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Dear Merry Maker:

Thanks for checking out my letter! In general I am OK with all ratings and warnings. I do have a couple exchange-specific DNWs - please no feederism kink or sexualized focus on weight gain or loss (but helping a loved one eat and gain back weight lost after injury or imprisonment is very much a like)

Below you'll find general food and drink themed prompts, then fandom-specific prompts, then a big list of tropes and kinks I tend to dig.

Food and drink-themed general likes:

*Cooking for someone as flirtation, as a friendly overture, or as care

*Drinking contests

*Threats made over an elaborate meal, especially in a public place or in a crowd, requiring restraint on the part of the participants

*Enjoying a meal with loved ones after hardship/imprisonment/hurt

*Food as aphrodisiac/sex pollen

*Celebratory feasts

Requested fandoms, in alphabetical order:

Game of Thrones (TV)
Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

Prompts:
*Brienne introducing Jaime to Tarth's cuisine/local brew

*Sharing a meal or drink at Winterfell

*Brienne is surprised that Jaime actually knows how to camp cook a halfway decent meal

Once Upon a Time (TV)
Captain Hook | KIllian Jones/Emma Swan

Prompts:

*Emma learns Enchanted Forest-style cooking (from Snow, Granny, Smee, someone else?) to cook "food from home" for Killian

*S4-era flirting over coffee and bear claws, or grilled cheese and onion rings

*Sharing stories about childhood privation (or rare food-related indulgences)

*Post-canon cooking for/with baby Hope

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

Prompts:

*Fanon is usually that Solo does all the cooking - what if Illya and/or Gaby are quite good at it, also? (I could see them getting quite competitive about it.)

*Team dinners with lots of wine and storytelling

*Someone gets poisoned on the mission - the others have to race to find an antidote

*Post-rescue/post-injury hospital meals (or sneaking good food into the hospital against doctor's orders)

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/pairings 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)

Hi Hurt/Comfort Author! Below you'll find my signups for H/C Exchange, including prompts for various relationships, and at the very end is a catch-all list of Stuff I Like in fanworks.

I am comfortable with all ratings and AO3 content warnings.

Requests (alphabetical order):

Game of Thrones (TV)
Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen (hurt Daenerys)

Tags:

Came back from dead the same but traumatized by having died + the circumstances of their death
Came back to life wrong
Aftermath of Temporary Character Death
Canonically Dead Character Survives
Temporary Character Death - Revival Quest

Notes/Requests/About: What I'd really like for this pairing is something that tackles and addresses canon, though whether it would count as a "fix-it" is up to you. (In my opinion, literally anything written by fans is superior to season 8 of Game of Thrones and it all counts as a "fix-it".)

I'm a huge fan of Dany/Yara and their limited canonical interaction. I think the manner of Dany's death in S8 was sloppy and unsatisfying. If she never died in the first place (but was likely still in some way betrayed) or did die and through some magical means returned to life, how would she cope, and how might Yara respond? I am not looking per se for a happy ending, here, just something that explores their relationship and what things might look like for Dany after the war's end. Feel free to take things dark; maybe a post-series Dany is even more justified in her actions of vengeance. Maybe she does become Queen of Westeros despite everything and rules, beautiful and terrible, with Yara by her side. Anything that features Drogon is a plus, but certainly not a requirement.

The Man From UNCLE (2015) (Set 1 - OT3)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (all hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Gaby hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Illya hurt)
Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon hurt)

Tags:

A's seriously injured on mission; B's ordered to leave A and proceed with the mission but disobeys
[Blank] to Lovers - A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
Aftermath of sex pollen
Character who is clearly not fine insists they are fine
Career Ending Injuries
Both hurt/sick and trying to take care of the other
attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted by people who do not agree character is expendable
Bedside Vigils
Character Must Convincingly Pretend to Betray Others
Hurt/Comfort While Undercover
Sharing a Bed
Stuck in a Blizzard (TOGETHER)
Truth Serum
Whump - Character hiding illness/injury collapses
World-weary broken people find comfort and understanding with each other
Wilderness Survival
Character breaks down upon seeing transcripts of coworkers standing up for them to IA
Taking care of hurt friend(s) leads to realization of romantic feelings
Hurt/Comfort

I love this trio of beloved dumbass spies so much, and I am absolutely here for any kind of h/c scenario you can come up with for them. I've just chosen some classic tropes that I think are reasonably consistent with canon and fanon for spy shenanigans to throw at the wall. Spy shenanigans = trope goldmines. Obviously read "both" as "all" and anything with "A" and "B" as being assignable to any one or two characters as long as at least one is experiencing the hurt and one is there to comfort. (Any two out of three being hurt is also great, I just didn't want to go overboard with the nominated relationships.)

I live for them being unexpectedly gentle with one another and being vulnerable in front of each other, but also at the same time absolutely dedicated to The Job and general world-saving as UNCLE agents. I would say that the tag "World-weary broken people find comfort and understanding with each other" is kind of my personal headcanon for how they'd work out as a team post-film; they are obviously skilled, smart, and resilient. (And, aside from Gaby, rather ill-used by their superiors.) They are also very obviously superstorm bisexual disasters with extremely mixed feelings about their partnership, both professionally and otherwise, but already deeply fond of one another even before the film's end.

While I'm happy to see these tropes apply to literally any arrangement of the characters, I tend to think the "character breaks down upon seeing transcripts of coworkers standing up for them" might work particularly well for Illya (particularly if we imagine Illya as one of very few, if any, Soviet agents aligned with UNCLE, and potentially not trusted) while "attempted self-sacrifice is thwarted" and "character must convincingly pretend to betray others" might work best for career criminal Napoleon. That said, if you want to go in a different direction, please feel free!

Note: I've watched very little of the TV show, but I'm well-read enough in the fandom that I can enjoy using TV worldbuilding (THRUSH, UNCLE HQ in New York, etc) details.

The Man From UNCLE (2015) (Set 2 - Napoleon/Gaby)
Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (both hurt)
Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (Napoleon hurt)

Tags:

Comfort-getting together while mourning the person they both loved
waiting to see if someone both characters love recovers from serious illness/injury

Whump - A sacrifices themself to protect B; B is forced to watch A being tortured
Blaming Themself for the Other Character Being Injured

Hurt/Comfort

I primarily ship the OT3 in this fandom, but I have a weird soft-spot curiosity for the comparatively rare-pair side of the triangle, Gaby/Napoleon. Their canon interaction is obviously far more limited than Gaby/Illya and Illya/Napoleon, the two major ships in the fandom, but I'm kind of itching for something where they hook up while mutually grieving a dead (or presumed dead?) Illya, or while they wait to find out if Illya survives a very serious hurt. Whether they both previously had a relationship with Illya, or just one did while the other was pining, or both were pining furiously doesn't matter to me. Extremely angsty sex would be wonderful and an explicit rating welcome, but not necessary. (If this eventually turns into an OT3 thing once Illya recovers or is recovered, that's great, but feel free to take it dark, tragic, or painful.)

