Unconventional Fanworks Letter

Hello creator! I go by Brachylagus_fandom on AO3. I am very excited to see what unconventional thing you will have created for me! I've selected some medium tags I considered particularly fitting, but I've opted in to Creator's Choice of Canon-Appropriate In-Universe Mediums and Treats in Unrequested Mediums for all requests, so if you have a different idea, go for it!

DNWs: gore, porn without plot

Likes

• Humor
• Crack treated seriously
• Worldbuilding - how do the systems in canon work? what are their logistics like?
• Thinking through the implications of a choice/detail
• Outsider POV - I love to see what other people within a canon take a look at the protagonists and draw logical conclusions about them/their motivations that are also completely wrong.
• Character studies!
• Riddles, puzzles, wordplay
• For art, I really like distinctive styles, whether or not they're similar to canon visuals, and fun uses of color 

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

Audio and/or Visual - Any Visual Media Type, Crafts and Games - Logic Puzzle, In-Universe Media and Online - True Crime Podcast Transcript, In-Universe Personal Documents - Completed School Assignment, In-Universe Personal Documents - Correspondence, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Skippy's List/Increasingly Specific Rules, In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/Conspiracy thread (reddit), Style - Encoded Letter, Style - Non-Linear Narrative, Style - Spreadsheet

This is a childhood fave of mine, and I'd love to see anything in it! I think the canon's very much suited to twisty logic and wordplay, but it's also got a lot of chances for Outsider POV; the events of the book have big ramifications, but we only see them from a limited number of perspectives, all of them in the know.

Creator's Choice of Characters (Mysterious Benedict Society - books)

I'd love any of the background characters having a moment to shine! Maybe Moocho Brazos has a cooking-and-bodybuilding blog, or some ex-Messengers and Executives are declaring Curtain's downfall a conspiracy, or Phil Noland is having an exciting time at sea! I'd also love to see some of Milligan's spy shenanigans or the society having a reunion without world-saving for once.

Group: Number Two & Rhonda Kazembe (Mysterious Benedict Society - books)

They're so great! I'd love to see their relationship before the society was recruited, or once it's just them, Mr. Benedict, and Constance. How did they meet? What was their relationship then like?

Kate Wetherall (Mysterious Benedict Society - books)

The greatest, kate-est weather machine around! I love her fierce self-reliance and ingenuity. I'd love to see her life before the books, or learning to be a family with Milligan. I'm also extremely enamored with her bucket - how did she come up with such a thing? What are its contents, and what does she use them for? (Kate's tools, what chore she used them for, and where she got them from would be a fun logic puzzle.)

Worldbuilding (Mysterious Benedict Society - books)

I'd love to see the Emergency from another perspective, or the general public's understanding of the perilous journey or the breakout in Prisoner's Dilemma? I'd also love to see a deeper look into the tech of the series, or the paperwork the various characters have generated. (Milligan's return on its own would be a mess.) It would also be fun to see a bit more of the Institute's pedagogy; what are classes like? What do the assignments look like?

Original Work

Audio and/or Visual - Any Visual Media Type, Crafts and Games - Logic Puzzle, In-Universe Personal Documents - Correspondence, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Notices, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Skippy's List/Increasingly Specific Rules, In-Universe Social Media and Communication - /r/IAmA post, In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/AmITheAsshole thread (reddit), In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/RelationshipAdvice thread (reddit), Poetry - Any Poem Type

Group: Amateur Kidnappers & Rich Person Kidnapped on Weekly Basis (OW)

Just the inherent comedy in this alone! Is the rich person proactive about avoiding kidnapping or resigned to it at this point? Do the kidnappers get their payout in spite of their inexperience or get foiled as a result of it? Does the rich person explain how to kidnap them correctly to the kidnappers?

Group: Retired Villain Sidekick/Retired Superhero Sidekick/Their Antihero Flatmate (OW)

I'm weak for any kind of superheroes, lol. Did the three meet while the sidekicks were still active, or was it after they retired? Are they aware of each other's secret identities? Do secret identities and vigilante work lend a new edge to roommate fights?

Group: Vampire Pirate & Frenemy Navy Officer (OW)

I'd love to see the differences in strategy between a regular pirate and a pirate crew headed by a vampire. Do they only attack at night? How does the navy officer interact with the vampire pirate? What do other pirates and navy officers think about them?

The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV)

Audio and/or Visual - Any Visual Media Type, Crafts and Games - Logic Puzzle,  In-Universe Media and Online - True Crime Podcast Transcript, In-Universe Personal Documents - Completed School Assignment, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Classroom Observation/Teacher Performance Notes, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Notices, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Skippy's List/Increasingly Specific Rules, In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/AmITheAsshole thread (reddit), In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/HobbyDrama thread (reddit), Style - Non-Linear Narrative

This is an adaptation of a childhood fave, and I think (like the original books) it's really good for twisty puzzles as well as outsider POV. I'd love to see the general reaction to the Emergency and any alternate explanations people had for either it or Curtain's downfall!. A Skippy's List for the society would be great, and one for the adults would be even funnier!

