Fic In A Box 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, mindbreak, character or ship bashing, spelling it "cum," characters under the age of 16 engaging in sex, fingernail/toenail trauma/injuries, kidfic/de-aging, trypophobia content, teeth damage/trauma, explicit urine/feces/vomit, insects/bugs, first or second person POV, cancer, institutionalization, needles used for torture, eye torture/trauma, breast mutilation (biting or scratching is ok but not more extreme than that), 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 to it as backstory are ok), A/B/O, petplay, sexual ageplay.
Fandom specific DNWs and some exceptions to the above, located in the specific fandom sections below.
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, coping with long-term injuries and/or scars, roadtrips, pirate AUs, space pirate AUs, vampire AUs, werewolf 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, holidays (real or invented), worldbuilding, platonic sleeping together for comfort, making/sharing food together, found family, character focus/exploration, asexual and/or trans headcanons, role reversal AU.
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, consensual nonconsent/rape roleplay where it's clear it's a negotiated roleplay, 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 things I like! I'm just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me. Just avoid my DNWs and it's ok.)
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Discworld
(Not to intimidate you but I love Discworld so much I literally have the Ankh-Morpork crest tattooed on my arm. If you're writing Discworld fic for me I'm going to be sooooo excited to read it!)
Fandom specific DNWs: Adultery/Cheating. Permanent character death. Rape/noncon. Unhappy endings.
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Fusions/Crossovers: I'm up for a mundane AU where they're in our world, in any era. I'm also up for role reversal AUs (Sybil as the Patrician? Sam the reluctant leader of the city? William the aristocratic vampire? Sacharissa the scrappy founder of the press?)
Otto von Chriek/Sacharissa Cripslock/William de Worde
One of my favorite OT3s. Please, literally anything, I will read it. I'd love to know how they get together, who hits on whom first, is a third approaching a couple, do they all fall together after a late night on a breaking story? I love how the book shows us all of them paired off and then together, the dynamics at play that differentiate. I love how Otto and Sacharissa keep William grounded when he gets too bigheaded, how William and Sacharissa defend Otto, and how Otto and William deal with his father. I want to know about how the paper progresses and how their careers and relationships evolve along with it. What new sections get added, what future scandals and events do they cover, when do they realize they're spending far more time with each other than anyone else in their lives?
If you're up for smut, I'm not at all opposed to Black Ribboners being allowed to nibble their partners in bed. In fact I think that would be really lovely to explore the trust involved in that.
Books: obviously The Truth. Otto and William get a few nice scenes in Monstrous Regiment, Otto gets some good moments scattered through the later books set in Ankh-Morpork, Sacharissa gets some great interviews in Going Postal and Making Money.
Sybil Ramkin/Havelock Vetinari/Samuel Vimes
I've been very taken with this OT3 for some time but they're so difficult to write. Sam and Sybil's marriage is so wonderful to read about, these two middle-aged people who thought they were beyond the time for romance and then found each other. Sybil and Vetinari's friendship gives me such delight, they've known each other for years and the fact that Sybil is so casual with him is so refreshing. And well, Sam and Vetinari, they have some very intriguing interactions over the course of the books and seem juuuuuust on the edge of pushing each other too far but never quite get there. I don't know how they'd all get together, but I would love to read about it.
Books: All the Watch books of course. It's hard to pick favorites but I think at this second, some of Vetinari's best is in Jingo and the Moist books, some of Sybil's best is in The Fifth Elephant and Thud, and some of Sam's best in Night Watch and Thud.
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The Mechanisms
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death of any of the requested characters. "Death to the Mechanisms" song content. "Out" fiction being the end of the Aurora and Nastya. Rape/noncon in any pairings except pairings with Dr. Carmilla. Pronouns other than they/them for Lyfrassir.
DNW exceptions: medical/abuse torture is ok for this fandom because well, mad science.
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Note for Podfics: I haven't written much Mechs fic yet, but anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm down for a high fantasy AU, superhero/villain AU, Golden Age of Piracy AU, or a mundane AU where they're all like at college together, but please do your best to maintain their disabilities/find mundane equivalents as best you can.
The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Mechanisms Ensemble
Polyamory! I love it! I love reading about it! I love crews who love each other very much!
This could be any number of scenarios. Domestic life aboard the Aurora. How the various dynamics evolve and change over time. Cuddlepiles. Trauma/battle recovery. Teaming up in fights with mortals. Concerts. Album brainstorm sessions. Dance parties. Silly games they play to keep entertained. I just love them and I'd love to read about them all loving each other in various ways.
Raphaella la Cognizi/Victoria Frankenstein
I yearn so much for more Mechs Frankenstein content. This ship is a great chance for some of that. I adore mad scientists, I think I say that a lot in this letter. I love the idea of them getting carried away by their work even at the expense of noticing issues rising in other areas. I also love the idea of Raph finding Victoria later and either rescuing her, or taking her in after the AI's tormented her over and over again.
The Aurora/Nastya Rasputina
I love their bond and I'd love to see it explored, either in how the Aurora cares for Nastya, or how Nastya cares for Aurora. I'm big into robot ethics and transhumanism, feel free to go wild with interpretations of Aurora. I want to know how they got together, who made the first move, what that was like. Nastya's preference for robots is something that I'd really love to see explored in relation to her trauma, the shock of being touched after living among holograms for so long, and then what Carmilla did.
Dr Carmilla/Nastya Rasputina
All the vampire sire/childre angst is appreciated. So is them meeting up after the events of the fiction and albums and reconnecting, either angrily or not so much. Or when Carmilla first led Nastya away from her home and into space. Was Nastya the one who pushed Carmilla out of the airlock at least once? Do either of them every miss each other? Feel free to go with any level of interpretation of what exactly Carmilla did to Nastya.
Dr Carmilla/Raphaella la Cognizi
Know what I love? Mad scientists! Especially lady mad scientists! I don't particularly care which is doming which, if they trade off, if it's a power struggle. "Experimenting" on each other to varying degrees of consent or nonconsent is a-ok to me. Did they know each other before Raph joined the Mechs? How did Raph mechanize herself without Carmilla's assistance?
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi
Anything would be great but I'd especially love to see what they got up to when they were in prison on Midgard. Putting on a show for the cameras, or not caring about the cameras, would be delightful to read about. I like the idea of the early days too, when Raph was new to the crew and she and Ivy gravitated towards each other amongst the crew.
Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi/Marius von Raum
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi/Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum
Lyfrassir Edda/The Mechanisms Ensemble
Grouping these together for simplicity. Basically I love seeing wild stuff happen to Lyf, surviving the Bifrost Incident, running into the Mechs again, and falling in with them in more ways than one. I love the Prison Mechs trio and the suggestion that they gleefully spent 80 years on Midgard together, most of it in jail, apparently quite happy and teasing Lyf the entire time. How much sex on camera did they have? How many flirting attempts were made? How ravished is Lyf going to be once they get on the Aurora? I love so much of the fanfiction already out there: Lyf as a cosmic mantis shrimp is great; the intimate hairstyling headcanons are great; Marius breaking out to drunkenly steal violins and breaking back into jail is great. I would love to see Ivy and Raph get more attention if possible. Roleplay with them could be great. So could character explorations. What if Lyf is really struggling to be with space pirates after they spent their career as a cop. What if Lyf is asexual. What if there's comedic misunderstandings about the banter in prison and Lyf is on a completely different page than the Mechs?
Ashes O'Reilly/Gunpowder Tim
I love Hades/Persephone, hows about some of that while they're in UDaD times? Or them going wild somewhere and setting all the explosions. Or comforting each other about being Mechanized. Or exploring fun new weaponry on a new planet. These are objectively the two most attractive Mechs, game recognizes game. What if they go to a bar and pretend not to know each other and hit on each other? What if they do some fun roleplay shenanigans? What if they go on a crime spree together, what crimes will they commit?
Jonny d'Ville & Nastya Rasputina
I have such strong feelings about traumatized youngvampires immortals and like, their dynamic is so great. The first ones to have to deal with Carmilla, protecting each other, surviving, eventually breaking free. I don't really read them as siblings but like if you do, that's cool. I'd love to know more about their early dynamic forming (a princess and a scoundrel gunslinger, that must have been an adjustment) their shenanigans over the years with the albums and concerts, or perhaps Nastya coming back (because fuck Out that is not the end I refuse, I refuse to accept that for Nastya.)
Jonny d'Ville/Ashes O'Reilly
These two have so much in common in their backstories and I would love to hear more about that, and them connecting. I'd also just love to read about them going on rampages together. I'm very fond of the idea that Jonny was Cerberus in a way in UDaD and I invite you to consider the image of Jonny in a collar snarling at anyone who comes close, kneeling at the foot of Ashes' throne. I really love the idea of them running off and doing Crimes together, like scamming a casino or taking on some space mafia or robbing a train.
Jonny d'Ville/Gunpowder Tim
So the Moon War huh? There's a lot to unpack there. Cuddling and/or sex huddling for warmth at night. Jonny watching Tim go through grief and anguish and destroy the whole moon. The snarky, needling comments. The centuries together making music and doing shows. Jonny is either the best or worst person to comfort a newly-immortal person, what does that go with Tim? I like the idea of them doing roleplay together, possibly delving into darker implications and processing the trauma of war and immortality.
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The Magnus Archives
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character death for Melanie, Georgie, Daisy, or Martin. Jon Archivist's asexuality being erased or changed. (I am asexual, you don't need to write a Very Special Episode, what I mean is he's asexual, if you're writing him in a ship please consider what that means, is he repulsed, neutral, positive to sex with a partner? What are his limits and boundaries? I've seen fics where he's written as gay and allosexual, please just don't do that, he's asexual.)
