{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/","description":"lah_mrh - LiveJournal.com","lastBuildDate":"Sat, 02 Nov 2019 16:59:12 GMT","generator":"LiveJournal \/ LiveJournal.com","image":{"url":"https:\/\/l-userpic.livejournal.com\/111798537\/24037528","title":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/","width":"92","height":"100"},"item":[{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/50078.html","pubDate":"Sat, 02 Nov 2019 16:59:12 GMT","title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/50078.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful. Some of it is recycled from last year, but I still really want everything I'm asking for! For reference, my AO3 name is lah_mrh, same as on here.<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Humour, hurt\/comfort, fluff, friendship, family relationships, gen, shipfic, gay\/bi characters, reunions, character studies, worldbuilding, mission\/case fic, fake dating, holiday fic, happy endings, post-canon fic, canon-divergent AUs, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel\/time loops and other sci-fi tropes<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes\/DNW:<\/strong> Non con, character bashing, major character death, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary characters, poly\/open relationships, infidelity, real-world politics, crossovers, setting AUs, unusual\/non-prose formats, first and second POV, graphic violence and gore, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms:<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>Black Mirror: USS Callister (Nanette)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Black Mirror, and the \"USS Callister\" episode is one of my favourites. I'd love anything about the adventures of Captain Nanette and her crew, and what they get up to after the end of the episode as they explore the Infinity universe. What kind of planets\/creatures\/ships might they encounter? Do they interact with more player characters, and if so how does that go? I'm not particularly interested in the \"real life\" versions of the characters, but I'd love to see more of the crew exploring the game world and having adventures.<br \/><br \/>I love Star Trek, especially TOS, so if you want to take any inspiration from there, feel free! Gen is great, but I feel like Shania\/Nanette could be cool if you want to go in that direction. (I'm really here for the team\/exploration type stuff, though, so while I like romance I'd prefer it not be the focus of the fic.) Also, I like to assume going through the wormhole fixed Walton the way it did everyone else, so please don't have him burning alive forever. D: <br \/><br \/>I got some great fics for this last year, but I always want more!<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Chip's Challenge (Chip)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I've loved this game for pretty much as long as I can remember. The in-game story is pretty slim - Chip wants to join Melinda's club, the Bit Busters, but has to prove his worth by making his way through the levels of her laboratory, avoiding monsters, killer floors, and the threat of being crushed by giant blocks. You can download the game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.old-games.com\/download\/3659\/chip-s-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, or buy it on Steam (albeit as a slightly different version) if you're interested in giving it a try.<br \/><br \/>For fic, I'd love to see Chip's reaction to the monsters and other things he encounters, or maybe something about how he experiences the game mechanics - what happens when he \"dies\", for example? Does it bother him having to carry around keys and computer chips that are as big as he is? I'd also like to know how he feels about everything Melinda put him through. Does she make everyone who joins go through this madness? And why?<br \/><br \/>Please no Chip\/Melinda.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Savin' Me - Nickelback (Music Video) (None)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_JQiEs32SqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>I just really want to see more of this world. What would it be like to be able to see how long people have left to live? Can only one person have this ability at a time, or are there more of them? Do people who have\/had the ability ever find each other to talk about it, either online or in person? Where does it come from? Is it a magical curse, or some kind of virus? It seems to be passed on by saving a life, but are there other ways? Can a particular person's time left be changed - made bigger or smaller?<br \/><br \/>Basically anything exploring this video would be great.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Welcome to the Ark (Any - Douglas, Miranda, Taryn, Elijah)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I first read this book when I was thirteen, and ever since I've wanted to know what happens next. I love the story of these four misfit kids who meet and form a connection and a family, (not to mention some pretty cool abilities) only for it all to be torn apart. The book ends with Miranda, Doug, and Taryn reuniting, but I've always wondered what happened to Elijah. Do they ever find him? And what about Noah and Abigail? They were important too, but they're barely mentioned in the ending. Do they get to see what their charges have become? I like to think they'd be proud. What plans do the now grown up kids have for saving the world? Do they try to set up a new Ark for kids like them? <br \/><br \/>I'd also be interested in worldbuilding - How many people like them are there out there? How\/when did it start happening? Are all people with abilities driven to try and decrease the violence in the world, or are some of them out there trying to make it worse instead of better?<br \/><br \/>Any or all of the nominated characters are fine, in any combination. I'd prefer gen, but I'm okay with background Doug\/Miranda or anyone\/OC. Also, while worldbuilding\/backstory would be cool for OCs, I'm not all that interested in backstory or canon-era fic for the main characters - what I'm really interested in is what happens to them once canon is over.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>What's It Gonna Be - Shura (Music Video) (Shura, Sarah, Nick, Brad)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJ4uBdmnKds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>I really like this video, and if it was a full-length film I would see it in a heartbeat. I love how it starts out with the brother and sister pining after their het crushes and ends with them realising they'd rather have each other's crushes instead. I'd love to see pretty much anything about this; Shura and Nick planning out their campaign, Shura\/Sarah and\/or Nick\/Brad get togethers, the four of them hanging out together or going on dates, how the rest of the school reacts to a nerdy girl dating a cheerleader or a nerdy boy dating a jock - feel free to throw in all the high school movie stereotypes you want! If you want to try and write the full-length version of this I would be thrilled, but even a snippet would be great.<br \/><br \/>I'm happy for you to focus on either Shura\/Sarah or Nick\/Brad if you can't do both (or even Shura&Nick with the pairings in the background), but please don't break either pairing up or have the characters dating anyone else.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Wonder (Auggie)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I really loved this film. Auggie is sweet and funny, and I like how his condition doesn't define him - that it makes his life harder but he still gets to be a normal kid who has friends and loves science and is just like everyone else. I'd love anything exploring his life after the end of the film, especially his friendships with Jack Will, or Summer, or his relationship with his sister. How does sixth grade work out for him? Does his family ever get another dog? Do he and Jack create another kick-ass science fair project? What does he dress up as for next Halloween?<br \/><br \/>I'm okay with Auggie\/Jack or Auggie\/OMC, but please keep it very g-rated - he is only eleven, after all. Otherwise I totally love gen or, on a completely different note, I know I haven't requested them but Via and Miranda's relationship also intrigued me, and I'd totally be up for some femslash.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/50078.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49789.html","pubDate":"Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:09:50 GMT","title":"Dear Trick or Treat Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49789.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful. A lot of my requests are recycled from previous exchanges, but I still really want everything I'm asking for. I've listed pairings for each fandom in case you want to write shippy fic, but I also really like gen.<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes (Treats):<\/strong> Hurt\/comfort, sickfic, fluff, humour, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, character studies, episode tags, canon divergent AUs and fix-it fic, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, holiday fic, animal transformation, bed sharing, huddling for warmth, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes (Tricks):<\/strong> Zombies, weird aliens, dead all along, hallucinations, ghosts, plagues, dystopias, AUs, twist endings, on the run from the government, reality is a lie<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes\/DNWs:<\/strong> Non con, gore, character bashing, infidelity, poly\/open relationships, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary headcanons, sexism\/homophobia, death of requested characters, breakup of requested pairings, pairings that conflict with those requested, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/>I'm asking for both Tricks and Treats for all fandoms except Discovery, which is just Treats.<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms:<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>Black Mirror (Nanette)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Black Mirror, and the \"USS Callister\" episode is one of my favourites. I'd love anything about the adventures of Captain Nanette and her crew, and what they get up to after the end of the episode as they explore the Infinity universe. What kind of planets\/creatures\/ships might they encounter? Do they interact with more player characters, and if so how does that go?<br \/><br \/>I love Star Trek, especially TOS, so if you want to take any inspiration from there, feel free! Also, I like to assume going through the wormhole fixed Walton the way it did everyone else, so please don't have him burning alive forever. D:<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Shania\/Nanette<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Stargate SG-1 (Sam)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, she's my favourite Stargate character. I love her passion for science, and how she's both really smart and totally able to kick ass when necessary. For treats, I'd love to see her interacting with the rest of SG-1, or hanging out with Janet and\/or Cassandra, or bonding with her father. For tricks, maybe something goes wrong with the Stargate, or they visit a planet they shouldn't?<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Sam\/Janet<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek AOS (Winona)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I'd love something focusing on her relationship with Jim (and Sam?). Maybe her visiting him on the ship, or him coming home for a visit, or introducing her to his friends? I'd also be interested in a Winona\/OFC fic with her finally moving on after George.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Winona\/OFC<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: References to STID (Beyond is fine), Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek Discovery (Pike)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I really like Pike, so pretty much anything about him would make me happy. Backstory about his childhood or career or time at the academy, exploration of his relationships with the Discovery or Enterprise crews, or maybe something where he gets to show off his piloting skills? I'd also love anything about him and Ash meeting up and\/or working together post-Season 2.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Pike\/Ash in canon era, Pike\/Leland or Pike\/OMC in backstory (as long as the OMC isn't someone under his command)<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: References to Pike's fate in TOS or his knowledge of same (unless you're writing a fix-it fic)<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TOS (Kirk, Spock, Saavik, Gillian Taylor, Peter Kirk, M'Benga)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Kirk: I'd love anything about his friendship (or more) with Spock, or his backstory (especially anything about Tarsus), or anything dealing with the aftermath of one or more canon episodes\/movies. Or his interactions with other characters like McCoy or Scotty or Uhura.<br \/><br \/>Spock: As with Kirk, I'd like to see his friendships with other characters, or backstory, or the aftermath of canon episodes\/movies. <br \/><br \/>Saavik: I'd really like to see something exploring her mentor\/student relationship with Spock, or why she joined Starfleet and why she chose command instead of science or anything else. Or anything about her backstory, or what she did after we last saw her in The Voyage Home, or how she and David became so close between Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock.<br \/><br \/>Gillian: My favourite one-off character. I love how at first she's clearly just humouring Kirk about his whole 'save the whales with time-travel' plan, but then she finds out everything he's told her is true and just totally rolls with it. I especially love the idea of gay-or-bi Gillian reacting to a homophobia-free future, but anything about her adjusting to the 23rd century would be awesome. Especially if she ends up keeping in touch with Kirk (and Spock).<br \/><br \/>Peter: Surviving the loss of your whole family has got to be tough. I'd like to see him when he's older, entering Starfleet and trying to get out from under the shadow of his famous uncle, or bonding with Spock over what they went through. New Voyages has him as gay, so I'd also be interested in anything dealing with that, e.g. introducing Kirk to his boyfriend or asking Kirk\/Spock for advice.<br \/><br \/>M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? How did he end up working on the Enterprise? (I kind of like the idea of McCoy just throwing up his hands after \"Journey to Babel\" and deciding they really need a Vulcan expert around these parts.) I'd also really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Kirk\/Spock, Saavik\/David Marcus, Saavik\/OFC, Gillian\/OFC, Peter\/OMC, M'Benga\/OMC<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49789.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49441.html","pubDate":"Wed, 22 May 2019 23:03:00 GMT","title":"Dear Rare Male Slash Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49441.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, meeting their partner's family, bed sharing, cuddling, huddling for warmth, episode tags\/missing scenes, mission fic, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, happy endings<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes\/DNWs:<\/b> Noncon, breakup of requested pairings, character bashing, major character death, possessiveness\/jealousy, open relationships\/poly,  infidelity, RPF, homophobic violence or slurs, non-canon divergent AUs, gen\/preslash, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary characters, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Football Song - Matt Fishel (Song) (Narrator\/Johnny)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I've liked this song since the first time I heard it, and I'd love to see an exploration of the relationship between the narrator and Johnny, especially if it involves Johnny deciding he likes the narrator enough to come out and deal with the fallout. I'd also enjoy something about how they started fooling around in the first place - did they start off as friends? Who made the first move? (You can call the narrator Matt or pick another name, I don't mind.)<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific notes: This is a British song, so please use our definition of football and not the American one! Also, I read a theory that the relationship between them is just the narrator's fantasy, but I'm not a fan of that reading so for the purposes of this I'd like it to be real.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Original Vulcan Character\/OMC)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I've always been curious how Vulcans view\/approach same-sex relationships, and I'd love to see how AOS's treatment of Vulcans as an endangered species affects that. The OMC can be Vulcan or not, though I imagine the latter would add an extra strain on the relationship. Vulcan society can be homophobic or not, your choice, the idea of a gay (or bi) Vulcan trying to navigate between his duty to his people and his personal feelings is just really interesting to me, and I'd love to see that explored.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans, homophobia among humans\/Starfleet.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek Discovery (Pike\/Ash)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I really like this pairing, and always want more fic for it. I love how Pike is such a genuinely good person, and how Ash is clearly damaged but still trying to do the right thing, even if he isn't always sure what that is. I also really love how the catalyst for them going from disliking and distrusting each other to basically friends is fighting a robotic squid from the future, and the potential bond formed by them being two of the only people left behind at the end.<br \/><br \/>I'd love something set after season 2, with Pike back on the Enterprise and Ash working on rebuilding Section 31. Maybe they have to work together for a mission, or crash land somewhere and have to survive until rescue comes? Or something about them meeting up on shore leave? Either first time or established relationship is fine, I just really like the trust and history between them, so anything that touches on that would make me happy.<br \/><br \/>(While I've DNW'd noncon, mentions of Ash's canon trauma are fine.)<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Any references to Pike's fate in TOS or his knowledge of same (unless you're writing a fix-it AU), homophobia of any kind.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>What's It Gonna Be - Shura (Music Video) (Nick\/Brad)<\/b><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nJ4uBdmnKds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Video here<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>True story, I found this by googling \"gay music videos\" and wow, did it deliver. I love how it starts with the brother and sister pining over their het crushes and ends with them realising they actually want each other's crushes instead, and if this was a full-length movie I would watch the hell out of it. I'd love to read the story of how Nick (the brother) and Brad (the jock) get together, how they go from acquaintances to friends to boyfriends, and how people around them react to it.<br \/><br \/>I also really like the relationship between Nick and Shura, so if you want to include her and her cheerleader girlfriend, please go ahead.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49441.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49253.html","pubDate":"Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:21:13 GMT","title":"Dear Hurt\/Comfort Exchange Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49253.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful. I've organised a lot of my tags into groups to make this letter easier to write, but definitely don't feel like you have to write more than one of them. (Unless you want to, then please go ahead!)