Thank you for writing for me!
My requests are for fic, but if anyone feels moved to make me an art treat, I would be delighted.
For any prompts where I say it would be OK to mix-and-match the character sets, or if it would make sense to include more characters in your story, feel free to include any characters from any of the fandoms I nominated characters from.
I would be happy with a story of any length, from an epic to 500 words exactly. Of course, as a King fan, I adore long stories. However, some of my favorite exchange stories are extremely short, and that length is especially good for horror. So seriously: anything is fine.
General DNWs: Issuefic, real-life terminal illness like cancer (non-realistic stuff like super-soldiers with a limited lifespan is fine), dementia and brain damage, A/B/O, PWP (porn without plot), non-canon human pregnancy and babies or a heavy focus on canon human pregnancy and babies (animal and monster babies are fine), infantilization, radiation sickness, graphic details of dental trauma or digestive upsets, and the gross kinds of bodily waste (blood, sweat, and tears are fine). No literal coronavirus, but other illnesses with similar symptoms or other pandemics are fine.
Please no permanent death of requested characters unless I specifically say it's OK for that canon. (Characters being in Mid-World because they died elsewhere and similar "technically dead but still characters" situations are fine.) Please no on-page or non-canonical adult/child sex. Referencing canon sexual abuse is fine.
Crossover Fandom
Group: Dolores Claiborne & Jessie Burlingame
Maybe a meeting after the events of both books, when they're both in a better place, whether or not they ever realize how they were connected. Or a meeting more similar to the glimpses in the books, reaching across time and space, but one where they're able to actually communicate or take action or revenge on the other's behalf.
Group: Dolores Claiborne & Jessie Burlingame & Carrie White & Trisha McFarland & Dark Tower
Group: Avery Dixon & Iris Stanhope & Helen Simms & Dark Tower
Group: Luke Ellis & Avery Dixon & Kalisha Benson & Nick Wilholm & Iris Stanhope & Dark Tower
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom & Lloyd Henreid & Whitney Horgan & Randall Flagg & Dark Tower
Group: Nadine Cross/Dayna Jurgens & Dark Tower
KING CROSSOVER KA-TET.
Do they step through a door or die in their own worlds, or are these Mid-World versions of the same characters? Are they questing for the Tower, or on a completely different mission (to get back home? to change the world?), or trying to escape the entire thing? Are some of them at cross purposes? Are they all gunslingers, or does something else bind them together?
Feel free to mix-and-match the Institute kids.
I would also be good with any multiverse version of this (hey, it's Dark Tower, multiverses are canon) with any characters from any book I've read. If you're not sure if I've read a book, please ask a mod.
Group: Dr. Xander Kamen & Dark Tower
Group: Carrie White & Dark Tower
And also some that I find really intriguing but could be written at shorter length. Or not. ;) There's something very intriguing to me about a psychiatrist encountering Mid-World, especially since Dr. Kamen is legit good at his job and not a stereotypical "lie down on the couch" type. Again, I would be happy to mix-and-match any of these characters, with each other (Dr. Kamen and Carrie would be amazing) or with the other ka-tets above.
Group: Roland Deschain & Eddie Dean & Susannah Dean & Jake Chambers & Oy & The Stand
This was so close to being canon! Just shift them one dimension over, and there they are. Do they meet any of the other travelers along the road? Does Flagg recognize Roland? Or if you want to go a bit less epic, a little snippet of them raiding a deserted gas station for junk food or having some brief creepy encounter with the aftermath of the plague would be awesome.
Group: Roland Deschain & Holly Gibney
Two obsessive, socially awkward people from different worlds. Him in her world, her in his: your choice. I think Roland would appreciate Holly as she deserves to be appreciated, and her movie-watching would make her see lots of interesting parallels for him. Whether you give them an actual adventure or just a brief meeting, I think they'd be an amazing pair. I was thinking of Holly from the books, but if you prefer Holly from the TV series, that's fine too.
