Jul. 20th, 2020

coaldustcanary: Eleanor of Aquitane from The Lion In Winter (Default)
 Hi Hetswapper:

Thanks for looking at my letter. First, exchange-specific info. Second, fandom- and relationship-specific prompts. Finally, my big list of preferred tropes and kinks if you're looking for more general ideas for a fic or art.

For this exchange I have no hard DNWs and I'm comfortable receiving fic or art of any rating. I do most of my fandom social media over at Tumblr - http://coaldustcanary.tumblr.com/ - so if you want to peruse it to get a sense of what I like feel free.

Fandoms and prompts:

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller
Illya Kuryakin/Gaby Teller
Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller

What I like about the canon: Spy hijinx, snappy banter, reluctantly cooperative enemies due to international politics become friends and a weird little oddly-fond found family of sorts.

Illya/Napoleon/Gaby is my OT3 of choice these days, but I am very keen on both Illya/Gaby and (the odd couple) Napoleon/Gaby as well. Don't feel hemmed in my my prompts - I am always happy for anything for this fandom, especially tropey nonsense that fits with spy games - truth serum, sex pollen, sharing a bed (for the mission!), etc.

For art, anything that plays with the really gorgeous palette of the film would be amazing. Character-wise, either or both of the guys helping Gaby - with picking out clothes, with learning spy skills, or with a kiss or a cuddle or an orgasm would be a delight.

For the trio: In the spirit of the exchange, something that focuses on the boys' relationship with Gaby would be keen. Maybe they get competitive over teaching her about their Elite Spy Skills while trying to one-up the other, with Gaby dryly amused in the middle. (Maybe they keep trying to one-up the other in the "best in bed" department, too.)

For Illya/Gaby, I like the notion of them being undercover together like in the film on a later mission, but perhaps having to play at a different dynamic - for example, maybe months later they've begun a relationship for real, but instead of playing a loving couple in the field they have to pretend to be at each others' throats.

For Gaby/Napoleon, maybe they banged that first night in the CIA apartment in Berlin, caught between actual interest in one another and feeling obliged to mutually seduce each other for the job? Or on a more angsty note, maybe after working for UNCLE for a time Illya dies or is recalled to Russia and they end up falling into a relationship with one another in his absence.

Once Upon a Time (TV)
Wishverse Captain Hook | Detective Rogers/Evil Queen | Regina Mills
Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Milah

Requesting my rarepairs with crossed fingers for this fandom. What I like about the fandom: Female character-focused action with the menfolk as supporting players. Ridiculous excuses to throw fairy tale worldbuilding in a blender.

For Wish Hook (Rogers)/Regina, something set in Hyperion Heights in S7 or in the Enchanted Forest post-series would be great. If during the curse, I love the idea of the recovering alcoholic Rogers and bartender Roni (Regina) having a mutual understanding, and maybe a "friends with benefits" kind of arrangement. Post-series, I like the idea of Wish Hook thinking Queen of All The Realms Regina is well out of his league, but Regina misses her friend, this softer, gentler version of Hook that she's come to really love.

For Hook/Milah, give me all the high romance and adventure of their time together as pirates before Milah's death. Or some kind of AU where she's able to return to Storybrooke from the Underworld. Their lack of closure burns at my soul, to be quite frank.

The Witcher (TV)
Geralt/Yennefer (Witcher TV)
Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer (Witcher TV)

What I like about this fandom: A fun and solidly entertaining show that far exceeded my low expectations. Magic and weirdness and really embracing the full fantasy setting would be great for a fic or in art.

For Geralt/Yennefer - some missing scenes from the time between episodes would be great. It's clear that Geralt and Yennefer were alternately sexing and antagonizing one another semi-regularly. Tell me about or show me Geralt and Yennefer's sexcapades or them competing (as in episode 1.6) for a magical item or resource. (It seems like that wasn't the first time something like that happened.) Or, tell me about a different time they fought together on the same side--that whole battle-couple thing was *extremely* hot and clearly they'd done something similar before... Yen pegging Geralt would be excellent if that's of interest.

For Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer - Jaskier and Yennefer realizing that they're just one another's favorite kind of bitch and lovingly ganging up on (*cough* topping *cough*) Geralt when he's being an idiot would be fun. The threesome here can absolutely be v-shaped with Geralt as the point, or it can be totally mutual all the way around.

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/relationships and include both plot tropes and sexual acts, with my most bulletproof trope/kinks in bold, so feel free to run with one if you're inspired): 
 
hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, torture, soulmates and soul bonds (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark or strange), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when one person or both/all participants are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances, such as "bad guys/magic made them do it" or sex pollen), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever for a character and first time with particular partner(s)), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, loyalty kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on partner's shoulder, cuddling, spooning, competitive sex games (who can make the other orgasm the fastest, who can resist orgasm the longest, who can successfully finish a task while the other partner tries to get them off or tries to entice them into sex, etc), begging during sex ("please!"), sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy or grief, battle couples/trios, magical aus (give non-magical characters/canons magic), alternate magical system AUs (keep the magic, but make it different somehow), Dominance/submission (I prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff, however, and if it's het I generally prefer the female character be dominant), sex between platonic friends, future fic and "next gen" fic about children of canonical characters, ghosts, communicating with the dead (via magic or weird science), enemies to lovers, threesomes, werewolves, time loops/Groundhog Day premise, competence kink, vulnerability, undercover antics and/or identity porn, sleep deprivation/exhaustion, hair touching/running fingers through hair, helping others with personal care (hair washing, injury tending, etc), noble self-sacrifice (risking harm or death to spare others punishment or to allow them to escape)
coaldustcanary: Cersei from Game of Thrones (wine)
Dear Pine4Pine Writer:

Thanks for checking out my letter. Order below is first, some general notes about this exchange, second a list of the ships and tags I've chosen with specific prompts, and finally my general trope/kink preferences.

First, general exchange-specific notes: I don't have any hard DNWs, and I'm comfortable with fanworks of any rating. I am requesting either requited feelings or unrequited feelings for all of my chosen ships except for the MUNCLE 2015 OT3 - requited feelings only for Illya/Gaby/Napoleon, please. For the other relationships, please do feel free to make the feelings ambiguous or unrequited on the part of the non-pining character!

For freeform-matching exchanges I tend to throw out some ideas that seem interesting rather than exhaustively listing the types of fic I want to recieve. Please don't feel limited by my chosen freeforms if you have an idea that incorporates the overall exchange theme of pining and you think it fits with my general preferences or prompts.

My requests, by fandom:

Carnival Row (TV)
Tourmaline Larou/Vignette Stonemoss (Tourmaline pining)
feelings requited or unrequited
  • Wing Grooming
  • Watching Them from Afar
  • Character A pines for their former lover
  • Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
  • Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
  • Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
  • Character Prefers Pining For Aesthetic Reasons
  • Soulmate AU - A is pining B’s soulmate but B is not A's
  • Physical Intimacy While Pining
  • Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection

I quite enjoyed this show and Tourmaline is hands down my favorite character. I love her pragmatism and how it intersects with her artist's soul. I love how much she clearly loves Vignette and wants good things for her, but also thinks she's a total idiot half the time. I love that she's a sex worker who draws each and every one of her clients. I think it's clear that she canonically pines for Vignette, even though she tries to make sure Vignette has her opportunity to reunite with her Great Lost Love Philo.

Vignette and Tourmaline share close quarters and physical intimacy a lot in S1, and depending on how things go in S2 that might continue as they work together while trapped in the Row. After seeing Tourmaline's face as Vignette tried to leave with Philo I think it could be a very hard thing for her to deal with in many ways.

Game of Thrones (TV)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth (GoT) (Jaime pining)
feelings requited or unrequited
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Arranged Marriage - to other people
  • Character A doesn't realise they're pining
  • epistolary pining
  • Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted
  • A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to
  • Pining while having wounds tended
  • Pining while huddled together for warmth
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Pining while imprisoned

Jaime Lannister is an unbelievable dumbass (and I love him so much). Jaime/Brienne has been a ship of mine for 20 years now, and while GoT S8 was a disappointing realization of the ASOIAF story for me in some ways, some of their interaction was very satisfying for my soul.