DNW exception/clarification: for eye torture/trauma, don't erase what Melanie did to her eyes but please no gory details.
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Note for Podfics: I haven't written much TMA fic yet, but anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm very down for a Mundane AU where everyone like works at a normal office or library or college or whatever, or meet at a support group, or a kink club. I'd also adore seeing these characters if they'd been born in the Discworld world instead and live in Ankh-Morpork. Totally wild suggestion but what would some of these people be like if they'd been born in the Goblin Emperor world, what would they be doing, how would they be operating at court? Several of these could themselves well to a role reversal AU (Archivist Agnes, Web!Jon, Archivist Sasha, Melanie the Boss, etc.) don't be afraid to mix things up and get super creative here. Also to repeat myself, I love Vampire AUs and Pirate AUs (either fantastical or real world Golden Age of Piracy.) Superhero/villain AU could be really fun too, either campy or dark or anywhere inbetween.
Solo: 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? I just want to know MORE about him. Feel free to invent any number of artifacts yourself for him to wrangle. Not to steer you but like, if there's ever been a character in need of making whacky reddit posts, it's Mikaele Salesa.
Elias Bouchard/Melanie King
This is complicated. I was trying to work this out and came up with "the 70s horror appeal of an abused woman lashing back at her abusive boss and raping him at knifepoint but like he enjoys it too much and it's really weird." If that makes sense to you, great! If not, don't worry, I have more word vomit below:
I want Melanie to have her vengeance. I want her to get back at him. I'm real mad she wasn't there to see him arrested. I'm real mad she didn't get to stab him. I feel like Elias enjoys women hurting him way too much, maybe play that out a bit? Maybe they have a messed up, dark, deeply unhealthy relationship while she protects the Institute and he tries to steer into more of a Slaughter Soldier type. Maybe he can compel statements about her sex life and kinks, either to humiliate her or turn her on or enrage her. Maybe she has just enough Eye powers to turn that back on him for a change and drag out all the disgusting things he thinks about all day. Love the idea of her making him suck her fingers, her boot, her knife, anything to stop his lying tongue. Also remember for all his posturing, Elias snapped and beat a man to death with a pipe and called it an "overreaction" he's got violent rage going on too. You could really lean on the corporate horror of all this, the paperwork, contracts, reviews, disciplinary measures, etc.
My super self indulgent guilty pleasure concept? Melanie pins him down with a knife and fucks him in his office chair. And she's not fussed about him getting hurt in the process.
No pressure but here are two fanmixes I made for them if you're the type who likes to write with music:
Melanie/Elias dark sexy mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gOlqBCqZ2AVVXEo60PjMV
Here's How Melanie Can StillWin Stab Elias:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w6ud12TLG2AngeuFRRg64
Agnes Montague/Jonathan Sims
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? Will she help burn down the Archives, or will she need convincing?
Jonathan Sims/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? I really love the idea of them just, needing to be close, cuddling, sleeping together, intimacy, whatever that looks like for them. I'm deeply interested in them having a close, weird, intimate relationship neither of them can really classify but they know it feels better to be together, feels safer.
I would really love to see them explore nonsexual bdsm together as a coping mechanism after the Coffin, I would probably cry with joy if you wrote that.
I'd prefer something consensual with these two instead of nonconsensual, but if weird Hunt shenanigans happen by all means lean into that in your writing.
An AU where they meet at some kind of support group could be really interesting.
Annabelle Cane/Jonathan Sims
Jonathan Sims/The Web
So Jon and spiders huh! So much here. What if he gets captured. What if he gets lured to the Web instead, from an early age even. What if he makes a deal with the Web at a terrible price. What if Annabelle just likes messing around with him. Feel free to use all the mind control, dubious consent, outright rape, hypnotism/manipulation content you desire with this. I think the fact that this was the first Fear to reach out to him is powerful, and I'd love to see that explored more. You could also go more consensual, with Annabelle and Jon as a team, a power couple, feeding each other. Also the bondage potential of the Web's powers are certainly something I wouldn't mind seeing. Mundane AU where they meet in a sex club, as therapist and client, in the hypnotism community, or heck on a random date, would also be interesting to me.
Georgie Barker/Jonathan Sims
Georgie Barker/Melanie King/Jonathan Sims
Sometimes I would like nice things to happen to Jon! Wild I know. I want to know so much more about Jon and Georgie's relationship, be that during uni, during his time hiding with her, or some kind of timeline divergence.
If you add Melanie in ... really I just wanna know what that would be like. AU where they're all living together and awkwardly navigating a new relationship. Timeline split where Jon stays with Georgie and Melanie moves in and they start to gravitate towards each other. I'm up for full on OT3 or a triad with Georgie in the middle, or whatever your heart desires as you start to write.
Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims/Tim Stoker
Martin Blackwood/Sasha James/Jonathan Sims/Tim Stoker
OG archive team! What if they hooked up? How did this happen? What issues do they run into which scheduling, feelings, and managing work/life/eldritch monsters? Frankly you could do a mundane AU where they just work in a shitty office, or a public library, and I'd love that too.
Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk/Jonathan Sims/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Werewolves werewolves WEREWOLVES! Go WILD with this! Hunting each other down in the woods! Heats! Biting! Using sex to cope with murdery feelings! All the consent issues!
let. them. FIGHT. Or fuck. Or hunt together! Or hunt each other! Maybe Daisy's struggling with her urges and has violent sex to try and stave it off. Or she gives in and then regrets it, blood still warm on her lips. Or they team up in the apocalypse to survive. Or they end up together in a What If and are hunters together in England from the show's start.
I'd love to know more about Trevor and Julia's relationship, hunts, dynamic. I don't personally see them as father/daughter but if you wanna lean into the implications there by all means go right ahead, I'll read it.
For the moresomes pairings ... Werewolf pack! This would be great with Julia and Trevor drawing Daisy into their ways, or Daisy overpowering them both and asserting her dominance, or Julia and Daisy ganging up on the old man together. Maybe Hunt avatars go into heat and Trevor kidnaps Daisy to satisfy Julia, since he's been struggling to keep up with her lately. If you wanna go for violence, imagine the three of them hunting someone (or something?) down together. (Maybe it's Jon!)
Pie in the sky, dreaming big ... I'd love for Jon to get kept by this pack. And he's safe and knows they're dangerous and nobody can hurt him anymore and there's all these cuddlepiles and it's messed up but it works for them.
Oliver Banks/Jonathan Sims
Oliver Banks/Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
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?
The way Oliver 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. I'd like to see more of him, beyond the Sexy Tentacles Man, though the Sexy Tentacles are great of course.
Seeing how Martin fits into things, either as a full on OT3 or a triad with Jon in the middle, or heck Martin in the middle, is interesting to me. I feel like Martin could really bond with Oliver over poetry, and losing people, and having a very weird relationship with death. The End does rather keep Oliver isolated, and Martin's been through that with the Lonely. Maybe tentacles and fog could combine into some wild, weirdly sexy fun times?
Also down for a mundane AU where they end up dating and navigate a three way dynamic together.
Melanie King/The Slaughter
Melanie King & The Slaughter
So I have no idea what this would look like but I desperately want to find out. Melanie might be my favorite of the supporting characters on the show. 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.
The Slaughter is one of the more neglected Fears in my mind, once you get away from the WWI material. What really intrigues me is the music aspect, that caught me early on and I wished there'd been more about it in the podcast. What if Melanie go into obscure youtube music instead of getting shot? How would that have worked? What if she thinks she's free of all this and then hears a song that she can't get out of her head? What about dancing, uncontrollable movements that turn violent, mosh pits at concerts, frenzied Maenads?
Ideally I would love to see Melanie become an Avatar in more control of herself and her powers, instead of having those powers ripped out of her without her consent. I am so fucking tired of Dark Phoenix Saga type stories where a powerful woman has to be stopped, or too much power makes her go ~insane~ or whatever, I've seen it over and over again so many times and I'm tired of it. I want to see her use her rage, channel it, and what that looks like. I want to see her dance over the graves of her enemies.
... on that note, here's a fanmix I made of songs that give me Slaughter vibes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Hb5FWjDGBUUpExmsqu1Zb
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Critical Role
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character deaths of Vex, Keyleth, Jester, Beau, Yasha, or Grog. Noncon for Keyleth/Grog or Jester/Yasha. Unhappy endings for Jester/Yasha.
DNW exception: due to what canonically happened to certain characters, discussion of and depiction of child abuse is ok for this set.
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Note for Podfics: Anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm down for mundane AUs where they're at college together, or work at a mall, or meet at a kink club, or are in a support network, or are in a tabletop gaming group together. Love pirate AUs, either fantastical in-world or more realistic and in our world in the Golden Age of Piracy. Love vampire AUs. A superhero/villain AU could be really fun with some of these. Love role reversal AUs and class swaps (Barbarian Jester! Druid Grog! Demon Percy!) I'd adore seeing them in the Discworld world instead of Exandria. Super weird ask but what about the Goblin Emperor world for Astrid/Eodwulf/Bren or Essek/Caleb scenarios?
Astrid/Eodwulf/Bren Aldric Ermendrud
Ahhhhhhh these three. Listen. They were together right. I'm weak for OT3s, I'm weak for codependent relationships that started young and are all too easy to fall back into later in life, I'm weak for an ambitious woman whose response to trauma is to externalize it.
