ficinabox | Pinch Hits 3, 4, 6, 9, 18 & 21-27 (Reply)

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PH 3 - 7k - Westworld (TV), Defenders of the Earth (Cartoon), King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), X-Men (Movieverse) (OTM), X-Men (Movieverse) (ATM), Gauntlet Dark Legacy (Video Game)

Request 1 by Cerylid
Westworld (TV)

Relationships:

Teddy Flood & Wyatt (Westworld TV)
Teddy Flood & The Man in Black (Westworld TV)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - In-Universe Magazine Spread, Medium Opt In: Art - Pin-up Poster of Character, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Official Workplace Documentation, Medium Opt In: Template - Any In-Universe Documents, Medium Opt In: Template - Legal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Technical Code or Design Specifications, Medium Opt In: Writing - List of things (character) is not allowed to do, Medium Opt In: Writing - MSDS For In-Universe Substances, Medium Opt In: Writing - Official Workplace Documentation

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General information

Likes-
Friendship, Close, non-sexual intimacy, Canon typical violence, Mysteries, Puzzles, Time shenanigans and time travel, characters staying in character, Loyalty, competence, angst, hurt/comfort, happy endings

DNW
Mundane AUs, Graphic descriptions of rape, underage, incest, Mpreg, excessive gore, PWP, sex without love or affection, graphic descriptions of abuse, ABO, age-play, scat/watersports, gender swaps, humiliation as a kink, irreparable damage to close friendships, no major character deaths.

Westworld
Teddy Flood & the Man in Black
Teddy Flood & Wyatt

(I’ve only watched S1 and S2 as they killed almost all their characters off, so nothing after that. By all accounts S3 was a bit dull. I might watch S4, but I thought the end of S2 would have been a great place to leave the show, with them opening the door to go out into the “real” world.).
My DWN of "no excessive gore" and "no graphic descriptions of rape" might seem incompatible with "Canon typical violence" as this *is* Westworld, especially since the hosts have no choice but to enjoy sex with humans, and can't refuse to do anything. There's a grey area in there, so if in doubt, ask the Mods to ask.

Teddy, he seems to be one of those Hosts that will always end up screwed over, no matter what - it's the way his story was designed.
I don't ship Teddy with anyone, and I'm not averse to him / with anyone, although I found him and Dolores a bit dull. Him and Wyatt is interesting, and any form of relationship Teddy has with the MiB is bound to be more than a little bit twisted.

Ideas
The MiB is obsessed by Dolores, and so Teddy is his direct rival. Would he use Teddy against Dolores?
Wyatt seems to have been mostly forgotten about, but the idea that he was out there as a host is intriguing. What was his relationship with "Wyatt", how far did it go, how did it fit with "Dolores"? How did they meet (in the narrative), where they friends? What justification did Teddy give for Wyatt’s betrayal?
What about Teddy’s life as the sheriff, before everyone died.
Was he programmed for any other roles before he was the mysterious bounty hunter? Maybe between being sheriff and being the Teddy we see.
There was the new narrative that Ford was mapping out, what was it? What future scenarios might there have been?
The MiB trying to corrupt him might be interesting too, as he is set up as "the good guy".
What if Westworld goes offline and the Hosts are left to fend for themselves? What would Teddy have to do to survive?

And then there is all the possibilities that the computerised side of his nature might contain. - Programming errors, calibration, de-bugging, system error, blue screen of death. Teddy cycling through his loop, but his programming degrades each time round.

More info in my letter!

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

Request 2 by Cerylid
Defenders of the Earth (Cartoon)

Relationships:

Mandrake the Magician & Dynak X (DotE Cartoon)
Mandrake the Magician & Ming the Merciless (DotE Cartoon)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - In-Universe Newspaper Front Page, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Newspaper Article, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Textbook, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Official Workplace Documentation, Medium Opt In: Template - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Template - In-Universe Personal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - Action Figure Packaging Bio, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Interview, Medium Opt In: Writing - Official Workplace Documentation

Details:

General information

Defenders of the Earth

Dynac X & Mandrake the Magician
Mandrake the Magician & Ming the Merciless

My favourite character is Mandrake. I’d prefer &s rather than /s but maybe the poor guy needs a bit of fun as well, but I’d prefer no Mandrake/Jedda

The canon-typical violence here can be stretched upwards a little, as it was a kids cartoon in the 80s and maybe needs a bit of updating.
And it’s probably a bit mean to say no K’shin or Zuffy, but they are just so annoying (in that 80s cartoon sidekick kind of way), so if you could find them something wholesome to do “off camera” that would be fantastic.

Something with him and Dynak X the supercomputer. Magic vs technology, similarities and differences. She would have a unique opinion about him and his skills. Would they be able to work together without any of the other defenders there too?
And talking of similarities and differences, what about Mandrake and Ming? How about Ming finding a way to “persuade” Mandrake to join his team? Or and AU where Mandrake does end up on the other side of the conflict for some reason?
Could they be persuaded to work together for some reason?
He’s keeper of the Crystal of Konos, so potential there for time shenanigans and other temporal fun. He’s also a Shadow Lord of huge power. What would he do if it all went horribly wrong? Would he turn “Strange-Supreme” and go on a rampage to set it right? How far would he really go?

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

Request 3 by Cerylid
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Relationships:

Solo: Goosefat Bill (KA: LotS)
Arthur & Goosefat Bill (KA:LotS)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - List of things (character) is not allowed to do, Medium Opt In: Instructions - Spell or Ritual Instructions

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KA:LotS

Char: Goosefat Bill
Arthur & Goosefat Bill

Fun, fun, fun! It’s so British, silly, intense, and man what a fab soundtrack.
Anyway…
My favourite character is Goosefat Bill. I don’t ship him with anyone, although I quite like the idea of him and Maggie, and the only / I don’t like is him and Bedivere, as they seem to be good friends more than anything more.

Sir William Wilson, member of Uther’s inner circle, and rebellion spy! He’s both, and he fits into both worlds. So how did a high-ranking court member end up a top-flight spy?
What was he like while Uther was alive, and how did he react to his death?
What was the personal cost to Bill for not cosying up to Vortigen?
I’d imagine he’d do what he had to do to be such a good spy, how does he actually feel about that? Him and Bedivere worked for years to find Arthur and try and protect the people. What sort of things did they have to do?
I kind of want to read a fic entitles “Bill and Bed’s Excellent Adventure”, just because it would be funny…
How did he end up in the brothel, what was that mission about?
How did he get his nickname?
How about something post-film film with Arthur and Bill in the Darklands fighting giant monsters?

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

Request 4 by Cerylid
X-Men (Movieverse) (OTM)

Relationships:

Solo: Scott Summers (X-Men Movieverse) (OTM)
Scott Summers/Logan (X-Men Movieverse) (OTM)
Scott Summers & Logan (X-Men Movieverse) (OTM)

Opt-Ins:

Details:

General information

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

Request 5 by Cerylid
X-Men (Movieverse) (ATM)

Relationships:

Solo: Scott Summers (X-Men Movieverse) (ATM)

Opt-Ins:

Details:

General information

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

Request 6 by Cerylid
Gauntlet Dark Legacy (Video Game)

Relationships:

Sumner & Garm (Gauntlet Dark Legacy)

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Details:

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Gauntlet Dark Legacy
Sumner & Garm

Basically, anything. How helpful!
But there is so little in this fandom that anything about these two mages, or their world, would be amazing.
It is one of my all-time favourite games, and I could happily play it all day (and I have!). That’s part of the reason I need fic for it, I’ve played it so much and spent so much time thinking about it while playing that my brain demands answers. I have my own ideas, but I’d love to hear other people’s, especially since this is such a teeny weeny fandom.
The heroes showing up would be okay too, I don’t mind. The “in-character” part of my likes is more difficult, especially since you don’t get too much characterisation of any of them.

Wtf does Sumner do all day in his tower? He’s always there. He stands around and seems to do nothing.
Does he feel any guilt about dragging these heroes into his family problem.
And how does he get so many (basically infinite) power-ups for the heroes? Does he craft them?
And what does he do with all the gold he gets?
As he’s so powerful why did he need to drag the players into all of this?
And why doesn’t he just *tell* them where the runestones are? Why all the secrecy (obviously for the game, but in-universe…)
And why bother with all those crystals to open the doors, just what is going on in that tower???
Garm is his brother, what’s their story?
And how did Garm meet up with Skorne? Why did he betray the world?

Oh, one of my favourite parts isn’t even in the main game - when you quit and it goes “game over”, there is a short scene with Sumner at this podium and Skorne’s fist punches through the wall and pulls him away. I love it! And what an excellent starting point for a fic!