<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Hurt\/comfort, emotional hurt, physical hurt, sickfic (esp. vomiting), angst, humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, episode tags\/missing scenes, backstory, mission fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, happy endings<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong> Hurt without comfort, death or permanent injury of requested characters, unrequested noncon, incest, victim-blaming, character bashing, AUs, unrequested pairings, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary headcanons, jealousy\/possessiveness, crossovers, first and second POV, explicit sex, abusive\/neglectful parents, sexism\/homophobia among humans and\/or Starfleet<br \/><br \/><br \/><big><strong><u>Fandoms:<\/u><\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek AOS - Kirk\/Spock (hurt Spock), Kirk&Spock (hurt Spock)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/>All I've ever wanted from this fandom is hurt Spock being comforted and supported, and there just isn't enough of it. So, please, let Kirk (and anyone else you want to include) give the poor guy the comfort he needs. I like both gen and slash, so any of these can be done as either.<br \/><br \/><br \/><em>Aftermath of Tragedy\/Catastrophe, Character bottling up emotions is coaxed into expressing them, Character Finally Allows Themself to Grieve, Character Finds New Normal After Trauma, Character Will Never Be the Same After Traumatic Experience, Exhaustion, Forced to relive trauma through psychic attack, Grief\/Mourning, Homesickness, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Survivor Guilt, Touch-Starved, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms:<\/em><br \/><br \/>Basically I just really want to see Spock deal with the aftermath of Vulcan's destruction. We don't see a lot of it on screen, but it must have had a huge impact on him and the other Vulcans, so pretty much anything that shows his pain and trauma (and the ways Kirk supports him\/helps him through it) would be great.<br \/><br \/><br \/><em>Bullying, Character Defends Another Character From Bigots, Character verbally defends someone who isn't standing up for themself, Self-Esteem Issues:<\/em><br \/><br \/>Some of my favourite scenes in TOS are Kirk defending Spock from prejudice, so I'd love to see some of that here.<br \/><br \/><br \/><em>Character Doesn't Understand They Were Abused, Character's abusive childhood is revealed, Childhood Trauma, Past abuse revealed, Seeing Abuser After A Long Time, Traumatic Backstory Revelations:<\/em><br \/><br \/>I'd be interested in seeing a Spock who was abused by a family member or teacher or family friend when he was younger, on Vulcan or even at the academy, and Kirk finding out about it and comforting him. I'm fine with any kind of abuse for this one - physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, whatever, though I'd prefer his parents weren't involved in it. (I'm fine with them being not-so-great parents to him, but not abusive or neglectful.)<br \/><br \/><br \/><em>Vomiting:<\/em> Can be from illness or motion sickness or emotional issues or any other reason.<br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/strong> References to STID (Beyond is fine), hurt Kirk, Spock having a sister, Stonn being one of Spock's bullies, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans<br \/><br \/><br \/>*<br \/><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek Discovery - Pike & Discovery Crew (hurt Pike)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/>I really like Pike, which of course means part of me wants to see him suffer. :) I kind of intended \"Discovery Crew\" to be the crew in general, but I'm more than happy for you to pick just one or two of them. Michael is my favourite, but I love all the major characters - Stamets, Tilly, Saru, etc, so pick whoever you like. (Does Ash count as part of the crew? He was at one point. Anyway, feel free to include him as well.)<br \/><br \/><em>Allergies:<\/em> I'd prefer the more \"annoying\" level of allergy than the \"life-threatening\" kind, but whatever you want to go with is fine.<br \/><br \/><em>Character insists on completing mission despite injuries, Character is Injured while Protecting Another, Collapsing from exhaustion, Downplaying an Injury, Exhaustion, Forcing Exhausted Character to Get Some Sleep, Headaches & Migraines, Hurt Character is Exhausted from Overwork, Ordered to leave commanding officer behind:<\/em> Basically I just like the idea of Pike being all heroic and self-sacrificing, right up until it all catches up with him and he has to stop.<br \/><br \/><em>Nausea:<\/em> So, according to Pike's file, he suffers from space sickness. I'm assuming this isn't usually a major issue since, well, he's in Starfleet, but maybe the inertial dampeners or artifical gravity go on the fritz and our poor captain has to suffer through it?<br \/><br \/><em>Smiling to Hide the Pain, Using Humor To Deflect Attention From Emotional Turmoil:<\/em> I saw a post on Tumblr that suggested that some of Pike's positive attitude might be a mask, in the belief that the crew doesn't need to see their captain struggling, and since then I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. So I'd love to see what happens when the mask falls.<br \/><br \/><em>Survivor Guilt:<\/em> He obviously has a lot of guilt about missing the war, even though it wasn't his fault and it probably wouldn't have made any difference anyway. I could see the Discovery crew having some guilt as well, given they skipped over half the war during their mirror universe adventure, and I'm curious how those two things might intersect. (It's also not clear whether Pike knows that Michael was partly responsible for <em>starting<\/em> the war, and I feel like that could be an interesting conversation.)<br \/><br \/><em>Team as Family:<\/em> I really like the family vibes of the crew, how much they all care about and support each other, and I'd love to see more of that.<br \/><br \/>ETA 6\/4\/19: After seeing episode 12 I'd like to add that I'd really prefer not to get anything dealing with Pike's knowledge of his future. It's just too depressing to me.<br \/><br \/><br \/>*<br \/><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek TOS - Kirk\/Spock (hurt Spock), Kirk&Spock (hurt Spock), Kirk\/Spock (hurt Kirk), Kirk&Spock (hurt Kirk)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/>I love how much Kirk and Spock care about each other, and how warm and affectionate they are, and all I really want is to see more of that. I like slash and gen equally, so any of these (with the exception of the last three which I've listed separately) can be written as either. <br \/><br \/><strong>Kirk\/Spock (hurt Spock), Kirk&Spock (hurt Spock)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><em>Accidental Soul Bond:<\/em> I've always liked the fanon that Kirk and Spock's minds are unusually compatible, so anything exploring that would be great. (Though I'd be grateful if you could avoid going down the \"awesome t'hy'la bond that has only been seen once in many centuries\" route. Their bond can be special without being <em>that<\/em> special.)<br \/><br \/><em>Character Defends Another Character From Bigots:<\/em> Some of my favourite scenes in the show are Kirk defending Spock from prejudice, and I'd love to see more of that.<br \/><br \/><em>Character being protected isn't used to being cared about, Character isn't used to being loved and shown tenderness\/affection, Childhood Trauma, Self-Esteem Issues, Touch-Starved:<\/em> The bullying and ostracism in Spock's childhood clearly left him with a lot of scars, and I'd like to see how that affects his life with Kirk.<br \/><br \/><em>Character bottling up emotions is coaxed into expressing them:<\/em> Kirk is great at this in canon, it feels like he really understands Spock in a way that no one else does.<br \/><br \/><em>Experiencing Another's Pain Through Psychic Bond:<\/em> I love the bond between Kirk and Spock, so anything exploring that would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>Telepathic injury:<\/em> I'd love a situation where Spock's telepathic abilities end up hurting him rather than helping. Maybe he's attacked by some kind of telepathic weapon? Or has to deal with the aftereffects of his meld with V'Ger?<br \/><br \/><em>Vomiting:<\/em> Illness, motion sickness, food poisoning, whatever. This is one of my favourite kinds of h\/c, so I'm not really picky.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Kirk\/Spock (hurt Kirk), Kirk&Spock (hurt Kirk)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><em>Accidental Soul Bond:<\/em> As above, I've always liked the fanon that Kirk and Spock's minds are unusually compatible, so anything exploring that would be great. (Aside from the above mentioned \"awesome t'hy'la bond that has only been seen once in many centuries\" idea.)<br \/><br \/><em>Childhood Trauma, Forced to relive trauma through psychic attack, Forgetting to eat, Nightmares, Starvation, Survivor Guilt, Traumatic Backstory Revelations:<\/em> Yes, please give me all the Tarsus IV trauma. I'd love to see him confiding in Spock, or Spock helping him deal with nightmares, etc.<br \/><br \/><em>Experiencing Another's Pain Through Psychic Bond:<\/em> As above, I love the bond between Kirk and Spock, so anything exploring that would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>Headaches & Migraines:<\/em> Kirk's seen suffering from headaches several times during the show, so it's possible he has migraines as well.<br \/><br \/><em>Vomiting:<\/em> As above, this is one of my favourite kinds of h\/c, so I don't mind whether it's from illness, food poisoning, emotional issues, or anything else you can think of.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Kirk\/Spock (hurt Spock)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><em>Everyone Thinks They're Together - They're Pining:<\/em> I feel like this trope was made for this pairing. I kind of love the idea of other characters just assuming that they're together and being completely surprised at the news that that's not (yet) the case.<br \/><br \/><em>Inexperienced Character is Afraid of Not Being Able to Sexually Please Experienced Partner:<\/em> I could see Spock having issues with this, especially since the experience he does have in canon is all when he's not in his right mind. I'd like to see Kirk convincing him that it doesn't matter and he can teach Spock whatever he needs to know. For this prompt, I'm okay with you ignoring the \"explicit sex\" DNW.<br \/><br \/><em>Mating Cycles\/In Heat:<\/em> Pon farr! I love the idea of Spock being worried about potentially hurting Kirk and Kirk having to kind of coax him into it, and then it all turns out fine in the end. If possible I'd prefer this as an established relationship, but I'm okay with first time. For this prompt, I'm okay with you ignoring the \"explicit sex\" DNW.<br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/strong> Spock having a sister, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49253.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49001.html","pubDate":"Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:45:47 GMT","title":"Dear Space Swap Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49001.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, episode tags\/missing scenes, mission fic, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, character bashing, death of requested characters, open relationships\/poly, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary headcanons, songfic, crossovers, first and second POV, explicit sex, sexism\/homophobia\/transphobia among humans and\/or Starfleet, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Spock&Uhura, Vulcan homosexuality)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Spock&Uhura: I'm requesting this as '&' because while I'm not a huge fan of their canon relationship, I really love the idea of them as friends. You can write the breakup if you want (especially if they break up because one\/both of them is gay, because that is my jam), but please have it be amicable. Otherwise I'm happy with you jumping straight to them being friends - I'd love to see them supporting each other with their problems (especially anything dealing with Spock's issues with Vulcan being destroyed), or confiding in each other about their respective love lives (if you want to go this route I like Kirk\/Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Uhura\/Gaila, and Uhura\/T'Pring). Or anything involving their shared interest in music\/languages would be great too.<br \/><br \/>Vulcan homosexuality: How do Vulcans view same sex relationships? How does the destruction of Vulcan change things? I can't imagine losing about 99.999% of the population wouldn't have an effect. Do they try to work around it, so that same-sex couples adopt or donate eggs\/sperm or act as surrogates, or do they expect gay Vulcans to just suck it up and do their part for the greater good? I'd love to see Spock in particular struggling with this situation, but OCs (whether male or female) or minor characters would be great too.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: References to STID (Beyond is fine), Kirk and Spock paired with anyone but each other (exception for Spock\/OMC or past\/dissolving Spock\/Uhura), any references to Winona Kirk being a bad person\/mother.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek Discovery (Pike)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I'm a tiny bit nervous about requesting an ongoing canon, but I love Discovery Pike so much that I couldn't not. I love how kind and good-natured he is, and how he truly embodies Starfleet values like loyalty and respect for other lifeforms. (I'm also enjoying how much better the Discovery crew works as a <i>crew<\/i> now that they have an actual Starfleet captain in charge.) Pretty much anything about him would make me happy - backstory exploring his childhood or career, his friendships with Number One or Michael or the Discovery crew, or anything at all about his relationship with Spock. (He clearly cares about Spock a lot, and I love the idea of him mentoring\/supporting Spock the way Georgiou mentored Michael.) I'm also kind of curious about his history with Georgiou and that Section 31 guy, so feel free to do something with that as well if you want. I don't ship him with anyone, so I'd prefer gen, but references to past girl\/boyfriends are fine.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Appearances by - or more than passing mentions of - Sarek and\/or Amanda, references to George and\/or Winona Kirk, romance\/shippy fic, any references to Pike's fate in TOS.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TOS (Peter Kirk, M'Benga, LGBT rights)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Peter: Surviving the loss of your whole family has got to be tough. I'd like to see him when he's older, entering Starfleet and trying to get out from under the shadow of his famous uncle, or bonding with Spock over what they went through. New Voyages has him as gay, so I'd also be interested in anything dealing with that, e.g. introducing Kirk to his boyfriend or asking Kirk\/Spock for advice.<br \/><br \/>M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? How did he end up working on the Enterprise? (I kind of like the idea of McCoy just throwing up his hands after \"Journey to Babel\" and deciding they really need a Vulcan expert around these parts.) I'd also really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills. I don't really ship him with anyone, but I feel like M'Benga\/OMC could be fun.<br \/><br \/>LGBT rights: How do the reactions to same-sex relationships differ between planets\/species? I see future Earth as a place where being gay\/bi is a non-issue, but are there still pride parades? Gay bars? What about on other planets? Are there clashes between conservative cultures and those that are more \"anything goes\"? What about species that have more than two sexes, or only one? How does homosexuality work among Andorians, for example? And what about trans characters? I imagine the future has much better techniques for changing one's body, but what about the social aspects? How does the process of transitioning differ from species to species? (I'm fine with OCs for this, but I'm also okay with canon characters being re-imagined as trans, as long as they keep their canon genders.)<br \/><br \/>Notes: I like gen, but if you want to include a pairing I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. (I especially like Scotty\/Uhura and Chekov\/Sulu, but seriously, go wild!)<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/49001.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48649.html","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Jan 2019 22:33:48 GMT","title":"Dear Chocolate Box Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48649.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, sickfic (esp. vomiting), friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, unrequested pairings, breakup of requested pairings, character bashing, death of requested characters (even if canon), possessiveness\/jealousy, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary headcanons, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>The Simpsons (Lisa\/Juliet)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Juliet only appears in one episode (Lisa the Drama Queen), but I loved the relationship between her and Lisa. They seemed to connect so well, in a way that's pretty rare for Lisa, and I like how smart and imaginative they both are. I'd love to see them meet again when they're older - maybe they go to the same high school, or college? Or they meet at summer camp? I'm also curious about how things might have gone if their attempt to run away had been successful. Or what if Lisa had managed to get their book published - would it have brought them back together?<br \/><br \/>For this fandom, I'd prefer you keep it very G-rated (handholding, cheek kisses) unless they're aged up to at least teenagers.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Stargate (Sam\/Janet)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, and her relationship with Janet is one of my favourites. I could easily see their friendship leading to more, and I really like how they support each other in canon, and how Sam's kind of like a second mother to Cassandra. I'd love a hurt\/comfort fic where Sam gets hurt on some mission and Janet looks after her, or the two of them relaxing together on a day off, or a fix-it where Janet doesn't die or comes back from the dead. Appearances from the rest of SG-1 would be great too, if you're so inclined.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Spock&amp;Uhura, Jim&amp;Winona, Jim\/Spock&amp;Winona, Spock&amp;Spock Prime, Spock&amp;Pike)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;Uhura: I'm requesting this as '&amp;' because while I'm not a huge fan of their canon relationship, I really love the idea of them as friends. You can write the breakup if you want (especially if they break up because one\/both of them is gay, because that is my jam), but please have it be amicable. Otherwise I'm happy with you jumping straight to them being friends - I'd love to see them supporting each other with their problems (especially anything dealing with Spock's issues with Vulcan being destroyed), or confiding in each other about their respective love lives (if you want to go this route I like Kirk\/Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Uhura\/Gaila, and Uhura\/T'Pring). Or anything involving their shared interest in music\/languages would be great too.<br \/><br \/>Jim&amp;Winona: I'd love to see something exploring their relationship, especially when he's grown up and is captain of the Enterprise. Maybe a scene of him showing off his ship to his mother, or introducing her to his crew, or going back to Iowa after the events of the first\/third movie? (Background Winona\/OFC would be cool too.)<br \/><br \/>Jim\/Spock&amp;Winona: I think Spock and Winona would get on well (in my headcanon she's a scientist too) so I'd really like to see Jim introduce them. Like above, it could be that Winona comes to the ship, or Jim takes Spock home to Iowa to meet her, or I'd really love a scene of her at their wedding.<br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;Spock Prime: I love the idea of the two of them being friends and Spock Prime acting as a mentor to his younger self. I'd like to see them staying in contact and Spock Prime offering advice (within reason) about the crew, his father, etc, and\/or comfort over the loss of Vulcan, or keeping him updated about the colony and its progress.<br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;Pike: Their relationship in TOS is fascinating to me, and I feel like Spock being Pike's first officer could lend a really interesting dynamic to it. I really like the idea of Pike being a mentor to Spock, and Spock looking up to him and wanting to please him, so anything about their relationship would be great. (I also like the idea of Spock having feelings for Pike, but only in a 'teenage crush on a teacher' type way - the idea of Pike reciprocating kind of squicks me.)