Dear Boxing Champ (Fic in a Box 2023)
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primeidealDear Creator,
Hello! Thank you very much for writing/mapping/documenting/plotting/whatever-ing for me! I'm also primeideal on Ao3.
I would be happy with either more typical fanworks or basically any kind of in-universe documentation for any of these fandoms and characters, so consider these prompts very much a starting point, and feel free to mix and match. If you have an idea that fits with my opt-ins, go wild!
My dear author tag has more examples of tropes and prompts that I'm into, although some of these are characters/ships that I'm prompting for the first time. (Much of this letter is a copy of 2022, 2021, and 2020, but I've changed up several fandoms since then! I've received some amazing fanworks for this exchange in the past but am always excited for more.)
Animorphs
I love the glimpses of all kinds of diverse alien species, crazy timeline shenanigans, and the themes of hope even in the midst of terrible struggle. For this fandom, I'm happy with fix-its as well as "rocks fall, everyone dies," but I'm not interested in cliffhangers or "both sides are equally terrible" posturing.
Worldbuilding
Ax & Elfangor
Aftran & Cassie
Ax & Tobias
Loren & Visser Three
Marco/Rachel
Rachel/Tobias
The Ellimist
Opt-ins:
Aftran & Cassie: how would anything post-29 have been different if Aftran had stayed either in Cassie or elsewhere in the human world? How does Aftran decide who to trust in the Peace Movement with the Animorphs' secret? One of the "canon AUs" (the 41 dystopia, time travel stuff) if Aftran had been there?
Ax & Tobias: Ax's misunderstandings about human culture? Tobias visits the Andalite homeworld with Ax post-canon? Some human developments encroach on the scoop and they have to move?
Loren & Visser Three: what if Esplin had infested Loren instead of Chapman on the Taxxon homeworld? (Did she sell Earth out instead, or is he using her to get close to Elfangor and Alloran?) Maybe he follows up on her after the invasion begins, worried that she still remembers? They meet during the Visser's imprisonment?
Marco/Rachel: I'm intrigued by the idea that Marco's feelings for her are more serious than he lets on but he hides them because he's "the funny one" and because she and Tobias are good for each other. One-sided attraction? More from the Megamorphs 4 AU but without the weird timeline-breaking aspects? One day the banter just goes too far?
Rachel/Tobias: outsider POV on "who's that kid Rachel is dancing with, didn't he used to be in our class"? Tobias has to interact with Rachel's dad or sisters and is flustered? AU where Rachel survives but they're both struggling to pick up the pieces?
The Ellimist: Has he told anyone else the "Chronicles" like he told Rachel? Did any of the small-scale events of the books have butterfly-effect ramifications on the galactic war? What's it like being a hivemind/how do his different component entities make themselves known?
Worldbuilding: what changes (or doesn't) in the human world after the invasion is revealed? Anything expanding on alien culture and society, main characters or otherwise? More about the canon-AU worlds?
Alternate-medium ideas:
-declassified documents from the Yeerk or Andalite militaries
-language stuff! How does Galard work? What about the Hork-Bajir mishmashes?
-the terms of the Ellimist and Crayak's "games" as if they were a legal document or RPG rulebook
Discworld
Worldbuilding: Campanology
Opt-ins:
Dune (2021)
Liet Kynes
Opt-ins:
Imperial Planetologist and science nerd who's also fully embedded in Fremen life and religion, and takes agency in the plot=my fav! I have also read the original book and would be happy to see anything that works in some of that characterization/Liet's relationships with Pardot, Chani, etc, but obviously this is not expected!
What was her scientific career like when the Harkonnens were in charge? Did she meet Duncan Idaho when he came ahead to scout Arrakis, and if so, what did they make of each other? What if she'd survived--would she have continued to admire and respect Paul, or would their different goals eventually diverge?
Alternate medium ideas:
-notes on creatures she's studied on Arrakis. Shai-Hulud? Muad'Dib the mouse?