Letter: http://cerylid.dreamwidth.org/1809.html

PH 4 - 3k - Airwolf, Cubicles & Careers (Web Series), Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom

Request 1 by debirlfan
Airwolf

Relationships:

Michael Coldsmith Briggs III/Caitlin O'Shannessy (Airwolf)
Michael Coldsmith Briggs III & Caitlin O'Shannessy (Airwolf)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Diary Entry, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative

Details:

In canon, Michael has been blown up, tortured, brainwashed and drugged into attempting to kill his superior, all within the span of three years. That's got to leave a few demons, particularly ones that he's really not in a position where he can admit to them. PTSD? Nightmares? Perhaps some seriously unhealthy coping mechanisms? Caitlin's been through some things herself, including having a bomb strapped to her. I could easily see her picking up on there being something wrong with Michael. I'd love any sort of take on that, from a gen version up to and including kink (bondage, blood play, pain play?)

I'd also be up for any of the usual “get together” type tropes. Undercover as a couple? Trapped in a snowstorm? Etc.

If that's not your thing, how about some sort of fix-it fic for the way Michael is “transferred” and Caitlin simply disappears at the end of the third season? Any rating is fine. (If you choose to go this route, I'm okay with Dom and/or String being killed.)

(I know Michael/Caitlin isn't the usual pairing, and if you're not a fan, gen is perfectly okay as well. Just please don't fix either up with anyone else. Note that mentions of past Michael/Maria are fine.)

Likes for this fandom: snarky characters, physical or mental h/c, PWP, gen, humor, adventure, women or other characters who are usually in need of rescue turning the tables and being the hero. Note that I'm fine with dub-con and I'm also okay with gore, violence and secondary character deaths.

DNWs for this fandom: unrequested pairings involving either Michael or Caitlin, main character death, rape, a/b/o, genderswap, male or female pregnancy, kid fic, curtain fic, AUs other than canon divergent. Bodily fluids other than come, sweat or blood.

Request 2 by debirlfan
Cubicles & Careers (Web Series)

Relationships:

WB: Any (Cubicles & Careers (Web Series))
Wizard & Orc & Knight & Elf & Cleric (Cubicles and Careers)

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Official Workplace Documentation, Medium Opt In: Template - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Ink, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Twine, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Character Analysis, Medium Opt In: Writing - Game Walkthrough, Medium Opt In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure, Medium Opt In: Writing - List of things (character) is not allowed to do, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon

Details:

You've probably never heard of this, so to explain: Cubicles and Careers is essentially reverse Dungeons and Dragons. Fantasy characters playing a roll-playing game in which they are characters in our world. Even if you're here for another fandom, if you want a good laugh, spend five minutes and go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5-ayYTMiQ&list=PLqPzRDD5dN7nWAfk6hkAXskjgZSmCc_Oc

I'm up for all or any of the characters in whatever combination you'd like to write them. Equally, if you'd like to concentrate on just one character and tell a story from their perspective, that's good, too.

I love the premise of this, and however you would like to expand on it would be great. Perhaps they need to deal with a balky piece of office equipment? I can just imagine what a disaster putting toner into the copier would be. Or, perhaps you would like to continue on from the “ending” where they were all out of a job because their company had gone bankrupt. Are they going on a quest filing for unemployment? Going on job interviews? Traveling in a car or on a plane?

For this fandom, I would also be interested in something non-traditional, if your muse takes you in that direction. Character sheets? The dungeon master's notes for a prospective adventure? If you have another idea, go for it!

Likes: essentially, more like canon.

Fandom Specific DNWs: Would prefer no sex between players, but no objection to “in-game” sex with NPCs or between characters. Please don't kill the players, but if a rolled up character walks out in front of a bus, well, oops. Just have them roll up a new character. Also genderswap, mpreg/fpreg, kidfic, setting change A/Us.

Request 3 by debirlfan
Crossover Fandom

Relationships:

Sheldon Cooper & Raj Koothrappali & Leonard Hofstadter & Howard Wolowitz & Penny (TBBT) in SGA
Sheldon Cooper (TBBT) & Atlantis expedition members (SGA)
Sheldon Cooper (TBBT) & Rodney McKay (SGA)

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Bureaucratic Paperwork, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Field Report, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Scientific Documents, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Official Workplace Documentation, Medium Opt In: Template - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Template - Bureaucratic Paperwork, Medium Opt In: Template - Field Report, Medium Opt In: Template - In-Universe Personal Documents, Medium Opt In: Template - Mission Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Bureaucratic Paperwork, Medium Opt In: Writing - Character Analysis, Medium Opt In: Writing - Diary Entry, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook, Medium Opt In: Writing - Field Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Complaint Form, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Personal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Scientific Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - List of things (character) is not allowed to do, Medium Opt In: Writing - Mission Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe r/AmITheAsshole Post (Post + Replies)

Details:

I'd love to see Sheldon on Atlantis, with or without his friends, probably arguing with McKay. Put Sheldon in the lab, checking McKay's work, or put him on a gate team (where he would undoubtedly complain more than McKay), or nearly coming to blows in the lab. (If you want to go with any of the non-fic options, I can think of SO many ways Sheldon's presence on Atlantis could generate ALL kinds of paperwork!)

Prefer canon pairings or Sheldon/Penny (if any) for TBBT, anything goes with SGA. I am mostly interested in Sheldon from TBBT, but I have no problem with the other guys or girls also being on Atlantis, and as scientists they'd be easy to include. If you'd like to add Penny, perhaps she's there to (try to) keep the peace? Maybe she has the Ancient gene?

Likes for this fandom: snarky characters, humor up to and including crack.

Request 4 by debirlfan
Crossover Fandom

Relationships:

Solo: Denny Crane (Boston Legal) in Star Trek TOS

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Diary Entry, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Complaint Form, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Personal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report, Medium Opt In: Writing - List of things (character) is not allowed to do, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative

Details:

What I really want Denny on the Enterprise, taking the place of (or sharing a body with?) Kirk. (Transporter malfunction? Space warp? Distant relative? Time travel?) If Denny has to pretend to be Kirk in front of the Klingons, that's even better! If you choose to include Alan, I'm equally okay with a bromance or slash relationship between him and Denny.

Likes for this fandom: snarky characters, humor up to and including crack.

DNWs for this fandom: A focus on sex or relationships. (No objection to background pairings). Also main character death, genderswap, mpreg/fpreg, kidfic, deaging, A/Us other than the obvious crossover or canon divergent. Please no stories of Denny's decline due to “Mad Cow” (he doesn't need to get better, I just don't want him to get worse.)

PH 6 - 10k - Dark (TV 2017)

Request 1 by emilia_kaisa
Dark (TV 2017)

Relationships:

Solo: Jonas Kahnwald (Dark)

Opt-Ins:

Details:

No DNWs, only love for Jonas :) Love angst, so no problem when there's no happy ending!

PH 9 - 10k - 鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), 老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (Hong Kong 1983), 神鵰俠侶 | The Return of the Condor Heroes (TV 1983), 江湖 | Triad Underworld (2004)

Request 1 by Grayswandir (gothic_gray)
鹿鼎記 | The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984)

Relationships:

Hong Hei & Wai Siu-Bou (DoMD 1984)
Hong Hei/Wai Siu-Bou (DoMD 1984)
Solo: Hong Hei (DoMD 1984)
Solo: Wai Siu-Bou (DoMD 1984)

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: 300 minimum words per fic, Length Opt-In: Drabble, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Screenplay, Medium Opt In: Writing - Script, Medium Opt In: Writing - Theatre Script - Play, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Art - Coloring Page, Medium Opt In: Art - Comics, Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - A Softer World style panels, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Gifset, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Type of Essay, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Map: City, Medium Opt In: Art - Floorplan/Architectural Style Drawing, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Writing - Meta, Medium Opt In: Art - Excerpts from a Character's Sketchbook, Medium Opt In: Writing - Bureaucratic Paperwork, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Textbook

Details:

Canon promo, links, prompts, fic and art likes, etc. are in my letter!

https://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

❌ Do-Not-Wants: Explicit sex or graphic nudity | Non-canonical death of major canon characters | 1st- or 2nd-person narration | Requested characters using non-canon terms of endearment like “baby,” “honey,” etc. | AU, including things like setting-change, soulmates, wingfic, genderswap, etc., or major canon divergence that significantly alters the course of canon events | Crossover or fusion with a different canon | Art-specific DNWS: chibi art / caricature-style cartoon art with hugely exaggerated features / extreme gore

Letter: http://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Request 2 by Grayswandir (gothic_gray)
老洞 | The Old Miao Myth (Hong Kong 1983)

Relationships:

Jin Bong & Tse Seung-Cho (TOMM 1983)
Jin Bong/Tse Seung-Cho (TOMM 1983)
Solo: Jin Bong (TOMM 1983)
Solo: Tse Seung-Cho (TOMM 1983)

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: 300 minimum words per fic, Length Opt-In: Drabble, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - A Softer World style panels, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Writing - Diary Entry, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Screenplay, Medium Opt In: Writing - Script, Medium Opt In: Writing - Theatre Script - Play

Details:

Canon promo, links, prompts, fic and art likes, etc. are in my letter!

https://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Letter: http://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Request 3 by Grayswandir (gothic_gray)
神鵰俠侶 | The Return of the Condor Heroes (TV 1983)

Relationships:

Solo: Yeung Guo (RotCH 1983)

