Space Swap Letter 2020
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thisbluespiritDear Spacer,
Thank you for making something for me! This is my first time doing this exchange and I'm excited to be here. I've never yet managed to write a really concise letter, so tl;dr: I love all kinds of things, I love these fandoms/characters/pairings, and as long as you don't write my few hard DNWs, I I'm bound to love whatever you come up with. Prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't, and I hope you have fun.
That said, here is the long version...
General
Likes: hurt/comfort, rescuing each other, fantasy, history, mysteries, ghosts, casefic, time loops, crossovers, banter, humour, missing scenes, tropes, trope subversion, sensible people dealing with ridiculous tropes, trapped together, fake marriages/marriage of conveniences, forced to work together, (five) times, epistolary, apocalypse, spies/disguises, winning through hard times to happy endings, comedy of manners/cultural differences. In shipping, I prefer implied sex or lead-ins/sensuality to it over explicit/graphic scenes - emotions, touch/sensation, first times, undressing, kissing, love conveyed by acts not words, balancing each other out.
For space themes in particular, I love alien worlds & cultures, lost colonies, lost space ships, deserted bases and space stations, mysterious beings and things out there in the universe, sentient AI and ships, all the enabling tropes - wormholes, anomalies, anomalies involving time travel, swirly things in space etc. etc.
DNWs: over-eating/greed, character bashing, genderswap, age regression, pregnancy (save where canonical), incest, rape, porn without plot, kidfic, issuefic, body horror/unexpected physical transformations, identity headcanons, a/b/o + manips (vidding)
Vidding: I prefer minimal/no audio quotes in a straight music vid (obviously if it's a trailer or specific AU or something, that's different). Whatever music you choose is great. As in my DNWs above - just no manips or obvious other-source material of the actors dropped into the middle something otherwise all canon. I just get all Uncanny Valley really easy! (Again, if you're using found footage for a trailer/AU or something, that's not a problem.)
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1. Blake's 7
Relationship: Dayna Mellanby/Del Tarrant, Relationship: Kerr Avon/Servalan, Relationship: Vila Restal & Servalan
I'm always fascinated by B7 and its characters and love them all a lot, including everyone I haven't requested, but these are a few of my favourite relationships to play with, all of which are comparatively rare!
I love Dayna/Tarrant, their combined youth & explosiveness and the way they seem to understand each other without words. Missing scenes, more tropes (I mean, they have canonical aliens made them do it!), fixit for the way S4 went for them, post PGP...
Avon/Servalan are just the best worst foe!yay out there, so anything with them playing each other or everyone else, kissing or killing each other, dark, humorous, games across the galaxy, descending into madness, general Servalan clothes pr0n. *waves hands*
Vila & Servalan - so that five minutes in Moloch where they get forced to work together is one of my favourite bites of the entire series and I could definitely live with a whole fic of them interacting. The way Servalan can barely even comprehend Vila! His permanent alarm! It's great. If it goes shippy at all, that's also fine, it's Servalan, she seduces people before breakfast and after if she feels it might get the job done. (Sorry, Vila.)
Worldbuilding: auron & ancient gods, Worldbuilding: long lost colonies (Blake's 7)
I would be very happy for these to work as prompts with any of the characters/pairings as well as potentially on their own. I am fascinated by the fact that on the surface, the B7 universe is a grim dystopia ruled by a very mundane Federation, but under that we have these strange ancient powers, the telepathy of the Auron (who may just be one of the very first Earth colonies who met a 'god'? "Everyone comes from Earth..."), and realities beyond this one, as well as weird sentient planets. If you want to give me an adventure with any of the characters/pairings, I'd love it. If you want to go full on worldbuilding, legend writing or exploring any of that in any way, I'd also love that.
Lost colonies can tie in with this, but I also love this kind of thing where some colonies are so old they've gone weird/telepathic (see above) or just been lost/started up their own culture, or just old ruins of things. I love that the B7 universe contains this kind of thing. So I am very much up for Our Heroes teleporting down to these kind of places, whether abandoned or not, or again, maybe even some history/legends about them.