-correspondence to and from the Empire
-Fremen religious prophecies she's interpreted, looking for the Mahdi
Ender series
Worldbuilding (Any)
I have read all the sequels (but not the co-written prequels); I would be interested both in works based on "Ender's Game" alone, as well as those that incorporate later canon.
-What does a "normal" experience in Battle School look like in the years before canon? The fights, the RPGs, other games?
-What did first contact look like from the perspective of the Formics, or the pequeninos?
-Between the leguminids, Wang-Mu, and the tree-swingers, there seem to be a lot of different versions of humans by the end of the later-canon era. What are the implications of that for the galaxy, or looking backwards, for the stakes of the war?
-How have different generations viewed Ender, as a hero or villain? Do these interpretations ever come together?
-What are the impacts of relativistic travel on people like Mazer?
Alternate-medium ideas:
Peter or Valentine's Reddit history
Excerpts from Valentine's history of the Formic Wars, and/or the Speaker's writings on the Hive Queen and the Hegemon.
Psychological evaluations of the Battle School applicants. The ones we see, people like Peter or Valentine who didn't make the cut, OCs, Pinual who died at the Giants' Drink?
Emails/chat transcripts like the beginning-of-the-chapter excerpts
Farscape
Project Hail Mary
Original Blip-A Crew Member
Ryland Grace & Rocky
Worldbuilding
Opt-Ins:
Grace and Rocky: Science nerds working together to save the worlds! I'm not super interested in the flashback Earth chapters, but anything about Grace and Rocky's time together in space or on Erid, or the worldbuilding in general, would be great. How did Rocky stay sane during the decades in isolation? What other bits of Earth science, or culture, come as surprises? Does Grace ever tell Rocky about the real reason he "volunteered" for the mission? Try to explain the significance of the ship's name? There's a good chance that Rocky will live long enough to get transmissions/visitors from Earth after the epilogue--what happens then?
Original Blip-A Crew member: What was life like on the first Eridian spaceship in the early days? What were some of the other specialties the crew was chosen for? How did they react when the mysterious illness set in? A fix-it where more than one of them are alive when the Hail Mary gets there--do they disagree over how to interact with the squishy aliens?
Worldbuilding: more technologies that are commonplace on Erid but unknown on Earth, or vice versa? What kind of other creatures might have evolved on Planet Adrian? How does Earth adapt and develop new technologies during the interim? (Of the Earth characters, my favorite is Steve Hatch, the "Beetles" engineer who's so over-the-top optimistic and enthusiastic about technology even by the standards of an Andy Weir book...but feel free to bring in anyone.)
Alternate-medium ideas:
-In-universe ship manifesto (the transit kind!) What do Eridians pack for the journey to Tau Ceti?
-Language nerdery! What sorts of nuances come up in a musical-chord language?
-Any of the Earth news articles/gossip/scientific research that result after the Beetles arrive.
Wheel of Time (books)
Asmodean
Egwene al'Vere
Egwene al'Vere/Aviendha
Opt-ins:
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Again, there are so many great mediums and character dynamics that I could go on all day, so please don't feel limited by this. Thanks for creating for me!
Hello! Thank you very much for writing/mapping/documenting/plotting/whatever-ing for me! I'm also primeideal on Ao3.
I would be happy with either more typical fanworks or basically any kind of in-universe documentation for any of these fandoms and characters, so consider these prompts very much a starting point, and feel free to mix and match. If you have an idea that fits with my opt-ins, go wild!
My dear author tag has more examples of tropes and prompts that I'm into, although some of these are characters/ships that I'm prompting for the first time. (Much of this letter is a copy of 2022, 2021, and 2020, but I've changed up several fandoms since then! I've received some amazing fanworks for this exchange in the past but am always excited for more.)
General likes
-canon-divergence AUs
-five things
-worldbuilding
-dialogue
-wit and wordplay
-nonstandard formats (documentation, epistolary, etc.)
-time travel
-happy endings
-sad endings (when providing some measure of closure or melodrama; I'm fine with character death)
General dislikes
-explicit sex
-underage sex
-rape/noncon
-moralizing/didactic stories (characters Learning An Important Lesson about the value of tolerance, etc.)
