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maidenjediHello author! Thank you, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
A few things generally:
Likes: character pieces, thoughtful world-building, plot that explores alternate beginnings and endings. Angst with happy or at least resolved endings. Closed door sex but public flirting and maybe even some cheeky foreplay. Dialogue. Apocalypse is always fun. Platonic relationships that have weight. In Star Wars, political intrigue, bureaucracy as both the intrinsic evil and ultimate downfall of the Empire (and yet a tool used by the Rebellion and New Republic!), canon pairings, non-canon or offscreen meet-cutes, and you can be as heavy or as light with Force mythology as you like.
Dislikes/DNWs: alternate settings unless requested (I don't really like modern AUs, for example), explicit sex of any kind, real-world politics unless it's a real-world property to begin with. Non-requested character deaths. Canon-typical violence is fine, gore or unnecessary/gratuitous violence is not. In Star Wars, I would prefer not to take the characters out of the Star Wars Universe. Would prefer characters not use the Force for coercive sex.
Fandom specific:
Pride and Prejudice
My all-time favorite trope is forced proximity, and for Elizabeth and Darcy, I love exploring what happens when the two of them have to learn to work together to get out of sticky situations and fall in love that way. The less Wickham the better, and I prefer incompetent or dull Bennets to evil or mean ones. Otherwise just have fun!
North and South
See above! I love seeing Margaret in particular fall in love before she knows what she’s about, and John having to figure out how to win a woman worth fighting for. Complications from Margaret’s aunt and cousin are great, as is jealousy, though not too much. Forced proximity, reluctant marriage, and oh, hurt/comfort are all good here!
Andor
Mon Mothma - every political intrigue scenario you can conjure! Younger Mon, before the Empire, idealistic and green, or older Mon, reflecting on her choices.
Mon Mothma and Vel Sartha - Who brought who into the Rebellion and how? Mentorship and friendship themes, political debate.
Cassian Andor/Bix Caleen - Happily ever after? Bix as a Force sensitive, knowing what’s coming but not telling Cassian. Love in wartime and how they manage to connect in spite of it all. Bix staying with Cassian and on Yavin, there for the events of Rogue One. Also totally down for Bix in the galaxy after Cassian dies, how she carries on, what his legacy means.
A few things generally:
Likes: character pieces, thoughtful world-building, plot that explores alternate beginnings and endings. Angst with happy or at least resolved endings. Closed door sex but public flirting and maybe even some cheeky foreplay. Dialogue. Apocalypse is always fun. Platonic relationships that have weight. In Star Wars, political intrigue, bureaucracy as both the intrinsic evil and ultimate downfall of the Empire (and yet a tool used by the Rebellion and New Republic!), canon pairings, non-canon or offscreen meet-cutes, and you can be as heavy or as light with Force mythology as you like.
Dislikes/DNWs: alternate settings unless requested (I don't really like modern AUs, for example), explicit sex of any kind, real-world politics unless it's a real-world property to begin with. Non-requested character deaths. Canon-typical violence is fine, gore or unnecessary/gratuitous violence is not. In Star Wars, I would prefer not to take the characters out of the Star Wars Universe. Would prefer characters not use the Force for coercive sex.
Fandom specific:
Pride and Prejudice
My all-time favorite trope is forced proximity, and for Elizabeth and Darcy, I love exploring what happens when the two of them have to learn to work together to get out of sticky situations and fall in love that way. The less Wickham the better, and I prefer incompetent or dull Bennets to evil or mean ones. Otherwise just have fun!
North and South
See above! I love seeing Margaret in particular fall in love before she knows what she’s about, and John having to figure out how to win a woman worth fighting for. Complications from Margaret’s aunt and cousin are great, as is jealousy, though not too much. Forced proximity, reluctant marriage, and oh, hurt/comfort are all good here!
Andor
Mon Mothma - every political intrigue scenario you can conjure! Younger Mon, before the Empire, idealistic and green, or older Mon, reflecting on her choices.
Mon Mothma and Vel Sartha - Who brought who into the Rebellion and how? Mentorship and friendship themes, political debate.
Cassian Andor/Bix Caleen - Happily ever after? Bix as a Force sensitive, knowing what’s coming but not telling Cassian. Love in wartime and how they manage to connect in spite of it all. Bix staying with Cassian and on Yavin, there for the events of Rogue One. Also totally down for Bix in the galaxy after Cassian dies, how she carries on, what his legacy means.