Dear Holly Poly writer
Dear 
holly_poly writer,
thank you so much for writing a story for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about any story you can write about the ships I requested, and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like some additional info/ideas/thoughts, here's some general info:
General Preferences
Let me just offer you two links that I think sum up my general preferences when it comes to fic pretty well:
Now for the fandoms and ships I requested, in no particular order:
Grimm: Nick/Renard/Juliette
This is one of those OT3s where I love every individual axis as well, so let me break this down a little:
Nick/Renard: I've been fascinated by the dynamic between Nick and Renard from the start - the Grimm who has a badge and a conscience, and his captain the royal bastard. Two people who have been antagonists and allies, who have protected and deceived each other, who have every reason to distrust each other at times - and yet they always ended up setting their differences aside when it matters, turn away from confrontation and toward cooperation. Renard may be ruthless, he may have undisclosed plans for Nick, and the two of them may for the longest time trust each other only so far, but by the end of season 4, they're very firmly in each other's corner. Bizarrely, as things stand, Nick and Renard are the only two out of these three who aren't being completely dysfunctional. *g*
Renard/Juliette: I always thought that after Juliette and Renard were cured of Adalind's curse, a certain mutual attraction remained. They avoided each other afterwards and barely interacted, never really dealing with the aftermath or any remaining feeling. Juliette turning into a Hexenbiest gave them something fundamental in common, and I loved her turning to Renard for help when she didn't know what to do, trusting him to help when she felt her entire life crumbling around her. Unfortunately in the end, Renard was too caught up in his own issues to help much. And of course when the two of them are in a room, Nick is always the invisible third - Nick is crucial to both of them, for different reasons.
Nick/Juliette: Nick and Juliette had a very solid relationship for the most part, but there was always an undercurrent of tension, from Nick keeping secrets from her in season 1 right through to Juliette going behind Nick's back in season 4 to ask Monroe and Rosalee not to keep looking for a way to make him a Grimm again. But until the second half of season 4, all that remained in the background. I love the way their relationship has been complicated, the way a lot of tension that had been simmering under the surface came out, particularly Juliette's suppressed anger at Nick, her desire for a normal life, Nick's guilt over everything that happened to Juliette because he's a Grimm (and wants to be a Grimm) and his Hexenbiest-related trauma that now extended to her. And from there, it all went dreadfully wrong - Nick and Juliette pushed all of each other's wrong buttons, and Juliette spiralled out of control.
Nick/Renard/Juliette: In light of all of the above, I would love a story where all three of them manage to come together and stop Juliette's downward spiral before it goes too far, or perhaps one in which she survives and manages to come back from it all with Nick's and Renard's help. But I'd also love a story set earlier in the show, perhaps where Nick, Juliette and Renard have to work together closely for some reason, and Juliette and Renard actually get to confront the residual feelings from the curse, leading to more. Or an AU where they all meet under different circumstances - maybe Juliette met Renard first, and they're already involved when Nick appears on the scene? Anything - but I'd really love something with the three of them being good for each other, because the show has already given me enough things going bad. And trust issues, demonstrations of loyalty, unexpected displays of support are particularly appreciated.
Once Upon a Time: Regina/Snow/David
I'm not sure when exactly I started to think of these three as a threesome - perhaps when Snow on her wedding night seemed more obsessed with Regina than anything, or when they were ruling together from Regina's castle during the missing year. I simply adore the dynamic they have these days. There is something incredibly appealing to me about the thought of Snow White and the Evil Queen in love with each other, and of course Snow and David are a package deal. Snow always knew there was more to Regina than the Evil Queen, but for David, she was only the Evil(TM) hanging over Snow's head, and it took him a long time to see beyond that. But by now Regina and David have developed a really cute relationship between them, which you'd never have expected considering how they started out.
Snow and Regina have been obsessed with each other for a very long time. It starts with friendship, and Regina saving Snow; it descends into hatred. But even at Regina's worst when she's all about hurting Snow, she can't actually bring herself to go through and kill her. And no matter how much it might be self-defence, neither can Snow bring herself to kill Regina. Then Regina manages to actually climb out of the darkness, and as soon as she can bring herself to believe it, Snow is right there, playing Regina's cheerleader. I love the total breakdown and healing of their relationship. Friends to bitterest enemies to close family - that kind of thing is catnip for me, and I would love to see a romantic/shippy take on it, David being dragged along half willingly, half unwillingly, and entirely baffled by the place they all end up in. *g*
I would particularly love a story of them protecting or defending each other - whether in an "only I am allowed to kill you" kind of way during the Evil Queen period, or later as "I'm not letting anything hurt you again" from Regina or Snow, or David having to defend Regina knowing he'd have been on the other side of that argument not so long ago. How does it work when they're all ruling together in the Enchanted Forest? Who seduces whom first? What if their relationship becomes public knowledge? Do people turn against them? Do they enjoy baffling (and probably horrifying) all of Storybrooke with their relationship? Anything!