<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/b> References to STID, Spock having a sister, sexism or homophobia among humans\/Starfleet, Vulcan body temperature being lower than human, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek Discovery (Sarek&amp;Spock)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I'm requesting this under Discovery because I'm curious how Michael's presence affected their relationship. How does Spock feel knowing his father is so much closer to Michael than to him? Does he know about her sharing Sarek's katra? (In his TNG episode Spock mentions that he never melded with his father, so I imagine it would sting a little if he knew.) How does he react to Sarek being so against him joining Starfleet when Sarek was so supportive of Michael doing the same?<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TNG (Riker\/Troi)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Their relationship is one of my favourite parts of the show. I love how they clearly love each other and have fun together, even when they're not dating. I'd like to see them going on shore leave, or spending time in the holodeck, or playing poker with their friends, or just hanging out together. Or something exploring their history together before they started working on the Enterprise could be cool too. I'd also really love anything exploring Troi's empathic abilities and how they affect their relationship.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&amp;Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Spock&amp;Saavik, Kirk&amp;Saavik, Kirk\/Spock&amp;Saavik, Spock&amp;Sybok, Spock&amp;M'Benga)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&amp;Spock: I'm listing these together because I honestly don't care which I get. I love Kirk and Spock's relationship in all its forms, so any kind of warmth and affection between them will make me happy. Generally I prefer gen set during the series and slash set during the movies, but I'm pretty flexible so don't feel you have to stick to that if you have an idea that conflicts. For ideas, I like pretty much the same things in slash as in gen - shore leave, the two of them stranded on a planet, one of them being hurt or ill and the other taking care of them, or any kind of fic dealing with the events of the episodes\/movies.<br \/><br \/>Scotty\/Uhura: Their scenes together in The Final Frontier are adorable. I'd love something set when they're older, but something during the series would be great too. I'd like to see them bonding over music, or going on shore leave together, or meeting each other's families, or anything really. I love this ship, and there just isn't enough of it.<br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;Saavik: I really like their mentor-student relationship in canon, and would love to see something like that explored in fic. Maybe a scene of the two of them when Saavik is a child, or a student at the academy? I'd also be interested in seeing what happened to her after her last appearence in The Voyage Home, or the two of them bonding over being half Vulcan and half something else.<br \/><br \/>Kirk&amp;Saavik: I'd love to see a scene of Kirk interacting with kid Saavik - I've always liked the idea that his experiences on Tarsus would allow him to empathise and connect with her in a way that Spock can't. But I'd also be interested in the two of them interacting during her time at the academy, or even later on post-The Voyage Home.<br \/><br \/>Kirk\/Spock&amp;Saavik: Basically either of the above with added K\/S! How does Saavik feel about their relationship? Does she ever ask them for advice? How does Kirk feel about Spock's decision to foster her? (I also like Saavik\/OFC if you want to go in a 'romantic advice' direction.)<br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;Sybok: I know a lot of people like to pretend this movie never happened, but I've always found the idea of Spock having this long lost older brother who was exiled from Vulcan for, basically, <i>being too emotional<\/i> to be fascinating. I'd love an exploration of his relationship with Spock when they were young (in my mind he was one of the few people on Vulcan who was supportive of Spock, which made it worse when he left), or an AU where he doesn't die at the end of the film and they have to deal with everything that happened.<br \/><br \/>Spock&amp;M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? I'd really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills, or him and Spock bonding over Vulcan stuff.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/b> Sexism\/homophobia among humans\/Starfleet, Spock having a sister, Vulcan body temperature being lower than human.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48649.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48523.html","pubDate":"Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:59:51 GMT","title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48523.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful. Some of it is recycled from last year, but I still really want everything I'm asking for! For reference, my AO3 name is lah_mrh, same as on here.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Humour, hurt\/comfort, fluff, friendship, family relationships, gay\/bi characters, reunions, character studies, worldbuilding, happy endings, canon-divergent AUs, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel\/time loops and other sci-fi tropes<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes\/DNW:<\/b> Non con, character bashing, major character death, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, threesomes, infidelity, real-world politics, crossovers, unusual\/non-prose formats, first and second POV, graphic violence and gore, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Black Mirror (Nanette)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I love Black Mirror, and the \"USS Callister\" episode is one of my favourites. I'd love anything about the adventures of Captain Nanette and her crew, and what they get up to after the end of the episode as they explore the Infinity universe. What kind of planets\/creatures\/ships might they encounter? Do they interact with more player characters, and if so how does that go? <br \/><br \/>I love Star Trek, especially TOS, so if you want to take any inspiration from there, feel free! Gen is great, but I feel like Shania\/Nanette could be cool if you want to go in that direction. (I'm really here for the team\/exploration type stuff, though, so while I like romance I'd prefer it not be the focus of the fic.) Also, I like to assume going through the wormhole fixed Walton the way it did everyone else, so please don't have him burning alive forever. D:<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Chip's Challenge (Chip)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I've loved this game for pretty much as long as I can remember. The in-game story is pretty slim - Chip wants to join Melinda's club, the Bit Busters, but has to prove his worth by making his way through the levels of her laboratory, avoiding monsters, killer floors, and the threat of being crushed by giant blocks. You can download the game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.old-games.com\/download\/3659\/chip-s-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, or buy it on Steam (albeit as a slightly different version) if you're interested in giving it a try.<br \/><br \/>For fic, I'd love to see Chip's reaction to the monsters and other things he encounters, or maybe something about how he experiences the game mechanics - what happens when he \"dies\", for example? Does it bother him having to carry around keys and computer chips that are as big as he is? I'd also like to know how he feels about everything Melinda put him through. Does she make everyone who joins go through this madness? And why?<br \/><br \/>Please no Chip\/Melinda.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Murderous Maths Series (None)<\/b><br \/><br \/>You can check out the books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.murderousmaths.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> if you want to know more about them.<br \/><br \/>I didn't nominate any characters for this fandom, because I'd love pretty much anything about it. Evil Gollarks trying to take over\/destroy the world again, the Boccelli\/Gabrianni brothers and poor long-suffering Luigi, Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler, the Fogsworths, or even the weird and wonderful Pure Mathematicians. Or any of the other characters. Or even just any kind of maths jokes and ideas, especially ones that aren't used in the series (the books are mostly at a primary school\/lower high school level, but feel free to use higher level maths if you want to). I especially love the British humour in the series, so anything including that would make me happy. (On that note, please don't call it \"math\"!)<br \/><br \/>Gen only for this fandom, please.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Welcome to the Ark (Any - Douglas, Miranda, Taryn, Elijah)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I first read this book when I was thirteen, and ever since I've wanted to know what happens next. I love the story of these four misfit kids who meet and form a connection and a family, (not to mention some pretty cool abilities) only for it all to be torn apart. The book ends with Miranda, Doug, and Taryn reuniting, but I've always wondered what happened to Elijah. Do they ever find him? And what about Noah and Abigail? They were important too, but they're barely mentioned in the ending. Do they get to see what their charges have become? I like to think they'd be proud. What plans do the now grown up kids have for saving the world? Do they try to set up a new Ark for kids like them? <br \/><br \/>I'd also be interested in worldbuilding - How many people like them are there out there? How\/when did it start happening? Are all people with abilities driven to try and decrease the violence in the world, or are some of them out there trying to make it worse instead of better?<br \/><br \/>Any or all of the nominated characters are fine, in any combination. I'd prefer gen, but I'm okay with background Doug\/Miranda or anyone\/OC. Also, while worldbuilding\/backstory would be cool for OCs, I'm not all that interested in backstory or canon-era fic for the main characters - what I'm really interested in is what happens to them once canon is over.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48523.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48187.html","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Sep 2018 20:15:03 GMT","title":"Dear Trick or Treat Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48187.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful. A lot of my requests are recycled from last year, but I still really want everything I'm asking for.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes (Treats):<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, sickfic, humour, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, character studies, episode tags, AUs, fix-it fic, characters meeting in the afterlife, gay\/bi characters, coming out stories, holiday fic, animal transformation, telepathy\/empathy, soulmates, soulbonds, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><b>Likes (Tricks):<\/b> Zombies, dead all along, hallucinations, ghosts, plagues, dystopias, twist endings, dark AUs\/interpretations of characters, on the run from the government, reality is a lie<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, gore, character bashing, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, unrequested pairings, breakup of requested pairings, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Everybody - Don Broco (Music Video) (Dancing Cowboy, Captive Woman, Female Detective, Male Detective)<\/b><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W6JZ6IgCKKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The video.<\/a><br \/><br \/>I have <i>so many questions<\/i>. How did the woman at the start get into that situation? Who is the Cowboy guy and why is he dancing? How does he make other people dance? Is it some kind of mind control or virus or aliens? Why do they all have giant grins? Who are the random guys in the room when the detectives arrive? How did the female detective manage to shoot the male one with her finger guns? Did he really die and come back to life, or was it just pretend?<br \/><br \/>Basically any explanation of just what the hell is going on in this video would be awesome.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Harry Potter (Dumbledore)<\/b><br \/><br \/>The whole Dumbledore\/Grindelwald thing is fascinating to me, and I'd love something exploring it, either when they were young, or later during the war. I'd also really like to see an AU where they stayed together or made up later and either Dumbledore managed to lead Grindelwald back to the side of light, or he went the other way and they took over the world together. If you don't want to write Grindelwald, then I'd be interested in anything exploring his time as teacher\/headmaster, especially if it involves LGBT students coming to him for advice\/support.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Dumbledore\/Grindelwald<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Stargate SG-1 (Sam)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, she's my favourite Stargate character. I love her passion for science, and how she's both really smart and totally able to kick ass when necessary. For treats, I'd love to see her interacting with the rest of SG-1, or hanging out with Janet and\/or Cassandra, or bonding with her father. For tricks, maybe something goes wrong with the Stargate, or they visit a planet they shouldn't?<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Sam\/Janet<br \/><br \/>Other notes: Background pairings that don't conflict with Sam\/Janet are fine.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Spock, Spock Prime, Winona)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Spock: Spock is one of my favourite characters, and I'd really like to see a fic about him dealing with the loss of Vulcan, or anything exploring his friendship with Uhura or Kirk or Spock Prime, or any kind of h\/c with him getting comforted. I'd also really love a fic about him realising he's gay and\/or coming out.<br \/><br \/>Spock Prime: I'd like to see his reaction to how different the AOS characters are to the people he knew, and maybe him acting as a mentor to his younger self. Or something about his work on the new Vulcan colony could be interesting too - I could see it being a good setting for horror fic, if you wanted to go in that direction. Please no fic about his death, unless it's for a fic about him meeting up with Kirk Prime in the afterlife.<br \/><br \/>Winona: I'd love something focusing on her relationship with Jim (and Sam?). Maybe her visiting him on the ship, or him coming home for a visit, or introducing her to his friends? I'd also be interested in a Winona\/OFC fic with her finally moving on after George. (I got some really great fics for this last year, but I always want more!)<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Kirk Prime\/Spock Prime (past or present), Kirk\/Spock, Spock\/OMC, Winona\/OFC<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Spock\/Uhura (unless they're breaking up), references to STID, homophobia\/sexism among humans\/Starfleet, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TOS (Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Saavik, Sybok, Peter Kirk, M'Benga)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Kirk: I'd love anything about his friendship (or more) with Spock, or his backstory (especially anything about Tarsus), or anything dealing with the aftermath of one or more canon episodes\/movies. Or his interactions with other characters like McCoy or Scotty or Uhura.<br \/><br \/>Spock: As with Kirk, I'd like to see his friendships with other characters, or backstory, or the aftermath of canon episodes\/movies. I'd also enjoy anything about him realising he's gay and\/or coming out.<br \/><br \/>Scotty: How does he feel about being in command when both Kirk and Spock are gone? What does he do for fun (besides reading technical journals)? I'd also like to see him hanging out with some of the other crew, like McCoy, or Spock, or Uhura.<br \/><br \/>Saavik: I'd really like to see something exploring her mentor\/student relationship with Spock, or why she joined Starfleet and why she chose command instead of science or anything else. Or anything about her backstory, or what she did after we last saw her in The Voyage Home, or how she and David became so close between Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock.<br \/><br \/>Sybok: I know a lot of people like to pretend this movie never happened, but I've always found the idea of Spock having this long lost older brother who was exiled from Vulcan for, basically, <i>being too emotional<\/i> to be fascinating. I'd love an exploration of his relationship with Spock when they were young (in my mind he was one of the few people on Vulcan who was supportive of Spock, which made it worse when he left), or an AU where he doesn't die at the end of the film and they have to deal with everything that happened.<br \/><br \/>Peter: Surviving the loss of your whole family has got to be tough. I'd like to see him when he's older, entering Starfleet and trying to get out from under the shadow of his famous uncle, or bonding with Spock over what they went through. New Voyages has him as gay, so I'd also be interested in anything dealing with that, e.g. introducing Kirk to his boyfriend or asking Kirk\/Spock for advice.<br \/><br \/>M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? How did he end up working on the Enterprise? (I kind of like the idea of McCoy just throwing up his hands after \"Journey to Babel\" and deciding they really need a Vulcan expert around these parts.) I'd also really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Kirk\/Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Peter\/OMC<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Homophobia\/sexism among humans\/Starfleet, references to Spock having a sister, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48187.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48030.html","pubDate":"Sun, 12 Aug 2018 15:31:37 GMT","title":"Dear Femslashex Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48030.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful.<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, sickfic, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, gay\/bi characters, episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong> Non con, character bashing, crackfic, character death, unrequited love\/breakups, possessiveness\/jealousy, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic\/nonbinary headcanons, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>The Simpsons (Lisa\/Juliet)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Juliet only appears in one episode (Lisa the Drama Queen), but I loved the relationship between her and Lisa. They seemed to connect so well, in a way that's pretty rare for Lisa, and I like how smart and imaginative they both are. I'd love to see them meet again when they're older - maybe they go to the same high school, or college? Or they meet at summer camp? I'm also curious about how things might have gone if their attempt to run away had been successful. Or what if Lisa had managed to get their book published - would it have brought them back together?<br \/><br \/>For this fandom, I'd prefer you keep it very G-rated (handholding, cheek kisses) unless they're aged up to at least teenagers.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Stargate (Sam\/Janet)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, and her relationship with Janet is one of my favourites. I could easily see their friendship leading to more, and I really like how they support each other in canon, and how Sam's kind of like a second mother to Cassandra. I'd love a hurt\/comfort fic where Sam gets hurt on some mission and Janet looks after her, or the two of them relaxing together on a day off, or a fix-it where Janet doesn't die or comes back from the dead. Appearances from the rest of SG-1 would be great too, if you're so inclined.