Vidding: I have never seen a Dayna/Tarrant vid, which is just wrong. They should have one with kisses aliens made them do and stuff blowing up. (Happy or tragic is fine, it's B7. Break my heart or mend it as you wish). Avon/Servalan are always the best foe!yay ship and so so messed up, so again, whatever you want to do with them. Vila and Servalan are obviously not possible to vid (unless you can), but for vids, I would adore something for either of them separately.
I have no real ideas for the worldbuilding one, but if you want to do something creative with it - either a vid focusing on that weirder, more mystical side of the B7 universe (and don't feel obliged to keep with the character/relationship tags for that, these are all either/or tags, & obviously if you do this, feel free to use any and all characters as needed - I genuinely like everyone anyway & I think it'd be hard to do this one without including Cally at the least.) Ditto on lost colonies and history.
Whatever is practicable for you will be great. I would generally just be completely delighted to have a new B7 vid as a gift.
2. Sapphire & Steel
Character: Original Element (S&S), Character: Silver (S&S), Relationship: Gold & Silver (S&S) Relationship: Sapphire & Silver & Steel Relationship: Sapphire/Silver Relationship: Sapphire/Silver/Steel, Relationship: Silver/Steel
Silver is my favourite, so more of him will always make me happy. I ship the OT3 (in whatever way that is a thing for three weird non-human beings) and I like to think A6 is canonical confirmation that together they are the perfect Elemental team (the Transients set out to destroy all three of them for being such an effective trio - technicians seem to get sent out to assist where needed, so Silver doesn't have his own 'partner'). But basically that just means if you write the three of them as canon, I'll be happy and reading it through my shippy elemental goggles. I'm into any corner of the OT3, so Silver/Sapphire and Silver/Steel as well as the OT3. (I haven't requested Sapphire/Steel here but I do know they are the two who are the two). Silver/anyone else is fine, too, as he is a canonically incorrigible flirt. Just not in a way that makes the OT3 impossible (or that makes me sad.) PLus, Silver rescuing the other two post A6 is also good, and definitely has a space theme.
With Gold & Silver, I tend to regard the audios as very much optional extras, but I am fascinated by Gold & Silver in Zero - the fact that Silver is canonically better than Gold (!) and anything you want to play with them (working together, rivalry, the tragedy of betrayal - because they all always matter to each other - and also did Gold betray/destroy Copper, whom we know Silver has a connection with? Can Silver still save Copper?) But as I say below, I love seeing people's original Elements, so Silver & your original Gold would delight me just as much if that's more to your taste.
For Original elements - given the nature of the exchange, I was thinking first of Transuranic assignments in space, but I love OC Elements, so it doesn't need to be a Transuranic! (I'm not wedded to dangerously radioactive elements.)
(I think I'm always so keen to see any new elements because we, in effect, DO know stuff about them - they're so closely related to/essentially are the alloy/mineral/element they are named for and also each of our known elements interacts in a different way with each new element, even in off-hand references, revealing new facets of our established characters, again based on chemistry.) They're all just so fascinating and mysterious, so I'm greedy for more of them and their interactions, wariness, affection, and gossip. To some extents I ship all elements/all elements, basically. So, any element you choose, with Silver (& Sapphire & Steel) or alone, or with a Transuranic doing whatever they do where there isn't life, or when humans get into space and create new problems on other planets, or crossovers with other space fandoms, ghost space ships etc. etc. Or trouble with the space travel & tech we already have - rescuing rovers and probes, dealing with satellites, space debris, broadcasts going on out into space, shuttles etc. (& Steel being all, ISN'T ONE PLANET ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RUIN???).
Worldbuilding: origin of elements & relation to the universe, Worldbuilding: Transuranic assignments
I don't want the mystery of elements ever truly answered, but I do love stories that go some way into touching on their mysterious natures, possible origins and ends, and relationship to the universe itself, so if you want to play with that I'll be delighted. For Transuranic assignments, see above re. OC Elements - I think I've already said enough!
