Rare Femslash 2023: Dear Author Letter

[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

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Six of Crows
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. Derogatory/acephobic talk about Kaz and his touch aversion.

Inej Ghafa/Nina Zenik. I adore these two so much. Love the idea of them getting together as something casual or serious. Fake dating for a heist? AU where they end up together? Role reversal AU where Inej is a heartrender and Nina ended up at the Menagerie before they were Crows? 

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We Are Lady Parts
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. 

Amina Hussein/Saira. As much as I adored this show (and I did! It's fantastic!) I was feeling more Amina/Saira than what the show was presenting. I'd love anything exploring them getting together instead. 

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Deadloch
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. 

Dulcie Collins/Eddie Redcliffe/Cath York. Call me crazy but I think you can read the show's final scene as implying these three work something out together. I'm a sucker for Odd Couple detective dynamics, I want Dulcie and Cath to work things out, and I'm deeply intrigued by Cath and Eddie's dynamic. Eddie is such a wonderful mess, I love her sooooooo much.

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The Magnus Archives
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of Basira, Daisy, Melanie, or Georgie. Acephobia/acephobic about anyone, including Jon. 

Agnes Montague/Gertrude Robinson. What does that soulbond feel like if they touch? What does a connection feel like if they never do meet in person? What about dreams? Feel free to lean WAY into the dark religious implications of Agnes especially if you're comfortable with that. 

Basira Hussain/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
Basira Hussain/Melanie King
Georgie Barker/Basira Hussain/Melanie King
Grouping these together because the appeals are all pretty similar/overlapping. I love these characters, I love them together. I love the moral ambiguity, grappling with the Fear Entities, and I especially love the relationship between women and violence and anger. Very much love leaning into the werewolf vibes of the Hunt. Down for a no-powers AU, golden age of piracy AU, vampire AU, American Wild West AU, or space pirate AU. 

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Critical Role
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent death of Jester. Fjord/Jester endgame.

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.

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Hades
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. 

Aphrodite/Artemis. The flustered reaction Artemis has to Aphrodite in the game was such a small moment and I latched on hard. Who is the hunter and who is the prey here? Does Aphrodite want to be caught? Is Artemis overwhelmed by desire? Have all the fun you like with these two.

Nyx/Persephone. These two have such a complicated history. Why not make it even more complicated? Maybe Nyx has a particular price for helping her leave. Maybe Persephone was delighted to have a friend and ally. Maybe Nyx was jealous of the new queen. Maybe it's a full on AU and Nyx is the Ruler of the Underworld and abducts Persephone. 

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Baldur's Gate 3
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. 

Jaheira/Nine-Fingers Keene. These two sure have a history huh. I was reading them as exes during their dialogue scenes. Big "respected enemy" vibes going that I enjoyed a lot. Down for something pre-game, during the events of BG3, or post game. Don't feel beholden to canon or particular game information if you don't fancy it! I'm also down for FoeYay dynamics of Harpers vs Thieves Guild, fights, flirty fights, fake dating for scheme reasons, dubious consent via magic/sex pollen/deals for information. 

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Tortall - Tamora Pierce
Fandom-specific DNWs: Permanent deaths of requested characters. Rape/noncon between the requested characters. 

Alanna the Lioness/Thayet jian Wilima. Listen ... the older I get the more I feel they should have gotten together. (And the more angry I get about King Jonathan but that's a rant for another day.) I'm not sure where to fit this in, if a full on AU makes more sense or canon divergence or what. But like, Alanna the heroic knight saving a beautiful princess, both of them being romantic about each other? What's not to love? Also up for a wild AU in a different setting, Golden Age of Piracy, American Old West, modern college AU, space pirate AU, one of those coffeeshop/tattoo parlor/flower shop set ups? Go for wherever your heart leads you.

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