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The Darlin' Idea Page is a compiling of all of the fanfic ideas that have been posted by list members of the DunnesDarlins Mailing List. This page should be used as a reference point for anyone who would like to write a fanfic, but just can't come up with an idea. These ideas are all for JD fic, so please use them as such. Each idea is marked with the suggested universe (OW, ATF, etc.), but feel free to decide the universe for yourself! Everyone is welcome to use any of these ideas, as many times as they want. We only ask that when you use them, please send us a link to the story when it's finished. Also, please credit the idea to the person it's listed under. Thank you and we hope these help you!

Go ahead and check out the fanfiction that these ideas have inspired or visit the entire DunnesDarlins FanFiction Archive.

While these ideas were offered to the page by the list members, you can also check out the challenges given by Marla and Leslie. These are official challenges because Marla and Leslie are former co-list moms of the DunnesDarlins Mailing List. To read their challenges, visit the Dunne's Darlins Challenge. You can also read the fanfiction by authors who answered the challenge.

OW. A Magnificent Seven and High Chapperal crossover with the premise being that Blue-boy and JD are captured by someone. This could be renegade indians, an outlaw gang, someone out for revenge, anyone you choose. I prefer that only Blue, Buck, and Manoliuto are present on the High Chapperal side, though.

The characters from one of these shows have to work with the Seven on a case. It should be dark, and tie into the pasts of JD, Buck, and at least one of the characters you're using for the crossover. Note: The Fall Guy, Howie and Colt are cousins, so it'd be both of them; same carries for all the others with realitives. Oh, and please no death of our guys.

Frankie---JD
Murdock---Buck
Tawnia---Casey
Hannibal---Chris
Face---Ezra
B.A.---Josiah
Amy---Mary
Stockwell---Judge Travis (It was his role on the series, after all *g*)
Doc---Nathan
Client---Vin

These would just be the characters; not meaning for you to use different names.

OW. A crossover with the TV show Bonanza. I could see JD making friends with all of the Cartwrights. No specific ideas for this fic, just a crossover with Bonanza would be really neat. The only thing that I want to be in the fic would be JD getting hurt, possibly even tortured.

OW. Kat has written a snippet which she challenges you to finish!

Plus, he'd get to work with real legends of the West - all of whom for various reasons of their own, are traveling with Judge Travis' Wild West Spectacular. Lets see... Buck could do roping demonstrations. Nathan has his knives. Vin's a gimme, trick shooting. I think Ezra would be working the crowd. (Not to mention fleecing them at the poker game after the show.) That leaves Chris and Josiah.... Hrmmm.... my OT-addled brain fails me here. But I know there's something for them too.

Ezra could also be the front man, going in to arrange the advertising, the arena, the food and supplies. Chris could work security or be a fast draw expert.

OW. This fic gives JD the chance to be the hero for once. He's been out of town doing something for the last couple days and, when he returns to Four Corners, it's only to discover the others have all been kidnapped. The town will do nothing to help him other than to point him in the direction the gang headed with the other men. So, against the advice of most of the town people, he goes after his friends, using the tracking skills Vin and maybe a couple of the others had taught him. Of course, he ends up in trouble. Big trouble. However, seven men get him out of it. Guess who. *G* Rapheal and the six amigos he had hoped to one day find. They help him out then, after listening to his story, agree to help him find the others.

Now, this can go several different ways. 1) The story can keep entirely with JD and his little rescue party as they search and eventually find the others, or 2) it can move around to include with the others are up to. Probably more fun if it moves around no? *G* So, why have the others been taken? One possibilty is that a bunch of nuts left over from the war have decided to capture as many men as they can who were involved in the war and had done something that contributed. We would have to assume that all six were invovled in the war and had done something very good. So they all end up in a hidden prison camp, paying for their good deeds. Ezra, of course, would be given the option of joining the nuts which he would probably end up taking (to get word to the outside for help of course). This could be why JD wasn't hunted down and taken as well. another possiblity is an enemy or two from everyone's past (except JD since he probably has none) have joined up, thus forming quite a large group. They have planned very carefully which was helpful in acutally managing to capture the boys. Now, here's where a lot of angst h/c comes in. (not that it can't come in with the prison camp but I digress) The enemy force can either keep the guys together in one place to torture them or can split them up, thus narrowing cunning escape plans. Can y'all practically taste the angst and h/c here? Especially if you got the right boys being held together.

Modern AU With JD's strong sense of justice, a different modern day career I could imagine him in would be as a Victim's Advocate. However, his spirit for adventure might make that too tame a career and he would have some very interesting past times to add zest to his life.