Vidding: Silver is my favourite, so a Silver vid would be adored. I also, as you can tell, love Elements and ship the OT3, so any vid of the three of them will make my heart happy. I also just love Elements generally, so if you want to make it about Elements, with the four we see, or even original ones, then I will love that too.
I've also never seen a fan trailer for the show and that could be really cool, if it appealed. Plus if you wanted to play with the worldbuilding tags in anyway - fancasting other elements with a mini 'assignment' trailer or suggesting how they are formed. (I have an original elements series on tumblr with my own thoughts if that's of any help).
But basically, I love S&S, I love its weirdness and mystery and all the Elements and meta about it, so anything that fits within SpaceSwap's parameters is something I will love.
3. Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Relationship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Padme Amidala, Relationship: Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker
Obi-Wan/Padme is my SW happy place and I cannot get enough of fic for them together. Whatever AU you please that allows it to happen (in canon they're both so lawful-good, it's hard to imagine them ever cheating) or Padme Lives post-canon AUs (angsty or happy as you please), Obi-Wan and Padme get together instead AUs, or for whatever reason, Padme realises her relationship with Anakin is a terrible mistake and angsty AUs ensue.
Qui-Gon/Shmi is maybe more random, but I've always liked the idea (since 1999!), and, actually, it's not really that random after all - he and Shmi seem to have a shared attitude to Force mysticism that no one else does and strike up an immediate understanding, and it'd be really cool to see any more exploration of that, or an AU where more things are possible, or she's the one person who can actually see his Force ghost. (I mean, the Force really likes her, after all. Or Palpatine does, whichever.) But Shmi gets the worst of the trilogy pretty much, so anything where she gets something better is lovely, and I find Qui-Gon really interesting too, so I'd love to see more of them.
In general (incidentally if it works for story background), I love all the signs we get that this really is an ancient civilisation built up of thousands of other ancient civilisations, whether it's casual background detail or explored as a feature, but I really enjoy the prequel era worldbuilding, so whatever you do will be loved.
4. Crossover Fandom
I usually prefer straight crossovers, whether crack-played-straight or just straight, or whatever makes the meeting work, but with the B7/SW tags I am also totally up for a fusion for once.
Relationship: Kathryn Janeway (ST: VOY)/Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star wars)
One time I wrote a crossover with Janeway and Obi-Wan and it was such fun and I have not been able to stop thinking about it as a ship ever since , but I kind of shot my bolt on that one already, (and it was a gen bolt). Dear author, I presume you have not. Have fun. (The Wookieepedia entry for coffee is a blast, okay.)
So, then I have a bunch of B7/SW Prequel ships. I nommed each one with equal interest and I am cool with straight crossovers (after all, when is the 3rd calendar in our galaxy and when is long long ago in the GFFA anyway? And they are both confined to a galaxy each with a lot of weirdness inherent in their respective universes, and there is always the possibility of Orac being to blame for whatever weirdness makes this happen). Plus I actually think, for once, that fusions (either way) could be really good with these. (I was thinking more B7 fusioned into SW and my prompts reflect that but the other way round would also be interesting - if cruel to the SW people!)
I'm just curious to see what someone might do with these, really. I've come up with a few prompts I like the idea of below, but honestly, what you make of them is what I'm really after:
Relationship: Cally (Blake's 7) & Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars)
In straight crossovers, Cally is an isolated telepath, the last of her race, doomed to isolation and silence of the mind on her ship. Qui-Gon is the first Force ghost having trouble manifesting to someone, so there's definitely room for a connection. In fusion-ideas, Cally is sort of a unwilling mystic (Jedi? something else?) who gets possessed a lot? I think Qui-Gon would take an interest.
Relationship: Kerr Avon (Blake's 7) & Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
I'M EVIL. (Sorry.) Also imagine the possibilities for Master and apprentice stuff here, if a fusion. I'm not sure whether it would save the galaxy or be the worst idea ever. But OTOH I'm not sure it could end worse than their canon relationships, so... Or would Avon be some dodgy super tech company owner? A jedi who likes to research the enemy too much? A terrible Sith Lord who's not as good at being evil as he thinks he is?
