dear creator letter for ao3's femslash ex '18
first of all, hi, i do not know you, you are a beautiful human even if i do not know you, i hope this will be fun for you. whatever you write, you rock.
DNWs: large age differences (unless otherwise specified). non con, dub con, slut shaming, victim blaming, coming out stories. entirely helpless women, lack of female agency. alpha/omega things. men calling women baby, eww. hopeless endings. traditional two-and-a-half-children-and-a-wife-fence happy endings.
likes, in no order whatsoever: women, girls, all ages. dancing, clubbing, huntwoman/queen dynamics. self-destructive and destructive behavior, substance abuse, gender/sexuality explorations. fluid sexuality, crashing heteronormativity and the patriarchy. adultery, always give me adultery. morally dubious girls. power dynamics. queen bee plotlines. queens. social events, social hierarchy. school environments. couples (especially soon-to-be-couples-still-in-denial) explored from a 3rd person's pov. threesomes and moresomes. if you give me anything about an established/almost established three/moresome with actual relationship negotiations and discussions, i will cry from happiness. fairytale references. snobs. women/girls as gods, esp teen girls as gods. not necessarily literally speaking. domesticity. girls in power. millenial romances. aromantic girls. repetitions. parallel structures. circular endings. self-awareness. smoking. girls with guns. physicality. non-spectacular sex. monster girls. blood. girls covered in blood. girls in pantsuits. girls in pantsuits covered in blood. girls in pantsuits smoking. lipstick. dragons. poetic shit. smut. girls writers. girls journalists. girls pirates. mob girls. unhappy wives of any age. socialites. non-traditional families. found families. sad marriages. bad mothers. good love triangles. heists and cons and capers. make up and clothing as armors and weapons. metaphorically or literally. roadtrips. bed sharing. clothes sharing. hooking up in shabby motels. comfortable unspoken acts of intimacy. competence porn. stepsibling or sibling incest AUs.
+ sidenote: I am really truly okay with any AU you might feel inspired to write for any of the women.
general ~inspirational shit:
This is not about love as in caring. This is about property as in ownership.
Another thing is no matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
Masha, listen to me. Cosmetics are an extension of the will. Why do you think all men paint themselves when they go to fight? When I paint my eyes to match my soup, it is not because I have nothing better to do than worry over trifles. It says, I belong here, and you will not deny me. When I streak my lips red as foxgloves, I say, Come here, male. I am your mate, and you will not deny me. When I pinch my cheeks and dust them with mother-of-pearl, I say, Death, keep off, I am your enemy, and you will not deny me. I say these things, and the world listens, Masha. Because my magic is as strong as an arm. I am never denied.
You will always fall in love, and it will always be like having your throat cut, just that fast. You will always run away with her. You will always lose her. You will always be a fool. You will always be dead, in a city of ice, snow falling into your ear. You have already done all of this and will do it again.
Well, when you think you love somebody, you love them. That's what love is. Thoughts.
I don’t let on to everyone,
but lean close, and I’ll whisper:
My mother was raped by a holy swan.
You believe that? You can take me out to dinner.
Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off, but it's better if you do.
When I say girlhood I mean to bleach and bind and braid. I mean that soft gape-mouthed mirror face. I mean the slight, tight discomfort of hair scraped into a ponytail lifting the skin of the forehead. I mean pleasure-pain. I mean knowing how to hurt. I mean the fixed quality of attention bestowed by your best friend as she grips your chin to apply your lipstick, half-sensual half-ritual all hush, like communion. Sad as Sunday night television. I mean following those flow-charts in teen magazines that tell you which movie star you’re going to marry, looking for clues about the unknown quantity of yourself. I mean the sense of waiting for upheaval. I mean having an itchy soul. I mean girls are cruellest to themselves. I mean a fire in a dollhouse.
Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
specific pairings/fandoms:
marvel 616 - kate/america
+ bless these bantering queer girls/queens, powerful but so young and yet having to learn how much power they actually have and what they can do with their power, being each other's comfort and source of FUN and wisdom, and just, uh, teen girls are gods, just sayin'
questionable content
bubbles/faye
+ OH MY IS THIS NOT THE CUTEST SHIP TO HAVE EVER. I WANT THEM TO BE SLOW AND CAREFUL WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE OTHER IS GOING TO BREAK. I WANT IT TO BE AWKWARD AND ALSO NOT, AND I WANT THEM TO BE GENTLE AND KIND. BUT I ALSO WANT WHATEVER YOU WRITE, SO.
hp - hermione/pansy, pansy/ginny, bellatrix/narcissa, astoria/narcissa, bellatrix/narcissa/andromeda
+ in general, with my HP girls hermione/pansy and pansy/ginny, i like ginny as a slytherin, social-ladder-climbing pansy, awkward-but-fierce hermione; i think of slytherin girls as fiercely protective of their own, in their own ways, so there's that. i'd adore sth in hogwarts and also post hogwarts, setting up their lives in the aftermath of the war. as far as the black women are concernced, bellatrix/narcissa and bellatrix/narcissa/andromeda, i adore the black family, it seems such a beautiful (horrible) premise of nobility, and duty vs freedom and individuality, in a magical setting, with three sisters who probably are capable of being both the best supporter and the most horrifying enemy to each other. and as far as astoria/narcissa is concerned, i honestly do not usually enjoy age differences, but this seems like a fun pseudo ~mentorship dynamic to explore.
original work - queen of magical land of rainbows and happiness/evil sorceress who kind of digs it despite herself, goddess who ended the world/apocalypse survivor, all-female pirate crew/stowaway, confused gardener/earth goddess who is flirting by making her garden grow like crazy, captive to be sacrificed to a foreign goddess/foreign goddess, nature witch/city witch, goddess seeking to end the world/her devoted high priestess, female mob boss/female undercover detective
+ i have no further words, all of these sound amazing, have fun if you choose any/all of them
dw - thirteen/river song, thirteen/rose tyler
+ i am immensely looking forward to a female doctor, so would like to see your take on the femaleness of the doctor, does it mean anything for the doctor, or is gender meaningless for time lords? whatever you think about this, i really enjoy alex kingston, who plays river, so any situation with them interacting will be great. tho to be fair, this pairing has a lot of power disparity, so i don't mind if you explore that as well. and i hardcore shipped both nine and ten with rose, so i'd be v interested in anything with rose/13, whether it's an au where rose originally only starts traveling with the doctor when the doctor is 13, or just they find each other again.
got - daenerys/sansa, yara/ellaria, cersei/daenerys, yara/daenerys
+ all of these women are fabulous. i think having control/ruling is v. important for all of them, in different ways, so i'd love you to explore that, and their mutual attraction with each other.
gg - paris/rory
+ this ship is a gift, or would have been if it had been canon, but i love the banter and the friendship and i think that could translate into a v. dynamic relationship
killing eve - eve polastri/villanele | oksana astankova
+ women trying to kill each other while looking at each other like they are god's gift to earth is my jam. do w/e with these, my beauties and beasts who know that this is one and the same.
portal - chell/glados, caroline/glados, caroline/chell
+ wow i honestly just adore all these so much and have no clue what to tell you about what i would enjoy about them specifically, god speed if you decide to write this <3 but i also would be v. interested in you exploring caroline/chell dynamics.
+ if you want to crossover any of the pairings listed here with any other fandom/pairing in their setting or an entirely different setting, i am also all for it. let your muse take you where she may.
this is the end of the letter, i hope it helps in some way or another