OW.This idea has to do with JD's father and why he left his mother. I've been thinking about JD's dad and why he left JD and his mother. What if he already had a family? My challenge is to write a story where his son (I'll call him Junior - you can call him anything you want) finds JD in Four Corners (whether he knows who JD is at first or if they find out later, I'll leave up to the author), regales him with what a wonderful father he had and what a great upbringing he had because they had money (comfortable, not filthy rich), etc., etc. JD gets extremely jealous of Junior for having the life he and his mother should have had. He begins to wonder if it was his fault that his dad didn't stay with them. That there's something wrong with him, etc. There are a lot of holes and different directions that this could go in. Junior can be a good guy, he wants to be friends with JD because now they're both all alone in the world. Or he can be a bad guy. He needs to get rid of JD to get the inheritance. There are many angst causers you can get out of this story. Maybe even some H/C. For example, JD can get hurt from somehow saving Junior's life.

OW. JD and Chris are coming back from Eagle Bend for some reason. JD talks the entire time, and Chris finally tells him to shut up. When he wakes up the next morning, he discovers that JD is gone. Thinking that JD is pouting and went home, he goes back home. When he gets there, he finds out that JD never left for home. Everyone mounts a search for JD who was kidnapped by someone (maybe because of something that he saw in Eagle Bend).

OW. Hi, just a little note before you get to the idea. I came up with this idea, well, plot really, awhile ago. I was planning on writing the thing myself, but I found that neither have the time or talent to do so. I don't want the thing to go to waste, so I'm glad that there is this page where I can share it with everyone. Now, I pretty much figured out how I was going to do the whole story, so I'm giving you all of it. I even have a title! If you want it, feel free to get my email from the guestbook and email me. If you use my idea, you don't have to use the entire thing. This is just how I was going to write it, so you can change anything you want about it. And just so everyone knows, even though the beginning may sound like "Achilles," I thought of this idea way before I knew of "Achilles." Just wanted to make that clear. Okay, on with the idea!

JD accidently kills a nameless, innocent woman. But he also kills the 'bad guy.' Buck is very angry and tells JD that if it were anyone else, they'd be dead. He then storms away. JD is shocked, feels very guilt and distraught. He looks to the others for help, but they all look down and won't meet his eye. He then tumbles away, feeling lost.

(Doesn't have to be right after.) JD stays in his room a lot. The Judge, for whatever reason (i.e., he could be angry, feels responsible, or thinks it's what JD wants), tells him he's relieved of his duties. JD then sees a small, young boy being picked on. This reminds him of himself when he was younger. Goes to the bank, takes out all his money. He gives the money, his horse, and saddle to the boy's family. Packs everything up ande leaves unnoticed.

Meanwhile, Buck is talking with Josiah. He tells him that it isn't JD he's angry with, but himself. For not being able to stop the woman from being shot and for not being there for JD. Josiah tells Buck he should talk to JD. Buck goes to JD's room and finds that JD isn't there and everything is gone. He goes looking for JD. He sees the boy with JD's horse. The mother tells Buck that JD gave her some money and the horse. She tells Buck that JD said he wouldn't be needing it where he was going. Buck feels awful, rounds eveybody up. Meanwhile, JD is out walking to the nearest train/stagecoach station.

I don't know what should be inbetween these two parts, I'll let you figure that out!

Somehow JD saves the day and redeems himself. Buck says he's sorry about what happened and tries to explin it all to JD. JD looks at him, his eyes dark, voice low. He tells him to "Get the h*ll away from me." Everyone looks at JD, Buck is shocked. JD tells him that a friend would never have abandoned him like that. He walks away, leaving Buck behind.

As for the rest, I don't know. You'll have to find a way for everyone to redeem themselves yourself!

OW. This idea expands on Sharon's. What if for some reason or another JD and Junior were twins - maybe the father took the other baby, maybe his mother couldn't cope and gave the other one up. The idenitical looks could be why they realize that they are related. This could raise a lot of questions in each one's mind as to why they were chosen by the respective parent.

OW AU In the OW I could see JD being a writer. He loves to read dime novels, why not write them? Because of his love for adventure, I see him going out and meeting the people he writes about, getting the true stories.

OW. Write a snippet, long or short, with circumstances that lead up to JD being held at knife point.

A beating should be included, due to the bruises and other facial injuries, and are those bruises on his belly? You be the judge. Why is he being held? Is this an old enemies of Chris'? Provide the story. Answer the challenge!

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