They were desperate kids who were told they were special and smart and taught to do terrible things in the name of the Empire. That breaks my heart in the best way.
There's so much to dig into here. Their time together in school, getting closer, the terrible things they learned to do and had to endure. The night they all killed their parents. The fallout after Bren broke down and they tried for years to bring him back. The reunion in the show's continuity. (Note, feel free to include whatever you want from the show itself, if we get more developments in the episodes after the assignments go out, or not. I'm all caught up on the show but I don't expect you to have to be.)
I'm down for What If explorations of Bren hadn't broken down, been a loyalist all his life, or a role reversal where Astrid and/or Wulf broke down and later escaped the asylum while Bren was at Trent's side. Do Astrid and Wulf ever try and bring Caleb back to the Bren they knew? Is he tempted? Don't worry about going super dark here, this ship was made for it, but also don't be afraid to depict a happy ending where they raze the Academy to the ground and go live in a cottage together either.
Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
Ok so at first I was like "oho hot boy" like everyone and then turns out Essek has LAYERS. How exciting! I am so fascinated by these two and their evolving relationship. I love that Essek was young, desperate to learn, and stifled by a religious monarchy that has already gone on for hundreds of years without allowing questioning the beacons. I love their flirty magic lessons. I loved the tense scene with the Scourger and the look they exchanged. I love the awkward dinner dates where they cannot get away from the group no matter what (though I would really love to see what happens if they did finally get some alone time!) I loved the confrontation on the ship and Caleb sliding right back into his cold interrogation voice. I just want to see them interact more, and talk, or hook up, and all the baggage that comes with becoming intimate with someone you can't entirely trust but also understands you so deeply you can't resist. If you're not up for smut I especially love explorations of loyalty, patriotism, ethical dilemmas, "things man was not meant to know" boundary pushing research. Or heck, Essek needs a vacation!
(Note, feel free to include whatever you want from the show itself, if we get more developments in the episodes after the assignments go out, or not. I'm all caught up on the show but I don't expect you to have to be.)
Jester Lavorre/Yasha
They've had some lovely moments together on the show, and Jester has had some great moments worrying for Yasha when she wasn't around. Jester painting the wall of flowers for her just warms my heart. I would really love to see more of them explored, they're both strong, they've both had their struggles with gods, they can both be soft and vulnerable but are uneasy of opening up to others at times.
I'd just ... love anything really. Cute early relationship hand-holding and hair braiding with flower exchanges, cuddling, smut, sparring (remember Jester is very strong!), a rescue with a tearful reunion, anything. Modern AU where Yasha is a badass rock harpist and Jester is an eager fan, or the daughter of a prestigious music producer, or a pop star herself who wants to do a concept album with the enigmatic Yasha?
Keyleth/Grog Strongjaw
One of my favorite CR1 rarepairs. Keyleth and Grog had some great moments in the first campaign and I wish we'd seen more. I think they could be good for each other, especially when Keyleth was working on her rage. Also if you feel up to it, sex with them could be so intense. Keyleth tackling him while in Minxie form and shifting back to herself and Grog is delighted ... has a lot of appeal. Or heck, what about an AU where Grog takes more Druid levels instead, becomes more spiritual about the wilderness with Keyleth?
Percy de Rolo III & Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
Percy de Rolo III/Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
So ... these two. These two. Um. Literally anything? Banter and taunts. Expanded conversations on Glintshore. Uneasy alliances. What If they'd teamed up with her against the dragons? What exactly happened during the time she tortured him. What might have happened had they kept her captured and locked her up after the Briarwoods arc. Extremely unhealthy sex. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea but I really love these two a lot. I wish we'd learned a little more about Dr. Ripley before her death on the show, feel free to expand on her backstory, especially now that we know more about Wildemount and the Empire. I love ambitious lady mad scientists, I love Dr. Ripley as a villain so much. And well, Percy is the kind of character I enjoy seeing whumped and so this is a great dynamic for me.
Percy de Rolo III/Orthax (Critical Role)
Percy de Rolo III/Orthax/Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
I am fascinated by Orthax and how little we know about him. Why did he want to unleash guns on the world? My theory is he nudged Percy so that guns would spread and more people would seek vengeance for murdered loved ones. I'd love to know more about the dreams, and what might have happened if Percy took a darker, or more overt warlock path in the story.
Add in Anna and like ... there's a lot of ways to go there. Big bads teaming up to torment Percy. Percy making a deal for more power, at a terrible cost to his own soul. Complete AU where Percy went evil early on. Up for Percy as Anna's assistant, partner, or Prince.
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Original Work - Consent/Gen
Fandom specific DNWs: Rape/noncon for this requested set. (Dubious consent is ok and in some of these encouraged, see my prompts below for more.) Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Unhappy endings for the Tentacle Creature, Sexbots, or Cryptid.
Length Opt-In: 666 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic
Fusions/Crossovers: Since most of these don't have solid settings, feel free to set them whenever or wherever. I tend to prefer pre-20th Century for real world settings, or modern day. I love vague or detailed fantasy settings, I tend to prefer high fantasy to low fantasy, I do love urban fantasy though. For more sci-fi settings, I don't get too bogged down in tech and how stuff works, don't feel pressured to explain things too much. I like "what if" timelines where the world is the same as ours but with a few things changed due to a historic event or a few different decisions along the way.
Actor/Actor Who Plays Their Antagonist. I'm such a sucker for this scenario, the burning unresolved sexual tension that spills over, usually in the actor's trailer or their hotel room after a long shoot. Bonus points for mutual flirting the whole time, references to fans online speculating about the characters they play, and slipping in and out of character in bed.
Child Superhero & Their Concerned Supervillain Nemesis. There's been some great tumblr posts about this scenario over the years. I love the idea of this, a Supervillain realizing their nemesis is a kid and feeling protective, frustrated with the situation, even angry if the child was sent by a hero organization. There's potential for humor and tragedy here, and everything in between. I very much like the idea of the Supervillain protecting the kid from other villains.
New Superhero/Experienced Supervillain
Injured Male Superhero/Male Supervillain Who Saves His Life
Often Injured Sidekick/Male Supervillain Who Keeps Saving Him
Retired Male Superhero/Male Supervillain Who Keeps Seeking Him Out Because He Misses Him
You might have noticed a theme with me and that's heroes and villains in weird arrangements. It's the secret identities, the weirdly intimate dynamics, and the tension. Love it when the tension spills over especially after a fight or a tense moment. Feel free to go as campy or serious as you please.
Cryptid/Cryptid Hunter. Who's hunting whom? Does the Hunter want to be caught? How long has the pursuit lasted? Please feel free to make the Cryptid as inhuman as you like. Dubious consent is ok but I much prefer the Cryptid Hunter succumbing to their desires for this forbidden monster.
Dragon/Princess/Knight come to save the princess. I'm up for a Dragon toying with helpless humans, a Dragon and Princess being in love and toying with the Knight or seducing the Knight willingly, or the three of them engaging in elaborate roleplay together. Dubious consent ok so long as it's evident the participants are ultimately enjoying themselves.
Harvest Goddess/King/Queen. I love harvest rituals a lot. I love rulers who submit to a god. I love femdom. I love literally having a sexual experience with your god and what that entails. Feel free to borrow from reality or invent your own concepts here.
Human Adventurer/Orc Encampment. Is the human here for secret desires? A test of their endurance? Part of a religious ritual or tribute from a city? Did their night with one partner escalate into a night pleasuring the whole camp? I'd love to see this just, unrestrained wild indulgence.
Mad Steampunk Scientist/Assistant. I'm weak for this dynamic. Long suffering assistant in love with eccentric boss, I can't help it, I love it. Perhaps some experiment goes kinky? Perhaps they make it go kinky? Go as campy or serious as you like with this.
Outdated Sexbot/Junkyard Owner
Escaped Male Sexbot/Male Hacker
I'm big into robot ethics. Would love to see either the junkyard owner restarting the sexbot out of personal interest, or purely financial concerns before the sexbot seduces them. Would prefer to see the hacker trying to recover the escaped sexbot before turning sides. Would prefer the sexbots to have agency rather than being helpless the whole time to the whims of humans.
Pirate/Tentacle Creature. I much prefer an alliance between a human and a monster than the usual "character ravished by unknowing tentacles" scenario. Perhaps the pirate feeds captives to the tentacle beast, or the tentacle creature saved the pirate, or they have a mutually enjoyable fling while the pirate is on an island? This could be quite terrifying if say, a port city is threatened by the tentacle creature and the pirate at once.
Solo: Asexual incubus. Look, I'm ace, and I love all these explorations over the years on social media about sexual incubi. Character exploration would be delightful here. I'm open to them being entirely repulsed, neutral and treating it like any other manual labor job, or enjoying invoking this in people and tempting them into sin.
Stolen Human Raised By Faeries/Changeling Raised By Humans. I adore changeling narratives. Big fan of Changeling the Lost especially. Would love to see these two bonding via shared trauma, but one taking vengeance on the other for circumstances out of their control would be great too. Feel free to play up the unsettling nature of them resembling each other.
Unloved Prince Of A Conquered Country/Conquering Emperor Who Adores Him. I debated whether to put this ship here or below. I settled on here. Yes the prince has been conquered, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It might take him time to see that, of course. I do adore the concept of an "unloved" prince who was rejected before by all, and an Emperor who swoops in and makes him feel loved, as indulgent as that is, I love this concept a lot.