Opt-Ins: Length Opt-In: 300 minimum words per fic, Length Opt-In: Drabble, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Art - Drawn - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Screenplay, Medium Opt In: Writing - Script, Medium Opt In: Writing - Theatre Script - Play, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In

Details:

Canon promo, links, prompts, fic and art likes, etc. are in my letter!

https://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Letter: http://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Request 4 by Grayswandir (gothic_gray)
江湖 | Triad Underworld (2004)

Relationships:

Hung Yan-Jau & Lefty (Triad Underworld)
Hung Yan-Jau/Lefty (Triad Underworld)

Details:

Canon promo, links, prompts, fic likes, etc. are in my letter!

https://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

Letter: http://gothic-gray.dreamwidth.org/2022/08/22/

PH 18 - 10k - Cabaret - Kander/Ebb, Steins;Gate, Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith, Reservoir Dogs (1992), Othello - Shakespeare, Assassination Classroom, King Lear - Shakespeare

Request 1 by stilettodandelion
Cabaret - Kander/Ebb

Relationships:

WB: Any (Cabaret - Kander/Ebb)
Sally Bowles & Cliff Bradshaw (Cabaret)
Sally Bowles/Emcee (Cabaret)
Cliff Bradshaw/Ernst Ludwig (Cabaret)
Cliff Bradshaw/Bobby (Cabaret)
Bobby/Victor (Cabaret)
Fräulein Schneider/Herr Schultz (Cabaret)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Newspaper Article, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Personal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Meta, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Writing - Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives

Details:

This is the one fandom there is so much potential in terms of playing with the form of the writing. Historical documents of the canonical settings, newspaper gazettes, posters, cabaret adverts, personal letters and diary entries and telegrams... you name it. 1930s Berlin allows for the maximum potential of creativity and historical anecdotes. The world-building for this musical is phenomenal, portraying Berlin at the fall of the Weimar Republic with the perfect combination of glee and despair. It is chilling, rotten, a festering, curdling city in all its beauty, with its flamboyant, bold climax of survival but also its ultimate putrefaction. I would love to see any of this conveyed in the worldbuilding. Seeing as the cast of so rich, having a rotation of perspectives and letting the event be narrated through conflicting ways would be so interesting. I'm so down to read about original characters in this setting as well.

In terms of experimenting with form, this is the one fandom where having a meta-fictions take on the story would work remarkably well. Perhaps the self-contained cabaret performance is a reenactment of their own life? Perhaps the afterlife is a musical that they are trapped in? Perhaps Sally, even after her death, is trapped in a musical performance of her life from which she struggles to be set free? Perhaps the characters of the Kit Kat Club realize that their very life is a musical performance observed by an outside audience, from a historical perspective?

The Emcee is an amazing character: wild, exuberant, satirical, gleeful yet uneasily clever, luxuriating in the attention of the audience. He jumps from song to song with the fluid lyricism of a desolate poet and provides scathing commentary on the state of the city around him. I would love to have any study of the Emcee's elusive persona or to see the world through his perspective.

The boys and girls of the Kit Kat Club are so dilapidated, so ravaged, so pitiful but so charming. What does the political situation mean for the dancers at the Kit Kat Club? What are their perspectives on the city around them, and where do they end up post-canon?

Any look at Sally Bowles, whether it's pre-, during, or post-canon, would make me delighted. She is dirty yet charming, sullen yet begrudgingly adorable, determined yet floundering, bristly, spiteful but vulnerable. I could still remember the first time watching the musical onstage and watching her deliver the “Cabaret" number with such manic terror, guttural hopelessness, and raw emotion. I shall always remember her wearing nothing but underclothing and a too-big blazer, a pair of men’s trousers, smudged make-up, her bones so shrunken beneath those dull clothes, and the tousled ugliness and sheer lack of dignity during that scene makes it so much more powerful. Her candle burns at both ends and she will not last the night, but what a lovely light.

Finally, I also love looking at Cliff: his initial naivety, his fascination with the world around him, his own internal struggle with his sexuality and his interactions with the other characters. I love looking at his friendship (or intimacy) with Sally. I loved the hint of playful, elusive chemistry between Cliff and Ernst Ludwig, or the dancer Bobby, shadowed by Cliff's own hesitation and a perpetual melancholy. I love missing scenes, both of a lustful/romantic nature or not, between Cliff and the men around him. I am also familiar with the 1972 film and Goodbye to Berlin, so feel free to incorporate elements/characters from those.

DNW: Porn without Plot.

Request 2 by stilettodandelion
Steins;Gate

Relationships:

WB: Any (Steins;Gate)
Solo: Amane Suzuha (Steins; Gate)
Amane Suzuha & Makise Kurisu (Steins; Gate)
Amane Suzuha & Hashida Itaru (Steins; Gate)
Makise Kurisu & Okabe Rintarou | Hououin Kyouma & Shiina Mayuri (Steins; Gate)
Okabe Rintarou | Hououin Kyouma & Shiina Mayuri (Steins; Gate)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium

Details:

Sci-Fi/Parallel Universes
I’m really down to have fics that explore the time-traveling concepts of Steins;Gate with popular theoretical physics, being partially familiar with some of them after reading works such as John Gribbin’s In Search of the Multiverse or Brian Greene’s The Hidden Reality. Just… feel free to incorporate theoretical physics into adventure stories, and completely fuck with the accepted laws of physics in general? I’m a bit too obsessed with Multiverse theories outside of the celebrated (or infamous) Schrödinger’s cat experiment. If string theory can be applied to the canon universe - seeing as it is built upon the idea that eleven dimensions exist - what happens if the characters find a way to perceive more than three dimensions as technology progresses in the future? Is it possible for world-lines to self-destruct? I’m down for more time-paradoxes like the one they portrayed in Load Region of Déja Vu. (I have no knowledge of any of the OVAs or the drama CDs but by all means refer to theories referenced there if you’d like.)

I’d love to know more about the divergence meter. What inspired its creation? What are its boundaries when it was discovered? Is there an exact measurement of when a divergence causes the percentage to rise above 1%? How can it be manipulated under other circumstances?

I would love an exploration of the ethics of time-travel and its emotional consequences. I’d love to look at the after-effects of everyone’s Reading Steiner allowing them to access memories from another world-line being a significant symptom of their PTSD. How do each of the characters deal with the memories and flashbacks/flash-forwards of alternate lives? How does this change them?

Most of all, I’m also really obsessed with the idea that different events can alter a person’s character and values. Do the members of the Future Gadget Lab perchance have completely different personalities in world lines further away from their own due to changing circumstances? How would it change their interactions? My guilty pleasure AU is an AU where Okabe’s ultimate villainous enemy is the alternate Okabe from another world-line (or maybe future!Okabe), and he has to battle his own mirrored shadow across multiple world-lines trying to outsmart the evil version of himself. The angst and tension and dramatic potential in this AU would be insane. The same AU for Kurisu would be equally amazing. What if the Alpha world-line future!Kurisu turns out to be a ruthless, unthinkingly cruel individual, perhaps as a result of her relationship with her father? How would that change Okabe’s perception of her? And what challenges would this pose to the protagonists as they try to protect/stabilize the Steins; Gate word-line?

Suzuha
Amane Suzuha is so precious to me, being my first (and dearest) favorite character in this show, so any close look at her adventures, emotions, thoughts - in the Alpha, Beta, or Steins; Gate worldline - would make me so happy. I would love looking at her in the Alpha world-line future, working as part of the resistance against SERN. I would love to see her face moral decisions and deal with the emotional repercussions of committing violence as a way to achieve a peaceful goal. Perhaps even a canon-divergence AU: maybe a mishap with the time-machine leads her to travel through countless world-lines trying to return to her original destination, maiming (and reshaping) her during the process. I love her feistiness, her kindness, her lighthearted charisma, and above all her strength and incredible determination. I just love Suzuha. Suzuha deserves the world.

Idea for AU: what if someone else other than Okabe - Kurisu, Mayuri, or Moeka - possessed the strongest Reading Steiner instead? What if it is one of them, instead of Okabe, who becomes the one rampaging through alternate world-lines trying to salvage a hopeful future battling the relentless tsunami of circumstances?

I’m also totally down… for AUs that are unrelated to the canon setting? Mafia/Detective AUs. Post-Apocalypse AUs. Space AUs. Matrix!AUs where the characters try to navigate a simulated reality. Soulmate AUs with original twists. Any AU that shows the characters of the Future Gadget Lab interacting with each other and loving each other in their own rugged, heartfelt ways. I'm okay with fics that are pure character studies.

I really, really love this show, so either break my heart or heal it. I’m okay with both maximum amounts of angst (major character death, heartbreak, grief) or shameless amounts of fluff (all the characters just caring for each other and bantering across various world-lines, for example). I’m so excited for any of the exhilarating mind-fuckery that you can come up with.

DNW: smut or PwP.

