lurking_latinist | Just Married 2023

Dear Author,

Thank you so much for signing up to write/draw something for our shared fandom. I hope you will find some information here that's useful to you: I have listed the freeforms I requested and added some notes on where I think they might go, where that occurred to me. I truly do see prompts as a springboard rather than a checklist, so I hope that (after DNWs) you pay exactly as much attention to my prompts as is necessary for *you* to create a story that you love! I can't wait to see what you come up with.

I have the setting to receive gifts on, and I welcome treats in any format should anyone feel inspired!

DNW: sexual content, rating over T for any reason, focus on unrequested ships.

General fic likes: hurt/comfort, travel & visiting interesting (including imaginary) places, the Doctor (or the Doctor/Romana) trying human things, the Doctor being willing to go to great lengths for companions, moral dilemmas/conflicting priorities, how one character responds when they think the other is dead, 'everything is happy and nothing hurts', 'everything hurts a little bit but still we've got each other,' stories with historical settings, as well as really alien aliens.

I also, for requests where this is relevant, like stories where platonic pairings go through typical shipping tropes (mistaken for a couple, accidental marriage, only one bed, etc.) and navigate those situations in their own unique ways, ultimately reaffirming how much they value their relationship the way it is (i.e. not ending up as a romantic or sexual pairing).

General art likes: portraits with symbolism, characters doing things (anything from an action scene to playing a board game!), awesome clothes, alien landscapes and culture, historical fashion, headcanons about the appearance of audio-only characters (I love when they’re drawn looking like their actors and I love when they’re drawn completely different), abstraction, unconventional materials (don’t feel obligated to include these last two, but don’t be afraid to!)

The length of the prompt doesn’t reflect how much I want the ship; if anything, it reflects how often I’ve requested it before! My prompts tend to accrete.

Sixth Doctor/River Song (The Diary of River Song)

Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Complete Stranger
Aliens - Think They're Married
Elopement - Eloping While on the Run from the Law
Established Marriage - Amnesia Results in Forgotten Marriage
Established Marriage - Both Broken But They're Together So It's Okay
Fake Marriage - Amnesia Victim Does Not Remember That It's Fake
Fake Marriage - Mistaken For Married While Undercover
Honeymoon - Hijinks & Shenanigans
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
        It would also be cool if this was the other way around - the Doctor needs River's protection in a (maybe somewhat xenophobic?) human colony/empire/something.
Proposal - Joke proposal becomes mutual running joke until whoops - we mean it
Time Travel - Meets Younger Version of Spouse
        I mean, this is their whole thing.
Time Travel - Puzzling Out the Legalities of Time Travel Marriage

Eighth Doctor/Charley Pollard (DW BFA)

Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Best Friend
Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
          This can be on Gallifrey or Earth or anywhere else - maybe someplace they're visiting that doesn't accept cross-species marriages?
Accidental Marriage - Due to Misunderstanding the Norms of Another Culture
Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
           "Mishaps," riiiiiight.
Aliens - Think They're Married
Anniversary - Planned Date Cancelled Because A's Ill/Injured; B Comforts and Makes Evening Romantic
          Doesn't have to be the anniversary of a formal marriage; it could be something else, like a year since the day they met, that they treat like a wedding anniversary (maybe a little more so than they quite realize, until....).
Dimension Travel - Meeting Counterparts Who Are Married To Each Other
Established Marriage - Amnesia Results in Forgotten Marriage
Fake Marriage - Amnesia Victim Does Not Remember That It's Fake
          Because it isn't an 8 story without some amnesia.
Fake Marriage - Family and Friends Being Happy for Them Results in Feelings of Guilt
          Lots of places you could take this, but I was picturing maybe they visit or accidentally run into some of Charley's family, and she impulsively lies that she and the Doctor are married because she knows they'll assume it's an illicit relationship otherwise?
Fake Marriage - Mistaken For Married While Undercover
Magic - Truth Spell Results in Accidental Proposal
Magic - Shared Dreamscape Marriage
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
Science Fiction - Truth Serum Results in Accidental Proposal
Time Travel - Visions Of Alternate Timeline Where Impossible Marriage Happens/Works Out

Sixth Doctor & Evelyn Smythe (DW BFA)
It's very important to me that this relationship remains platonic!
Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Best Friend
Aliens - Think They're Married
Fake Marriage - Remains Platonic
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection Does The Opposite Of Protect
Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic
Marriage of Convenience - So You Can't Testify Against Each Other In Court

Sixth Doctor/Charley Pollard (DW BFA)

Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Best Friend
Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
Aliens - Think They're Married
Anniversary - Planned Date Cancelled Because A's Ill/Injured; B Comforts and Makes Evening Romantic
          Doesn't have to be the anniversary of a formal marriage; it could be something else, like a year since the day they met, that they treat like a wedding anniversary (maybe a little more so than they quite realize, until....).
Established Marriage - Amnesia Results in Forgotten Marriage
Established Marriage - Both Broken But They're Together So It's Okay
Fake Marriage - Amnesia Victim Does Not Remember That It's Fake
Fake Marriage - Mistaken For Married While Undercover
Magic - Truth Spell Results in Accidental Proposal
Marriage - Both Spouses Are In Love But Believe The Other Is In The Marriage Out Of Obligation
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection Does The Opposite Of Protect
Proposal - Joke proposal becomes mutual running joke until whoops - we mean it
Science Fiction - Truth Serum Results in Accidental Proposal
Second Marriage - To Amnesiac Spouse Who Has Forgotten the First
Time Travel - Meets Younger Version of Spouse
          I was interpreting this and the previous trope as "she married Eight," but if you are thinking of a different direction to take it, go right ahead!
Time Travel - Puzzling Out the Legalities of Time Travel Marriage
Time Travel - Spouses Separated By Time

Fourth Doctor/Romana II (DW 1963)

Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Best Friend
Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
Adultery - Outsider Tries to Seduce Married Person; Married Person Doesn't Even Consider It
          The mental image of anyone trying to seduce one of these two, and the confused blank stare you'd probably get, cracked me up so much I had to request it.
Celebrity Marriage - Epistolary media coverage/social media reaction/etc.
Celebrity Marriage - In-Universe Rumors About A/B Secret Marriage
           "Renegade President Elopes With Academy Graduate"? I really like thinking about Gallifreyan reactions to Romana's disappearance and later reappearance.
Elopement - Eloping While on the Run from the Law
Established Marriage - Longtime Married Couple Wake Up Convinced They're Still Fake-Married
Marriage of Convenience - So You Can't Testify Against Each Other In Court
Proposal - Joke proposal becomes mutual running joke until whoops - we mean it
Wedding - Murder at the Wedding

Melanie Bush & Sixth Doctor (DW 1963)

Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married to Best Friend
Accidental Marriage - Due to Misunderstanding the Norms of Another Culture
Elopement - Eloping While on the Run from the Law
Fake Marriage - Mistaken For Married While Undercover
Fake Marriage - Remains Platonic
Honeymoon - Hijinks & Shenanigans
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic
Marriage of Convenience - So You Can't Testify Against Each Other In Court
At least half of these are just "seriously messing up the plot of Trial of a Time Lord," aren't they? That would be a fun canon divergence AU!

Peri Brown & Sixth Doctor (DW 1963)
I've requested these as an & ship rather than /, but I do think there's something, if not quite romantic, certainly passionate in their friendship, and I'm OK with stories that include these undertones (without having them end up as an acknowledged sexual/romantic pairing).
Fake Marriage - Mistaken For Married While Undercover
Fake Marriage - Remains Platonic
Marriage of Convenience - Green Card Equivalent for Human on Alien Planet
Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection Does The Opposite Of Protect
Marriage of Convenience - Remains Platonic

Seventh Doctor/Romana II (DW 1963)

Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
Adultery - Outsider Tries to Seduce Married Person; Married Person Doesn't Even Consider It
          The mental image of anyone trying to seduce one of these two, and the confused blank stare you'd probably get, cracked me up so much I had to request it.
Arranged Marriage - Algorithmic-selected Partner but They Lied On The Questionnaire
          I suspect they may have deliberately fiddled their answers to get each other.
Anniversary - Planned Date Cancelled Because A's Ill/Injured; B Comforts and Makes Evening Romantic
Celebrity Marriage - Epistolary media coverage/social media reaction/etc.
Celebrity Marriage - In-Universe Rumors About A/B Secret Marriage
          President Romana dealing with Gallifreyan (or alien) tabloids?
Elopement - Eloping While on the Run from the Law
Established Marriage - Both Broken But They're Together So It's Okay
Established Marriage - Longtime Married Couple Wake Up Convinced They're Still Fake-Married
Honeymoon - Hijinks & Shenanigans
Marriage - Both Spouses Are In Love But Believe The Other Is In The Marriage Out Of Obligation
Marriage of Convenience - So You Can't Testify Against Each Other In Court
Marrying for Love - Politically Inconvenient