Fest: Fandom5K Letter

[argentum_ls]

Dear Writer-

Thank you so much for signing up! I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you do.

Before we head into the meat of this letter, I think it's fair to let you know that some of the requests may have more information than others. This is not a secret indication of where my true interests lay; it's just how things shook out. Please rest assured that they are all requests of my heart.

Also, a lot of the prompts below are pulled from previous letters. If you're interested in starting from one of my prompts, but happen to see a more exciting prompt in a different letter/general rambling/casual-chat-on-Discord that sparks your interest, I'd love to see what you do with that, even if it's already been filled or I haven't requested it 8000 times. If you prefer to write without a prompt, have fun!

Treats are always welcome too!

About Me

I'm LadySilver, argentum_ls, and argentum-ls

Likes

canon-based or canon-divergent AU stories

h/c

whump

drama

interpersonal drama

humor

secret identity revealed/discovered

unexpected allies

outsider POV

characters talking about their powers/superstate in a way that provides insight into what it means for them

friends with benefits (that stays that way)

characters who don't trust each other learning to

when two characters believe they're talking about the same thing and aren't

real world situations complicated by the supernatural

clever or unusual uses of a character's abilities

trope inversion

time-travel gone wrong (e.g. timeloops, accidental time travel, Quantum Leap style travel)

everyone is bi unless otherwise stated

Do Not Wants

non-canon AUs (e.g. omegaverse, mpreg, coffee shop, etc.)

non-con

crack

permanent requested character maiming or death

PWPs (romance, sexual activity, UST, or sexual tension are all fine as part of a larger story)

E or NC-17 rated sexual material

stories based on jealousy

character assassination/bashing

torture!porn (e.g. the Saw movies)

incest

identity headcanons (e.g. trans*, autistic, furry)

1st or 2nd person POV

reader insert fic

zombies

Other Things I'm Always Down For

Inclusion of, or reference to, canon relationships in an otherwise gen story

Inclusion of non-requested canon characters in supporting roles

Inclusion of original characters in supporting roles

Inclusion of requested character/original character ships (het, slash, or poly) in stories set outside of the canon (e.g. future fic, past fic, alternate timelines)

Crossovers between my requested fandoms

Crossovers between any of my requested fandom and any live-action fandom I’ve ever written in

Inclusion of, or reference to, characters or events from other parts of a franchise (e.g. Danger Force or Game Shakers in the Henry Danger fic; Highlander: the Raven or Highlander: Reunion in the Highlander: the Series fic; Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, or Luke Cage in a Defenders fic), etc., except where specified.

Requested Fandoms

The Defenders
I'm late coming to the Daredevil and The Defenders TV shows. The former was too violent for my tastes, and the latter was a lot of fun (crossover!), but didn't mean much the first time I saw it. Then, someone suggested the beauty of the Daredevil episode “Nelson vs. Murdock” to me, and I became an instant convert. That episode is now my gold standard for identity reveals. Matt is such a hurt cookie, and the sheer amount of time he spends in his show being too injured to move (or otherwise tied up) and being forced to confront/admit to things he’s been trying to avoid really pushes all my whump-love buttons. I love his terrible decision making and his need for connection to his friends while he also desperately wants to distance them to keep them safe. His heart's in the right place, even if his head needs some serious therapy. I also love that he has superpowers, of a sort, yet he's still blind, and his abilities give him different tools to work with without erasing his disability.

Matt & Foggy's we're-incomplete-without-each-other friendship hits all happy buttons, especially in those moments where one of them thinks they're asking too much of the other (granted, that's usually Matt), and the other drops whatever they're doing to step up and make it happen.

I also love Karen, and how she was more-or-less adopted into the Matt & Foggy friendship without knowing what that was going to mean, but that didn't remove her spine or her ability to stand up and tell both of them when they're being idiots.

Pairing Requests:
Foggy Nelson & Matt Murdock & Karen Page
Foggy Nelson & Matt Murdock
Matt Murdock & Karen Page

Fandom Specific DNW: Use of comic book exclusive canon. I haven't read them and won't get it.

