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DolorousDuke
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Hello,
So this is not my main thread (which can be found here with all my details including F-List and a writing sample!), but rather a quick little toss out to see if there's any interest in a few random oddball canon x canon pairings that have bopped around in my head. I'd like for these to be longer term stories, since that's my usual jam, but I can understand some of these may not seem on the surface to have what it takes for a long term run. However, I definitely have some ideas about extending each of these, so if you're down for a longer-term story, let me know! Without further ado, here's what I've got.
In such a quiet village, there really wasn't much for someone with her head in the clouds like Belle. She wanted more from life, a greater destiny, than what the little town of her birth had to offer. And she especially wanted more than the boorish Gaston had to offer her, a life of domesticity and what she saw as dull repetition. However, what she failed to see was that there was more to the most-loved man in town than she initially thought. For while everyone knew of Gaston the hunter, the fighter, the drinker, the swaggering grand-stander, very few knew of the man's more private hobbies. When he wasn't out bringing meat to the town, he was in his lodge doing the very thing he teased Belle for, reading. It wasn't that he found her intellectual pursuits to be laughable, or her erudition contemptible, but rather that he saw her superiority in it to him. At his core, Gaston wanted to be THE best at everything he put his hand to, and he saw in Belle both beauty and a mind that surpassed his own. He was jealous, but also (somewhat begrudgingly) awed; a novel feeling for someone who had only known excellence. It made him act foolish, made him act in his grand sweeping manner that everyone loved, except for her. He'd made a fool of himself, but he didn't know any other way to be. Yet, he was determined to try. So, when her father leaves, rather than wander to the forsaken castle of their local liege, he actually makes it to the fair and shows off his invention, to lukewarm response. On his way back, however, he falls afoul of a pack of wolves in the forest, but is rescued at the last moment by the town's hunter himself, and brought to his remote lodge to recover. When Gaston's "toady" shows up at Belle's door, bearing the news, it opens an opportunity for him to have a hundredth chance at first impression, but one that this time he intends to take more seriously.
Okay, so this one is a stretch, but the basis for it is in the original film! Gaston quotes Macbeth, he uses the most complex word in the film, and clearly has his stuff together. For all of his presentation as a swaggering idiot, and there is definitely a lot of that in him, I find this slight revision of the story to have a lot of potential! I've even got plans for both of them to get what they want with some really out-there elements that fit within the course of the story and setting. If you're down to hear me out on this one, I think I will pleasantly surprise you.
The only thing revenge loves more is someone to commiserate with on that same path. That would prove to be truer than ever as Harley, long-standing kicking post of the Joker, finally has his hold over her broken when he throws her quite literally out of his life. In the midst of an escape from a robbery at Gotham First National Bank by helicopter, Joker decides that she would better serve his plan by distracting the incoming police with a nice "accident" they couldn't ignore. At the moment he cuts her loose, and unbeknownst to the Clown or his harlequin, Red Hood was lining up his shot, ready to get his revenge. Yet, the moment she began to fall, he made a split decision that he immediately regretted in his conscious mind. Maybe it was his years of tutelage under Bruce, or maybe it was the chance to save someone from becoming another Joker victim like himself, but rather than aim to kill, he switched his pistol for a grappling gun and swung into action, saving Harley and letting the clown escape. Sure, he turned her over to the police and she was put away, but Arkham was as easy for Harley to get out of as could be. And when she did get out, she only had two thoughts in her mind; a burning urge for revenge against the man she had given so much of herself to only to have it thrown in her face, and a curiosity burning as to why someone who hated the Joker as much as Red Hood would give up his golden ticket at revenge to save HER of all people.
This one is pretty self-evident I think. It's a natural pairing; two victims finding comfort in one another and companionship in an uneasy alliance forged with their hunt for the Clown Prince of Crime.
Thanks for reading! I hope something catches your eye, and if you have any other interests in the same settings, feel free to let me know, though I obviously will have a preference for the pairings laid out above. If you have any changes, feel free to tell me, I'm very easy to work with and want to make a story that fits us both rather than just fulfills my (somewhat niche) interests.