The other possible Gaby/Napoleon prompts I'm curious about would be specific to the Hurt Napoleon variation - maybe some kind of lingering resentment (or even permanent injury, physical or psychological) as a result of the torture Napoleon experienced at the hands of Gaby's Uncle Rudi after she double-crossed Illya and Napoleon and gave up their covers to the Vinciguerras. I tend to agree with Waverly's in-film assessment that their covers were as thin as cellophane by then anyway, but even "put on a bright smile when your blackmailer boss asks" Napoleon Solo might nurse some resentments over that as they find their footing as a new team post-film, and Gaby's young and inexperienced enough in the spy game that she might be feeling a lot of guilt or blame that she covers over with bravado. Alternately - Solo sacrifices himself and gets tortured again (maybe even with electricity again specifically) and Gaby has a front row seat this time around. (I'm also more than fine with this scenario having OT3 elements and Illya's involvement if you're inclined, as long as the Napoleon-Gaby relationship gets explored as well.)

Note: I've watched very little of the TV show, but I'm well-read enough in the fandom that I can enjoy using TV worldbuilding (THRUSH, UNCLE HQ in New York, etc) details.

The Witcher (TV)

Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier/Yennefer of Vengerberg (hurt Geralt and Yennefer)
Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier/Yennefer of Vengerberg (hurt Geralt)

Character is ashamed of needing help/comfort
Character is extremely bad-tempered about comfort
Fairy Tale Curses
Guilt-tripping reluctant character into getting injuries seen to
Loss of Powers
Sharing a Bed
Stuck in a Blizzard (TOGETHER)
Taking care of hurt friend(s) leads to realization of romantic feelings
Whump - Character hiding illness/injury collapses

Geralt and Yennefer are hugely-powerful, magic-infused beings...and absolutely terrible at accepting help and comfort when something's wrong with them. I want to see Jaskier and Yennefer taking care of Geralt, or Jaskier taking care of both Geralt and Yen to the best of his ability, and with sheer determination forcing them to accept his aid and gentle care, despite his/their protests and snarling and "I don't need your help, bard!" grumbling. Handwave away his/their powers with a curse or a spell! Overwhelm his/their ability to shrug off lesser harms and give him/them the damn (magical fantasy world) flu! Geralt and/or Yen can be totally bad-tempered sulky babies about it and yet they absolutely need Jaskier's help, and maybe discover that it's not so terrible to accept some assistance or bundle up against the weather together.

If there is sexual comfort or just plain sex I tend to prefer Geralt bottoming (to either Jaskier or Yenn or both) and even a little submissive in bed as he's cared for but if you're moved to write any sexytimes differently please feel free.

hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, torture, soulmates and soul bonds (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), 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 for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, loyalty kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, 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)

Hi there! Thanks for checking out my letter. I list some fandom and ship-specific prompts below, and at the end you'll see a list of some of my favorite tropes and kinks. As a general rule: I'm fine with any rating--mostly I just want to see intimacy play out in some way. I very much welcome M and E-rated sexy content, but it isn't by any means a requirement.

Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey

Dirk/Kris/Talia (Valdemar)

Missed opportunity threesome of my teenaged heart! Feel free to go canon divergence with this--somehow the three of them get together prior to Talia and Kris's ill-fated journey to Hardorn somehow. Maybe Dirk wasn't off mentoring Skif and got sent their way while Talia and Kris were on circuit and the separate complicated things between Talia and Kris and Talia and Dirk get pulled into the light abruptly.

Alternately, fix-it: Kris doesn't die, Dirk somehow Fetches both Kris and Talia back from Hardorn, and then pulls a noble sacrifice because he wants to leave his Best Friend and Epic Crush to their perfect love, not realizing the relationship is much more complicated than that (and they need him, too).

Hell, let Kris stay dead and tell me about how they deal with his loss. How do they feel when Selenay names her own son Kris some years later?

I'm game for just about anything you want to do, though I'd prefer no setting AUs (keep them in Valdemar, that is - feel free to do canon divergence, alternate timeline, fix-it, etc).

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (UNCLE 2015)

Napoleon Solo/Gaby Teller (UNCLE 2015)

So Illya/Napoleon/Gaby is my ultimate OT3. I really love tropes in this fandom: whump and hurt/comfort (someone, or all of them, gets hurt on the mission, how do they take care of each other?), bedsharing (FOR THE MISSION!) or huddling for warmth (caught in the snow, trapped in a dungeon, etc). Alternately, someone gets dosed with truth serum, or sex pollen, or hallucinogens, etc, and needs care.

I love imagining them becoming close, but there's definitely a lot of baggage there, between their political allegiances and the fact that they were all using one another (sometimes more honestly than at other times) in the film. How do they deal with that, post-film?

Sexy prompt: Competence kink. They are all good at what they do--what might each of them excel at that turns the others on? Could be spy-related skills or something totally off the wall.

For the Napoleon/Gaby pairing specifically, obviously they're the rarepair in the fandom, as most folks ship Illya/Gaby or Illya/Napoleon for very sensible reasons. However, I'm always curious about Solo and Gaby's relationship during and after the film. (That said, feel free to focus on Napoleon/Gaby with a background of the OT3 if you like.) Possible ideas:

They hook up that first night in West Berlin For The Job--and maybe it gets awkward later when they're working together. Or maybe they decide they want another go of it, when they're both more honest with one another about their motives. (Or Illya finds out and feels some kind of way about it, considering all the missed kisses with Gaby and...tension with Solo.)

Angsty option 1: Solo finds he's carrying a bit of resentment/baggage about Gaby selling him out and the resultant torture (after all, Waverly was very breezy about how they expected Illya to be able to escape easily, but Solo sure didn't) and has to work it out even as he finds himself attracted to Gaby. On the flip side, maybe Gaby carries some guilt about it.

Angsty option 2, hardmode: Illya dies or is otherwise removed from the team (recalled to the KGB, perhaps) and Solo and Gaby end up gravitating toward one another in his absence. Up to you whether either or both had a relationship with Illya before he was gone, or if they are just mourning missed chances with one another. (Or they find out Illya got "recalled" but is really in a Siberian gulag and they need to go do something about that, and end up getting together along the way...)

The Witcher (TV)

Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier (The Witcher (TV))

Geralt of Rivia/Yennefer of Vengerberg (The Witcher (TV))

My god, I love this ridiculous show. For the record, I've not read the books, and I've only played a few hours of The Witcher 3, so I don't have a lot of canon knowledge beyond what we've seen in the tv series and some stuff I've picked up by fannish osmosis, but I'm not fussed about spoilers, so feel free to incorporate either book or game canon as it pleases you.

For either relationship I'm really game to see some missing scenes. The show skipped so much time along the way, but also made it clear that Geralt had Jaskier tagging along on a number of adventures, and that Geralt and Yennefer were alternately sexing and antagonizing one another semi-regularly.

Tell me a story of Geralt and Jaskier bonding over a campfire, or Jaskier trying to get the details right for a song up close and personal, not just for himself, but because it matters. Or Jaskier trying to make friends with Roach in order to impress Geralt. (Maybe Roach is charmed by his efforts and tries to set them up.)

Or tell me about the chamomile and Geralt's lovely bottom, however that happened. ;) That was awfully early in their relationship--how has it changed over the years? Alternately, after their parting I expect Geralt and Jaskier's next meeting might be a bit tense.

Tell me about 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...

Sexcapades-specific prompt: Yen pegging a slightly dubious but eventually very enthusiastic Geralt.

Alternately, how does Geralt answer Ciri's question about Yennefer at the end of the series? It seems like fate keeps on dragging them together, and Yen isn't far away at that point (though how she's doing after that huge magical exertion is a fair question). Fate has certainly been intervening sharply of late--maybe Geralt finds himself somehow dragged straight to Yennefer next with Ciri in tow.

