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the_wavesinger ([personal profile] the_wavesinger) wrote2018-02-05 07:23 pm
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AGEx Creator

Dear AGEx Creator,

*sneaks in last-minute signup* Age gaps are everything I love and you can't go wrong with them, so sit back and relax, and please don't be frightened by this long-ish letter. I'm sure I'll love whatever you create for me! And I'm so sorry for the late letter.

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This letter has a list of DNWs and general likes, and also fandom-specific prompts. However, please don't feel obliged to stick to my prompts—as long as you don't include my DNWs, I'm sure I'll love whatever you like.

The sections for some relationships are longer than others, but this is not because I want the longer relationships more than the shorter ones, it's just that for some relationships, I like very specific things, while, for others, I'd love basically anything.






Do Not Wants:

  • Gore/guro/vore.
  • Necrophilia.
  • Torture of animals. (Humans/humanoids/other sapients being tortured is more than fine!)
  • Graphic descriptions of nausea/vomiting.
  • Reader inserts.
  • Mundane AUs.
  • Unrequested depowered/non-powered AUs.
  • Non-femslash A/B/O; femslash for this trope is fine!
  • Crossovers/fusions between fandoms I haven't asked for. (Crossover within any fandom in my letter or previous exchange letters, along with mythology and folklore, are more than fine!)
  • AUs with modern settings are no-no’s unless there’s a reasonable canon explanation (eg-: Tolkien, people cursed to be reborn again and again into mortal forms). Even then, please no high school or coffee shop AUs.
  • Please no age regression, de-ageing, or AUs in which one character is suddenly older than a previously older-than-them character (ageswap?).
  • Girl!penis. (Trans characters are fine, just please no inexplicable g!p.)
  • For smut, I'd prefer not to see bloodplay, scat, watersports, age play, and any sort of permanent marking/scarring (scarring and permanent markings outside smut is perfectly fine) unless I've prompted these things for the specific pairing.
  • H/C fics centering on characters with depression and/or anxiety, and/or characters who self-harm or have eating disorders are not my favourite thing. (All of these things are more than fine in non-H/C fic, but not as things which can be hugged/cuddled better, please.)
  • Genderswap which makes F/F or M/M canon pairings or F/F or M/M pairings I've requested F/M.
  • Unrequested relationships as the main focus of a fic (side pairings/non-endgame relationships are fine).
  • Unrequested parent/child incest.
  • Smut for underage relationships unless otherwise requested.
  • Extreme underage (pre-pubertal children) unless otherwise requested.





General Likes:
Tropes, Genres, and (for fic) Story Elements

  • Angst. Drama. Politics. Tragedy.
  • Philosophical ponderings!
  • I love canon divergence AUs, and For Want Of A Nail and other what-if scenarios. I'd love both longer fic (for fic) and art/ficlets as snapshots of what could have been, all the things that could've happened, but didn't.
  • Soulmates! Not necessarily soulmate AUs (although that'd be more than fine), but soulmates as in 'I knew you the moment I saw you', or 'I felt you in my soul' or any other version of that—the electric connection is something I adore. Soulmate things I love include in every version of every reality, in another life, fated to be separated again and again.
  • Regency AUs.
  • Fake dating within the canon setting.
  • Arranged marriage within the canon setting.
  • Time travel and time loops, especially timefuckery where everything is fucked up!
  • (For femslash only) A/B/O
  • In-world mythology.
  • Cultural differences and clashes that occur due to cultural differences.
  • Worldbuilding in general.
  • Battle couples!
  • Lovers to enemies.
  • Enemies to lovers.
  • Trope subversions.
  • I have A Thing for sister/sister, and focusing on the sister aspects of the relationship—how they're alike and how they're different, and just how they're sisters.
  • Competence porn!
  • I also adore people being messes and general failboats, because, uh, contradictions?
  • I have zero problems with fics dealing with misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, racism etc. I like realism, but not overly-depressing fics or fics centered on issues at the expense of characterization. (I define 'overly-depressing' as continuous angst focusing on Issues and Only Issues.)
  • All the things that could've happened, but didn't.

