letterstonorah

where i stand on all the things: 

( about me )

Dear Femslash Exchange Writer,

Hello!

Firstly, thanks so much for participating in this exchange and agreeing to write me marvelous fic. The world needs more femslash and I'm so appreciative!

Secondly, sorry it has taken me so long to get this up! My fandom life lives on Tumblr now and I wasn't sure where to post this. Luckily, I remembered this old account.

On to the meat of the letter. In general I prefer fic on the angsty rather than fluffy side of the spectrum. Though I prefer happy endings and love for my characters to end up together, I like it if there's some challenge in the process. Bad timing. Someone's in a relationship. Quiet longing. A dark world. Thinky, character driven pieces make my heart flutter, with a focus on strong images and language. People going through difficult things. Hurt/comfort. People dealing with their ~ emotions. I love people surviving trauma, and I don't really have limits with that as long as it's portrayed in a thoughtful way, I guess? I find these fics cathartic and lovely. Dark pasts. Secrets hat get revealed.

That said, I am open! So if something in the hurt/comfort or angst side doesn't call out to you, please know that I also enjoy humor and the traditional tropey things (coffee shop AU!, meet the parents!, fake dating!, meeting at a wedding, etc etc).

For Nyota Uhura/Carol Marcus or Nyota Uhura/Gaila, you can do no wrong. I love both of these ships intensely. A dynamic I see frequently explored between Uhura and Gaila is how they have opposite natures? Nyota is kind of Type A and Gaila is more of a free spirit, and how they might clash, or alternatively, complement each other perfectly. For Uhura and Marcus I just...anything, literally anything...I see them as both very ambitious, academically driven, and intelligent characters, and I love seeing those sides of themselves expressed.

For Kalinda/Alicia. They're perfect so honestly anything you could write would be perfect. I think there's obvious tension to explore because Kalinda is canonically multisexual, and Alicia isn't necessarily, so she might be more hesitant to enter a relationship, or more unsure of her feelings. I like secretly pining and desperately in love Kalinda. I like them having a secret relationship and needing to keep it away from people in their lives because of reasons. I like it also when they're fighting or on different sides of an issue.

For Star Trek TOS, Nyota/T'Pring is like the OTP that of my LIFE but no one writes it, sooooo, if you're familiar with the series at all...I would love it. If not, no worries!

BSG - ummm, I ship Kara/paperbag, so even though I listed Kara/Dee and Kara/Cain as my ships, if you are pulled in a different direction, please feel free to go for it! I love Kara/Laura to PIECES. I think Kara especially invites angsty fic? And the world of BSG invites a lot of angst. I love exploring things pre-Attacks, or rewriting the end of the show. Anything dark and tangled and morally shifty is all right with me here. Kara is kind of my OTC so um, I love fics that explore her childhood or adolescence.

In fact, I love exploration of characters' backstory and childhood in general.

I hope this helps provide some direction. I am sure I will be appreciative of whatever you come up with.

Best,

letterstonorah/blasphemefatale

P.S. I really have no limits or squicks, I guess? I love smut, too, just FYI!

A spontaneous ficlet for astreamofstars, though I'm sure it's too late now to matter. Alas! Hope you enjoy, tulip, and that you might get perked up!

Kara/Laura. NC17. Teensy bit of underage depending on your country of origin (17 years old). 1400 words.

maybe tbc? dunno.


( (Museum) )

For rirenec, to insure a full recovery.

Title: Jealousy
Rating: R-ish
( not quite smut )

Title: The Limit of a Function as X Approaches the Edge of a Cliff
Characters & Pairings: Kara/Lee, Laura
Summary: AU, but the 12 Colonies are/is still the 12 Colonies. Academy!Fic. Kara and Lee, as usual, are unable to resist each other.
Rating: NC17
Warnings: Porn. So. Much. Porn. ...and as usual, angst.
Words Count: 6100 words
Spoilers: None.

A/N: I used prompts from wicked_sassy, rirenec, and workerbee73. I am hoping that I will be able at some point to write things for others who so kindly left me ideas. 

This was supposed to be a sequel to First Name Basis, but I ended up turning it into its own thing. You will no doubt see similarities between the two 'verses, though.


Comments are always cherished.

( The Limit of a Function as X Approaches the Edge of a Cliff )

Title: Duly Noted but not Accounted For
Author: letterstonorah
Pairings: Kara/Lee
Rating: NC17
Summary: AU (but the 12 Colonies are still the 12 Colonies). A funeral brings Lee back to Caprica to see an old childhood friend; he proceeds to angst. 
Warning: Canon-consistent mentions of abuse (no portrayal). Underage sex (18 yrs old & 17 yrs old, depends on your state (or country?) I suppose). Lee being a serious angst bear. 
Word Count: 6600
Disclaimer: Not mine, obvi

Author's Note: Not betaed because I've been equal parts excited to post fic and nervous. Sometimes, if I don't get things out IMMEDIATELY I will never post them. Self-consciousness rears its ugly head. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SECRET FIC I HAVE THAT I'M TOO EMBARRASSED TO POST? Alas. 

As usual, comments greatly appreciated.

( Duly Noted but not Accounted For )

Title: Civil War, Part I of III
Author: letterstonorah
Characters/Pairings: Laura, Laura/Kara, Ellen, Tory, Lee (weeee!!! ensemble!)
Summary: Months after the death of her family, Laura finds a cause (and a someone) to get excited about. AU, but the 12 Colonies is still the 12 Colonies.
Word Count: 3700 words
Rating: PG13 (this chapter, later chapters are NC17)
Warnings: none for this chapter
Disclaimer: Not mine, obvi.

Shall post the next chapter Monday, and the next chapter after that Wednesday. Wanted to get some out there before I have to drive back home, though :o) It's finished, thank the gods, as I feel like I've been working on this for quite a while. Your feedback is much appreciated.

Author's Note: This fic was written for pocochina! She left me a prompt (along withembolalia, for whom I wrote "Born from Night, Exhaling Fire", the Kara/Kendra fic) way back when, and I've finally finished it. Poco requested a fic about what "the excuses and pretenses and rationalizations are for homophobia in Colonial society, and how it affects the people who have to deal with it. The overwhelming heteronormativity of BSG suggests that an awful lot of characters are closeted to some extent, and the toll that takes. Queer women in particular, given the complex gendered dynamics already at play, so it'd be an interesting look through a Kara or Kendra or Kat or Tory lens. 

(I don't know if you've seen Caprica, which was set 60 years before the show-verse, and really did work to create a world with minimal heteronormativity. Two married men can and do talk about their relationship the same as a straight couple would without social reprisal; poly marriages are not treated as the social norm, but they're not that far out of the mainstream, either. I'd love to see a fic exploring how that world could have become Barbie Ken and Skipper's Dream House! Galactica.)"

Thanks  to wicked_sassy, who helped me do some brainstorming with this fic early on. Unbetaed and therefore likely has errors.


( Civil War )