auroracloud: drawing of two girls kissing (girls kissing)
Dear Femslash Exchange writer,

Thank you for offering to write any of these fandoms and relationships! They’re all relationships of my heart that delight me, so I’m sure to be happy that you write me any of these. So the letter is mostly just to give you more ideas of what I like and some prompts in the case you’re the sort of writer who works better with prompts; but you don’t have to use any of the prompts or include any of my specific likes, or you can turn them into something different. All I specifically ask is that you do heed to my DNWs. They’re either things I explicitly don’t want, sometimes just plain can’t deal with for my emotional health, or just things that I’m so finicky about when I do read them that it’s better to not take chances with a gift fic. But otherwise, feel free to go wild and do what suits you best!

I start by giving general likes and DNWs, then the same specifically for sex in the case you want to write sex into the story and are wondering what I’m okay with; and then prompts and/or other comments and ideas for each fandom and relationship. How much I write for each fandom/relationship doesn’t tell anything about how much I want it; I’ll be delighted by any of these. Some I’ve simply copied from previous exchange letters, and I may have gone on longer in some letters than in others.

ExpandLikes )

ExpandDislikes and Do Not Wants )


ExpandSex-related likes and DNWs )


ExpandDoctor Who — Heather/Bill, Martha/Bill, Martha/Rose, Zoe/Isobel )

ExpandLe Comte de Monte Cristo — Eugénie/Louise )


ExpandOriginal Work )
auroracloud: (Tardis in flight)
I'm a little late posting about the [community profile] turingfest reveals, which happened about 10 days ago, but here goes! It was a multi-fandom fest about AI/cyborg/robot/android/etc. characters. My gift was a lovely Doctor Who fic about the TARDIS and the Doctor, from TARDIS point of view (I love TARDIS POV fics! there need to be more of them!). It's lovely and beautiful, I love the flowy feeling of the narrative flowing in an out of various moments in time like the TARDIS consciousness would. Plus, there's a bit of implied Doctor/Jack, which is always lovely!

Five Moments Shared (1057 words) by Merfilly
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: The Doctor's TARDIS, Jack Harkness, The Doctor (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Fluff, 5 Things, Implied Relationships, Timeline What Timeline, wibbly wobbly timey wimey continuity
Summary: Five moments the Tardis shared with her Thief

Even if you've never read TARDIS POV before, or didn't know you might want to read it, this is a good one to start from, because it's not very long but still shows a lovely series of views on the Doctor & TARDIS relationship.

It's actually the only fic I've so far read from the fest, because it was the only one not mine that was written in my fandoms, but I do plan to take a look at the Original Work category, because I've come to adore AI/robot/etc. stories. But I didn't get around to it yet, because I promptly fell ill when the fics were revealed, and took a while before I could even leave a proper comment in my gift fic.


I also ended up writing Doctor Who, TARDIS POV fic, though my recipient and assigned writer weren't the same person (I wouldn't have been surprised if that had happened, it was an exchange of just a few dozen people, and I didn't know most of the other fandoms involved). It was my first time ever attempting TARDIS POV or any AI/sentient spaceship/etc. focused fic, but after a lot of editing I did end up fairly happy with the result, and the recipient seems to be happy with it as well, which is the most important thing!

After the Time that Never Was (4032 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Tenth Doctor & The Doctor's TARDIS, Jack Harkness & The Doctor's TARDIS, Martha Jones & The Doctor's TARDIS
Characters: The Doctor's TARDIS, Tenth Doctor, Jack Harkness, Martha Jones
Additional Tags: Post-Year That Never Was, Episode: s03e13 Last of the Time Lords, Hurt/Comfort, POV TARDIS, Sentient TARDIS, Sentient Timeship, Pre-Season/Series 04
Summary: After the Paradox, the TARDIS heals. So do those aboard her.