For this ship arranged marriage tropes are always fun (to each other or other people), or post-canon AUs where they're separated and Jaime's pining from afar (Casterly Rock, Essos, prison, etc). "A pines for B after B refuses to kill A when they ought to" is in particular very "them" canonically, as is Jaime totally oblivious to his jealousy of other people who interact with Brienne.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E (2015)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Illya & Gaby pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (all pining)
feelings requited ONLY
  • A and B are together but pine for C to join them
  • A B and C pine obliviously for each other
  • A B and C are each convinced the other two are about to get into a relationship
  • A attributes B & C's flirting to cultural differences
  • Character A pining silently so Characters B & C won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
  • Character C Pines For Characters A & B Who Are Together - Leads to Polyamory
  • Character C Pines For Characters A and B
  • A matchmakes B and C while pining for them both
  • pining for character in a relationship leads to OT3
  • A Pining for B also Starts Pining for B's Partner C
  • Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
  • Pining character doused with truth serum
  • A & B attribute C's flirting to cultural differences
  • Cover story complicates hidden feelings
  • Pining while having wounds tended
  • Pining while huddled together for warmth
  • Pining while sharing a bed
  • Pining while tending someone's wounds
  • Pining while trapped together
  • Hurt/Comfort
I love these dumb disaster bisexual spies so much. I like a lot of different ways for them to come together as a trio, but I'm particularly a bit weak for Napoleon trying to either matchmake or nobly stay clear of Illya and Gaby's slap-slap-kiss relationship but being reluctantly enamored of them both. On the other hand, Illya and Gaby carefully negotiating a tentative relationship despite all their cultural and political baggage and still realizing there's something missing in the person of their too-handsome, self-assured partner and trying to figure out how to reel the playboy Napoleon before he realizes he's caught in is good stuff, too. All three of them being oblivious and ridiculous is also awesome, and the farcical notion of each believing the other two are perfect for one another would be hilarious.

Setting-wise, feel free to go with any kind of ridiculous trope that spy shenanigans might set them up for as a backdrop for sharing those feelings - blizzards, daring rescues, trapped by the bad guys, truth serum, woozy from drugs, etc.

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV)  
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Napoleon pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (Illya pining)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo (both pining)

feelings requited or unrequited
  • Cover story complicates hidden feelings
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Pining character doused with truth serum
  • Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
  • Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.)
  • Pining while tending someone's wounds
  • Pining while having wounds tended
  • Pining while huddled together for warmt
  • Pining while sharing a bed
  • Pining while trapped together
I saw the film first, but have been enjoying watching the show and falling for these somewhat different characterizations of Napoleon and Illya. I love their effective and fond working relationship and honesty with one another, as well as their rather droll, restrained sense of humor at the same time that they're always willing to sacrifice for each other in the face of danger. I mostly chose situational prompts for these two, since spy shenanigans and THRUSH always serve as good catalysts for interpersonal drama!

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/relationships and include both plot tropes and sexual acts, with my most bulletproof trope/kinks in bold, so feel free to run with one if you're inspired): 
 
hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, torture, soulmates and soul bonds (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark or strange), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when one person or both/all participants are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances, such as "bad guys/magic made them do it" or sex pollen), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever for a character and first time with particular partner(s)), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, loyalty kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on partner's shoulder, cuddling, spooning, competitive sex games (who can make the other orgasm the fastest, who can resist orgasm the longest, who can successfully finish a task while the other partner tries to get them off or tries to entice them into sex, etc), begging during sex ("please!"), sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy or grief, battle couples/trios, magical aus (give non-magical characters/canons magic), alternate magical system AUs (keep the magic, but make it different somehow), Dominance/submission (I prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff, however, and if it's het I generally prefer the female character be dominant), sex between platonic friends, future fic and "next gen" fic about children of canonical characters, ghosts, communicating with the dead (via magic or weird science), enemies to lovers, threesomes, werewolves, time loops/Groundhog Day premise, competence kink, vulnerability, undercover antics and/or identity porn, sleep deprivation/exhaustion, hair touching/running fingers through hair, helping others with personal care (hair washing, injury tending, etc), noble self-sacrifice (risking harm or death to spare others punishment or to allow them to escape)

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