-Duke
So this is not my main thread (which can be found here with all my details including F-List and a writing sample!), but rather a quick little toss out to see if there's any interest in a few random oddball canon x canon pairings that have bopped around in my head. I'd like for these to be longer term stories, since that's my usual jam, but I can understand some of these may not seem on the surface to have what it takes for a long term run. However, I definitely have some ideas about extending each of these, so if you're down for a longer-term story, let me know! Without further ado, here's what I've got.
In such a quiet village, there really wasn't much for someone with her head in the clouds like Belle. She wanted more from life, a greater destiny, than what the little town of her birth had to offer. And she especially wanted more than the boorish Gaston had to offer her, a life of domesticity and what she saw as dull repetition. However, what she failed to see was that there was more to the most-loved man in town than she initially thought. For while everyone knew of Gaston the hunter, the fighter, the drinker, the swaggering grand-stander, very few knew of the man's more private hobbies. When he wasn't out bringing meat to the town, he was in his lodge doing the very thing he teased Belle for, reading. It wasn't that he found her intellectual pursuits to be laughable, or her erudition contemptible, but rather that he saw her superiority in it to him. At his core, Gaston wanted to be THE best at everything he put his hand to, and he saw in Belle both beauty and a mind that surpassed his own. He was jealous, but also (somewhat begrudgingly) awed; a novel feeling for someone who had only known excellence. It made him act foolish, made him act in his grand sweeping manner that everyone loved, except for her. He'd made a fool of himself, but he didn't know any other way to be. Yet, he was determined to try. So, when her father leaves, rather than wander to the forsaken castle of their local liege, he actually makes it to the fair and shows off his invention, to lukewarm response. On his way back, however, he falls afoul of a pack of wolves in the forest, but is rescued at the last moment by the town's hunter himself, and brought to his remote lodge to recover. When Gaston's "toady" shows up at Belle's door, bearing the news, it opens an opportunity for him to have a hundredth chance at first impression, but one that this time he intends to take more seriously.
Okay, so this one is a stretch, but the basis for it is in the original film! Gaston quotes Macbeth, he uses the most complex word in the film, and clearly has his stuff together. For all of his presentation as a swaggering idiot, and there is definitely a lot of that in him, I find this slight revision of the story to have a lot of potential! I've even got plans for both of them to get what they want with some really out-there elements that fit within the course of the story and setting. If you're down to hear me out on this one, I think I will pleasantly surprise you.
The only thing revenge loves more is someone to commiserate with on that same path. That would prove to be truer than ever as Harley, long-standing kicking post of the Joker, finally has his hold over her broken when he throws her quite literally out of his life. In the midst of an escape from a robbery at Gotham First National Bank by helicopter, Joker decides that she would better serve his plan by distracting the incoming police with a nice "accident" they couldn't ignore. At the moment he cuts her loose, and unbeknownst to the Clown or his harlequin, Red Hood was lining up his shot, ready to get his revenge. Yet, the moment she began to fall, he made a split decision that he immediately regretted in his conscious mind. Maybe it was his years of tutelage under Bruce, or maybe it was the chance to save someone from becoming another Joker victim like himself, but rather than aim to kill, he switched his pistol for a grappling gun and swung into action, saving Harley and letting the clown escape. Sure, he turned her over to the police and she was put away, but Arkham was as easy for Harley to get out of as could be. And when she did get out, she only had two thoughts in her mind; a burning urge for revenge against the man she had given so much of herself to only to have it thrown in her face, and a curiosity burning as to why someone who hated the Joker as much as Red Hood would give up his golden ticket at revenge to save HER of all people.
This one is pretty self-evident I think. It's a natural pairing; two victims finding comfort in one another and companionship in an uneasy alliance forged with their hunt for the Clown Prince of Crime.
Ra's al Ghul had reached the end of his patience. The Lazarus treatments were becoming decreasingly effective and his life was approaching its twilight. Even more frustratingly, his primary candidate for his replacement, The Detective of Gotham, had proved quite resilient to his numerous appeals to bring him to his side. Talia was no better, wholly committed to bringing the Batman over, or allowing her son Damian to take the position. The boy had promise, to be sure, but he was a child. No...Ra's needed a solution, and he needed it now. If he wouldn't get it in his bloodline, then he had to look outside his family for the solution, and there was no better candidate than the mercenary, Slade Wilson.
