king of exchanges 2020 letter

HELLO!

Soo, my dear person-who-ended-up-eems like you're stuck with yours truly - first thing, thanks in advance for whatever you'll write! I totally am excited to see whatever you may come up with, and I'm beyond excited for Stephen King related fic!!!

 

Before going into specifics, free to take either on my tumblr (janiedean) - as it's where I'm most active these days - I'm going to give you a general run-down and then I'll go into the specific fandoms - but as stated, except for the few things I don't want in the general part just go with whatever you want, you don't have to pick anything that doesn't inspire you.

 

So, here we go!

 

what I like

 

I'm pretty easy to please really. Whichever rating you feel comfortable with is good - I won't say no to NC17, but if you want to keep it gen/pg/else it's all good. Angst or humor, either is good (crack is absolutely acceptable). My favorite tropes are amnesia fics, AUs (either changing the setting completely or just changing stuff from canon is gold), apocalypse fic/dystopias, plus you totally can never go wrong with some nice old h/c; I'd like it better if no one died/if it didn't end horribly but I'll trust your judgment ;) If you feel like upping the ratings I'm 100% down with nfsw content, my bulletproof kinks are consensual d/s and cross dressing (and in het I like it a lot when the girl tops but I don't think I've asked much of it for this exchange so never mind in case), but you really don't have to go into it if you want to keep it safe for work. Also please feel free to keep things gen when I'm not requesting shipping openly ;). I tend to die in squee if there are music/movie/pop culture references of whichever nature. Oh, I also have a western fetish.

 

what I don't like

 

There's not much that I don't like, but: please no non-con actually happening in the fic (if it's past trauma or something like that it's good, but please no happening in real time). Mpreg and everything of the kind. Character A/B/C/whatever turning into werewolves/werewolves AUs and please no alpha/beta/omega. As stated I could do without people dying but it's less of a deal-breaker than the rest.

 

 

Fandoms

 

 

 

Dark Tower (Eddie Dean/Roland Deschain, Cuthbert Allgood/Alain Johns)

 

 

First: if we matched on DT, let me just tell you that you're already awesomecakes in my book since I never find anyone who likes it anywhere ops IT'S MY CRUX.

 

That stated, it boils down to two things for this request.

 

One: Roland/Eddie is my otp of otps, platonic or slashy or just bromance or in any shape and form. If you want to include any other character from the series it's absolutely cool - don't feel like it has to be just the two of them. But as long as it's centered on those two? I'm over the moon. I read everything and I read all my King like a good constant reader, so if you want to include references from any DT related book I'm totally game. Knowing that saying 'anything' will probably make you want to kill me, I could totally work with stuff set in the book II shuffle before Susannah is drawn/during Song of Susannah-early DT VII. (If you want to change canon facts totally feel free to do it. I'm not exactly a fan of the ending so if you get some idea that implies changing it I'll totally be okay with it.) Or hey, maybe the both of them having -moments- where they secretly understand each other throughout whatever piece of canon/between canon moments that you'd like. Or Eddie explaining Roland how pop culture works. The only thing I'd rather avoid is the first epilogue in VII (not exactly a fan of the ending, as stated). Everything else is fair game. AUs of any kind are also absolutely welcome - I mean, you want to do a proper western AU or a WWII one or the zombie apocalypse? I'm totally happy and thankee sai :D

 

Two: while I do love myself some pre-series interaction, there's not much Alain-centered stuff and there's even less of Alain/Cuthbert interaction and as it's kinda my second-favorite slash ship in those books I'd totally love anything with the two of them? Pre-series, AU, Wizard and Glass outtakes, it doesn't even have to be shippy as long as it's centered on the two of them? Because I'd totally love that. I could also do with something centered on the two of them but still pre-series and with everyone else from Roland's old crew - a bit like The Wind through the Keyhole was also a story set in Gilead. I'll take anything really. :)

 

For this fandom I'm honestly open to anything and if you want to disregard the ending or go full AU or whatever I'm game. Only thing: please no movie canon. I refused to watch the movie and I don't care for it whatsoever. /o\ thank you!!

 

The Body (Chris Chambers/Gordie LaChance)

 

 

OKAY SO, The Body happens to be my fave King short story ever never mind what kickstarted my love for the guy when I was fourteen aaaand.... I'm an easy person with easy tastes and the one thing I've wanted to see since reading it was these two either getting together or even better HAVING AN ENDING WHERE POOR CHRIS MEETS A BETTER FATE AND GETS TO FULFILL HIS DREAMS and they get to see each other succeed in life, which I know is 100% against the point of that story but hey it's fanfic for a reason. I could also 100% absolutely get behind h/c during their teenage years or whenever you see fit to place it. Really just give me these two getting nice things and I'm game.

 

Also, I asked book canon for this to avoid overlapping but if you want to use movie canon/Stand By Me for them it's 100% fine. :)

 

The Stand (Nick & Tom, Tom & Stu)

 

 

OH HELLO this is going to be easier most likely, but tldr: when it comes to this book I have few priorities, and in this case it'll be that Nick and Tom's friendship KILLS ME EVERY DAMNED TIME and the part where Stu and Tom go back home at the ending KILLS ME ALMOST AS MUCH and like... guys, anything concerning either pair (or maybe all three of them could have a nice friendly moment either pre-shit hits the fan or in an alternate canon where poor Nick doesn't die?) will make me over the moon happy. Honestly guys I'm 100% happy to see anything with those three interacting either in pairs or all together.

 

 

The Institute (Wendy Gullickson/Tim Jamieson, Luke Ellis & Wendy Gullickson & Tim Jamieson, Luke Ellis & Tim Jamieson, Group: Luke Ellis & Kalisha Benson & Nick Wilholm & George Iles)

 

 

SO, I enjoyed The Institute a LOT when I got it and mostly because admittedly the ending got to me in ALL the things I like - I do love found family stories/accidental adoption ones and I was over the moon when I saw that for once the ending was exactly what I'd have hoped for, so.... honestly, not counting that Tim and Wendy were absolutely my kinda ship so anything with those two being an item is absolutely welcomed... PLEASE give me all the 'what happens after Tim and Wendy take in Luke at the end of the book' you can think of, absolutely do give me all the 'Tim goes like WTF DO I DO WITH A KID NOW WELL I'LL MAKE SURE TO DO IT RIGHT' scenarios, do give me what happens after the ending between the kids and how they keep in contact because I absolutely loved how they bonded during the book and how they all deal with the consequences of what happened to them and how they overcome them, really whatever you want in this case as long as it's along those lines. :)


 

Thank you so very much and happy exchange! ♥

 

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