fandom 5k '26

[qweermonkey]

dear fandom5k creator,

i absolutely adore these fandoms, and i'll definitely go crazy for whatever you make me! treats of any medium are very welcome :3

i expand on my likes and DNWs in my master letter, which also contains details on all fandoms that i've requested from other exchanges — that's there if you're curious, but only the beginning section is important if not! below the cut are prompts for my requests for this exchange! i've also listed some headcanons for each character — these are ideas i like but don't except you to adhere to!

twilight

this series is such a hot mess, but damn do i love it... the characters are where it's at for me (bella is best girl forever!), they're kind of the only thing that make half of it work at all. i will say that i do love the lowkey and small-scale vibes of twilight and the beginning to new moon — you know, before it all starting going downhill. the platonic and familial bonds here are also just lovely. i would rather see explorations of any relationship outside of the main plot of twilight, or at least not super attached the larger aspects of it.

relationship(s): jacob black/edward cullen
headcanon(s): jacob — bi. edward — gay, trans non-binary

these two my little crackship that grew way out of hand, and now i'm obsessed. unfortunately, they are not that popular much anymore! i love their contrast — visually, personality-wise, their histories. i like that they have a little rivalry going on, but i'm not much a fan of how one-sidely smeyer writes it. her cullens are just unopposed racists. i think removed from that, their dynamic has so much great potential.

ideas:

• human au — edward's car breaks down while he's out, and he quickly turns into the carshop that jacob works at. or jacob has a pet dog and edward has a dog allergy. neighborly mishaps? so many routes to go down!
• leaning into edward/jacob being more monstrous. a dark and moody dracula-esque edward who has a genuine blood-rival in werewolf jacob. they kill people <3
• angsty soulmates au. angsty because edward is always moaning about his lack of soul. jacob is like 'i cannot believe this guy is my soulmate, he's so weird!'
• bella and edward are drawn to each other as friends, and she sometimes brings jacob on their hangouts. maybe their rivalry here spawns from fighting over who's her actual best friend, and then attraction sparks between them.

relationship(s): alice cullen/bella swan
headcanon(s): alice — lesbian, trans non-binary. bella — lesbian, trans

bellice!!! fumbling, bookish girl who loves an airy, whimsical girl who loves her back! there's an earnestness to them both, and they bring out the better parts of each other.

ideas:

• human au — single parent bella meet-cutes alice through reneesme. or alice sets her sights on cute cashier bella and romancing ensue. blind date gone right? coworker shenanigans?
• small moments of bella working up the courage to ask alice out, or other awkward attempts to romance her, or her continued flustering at alice's affections.
• alice and bella contending with mortality and bella's obsession with otherness and her perceived plainness. they're in love and maybe they want different things for each other.
• bella's emails to alice after the cullens have left. bella fixating on the loss of their magic from her life, and especially the loss of alice. maybe bella details how her life starts to get better. maybe alice drafts responses she never sends.

interstellar

DNW(s): human au

i quite love this movie. it's so tightly written and you can feel so much for the characters. i'm not very big on the science of it, but the simple moral of love being the key just hits me right in the mushy part of my brain.

characters: joseph cooper, TARS, murphy cooper, tom cooper
headcanons: joseph — bi

they have such little time together, but i was drawn by cooper and TARS' dynamic right away. i love that TARS isn't just a stock sci-fi robot, he's got a goofy personality and is loyal. cooper was a treat to me beacuse i have a fixation on emotionally devastated middle-aged fathers. put them together and you've got a pair that won't quit quipping and is a personal addiction of mine.

i'd also love to see the home life of the coopers, in some universe where coop is on earth but TARS is also there, maybe alongside any of the rest of endurance crew.

ideas:

• how isolation brings TARS and cooper together. maybe cooper stayed out of the pods for longer, sent more videos down to his kids, and in that time he looks for a friendly voice to bounce off of.
• maybe TARS pines after cooper? over-analyzing their few interactions, simulating conversations. time might factor differently in a machine's mind, either too fast or too slow, and 23 years is a long time to run a program.
• au — coop is still a pilot, TARS belongs to NASA, and they meet somehow during their tenure. or, TARS is formally decommissioned, but coop is a good enough mechanic to patch him up and bring him to life.
• the coopers trying to be a happy family at the end of the world. the kind of quiet melancholy that might come from that. chance to explore the state of the world in canon.
• post-canon exploration of TARS and cooper's journey to edmund's planet. potential is rife for a forced-proximity bonding here. maybe they take wacky detours along the way. when (or if) they get there, what next? maybe parallel brand and CASE to cooper and TARS?

cerulean chronicles

these books are just so sweet and cozy, and i love their earnestness. the setting is lovely, and i'm a sucker for fantastical elements in a story so all the children's quirks are like snacks to me.

relationship(s): any

linus is a delightful little man, and so is arthur. the series is quite light on romance, so i'd love to see a more thorough dive into their relationship, how they work to build their relationship and juggle it alongside taking care of the kids. and speaking of the kids, i adore linus' growing closeness with lucy throughout the series, and how they really come to see each other as family. and in the second book i really enjoyed seeing arthur and phee have their moment together, it felt so right. i just love seeing them all interacting as a happy family.

ideas:

• after the second book, maybe farther into the future, seeing how life is like on marsyas. have arthur and linus adopted more children? have the original marsyas kids made new friends, found new conflicts?
• phee going through teenage angst, and trying to lean on arthur to get through it. maybe they experience friction and she lashes out in confusion, then dealing with the aftermath of that.
• lucy internally struggling with linus' presence in his life, maybe with jealousy and fear that he'll take arthur's attention away, but eventually coming to love him like he does arthur.
• holiday or birthday exchanged cards in the marsyas house. something sweet and that highlights the uniqueness of all the characters! maybe taking place after the second book, farther into the future, getting glimpses into everyone's lives.
• maybe linus or arthur has to leave the island for a period of time, and they send letters or phone back home, reassuring the kids and making no-one's burnt down the house or broken any limbs.
• arthur and linus bring home a vampire child!
  • what quirks does this child have? what kinds of hobbies? maybe they don't drink blood, but instead tomato juice, or the color red.
  • how do the other marsyas kids feel about the new addition? do they struggle with confronting a stigma surrounding vampires and their danger?
  • maybe an exploration of how the child came to be a vampire? there's lots of moral implications to be found there...