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King of Exchanges 2020 Letter
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Castle Rock (TV)
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Doctor Sleep (2019)
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
Stand By Me (1986)
Hello! Signing up for this was a rather impulsive decision. My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a nice exchange.
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Casefic
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up fluff
Fridge horror
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Villain or criminal AUs
Historical AUs
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Codependency
Loyalty
Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
All levels of consent
Manipulative relationships
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Understated love
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Unrequested ace headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
Explicit extreme underage
Castle Rock (TV)
Henry Deaver/The Kid | Shawshank Prisoner
I would love something set postcanon about Henry’s imprisonment of The Kid, but if you have other ideas about the circumstances this pairing should happen under, I would still be very interested. What do they think about each other exactly? I like all the parallels between them and the pseudo selfcest angle. Also do you think that The Kid was telling the truth and the complete truth about his backstory and if not then what is the real truth? And how much power does he have over the bad things that happen around him?
Crossover Fandom
Dick Hallorann/Will Hanlon
The interlude about the Black Spot has to be one of my favorite parts of the IT novel and it makes me emotional, and I would love to read about this ship during their time at the Black Spot before it burned down. Or maybe Dick comes back up to Maine one last time right before Will finds out he has cancer to say goodbye. Or anything else you can think of.
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Snakebite Andi
I’ve always loved a good lesbian villain, and I very much loved this one. There were a lot of changes made from her book counterpart which made me want to see this version further fleshed out and explored. Tell me about her time in the True Knot or maybe life before the True Knot. Does she feel any conflict about the things she’s done with the True Knot and what motivates her? When I first saw the film I thought they had cut Silent Sarey but checking IMDB it turns out that she exists in this continuity after all. What is their dynamic like in this continuity? Is it like in the book where their relationship is romantic but Silent Sarey’s feelings have a maternal aspect to them as well or are things different? I would definitely read a Snakebite Andi lives AU or a total canon divergence AU where she doesn’t end up as a part of the True Knot and continues down the path she was on at the start of the movie. If you wanna include Rose the Hat/Snakebite Andi as a ship I give my full blessing.
Billy Freeman/Dan "Danny" Torrance
Billy was so ride or die and supportive and great. I would love to see something about these two set during the eight year time skip where sometimes things are good and sometimes they’re bad but no matter what they love each other. Also what would have happened if Billy didn’t die when he did? How might the plot have unfolded differently (and how might you shove them together as a result)? Something exploring the little bit of shine Billy has would be cool.
Abra Stone/Dan "Danny" Torrance
There’s something about Stephen King intergenerational friendships that often pings me as unwittingly romantic. It’s probably all the destiny tropes that seem to get thrown in the mix, how much these people need each other in some way, the strength of the connections on a spiritual level, and stuff like that, but anyway these two are no exception. I would be interested in what it would look like if there actually was something inappropriate happening between during the events of the film, whether it be weird tension that’s ambiguous and uncomfortably intimate leaving neither of them sure what’s going on or something all the way at the level Abra’s dad clearly thought it was when he wanted to kick Dan’s ass. I would also be interested in outsider POV for this ship where there might not actually be a romantic/sexual aspect to their relationship but the POV character definitely believes there is like her dad’s initial impression or maybe something from the perspective of her mom at that point in canon where all she knows is that her husband is dead and her daughter is missing if she somehow found out about Dan. Another direction you could take this is things getting weird with Dan’s ghost postcanon.
