Holly Poly 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, 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.
Some fandom-specific DNWs 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.
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Discworld
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Rape/non-con between any requested pairings. Unhappy endings.
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.
I'm up for a mundane AU where they're in our world, in any era. I'm also up for role reversal AUs (William the aristocratic vampire? Sacharissa the scrappy founder of the press?)
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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.
Optional 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.)
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar, Cala Athmaza/Csevet Aisava/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 all the 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.
Csethiro Ceredin/Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar. 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.
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The Mechanisms - Band
Specific fandom 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. Pronouns other than "they/them" for Lyfrassir.
Optional 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.
Ivy Alexandria/Marius von Raum/Raphaella la Cognizi. I'm very interested in the specific dynamic with the Prison Mechs trio here. They went off together, they got arrested together, and they decided to stay imprisoned together for decades. Did they want some time with each other? Was it part of the longest-running game of Sardines ever? Did they relish the opportunity to get to know each other better away from the rest of the crew?
Smut would be great, so would them navigating the start of their relationships and especially their various medical traumas related to kink and Raph being a mad scientist in her own right.
Ivy Alexandria/Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum/Raphaella la Cognizi. Some of the same as above, but with Lyf added into the mix. Tormenting Lyf in prison, each realizing when the other's crush on Lyf hit, AU where they kidnapped Lyf at the end of the album, the extremely popular premise of finding Lyf in a dying shuttle afterwards ... I just really wanna know about how they all fall together in a jumble. The issues of navigating "you're my prisoner(s)" would be fun to me tbh so long as things don't get too heavy.
The Aurora/The Mechanisms Ensemble.The Aurora loving on her crew. Maybe she plays special games or does specific things for each of them. Maybe she has general tactics for when the Mechanisms are a bit antsy. Maybe she comforts them after another run in with Doctor Carmilla. What does she define as sex, romance, and relationship intimacy? Does that differ or align with what the crew defines it as?
The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Mechanisms Ensemble, The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Toy Soldier. Combining these together since some people include TS in the Mechs ensemble and some don't. I just ... love this crew, so much. They've been together for eons. They've gone through so much. Of course they're together in varying combinations. How did it start? What variations happen? Are there roles, games, esoteric rules that need to be explained to new members of the band? Who can't sleep alone, who has to sleep alone? What are jam sessions like and album brainstormings, is that all business or a mix of creative work and sex? Who starts murderous sex games? What forms of intimacy outside of sex games do they engage in?
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The Magnus Archives
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character death for Melanie, Georgie, Daisy, Basira, or Martin. Jon saying he is gay or allosexual; Jon expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
DNW exception/clarification: for eye torture/trauma, don't erase what Melanie did to her eyes if you're writing after she quits, but please no gory details.
Asexuality Note: Jon’s asexuality doesn’t need to be the focus of the fic, but I am not interested in fic where he’s involved in sex and his canonical sexuality isn’t taken into consideration. He could be sex-repulsed, sex-neutral, sex-favorable, in the context of this exchange I think his personal experiences, limits, and boundaries (whatever you write them as) are very relevant. He could find it academically interesting, personally horrifying, or have any number of reactions.
Optional 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. 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.
Agnes Montague/Gerry Keay/Jon Sims. Ok so this is a strange one but I am super intrigued here. AU where Agnes and Gerry didn't die, or they find a way to come back. What a dream team here, dealing with latent memories of Gertrude and all. Maybe Agnes' soulbond transferred to Jon. I'd love an AU where they meet at a support group of some kind, or a kink club. Feel free to lean into the intense dark religious stuff with Agnes, that fascinates me.
Daisy Tonner/Basira Hussain/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert
Daisy Tonner/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert/Jon Sims
Daisy Tonner/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert
WEREWOLVES! Love 'em so much. Love a werewolf pack. Would love to see that explored in the context of them being polyamorous. So many potential things here.
I heartily encourage you to 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.
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 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 the pack. Trapped in a cuddlepile of murderers where he feels safe, so long as he doesn't try to leave of course. If he tries to leave, they'll run him down.
Daisy Tonner/Georgie Barker/Jon Sims/Melanie King
Georgie Barker/Jon Sims/Melanie King
I just really love these combos and would love to read about them working something out together. Domestic fluff, moving in together, scheduling polyamorous events, smut, Georgie walking them through how to treat Jon during kink scenes ... I'd read it all. Up for canon divergence or a full on AU where the bad stuff never happened and they don't live in a world of horrors. Would really love an exploration of Jon's asexuality here within the group and the varying relationships of everyone to each other (also Jon doesn't have to be the only ace one in the group!) I like the idea of Jon and Georgie getting back together and also an AU if they never did break up but they did expand their relationship out to others.
