Critmas 2021: Dear Author letter
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aunt_zeldaHello, 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: suicide/self harm, major character death, major character illness, adultery/cheating, brutal unhappy endings with no hope in sight, oviposition, crackfic, rimming, mindbreak, corrective rape (sexuality or gender), 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, detailed 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), petplay, sexual ageplay, bimboification.
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.
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Critical Role Campaign One
Keyleth/Shaun Gilmore/Vax'ildan. Vax please, you have so much love in your heart, you can love two people at once I promise. Keyleth and Gilmore figure it out and make it work and Vax is the happiest bird ever and they live happily ever after, canon CR1 ending be damned. Or a Modern AU where these three make it work. Brunch dates. Testing out some of Gilmore's new toys from the back of the shop. Dressing each other up and going clubbing together. Going to a bar and pretending they don't know each other and getting flirty.
Anna Ripley/Percy. So ... these two. These two. Um. Literally anything. Banter and taunts. Expanded conversations on Glintshore. Uneasy alliances. 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 this pairing.
Grog Strongjaw/Keyleth. 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.
J’mon Sa Ord/Keyleth. This is my long term dream for Keyleth's love life, her to pair up with someone who understands the pains of a long lifespan. Maybe Keyleth takes a vacation. Maybe J'mon pays her a visit. I feel like J'mon was awkwardly flirting with Keyleth during their later encounters in the campaign, maybe touch on that more? They could fly together. They could battle dangerous foes together. They could reminisce about lost loves and new joys.
Keyleth/Percy. Ok so, I love the canon ships a ton. But when I was first getting into the show I shipped these two so much and that's never really faded for me. Literally anything you write for this ship (that doesn't hit my DNWs) would delight me. Full on AU exploring what would have happened if they'd gotten together instead of how canon went. Arranged Marriage AU. Them hooking up in secret in the early days of the campaign. Them getting together after the events of the first campaign (but only with Vex's blessing, no cheating please.) Modern AU where they're college roommates and realize they have a crush on each other.
Keyleth/Raishan. Literally anything. Hatesex. Fighting. Raishan captures Keyleth and torments her for ages. Role reversal where Keyleth is evil and Raishan is her captive. AU where Keyleth is disillusioned with the Ashari and finds Raishan and they become allies.
Percy/Raishan. Curriebell did some excellent meta a while ago about the dynamic of green dragons specifically related to Percy and that's stayed with me ever since. Their powerplays and dynamic were so fascinating to me. Missing scene from canon where they have a longer chat sometime. AU where they make a different deal. AU where she carries him off. AU where she comes to him earlier in life and offers a bargain. Anything you want to explore with these two I'd love to read.
Pike Trickfoot/Vax'ildan. It breaks my heart that she nearly brought him to Sarenrae and then he couldn't go of his own free will. AU where he did get to become a Paladin for her instead? Or really anything. I love their closeness, doing each other's hair, nicknames, checking in on each other. I'd love to read something poignant, religious, smutty, funny, or just a pair of battle buddies hooking up after a successful mission.
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: suicide/self harm, major character death, major character illness, adultery/cheating, brutal unhappy endings with no hope in sight, oviposition, crackfic, rimming, mindbreak, corrective rape (sexuality or gender), 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, detailed 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), petplay, sexual ageplay, bimboification.
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.
- - - - -
Critical Role Campaign One
Keyleth/Shaun Gilmore/Vax'ildan. Vax please, you have so much love in your heart, you can love two people at once I promise. Keyleth and Gilmore figure it out and make it work and Vax is the happiest bird ever and they live happily ever after, canon CR1 ending be damned. Or a Modern AU where these three make it work. Brunch dates. Testing out some of Gilmore's new toys from the back of the shop. Dressing each other up and going clubbing together. Going to a bar and pretending they don't know each other and getting flirty.
Anna Ripley/Percy. So ... these two. These two. Um. Literally anything. Banter and taunts. Expanded conversations on Glintshore. Uneasy alliances. 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 this pairing.
Grog Strongjaw/Keyleth. 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.
J’mon Sa Ord/Keyleth. This is my long term dream for Keyleth's love life, her to pair up with someone who understands the pains of a long lifespan. Maybe Keyleth takes a vacation. Maybe J'mon pays her a visit. I feel like J'mon was awkwardly flirting with Keyleth during their later encounters in the campaign, maybe touch on that more? They could fly together. They could battle dangerous foes together. They could reminisce about lost loves and new joys.
