Okay, so we're gotten a lot of discussion lately about how much people want and need more female gen. Not even going to the femslash place: female character gen, where we're not focused on the shippiness of it all, focused on the women who we love and adore so much.
So I announce The Female Character Gen Ficathon. I know ficathons are mighty passe, and that suggesting one around the holidays is, um, INSANE?
Which is why the stories would not be due until January 6th, after all the SeSas are due. It's very simple, eh?
Name/LJ:
Contact Email:
Fandom #1 Request:
Character(s) Request:
Element/Prompt:
Absolute No-Nos:
Fandom #2 Request:
Character(s) Request:
Element/Prompt:
Absolute No-Nos:
Any fandom is allowed, but keep in mind if you get really obscure, I'm going to be matching as best I can, and if you're the only person asking for two obscure-as-heck fandoms? There may be problems. RPF is also allowed, but again, this is GEN, not ship. OK? OK.
ETA: Sign-Ups Close December 6th, Requests out December 8/9, stories due Jan 6? Usual ficathon rules apply: 1000-word minimum, don't go blabbing, et cetera. It's been awhile, hasn't it?
ETA2: PLEASE pimp the heck out of this. I'd like to see a big sign-up for this.
So I announce The Female Character Gen Ficathon. I know ficathons are mighty passe, and that suggesting one around the holidays is, um, INSANE?
Which is why the stories would not be due until January 6th, after all the SeSas are due. It's very simple, eh?
Name/LJ:
Contact Email:
Fandom #1 Request:
Character(s) Request:
Element/Prompt:
Absolute No-Nos:
Fandom #2 Request:
Character(s) Request:
Element/Prompt:
Absolute No-Nos:
Any fandom is allowed, but keep in mind if you get really obscure, I'm going to be matching as best I can, and if you're the only person asking for two obscure-as-heck fandoms? There may be problems. RPF is also allowed, but again, this is GEN, not ship. OK? OK.
ETA: Sign-Ups Close December 6th, Requests out December 8/9, stories due Jan 6? Usual ficathon rules apply: 1000-word minimum, don't go blabbing, et cetera. It's been awhile, hasn't it?
ETA2: PLEASE pimp the heck out of this. I'd like to see a big sign-up for this.

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But: if you're the only person asking for two obscure-as-heck fandoms?
Yep, that would happen to me.
Contact Email: mimesere@earthlink.net
Fandom #1 Request: Angel
Character(s) Request: Virginia
Element/Prompt: none
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: Grey's Anatomy
Character(s) Request: Cristina Yang
Element/Prompt: none
Absolute No-Nos: none
Name/LJ:
Contact Email: voleuse @ livejournal.com
Fandom #1 Request: Battlestar Galactica (new)
Character(s) Request: Kara and Dualla
Element/Prompt: Pre-series
Absolute No-Nos: If it's pre-series, there's no Lee onscreen. Ahaha.
Fandom #2 Request: Pirates of the Caribbean
Character(s) Request: Anamaria
Element/Prompt: Learning to swordfight
Absolute No-Nos: No romances
Angel, Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chronicles of Riddick, CSI (original), Dead Like Me, Farscape, Firefly, Gilmore Girls, A Great and Terrible Beauty, Grey's Anatomy, House, Joan of Arcadia, NCIS, The OC, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pop RPF, Smallville, Sports Night, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Veronica Mars, West Wing
...see, it's been a long time since I ran anything. A very long time.
Name/LJ:
Contact Email:juliet42@gmail.com
Fandom #1 Request:Angel
Character(s) Request:Lilah, Kate, Eve, or Darla (Yes, that may be cheating, but it also makes it easier.)
Element/Prompt: don't have one
Absolute No-Nos:Okay, let's just not have anything like Lilah realizing she's in love with Buffy or something, Okay? They can even be friends for all I care, just stay in the realm of this could maybe, possibly, actually happen.