For what it's worth I feel like Geralt/Jaskier and Geralt/Yennefer probably can coexist at the same time, considering that they all keep falling into one another's lives intermittently. Consider this something of an optional 'and' request and include both relationships in your fic by mixing and matching these prompts! I don't really see them as a threesome (more a poly V where neither Jaskier or Yennefer are particularly bothered by the fact that the other is with Geralt much of the time) but if you get an idea for writing them as a trio, please go for it! Jaskier seemed to certainly enjoy being a voyeur during Geralt and Yennefer's initial hook up, for example...

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/pairings and include both plot tropes and sexual acts - but feel free to run with one if you're inspired):

hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, soulmates (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances, such as "bad guys/magic made them do it"), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, loyalty kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples/trios, alternate magical system AUs (keep the magic, but make it different somehow), Dominance/submission (situational, prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff, 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

General notes: Good with any rating. No explicit DNWs - there are some things implied/mentioned in the trope/kink preferences list below that are things I tend not to like as much, but don't consider them entirely off-limits.

Requested fandoms:

Carnival Row (TV)
Characters: Tourmaline Larou, Vignette Stonemoss

What I like about the canon: the incredibly elaborate setting and Aesthetic, the grim social commentary, and all that is hinted at by the worldbuilding and in our characters' pasts but fairly under-explored in the actual canon.

I am deeply fond of Tourmaline and her stubborn loyalty toward Vignette, and the depth of their friendship as well as the outlines of their past romantic entanglements. To that end, prompts:

What was their relationship like previously? Was it friends with benefits? Was it more like a teenage crush? Were they ever in love, or was it something different? Feel free to speculate about fae customs and norms around relationships - what were the expectations, on either side, or by those that knew them?

In the Burgue and the present of the series, what do they mean to one another? How does Vignette feel about Tourmaline's life choices, and vice versa? Tourmaline seems very resigned when it comes to Philo's place in Vignette's heart--what if she was more willing to fight for Vignette's affections? (Personally I like Philo well enough and though I think his history and initial hook-up with Vignette was a bit rushed, I can see how they would fall together again in the Burgue, but I would be equally happy for Vignette to be tired of his dramatic bullshit and choose her relationship with Tourmaline first.)

In the presumed future of the show, with the fae hemmed in on all sides, how might they resist, either on an individual level or as part of a larger organization? How might they talk to Philo about being faerie--or choose to keep secrets from him?

Alternately, I am fully game for full-on worlbuilding in this fandom that barely mentions either requested character. Something about politics, or religion (what's the Martyr religion about, besides Jesus being hung by a noose instead of a cross?), or high society norms? I'm also very fond of Agreus and Imogen--though I'm not requesting them so as to avoid over-complicating things for matching, if you're inspired you could focus on them. What if they had missed the ship and somehow ended up on Carnival Row themselves?

Prodigal Son (TV)
Characters: Malcom Bright, Dani Powell

Oh, these two. I watched this show expecting a procedural with a touch of whacky hijinx, Bellamy Young reprising her role from Scandal and a smirking Michael Sheen - what I got was 99% balls to the wall whacky hijinx, Malcolm being whumped, Young and Sheen bringing their soapy drama A-game, all sewn together with a fig leaf of procedural elements. It's very silly and very fun. Even the procedural elements that are included are all fully designed to dig into everyone's trauma and personal demons for angsty or comedic effect!

I would really like fic that focuses on Bright and Dani's relationship, either platonically or romantically/sexually.

On the platonic side, more bonding like we saw in Ep. 5, where they realized that Gil's paternal/mentor influence had really shaped them in some similar ways, and that they had some things in common, would be great. I get that the show has already canonically gone for a ton of tropey whump situations with Dani comforting Malcolm during his night terrors and watching over him when he's accidentally drugged, but more in this vein is always welcome. A role reversal might be interesting, too - how might Bright be as a caretaker if Dani was hurt?

On the sexual/romantic side, the show certainly keeps playing with the notion that Bright is a masochist and someone who seeks out others to put boundaries on him, and Dani might be the kind of person who'd hurt him the way he wants to be hurt and control him the way he thinks he needs. I would be very keen to see a D/s and/or BDSM relationship between the two. I think it would be hilarious to see them painstakingly negotiating what that kind of relationship might look like, for example. Alternately, maybe they continue to skirt the edges of such a relationship without really discussing it, and then fall into something much deeper without thinking it through. I'd be happy with a range of content or tonal elements here - dark and grim is fine, light and comedic is also fine, and everything in between.

Another idea that could fit with either version of the relationship would be Jessica or Martin's take on Dani, or vice versa. What might Dani make of Martin, if she were to accompany Malcolm to the psychiatric hospital on one of his visits. What might Martin make of Dani and her relationship with his son? Or with Jessica, might she see Dani as a rival, or a positive influence on Malcolm, or something else?

Johan from the stables
Characters: Johan, Speaker, Speaker's Father

So much said in so few words - a whole world is sketched in that tweet! I would love to see some historical fantasy worldbuilding and some playful engagement with the prompt. Who is the speaker talking to (maybe their mother? their friend? their political advisor? their tutor? their romantic interest?) and why do they keep saying the Speaker is his/her/their worst enemy? What kind of self-destructive behavior or thinking patterns are being observed--or is the speaker being gaslit, here? (For the record, I am not partial to any particular gender for the speaker. Whatever you like is fine.)

I would very much welcome an enemies-to-lovers scenario for the Speaker and Johann. (They don't have to become friends on the way, if ever. Enemies who hatesex is also great!)

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hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, soulmates (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples/trios, alternate magical system AUs, Dominance/submission with Dominant female/submissive male or Dominant female/submissive female (situational, prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff), 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 (preferably not A/B/O-style)

Hi folks. Thanks for checking out my letter. This year I'm requesting both fic and art, as well as both tricks and treats for all fandoms. I don't really distinguish prompts below as either tricks or treats - feel free to take any prompt in either a more fun/fluffy/positive/sexy or angsty/grim/dark/horror direction as you please. I love supernatural themes-ghosts, werewolves, witches, vampires, etc. as well. Below the list of fandoms is a big list of trope and kink likes - if nothing else, feel free to pick a character and a trope or kink and go for it.

Fandom: Africa - Toto (Song)

I unironically truly love this song. I'm game for any takes on the lyrics that you might choose to pursue, though I'm particularly partial to the theory espoused in this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/hradzka/status/954767458769883136 (Text of the thread below)

"gonna take a lot to drag me away from you / there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do"

so why is the singer not with her now?

This is my theory of Toto's "Africa:"

in Toto's "Africa," why is the speaker in Africa in the first place?

Answer: he is "hoping to find some long-forgotten words or ancient melodies."

He is a student of the occult.

Why has the singer of Toto's "Africa" gone to Africa, leaving his love, in order to hunt up obscure folklore? He tells you: "I seek to cure what's deep inside / frightened of this thing that I've become."

ie, he's a goddamn werewolf

"wild dogs cry out in the night / as they grow restless, longing for some solitary company"

those aren't dogs

Why does he bless the rains down in Africa? Because the cloud cover blocks the moon.

tl;dr: Toto's "Africa" is about a lovesick werewolf in Africa seeking out ancient lore to find a cure for his unfortunate condition.