Dan "Danny" Torrance/Jack Torrance
So I once came across this fan theory that Kubrick’s version of Jack was sexually abusive. The post I saw talking about it was a bit Pepe Silvia for my taste (which I guess it warranted given Kubrick’s reputation concerning attention to detail but they still lost me), and it didn’t bring up the reason why it was an idea I was willing to hear out. Basically book!Danny and movie!Danny behaved differently and it could be argued that some of movie!Danny’s traits that didn’t come from the book are consistent with behaviors some children may display in response to sexual abuse. I can’t say how viable this theory really is because I haven’t sat down and watched The Shining in a while (I kind of want to rewatch it soon, but the book is close to my heart for personal reasons, so I’m not sure how much I would actually like it this time around especially since I already have issues with the film, also side note within a side note: I think that’s a part of why I enjoyed the Doctor Sleep film so much, because it added a lot of the thematic stuff from The Shining novel that the movie threw out going so far as to even change the ending for it), but it’s definitely a lens I will be willing to read an exploration of their dynamic through. The beginning of this film when Dick is talking about his grandfather and compares him to Jack saying they had the same kind of darkness reminded me of that theory because in the book Dick’s grandfather was sexually abusive. While I would be surprised if they did this to point at Jack being sexually abusive towards Danny (I mean, I’m assuming they cut the explicit stuff from what Dick had to say about his grandfather for reasons of adaptational pragmatism and I would have done the same), but it made me think about it. I put the “Explicit extreme underage” DNW in there because I don’t want a sex scene between five year old Danny and Jack (although I’d been fine with it if stray details popped up here and there). I’m mostly interested in this from the perspective of how Dan’s fucked up and horrible dynamic with his father shaped him and impacts him. Jack is dead but his legacy remains and Dan’s relationship with him is still an active part of his life all these years later. Also fucked up things involving the ghost of Jack Torrance.
Dan "Danny" Torrance/Rose the Hat
AU where Dan accepts Rose’s offer at the end? Or maybe an AU where after hitting rock bottom instead of ending up in Frazier Dan ended up with the True Knot? Or an AU where the point of divergence is even farther back then that where Dan is falling into alcoholism as a young man and comes across the True Knot? What would Dan’s place in the True Knot be and what would he be like as a monster of that sort? What would Dan and Rose’s dynamic be like in this context? For this pairing I’m mostly thinking in terms of AUs like this because it was that scene towards the end that got me interested and it’s the only way I can think of to get them together, but if you have other ideas I invite you to go for them. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Ben Mears/Mark Petrie
After everything they’ve been through together they have just been left loving each other so much. I would love to see some of their time on the road together because stories about drifters/people on the run is one of my favorite things. They have this unbreakable bond with trauma in the mix, what could go wrong? Whenever I think of these two I think of something that is both sweet and sordid at the same time. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
The Shining - Stephen King
George Hatfield/Jack Torrance
I’ve always been interested in this dynamic because Jack’s narrative about George seems to shift as the book progresses and Jack isn’t exactly the most reliable point of view character anyway. There are some unanswered questions left about George like for example I don’t think the book ever clarified exactly what George was referring to when he said, “You only hate me because you know!” (I’ve always read it as George was gay and thought Jack knew, and well I am asking for slashfic, but my reading isn’t the only possible answer as to what he might have been talking about). George is clearly on Jack’s mind a lot with how the play Jack is writing is clearly about him (consciously or subconsciously). So something fleshing out and exploring their dynamic and what might have been really going on. Also my friend has a theory that George had a small amount of shine in the same way that Jack had a little bit of shine and them being trapped in a mutual mindreading feedback loop nightmare could be fun.
The Stand - Stephen King
Tom Cullen/Stu Redman
You can blame that part towards the end where they’re trying to get back to Boulder together for this. Maybe something set during that era, love blossoming as they find a way to survive the journey together and support each other. Maybe on the road or in the snow or in the desert or in that motel. Maybe something set after that where it’s canon divergence for the very end because Tom and Stu get together somehow (I’m imagining that Stu and Fran would have amicably split in that).
Randall Flagg/Lloyd Henreid
This is just such a perfect devil and his right hand man ship and I love it so. Just all the gratitude and loyalty from Lloyd and all the shifty at best agendas and nightmarish boundary testing behavior from Flagg. There is an interesting relationship between love and fear for Flagg within Lloyd’s heart in which they are either two entities pulling against each other in a tug-a-war or they are one and the same. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
Harold Lauder/Larry Underwood
I want this because of how Harold was a big part of Larry’s morale and perseverance getting to Boulder, even if it was an imagined Harold very far from the real deal. I think it would be interesting to see canon divergence where their relationship goes in a totally different direction once they actually meet and the possible domino effect that might have on the outcome of canon.
Stand By Me (1986)
Teddy Duchamp/Gordie LaChance
What I would love to see is a story about reconnection. Somehow after Gordie has finished writing the story that is the movie when they’re both the adults that they became they somehow end up back in each other’s lives. Their relationship blossoms in an unexpected direction. I would also love a more brief reconnection in high school or in their adult lives before that if that’s where you’d rather go with it. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
Likes
DNWs
Fandoms
Castle Rock (TV)
Crossover Fandom
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
Stand By Me (1986)
Hello! Signing up for this was a rather impulsive decision. My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a nice exchange.
