>>201 I've been hiding apparently? D: Not sure about her reaction to soldiers attempt at friendship but maybe it just has to be written a certain way for me to like. It's not a requirement for me. Somewhere in the middle is what I was going for but I guess it came out wrong? Basically, I didn't want excessive racism just because Soldier's xenophobic but I also didn't want his previous friendship with Demo to suddenly change the Pyro's mind about him or make Jane want to be buddy buddy and use her as a replacement for what he lost. I'm still not sure where Sniper stands in all this considering how Australia is in the TF universe. I might be a little off but I believe the Aboriginal people of Australia are treated and viewed kind of like Native Americans are in America. So Sniper probably isn't particularly racist but he probably still leans towards homogenization and feels kind of awkward. Of course, that could also change depending on how long he's been in the US and if he went to any other countries with lots of different races before (there are plenty, though some of them have heavier classism than racism.) There has to be a decent buildup or explanation somewhere for them to have gotten to that point or it just becomes shit to me. For me that varies from story to story. I have an easy time imagining anyone with anyone else in TF2 because we don't actually get to see much of the team's interaction in general. There's so much open room that I can just go with it if a story is written well enough and it's PWP. I don't have strict OTPs and, as far as I'm concerned, all of the class personalities bounce off one another in interesting ways. I'm not saying it isn't harder to imagine some pairings than others (they have plenty of tension and some of it is harder to get past) but I see plenty of room for expansion. I still love stories with plot because I do love seeing how they come together. With Pyro, especially one where her distinctive nature is what the story is about, I would probably require a bit of a plot. My biggest problem with any Pyro, period, is that Pyro is essentially an OC (no matter how canon they are) until we learn more in Meet the Pyro (if we ever do.) I like Pyro and I don't mind the ones that postulate deeper about what he/she is like but it's a little off-putting. Even if the story is going to leave most of this a mystery, I still tend to avoid Pyro-centric stories unless I begin reading it by happenstance and it manages to draw me in. I can't explain why Heavy and a black woman Pyro intrigues me. It just does. I think it's the idea of this huge, bulky, tough-as-nails guy with a foreign accent and an extremely subtly sophisticated nature somehow readily relating to a shorter, boisterous, possibly plump, African American woman who is a big city girl with some class, is tired of the bullshit, and just wants respect. I might be wrong, that might not have chemistry. I didn't consider how her and Scout could lead to Scout pointing fingers at his mom. That is interesting but I don't know; it's possible Scout Ma had no idea RED Spy was facing off against her son. All up to whoever writes it though. Specialized pest control concerning giant irradiated ants I love this idea. I think that needs to be somewhere in TF2 regardless of what kind of story it is. i kind of have a thing for a head full of beaded tiny braids. Oooh, I forgot about that! Those are really hot. They can probably fall prey to the same problem as dreads, if they don't get unbound and cared for very often, but they do look hot and they have style. I vote for lots of tiny beaded braids. Oh, and another idea I've had brewing in the back of me head. lets say engineer gets kidnapped by the opposing team which results in either selfcest, or soldier, who has a frustrating crush for his own 'married w/kids' Engie and decides to take out his lust on the prisoner engineer. I've been thinking of something similar. Engie in captivity! I'm working on something that includes such but it's... well, I don't want to reveal too much before I post it but it's hopefully going to be fun. Still, I'd love to see more! Especially with cross-faction Engie/Soldier or Engie-cest! Would also love consensual captive Engineer, if possible. Either roleplay between Engie and lover or Engie gets captured and uses the chance to attract lover. I'm also fine with rape and comforting afterwards but even done realistically could be formulaic if not done right. Actually, thinking it over, I don't know if I've ever seen an Engie-raped story before. He's been a rapist, he's been an accomplice, and he's had nothing to do with it before but I don't think I've ever seen Engineer as the victim. >>203 I'd like Fem!Spy/Fem!Sniper more. I would also like Fem!Spy/male Engineer or Fem!Spy/Fem!Engineer (I don't have a firm grasp on what Fem!Engie would look like and I've yet to see fan art of one that really called to me so until then, my preference would be for the male Engie.)