Description
Lore
- Preferred Contact Methods:
- Email: betula.arbore@gmail.com
Discord: deep_lore
Dreamwidth: lets-call-me-lily
- Preferred Charities:
- Anything from the list of approved organizations
- Will create works that contain:
- Tropes:
friendship/platonic, pre-slash, established relationship, slow burn, genderswap, identity porn/secret identities of all kinds, relationship where the other is secretly a pseudo-villain, enemies/friends to lovers, found family, fake relationship, relationship of convenience, hurt/comfort, role reversals, worldbuilding, teamwork, comedic misunderstandings, non-sexual intimacy, competency, touch starvation, fix-its, morally grey or liminal characters, self-rescues, outsider POV. Others, too 🙂
Settings:
canon compliant, post-canon and pre-canon speculation, what-if/canon divergent, explorations of missing scenes, canon-adjacent, multiverse, crossovers/fusions, AUs (spies/secret agent/detective, magic, sci-fi, steampunk, pirates, space, etc). I'm happy to copyedit beta fandom-blind!
- Will NOT create works that contain:
- 1st person POV, reader-insert, noncon, kink, ageplay, infidelity, pregnancy, mpreg, incest, sex-swap, underage sex, permanent disempowerment of marginalised characters, character bashing/demonising (critical is fine, though!), glorified *isms, high school AU, college AU, modern no-powers AU.
Exceptions to /Any ships: mentor/mentee or adult/child romantic or sexual relationships, villain/hero romantic or sexual relationships such as Thanos/Tony or Obadiah/Tony (I am happy with Doom/Tony, Loki/Tony and other anti-hero/morally grey characters or pseudo/pretend villains)
While I don’t mind sex being part of your fic, I’m not the person to go to for advice on writing it.
Very happy for you to touch base if you have something specific in mind or aren’t sure about something that isn’t so clear-cut. If it’s passing mention of something, I’ll most likely be fine with it 🙂
Pod Bids Welcome? Yes - Podbids welcome!
Opening Bid: $5
Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature
- Relationships:
- Alpine-centric - Any Universe
Lucky-centric - MCU, 616
Kamala Khan-centric - Any Universe
Yelena Belova & Kate Bishop - MCU
Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau - Any Universe
Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanov - Any Universe
Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton - MCU, 616
Tony Stark/Any - Bullet Points (BP), Earth-57289 (Rhodes Lab International), MCU, Noir, 616, 1872, 3490
Peggy Carter/Jack Thompson - MCU
Pepper Potts/James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Tony Stark - MCU, Noir, 616
- Work Description:
- I am offering to beta read up to 50K words. This can be for multiple works that altogether add up to 50K, and so can work for a podbid if you like 🙂
This auction is for line and copyediting rather than helping you develop story arcs and hit plot beats: I am great at SPaG, internal continuity (actions, dialogue, sentence flow, etc.), “does this make sense” and “is this having the effect I want it to” checks. By request I can also leave some cheer-reading/live reaction comments and overall feedback. Happy to work with either British or American spelling, and I am used to both Google docs or Word. Let me know what kind of feedback you're looking for and I'll do my best to provide it; I generally leave comments and suggestions within the document itself and then it's your choice to use/change whatever you like!
Bid away, no need to get in touch, if you want me to beta:
- platonic versions of any romantic grouping that I’ve listed
- gen works with lots of unlisted romantic ships in the background
- pairings within poly ships I’ve listed
- gen works that involve other beloved Marvel companions like Liho, Chewy, Goose, Jeff the landshark, DUM-E or the other bots etc.
- fusions or crossover stories that don't require canon familiarity to beta
Please touch base with me first if you:
- want to add more people to a pairing or poly ship
- want the romantic version of a gen ship I've listed
- have a different ship in mind than what I've listed. I'm very open to other ships, including rarepairs and crossover ships (from other parts of the Marvel universe, from outside canons, e.g. Tony Stark/Jason Todd (+ Roy or Clint or Bucky), Tony Stark/Bruce Wayne, Avengers team + Batfamily shenanigans, etc)
- are looking for a beta that involves checking for detailed canon-compliance and characterisation for any canon (including crossovers/fusions e.g. Leverage, DC, Firefly, Discworld, Dr Who)
Being frank, it’s been a while since I’ve watched or read most Marvel canons and my familiarity with them differs. I have listed some specific universes that I’m most familiar with, and I am willing to read/watch something for context depending on length of material provided it’s easily accessible (please note I don’t have a Marvel Unlimited account). Not bothered by spoilers, and I can also copyedit fandom blind!
Of the Marvel TV shows, I have seen Agatha All Along, Agent Carter, Jessica Jones, What If…?, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk; the first seasons of Luke Cage, Runaways, Defenders, Agents of SHIELD, Moon Knight and Loki; and a few random episodes of IM:AA and EMH. I’ve read bits of Marvel comics over the years including Avengers, Ms Marvel, Captain Marvel, Young Avengers, Spidergwen, Squirrel Girl, Champions, GotG, Daredevil, Ultimates and Spider-Man, but nothing super new and nothing super old.
My turnaround time would depend on the length of the fic I’ve been asked to beta, whether you would like me to do multiple passes of the fic in question, and other commitments. If you’d like me to beta 50K words with a specific deadline between Nov 2024 - Jan 2025, I would appreciate you letting me know before you bid. You can also bid on this auction for fic(s) that you haven’t written yet and keep me in reserve!
All the charities on the MTH list are awesome, and I'd be delighted for you to donate to whichever most resonates with you! But if you're finding it hard to chose, then feel free to take this as a nudge towards one of our humanitarian crisis aid orgs (MAP, PCRF, IRC, WCK, MSF etc)
Happy bidding!
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