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Casefic
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up fluff
Fridge horror
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Villain or criminal AUs
Historical AUs
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Codependency
Loyalty
Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
All levels of consent
Manipulative relationships
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Understated love
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Unrequested ace headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
Explicit extreme underage
Castle Rock (TV)
Henry Deaver/The Kid | Shawshank Prisoner
I would love something set postcanon about Henry’s imprisonment of The Kid, but if you have other ideas about the circumstances this pairing should happen under, I would still be very interested. What do they think about each other exactly? I like all the parallels between them and the pseudo selfcest angle. Also do you think that The Kid was telling the truth and the complete truth about his backstory and if not then what is the real truth? And how much power does he have over the bad things that happen around him?
Crossover Fandom
Dick Hallorann/Will Hanlon
The interlude about the Black Spot has to be one of my favorite parts of the IT novel and it makes me emotional, and I would love to read about this ship during their time at the Black Spot before it burned down. Or maybe Dick comes back up to Maine one last time right before Will finds out he has cancer to say goodbye. Or anything else you can think of.
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Snakebite Andi
I’ve always loved a good lesbian villain, and I very much loved this one. There were a lot of changes made from her book counterpart which made me want to see this version further fleshed out and explored. Tell me about her time in the True Knot or maybe life before the True Knot. Does she feel any conflict about the things she’s done with the True Knot and what motivates her? When I first saw the film I thought they had cut Silent Sarey but checking IMDB it turns out that she exists in this continuity after all. What is their dynamic like in this continuity? Is it like in the book where their relationship is romantic but Silent Sarey’s feelings have a maternal aspect to them as well or are things different? I would definitely read a Snakebite Andi lives AU or a total canon divergence AU where she doesn’t end up as a part of the True Knot and continues down the path she was on at the start of the movie. If you wanna include Rose the Hat/Snakebite Andi as a ship I give my full blessing.
Billy Freeman/Dan "Danny" Torrance
Billy was so ride or die and supportive and great. I would love to see something about these two set during the eight year time skip where sometimes things are good and sometimes they’re bad but no matter what they love each other. Also what would have happened if Billy didn’t die when he did? How might the plot have unfolded differently (and how might you shove them together as a result)? Something exploring the little bit of shine Billy has would be cool.
Abra Stone/Dan "Danny" Torrance
There’s something about Stephen King intergenerational friendships that often pings me as unwittingly romantic. It’s probably all the destiny tropes that seem to get thrown in the mix, how much these people need each other in some way, the strength of the connections on a spiritual level, and stuff like that, but anyway these two are no exception. I would be interested in what it would look like if there actually was something inappropriate happening between during the events of the film, whether it be weird tension that’s ambiguous and uncomfortably intimate leaving neither of them sure what’s going on or something all the way at the level Abra’s dad clearly thought it was when he wanted to kick Dan’s ass. I would also be interested in outsider POV for this ship where there might not actually be a romantic/sexual aspect to their relationship but the POV character definitely believes there is like her dad’s initial impression or maybe something from the perspective of her mom at that point in canon where all she knows is that her husband is dead and her daughter is missing if she somehow found out about Dan. Another direction you could take this is things getting weird with Dan’s ghost postcanon.