Fandom: John Wick (Movies)
Characters: Gianna D'Anonio, Cassian, John Wick

I love the "hidden underworld" motif, and the arcane ways of the assassin's world. The Continental and its rules, blood oaths and Herculean task challenges, and the idea of moving in and out of a shadowy other-world as John does over the course of the films. Everything is so over-the-top and yet the dialogue is so understated - I love that.

Prompts:

I would be very pleased to receive straight-up worldbuilding in this setting - please feel free to barely mention any requested character and tell me a story about how you perceive the details of the world. An outsider's POV would be fascinating - either a true outsider to the setting, or someone who works for the Assassins but isn't actually one, perhaps. How did they perceive the events of any film, especially Gianna and/or Santino's deaths and what it means for the future that John flouted the rules so explicitly? How did they perceive - and how do they talk about - the events of John's Task that allowed him to leave their world years ago?

I would also love fic that explores the past that John and Gianna are strongly implied to share. Were they lovers? What was that like? Their hands are metaphorically - and sometimes literally - dripping with blood, the both of them, and while the John of the films seems to be ambivalent about aspects of his past, Gianna seems to be totally unashamed. Has it always been that way?

Alternately, an entirely morbid canon divergence fic in which Gianna requests (demands? draws on old promises to compel?) a final fling with John "for old time's sake" before he kills her could be both highly creepy and very hot - dubcon and/or femdom themes welcome. Could still end with Gianna's death or be ambiguous or go entirely AU somehow...

What about how Cassian and Gianna came to meet? What was their relationship like? Or what brought Cassian into the assassin's world? Or what happened to him after John Wick 2?

Fandom: The Man from UNCLE (2015)
Characters: Illya Kuryakin, Gaby Teller, Napoleon Solo

I've become really enamored of this silly movie in the past year. For what it's worth I ship the three of them together as an OT3 and also any pairing among them. I also really, really am fond of them as friends and teammates with a more gen take on their relationships. I'm prompting more general group things, mostly, but feel free to narrow the focus to any individual character.

Anything where any one of the trio rescue the others (just as the movie emphasizes Napoleon saving Illya, then Illya saving Napoleon, then both of the boys saving Gaby) going in all Big Damn Hero and taking the risk for the team is always fun. (Doesn't have to have a happy ending, either.)

Glimpses of AU/canon divergence where they don't all get claimed by Waverly to work together as a team at the end, or never cooperate in the first place, and are playing spy vs. spy games against each other.

A RED movies AU - "retired, extremely dangerous" former agents being pursued by the CIA and/or KGB at the end of the Cold War. Circa 1991, when the Berlin Wall came down, Illya and Napoleon would be in their early 60s and Gaby in her 50s per the dates on their film credit dossiers. What if the agencies that had reluctantly played along with UNCLE during the Cold War decided it was too dangerous to have agents like those running around, even retired?

A supernatural AU - they're none of them quite human, and that's what explains their ability to be such successful (and ridiculous) spies.

How did Illya become so clued in to fashion? What's his relationship with his mother like?

Is Solo's mother really the only one who calls him Napoleon? Is that even his real name?

What were the literal years Gaby spent waiting to be approached by the people who kidnapped her father like? How does she grieve his loss after the events of the film?

hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, soulmates (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances), bondage, canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples/trios, alternate magical system AUs, Dominance/submission with Dominant female/submissive male or Dominant female/submissive female (situational, prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff), 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 (preferably not A/B/O-style)

Dear Yuletide Author:

Thank you for checking out my letter! I've been in fandom for what feels like forever, but this is only my third Yuletide, and I'm looking forward to it immensely. Below you'll find my nominated fandoms listed alphabetically with some prompts and preferences, and at the end there's a list of my general fandom likes and dislikes when it comes to tropes and themes. Overall I'm comfortable with fic of any rating, shippy or gen both welcome.

Forged In Fire (TV) RPF
J. Neilsen, David Baker, Doug Marcaida

I am in love with this ridiculous show - it's the first reality competition program rabbit hole I've ever fallen down, and I've fallen for it hard. I have both some general and some specific prompts in mind for this fandom.

Prompts:

If you're feeling up to it, my dream prompt for this fandom would be "J., David and Doug judge competing smiths from fictional media". Feel free to go as far as your imagination takes you with this prompt, but some fictional smiths who come to mind include Perrin Aybara (Wheel of Time series), Will Turner (Pirates of the Carribbean), Gendry (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones), just about any character from Highlander (films or TV), Kate (A Knight's Tale), Celebrimor (LOTR), Need (Valdemar Series - as either a human or a sword, go wild), various gods and demigods with smithing skills, etc. Go full crossover as needed, using whatever fandoms appeal.
Alternatively, the above with smiths from a variety of generalized fantasy/sci-fi settings (ex: orc smiths, dragon smiths, alien smiths) or smiths from a variety of real historical periods
I think the show coming up with the most esoteric weapons possible to challenge the competitors is always amusing - how would they go about choosing really absurdly unusual weapons, and why?
The totally unsubtle references to video game and movie franchises are always entertaining - "as seen in the popular video game, Assassin's Creed!" Another possible crossover element?
Literally anything you can come up with involving these characters doing their thing, particularly if it plays with the usual episode drama (multiple quenches! cannister damascus getting stuck! the blade is 1/8 of an inch too short of parameters! YOUR BLADE WILL KEEEL!) will be welcome.

Fandom-specific DNW: I'm happy to receive fic exploring the friendship/working relationship between the judges, but please no sexual content for this fandom.

The Wicker Man (1973)
Lord Summerisle

This movie is chilling and strange and engaging and not a little terrifying. I am fascinated by the character of Lord Summerisle (awe-inspiring silver fox Christopher Lee) and would be happy to receive any fic that focuses on him as a character. Despite him having quite considerable monologue opportunities in the film to lay out the whole of his belief and viewpoint to Sergeant Howie, I still feel like he's a bit of a mystery.

What would happen if, as the Fool warned, in a future year the crops fail once more and only a lordly sacrifice will do? How would it happen? How would he feel about it?
Something exploring Summerisle's youth or how he became a figure imbued with authority and trusted in his role as both ruling lord and High Priest would be interesting, too.
What's his relationship with Miss Rose like? Obviously they are High Priest and High Priestess and there are symbolic roles they both fulfill, but they seem to have a very intimate and loving relationship beyond that as well.
Alternately, his relationship with other members of the community - such as Willow MacGreagor or the young man he "introduces" to her (how did he come to honor Willow as an embodiment of Aphrodite?), or perhaps how he came to choose Rowan Morrison to serve in her particular role
I would also love to see an expansion on his interaction with Sergeant Howie - what if they'd had more time to talk during Howie's escalating investigation? What if Summerisle, recognizing that Willow would not be a proper temptation for the Fool to resist, had attempted to seduce Howie himself?

The Young Riders (TV)
Louise "Lou" McCloud, The Kid (The Young Riders)

Whomever nominated this fandom and these characters, you're my favorite! Lou and the Kid were the OTP of my adolescent heart and this show was everything to me for a few years. It had every formative trope I could imagine, and influenced my fandom life a lot.

