Dear Fic-In-A-Box Creator...

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...Thank you so much for creating for me, whether I'm a pinch-hit you picked up or we matched on the first try!

 

 

First, we can get DNWs out of the way:

 

DNWs:

First Person POV

Gore inflicted on main characters

Permanent Marks (scarring, branding, etc.)

Blood Play

Breath Play

Vore

Torture Porn

Major Character Death

Castration

Ingestion of bodily wastes

Any injury causing brain damage

Vomit

Animal Cruelty

PiV sex (Objects that are not penises-such as tentacles, vines, etc.-welcome!)

My biggest smut likes are:

Ageplay/ABDL/Infantilism

Watersports

Scat

Mind break

Humiliation/Degradation

Medical Play

Begging/Crying

 

And then I have some general, more SFW likes, here:

Found Family

Transgender Characters

Standing up for oneself/loved ones

Trauma Recovery

Hurt/Comfort in all forms

 

Now, let's get to the fun part, shall we? The prompts/manifestos/fanboying!

Calvin & Hobbes

Calvin & Hobbes

You really can't go wrong with this iconic duo! I love them for all their flaws and all their successes! Whether you want to explore Hobbes joining Spaceman Spiff in adventures, or you want to write the two of them going on a trek through the woods, everything is smooth sailing! I'm imagining a lot of slice-of-life or Calvin's imagination running rampant, but if you have a different plotline in mind, by all means, take it and run!

WB: Any

Okay but. Like. How does Hobbes exist?! As a tiger?! To Calvin, but everybody else he's a stuffed animal?! Like, Bill Waterson has said it's simply because everyone sees Hobbes one way but Calvin sees him another, but that explanation never satisfied me. Is there a similar situation with Susie and Mr. Bun? Are all stuffed animals sentient to their kids and their kids alone? Or is this unique to Calvin? Feel free to give as zany and hair-brained an explanation as you want, but I'm dying to know what you think the explanation is!

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

Constance & Reynie & Sticky & Kate (Mysterious Benedict Society)

Ah, the core four! The protagonists of the story! I'd love to hear about any and all of their adventures that occur outside the books. It's obvious some time passes between The Riddle of Ages and The Prisoner's Dilemma. What happens in that time? What do the children get up to that keeps them from being bored in schooling and entertained if they have nothing to do and don't feel like pursuing any educational endeavors? How much rude poetry does Constance create? How does Kate nearly take off people's heads with whatever she's doing? What does Sticky memorize about the others? How does Reynie manage to corral them all to focus on something important? And for that matter, how does this continue after Riddle of Ages?

Milligan & Kate Wetherall (Mysterious Benedict Society)

These two have a lot to catch up on after the first book. How awkward is it after the novelty of being reunited wears off? Does Kate have to get a boyfriends talk from Milligan? Does she have to get the period talk from him? What wacky adventures do they get up to on the farm? How does Kate adjust to having someone there to care for her consistently, and how does she handle Milligan being away from her on missions, knowing he might not come back, if she even realizes that at all?

WB: Any (The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart)

This entire world is so fanciful and it feels like it could be set anywhere, at any time. I'd love to know more about it! From how the Institute become so acclaimed, to why Number Two picked up sewing, to how Benedict/Curtain figured out that green plaid is soothing, and how they came up with the whole...uh...suit situation. Truly, the sky (and my DNWs) are the limit here! (And as pointed out in my other section, feel free to experiment with Outsider POV/OCs if this strikes your fancy!)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV)

 

Constance Contraire & Original Psychic Character(s) (Mysterious Benedict Society)

 

There is so little we know about the TV iteration of Constance Contraire. Where did she learn about her gifts? Where did she come from? I want to see her interact with another psychic, and essentially have the "Oh, shit, you're like me!" realization, complete with the guilt and conflict of opening up to this character, who also must have felt alone in the world before they identified their gifts for what they were.

Ledroptha Curtain & S.Q. Pedalian (Mysterious Benedict Society)

Okay so. Is Curtain a terrible father? Absolutely. But how terrible is he on the regular? Does he have his good days, or is he always trying to manipulate S.Q.? What does S.Q. think of the situation, only knowing a little about what parents are supposed to be like from other kids at the Institute? How does Curtain interact with his son when he's younger/older/when his plans are going well/poorly? I'd love to see this explored!

 

Rhonda Kazembe & Number Two (Mysterious Benedict Society)

 

The rivalry! The friendship! These two are full of surprises, and I'd love to see how they got along (or not) when they first met, or sneaking out to paint together, or going to that airshow! Truly, their clashing personalities are great to watch, and I love seeing these two come together over their shared love of truth and their desire to help Mr. Benedict.

 

Nicholas Benedict/Ledroptha Curtain (Mysterious Benedict Society)

 

I nominated this in case you feel inclined to write about Benedict and Curtain and like incest as much as I do in your fiction, lol. I'm open to just about anything with these two, so long as there's an eventual happy ending, or at least a hopeful one. Angst and guilt at incest is always golden, but people just rolling with it and allowing them to bicker like boyfriends around the house is also fun to see! The limits are only your imagination and my DNWs.

Nicholas Benedict & S.Q. Pedalian (Mysterious Benedict Society)

This is...self-indulgent to the max. Benedict and S.Q. interacting makes my brain go whirring at ten thousand miles an hour. How does Nicholas react to learning he's an uncle? How does S.Q. react to Nicholas, based on what his father has told him? How do they grow past that and reconcile, provided they do that at all?

Reynie Muldoon & Ms. Perumal (Mysterious Benedict Society)

This is also painfully self-indulgent. These two are so cute together, and I want to hear about their lives before when Reynie's in the orphanage and after Reynie is adopted. I want to hear about Reynie's mental letters to Ms. Perumal that are less plot-driven and more day-to-day. I want to know how/if Ms. Perumal struggles to keep Reynie occupied, both before and after the mission. Seriously, go as self-indulgent and fluffy/angsty you want!

Reynie Muldoon & S.Q. Pedalian (Mysterious Benedict Society)

 

An epic friendship, to be sure! I know SQ was hurt by Reynie when he found the letter, but considering everything, I think these two could definitely be friends if they were willing to talk through everything! Not to mention, they had to have interacted beyond that one exchange in the forest and Reynie trying to get in there, or else SQ wouldn't have risked his father's wrath so easily. What happened at the school to make SQ and Reynie so close?

WB: General Life at the Institute (Mysterious Benedict Society)

This is a great point for outsider perspective, or OC characters, which I will happily accept if that's the direction you want to go in. How does the testing work with the rankings? How does Martina claw her way to the top, by any means necessary? And how do most kids react when they first come to the school and realize how...weird all the classes are? It's all such a great opportunity that we never get to explore in the series!

WB: The Functions of the Whisperer (Mysterious Benedict Society)

I'm not going to pretend to know jack about psychology, but I know a lot about cults and how they function, and the Whisperer/Curtain act a lot like the reward system for cults. I'd love to know about how the Whisperer got to the point it did, where the fine-tuning happened so that the love-bombing wasn't overwhelming and instead felt natural and comforting. Not to mention, in the series, when Constance destroys it, how the hell did she manage that? What caused it to overload and start sparking? Was it simply Constance's psychic abilities, or was it something she thought into the machine that caused it to stop functioning?
 

I think that about covers it! Thank you so much for agreeing to create for me! I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with!