Worldbuilding Exchange 2021
Jan. 15th, 2021 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redrikkiDear Author,
Thank you for agreeing to write for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Since you probably don't know me, here's a quick primer on my likes and dislikes which might come in handy.
Likes: I usually prefer gen, especially focusing on platonic and familial relationships. I’m interested in found families, biological families, younger siblings, sidekicks, friends who become lovers and friends who don’t. I'm always down for outsider POVs, especially ones who are ignorant or unreliable narrators. For the purposes of this exchange, that can include anything from newspaper articles and academic writings to stories narrated by the preverbal man on the street. Feel free to play around in terms of genre and formatting. When it comes to canon characters, I'm always a big fan of character studies and have serious respect for ones with actual plot since that’s something I tend to struggle with.
Based on my selected fandoms, it looks like this year's running theme is, once again, super heroes and superpowers. When it comes to this genre, I'm a big fan of super identity shenanigans; the physical and psychological tole of heroism; and the public's response to heroes and powered individuals.
Dislikes: I am not into romantic plots and tropes, or graphic sex. I have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick and have issues with infidelity, so please avoid those.
Do not want: Smut, incest, student/teacher sexual relationships, character bashing, graphic depictions of sex or bodily harm.
The Boys (TV 2019)
Characters: Annie January, Donna January, Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Aspects: superhero culture; racial politics of who gets superpowers; parents who let their kids be given superpowers; how kids are selected for powers; Vought International; Compound V
I am fascinated by the concept of parents who would sign up their kids for experimental injections and groom them for super heroism. What kind of person does that? How does Vought select them? How involved is Vought when it comes to grooming these kids? How much control do they have over who gets what powers? How is there not a #superheroessowhite movement once the public learns about Compound V, especially after it turns out the company was founded by a literal Nazi? How has the mostly-white superhero crowd fed into or exacerbated existing racism? Any one of these ideas would be fun to play with. Go wild.
Misfits (TV 2009)
Characters: Alisha Danials, Curtis Donovan, Kelly Bailey, Nathan Young, Simon Bellamy, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: Official response to superpowers; legal implications of superpowers; superpowers go public; superpower support groups
A bunch of people get random, and occasionally traumatic, super powers. You know there has to be some kind of response to that which goes beyond what the main characters see. I'd be interested in something which intersects with the lives of the ASBO five, but isn't necessarily about them or from their POV. I loved the wacky, irreverent, and fairly dark tone of the show and would like something which captures that spirit. As far as I'm concerned, nothing after the season 2 finale actually happened.
DCU (Comics)
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Duke Thomas, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: outsider perspectives on the Wayne family; how Robin training has changed over the years; how child sidekicks are viewed; civilian responses to superheroes and vigilantes and supervillains
I love the Batfamily, Batgirls included. I would love to see an outsider POV on their super heroic activities. How annoying/traumatizing is it to live in a city where weirdly themed terrorist attacks happen regularly? What do the press and the internets have to say about the latest Robin? Who does the public suspect? Do normal people think child vigilantes are cool, or deeply messed up? Give me all the secret identity shenanigans. Let someone call CPS on Batman. Have fun.
Adventure Time
Characters: Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, Bubblegum, Marceline, Ice King, Original Character(s), No/Any Characters
Worldbuilding Aspects: reincarnation; relationships between sentient beings with wildly different lifespans; the origins and fallout of the Mushroom War; candy kingdom
I just got into this show and there is so much to unpack. What's it like to be an immortal friends with a mortal child or a mortal child to be friends with a sentient dog? Or vise versa? What the heck happened during the Mushroom War? Why is the Candy Kingdom like that and how much to Bubblegum's trust issues play into that?
Finn is my favorite character. I ship Marceline/Bubblegum. The very idea of Simon kind of makes me cry. Lean into the show's strange blend of wackiness and pathos and have fun.
Julie and the Phantoms
Characters: Julie Molina, Alex Mercer, Reggie Peters, Luke Patterson, Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Concepts: The afterlife; ghosts and ghost powers; fallout when people recognize the phantoms
This show is my new fandom obsession. I love Julie and I love the boys and am endlessly fascinated by the offhand implications of the ghosts and what they can do. I have so many questions. What is the extent of ghost powers? Why do some ghosts have different powers? What happens when a ghost crosses over? What the heck happened at the end of the last episode? What happens when people realize the Phantoms are actually ghosts? Feel free to make this into a crossover with Buzzfeed Unsolved or Ghost Hunters or something equally wacky.
