Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

—<i>What’s the rarest pairing/character you’ve ever written for?</i>

I ask because (with my manuscript completed and before any revisions get handed on) I went to write a fic for the TV show “Somebody Somewhere” and went to see what the fanon take on these two characters was and… there not only is no fic for that pairing, there’s no fic for the whole show. Ooops? Well, it’s only a little ficlet-vignette, I’m just trying to dip my toes in on some low-risk pairings, and there’s nothing lower-risk than a fic no one at all is invested in! For superheroes, one of my favorite stories was a whole story about a throwaway character for the Legion of Substitute Heroes who gets a whole panel in the comic. It was fun! Very much the opposite of writing Superman or Batman, who have so much canon that it collapses under its own weight, you know? I hope you’re enjoying whatever you’re working on right now, whether it’s a rarepair or a very famouspair!

Comments

[bradygirl_12]

Funny you should ask as I've been working on a pairing I don't think anyone's ever written before! ☺️

I would guess Christy/Virgil from McHale's Navy is one. Doubt anybody else writes them.

Also Mel/Johnny from Public Enemies. The fandom was vibrant for a few years after the movie came out in 2009. Now very few people write them. A pity.

[mithen]

Stand-alone movie fandoms are kind of sad because without new canon things shrivel up quite quickly. I totally get the appeal of a sandbox like Marvel or DC that goes on and on and on! But I also treasure the little one-shot corners.

I'm hoping to post my little ficlet soon! Honestly, it just feels nice to write for my own pleasure after a year or two...

[svgurl]

I'm sure that someone out there appreciated you being the first! And I agree it can be fun writing for a character that you don't know much about it. Leaves a lot of room for interpretation and creativity.

I started writing fic in general because the ship I liked (Clark/Oliver in Smallville) was fairly rare, but the rarest ship I've written for is probably Jess/Logan from Gilmore Girls. It was originally written as a request in one of those fic memes back in the day, and it was the only fic for the ship in the AO3 tag for a while.