Creator's Choice of Characters (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

There are so many great characters in this canon! I'd love to see the institute from someone else's perspective, be that a failing student like Charlie, a Messenger like Lindsay, one of the Helpers or Recruiters, a teacher like Mr. Oshiro, or Jackson and Jillson in all their creepiness. I'd also love to see a perspective on the Emergency from someone not in the know, like Ms. Perumal or her mother. SQ's relationship with Curtain is all kinds of messed up, and I'd love to see that explored. I'd love to see more of the society as well, or their mentors. I'd also love to see what the two extraordinary children who weren't recruited think of what happened when the truth comes to light.

Group: Kate Wetherall/Martina Crowe (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

These two are so cute together, and Martina's "you're my only real friend" thing is just… 😍. (Especially since Kate is a total ride-or-die person, too, and then helps her evade capture). I'd love to see them doing more tetherball together, or keeping in contact after the end of season 1. How do they talk about the whole "I accidentally got you hunted down by the school's security" thing?

Group: Number Two & Rhonda Kazembe (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

Rhonda and Number Two's relationship is so different from the books, and I really like how Number Two apologized in canon. How did they get to know each other? Is the fight in canon an outlier, or does something like it happen often? How do they navigate conflicts in their relationship?

Kate Wetherall (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

Kate is an all-time fave for me. I love her tomboyish style in canon and how her issues were a little bit closer to the surface. How did she build the reeling function of her bucket? What did she do in the circus, and what was it like? (I'd love a comparison of the circus' different wagons based on that one line from Depends on the Wagon, or different acts she saw/helped with/performed in.) How do her relationships with Milligan or the rest of the society change over time?

Martina Crowe (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

Martina is a show favorite of mine! I love her hyper-competitiveness, and I really liked how that kinda went off the rails near the end of the season when it was believed she had broken into the server room. I'd love to see more of her rise to her position in canon or where she went after the first season ended. Her dedication to her subjects would also make her a really great choice for an r/HobbyDrama post, either as subject or as the author of a very passionate post about tetherball!

Worldbuilding (Mysterious Benedict Society TV)

I'd love to see an exploration of how the world in the TV show differs from that of the book. How did Number Two and Rhonda find Mr. Benedict, since they seem to have met later? How do the early years Mr. Benedict and Dr. Curtain shared affect them? The prevalence of water polo and tetherball in-universe could also be fun to talk about.

How does the Institute work? What is the homework like? (I'd love to see an assignment filled out by a member of the Society, especially one of the girls in contrast to one of the boys.) How do students normally get enrolled? Does the Institute not abduct students, or did the main characters simply not notice?

I'd also love to see the progress of the Emergency, and the messy process of reversing it after Season 1. Did anyone other than Mr. Benedict and his allies know what was going on? How does the revelation of the Emergency affect society as a whole?

Murdle - G. T. Karber

Audio and/or Visual - Any Visual Media Type, Crafts and Games - Cross Stitch/Embroidery Pattern, Crafts and Games - Tarot Card(s) design, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Investigative Report, In-Universe Professional and Academic Documents - Skippy's List/Increasingly Specific Rules, In-Universe Social Media and Communication - r/RelationshipAdvice thread (reddit), Style - Interactive Fiction, Style - Non-Linear Narrative, Style - Spreadsheet, Style - Unreliable Narrator

This is a very fun game, and I'd love to see a bit more of its world! How did Logico and Irratino get to be where they are? How does a lawyer qualify as a murder weapon rather than a suspect? How are some of the clues (I'm thinking of the "a Taurus wielded the poison"-type clues in particular) discovered? What are the broader implications of the innocent always telling the truth and the guilty always lying?

I also really like the spinoff game Marot, and would be interested in both more card interpretations for that or actual tarot cards for the canon.

Any Murdle Suspect

I love all the different suspects, and would love to see any of them explored in more depth! How do they keep getting involved in murder investigations? (And how do the ones who commit murder and get convicted get released so quickly?) What are their relationships with each other like? What about with Logico and Irratino? If I had to pick favorites, I would pick Dr. Crimson, Mx. Tangerine, or Father Mango.

Deductive Logico

The bushy-eyebrowed man himself! I love his dedication to solving murders via logic puzzle. How did he become a detective, and where did he get his dedication to logic from? Are his methods considered normal in the Murdle world, or is he a bit of a weirdo?

Group: Deductive Logico/Inspector Irratino

Man, I love these two together. Their rivalry is excellent, but I also love their less antagonistic moments. Irratino may read the marot with Logico's cards, but I like to think that star sign being on the cards is a result of Irratino. And what is that whole "Irratino faking his death every week" business really all about? (A role reversal of that, of Logico trying to disprove Irratino's methods via faking his death, could also be fun.)

Inspector Irratino

Irratino is also great! I love his antagonistic comments when Logico needs a hint. Are his powers real, or is his information found through other means? How does his connection with the spirits work? Why does he fake his death each week?