Dan "Danny" Torrance/Jack Torrance
So I once came across this fan theory that Kubrick’s version of Jack was sexually abusive. The post I saw talking about it was a bit Pepe Silvia for my taste (which I guess it warranted given Kubrick’s reputation concerning attention to detail but they still lost me), and it didn’t bring up the reason why it was an idea I was willing to hear out. Basically book!Danny and movie!Danny behaved differently and it could be argued that some of movie!Danny’s traits that didn’t come from the book are consistent with behaviors some children may display in response to sexual abuse. I can’t say how viable this theory really is because I haven’t sat down and watched The Shining in a while (I kind of want to rewatch it soon, but the book is close to my heart for personal reasons, so I’m not sure how much I would actually like it this time around especially since I already have issues with the film, also side note within a side note: I think that’s a part of why I enjoyed the Doctor Sleep film so much, because it added a lot of the thematic stuff from The Shining novel that the movie threw out going so far as to even change the ending for it), but it’s definitely a lens I will be willing to read an exploration of their dynamic through. The beginning of this film when Dick is talking about his grandfather and compares him to Jack saying they had the same kind of darkness reminded me of that theory because in the book Dick’s grandfather was sexually abusive. While I would be surprised if they did this to point at Jack being sexually abusive towards Danny (I mean, I’m assuming they cut the explicit stuff from what Dick had to say about his grandfather for reasons of adaptational pragmatism and I would have done the same), but it made me think about it. I put the “Explicit extreme underage” DNW in there because I don’t want a sex scene between five year old Danny and Jack (although I’d been fine with it if stray details popped up here and there). I’m mostly interested in this from the perspective of how Dan’s fucked up and horrible dynamic with his father shaped him and impacts him. Jack is dead but his legacy remains and Dan’s relationship with him is still an active part of his life all these years later. Also fucked up things involving the ghost of Jack Torrance.
Dan "Danny" Torrance/Rose the Hat
AU where Dan accepts Rose’s offer at the end? Or maybe an AU where after hitting rock bottom instead of ending up in Frazier Dan ended up with the True Knot? Or an AU where the point of divergence is even farther back then that where Dan is falling into alcoholism as a young man and comes across the True Knot? What would Dan’s place in the True Knot be and what would he be like as a monster of that sort? What would Dan and Rose’s dynamic be like in this context? For this pairing I’m mostly thinking in terms of AUs like this because it was that scene towards the end that got me interested and it’s the only way I can think of to get them together, but if you have other ideas I invite you to go for them. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Ben Mears/Mark Petrie
After everything they’ve been through together they have just been left loving each other so much. I would love to see some of their time on the road together because stories about drifters/people on the run is one of my favorite things. They have this unbreakable bond with trauma in the mix, what could go wrong? Whenever I think of these two I think of something that is both sweet and sordid at the same time. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
The Shining - Stephen King
George Hatfield/Jack Torrance
I’ve always been interested in this dynamic because Jack’s narrative about George seems to shift as the book progresses and Jack isn’t exactly the most reliable point of view character anyway. There are some unanswered questions left about George like for example I don’t think the book ever clarified exactly what George was referring to when he said, “You only hate me because you know!” (I’ve always read it as George was gay and thought Jack knew, and well I am asking for slashfic, but my reading isn’t the only possible answer as to what he might have been talking about). George is clearly on Jack’s mind a lot with how the play Jack is writing is clearly about him (consciously or subconsciously). So something fleshing out and exploring their dynamic and what might have been really going on. Also my friend has a theory that George had a small amount of shine in the same way that Jack had a little bit of shine and them being trapped in a mutual mindreading feedback loop nightmare could be fun.
The Stand - Stephen King
Tom Cullen/Stu Redman
You can blame that part towards the end where they’re trying to get back to Boulder together for this. Maybe something set during that era, love blossoming as they find a way to survive the journey together and support each other. Maybe on the road or in the snow or in the desert or in that motel. Maybe something set after that where it’s canon divergence for the very end because Tom and Stu get together somehow (I’m imagining that Stu and Fran would have amicably split in that).
Randall Flagg/Lloyd Henreid
This is just such a perfect devil and his right hand man ship and I love it so. Just all the gratitude and loyalty from Lloyd and all the shifty at best agendas and nightmarish boundary testing behavior from Flagg. There is an interesting relationship between love and fear for Flagg within Lloyd’s heart in which they are either two entities pulling against each other in a tug-a-war or they are one and the same. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
Harold Lauder/Larry Underwood
I want this because of how Harold was a big part of Larry’s morale and perseverance getting to Boulder, even if it was an imagined Harold very far from the real deal. I think it would be interesting to see canon divergence where their relationship goes in a totally different direction once they actually meet and the possible domino effect that might have on the outcome of canon.
Stand By Me (1986)
Teddy Duchamp/Gordie LaChance
What I would love to see is a story about reconnection. Somehow after Gordie has finished writing the story that is the movie when they’re both the adults that they became they somehow end up back in each other’s lives. Their relationship blossoms in an unexpected direction. I would also love a more brief reconnection in high school or in their adult lives before that if that’s where you’d rather go with it. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.