Let me thank you right up front for whatever you are going to write. Although you've seen the tags on my sign-up, I know that most people like more than that to go on, so I hope this letter will prove helpful.


FANDOMS:

Forever Knight:

Fan fiction. Characters: any. Worldbuilding: vampire physiology, backgrounds and backstory, Vachon's crew, carouches.

I enjoy ensemble stories, both in terms of the interplay back at the station and also the detective story plots. If you prefer to focus on an individual, perhaps family/personal life/backstory (for police characters), or history/backstory (for the vampires, whether Nick's "family" or Vachon's crew). Then there's Natalie's research into vampires, and the difference between them and carouches like Screed. By all means include characters who weren't nominated if you want. I like all three seasons equally.

Vampire physiology: Although the series often references Natalie's attempts to find an acceptable blood substitute for Nick, we don't actually see much of her research into his condition except in "The Fix". I'd love to see more of this—either a story about her research into some aspect of vampirism, or perhaps a look at her notes. Possible topics: vision, fangs, immortality, rapid healing, the process of becoming a vampire (or anything else that appeals).

Backgrounds and backstory: Given the focus on Nick as protagonist, secondary characters in FK tend to get short-changed. I'd like to know more about the background of the various human characters in the series: the families/careers of the police captains; Natalie's childhood and medical training; Tracy's family, decision to become a police officer, and time in uniform. Alternatively, tell me more about Feliks Twist. A vampire who likes to garden (albeit under grow lights) sounds fascinating; but we only saw him once.

Vachon's crew: Although Season 3 did include a few flashbacks focusing on Vachon and his friends, there are centuries of their history that were never touched on. How did the "crew" get together? Why did they stick together—and why did they eventually break up shortly before "Black Buddha"? If you want, feel free to create new members of the group, or include characters who were mentioned in the Season 3 bible but never appeared on screen. If you prefer not to deal with the crew together, it's okay to focus only on the backstory of a specific member of the crew.

Carouches: For Screed, in particular, I'd be interested in seeing more about carouches—how they differ from regular vampires and/or more about vampire prejudice towards them (and why).


Prehistoric Park:

Fan fiction. Characters: any. Worldbuilding: Zoo Management, New Time Periods, Flying Animals

Ideally, something along the lines of a new episode—well, a single time trip and/or a bit back at the park.

Dinosaurs! Or mammoths, trilobites, or what have you. Obviously, what I'd really like is the resurrection of the series and six more episodes. Realistically, you're writing me fan fiction, so I couldn't expect more than a single time trip and/or a bit back at the park.

New Time Periods: Your choice of time period, of course, if you do that; but, if you can manage it, I would prefer an era that is as-yet-unvisited. Not the near past: my interest counts "past" in the tens of millions of years. We've seen the Cretaceous more than once: perhaps the Jurassic? Or the early Cenozoic somewhere other than South America? Or perhaps a trip far back, if they decide to build an aquarium, go back to the Cambrian Era, and dive for trilobites and the like. (That last would definitely pose logistical problems for the time travel team.)

Zoo Management: If you prefer to stick to the present day, then problems keeping/feeding the extra creatures that Nigel always brings back unannounced. In particular—

Flying Animals: I'm not so interested in the giant pterosaurs of the end of the Mesozoic (though I'm sure they're what Nigel would prefer to catch) as I am in the earlier types. Or early birds, for that matter. How do they keep them contained? Do they build them an aviary?


The Flash (TV 2014):

Fan fiction. Characters: any. Worldbuilding: the Rogues, metahumans, Central City Police Department, background & backstory

A series with a lot of unfulfilled potential. What does Captain Singh really think of Barry Allen/Flash? For that matter, what does the average cop think of superheroes? What is life like for metahumans who don't run afoul of the law? What's been happening with Pied Piper since Flashpoint? Were the Rogues ever formed (or will they be)?

Central City Police Department: We know something about Barry's juggling act as CSI and superhero; but I'm sure there's more to be told. Then there's Singh's perspective—on Barry as a CCPD employee, on the existence of superheroes in Central City, and on his job as police captain. If you want to use original characters, what about the varying reactions of police officers to having a superhero team around?

Metahumans: Apart from Team Flash, most of the metas we've seen have been antagonists. However, there are apparently over a thousand people who were affected by the Particle Acclerator explosion.

The Rogues: In the comic, the Rogues are basically a group of career criminals who want to pull of successful robberies and get away with the loot. Although most of the characters have been introduced in the TV show, it was individually. We were teased with references to "rogues" in Season One; but there's no evidence that an actual team ever formed. Did it? Will it? And, if so, who's in the group? I like snarky banter, and ethical dilemmas about the "Rogues' Code" that Flash proposed to Captain Cold.

Background & Backstory: I'm interested in learning about people other than Barry.

• Mick Rory and/or Leonard Snart. When they were teenagers, pulling early jobs, in jail, or before they started working together again in The Flash.


• Hartley Rathaway: His timeline has been altered at least once, when he helped defeat the time wraith. It may have also been changed during Flashpoint. Details on the shift? Or what is going on in his life now?


• David Singh: We've briefly met his husband; but, aside from that, we know little about him.

GENERAL POINTS:

• I love stories that explore more deeply—through backstory, or by elaborating the setting/history/culture or exploring people's motivations and personal interactions.


• I prefer gen, unless otherwise specified. However, I don't care for anything more than PG-13: explicit sexual detail is definitely a DNW for me. (When I encounter it in stories, I skim over it.) For pairings, my tastes are pretty vanilla.


• I love casefic; and, more generally, I like stories that are canon-compliant. The general exception to this is ignoring canonical character death if you want. (There may be other specific exceptions.)


• I'm okay with violence if necessary to the story; but not gore for the sake of gore. On the whole, I prefer not to have characters die in the story; but references to canonical deaths are okay. (I'm fine with having original characters murdered in casefic, and that sort of thing.)


• I enjoy comedy—being able to recognize the ridiculous when it pops up; also wit and wordplay. Having said that, I totally leave it up to you whether you write a serious or comic story—or a serious story with comic interludes.


• No second person fic, please. First person is okay, especially for book canons that were written that way by the author.