With only Kid and Lou in the tagset, I'm expecting anyone matching on this fandom is likely willing to write the Kid/Lou, and on my wishlist would be some post-canon fic about the adventures they get up to as a married couple, potentially featuring them joining up with some of the other Riders years down the line. What did Lou and Kid do during the Civil War? Where did they go? How did Lou adjust to being a wife and no longer wearing men's clothes - or did she not stop?
Look, I was weak for Josh Brolin's baby face and I enjoyed the love triangle thing with Lou pulled to both Jimmy and the Kid. Feel free to play with that as you like, either with jealousy, flirting, or (better yet) a threesome. Maybe "just the once" or maybe something that happens in the future if their friend Jimmy Hickok - who historically would become a hard-fighting, hard-drinking Civil War veteran who was involved in reckless shootouts quite often - comes to visit.
Feel free to play with tropes with these two - the show sure did. Literally any trope I have listed in my likes below would be welcome, especially (but not only) hurt/comfort, whump, cuddling for warmth, bedsharing. Seriously, all the classics are my bread and butter for these two. Hurt someone and conjure a storm so they have to take refuge in a cabin, or have them sharing a bed due to Circumstances - I'm all over it.
If you go the sexy route, awkward first time sex would be fun, or the two of them being very Earnest About Sex and trying something new in the bedroom.
On a more platonic note, I am 100% here for A Very Special Christmas Episode With The Young Riders. Teaspoon and/or Emma and/or Rachel is super serious about Christmas, or they find some kind of reason to celebrate the spirit of the season all together. Reminiscing about childhood Christmases past, and hopes for the future. Fluff up to my eyeballs, give it to me.

General trope preferences (these are in no particular order, may not apply to all fandoms/characters/pairings and include both plot tropes and sexual acts - but feel free to run with one if you're inspired):
hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, soulmates (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances), bondage, werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs, Dominance/submission with Dominant female/submissive male or Dominant female/submissive female (situational, prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff), sex between platonic friends, future fic and "next gen" fic about children of canonical characters, ghosts, communicating with the dead via magic, enemies to lovers, threesomes

Do Not Want tropes/themes:
A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are great, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality (weres and shifters are great, but no sex in animal form please), excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in a fic focusing on a romantic relationship (in a fic without romance or platonic/familial relationships it's OK), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical), teacher/student romantic relationships (regardless of ages), female submission in f/m relationships (male submission in f/m is great, female submission in f/f also great)

Hiya! Thanks for checking out my letter. I'm requesting fic, and happy to receive tricks or treats.

Plot elements/tropes/stuff I dig in no particular order, but which you have no obligation to include:

hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, soulmates (and soulmate subversion, and soulmates played dark), sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress due to outside circumstances), bondage, werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence/"what if" AUs, first time sex (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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 for/during sex, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs, Dominance/submission with Dominant female/submissive male or Dominant female/submissive female (situational, prefer not to read lifestyle/24-7 D/s stuff), sex between platonic friends, future fic and "next gen" fic about children of canonical characters, ghosts, communicating with the dead via magic, enemies to lovers

Do Not Want:

A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are great, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality (weres and shifters are great, but no sex in animal form please), excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in a fic focusing on a romantic relationship (in a fic without romance or platonic/familial relationships it's OK), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical), teacher/student romantic relationships (regardless of ages), female submission in f/m relationships (male submission in f/m is great, female submission in f/f also great)

See below for my preferences in each fandom!. I'm happy to receive tricks or treats for any. Requesting fic!

The Expanse (TV)

Alex Kamal (The Expanse TV), Anna Volovodov (The Expanse TV), Naomi Nagata (The Expanse TV), Roberta "Bobbie" Draper (The Expanse TV)

So, first off - I'm totally unfamiliar with the books. Feel free to incorporate book canon, but don't spoil me past where the show is in terms of plot! I'd be thrilled to receive a fic set anywhere in the timeline of the show, but especially just post-S3 speculation. How's the Roci's new mishmash crew dealing with everything that just happened? I love the culture clash in the books - anything exploring Alex or Bobbie's Martian roots, Naomi's ties to the Belt, or how Anna deals with either Martian or Belter culture as an Earther would be fantastic.

Marvel Cinematic Universe (Specifically - Ant-Man (Movies))

Scott Lang (Moss Covered Unicorn), Hope Van Dyne (Moss Covered Unicorn)

I ship them a lot. (You don't have to!) But if we match on them both or you're game for the ship fic, I'm game for something exploring their relationship, how it began or how they got back together during/just post Ant-Man and the Wasp. The world also needs more fic in which Hope doms the hell out of Scott so if you're inclined to write smut I'm here for that. Alternately, I'm always game for going dark and taking on that throat-punch of a mid-credits scene from the second film in any way, either grimdark or hopeful.

Once Upon a Time (TV)

Alice | Tilly (Once Upon a Time), Wishverse Captain Hook | Detective Rogers, Evil Queen | Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time), Emma Swan, Captain Hook | Killian Jones (Once Upon a Time)

I love this dumb show, both the original cast as well as the new S7-only Hyperion Heights stuff/versions of characters. If you don't like a particular character, please leave them out, no bashing.

For Alice and/or Wish Hook, I would love to see how they are doing post-series finale. What might they do now that Alice is free and Wish Hook's heart is uncursed?

For Original Recipe Hook and Emma feel free to go sexy/smutty with some tropes (I ship them), or alternately for either one I'd dig some character study dealing with magic, ghosts from their past (Milah or Liam or David's father Robert for Hook, Neal or Cleo for Emma are possibilities, but go wild), or other dark and spooky themes.

Regina dealing with dark magic or ghosts (Daniel, Robin, Cora) from the past is also good. I also ship her with Maleficent if you're so inclined.

Alternately, in a lighter vein for any character, seasonal celebrations (Halloween, harvest festivals, etc) would be nice. Trick or Treating with Henry or Hope or original kids or grandkids of your choosing for any of these characters! Or, back on the dark train - feel free to crossover/fusion the horror film/book of your choice into Storybrooke. Maine is also home to most of Stephen King's characters, of course...

The Wicker Man (1973)

Lord Summerisle, Willow MacGregor

I love this film so much - it's such ridiculous campy fun. Literally anything you might choose to write about either character or the film in general would work for me.

For Lord Summerisle, what might happen if the Fool spoke truly and in a future year a greater sacrifice was demanded - the life of the Lord himself?

For Willow, how did she come to be a representation of Aphrodite on the island, apparently responsible for ritually deflowering young men? What does it mean to her? How does she feel about it?

Hi prospective worldbuilder!

Thanks for taking a look at my letter. As a fan who spends far too much time thinking about worldbuilding questions and inconsistencies, I'm extremely excited about this exchange and what you might want to expand upon in some of my favorite fandom 'verses. I am open to either Fic or In-Universe Meta for all requested fandoms.

I would be equally happy to match on any of these fandoms - Once Upon a Time is only considerably larger than the others because I'm requesting nearly the entire tagset. :)

I've listed each fandom separately below, and at the very bottom of the letter is a list of tropes/plot elements I tend to like, as well as a list of general DNWs.

( John Wick )

*****

( Once Upon a Time )

*****

( American Gods )

*****

Notes
General Notes:

Plot elements/tropes/stuff I dig in no particular order, but which you have no obligation to include:
Future fic (including with child characters or children of canonical characters grown to adults), hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress or when impaired due to alcohol or drugs), bondage, werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence, first time (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs, sex between platonic friends

Do Not Want:
A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are great, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality (weres and shifters are great, but no boning in animal form please), excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in romantic pairing fics (I'm OK with it for platonic pairings!), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical), teacher/student romantic relationships (even when both are adults)

Hello friend! Thanks for dropping by to take a look. Below you'll find my requested fandoms and relationships in alphabetical order with specific prompt notes, and then general preferences around plot, tropes and kinks.

