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Female Character Trope Fest: Fanwork Post

The fest is now open for fanwork responses! You can post any fanwork that features a relationship of some kind between two or more female characters and plays with a popular genre/fandom trope of some kind. You can respond to a specific prompt, including your own, or write something in accordance with your own interests. You do not have to claim a prompt, and multiple people can respond to the same prompt.

All fanworks are allowed. This includes but is not limited to art, vids, fic, podfic, graphics, crafts, filks, rec lists, meta and picspam. Fanworks can be posted as comments or posted to your own journal/webspace and left as a link. I encourage you to consider using this fest as a way to participate in

three_weeks_for_dw, a celebration starting today that marks Dreamwidth's two-year anniversary and encourages users to create unique, DW-only content. However, if you would prefer to include an AO3/LJ/other link, that is also totally fine.

eta: There is now an AO3 collection for this fest.

Please include the following information when posting, as a minimum:

Title:
Fandom:
Characters/Ships:
Rating:
Trope:
Content Notes: (choose not to provide/none apply/contains non-con/dub-con/underage sex/graphic violence/other)

The masterlist of prompts is here -- totalling at a little under 800. \o/ Huge thanks to

thady,

pocky_slash,

sunnyrea,

fhionnuisce,

zephre,

frigg,

thedivinegoat,

nonisland and

rabid_bookwyrm for collating, organising and coding it all.

More information about the fest here, including big list of tropes!

If you have a question or concern, feel free to email me (such.heights at gmail), send me a PM, or comment under the Q&A thread at the top of the comments of this post.

Up to date as of 16/05/11, 16:30 GMT+1

Ashes to Ashes

When my soul was in the Lost & Found by

petra
Alex, No explicit or implied sex or violence; no content notes apply
If Alex were at home, looking and feeling like herself only by dint of seriously hard work, she's afraid she'd hate Annie for doing it all so easily.

Avatar: the Last Airbender

ART: Strip Poker by

lizbee
Ty Lee, Azula, Mai, PG, non-explicit nudity
Trope: "Azula, Mai, & Ty Lee, strip poker"

Black Swan

Perfect by

sevilemar
Nina/OFC, G, Content note: not very specific description of dance movements
Trope: seducing your younger self

Doctor Who

Babies Make Me TARDIS-Sick by

lyssie
The Rani, Iris Wildthyme, PG, Content Notes: um. Abandoned baby, threatening of said baby by biologist intent on world domination? Except in a more roundabout way. Also, baby could end up an alcoholic, if Iris has her way.
Surprirse!Parents? - from the prompt "unexpected co-parenting is bad enough. Unexpected co-parenting between two renegade Time Ladies, neither of which are exactly sane or the motherly type, is even worse." Though I'm not sure I managed it completely.

The Rivals by

cosmic_llin
Nyssa, Ace, Romana, River, Peri, Tegan, Donna, Barbara, G, no content notes
Trope: University AU - and I could get in all the ladies in this story, but I promise they're all there somewhere. ;)

Untitled by

recessional
Amy, River, G, no content notes
Wingfic

Final Fantasy X-2

Power Struggle by

carawj
Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Rikku/Paine, PG, no content notes
Trope: ALL/ANY OF THE LADIES, strip poker

Firefly

Even When The Night Ends by

nevacaruso
Zoe, River, all ages, Takes place after Serenity (the movie) and contains spoilers.
Trope: Zoe & or/ any, a moment of peace

Hawaii Five-0

Chemisstry by

bluflamingo
Kono/Jenna, PG-13, no content notes
Trope: Undercover in a dyke bar

Justified

Set Free by

fhionnuisce
Ava/OFC, R, choose not to provide content notes
Trope: AU: magic realism/succubus/Veela/magic powers, take your pick

Legend of the Seeker

Business and Pleasure by

sos10
Cara/Kahlan, NC-17, no content notes
Trope: AU -- Workplace/Office

Reach a Little Higher by

sos10
Cara/Kahlan, R, minor violence
Trope: Wingfic

Leverage

Conspicious by

thingswithwings
Parker/Sophie, G, 800 words, no content notes
inspired by the prompt "Parker/Sophie, going undercover at a lesbian bar."

