Dear Secret Mutant letter
Dear Secret Mutant,
This is my first time doing Secret Mutant and I'm really excited about it. I'm looking forward to whatever you write or draw for me.
In keeping with the format of my Yuletide letters, I'll start by listing some things I like in fic, to hopefully give you some ideas to start with. :)
I like slash or het or gen as long as the ship is relevant to the story and the world it's set in. My main ship is Charles/Erik; I will read them with other people but I only want them to end up together (if they "end up" with anyone). I also like Raven/Irene, Alex/Armando, Sean/Moira, and Raven/Hank. I love Azazel and Emma as Erik's snarky bffs, I love everything about Charles and Moira's friendship, I love Hank as being surprisingly willing to call Erik on his shit, and I love Sean unreasonably a lot. XD Characterization is my weak spot; show me the nuances of a character I love, show me a secret side of them I've never seen before, and I'm sold. I love worldbuilding, inclusion of minor characters, slow burn buildup, funny fic, angsty fic, suspenseful fic - but please give me a happy or at least hopeful ending. Especially post DOFP. :/
As far as genre goes, it's kind of up to you. I love action and mystery, I like ship-centered fic as much as fic where the ship is a sidebar to the plot. I love AUs. Love love love them. I especially love modern still-powered AUs that posit a world where mutants are out; I really enjoy explorations of the politics and slice of life type stuff in that world, and how the characters' opinions and experiences translate to a modern non-superhero seeing. I love romcoms and any story where romcom and action movie tropes meet (think This Means War or Mr and Mrs Smith). My only major squicks are mpreg and heavy bdsm/fetishes; anything else is fair game.
My Requests:
- Modern holiday fic with Raven bringing Irene home to meet Charles and the gang for the first time. Charles and Erik can be together or not, or maybe broken up but Raven insists on Erik being there to meet her gf and it brings about a reconciliation? Either way I'd like this to focus on Raven's relationships - with Charles mostly, because I feel like there's so much tension between how he sees her vs how she wants to be seen (like Erik points out in DOFP, Charles days he raised her but they were peers, siblings, she's his equal) but also with the group as a whole how and Irene's presence affects that. Basically I want a Raven who's kept herself away from her family for awhile, coming home and starting to repair things again. This can be powered or not, "home" can be the mansion or a city of your choice, however it feels right for you.
- My gen request is for post DOFP fic where Erik, Raven, or both start gravitating back to the mansion after missions or whatever, and seeing the progression of the school as Charles starts it back up again. This can be holiday fic or not, but I want to see Erik and Raven realizing they can be part of Charles's life on their own terms (and, of course, Charles having to accept and learn to live with that). Also bonus points for ickle Storm, Cyclops, and any or all of Erik's kids. Negotiation and baby mutants ftw!
- I'm very weak for good team fic. I'd love to see an action/case/mission story, either some kind of AU where post-XMFC the Brotherhood and the X-Men have to team up, or in the AU setting of your choice- cops, in space, whatever. Pastiche it with an actin movie if you want (I recently saw the new 21 Jump Street and kind of loved it... Maybe Erik as one of the cops and Charles as either the hot teacher who's hot for Channing Tatum or the student Jonah Hill macks on??) It can be gen or shippy, but I'm basically interested in team dynamics and everyone being awesome kicking ass together.
- Charles/Erik AU of your choice. XD I'm leaving this one relatively open-- you can see a list of my fandoms here for some ideas, but I'm leaving this one totally in your hands. Put them in space, put them in a noir, put them in college, put them in a jaeger, as long as they end up together, I'll love it.
Thank you in advance, Secret Mutant! I'm really looking forward to whatever you create.
♥ emily
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This is my first time doing Secret Mutant and I'm really excited about it. I'm looking forward to whatever you write or draw for me.
In keeping with the format of my Yuletide letters, I'll start by listing some things I like in fic, to hopefully give you some ideas to start with. :)
I like slash or het or gen as long as the ship is relevant to the story and the world it's set in. My main ship is Charles/Erik; I will read them with other people but I only want them to end up together (if they "end up" with anyone). I also like Raven/Irene, Alex/Armando, Sean/Moira, and Raven/Hank. I love Azazel and Emma as Erik's snarky bffs, I love everything about Charles and Moira's friendship, I love Hank as being surprisingly willing to call Erik on his shit, and I love Sean unreasonably a lot. XD Characterization is my weak spot; show me the nuances of a character I love, show me a secret side of them I've never seen before, and I'm sold. I love worldbuilding, inclusion of minor characters, slow burn buildup, funny fic, angsty fic, suspenseful fic - but please give me a happy or at least hopeful ending. Especially post DOFP. :/
As far as genre goes, it's kind of up to you. I love action and mystery, I like ship-centered fic as much as fic where the ship is a sidebar to the plot. I love AUs. Love love love them. I especially love modern still-powered AUs that posit a world where mutants are out; I really enjoy explorations of the politics and slice of life type stuff in that world, and how the characters' opinions and experiences translate to a modern non-superhero seeing. I love romcoms and any story where romcom and action movie tropes meet (think This Means War or Mr and Mrs Smith). My only major squicks are mpreg and heavy bdsm/fetishes; anything else is fair game.
My Requests:
- Modern holiday fic with Raven bringing Irene home to meet Charles and the gang for the first time. Charles and Erik can be together or not, or maybe broken up but Raven insists on Erik being there to meet her gf and it brings about a reconciliation? Either way I'd like this to focus on Raven's relationships - with Charles mostly, because I feel like there's so much tension between how he sees her vs how she wants to be seen (like Erik points out in DOFP, Charles days he raised her but they were peers, siblings, she's his equal) but also with the group as a whole how and Irene's presence affects that. Basically I want a Raven who's kept herself away from her family for awhile, coming home and starting to repair things again. This can be powered or not, "home" can be the mansion or a city of your choice, however it feels right for you.
- My gen request is for post DOFP fic where Erik, Raven, or both start gravitating back to the mansion after missions or whatever, and seeing the progression of the school as Charles starts it back up again. This can be holiday fic or not, but I want to see Erik and Raven realizing they can be part of Charles's life on their own terms (and, of course, Charles having to accept and learn to live with that). Also bonus points for ickle Storm, Cyclops, and any or all of Erik's kids. Negotiation and baby mutants ftw!
- I'm very weak for good team fic. I'd love to see an action/case/mission story, either some kind of AU where post-XMFC the Brotherhood and the X-Men have to team up, or in the AU setting of your choice- cops, in space, whatever. Pastiche it with an actin movie if you want (I recently saw the new 21 Jump Street and kind of loved it... Maybe Erik as one of the cops and Charles as either the hot teacher who's hot for Channing Tatum or the student Jonah Hill macks on??) It can be gen or shippy, but I'm basically interested in team dynamics and everyone being awesome kicking ass together.
- Charles/Erik AU of your choice. XD I'm leaving this one relatively open-- you can see a list of my fandoms here for some ideas, but I'm leaving this one totally in your hands. Put them in space, put them in a noir, put them in college, put them in a jaeger, as long as they end up together, I'll love it.
Thank you in advance, Secret Mutant! I'm really looking forward to whatever you create.
♥ emily
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