Overall, I'm happy to receive fics of any rating or type - I'm most interested in simply enjoying relationship-focused scenarios and intimacy playing out. For the romantic/sexual pairings having that intimacy involve sex is great, but not necessary. I'm tossing out a few ideas per ship, but I really and truly am happy with any kind of fic that focuses on the significance of the relationship/romance/friendship to the characters involved - if my ideas don't work for you, write something about your favorite aspect of the relationship.

Game of Thrones (TV)

Yara Greyjoy/Daenerys Targaryen

Yara/Dany is a ship where the characters interacted so little but what they did have was so rich and promising and flirtatious and fun that I just can't ever let the idea of them go. I'm happy to have canon divergence here, or a future canon reunion - maybe on the eve of some major battle, they take solace in one another even in the face of almost certain death. I'm also good with modern AUs here, as long as it explores their characterization in an interesting way!

Jaime Lannister/Brienne of Tarth

My OG OTP for this fandom of whom I never tire - they're inevitably drawn to one another with such admiration and mutual respect. When last we saw our heroes, they were both Heading North - give me a reunion at Winterfell or the Wall, perhaps? I'm always eager for a little tenderness in the face of inevitable tragedy with these two, but happy endings are also good.

Lucifer (TV)

Amenadiel/Linda Martin/Mazikeen (Lucifer TV)
Linda Martin/Mazikeen (Lucifer TV)
Chloe Decker/Lucifer Morningstar
Trixie Decker & Mazikeen
Trixie Decker & Lucifer Morningstar

Maze's utter unrestrained joy at finding her independence from Lucifer and Linda's role in that is basically my favorite thing. How might Maze help Linda realize something important in return, perhaps?

I love Linda/Maze and their special connection and friendship with the blazing intensity of the sun, but I also screech "THREESOME!!!" at the TV screen like harpy every time the bullshit Maze-Amenadiel-Linda love triangle thing gets hinted at in canon and the possibility it might cause conflict between Maze and Linda - just get Amenadiel in on that OK? I have hope that it won't be dragged out badly (for all that the show is silly fluff much of the time, they have always exceeded my expectations in terms of making the interpersonal relationships work) but I want to see how you would fix it!

I'm also always weak for Chloe and Lucifer's oddly tender intimate moments in between Lucifer's childlike behavior and distraction, and Chloe's staunch insistence on just ignoring his bullshit. The bullet-necklace gift scene about killed me this season. I would love something tropey for them - hurt/comfort is always a delight with Lucifer's vulnerability around Chloe, but things like being stuck somewhere together or sharing a bed are also great. Also good would be both of them spending time with Trixie!

For Trixie & Maze or Trixie & Lucifer, I'm happy to see anything where Trixie walks all over either the demon or the devil or both - bringing them in on a plan to help Chloe or Dan, or doing something fun and childlike (which Lucifer or Maze then enjoy despite themselves).

Once Upon a Time (TV)

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan

I'm Captain Swan trash through and through. I love tropey stuff for these two - see my list of favs below or select your own! I also love the idea of missing scenes in Seasons 2, 3 or 4 - before their relationship was a "thing" - in which they experienced moments of connection and mutual understanding...and maybe a bit of mutual lust, that too.

Wishverse Captain Hook | Detective Rogers/Evil Queen | Regina Mills

Hooking up (hee) as their cursed personas in Hyperion Heights? Maybe each of them exploring carefully how the other differs from the version they knew? (Regina in particular knew the other Hook fairly well - but this Hook is a totally different person so many years after the timelines diverged...and Wish Hook may have *thought* he knew the Evil Queen, but Regina is...not that. I'd love to see them figuring that all out.)

I'm also a sucker for their moments of closeness this season - Regina taking care of Hook after he collapsed from the effect of the poisoned heart curse, and Hook staunchly defending Regina's choice to cast the curse to save Henry. *swoon*

Alice | Tilly/Robin daughter of Zelena

We know so little about their relationship - please please please fill something in! How did they meet-cute? What was their first date like? How does Hook or Zelena or Regina see their relationship? Or give me an AU where Robin is still in HH and despite the curse they *know* each other.

Alice | Tilly & Wishverse Captain Hook | Detective Rogers

I'd love to see them interacting in Hyperion Heights, helping each other in some way despite the curse. Maybe Rogers finds himself being paternal against all sense and logic, or Tilly somehow just can't keep herself from poking at the Detective to get some sleep once in a while. I would also really love a glimpse into an "awake" or semi-awake Alice realizing it's her Papa and she can't stop being close to him and touching him in wonder despite it weirding-out still-cursed Hook.

The Vikings (1958)

Einar (The Vikings)/Eric (The Vikings)
Einar (The Vikings) & Eric (The Vikings)

I'm going to shamelessly crib from my Yuletide letter for this one, because I would still love any of these prompts:

Eric and Einar's relationship is such an incredible mix of loathing and jealousy and admiration - you can cut the tension with a knife in their scenes. I would love to see any kind of exploration of their rivalry and what precipitated it - one may be the Jarl's son, and the other a slave, but they grew up together, after all.

I could also see a canon divergence in which Einar does not die, but the two of them remain rivals and warleaders constantly struggling for power - what might that look like? Does Morgana remain a point of contention between them? Does Eric's knowledge of Viking culture make him more successful and fending off Einar's attacks?

I'm absolutely here for a sexual relationship between the two - consensual and potentially even with great fondness and love (but heavy on the competitive rivalry), dub-con, or non-con all welcome, either pre-canon, at any point during the film, or canon divergence. One specific point of divergence that might work well is when Einar attempts to rape Morgana, he's put off by her total passivity and lack of response to his urging to fight him - perhaps he goes looking for Eric with the assumption that Eric will fight back. Maybe he gets something in return he didn't expect...

Fandom-specific DNW: I would prefer no Modern AUs in this fandom. Also, I'm fine with seeing the characters interact as children or teens, but if there's any sexual content, please age the characters at least to "ambigously late teens" at minimum.

General Plot, Trope, & Kink preferences:

Future fic (including with child characters grown to adults), hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon generally (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress or when impaired due to alcohol or drugs), rope bondage, werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence, first time (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs, sex between platonic friends

Tropes/Kinks I don't want:

A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are great, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality (weres and shifters are great, but no boning in animal form please), excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in romantic pairing fics (I'm OK with it for platonic pairings!), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical), teacher/student relationships (even when the student is adult)

Hello, and thanks for taking a look at my letter to peruse further details on my request, it's much appreciated. I've been in fandom a long time but only started participating in Yuletide last year, and though I've done exchanges off and on for a long while, I'm really looking forward to another Yuletide season. This post is organized around sections for each of my requested fandoms below, and concluded with a list of general likes in terms of plot, tropes, kinks, etc, and a list of DNWs as well.

My requests, in alphabetical order:

The Expanse (TV)

Requested Characters: Chrisjen Avasarala, Bobbie Draper

What I like about this media: Hard sci-fi doesn't usually grip me, but this show has proven to be an exception to that rule, and I find it incredibly engaging, and one of the best shows currently on TV. The characters are diverse and unique - and I pretty much love them all - without their appearance or characterization seeming to fill quotas or just be for show. The late S2 meeting of Chrisjen and Bobbie absolutely floored me, and I loved their interaction, flavored as it was with both mutual respect and distrust.