Request 3 by stilettodandelion
Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith

Relationships:

Charles Bruno/Guy Haines (Strangers on a Train)
Charles Bruno & Guy Haines (Strangers on a Train)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium

Details:

I love this pairing so much. Guy’s slow descent into madness and his struggle between his own morality and capacity for violence is perhaps the most chillingly executed aspect of the novel. How he struggles between maintaining his own innocence and being drawn into Bruno’s corruptive but seductive vortex will always be what takes my breath away. I am fascinated by how Guy comes to realize how he himself has the same capacity for violence and darkness, how he has irrevocably fallen in “love” (whatever that means) with Bruno, and that he is already trapped within of the lethal but hypnotic vortex of Bruno’s pathetic magnetism.

A character study of Bruno would be so, so great. He’s fucked-up, enigmatic, infuriating, complicated, loathsome but pitiable. I'd be so happy with an elaboration of his relations with his father and mother would be very disturbing. On top of that, I love the idea of:
- Angst, morbid pining on Charles Bruno’s part
- Missing scenes. Missing scene(s) between either of them during the novel would be amazing: after their first initial meeting, after Miriam’s murder, during the persuasion era, when they’re under suspicion, right before the finale on the boat etc. literally anywhere
- An exploration of more awkwardness, discomfort, unease, downright cringy uncomfortable weirdness in their daily interactions (think that scene in The Talented Mr Ripley when Tom gets caught in Dickie’s clothes, like that kind of awkwardness that’s inevitable with Bruno and somehow fascinating in its crudeness and peculiarity)
- An exploration of the similarities/parallels between Guy and Bruno’s characters, how they are in fact deep down very similar (“two opposite sides of an electron” etc.)

I'm gonna go ahead and say that mild smut (as part of character/emotional exploration) is okay for me, even though I’d prefer avoiding PwP. Fucked-up, kinda disturbing fluff would be great - i.e. Guy slowly unravelling his own feelings for Bruno and they attempt to figure it out in a fucked-up way, Bruno taking care of Guy and loving him the only way he knows how to (which is basically the plot of the novel in explicit terms). Regarding this pairing dubious consent is fine - canonically speaking, there’s quite a bit of murky dub-con going on, so elaborating on that would be absolutely wonderful.

A fix-it of the original canon would be excruciatingly lovely, especially if it stays brutally in-character, with the same moral turmoil and unhealthy obsessions. I like toying with the idea of Guy and Bruno figuring things out in a domestic, canonical setting; Guy taking care of our poor eccentric sociopath, arguing with him, berating him, caring for him clumsily, and Bruno slowly turning into the uncertain version of a better self as he begins to learn how to care for someone in a less violent way, and Guy adjusting to that. Just a promise of reconciliation and a hint at something hopeful after the carnage. A sort of escalation of the tragedy - in which Bruno and Guy kill each other, either figuratively or literally - would be extremely painful but lovely as well.

I adore Patricia Highsmith to any basic degree so an attempt to emulate or capture her style would make me beyond grateful. I once compared most of her noir to dark coffee, straight and undiluted and bitter in their cynicism, and the occasional homoerotic ambivalence is therefore akin to a dash of milk that renders the concoction softer, almost dreamy. The bitter dark coffee - with perhaps a dash of milky ambiguity and phantom sweetness along the way - is just my jam.

DNW: PwP.

Request 4 by stilettodandelion
Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Relationships:

Solo: Mr Pink (Reservoir Dogs)
Solo: Mr Orange (Reservoir Dogs)
Mr. Orange/Mr. White (Reservoir Dogs)
Mr Blonde/"Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot (Reservoir Dogs)
WB: Any (Reservoir Dogs (1992))

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium, Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon, Medium Opt In: Writing - Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives, Medium Opt In: Writing - Legal Documents, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Personal Documents

Details:

What I love most of course about Reservoir Dogs is its style: its humor, its garish scenes of violence, its electrifying dialogue, its elegiac sense of doom. The movie has so much hilarious, vibrant, remarkable style and that alone is amazing. I love its ludicrous unfolding of the storyline, its non-linear timeline, its masterful build-up of tension, its electric, eccentric style of storytelling. I love how the perspective is manipulated so that we get to see through every character’s viewpoint in this subtle omnipotent overall sketch. Every character is rendered is such staccato, colorful brushstrokes that only a few scenes brings an entire person to life. I love that.

My ultimate guilty pleasure is a “the gang survives and gets back together for another heist” fic!! I would love a fic where these characters actually do get to bond together - begrudgingly, shakily, rustily, with the same typical surface macho toughness that’s boyish and pompous and ridiculous about how they construct their own personas. I'd love the banter, the bickering, the utterly random discussions, the general hilarious anecdotes, anything you can think of. Something character-centric, focusing on the development of these wonderful infuriating bastards, would just be the most amazing fic for me.

I would love, love something centered around Mr Pink. Because I love him to death and there’s not - repeat, not - enough fic out there about Pink. It doesn’t have to be slash!fic with another character specifically (though I definitely wouldn’t mind if it was); a mere character study of that ridiculous, hilariously, infuriatingly lovable asshole would reduce me to tears of gratitude. A future-fic of the movie’s aftermath would be nice, as would an in-character backstory. I'm a sucker of Mr Pink surviving, upon which he either returns to his criminal life or embarks on something new. A missing scene from somewhere during the film - an in-depth, feral, and very wild snapshot in that poor kid’s mind - would also be really cool.

I also have a very soft spot for Vic/Eddie and there’s preciously little good Toothpick Bitchslap fic in the world. I love how two tough, worldly, nasty young idiots care for each other with such a captivating and unique dynamic. I love the little dance that they have of simultaneous aggression and ragged, unspoken tenderness. A snapshot of how they interact, how they condone and tolerate each other, how they’re just boys holding onto each other the best way they can, whilst remaining incredibly stupidly macho, gruesome, gritty, and in-character, would be so great. (If you could include a cameo from Vincent Vega somewhere in a Vic-centric... I'd be tickled to no end...)

Finally, Orange/White. I love them. I love their characterization. I adore both sexual and non-sexual intimacy explored in fiction, and I love how sometimes this total intimacy can be achieved between these two individuals that are nothing alike, and their dynamic really encompasses that sort of peculiar, ambivalent intimacy. Larry/Freddy in whatever shape of form will never fail me make me glow with heartbreak and joy and exasperation and all that lovely fucked-up emotion.

DNW: Porn without Plot.

Request 5 by stilettodandelion
Othello - Shakespeare

Relationships:

Cassio/Iago (Othello)
Iago/Othello (Othello)
Cassio & Iago (Othello)
WB: Any (Othello - Shakespeare)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives, Medium Opt In: Writing - Non-Linear Narrative, Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon

Details:

I'm totally okay with modern AUs, but I'd prefer it if the modernized AU could follow some resemblance of the canonical storyline - details can be tweaked and many canonical events can be manipulated to have different outcomes, but some resemblance of the characters' original relationships and canonical background has to be present. Apart from this, feel free to go wild on the AUs.

Othello/Iago
The action, the backstory, the history between them that we never got in canon is so interesting. I'd love some little anecdotes about Othello and Iago's past victories and failures, joys and agonies, disagreements and forgivenesses. The history of scars, wounds, and bloodied victories could only richen the depth of their camaraderie/relationship and what they've been through together. All this powerful emotions like a razor's edge balanced between love and hate must trace back to some sort of history between them. In what ways is their positions as soldiers significant to the anger and the bloodshed that the tragedy brings?

Iago's comment on their past military experiences with each other is fascinating for me - I'd love to discover the little anecdotes embedded in their previous friendship. I'd love some glorious, gruesome memories of fighting alongside each other, the mutual violence and the electric connection between that defies any notion of time and space. It strips away all the illusions of civilization and sophistication of Venetian society, and show them at their rawest, most brutal core in this bloodthirsty combat. Just think of everything, everything they've been through together - and how that had contributed to Iago's ultimate fall, his spiral towards loathing and evil.

Prompts:
- How did the two meet? Where? And how have they changed since then?
- Has Iago always been so internally bitter and so sadistically cunning? Or is it some recent event that transformed him into a crueler version of himself?
- I've always felt that the "Beware jealousy" speech comes from personal experience, and an elaboration of that would be so cool. I'd be so happy to get a deeper exploration of the sullen angst and hatred - or perhaps the spite and spurned bitterness arising from shattered love - that slowly grows to corrupt Iago's character. Did his previous intimacy with Othello somehow contributed to such jealousy? If so, how?
- What would happen if Othello never met Desdemona? If their relationship is twisted and doomed, would something else subsequently cause the fracture between them instead?

I'm also totally if you want to have their relationship be previously platonic rather than romantic. Twisted platonic relationships can be equally heartrending and equally fucked-up and I would love to look at them through any lens.

Cassio/Iago.
This pairing is WILD. The tension between them is insane. The electric tension and bitter energy throughout Act III... from the whole "beware jealousy" speech, to the heart-to-heart with Othello, and Iago's whole recounting of the "... as if he plucked up kisses by the roots that grew on my lips" scene stuns me with its sheer power. All of the characters are trapped together in this lethal cycle, all the complex affections and resentments spilling all over the place and overfilling so much that it's impossible to untangle, and it's so well-written.