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek AOS (Winona\/OFC)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I'd like to see Winona falling in love again after George, whether it's with someone from Starfleet, or from Riverside. (Could even be someone she had a fling with before George and now gets back together with.) I'd especially like to see her introduce her girlfriend to her sons, or bring her along to some family event.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: sexism or homophobia among humans\/Starfleet, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek Classic (Gillian\/OFC, Gillian\/Saavik)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Gillian\/OFC: Gillian is probably my favourite one-off character. I love how attached she is to George and Gracie, and how she takes the whole bizarre time travel plot totally in stride. I'd love to see her adjusting to suddenly being 300 years in the future, and how finding out that no one in the 23rd century cares if you're gay\/bi affects her and her relationship with the OFC.<br \/><br \/>Gillian\/Saavik: Saavik is another character I really love, so when someone suggested this relationship on Tumblr, I immediately wanted it. Saavik is such an interesting character, and I feel like seeing Gillian react to the idea that not only are there aliens in the future but she's falling in love with one could be really fun. Maybe they end up working together to help the whales, or they meet at some Starfleet function? Really, anything about this pairing would be great.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: sexism or homophobia among (23rd century) humans\/Starfleet, Vulcans having a lower body temperature than humans.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/48030.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47689.html","pubDate":"Sat, 14 Jul 2018 18:55:32 GMT","title":"Dear AU Exchange Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47689.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter will be helpful.<br \/><br \/><big><strong>Likes:<\/strong><\/big> Hurt\/comfort, humour, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, gay\/bi characters, family relationships, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, fix-it fic, dark AUs, AUs that cross over with the canon universe, totalitarian dystopias (e.g. 1984, V for Vendetta, The Handmaid's Tale), on the run from the government, bad guys win, time travel, dimension travel, 'set right what once went wrong'<br \/><br \/><big><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong><\/big> Character bashing, non-con, breakup of requested pairings, pairings that conflict with those requested, infidelity, incest, possesiveness\/jealousy, modern\/mundane AUs, crossovers, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, graphic violence and gore, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><big><u><strong>Fandoms:<\/strong><\/u><\/big><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Harry Potter (Dumbledore\/Grindelwald)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Hero(es) Become the Villain(s), All: Villain (or villains) turn(s) good, HP: Grindelwald is the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor<\/em><br \/><br \/>I really want to see Dumbledore and Grindelwald working together, whether they're taking over the world or just teaching at Hogwarts.  I don't mind if Dumbledore turns - or stays - bad (maybe Ariana didn't die?) or Grindelwald turns good, just as long as they're together, I'll be happy. I'd also really like to see them dealing with that little upstart Tom Riddle, because the two of them put together would be more than a match for him. <br \/><br \/>For this request, I'd prefer no references to stuff from Fantastic Beasts.<br \/><br \/><br \/><center>*<\/center><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek AOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock, Winona\/Amanda)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/strong> References to STID, Tarsus IV, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim, sexism\/homophobia among humans, Spock having a sister<br \/><br \/><strong>(Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I find this relationship fascinating, whether it's romantic or not. They're not the same as the TOS versions, but I feel like them being less mature, added to the way they go from pretty much hating each other to becoming close friends willing to defend each other with their lives adds an interesting angle to their relationship.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Canon Character can see ghosts:<\/em> In my mind this is limited to <i>specific<\/i> ghosts, or it would rapidly become overwhelming. Kirk interacting with various dead people (most notably his father) could be interesting, but I also like the idea of Spock growing up talking to ancient dead Vulcans and learning things he shouldn't logically know. And I'd also love to see how such an ability would be affected by what happened to Vulcan - maybe Spock becomes sought after because he can gain access to knowledge they thought was lost, or maybe all Vulcans have this ability and the rebuilding takes a somewhat different form?<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Characters met as children:<\/em> I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, and how it affects their later life. Maybe Spock was raised on Earth? Or Winona and Amanda are friends and that's how they meet?<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Groundhog Day timeloop:<\/em> I really love timeloop-style episodes (\"Cause and Effect\", \"Window of Opportunity\" in SG-1, etc) so anything like that would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: High School AU:<\/em> Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope. I'd especially love if you included the rest of the characters as well, but that's just an option.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: One or multiple characters are rule!63\u2019d to make femslash ship:<\/em> I've seen a few K\/S femslash AUs, but I always want more. I'd love to see how the relationship between Jane Kirk and Spock changes (and doesn't change) with their genders.<br \/><br \/><em>ST AOS: Nero destroys Earth:<\/em> Can be as well as Vulcan or instead of Vulcan, I just want to see the aftermath of Earth being destroyed.<br \/><br \/><em>ST AOS: Sarek dies instead of Amanda:<\/em> I'd love to see the impact this would have on Spock, that his father died without the two of them making peace, and how it affects his actions during the film. I'd really love if Spock and Amanda's relationship isn't perfect either, with Sarek's death bringing them closer together or pushing them apart, and possibly Kirk and Spock bonding over both losing their fathers.<br \/><br \/><em>ST AOS: Spock stays captain:<\/em> I'd love it if you fixed things so that Kirk doesn't have to relieve him of command in the first place, but him remaining captain despite that (maybe with Kirk as his first officer?) would be great.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>(Winona\/Amanda)<\/strong><br \/><br \/><em>ST: Sarek dies when Spock is a child, ST AOS: Sarek dies instead of Amanda<\/em><br \/><br \/>I find this pairing really intriguing, and I'd love to see them getting together, and how their sons react. Maybe Amanda moves back to Earth with kid Spock after Sarek dies, or Winona goes to help out on New Vulcan and finds herself working with (and falling for) Amanda?<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific notes:<\/strong> My favourite character is Spock, but I like all of them. Gen is great, but if you want to include pairings I like Scotty\/Uhura, Uhura\/Gaila, Chekov\/Sulu, and Sulu\/Ben, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. (For Spock\/Uhura, they can be exes or BFFs, but I'd prefer they not be romantically involved, even in gen.) Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><br \/><center>*<\/center><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek TNG (Riker\/Troi)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/>This is my favourite relationship in TNG. I love how they have fun together and support each other, even when they're not dating. Anything exploring Troi's empathic abilities would be especially loved.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Dystopia:<\/em> Any kind, vaguely canon or not. <br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Mirror Universe:<\/em> I'd love to see what the TNG Mirror Universe would look like, since we never got to see it in canon. Does Evil Troi use her empathic powers to torture people? Does Evil Riker <i>not<\/i> have a beard? Anything exploring this idea would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Starfleet Academy AU:<\/em> I'd really like to see Riker and Troi meeting at the Academy and getting together\/having fun together.<br \/><br \/><em>ST: Borg Win:<\/em> What would that universe look like? How do they fight back? <i>Do<\/i> they fight back, or just try to stay alive?<br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific notes:<\/strong> I'd love if you included other characters - aside from Riker and Troi, Picard and Data are my favourites, but I like almost all of them. I'm not all that interested in Worf or Wesley, but anyone else is great. Also, while I've requested Riker\/Troi, I'd also be okay with Riker&Troi fic if your ideas go that way.<br \/><br \/><br \/><center>*<\/center><br \/><br \/><big><strong>Star Trek TOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock, Saavik\/David)<\/strong><\/big><br \/><br \/><strong>(Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Kirk and Spock's relationship in all its forms, so as long as it shows the warmth and affection between them, I'll be happy.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Groundhog Day timeloop:<\/em> As mentioned above, I really love timeloop-style episodes (\"Cause and Effect\", \"Window of Opportunity\" in SG-1, etc) so anything like that would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: One or multiple characters are rule!63\u2019d to make femslash ship:<\/em> There just isn't enough K\/S femslash fic out there, so I'd love to see this. I'd also love to see how episodes like \"City on the Edge of Forever\" would be different if it was Jane Kirk and Spock instead of Jim and Spock.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Role reversal:<\/em> Spock as captain and Kirk as first officer? Spock as human and Kirk as Vulcan? Any kind of reversal of their roles would be great.<br \/><br \/><em>ST: Kirk survives Generations:<\/em> I was thinking in terms of him surviving leaving the Nexus (maybe he and Picard come up with a less ridiculous plan?), but if you want to write it as him surviving the original voyage that's fine too.<br \/><br \/><em>ST: Spock joins the Vulcan Science Academy:<\/em> But somehow he and Kirk end up meeting anyway. Maybe the Enterprise stops on Vulcan for repairs, or Scotty keeps getting advice from a Vulcan scientist and Kirk is intrigued?<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>(Saavik\/David)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>This relationship has always interested me, and I always want to see more of it.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Characters met as children:<\/em> I like the idea of them meeting as kids\/teenagers - maybe Kirk has partial custody of David, or Saavik attends some kind of scientific event that Carol and David are at? I've requested Saavik\/David, but I'd also be okay with gen for this one.<br \/><br \/><em>ALL: Everyone Lives\/Nobody Dies:<\/em> I've always really wanted to see an AU where David survives, and what happens next\/how that changes things. Background Kirk&David father-son bonding would also be great.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Fandom specific notes:<\/strong> If you want to include background pairings I like Scotty\/Uhura and Chekov\/Sulu, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. Please no sexism\/homophobia among humans or references to Spock having a sister. Also, since I know there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47689.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47384.html","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:01:45 GMT","title":"Dear Space Swap Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47384.html","description":"Hi, thank you for writing for me! I hope this letter will be useful. I'm focusing on Worldbuilding this year, so feel free to use any characters or pairings you want to explore these ideas.<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Worldbuilding, hurt\/comfort, humour, friendship, romance, family relationships, gay\/bi characters, character studies, episode tags\/missing scenes, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong> Character bashing, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, threesomes\/poly, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms:<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek AOS (Vulcan homosexuality)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>How do Vulcans view same sex relationships? How does the destruction of Vulcan change things? I can't imagine losing about 99.999% of the population wouldn't have an effect. Do they try to work around it, so that same-sex couples adopt or donate eggs\/sperm or act as surrogates, or do they expect gay Vulcans to just suck it up and do their part for the greater good? I'd love to see Spock in particular struggling with this situation, but OCs (whether male or female) or minor characters would be great too.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: References to STID, homophobia among humans\/Starfleet, Kirk and Spock paired with anyone but each other (exception for Spock\/OMC, onesided Spock-&gt;Pike, or past\/dissolving Spock\/Uhura)<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TNG (Perceptions of TOS Era)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>We get to see a little bit of this in canon - Scotty's appearance in \"Relics\", the DS9 episode \"Trials and Tribble-ations\", etc, but I always want more. How do people in the TNG era view Kirk's adventures? Do they assume a lot of it is made up, or do they totally believe it? Are they taught about in the academy? What parts are best remembered, and what parts are exaggerated\/changed to make for a better story? What about the TOS characters who are still alive in that era? How are they treated? (Also, completely optional, but I'm a big Kirk\/Spock shipper, so if you want to explore that relationship in the context of history I'd be thrilled.) Feel free to use any TNG characters for this, or if you want to go for a more meta approach I'd love a section from a history book or textbook about the era.<br \/><br \/>Notes: I'm not a huge fan of Worf, so I'd prefer the fic not focus on him. I love all the other characters though! Also, if you want to include a pairing I especially like Riker\/Troi, but I'm fine with pretty much anything.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TOS (Vulcan homosexuality, LGBT rights)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Vulcan homosexuality: We know they have a word that means both \"brother\" and \"lover\", so how does that relate to their society? I'd be interested in almost any take on how Vulcans view same-sex relationships - that they care more about mental compatibility so gender doesn't matter, that homosexuality is illogical because it doesn't produce children, that it's illogical to force gay people into opposite-sex relationships because sexuality is innate and unchangeable, that bisexuality is the most logical because it widens the pool of potential partners in case of pon farr... If I've learned one thing watching the various Star Trek series, it's that Vulcans can use logic to justify just about anything. I ship Kirk\/Spock, so I'd love an exploration involving them, but I'd also be interested in OCs or minor characters - what does Surak say about such matters, for example?<br \/><br \/>LGBT rights: This kind of ties in with the above, but in a broader sense. How do the reactions to same-sex relationships differ between planets\/species? I see future Earth as a place where being gay\/bi is a non-issue, but are there still pride parades? Gay bars? What about on other planets? Are there clashes between conservative cultures and those that are more \"anything goes\"? What about species that have more than two sexes, or only one? How does homosexuality work among Andorians, for example? And what about trans characters? I imagine the future has much better techniques for changing one's body, but what about the social aspects? How does the process of transitioning differ from species to species? (I'm fine with OCs for this, but I'm also okay with canon characters being re-imagined as trans, as long as they keep their canon genders.) <br \/><br \/>Notes: Please no sexism\/homophobia\/transphobia among humans. Gen is great, but I'm also fine with any pairings that don't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. (I especially like Scotty\/Uhura and Chekov\/Sulu, but really, go wild!) Also, since I know there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47384.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47291.html","pubDate":"Sun, 31 Dec 2017 16:58:16 GMT","title":"Dear Chocolate Box Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47291.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful.<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, sickfic (esp. vomiting), friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, gay\/bi characters, episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong> Non con between requested pairings, breakup of requested pairings, character bashing, death of requested characters (canon or otherwise), possessiveness\/jealousy, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms:<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>Stargate (Sam\/Janet)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, and her relationship with Janet is one of my favourites. I could easily see their friendship leading to more, and I really like how they support each other in canon, and how Sam's kind of like a second mother to Cassandra. I'd love a hurt\/comfort fic where Sam gets hurt on some mission and Janet looks after her, or the two of them relaxing together on a day off, or a fix-it where Janet doesn't die or comes back from the dead. Appearances from the rest of SG-1 would be great too, if you're so inclined.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek AOS (Jim&Winona, Jim\/Spock&Winona, Spock&Spock Prime)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Jim&Winona: I'd love to see something exploring their relationship, especially when he's grown up and is captain of the Enterprise. Maybe a scene of him showing off his ship to his mother, or introducing her to his crew, or going back to Iowa after the events of the first\/third movie? (I got some great Jim&Winona fics for Trick or Treat, but I always want more.)<br \/><br \/>Jim\/Spock&Winona: I think Spock and Winona would get on well (in my headcanon she's a scientist too) so I'd really like to see Jim introduce them. Like above, it could be that Winona comes to the ship, or Jim takes Spock home to Iowa to meet her, or I'd really love a scene of her at their wedding. <br \/><br \/>Spock&Spock Prime: I love the idea of the two of them being friends and Spock Prime acting as a mentor to his younger self. I'd like to see them staying in contact and Spock Prime offering advice (within reason) about the crew, his father, etc, and\/or comfort over the loss of Vulcan, or keeping him updated about the colony and its progress.<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Spock\/Uhura (even in gen), references to STID, sexism or homophobia among humans\/Starfleet, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TNG (Riker\/Troi)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Their relationship is one of my favourite parts of the show. I love how they clearly love each other and have fun together, even when they're not dating. I'd like to see them going on shore leave, or spending time in the holodeck, or playing poker with their friends, or just hanging out together. Or something exploring their history together before they started working on the Enterprise could be cool too. I'd also really love anything exploring Troi's empathic abilities and how they affect their relationship.