Fandom #2 Request:Nip/Tuck
Character(s) Request: Julia
Element/Prompt: don't have one
Absolute No-Nos: again, just don't go too far out of character
Fandoms I'd be willing to give a try writing: Angel, Buffy, Alias, Wondefalls, Nip/Tuck, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Bones, Lost, Veronica Mars, MI-5, BSG is a possibility.
Name/LJ: Twinkledru J./
Contact Email: twinkledru at mistsandmellow dot net
Fandom #1 Request: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character(s) Request: Buffy Summers
Element/Prompt: something outdoors
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Character(s) Request: Felicity Worthington
Element/Prompt: pre-series, Felicity's first day at Spence
Absolute No-Nos: none
contact email: thelionforreal [at] livejournal [dot] com
fandom #1 request: sports night
character(s) request: dana whitaker + sally sasser (not /, obv)
element/prompt: none
absolute no-nos: none
fandom #2 request: freaks and geeks
character(s) request: lindsay weir + millie kentner (still not /)
element/prompt: none
absolute no-nos: none
HP, QaF US, Kitchen Confidential, SN, FnG, L&O:SVU, Oz, MSCL, Daria, CSI
Name/LJ: cesario/Branwyn
Contact Email: chipiscrazy AT netzero DOT net
Fandom #1 Request: House
Character(s) Request: Cameron, Stacey, or Cuddy (how not picky am I?)
Element/Prompt: none
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: BtVS/A:tS
Character(s) Request: Dawn, Cordelia, or Justine
Element/Prompt: none
Absolute No-Nos: none
Contact Email: phantomlady20@yahoo.com
Fandom #1 Request: Carnivale
Character(s) Request: Sofie or Appie
Element/Prompt: pre-series, Sofie growing up
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: Queer as Folk (US)
Character(s) Request: Daphne
Element/Prompt: Justin actually helps Daphne with one of her problems for once
Absolute No-Nos: none
Contact Email: kormantic a t yah00 you know the rest
Fandom #1 Request: due South
Character(s) Request: Stella Kowalski or Frannie Vecchio
Element/Prompt: styling products and/or makeup
Absolute No-Nos: crying
Fandom #2 Request: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Character(s) Request: Dawn and/or Tara
Element/Prompt: boys vs girls
Absolute No-Nos: none
I am willing to give girls a go in BTVS/Angel, Firefly, dS, X-Files, SG-1, SGA, My Name Is Earl, The West Wing, Sports Night, Desperate Housewives, X Men, Cowboy BeBop, The Secret History (book), Generation X (book), That 70s Show, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, Daria
(g)
Contact Email: thepiratequeen@livejournal.com
Fandom #1 Request: Wicked
Character(s) Request: Elphaba
Element/Prompt: set during her time at school
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: House
Character(s) Request: Cameron
Element/Prompt: her life outside the hospital
Absolute No-Nos: none
Name/LJ: Kathryne /
Contact Email: tellitslant at livejournal.com
Fandom #1 Request: BSG 2003
Character(s) Request: Laura Roslin
Element/Prompt: I'd like to know more about her stance on and/or experience with religion pre-series.
Absolute No-Nos: None, really.
Fandom #2 Request: A Great and Terrible Beauty
Character(s) Request: Felicity, Pippa
Element/Prompt: How did the two girls become friends, and/or what sorts of games did they play before Gemma showed up?
Absolute No-Nos: Yeah, none.
Name/LJ:
Contact Email: red_emma78 at hotmail dot com
Fandom #1 Request: Gilmore Girls
Character(s) Request: Lane Kim
Element/Prompt: Lane sits in on one of Rory's classes.
Absolute No-Nos: Nothing comes to mind.
Fandom #2 Request: Sandman Chronicles
Character(s) Request: Foxglove
Element/Prompt: A broken guitar string, a song running through her head.
Absolute No-Nos: Again, none.
