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Space Swap 2025
OKAY HI I’M SO SORRY I’M LATE!!!! Signed up late minute & really misjudged the amount of time I had to write this.
Copied from my last fest letter —
General likes: hurt/comfort, casefic, quiet moments together, finding romance & intimacy in mundane everyday life, the romance of being the one to help someone when they need it, driving in cars at night (or the sci-fi equivalent), time spent in liminal spaces (gas stations, cars, airports, etc). Exploring non-romantic relationships (friendship, family, intimate coworkers, etc). Getting stuck together for whatever reason (a work case, the Curse, a weird roommate situation, etc). Outside perspective / POV of a relationship. Honestly I like romantic fic that reads a little bit gen (established relationships are fine, relationships that are technically not romantic but have insane weird undertones are fine, relationships that are intense but also undefinable are fine and in fact welcome!), the interactions themselves are more important to me than any type of romantic resolution. I hope that makes sense.
General dislikes: hurt no comfort, overly graphic violence, pwp, romance as a solution to personal or interpersonal conflict, cliché romantic tropes, unhappy endings. I like to be put through the emotional wringer but I don’t want that to be the whole fic.
Request 1: Tom/B’Elanna
Ok so what I really want from P/T fic is basically the same thing I’ve always wanted from P/T fic, which is to examine the weird s5-s6 period when B’Elanna is critically depressed and Tom is trying his best but ultimately kind of fucking it up. The B’Elanna-centric episodes in S5-6 tend to be pretty dark (Extreme Risk, Juggernaut, Barge of the Dead) so I’d really like to read something that digs some more into that, in an emotionally honest way. The show does a lot with dreams, surreality, and perspective, so that could be interesting? Some ideas:
- fucked up shared nightmares
- any kind of psychological horror &/or a situation where one or both of them is unable to tell dreams from reality
- one of them is missing and the other one has to pretend to be completely fine and fit for work while steadily unravelling
- haunted warp core????????????
That being said, I’m also a huuuuuuuge ensemble fan, so examining their relationship by having it in the background while they interact with other characters would be delightful. I’m particularly interested in reading about both of their friendships with Harry, as well as B’Elanna’s sometimes fraught dynamic with Janeway.
Request 2: Ripley/Hicks
I tried to go through my tumblr but I guess I never reblogged it, but when I was deep in my Aliens phase I remember seeing concept art (can’t remember if it was official or not) of a third movie where Hicks & Newt didn’t die and Hicks’ face was all scarred to shit, and I do understand why they didn’t go with it but fanfictionally speaking… let’s go with it. Post-movie would go crazyyyyy, I know there has already been fic written but what’s a little more, am I right? Sitting in a bar at some outpost, sitting in the cockpit together in a quiet moment, patching each other up after a fight... Honestly even an immediate post-movie scene (or a scene filling in the blanks at the end, with Ripley the only one left who’s really whole) would also be amazing, as I am a HUGE hurt/comfort fan and there is a lot of fodder. Bonus points if Newt is there, too!!!
What has always compelled me about them is how Hicks believes Ripley, nearly immediately, and how much that means to her, so leaning into that silent understanding and trust would be great. Even just a small scene of them sitting together and not really talking… Sorry for not having any more specific ideas honestly ;~; I just love them and want to read about them a little more!!!!!!!!
Request 3: Twelve/Clara
They make me feel soooooo feral so anything that highlights their demented codependency and general doomed nature would be just… chef’s kiss… I hated Clara’s ~living dead girl~ shtick in the seasons with Eleven but somehow it works SO well with Twelve, I guess because it feels more balanced? She’s in control, she’s just doing a horrible job at it… Very compelling, actually.
Some key quotes that give me rabies:
- “I had a duty of care.”
- “Oh, I’d say I’m sorry, but I’d do it again.”
- “Clara, I’m terribly sorry, but I’m exactly what you deserve.”
- ”They lie and endure pain and loneliness in order to protct the other because they think they know better.”
I also recommend you look at my favourite Twelve/Clara art!!! Even if it doesn’t help you, I just want as many people as possible to see it.
But honestly, the fun thing about Doctor Who is that you can do basically anything you want, it can be low or high stakes, the sci-fi aspect can be silly or serious… I’d be happy with whatever! A silly little adventure on an alien planet, a fun little time loop, meeting a historical figure… Anything. I would ask that you not change their basic story, because even though I said I hate character death, I find the ending and the exploration of loss very meaningful. She exists in the final moment before her death but she exists in the moments where they spent time together, too, and she will always exist there, even if now the moments have passed. It's a little bleaker but if you wanted to dig into that, I would also be all for it!!!
Request 4: Daniel/Vala
The thing about Daniel and Vala is that they are, objectively speaking, absolutely terrible for each other. BUT. Every day of my life I am thinking about when she got burned to death and he held her body until she came back to life and then so so so so carefully helped her stand up. Like I’m sorry but that’s just how it is.
So. Here are some ideas:
- tied together by the Curse (again)
- stranded on a hostile planet
- fake married but they can’t even fool the locals
- QUARANTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- imprisonment and possibly tortured on an alien planet
- cursed time loop
- nonconsensual telepathy (reading each other’s deepest darkest most vulnerable thoughts by accident)
Basically any concept where they are locked together, preferably whilst injured, and forced to show vulnerability which as we all know they both !!!hate!!! to do. I love anything that leans into how deeply annoying both of them are, albeit in extremely different ways. This makes it sound like I don’t love them but no, it’s because I DO love them that I want to see them portrayed with honesty!!! Flaws and all!!!