No Rest For The Wicked

Rising by

lunesque
Red, November, Perrault, PG, There's a minor death, but nothing graphic.
Trope: Mirror!verse

Phineas & Ferb

Freeze Me, Squeeze Me by

calvinahobbes
Candace/Vanessa, PG, no content notes
Trope: Loosely based on dharmavati's prompt "Phineas & Ferb, Candace/Vanessa, superpowers AU"

Skins

Saturday Mornings by

liseuse
Emily/Naomi, JJ, PG, 530 words, no content notes
Trope: Emily/Naomi, curtain!fic

St. Trinian's

It Takes a Village, and All That by

language_escapes
Chloe, Polly, Peaches (Chloe-Polly, hints of Polly/Annabelle/Kelly), PG, mentions of past domestic abuse
Trope: Unexpected co-parenting

Stargate Atlantis

Gateway by

thingswithwings
Teyla/Jennifer, PG, 600 words, no content notes
the prompt was "Jennifer/Teyla, offworld mission with alien kissing ritual," but of course I cannot help but interpret that as cheekily as possible.

Sucker Punch

they tumble and fight and they're beautiful by

walksbyherself
Sweet Pea, Rocket, Blondie, Amber, PG, no content notes
Trope: vampires and werewolves

little bird by

walksbyherself
Amber/Blondie, PG, no content notes
Trope: wingfic

miss american pie by

walksbyherself
Amber/Blondie, PG, no content notes
Trope: roadtrip

Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles

to be clear-minded towards the next day's treacherous objects by

chaila
Sarah/Jesse, PG, no content notes
A stalemate without a truce. Post-series.

Wheel of Time

That Old Domani Magic by

adalger
Leane/Siuan, PG, choose not to provide content notes
Trope: Telepathy / magical powers

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Questions? Comment here.

Between this post and

torachan's transfic post, I'm eyeing one of the genderswap prompts and wondering whether cisgendered female in canon swapped to mtf (which is effectively female-to-female but adds in a layer of physical complexity) is a workable prompt, here. If it doesn't work for your trope fest's definition of "genderswap," I'll post it elsewhere instead.

That would totally fit here, yes! Though if you feel it would be better suited at kanata's place, I'd love to read it there too.

Is there a due date for fanworks, or is it okay to post them any time?

Any date is fine! For people who like deadlines, I am suggesting the end of 3W4DW, but that's optional.

should we also indicate which specific prompt we're responding to, or will the "Characters/Ships" and "Trope" fields cover that sufficiently?

<3 <3 <3 to everyone who's been organizing this!

I think that if you are responding to a specific prompt it would be nice to reference it in the trope field or notes or something, but it is up to you!

[Sorry--reposting this comment properly under "Q&A".]

Would it defeat the point of this fest (fun celebration of fandom tropes!) if I were to write a Regency AU which deals with some real social issues? I totally want to write Regency romance for Rose Tyler/Martha Jones, but I would probably include Martha dealing with racist attitudes from other characters. Is that too grim or potentially full of fail?

Also, is there an end-date for posting to this fest?

THANK YOU for organizing this wonderful fest!

I would love to read a story like that! There are really no restrictions on content in the fest other than focus being on female relationships and interacting with these kinds of tropes in some way. A more serious examination is just as appropriate as a fun romp.

Would just like to say, holy shit I want to read that like burning. It sounds amazing, please do it!

Aww, thank you! I would also love to read this fic. :-) I am just slightly intimidated by writing it, because my plot bunny is turning into a Regency romance novel in my mind. But I'm thrilled that you like the idea, and I do hope I can manage to write it (as a ficlet, not a novel, I mean).

Were you considering making a formal collection/suggesting a formal tag/both on the AO3 for people who also archive their fics there? I'm probably going to leave mine DW-only for three weeks, as suggested, but after that I do intend to upload them to the AO3, and in the past I've found some really enjoyable fics browsing collections like halfamoon's or tags like the Awesome Ladies Ficathon, so it might be nice to offer that theoretical option to other people.

That's a great idea! I will try and set that up in the next couple of days.

Title: Gateway
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Characters/Ships: Teyla/Jennifer
Rating: PG
Length: 600 words
Trope: the prompt was "Jennifer/Teyla, offworld mission with alien kissing ritual," but of course I cannot help but interpret that as cheekily as possible.
Content Notes: none apply.

at my journal!

This one actually hit me during the prompting period, but I waited to finish and post until now.

