Rare Pair Exchange 2023 Letter
Jun. 5th, 2023 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aunt_zelda Hello, 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, brutal unhappy endings with no hope in sight, oviposition, rimming, mindbreak, corrective rape (sexuality or gender), character or ship bashing, spelling it "cum," characters under the age of 16 engaging in explicit sex (references to it are ok), 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), 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, explicit child abuse (references to it are ok), petplay, sexual ageplay, bimboification, calling anyone "daddy" in a sexual context.
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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Requests By Fandom
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Lilywhite Boys Series - K. J. Charles
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Miss Christiana being misgendered. Asexual characters expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
Miss Christiana/Stan Kamarzyn. This book and these two in particular were the first time I felt so personally Seen before. I'd love anything about them and their lovely ace4ace romance. I love theater shenanigans, how Miss Christiana stays well away from the crimes, and Stan's meticulousness. Date nights? Moving in together? Interactions with other characters from the series?
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The Goblin Emperor
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar. Came out of the book shipping the three of them fiercely. The way they CARE about Maia! So much! The way Maia is never truly alone. The honor kink, the HONOR KINK. How they'd die for him, kill for him, how they have killed for him. I'm not sure how they'd manage to get together since I can't fathom Maia asking it of them. Maybe there's some sex pollen attack and they have to have sex in order to save Maia's life and then can't stop thinking about it in the aftermath? Maybe some festival where identities are less rigid?
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iZombie
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Ravi Chakrabarti/Liv Moore. I'll never understand why these two didn't get together in the show. They had such lovely chemistry together! Feel free to go AU off the main plot, lean more into the mad science angles, etc. Up for domestic shenanigans, case fic, feeding frenzy sated with sex, or anything in between.
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What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Marwa being permanently turned into Freddie.
The Djinn/Marwa. I was hoping for this to become canon and honestly super disappointed nothing came of that in the last season. (Marwa's canonical fate was gross, please feel free to totally ignore it or rewrite it completely.) The Djinn was such an intriguing character, having seen so many impulsive wish-makers over time and staying to watch the chaos imploding. Marwa, when we saw a little of her without Nandor's alterations, was interested in observing the planets ... what might she think of modern day telescopes, exploratory missions, there's so much! How might they end up together, either navigating around Nandor or just sidestepping him entirely?
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Revenge
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne. Another pair that I yearned for in the canon and never got. I loved their tense friendship, how Nolan knew her so well and Emily rankled at being known. I loved how they could both be ruthless in their own realms, and both struggle with love interests. Would love to see something alongside canon, a canon divergence, or a straight up AU. Superhero AU, going way back to the Count of Monte Cristo days AU even, there's plenty to play with here.
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Our Flag Means Death
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Jim being misgendered.
Fang/Israel Hands/Ivan. I think they should pin Izzy between them periodically is all. Maybe his beard-yanking and insults gets to be too much one day. Maybe it's all part of a dynamic they've agreed together. Idk, I just love the visual. We didn't get much from Ivan and Fang in the show, so you've got lots to explore there with backstories, how they met Izzy, how they ended up on the crew, etc.
Israel Hands/Roach. Listen Roach canonically finds torturing people relaxing. He's good with knives. He's good at sewing up wounds. I think Izzy would make a fine toy for him, and Izzy could potentially get treated right (or wrong, depending on your point of view.) I like the idea of Roach baffling the hell outta Izzy and them falling into something odd, likely under-negotiated, but ultimately fulfilling.
Oluwande Boodhari/Israel Hands/Jim Jimenez. I'm not saying this could cure Izzy of all his ills, but it's a fine start!
In all seriousness, I love the idea of Jim and Oluwande domming Izzy together. I love the idea of Jim besting Izzy in a duel, or Izzy teaching them some fighting moves and then things turning sexy. I love the idea of Oluwande liking seeing Jim get dangerous with someone who likes it rough. I love the idea of Izzy feeling old and awkward and getting ravished by this lovely couple.
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Willow
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Thraxus Boorman/Sorsha
Thraxus Boorman/Madmartigan/Sorsha
Warrior Queen, Roguish Knight, Dedicated Squire ... what's not to love here? Bonus for maximum angst and honor and loyalty feels on all sides.
