primeideal

Dear Creator,

Hello! I am also primeideal on Ao3, and I am requesting fic and IF for all fandoms. Anything involving the requested characters/relationships/worldbuilding will be wonderful, so feel free to use as little or as much of this as is helpful. Treats are enabled on my Ao3 account.

I have many previous dear author letters from which much of this is copied, pasted, and endlessly rewritten. I've written/blogged more heavily about several of these fandoms than others at times, but I would be equally delighted with a gift for any of them.

General Likes:

-canon-divergence AUs

-five things

-worldbuilding

-dialogue

-wit and wordplay

-nonstandard formats (documentation, epistolary, etc.)

-happy endings

-sad endings (character death, melodrama, heartbreak!)

General DNWs:

-explicit on-screen sex (fade-to-black or innuendo is fine)

-underage characters having sex

-rape/noncon

-moralizing/didactic stories (characters Learning An Important Lesson about the value of tolerance, etc.)

-non-canonical allegories of current events and/or contemporary politics (Ryland complains about Stratt and the UN, fine; Ryland complains about a Joe Biden stand-in, no thanks.)

-character bashing

IF specific notes: I prefer clickthrough formats (like Twine or multi-chapter view in Ao3) to open-ended parsers.

Anathem:

Daban Urnud

So much potential for worldbuilding on an polycosmic ship! How do they handle the slight differences in elements/oxygenation/laws of nature between the zones? What's it like to work on the nuclear propulsion engines? What kind of cultures and traditions have developed among the shipborn generations? The "parallel universes" bleedthrough/one-in-ten-thousand nonsense could be a great premise for interactive fic!

For this request: DNW mention of allswell or other mind-altering drugs.

Dune (Villeneuve movies)

Liet Kynes

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? How does she get along with Stilgar and the southerners? 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?

Farscape:

Aeryn Sun
Zotoh Zhaan
John Crichton/Aeryn Sun
Bialar Crais & Talyn
Aeryn Sun & Pilot
Moya & Pilot
Delvian Seek
Impact of first contact on Earth religions

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?

John/Aeryn

The other crew members' POV/misunderstandings about their relationship? Aeryn contrasting her relationships with the two clones? Post-canon adventures--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? (I'm not really a fan of the "Harvey" plotlines so I would prefer if he wasn't a focus, mentions are fine.)

Crais and Talyn:

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. 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?

Pilot & Moya, Pilot & Aeryn:
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? What's his POV on donating his DNA to save Aeryn; how does that change her? Did he vote for her to be captain in 4.6? 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.

Delvian Seek:

What are the different "levels" like? Do people from other species ever join the Delvian religion? What were the reactions to Zhaan's crime? What aspects of their practice are more devotional, versus more magical?

Impact of first contact on Earth religions:

I enjoyed "A Constellation of Doubt" (4.17) for the look at what Earth makes of Moya and the crew--some positive and some negative reactions, somewhere in between. The Buddhist talking head was fun, and the line about "Do religions hate each other?" "Of course not, but their followers do." Oof. I'd like to see something that engages thoughtfully and isn't just "obviously the existence of extraterrestrial life means these stupid religious people are wrong," but feel free to be playful, too. It's Farscape, fart jokes are encouraged!

Project Hail Mary

Ryland Grace & 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?

Eridian-Human Diplomacy

Lots of things that could come up in the post-canon era: Eridians have much longer lifespans than humans, and they generally organize by "thrums" rather than having structured government. Did Stratt's "benevolent dictatorship" on Earth continue? Did old countries and structures come back? Did humans figure out a new system? What kind of culture and technology do the planets exchange with each other, and what are they surprised by?

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Again, this is all optional--anything that excites you about these fandoms will be fascinating to me, too. Thanks for writing for me!