Title: Babies Make me TARDIS-Sick (link to my LJ)
Fandom: Doctor Who (extended whoniverse)
Characters/Ships: The Rani, Iris Wildthyme.
Rating: PG, bad language
Trope: Surprirse!Parents? - from the prompt "unexpected co-parenting is bad enough. Unexpected co-parenting between two renegade Time Ladies, neither of which are exactly sane or the motherly type, is even worse." Though I'm not sure I managed it completely.
Content Notes: um. Abandoned baby, threatening of said baby by biologist intent on world domination? Except in a more roundabout way. Also, baby could end up an alcoholic, if Iris has her way.

Title: Conspicuous
Fandom: Leverage
Characters/Ships: Parker/Sophie
Rating: G
Length: 800 words
Trope: inspired by the prompt "Parker/Sophie, going undercover at a lesbian bar."
Content Notes: none apply.

at my journal!

Edited 2011-04-27 01:56 (UTC)

Title: Perfect
Fandom: Black Swan
Characters: Nina/OFC
Rating: G
Trope: seducing your younger self
Content note: not very specific description of dance movements

at my journal

Title: Chemisstry
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Characters/Ships: Kono/Jenna
Rating: PG-13
Trope: Undercover in a dyke bar
Content Notes: None apply

Title: The Rivals (http://archiveofourown.org/works/192086)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Ships: Nyssa, Ace, Romana, River, Peri, Tegan, Donna, Barbara
Rating: G
Trope: University AU - and I could get in all the ladies in this story, but I promise they're all there somewhere. ;)
Content Notes: None apply

Title: That Old Domani Magic
Fandom: Wheel of Time
Characters/Ships: Leane/Siuan
Rating: PG
Trope: Telepathy / magical powers
Content Notes: choose not to provide
Spoilers: For books 1-4 and chapter 1 of book 5, mild

At my journal

OMG. OMG. This is my prompt!!! I am so excite! (Haven’t read it yet, I was just starting to think none of my prompts would appeal. :D) Real feedback shortly.

Okay, I couldn’t find the reply button at your journal (I feel like such a luddite. I just got here to DW though and am not used to all the journal styles yet.) so your feedback goes here.

My God, you nailed Siuan so hard! How recently have you read the books? That was amazing. (I haven’t read them since high school, which was *mumble mumble* years ago.) It was so refreshing! And Leane... trying to bed her like she would a man, and it totally not working except for how it did. :D :D :D :D :D Thank you for taking the time to do this, it was wholly unexpected and beautiful. And I love how very Aes Sedai they were without the power at all. (To be honest, I like this better... I think I added the trope because it was the expected one. But when I envisioned a fic to this, I envisioned it just as you wrote it... Two fierce women and all the power of their wits about them, and just... guh. Awesome.

THANK YOU.

You are so very welcome! :)

I read the whole series again to be fresh when the most recent book came out (November), and then I tracked down the hearing with Gareth Bryne after my rough draft so I could have it at the top of my head when I did my edit.

My take on Siuan was motivated mostly by seeing her as someone who isn't necessarily against pleasure, but definitely thinks physical relationships belong between social equals. As Amyrlin, I imagine her celibate because, first, she's too busy for that sort of thing, and second, she has no equal with whom it would be appropriate to dally thus. Now, here comes Leane, seeing her as attractive enough to be worth the effort, but dammit she has to bring this authority relationship into the picture, and if Siuan's going to have sex with someone, it's going to be as an equal.

But Leane knows Siuan just a tiny bit better than Siuan knows Siuan. That Tairen dock-girl still wants a strong lover to take her body and give her pleasure, but the Amyrlin Seat would never ever submit to someone who assumed it was okay to treat her like that. Leane has to make Siuan give the order in order for Siuan to be able to accept it.

I'm happy beyond words that my Siuan works so well for you. Your praise brought actual real tears of joy to my eyes. This is why I write.

I read the whole series again to be fresh when the most recent book came out

Wow. That is an undertaking. Personally I gave up after book eight. I cannot imagine rereading now that the books are up in the double digits.

