Full Metal Bitch Prompt Mini-Meme

[lavanya_six]

So I've hit a bit of a dry spell in my writing. NaNoWriMo (i.e. the rest of Full Metal Bitch) has petered out these past few days due to plotting issues and my complete inability to construct a decent fight scene. As a way to get me back into things, I'm going to throw FMB to the wolves the masses as a way of getting used to writing it again.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the fic, Full Metal Bitch is an in-progress AtLA Alternative Universe fic based on one simple change -- When the Gaang encounter Toph in Season Two, she is not twelve, but twenty-two.

RULES

1. Each commentator can submit up to THREE PROMPTS, of which I will pick ONE to fill. Note: You must be signed in to receive a fill. No anonymous requests. 

2. All prompts must be set in the FMB!Verse.

3. In addition to writing "missing scenes" from Full Metal Bitch, I'll also do AUs to the fic if requested. Please remember that the more specific/complex your request, the harder it will be for me to write and thus the less likely I am to fill it. 

4. Please do not request anything set at any point in Season 2 between episode 2x07 ("Zuko Alone") and episode 2x20 ("The Crossroads of Destiny") All that will eventually be covered in the actual fic itself. 


Requests Made: 4/5
Requests Filled: 3/4

Comments

Re: But Teach a Man to Fish... [2/2]

[taragreen89.livejournal.com]

...dude- Toph is Henry Ford! Can I just say I love that Toph is bringing the principles of the Industrial Revolution from the Fire Nation to the Earth Kingdoms? Though given the fact that the massive economic gap brought about (in part) by the Industrial Revolution- was one of the main motivators behind marxism in industrial Europe, and the evident stratified social system evident in the EK is very reminiscent if pre-mao China- I've now got a brainworm where after the war Ba Sing Se turns into the People's Republic of Ba Sing Se or something such like- especially if we consider the fact that Kuei doesn't really come off as the most politically astute bulb in the box.

Thank you so much this is an incredible drabble :D

Re: But Teach a Man to Fish... [2/2]

[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

Well, Toph's not bringing the Industrial Revolution to the whole Earth Kingdom, just to this specific area of materiel production. This rock armor stuff will be glancingly mentioned in FMB itself, but it connects with this idea that Toph wasn't just a walking tank at Ba Sing Se. She was starting to develop skills that eventually helped her take over her father's businesses.

(Toph was also inadvertently creating an arms race, but that'll be dealt with directly in the fic.)

You should take a crack at that brainworm. Aang dealing with a socialist peasant's rebellion in Ba Sing Se would interesting, especially since he hobnobs with royalty and nobles.

Re: But Teach a Man to Fish... [2/2]

[taragreen89.livejournal.com]

mmm I love how you show Toph as more than a mad powerhouse- I mean she is a total powerhouse no lie- but its cool to see her proto- cut throat buisiness woman.

re: the brainworm- I'd love it but I have like no writing skills- would be totally fabulous though.