(Side note: I know this is a contentious fandom, but please no bashing of other ships, canon or otherwise. I may not be fond of all of them, but I'd rather they be just ignored than take up space with a negative portrayal.)
Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor/Jack Harkness/Missy
Once upon a time, an episode called Utopia aired, and I became a Doctor/Jack shipper over night. I'd been fond of the pairing before; after that I was in love, and I spent a great deal of time writing fic about what exactly it means that Jack is a fixed point in space and time, a "Fact", as the Doctor calls him, and how that truth can both keep them apart and bring them together. But I've never been able to see them as a monogamous couple; that seems bizarre to me for both of them. And of course Doctor/Master is one of those pairings that I always just assume is there in the background, or was at some point. Their love/hate relationship, so much fondness underlying even their tensest, most horrifying conflicts, has always been palpable.
I've always wanted to see what would happen if you threw these three together, into close proximity, in a situation less immediately antagonistic than what happened on the Valiant during the Year That Never Was - a situation where they'd all have to deal with their complex and conflicting feelings about each other. Post-Last of the Time Lords, Jack knows what the Master means to the Doctor; the Master knows (or thinks he knows) what Jack means to the Doctor. Jack and the Doctor clearly care about each other a great deal, but there are lot of issues between them that only start with Jack's immortality and the Doctor's abandoning of him. And we don't even have to mention everything that's between the Doctor and the Master. There's such a lot of potential in having them all interact. Then the Master regenerated, and Missy appeared on the scene - and "I've always wanted" turned into "OMG I need this NOW". And I had a new OT3. *g*
I'm honestly not particular about how you get them all in the same place, much less interacting in a non-hostile way for any length of time - are Missy and Jack working together to save the Doctor? Is Jack reluctantly helping the Doctor save Missy? Does Jack's Fact-ness have some impact on a particular situation that draws both Time Lords to him? Anything! And then we would probably enter flirting overdose - the Master and the Doctor have been flirting since forever, and Jack and the Doctor for not quite as long but certainly long enough, and I would love to see how that plays out with the three of them. Of course Jack and the Master have their own history - one that consists mostly of the Master imprisoning and torturing Jack on the Valiant. How do either of them deal with that? How does the Doctor react? I have no idea how it would play out, but I want to see it!
holly_poly writer,
thank you so much for writing a story for me! I'll be absolutely thrilled about any story you can write about the ships I requested, and everything important is in the requests themselves, but if you'd like some additional info/ideas/thoughts, here's some general info:
General Preferences
Let me just offer you two links that I think sum up my general preferences when it comes to fic pretty well:
- Junetide letter - a post I wrote some years ago for the Junetide exchange about my preferred character dynamics, themes etc. It was written with original fic in mind, but most of it should easily transfer to fanfic.
- Ultimate Fanfic Trope Showdown - a meme about sorting fannish tropes by personal preference, with some more trope talk in the comments
Now for the fandoms and ships I requested, in no particular order:
Grimm: Nick/Renard/Juliette
This is one of those OT3s where I love every individual axis as well, so let me break this down a little:
Nick/Renard: I've been fascinated by the dynamic between Nick and Renard from the start - the Grimm who has a badge and a conscience, and his captain the royal bastard. Two people who have been antagonists and allies, who have protected and deceived each other, who have every reason to distrust each other at times - and yet they always ended up setting their differences aside when it matters, turn away from confrontation and toward cooperation. Renard may be ruthless, he may have undisclosed plans for Nick, and the two of them may for the longest time trust each other only so far, but by the end of season 4, they're very firmly in each other's corner. Bizarrely, as things stand, Nick and Renard are the only two out of these three who aren't being completely dysfunctional. *g*
Renard/Juliette: I always thought that after Juliette and Renard were cured of Adalind's curse, a certain mutual attraction remained. They avoided each other afterwards and barely interacted, never really dealing with the aftermath or any remaining feeling. Juliette turning into a Hexenbiest gave them something fundamental in common, and I loved her turning to Renard for help when she didn't know what to do, trusting him to help when she felt her entire life crumbling around her. Unfortunately in the end, Renard was too caught up in his own issues to help much. And of course when the two of them are in a room, Nick is always the invisible third - Nick is crucial to both of them, for different reasons.
Nick/Juliette: Nick and Juliette had a very solid relationship for the most part, but there was always an undercurrent of tension, from Nick keeping secrets from her in season 1 right through to Juliette going behind Nick's back in season 4 to ask Monroe and Rosalee not to keep looking for a way to make him a Grimm again. But until the second half of season 4, all that remained in the background. I love the way their relationship has been complicated, the way a lot of tension that had been simmering under the surface came out, particularly Juliette's suppressed anger at Nick, her desire for a normal life, Nick's guilt over everything that happened to Juliette because he's a Grimm (and wants to be a Grimm) and his Hexenbiest-related trauma that now extended to her. And from there, it all went dreadfully wrong - Nick and Juliette pushed all of each other's wrong buttons, and Juliette spiralled out of control.
