December Daily: Characters who need to talk

[resonant]

destina - Top five pairs of characters, cross-fandoms as needed, that need to sit down and have a conversation and share life experiences so that at least one of them can benefit from it.

This was so much fun.

5. Benton Fraser would really benefit from a few long conversations with Guinan in Ten Forward. Possibly he'd need Worf to spar with him for a bit to weaken him enough that he'd say anything that needed saying.

4. Actually I'd also like to see Fraser work with Sam Vimes for a bit. Fraser's stubborn, principled, and out of step with the values of the world around him, but he can distract you from it with a frictionless surface made of pleasantness and pedantry; Vimes is stubborn, principled, and out of step with the values of the world around you, and he'd spit in the eyes of the gods if they weren't too cowardly to take physical form and fight him. It would be fun to watch. (Also it would take Vimes a minute to figure out that he wasn't dealing with someone like Carrot -- that there was sarcasm under all that courtesy.)

3. Can you imagine Rodney McKay let loose with Q from Skyfall? Yeah, we made something blow up somewhere in the galaxy but it will probably be awhile before humanity discovers whatever it was, so we're fine.

2. I wish that instead of falling in with the Mayor, Faith Lehane had apprenticed with Granny Weatherwax.

1. Batman needs to sit John Winchester down and teach him a thing or two about being a father. Maybe he could have a talk with Bob Fraser, too.


Leave me a comment to add a prompt to the calendar. The current list is below the cut.




3 mific - Top five fantasy professions/jobs
4 runpunkrun - Top five things you like to have at/on hand
5 mergatrude - Top five things you have overheard
6 storiesforsorries - Top five due South fanfics
7 norah - Top five things you would tell your 25-year-old self
8 kitewithfish - Top five lines from movies or TV that have just made it into your day to day speech
9 libitina - top five beverages you wouldn't make for yourself
10 lunabee - Top five colors to wear
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12 celli - Top five TV episodes of all time
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14 minoanmiss - Top five poets? top five titles?
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17 dine - Top five ice cream flavors
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19 china_shop - Top five devices/appliances/bluetooth thingies/whatever :-)
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23 fox - Top five Advent carols, maybe
24 fox - Top five Christmas carols
25 break for Christmas
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Comments

[icarus]

Oh, Batman and John Winchester... if only....

Rodney and any of the Qs, actually.

[resonant]

Guess there's a reason why "_____'s A-Plus Parenting" is a common AO3 tag. If we include all the bad dads, Batman will have to set up meetings.

[adafrog]

3. OMG yes!
2. Interesting idea.

[resonant]

I actually loved the canonical relationship between Faith and the Mayor -- he was evil but other than that he was a good father figure, and I enjoyed the way he wasn't seducible and therefore her toolbox for dealing with him was kind of empty.

But, you know. Evil.

Granny's good opinion is hard to get and very much worth having. It could have changed things. (Nanny Ogg would have understood the seduction part.)

[china_shop]

2. I wish that instead of falling in with the Mayor, Faith Lehane had apprenticed with Granny Weatherwax.

Haha, that would've been amazing!

[resonant]

Do we want to see her arrive while Tiffany is still a child and not yet involved? Not sure it would work well if they were the same age -- I kind of feel like one of the things Faith needed was somebody's full attention.

[minoanmiss]

I love these answers!

[resonant]

It was a great question.

[runpunkrun]

(Also it would take Vimes a minute to figure out that he wasn't dealing with someone like Carrot -- that there was sarcasm under all that courtesy.)

Oh wow would I love to read that, the moment when Vimes properly estimates what kind of man Fraser is.

[resonant]

I'd love to see Fraser gaining a full understanding of Carrot too, because I think Fraser plays that role more or less in self-defense, while Carrot is like that through and through -- not sharp, but deep. I think it would drive me mad to try to have a conversation with him, but he's utterly trustworthy.

[runpunkrun]

That would be fascinating! Fraser confronted with the actual embodiment of how people see him.

[minutia_r]

For the 11th, can I have your top five pieces of fandom history?

[resonant]

Interesting topic! Makes me realize how little attention I've been paying all these years ...

[out_there]

(Also it would take Vimes a minute to figure out that he wasn't dealing with someone like Carrot -- that there was sarcasm under all that courtesy.)

Yes, that would take a moment. On the surface, they'd be strikingly similar but Fraser is a lot sharper under those managers.

2. I wish that instead of falling in with the Mayor, Faith Lehane had apprenticed with Granny Weatherwax.

That would be amazing.

[resonant]

I'd love to see more Discworld crossovers. Have you read Ankh-Morpork's Most Wanted"?

[copracat]

Faith Lehane had apprenticed with Granny Weatherwax.

That seems... unsafe.

[resonant]

Well, you make a good point. It's an awful lot of fuck-you (or local equivalent) in one cottage.

[mekare]

AAAAH I enjoyed these a lot!

1. Batman needs to sit John Winchester down and teach him a thing or two about being a father. Maybe he could have a talk with Bob Fraser, too.

200% YES

Also, yes Fraser and Guinan! (another artbunny acquired)...also sparring with Whorf, wow.

[resonant]

Apparently I still feel that Fraser is not getting what he needs, and am now willing to raid other canons to help him get it.

[lunabee34]

Oh my heart #2. I like the way you think.

[resonant]

Until today, I wasn't even aware I still had strong feelings about Faith.

[killabeez]

Can you imagine Rodney McKay let loose with Q from Skyfall?

Yes, yes I can! Thanks to you. ♥

[resonant]

Rodney returns to Atlantis carrying ...

"A pen?" Elizabeth says.

Rodney gives her the most guilty innocent look imaginable. "Among other things."

[kitewithfish]

#1 - LOL, I *wish* these two could meet on a case and be thrown together to see what happens. If left to themselves, John Winchester and Batman's conversation would rapidly devolve into Bruce adopting Sam and Dean. He can't help himself.

[resonant]

He might end up with a brood. Another brood.

[clevermanka]

What a great question with fantastic answers! If I run out of questions before the end of the month I might yoink this one if you don't mind.

[resonant]

Sure! A great idea from destina.

[clevermanka]

Thank you! I'll be sure to give thorough credit.

[pallas_rose]

Fraser and Guinan! sighs happily

[resonant]

Since they're in different canons you can make them any relative age you want, but Whoopi Goldberg is only about five years older than Paul Gross.

[calligrafiti]

Not a prompt, just realizing it’s been too long since I watched Due South.

[resonant]

I'm doing a rewatch with some friends and I realized there are a lot of eps I never even saw the first time I was in the fandom. In those days someone had to mail you a videotape!

[rhi]

Five favorite Christmas treats (cookies to make, mulled cider, Advent calendars, e.g.)

[resonant]

Nice one!

[rhi]

I hope it's fun!

[destina]

Oh my god, I would pay good money to see Fraser and Guinan hanging out. So much good money. These answers are so fun. Thank you!

[resonant]

I would love that. I would do Fraser good and be very entertaining for Guinan.