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Spock&M'Benga, Spock&Pike, Spock&Sybok)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock: I'm listing these together because I honestly don't care which I get. I love Kirk and Spock's relationship in all its forms, so any kind of warmth and affection between them will make me happy. Generally I prefer gen set during the series and slash set during the movies, but I'm pretty flexible so don't feel you have to stick to that if you have an idea that conflicts. For ideas, I like pretty much the same things in slash as in gen - shore leave, the two of them stranded on a planet, one of them being hurt or ill and the other taking care of them, or any kind of fic dealing with the events of the episodes\/movies.<br \/><br \/>Scotty\/Uhura: Their scenes together in The Final Frontier are adorable. I'd love something set when they're older, but something during the series would be great too. I'd like to see them bonding over music, or going on shore leave together, or meeting each other's families, or anything really. I love this ship, and there just isn't enough of it.<br \/><br \/>Spock&M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? I'd really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills, or him and Spock bonding over Vulcan stuff.<br \/><br \/>Spock&Pike: The hints of their relationship in \"The Menagerie\" have always fascinated me. Spock was willing to risk his life for Pike, not to mention committing mutiny - that implies a pretty strong affection between them. I really like the idea of Pike being a mentor to Spock, or even a sort of father-figure, and Spock looking up to him and wanting to please him. (I also like the idea of Spock having feelings for Pike, but only in a 'teenage crush on a teacher' type way - the idea of Pike reciprocating kind of squicks me.) Basically anything exploring their relationship would be great.<br \/><br \/>Spock&Sybok: I know a lot of people like to pretend this movie never happened, but I've always found the idea of Spock having this long lost older brother who was exiled from Vulcan for, basically, <i>being too emotional<\/i> to be fascinating. I'd love an exploration of his relationship with Spock when they were young (in my mind he was one of the few people on Vulcan who was supportive of Spock, which made it worse when he left), or an AU where he doesn't die at the end of the film and they have to deal with everything that happened.<br \/><br \/>Notes: Please no sexism\/homophobia or references to Spock having a sister. (I like Michael, but I'm still not sold on that whole plotline.) Also, since there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/47291.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46893.html","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:06:49 GMT","title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46893.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful. Some of it is recycled from last year, but I still really want everything I'm asking for! For reference, my AO3 name is lah_mrh, same as on here.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Humour, hurt\/comfort, fluff, friendship, romance, family relationships, gay\/bi characters, friends to lovers, reunions, missing scenes, happy endings, holiday fic, canon-divergent AUs, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel\/time loops and other sci-fi tropes<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, character bashing, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, threesomes, infidelity, incest, real-world politics, RPF, crossovers, unusual formats, first and second POV, graphic violence and gore, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Chip's Challenge (Chip)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I've loved this game for pretty much as long as I can remember. The in-game story is pretty slim - Chip wants to join Melinda's club, the Bit Busters, but has to prove his worth by making his way through the levels of her laboratory, avoiding monsters, killer floors, and the threat of being crushed by giant blocks. You can download the game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-games.com\/download\/3659\/chip-s-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>, or buy it on Steam (albeit as a slightly different version) if you're interested in giving it a try.<br \/><br \/>For fic, I'd love to see Chip's reaction to the monsters and other things he encounters, or maybe something about how he experiences the game mechanics - what happens when he \"dies\", for example? Does it bother him having to carry around keys and computer chips that are as big as he is? I'd also like to know how he feels about everything Melinda put him through. Does she make everyone who joins go through this madness? And why? <br \/><br \/>Please no Chip\/Melinda.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Everybody - Don Broco (Music Video) (Any - Dancing Cowboy, Captive Woman, Female Detective, Male Detective)<\/b><br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W6JZ6IgCKKo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The video.<\/a><br \/><br \/>I have <i>so many questions<\/i>. How did the woman at the start get into that situation? Who is the Cowboy guy and why is he dancing? How does he make other people dance? Is it some kind of mind control or virus or aliens? Why do they all have giant grins? Who are the random guys in the room when the detectives arrive? How did the female detective manage to shoot the male one with her finger guns? Did he really die and come back to life, or was it just pretend?<br \/><br \/>Basically any explanation of just what the hell is going on in this video would be awesome.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>The Outcasts (2017) (Any - Mindy, Jodi, Claire, Sugar)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I watched this movie on Netflix and immediately wanted fic. The whole thing was so much fun - I loved Mindy's t-shirts and her passion for science, and Jodi's awkward interactions with her dad and Dave, and Claire the Girl Scout and her odd friendship with Sugar. I'd love to see something about Mindy's time at MIT and how she and Jodi deal with their friendship becoming long-distance, or Claire and Sugar's activist group that's mentioned in the ending, or any of the other three's attempts at getting Claire a date. (On that note, I'd also love to see some Claire romance, whether that's with any of the others or an OFC).<br \/><br \/>Gen or femslash both great, but please no het fic. (Canon pairings are OK as long as they're background, I just really want the focus to be on the girls.)<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Welcome to the Ark - Stephanie S. Tolan (Any - Miranda, Doug, Taryn, Elijah)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I first read this book when I was thirteen, and ever since I've wanted to know what happens next. I love the story of these four misfit kids who meet and form a connection and a family, (not to mention some pretty cool abilities) only for it all to be torn apart. The book ends with Miranda, Doug, and Taryn reuniting, but I've always wondered what happened to Elijah. Do they ever find him? And what about Noah and Abigail? They were important too, but they're barely mentioned in the ending. Do they get to see what their charges have become? I like to think they'd be proud. What plans do the now grown up kids have for saving the world? Do they try to set up a new Ark for kids like them?<br \/><br \/>I'd also be interested in worldbuilding - How many people like them are there out there? How\/when did it start happening? Are all people with abilities driven to try and decrease the violence in the world, or are some of them out there trying to make it worse instead of better?<br \/><br \/>Any or all of the nominated characters are fine, in any combination. I'd prefer gen, but I'm okay with background Doug\/Miranda or anyone\/OC.<br \/><br \/><br \/>I think that's everything, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46893.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46647.html","pubDate":"Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:42:35 GMT","title":"Dear Trick or Treat Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46647.html","description":"<br \/>Hi, thanks for writing for me! A lot of my requests are recycled from the last time I did this exchange, but I still really want everything I'm asking for.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes (Treats):<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, character studies, episode tags, AUs, fix-it fic, characters meeting in the afterlife, animal transformation, telepathy\/empathy, soulmates, soulbonds, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><b>Likes (Tricks):<\/b> Zombies, dead all along, hallucinations, ghosts, plagues, dystopias, twist endings, dark AUs\/interpretations of characters, on the run from the government, reality is a lie<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, gore, character bashing, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, unrequested pairings, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Harry Potter (Dumbledore)<\/b><br \/><br \/>The whole Dumbledore\/Grindelwald thing is fascinating to me, and I'd love something exploring it, either when they were young, or later during the war. I'd also really like to see an AU where they stayed together or made up later and either Dumbledore managed to lead Grindelwald back to the side of light, or he went the other way and they took over the world together. If you don't want to write Grindelwald, then I'd be interested in anything exploring his time as teacher\/headmaster, especially if it involves LGBT students coming to him for advice\/support.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Dumbledore\/Grindelwald<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Stargate SG-1 (Sam)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, she's my favourite Stargate character. I love her passion for science, and how she's both smart and able to kick ass when necessary. For treats, I'd love to see her interacting with the rest of SG-1, or hanging out with Janet and\/or Cassandra, or bonding with her father. For tricks, maybe something goes wrong with the Stargate, or they visit a planet they shouldn't?<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Sam\/Janet<br \/><br \/>Other notes: Background pairings that don't conflict with Sam\/Janet are fine.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Spock Prime, Winona)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Spock Prime: I'd love to see his reaction to how different the AOS characters are to the people he knew, and maybe him acting as a mentor to his younger self. Or something about his work on the new Vulcan colony could be interesting too - I could see it being a good setting for horror fic, if you wanted to go in that direction. Please no fic about his death, unless it's for a fic about him meeting up with Kirk Prime in the afterlife.<br \/><br \/>Winona: I'd love something focusing on her relationship with Jim (and Sam?). Maybe her visiting him on the ship, or him coming home for a visit, or introducing her to his friends? I'd also be interested in a Winona\/OFC fic with her finally moving on after George. <br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Kirk Prime\/Spock Prime (past or present), Kirk\/Spock, Winona\/OFC<br \/><br \/>Fandom specific DNWs: Spock\/Uhura (even in gen), references to STID, homophobia among humans, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TOS (Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Sybok, Peter Kirk, M'Benga)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Kirk: I'd love anything about his friendship (or more) with Spock, or his backstory, or anything dealing with the aftermath of one or more canon episodes\/movies. Or his interactions with other characters like McCoy or Scotty or Uhura.<br \/><br \/>Spock: As with Kirk, I'd like to see his friendships with other characters, or backstory, or the aftermath of canon episodes\/movies.<br \/><br \/>Scotty: How does he feel about being in command when both Kirk and Spock are gone? What does he do for fun (besides reading technical journals)? I'd also like to see him hanging out with some of the other crew, like McCoy, or Spock, or Uhura.<br \/><br \/>Sybok: I know a lot of people like to pretend this movie never happened, but I've always found the idea of Spock having this long lost older brother who was exiled from Vulcan for, basically, <i>being too emotional<\/i> to be fascinating. I'd love an exploration of his relationship with Spock when they were young (in my mind he was one of the few people on Vulcan who was supportive of Spock, which made it worse when he left), or an AU where he doesn't die at the end of the film and they have to deal with everything that happened.<br \/><br \/>Peter: Surviving the loss of your whole family has got to be tough. I'd like to see him when he's older, entering Starfleet and trying to get out from under the shadow of his famous uncle, or bonding with Spock over what they went through. New Voyages has him as gay, so I'd also be interested in anything dealing with that, e.g. introducing Kirk to his boyfriend or asking Kirk\/Spock for advice.<br \/><br \/>M'Benga: I find M'Benga really interesting. He's a minor character, but the few things we know about him raise all kinds of questions. Why did he intern on Vulcan? Could he have some kind of telepathic abilities? How did he end up working on the Enterprise? (I kind of like the idea of McCoy just throwing up his hands after \"Journey to Babel\" and deciding they really need a Vulcan expert around these parts.) I'd also really like to see him treating Spock for various illnesses\/injuries, making use of his unique skills.<br \/><br \/>Pairings I like: Kirk\/Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Peter\/OMC<br \/><br \/>Other notes: Please no homophobia\/sexuality angst or references to Spock having a sister. Also, since there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46647.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46445.html","pubDate":"Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:55:27 GMT","title":"Dear Darkest Night Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46445.html","description":"Hi, thank you for writing for me! I hope this letter is useful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, friendship, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, family relationships, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, AUs that cross over with the canon universe, time travel<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Character bashing, breakup of requested pairings, rape\/non-con between requested pairings, threesomes, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, crack fic, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><\/span><br \/><br \/><u><b>Chip's Challenge (Chip)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>I love this game, but it could easily be horror from Chip's point of view, given everything he goes through. Banging his head against walls over and over, being burnt or drowned or being eaten by monsters, and if he dies he'll just be resurrected to do it all over again. And all just to get into a secret club!<br \/><br \/><i>Resurrection:<\/i> How does Chip experience dying and coming back?<br \/><br \/><i>Freak Lab Accident:<\/i> Most of the monsters are this, from Melinda's various experiments.<br \/><br \/><i>Time Loop:<\/i> Any time it takes more than one try to complete a level.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific notes<\/b>: Feel free to include Melinda, but please no Chip\/Melinda.<br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek AOS (Spock, Spock Prime)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>(Spock)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Spock is probably my favourite character in this fandom, and I'd love a fic that focuses on his issues, especially if it involves the aftereffects of Vulcan's destruction. I don't ship him with Uhura, so I'd prefer they be written as friends, even in gen. I also really like his friendships with Kirk and Spock Prime, and for pairings I like Kirk\/Spock, but I'm fine with Spock\/OMC or Spock having onesided feelings for Pike. Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><i>Coming Out:<\/i> I imagine it would be extra hard given the need to repopulate the species. I'd love a fic where he figures it out when he's still in a relationship with Uhura and that's why they break up, but him not realising it out until afterwords works too.<br \/><br \/><i>Daddy Issues:<\/i> Sarek and Spock's relationship might have healed a little in the wake of Amanda's death, but I bet there are still issues between them.<br \/><br \/><i>Hypothermia:<\/i> It must be awful to have your preferred temperature be so much warmer than everyone else's, especially when you're trapped somewhere cold.<br \/><br \/><i>Internalized Homophobia:<\/i> Given the situation, I can easily see Spock torn between his feelings and his need to take a wife and have little part-Vulcan babies. (Whether or not that's actually an issue is up to you.)<br \/><br \/><i>Parental Disapproval:<\/i> Of Spock joining Starfleet, of his deciding to stay with the Enterprise instead of helping the colony, of his relationships... there are a lot of things Sarek could disapprove of. <br \/><br \/><i>Vomiting:<\/i> Could be from illness or motion sickness or stress, I don't mind, as long as it has Spock throwing up and someone comforting him.<br \/><br \/><i>Xenophobia:<\/i> Poor Spock has to deal with it from both sides.<br \/><br \/><i>Nightmares<br \/>Planet Destruction<br \/>Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD<br \/>Psychological Trauma<br \/>Touch-Starved<br \/>Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms<\/i><br \/><br \/>All of these are basically the same thing - Spock dealing with the loss of Vulcan and the trauma of feeling billions of deaths. There isn't nearly as much fic focusing on it as I'd like, and I'd love to see how he deals with it, and how he doesn't.<br \/><br \/><b>(Spock Prime)<\/b><br \/><br \/><i>Sole Survivor<br \/>Time travel - you changed the past and now your loved ones are unrecognisable<\/i><br \/><br \/>I think these two are pretty self-explanatory. I love Spock Prime, and I'd love to see him dealing with being stranded in an unfamiliar universe where everyone he knew is different. I like his friendships with Kirk and his younger self, but I'd prefer no pairings except (past) Kirk Prime\/Spock Prime.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific DNWs<\/b>: References to STID (Beyond is fine), Tarsus IV, Winona being a bad person\/mother, homophobia among humans. <br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek TNG (Riker\/Troi)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>Their relationship is one of my favourite parts of the show. I love how they support each other and have fun together. If you want to include other characters, I especially like Data and Picard.<br \/><br \/><i>Alternate Universe - Canonical Dark AU:<\/i> Any. Mirror Universe (see below), Yesterday's Enterprise, Borg Win... Whatever you pick I'm sure I'll enjoy it.<br \/><br \/><i>Bad Guys Win:<\/i> I'm thinking Borg, but if you have another bad guy in mind, go for it.<br \/><br \/><i>Mirror Universe:<\/i> We never get to see the TNG Mirror Universe in canon. What does it look like? How does Troi and Riker's relationship differ from the one we know?<br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek TOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>I love Kirk and Spock's relationship in all its forms. I love how supportive and affectionate they are of each other, and how Kirk is just about the only person who accepts Spock for who he is without trying to change him. I've split the tags by which version of the relationship they apply to, but most of them would work for either. Generally I prefer gen set during the series and slash set during the movies, but don't feel you have to stick to that if you have an idea that conflicts. Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><b>(Kirk\/Spock)<\/b><br \/><br \/><i>Amnesia:<\/i> I love fics about Spock slowly remembering Kirk and their relationship after Genesis, so anything like that would be great.<br \/><br \/><i>Coming Out:<\/i> I like the idea of Spock coming to terms with himself and finding happiness with Kirk. (Especially since I see Kirk as someone who figured out he was bi very early and is totally fine with it, and I think the difference in their situations could be interesting.) <br \/><br \/><i>Internalized Homophobia:<\/i> Maybe that's why he tried to attempt the kolinahr? I don't have a preference on whether Vulcan society is actually homophobic or Spock just thinks it is, but I'd prefer if human society wasn't homophobic. I like to think that by the 23rd century we'd be past that.