Wishing and Hoping and Praying

[marzipan77]

Day 6 - A Fannish Wish List

First and foremost, I wish for more gen fic. Stories that aren't built around any romantic/lustful pairing. I've never been one for love stories, not even as a teen. Many are, many love pairings and ships, love it when there's the slow burn and the culmination. And why shouldn't they? But I'm more interested in friendships, in mentorships, I want to see brothers-in-arms dealing with personality and situational conflict, I love a good "grudgingly acknowledging the other's gifts" fics. These fics in my favorite fandoms (SG-1, NCIS, HP, Leverage, Hawkeye) are few and far-between.

Second, I wish for more Hawkeye. Hawkeye has become a bit player in the Marvel Machine, but he's my favorite character. There have been a few excellent stories where his recovery after Loki's brainwashing is handled well - I'm looking at you, scifigrl47 - but most have been written with the premise that Clint and Phil were romantically paired. Where is the 'he was my best friend, the guy who rescued me from a life of crime, and he died because I was compromised' fic? If it exists, please rec it!

My last wish is for time. Time and active muses and health - physical and emotional - for the fanfic writers out there. So many have dropped away because of real life, we've lost touch, lost that excitement of connecting with each other, of talking about our fandoms. I wish for peace and active imaginations. I wish you'd experience the thrill of sitting down to make time with the characters, to see what other stories they have to tell. I wish time in your schedules so that you want to pick up that WIP that has been languishing for years as you raised your children or took care of your aging parents. I wish all these things for fanfic writers everywhere - no matter the fandom, the ship, the situation. May 2019 be filled with wonder, with sparks that light your imagination, and with stories.

I wish the same for me.

Comments

Try this ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

If you haven't already found my Love Is For Children, it's Avengers fanfic and includes plenty of Hawkeye. Primarily gen, although Bruce-and-Hulk do reconnect with Betty.

If you're open to original work, see also my list of ace/aro stuff. A majority of my work focuses on something other than sex/romance, and I have whole series headed by aces.

Re: Try this ...

[marzipan77]

Thank you for the recs!!

[badfalcon]

As much as I tend to write slash, I lovelovelove team genfic. There's so much potential for missions for SG1, and team bonding in the early days and just... *grabbyhands* I want all the fic of Jack putting Daniel through his paces on physicals etc, cos there's no way Jack's letting that geek on his team if he can't keep up, y'know?!

[marzipan77]

Oh, yes! Can we haz some early team fic, please!!!????

may all your fannish wishes come true

[oldtoadwoman]

I wish all these things for fanfic writers everywhere - no matter the fandom, the ship, the situation.

That is so beautiful. Thank you!

[raveninthewind]

I adore your wish for fan writers! I wish it for you, too.

My list of gen recs: https://raveninthewind.dreamwidth.org/tag/gen

I flitered a list on AO3 for you--you can exclude other pairings:
https://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=revised_at&include_work_search%5Bcategory_ids%5D%5B%5D=21&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bexcluded_tag_names%5D=Clint+Barton%2FPhil+Coulson%2CJames+%22Bucky%22+Barnes%2FClint+Barton%2CClint+Barton%2FTony+Stark%2CClint+Barton%2FNatasha+Romanov&work_search%5Bcrossover%5D=&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_from%5D=&work_search%5Bwords_to%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_from%5D=&work_search%5Bdate_to%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=1&commit=Sort+and+Filter&tag_id=Clint+Barton

[marzipan77]

Thank you!!

[laraflame]

This is so beautiful! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I wish that too, for all the lovely fanfic writers out there! <3

Although, I totally agree with you about gen fices - we need those OTHER TYPE of relationships too. I'd sooo dig some meaningful, important, deep stories about friendships, mentorships, sisters and brothers and parents and enemies and so on... Ace people too! Gimme all the platonic love!