Totally down for an AU where the ladies are all werewolves or pirates or space pirates or vampires or kink club attendees and Jon is their toy for the evening and ends up being kept long-term.
Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood/Oliver Banks. 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.
Annabelle Cane/Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood
Annabelle Cane/Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood/Mikaele Salesa
I'm down for Annabelle web-controlling them into this, or them striking up a deal in exchange for safety/saving the world together, or an outright fully consensual set up. There's so much potential here for shenanigans with Annabelle and spiders especially, Martin loves spiders and Jon fears them intensely. Also I adore Mikaele so very much, any addition of him would be welcome. So much more for him to say, so many encounters they might have had before!
This could go super dark or be a very complex dynamic with negotiations, either way I'm intrigued to see someone's take on them.
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The Queen's Thief Series
Fandom-specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for any of the requested characters. Kamet being convinced throughout he has no choice in being in a relationship.
Attolia | Irene/Eddis | Helen/Eugenides. I really like this ship and I feel like I'm the only one in the universe who does. If you write this I would be so touched. Irene and Helen's dynamics in particular really intrigue me, two powerful women in very different circumstances, holding onto power in different ways, I wish there were more scenes between them in the books frankly. Bringing Eugenides into it all ... what if that rumor about him and Helen was true after all? What if the three of them came to an arrangement, official or otherwise?
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Teleus
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes/Teleus
Grouping these together because I love the idea of Irene and Eugenides sharing someone(s) between them. I've said in the past I have an honor kink and that's pretty accurate. Loyal sworn guards of a royal just, make me go weak. Kneeling, oaths, tests of loyalty, and rewards for honorable service, that's all great here. Also love the idea of Teleus getting to put Eugenides on his knees for once, with the approval of his Queen of course.
If you want to be mean, tangling Costis up between the royal couple during the events of The King of Attolia would be absolutely delicious I think.
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Kamet/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes
Soooooo ... sure was some time where Kamet was at the palace dealing with the whole big lie and his entire life changing radically. Give him something nice? Or perhaps not so nice but definitely distracting? I'd love this as a first time thing with Costis or a pre-established thing resuming upon his return, this time with Kamet along for the ride. Would also love some explorations of potentially very dubious consent here, with Kamet having grown used to be unable to refuse, and being a kind of honored guest/prisoner all at once.
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Bandits - 2001
Fandom-specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for any of the requested characters.
Joe Blake/Terry Collins/Kate Wheeler. I adore this movie. It's overlooked and underrated. I'd love to read literally anything featuring this trio, either during the film, post credits, or an AU. What if Kate was the bank robber who took one or both of the men hostage instead? What shenanigans do they get up to after their grand scheme, or do they lay low and stay out of crime forever? Do they ever have nightmares about the shootout scene?
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Rusty Quill Gaming
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of any requested characters, rape/noncon between any of the requested characters (dubious consent is ok!), bleak/hopeless/unhappy endings for any of the requested characters.
Aphrodite/Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Azu
Artemis/Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket
Grouping these together because gods getting involved with their paladins and romance? I love it. I love godfucking fic. Down for anything, rituals, introductions, intense healing, possessive/jealous gods claiming another part of their paladin's life, go wild.
Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket/Vesseek
This OT3 has really won me over in recent months. Two of them ganging up on Grizzop and loving on him, the two goblins ganging up on Sasha and showing her a good time, Sasha and Grizzop seducing Vesseek together ... lots of fun possibilities here. Also down for modern AUs where they meet in jail or at a kink club or at a Ren Faire.
Celiquillithon "Cel" Sidebottom/Zolf Smith/Oscar Wilde
Strangely enough I'm not the biggest fan of Zoscar alone? I am very interested indeed in Cel either bringing them all together, making the first move, or joining an established dynamic. I really like the idea of Cel's age and experiences being revealed over time, morality debates, bondage experiments, and especially post-resurrection comfort.
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Sasha Racket/Zolf Smith/Oscar Wilde
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Azu/Grizzop drik Acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Sasha Racket/Grizzop drik Acht Amsterdam/Azu
Grouping these together because POLYLOLOMG in all its varying combos brings me such joy. At any point in the campaign, post-campaign, or AU divergences, I'm there. Would love to read about first times or established dynamics, especially as people join or rejoin the team. Post-battle recuperation is always nice, so is huddling for warmth.