Optional Prompts:

Matt and/or Foggy get blackmailed. Now what? (This does not have to be a DD-related blackmail, though it certainly can be.)

"You're blind!" / "So they tell me. That won't be a problem, will it?" - Foggy and Matt negotiate being roommates and becoming friends, and we learn about Matt's and/or Foggy's bad experiences with former roommates.

Foggy or Karen (or both) gets the opportunity to go back in time and stop Matt from becoming/continuing to be Daredevil. Do they take it? Why or why not?

You know that trope where the civilian identity gets kidnapped to try to flush out the superhero? Yeah, let's get Matt dealing with that one. Or maybe the inverse, where somehow DD is captured because the villains think that'll get Matt to follow directions.

"I Saved the World Today" by the Eurythmics (link to YouTube)

"Save the World Tomorrow" by Fools Garden (link to YouTube)

Henry Danger
Superheroes are one of my favorite types of character, especially when the story is about the double life the superhero has to lead. I absolutely love the conflicts that our character has to deal with because of needing to keep his story straight; needing to lie to people he doesn't want to lie to; needing to pretend to be weak or incapable in situations where, in costume, he'd totally be crushing the problem; and needing to constantly re-calibrate his understanding of normal vs. what everyone else thinks is normal. As indicated in my likes, I'm also a huge h/c and whump fan, but especially when it's the kind of superhero whump where being thrown into a wall only causes some bruises and temporary limping and being caught in a explosion doesn't do much worse than ruining your clothes. Henry Danger fed all of my likes here, though it sometimes went a little too far with things used as jokes that I personally find horrifying, like the mind-wiper or the time our heroes framed Bichelle Bilsky for a crime and never fixed or retracted it.

Pairing Requests:
Charlotte Page & Henry Hart & Jasper Dunlop
Henry Hart & Ray Manchester
Kid Danger (or Danger Man)/Kyle
Henry Hart & Piper Hart

I love all the characters on this show, though I'm especially fond of Henry and Piper's later relationship, after she knows he's Kid Danger, and the friendship among Henry, Jasper, and Charlotte. Feel free to include anyone. For villains, Drex is probably my favorite because of the conflict with him being the failed sidekick. I'm also a fan of Jeff, Gwen, and--obviously--Kyle.

As you might be able to guess from my requests, the fifth season episode "Rumblr" is my favorite. Besides the amazing superhero/lover parallels, I thought the episode was overall incredibly sweet.

Should you think it's relevant, I've seen every episode of both Henry Dangerand Danger Force, and I'm stalking the spoilers of the Henry Danger movie.

Optional Prompts:

While Ray's indisposed for a few days, someone has to take over being Captain Man. That someone is Henry.

After 5 years of being a superhero comedy, the show ends with Henry, Charlotte, and Jasper going full cyberpunk. What adjustments to the genre do they have to make? What genre surprises do they run into? What are their new team dynamics and the realities of their new lives? How do they crimefight without Ray's resources and Schwoz's brains? Where do they get their resources from? How do they fund/supply themselves?

Piper continues to insist on being Henry's new superhero sidekick, so he makes a point of showing her all the unglamorous parts of the job. In the process, they learn some things about each other.

After gaining his Hyper Motility, Henry has trouble adjusting to his new speed/reflexes in ways that are almost disastrous. So Charlotte and Jasper devise and implement a series of "training exercises" for him that are very nearly more disastrous.

So, I kinda fell hard into this show when it dropped on Netflix and had a lot of thoughts. If you're eyeing this request, here are some more optional resources for you:

List of Essential Episodes

Discussion on the Memory Wiper

Danger Prompts.

Additional Canon Notes:

Henry Danger has a lot of crack-y elements, and Crack is both a somewhat ambiguous term and in my DNWs. If the show went there, so can you--though I would prefer if things like the alternate universe where everyone is Henry are kept as throwaway jokes rather than being the setting of the story. I love most of what the show does, and I absolutely eat up all the lampshading ("The rules of time travel change every time we do it, dude!"), but I prefer when the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird jokes are not the focus.