Nick/Renard/Juliette: In light of all of the above, I would love a story where all three of them manage to come together and stop Juliette's downward spiral before it goes too far, or perhaps one in which she survives and manages to come back from it all with Nick's and Renard's help. But I'd also love a story set earlier in the show, perhaps where Nick, Juliette and Renard have to work together closely for some reason, and Juliette and Renard actually get to confront the residual feelings from the curse, leading to more. Or an AU where they all meet under different circumstances - maybe Juliette met Renard first, and they're already involved when Nick appears on the scene? Anything - but I'd really love something with the three of them being good for each other, because the show has already given me enough things going bad. And trust issues, demonstrations of loyalty, unexpected displays of support are particularly appreciated.
Once Upon a Time: Regina/Snow/David
I'm not sure when exactly I started to think of these three as a threesome - perhaps when Snow on her wedding night seemed more obsessed with Regina than anything, or when they were ruling together from Regina's castle during the missing year. I simply adore the dynamic they have these days. There is something incredibly appealing to me about the thought of Snow White and the Evil Queen in love with each other, and of course Snow and David are a package deal. Snow always knew there was more to Regina than the Evil Queen, but for David, she was only the Evil(TM) hanging over Snow's head, and it took him a long time to see beyond that. But by now Regina and David have developed a really cute relationship between them, which you'd never have expected considering how they started out.
Snow and Regina have been obsessed with each other for a very long time. It starts with friendship, and Regina saving Snow; it descends into hatred. But even at Regina's worst when she's all about hurting Snow, she can't actually bring herself to go through and kill her. And no matter how much it might be self-defence, neither can Snow bring herself to kill Regina. Then Regina manages to actually climb out of the darkness, and as soon as she can bring herself to believe it, Snow is right there, playing Regina's cheerleader. I love the total breakdown and healing of their relationship. Friends to bitterest enemies to close family - that kind of thing is catnip for me, and I would love to see a romantic/shippy take on it, David being dragged along half willingly, half unwillingly, and entirely baffled by the place they all end up in. *g*
I would particularly love a story of them protecting or defending each other - whether in an "only I am allowed to kill you" kind of way during the Evil Queen period, or later as "I'm not letting anything hurt you again" from Regina or Snow, or David having to defend Regina knowing he'd have been on the other side of that argument not so long ago. How does it work when they're all ruling together in the Enchanted Forest? Who seduces whom first? What if their relationship becomes public knowledge? Do people turn against them? Do they enjoy baffling (and probably horrifying) all of Storybrooke with their relationship? Anything!
(Side note: I know this is a contentious fandom, but please no bashing of other ships, canon or otherwise. I may not be fond of all of them, but I'd rather they be just ignored than take up space with a negative portrayal.)
Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor/Jack Harkness/Missy
Once upon a time, an episode called Utopia aired, and I became a Doctor/Jack shipper over night. I'd been fond of the pairing before; after that I was in love, and I spent a great deal of time writing fic about what exactly it means that Jack is a fixed point in space and time, a "Fact", as the Doctor calls him, and how that truth can both keep them apart and bring them together. But I've never been able to see them as a monogamous couple; that seems bizarre to me for both of them. And of course Doctor/Master is one of those pairings that I always just assume is there in the background, or was at some point. Their love/hate relationship, so much fondness underlying even their tensest, most horrifying conflicts, has always been palpable.
I've always wanted to see what would happen if you threw these three together, into close proximity, in a situation less immediately antagonistic than what happened on the Valiant during the Year That Never Was - a situation where they'd all have to deal with their complex and conflicting feelings about each other. Post-Last of the Time Lords, Jack knows what the Master means to the Doctor; the Master knows (or thinks he knows) what Jack means to the Doctor. Jack and the Doctor clearly care about each other a great deal, but there are lot of issues between them that only start with Jack's immortality and the Doctor's abandoning of him. And we don't even have to mention everything that's between the Doctor and the Master. There's such a lot of potential in having them all interact. Then the Master regenerated, and Missy appeared on the scene - and "I've always wanted" turned into "OMG I need this NOW". And I had a new OT3. *g*
I'm honestly not particular about how you get them all in the same place, much less interacting in a non-hostile way for any length of time - are Missy and Jack working together to save the Doctor? Is Jack reluctantly helping the Doctor save Missy? Does Jack's Fact-ness have some impact on a particular situation that draws both Time Lords to him? Anything! And then we would probably enter flirting overdose - the Master and the Doctor have been flirting since forever, and Jack and the Doctor for not quite as long but certainly long enough, and I would love to see how that plays out with the three of them. Of course Jack and the Master have their own history - one that consists mostly of the Master imprisoning and torturing Jack on the Valiant. How do either of them deal with that? How does the Doctor react? I have no idea how it would play out, but I want to see it!