Rose Creek Needs Women!
Nov. 10th, 2019 01:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
northstarfanSo I was going through my roster for the Alive Is All You Get everybody lives AU a while back, and noticed that it’s really skewed toward a male presence. The primary reason for that is that, aside from a couple of specific OCs, I was mostly sketching out the townsfolk from the film, and the vast majority of those characters are dudes.
There are a couple of problems with this.
One is the obvious: The usual representation issues with women, particularly in certain genres.
The other is more setting-specific: We saw a lot of townsfolk hit the dirt during The Battle of Rose Creek while the women and children were in hiding. Rose Creek should have a passel of widows and women with more a hand in the up-front running of the town than they did previously.
And I was thinking to correct things, when I thought letting some of the fandom crew in on this might be fun!
So! Here’s the link to my roster for this AU. Major spoilers have been removed (which is why certain main characters have pretty thin write-ups). Specs are as follows:
- Your characters will be respected. I promise, if I need to kill someone off, it’s not going to be an OC one of you guys donated.
- These ladies probably aren’t going to be central characters. Try not to give them more than a paragraph or so of write-up.
- Related to the above, please don’t give them very close ties to any of The Seven. Occasionally tells off (or flirts with?) Sheriff Faraday, inspired by Sam, crushing on Red, was one of Goodnight’s nurses during his early days of healing… all good things! Horne’s miraculously survived wife or Billy's secret love child? Not so much.
- All that said? If you find yourself wanting to do shorts or drabbles starring your ladies in this AU, I will find room for them.
- Characters I have specific plans for: Faraday, Goody, Billy, Emma, Leni. Everyone else is pretty negotiable. And if some of the write-ups for Sam & Co read as a little familiar? Yes, AU this is 100% based in the first post I ever did for this fandom. XD
Annnd I think that’s it. If there’s someone you’d like to throw into the mix, post her below and we'll see about adding her to the roster.
ETA: This post might also be useful.
There are a couple of problems with this.
One is the obvious: The usual representation issues with women, particularly in certain genres.
The other is more setting-specific: We saw a lot of townsfolk hit the dirt during The Battle of Rose Creek while the women and children were in hiding. Rose Creek should have a passel of widows and women with more a hand in the up-front running of the town than they did previously.
And I was thinking to correct things, when I thought letting some of the fandom crew in on this might be fun!
So! Here’s the link to my roster for this AU. Major spoilers have been removed (which is why certain main characters have pretty thin write-ups). Specs are as follows:
- Your characters will be respected. I promise, if I need to kill someone off, it’s not going to be an OC one of you guys donated.
- These ladies probably aren’t going to be central characters. Try not to give them more than a paragraph or so of write-up.
- Related to the above, please don’t give them very close ties to any of The Seven. Occasionally tells off (or flirts with?) Sheriff Faraday, inspired by Sam, crushing on Red, was one of Goodnight’s nurses during his early days of healing… all good things! Horne’s miraculously survived wife or Billy's secret love child? Not so much.
- All that said? If you find yourself wanting to do shorts or drabbles starring your ladies in this AU, I will find room for them.
- Characters I have specific plans for: Faraday, Goody, Billy, Emma, Leni. Everyone else is pretty negotiable. And if some of the write-ups for Sam & Co read as a little familiar? Yes, AU this is 100% based in the first post I ever did for this fandom. XD
Annnd I think that’s it. If there’s someone you’d like to throw into the mix, post her below and we'll see about adding her to the roster.
ETA: This post might also be useful.