While I think the parallels played between Henry and Ray as sidekick-and-superhero and love-interests is hysterical (the scene when Henry first found out about Drex is one of my favorites), I am not into Henry/Ray.

Highlander: the Series
I've been in or near the Highlander fandom for most of the last two decades. My favorite character—and therefore most of my requests—center on Richie Ryan, who I adamantly insist was not killed off. Twice. Mostly, I'm interested in the stories of the side characters, and the interactions of characters who got little or no canonical screen time together. I just want to know more about them than we ever got to officially learn. Feel free to mix and match requests, too.

I love the immortals and explorations of the consequences of immortality on this show, but I also love the Game and the bigger worldbuilding aspects it provides. The Game is so brutal and what it requires of its players so awful, yet I enjoy the purpose and conflicts it provides. How the characters understand the rules, whether they choose to follow them, whether they even choose to play or not, and how they stay sane amidst it (or why they don't) are all draws to me. I especially love that the characters don't know why all this is happening; Quickenings are real, but the Game is an article of faith. On the lighter side, I'm also into all the fun that can be had with the characters' ability to die temporarily.

Pairing Requests:

Ceirdwyn & Methos (Ceirdwyn/Methos is also fine)
Cory Raines & Matthew McCormick
Cory Raines & Richie Ryan
Charlie deSalvo & Richie Ryan

Fandom Specific DNWs: Reference to, or use of, the Ahriman storyline as canon. Use of movies 2-5 as canon.

Fandom Specific Comment: While Richie is the only character for which I actively ignore final death, I'm happy to join you in ignoring anyone else's final death too.

Optional Prompts:

According to the Watcher Chronicles, Matthew is the one responsible for Cory's first death, and is his first teacher. How did it all go down?

Cory's always had a Robin Hood streak (you know, what with having been Robin Hood), so when the railroads start to cut their way across North America, Cory goes into action against the Railway Robber Barons. Matthew, meanwhile, has taken up with the Pinkertons. Somehow, they both manage to keep their heads.

When it comes time to leave Seacouver for real, Richie wants to say goodbye to his mortal friends one last time. To his surprise, Cory is the one who steps up to help.

Ceirdwyn and Methos are old friends who happen to cross paths every now and then, spend a night or weekend together, and then go their merry ways. Sometimes all they want is companionship. Sometimes all they get is trouble.

Charlie also didn't die (but please don't make him Immortal) and he and Richie have to team up for something. (Maybe this is how Charlie finds out about Duncan and Immortals.)

As Charlie continues to try to train Richie, Richie's explanations for why he's not getting hurt/staying hurt become increasingly implausible.

Quickenings cause tropes, such as accidental telepathy, time travel, body swap (that is, the Quickening itself works in a magical handwavy way that results in the trope happening)

Other Optional Resources:

A Beginner's Guide to Highlander

My Complete List of Highlander Prompts

Thoughts on Richie Ryan

Crossover Fandoms

Pairing Requests:

Matt Murdock (Daredevil) & Cory Raines (Highlander)
Matt Murdock (Daredevil) & Richie Ryan (Highlander)
Matt Murdock (Daredevil) & Toby Logan (The Listener)

Optional Prompts:

Matt becomes Richie or Cory's (or both's) lawyer for a case where their Immortality makes things really complicated. (e.g. Cory is arrested for a string of bank robberies that goes back to before he was "born"; Richie's alibi in a case is that he was dead somewhere; the guy Richie or Cory took his latest identity from died with a lot of warrants out on him.)

Daredevil accidentally breaks up a swordfight between two Immortals, then draws a logical (but wrong) conclusion about what's happening and complicates things for everyone involved.

After a rough night out, Matt ends up in Toby's ambulance.

Toby needs to enlist Matt's legal help to find his brother. But maybe it's really Daredevil's help he needs.

Thank you again for writing for me!