Adventurous and Sheltered Noble/Outlaws Who Kidnap Them. Now this has potential to be very silly, a surprise table turning of the Noble seducing each subsequent guard, or a little darker with an ultimate happy ending. Love the idea of a kinky noble who finally has a chance to live out their fantasies. Would prefer the outlaws be various genders. Feel free to go high fantasy here if you like.
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Original Work - Non-Consent or Dubious Consent Optional
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for the Actress, Starlet, Human Adventurer, New Superhero, Person Tied Up In the Stocks, or Rogue AI. Unhappy ending for the Rogue AI. Cryptid Hunter nonconing the Cryptid.
Length Opt-In: 666 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic
Fusions/Crossovers: Since most of these don't have solid settings, feel free to set them whenever or wherever. I tend to prefer pre-20th Century for real world settings, or modern day. I love vague or detailed fantasy settings, I tend to prefer high fantasy to low fantasy, I do love urban fantasy though. For more sci-fi settings, I don't get too bogged down in tech and how stuff works, don't feel pressured to explain things too much. I like "what if" timelines where the world is the same as ours but with a few things changed due to a historic event or a few different decisions along the way.
Actress Shooting Low-Budget Supernatural Horror Movie in the '70s/Actual Demon. I just love this prompt. I went to film school and I love shlocky movies, so feel free to cram in all the references you like to shady filmmaking in that era. I love the idea of a real demon being involved, and perhaps not as insidiously as one might fear.
Ancient and Terrible God Newly Awoken/Easy Going New-Age Priest
Explorer/Forgotten Deity of a Long Lost Shrine
I just love horror where someone stumbles into a place they should not be and awakens something dangerous. Go as weird as you like, tentacles, statue come to life, a shimmering form. Is the explorer the first new worshipper, or a vessel for the god to be reborn? Is the new-age priest eager for a resurgence or gently steering this ancient power into relaxing?
Airship Pirate/Opera Starlet they kidnapped. Maybe it's because I've gotten into some steampunk stuff again this summer but this idea is luring me. Up for high adventure and swashbuckling tone, a more serious powerplay/seduction/ravishing, a longtime flirtation on either of their parts, or something you come up with yourself. Up for the Pirate escaping with or without the Opera Starlet in tow, or being arrested and condemned for their crime.
Conquering Male Human General/Elf Prince Taken as Spoils of War
Conquering Male Orc General/Elf Prince Taken as Spoils of War
Self indulgent? Yes. What can I say, elves need taking down a peg or two or three. I'm not picky about whether this is an alternative to being executed, a prelude to that, or if the elf prince isn't sure the whole time. It would be interesting if the human or orc is actually somewhat inexperienced in bed, contrary to the sex-crazed-warlord stereotypes, especially if the elf is a virgin and was expecting-dreading-anticipating being ravished and is startled to learn that isn't the case, at least not how they were picturing it.
Cryptid/Cryptid Hunter. Who's hunting whom? Does the Hunter want to be caught? How long has the pursuit lasted? Please feel free to make the Cryptid as inhuman as you like. Just, love the idea of a hunter being ravished by a monster and especially so if they enjoy some of the process, to their utter humiliation.
Eldritch Cult/Hapless Nineteenth Century Archaeologist. Big fan of smug imperialists stumbling into things Man Was Not Meant To Know and paying the price for their arrogance. Would prefer a male archeologist for this scenario.
Human Adventurer/Orc Encampment. Look this is ... this is a gangbang. I would love a gangbang for this. Just pure indulgent "let's play with this fun toy until they cry and then keep going." Did the human get caught sneaking around their camp, on a raid, were they gifted as a reward to the orcs by a Big Bad Evil Guy? Bonus points if despite, or even because of, the brutal and humiliating treatment, the human starts to enjoy themselves.
Person Tied Up in Stocks for Public Use/Villagers by Day/Monsters by Night. This is also a gangbang but you can get more creative with the other characters. Basically the same thing, characters unleashing their sadistic desires on a helpless person who can't resist. Would prefer the victim to at least get some pleasure from their ordeal. Very open to some of the villagers secretly being monsters.
Introvert young king with a fierce reputation/Rebellious rival prince dragged to his harem. I just love the set up here, the clashing personalities and expectations put upon them both. Did the king take the prince prisoner because it's expected of him, to spare him from execution, or for latent feelings? Is the prince afraid of being hurt, strangely attracted to the king, or defiant through and through?
Older General Of The Evil Intergalactic Empire/Captured Younger General Of The Resistance (M/M) What's the story here, I wonder? Did they know each other before? Has the older general seen these types come and go, or is there something special about this one? Was the younger general here on a mission to persuade the older general to turn sides, seduce him, assassinate him, a combination?
Rogue AI/Freelance Hacker Commissioned To Subdue Them. Oh this, this is beautiful. I love robot ethics. Let the Rogue AI turn the tables on this hacker, humiliate them, defeat them, possibly even seduce them? Has the hacker ever encountered something like this before?
New Superhero/Experienced Supervillain. This is just pure id for me, like ... go full on bdsm indulgence, the anxious hero startled by how much they enjoy being tied up in a death trap. Perhaps the villain is surprised at how different this is with a new, young, very attractive hero in their clutches?
Pirate Queen/Girl Given as Tribute. I'm up for either full on ravishment, or the Pirate Queen being gentle and the tribute entirely enjoying herself despite initially being here against her will. Would prefer a virginal tribute.
Vampire/Vampire Hunter/Maiden Kidnapped by the Vampire. This could go a lot of ways, classic villainous vampire seduction, maiden conspiring to get herself double teamed, or the hunter entranced by the two of them and succumbing to their desires.
Wealthy Amoral Nobleman/Pretty Thief Caught Breaking Into His Mansion. I just love this concept. I'd prefer m/m for this personally.
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The Goblin Emperor
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Cheating/adultery (meaning, if Maia is married, please at minimum include a nod or reference that Csethiro knows about his affairs if she isn't participating.) Rape/non-con between any requested pairings. Unhappy endings.
Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic, Medium Opt-In: Epistolary
Fusions/Crossovers: I have this weird feeling that a Discworld fusion of some kind would be wild, I have no idea how you'd do it, but I would applaud the result. I'm down for a mundane AU where they're in our world in an era where emperors and intricate court rituals are part of daily life. I'm also open to a sci-fi setting where Maia is a galactic emperor. Love pirate AUs, either in-world or more realistic and in our world in the Golden Age of Piracy. Love vampire AUs. Love role reversal AUs (Empress in her own right Csethiro, reluctant Emperor Csevet, Maia the disgraced priest, Maia the former courier.)
Finally read this book this summer and my gods, it was incredible. I could not put it down. I would adore any fic so long as you avoid my DNWs. Please don't worry too much about hitting the right linguistics or any prompts I have, go where
That said, I'm BIG into what I like to call "honor kink" and that permeates this book deliciously, with the intense loyalty people have to Maia as their Emperor, especially towards the end of the book when it starts to hit them that he truly deserves their loyalty. It doesn't have to be overtly sexual, but the strong D/s themes you could push with any of these dynamics would be incredible. Or honestly, just give these poor people a break! Let them do public works and festivals and relax for a while!
Thara Celehar/Maia Drazha. They don't share many scenes in the book I know, but I was very taken by this dynamic. Maia sees worth, a man he can trust, meanwhile Thara is shocked at Maia's trust and spends the book in intense Priest Detective mode. I would love to know more about their future encounters. I'm open to an AU where Thara does join Maia's household in some manner, as a spymaster or investigator or personal priest something else. Navigating the culture's homophobia is a tricky situation, especially with Thara's past and his guilt. Not to mention that his lover killed his abusive spouse, and Maia experienced abuse himself.
Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazha. I live for stoic, clam types who keep all their emotions pinned up and then burst out when it's important, and Beshelar's reaction to hearing about the abuse Maia endured? Was that moment for me. I would really love to see Beshelar caring for Maia in a key moment, being that fixed point for him. Or perhaps Maia's done something Scandalous again and offers to let Beshelar "correct" him in private.
Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazha. Is this basic of me? I don't care, I love it. Loyal, competent servants utterly devoted to their new masters just ... aughghghgh I love it so fucking much. How do they get together when Maia knows about the abuses and threats Csevet has endured as a servant? Could they perhaps get away from the court for a while to be together, away from so many prying eyes? I'm a fan of pining and intricate courtship and eroticizing seemingly normal tasks/routines.
Csevet Aisava/Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar. Same as above, but Csethiro gets in on the action. No reason the Emperor and Empress can't share, right? A lot of fun potential dynamics here, Maia and Csethiro rewarding Csevet for his loyalty and hard work, Csethiro and Csevet helping Maia to relax/lavishing him with attention, Maia and Csevet worshipping Csethiro, Csevet helping the young couple through their early sexual experiences. Or honestly, vacation where they all get to relax away from court for a while. I'm a big fan of pining that ultimately is rewarded with fulfillment, be that from any participant in this dynamic.
Csevet Aisava/Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar. Look they've all had a stressful time of things. Let them all love their Emperor. This could be smutty or just, the many gentle ways they care for him individually and together. Maia's had a difficult life, let him have three boyfriends if he wants. I'd love to know how they all get together, if some of them had relationships before of Maia is the catalyst for feelings that have simmered for years among the others.
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, mindbreak, character or ship bashing, spelling it "cum," characters under the age of 16 engaging in sex, fingernail/toenail trauma/injuries, kidfic/de-aging, trypophobia content, teeth damage/trauma, explicit urine/feces/vomit, insects/bugs, first or second person POV, cancer, institutionalization, needles used for torture, eye torture/trauma, breast mutilation (biting or scratching is ok but not more extreme than that), 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 to it as backstory are ok), A/B/O, petplay, sexual ageplay.