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Hello from the Hallowoods
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of any of the requested characters (but like the Hallowoods are weird, deaths they return from or weird shenanigans are ok with me!) Lady Ethel Mallory appearing at all. Solomon Reed having a happy ending.
Mort/Polly/Yaretzi. When I started the podcast I thought Polly was the worst. Then the character development happened. I am in love with Yaretzi because well, werewolf woman, but also her outlook on life and her ability to change her mind about Mort and Polly after her time with them. I love how Mort is learning/relearning being a person and all the baggage that comes with that. I have no idea how a romantic relationship between the three of them could start but I would love to read all about it. Anything from fluffy cuddling to Mort holding Polly while Yaretzi rides Polly's face, honestly I'm here for it.
Riot Maidstone/Clara Martin/Friday Rescher. Is this feasible? Let's find out! Three angry ladies learning dark magics and spending time together! AU where they all end up in one location together for the whole season, or AU where there's a roleswap? D&D AU where they're in an epic fantasy world? First date, navigating orientations and comfort levels, delving into dark secrets of the library? Follow your heart.
Diggory Graves/Percy Reed/Olivier Song. I think this could be really heavy or really cathartic or a mixture of both. People who have been hurt badly, mostly by Solomon, finding each other. A living storm, a zombie person, and a ghost. Lots of interesting gender to delve into if you fancy. What does a date look like? What does Olivier even think of romantic overtures from these two at first? What does a long term relationship work out to be?
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Shadow & Bone (TV)
Fandom-specific DNWs: Death of Kaz, Jesper, or Inej. Kaz "getting over" his touch aversion via Healing Sex/magic healing cock/etc.
Kaz Brekker/Jesper Fahey/Inej Ghafa. Gods I just fell in love with these three so much. I adore them. I'll read anything. Would particularly love first-time fic where the three of them try to navigate getting into a romantic relationship together and all the trust issues, touch aversion, and danger that entails. Voyeurism and sensation play seems especially ideal for them. So does bondage with timed escapes. Or the thrill of a heist going just right and celebrating afterwards.
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Original Work
Fandom specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for the Mad Scientist/Assistant/Creature trio, the pirate crew/prince or princess ships, the nymph, or the D&D group.
Nymph/Pack of Werewolves
I love werewolves and I especially love packs of werewolves and I particularly love packs of werewolves sharing a lucky lady around or lavishing her with attention and love. (Not all the werewolves have to be male btw, any genders welcome and encouraged.) I like the idea of them meeting in the woods perhaps during Midsummer and the energy in the air causing an orgy, or perhaps the nymph's got access to some sex pollen that makes the werewolves go wild for her.
Female Mad Scientist/Nonbinary Assistant/Nonbinary Creature. I'm weak for this dynamic. Long suffering assistant(s) 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. Perhaps the Creature wanted vengeance and has been mollified with offers of kindness and love. Perhaps the Scientist is disgraced for refusing to give up the Creature to their former colleagues for study.
Supervillainess/Supervillain/Hero's Sidekick
Female Supervillain/Supervillain's Female Minion/Male Superhero/Superhero's Male Sidekick
I love 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. Big fan of the movie D.E.B.S. where a villain pretends to kidnap a hero for them to hook up with each other, would love to see that scenario repurposed here. Big fan of portraying the strange relationships between heroes and villains as a kind of romantic set up where they all play their roles and do what's expected of them for the scene.
Pirate Crew/Princess Who Paid Them To Kidnap Her
Pirate Crew/Prince Who Paid Them To Kidnap Him
Now this has potential to be very silly, a surprise table turning of the prince/princess 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 pirates be various genders. Feel free to go high fantasy here if you like.
Female Orc Adventurer/Male Elf Adventurer/Nonbinary Human Adventurer/Nonbinary Tiefling Adventurer. I mean this is blatantly a D&D party. I love the idea of an adventuring party that's also all dating each other and having to sort out their romantic bonds while also fighting monsters and getting into shenanigans. How do they relax after an adventure in town, how do they keep watch or cuddle during camping in the woods? There's high potential here for something more comedic or something more intense and hardcore, either way I'm happy.
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, 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.
Some fandom-specific DNWs 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.
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Discworld
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent death for any of the requested characters. Rape/non-con between any requested pairings. Unhappy endings.
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.