-allegories of current events and/or contemporary politics
-second person POV (in "normal" fic, fine with it in IF or similar!)
-character bashing
-cliffhanger endings
-themes of cynicism or futility, or that the (canon's) main plotlines "are for nothing"
I love the glimpses of all kinds of diverse alien species, crazy timeline shenanigans, and the themes of hope even in the midst of terrible struggle. For this fandom, I'm happy with fix-its as well as "rocks fall, everyone dies," but I'm not interested in cliffhangers or "both sides are equally terrible" posturing.
Worldbuilding
Ax & Elfangor
Aftran & Cassie
Ax & Tobias
Loren & Visser Three
Marco/Rachel
Rachel/Tobias
The Ellimist
Opt-ins:
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Grammar Sketch
Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
Ax & Elfangor: growing up in Elfangor's shadow and resenting it? Coming to terms with Elfangor's legacy (and/or hirac delest?) post-canon? Not understanding weird human habits Elfangor picked up?Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Grammar Sketch
Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
Writing - Reddit: In-Universe Reddit Post On Any Subreddit (Post + Replies),
Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon
Aftran & Cassie: how would anything post-29 have been different if Aftran had stayed either in Cassie or elsewhere in the human world? How does Aftran decide who to trust in the Peace Movement with the Animorphs' secret? One of the "canon AUs" (the 41 dystopia, time travel stuff) if Aftran had been there?
Ax & Tobias: Ax's misunderstandings about human culture? Tobias visits the Andalite homeworld with Ax post-canon? Some human developments encroach on the scoop and they have to move?
Loren & Visser Three: what if Esplin had infested Loren instead of Chapman on the Taxxon homeworld? (Did she sell Earth out instead, or is he using her to get close to Elfangor and Alloran?) Maybe he follows up on her after the invasion begins, worried that she still remembers? They meet during the Visser's imprisonment?
Marco/Rachel: I'm intrigued by the idea that Marco's feelings for her are more serious than he lets on but he hides them because he's "the funny one" and because she and Tobias are good for each other. One-sided attraction? More from the Megamorphs 4 AU but without the weird timeline-breaking aspects? One day the banter just goes too far?
Rachel/Tobias: outsider POV on "who's that kid Rachel is dancing with, didn't he used to be in our class"? Tobias has to interact with Rachel's dad or sisters and is flustered? AU where Rachel survives but they're both struggling to pick up the pieces?
The Ellimist: Has he told anyone else the "Chronicles" like he told Rachel? Did any of the small-scale events of the books have butterfly-effect ramifications on the galactic war? What's it like being a hivemind/how do his different component entities make themselves known?
Worldbuilding: what changes (or doesn't) in the human world after the invasion is revealed? Anything expanding on alien culture and society, main characters or otherwise? More about the canon-AU worlds?
Alternate-medium ideas:
-declassified documents from the Yeerk or Andalite militaries
-language stuff! How does Galard work? What about the Hork-Bajir mishmashes?
-the terms of the Ellimist and Crayak's "games" as if they were a legal document or RPG rulebook
Discworld
Worldbuilding: Campanology
Opt-ins:
Art - Any Technical Drawing
Art - Floorplan/Architectural Style Drawing
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Okay, so, this is kind of a specific prompt, but bear with me. According to Rob Wilkins' biography of Terry Pratchett, one of the abandoned drafts Pratchett was toying with was: "Clang! a story of revolution on Discworld, with campanology as the main means of communication from place to place."
We've seen revolution on Discworld, we've seen new communication methods (the clacks!); I would love to see what bell-ringing looks like in that context. (I happen to be a nerd, if an uncoordinated nerd, when it comes to the British style of change ringing, an incredibly weird and cool combination of mathematical/musical/religious/physical activity, so any allusions to RL campanology will be entirely appreciated but not at all expected.) Does Bloody Stupid Johnson design towers? Does the Band With Rocks In take up ringing in an alternate timeline?