Prompts:
- A character-study of Cassio. I often think about boyishly callous he is, how cruel he can be as he belittles Bianca's earnest affections, as well as the way he's immature, impetuous, hot-tempered and pompous in his rather petty self-confident ego. He's obsessed with reputation and deep down a little lost, a little lonely. He’s headstrong, pompous, vain, but ultimately he’s way out of his depth in terms of how brutal and cruel the world around him could be. If he and Iago met under completely different circumstances, how would their friendship/acquaintance have changed?
- What if they met under different circumstances? Would their dynamic be different?
- Missing scenes between them throughout the play: their first meeting, for example. Details of their rivalry for Othello's trust. Explorations of how Iago manipulates Cassio in particular.

DNW: preferably avoid explicit smut.

Request 6 by stilettodandelion
Assassination Classroom

Relationships:

WB: Any (Assassination Classroom)
Class 3-E & Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)
Class 3-E & Shiota Nagisa (Assassination Classroom)
Akabane Karma & Okuda Manami (Assassination Classroom)
Hazama Kirara & Itona Horibe & Teresaka Ryouma (Assassination Classroom)
Akabane Karma & Asano Gakushuu (Assassination Classroom)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium

Details:

One of my favorite things about the show is the narrative foil created between Korosensei and Asano Gakuhou as teachers. The show creates the most masterful comparison in showing how both their careers as a teacher has been fundamentally shaped by a student they’ve failed. Whilst Reaper!Korosensei failed his student by failing to love his student outside of his judgmental selfishness, Asano (or so he believes) failed his student by loving him too much and subsequently taking far too much responsibility for his death. I also loved how the antagonism between the two men has relented into begrudging understanding and camaraderie towards the end of the show, and I would love to see that explored more. A fix-it whereby Korosensei survives and continues teaching at Kunugigaoka would also lend so much potential for him and (the now disgraced) Asano to interact and that would be so amazing.

I have a huge soft spot for Asano Gakushuu and I will never tire of fics that explore the complexity of his relationship with his father. I would be so happy to get snapshots of both childhood interactions and post-canon reconciliations (or if they do not reconcile, up to you entirely). Whether it’s pre-canon or post-canon, their dynamic of viciousness and antagonism and barely-there affection. The push and pull of power between them is twisted and tragic in so many ways: just an abyss of angst and resentment that I would like to see explored more. I would love to see Gakushuu with the rest of 3-E and how they might interact; I would also love to see Gakushuu interact with the rest of the Big Five (or the virtuosos) and how their friendship has evolved over the years. I would love to see him pushed to breaking point and at his most vulnerable, but also his incredible strength, his vicious drive and his stubbornness. I wouldn’t mind seeing him getting dragged into assassination plots, kidnappings, freaky life-or-death circumstances, or even just tricky emotional situations...

I’d be very happy if anyone went for the lighthearted but melancholic lens in portraying the students and their adolescence. I’m a sucker for all the 3-E interacting? I love the mundane and domestic details that the show manages to make so heartwarming: Isogai coping with with his family financial situation by juggling multiple responsibilities, Chiba and Hayami bonding over rifles, Okuda’s quiet but blazing passion for the things she loves... I would love to see Okuda and Karma interacting. I would love to see Itona fitting in reluctantly with the Teresaka gang (or just literally anything about Itona in general). My favorite thing of all is how colorful and fleshed-out this entire ensemble is, so I would love literally anything about any of them.

Lighthearted interpretations aside, I would also very, very much enjoy it if someone were to interpret these prompts through a darker lens. The show touches upon so many dark themes - murder, for one - subtly and cleverly, leaving the disturbing layer unexplored. Nagisa’s relationship with his mother is the epitome of stifled abuse and obsession - same goes with the needling, incessant abuse that Asano Gakuhou had inflicted onto his son for many years. The abuse is so ubiquitous and intrinsically part of their childhood that neither of them even think of it as abuse. The parallels between the two are so interesting and I would find it fascinating if the boys somehow… bonded over that?

I would love some generally dark/supernatural takes on the original storyline. Perhaps the Shinigami (or Reaper) as his name suggests not only assassinates his victims but Turns them, somehow, and the students are left throughout the course of the show to slaughter an army of the undead when these undead victims return for revenge? Perhaps the destruction of Shiro’s lab releases a deadly virus, and the 3-E kids along with the rest of the world are left fending off a rampant infection of monsters? Perhaps this is an AU with ghosts, and Korosensei is plagued by phantoms of his previous victims as well as Yukimura Aguri? Perhaps the 3-E kids are forced into a Battle-Royale-esque situation and they must fight their way out tooth and nail? I would love a situation where the 3-E kids actually have to put their so-called assassination skills to genuine, gruesome use, and then have to deal with the psychological/emotional consequences of killing. I love them having to come to terms with how grisly and brutal the violence of assassination actually is. (I always thought Korosensei’s ultimate cause of death was awfully reminiscent of a vampire with a stake driven through its heart, so feel free to go dark and play with that imagery.)

This is probably the time where I should mention I’m also a sucker for the maximum angst possible, and I’m okay with major character death, graphic descriptions of blood, gore, sickness etc. - bring it on, I would love it.

DNW: explicit smut or PwP.

Request 7 by stilettodandelion
King Lear - Shakespeare

Relationships:

Edgar & Edmund (King Lear)
Cornwall/Edmund (King Lear)
Cornwall/Edmund/Regan (King Lear)
Edmund/Goneril (King Lear)
Cordelia & Goneril & Regan (King Lear)
WB: Any (King Lear - Shakespeare)

Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium, Medium Opt In: Writing - Worldbuilding Headcanon, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Personal Documents

Details:

I’m obsessed with fan theories e.g. the Fool was actually Cordelia the whole time, accompanying and comforting and protecting her suffering father behind a disguise. There are so many little ironies and mirrored traits that lend to delicious doubling opportunity: Cordelia's perception matching the Fool's wisdom, Cordelia's reserved stability versus the Fool's wild chaos. Their shared loyalty, and their steadfast stubbornness; the roles they play in Lear's life, and Lear's heart. Not only is the "Now my poor fool hang'd" line suggestive: there are so many little hints that lead to a rendition of how Cordelia and the Fool share aspects of a very similar identity. Imagining the Fool as Cordelia in disguise also creates such a wonderful narrative foil for Edgar's "Poor Tom" accompanying Gloucester's through the latter's despair and pain: wronged children and wronged fathers, forgiveness and love, deception and loss of identity. There are just so many opportunities. Apart from this, I love Cordelia in general. She’s got the same streak of determination in her that seems to belong to all Lear daughters, ruthlessly adapting to her circumstances without losing her hope and humanity.

I am interested by all potential interactions between the Lear daughters. Give me more Cordelia & Regan & Goneril childhood family lore and I would lap it up.

Edgar: love of my life. Clueless, innocent, stupidly loyal, constantly entrapped in situations beyond his control, he is trying his noble best even in all his loss and turmoil. The ability to hide, contort, and escape is one of my favorite things about Edgar's character: at times, I see the "Poor Tom" persona as his coping mechanism, how he responds to despair and grief, in which he constantly escapes himself and his own tragic situation through role-playing and deception. Does this so-called act begin to weigh on his mind? Does his Poor Tom disguise genuinely begin to warp his sanity? Is his "Poor Tom" persona a schizophrenic manifestation? I'd also be really happy if anyone leant on the supernatural potential of this, and explored "Poor Tom" as a literal feral spirit that has possessed Edgar, ravaging his mental state but also helping him by giving him the strength to survive.

I adore Edmund's fascinating conniving cleverness, bitterness, and how his motives ranging between self-preservation to recognition to lust for power to this child-like, aching need for love. He’s just such an evil charming git. Warped, distorted, festered inwardly with all sorts of envies and ambitions and resentments, but at heart still a boy with his unconscious desire for acceptance. I would be so happy for any takes at all on Edgar & Edmund's childhood relationship - that's my Achilles heel, I would pour over anything about them.

Most of all, I also love the Edmund/Cornwall relationship: the power-play and danger beneath their acquaintance is fascinating. Cornwall recognizes Edmund's need for recognition and manipulates it masterfully, even during the short time they spend together. Having Edmund/Cornwall/Regan as a threesome is also utterly seductive and has so much disturbing potential - if it's the three of them I want to feel the maximum cunning and danger beneath it all, perhaps manifesting as their lust for each other. Edmund being seduced by the couple but then coming back to bite them, Edmund seeking to seduce either (or both) of them and getting caught-up in their poisonous, hypnotic relationship, Edmund being beguiled by Cornwall despite knowing that the latter seeks to manipulate him, the constant tug-of-war of control and dominance in their mutual seduction... I would love anything. Perhaps an AU where Cornwall survives the servant's attack instead of Regan. Perhaps an AU where Edmund plans his own deceptions differently and seeks Cornwall's help right away even before betraying Edgar. I love dark takes on their relationships and especially if there's genuine emotional vulnerability tangled with within the political motives.

DNW: excessive focus on explicit smut or PwP.

