Wayfarers Series Exchange Preferences
Jul. 7th, 2024 04:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lezridaxI am going to start putting some fandoms that have had evolving preferences in their own entries, which I will then link to in letters when I request them for a particular exchange. The first I'm going to do this with is Wayfarers, since my requests have been shifting a lot as I've been reading more books in the series - making it inconvenient to keep making people go back to some earlier letter where that wasn't the case, etc.
Canon is a sci-fi novel series by Becky Chambers, set in the same universe but largely stand-alone. There are four books: #1 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, #2 A Closed and Common Orbit, #3 Record of a Spaceborn Few and #4 The Galaxy and the Ground Within. As of this most recent edit (July 2024) I have read all of these books except for #3.
Rosemary/Sissix:
(Featured in book #1)
This is my OTP for the series, essentially; I just really love their relationship, which presses so many of my buttons as a yuri and alien lover, and I want more than their book gave us! I would love stuff that delves deeper into how they click, including by incorporating worldbuilding involving Sissix's culture or other alien cultures. How does their relationship going forward from the first book fit in with Sissix's culture's norms about relationships? Where do they go from there?
If you go for smutty stuff (which I am A-OK with here), I love stuff that focuses on differences in alien biology from human biology, especially in exploring Sissix's reptilian body and all that entails.
I love the exploration-focused sci-fi plots, so feel free to have the Wayfarer explore more strange new worlds with Rosemary, Sissix and their relationship as a central focus. I really love the worldbuilding in this series and would love fics that explore it further!
Specific Prompts:
Ashby/Pei:
(Featured in books #1 and #4)
A lot of similar preferences here to Rosemary/Sissix, with the additional caveat that I'm fascinated by how Pei got into such a relationship given the strong taboos against romantic/sexual relationships with aliens in Aeluon culture. I'd really love stuff that focuses on how they first get together, first begin to realize they care more about each other than they know what to do with, and how Pei navigates that relationship.
Similar stuff from Ashby's perspective, too! What are his initial feelings for Pei and how does he feel about being a dirty little secret in the beginning? When do his feelings start to change? What kinds of relationships has he had before and what makes him so willing to try this with Pei? What do each of his crewmates think about it and how does he feel about that? (Book #1 delves into that last question a little bit, but I'd love to see more!)
The bulleted stuff at the end with R/S also applies here: how you can incorporate Aeluon vs. human Exodan culture/history/etc., how those cultural differences play out in their relationship, the anatomical fun of human/alien sex ;) and how this impacts both their ships' futures and missions. In terms of anatomical/biological stuff, I'm particular curious about how the Aeluon lack of "hearing" (and the way their implants don't hear conventionally, but rather translate sound into something they can understand) affects their relationship - perhaps when exchanging cultural ideas? What does an Aeluon think of human music, for instance?
I also love post-book-4 stuff with these two as well, with Pei's decision at the end of the book suggesting she's willing to give up quite a lot of her cultural norms to be with Ashby. Does that move them into a more serious relationship going forward? Are they able to tell more people? What happens next? And what is the fallout of those choices?
Fandom-Specific DNW:
Sad/ambiguous/unhappy endings for requested characters
The "usually DNWs" all apply here.
Canon is a sci-fi novel series by Becky Chambers, set in the same universe but largely stand-alone. There are four books: #1 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, #2 A Closed and Common Orbit, #3 Record of a Spaceborn Few and #4 The Galaxy and the Ground Within. As of this most recent edit (July 2024) I have read all of these books except for #3.
Rosemary/Sissix:
(Featured in book #1)
This is my OTP for the series, essentially; I just really love their relationship, which presses so many of my buttons as a yuri and alien lover, and I want more than their book gave us! I would love stuff that delves deeper into how they click, including by incorporating worldbuilding involving Sissix's culture or other alien cultures. How does their relationship going forward from the first book fit in with Sissix's culture's norms about relationships? Where do they go from there?
If you go for smutty stuff (which I am A-OK with here), I love stuff that focuses on differences in alien biology from human biology, especially in exploring Sissix's reptilian body and all that entails.
I love the exploration-focused sci-fi plots, so feel free to have the Wayfarer explore more strange new worlds with Rosemary, Sissix and their relationship as a central focus. I really love the worldbuilding in this series and would love fics that explore it further!
Specific Prompts:
- Delving further into Aandrisk (or future human) culture, history, geography, art/media, etc.
- Rosemary and Sissix exploring different cultural norms around relationships, relationship milestones, etc.
- The Wayfarer goes on new adventures where Rosemary and Sissix are featured
- How lesbian sex works between a human and a reptilian alien ;)
Ashby/Pei:
(Featured in books #1 and #4)
A lot of similar preferences here to Rosemary/Sissix, with the additional caveat that I'm fascinated by how Pei got into such a relationship given the strong taboos against romantic/sexual relationships with aliens in Aeluon culture. I'd really love stuff that focuses on how they first get together, first begin to realize they care more about each other than they know what to do with, and how Pei navigates that relationship.
Similar stuff from Ashby's perspective, too! What are his initial feelings for Pei and how does he feel about being a dirty little secret in the beginning? When do his feelings start to change? What kinds of relationships has he had before and what makes him so willing to try this with Pei? What do each of his crewmates think about it and how does he feel about that? (Book #1 delves into that last question a little bit, but I'd love to see more!)
The bulleted stuff at the end with R/S also applies here: how you can incorporate Aeluon vs. human Exodan culture/history/etc., how those cultural differences play out in their relationship, the anatomical fun of human/alien sex ;) and how this impacts both their ships' futures and missions. In terms of anatomical/biological stuff, I'm particular curious about how the Aeluon lack of "hearing" (and the way their implants don't hear conventionally, but rather translate sound into something they can understand) affects their relationship - perhaps when exchanging cultural ideas? What does an Aeluon think of human music, for instance?
I also love post-book-4 stuff with these two as well, with Pei's decision at the end of the book suggesting she's willing to give up quite a lot of her cultural norms to be with Ashby. Does that move them into a more serious relationship going forward? Are they able to tell more people? What happens next? And what is the fallout of those choices?
Fandom-Specific DNW:
Sad/ambiguous/unhappy endings for requested characters
The "usually DNWs" all apply here.