Some of my favorite Discworld characters are Death and Susan, Rincewind, and the University faculty, but feel free to bring in anyone or everyone, including OCs.
Alternate medium ideas:
-blueprints for towers
-musical notations/transcription for counting up to 7+1 bells
-Moist von Lipwig's memos for keeping up with the technological competition
-priests of the small gods preaching about (or against) the newfangled bells
Okay, so, this is kind of a specific prompt, but bear with me. According to Rob Wilkins' biography of Terry Pratchett, one of the abandoned drafts Pratchett was toying with was: "Clang! a story of revolution on Discworld, with campanology as the main means of communication from place to place."
We've seen revolution on Discworld, we've seen new communication methods (the clacks!); I would love to see what bell-ringing looks like in that context. (I happen to be a nerd, if an uncoordinated nerd, when it comes to the British style of change ringing, an incredibly weird and cool combination of mathematical/musical/religious/physical activity, so any allusions to RL campanology will be entirely appreciated but not at all expected.) Does Bloody Stupid Johnson design towers? Does the Band With Rocks In take up ringing in an alternate timeline?
Some of my favorite Discworld characters are Death and Susan, Rincewind, and the University faculty, but feel free to bring in anyone or everyone, including OCs.
Alternate medium ideas:
-blueprints for towers
-musical notations/transcription for counting up to 7+1 bells
-Moist von Lipwig's memos for keeping up with the technological competition
-priests of the small gods preaching about (or against) the newfangled bells
Dune (2021)
Liet Kynes
Opt-ins:
Illustrated Text: Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook
Illustrated Text: Field Report
Illustrated Text: In-Universe Scientific Documents
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
Imperial Planetologist and science nerd who's also fully embedded in Fremen life and religion, and takes agency in the plot=my fav! I have also read the original book and would be happy to see anything that works in some of that characterization/Liet's relationships with Pardot, Chani, etc, but obviously this is not expected!
What was her scientific career like when the Harkonnens were in charge? Did she meet Duncan Idaho when he came ahead to scout Arrakis, and if so, what did they make of each other? What if she'd survived--would she have continued to admire and respect Paul, or would their different goals eventually diverge?
Alternate medium ideas:
-notes on creatures she's studied on Arrakis. Shai-Hulud? Muad'Dib the mouse?
-correspondence to and from the Empire
-Fremen religious prophecies she's interpreted, looking for the Mahdi
Ender series
Worldbuilding (Any)
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Official Workplace Documentation
Writing - Reddit: In-Universe Reddit Post On Any Subreddit (Post + Replies)
Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon
I have read all the sequels (but not the co-written prequels); I would be interested both in works based on "Ender's Game" alone, as well as those that incorporate later canon.
-What does a "normal" experience in Battle School look like in the years before canon? The fights, the RPGs, other games?
-What did first contact look like from the perspective of the Formics, or the pequeninos?
-Between the leguminids, Wang-Mu, and the tree-swingers, there seem to be a lot of different versions of humans by the end of the later-canon era. What are the implications of that for the galaxy, or looking backwards, for the stakes of the war?
-How have different generations viewed Ender, as a hero or villain? Do these interpretations ever come together?
-What are the impacts of relativistic travel on people like Mazer?
Alternate-medium ideas:
Peter or Valentine's Reddit history
Excerpts from Valentine's history of the Formic Wars, and/or the Speaker's writings on the Hive Queen and the Hegemon.
Psychological evaluations of the Battle School applicants. The ones we see, people like Peter or Valentine who didn't make the cut, OCs, Pinual who died at the Giants' Drink?