Copied from my last fest letter —
General likes: hurt/comfort, casefic, quiet moments together, finding romance & intimacy in mundane everyday life, the romance of being the one to help someone when they need it, driving in cars at night (or the sci-fi equivalent), time spent in liminal spaces (gas stations, cars, airports, etc). Exploring non-romantic relationships (friendship, family, intimate coworkers, etc). Getting stuck together for whatever reason (a work case, the Curse, a weird roommate situation, etc). Outside perspective / POV of a relationship. Honestly I like romantic fic that reads a little bit gen (established relationships are fine, relationships that are technically not romantic but have insane weird undertones are fine, relationships that are intense but also undefinable are fine and in fact welcome!), the interactions themselves are more important to me than any type of romantic resolution. I hope that makes sense.
General dislikes: hurt no comfort, overly graphic violence, pwp, romance as a solution to personal or interpersonal conflict, cliché romantic tropes, unhappy endings. I like to be put through the emotional wringer but I don’t want that to be the whole fic.
Request 1: Tom/B’Elanna
Ok so what I really want from P/T fic is basically the same thing I’ve always wanted from P/T fic, which is to examine the weird s5-s6 period when B’Elanna is critically depressed and Tom is trying his best but ultimately kind of fucking it up. The B’Elanna-centric episodes in S5-6 tend to be pretty dark (Extreme Risk, Juggernaut, Barge of the Dead) so I’d really like to read something that digs some more into that, in an emotionally honest way. The show does a lot with dreams, surreality, and perspective, so that could be interesting? Some ideas:
- fucked up shared nightmares
- any kind of psychological horror &/or a situation where one or both of them is unable to tell dreams from reality
- one of them is missing and the other one has to pretend to be completely fine and fit for work while steadily unravelling
- haunted warp core????????????
That being said, I’m also a huuuuuuuge ensemble fan, so examining their relationship by having it in the background while they interact with other characters would be delightful. I’m particularly interested in reading about both of their friendships with Harry, as well as B’Elanna’s sometimes fraught dynamic with Janeway.
Request 2: Ripley/Hicks
I tried to go through my tumblr but I guess I never reblogged it, but when I was deep in my Aliens phase I remember seeing concept art (can’t remember if it was official or not) of a third movie where Hicks & Newt didn’t die and Hicks’ face was all scarred to shit, and I do understand why they didn’t go with it but fanfictionally speaking… let’s go with it. Post-movie would go crazyyyyy, I know there has already been fic written but what’s a little more, am I right? Sitting in a bar at some outpost, sitting in the cockpit together in a quiet moment, patching each other up after a fight... Honestly even an immediate post-movie scene (or a scene filling in the blanks at the end, with Ripley the only one left who’s really whole) would also be amazing, as I am a HUGE hurt/comfort fan and there is a lot of fodder. Bonus points if Newt is there, too!!!
What has always compelled me about them is how Hicks believes Ripley, nearly immediately, and how much that means to her, so leaning into that silent understanding and trust would be great. Even just a small scene of them sitting together and not really talking… Sorry for not having any more specific ideas honestly ;~; I just love them and want to read about them a little more!!!!!!!!
Request 3: Twelve/Clara
They make me feel soooooo feral so anything that highlights their demented codependency and general doomed nature would be just… chef’s kiss… I hated Clara’s ~living dead girl~ shtick in the seasons with Eleven but somehow it works SO well with Twelve, I guess because it feels more balanced? She’s in control, she’s just doing a horrible job at it… Very compelling, actually.
Some key quotes that give me rabies:
- “I had a duty of care.”
- “Oh, I’d say I’m sorry, but I’d do it again.”
- “Clara, I’m terribly sorry, but I’m exactly what you deserve.”
- ”They lie and endure pain and loneliness in order to protct the other because they think they know better.”
I also recommend you look at my favourite Twelve/Clara art!!! Even if it doesn’t help you, I just want as many people as possible to see it.
But honestly, the fun thing about Doctor Who is that you can do basically anything you want, it can be low or high stakes, the sci-fi aspect can be silly or serious… I’d be happy with whatever! A silly little adventure on an alien planet, a fun little time loop, meeting a historical figure… Anything. I would ask that you not change their basic story, because even though I said I hate character death, I find the ending and the exploration of loss very meaningful. She exists in the final moment before her death but she exists in the moments where they spent time together, too, and she will always exist there, even if now the moments have passed. It's a little bleaker but if you wanted to dig into that, I would also be all for it!!!
Request 4: Daniel/Vala
The thing about Daniel and Vala is that they are, objectively speaking, absolutely terrible for each other. BUT. Every day of my life I am thinking about when she got burned to death and he held her body until she came back to life and then so so so so carefully helped her stand up. Like I’m sorry but that’s just how it is.
So. Here are some ideas:
- tied together by the Curse (again)
- stranded on a hostile planet
- fake married but they can’t even fool the locals
- QUARANTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- imprisonment and possibly tortured on an alien planet
- cursed time loop
- nonconsensual telepathy (reading each other’s deepest darkest most vulnerable thoughts by accident)
Basically any concept where they are locked together, preferably whilst injured, and forced to show vulnerability which as we all know they both !!!hate!!! to do. I love anything that leans into how deeply annoying both of them are, albeit in extremely different ways. This makes it sound like I don’t love them but no, it’s because I DO love them that I want to see them portrayed with honesty!!! Flaws and all!!!