<br \/><br \/><i>Mating Cycles\/In Heat:<\/i> Pon farr! This is my only exception to the 'explicit sex' DNW, but I'd be fine with non-explicit fic that just focuses on the feelings. I'd especially love established relationship pon farr fic, because it's so much rarer than the other kind, but any kind is great. My view of pon farr is of something that focuses more on the sex than anything violent - bruises and soreness are fine, but please don't have Kirk seriously injured.<br \/><br \/><b>(Kirk&Spock)<\/b><br \/><br \/><i>Conflicted Loyalties:<\/i> Spock committing mutiny against Kirk to save Pike has always fascinated me.<br \/><br \/><i>Mindwiping:<\/i> I'd love to see the fallout from Spock tampering with Kirk's memory in 'Requiem for Methuselah'. He's obviously trying to help, but I doubt Kirk would see it that way, especially given how he reacts to Sybok.<br \/><br \/><i>Wilderness Survival:<\/i> I'd like to see the two of them stranded on some planet, trying to keep themselves alive, especially if one of them is ill or injured.<br \/><br \/><b>(Either)<\/b><br \/><br \/><i>Daddy Issues:<\/i> Spock's issues with Sarek are blatant.<br \/><br \/><i>Hypothermia:<\/i> Huddling for warmth!<br \/><br \/><i>Nightmares:<\/i> Both Kirk and Spock have been through a lot of stuff that would cause nightmares.<br \/><br \/><i>Parental Disapproval:<\/i> I can see Sarek disapproving about a lot of things - Spock's career, his friends, his relationship with Kirk... I'd love Spock standing up to him about it, or realising he doesn't need his father's approval. Or even Sarek slowly coming around like he does at the end of 'The Voyage Home'.<br \/><br \/><i>Starvation:<\/i> I'm always looking for more fic about Kirk's time on Tarsus, and this seems like a perfect tag. Could be Kirk confiding in Spock after 'The Conscience of the King', or maybe something goes wrong on a mission and it brings back bad memories?<br \/><br \/><i>Vomiting:<\/i> Could be from illness or motion sickness or stress, I don't mind, as long as one of them throws up and the other comforts them.<br \/><br \/><i>Xenophobia:<\/i> Could be Spock being the victim of prejudice from humans (or Vulcans) or Kirk dealing with Vulcans or others looking down on him for being human.<br \/><br \/><br \/>I think that's everything, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46445.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46113.html","pubDate":"Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:25:47 GMT","title":"Dear AU Exchange Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46113.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter will be useful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, casually gay\/bi characters, family relationships, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, fix-it fic, dark AUs, AUs that cross over with the canon universe, totalitarian dystopias (e.g. 1984, V for Vendetta, The Handmaid's Tale), on the run from the government, bad guys win, time travel, dimension travel, 'set right what once went wrong'<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Character bashing, breakup of requested pairings, non-con between requested pairings, infidelity, modern\/mundane AUs, crossovers, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, crack fic, graphic violence and gore, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: larger;\"><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><\/span><br \/><br \/><u><b>Harry Potter (Dumbledore\/Grindelwald)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>AU: Ariana doesn't die in the three-way duel at Godric's Hollow<br \/>AU: Grindelwald is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor<br \/><br \/>I just want to see Dumbledore and Grindelwald working together, whether they're taking over the world or just teaching at Hogwarts. (I'd love to see what a world the two of them created would look like.) I'd also really like to see them dealing with that little upstart Tom Riddle, because the two of them put together would be more than a match for him.<br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Stargate (Sam\/Janet)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>AU: Dystopia<br \/>AU: Janet doesn't die<br \/><br \/>I feel these are pretty self explanatory. The dystopia can be caused by something that went right in an episode going wrong (maybe Apophis succeeds in his plans, or Ba'al, or the Ori?), or it can be a total setting AU - if you want specific ideas I especially like 'on the run from the government' plots. Bring in as many other characters as you want, but I'm not a big fan of Atlantis, so I'd prefer they be from the SG-1 side of the franchise.<br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek Alternate Timeline (Enterprise Crew, Kirk&amp;Spock, Kirk\/Spock)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>AU: Characters met as kids: I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, and how it affects their later life. Maybe Spock was raised on Earth? Or Winona and Amanda are friends and that's how they meet?<br \/><br \/>AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments. Could also tie in to the 'Nero destroys Earth' request.<br \/><br \/>AU: High School: Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope.<br \/><br \/>AU: Nero destroys Earth: Can be either as well as Vulcan or instead of Vulcan, I just want to see the aftermath of Earth being destroyed.<br \/><br \/>AU: Sarek dies instead of Amanda: I'd love to see the impact this would have on Spock, that his father died without the two of them making peace, and how it affects his actions during the film. I'd really love if Spock and Amanda's relationship isn't perfect either, with Sarek's death bringing them closer together or pushing them apart, and possibly Kirk and Spock bonding over both losing their fathers.<br \/><br \/>AU: Spock Prime arrives earlier: I'd really like to see him arrive when Kirk is a kid, but I'd be happy with anything. Nero not being able to get his hands on the red matter would change everything.<br \/><br \/>AU: Spock stays captain: I'd love it if you fixed things so that Kirk doesn't have to relieve him of command in the first place, but him remaining captain despite that (maybe with Kirk as his first officer?) would be great.<br \/><br \/>AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I love zombies. Please, give me all the people fighting shambling corpses and worrying about being zombified themselves.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific notes:<\/b> My favourite character is Spock, but I like all of them. Gen is great, but if you want to include pairings I like Scotty\/Uhura, Uhura\/Gaila, Chekov\/Sulu, and Sulu\/Ben, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. (For Spock\/Uhura, they can be exes or BFFs, but I'd prefer they not be romantically involved, even in gen.) Also, for the record, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific DNWs:<\/b> References to STID, Tarsus IV, Winona being a bad mother or having a bad relationship with Jim. Also homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.<br \/><br \/>----- <br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek Original Timeline (Kirk\/Spock, TOS Enterprise Crew)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>(Kirk\/Spock)<\/b><br \/><br \/>AU: Characters met as kids: I've requested K\/S, but for this particular AU I'd be just as happy with preslash or friendship fic. I like the idea of them meeting over the years or even growing up together, maybe even bonding when they're young and then having to deal with that, and how it affects their later life. Spock helping to comfort Kirk after Tarsus, or Kirk staying with Spock's family for a while instead of going to Tarsus would be especially my jam. <br \/><br \/>AU: Kirk survives Generations: I was thinking in terms of him surviving leaving the Nexus (maybe he and Picard come up with a less ridiculous plan?), but if you want to write it as him surviving the original voyage that's fine too.<br \/><br \/>AU: Soulmate with species differences in bonds\/marks: I really like the idea of Kirk not having a mark and not knowing why until Spock mentions that his mother doesn't have one either and everything just clicks. But really any difference between Vulcan soulmate marks and human ones would be interesting - maybe Spock having a 'human' style mark is one of the things his peers pick on him for?<br \/><br \/><b>(TOS Enterprise Crew)<\/b><br \/><br \/>AU: Characters swap jobs: Any swap. Spock as captain and Kirk as first officer\/science officer? Uhura as captain and Spock as CMO? Chekov as engineer and Sulu on comms and Scotty as the pilot? Pick any switcharound you want, except McCoy as captain because I don't think that'd go well.<br \/><br \/>AU: Dystopia: Any kind, but I'm especially fond of people fighting against totalitarian governments.<br \/><br \/>AU: High School: I love the idea of them all hanging out together in high school, especially if it gives some glimpse into how 23rd century schooling differs from now. Feel free to be as cliche as you want, I just love this trope. <br \/><br \/>AU: Zombie Apocalypse: I'd love to see the crew fighting zombies on some random planet.<br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific notes:<\/b> If you want to include background pairings I like Scotty\/Uhura and Chekov\/Sulu, but I'm fine with anything that doesn't conflict with Kirk\/Spock. I prefer Vulcan body temperature to be higher than human, and if you include Gary Mitchell please don't have him be a total asshole. (If you need someone to play the part of total asshole, might I suggest Finnegan?) Also please no homophobia among humans, unless it's part of a dystopia.<br \/><br \/>-----<br \/><br \/><u><b>Star Trek Original Timeline (Riker\/Troi, TNG Enterprise Crew)<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/>AU: Borg Win: What would that universe look like? How do they fight back? <i>Do<\/i> they fight back, or just try to stay alive?<br \/><br \/>AU: Characters swap jobs: Any characters, any jobs. Riker as the counsellor and Troi as first officer could be fun, but so could Beverly Crusher as captain and Picard as bartender in Ten Forward, or any combination you can think of.<br \/><br \/>AU: Dystopia: Any kind, vaguely canon or not. <br \/><br \/><b>Fandom specific notes:<\/b> I'm not all that interested in Worf or Wesley Crusher, so I'd prefer as little focus on them as possible.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46113.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46012.html","pubDate":"Mon, 12 Jun 2017 16:15:06 GMT","title":"Dear Friendshipfest Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46012.html","description":"Hi! Thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter will be helpful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Friendship and family relationships, humour, hurt\/comfort, sickfic, fluff, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, gay\/bi characters (especially gay Spock), episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, happy endings<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Character bashing, death of requested characters, dick jokes, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, first and second POV<br \/><br \/><b>Other:<\/b> Feel free to include any background pairings you want, canon or not, as long as they don't conflict with Kirk\/Spock (either universe). Also, since I know there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Prompts:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Kirk & Spock (TOS):<\/b> I'd love fic dealing with the aftermath of pretty much any episode, or anything where one of them gets hurt\/ill and the other takes care of them. Especially if they're stranded somewhere and have to keep each other alive until help comes. I also really like the idea that they have some kind of mental link and know if the other is in danger.<br \/><br \/><b>Spock & Saavik (TOS):<\/b> I really like their mentor-student relationship in canon, and would love to see something like that explored in fic. Saavik deciding to join Starfleet Academy, or Spock mentoring her while she's a student, or what happened to her after we last see her in The Voyage Home. Or the two of them bonding over being half Vulcan and half something else.<br \/><br \/><b>Spock & Spock Prime (AOS):<\/b> I love the idea of the two of them being friends and Spock Prime acting as a mentor to his younger self. I'd like to see them staying in contact and Spock Prime offering advice (within reason) about the crew, his father, etc, and\/or comfort over the loss of Vulcan, or keeping him updated about the colony. Please no references to STID.<br \/><br \/><b>Spock & Pike (Either)<\/b>: The hints of their relationship in \"The Menagerie\" have always fascinated me. Spock was willing to risk his life for Pike, not to mention committing mutiny - that implies a pretty strong affection between them. I really like the idea of Pike being a mentor to Spock, or even a sort of father-figure, and Spock looking up to him and wanting to please him. (I also like the idea of Spock having feelings for Pike, but only in a 'teenage crush on a teacher' type way - the idea of Pike reciprocating kind of squicks me.) The tag is listed as TOS, but I'd be just as happy with an AOS exploration of their relationship if that's where your muse takes you - you could do a lot of interesting stuff with the fact that he's Pike's first officer in that universe.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/46012.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45676.html","pubDate":"Fri, 03 Mar 2017 18:25:49 GMT","title":"Dear Space Swap Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45676.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter is helpful.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, high school\/college\/academy AUs, gay and bi characters, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, characters meeting AU versions of themselves, time travel<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, abuse, character bashing, character death, possessiveness\/jealousy, threesomes, infidelity, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, dick jokes, modern day AUs, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Stargate SG-1 (Sam\/Janet)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Sam is my favourite character in Stargate, and I love her relationship with Janet. I really like how they support each other in canon, and their respective relationships with Cassandra, and I could easily see their friendship leading to more. I'd love a hurt\/comfort fic where Sam gets hurt on some mission and Janet looks after her, or the two of them relaxing together on a day off, or a fix-it where Janet doesn't die or comes back from the dead. Appearances from the rest of SG-1 would be great too, if you're so inclined.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek AOS (Jim&Winona, Vulcan homosexuality)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Jim&Winona: I'd love to see something exploring their relationship, especially when he's grown up and is captain of the Enterprise. Maybe a scene of him showing off his ship to his mother, or introducing her to his crew, or going back to Iowa after the events of the first\/third movie? Gen would be great, but if you want to put in background relationships, I like Kirk\/Spock and Winona\/OFC.<br \/><br \/>Vulcan homosexuality: I can't imagine losing about 99.999% of the population wouldn't affect their view on same-sex relationships. How does sexuality clash with the need to rebuild the species? Do they try to work around it, so that same-sex couples adopt or donate eggs\/sperm or act as surrogates, or do they expect gay Vulcans to just suck it up and do their part for the greater good? I'd love to see Spock in particular struggling with this situation, but OCs (whether male or female) would be great too. Also, I don't have any issues with mpreg (at least among aliens) so if you want to have that as a solution, go right ahead.<br \/><br \/>Notes: Please don't write Winona as a bad mother to Jim. Also, I'm fine with a fic that takes place before or after Beyond, but if possible I'd prefer no references to the events of STID.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TNG (Riker\/Troi, Perceptions of TOS era)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Riker\/Troi: I love their relationship in canon, both as friends and as a couple. I love how they support each other and clearly have a lot of fun together. I'd enjoy seeing them on shore leave, or interacting with their friends, or backstory about the two of them before they started working on the Enterprise, or anything exploring Troi's empathic abilities and how they affect their relationship.<br \/><br \/>Perceptions of TOS era: We get to see a little bit of this in canon - Scotty's appearance in \"Relics\", the DS9 episode \"Trials and Tribble-ations\", etc, but I always want more. How do people in the TNG era view Kirk's adventures? Do they assume a lot of it is made up, or do they totally believe it? Are they taught about in the academy? What parts are best remembered, and what parts are exaggerated\/changed to make for a better story? What about the TOS characters who are still alive in that era? How are they treated? (Also, totally optional, but I'm a big Kirk\/Spock shipper, so if you want to explore that relationship in the context of history I'd be thrilled.)<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Star Trek TOS (Kirk&Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Saavik, Saavik\/David, Vulcan homosexuality, LGBT rights)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Kirk&Spock: I love them as a romantic couple, but I also really love their friendship, so that's what I'm requesting here. I'd love fic dealing with the aftermath of pretty much any episode, or anything where one of them gets hurt\/ill and the other takes care of them, especially if they're stranded somewhere and have to keep each other alive until help comes. I'd also be interested in fic dealing with the various traumas in their pasts (Spock's bullying and isolation, Kirk's time on Tarsus, etc), or anything dealing with the idea that they have some kind of mental link and know if the other is hurt\/ill\/in danger.<br \/><br \/>Scotty\/Uhura: I love this ship. Their scenes in The Final Frontier are adorable, and I think they'd work so well together. I'd love something set when they're older, but something during the series would be great too. I'd like to see them bonding over music, or going on shore leave together, or meeting each other's families, or anything really, just as long as it's about the two of them.<br \/><br \/>Saavik, Saavik\/David: I really like Saavik's mentor-student relationship with Spock, and I'd love to see more of that, but I'd also be interested in her past, or her time at the academy, or what she does after we last see her in The Voyage Home. For Saavik\/David, I'd really like an AU where he lives, but anything about their relationship would be great. Maybe something about their time on the Grissom, or what they were doing while Kirk was talking to Carol in TWOK?<br \/><br \/>Vulcan homosexuality: We know they have a word that means both \"brother\" and \"lover\", so how does that relate to their society? I'd be interested in almost any take on how Vulcans view same-sex relationships - that they care more about mental compatibility so gender doesn't matter, that homosexuality is illogical because you can't reproduce, that it's illogical to force gay people into opposite-sex relationships because sexuality is innate and unchangeable, that bisexuality is the most logical because it widens the pool of potential partners in case of pon farr... If I've learned one thing watching the various Star Trek series, it's that Vulcans can use logic to justify just about anything. I ship Kirk\/Spock, so I'd love an exploration involving them, but I'd also be interested in OCs or minor characters - what does Surak say about such matters, for example?<br \/><br \/>LGBT rights: This kind of ties in with the above, but in a broader sense. How do the reactions to same-sex relationships differ between planets\/species? I see future Earth as a place where being gay\/bi is a non-issue, but are there still pride parades? Gay bars? What about on other planets? Are there clashes between conservative cultures and those that are more \"anything goes\"? What about species that have more than two sexes, or only one? How does homosexuality work among Andorians, for example? And what about trans characters? I imagine the future has much better techniques for changing one's body, but what about the social aspects? How does the process of transitioning differ from species to species? (I'm fine with OCs for this, but I'm also okay with canon characters being re-imagined as trans, as long as they keep their canon genders.)