Dark Tower - Stephen King
Canon-specific DNWs: Susannah's pregnancy/baby. Mia. Stephen King as an actual character - I liked the metafictional aspects, that was just one step too far with them for me. Pimples.
Temporary death or "in another world" death is fine for these characters, as is an AU resulting from a death (i.e., Roland dies in Mejis and Susan goes on as a gunslinger) or a tragic ending where it's clear that even everyone dying isn't the end.
Group: Margaret Eisenhart & Rosalita Munoz & Susannah Dean & Zalia Jaffords & Sarey Adams
Susannah training with the Sisters, or having an adventure with them; we see her take on them, but what's theirs on her? Do they envy her freedom to leave, or see that they both have burdens? Or leave Susannah out, and show me the Sisters learning to throw the plates (who taught them?) Or explore the tangled feelings of fury and grief and guilt and relief on the day they learned that they had been spared at a sibling's expense.
Group: Roland Deschain & David (Dark Tower)
What if he didn't sacrifice David, or if David survived the duel? Would that early choice have changed Roland's choice to let Jake fall? Or show me a scene from early canon, a boy and his (doomed) hawk.
Group: Roland Deschain & Eddie Dean & Susannah Dean & Jake Chambers & Oy
A moment in time, a canon AU, a day in the life: I love all these characters and I'm down for anything. Or another turn of the wheel, where things are just a bit (or a lot) different. Roland reacting to our world is always a delight. I'm still into everything I prompted for them in AU Exchange or Eat Drink & Make Merry.
I love Mid-World, from the creepiness of its mutant albino bees to the sweetness and dignity of the meeting with Talitha Unwin to the eerie reflections of our world in snatches of song and literary references. I also love western tropes: the rival gunmen, the stranger come to town, the corrupt sheriff, the gold rush, lost in the desert.
The Stand - Stephen King
Feel free to mix-and-match, or include any canon characters, including ones not in the tagset. I like everyone. I'm a multishipper generally so you can sell me on anything, but I especially like FF. I have more requests under "Crossover Fandoms."
Canon-specific DNW: I'm OK with canon/requested character deaths and bittersweet endings along the lines of canon - if someone dies, I like the canon sort of "died heroically/not in vain/fulfilling their goals even if their goals were terrible/bonkers (i.e., Trashcan Man)" deaths. Please no endings where someone is left alive but mentally broken, or dies pointlessly. Also, I DNW Dayna and Sue's rape gang backstory in the extended edition - I prefer the one in the original edition. I'm fine with canon pregnancies but would prefer that not to be the main focus of the story.
Group: Dayna Jurgens/Jenny Engstrom
Group: Dayna Jurgens/Nadine Cross
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom & Lloyd Henreid & Whitney Horgan & Randall Flagg
Temptation, ideals, violence, choices: these sets of characters contain so much of what I love about the themes of the book, as well as being very vivid even if only in a few words. Plus, canon bisexual heroine who goes after the Devil with a switchblade: what's not to love?
I loved the "dancing as fast as I can" atmosphere of the repopulated Vegas, with the spies and the people wondering if maybe they should leave and the people who seem to have gotten there by accident and the people who you could really see why there were there and the veneer of civilization atop terror and cruelty. A moment in that setting would be great, whether literally exploring a bit of town we didn't see in the book or trying to have a conversation Flagg doesn't hear.
Or, what if Flagg was killed or driven away from Vegas, but the other Vegas characters survived and had to pick up the pieces without him? (If you pick the group for this, feel free to leave Flagg out of it, or include him in the form of unsettling dreams that might be traumatic nightmares or might be more than that.) What if Whitney Horgan had actually managed to incite an uprising? What if his group had successfully escaped, with or without Lloyd - would Flagg have pursued them?
Or maybe they meet in Boulder, or on the road before they get to either of their destinations. Only one tent. Do they go their separate ways, or stay together?