Thraxus Boorman/Graydon Hastur. Maybe those lessons on how to woo a lady get more intimate. Maybe they're up late on watch and cuddling for warmth or training for fights leads to something else. Maybe Graydon's dark magic influences overpower Boorman and he's into it.
Elora Danan/Graydon Hastur. I loved these two and I'm frankly heartbroken the show might not get more seasons, and was taken off Disney+ recently. I loved how they're engaged to other people and steadily falling in love. I love how he hypes her up and she sees the good in him. I love the teases of an epic confrontation in their future. Feel free to invent lore or theorize about what the future holds for them.
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Dimension20
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Asexual characters expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
Andhera/Captain K. P. Hob/Delloso de la Rue
Captain K. P. Hob/Delloso de la Rue/Wuvvy
Andhera/Captain K. P. Hob
Don't get me wrong, I love where we ended up in the canon. That said ... Hob sparing Andhera on the battlefield. Wuvvy's devotion to Delloso. Arranged marriages. Politics. Navigating new dynamics and decorum and masking. Expectations vs personal desires. Would love to see any and all of this explored.
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Lackadaisy
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters.
Mordecai Heller/Viktor Vasko. Only just found out about them this year and I have to admit I'm obsessed. Love it when two men bicker like an old married couple in a sitcom and also commit extremely violent crimes together. Love highly personal betrayals. Love the intimacy of being Othered by one's heritage and seeking out fellow outcasts as a result. Love the fussy/brash contrasting pair.
Mordecai Heller/Atlas May/Mitzi May
Mordecai Heller/Mitzi May
Mordecai Heller/Atlas May
What was going onnnnnnnn here? What if sex. What if romance. What if romance and sex but in varying combos. What if misunderstandings. What if tragedy. What if.
Mordecai Heller/Nicodeme Savoy/Serafine Savoy. They compel me. Violence + Fashion + Weird Workplace Comedy. Do the siblings often seduce people together or is Mordecai an exception?
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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, brutal unhappy endings with no hope in sight, oviposition, rimming, mindbreak, corrective rape (sexuality or gender), character or ship bashing, spelling it "cum," characters under the age of 16 engaging in explicit sex (references to it are ok), 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), 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, explicit child abuse (references to it are ok), petplay, sexual ageplay, bimboification, calling anyone "daddy" in a sexual context.
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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Requests By Fandom
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Lilywhite Boys Series - K. J. Charles
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Miss Christiana being misgendered. Asexual characters expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
Miss Christiana/Stan Kamarzyn. This book and these two in particular were the first time I felt so personally Seen before. I'd love anything about them and their lovely ace4ace romance. I love theater shenanigans, how Miss Christiana stays well away from the crimes, and Stan's meticulousness. Date nights? Moving in together? Interactions with other characters from the series?
- - -
The Goblin Emperor
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar. Came out of the book shipping the three of them fiercely. The way they CARE about Maia! So much! The way Maia is never truly alone. The honor kink, the HONOR KINK. How they'd die for him, kill for him, how they have killed for him. I'm not sure how they'd manage to get together since I can't fathom Maia asking it of them. Maybe there's some sex pollen attack and they have to have sex in order to save Maia's life and then can't stop thinking about it in the aftermath? Maybe some festival where identities are less rigid?
- - -
iZombie
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Ravi Chakrabarti/Liv Moore. I'll never understand why these two didn't get together in the show. They had such lovely chemistry together! Feel free to go AU off the main plot, lean more into the mad science angles, etc. Up for domestic shenanigans, case fic, feeding frenzy sated with sex, or anything in between.
- - -
What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Marwa being permanently turned into Freddie.
The Djinn/Marwa. I was hoping for this to become canon and honestly super disappointed nothing came of that in the last season. (Marwa's canonical fate was gross, please feel free to totally ignore it or rewrite it completely.) The Djinn was such an intriguing character, having seen so many impulsive wish-makers over time and staying to watch the chaos imploding. Marwa, when we saw a little of her without Nandor's alterations, was interested in observing the planets ... what might she think of modern day telescopes, exploratory missions, there's so much! How might they end up together, either navigating around Nandor or just sidestepping him entirely?