Fandom specific DNWs and some exceptions to the above, located in the specific fandom sections below.
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, coping with long-term injuries and/or scars, roadtrips, pirate AUs, space pirate AUs, vampire AUs, werewolf 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, holidays (real or invented), worldbuilding, platonic sleeping together for comfort, making/sharing food together, found family, character focus/exploration, asexual and/or trans headcanons, role reversal AU.
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, consensual nonconsent/rape roleplay where it's clear it's a negotiated roleplay, 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 things I like! I'm just listing some things I like so you get a better sense of me. Just avoid my DNWs and it's ok.)
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Discworld
(Not to intimidate you but I love Discworld so much I literally have the Ankh-Morpork crest tattooed on my arm. If you're writing Discworld fic for me I'm going to be sooooo excited to read it!)
Fandom specific DNWs: Adultery/Cheating. Permanent character death. Rape/noncon. Unhappy endings.
Medium Opt-In: Epistolary, Medium Opt-In: Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook, Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Magazine/News Article, Medium Opt-In: In-Universe Tabloid Article, Length Opt-In: 666 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic, Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Medium Opt-In: Advice Column, Medium Opt-In: r/AmITheAsshole Post
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm up for a mundane AU where they're in our world, in any era. I'm also up for role reversal AUs (Sybil as the Patrician? Sam the reluctant leader of the city? William the aristocratic vampire? Sacharissa the scrappy founder of the press?)
Otto von Chriek/Sacharissa Cripslock/William de Worde
One of my favorite OT3s. Please, literally anything, I will read it. I'd love to know how they get together, who hits on whom first, is a third approaching a couple, do they all fall together after a late night on a breaking story? I love how the book shows us all of them paired off and then together, the dynamics at play that differentiate. I love how Otto and Sacharissa keep William grounded when he gets too bigheaded, how William and Sacharissa defend Otto, and how Otto and William deal with his father. I want to know about how the paper progresses and how their careers and relationships evolve along with it. What new sections get added, what future scandals and events do they cover, when do they realize they're spending far more time with each other than anyone else in their lives?
If you're up for smut, I'm not at all opposed to Black Ribboners being allowed to nibble their partners in bed. In fact I think that would be really lovely to explore the trust involved in that.
Books: obviously The Truth. Otto and William get a few nice scenes in Monstrous Regiment, Otto gets some good moments scattered through the later books set in Ankh-Morpork, Sacharissa gets some great interviews in Going Postal and Making Money.
Sybil Ramkin/Havelock Vetinari/Samuel Vimes
I've been very taken with this OT3 for some time but they're so difficult to write. Sam and Sybil's marriage is so wonderful to read about, these two middle-aged people who thought they were beyond the time for romance and then found each other. Sybil and Vetinari's friendship gives me such delight, they've known each other for years and the fact that Sybil is so casual with him is so refreshing. And well, Sam and Vetinari, they have some very intriguing interactions over the course of the books and seem juuuuuust on the edge of pushing each other too far but never quite get there. I don't know how they'd all get together, but I would love to read about it.
Books: All the Watch books of course. It's hard to pick favorites but I think at this second, some of Vetinari's best is in Jingo and the Moist books, some of Sybil's best is in The Fifth Elephant and Thud, and some of Sam's best in Night Watch and Thud.
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The Mechanisms
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death of any of the requested characters. "Death to the Mechanisms" song content. "Out" fiction being the end of the Aurora and Nastya. Rape/noncon in any pairings except pairings with Dr. Carmilla. Pronouns other than they/them for Lyfrassir.
DNW exceptions: medical/abuse torture is ok for this fandom because well, mad science.
Medium Opt-In: Chatroom, Medium Opt-In: Text Fic, Medium Opt-In: Podfic of any of my fics that match this request's fandom/relationships, Medium Opt-In: Podfic, Length Opt-In: 666 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic, Medium Opt-In: /r/legaladvice Post, Medium Opt-In: Advice Column, Medium Opt-In: r/AmITheAsshole Post
Note for Podfics: I haven't written much Mechs fic yet, but anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm down for a high fantasy AU, superhero/villain AU, Golden Age of Piracy AU, or a mundane AU where they're all like at college together, but please do your best to maintain their disabilities/find mundane equivalents as best you can.
The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Mechanisms Ensemble
Polyamory! I love it! I love reading about it! I love crews who love each other very much!
This could be any number of scenarios. Domestic life aboard the Aurora. How the various dynamics evolve and change over time. Cuddlepiles. Trauma/battle recovery. Teaming up in fights with mortals. Concerts. Album brainstorm sessions. Dance parties. Silly games they play to keep entertained. I just love them and I'd love to read about them all loving each other in various ways.
Raphaella la Cognizi/Victoria Frankenstein
I yearn so much for more Mechs Frankenstein content. This ship is a great chance for some of that. I adore mad scientists, I think I say that a lot in this letter. I love the idea of them getting carried away by their work even at the expense of noticing issues rising in other areas. I also love the idea of Raph finding Victoria later and either rescuing her, or taking her in after the AI's tormented her over and over again.
The Aurora/Nastya Rasputina
I love their bond and I'd love to see it explored, either in how the Aurora cares for Nastya, or how Nastya cares for Aurora. I'm big into robot ethics and transhumanism, feel free to go wild with interpretations of Aurora. I want to know how they got together, who made the first move, what that was like. Nastya's preference for robots is something that I'd really love to see explored in relation to her trauma, the shock of being touched after living among holograms for so long, and then what Carmilla did.
Dr Carmilla/Nastya Rasputina
All the vampire sire/childre angst is appreciated. So is them meeting up after the events of the fiction and albums and reconnecting, either angrily or not so much. Or when Carmilla first led Nastya away from her home and into space. Was Nastya the one who pushed Carmilla out of the airlock at least once? Do either of them every miss each other? Feel free to go with any level of interpretation of what exactly Carmilla did to Nastya.
Dr Carmilla/Raphaella la Cognizi
Know what I love? Mad scientists! Especially lady mad scientists! I don't particularly care which is doming which, if they trade off, if it's a power struggle. "Experimenting" on each other to varying degrees of consent or nonconsent is a-ok to me. Did they know each other before Raph joined the Mechs? How did Raph mechanize herself without Carmilla's assistance?
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi
Anything would be great but I'd especially love to see what they got up to when they were in prison on Midgard. Putting on a show for the cameras, or not caring about the cameras, would be delightful to read about. I like the idea of the early days too, when Raph was new to the crew and she and Ivy gravitated towards each other amongst the crew.
Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi/Marius von Raum
Ivy Alexandria/Raphaella la Cognizi/Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum
Lyfrassir Edda/The Mechanisms Ensemble
Grouping these together for simplicity. Basically I love seeing wild stuff happen to Lyf, surviving the Bifrost Incident, running into the Mechs again, and falling in with them in more ways than one. I love the Prison Mechs trio and the suggestion that they gleefully spent 80 years on Midgard together, most of it in jail, apparently quite happy and teasing Lyf the entire time. How much sex on camera did they have? How many flirting attempts were made? How ravished is Lyf going to be once they get on the Aurora? I love so much of the fanfiction already out there: Lyf as a cosmic mantis shrimp is great; the intimate hairstyling headcanons are great; Marius breaking out to drunkenly steal violins and breaking back into jail is great. I would love to see Ivy and Raph get more attention if possible. Roleplay with them could be great. So could character explorations. What if Lyf is really struggling to be with space pirates after they spent their career as a cop. What if Lyf is asexual. What if there's comedic misunderstandings about the banter in prison and Lyf is on a completely different page than the Mechs?
Ashes O'Reilly/Gunpowder Tim
I love Hades/Persephone, hows about some of that while they're in UDaD times? Or them going wild somewhere and setting all the explosions. Or comforting each other about being Mechanized. Or exploring fun new weaponry on a new planet. These are objectively the two most attractive Mechs, game recognizes game. What if they go to a bar and pretend not to know each other and hit on each other? What if they do some fun roleplay shenanigans? What if they go on a crime spree together, what crimes will they commit?
Jonny d'Ville & Nastya Rasputina
I have such strong feelings about traumatized young
Jonny d'Ville/Ashes O'Reilly
These two have so much in common in their backstories and I would love to hear more about that, and them connecting. I'd also just love to read about them going on rampages together. I'm very fond of the idea that Jonny was Cerberus in a way in UDaD and I invite you to consider the image of Jonny in a collar snarling at anyone who comes close, kneeling at the foot of Ashes' throne. I really love the idea of them running off and doing Crimes together, like scamming a casino or taking on some space mafia or robbing a train.
Jonny d'Ville/Gunpowder Tim
So the Moon War huh? There's a lot to unpack there. Cuddling and/or sex huddling for warmth at night. Jonny watching Tim go through grief and anguish and destroy the whole moon. The snarky, needling comments. The centuries together making music and doing shows. Jonny is either the best or worst person to comfort a newly-immortal person, what does that go with Tim? I like the idea of them doing roleplay together, possibly delving into darker implications and processing the trauma of war and immortality.
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The Magnus Archives
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character death for Melanie, Georgie, Daisy, or Martin. Jon Archivist's asexuality being erased or changed. (I am asexual, you don't need to write a Very Special Episode, what I mean is he's asexual, if you're writing him in a ship please consider what that means, is he repulsed, neutral, positive to sex with a partner? What are his limits and boundaries? I've seen fics where he's written as gay and allosexual, please just don't do that, he's asexual.)