Group: Dayna Jurgens & Susan Stern
Group: Nick Andros & Tom Cullen
What we saw of Sue Stern - rescuing the golden retriever, being on the council, recruiting Dayna as a spy - was very compelling. It felt like she could have been the heroine of a different book, so it would be nice to see her get a chance in the spotlight. It seemed like she and Dayna were the most eager of anyone to take the fight to the enemy. I'd love a moment of them being badass, in Boulder or on the road, or an AU where they both went to Vegas.
DNW: extended edition rape backstory.
Nick and Tom's adventures on the road are one of my favorite parts of the book. I'd really love an untold story or just a little moment from that section of the book.
Group: Alice Underwood & Amy Lauder & Rita Blakemoor & Peter Goldsmith & Ray Flowers
Amy Lauder & Frannie Goldsmith
Alice Underwood & Larry Underwood
Rita Blakemoor
Ray Flowers
Peter Goldsmith
Alice Underwood
What if different characters survived the flu or its immediate aftermath, whether they add to the canon survivors or take their place. Non-canonical character death for any or all canon characters is fine if you do the latter. Feel free to mix-and-match with any Stand characters, including those who died in the flu or in the immediate aftermath.
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scioscribe has excellent specific prompts for all of these characters if you'd like to use any of hers. She doesn't mind.
The Stand - Worldbuilding
Bring in some original characters, and show me what happened during or after the epidemic in some other part of America or the world that we never saw. I loved all the snippets of life during the flu, and those dark and sad little stories of the people who survived the flu but not the aftermath. Character death is fine.
The Stand (1994)
Rae Flowers
In the book Ray Flowers is a man, but in the miniseries he became Rae Flowers so he could be played by Kathy Bates. It's a short cameo but she brought an enormous amount of personality and charm to it, before getting killed of course. What if instead of getting shot, she either escaped or got subdued and dragged off, perhaps to the same facility where Stu was held? Would she have ended up with any of the other canon characters, or gone off and done her own thing?
There isn't anyone quite like her in the eventual group of survivors, and I wonder what her "speaking truth to power" attitude would have made of later events. Feel free to use miniseries or book canon, or to mix-and-match.
My requests are for fic, but if anyone feels moved to make me an art treat, I would be delighted.
For any prompts where I say it would be OK to mix-and-match the character sets, or if it would make sense to include more characters in your story, feel free to include any characters from any of the fandoms I nominated characters from.
I would be happy with a story of any length, from an epic to 500 words exactly. Of course, as a King fan, I adore long stories. However, some of my favorite exchange stories are extremely short, and that length is especially good for horror. So seriously: anything is fine.
General DNWs: Issuefic, real-life terminal illness like cancer (non-realistic stuff like super-soldiers with a limited lifespan is fine), dementia and brain damage, A/B/O, PWP (porn without plot), non-canon human pregnancy and babies or a heavy focus on canon human pregnancy and babies (animal and monster babies are fine), infantilization, radiation sickness, graphic details of dental trauma or digestive upsets, and the gross kinds of bodily waste (blood, sweat, and tears are fine). No literal coronavirus, but other illnesses with similar symptoms or other pandemics are fine.
Please no permanent death of requested characters unless I specifically say it's OK for that canon. (Characters being in Mid-World because they died elsewhere and similar "technically dead but still characters" situations are fine.) Please no on-page or non-canonical adult/child sex. Referencing canon sexual abuse is fine.
Crossover Fandom
Group: Dolores Claiborne & Jessie Burlingame
Maybe a meeting after the events of both books, when they're both in a better place, whether or not they ever realize how they were connected. Or a meeting more similar to the glimpses in the books, reaching across time and space, but one where they're able to actually communicate or take action or revenge on the other's behalf.
Group: Dolores Claiborne & Jessie Burlingame & Carrie White & Trisha McFarland & Dark Tower
Group: Avery Dixon & Iris Stanhope & Helen Simms & Dark Tower
Group: Luke Ellis & Avery Dixon & Kalisha Benson & Nick Wilholm & Iris Stanhope & Dark Tower
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom & Lloyd Henreid & Whitney Horgan & Randall Flagg & Dark Tower
Group: Nadine Cross/Dayna Jurgens & Dark Tower
KING CROSSOVER KA-TET.