Emails/chat transcripts like the beginning-of-the-chapter excerpts
Farscape
Aeryn Sun & Talyn (Farscape)
Bialar Crais & Talyn (Farscape)
D'Argo Sun-Crichton & Princess Katrana (Farscape TV)
John Crichton & Aeryn Sun & Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)
John Crichton & John Crichton (Farscape)
John Crichton/Aeryn Sun & D'Argo Sun-Crichton (Farscape TV)
John Crichton/John Crichton (Farscape)
John Crichton/John Crichton/Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Moya (Farscape) & Pilot (Farscape)
Rygel XVI & Utu Noranti Pralatong (Farscape)
Solo: Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Solo: Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)
WB: Bond between pilot and leviathan (Farscape)
Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - A Page From An Herbal
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
D'Argo Sun-Crichton & Princess Katrana
"Katrana"'s name is not in primary canon; this is a secondary-canon name for Princess Katralla's daughter (using John's DNA). Feel free to call her whatever you like.
So in the distant future, an elderly D'Argo gets to meet his long-lost sister. How much has John told him about the circumstances of her conception, and how much does he tell her? Do they get along or bicker like siblings? Are there any weird Sebacean-human hybrid quirks where they can be like "finally, someone else who understands"?
Rygel & Noranti
These two have the potential to be very annoying individually, but as a team, they're a lot of fun--it helps that one loves to cook and one loves to eat, and Noranti saves Rygel's life with the cure in 4x19. More of their adventures on Earth? Their first meeting, after Noranti joins Moya in the chaos from the Command Carrier's destruction? Maybe Rygel finally reclaims his throne and appoints her royal chef? Or other post-canon adventures?
John & John
John/John
John/John/Aeryn
This is presumably about the two Johns that resulted from the cloning in 3.6 and persist for most of Season 3, but for what it's worth, if you want to make this about the Neanderthal Crichton and/or jerk future Crichton from 2.10 instead, I'm here for that too!
What if they had been stuck together and had to get used to each other? Do they exaggerate small differences to develop their identities as different people? Continue taking a competitive "there can only be one" approach? If you're interested in the / version--maybe it starts as a joke and then gets more serious, neither one wants to back down and look like a wimp if his clone is into it, after all! How does Aeryn react when she finds out? Is she grossed out, voyeueristic, or does she want to join in? (I'm not interested in explicit porn, but banter/innuendo/fade to black/awkward morning afters are all great!)
Moya & Pilot
Worldbuilding: Bond between Pilot and Leviathan
There's no way that "our" Pilot can just be named "Pilot"--what was his identity before he bonded with Moya? What are their sensory experiences like, communicating with each other and with the crew? We hear very little from Moya directly--I'd love to see something from her POV about the weird tiny aliens living inside her and the trouble they cause.
Did Leviathans and Pilots evolve together? If not, how are they so compatible; if so, what's the deal with Pilots' truncated lifespans? How do DRDs fit into the Leviathan+Pilot system? Feel free to bring in the other examples we've seen (Moya's flashback pilot from 2.5, and 1812's original Leviathan from the beginning of Season 4).
John/Aeryn and D'Argo Sun-Crichton
Post-canon adventures! Does D'Argo have the wormhole-making power? What does a "normal" day look like for John and Aeryn when they're not running for their lives? Do they ever return to some of the planet-of-the-week locations from canon?
John & Aeryn & Zhaan
I love the contrasts between their backgrounds and the ways they approach problems: John, the peaceful scientist; Aeryn, the hardened warrior; and Zhaan, the sensual priest. Anything contrasting these approaches would be great. What was the aftermath of John and Zhaan sharing unity? To what extent does Aeryn's relationships with John and/or Pilot factor into Zhaan's decision to sacrifice herself for Aeryn?
Aeryn
What was she doing between seasons 3 and 4, and how did she become so loyal to those comrades? What was her life in the PKs like after selling out Velorek to become a Prowler pilot again? "N things" exploring her relationship with different members of the crew? Learning human games/phrases/mannerisms from John? AU Aeryn in an unrealized reality? Tragedy where the heat delirium is uncontrollable?
Zhaan
More of her experiences in prison (besides hoping that the crazy Luxan monster would kill her)? Wrestling with her faith over the course of the series? How did she get all that cool jewelry? Other weird biomes/stars where being a photosynthesizer is a problem or a benefit? How would the later seasons have been different if she'd survived?
