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I am off work today. Forget February. Let the shitposting begin now!

I want to know your headcanons (all those little things not explicitly specified in a canon that you believe are true of a character or setting or plot)--any fandom, any medium.

Here are some of mine:

Star Trek: I am 100% convinced that Barclay is not an outlier in using the Holodeck as a sexual fantasyscape. I think half the Enterprise is banging someone in there, and the other half is beating someone up. It's just that unlike Barclay, they're banging and beating templates in the system rather than their bosses and colleagues; the system only flags what you're doing as a problem if you are recreating people who are still alive or threatening harm to yourself or others that might persist outside the holodeck.

Gotham: Harvey and Jim have slept together a handful of times, always when they're both really upset, always when they're drinking. Jim never says anything about it or acts any differently around Harvey afterwards, but it breaks Harvey's heart because he wants it to mean more--it means everything--but if he ever lets Jim know that, he thinks Jim would never touch him again.

Little Women: Sure, she really loves him. Sure, they're suited for each other. But, damn, does Amy feel just a little bit of victory in making Laurie love her instead of Jo.

So I ask you pointless questions.

In terms of fandom, is there something you haven't seen done in your corner of the sandbox that you think would be right spiffy? A vid concept, an unusual pairing, an episode tag that seems SO OBVIOUS? The icon that screamed out to you the second you saw the screen shot?

What is your fandom lacking? What do you wanna see that you just *aren't*?

Maybe somebody can point you to something you've missed or *GASP* create it for you. :)

My answers in comments.

Five Things Spike Does With Angel's Ashes by lyrstzha and written for MOI!!! It's no secret that I think Lyr is an absolutely brilliant writer, but this piece showcases her talent so well. (The woman should always write by request; every prompt I've ever given her has resulted in a gem like this one) Rather than being five separate vignettes, this short piece outlines the five things Spike does with Angel's ashes in chronological order after Angel's death. It's hurty, and oh so fitting, and there's Dru! *bounce*

Fic translated from French! With Angel and Wesley fractal_bat has been practicing her French for class by writing drabbles and then translating them into English for us. The results are hi-larious.


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I think I'm going to start posting prompts, free for the taking for anyone who wants them (and how cool would it be if several different people wrote variations on the same prompt) because I'm not going to be writing fanfic for awhile and I can at least feel all inspirey.

The Great Prompting of Aught Six, Prompt One:

I already gave this prompt to hermionesviolin, but I think it's a good one, so I'll share. Choose a character you don't like in one of your fandoms and write a fic (drabble, ficlet, epic length novel) exploring why you don't like that character--just what it is about that character that squicks you, gets on your nerves, pisses you off, or makes you uncomfortable. I don't mean a character bashing fic; I mean one in which you really thoughtfully examine the elements of the character you don't like. Obviously, this prompt may go unclaimed, but if anyone does write a fic based on it, I'd love to know so I can read.