Hurt/Comfort Bingo

[osprey_archer]

Because nothing says "This is a super time to begin a fic challenge!" like starting grad school...I got a card for hurt/comfort bingo. I've always liked the bingo part of kink bingo, without being interesting in writing almost any of the kinks...but hurt/comfort bingo! I am all over that.

unexpected pregnancy	torture	body image issues	hospital stay	prostitution
amnesia	bruises	blackmail	Stockholm syndrome	learning to be loved
therapy	arrest	WILD CARD	parting ways	medication
alien abduction	substance addiction	orphans	forced to rely on enemy / rival	surgery
septicemia / infected wounds	self-harm	head trauma	attacked by a creature	depression

So many ideas! So much difficulty getting them to line up into something that will form a bingo! (So much temptation to write All the Sutcliff Fic. Does anyone wish to aid and abet me in this questionable endeavor? I'm already working on a Marcus/Esca/Cottia fic. Working title: In Which Esca Heroically Represses His Feelings All the Time, Because It's Not Like Anyone Would Like Him Back. Oh Esca.)

I also more or less immediately flung myself into a Branson/Sybil story based on the prompt "bruises," but 1) I'd forgotten what a pain it is to write in TV fandoms - there's so much flailing about trying to find the right voice; and 2) I'm not sure it's in character for Sir Richard Carlisle to physically hurt a servant, even for something as vexing as a car breakdown that makes him miss his train.

I mean, personally I'm willing to believe any evil of Sir Richard Carlisle. But is that just my anti-Richard bias talking? I'm thinking more along the line of grabbing Branson's wrist and shaking him, not striking him in the face. Though I suppose striking Branson in the face would play up Sir Richard's absolute caddishness...

And you just know Branson would resent the hell out of it, too. Even more than most people would, I mean. This could spawn an alarming series of fics: In Which Sir Richard Abuses the Chauffeur...

Or! Or! I could write an Ethel fic for the "unexpected pregnancy" square! Maybe Anna could find out about her plight and help her somehow in her time of need? SO MANY POSSIBILITIES.

Comments

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Can you see Richard Carlisle doing that? I can, but then I have strong anti-Richard feelings, and I don't want to strain plausibility.

I also have a splendid idea wherein Sybil gets arrested and Branson totally rides to her rescue (sort of), but sadly that's in a different line than the others so I'll have to put it on the backburner for a while.

I also think Downton Abbey would be the best fandom for a blackmail fic - the only problem is deciding whose going to be blackmailed about what, because so many characters are blackmailable! (I would prefer something where the blackmailer gets totally shot down in the end. Not a big fan of blackmail fic.)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The way he threatened Mary? I totally can see him doing a wrist grab.

(But Sybil being arrested has real potential too! I'm such a sucker for that type of storyline.)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes - and he likes Mary, supposedly. I suspect he's the kind of person who sees servants as human-shaped machines; I could see him smacking/wrist-grabbing Branson, not in anger exactly, but rather after the manner that one kicks a coffee machine that isn't working.

Sybil's arrest story would be beautiful. There would be great and circuitous attempts to ensure her father didn't hear a thing about it. The Crawley girls do spend a lot time making sure Papa doesn't know.