Year of the OTP – January Edition

So the prompts this month are:

first kiss | mission fic | fake dating | “whenever I look at you…” | snow | historical au

Now I refuse to open my fanfic ideas list because I’m not doing that anymore. I know I had some fics that probably would have worked but NOT. DOING. IT. (maybe if I say it enough I will stop being tempted idk).

Anyway some of these prompts do just work much better for fic because they are hard to capture visually BUT some would be absolutely fine for art.

The PROBLEM is what I already have on my plate. The Bering and Wells exchange, the Leverage Bingo card, the ton of projects that have been on my list for months and I haven’t got to yet etc. Do I really need new ideas for projects that jump the queue? No. Do I have them anyway? *stares at the camera like I’m on the Office*

I have 3 potential thoughts (ok I may have found some references for all of them).

1) Historical AU
Sanctuary OT3. Not going to lie I’m taking inspiration from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. It’s the hood and the shadow, I don’t know my brain just went “hmm?” when I was looking for possible historical eras. As obviously the issue with Sanctuary is it has as canon all of recent history. A fan favourite of Regency doesn’t feel so far removed from the late 1800’s so it’s not as cool, hence looking for something else. This is probably more mission-related in concept than overtly shippy. It’s just how my brain imagined it.

2) Historical AU
I know same prompt but I was thinking about my ships and my brain is very much “Bering and Wells” at the moment. I have the piece for the exchange (which isn’t this) and so it’s not like that ship is neglected in art but ehhh. I was feeling Ancient Egypt perhaps with Warehouse 2 vibes. Not going to lie probably going to pick up some inspiration from Assassin’s Creed: Origins. This one is also going to have a kiss.

3) Mission + Snow
Then there is a Sanctuary concept of Helen surrounded by abnomals near the mouth of a cave in a snowy mountain. My problem with this is my brain is only really seeing Helen, so it’s not very OTP. Perhaps this one won’t count for the challenge and will just go on my regular idea list (of which there are MANY) idk.

So that’s my thoughts. Whether I will do any of it, let alone all of it, is uknown at this time but we shall see. Maybe One Day TM haha.