And if anyone read it during the anon period who's familiar with my fics, they could probably spot it was mine miles away. Dealing with the Year That Never Was? Check. Ten, Jack, and Martha? Check. Jack's Fact-ness? Check. Jack and Ten's complicated relationship? Check. Jack and Martha connecting? Check. But I loved exploring the TARDIS POV to it all, and making her recovery the centre of the fic, not only her travellers. I should try to write more TARDIS-focused fic, I really enjoyed it.
auroracloud: (we're all stories in the end)
Dear Turingfest author,


Sorry I had to leave a sign-up that was just the characters for some of the requests; I was away from home with very poor internet access, and typing a lot on my phone is a pain. Also, for family reasons, I didn’t have much time and energy before the sign-ups closed. Anyway, I’m so excited I didn’t prove unmatchable for this exchange, so you’re extra awesome for offering at least one of the things I’ve requested! Feel free to include any other canon characters than the ones requested, to make crossovers with other fandoms I like, to combine or modify prompts. I’m fairly new to realising I totally love AIs/robots/etc. and these fandoms I’ve requested are largely responsible for realising it, so I’ll be thrilled to have fic for any of them. How long I’ve written about each doesn’t correspond to how much I want it, but more to how much material there is in the source and how long I’ve known it.

I’m offering some prompts for each relationship, because I’m a writer who enjoys having something like that to work with. If you prefer to write without specific prompts, just skip them. If a prompt/idea/like leads you to another idea that I didn’t mention, feel free to go along with it as long as you avoid the DNWs.

My formatting didn't quite survive being copied to the post, but I'll come back tomorrow to add the bullet points to the beginnings of the lines, because I'm starting to fall over.

ExpandGeneral likes )

ExpandGeneral dislikes and Do Not Wants )

ExpandDoctor Who )


ExpandWayfarers Series )



ExpandMurderbot Diares )

ExpandCrossover (Murderbot Diaries / Wayfarers) )


ExpandThe Cybernetic Tea Shop )
auroracloud: (Twelve Bill 19th century)
I've been horrid at posting things and reacting to things lately, and I realized I haven't even posted about Chocolate Box fics, though it's been a month and a half. I've been very low on energy these past few months, and haven't even been much good at commenting on fics or replying to comments. I hope this gets better soon.

I only wrote one fic for Chocolate Box, but I was pretty happy with it.

Study Trips For Miss Potts (1333 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor & Bill Potts, Twelfth Doctor & Nardole & Bill Potts
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts, Nardole (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: BAMF Women, Time Travel, Season/Series 10
Summary: Bill appreciates the Doctor taking her to visit awesome women for her education and emancipation. Nardole provides tea and ineffective disapproval of secret escapades.


This was my first time writing (or at least publishing) the Twelfth Doctor; I think I finally started feeling comfortable enough with him to try my hand at him, as I've been watching S8 and S9 of Doctor Who. It was my second time writing Bill, and I completely, unabashedly adore writing her. I need to write more of her. Since her time on the show was cut woefully short, and she's so magnificent, we need more of her in form of fanfic. (Why are my absolute favourite Companions far too little on the show? Donna, Bill, Jack... Not to say I don't love the longer-term ones - especially I enjoy Amy, and absolutely adore Rory - but my favouritest-of-the-favourites never seem to stay for long enough.)

My gift fic was written by the wonderful and talented [personal profile] trobadora (which I had figured out by the first sentence or so), and it is exceedingly amazing. Seriously, this is one of the best Doctor/Jack fics I've ever read, and I've read a lot of them. Even if you don't particularly ship them, it's worth a read for an amazing exploration of the characters of the Tenth Doctor and Jack, and their peculiar relationships to each other, life, death, and time. I still need to write the multi-paragraph detailed comment this fic deserves; I only had the brain for generic gushing when the stories were revealed, and well, I still haven't had the brain for much more. Maybe now that I'm posting about it, I'll get around to it soon?