I'm up for a mundane AU where they're in our world, in any era. I'm also up for role reversal AUs (William the aristocratic vampire? Sacharissa the scrappy founder of the press?)
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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.
Optional 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.)
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar, Cala Athmaza/Csevet Aisava/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 all the 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.
Csethiro Ceredin/Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar. 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.
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The Mechanisms - Band
Specific fandom 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. Pronouns other than "they/them" for Lyfrassir.
Optional 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.
Ivy Alexandria/Marius von Raum/Raphaella la Cognizi. I'm very interested in the specific dynamic with the Prison Mechs trio here. They went off together, they got arrested together, and they decided to stay imprisoned together for decades. Did they want some time with each other? Was it part of the longest-running game of Sardines ever? Did they relish the opportunity to get to know each other better away from the rest of the crew?
Smut would be great, so would them navigating the start of their relationships and especially their various medical traumas related to kink and Raph being a mad scientist in her own right.
Ivy Alexandria/Lyfrassir Edda/Marius von Raum/Raphaella la Cognizi. Some of the same as above, but with Lyf added into the mix. Tormenting Lyf in prison, each realizing when the other's crush on Lyf hit, AU where they kidnapped Lyf at the end of the album, the extremely popular premise of finding Lyf in a dying shuttle afterwards ... I just really wanna know about how they all fall together in a jumble. The issues of navigating "you're my prisoner(s)" would be fun to me tbh so long as things don't get too heavy.
The Aurora/The Mechanisms Ensemble.The Aurora loving on her crew. Maybe she plays special games or does specific things for each of them. Maybe she has general tactics for when the Mechanisms are a bit antsy. Maybe she comforts them after another run in with Doctor Carmilla. What does she define as sex, romance, and relationship intimacy? Does that differ or align with what the crew defines it as?
The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Mechanisms Ensemble, The Mechanisms Ensemble/The Toy Soldier. Combining these together since some people include TS in the Mechs ensemble and some don't. I just ... love this crew, so much. They've been together for eons. They've gone through so much. Of course they're together in varying combinations. How did it start? What variations happen? Are there roles, games, esoteric rules that need to be explained to new members of the band? Who can't sleep alone, who has to sleep alone? What are jam sessions like and album brainstormings, is that all business or a mix of creative work and sex? Who starts murderous sex games? What forms of intimacy outside of sex games do they engage in?
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The Magnus Archives
Fandom specific DNWs: Permanent character death for Melanie, Georgie, Daisy, Basira, or Martin. Jon saying he is gay or allosexual; Jon expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
DNW exception/clarification: for eye torture/trauma, don't erase what Melanie did to her eyes if you're writing after she quits, but please no gory details.
Asexuality Note: Jon’s asexuality doesn’t need to be the focus of the fic, but I am not interested in fic where he’s involved in sex and his canonical sexuality isn’t taken into consideration. He could be sex-repulsed, sex-neutral, sex-favorable, in the context of this exchange I think his personal experiences, limits, and boundaries (whatever you write them as) are very relevant. He could find it academically interesting, personally horrifying, or have any number of reactions.
Optional 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. 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.
Agnes Montague/Gerry Keay/Jon Sims. Ok so this is a strange one but I am super intrigued here. AU where Agnes and Gerry didn't die, or they find a way to come back. What a dream team here, dealing with latent memories of Gertrude and all. Maybe Agnes' soulbond transferred to Jon. I'd love an AU where they meet at a support group of some kind, or a kink club. Feel free to lean into the intense dark religious stuff with Agnes, that fascinates me.
Daisy Tonner/Basira Hussain/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert
Daisy Tonner/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert/Jon Sims
Daisy Tonner/Julia Montauk/Trevor Herbert
WEREWOLVES! Love 'em so much. Love a werewolf pack. Would love to see that explored in the context of them being polyamorous. So many potential things here.
I heartily encourage you to 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.
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 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 the pack. Trapped in a cuddlepile of murderers where he feels safe, so long as he doesn't try to leave of course. If he tries to leave, they'll run him down.
Daisy Tonner/Georgie Barker/Jon Sims/Melanie King
Georgie Barker/Jon Sims/Melanie King
I just really love these combos and would love to read about them working something out together. Domestic fluff, moving in together, scheduling polyamorous events, smut, Georgie walking them through how to treat Jon during kink scenes ... I'd read it all. Up for canon divergence or a full on AU where the bad stuff never happened and they don't live in a world of horrors. Would really love an exploration of Jon's asexuality here within the group and the varying relationships of everyone to each other (also Jon doesn't have to be the only ace one in the group!) I like the idea of Jon and Georgie getting back together and also an AU if they never did break up but they did expand their relationship out to others.