If it's a straight crossover, I'm even less sure what would happen, or if they'd just kill each other, but it would be interesting on both a snark and an angst level.
Relationship: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) & Dayna Mellanby (Blake's 7)
Whatever, stuff gets blown up a lot and Obi-Wan is put upon as usual. It will be great. Crossover - post-canon for both, with Dayna winding up far away while on the run? Or fusion: I mean, if Avon got Anakin, Obi-Wan could have an apprentice whose chief mode is being very happy while Blowing Stuff Up, or possibly they're both young apprentices together. Stuff will get blown up and bad guys will be unhappy, either way.
(Could go shippy, but dependent on ages when they meet - Dayna's really too young & damaged in canon age if she met older Obi-Wan. Otherwise, that's up to you.)
Relationship: Orac (Blake's 7) & Yoda (Star Wars)
If Yoda wants to hit Orac with a stick, he's welcome. I have NO IDEA. But I thought it was a beautiful tag with a lot of interesting possibilities and I would be fascinated to see what you do with it. (I was going to say not shippy, but if you can pull off Orac/Yoda, that's amazing and you should do it.)
Relationship: Padme Amidala (Star Wars) & Roj Blake (Blake's 7)
Fusion especially, I wondered what diplomat Padme might make of a determined Separatist idealistic 'terrorist'. (Not shippy. Or at least, not at canon ages. Both young political idealists somewhere? I suppose it's not out of the question.)
Relationship: Sheev Palpatine (Star Wars) & Servalan (Blake's 7)
Crossover - I don't know, but either they'd kill each other or make a terrible insincere backstabbing alliance and both galaxies should be even more terrified than usual. Fusion: the GFFA is saved because Palpatine's plots are spoiled by the unexpected arrival of a Senator who is equally ambitious and ruthless (and also incidentally even more fabulously dressed than Padme Amidala). As to shippiness, you probably won't be able to stop some insincere flirting probably also with bonus attempted murder, for which I apologise in advance.
Relationship: Soolin (Blake's 7) & Mace Windu (Star Wars)
Powerful Jedi teaming up with bounty hunter/gun for hire who's cool as ice with a tragic backstory, yes please. (Straight crossover or fusion). Ship it? Absolutely if you felt inclined. They would be very awesome, that's all I'm saying. Other people would probably not live to regret it.
Relationship: Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)/Silver (S&S)
Take one flirty inhuman part of the universe and one sceptical forthright 1970s UNIT scientific adviser and get an unexpectedly excellent ship. It's a thing. Together, they have weird adventures and strange telepathic not-sex and indulge each other's curiosity. I am always up for more of them together, however you want to play it. (Shippiness meaning very different things to elements in any case.)
Worldbuilding: Transient Beings (S&S) and Shadows (Babylon 5)
Okay, this is an odd one (and whether or not JMS was directly influenced by S&S as well as B7, I don't know), but the Transient Beings and the Shadows have a lot of overlap, especially the scene in which Delenn first sees one, which is visually so similar to Sapphire first seeing a Transient Being in Assignment 6 that I jumped on first viewing & have thought about it ever since. I'm not quite sure what I'm after here (sorry) because S&S is all mystery, whereas the Shadows are to some degree explicable, but perhaps there is a connection? Are they somehow the same/similar? Is the B5 universe the S&S universe? Is being offered to join the Transients the equivalent of humans being asked What Do You Want? Or whatever your take is. As long as some element of mystery and other always remains on the S&S side. Like most of this crossover section, I'd just be really fascinated to see what someone else makes of this possible connection. And both universes have a lot of capacity for weirdness and mystery and strange beings, so have at it. (Feel free to bring in any canon characters or as not as applicable - I like everyone in both fandoms.
Whatever you make for me, I hope you have fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the end result!