PH 21 - 4k - Unavowed (Video Game), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games), L.A. By Night (Web Series), N.Y. By Night (Web Series), Fire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Webseries), Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020)

Request 1 by bittersnake
Unavowed (Video Game)
Relationships:
Eli Beckett/Mandana (Unavowed)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for additional details
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Coffee Shop/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 2 by bittersnake
大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games)
Relationships:
Barok van Zieks/Mikotoba Susato (Dai Gyakuten Saiban)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
I love love love Susato's wry commentary towards Barok during the trials as well as her deep empathy in spite of often opposing him in court. I would love to see more of that especially post-DGS2. Does she write letters to her friends in England and perhaps inquires after him (none too subtly). How does Barok feel post-DGS2 after all the things go down and he's picking up the pieces of his life? If We Wish To Be Very Extra We Could Pull A Bridgerton And He IS Deeply Worried About Offspring Becoming Murderers except, unlike Daphne, I'm fairly certain Susato is a bit more versed in science. ALTERNATIVELY, something something Susato needs to accompany Barok undercover in Ryuutaro mode. They Get Stuck in Close Quarters. Alternatively, Arranged Marriage Shenanigans. Bonus if there's Multiple Failed! Flirting Attempts On Susato's End and Barok is Too Broody To Notice (Kazuma is Sick of This Nonsense It Is Embarrassing)
(PLEASE KNOW THESE ARE ALL SUGGESTIONS IF YOU NEED IDEAS)
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Coffee Shop/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 3 by bittersnake
L.A. By Night (Web Series)
Relationships:
Eva/Jasper Heartwood (L.A. By Night)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for extra details but
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 4 by bittersnake
N.Y. By Night (Web Series)
Relationships:
Isaac Brooke/Serif (N.Y. By Night)
Fuego/Reyes Malcolm (N.Y. by Night)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for additional details
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Final Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 5 by bittersnake
Fire Emblem Musou: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Relationships:
Edelgard von Hresvelg/Balthus von Albrecht (FE: 3 Hopes)
Linhardt von Hevring/Female My Unit | Shez (FE: 3 Hopes)
Female My Unit | Shez/Hubert von Vestra (FE: 3 Hopes)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for additional details but
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 6 by bittersnake
Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Relationships:
Annette Fantine Dominic/Dedue Molinaro (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Felix Hugo Fraldarius/Lysithea von Ordelia (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Hilda Valentine Goneril/Seteth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for additional details but
+ Do Not Want:
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 7 by bittersnake
Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Webseries)
Relationships:
Laerryn Coramar-Seelie/Loquatius Seelie (EXU: Calamity)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
See letter for details but

+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Coffee Shop/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

Request 8 by bittersnake
Final Fantasy VII Remake (Video Game 2020)
Relationships:
Aerith Gainsborough/Sephiroth (FFVIIR)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
+ Do Not Want:
student/professor (note, student/prof roleplay is fine but actual student/prof....no)
scat/urine/vomitplay
inflation kink
Death Fic
homophobia
racism
High School/College/Coffee Shop/Police/Mundane AU
Letter: http://mnemehoshiko.dreamwidth.org/32841.html

PH 22 - 2k - Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Anime & Manga), Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater, Dare Me - Megan Abbott

Request 1 by bloodmoney
Bleach
Relationships:
Arisawa Tatsuki/Inoue Orihime (Bleach)
Grimmjow Jaegerjaques/Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach)
Shiba Kuukaku/Shihouin Yoruichi (Bleach)
Hollow Ichigo | Zangetsu & Kurosaki Ichigo (Bleach)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Audio - Arrangement/Cover Music, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Video - Any Nominated Video Medium, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Audio - FST (Fan Soundtrack), Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (& miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), permanent character death of requested characters, rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food, for non-mundane canons, AUs that remove any fantasy/sci-fi/action element (AUs that include completely different SFF elements from canon are OK)
Fandom-specific DNW: mentions of Kazui or Ichika.
Some prompts/extra details in letter!
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

Request 2 by bloodmoney
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Relationships:
WB: Any (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga)
Edward Elric/Roy Mustang (FMAB)
Solo: Olivier Armstrong (FMA)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Online Dress-up Game, Medium Opt In: Instructions - TTRPG rules, Medium Opt In: Video - Any Nominated Video Medium, Medium Opt In: Audio - Arrangement/Cover Music, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Religious Text, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Religious Text, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Audio - FST (Fan Soundtrack), Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Map: City or Country or World
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (and subsequently miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), permanent character death of requested characters, rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food, for non-mundane canons, AUs that remove any fantasy/sci-fi/action element (AUs that include completely different SFF elements from canon are OK)
Fandom-specific DNW: explicit sex, implications of past or present romantic/sexual relashionships between Roy and any of the girls working for Madame Christmas
Some prompts/extra details in letter!
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

Request 3 by bloodmoney
Squid Game (TV 2021)
Relationships:
Solo: Jiyeong (Squid Game)
Jiyeong/Kang Saebyeok (Squid Game)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Video - Any Nominated Video Medium, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Cross Stitch Pattern, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Gifset, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Any Nominated Unique Medium
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (and subsequently miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), permanent character death of requested characters, rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food, for non-mundane canons, AUs that remove any fantasy/sci-fi/action element (AUs that include completely different SFF elements from canon are OK)

Jiyeong/Kang Saebyeok (Squid Game):
- What if they did somehow find a way to both win that round?
- What if they were the ones who made it to the last round?
- What if they’d met during that first round, when the game was called off?
Solo: Jiyeong (Squid Game):
- Anything! I mean it, literally anything.
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

Request 4 by bloodmoney
Death Note (Anime & Manga)
Relationships:
Solo: Yagami Sayu (Death Note)
Solo: Yagami Light (Death Note)
L & Yagami Light (Death Note)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Online Dress-up Game, Medium Opt In: Instructions - TTRPG rules, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Cross Stitch Pattern, Medium Opt In: Audio - FST (Fan Soundtrack), Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (and subsequently miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food, for non-mundane canons, AUs that remove any fantasy/sci-fi/action element (AUs that include completely different SFF elements from canon are OK)

L & Yagami Light (Death Note):
- There’s nothing about the canon dynamic that I don’t love. They’re both awful and awfully smart and I like anything showing that!
Solo: Yagami Light (Death Note):
- I love character studies, and he’s such an excellent subject for that.
- Pre-canon? Canon divergence? Something else entirely? Would love it.
Solo: Yagami Sayu (Death Note):
- I simply don’t think we see enough of her, barring the one time she’s used for plot purposes. What’s her daily life like?
- What if she had found out about the Death Note during that first arc?
- What if she had a Death Note?
- We never see her mental state later on, it’s something I’d like to see explored :)
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

Request 5 by bloodmoney
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Relationships:
Solo: Adam Parrish (Raven Cycle)
Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish (Raven Cycle)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Art - Comics, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Academic Publication, Medium Opt In: Writing - Tarot Card Reading, Medium Opt In: Audio - Tarot Card Reading, Medium Opt In: Audio - FST (Fan Soundtrack), Medium Opt In: Art - Tarot Card
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (and subsequently miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), permanent character death of requested characters, rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food
Fandom-specific DNW: explicit sex

Ronan Lynch/Adam Parrish (Raven Cycle):
- Anything post-canon (whether that be post-Raven King or post-Mister Impossible)!
- I love the range they have – we get both kisses in one’s childhood bedroom AND framing others for brutal acts! Anything that showcases that is lovely.
- I always adore canon divergence. What if they hadn’t met through Gansey? What if they’d met earlier or later?
- Being together in dreamspace!
Solo: Adam Parrish:
- Also would love anything post-canon that focuses on his life!
- If we’re accepting Dreamer Trilogy as canon, I’d love to see him running that fake tarot reading service that we only got hints of. If we’re not, what is his post-Henrietta life like? Or if he stayed, why?
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

Request 6 by bloodmoney
Dare Me - Megan Abbott
Relationships:
Beth Cassidy/Colette French (Dare Me - Megan Abbott)
Solo: Addy Hanlon (Dare Me - Megan Abbott)
Solo: Beth Cassidy (Dare Me - Megan Abbott)
Beth Cassidy/Addy Hanlon (Dare Me - Megan Abbott)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe r/AmITheAsshole Post (Post + Replies), Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe r/Relationships Post (Post + Replies), Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe r/Legaladvice Post (Post + Replies), Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe Reddit Post On Any Subreddit (Post + Replies), Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Online Dress-up Game, Medium Opt In: Writing - TTRPG Supplement, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Cross Stitch Pattern, Medium Opt In: Audio - FST (Fan Soundtrack)
Details:
Likes:
(alphabetically): action, angst, body swap, breaking up & making up, canon divergence, case fic, characters fighting (both in the verbal and physical sense), clashing worldviews, codependence, competence, crack treated seriously, darkfic, enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) (and the reverse!), falling in love with the target trope, hurt/comfort, hurt without comfort, the illusion of choice, identity porn, “if you can’t beat them, join them”, misaligned love languages, missing scenes, non-linear narratives, obsessive behaviour, post-canon, regret of the 'SHOULD have done that' rather than the 'SHOULDN'T have done that' variety, repression of feelings, rituals, physical touch as a love language (not necessarily in the romantic sense), power dynamics, science-y things, selfcest, time loops/any time or dimension-related trope, worldbuilding
DNWs: pregnancy being a major focus (and subsequently miscarriage or abortion being a major focus) , dub-con or non-con with female victims (mentions are fine if it has happened in canon, but no new incidents or recovery plot please), 1st person narration, explicit underage (under 18) sex, graphic abuse or torture of anyone under 18 (fine if aged up for the purpose of the fic/age not mentioned for anime or book characters), A/B/O of the Alpha/Omega variety (other configurations such as Alpha/Alpha are okay), permanent character death of requested characters, rule 63 if the end result is a M/F ship, unrequested ships being the main focus (them existing for unrequited love purposes or in the background is fine), unrequested gender or body-related headcanons (e.g. weight gain kink, flat chested characters suddenly being busty) (body modifications as part of a scifi universe are OK), AUs in which the characters are parents or kids/de-aging, lengthy descriptions of cooked food, for non-mundane canons, AUs that remove any fantasy/sci-fi/action element (AUs that include completely different SFF elements from canon are OK)

