with other ships, especially for John, this is the very first ship I had for this show and I’ve been revisiting it as of late.  Given that Rodney tends to be a bit oblivious to the fact that someone is into him, I’d love to see something with John convincing him that yes he’s into him.  I’m fine with them having to date within the confines of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or a case where DADT is technically policy, but no one on Atlantis cares or pretending that policy never existed and bigotry isn’t an issue.

Stargate SG-1
Daniel Jackson/Jack O’Neill
SG-1 had already stopped airing  by the time I started watching, so I knew enough plot going in that by the midway point of season 1, I was already trying to decide how much time Daniel would need to get over Sha’re and get with Jack.  I’d love to see the evolution of their relationship to the point where they finally become lovers.  I’m fine with them having to date within the confines of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or a case where DADT is technically policy, but no one in the Stargate Program cares, or pretending that policy never existed and bigotry isn’t an issue.
Sam Carter/Cameron Mitchell
At the very beginning of season 9, when Cam’s trying to get the team back together, I got the impression that Cam and Sam already knew each other, so I pretty much ran with that.  I assume that they know each other going all the way back to the Air Force Academy and have been friends the entire time.  I tend to think of them getting together after they’re both on SG-1, but I’m open to seeing something where they start dating sooner.
Vala Mal Doran/Cameron Mitchell
Farscape probably has a bit of an influence here, but I’ve always felt that Vala paired better with Cam than Daniel.  I’d love to see something that looks at the beginning of their relationship.  Post-series fic would be awesome too.

Torchwood
Ianto Jones
I’m still in denial over Children of Earth, so unless it’s a fix-it, I don’t want to see it.  Anything related to Lisa and the episode “Cyberwoman” are also a big DNW - I can’t bring myself to rewatch that episode.  I’d be happy with pretty much anything else about Ianto - back-story, missing moments, whatever you want.
Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
While this is one of my few canon ships, there is so much that we don’t get to see.  Fill in one of those gaps.  I'm good with mpreg with this pairing, as long as Jack is the one pregnant.  At the beginning of Children of Earth when Jack yelled out "Ianto, we're having a baby," when he learned Gwen was pregnant, based on Ianto's facial expressions, he definitely totally thought Jack was pregnant at first.