Thank you for making something for me! This is my first time doing this exchange and I'm excited to be here. I've never yet managed to write a really concise letter, so tl;dr: I love all kinds of things, I love these fandoms/characters/pairings, and as long as you don't write my few hard DNWs, I I'm bound to love whatever you come up with. Prompts are intended purely for inspiration, not to restrict your choices. Take what's useful and leave what isn't, and I hope you have fun.
That said, here is the long version...
General
Likes: hurt/comfort, rescuing each other, fantasy, history, mysteries, ghosts, casefic, time loops, crossovers, banter, humour, missing scenes, tropes, trope subversion, sensible people dealing with ridiculous tropes, trapped together, fake marriages/marriage of conveniences, forced to work together, (five) times, epistolary, apocalypse, spies/disguises, winning through hard times to happy endings, comedy of manners/cultural differences. In shipping, I prefer implied sex or lead-ins/sensuality to it over explicit/graphic scenes - emotions, touch/sensation, first times, undressing, kissing, love conveyed by acts not words, balancing each other out.
For space themes in particular, I love alien worlds & cultures, lost colonies, lost space ships, deserted bases and space stations, mysterious beings and things out there in the universe, sentient AI and ships, all the enabling tropes - wormholes, anomalies, anomalies involving time travel, swirly things in space etc. etc.
DNWs: over-eating/greed, character bashing, genderswap, age regression, pregnancy (save where canonical), incest, rape, porn without plot, kidfic, issuefic, body horror/unexpected physical transformations, identity headcanons, a/b/o + manips (vidding)
Vidding: I prefer minimal/no audio quotes in a straight music vid (obviously if it's a trailer or specific AU or something, that's different). Whatever music you choose is great. As in my DNWs above - just no manips or obvious other-source material of the actors dropped into the middle something otherwise all canon. I just get all Uncanny Valley really easy! (Again, if you're using found footage for a trailer/AU or something, that's not a problem.)
I'm also
1. Blake's 7
Relationship: Dayna Mellanby/Del Tarrant, Relationship: Kerr Avon/Servalan, Relationship: Vila Restal & Servalan
I'm always fascinated by B7 and its characters and love them all a lot, including everyone I haven't requested, but these are a few of my favourite relationships to play with, all of which are comparatively rare!
I love Dayna/Tarrant, their combined youth & explosiveness and the way they seem to understand each other without words. Missing scenes, more tropes (I mean, they have canonical aliens made them do it!), fixit for the way S4 went for them, post PGP...
Avon/Servalan are just the best worst foe!yay out there, so anything with them playing each other or everyone else, kissing or killing each other, dark, humorous, games across the galaxy, descending into madness, general Servalan clothes pr0n. *waves hands*
Vila & Servalan - so that five minutes in Moloch where they get forced to work together is one of my favourite bites of the entire series and I could definitely live with a whole fic of them interacting. The way Servalan can barely even comprehend Vila! His permanent alarm! It's great. If it goes shippy at all, that's also fine, it's Servalan, she seduces people before breakfast and after if she feels it might get the job done. (Sorry, Vila.)
Worldbuilding: auron & ancient gods, Worldbuilding: long lost colonies (Blake's 7)
I would be very happy for these to work as prompts with any of the characters/pairings as well as potentially on their own. I am fascinated by the fact that on the surface, the B7 universe is a grim dystopia ruled by a very mundane Federation, but under that we have these strange ancient powers, the telepathy of the Auron (who may just be one of the very first Earth colonies who met a 'god'? "Everyone comes from Earth..."), and realities beyond this one, as well as weird sentient planets. If you want to give me an adventure with any of the characters/pairings, I'd love it. If you want to go full on worldbuilding, legend writing or exploring any of that in any way, I'd also love that.
Lost colonies can tie in with this, but I also love this kind of thing where some colonies are so old they've gone weird/telepathic (see above) or just been lost/started up their own culture, or just old ruins of things. I love that the B7 universe contains this kind of thing. So I am very much up for Our Heroes teleporting down to these kind of places, whether abandoned or not, or again, maybe even some history/legends about them.