- - -
Revenge
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Nolan Ross/Emily Thorne. Another pair that I yearned for in the canon and never got. I loved their tense friendship, how Nolan knew her so well and Emily rankled at being known. I loved how they could both be ruthless in their own realms, and both struggle with love interests. Would love to see something alongside canon, a canon divergence, or a straight up AU. Superhero AU, going way back to the Count of Monte Cristo days AU even, there's plenty to play with here.
- - -
Our Flag Means Death
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Jim being misgendered.
Fang/Israel Hands/Ivan. I think they should pin Izzy between them periodically is all. Maybe his beard-yanking and insults gets to be too much one day. Maybe it's all part of a dynamic they've agreed together. Idk, I just love the visual. We didn't get much from Ivan and Fang in the show, so you've got lots to explore there with backstories, how they met Izzy, how they ended up on the crew, etc.
Israel Hands/Roach. Listen Roach canonically finds torturing people relaxing. He's good with knives. He's good at sewing up wounds. I think Izzy would make a fine toy for him, and Izzy could potentially get treated right (or wrong, depending on your point of view.) I like the idea of Roach baffling the hell outta Izzy and them falling into something odd, likely under-negotiated, but ultimately fulfilling.
Oluwande Boodhari/Israel Hands/Jim Jimenez. I'm not saying this could cure Izzy of all his ills, but it's a fine start!
In all seriousness, I love the idea of Jim and Oluwande domming Izzy together. I love the idea of Jim besting Izzy in a duel, or Izzy teaching them some fighting moves and then things turning sexy. I love the idea of Oluwande liking seeing Jim get dangerous with someone who likes it rough. I love the idea of Izzy feeling old and awkward and getting ravished by this lovely couple.
- - -
Willow
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters.
Thraxus Boorman/Sorsha
Thraxus Boorman/Madmartigan/Sorsha
Warrior Queen, Roguish Knight, Dedicated Squire ... what's not to love here? Bonus for maximum angst and honor and loyalty feels on all sides.
Thraxus Boorman/Graydon Hastur. Maybe those lessons on how to woo a lady get more intimate. Maybe they're up late on watch and cuddling for warmth or training for fights leads to something else. Maybe Graydon's dark magic influences overpower Boorman and he's into it.
Elora Danan/Graydon Hastur. I loved these two and I'm frankly heartbroken the show might not get more seasons, and was taken off Disney+ recently. I loved how they're engaged to other people and steadily falling in love. I love how he hypes her up and she sees the good in him. I love the teases of an epic confrontation in their future. Feel free to invent lore or theorize about what the future holds for them.
- - -
Dimension20
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Asexual characters expressing feelings of sexual attraction to anyone (when unaffected by outside influences such as drugs, magic, sex pollen, etc.)
Andhera/Captain K. P. Hob/Delloso de la Rue
Captain K. P. Hob/Delloso de la Rue/Wuvvy
Andhera/Captain K. P. Hob
Don't get me wrong, I love where we ended up in the canon. That said ... Hob sparing Andhera on the battlefield. Wuvvy's devotion to Delloso. Arranged marriages. Politics. Navigating new dynamics and decorum and masking. Expectations vs personal desires. Would love to see any and all of this explored.
- - -
Lackadaisy
Fandom-Specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of the requested characters.
Mordecai Heller/Viktor Vasko. Only just found out about them this year and I have to admit I'm obsessed. Love it when two men bicker like an old married couple in a sitcom and also commit extremely violent crimes together. Love highly personal betrayals. Love the intimacy of being Othered by one's heritage and seeking out fellow outcasts as a result. Love the fussy/brash contrasting pair.
Mordecai Heller/Atlas May/Mitzi May
Mordecai Heller/Mitzi May
Mordecai Heller/Atlas May
What was going onnnnnnnn here? What if sex. What if romance. What if romance and sex but in varying combos. What if misunderstandings. What if tragedy. What if.
Mordecai Heller/Nicodeme Savoy/Serafine Savoy. They compel me. Violence + Fashion + Weird Workplace Comedy. Do the siblings often seduce people together or is Mordecai an exception?
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