TMA Spooky Exchange Letter
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aunt_zeldaHello author! Thank you for signing up for this exchange!
Please don't worry about following any particular prompt I have here. I know how anxiety-inducing it can be to get an assignment and have no prompts or idea of what the person likes at all, so I wanted to provide some. If you get a completely different idea, go right ahead, I look forward to whatever you write for this.
My DNWs for this exchange are: oviposition, characters under the age of 16 engaging in sex, fingernail/toenail trauma/injuries, kidfic/de-aging, trypophobia, teeth damage/trauma, explicit urine/feces/vomit, insects/bugs, first or second person POV, cancer, institutionalization, needles used for torture, eye torture/trauma (don't erase what Melanie did but no gory details please), breast mutilation (beyond biting or scratching), gaslighting, fridging female characters (removing them from the narrative to focus on a male character’s trauma), suicide or assisted suicide as the end of a character/used or framed as a “mercy,” pregnancy, miscarriage, pets being endangered or harmed or killed, unrequested crossovers/fusions with other fandoms, medical torture/abuse, explicit child abuse (references are ok), permanent death of Daisy or Melanie.
General things I like: character A teaching character B to defend themselves, bandaging wounds, navigating polyamory, asexual characters in romantic relationships, mad scientists, lore & legends, symbolic dreams, powerplays and power reversals, vampires, werewolves, coping with long-term injuries and/or scars, roadtrips, pirate AUs, space pirate AUs, nonsexual BDSM, traditions and loyalty rituals, gothic horror, gothic romance, horror in the vein of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know, survival challenges, being trapped by storms/weather, monster and human friendships/alliances.
Smutty stuff I like: Oh No There Is Only One Bed, sexual BDSM, tentacles, xenokink/monsterfucking, hypnotism, aftercare, bratty bottoms getting taught manners, service kink, orgasm denial (that eventually ends, not unending torture), multiple orgasms, two dominants double-teaming a sub, dubious consent acknowledged as such, bdsm session where a character calls their safeword and they have to stop the scene, threesomes, kink negotiation, polyamory, first time sex, consensual voyeurism, masturbation, bondage, wax play/other sensation play, spanking with hands, flogging/whipping, D/s roleplay, sex toys, choking/breathplay.
Darker stuff I like: whump, hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, retribution (disproportionate or not) for a transgression/trespass of some kind, revenge, characters trauma-bonding, characters getting drenched in blood, messy and unhealthy relationships, nonconsensual hypnotism, sex pollen, Something Made Them Do It (aliens, magic, curses, artifacts, etc), virginity fetishizing, ravishment fantasy, knifeplay, gunkink, partners killing someone together, lovers killing someone together, monster/human partnerships where the human has allied with the monster against humanity, victims turning the tables on their attackers/rapists/abusers, villains in love and doing horrible things to other people together, possessiveness/protectiveness with couples, extreme loyalty as with a knight/sovereign or sailor/captain, submission to punishment/rape/execution on behalf of another, unconsciousness, begging for mercy, men crying, strangulation, gangbangs where the victim is overwhelmed by sensation.
(You don’t need to include any of these! I'm just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me.)
~*~
Optional tags from the signup:
Costumes
Curses
Magic
Monsters
Occult
Relationships from the signup:
Note about Jon: it's very important to me personally that Jon is asexual. He could be repulsed, neutral, or positive towards having sex with a partner, or have it vary depending on time and person, but please don't erase that about him.
Oliver Banks/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Oliver was totally flirting with that statement, wasn't he? He totally was.
Anyways, tentacles are fun, spooky nerds being spooky are fun, an AU or What If where they met pre-show would be interesting. Maybe Oliver persuades Jon to accept more of his monstrous Avatar powers. What if they end up oddly dating post-coma, what would that look like for them?
Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
I'm just a big fan of werewolves. What shenanigans might these two get up to together? Would one hunt the other, would they team up and hunt someone (or something) down? Perhaps Daisy is struggling with her urges and Julia persuades her to give in. I'd love to see them get together, ranging from mutual desire to fighting for dominance to outright attacks.
Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
I'm very intrigued by this dynamic with both the antagonistic angle early on where Daisy was ready to stab him in the woods, and the close friendship after he pulled her out of the Coffin. I really like the idea of them both struggling with hungers, urges to hunt people down, and desires for and trauma around physical contact. What if they end up oddly dating post-Coffin, what would that look like for them?
Agnes Montague & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
I'm super intrigued by these two characters. They have a lot in common and not much opportunity to talk about their own issues. I would love to see them meet somehow, perhaps the soulbond with Gertrude managed to save her from death, or the world ending brings her back? Or an AU where Agnes is still lurking around and feels herself drawn to Jon now that he's the Archivist?
Individual characters from the signup:
Agnes Montague
Breaks my heart we never got to hear her speak for herself. Please, give her a voice.
She had such a strange and singular upbringing. Her connection to Gertrude was deeply intimate and troubling to both of them. She had devotees and worshippers, but did anyone ever truly know her?
Alice "Daisy" Tonner
a
Annabelle Cane
a
Julia Montauk
a
Melanie King
She's probably my favorite character. I really wish the show had explored her rage more, and how they handled her powers bugs at me. I want to know more about her, her youtube career, her defense of the Institute when Jon was in a coma, her starting to date Georgie, and her life when she moves in and is adjusting to that and also recently being blind. Tbh I'm also keen on an AU/What If where she did stab Elias before he got arrested, she deserves to get in at least one good stab on that guy.
Mikaele Salesa
Look, he totally faked his own death, right? What a wild man. I love this guy! What was it like on the ship, what sorts of jobs did he take, when did he decide to fake his death and what is he doing afterwards? Was he ever tempted by a particular artifact himself?
Oliver Banks
I love this spooky goth man with tentacle powers ok. The way he talks about how he sees the world now in his statements is haunting to me. His choices, warning people in statements, waking up Jon, intrigue me a lot. There's a lot to delve into here with him if you pick him.
Gertrude Robinson
I love a complicated old woman with dubious morality. I love how Gertrude did heroic things but at a terrible cost, and how she survived for so long, and even the monsters were afraid of her. She deserves more attention I feel and there's a lot to explore if you pick her.
Please don't worry about following any particular prompt I have here. I know how anxiety-inducing it can be to get an assignment and have no prompts or idea of what the person likes at all, so I wanted to provide some. If you get a completely different idea, go right ahead, I look forward to whatever you write for this.
My DNWs for this exchange are: oviposition, characters under the age of 16 engaging in sex, fingernail/toenail trauma/injuries, kidfic/de-aging, trypophobia, teeth damage/trauma, explicit urine/feces/vomit, insects/bugs, first or second person POV, cancer, institutionalization, needles used for torture, eye torture/trauma (don't erase what Melanie did but no gory details please), breast mutilation (beyond biting or scratching), gaslighting, fridging female characters (removing them from the narrative to focus on a male character’s trauma), suicide or assisted suicide as the end of a character/used or framed as a “mercy,” pregnancy, miscarriage, pets being endangered or harmed or killed, unrequested crossovers/fusions with other fandoms, medical torture/abuse, explicit child abuse (references are ok), permanent death of Daisy or Melanie.
General things I like: character A teaching character B to defend themselves, bandaging wounds, navigating polyamory, asexual characters in romantic relationships, mad scientists, lore & legends, symbolic dreams, powerplays and power reversals, vampires, werewolves, coping with long-term injuries and/or scars, roadtrips, pirate AUs, space pirate AUs, nonsexual BDSM, traditions and loyalty rituals, gothic horror, gothic romance, horror in the vein of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know, survival challenges, being trapped by storms/weather, monster and human friendships/alliances.
Smutty stuff I like: Oh No There Is Only One Bed, sexual BDSM, tentacles, xenokink/monsterfucking, hypnotism, aftercare, bratty bottoms getting taught manners, service kink, orgasm denial (that eventually ends, not unending torture), multiple orgasms, two dominants double-teaming a sub, dubious consent acknowledged as such, bdsm session where a character calls their safeword and they have to stop the scene, threesomes, kink negotiation, polyamory, first time sex, consensual voyeurism, masturbation, bondage, wax play/other sensation play, spanking with hands, flogging/whipping, D/s roleplay, sex toys, choking/breathplay.
