Meme

[petronia]

From flamebyrd and a couple of others:

Pick a trope from this list and provide a fandom/pairing that I'm familiar with and I'll tell you something about the story I'd write for that combination (i.e. write a snippet from the story or write not!fic or tell you the title and summary for the story I would write).

1. genderswap
2. bodyswap
3. drunk!fic
4. huddling for warmth
5. pretending to be married
6. secretly a virgin
7. amnesia
8. cross-dressing
9. forced to share a bed
10. truth or dare
11. historical AU
12. accidental-baby-acquisition
13. apocalypse fic
14. telepathy
15. high school / college

Fandoms/pairings: anything really, I reserve the right to inform you that what you have picked is not sexy. XD (Especially "secretly a virgin," I've never really understood that one. Does the person have to actively lie about not being a virgin to secretly be a virgin? Also, either it's not that surprising, or it feels like OOC fic, no?)

Comments

[canis_m]

Sorry but every time this meme has come up I've been biting my tongue to keep from shrieking GYOUSOU AND TAIKI HUDDLING FOR WARMTH, even though I know how that story goes already. People need to stop giving me the opening.

[petronia]

Haha well Gyousou and Taiki are wedded to the land, one cannot send them permanently to the southern isles a la Richard and Alec and therefore there must be huddling. XD

I've always assumed Gyousou was stuck in stasis down a cave system somewhere, and Taiki has to go rescue him orphic-legend style, with psychological trials. But then they have to get back up to the surface! It would be nice if Taiki were the one fatigued and out of it at this point, and Gyousou could take charge, somehow make a fire etc. but this is probably unrealistic given the shock. Of course realism is the paramount consideration. XD;

[canis_m]

Caves are de rigueur, and level of shock depends on flavor of stasis, I think. XD; Like if we're talking Han Solo coming outta carbonite then manful fire-building is a no, but if he's physically mostly OK, you know he'd pull it together for Taiki's sake.

I always figured the Magical Thingummy of Tai had some kind of portal option enabled, like the Ren bracelet, but Gyousou neglected to ask directions when he tried to go through, so he's been stuck in there--maybe in a maze for bonus psychological trials--but experiencing time differently a la yr standard "Year Outside, Hour Inside" Urashima Taro gig. This scenario advantageous obv in that PTSD is minimized and manful fire-building is a go. Only Taiki can rescue him because it's legit divine law that only the ruling pair can use the Thingummy. Which is no doubt hidden in a cave. Plus, yanno, it takes a while to make the arduous reverse journey out of the maze to the portal exit! Even the maze could be caves. A CAVE MAZE.

p.s. Is it too late to ask for Laurence and Temeraire bodyswap

[petronia]

Laurence and Temeraire bodyswap!! Well, at this point Laurence doesn't really need the experience of being a dragon in dragon society for consciousness-raising purposes -- so I suppose the question is, how much would they remain themselves psychologically, versus species-centric biological urges? Would Laurence feel Temeraire's bond for Laurence toward Temeraire in Laurence's body? That sentence is terrible, but you get what I mean I hope.

Temeraire would probably learn more about society from being human for a while, I think. Though he would also explore the physical fact itself in detail (being finally at scale to do so) and mortify Laurence thereby. XD