Do they step through a door or die in their own worlds, or are these Mid-World versions of the same characters? Are they questing for the Tower, or on a completely different mission (to get back home? to change the world?), or trying to escape the entire thing? Are some of them at cross purposes? Are they all gunslingers, or does something else bind them together?
Feel free to mix-and-match the Institute kids.
I would also be good with any multiverse version of this (hey, it's Dark Tower, multiverses are canon) with any characters from any book I've read. If you're not sure if I've read a book, please ask a mod.
Group: Dr. Xander Kamen & Dark Tower
Group: Carrie White & Dark Tower
And also some that I find really intriguing but could be written at shorter length. Or not. ;) There's something very intriguing to me about a psychiatrist encountering Mid-World, especially since Dr. Kamen is legit good at his job and not a stereotypical "lie down on the couch" type. Again, I would be happy to mix-and-match any of these characters, with each other (Dr. Kamen and Carrie would be amazing) or with the other ka-tets above.
Group: Roland Deschain & Eddie Dean & Susannah Dean & Jake Chambers & Oy & The Stand
This was so close to being canon! Just shift them one dimension over, and there they are. Do they meet any of the other travelers along the road? Does Flagg recognize Roland? Or if you want to go a bit less epic, a little snippet of them raiding a deserted gas station for junk food or having some brief creepy encounter with the aftermath of the plague would be awesome.
Group: Roland Deschain & Holly Gibney
Two obsessive, socially awkward people from different worlds. Him in her world, her in his: your choice. I think Roland would appreciate Holly as she deserves to be appreciated, and her movie-watching would make her see lots of interesting parallels for him. Whether you give them an actual adventure or just a brief meeting, I think they'd be an amazing pair. I was thinking of Holly from the books, but if you prefer Holly from the TV series, that's fine too.
Dark Tower - Stephen King
Canon-specific DNWs: Susannah's pregnancy/baby. Mia. Stephen King as an actual character - I liked the metafictional aspects, that was just one step too far with them for me. Pimples.
Temporary death or "in another world" death is fine for these characters, as is an AU resulting from a death (i.e., Roland dies in Mejis and Susan goes on as a gunslinger) or a tragic ending where it's clear that even everyone dying isn't the end.
Group: Margaret Eisenhart & Rosalita Munoz & Susannah Dean & Zalia Jaffords & Sarey Adams
Susannah training with the Sisters, or having an adventure with them; we see her take on them, but what's theirs on her? Do they envy her freedom to leave, or see that they both have burdens? Or leave Susannah out, and show me the Sisters learning to throw the plates (who taught them?) Or explore the tangled feelings of fury and grief and guilt and relief on the day they learned that they had been spared at a sibling's expense.
Group: Roland Deschain & David (Dark Tower)
What if he didn't sacrifice David, or if David survived the duel? Would that early choice have changed Roland's choice to let Jake fall? Or show me a scene from early canon, a boy and his (doomed) hawk.
Group: Roland Deschain & Eddie Dean & Susannah Dean & Jake Chambers & Oy
A moment in time, a canon AU, a day in the life: I love all these characters and I'm down for anything. Or another turn of the wheel, where things are just a bit (or a lot) different. Roland reacting to our world is always a delight. I'm still into everything I prompted for them in AU Exchange or Eat Drink & Make Merry.
I love Mid-World, from the creepiness of its mutant albino bees to the sweetness and dignity of the meeting with Talitha Unwin to the eerie reflections of our world in snatches of song and literary references. I also love western tropes: the rival gunmen, the stranger come to town, the corrupt sheriff, the gold rush, lost in the desert.
The Stand - Stephen King
Feel free to mix-and-match, or include any canon characters, including ones not in the tagset. I like everyone. I'm a multishipper generally so you can sell me on anything, but I especially like FF. I have more requests under "Crossover Fandoms."
