trope_bingo

[osprey_archer]

I had so much fun with hc_bingo (and wrote so much fic) that I decided to sign up for trope_bingo, which is pretty much the same idea but with extra weirdness. Coffeeshop AUs! Steampunk AUs! Wingfic! Let's be honest, I am kind of sorry I didn't get a square for wingfic.

And by sorry, I mean that when I saw wingfic was on the list of possible prompts, I started writing a story in which Esca has wings. And Marcus is clipping them, because that is what Romans do with winged slaves. (Apparently feathers are like hair, in that they grow and can be clipped without pain.) Esca is so not happy about this.

But as sineala pointed out to me, I totally have a free space, which I can use for wingfic! It has therefore become my life goal to make a bingo using that free space.

mistletoe kiss	accidental baby acquisition	de-aged	curtainfic	celebratory kiss
truth or dare	in vino veritas / drunkfic	au: apocalypse	poker/strip poker	game night
kiss to save the day	au: historical	FREE ★ SPACE	animal transformation	secret twin / doppelganger
fuck or die	locked in	au: magic	soul bonding / soulmates	amnesia
fake relationship	sex pollen	cross-dressing	au: were / vamp / supernatural	day at the beach

I am thinking about doing the diagonal starting with "mistletoe kiss" and ending with "day at the beach." I must contemplate whether I have any fandoms where anyone would go to a beach ever. It could involve MERMAIDS.

I already have ideas what to write for "in vino veritas," though. A Tortall fic: one midwinter, Kel & Neal get drunk and kiss and are instantaneously all "WHAT DID WE JUST DO?" and of course they are forced by their massive guilt and honorableness to tell Yuki, and...maybe an OT3 ensues? IDK, Pierce heroines often read very straight to me, although Kel less so than Alanna, who is probably like a Kinsey -2.

I also kind of want to inflict soulbond fic on someone like Jaye Tyler, who would be all "I have a soulmate ugh it's so sappy MAKE IT GO AWAY." But I would have to rewatch Wonderfalls, which I may not have time to do...

On the other hand! The horizontal line starting "kiss to save the day" also looks enticing. It has animal transformations, always my favorite! And historical AUs! Um, although that might require a contemporary fandom that I could transport the characters out of...

Comments

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

Ugh I think I may have to sign up for this now.

I hope I get ALL the AUs.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

YAYAYAYAYAY.

I am still a little sad I didn't get steampunk AU. Think of the dirigibles!

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

Put them in the wingfic!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I think the wingfic cannot handle anymore weight! But maybe in one of the others. Maybe the mistletoe kiss could take place on a dirigible? It could be a stealth!steampunk AU.

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

Maybe they are using the dirigible to get to some special mistletoe that only grows really high up!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

It is MAGICAL CLOUD MISTLETOE.

I need to decide who is going to be mistletoe-kissing, anyway.

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

Mario and Princess Peach

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Hee!

I am thinking a Psych Christmas party: "Five People Shawn (Should Have) Kissed Under the Mistletoe." It could have, let's see, Gus, Juliet, Lassiter, Chief Vick, and...McNab? Shawn's father?

Obviously they're not all romantic kisses. I'm thinking that Shawn's dad would kiss him on the forehead in a moment of unusual parental affection, say. Possibly while tucking Shawn in to sleep off the effects of the eggnog.

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

McNAB! ALLLLWAYSSSSSS!

[sineala.livejournal.com]

I CANNOT WAIT FOR WINGFIC. WIIIIIIINGFIC.

I am pondering au: historical on my card by setting The Eagle even earlier. Say, it's the days of early Rome, and Marcus is an Etruscan (though something would have to be done about his name, hmm) and Esca's a Gaul, and they both want to invade Rome... maybe. I dunno. You can have it if you want it.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

WINGFIC. I am hoping to get it done today!

What would be the tension in Esca & Marcus's relationship if they both want to invade Rome? Maybe Etruscan Marcus could be pro-assimilation (as evidenced by his praenomen. Though you might still need to change his other names), and Gaulish Esca could be against?

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Also, did you want to beta the wingfic? I know I asked earlier, but my mind is like a sieve.

[sineala.livejournal.com]

I am not sure how good a beta I will be but OMG YES I WANT TO READ IT.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I have shared it with you!

It is not a very happy story.

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

I, too, love your wingfic idea!

And there is lots of earlier history for your historical AUs. Although, hmm, does 'historical' HAVE to be EARLIER than canon? (Does that make a Regency romance a 'modern' AU wrt Eaglefic?)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I don't believe it has to be earlier. My general feeling about these prompts is that they are really more guidelines than rules, anyway.

I don't think I know enough about the Regency period to set an AU there, anyway. Maybe late Victorian? Marcus is the lord of the manor's nephew, and Esca is the disgruntled Fabian gardener?

[kikainausagi.livejournal.com]

Hallo! I just friended you because I fell into the Eagle of the Ninth fandom last week, read EVERYTHING on AO3, and was then sad because there was no more fic.

I like this idea of Esca wing!fic. :)

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Welcome!