I think your reasoning with Siuan is really spot on. It reminds me a bit of a D/s dynamic, the way you reasoned it out. And it definitely is a power play. I loved how Siuan caught Leane at her game, but Leane caught Siuan at hers at the same time. :D

I have felt that gratitude many a time--it’s an amazing motivator to get words out. :)

Power play. Yes. On first write, I had written a part of Leane's thought process in terms of making Siuan know Leane had won. I took it out because it just didn't feel right. It leaned too close to victimization, which Leane wouldn't want and Siuan would never stand for. So on the edit I switched that to win/win, with "who's in charge" just the tiniest bit ambiguous.

It worked like a charm. :)

Title: Set Free
Fandom: Justified
Characters/Ships: Ava/OFC
Rating: R
Trope: AU: magic realism/succubus/Veela/magic powers, take your pick
Content Notes: Choose not to warn.

Ava Voegel floats into Harlan on a burst of air. No one sees her, and no one knows where she came from or where she’s going now that she’s breezed into town. One thing is for certain: she chose this place, and they won’t make her go, not for anything. She knows a home when she finds one.

She pulls the wind around her like a shroud, dares her body to shiver under the currents.

The very air is hers to wield as she will. There are other things that are hers as well. She may not have launched a thousand ships with the power of her beauty, but she has a come hither look that is all her own. Her eyes alone have brought her the attention of every man, woman and child she has ever wanted to notice her, and a fair number of those she hasn’t wanted at all. Still, she has chosen this place and she will take it for what it is; almost too small to contain her, yet just small enough to avoid the worst of city life, the inevitable press of people once they come to understand.

She chooses Harlan for the size, for the propensity of people too caught up in their own hate, their own misguided rivalries, to worry any about a girl who blows in from nowhere, a girl who can take what she wants and leave the rest.

She watches the family feuds play out before her, and she slips deftly in and out of the crevices between, selecting her prey from among the ones just trying to get ahead, just trying to hold onto a bit of honor.

Her favorite is Mildred Stephens, who comes to her covered in bruises and belt marks but kisses fierce and hot, like she’s putting all of herself behind every single touch to Ava’s skin. Like she can taste freedom on Ava’s lips.

”We’re goin’ ta get free of this place,” Millie says, like she’s assuring them both, and Ava smiles.

”You will, little bird. You will.”

Millie Stephens is perfect. There won’t be another one like her in a hundred thousand souls, but that’s all right. She will remember.

Wonderful!

Thank you!

Title: Power Struggle
Fandom: Final Fantasy X-2
Characters/Ships: Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Rikku/Paine
Rating: PG
Trope: ALL/ANY OF THE LADIES, strip poker
Content Notes: none apply

Here on Dreamwidth or here on AO3

Edited (Linking fail!) 2011-04-29 07:28 (UTC)

Title: When my soul was in the Lost & Found
Fandom: Ashes to Ashes (spoils 1x01 & Life on Mars 2x08), AU
Summary: If Alex were at home, looking and feeling like herself only by dint of seriously hard work, she's afraid she'd hate Annie for doing it all so easily.
Pairing: Gen, background Annie Cartwright/Sam Tyler
Rating: No explicit or implied sex or violence; no content notes apply
Notes: Written for the Female Character Trope Fest. Thanks to

thatyourefuse and

eisen for pre-reading.
Trope: Transfic (Genderswap with a different body and the same gender identity, swapping cis female to mtf)

Text @ DreamWidth / Text @ AO3

Edited (Fixed tags) 2011-04-29 13:19 (UTC)

Title: Strip Poker
Fandom: Avatar: the Last Airbender
Format: Art
Characters: Ty Lee, Azula, Mai
Rating: PG
Trope: "Azula, Mai, & Ty Lee, strip poker"
Content Notes: Non-explicit nudity

At my journal.

Edited (The lost art of closing tags.) 2011-04-29 23:38 (UTC)

Title: to be clear-minded towards the next day's treacherous objects
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Characters/Ships: Sarah/Jesse
Rating: PG
Trope: only one bed (but of an angsty variety)
Summary: A stalemate without a truce. Post-series.
Content Notes: None apply

Title: It Takes a Village, and All That
Fandom: St. Trinian's
Characters/Ships: Chloe, Polly, Peaches (Chloe-Polly, hints of Polly/Annabelle/Kelly)
Rating: PG
Trope: Unexpected co-parenting
Content Notes: Mentions of past domestic abuse