I don’t have specific prompts for this, unfortunately, I just have this line marked “[Could she s]ee that she could make us, stick her hands in our glitter-gritted insides and build us into magnificent teen gladiators?” and a deep deep love for these characters and how single-minded (and, LBR, assholish) they are. When I say I’d love anything at all, I mean it.
Letter: http://firstroad.dreamwidth.org/3466.html

PH 23 - 3k - Prehistoric Park, The Big Bang Theory (TV), DC's Arrowverse, Original Work

Request 1 by greerwatson
Prehistoric Park
Relationships:
WB: Any (Prehistoric Park)
WB: Travel to As-Yet-Unvisited Time Periods (Prehistoric Park)
WB: travel to Cambrian Era (Prehistoric Park)
WB: Prehistoric Park zoo management (Prehistoric Park)
Bob Arthur & Nigel Marven & Suzanne McNabb (Prehistoric Park)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
Ideally, something along the lines of a new episode, including both time travel and scenes back at the park. Your choice of time period, but I'd prefer something as-yet-unvisited. The Cambrian era would pose particular logistical problems; but any era would have intriguing life forms to capture and study. What complications then arise in keeping them safe and healthy in the present day? How is the zoo funded/managed/publicized?
Canon-compliant gen, please. DNW any pairing involving the requested characters. I prefer not to have canon characters die in the story; but references to canonical deaths are okay. DNW first- or second-person fic.
Letter: http://greerwatson.dreamwidth.org/140190.html

Request 2 by greerwatson
The Big Bang Theory (TV)
Relationships:
Solo: The Big Bang Theory Ensemble (Big Bang Theory)
Howard Wolowitz & Leonard Hofstadter & Rajesh Koothrappali & Sheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory)
Howard Wolowitz & Rajesh Koothrappali (Big Bang Theory)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
Basically, I'd like more of the same—perhaps futurefic set a year or so after the series ends, or hijinks and humour in the style of the early seasons. If you prefer backstory, I'd like a closer look at the early days of Howard and Rajesh's bromance. (How about that couples therapy that was hinted at?) I'd be curious to see how the gang deal with the covid pandemic, if you're up for it. DNW deaths of any of the series regulars, their family members, or recurring characters from the show; but it's okay if they get ill and recover.
I don't like anything more than PG13: explicit sexual detail is definitely a DNW for me. References to canonical deaths are fine; and, if you write a pandemic story, the deaths of OCs are okay. DNW AUs or crossovers. DNW first- or second-person fic.
Letter: http://greerwatson.dreamwidth.org/140190.html

Request 3 by greerwatson
DC's Arrowverse
Relationships:
WB: Time travel in the Arrowverse (DC's Arrowverse)
Hartley Rathaway & Leonard Snart & Mick Rory & Mark Mardon & Mick Rory & Shawna Baez (Arrowverse)
Barry Allen & David Singh & Joe West (DC's Arrowverse)
Cisco Ramon & Hartley Rathaway (DC's Arrowverse)
Barry Allen/Leonard Snart (DC's Arrowverse)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
I love the snarky banter of ColdFlash encounters, as well as ethical dilemmas about their CSI/thief relationship. I enjoy stories about the Rogues (even though, canonically, the group was never formed.) Perhaps a story that focuses on Barry as a CSI? The snarky relationship that Cisco has with Hartley goes back to their old S.T.A.R. Labs rivalry, and continues during the series timeline. I love Team Flash as an ensemble; so feel free to include other characters if you want.
I don't like anything more than PG13: explicit sexual detail is definitely a DNW for me. DNW soulmates, A/B/O, mpreg, wingfic, genderswap, kidfic. Canon-divergent AUs are fine; but DNW other types of AU. I prefer not to have characters die in the story; but references to canonical deaths are okay. DNW first- or second-person fic.
Letter: http://greerwatson.dreamwidth.org/140190.html

Request 4 by greerwatson
Original Work
Relationships:
Desperate Supervillain With Life in Danger & Superhero They Reluctantly Go to for Help (OW) (OW)
Closeted Gay Superhero/Male Supervillain Who Learns His Secret & Homophobic Team Mate (OW)
Desperate Superhero Whose Life is in Danger/Supervillain He Reluctantly Goes to for Help (OW)
Gay Superhero & Happily Married Male Team Mate He Has a Crush On (OW)
Newly superpowered unwilling hero & Would-be mentor who feels they should be trained (OW)
Retired Villain's Sidekick & Retired Hero's Sidekick & Anti-hero Flatmate (OW)
Solo: Unwilling Superhero Who Just Wants a Quiet Life (OW)
Superhero & Supervillain with Increasingly Weak Excuses for Teamups Against Hero's Foes (OW)
Superhero & Their Roommate Who Is A Supervillain (OW)
Superhero with secret ID & Unpowered civilian who resembles him & Investigative reporter (OW)
Superhero witness called as civilian juror for trial of archnemesis/Male archnemesis on trial (OW)
Superhero witness/Male archnemesis he arrested who is now on trial (OW)
Supervillain's Civillian ID in court as juror in case against his nemesis & Other Jurors (OW)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
Any or all! Mix'n'match. Combine prompts, if that tickles your fancy. Seriously, enjoy yourself.
I don't like anything more than PG13: explicit sexual detail is definitely a DNW for me. DNW soulmates, A/B/O, mpreg, kidfic. I prefer not to have main characters die in the story; but I'm okay with deaths of victims in casefic and the like. DNW first- or second-person.
Letter: http://greerwatson.dreamwidth.org/140190.html

PH 24 - 3k - Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

Request 1 by Lieara
Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors

Relationships:

Roboute Guilliman/Sanguinius (WH40k Novels)
Solo: Sanguinius (WH40k Novels)
Horus Lupercal/Sanguinius (WH40k Novels)
Roboute Guilliman/Lion El'Jonson (WH40k Novels)

Opt-Ins:

Details:

I'd love to see something involving Imperium secundus and the politics or power dynamics involved, or an AU of Sanguinius and Horus with reversed power dynamics. Can be sfw or nsfw. Both au and canon compliant are fine, relationships can be romantic or platonic (preference for romantic, but either works).

General likes: power dynamics (both reversed and normal), politics, drama, focus on personal relationships, showing hidden sided to the people you love/trust, BDSM if nsfw, complicated feelings, hurt comfort(preferably emotional), taking care of each other. Strong people being vulnerable in private

Dnw: major character death, torture, illness

Request 2 by Lieara
The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

Relationships:

Aragorn & Imrahil (LOTR books)
Aragorn/Arwen Undómiel/Imrahil (LotR books)
Aragorn | Elessar & Éomer & Faramir & Imrahil (LotR books)

Opt-Ins:

Details:

I'd love to see the power dynamics and politics of the reunited kingdom and just what happened behind the scenes. Did Aragorn and Imrahil have a history, why did Imrahil and Faramir bend the knee so easily. What did they think about how the world changed? Can be au or canon compliant.

Dnw: major char death, rape/non con, torture, illness, modern au

PH 25 - 1k - Cruel Summer (TV 2021), Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Death Note (Anime & Manga), Gundam Wing

Request 1 by lightningwaltz
Cruel Summer (TV 2021)
Relationships:
WB: Any (Cruel Summer (TV 2021))
Jeanette Turner/Kate Wallis (Cruel Summer)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Art - Conspiracy Board, Medium Opt In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Social Media, Medium Opt In: Art - In-Universe Social Media, Medium Opt In: Writing - Reddit: In-Universe r/AmITheAsshole Post (Post + Replies), Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Transcript of Podcast or Radio Show
Details:
[spoilers ahead!]
I’m particular interested in “what comes next?” fic, or canon divergence fic for this. Some prompts:
- Jeanette actually does let Kate out if that basement … what happens next? Does it get her the kind of popularity she wants or are things more complicated than that?
- Kate actually is killed and is ever found. Her ghost haunts Jeanette. Or there’s a famous podcast that haunts Jeanette metaphorically speaking.
- Alternately canon ends exactly the way it does and a documentary/podcast decides to dig into the twenty year recovery of Kate … only to find out there are some holes in the official story. And this leads to people looking at Jeanette with suspicion
-Alternately a You’re Wrong About style podcast does an episode about how Jeanette was wronged and it’s not great for her conscience.
-Any of the above prompts combined with Complicate femslash between Kate and Jeannette would be excellent!