Aeryn & Talyn
Crais & Talyn
John/Aeryn and D'Argo Sun-Crichton
Post-canon adventures! Does D'Argo have the wormhole-making power? What does a "normal" day look like for John and Aeryn when they're not running for their lives? Do they ever return to some of the planet-of-the-week locations from canon?
John & Aeryn & Zhaan
I love the contrasts between their backgrounds and the ways they approach problems: John, the peaceful scientist; Aeryn, the hardened warrior; and Zhaan, the sensual priest. Anything contrasting these approaches would be great. What was the aftermath of John and Zhaan sharing unity? To what extent does Aeryn's relationships with John and/or Pilot factor into Zhaan's decision to sacrifice herself for Aeryn?
Aeryn
What was she doing between seasons 3 and 4, and how did she become so loyal to those comrades? What was her life in the PKs like after selling out Velorek to become a Prowler pilot again? "N things" exploring her relationship with different members of the crew? Learning human games/phrases/mannerisms from John? AU Aeryn in an unrealized reality? Tragedy where the heat delirium is uncontrollable?
Zhaan
More of her experiences in prison (besides hoping that the crazy Luxan monster would kill her)? Wrestling with her faith over the course of the series? How did she get all that cool jewelry? Other weird biomes/stars where being a photosynthesizer is a problem or a benefit? How would the later seasons have been different if she'd survived?
Aeryn & Talyn
Crais & Talyn
Talyn, my glorious spaceship problem child! I love his and Crais' arc--anything that leans into the tragic melodrama of canon would be great, but also, fix-it is good too. I'd especially like something that depicts Talyn as a character in his own right rather than just anxious beeping noises mediated through Crais--it doesn't necessarily have to be from his POV, but something that shows he has a POV, if that makes sense.
Aeryn and Talyn: talking about his name, either in the aftermath of the Xhalax stuff from S3 or just whenever? Bonding over being part-Peacekeeper, part-something new? The negotiations between S1 and S2 when she gets Crais' help, in exchange for letting him stay with Talyn? Trying to explain her relationship with John (or lack thereof) after 3.8?
Crais and Talyn: how does Stark's temporary link with Talyn contrast with Crais' long-term bond? Does Crais explain his role in creating the hybrid program, and how does Talyn react? What does a relatively peaceful, happy day look like for them? Talyn's POV on their last couple episodes?
Alternate-medium ideas:
-a herbal depicting medicinal plants that Zhaan uses in her healing, or Noranti uses in her cooking?
-Aeryn's military records, before or after she's declared "irreversibly contaminated"
-letters that D'Argo Sun-Crichton has written over the years, to send to his sister in the future
-in-universe literal ship manifestos for Moya or Talyn
-Aeryn's military records, before or after she's declared "irreversibly contaminated"
-letters that D'Argo Sun-Crichton has written over the years, to send to his sister in the future
-in-universe literal ship manifestos for Moya or Talyn
Project Hail Mary
Original Blip-A Crew Member
Ryland Grace & Rocky
Worldbuilding
Opt-Ins:
Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon
Writing - Grammar Sketch
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
Grace and Rocky: Science nerds working together to save the worlds! I'm not super interested in the flashback Earth chapters, but anything about Grace and Rocky's time together in space or on Erid, or the worldbuilding in general, would be great. How did Rocky stay sane during the decades in isolation? What other bits of Earth science, or culture, come as surprises? Does Grace ever tell Rocky about the real reason he "volunteered" for the mission? Try to explain the significance of the ship's name? There's a good chance that Rocky will live long enough to get transmissions/visitors from Earth after the epilogue--what happens then?
Original Blip-A Crew member: What was life like on the first Eridian spaceship in the early days? What were some of the other specialties the crew was chosen for? How did they react when the mysterious illness set in? A fix-it where more than one of them are alive when the Hail Mary gets there--do they disagree over how to interact with the squishy aliens?
Worldbuilding: more technologies that are commonplace on Erid but unknown on Earth, or vice versa? What kind of other creatures might have evolved on Planet Adrian? How does Earth adapt and develop new technologies during the interim? (Of the Earth characters, my favorite is Steve Hatch, the "Beetles" engineer who's so over-the-top optimistic and enthusiastic about technology even by the standards of an Andy Weir book...but feel free to bring in anyone.)