He couldn't trust Talia to bring him in and help him undertake the trials, she would try to sabotage him at every turn, and while that would certainly have an appeal, Ra's wanted to give the man an honest chance after so many years of striving for the goal. Turning to his other assassins, he would instead bring Jade Nguyen, the killer Cheshire, to serve as guide and witness to the tests ahead of him. For Cheshire, whose relationship with Arsenal had fallen to pieces, she was eager to have something to take up her mind other than the bitterness and regrets.
Looking specifically for the Young Justice incarnation of Cheshire here. No mistake, I do love the 80's hair on Jade, but I think her incarnation in YJ is absolute peak design. Some pretty good opportunities for kinks in this one, especially if age gaps are your bag.
He couldn't trust Talia to bring him in and help him undertake the trials, she would try to sabotage him at every turn, and while that would certainly have an appeal, Ra's wanted to give the man an honest chance after so many years of striving for the goal. Turning to his other assassins, he would instead bring Jade Nguyen, the killer Cheshire, to serve as guide and witness to the tests ahead of him. For Cheshire, whose relationship with Arsenal had fallen to pieces, she was eager to have something to take up her mind other than the bitterness and regrets.
Looking specifically for the Young Justice incarnation of Cheshire here. No mistake, I do love the 80's hair on Jade, but I think her incarnation in YJ is absolute peak design. Some pretty good opportunities for kinks in this one, especially if age gaps are your bag.
The longstanding enemy of Demacia, Noxus was growing in power and influence despite some hiccups along the way. The "leader" of the Trifarix, if such a thing could be said to exist, Jericho Swain was a key driver of this success. His defeat in Ionia had not been total, and he had advanced the nation's power greatly. He had done so enough that the rigid Demacia saw fit to begin raiding at his borders, a behavior quite uncommon for them. In one of these battles, however, he came upon a most curious opportunity. The daughter of the Crownguard family, Lux, had exposed her magical talents to avoid defeat, and in doing so had lost the support of her soldiers. She had been taken captive and brought to Noxus. Swain saw two paths forward. The first, the obvious path, was to ransom her and use her as a political bargaining chip to further his own interests. Even as a mage, her highborn status would have earned significant concessions and coin. Certainly appealing! However, the second path was one that would take a more...involved role for the canny Grand-General. He would approach her, not as captor and antagonist, but as a fellow mage, and a sympathetic ear. He would offer to teach her what he knew of magic, enough to gain her trust and forge with her a friendship founded in acceptance. Swain had no fear or disgust of her magic, but rather appreciation for it, admiration even! She commanded it so flawlessly despite hiding it for so long. He could scarcely imagine what she could do with proper guidance and training. He would take Demacia's outcast daughter and reforge her in Noxian steel and keep her close as his right-hand, and perhaps in so doing find a way to cheat the very bargain that gave him much of his power.
Rather than put her with Sylas, who has his own angle with her admittedly, I think putting her with an elder and more experienced mage has a lot of potential for development for both of them. Swain is the consumate evil mastermind archetype, a chessmaster, who sees people as pieces on the board, and Lux is very much the opposite of that. However, they share a passion for magic, and through it could change one another. Of course, the corruptive angle could be played up, turning Lux into a bitter enemy of her former homeland and using her as the spearhead of his attack on the city that repressed her for so long. Lots of angles here!
Rather than put her with Sylas, who has his own angle with her admittedly, I think putting her with an elder and more experienced mage has a lot of potential for development for both of them. Swain is the consumate evil mastermind archetype, a chessmaster, who sees people as pieces on the board, and Lux is very much the opposite of that. However, they share a passion for magic, and through it could change one another. Of course, the corruptive angle could be played up, turning Lux into a bitter enemy of her former homeland and using her as the spearhead of his attack on the city that repressed her for so long. Lots of angles here!
Thanks for reading! I hope something catches your eye, and if you have any other interests in the same settings, feel free to let me know, though I obviously will have a preference for the pairings laid out above. If you have any changes, feel free to tell me, I'm very easy to work with and want to make a story that fits us both rather than just fulfills my (somewhat niche) interests.
-Duke
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