<br \/><br \/>Notes: For reference, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45676.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45539.html","pubDate":"Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:07:34 GMT","title":"Dear Chocolate Box Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45539.html","description":"Hi, thanks for writing for me! I hope this letter will be useful. (To be honest most of it is the same as last year, when I got some great fics, but I still really want everything I've repeated this year!)<br \/><br \/><strong>Likes:<\/strong> Hurt\/comfort, humour, fluff, friendship, family relationships, romance, first time, established relationship, friends-to-lovers, character studies, episode tags\/missing scenes, canon-divergent AUs and fix-it fic, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel<br \/><br \/><strong>Dislikes:<\/strong> Non con, character bashing, non-canon character death, possessiveness\/jealousy, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, dick jokes, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><strong>Fandoms<\/strong><\/u><br \/><br \/><strong>Harry Potter (Dumbledore\/Grindelwald)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>The potential this pairing has is fascinating to me, and I'd love to see any kind of fic about them, either when they were young, or later during the war. (I'd love an explanation of how Dumbledore was able to defeat him even though Grindelwald had the Elder Wand.) I'd also really like to see an AU where they stayed together or made up later and ended up teaching at Hogwarts together\/travelling the world\/taking over the world. (Fic exploring what could have happened if Dumbledore had continued down that 'For the Greater Good' path would be especially awesome.)<br \/><br \/>Notes: While I enjoyed the Fantastic Beasts movie, I'd prefer the fic not focus on those events.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Stargate SG-1 (Sam\/Janet)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>I love Sam, and her relationship with Janet is one of my favourites. I could easily see their friendship leading to more, and I really like how they support each other in canon, and how Sam's kind of like a second mother to Cassandra. I'd love a hurt\/comfort fic where Sam gets hurt on some mission and Janet looks after her, or the two of them relaxing together on a day off, or a fix-it where Janet doesn't die or comes back from the dead. Appearances from the rest of SG-1 would be great too, if you're so inclined.<br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek AOS (Jim&Winona, Jim\/Spock&Winona, Winona\/OFC)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Jim&Winona: I'd love to see something exploring their relationship, especially when he's grown up and is captain of the Enterprise. Maybe a scene of him showing off his ship to his mother, or introducing her to his crew, or going back to Iowa after the events of the first\/third movie?<br \/><br \/>Jim\/Spock&Winona: I think Spock and Winona would get on well (in my headcanon she's a scientist too) so I'd really like to see Jim introduce them. Like above, it could be that Winona comes to the ship, or Jim takes Spock home to Iowa to meet her, or I'd really love a scene of her at their wedding.<br \/><br \/>Winona\/OFC: I'd like to see Winona falling in love again after George, whether it's with someone from Starfleet, or from Riverside. (Could even be someone she had a fling with before George and now gets back together with.) I'd especially like to see her introduce her girlfriend to her sons, or bring her along to some family event.<br \/><br \/>Notes: Please don't write Winona as a bad mother to Jim. Also, feel free to set the fic at any time, before or after Beyond, but if possible I'd prefer no references to the events of STID. And I know my requests for this fandom are all pretty similar, so I don't mind if you combine any of them. <br \/><br \/><br \/><strong>Star Trek TOS (Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock, Scotty\/Uhura, Spock&Saavik, Saavik\/David Marcus)<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Kirk\/Spock, Kirk&Spock: I'm listing these together because I honestly don't care which I get. I love Kirk and Spock's relationship in all its forms, so as long as it's about them I'll be happy. Generally I prefer gen set during the series and slash set during the movies, but I'm pretty flexible so don't feel you have to stick to that if you have an idea that conflicts. For ideas, I like pretty much the same things in slash as in gen - shore leave, the two of them stranded on a planet, one of them being hurt or ill and the other taking care of them, or any kind of fic dealing with the events of the episodes\/movies.<br \/><br \/>Scotty\/Uhura: Their scenes together in The Final Frontier are adorable. I'd love something set when they're older, but something during the series would be great too. I'd like to see them bonding over music, or going on shore leave together, or meeting each other's families, or anything really. I love this ship, and there just isn't enough of it.<br \/><br \/>Spock&Saavik: I really like the little glimpses we get of their relationship in the films, how Spock is a mentor to Saavik and how they clearly care about each other a lot. I'd love to see more of this, maybe something set while Saavik is at the academy, or what happened after we last saw her in The Voyage Home? (Or, if you're so inclined, what she thinks of his relationship with Kirk?)<br \/><br \/>Saavik\/David: My rarest rarepair. I really like their interactions in The Search for Spock, and I'd love an AU where David doesn't die, but I'd also be happy with something exploring their time together on the Grissom, or them getting to know each other, or him comforting her after Spock's death.<br \/><br \/>Notes: Since I know there are arguments about it, I take Vulcan body temperature as higher than human.<br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45539.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45267.html","pubDate":"Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:25:36 GMT","title":"Dear Yuletide Writer","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45267.html","description":"<br \/>Hi, thanks for writing for me! This is my first time doing Yuletide, so I hope this letter is helpful. For reference, my AO3 name is lah_mrh, same as on here.<br \/><br \/><b>Likes:<\/b> Humour, hurt\/comfort, friendship, romance, family relationships, gay\/bi characters, friends to lovers, reunions,  missing scenes, happy endings, holiday fic, canon-divergent AUs, telepathy\/empathy, cultural differences, time travel\/time loops and other sci-fi tropes<br \/><br \/><b>Dislikes:<\/b> Non con, character bashing, asexual\/aromantic headcanons, threesomes, infidelity, dick jokes, unusual formats, first and second POV, explicit sex<br \/><br \/><br \/><u><b>Fandoms:<\/b><\/u><br \/><br \/><b>Chip's Challenge (Chip, Melinda)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I've loved this game for pretty much as long as I can remember. (The first computer I played it on had DOS 3.1, if that tells you anything.) The in-game story is pretty slim - Chip wants to join Melinda's club, the Bit Busters, but has to prove his worth by making his way through the levels of her laboratory, avoiding monsters, killer floors, and the threat of being crushed by giant blocks. You can download the game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.old-games.com\/download\/3659\/chip-s-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> if you're interested in giving it a try.<br \/><br \/>For fic, I'd love to see Chip's reaction to the monsters and other things he encounters, or maybe something about how he experiences the game mechanics - what happens when he \"dies\", for example? Does it bother him having to carry around keys and computer chips that are as big as he is? You don't have to include Melinda, but if you do I'd like to see how he feels about everything she put him through. Does she make everyone who joins go through this madness? And why?<br \/><br \/>Please no Chip\/Melinda. Also, I'm only familiar with the Windows version of the game, so I'd prefer you not include stuff from any other versions.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>The Simpsons (Lisa, Juliet)<\/b><br \/><br \/>Juliet only appears in one episode (Lisa the Drama Queen), but I loved the relationship between her and Lisa. They seemed to connect so well, in a way that's pretty rare for Lisa, and I like how smart and imaginative they both are. I'd love to see them meet again when they're older - maybe they go to the same high school, or college? Or they meet at summer camp? I'm also curious about how things might have gone if their attempt to run away had been successful. Or what if Lisa had managed to get their book published - would it have brought them back together?<br \/><br \/>Femslash would be awesome, but I'd prefer you keep it very G-rated (handholding, cheek kisses) unless they're aged up to at least teenagers.<br \/><br \/><br \/><b>Welcome to the Ark - Stephanie S. Tolan (Miranda, Doug, Taryn, Elijah)<\/b><br \/><br \/>I first read this book when I was thirteen, and ever since I've wanted to know what happens next. I love the story of these four misfit kids who meet and form a connection and a family, (not to mention some pretty cool abilities) only for it all to be torn apart. The book ends with Miranda, Doug, and Taryn reuniting, but I've always wondered what happened to Elijah. Do they ever find him? And what about Noah and Abigail? They were important too, but they're barely mentioned in the ending. Do they get to see what their charges have become? I like to think they'd be proud. What plans do the now grown up kids have for saving the world? Do they try to set up a new Ark for kids like them? <br \/><br \/>I'd also be interested in worldbuilding - How many people like them are there out there? How\/when did it start happening? Are all people with abilities driven to try and decrease the violence in the world, or are some of them out there trying to make it worse instead of better?<br \/><br \/>You don't have to include all of the characters - I'd be fine with just two or three of them, in any combination. I'd prefer gen, but I'm okay with background Doug\/Miranda or anyone\/OC.<br \/><br \/><br \/>Thanks again!<br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/45267.html?view=comments#comments","category":"exchange letter"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44864.html","pubDate":"Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:17:35 GMT","title":"Close Quarters","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44864.html","description":"Fandom: Star Trek Reboot<br \/>Pairing: Uhura\/Gaila<br \/>Rating: PG-13<br \/>Summary: Gaila and Uhura are partners on an academy survival exercise.<br \/>Words: ~1500<br \/>Notes: Written for <span  class=\"ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-deleted  i-ljuser-type-P     \"  data-ljuser=\"engmaresh\" lj:user=\"engmaresh\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/engmaresh.livejournal.com\/profile\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"i-ljuser-profile\" ><img  class=\"i-ljuser-userhead\"  src=\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&v=916.1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engmaresh.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"i-ljuser-username\"   target=\"_self\"   ><b>engmaresh<\/b><\/a><\/span> in the <span  class=\"ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     \"  data-ljuser=\"rarepairfest\" lj:user=\"rarepairfest\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/rarepairfest.livejournal.com\/profile\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"i-ljuser-profile\" ><img  class=\"i-ljuser-userhead\"  src=\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/community.png?v=556&v=916.1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rarepairfest.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"i-ljuser-username\"   target=\"_self\"   ><b>rarepairfest<\/b><\/a><\/span> exchange. Thanks to <span  class=\"ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-deleted  i-ljuser-type-P     \"  data-ljuser=\"nursedarry\" lj:user=\"nursedarry\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/nursedarry.livejournal.com\/profile\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"i-ljuser-profile\" ><img  class=\"i-ljuser-userhead\"  src=\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&v=916.1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nursedarry.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"i-ljuser-username\"   target=\"_self\"   ><b>nursedarry<\/b><\/a><\/span> for the beta.<br \/><br \/><p align=\"justify\"><br \/>Uhura adjusts her backpack for what feels like the hundredth time since they set out. She wants to take a drink from her water bottle, but she knows she has to ration it.<br \/><br \/>She's heard that every Starfleet Academy wilderness survival test is different. There are tales of cadets being transported to the Amazon Rainforest, the middle of Antarctica, and even strapped into spacesuits and abandoned on the Moon. (Though she has her doubts about that last one.)<br \/><br \/>For this one, they've been dropped off in the middle of Death Valley. They have seventy-two hours to cross the desert from one checkpoint to another, hitting a series of markers along the way. Miss any of the markers, or exceed the time limit, and they'll be taking the test again with the next group.<br \/><br \/>It seems like she and Gaila are alone here, but Uhura knows that there are at least five other teams starting from different points around the desert. Plus Starfleet is always watching. If they get into trouble, they just have to activate their beacons, and they'll be beamed out. It's strictly for emergencies, though \u2013 activating the beacon is an automatic fail, and Uhura can't think of anything short of losing a limb that would induce her to use it.<br \/><br \/>She glances at Gaila, who is studying the old-style map they've been given. If she's completely honest, Gaila isn't the first person she would have chosen as a partner, but they seem to make a good team. There's a prize for the first team to reach the checkpoint, and they're both determined to claim it.<br \/><br \/>\"It'll be getting dark soon,\" Gaila says. We should probably think about setting up camp there for the night.\" She looks again at the map , then points to their right. \"There's an outcropping about two kilometres that way. Might be a good place.\"<br \/><br \/>Uhura shrugs. \"Fine by me.\" They're only twelve hours in and they've already hit three of their ten markers. They can afford to rest for a while.<br \/><br \/>Part of her would like to keep going, but even with flashlights the risk of missing the fourth marker in the dark is too great. Gaila's right \u2013 better to make camp for the night and start up again in the morning.<br \/><br \/>The light starts to fade as they approach the outcropping, and by the time they've set up camp in the shelter between two rocks, it's completely dark. They have a quick dinner by the light of their flashlights, then by mutual agreement decide to turn in for the night.<br \/><br \/>Uhura pulls out her sleeping bag and lays it on the ground before pulling off her shoes and sliding inside fully clothed. With the sun gone, the temperature is dropping, and she's heard that the desert can get cold at night. Beside her, Gaila does the same.<br \/><br \/>\"Goodnight,\" Uhura says.<br \/><br \/>\"\u2019Night,\" Gaila replies.<br \/><br \/>Ritual completed, Uhura turns on her side and tries to get to sleep. They have a long day tomorrow.<br \/><br \/><\/p><center>* * *<\/center><p align=\"justify\"><br \/><br \/>She doesn't know exactly what it is that wakes her, but the first thing she notices is it's still pitch black out. The second thing she notices is that she's <i>freezing<\/i>.<br \/><br \/>A quick check of the time tells her it's just after three in the morning. Still hours until the sun rises will rise and they can get moving again. She pulls the sleeping bag closer around her and curls into a ball, trying to will herself back to sleep.<br \/><br \/>She's just on the verge of getting up and hunting through her pack for extra clothes, when she hears shuffling from behind her, followed by Gaila's voice. \"Are you awake?\"<br \/><br \/>\"Yes,\" Uhura replies, trying to keep her voice from shaking.<br \/><br \/>There's a pause, then, \"Are you cold?\"<br \/><br \/>\"I'm fine,\" Uhura tells her.<br \/><br \/>\"Oh.\" Another pause, then, \"It's just, <i>I'm<\/i> cold, and I thought that if you were too we could help each other.\"<br \/><br \/>Uhura rolls over to face her, even though she can't see anything in the dark. \"Help each other how?\"<br \/><br \/>She may not be able to see Gaila, but she can imagine the look on her face when she says, \"Um. Body heat?\"<br \/><br \/><i>You can't be serious<\/i>, is Uhura's first thought, but then she thinks about lying here freezing her toes off for the next four hours until the sun comes up, and her resolve crumbles.<br \/><br \/>\"Fine,\" she says grudgingly. \"How do you want to do this?\"<br \/><br \/>A few minutes later they've fastened their sleeping bags together into one big sleeping bag and settled down again, with Uhura's back to Gaila's chest. It's been a while since she was this close to someone, and at first Uhura can't relax, tensing as Gaila's arm slides across her waist. Gradually, though, the warmth and contact changes from awkward to comforting, and she drifts off to sleep.<br \/><br \/><\/p><center>* * *<\/center><p align=\"justify\"><br \/><br \/>She wakes up warm and comfortable, her head resting on something soft. It isn't until she opens her eyes that she realises that at some point during the night she must have rolled over, and is now using Gaila's ample chest as a pillow.<br \/><br \/>The instant she realises she pulls back, scrambling backwards and out of the sleeping bag. The motion wakes Gaila, who blinks sleepily at her. \"What time is it?\" she asks, stretching her arms above her head. Uhura averts her eyes.<br \/><br \/>\"Almost seven,\" she replies. \"Time to get going.\"<br \/><br \/>They have a quick breakfast of ration bars and water, then pack up their things, ready to set off again. Uhura feels a faint twinge of regret as they separate the two sleeping bags and pack them away, but she pushes it away firmly. They have work to do.<br \/><br \/>The early start puts them in good stead, and they manage to hit four more markers by the time the encroaching darkness forces them to stop for the night. This time there aren't outcroppings in sight, so they have to make camp out in the open.<br \/><br \/>It's been a long day, and Uhura is exhausted, but she still feels a spark of adrenaline as she pulls out her sleeping bag. She knows Gaila will suggest sharing body heat again, and she isn't sure how to feel about it. She's been trying all day to forget the events of that morning, waking up pressed against Gaila's warmth, but she just can't seem to shake it. There's a part of her that wants nothing more than to curl up in that sleeping bag with Gaila, and another part that is terrified by the prospect.<br \/><br \/>\"It's probably going to get cold again tonight,\" Gaila says, breaking Uhura out of her thoughts. \"Do you want to share again?\"<br \/><br \/>Uhura swallows. \"Yeah, sure,\" she says, as if the idea doesn't bother her at all. \"I'll set up the bags.\"<br \/><br \/>She fastens them together while Gaila tidies away their things, then pulls off her shoes and nervously slips inside. She rolls on her side against the edge of the bag and shuts her eyes as Gaila slides in behind her, trying not to tense up as Gaila presses against her and wraps an arm around her waist.<br \/><br \/>\"Goodnight,\" Gaila says cheerfully, apparently unaware of Uhura's discomfort.<br \/><br \/>\"Night,\" Uhura replies, trying to ignore the warmth that spreads across her skin wherever Gaila touches her.<br \/><br \/>It's going to be a long night.<br \/><br \/><\/p><center>* * *<\/center><p align=\"justify\"><br \/><br \/>She lies there, listening to Gaila breathe for longer than she likes to contemplate, but eventually she manages to drift off. When she wakes up, it's near dawn, the sky just beginning to brighten.