Vidding: I have never seen a Dayna/Tarrant vid, which is just wrong. They should have one with kisses aliens made them do and stuff blowing up. (Happy or tragic is fine, it's B7. Break my heart or mend it as you wish). Avon/Servalan are always the best foe!yay ship and so so messed up, so again, whatever you want to do with them. Vila and Servalan are obviously not possible to vid (unless you can), but for vids, I would adore something for either of them separately.
I have no real ideas for the worldbuilding one, but if you want to do something creative with it - either a vid focusing on that weirder, more mystical side of the B7 universe (and don't feel obliged to keep with the character/relationship tags for that, these are all either/or tags, & obviously if you do this, feel free to use any and all characters as needed - I genuinely like everyone anyway & I think it'd be hard to do this one without including Cally at the least.) Ditto on lost colonies and history.
Whatever is practicable for you will be great. I would generally just be completely delighted to have a new B7 vid as a gift.
2. Sapphire & Steel
Character: Original Element (S&S), Character: Silver (S&S), Relationship: Gold & Silver (S&S) Relationship: Sapphire & Silver & Steel Relationship: Sapphire/Silver Relationship: Sapphire/Silver/Steel, Relationship: Silver/Steel
Silver is my favourite, so more of him will always make me happy. I ship the OT3 (in whatever way that is a thing for three weird non-human beings) and I like to think A6 is canonical confirmation that together they are the perfect Elemental team (the Transients set out to destroy all three of them for being such an effective trio - technicians seem to get sent out to assist where needed, so Silver doesn't have his own 'partner'). But basically that just means if you write the three of them as canon, I'll be happy and reading it through my shippy elemental goggles. I'm into any corner of the OT3, so Silver/Sapphire and Silver/Steel as well as the OT3. (I haven't requested Sapphire/Steel here but I do know they are the two who are the two). Silver/anyone else is fine, too, as he is a canonically incorrigible flirt. Just not in a way that makes the OT3 impossible (or that makes me sad.) PLus, Silver rescuing the other two post A6 is also good, and definitely has a space theme.
With Gold & Silver, I tend to regard the audios as very much optional extras, but I am fascinated by Gold & Silver in Zero - the fact that Silver is canonically better than Gold (!) and anything you want to play with them (working together, rivalry, the tragedy of betrayal - because they all always matter to each other - and also did Gold betray/destroy Copper, whom we know Silver has a connection with? Can Silver still save Copper?) But as I say below, I love seeing people's original Elements, so Silver & your original Gold would delight me just as much if that's more to your taste.
For Original elements - given the nature of the exchange, I was thinking first of Transuranic assignments in space, but I love OC Elements, so it doesn't need to be a Transuranic! (I'm not wedded to dangerously radioactive elements.)
(I think I'm always so keen to see any new elements because we, in effect, DO know stuff about them - they're so closely related to/essentially are the alloy/mineral/element they are named for and also each of our known elements interacts in a different way with each new element, even in off-hand references, revealing new facets of our established characters, again based on chemistry.) They're all just so fascinating and mysterious, so I'm greedy for more of them and their interactions, wariness, affection, and gossip. To some extents I ship all elements/all elements, basically. So, any element you choose, with Silver (& Sapphire & Steel) or alone, or with a Transuranic doing whatever they do where there isn't life, or when humans get into space and create new problems on other planets, or crossovers with other space fandoms, ghost space ships etc. etc. Or trouble with the space travel & tech we already have - rescuing rovers and probes, dealing with satellites, space debris, broadcasts going on out into space, shuttles etc. (& Steel being all, ISN'T ONE PLANET ENOUGH FOR THEM TO RUIN???).
Worldbuilding: origin of elements & relation to the universe, Worldbuilding: Transuranic assignments
I don't want the mystery of elements ever truly answered, but I do love stories that go some way into touching on their mysterious natures, possible origins and ends, and relationship to the universe itself, so if you want to play with that I'll be delighted. For Transuranic assignments, see above re. OC Elements - I think I've already said enough!