Keyleth/Percy. Ok so, I love the canon ships a ton. But when I was first getting into the show I shipped these two so much and that's never really faded for me. Literally anything you write for this ship (that doesn't hit my DNWs) would delight me. Full on AU exploring what would have happened if they'd gotten together instead of how canon went. Arranged Marriage AU. Them hooking up in secret in the early days of the campaign. Them getting together after the events of the first campaign (but only with Vex's blessing, no cheating please.) Modern AU where they're college roommates and realize they have a crush on each other.
Keyleth/Raishan. Literally anything. Hatesex. Fighting. Raishan captures Keyleth and torments her for ages. Role reversal where Keyleth is evil and Raishan is her captive. AU where Keyleth is disillusioned with the Ashari and finds Raishan and they become allies.
Percy/Raishan. Curriebell did some excellent meta a while ago about the dynamic of green dragons specifically related to Percy and that's stayed with me ever since. Their powerplays and dynamic were so fascinating to me. Missing scene from canon where they have a longer chat sometime. AU where they make a different deal. AU where she carries him off. AU where she comes to him earlier in life and offers a bargain. Anything you want to explore with these two I'd love to read.
Pike Trickfoot/Vax'ildan. It breaks my heart that she nearly brought him to Sarenrae and then he couldn't go of his own free will. AU where he did get to become a Paladin for her instead? Or really anything. I love their closeness, doing each other's hair, nicknames, checking in on each other. I'd love to read something poignant, religious, smutty, funny, or just a pair of battle buddies hooking up after a successful mission.
Keyleth/Vex. What I'd really love is a What If here if they'd gotten together in the show in canon. They definitely found each other attractive at various points, what if they'd started dating? Would they get married eventually? How might key CR moments have happened were they together instead of how canon turned out? Also cool with post-campaign shenanigans.
Critical Role Campaign Two
Astrid/Caleb Widogast/Eodwulf/Essek Thelyss. This would be a tricky one and very tense but I would love to see it happen. Caleb either trying to work with them both, or Astrid and Essek making a pact to gang up on Caleb and make him rest for once, or Astrid and Caleb teaming up to seduce Essek who cannot withstand their combined forces of charm. They all have deeply personal intense political beliefs and relationships with magic and patriotism, I would love to read about them working through that too.
Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. OT3 Donutmancy. I love this trio so much. I love how Jester teased Essek, and later held his hands during the big reveal. I love how Caleb and Essek have this intense flirty spy vs spy magic teaching dynamic and then Caleb got all intense with him later after the reveal. I love how Jester and Caleb bring out the best in each other. I'd love to see the three of them flirting, falling in together in some way, figuring out how to make things work.
Astrid/Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. Basically, what I said about the two ships above, but combined! Love all these characters, I wanna see them interacting together and figuring out how to make things work with each other. Also down for a Modern AU, role reversals, pirate AU, anything really.
Avantika/Jester Lavorre. What if Jester wasn't just angry about the Avantika/Fjord dynamic because of her crush on Fjord, but because she had a crush on Avantika too? AU where Avantika fixates on Jester instead. AU where Jester decides to try and seduce Avantika and it works. What If alternate where Avantika is in port and Jester wants to flirt with the beautiful woman in the tavern. Smut would be great. So would confused pining and Jester sorting out her feelings for Avantika.
Artagan/Jester Lavorre. Smut would be amazing. So would his strange Fair Folk thoughts about her and how excited he is about her growing power. I'm also fond of the idea of Jester getting herself off and that energy transferring to the Traveler through their bond. If smut's not your thing, them pulling pranks together, doing art together, grappling with the realization that Jester's changed him as much as he's changed her. What does the future look like for Jester and Artagan's relationship? Would love to see her take off with him to the Feywilde post-campaign.
Artagan | The Traveler/Caleb Widogast/Jester Lavorre. Jester deserves everything she wants ok, and if that includes Caleb AND Artie so much the better! Down for anything, flirting, smutty first times, an AU where Feylock Jester spirits Caleb away to the Feywilde to introduce him to her patron, post-campaign adventures, anything.