DNW exception/clarification: for eye torture/trauma, don't erase what Melanie did to her eyes but please no gory details.
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Note for Podfics: I haven't written much TMA fic yet, but anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm very down for a Mundane AU where everyone like works at a normal office or library or college or whatever, or meet at a support group, or a kink club. I'd also adore seeing these characters if they'd been born in the Discworld world instead and live in Ankh-Morpork. Totally wild suggestion but what would some of these people be like if they'd been born in the Goblin Emperor world, what would they be doing, how would they be operating at court? Several of these could themselves well to a role reversal AU (Archivist Agnes, Web!Jon, Archivist Sasha, Melanie the Boss, etc.) don't be afraid to mix things up and get super creative here. Also to repeat myself, I love Vampire AUs and Pirate AUs (either fantastical or real world Golden Age of Piracy.) Superhero/villain AU could be really fun too, either campy or dark or anywhere inbetween.
Solo: 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? I just want to know MORE about him. Feel free to invent any number of artifacts yourself for him to wrangle. Not to steer you but like, if there's ever been a character in need of making whacky reddit posts, it's Mikaele Salesa.
Elias Bouchard/Melanie King
This is complicated. I was trying to work this out and came up with "the 70s horror appeal of an abused woman lashing back at her abusive boss and raping him at knifepoint but like he enjoys it too much and it's really weird." If that makes sense to you, great! If not, don't worry, I have more word vomit below:
I want Melanie to have her vengeance. I want her to get back at him. I'm real mad she wasn't there to see him arrested. I'm real mad she didn't get to stab him. I feel like Elias enjoys women hurting him way too much, maybe play that out a bit? Maybe they have a messed up, dark, deeply unhealthy relationship while she protects the Institute and he tries to steer into more of a Slaughter Soldier type. Maybe he can compel statements about her sex life and kinks, either to humiliate her or turn her on or enrage her. Maybe she has just enough Eye powers to turn that back on him for a change and drag out all the disgusting things he thinks about all day. Love the idea of her making him suck her fingers, her boot, her knife, anything to stop his lying tongue. Also remember for all his posturing, Elias snapped and beat a man to death with a pipe and called it an "overreaction" he's got violent rage going on too. You could really lean on the corporate horror of all this, the paperwork, contracts, reviews, disciplinary measures, etc.
My super self indulgent guilty pleasure concept? Melanie pins him down with a knife and fucks him in his office chair. And she's not fussed about him getting hurt in the process.
No pressure but here are two fanmixes I made for them if you're the type who likes to write with music:
Melanie/Elias dark sexy mix: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gOlqBCqZ2AVVXEo60PjMV
Here's How Melanie Can Still
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w6ud12TLG2AngeuFRRg64
Agnes Montague/Jonathan Sims
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? Will she help burn down the Archives, or will she need convincing?
Jonathan Sims/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? I really love the idea of them just, needing to be close, cuddling, sleeping together, intimacy, whatever that looks like for them. I'm deeply interested in them having a close, weird, intimate relationship neither of them can really classify but they know it feels better to be together, feels safer.
I would really love to see them explore nonsexual bdsm together as a coping mechanism after the Coffin, I would probably cry with joy if you wrote that.
I'd prefer something consensual with these two instead of nonconsensual, but if weird Hunt shenanigans happen by all means lean into that in your writing.
An AU where they meet at some kind of support group could be really interesting.
Annabelle Cane/Jonathan Sims
Jonathan Sims/The Web
So Jon and spiders huh! So much here. What if he gets captured. What if he gets lured to the Web instead, from an early age even. What if he makes a deal with the Web at a terrible price. What if Annabelle just likes messing around with him. Feel free to use all the mind control, dubious consent, outright rape, hypnotism/manipulation content you desire with this. I think the fact that this was the first Fear to reach out to him is powerful, and I'd love to see that explored more. You could also go more consensual, with Annabelle and Jon as a team, a power couple, feeding each other. Also the bondage potential of the Web's powers are certainly something I wouldn't mind seeing. Mundane AU where they meet in a sex club, as therapist and client, in the hypnotism community, or heck on a random date, would also be interesting to me.
Georgie Barker/Jonathan Sims
Georgie Barker/Melanie King/Jonathan Sims
Sometimes I would like nice things to happen to Jon! Wild I know. I want to know so much more about Jon and Georgie's relationship, be that during uni, during his time hiding with her, or some kind of timeline divergence.
If you add Melanie in ... really I just wanna know what that would be like. AU where they're all living together and awkwardly navigating a new relationship. Timeline split where Jon stays with Georgie and Melanie moves in and they start to gravitate towards each other. I'm up for full on OT3 or a triad with Georgie in the middle, or whatever your heart desires as you start to write.
Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims/Tim Stoker
Martin Blackwood/Sasha James/Jonathan Sims/Tim Stoker
OG archive team! What if they hooked up? How did this happen? What issues do they run into which scheduling, feelings, and managing work/life/eldritch monsters? Frankly you could do a mundane AU where they just work in a shitty office, or a public library, and I'd love that too.
Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Trevor Herbert/Julia Montauk/Jonathan Sims/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Werewolves werewolves WEREWOLVES! Go WILD with this! Hunting each other down in the woods! Heats! Biting! Using sex to cope with murdery feelings! All the consent issues!
let. them. FIGHT. Or fuck. Or hunt together! Or hunt each other! Maybe Daisy's struggling with her urges and has violent sex to try and stave it off. Or she gives in and then regrets it, blood still warm on her lips. Or they team up in the apocalypse to survive. Or they end up together in a What If and are hunters together in England from the show's start.
I'd love to know more about Trevor and Julia's relationship, hunts, dynamic. I don't personally see them as father/daughter but if you wanna lean into the implications there by all means go right ahead, I'll read it.
For the moresomes pairings ... Werewolf pack! This would be great with Julia and Trevor drawing Daisy into their ways, or Daisy overpowering them both and asserting her dominance, or Julia and Daisy ganging up on the old man together. Maybe Hunt avatars go into heat and Trevor kidnaps Daisy to satisfy Julia, since he's been struggling to keep up with her lately. If you wanna go for violence, imagine the three of them hunting someone (or something?) down together. (Maybe it's Jon!)
Pie in the sky, dreaming big ... I'd love for Jon to get kept by this pack. And he's safe and knows they're dangerous and nobody can hurt him anymore and there's all these cuddlepiles and it's messed up but it works for them.
Oliver Banks/Jonathan Sims
Oliver Banks/Martin Blackwood/Jonathan Sims
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?
The way Oliver 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. I'd like to see more of him, beyond the Sexy Tentacles Man, though the Sexy Tentacles are great of course.
Seeing how Martin fits into things, either as a full on OT3 or a triad with Jon in the middle, or heck Martin in the middle, is interesting to me. I feel like Martin could really bond with Oliver over poetry, and losing people, and having a very weird relationship with death. The End does rather keep Oliver isolated, and Martin's been through that with the Lonely. Maybe tentacles and fog could combine into some wild, weirdly sexy fun times?
Also down for a mundane AU where they end up dating and navigate a three way dynamic together.
Melanie King/The Slaughter
Melanie King & The Slaughter
So I have no idea what this would look like but I desperately want to find out. Melanie might be my favorite of the supporting characters on the show. 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.
The Slaughter is one of the more neglected Fears in my mind, once you get away from the WWI material. What really intrigues me is the music aspect, that caught me early on and I wished there'd been more about it in the podcast. What if Melanie go into obscure youtube music instead of getting shot? How would that have worked? What if she thinks she's free of all this and then hears a song that she can't get out of her head? What about dancing, uncontrollable movements that turn violent, mosh pits at concerts, frenzied Maenads?
Ideally I would love to see Melanie become an Avatar in more control of herself and her powers, instead of having those powers ripped out of her without her consent. I am so fucking tired of Dark Phoenix Saga type stories where a powerful woman has to be stopped, or too much power makes her go ~insane~ or whatever, I've seen it over and over again so many times and I'm tired of it. I want to see her use her rage, channel it, and what that looks like. I want to see her dance over the graves of her enemies.
... on that note, here's a fanmix I made of songs that give me Slaughter vibes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Hb5FWjDGBUUpExmsqu1Zb
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Critical Role
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character deaths of Vex, Keyleth, Jester, Beau, Yasha, or Grog. Noncon for Keyleth/Grog or Jester/Yasha. Unhappy endings for Jester/Yasha.
DNW exception: due to what canonically happened to certain characters, discussion of and depiction of child abuse is ok for this set.
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Note for Podfics: Anything I've written I'm ok having made into a podfic. Consider anything in my bookmarks that fits the fandom and relationship tags a recs list.
Fusions/Crossovers: I'm down for mundane AUs where they're at college together, or work at a mall, or meet at a kink club, or are in a support network, or are in a tabletop gaming group together. Love pirate AUs, either fantastical in-world or more realistic and in our world in the Golden Age of Piracy. Love vampire AUs. A superhero/villain AU could be really fun with some of these. Love role reversal AUs and class swaps (Barbarian Jester! Druid Grog! Demon Percy!) I'd adore seeing them in the Discworld world instead of Exandria. Super weird ask but what about the Goblin Emperor world for Astrid/Eodwulf/Bren or Essek/Caleb scenarios?