Vidding: Silver is my favourite, so a Silver vid would be adored. I also, as you can tell, love Elements and ship the OT3, so any vid of the three of them will make my heart happy. I also just love Elements generally, so if you want to make it about Elements, with the four we see, or even original ones, then I will love that too.
I've also never seen a fan trailer for the show and that could be really cool, if it appealed. Plus if you wanted to play with the worldbuilding tags in anyway - fancasting other elements with a mini 'assignment' trailer or suggesting how they are formed. (I have an original elements series on tumblr with my own thoughts if that's of any help).
But basically, I love S&S, I love its weirdness and mystery and all the Elements and meta about it, so anything that fits within SpaceSwap's parameters is something I will love.
3. Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Relationship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Padme Amidala, Relationship: Qui-Gon Jinn/Shmi Skywalker
Obi-Wan/Padme is my SW happy place and I cannot get enough of fic for them together. Whatever AU you please that allows it to happen (in canon they're both so lawful-good, it's hard to imagine them ever cheating) or Padme Lives post-canon AUs (angsty or happy as you please), Obi-Wan and Padme get together instead AUs, or for whatever reason, Padme realises her relationship with Anakin is a terrible mistake and angsty AUs ensue.
Qui-Gon/Shmi is maybe more random, but I've always liked the idea (since 1999!), and, actually, it's not really that random after all - he and Shmi seem to have a shared attitude to Force mysticism that no one else does and strike up an immediate understanding, and it'd be really cool to see any more exploration of that, or an AU where more things are possible, or she's the one person who can actually see his Force ghost. (I mean, the Force really likes her, after all. Or Palpatine does, whichever.) But Shmi gets the worst of the trilogy pretty much, so anything where she gets something better is lovely, and I find Qui-Gon really interesting too, so I'd love to see more of them.
In general (incidentally if it works for story background), I love all the signs we get that this really is an ancient civilisation built up of thousands of other ancient civilisations, whether it's casual background detail or explored as a feature, but I really enjoy the prequel era worldbuilding, so whatever you do will be loved.
4. Crossover Fandom
I usually prefer straight crossovers, whether crack-played-straight or just straight, or whatever makes the meeting work, but with the B7/SW tags I am also totally up for a fusion for once.
Relationship: Kathryn Janeway (ST: VOY)/Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star wars)
One time I wrote a crossover with Janeway and Obi-Wan and it was such fun and I have not been able to stop thinking about it as a ship ever since , but I kind of shot my bolt on that one already, (and it was a gen bolt). Dear author, I presume you have not. Have fun. (The Wookieepedia entry for coffee is a blast, okay.)
So, then I have a bunch of B7/SW Prequel ships. I nommed each one with equal interest and I am cool with straight crossovers (after all, when is the 3rd calendar in our galaxy and when is long long ago in the GFFA anyway? And they are both confined to a galaxy each with a lot of weirdness inherent in their respective universes, and there is always the possibility of Orac being to blame for whatever weirdness makes this happen). Plus I actually think, for once, that fusions (either way) could be really good with these. (I was thinking more B7 fusioned into SW and my prompts reflect that but the other way round would also be interesting - if cruel to the SW people!)
I'm just curious to see what someone might do with these, really. I've come up with a few prompts I like the idea of below, but honestly, what you make of them is what I'm really after:
Relationship: Cally (Blake's 7) & Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars)
In straight crossovers, Cally is an isolated telepath, the last of her race, doomed to isolation and silence of the mind on her ship. Qui-Gon is the first Force ghost having trouble manifesting to someone, so there's definitely room for a connection. In fusion-ideas, Cally is sort of a unwilling mystic (Jedi? something else?) who gets possessed a lot? I think Qui-Gon would take an interest.
Relationship: Kerr Avon (Blake's 7) & Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
I'M EVIL. (Sorry.) Also imagine the possibilities for Master and apprentice stuff here, if a fusion. I'm not sure whether it would save the galaxy or be the worst idea ever. But OTOH I'm not sure it could end worse than their canon relationships, so... Or would Avon be some dodgy super tech company owner? A jedi who likes to research the enemy too much? A terrible Sith Lord who's not as good at being evil as he thinks he is?