Alternate-medium ideas:
-In-universe ship manifesto (the transit kind!) What do Eridians pack for the journey to Tau Ceti?
-Language nerdery! What sorts of nuances come up in a musical-chord language?
-Any of the Earth news articles/gossip/scientific research that result after the Beetles arrive.
Wheel of Time (books)
Asmodean
Egwene al'Vere
Egwene al'Vere/Aviendha
Opt-ins:
Audio - Original Fan Music
Poetry - Song Lyrics - Filk/Parody
Poetry - Song Lyrics - Original
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine
Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3
Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure
Egwene: I love Egwene's journey as someone who chooses to join the adventure, rather than being dragged along by destiny, and learns from every opportunity she faces. Tell me more about her time among the Aiel? Dealing with headaches, literal and figurative? Her private war against Elaida, combining the different Ajahs' strengths and inspiring the novices around her? What if she'd survived--would she really have led the Tower for centuries, or move on to new horizons?
Egwene/Aviendha: They're cute and they learn from each other! And I like the idea of people's romantic relationships not being as predetermined by prophecies as canon has it. Secret meetings in Tel'aran'rhiod? How do the rebel Aes Sedai view Aviendha? Post-canon fix-it where Egwene helps co-parent Aviendha's kids?
Asmodean: The motivation of "former child prodigy wants to live forever to fulfill his potential" is such a fascinating origin story, and I felt like we could have gotten an amusing/unwitting redemption arc with him. Was there ever a moment during the Age of Legends when he was like "yes, this is going to be my magnum opus, joining the Forsaken was totally the right call"? What sorts of skills does he teach Rand? How does he view the others on the Rhuidean journey, or how do they view him? What's it like to get balefired and return to the timestream? What if he'd lived longer--would he have grudgingly returned to the light, or continue to try to advance the Dark One's cause despite the difficulties?
Alternate-medium ideas:
-Asmodean's compositions, from the Age of Legends or the age of Jasin Natael
-How is Egwene remembered in the Tower archives? In the secret Thirteenth Depository records versus the official ones? Are they ever declassified?
-the different futures Aviendha saw for herself in the three rings could be a neat IF setting
Egwene: I love Egwene's journey as someone who chooses to join the adventure, rather than being dragged along by destiny, and learns from every opportunity she faces. Tell me more about her time among the Aiel? Dealing with headaches, literal and figurative? Her private war against Elaida, combining the different Ajahs' strengths and inspiring the novices around her? What if she'd survived--would she really have led the Tower for centuries, or move on to new horizons?
Egwene/Aviendha: They're cute and they learn from each other! And I like the idea of people's romantic relationships not being as predetermined by prophecies as canon has it. Secret meetings in Tel'aran'rhiod? How do the rebel Aes Sedai view Aviendha? Post-canon fix-it where Egwene helps co-parent Aviendha's kids?
Asmodean: The motivation of "former child prodigy wants to live forever to fulfill his potential" is such a fascinating origin story, and I felt like we could have gotten an amusing/unwitting redemption arc with him. Was there ever a moment during the Age of Legends when he was like "yes, this is going to be my magnum opus, joining the Forsaken was totally the right call"? What sorts of skills does he teach Rand? How does he view the others on the Rhuidean journey, or how do they view him? What's it like to get balefired and return to the timestream? What if he'd lived longer--would he have grudgingly returned to the light, or continue to try to advance the Dark One's cause despite the difficulties?
Alternate-medium ideas:
-Asmodean's compositions, from the Age of Legends or the age of Jasin Natael
-How is Egwene remembered in the Tower archives? In the secret Thirteenth Depository records versus the official ones? Are they ever declassified?
-the different futures Aviendha saw for herself in the three rings could be a neat IF setting
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Again, there are so many great mediums and character dynamics that I could go on all day, so please don't feel limited by this. Thanks for creating for me!
