Dear Yoda [May the 4th Exchange letter]

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[minor edits to general likes section, 03/21/2019]
General Pointers

• I’d be thrilled to get fic or art for any of these requests; I’ve tried to give prompts for both, though sometimes my imagination failed me for visual prompts.
• All prompts are optional suggestions (which can be mixed and matched in any combination) in case you find them helpful, not must-haves. I’d rather receive whatever you’re excited and enthused about creating!

Ratings & Content

• For fic, any rating up to and including E is fine. For art, I prefer suggestive rather than explicit, i.e. nudity without a focus on genitalia, blood or bruises but not heavy gore.
• I enjoy reading both get-together stories and established relationships, plotty gen adventures, fluffy shipfic, and explicit PWP. Smut for any of the ship-based requests would be very welcome.
• DNWs: noncon/rape (dubcon is fine); completely tragic endings (ambiguous or bittersweet is fine); character/ship bashing, especially to set up a conflicting ship; modern/non-Star Wars AUs (canon-divergent & “everyone lives” AUs are great); V-shaped relationships in threesomes
• General Narrative Likes: snow and winter scenes; hair touching/grooming; mutual pining; bed-sharing; detailed alien planets, societies, cities; epistolary fic (i.e. in-universe messages, reports, media, etc); outsider POV; political maneuvering; hurt/comfort; slice of “normal” life; strangers or antagonists thrown into a situation where they have to rely on each other
• General Art Likes: rich colours, height differences, snow/ice/winter, moments of quiet intimacy, strong lighting contrasts, uniforms/combat fatigues, hand or forehead kisses
• General Smut Likes: sex pollen and/or “the Force made them do it” (especially with the awkward aftermath); praise kink; spontaneous or under-negotiated D/s elements; bathing & gentle care; sex with strong emotions (either positive or negative)
• Canon & Spoilers: Please avoid any spoilers or leaks for Ep IX, if applicable. I’m unfamiliar with most secondary canon, either the classic EU or the new version, so I may not catch the reference(s) if you use it. Please ignore Rebel Rising if you write about Jyn Erso’s pre-canon life.
• If any of this is confusing or contradictory, don’t hesitate to ask me questions via the mods.
• And again, THANK YOU!

Davits Draven/Mon Mothma

• A classic example of “opposites attract,” or at least create tension! What I love about this pairing is the strong contrasts: personality (diplomatic vs pragmatic), strategic, political, even visual
• Fic prompts: developing a grudging respect despite conflicting ideologies; antagonistic sex, or just seeking simple human comfort during war; the whole Rebellion wonders what’s going on in all those closed-door meetings
• Art prompts: something that highlights the visual contrast? Mothma regally pristine in white; Draven dusty & dishevelled

Davits Draven/Antoc Merrick/Mon Mothma

• As part of the founding generation of the Alliance, these three must have Seen Some Shit. I’d love anything that highlights their contrasting experiences & skillsets as intelligence officer, combat leader, and politician/diplomat
• Fic prompts: any established couple negotiating the addition of the third; two waiting for one to return from a dangerous mission; a supposedly simple diplomatic visit turns into an ambush
• Art prompts: Rebel propaganda or Imperial Wanted posters featuring these three?

Shara Bey/Kes Dameron

• For this ship I love competence kink combined with a certain amount of obliviousness: Kes wondering how to get this impossibly cool hotshot pilot to notice him and/or Shara wondering why this tough as nails soldier keeps asking her for flying lessons
• Fic & art prompts: stolen moments, a mid-war reunion; makeout sessions on the nose or in the cockpit of an X- or U-wing

Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso/Bodhi Rook

• I see all three of them as protective of each other, and tough in different ways; Bodhi might lack some of Cassian & Jyn’s harder edges, but he’s far from helpless

Cassian Andor/Shara Bey/Kes Dameron

• More intriguing similarities & contrasts: three Rebels who may have joined at very different times for different reasons, but are all committed to the cause.
• Cassian as the lone survivor of Scarif for maximum angst potential, or the three of them as young Rebels if you feel like something more light-hearted

• Fic prompts for all threesome requests: pretending to be married for the mission; each finding the others’ skills a huge turn on for their competence kink; the other two ganging up on Cassian (however you care to interpret that)
• Art prompts for all threesome requests: sharing the cockpit and co-piloting, or debating who gets to pilot; sharing a bed (or trying to); sitting together/distracting each other during a briefing; bundled up in scarves & parkas on Hoth

Jyn Erso & Saw Gerrera

• Saw Gerrera as a surrogate father fascinates me. What was he like as a parent before his paranoia became so strong? Was his relationship with Jyn strained or loving—or both? (Please ignore Rebel Rising canon)
• Fic & art prompts: Saw teaching small Jyn a skill (combat-related or peaceful); the final goodbye, even though Jyn didn’t realize it

Jyn Erso & Lyra Erso

• I love that they resemble each other both physically and in character: Lyra’s fierce courage & impulsivity certainly seems to be echoed in Jyn
• Fic prompts: Lyra’s religious beliefs and how they affected her relationship with her daughter - did she pass them on to Jyn?; was Lyra Force-sensitive in some way, or a Jedi initiate?
• Art prompts: Lyra teaching small Jyn a skill; playing Jedi knights - pretend lightsaber battles!; fluffy mother-daughter cuddles

Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren

• I’m fascinated by this relationship, and deeply disappointed that we’ll never see their actors together onscreen. A tragic ending is definitely plausible, so you don’t have to redeem Kylo, but please don’t depict him as a cold, one-dimensional villain either. (Regardless of your take on Kylo Ren as a character, I think it’s clear that a large part of his issues centre on restraining his emotions, as opposed to not having any.)
• Fic prompts: their next encounter post-Crait; did Leia ever try to teach Ben something of the Force, or did she leave that to Luke? did she perceive any of the darkness in Ben, and if so how did she try to deal with it?
• Art prompts: grumpy teenaged Ben Solo forced to spend time with his Senator mom; AU Queen Leia of Alderaan & her heir; Kylo Ren confronts General Organa in person at last—is he threatening or begging?

Character: Jyn Erso

• Words can’t express how much I love angry, feral, uninterested in niceness (but somehow still unable to be cruel) Jyn Erso, and I’d love to read anything about her (Please ignore Rebel Rising canon)
• Prefer gen for this request, but background ships are fine
• Fic prompts: pulling off a scam/heist during her lone wolf years; talking to Bodhi about Galen; learning to trust the rest of Rogue One
• Art prompts: gazing at her kyber crystal; wearing Baze or Cassian’s over-sized clothes; knocking heads with her truncheons

Character: Rey

• Rey’s introduction in TFA was one of my favourite scenes in the movie; I love her self-reliance and stubborn hope covering up a deep well of insecurity about her identity
• Prefer gen for this request, but background ships are fine
• Fic prompts: lonely Rey surviving on Jakku - break my heart! or, learning how to make friends and live with people in the Resistance (I’m esp. fond of Rey & Rose)
• Art prompts: Rey swimming or wading; Rey & her love of growing things; young Rey practicing/defending herself with the staff