If it's a straight crossover, I'm even less sure what would happen, or if they'd just kill each other, but it would be interesting on both a snark and an angst level.
Relationship: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars) & Dayna Mellanby (Blake's 7)
Whatever, stuff gets blown up a lot and Obi-Wan is put upon as usual. It will be great. Crossover - post-canon for both, with Dayna winding up far away while on the run? Or fusion: I mean, if Avon got Anakin, Obi-Wan could have an apprentice whose chief mode is being very happy while Blowing Stuff Up, or possibly they're both young apprentices together. Stuff will get blown up and bad guys will be unhappy, either way.
(Could go shippy, but dependent on ages when they meet - Dayna's really too young & damaged in canon age if she met older Obi-Wan. Otherwise, that's up to you.)
Relationship: Orac (Blake's 7) & Yoda (Star Wars)
If Yoda wants to hit Orac with a stick, he's welcome. I have NO IDEA. But I thought it was a beautiful tag with a lot of interesting possibilities and I would be fascinated to see what you do with it. (I was going to say not shippy, but if you can pull off Orac/Yoda, that's amazing and you should do it.)
Relationship: Padme Amidala (Star Wars) & Roj Blake (Blake's 7)
Fusion especially, I wondered what diplomat Padme might make of a determined Separatist idealistic 'terrorist'. (Not shippy. Or at least, not at canon ages. Both young political idealists somewhere? I suppose it's not out of the question.)
Relationship: Sheev Palpatine (Star Wars) & Servalan (Blake's 7)
Crossover - I don't know, but either they'd kill each other or make a terrible insincere backstabbing alliance and both galaxies should be even more terrified than usual. Fusion: the GFFA is saved because Palpatine's plots are spoiled by the unexpected arrival of a Senator who is equally ambitious and ruthless (and also incidentally even more fabulously dressed than Padme Amidala). As to shippiness, you probably won't be able to stop some insincere flirting probably also with bonus attempted murder, for which I apologise in advance.
Relationship: Soolin (Blake's 7) & Mace Windu (Star Wars)
Powerful Jedi teaming up with bounty hunter/gun for hire who's cool as ice with a tragic backstory, yes please. (Straight crossover or fusion). Ship it? Absolutely if you felt inclined. They would be very awesome, that's all I'm saying. Other people would probably not live to regret it.
Relationship: Liz Shaw (Doctor Who)/Silver (S&S)
Take one flirty inhuman part of the universe and one sceptical forthright 1970s UNIT scientific adviser and get an unexpectedly excellent ship. It's a thing. Together, they have weird adventures and strange telepathic not-sex and indulge each other's curiosity. I am always up for more of them together, however you want to play it. (Shippiness meaning very different things to elements in any case.)
Worldbuilding: Transient Beings (S&S) and Shadows (Babylon 5)
Okay, this is an odd one (and whether or not JMS was directly influenced by S&S as well as B7, I don't know), but the Transient Beings and the Shadows have a lot of overlap, especially the scene in which Delenn first sees one, which is visually so similar to Sapphire first seeing a Transient Being in Assignment 6 that I jumped on first viewing & have thought about it ever since. I'm not quite sure what I'm after here (sorry) because S&S is all mystery, whereas the Shadows are to some degree explicable, but perhaps there is a connection? Are they somehow the same/similar? Is the B5 universe the S&S universe? Is being offered to join the Transients the equivalent of humans being asked What Do You Want? Or whatever your take is. As long as some element of mystery and other always remains on the S&S side. Like most of this crossover section, I'd just be really fascinated to see what someone else makes of this possible connection. And both universes have a lot of capacity for weirdness and mystery and strange beings, so have at it. (Feel free to bring in any canon characters or as not as applicable - I like everyone in both fandoms.
Whatever you make for me, I hope you have fun. I'm looking forward to seeing the end result!