Hopefully these both straddle the line between "entirely too obscure" and "entirely overdone."
Contact Email: trixie (at) fangirlz dot net
Fandom #1 Request: Firefly
Character(s) Request: Kaylee and/or Zoe
Element/Prompt: post-movie, hopeful, not bleak
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: CSI
Character(s) Request: Catherine Willows
Element/Prompt: family, however you want to interpret that.
Absolute No-Nos: none
I can also give a go at BSG, Joan of Arcadia, Grey's Anatomy, West Wing.
Contact Email: pstmdrncrss@aim.com
Fandom #1 Request: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Angel the Series
Character(s) Request: Dawn Summers
Element/Prompt: Post-"Chosen"
Absolute No-Nos: Nothing too light-hearted, please.
Fandom #2 Request: Firefly / Serenity
Character(s) Request: River Tam
Element/Prompt: After the movie, River starts some type of project putting her intelligence to use.
Absolute No-Nos: Miraculously sane River
Name/LJ: Karra (for both)
Contact Email: eakarras@hotmail.com
Fandom #1 Request: Stargate: Atlantis
Character(s) Request: Doctor Novak
Element/Prompt: snarky
Absolute No-Nos:
Fandom #2 Request: Arrested Development
Character(s) Request: Lindsay
Element/Prompt: none
Absolute No-Nos: none
Contact Email: inyron@yahoo.com
Fandom #1 Request: Star Wars EU
Character(s) Request: Mara Jade
Element/Prompt: Post Last Command, pre Spetre of the Past.
Absolute No-Nos: none
Fandom #2 Request: Joan of Arcadia
Character(s) Request: Joan or Grace
Element/Prompt: Post-series, but still in High School.
Absolute No-Nos: none
Besides the above fandoms (inluding the Star Wars movies, in addition to the EU) I can write any of the women in Buffy, Angel, SG1, SGA, or Harry Potter.
Contact Email: wisdomeagle at livejournal dot com
Fandom #1 Request: Angel
Character(s) Request: Fred
Element/Prompt: Pylea. Avalanche.
Absolute No-Nos: No.
Fandom #2 Request: West Wing
Character(s) Request: CJ Cregg
Element/Prompt: elegance
Absolute No-Nos: spoilers past S4
I can write: BtVS, AtS, Firefly, Farscape, both Stargates, West Wing (S 1-4 only), Baby-Sitters Club, House, Veronica Mars, Harry Potter
Contact Email: callmesandy @ livejournal dot com
Fandom #1 Request: Daria
Character(s) Request: Quinn Morgendorfer
Element/Prompt: senior year without the fashion club
Absolute No-Nos: lack of humor
Fandom #2 Request: Gilmore Girls
Character(s) Request: Paris Geller
Element/Prompt: boating
Absolute No-Nos: bashing Rory.
Fandoms I can write in: from ats & btvs I can do Harmony, Buffy, Willow, Cordelia, Willow, Dawn, Anya, Tara, Fred, Harmony & Faith only, sorry!
And for the category of any gal at all, I have the following fandoms to offer in: CSI (Vegas only), Without a Trace, Joan of Arcadia, MI-5/Spooks, One Tree Hill, Everwood, Instant Star, the O.C., Sports Night, Gilmore Girls, Smallville (I like Lana!) and Daria.
Character(s) Request: Faith
Element/Prompt: diner food, gambling
Fandom #2 Request: Homicide: Life on the Street
Character(s) Request: any female(s) besides Sheppard; bonus for "Wire" crossover
Element/Prompt: What I want to be when I grow up
I can write: any BtVS/Ats, Firefly, BSG (new), Homicide, Alias (seasons 1&2 only), Six Feet Under, Freaks & Geeks
Presuming that doesn't actually work, I can write Firefly (River's best, all the other women are okay); AtS/BtVS (Dawn -- love Dawn!, Lilah, Darla, Fred, Jasmine especially; I can't write Buffy, at least not in a positive light); new BSG (I like Cylons especially, also Starbuck, but who doesn't like SB?); SGA (Elizabeth! Teyla! Love!); Pitch Black/Chronicles of Riddick (especially Jack/Kyra and Dame Vaako); oh, and La Femme Nikita, but if anyone requests that I'll be dead surprised.