<br \/><br \/>She discovers that she's rolled over again in her sleep, but thankfully this time she's managed to avoid using Gaila as a pillow. Instead they are face to face, only inches apart. Gaila is still asleep, her features relaxed in a way Uhura rarely sees on her.<br \/><br \/>There's a piece of hair lying across her face, and Uhura raises her hand to brush it away before she even realises what she is doing. She pulls her hand back, but too late. Gaila's eyes flutter open, and Uhura freezes, knowing she is caught.<br \/><br \/>For a few seconds they just stare at each other, before Gaila smiles and leans in.<br \/><br \/>Uhura feels warmth rush through her as their lips touch, and she presses closer, deepening the kiss. The feeling is incredible, and all she can think is, <i>Why didn't we do this sooner?<\/i><br \/><br \/>It isn't until Gaila's hands begin to move lower that she pulls away. \"Not... not now,\" she says, resisting the urge to lean back in. \"I mean, I want to, but- later. After we finish this.\" She presses another quick kiss to Gaila's lips before pulling back.<br \/><br \/>\"I'll hold you to that,\" Gaila tells her with a smile, and together they rise to face the day.<br \/><\/p><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44864.html?view=comments#comments","category":["fanfic","fandom: star trek reboot","uhura\/gaila"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44629.html","pubDate":"Sat, 06 Aug 2016 18:44:53 GMT","title":"Star Trek Beyond","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44629.html","description":"<br \/>Just got back from seeing Star Trek Beyond. I know, late to the party, but whatever. Anyway, I thought it was great! <i>So<\/i> much better than Into Darkness, it's unbelievable. I can't think of a single thing I hated about it, and that is NOT something I could say about ID.<br \/><br \/>I loved how funny it was \u2013 I laughed so much, the jokes were great. (I know it's been made before, but I especially liked the one about music from our time being described as 'classical'.) I wish there'd been a few more character moments instead of shooting things, but you can't have everything.<br \/><br \/>I liked that it had character pair-ups we don't normally see \u2013 Spock and McCoy, Sulu and Uhura, Kirk and Chekov. (Although Chekov's scenes kind of made my heart hurt a little.) And I really liked the tribute to Spock Prime, especially the picture of the TOS crew near the end. That was great. I do wonder how\/if that would have played out if Nimoy hadn't died, though.<br \/><br \/>I <i>loved<\/i> the mentions of Kirk's mom. I'm sure fandom will still find a way to twist things and make her an uncaring monster, but it's nice that canon, at least, implies otherwise. And I liked the way they dealt with Kirk's feelings about his dad \u2013 he's sad about it, and all, and it's obviously affected him, but he's not the poor woobie that so much fanfic paints him as. And I really want fic of him and Jaylah bonding over having fathers who died so they could live.<br \/><br \/>(On that note, didn't Greg Grunberg also play Kirk's stepdad in the deleted scenes? I wonder if anyone's written a fic where they're the same guy.)<br \/><br \/>The references to TOS made me smile \u2013 the 'giant green hand', Scotch being invented by a little old lady in Russia, etc. I love little call backs like that.<br \/><br \/>The scene with Sulu's husband seemed a little short to me. I thought they'd at least kiss! And I really wish we'd seen them reunite after all the action was over. But I like that they included it, and didn't make it a big deal.<br \/><br \/>Once again, a starship ends up in water, but I guess at least it was for a good reason this time. And I really liked Scotty's \"They're called starships for a reason!\" You tell him, Scotty!<br \/><br \/>I liked the twist with the villain, but some of his motivation annoyed me. The Federation wasn't about making peace with the Romulans! Granted, I haven't seen Enterprise, but I'm pretty sure the founding members (Earth, Vulcan, Tellar, Andoria) were allies not enemies. And acting like being part of a Federation means no conflict is ridiculous. They still have enemies! One of their planets was <i>vaporised<\/i> five years ago! Why is no one bringing this up!<br \/><br \/>One other thing that bugged me was how OOC Spock seemed in the injury scenes. Grimacing and yelling in pain? When TOS Spock was in agony in Operation Annihilate! he barely even winced. He didn't even lose control while he was <i>dying<\/i>, for Pete's sake! But then I suppose I should be used to NuSpock not acting like a proper Vulcan by now.<br \/><br \/>I admit, I was a tiny bit pleased that Spock and Uhura broke up, but of course it didn't last. Their relationship doesn't seem to have progressed much in five years, though. Sulu got a husband and a daughter in that time!<br \/><br \/>Not much K\/S potential that I could see, but at least they seemed to actually like and respect each other, unlike in ID. Although I could mention that this is the second time Spock has decided to stay on the Enterprise because of Kirk.<br \/><br \/>I liked Jaylah. She was fun and badass, and I hope she'll be very happy at Starfleet.<br \/><br \/>I can't help wondering what happened to Carol. I mean, I didn't like her that much (I like TWOK Carol, but the one in ID bore no resemblance to her), but it feels a little weird that she just kind of vanished. Maybe it's so we can pretend ID never happened? I'm totally on board with that if so.<br \/><br \/>I thought it was a little weird that they called the space station Yorktown. That's the name of a ship, not a station. What's wrong with Starbase 6 or Deep Space 1 or whatever? But I loved the architecture, and the way it defied gravity. It was like an M. C. Escher painting.<br \/><br \/>Overall, I really enjoyed the film, and it made me want fic. (Preferably gen, but I'd also take Sulu\/husband.) I might even shell out for the DVD when it comes out, which I pointedly did not do for ID. I was smiling almost the whole way through, and it was just so much <i>fun<\/i>!<br \/><br \/>Kudos to Simon Pegg!<br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44629.html?view=comments#comments","category":"non-fanfic"},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44414.html","pubDate":"Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:45:55 GMT","title":"Hold Your Head Up High","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44414.html","description":"Fandom: Star Trek Reboot<br \/>Pairing\/Characters: Winona, Amanda. Gen.<br \/>Rating: G<br \/>Summary: Winona and Amanda meet while visiting the academy.<br \/>Words: ~1000<br \/>Notes: Written for <span  class=\"ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-deleted  i-ljuser-type-P     \"  data-ljuser=\"engmaresh\" lj:user=\"engmaresh\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/engmaresh.livejournal.com\/profile\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"i-ljuser-profile\" ><img  class=\"i-ljuser-userhead\"  src=\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/userinfo_v8.png?v=17080&v=916.1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/engmaresh.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"i-ljuser-username\"   target=\"_self\"   ><b>engmaresh<\/b><\/a><\/span> for the Every Woman exchange.<br \/><br \/><br \/>As she leaves the academy science labs, Winona's attention is focused on her PADD. No messages from Jim, which <i>probably<\/i> means he hasn't managed to burn down the farmhouse in the time she's been gone. She makes a mental note to call that evening just in case.<br \/><br \/>She keeps her head down as she walks, PADD close to her face to avoid being recognised. She's already had to turn down two admirals who want her to give a speech to the students. Tell them about the <i>Kelvin<\/i>, about George. As if reliving the worst day of her life is such an appealing thought that she'll jump at the chance. <br \/><br \/>She's so focused on avoiding everyone that she nearly walks straight into a woman coming the other way. The woman's arms go out to steady herself, spilling the cup of liquid \u2013 coffee, Winona guesses from the colour \u2013 all over the path.<br \/><br \/>\"I'm sorry,\" Winona gasps. \"I didn't see you.\"<br \/><br \/>The woman smiles, shrugging. \"It's okay,\" she says. \"It's partly my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going. Too busy looking at the scenery.\" She glances around as if in evidence. \"It's beautiful, isn't it? So green.\"<br \/><br \/>Winona takes her own look around. The woman has a point, she supposes. This part of the academy seems to be designed to show cadets exactly what they'll be missing once they go into space, with trees and flowers and bright green lawns stretching out across the campus. Nearby is a fountain, spouting water high into the air. George fell into it once, during a particularly spirited game of Frisbee. She teased him about it for weeks.<br \/><br \/>She pulls her gaze away quickly, focusing back on the woman, just as she asks, \"Do you work here?\"<br \/><br \/>Winona shakes her head. \"Just visiting. A friend of mine asked for my assistance with a research project.\" <br \/><br \/>The woman nods. \"I'm visiting my son,\" she explains. \"He's a student here.\" She holds out a hand, smiling. \"I'm Amanda, by the way.\"<br \/><br \/>\"Winona,\" Winona replies, taking the offered hand. She hesitates, then adds, \"I was going to get a snack at the mess hall, if you'd like to join me?\" She gestures at Amanda's empty cup and adds, \"I could buy you a drink?\"<br \/><br \/>\"You don't have to do that,\" Amanda replies. \"But it might be nice to have some company.\" She checks the time and adds, \"My son won't be out of class for another twenty minutes. Let me just send him a message, and I'd be happy to join you.\"<br \/><br \/>The mess hall isn't far, and it isn't long before they're sitting at a table with their drinks and a slice of cake each.<br \/><br \/>\"So how long are you in visiting for?\" Winona asks.<br \/><br \/>\"Just a few days.\" Amanda takes a sip of what Winona now knows is tea. \"You?\"<br \/><br \/>\"Same,\" Winona replies. Partly because she doesn't trust Jim not to get himself arrested again in her absence, and partly because the academy makes her uncomfortable, like her skin is too tight. She's spent years carving out a reputation for herself that isn't based on being George Kirk's widow, and coming here reminds her that, in some eyes, that's all she'll ever be.<br \/><br \/>\"How old is your son?\" she asks, for lack of anything else to say.<br \/><br \/>\"Nineteen,\" Amanda replies. \"Just started his second year.\"<br \/><br \/>She sounds proud, and Winona wonders at it. If Jim or Sam decided to join Starfleet she wouldn't be proud, she'd be terrified. <br \/><br \/>\"Do you have children?\" Amanda asks.<br \/><br \/>\"Two,\" Winona tells her. \"Twenty-one and seventeen.\"<br \/><br \/>\"Are either of them in Starfleet?\"<br \/><br \/>\"No,\" Winona says sharply. Probably too sharply, from the look on Amanda's face. \"No,\" she repeats more softly. \"Sam's studying biology at college, and Jim\u2026\" She trails off briefly. \"Jim's still deciding what he wants to do.\" She shrugs and adds, \"He's going through a rebellious stage.\" It both worries and infuriates her that he doesn't seem to care about his future, but teenagers are like that. He'll settle down eventually, she's sure.<br \/><br \/>Amanda smiles. \"Sometimes it comforts me to know teenagers are all the same,\" she says. \"My son's decision to rebel is what led him here.\"<br \/><br \/>\"You don't seem like you mind,\" Winona points out.<br \/><br \/>\"Oh, I don't, but his father does.\" She shakes her head. \"Sarek wanted Spock to follow in his footsteps and join the VSA, but Spock had his own plans. It's caused quite a rift between them, I'm afraid.\"<br \/><br \/>Winona wants to be sympathetic, but her brain has gotten caught on something. \"Sarek? Like Ambassador Sarek?\" Suddenly it all comes together and she barely keeps her jaw from dropping. \"You're Amanda <i>Grayson<\/i>.\" The first human <i>ever<\/i> to not only marry a Vulcan but have a child with one. She's in the history books.<br \/><br \/>Then again, so is Winona.<br \/><br \/>Amanda smiles sheepishly, taking another sip of tea. \"Guilty.\"<br \/><br \/>\"Wow,\" Winona says. \"I\u2026 didn't know.\"<br \/><br \/>\"That's the idea,\" Amanda replies. \"People always treat me differently once they know who I am, and I didn't want that.\" She shrugs. \"Sometimes it's nice to feel invisible for once.\"<br \/><br \/>Winona nods. \"I understand.\" She takes a breath and adds, \"My full name's Winona Kirk. As in George Kirk.\" Amanda's eyes widen, and Winona's lips twist in a wry smile. \"You see, everyone knows who I am, too.\"<br \/><br \/>\"I'm sorry,\" Amanda says.<br \/><br \/>\"Yeah, me too,\" Winona replies. \"But it's okay. I manage. As do you, I assume.\"<br \/><br \/>\"Most of the time,\" Amanda replies, and they share a smile.<br \/><br \/>Amanda checks the time and stands abruptly. \"Oh, gosh, I have to go!\" She glances at Winona and adds, \"I enjoyed talking to you. Can I get your number? Maybe we can meet up again sometime.\"<br \/><br \/>Winona nods. \"I'd like that.\"<br \/><br \/>They exchange numbers, and with a final wave, Amanda leaves. Winona sits there for a few minutes longer, finishing her drink, then clears away her leftovers and heads back across campus. <br \/><br \/>She holds her head high as she walks, letting them look. If Amanda can survive living years on a planet where the human population barely reaches three figures, she can deal with the notoriety of being George Kirk's widow.<br \/><br \/>She's still not going to give that stupid speech, though.<br \/><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44414.html?view=comments#comments","category":["fanfic","fandom: star trek reboot","gen"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44222.html","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Jul 2016 20:12:17 GMT","title":"Round is a Shape","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44222.html","description":"Fandom: Star Trek TOS<br \/>Pairing: Kirk\/Spock<br \/>Rating: G<br \/>Summary: When Kirk's dissatisfaction with his weight becomes apparent, Spock comes up with a plan to make him feel better. <br \/>Words: ~850<br \/>Notes: For the \"body image issues\" square on my <span  class=\"ljuser  i-ljuser  i-ljuser-type-C     \"  data-ljuser=\"hc_bingo\" lj:user=\"hc_bingo\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hc-bingo.livejournal.com\/profile\/\"  target=\"_self\"  class=\"i-ljuser-profile\" ><img  class=\"i-ljuser-userhead\"  src=\"https:\/\/l-stat.livejournal.net\/img\/community.png?v=556&v=916.1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/hc-bingo.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"i-ljuser-username\"   target=\"_self\"   ><b>hc_bingo<\/b><\/a><\/span> card. (And because Kirk isn't the only one getting a little chubby in the later Star Trek movies.)<br \/><br \/><p align=\"justify\"><br \/>After spending most of his adult life in space, Spock finds that living on Earth requires a certain amount of adjustment. He has not spent this much time on the planet since his time at the academy. He supposes there is a certain fittingness to that, now that he is back at the academy, albeit as a teacher rather than a student.<br \/><br \/>That isn't to say he's unhappy with the changes. There is something to be said for not having to worry that any new mission may be their last, or that this injury may be the one that finally takes his t'hy'la from him. Life on Earth is safe, comforting, and as much as Kirk sometimes speaks nostalgically of their past missions, Spock knows that deep down he feels the same way.<br \/><br \/>It isn't until several months in, however, that other aspects of their new life become apparent.<br \/><br \/>Spock exits the bathroom one morning to find his bondmate wrestling with a pair of uniform pants. \"Is something the matter, Jim?\" he asks curiously, watching as Kirk pulls the waistband of his pants one way and then another.<br \/><br \/>Kirk stops fighting with his uniform for a moment and scowls. \"I can't fasten my pants.\"<br \/><br \/>Spock tilts his head. \"Did they shrink in the laundry?\"<br \/><br \/>Kirk's scowl deepens. \"No, they didn't shrink. I grew.\" He prods at his stomach with a finger. \"I'm getting fat. I'm going to have to go on a diet.\"<br \/><br \/>\"You do not 'have' to do anything,\" Spock replies. He lets his gaze move slowly down Kirk's body, taking it all in. He did not notice before, but there is a certain extra roundness to Kirk's form, a softness to his stomach that wasn't there before. But far from being unappealing, he finds the sight\u2026 enticing.<br \/><br \/>He steps forward and wraps his arms around his partner. \"You do not have to go on a diet, Jim,\" he says softly. \"Your body is perfect as it is.\" His hands slip down to cup Kirk's buttocks as he adds, \"If you have time, I will show you how much I appreciate it.\"<br \/><br \/>Kirk's frustrated scowl melts away to be replaced by a smile. \"How do you always know what to say to make me feel better?\" he asks.<br \/><br \/>\"Experience,\" Spock replies, and proceeds to make good on his promise.<br \/><br \/><\/p><center>* * *<\/center><p align=\"justify\"><br \/><br \/>After Spock's little pep talk, Kirk purchases some larger pants and life goes on as normal. But Spock still occasionally catches his partner turning down desserts he clearly wants to eat, or standing naked in front of the mirror, prodding contemplatively at the softness on his stomach. Spock takes every opportunity to show Kirk how attractive he is, how he would not change a single thing about his body, but Kirk's illogical insecurity remains.<br \/><br \/>Clearly, further action is required.<br \/><br \/>Once Spock has decided on a plan of action, it is not difficult to implement. During a routine meditation he goes deep into his mind and lowers his metabolism, just a fraction. Not enough to be noticeable, but enough to have an effect. He also begins taking slightly larger portions at meals, and indulging in the occasional snack. <br \/><br \/>And, slowly, he begins to gain weight.<br \/><br \/>Gradually his clothes become tighter, his stomach rounder. And finally the day comes when he goes to fasten his uniform pants and is unable to.<br \/><br \/>He sucks in his stomach as much as he can, trying to see if it is just a fluke, but no. No matter what he tries, the pants refuse to remain closed.<br \/><br \/>Spock forces down a small surge of triumph and schools his expression into one of puzzled annoyance. He turns to Kirk, who is sitting on the bed putting on his boots. \"It appears I shall have to purchase some larger clothes,\" he says.<br \/><br \/>Kirk looks up, startled, before his gaze drops to Spock's midsection. \"Hmm,\" he says, sounding contemplative. \"I see what you mean.\"<br \/><br \/>\"Do you think I should go on a diet?\" Spock asks. He has no plans of doing so, but he is curious as to what Kirk's answer will be.<br \/><br \/>Kirk's gaze flicks back up to Spock's face. \"What? No. You're fine-\" He cuts himself off as light appears to dawn. \"You're fine the way you are.\" He shakes his head, huffing a laugh. \"You did this on purpose didn't you?\"<br \/><br \/>\"I have no idea what you're talking about,\" Spock replies, attempting to look innocent.<br \/><br \/>Kirk shakes his head again with a smile. \"Of course not. But don't worry, I get the point you're not making. I need to stop worrying about my weight and just enjoy life.\"<br \/><br \/>He stands and pulls Spock towards him, pressing their bodies together. \"We can be old fat men together,\" he says, waggling his eyebrows. \"What do you think of that?\"<br \/><br \/>Spock slides his hands down to caress his lover's curves. \"I believe it is an idea with some merit,\" he says, and leans in for a kiss.<br \/><\/p><a name='cutid1-end'><\/a>","comments":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44222.html?view=comments#comments","category":["kirk\/spock","fanfic","fandom: star trek tos"]},{"guid":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44009.html","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:40:14 GMT","title":"H\/C Bingo Card","author":"lah_mrh","link":"https:\/\/lah-mrh.livejournal.com\/44009.html","description":"<table style=\"border:2px solid !important; border-collapse:separate !important;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr>\t\n<td style=\"width:8.2em; text-align:center; height:8.2em; border:1px solid !important; 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