Prompts:

I'd love to see some canon divergence or canon speculation about Bobbie and Chrisjen and their relationship development as allies from very different worlds.
I wouldn't mind seeing Chrisjen introducing Bobbie to Earth culture - after seeing Bobbie's delighted reaction to cucumber sandwich hors d'oeuvres and considering my impression of Martian food culture as somewhat ascetic, I kept imagining Chrisjen inviting Bobbie to dinner with her family and introducing Bobbie to an diverse array of Indian food, or some other "Earther delicacy".
Alternately, Bobbie introduces Chrisjen to some Martian practice, food, or cultural norm, something that Chrisjen thinks she understands as a life-long diplomat and student of politics, but she finds herself understanding it in a totally new way after learning about it from Bobbie.
I'd be intrigued to see a romantic dalliance between these two, as long as Chrisjen's husband Arjun isn't implied to be a bad person - their relationship is so strong and lovely - but maybe it's an open relationship, or it's an AU where Arjun has died. Bobbie seems to be under the impression that Chrisjen is a fragile little old lady, and though she's been disabused of that notion to some extent now, probably, it would be interesting to see her learn it more intimately!

Fandom-specific DNWs: Though it's unlikely he'd come up, I don't want to read about Joe Miller, please. Other characters appearing, especially Arjun or Cotyar or the Roci crew, are fine!

John Wick (Movies)

Requested Characters: John Wick, Gianna D'Antonio

What I like about this media: The setting - the totally serious but also a bit tongue-in-cheek setting. I love the "hidden underworld" motif, and the arcane ways of the assassin's world. The Continental and its rules, blood oaths and Herculean task challenges, and the idea of moving in and out of a shadowy other-world as John does over the course of the films. Everything is so over-the-top and yet the dialogue is so understated - I love that.

Prompts:

I would be very pleased to receive straight-up worldbuilding in this setting - please feel free to barely mention either requested character and tell me a story about how you perceive the details of the world. An outsider's POV would be fascinating - either a true outsider to the setting, or someone who works for the Assassins but isn't actually one, perhaps. How did they perceive the events of either film, especially Gianna and/or Santino's deaths and what it means for the future that John flouted the rules so explicitly? How did they perceive - and how do they talk about - the events of John's Task that allowed him to leave their world years ago?
I would also love fic that explores the past that John and Gianna are strongly implied to share. Were they lovers? What was that like? Their hands are metaphorically - and sometimes literally - dripping with blood, the both of them, and while the John of the films seems to be ambivalent about aspects of his past, Gianna seems to be totally unashamed. Has it always been that way?
Alternately, an entirely morbid canon divergence fic in which Gianna requests (demands? draws on old promises to compel?) a final fling with John "for old time's sake" before he kills her could be both highly creepy and very hot - dubcon and/or femdom themes welcome. Could still end with Gianna's death or be ambiguous or go entirely AU somehow...

The Truman Show (1998)

Requested Characters: Truman Burbank

What I like about this media: This movie was so much ahead of its time in some ways - it was so predictive of reality television and social media and the way in which our lives are shaped and controlled by media, and we are compelled to share ourselves and our lives online. I re-watch it now and again and constantly find new ways to appreciate it. Jim Carrey's performace is amazing, too.

Prompts:

Legitimately, however you wanted to have a go riffing off of this film would be fine. Feel free to go experimental, weird, meta, or quirky.
A post-film fic in which Truman finds himself utterly unable to escape being the center of media attention despite being *free*, or expressing shock at the notion of individuals choosing to have their lives broadcast via media.
Alternately, an AU in which it was all a delusion (This is a real thing, though not an official psychiatric diagnosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Truman_Show_delusion)

The Vikings (1958)

Requested Characters: Einar (The Vikings 1958), Eric (The Vikings 1958)

What I like about this media: I saw this film for the first time this past year while enjoying a lazy weekend, and I adored it - the performances of Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh and Ernest Borgnine are delightful and fun and a bit campy but very engaging.

Prompts:

Eric and Einar's relationship is such an incredible mix of loathing and jealousy and admiration - you can cut the tension with a knife in their scenes. I would love to see any kind of exploration of their rivalry and what precipitated it - one may be the Jarl's son, and the other a slave, but they grew up together, after all. Would be happy to see Kitala and/or Sandpiper show up in a pre-canon fic like this - how did they become so close to Eric?
I could also see a canon divergence in which Einar does not die, but the two of them remain rivals and warleaders constantly struggling for power - what might that look like? Does Morgana remain a point of contention between them? Does Eric's knowledge of Viking culture make him more successful and fending off Einar's attacks?
I'm absolutely here for a sexual relationship between the two - consensual but heavy on the competitive rivalry, dub-con, or non-con all welcome, either pre-canon, at any point during the film, or canon divergence. One specific point of divergence that might work well is when Einar attempts to rape Morgana, he's put off by her total passivity and lack of response to his urging to fight him - perhaps he goes looking for Eric with the assumption that Eric will fight back.

Fandom-specific DNW: I would prefer no Modern AUs in this fandom. Also, I'm fine with seeing the characters interact as children or teens, but if there's any sexual content, please age the characters at least to "ambigously late teens" at minimum.

General Plot, Trope, & Kink preferences:

Future fic (including with child characters grown to adults), hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon generally (especially but not only when both/all parties are consenting only under duress or when impaired due to alcohol or drugs), rope bondage, werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence, first time (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs, sex between platonic friends

Tropes/Kinks I don't want:

A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are great, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality, excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in romantic pairing fics (I'm OK with it for platonic pairings!), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical), teacher/student relationships (even when the student is adult)

Thank you, brave soul, for taking on my assignment, or at least giving my letter a glance to see if you find anything inspiring. I am so excited for this exchange, you have no idea. I'm one of those obnoxious folks who absolutely lives for Autumn and Halloween on every level, from Pumpkin Spice Latte Basic Bitchness to exulting in the changing of the wheel of the year to the fact that I met the love of my life at a Halloween party and the holiday is my favorite.

A few broad-strokes notes about my preferences up front, with more detailed information about my likes/DNWs at the end of the list: I am happy to receive tricks and/or treats, and I am good with both gen and shippy content, of any rating in terms of violence/sexual explicitness.

I've organized my requests with some info about how I feel about the fandom broadly, and a few specific notes/prompts about each character requested. Below the fandom list are my preferred tropes/kinks and a brief list of Do Not Want content - if the character or fandom-specific prompts don't work for you, please feel free to pick a theme, trope, or kink I like and do whatever you want with it!

Requested fandoms, in alphabetical order:

( Dragon Age (Video Games) )( John Wick (Movies) )( The Lion in Winter (1958) )( Mount & Blade (Video Game) )( Once Upon a Time (TV) )( Overwatch (Video Game) )( A Song of Ice and Fire - George RR Martin )

( Preferred Tropes & Kinks )

( Do Not Want )

If you have any questions about my preferences/Do Not Wants, feel free to send me an anon Ask on tumblr - I'm there at https://coaldustcanary.tumblr.com/

Current Mood: excited

Hello Chocolate Box author! Thanks for taking on my assignment or taking a look at my letter to see if anything catches your eye! I've grouped the relationships I've requested by fandom below, along with a bit of a blurb describing what I dig about the fandom and general likes/dislikes for each, and then wrapped things up with a fairly brief list of tropes I love as well as my squicks/Do Not Wants.