Totally down for an AU where the ladies are all werewolves or pirates or space pirates or vampires or kink club attendees and Jon is their toy for the evening and ends up being kept long-term.
Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood/Oliver Banks. 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.
Annabelle Cane/Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood
Annabelle Cane/Jon Sims/Martin Blackwood/Mikaele Salesa
I'm down for Annabelle web-controlling them into this, or them striking up a deal in exchange for safety/saving the world together, or an outright fully consensual set up. There's so much potential here for shenanigans with Annabelle and spiders especially, Martin loves spiders and Jon fears them intensely. Also I adore Mikaele so very much, any addition of him would be welcome. So much more for him to say, so many encounters they might have had before!
This could go super dark or be a very complex dynamic with negotiations, either way I'm intrigued to see someone's take on them.
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The Queen's Thief Series
Fandom-specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for any of the requested characters. Kamet being convinced throughout he has no choice in being in a relationship.
Attolia | Irene/Eddis | Helen/Eugenides. I really like this ship and I feel like I'm the only one in the universe who does. If you write this I would be so touched. Irene and Helen's dynamics in particular really intrigue me, two powerful women in very different circumstances, holding onto power in different ways, I wish there were more scenes between them in the books frankly. Bringing Eugenides into it all ... what if that rumor about him and Helen was true after all? What if the three of them came to an arrangement, official or otherwise?
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Teleus
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes/Teleus
Grouping these together because I love the idea of Irene and Eugenides sharing someone(s) between them. I've said in the past I have an honor kink and that's pretty accurate. Loyal sworn guards of a royal just, make me go weak. Kneeling, oaths, tests of loyalty, and rewards for honorable service, that's all great here. Also love the idea of Teleus getting to put Eugenides on his knees for once, with the approval of his Queen of course.
If you want to be mean, tangling Costis up between the royal couple during the events of The King of Attolia would be absolutely delicious I think.
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides/Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Kamet/Eugenides/Costis Ormentiedes
Soooooo ... sure was some time where Kamet was at the palace dealing with the whole big lie and his entire life changing radically. Give him something nice? Or perhaps not so nice but definitely distracting? I'd love this as a first time thing with Costis or a pre-established thing resuming upon his return, this time with Kamet along for the ride. Would also love some explorations of potentially very dubious consent here, with Kamet having grown used to be unable to refuse, and being a kind of honored guest/prisoner all at once.
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Bandits - 2001
Fandom-specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for any of the requested characters.
Joe Blake/Terry Collins/Kate Wheeler. I adore this movie. It's overlooked and underrated. I'd love to read literally anything featuring this trio, either during the film, post credits, or an AU. What if Kate was the bank robber who took one or both of the men hostage instead? What shenanigans do they get up to after their grand scheme, or do they lay low and stay out of crime forever? Do they ever have nightmares about the shootout scene?
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Rusty Quill Gaming
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of any requested characters, rape/noncon between any of the requested characters (dubious consent is ok!), bleak/hopeless/unhappy endings for any of the requested characters.
Aphrodite/Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Azu
Artemis/Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket
Grouping these together because gods getting involved with their paladins and romance? I love it. I love godfucking fic. Down for anything, rituals, introductions, intense healing, possessive/jealous gods claiming another part of their paladin's life, go wild.
Grizzop drik acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket/Vesseek
This OT3 has really won me over in recent months. Two of them ganging up on Grizzop and loving on him, the two goblins ganging up on Sasha and showing her a good time, Sasha and Grizzop seducing Vesseek together ... lots of fun possibilities here. Also down for modern AUs where they meet in jail or at a kink club or at a Ren Faire.
Celiquillithon "Cel" Sidebottom/Zolf Smith/Oscar Wilde
Strangely enough I'm not the biggest fan of Zoscar alone? I am very interested indeed in Cel either bringing them all together, making the first move, or joining an established dynamic. I really like the idea of Cel's age and experiences being revealed over time, morality debates, bondage experiments, and especially post-resurrection comfort.