Eee! *runs off to read*

Title: they tumble and fight and they're beautiful
Fandom: Sucker Punch
Characters/Ships: Sweet Pea, Rocket, Blondie, Amber
Rating: PG
Trope: vampires and werewolves
Content Notes: no warnings

here at my LJ (http://walksbyherself.livejournal.com/214873.html#cutid1)

Title: little bird
Fandom: Sucker Punch
Characters/Ships: Amber/Blondie
Rating: PG
Trope: wingfic
Content Notes: no warnings

here at my LJ (http://walksbyherself.livejournal.com/214873.html#cutid2)

Title: miss american pie
Fandom: Sucker Punch
Characters/Ships: Amber/Blondie
Rating: PG
Trope: roadtrip
Content Notes: no warnings

here at my LJ (http://walksbyherself.livejournal.com/214873.html#cutid3)

Title: Business and Pleasure
Fandom: Legend of the Seeker
Characters/Ships: Cara/Kahlan
Rating: NC-17
Trope: AU -- Workplace/Office
Content Notes: None apply. This is pretty much PWP though, hopefully that's alright!

http://sos10.livejournal.com/21383.html

Title: Saturday Mornings
Fandom: Skins (2nd gen)
Characters/Ships: Emily/Naomi, JJ
Rating: PG
Words: 530
Trope: Emily/Naomi, curtain!fic
Content Notes: None apply.

At my journal!

Title: Even When The Night Ends
Fandom: Firefly
Characters Zoe and River
Rating: Suitable for all ages
Trope: Zoe & or/ any, a moment of peace
Content Notes: Takes place after Serenity (the movie) and contains spoilers.

read it at my livejournal

Title: Rising

Fandom: No Rest for the Wicked

Characters/Ships: Red, November, Perrault

Rating: PG

Trope: Mirror!verse

Content Notes: There's a minor death, but nothing graphic.

click here

Title: Reach a Little Higher
Fandom: Legend of the Seeker
Characters/Ships: Cara/Kahlan
Rating: R
Trope: Wingfic
Content Notes: Minor violence

This wasn't strictly prompted, but it's in the list of tropes and I figured I'd try to err on the side of inclusion.

Here

Title: Freeze Me, Squeeze Me
Fandom: Phineas & Ferb
Characters/Ships: Candace/Vanessa
Rating: PG
Trope: Loosely based on

dharmavati's prompt "Phineas & Ferb, Candace/Vanessa, superpowers AU"
Content Notes: none apply

link to my DW journal

Title: then the sky will shed its metaphors of freedom
Fandom: Sucker Punch
Characters/Ships: Amber/Blondie
Rating: PG-13
Trope: wing!fic
Content Notes: n/a

Title: Casings
Fandom: Burn Notice
Pairing: Michael/Fiona; mentions Michael, Fi, Sam and Frank
Rating: G
Disclaimer: This NEVER HAPPENED. EVER. The BN Gang belong to USA/Matt Nix/Flying Milk Glass.
Summary: A day in the life of mirror!Fiona
Notes: Written for female trope prompt fest at Dreamwidth, prompt: Burn Notice, Fiona, Mirror!Verse Thank you to Amber for beta!

At AO3

Title: A Shot Right Through Me
Fandom: Star Trek Enterprise
Characters/Ships: Hoshi Sato/T'Pol
Rating: Mature
Trope: "Fuck Or Die"
Content Notes: No specific warnings.

At my DW

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Gateway 1/1 (SGA, Teyla/Jennifer, PG)

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Conspicuous (Leverage, Parker/Sophie)

no subject

Hawaii Five-0: Chemisstry (Kono/Jenna)

Doctor Who, ALL THE LADIES, AU -- university

That Old Domani Magic, WoT, Leane / Siuan

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Set Free, Justified, Ava/OFC, R, choose not to warn

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to be clear-minded towards the next day's treacherous objects (TSCC, Sarah/Jesse, PG)

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they tumble and fight and they're beautiful; Sucker Punch; ensemble

little bird; Sucker Punch; Amber/Blondie

miss american pie; Sucker Punch; Amber/Blondie

Business and Pleasure, Legend of the Seeker, Cara/Kahlan

Saturday Mornings, Skins, Naomi/Emily

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Reach a Little Higher, Legend of the Seeker, Cara/Kahlan

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Casings (1/1) (Burn Notice) (G)

Late but present!