Time's Very End (8166 words) by Trobadora
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tenth Doctor/Jack Harkness
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Jack Harkness
Additional Tags: Episode: s04e18 The End of Time (2), Immortality, Time Lord senses
Summary: Damn Jack for playing hard to get now, of all times.
auroracloud: vintage drawing of a woman and a lamppost against a text background (Default)
Hello, hello! I've had new friends arrive recently from the Yuletide friending meme, hi, new friends! And hi, old ones, because I've been a bit random about posting. I try to become more frequent again. Today's post is just about recent fanfic fests and fics I've received and written. Which reminds me, I finally managed to finish my Chocolate Box letter the other day, so if anyone wants to take a look, here it is!

Fandoms are Doctor Who, Torchwood, Wayfarers, Parasol Protectorate, and Finishing School. Lots of prompts for various relationships! There probably are more fandoms I could have requested, but considering how long the letter turned out, it's no doubt good I didn't. And I was trying to be brief. Ish.

Anyway, [community profile] fandom_stocking went live this week, and I got many lovely gifts in mine. I got several lovely fics, of the Doctor Who and Torchwood kind; by [personal profile] trobadora, [personal profile] navaan, as well as [personal profile] marginalia, [personal profile] missanotherboat, [personal profile] firefly124 and [personal profile] angelus2hot. Do check them out! Also, I got three ballet icons by [personal profile] kate, suitable for a beginner dancer like myself as I had hoped, so now I have some appropriate icons for rambling about my ballet classes; also, book recs from [personal profile] cornerofmadness (a considerable bunch of LGBT themed sf/f recs!) and [personal profile] dunderklumpen; as well as fan art and greetings.

I managed three fics myself; naturally not all that I wanted to write, but still, three. And I'm learning how to make stories comparatively short, ie. around 1,000 words. Here are the stories I wrote.

for [personal profile] nenya_kanadka:
A Spray of Water Falling on a Wave (909 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Heather (Doctor Who: The Pilot)/Bill Potts
Characters: Bill Potts, Heather (Doctor Who: The Pilot)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Canon Lesbian Relationship, Canon Lesbian Character, Post-Episode: s10e12 The Doctor Falls, Fandom Stocking 2017
Summary: A moment in the life and space travels of Bill Potts and Heather, after.

(I was so happy to get around to writing my first Bill fic! I hope there are more to come!)


Then this, for [personal profile] trobadora:
A Lady Is Always Ready (907 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor/Missy
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Missy (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: 2017 Xmas Twice Upon A Time
Summary: It was embarrassing to lose her TARDIS for such a long time. It was even more embarrassing that when she found the TARDIS again, Missy was standing outside.

(Waah, I can't resist writing Thirteen/Missy, and we've only had two words from Thirteen in canon!)


And finally, for [personal profile] chamilet:

Through the Dark (1167 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Post-Year That Never Was, Nightmares, Fandom Stocking 2017, Touching
Summary: Though that year never was, it comes back to haunt Jack. It's a good thing he isn't alone this night.

I also posted another Jack/Ianto fic recently, but it's not up on AO3 yet. It was for [community profile] torchwood_fest; the prompts were winter and Christmas themed, and while I don't usually work with Christmas or other holiday themed prompts (winter, for sure, I am a Finn after all) this story came to me and I was rather happy with myself for managing something not terribly fluffy out of the prompt "holiday treats". When the fest closes, I'll put it up on AO3 as well, but for now, here have the link to the journal posts:

Taste of Spice by AuroraCloud: Dreamwidth post / Livejournal post
Summary: On a dark December evening, Ianto Jones is hardly in a festive mood, and his relationship with Jack is just confusing. Still, there can be unexpected benefits to spicy cakes.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Word Count: 2790
Rating: Teen
Genre: Angst, Romance
Notes: Takes place late-ish in S1; after They Keep Killing Suzie but before Out Of Time


I was quite happy the way this turned out, personally. The fest was originally supposed to end last weekend, but it was extended, so we'll see if I have time to edit the other Torchwood fic lying on my computer. I hope so, the world needs more Tosh femslash...