Name/LJ:
Contact Email: loupsdeguerre@aol.com
Fandom #1 Request: Stargate: Atlantis
Character(s) Request: Elizabeth, Teyla, Ancient (Oma prefered but she's technically Stargate: SG-1). Any of the female scien -- Lets just say if it's SGA and she's female I'm good. Guest appearances from SG-1 women wouldn't go amiss either. Stargate and female?
Element/Prompt: The history of the Ancients isn't nearly so nice as the check-writers back on Earth would prefer it to be.
Absolute No-Nos: Hmm. Elizabeth is a negotiator, not a diplomat. Difference!
Fandom #2 Request: Chronicles of Riddick
Character(s) Request: Jack/Kyra (that's, uh, one person, not two); Dame Vaako
Element/Prompt: Post-CoR; Riddick follows Kyra to the Underverse.
Absolute No-Nos: Well, no Riddick/Kyra should be obvious, no? No softening Kyra's edges -- she didn't end up in a Triple Slam for shoplifting.
And I shall be pimping this on the
- Andrea.
Name/LJ: Kay/
Contact Email: velocityofsound @gmail.com
Fandom #1 Request: Firefly (+/or Serenity)
Character(s) Request: Zoe, Kaylee, or River
Element/Prompt: An ancient weapon
Absolute No-Nos: No sexual assault, no Zoe with someone other than Wash, no men coming in to save them in their time of need
Fandom #2 Request: House, M.D.
Character(s) Request: Lisa Cuddy
Element/Prompt: A bottle of booze
Absolute No-Nos: No being House/Wilson's hag (even if she so is), no Vogler or Stacy cramping her style
I can write: CSI, The West Wing, Veronica Mars, House, Arrested Development, Freaks and Geeks, Grey's Anatomy, Gilmore Girls, Lost, Sports Night, Homicide, Firefly/Serenity.
Contact Email: tielan @ yahoo. co. uk
Fandom #1 Request: Stargate Atlantis
Character(s) Request: Teyla and Elizabeth (pref. focus on Teyla)
Element/Prompt: "They don't need Luke Skywalker, come to rescue them."
Absolute No-Nos: Any of the boys saving the day. You may poke fun at how the McShep rushes in and save the day all. the. time. on the show, but they're not allowed to actually save it in this story.
Fandom #2 Request: Battlestar Galactica
Character(s) Request: Kara or Laura Roslin
Element/Prompt: An argument/disagreement between the two and how they each feel about it and resolve it.
Absolute No-Nos: The guys (Adama, Lee) can't mediate it. The women have to resolve things (or not) of their own accord.
Contact Email: jaesepha at gmail.com
Fandom #1 Request: Deadwood
Character(s) Request: Alma, Trixie, Joanie or Jane
Element/Prompt: Snow
Absolute No-Nos: None
Fandom #2 Request: Pop RPF
Character(s) Request: Britney Spears
Element/Prompt: Mother
Absolute No-Nos: None
In addition to those fandoms, I could also write Gilmore Girls.
Contact Email: glossings at gmail
Fandom #1 Request: Love & Rockets (Xaime's half)
Character(s) Request: Hopey, Maggie, heck, even Penny.
Element/Prompt: punk rock will never die
Absolute No-Nos: crossovers and character-bashing
Fandom #2 Request: BtVS/AtS
Character(s) Request: Buffy
Element/Prompt: Summertime.
Absolute No-Nos: Well, this is gen, but even so - no Spikecoddling, 'kay?
I can also write Firefly, due South, and…well, you know what I can write. Hit me.