Overall, I'm good with ratings from G to E - if you match on a romantic ship, feel free to write explicit sexual content if you feel inspired to do so, but it's not necessary.

Fandom: Chronicles of the Cheysuli - Jennifer Roberson

Oh, guilty pleasure/problematic favorite fantasy books of my childhood. If you somehow were familiar enough with these books to have matched me on this fandom, please understand that literally anything you write about these characters will thrill me. I would ideally like something that's canon-compliant or canon-divergent but not a modern AU or the like.

Keely of Homana/Sean of Erinn

How did Keely and Sean make marriage work over the long-term, especially in the wake of the deceptions and trauma that plagued their courtship? Tell me about it - their early years, their actual wedding (after the game of Wedding Chicken at the end of Daughter of the Lion), the birth of their children, raising their children, visits from Corin (and Glyn) taking a boat over from Atvia, etc.

Aidan of Homana/Shona of Erinn
Shona and Aidan had so little time together. Give me a glimpse of it? Shona learning about her Cheysuli heritage, perhaps. Canon divergence - in which Shona lives - would be very welcome also, even if it means The Prophecy goes awry somehow. (Feel free to make it dark or grim - what if Aidan still felt himself compelled to abdicate his place in the line of succession and leave Shona and his son behind?)

Fandom: Once Upon a Time (TV)

I love this dumb show with a deep and abiding fondness. I requested a bunch of pairings for this one because I'm a true multi-shipper in this fandom. Please refrain from any character-bashing in fic for this fandom in particular - if you don't like certain characters or ships very strongly, just don't mention them.

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Evil Queen | Regina Mills
Whatever floats your boat to get them together. They had great sexual chemistry in S2, in my opinion - especially when Regina was threatening him with his own hook. Angry sex or power-play sex would work at a variety of points in canon, including back in the Enchanted Forest when they originally teamed up. Fuck or die situations also work. I'm always happy to see Killian tied up, dominated, and the like. Personally, I think they actually have a grudging fondness for one another, but feel free to go down the hate sex path if you like!

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Milah
Give me a glimpse of their adventures before Milah's death. Romantic adventures, playful adventures, sexy adventures, bedroom adventures.

Captain Hook | Killian Jones/Emma Swan
I'm a CS shipper at heart, so pretty much anything goes. I would really love to see more porny submissive!Killian fic, because there is never enough of that. Tropes. Hit me with all the tropes for these two, and feel free to set it at any point in canon. Bedsharing. Sex pollen. Bondage. Handcuffs. Trapped in a room together. Hurt/comfort. I'd love to see a Werewolf AU in which Emma is a werewolf and Killian isn't, since every other AU on that theme I've seen is the other way around and that's sooo disappointing to me.

Huntsman | Sheriff Graham/Red Riding Hood | Ruby
This probably needs to be canon divergence to fit the timeline, but I bet they had a lot in common. Loving the outdoors, hanging out with wolves. Heck, go AU and make Graham a werewolf, too, or put them in a different setting. There can be feral sexytimes (but not in wolf form, please) or sweet romantic cuddling while moon-watching, or anything you imagine. Flirting over the counter at the diner works, too.

Evil Queen | Regina Mills/Maleficent
I love this ship - give me Mal and Regina being amazing and sexy in any context. They would be Storybrooke's ultimate power couple, right? Sex magic. Or just magical sex. Or both of them finding acceptance and love with the other after a lot of heartbreak.

Captain Hook | Killian Jones & Evil Queen | Regina Mills
As I mentioned in the romantic ship blurb above, I think these two actually grudgingly like one another. Maybe they find themselves horrified because they agree on something and one of them has to defend the other. Or they team up to save Emma, Snow and/or David from their own heroic impulses.

Milah & Emma Swan
Give me all the canon divergence/alternate timelines that allow these two to meet for longer than that tragically-short bit in S5. If Milah didn't get plunged into the River of Souls, how would she have reacted to everything else that played out in the Underworld? Or what if Emma (with or without Killian) took another time-travel adventure and met Milah at some point?

Belle/Red Riding Hood | Ruby
What kind of adventures would these two have together out in the wide world, or back in the Enchanted Forest? Sweet and sensual sexytimes would be great, too.

Dorothy Gale/Red Riding Hood | Ruby
They're canon, now, and that's fantastic, but what have they been doing since last we saw them? What might bring them to Storybrooke again? How are they navigating this newfound True Love as two people who hardly know one another? Any kind of emotional or physical intimacy between these two would be A+ - I adore Ruby, and I want to know so much more about Dorothy.

Fandom: The Magicians (TV)

I really enjoyed the hell out of the first season of this show. I have not read the books by Lev Grossman (so please don't incorporate book-canon into your fic) though they're on my list. It's Hogwarts, but for grad students. It's Narnia, but deep and dark and terrifying. It's what fantasy and real world fears morph into when you're in your 20s - you take out the "real" magic, and a lot of the shit that happens in this canon echoes moving into rocky adulthood.

William "Penny" Adiyodi/Alice Quinn (Magicians (TV))

William "Penny" Adiyodi & Alice Quinn (Magicians (TV))

Alice/Penny or Alice & Penny bonding, whether via magic, or sex, or family issues, or how everyone else is a lost cause, or...anything, really. Alice and Penny being friends and/or lovers despite having so many walls up to most other people you can't begin to see over them. I really don't believe that the only reason they have sex is because Alice wants to get back at Quentin for sleeping with Eliot and Margo. What brings them together? Alternately, go full AU or canon divergence and explore what a relationship between them might look like, or how they might have been good friends if things had worked out differently in canon. What would magic they share look like, with Penny being so outwardly hostile and sharp and Alice so buttoned down and restrained? Or - Penny and Alice hanging out (or drinking, or getting high) with the others, especially Eliot and Margot. Bonding over thinking Q is kind of an idiot. Doing homework together. Going on a date. Having a dream adventure or dream sex. There is nothing out there for this pairing as either a romantic or platonic ship, so I will be happy with literally anything.

Notes on general themes/tropes I like and themes/tropes I Do Not Want:

Tropes/Kinks I generally dig: Future fic (including with child characters grown to adults), hurt/comfort (physical and/or emotional), whump, sex pollen, fuck or die, dubcon generally (especially when both/all parties are consenting only under duress), werewolves (just not a/b/o type), canon divergence, first time (both first time sex ever and first time for a particular pairing), sex magic, pegging, oral fixation, praise kink, sharing a bed, huddling for warmth, falling asleep on someone, 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, sex as an emotional outlet in the wake of tragedy, battle couples, alternate magical system AUs

Tropes/Kinks I don't want: A/B/O dynamics (Werewolves are very much desirable, but the A/B/O trope doesn't work for me), mpreg, bestiality (for The Magicians (TV) it's fine to reference the canonical Alice/Quentin "fox sex" thing, but please do not include characters having sex as animals in the fanwork), excessive focus on bodily fluids/bodily fluid-focused kinks, age regression in romantic pairing fics (I'm OK with it for platonic pairings!), high school AUs, childhood friends-to-lovers (unless canonical)

If you have any questions about my preferences/Do Not Wants, feel free to send me an anon Ask on tumblr - I'm there at https://coaldustcanary.tumblr.com/

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