On a final fannish note, I started watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries tonight, and I think I'm in love. With the series and especially with Miss Fisher.
auroracloud: (we're all stories in the end)
Dear Chocolatier,

Sorry I only got this letter up now! Hope it helps. You’re super-awesome for offering whatever you’ve offered out of my requests, and I look forward to reading what you come up with. I’m offering some prompts for each relationship, because I’m a writer who enjoys having something like that to work with. If you prefer to work without specific prompts, just skip them and check out my general likes and DNWs. Or if a prompt/idea/like leads you to another idea that I didn’t mention, feel free to go along with it as long as you avoid the DNWs. Feel free to combine relationships and prompts.

ExpandGeneral likes )

ExpandGeneral dislikes and Do Not Wants )

ExpandDoctor Who (2005) (relationships requested: Bill/Heather, Bill/Martha, Bill/Amy, Jack/Doctor (any Doctorfrom 9 to 13), Jack/Martha, Jack/Eleven/TARDIS, Eleven & Amy & Rory) )

ExpandTorchwood (Jack/Ianto, Tosh & Ianto, Jack & Tosh) )

ExpandWayfarers Series - Becky Chambers (Rosemary/Sissix, Sidra & Tak, Sidra/Tak) )

ExpandFinishing School - Gail Carriger (any relationships in the tagset) )

ExpandParasol Protectorate — Gail Carriger (Genevieve/Alexia or Genevieve&Alexia, Biffy/Lyall, Genevieve/Imogene, Alexia & Akeldama )
auroracloud: vintage drawing of a woman and a lamppost against a text background (Bill smiling colours)
Time of various exchanges and fests is upon us! I've successfully finished my Yuletide fic in time, though it still needs some editing (when have I not edited up to the reveals?), and I've taken a bit of a look at requests to consider treats. Though there are also so many other options for fic-writing in the near future! Such as [community profile] fandom_stocking, where the sign-ups ended last week. Here is my stocking if you want to take a look at it and maybe even drop something in there!

[community profile] public_call fics are in the process of being revealed. I wrote a Jack/Ten story, which has been posted: find the post with the link here.



And I got this lovely Bill/Heather fic from the exchange!

Bubblegum, Fire, Salt Water (1141 words) by florencedrunk

Also, more on the femslash front, due to my general posting fail I haven't posted links to all of my previous exchange fics either, so here's my [community profile] femslashex fic, a Thirteen/Missy fic I wrote for the dear [personal profile] trobadora and had ever so much fun writing.

Hope and Chocolate (2442 words) by AuroraCloud
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thirteenth Doctor/Missy
Characters: Thirteenth Doctor, Missy (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Fix-It of Sorts, Femslash, Femslash Exchange 2017, Crossing Timelines
Summary:

The Doctor goes back to find Missy during her time in the Vault. She has a plan. Also, there is a date.



I'm mostly caught up on Doctor Who now - I'm struggling in early S9 because I just don't like Clara enough and I don't like her and Twelve together (I love Twelve, but he works so much better with Bill!) and the writing has been getting steadily worse, and I don't think I'm finishing it before the Christmas special airs. But anyway, it means I've pretty much seen all the Missy episodes there are to see, and whatever I think of other things, Missy is freaking fantastic. I'm not even often fond of villains or quasi-villains or whatever she is, and I wasn't as into Simm!Master as much of the fandom seems to be, but Missy is my lady.

I really hope we will somehow get her and Thirteen together on the screen at some point.

What else? I basically binged through S1 of Broadchurch this weekend. Damn, it's so good. And the cast is fantastic, Olivia Colman and David Tennant are fantastic in the leads, I freaking love Jodie Whittaker's acting, and Arthur Darvill is at least as lovely in this as he was as Rory. And many others gave wonderful performances, too, and I just loved the writing, the way it focused so much on the characters and the community and the effect of the events on all that, not just solving the mystery.