Thank you for agreeing to write for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Since you probably don't know me, here's a quick primer on my likes and dislikes which might come in handy.
Likes: I usually prefer gen, especially focusing on platonic and familial relationships. I’m interested in found families, biological families, younger siblings, sidekicks, friends who become lovers and friends who don’t. I'm always down for outsider POVs, especially ones who are ignorant or unreliable narrators. For the purposes of this exchange, that can include anything from newspaper articles and academic writings to stories narrated by the preverbal man on the street. Feel free to play around in terms of genre and formatting. When it comes to canon characters, I'm always a big fan of character studies and have serious respect for ones with actual plot since that’s something I tend to struggle with.
Based on my selected fandoms, it looks like this year's running theme is, once again, super heroes and superpowers. When it comes to this genre, I'm a big fan of super identity shenanigans; the physical and psychological tole of heroism; and the public's response to heroes and powered individuals.
Dislikes: I am not into romantic plots and tropes, or graphic sex. I have a huge embarrassment/humiliation squick and have issues with infidelity, so please avoid those.
Do not want: Smut, incest, student/teacher sexual relationships, character bashing, graphic depictions of sex or bodily harm.
The Boys (TV 2019)
Characters: Annie January, Donna January, Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Aspects: superhero culture; racial politics of who gets superpowers; parents who let their kids be given superpowers; how kids are selected for powers; Vought International; Compound V
I am fascinated by the concept of parents who would sign up their kids for experimental injections and groom them for super heroism. What kind of person does that? How does Vought select them? How involved is Vought when it comes to grooming these kids? How much control do they have over who gets what powers? How is there not a #superheroessowhite movement once the public learns about Compound V, especially after it turns out the company was founded by a literal Nazi? How has the mostly-white superhero crowd fed into or exacerbated existing racism? Any one of these ideas would be fun to play with. Go wild.
Misfits (TV 2009)
Characters: Alisha Danials, Curtis Donovan, Kelly Bailey, Nathan Young, Simon Bellamy, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: Official response to superpowers; legal implications of superpowers; superpowers go public; superpower support groups
A bunch of people get random, and occasionally traumatic, super powers. You know there has to be some kind of response to that which goes beyond what the main characters see. I'd be interested in something which intersects with the lives of the ASBO five, but isn't necessarily about them or from their POV. I loved the wacky, irreverent, and fairly dark tone of the show and would like something which captures that spirit. As far as I'm concerned, nothing after the season 2 finale actually happened.
DCU (Comics)
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Duke Thomas, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: outsider perspectives on the Wayne family; how Robin training has changed over the years; how child sidekicks are viewed; civilian responses to superheroes and vigilantes and supervillains
I love the Batfamily, Batgirls included. I would love to see an outsider POV on their super heroic activities. How annoying/traumatizing is it to live in a city where weirdly themed terrorist attacks happen regularly? What do the press and the internets have to say about the latest Robin? Who does the public suspect? Do normal people think child vigilantes are cool, or deeply messed up? Give me all the secret identity shenanigans. Let someone call CPS on Batman. Have fun.
Adventure Time
Characters: Finn the Human, Jake the Dog, Bubblegum, Marceline, Ice King, Original Character(s), No/Any Characters
Worldbuilding Aspects: reincarnation; relationships between sentient beings with wildly different lifespans; the origins and fallout of the Mushroom War; candy kingdom
I just got into this show and there is so much to unpack. What's it like to be an immortal friends with a mortal child or a mortal child to be friends with a sentient dog? Or vise versa? What the heck happened during the Mushroom War? Why is the Candy Kingdom like that and how much to Bubblegum's trust issues play into that?
Finn is my favorite character. I ship Marceline/Bubblegum. The very idea of Simon kind of makes me cry. Lean into the show's strange blend of wackiness and pathos and have fun.
Julie and the Phantoms
Characters: Julie Molina, Alex Mercer, Reggie Peters, Luke Patterson, Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Concepts: The afterlife; ghosts and ghost powers; fallout when people recognize the phantoms
This show is my new fandom obsession. I love Julie and I love the boys and am endlessly fascinated by the offhand implications of the ghosts and what they can do. I have so many questions. What is the extent of ghost powers? Why do some ghosts have different powers? What happens when a ghost crosses over? What the heck happened at the end of the last episode? What happens when people realize the Phantoms are actually ghosts? Feel free to make this into a crossover with Buzzfeed Unsolved or Ghost Hunters or something equally wacky.