Astrid/Eodwulf/Bren Aldric Ermendrud
Ahhhhhhh these three. Listen. They were together right. I'm weak for OT3s, I'm weak for codependent relationships that started young and are all too easy to fall back into later in life, I'm weak for an ambitious woman whose response to trauma is to externalize it.
They were desperate kids who were told they were special and smart and taught to do terrible things in the name of the Empire. That breaks my heart in the best way.
There's so much to dig into here. Their time together in school, getting closer, the terrible things they learned to do and had to endure. The night they all killed their parents. The fallout after Bren broke down and they tried for years to bring him back. The reunion in the show's continuity. (Note, feel free to include whatever you want from the show itself, if we get more developments in the episodes after the assignments go out, or not. I'm all caught up on the show but I don't expect you to have to be.)
I'm down for What If explorations of Bren hadn't broken down, been a loyalist all his life, or a role reversal where Astrid and/or Wulf broke down and later escaped the asylum while Bren was at Trent's side. Do Astrid and Wulf ever try and bring Caleb back to the Bren they knew? Is he tempted? Don't worry about going super dark here, this ship was made for it, but also don't be afraid to depict a happy ending where they raze the Academy to the ground and go live in a cottage together either.
Essek Thelyss/Caleb Widogast
Ok so at first I was like "oho hot boy" like everyone and then turns out Essek has LAYERS. How exciting! I am so fascinated by these two and their evolving relationship. I love that Essek was young, desperate to learn, and stifled by a religious monarchy that has already gone on for hundreds of years without allowing questioning the beacons. I love their flirty magic lessons. I loved the tense scene with the Scourger and the look they exchanged. I love the awkward dinner dates where they cannot get away from the group no matter what (though I would really love to see what happens if they did finally get some alone time!) I loved the confrontation on the ship and Caleb sliding right back into his cold interrogation voice. I just want to see them interact more, and talk, or hook up, and all the baggage that comes with becoming intimate with someone you can't entirely trust but also understands you so deeply you can't resist. If you're not up for smut I especially love explorations of loyalty, patriotism, ethical dilemmas, "things man was not meant to know" boundary pushing research. Or heck, Essek needs a vacation!
(Note, feel free to include whatever you want from the show itself, if we get more developments in the episodes after the assignments go out, or not. I'm all caught up on the show but I don't expect you to have to be.)
Jester Lavorre/Yasha
They've had some lovely moments together on the show, and Jester has had some great moments worrying for Yasha when she wasn't around. Jester painting the wall of flowers for her just warms my heart. I would really love to see more of them explored, they're both strong, they've both had their struggles with gods, they can both be soft and vulnerable but are uneasy of opening up to others at times.
I'd just ... love anything really. Cute early relationship hand-holding and hair braiding with flower exchanges, cuddling, smut, sparring (remember Jester is very strong!), a rescue with a tearful reunion, anything. Modern AU where Yasha is a badass rock harpist and Jester is an eager fan, or the daughter of a prestigious music producer, or a pop star herself who wants to do a concept album with the enigmatic Yasha?
Keyleth/Grog Strongjaw
One of my favorite CR1 rarepairs. Keyleth and Grog had some great moments in the first campaign and I wish we'd seen more. I think they could be good for each other, especially when Keyleth was working on her rage. Also if you feel up to it, sex with them could be so intense. Keyleth tackling him while in Minxie form and shifting back to herself and Grog is delighted ... has a lot of appeal. Or heck, what about an AU where Grog takes more Druid levels instead, becomes more spiritual about the wilderness with Keyleth?
Percy de Rolo III & Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
Percy de Rolo III/Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
So ... these two. These two. Um. Literally anything? Banter and taunts. Expanded conversations on Glintshore. Uneasy alliances. What If they'd teamed up with her against the dragons? What exactly happened during the time she tortured him. What might have happened had they kept her captured and locked her up after the Briarwoods arc. Extremely unhealthy sex. I know they're not everyone's cup of tea but I really love these two a lot. I wish we'd learned a little more about Dr. Ripley before her death on the show, feel free to expand on her backstory, especially now that we know more about Wildemount and the Empire. I love ambitious lady mad scientists, I love Dr. Ripley as a villain so much. And well, Percy is the kind of character I enjoy seeing whumped and so this is a great dynamic for me.
Percy de Rolo III/Orthax (Critical Role)
Percy de Rolo III/Orthax/Anna Ripley (Critical Role)
I am fascinated by Orthax and how little we know about him. Why did he want to unleash guns on the world? My theory is he nudged Percy so that guns would spread and more people would seek vengeance for murdered loved ones. I'd love to know more about the dreams, and what might have happened if Percy took a darker, or more overt warlock path in the story.
Add in Anna and like ... there's a lot of ways to go there. Big bads teaming up to torment Percy. Percy making a deal for more power, at a terrible cost to his own soul. Complete AU where Percy went evil early on. Up for Percy as Anna's assistant, partner, or Prince.
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Original Work - Consent/Gen
Fandom specific DNWs: Rape/noncon for this requested set. (Dubious consent is ok and in some of these encouraged, see my prompts below for more.) Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Unhappy endings for the Tentacle Creature, Sexbots, or Cryptid.
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Fusions/Crossovers: Since most of these don't have solid settings, feel free to set them whenever or wherever. I tend to prefer pre-20th Century for real world settings, or modern day. I love vague or detailed fantasy settings, I tend to prefer high fantasy to low fantasy, I do love urban fantasy though. For more sci-fi settings, I don't get too bogged down in tech and how stuff works, don't feel pressured to explain things too much. I like "what if" timelines where the world is the same as ours but with a few things changed due to a historic event or a few different decisions along the way.
Actor/Actor Who Plays Their Antagonist. I'm such a sucker for this scenario, the burning unresolved sexual tension that spills over, usually in the actor's trailer or their hotel room after a long shoot. Bonus points for mutual flirting the whole time, references to fans online speculating about the characters they play, and slipping in and out of character in bed.
Child Superhero & Their Concerned Supervillain Nemesis. There's been some great tumblr posts about this scenario over the years. I love the idea of this, a Supervillain realizing their nemesis is a kid and feeling protective, frustrated with the situation, even angry if the child was sent by a hero organization. There's potential for humor and tragedy here, and everything in between. I very much like the idea of the Supervillain protecting the kid from other villains.
New Superhero/Experienced Supervillain
Injured Male Superhero/Male Supervillain Who Saves His Life
Often Injured Sidekick/Male Supervillain Who Keeps Saving Him
Retired Male Superhero/Male Supervillain Who Keeps Seeking Him Out Because He Misses Him
You might have noticed a theme with me and that's heroes and villains in weird arrangements. It's the secret identities, the weirdly intimate dynamics, and the tension. Love it when the tension spills over especially after a fight or a tense moment. Feel free to go as campy or serious as you please.
Cryptid/Cryptid Hunter. Who's hunting whom? Does the Hunter want to be caught? How long has the pursuit lasted? Please feel free to make the Cryptid as inhuman as you like. Dubious consent is ok but I much prefer the Cryptid Hunter succumbing to their desires for this forbidden monster.
Dragon/Princess/Knight come to save the princess. I'm up for a Dragon toying with helpless humans, a Dragon and Princess being in love and toying with the Knight or seducing the Knight willingly, or the three of them engaging in elaborate roleplay together. Dubious consent ok so long as it's evident the participants are ultimately enjoying themselves.
Harvest Goddess/King/Queen. I love harvest rituals a lot. I love rulers who submit to a god. I love femdom. I love literally having a sexual experience with your god and what that entails. Feel free to borrow from reality or invent your own concepts here.
Human Adventurer/Orc Encampment. Is the human here for secret desires? A test of their endurance? Part of a religious ritual or tribute from a city? Did their night with one partner escalate into a night pleasuring the whole camp? I'd love to see this just, unrestrained wild indulgence.
Mad Steampunk Scientist/Assistant. I'm weak for this dynamic. Long suffering assistant in love with eccentric boss, I can't help it, I love it. Perhaps some experiment goes kinky? Perhaps they make it go kinky? Go as campy or serious as you like with this.
Outdated Sexbot/Junkyard Owner
Escaped Male Sexbot/Male Hacker
I'm big into robot ethics. Would love to see either the junkyard owner restarting the sexbot out of personal interest, or purely financial concerns before the sexbot seduces them. Would prefer to see the hacker trying to recover the escaped sexbot before turning sides. Would prefer the sexbots to have agency rather than being helpless the whole time to the whims of humans.
Pirate/Tentacle Creature. I much prefer an alliance between a human and a monster than the usual "character ravished by unknowing tentacles" scenario. Perhaps the pirate feeds captives to the tentacle beast, or the tentacle creature saved the pirate, or they have a mutually enjoyable fling while the pirate is on an island? This could be quite terrifying if say, a port city is threatened by the tentacle creature and the pirate at once.
Solo: Asexual incubus. Look, I'm ace, and I love all these explorations over the years on social media about sexual incubi. Character exploration would be delightful here. I'm open to them being entirely repulsed, neutral and treating it like any other manual labor job, or enjoying invoking this in people and tempting them into sin.
Stolen Human Raised By Faeries/Changeling Raised By Humans. I adore changeling narratives. Big fan of Changeling the Lost especially. Would love to see these two bonding via shared trauma, but one taking vengeance on the other for circumstances out of their control would be great too. Feel free to play up the unsettling nature of them resembling each other.
Unloved Prince Of A Conquered Country/Conquering Emperor Who Adores Him. I debated whether to put this ship here or below. I settled on here. Yes the prince has been conquered, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. It might take him time to see that, of course. I do adore the concept of an "unloved" prince who was rejected before by all, and an Emperor who swoops in and makes him feel loved, as indulgent as that is, I love this concept a lot.