DNW: omegaverse, cancer, alternate setting AU, a heavy focus on Kate/Mallory if you go for the worldbuilding prompt, the narrative demonizing or victim blaming Kate

Request 2 by lightningwaltz
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Relationships:
WB: Naboo Culture & Traditions (SWPT)
Padme Amidala & Royal Handmaidens (SWPT)
Opt-Ins: Medium Opt In: Template - Any In-Universe Documents, Medium Opt In: Art - Costume Design, Medium Opt In: Audio - Fanmix, Medium Opt In: Writing - In-Universe Memoir, Medium Opt In: Writing - Bureaucratic Paperwork, Medium Opt In: Any - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting
Details:
I am and always have been ALL ABOUT the Naboo handmaiden system and would love anything about the worldbuilding behind it and the bonds that are former.
Some prompts:
- The handmaiden selection system! You have to resemble the monarch in question, but you also have to be greatly skilled, incredibly brave, and selfless to a fault. The position is prestigious so there must be a lot of applicants. I imagine it’s competitive and highly stressful but you can’t be completely terrible to each other because the people who win will have to be on a team. I want to see this world, either with Amidala’s handmaidens or handmaidens for any queen!
-it’s common for fic and tie in novels to have the handmaidens as BFFs… and don’t get me wrong, I love that take too! But it would also be fun to see the codependent or complicated relationships that might ensue in such a system. You’re some of the best of the best on the planet but you’re also meant to die for your queen if need be. You’re constantly around your coworkers, and probably not allowed much free time. So this little unit will be your whole world for a while. What’s that like?
-I’d love to see anything with Luke or Leia meeting Amidala’s handmaidens and learning more about her from them. Or if you want to pick up one of my epistolary tags, then forwarding the twins some of Amidala’s documents.

DNW: omegaverse, cancer, alternate setting AU, Star Wars sequel content, male handmaids for a king

Request 3 by lightningwaltz
Death Note (Anime & Manga)
Relationships:
WB: Any (Death Note (Anime & Manga))
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Details:
I’ve always been incredibly curious about the worldbuilding for this one. Death Note has a very strict focus on Light and his detective opponent of the moment but you get glimpses at how the presence of Kira changes society. We go from rumors online to full fledged cults. It would be very cool to go more in-depth on that!
Some ideas:
-We know that people online are the first to really notice what’s going on… it would be very cool to get an epistolary version of that
-Are there uhhh Kira wives? The way there are Snape wives?
-Are there podcasts or YouTube deep dives about the Kira phenomenon and if so do those people have to try really hard to stay anonymous?
-for that matter is there a lot of online chatter about rumors about L? Or is he something that comes up as an urban legend and people who try to talk about him seriously get accused of being cringe?
-Worldbuilding about the SPK is also something I’m curious about! How did they end up with Near rather than him working alone? Secret documents about them would be super cool. Alternately would be kind of funny to see a highly mundane Slack or Teams channel for them.
DNW: omegaverse, cancer, alternate setting AU, no real life murderers getting killed by Kira (I.e. no Bundys or Mansons getting killed by Light.)

Request 4 by lightningwaltz
Gundam Wing
Relationships:
Relena Peacecraft/Heero Yuy (Gundam Wing)
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Details:
I just want to see a future for them that isn’t Frozen Teardrop 😩 Their lives have been so chaotic and traumatic it would be kind of great to see how they would even function in moments of peace (even if the peace is between moments of chaos, since Gundam Wing’s world seems to go from crisis to crisis all the time.)
Some ideas:
-Daily life as Vice Foreign Minister and bodyguard.
-going about a relationship out of order for what people expect. Example: Into they’re early twenties they’re still kind of dancing around whether they’re actually dating or not but then they have to get married for practical reasons (like taxes or just to generate more paperwork that proves Heero exists as a person, etc) and they’re still insisting it doesn’t mean anything but it definitely does
-They go on a vacation and they’re really bad at it
-Anything - either during canon or after - with rule 63 f/f Heero and Relena
Also free to have literally anyone else from the cast show. I love them all, and am particularly partial to Heero and Quatre’s dynamic!

DNW: omegaverse, cancer, alternate setting AU, Frozen Teardrop

PH 26 - 2k - Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Discworld - Terry Pratchett, The Sandman (Comics)

Request 1 by Raindropsonwhiskers
Doctor Who (2005)
Relationships:
Thirteenth Doctor/The Master (Dhawan) (Doctor Who 2005)
Twelfth Doctor & Missy & Bill Potts (DW 2005)
Twelfth Doctor/Missy (Doctor Who (2005))
WB: Gallifreyan Culture (Doctor Who 2005)
WB: Time Lord Telepathy (Doctor Who 2005)
Solo: Thirteenth Doctor (Doctor Who 2005)
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Details:
DNW: Smut (non-sexual kink is okay), major character death, bashing of the Timeless Child reveal, 1st or 2nd person POV, any Doctor/companion romance mentions, River Song
Preference: Doctor Nyarlathotep stuff, as much weird EU lore as you can smush in, the Doctor's funky relationship with gender, character studies, adventure/episode-esque fics, hurt/comfort

Request 2 by Raindropsonwhiskers
Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Relationships:
Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane & Thomas "Hex" Schofield (DW BFA)
C'rizz & Eighth Doctor & Charley Pollard (DW BFA)
Eighth Doctor & Charley Pollard (DW BFA)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
DNW: Smut, major character death, bashing of the Timeless Child reveal, 1st or 2nd person POV, any Doctor/companion romance mentions, River Song
Preference: Doctor Nyarlathotep stuff, as much weird EU lore as you can smush in, the Doctor's funky relationship with gender, character studies, adventure/episode-esque fics, hurt/comfort. Feel free to go nuts using Hex as a punching bag, if you so choose

Request 3 by Raindropsonwhiskers
The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
Relationships:
Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Locked Tomb)
WB: Any (The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir)
WB: Erotic Literature of the Nine Houses (Locked Tomb)
Camilla Hect & Palamedes Sextus (Locked Tomb)
Camilla Hect & Gideon Nav & Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Locked Tomb)
Harrowhark Nonagesimus/Ianthe Tridentarius (The Locked Tomb)
Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus/Ianthe Tridentarius (Locked Tomb Trilogy)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
DNW: Major (noncanonical) character death, outright smut/PWP
Preference: character studies, whump and/or hurt/comfort of either Gideon or Harrow, humorous/crack-y fic, Jod getting bullied

Request 4 by Raindropsonwhiskers
Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Relationships:
Vetinari & Vimes (Discworld)
Solo: Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
Death & Susan Sto Helit (Discworld)
Sybil Ramkin/Havelock Vetinari/Samuel Vimes (Discworld)
Sybil Ramkin/Samuel Vimes (Discworld)
WB: Any (Discworld - Terry Pratchett)
Opt-Ins:
Details:
DNW: Major character death, smut/PWP
Preference: character studies, fluff (esp if Sybil/Vetinari/Vimes), Susan being a badass, Susan & Death being a little bit eldritch

Request 5 by Raindropsonwhiskers
The Sandman (Comics)
Relationships:
Solo: The Endless (The Sandman Comics)
WB: Any (The Sandman (Comics))
Opt-Ins:
Details:
DNW: Major (noncanonical) character death, smut/PWP, any shipping of the Endless with each other, Morpheus in a romantic relationship with anyone, Dream 2.0 (original flavor only, please!)
Preferences: character studies, hurt/comfort, sibling dynamics, eldritch Endless, Death and/or Delirium being adorable, Dream maybe actually listening to some advice for once (OOC, I know, I know)

PH 27 - 2k - Biggles Series - W. E. Johns

Request 1 by wateroverstone
Biggles Series - W. E. Johns

Relationships:

James "Biggles" Bigglesworth & Algy Lacey (Biggles - W. E. Johns)
James "Biggles" Bigglesworth/Algy Lacey (Biggles - W. E. Johns)

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Details:

I like friendship and fun, tall tales, ripping yarns, adventure, character –driven stories set in remote spots. Competence, compassion and caring shown through sarky banter and behaviour. All the old tropes: sex pollen, there’s only one bed, friends to lovers, fake relationships turning real. Generally cheerful and light-hearted.
Biggles and Algy have been together since they were teenagers in World War One. The level of trust they share, and the lengths they will go to for each other, are impossible to overstate. They know each other very, very well. I like exploring how this might be expressed in something other than a decades old children’s book.
DNW : ABO; BDSM; Graphic torture; permanent character death or long term disability; sad ending; anything changing the characters’ core beliefs; anything other than fairly vanilla sexual practices although awkward situations are very welcome.