I'll try to post more things some time soon. Like more thoughts about Doctor Who, and other things I've watched and read. I know I've been really quiet on the journalling side of things, but I'll be trying to fix that in the near future! I miss this.
auroracloud: (Tardis in flight)
Dear Public Call writer,

Here I’ve got a letter with the relationship and character specific prompts and details, because I didn’t want to make the details box in the sign-up super-long, and also because I wasn’t quite finished with this part by the sign-up deadline. Note on Sunday 22nd October: I've added at least something to the unfinished parts now, so consider this finished. I don't want to keep you having to check back in here!

How much I go on about each relationship doesn’t determine how much I want it; I’ll be really happy with any of these. And the prompts and such are just meant to help you get started or get ideas, you can ignore me and write something else!

ExpandCharacters, relationships )
auroracloud: (Yuletide / moonscape)
Sorry for the delay in posting the letter, but here it is. I may still do little tweaks and edits during the weekend if I realize something could be worded better etc. but you're safe going on based on what I've got here.

Fic likes: I love gen, femslash, slash, het; I love hurt/comfort, adventures, daily life moments and domesticity, angst (but hopefully with a happy/comforting ending), fluff, porn (though preferably so that the sex tells something about the characters), first times, established relationships, kisses, space, history, worldbuilding, character-centric fic, intelligent/geeky women, relationships between women, loyalty, friendship, found family, teamfic where applicable, characters coming to accept some previously neglected/repressed part of themselves, canon divergence AUs (various ”what if”s changing some event or element of the canon but still keeping the world basically the same), epistolary fics, crossovers with fandoms you know I like, etc. etc. Really a lot of things, so feel free to let your imagination roam as long as you respect my Do Not Wants / dislikes.

If you write a romantic/sexual relationship, there can be no sex or a little sex or lots of sex, however you like. Anything from handholding or sweet words to hot steamy sex is find by me, though I prefer no complete PWP.




Do Not Wants/Dislikes: graphic violence, gore and torture, rape/non-con, sexual abuse, incest, underage sex (by this I mean under 16, which is the age of consent in my country), character bashing, mpreg, wildly different AUs of the coffee shop / high school / werewolf etc. variety. It depends a bit on the canon how much violence/torture/abuse I can deal with, but generally, please not higher level than the canon. Please stay away from sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other such things. Please no 2nd person POV, it hardly ever works for me. In fic 1st person rarely works for me unless it’s in diary/epistolary format; the exception here would be Skuggserien, where the original canon is written in first person, so if you want to write the fic that way as well, it’s fine.




ExpandLe Comte de Monte Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas )

Expand Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers )


ExpandSkuggserien (Shadow Series) — Maria Gripe )

ExpandFinishing School - Gail Carriger )
auroracloud: vintage drawing of a woman and a lamppost against a text background (writing and lady)
Dear Femslash Exchange Writer,

I’m excited that you’ve offered to write at least one of these relationships with these female characters, so don’t worry too much, I’ll be happy to see what your muse will offer you. I list some Do Not Wants below, but other than that, feel free to do whatever your muse wants to do! The other things in this letter are just meant to help you along if you want a bit more from me. And I finally finished this. Sorry it took so long!

Things I particularly like: hurt/comfort, love growing out of friendship, enemies finding common ground and connection, character growth, women being awesome together, women supporting each other. I like fluff, I like angst, I like banter, emotional stuff, adventure, humour, worldbuilding/exploring the world of the canon, missing scenes, pre-canon, post-canon, what-if/canon divergence AUs…

Do Not Want: rape/non-con, gore and graphic violence, underage relationships, incest, death of requested characters, break-up of requested characters, strong horror, modern/mundane/werewolf/vampire/etc. AUs (basically the kind that fundamentally alter the world). Also please no racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and other discrimination/hatred based on such attributes (hopefully not very likely for participants of this exchange, anyway!). Second person rarely works for me, so I’d suggest avoiding that.

I've written various ideas, prompts, suggestions, and what I love about the characters and their relationships, but that doesn't mean you have to include all or any of them. They're just meant to help spark your imagination if you need that.

Requests


ExpandWayfarers - Becky Chambers )


ExpandFinishing School - Gail Carriger )


ExpandDoctor Who/Torchwood )


ExpandParasol Protectorate )

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