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Sasha Racket/Zolf Smith/Oscar Wilde
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Azu/Grizzop drik Acht Amsterdam/Sasha Racket
Hamid Saleh Haroun al-Tahan/Sasha Racket/Grizzop drik Acht Amsterdam/Azu
Grouping these together because POLYLOLOMG in all its varying combos brings me such joy. At any point in the campaign, post-campaign, or AU divergences, I'm there. Would love to read about first times or established dynamics, especially as people join or rejoin the team. Post-battle recuperation is always nice, so is huddling for warmth.
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Hello from the Hallowoods
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of any of the requested characters (but like the Hallowoods are weird, deaths they return from or weird shenanigans are ok with me!) Lady Ethel Mallory appearing at all. Solomon Reed having a happy ending.
Mort/Polly/Yaretzi. When I started the podcast I thought Polly was the worst. Then the character development happened. I am in love with Yaretzi because well, werewolf woman, but also her outlook on life and her ability to change her mind about Mort and Polly after her time with them. I love how Mort is learning/relearning being a person and all the baggage that comes with that. I have no idea how a romantic relationship between the three of them could start but I would love to read all about it. Anything from fluffy cuddling to Mort holding Polly while Yaretzi rides Polly's face, honestly I'm here for it.
Riot Maidstone/Clara Martin/Friday Rescher. Is this feasible? Let's find out! Three angry ladies learning dark magics and spending time together! AU where they all end up in one location together for the whole season, or AU where there's a roleswap? D&D AU where they're in an epic fantasy world? First date, navigating orientations and comfort levels, delving into dark secrets of the library? Follow your heart.
Diggory Graves/Percy Reed/Olivier Song. I think this could be really heavy or really cathartic or a mixture of both. People who have been hurt badly, mostly by Solomon, finding each other. A living storm, a zombie person, and a ghost. Lots of interesting gender to delve into if you fancy. What does a date look like? What does Olivier even think of romantic overtures from these two at first? What does a long term relationship work out to be?
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Shadow & Bone (TV)
Fandom-specific DNWs: Death of Kaz, Jesper, or Inej. Kaz "getting over" his touch aversion via Healing Sex/magic healing cock/etc.
Kaz Brekker/Jesper Fahey/Inej Ghafa. Gods I just fell in love with these three so much. I adore them. I'll read anything. Would particularly love first-time fic where the three of them try to navigate getting into a romantic relationship together and all the trust issues, touch aversion, and danger that entails. Voyeurism and sensation play seems especially ideal for them. So does bondage with timed escapes. Or the thrill of a heist going just right and celebrating afterwards.
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Original Work
Fandom specific DNWs: Unhappy endings or permanent character deaths for the Mad Scientist/Assistant/Creature trio, the pirate crew/prince or princess ships, the nymph, or the D&D group.
Nymph/Pack of Werewolves
I love werewolves and I especially love packs of werewolves and I particularly love packs of werewolves sharing a lucky lady around or lavishing her with attention and love. (Not all the werewolves have to be male btw, any genders welcome and encouraged.) I like the idea of them meeting in the woods perhaps during Midsummer and the energy in the air causing an orgy, or perhaps the nymph's got access to some sex pollen that makes the werewolves go wild for her.
Female Mad Scientist/Nonbinary Assistant/Nonbinary Creature. I'm weak for this dynamic. Long suffering assistant(s) 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. Perhaps the Creature wanted vengeance and has been mollified with offers of kindness and love. Perhaps the Scientist is disgraced for refusing to give up the Creature to their former colleagues for study.
Supervillainess/Supervillain/Hero's Sidekick
Female Supervillain/Supervillain's Female Minion/Male Superhero/Superhero's Male Sidekick
I love 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. Big fan of the movie D.E.B.S. where a villain pretends to kidnap a hero for them to hook up with each other, would love to see that scenario repurposed here. Big fan of portraying the strange relationships between heroes and villains as a kind of romantic set up where they all play their roles and do what's expected of them for the scene.
Pirate Crew/Princess Who Paid Them To Kidnap Her
Pirate Crew/Prince Who Paid Them To Kidnap Him
Now this has potential to be very silly, a surprise table turning of the prince/princess 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 pirates be various genders. Feel free to go high fantasy here if you like.
Female Orc Adventurer/Male Elf Adventurer/Nonbinary Human Adventurer/Nonbinary Tiefling Adventurer. I mean this is blatantly a D&D party. I love the idea of an adventuring party that's also all dating each other and having to sort out their romantic bonds while also fighting monsters and getting into shenanigans. How do they relax after an adventure in town, how do they keep watch or cuddle during camping in the woods? There's high potential here for something more comedic or something more intense and hardcore, either way I'm happy.