Canon-specific DNW: I'm OK with canon/requested character deaths and bittersweet endings along the lines of canon - if someone dies, I like the canon sort of "died heroically/not in vain/fulfilling their goals even if their goals were terrible/bonkers (i.e., Trashcan Man)" deaths. Please no endings where someone is left alive but mentally broken, or dies pointlessly. Also, I DNW Dayna and Sue's rape gang backstory in the extended edition - I prefer the one in the original edition. I'm fine with canon pregnancies but would prefer that not to be the main focus of the story.
Group: Dayna Jurgens/Jenny Engstrom
Group: Dayna Jurgens/Nadine Cross
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom
Group: Nadine Cross & Jenny Engstrom & Lloyd Henreid & Whitney Horgan & Randall Flagg
Temptation, ideals, violence, choices: these sets of characters contain so much of what I love about the themes of the book, as well as being very vivid even if only in a few words. Plus, canon bisexual heroine who goes after the Devil with a switchblade: what's not to love?
I loved the "dancing as fast as I can" atmosphere of the repopulated Vegas, with the spies and the people wondering if maybe they should leave and the people who seem to have gotten there by accident and the people who you could really see why there were there and the veneer of civilization atop terror and cruelty. A moment in that setting would be great, whether literally exploring a bit of town we didn't see in the book or trying to have a conversation Flagg doesn't hear.
Or, what if Flagg was killed or driven away from Vegas, but the other Vegas characters survived and had to pick up the pieces without him? (If you pick the group for this, feel free to leave Flagg out of it, or include him in the form of unsettling dreams that might be traumatic nightmares or might be more than that.) What if Whitney Horgan had actually managed to incite an uprising? What if his group had successfully escaped, with or without Lloyd - would Flagg have pursued them?
Or maybe they meet in Boulder, or on the road before they get to either of their destinations. Only one tent. Do they go their separate ways, or stay together?
Group: Dayna Jurgens & Susan Stern
Group: Nick Andros & Tom Cullen
What we saw of Sue Stern - rescuing the golden retriever, being on the council, recruiting Dayna as a spy - was very compelling. It felt like she could have been the heroine of a different book, so it would be nice to see her get a chance in the spotlight. It seemed like she and Dayna were the most eager of anyone to take the fight to the enemy. I'd love a moment of them being badass, in Boulder or on the road, or an AU where they both went to Vegas.
DNW: extended edition rape backstory.
Nick and Tom's adventures on the road are one of my favorite parts of the book. I'd really love an untold story or just a little moment from that section of the book.
Group: Alice Underwood & Amy Lauder & Rita Blakemoor & Peter Goldsmith & Ray Flowers
Amy Lauder & Frannie Goldsmith
Alice Underwood & Larry Underwood
Rita Blakemoor
Ray Flowers
Peter Goldsmith
Alice Underwood
What if different characters survived the flu or its immediate aftermath, whether they add to the canon survivors or take their place. Non-canonical character death for any or all canon characters is fine if you do the latter. Feel free to mix-and-match with any Stand characters, including those who died in the flu or in the immediate aftermath.
scioscribe has excellent specific prompts for all of these characters if you'd like to use any of hers. She doesn't mind.The Stand - Worldbuilding
Bring in some original characters, and show me what happened during or after the epidemic in some other part of America or the world that we never saw. I loved all the snippets of life during the flu, and those dark and sad little stories of the people who survived the flu but not the aftermath. Character death is fine.
The Stand (1994)
Rae Flowers
In the book Ray Flowers is a man, but in the miniseries he became Rae Flowers so he could be played by Kathy Bates. It's a short cameo but she brought an enormous amount of personality and charm to it, before getting killed of course. What if instead of getting shot, she either escaped or got subdued and dragged off, perhaps to the same facility where Stu was held? Would she have ended up with any of the other canon characters, or gone off and done her own thing?
There isn't anyone quite like her in the eventual group of survivors, and I wonder what her "speaking truth to power" attitude would have made of later events. Feel free to use miniseries or book canon, or to mix-and-match.