Darker stuff I like: whump, hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, retribution (disproportionate or not) for a transgression/trespass of some kind, revenge, characters trauma-bonding, characters getting drenched in blood, messy and unhealthy relationships, nonconsensual hypnotism, sex pollen, Something Made Them Do It (aliens, magic, curses, artifacts, etc), virginity fetishizing, ravishment fantasy, knifeplay, gunkink, partners killing someone together, lovers killing someone together, monster/human partnerships where the human has allied with the monster against humanity, victims turning the tables on their attackers/rapists/abusers, villains in love and doing horrible things to other people together, possessiveness/protectiveness with couples, extreme loyalty as with a knight/sovereign or sailor/captain, submission to punishment/rape/execution on behalf of another, unconsciousness, begging for mercy, men crying, strangulation, gangbangs where the victim is overwhelmed by sensation.
(You don’t need to include any of these! I'm just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me.)
~*~
Optional tags from the signup:
Costumes
Curses
Magic
Monsters
Occult
Relationships from the signup:
Note about Jon: it's very important to me personally that Jon is asexual. He could be repulsed, neutral, or positive towards having sex with a partner, or have it vary depending on time and person, but please don't erase that about him.
Oliver Banks/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
Oliver was totally flirting with that statement, wasn't he? He totally was.
Anyways, tentacles are fun, spooky nerds being spooky are fun, an AU or What If where they met pre-show would be interesting. Maybe Oliver persuades Jon to accept more of his monstrous Avatar powers. What if they end up oddly dating post-coma, what would that look like for them?
Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
I'm just a big fan of werewolves. What shenanigans might these two get up to together? Would one hunt the other, would they team up and hunt someone (or something) down? Perhaps Daisy is struggling with her urges and Julia persuades her to give in. I'd love to see them get together, ranging from mutual desire to fighting for dominance to outright attacks.
Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
I'm very intrigued by this dynamic with both the antagonistic angle early on where Daisy was ready to stab him in the woods, and the close friendship after he pulled her out of the Coffin. I really like the idea of them both struggling with hungers, urges to hunt people down, and desires for and trauma around physical contact. What if they end up oddly dating post-Coffin, what would that look like for them?
Agnes Montague & Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
I'm super intrigued by these two characters. They have a lot in common and not much opportunity to talk about their own issues. I would love to see them meet somehow, perhaps the soulbond with Gertrude managed to save her from death, or the world ending brings her back? Or an AU where Agnes is still lurking around and feels herself drawn to Jon now that he's the Archivist?
Individual characters from the signup:
Agnes Montague
Breaks my heart we never got to hear her speak for herself. Please, give her a voice.
She had such a strange and singular upbringing. Her connection to Gertrude was deeply intimate and troubling to both of them. She had devotees and worshippers, but did anyone ever truly know her?
Alice "Daisy" Tonner
a
Annabelle Cane
a
Julia Montauk
a
Melanie King
She's probably my favorite character. I really wish the show had explored her rage more, and how they handled her powers bugs at me. I want to know more about her, her youtube career, her defense of the Institute when Jon was in a coma, her starting to date Georgie, and her life when she moves in and is adjusting to that and also recently being blind. Tbh I'm also keen on an AU/What If where she did stab Elias before he got arrested, she deserves to get in at least one good stab on that guy.
Mikaele Salesa
Look, he totally faked his own death, right? What a wild man. I love this guy! What was it like on the ship, what sorts of jobs did he take, when did he decide to fake his death and what is he doing afterwards? Was he ever tempted by a particular artifact himself?
Oliver Banks
I love this spooky goth man with tentacle powers ok. The way he talks about how he sees the world now in his statements is haunting to me. His choices, warning people in statements, waking up Jon, intrigue me a lot. There's a lot to delve into here with him if you pick him.
Gertrude Robinson
I love a complicated old woman with dubious morality. I love how Gertrude did heroic things but at a terrible cost, and how she survived for so long, and even the monsters were afraid of her. She deserves more attention I feel and there's a lot to explore if you pick her.