Astrid/Jester Lavorre. Their brief meeting in episode 110 was soooooo good! I want to read more about them interacting, teaming up in a fight, saving each other, flirting, nudging each other cautiously and then not so cautiously. I think Astrid could benefit from time with Jester, and Jester could impress her with some direct insights.
Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. I really loved how Jester teasing him, giving him gifts and hugs, early on definitely swayed him away from his previous commitments. Would love to see more of this explored, how they both grew up in isolated circumstances, how they're so fascinated with new magic and spells and showing off, how they love fashion and the finer things in life and also baked goods. Fine with an AU that takes place during the campaign or a post-campaign concept, whatever comes to mind.
Marion Lavorre | Ruby of the Sea/Yussa Erenis. Look I just ... really don't like who Marion ended up with in canon. I really wanted to see her and Yussa get together in the show. AU where maybe Yussa is a regular client? Maybe he admires from afar? Maybe a big AU where Marion is sent to the tower of the mighty dragon and charms her way into his heart? Maybe something fun post-campaign of them in Nicodranas together enjoying each other's company?
Bar Room Blitz
Jayne Merriweather. Gods I love this character so much. I would love to read anything about her, before or after the episode, just, wowwww. Growing up worshipping her god. Inflicting pain with spells. Making and breaking alliances. This is my favorite character Liam's ever played.
Undeadwood
Aloysius Fogg/Clayton Sharpe. I am so desperately in need of an AU where the shootout didn't happen, or Fogg only winged Clayton and then hauled him off for a trial and then the spell wore off, or some other kind of AU where things worked out. I want to see them grappling with what happened and coming to terms with it, and each other.
Arabella Whitlock/Miriam Landisman. These two have such a great emotional bond on the show. Anything exploring that would be delightful, from tentative comfort to full on smut. What if they set up a business together? What if they experiment with steampunk style sex toys? What if they take a trip to another city together? The issue of their husbands is tricky, please make it clear Arabella's husband has given her a divorce or something. As for Miriam's husband, is he real? Is it a business arrangement where he understands she'll have her love life and he'll have his own?
Clayton Sharp/Katie the Sex Worker; Clayton Sharp/Miriam Landisman. Even playing a gruff lone wolf badass, Matthew Mercer can't help but respect women and especially respond to strong badass women. I'd love to see either of these pairings where Clayton treats a lady right and the lady in question takes charge. Would really love smut, but if you're not up for smut that's ok, I'd be happy to see a date, or them fighting a Deadlands style threat, or a role reversal AU, or whatever strikes your fancy.
Percy/Vax/Vex. Controversial I know, but I think Percy should be in a twin sandwich. Fluster that boy. Maybe it's his introduction to Vox Machina. Maybe it's comfort after a big fight. Maybe it's flirtation escalating one night to their mutual surprise and delight. Maybe it's a happily ever after AU to the campaign. Maybe it's a fun AU where Percy is kidnapped by hot highway robbers. Feel free to lean into the codependent closeness of the twins or not, up to you.
Cassandra/Vex. I'm intrigued by the idea of this post-campaign, either after Percy has passed away or with Percy agreeing to this arrangement. These are two fantastic characters and I'd like to read more about them exploring their trauma together, getting closer, exploring Whitestone together
Cassandra/Vex. I'm intrigued by the idea of this post-campaign, either after Percy has passed away or with Percy agreeing to this arrangement. These are two fantastic characters and I'd like to read more about them exploring their trauma together, getting closer, exploring Whitestone together
Jarret/Vex, Jarret/Vex/Vax. These are underrated pairings in my opinion. There was some fun flirtation apparently a lot more before the show started streaming and a bit of it later on. I'd love to see more of that explored. Jarret had a bit of a criminal past and had to leave his home, things he has in common with the twins, maybe they bond over that?
Critical Role Campaign Two
Astrid/Caleb Widogast/Eodwulf/Essek Thelyss. This would be a tricky one and very tense but I would love to see it happen. Caleb either trying to work with them both, or Astrid and Essek making a pact to gang up on Caleb and make him rest for once, or Astrid and Caleb teaming up to seduce Essek who cannot withstand their combined forces of charm. They all have deeply personal intense political beliefs and relationships with magic and patriotism, I would love to read about them working through that too.
Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. OT3 Donutmancy. I love this trio so much. I love how Jester teased Essek, and later held his hands during the big reveal. I love how Caleb and Essek have this intense flirty spy vs spy magic teaching dynamic and then Caleb got all intense with him later after the reveal. I love how Jester and Caleb bring out the best in each other. I'd love to see the three of them flirting, falling in together in some way, figuring out how to make things work.
Astrid/Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. Basically, what I said about the two ships above, but combined! Love all these characters, I wanna see them interacting together and figuring out how to make things work with each other. Also down for a Modern AU, role reversals, pirate AU, anything really.
Avantika/Jester Lavorre. What if Jester wasn't just angry about the Avantika/Fjord dynamic because of her crush on Fjord, but because she had a crush on Avantika too? AU where Avantika fixates on Jester instead. AU where Jester decides to try and seduce Avantika and it works. What If alternate where Avantika is in port and Jester wants to flirt with the beautiful woman in the tavern. Smut would be great. So would confused pining and Jester sorting out her feelings for Avantika.
Artagan/Jester Lavorre. Smut would be amazing. So would his strange Fair Folk thoughts about her and how excited he is about her growing power. I'm also fond of the idea of Jester getting herself off and that energy transferring to the Traveler through their bond. If smut's not your thing, them pulling pranks together, doing art together, grappling with the realization that Jester's changed him as much as he's changed her. What does the future look like for Jester and Artagan's relationship? Would love to see her take off with him to the Feywilde post-campaign.
Artagan | The Traveler/Caleb Widogast/Jester Lavorre. Jester deserves everything she wants ok, and if that includes Caleb AND Artie so much the better! Down for anything, flirting, smutty first times, an AU where Feylock Jester spirits Caleb away to the Feywilde to introduce him to her patron, post-campaign adventures, anything.
Astrid/Jester Lavorre. Their brief meeting in episode 110 was soooooo good! I want to read more about them interacting, teaming up in a fight, saving each other, flirting, nudging each other cautiously and then not so cautiously. I think Astrid could benefit from time with Jester, and Jester could impress her with some direct insights.
Essek Thelyss/Jester Lavorre. I really loved how Jester teasing him, giving him gifts and hugs, early on definitely swayed him away from his previous commitments. Would love to see more of this explored, how they both grew up in isolated circumstances, how they're so fascinated with new magic and spells and showing off, how they love fashion and the finer things in life and also baked goods. Fine with an AU that takes place during the campaign or a post-campaign concept, whatever comes to mind.
Marion Lavorre | Ruby of the Sea/Yussa Erenis. Look I just ... really don't like who Marion ended up with in canon. I really wanted to see her and Yussa get together in the show. AU where maybe Yussa is a regular client? Maybe he admires from afar? Maybe a big AU where Marion is sent to the tower of the mighty dragon and charms her way into his heart? Maybe something fun post-campaign of them in Nicodranas together enjoying each other's company?
Bar Room Blitz
Jayne Merriweather. Gods I love this character so much. I would love to read anything about her, before or after the episode, just, wowwww. Growing up worshipping her god. Inflicting pain with spells. Making and breaking alliances. This is my favorite character Liam's ever played.
Undeadwood
Aloysius Fogg/Clayton Sharpe. I am so desperately in need of an AU where the shootout didn't happen, or Fogg only winged Clayton and then hauled him off for a trial and then the spell wore off, or some other kind of AU where things worked out. I want to see them grappling with what happened and coming to terms with it, and each other.
Arabella Whitlock/Miriam Landisman. These two have such a great emotional bond on the show. Anything exploring that would be delightful, from tentative comfort to full on smut. What if they set up a business together? What if they experiment with steampunk style sex toys? What if they take a trip to another city together? The issue of their husbands is tricky, please make it clear Arabella's husband has given her a divorce or something. As for Miriam's husband, is he real? Is it a business arrangement where he understands she'll have her love life and he'll have his own?
Clayton Sharp/Katie the Sex Worker; Clayton Sharp/Miriam Landisman. Even playing a gruff lone wolf badass, Matthew Mercer can't help but respect women and especially respond to strong badass women. I'd love to see either of these pairings where Clayton treats a lady right and the lady in question takes charge. Would really love smut, but if you're not up for smut that's ok, I'd be happy to see a date, or them fighting a Deadlands style threat, or a role reversal AU, or whatever strikes your fancy.