Adventurous and Sheltered Noble/Outlaws Who Kidnap Them. Now this has potential to be very silly, a surprise table turning of the Noble seducing each subsequent guard, or a little darker with an ultimate happy ending. Love the idea of a kinky noble who finally has a chance to live out their fantasies. Would prefer the outlaws be various genders. Feel free to go high fantasy here if you like.
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Original Work - Non-Consent or Dubious Consent Optional
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for the Actress, Starlet, Human Adventurer, New Superhero, Person Tied Up In the Stocks, or Rogue AI. Unhappy ending for the Rogue AI. Cryptid Hunter nonconing the Cryptid.
Length Opt-In: 666 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic
Fusions/Crossovers: Since most of these don't have solid settings, feel free to set them whenever or wherever. I tend to prefer pre-20th Century for real world settings, or modern day. I love vague or detailed fantasy settings, I tend to prefer high fantasy to low fantasy, I do love urban fantasy though. For more sci-fi settings, I don't get too bogged down in tech and how stuff works, don't feel pressured to explain things too much. I like "what if" timelines where the world is the same as ours but with a few things changed due to a historic event or a few different decisions along the way.
Actress Shooting Low-Budget Supernatural Horror Movie in the '70s/Actual Demon. I just love this prompt. I went to film school and I love shlocky movies, so feel free to cram in all the references you like to shady filmmaking in that era. I love the idea of a real demon being involved, and perhaps not as insidiously as one might fear.
Ancient and Terrible God Newly Awoken/Easy Going New-Age Priest
Explorer/Forgotten Deity of a Long Lost Shrine
I just love horror where someone stumbles into a place they should not be and awakens something dangerous. Go as weird as you like, tentacles, statue come to life, a shimmering form. Is the explorer the first new worshipper, or a vessel for the god to be reborn? Is the new-age priest eager for a resurgence or gently steering this ancient power into relaxing?
Airship Pirate/Opera Starlet they kidnapped. Maybe it's because I've gotten into some steampunk stuff again this summer but this idea is luring me. Up for high adventure and swashbuckling tone, a more serious powerplay/seduction/ravishing, a longtime flirtation on either of their parts, or something you come up with yourself. Up for the Pirate escaping with or without the Opera Starlet in tow, or being arrested and condemned for their crime.
Conquering Male Human General/Elf Prince Taken as Spoils of War
Conquering Male Orc General/Elf Prince Taken as Spoils of War
Self indulgent? Yes. What can I say, elves need taking down a peg or two or three. I'm not picky about whether this is an alternative to being executed, a prelude to that, or if the elf prince isn't sure the whole time. It would be interesting if the human or orc is actually somewhat inexperienced in bed, contrary to the sex-crazed-warlord stereotypes, especially if the elf is a virgin and was expecting-dreading-anticipating being ravished and is startled to learn that isn't the case, at least not how they were picturing it.
Cryptid/Cryptid Hunter. Who's hunting whom? Does the Hunter want to be caught? How long has the pursuit lasted? Please feel free to make the Cryptid as inhuman as you like. Just, love the idea of a hunter being ravished by a monster and especially so if they enjoy some of the process, to their utter humiliation.
Eldritch Cult/Hapless Nineteenth Century Archaeologist. Big fan of smug imperialists stumbling into things Man Was Not Meant To Know and paying the price for their arrogance. Would prefer a male archeologist for this scenario.
Human Adventurer/Orc Encampment. Look this is ... this is a gangbang. I would love a gangbang for this. Just pure indulgent "let's play with this fun toy until they cry and then keep going." Did the human get caught sneaking around their camp, on a raid, were they gifted as a reward to the orcs by a Big Bad Evil Guy? Bonus points if despite, or even because of, the brutal and humiliating treatment, the human starts to enjoy themselves.
Person Tied Up in Stocks for Public Use/Villagers by Day/Monsters by Night. This is also a gangbang but you can get more creative with the other characters. Basically the same thing, characters unleashing their sadistic desires on a helpless person who can't resist. Would prefer the victim to at least get some pleasure from their ordeal. Very open to some of the villagers secretly being monsters.
Introvert young king with a fierce reputation/Rebellious rival prince dragged to his harem. I just love the set up here, the clashing personalities and expectations put upon them both. Did the king take the prince prisoner because it's expected of him, to spare him from execution, or for latent feelings? Is the prince afraid of being hurt, strangely attracted to the king, or defiant through and through?
Older General Of The Evil Intergalactic Empire/Captured Younger General Of The Resistance (M/M) What's the story here, I wonder? Did they know each other before? Has the older general seen these types come and go, or is there something special about this one? Was the younger general here on a mission to persuade the older general to turn sides, seduce him, assassinate him, a combination?
Rogue AI/Freelance Hacker Commissioned To Subdue Them. Oh this, this is beautiful. I love robot ethics. Let the Rogue AI turn the tables on this hacker, humiliate them, defeat them, possibly even seduce them? Has the hacker ever encountered something like this before?
New Superhero/Experienced Supervillain. This is just pure id for me, like ... go full on bdsm indulgence, the anxious hero startled by how much they enjoy being tied up in a death trap. Perhaps the villain is surprised at how different this is with a new, young, very attractive hero in their clutches?
Pirate Queen/Girl Given as Tribute. I'm up for either full on ravishment, or the Pirate Queen being gentle and the tribute entirely enjoying herself despite initially being here against her will. Would prefer a virginal tribute.
Vampire/Vampire Hunter/Maiden Kidnapped by the Vampire. This could go a lot of ways, classic villainous vampire seduction, maiden conspiring to get herself double teamed, or the hunter entranced by the two of them and succumbing to their desires.
Wealthy Amoral Nobleman/Pretty Thief Caught Breaking Into His Mansion. I just love this concept. I'd prefer m/m for this personally.
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The Goblin Emperor
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Cheating/adultery (meaning, if Maia is married, please at minimum include a nod or reference that Csethiro knows about his affairs if she isn't participating.) Rape/non-con between any requested pairings. Unhappy endings.
Length Opt-In: 777 words exactly, Length Opt-In: 750 minimum words per fic, Medium Opt-In: Epistolary
Fusions/Crossovers: I have this weird feeling that a Discworld fusion of some kind would be wild, I have no idea how you'd do it, but I would applaud the result. I'm down for a mundane AU where they're in our world in an era where emperors and intricate court rituals are part of daily life. I'm also open to a sci-fi setting where Maia is a galactic emperor. Love pirate AUs, either in-world or more realistic and in our world in the Golden Age of Piracy. Love vampire AUs. Love role reversal AUs (Empress in her own right Csethiro, reluctant Emperor Csevet, Maia the disgraced priest, Maia the former courier.)
Finally read this book this summer and my gods, it was incredible. I could not put it down. I would adore any fic so long as you avoid my DNWs. Please don't worry too much about hitting the right linguistics or any prompts I have, go where
That said, I'm BIG into what I like to call "honor kink" and that permeates this book deliciously, with the intense loyalty people have to Maia as their Emperor, especially towards the end of the book when it starts to hit them that he truly deserves their loyalty. It doesn't have to be overtly sexual, but the strong D/s themes you could push with any of these dynamics would be incredible. Or honestly, just give these poor people a break! Let them do public works and festivals and relax for a while!
Thara Celehar/Maia Drazha. They don't share many scenes in the book I know, but I was very taken by this dynamic. Maia sees worth, a man he can trust, meanwhile Thara is shocked at Maia's trust and spends the book in intense Priest Detective mode. I would love to know more about their future encounters. I'm open to an AU where Thara does join Maia's household in some manner, as a spymaster or investigator or personal priest something else. Navigating the culture's homophobia is a tricky situation, especially with Thara's past and his guilt. Not to mention that his lover killed his abusive spouse, and Maia experienced abuse himself.
Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazha. I live for stoic, clam types who keep all their emotions pinned up and then burst out when it's important, and Beshelar's reaction to hearing about the abuse Maia endured? Was that moment for me. I would really love to see Beshelar caring for Maia in a key moment, being that fixed point for him. Or perhaps Maia's done something Scandalous again and offers to let Beshelar "correct" him in private.
Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazha. Is this basic of me? I don't care, I love it. Loyal, competent servants utterly devoted to their new masters just ... aughghghgh I love it so fucking much. How do they get together when Maia knows about the abuses and threats Csevet has endured as a servant? Could they perhaps get away from the court for a while to be together, away from so many prying eyes? I'm a fan of pining and intricate courtship and eroticizing seemingly normal tasks/routines.
Csevet Aisava/Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar. Same as above, but Csethiro gets in on the action. No reason the Emperor and Empress can't share, right? A lot of fun potential dynamics here, Maia and Csethiro rewarding Csevet for his loyalty and hard work, Csethiro and Csevet helping Maia to relax/lavishing him with attention, Maia and Csevet worshipping Csethiro, Csevet helping the young couple through their early sexual experiences. Or honestly, vacation where they all get to relax away from court for a while. I'm a big fan of pining that ultimately is rewarded with fulfillment, be that from any participant in this dynamic.
Csevet Aisava/Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar. Look they've all had a stressful time of things. Let them all love their Emperor. This could be smutty or just, the many gentle ways they care for him individually and together. Maia's had a difficult life, let him have three boyfriends if he wants. I'd love to know how they all get together, if some of them had relationships before of Maia is the catalyst for feelings that have simmered for years among the others.