 

Tone, Setting, and Miscellaneous Things

 

  • Characters dancing and spending time outdoors.
  • Characters in situations that shouldn't be funny, but are.
  • Characters who're comfortable around each other, and who tease and laugh with each other.
  • Slice-of-life fics and, for relationships, a look at all the quirks/annoyances of cohabitation.
  • Banter! I feel like I've repeated this a million times in this letter, but I adore banter!
  • Casual situations and everyday annoyances
  • Characters playing pranks on each other.
  • Generally over-the-top things played straight.
  • Drama interspersed with humor.
  • Characters sleeping on each other, making out for hours, drinking from the same cup, and generally being adorable!
  • Characters solving mysteries and going on journeys together!
  • Bittersweetness.
  • All the hard questions with no answers, characters trapped in unsolvable dilemmas, loss and grief and moving on.
  • Gallows humour, and humour in otherwise dark situations generally.
  • And just humour in general.
  • And if you want to go in the crack-y direction, I wouldn't mind that as well!
  • I adore OFCs and textual ghosts, for many, many reasons.
  • I'm more than fine with most side relationships, unless stated otherwise.
  • Genderbending! I always love Rule 63'd characters.
  • Open relationships! Threesomes! Moresomes! Orgies!
  • Transgender characters would be amazing, as would non-binary characters and just fucking with and/or ignoring traditional gender roles in general.

 

Character and Relationships Dynamics.

  • Characters who and relationships which fall just short of the mark, the almost-most-not-quite. I think the closest word to this would be hamartia in its original sense?
  • Hurt, and not necessarily comfort.
  • Fucked-up families and messy friendships which really, really aren't good for the characters, but they love each other very much anyway. I don't mind either characters finding ways to move past the fucked-upness and the relationships end up flourishing, or moving past fucked-up-ness and leaving what they don't want behind, but I also don't mind a constant cycle of messing up.
  • Found families!
  • Intense friendships which play a central role in the characters' lives.
  • For longer works, plotty fics are always welcome!
  • Stoic and/or emotionally incompetent characters
  • Characters finding ways to come to terms with themselves, with their pasts, and with their loved ones and/or finding their place in the world (think Circle of Life).
  • Characters who're broken, characters who're tired, characters who're lost, characters who refuse to be found, characters who're hurt over and over again, characters who never ever win, characters who've given up. And characters who love, characters who give, characters who're selfless and kind even after everything they've been through, characters who give their all and then some more to people they love, characters who never give up, characters who keep on hoping and keep on fighting even beyond the bitter end. And characters who're a mixture of both types.
  • I love characters with flaws and unpleasant qualities! Awesome ladies can be awesome and flawed :).
  • I like relationships that are fated to end in tragedy, but I also really don't mind a pinch of humor with my angst, if that's your thing.

 

Stylistic Things for Fic

  • I like all kinds of fic, so go wild—linear narrative, flashbacks, epistolary…whatever you think of is lovely, the more daring the better. I especially adore faux-historical documents and faux academia.
  • Relatedly, interactive fiction!
  • Characters teasing and bantering with each other.
  • I don’t mind any type of POV (including second person!). In fact, POV switches and outside POVs on relationships would be lovely.

 

Smut Likes


  • I will always want F/F or M/M smut, even if I haven't explicitly requested it! Femsub is preferred for F/M D/s smut, though I'm down for femdom if that's your thing, too.
  • I prefer a balance between sensuality, emotions, and physical sensations. Anything from playful to creepy is more than fine (although there are a few things I'd prefer not to see, as outlined in the kink DNWs).
  • Helplessness and humiliation. These are the two main things I love in kinky smut, and everything else derives from there.
  • Bantering and laughing during sex is lovely, as is gentleness.
  • And banter between the dom and the sub in D/s scenes (which can edge towards slightly cruel on the dom's part!).
  • Angry sex/hatesex, smut that gives off vibes of slightly creepy but in a way that can't be pinpointed
  • Dubcon and emotional manipulation!
  • Explorations of power dynamics. I especially like service submission, and power dynamics based on the characters' titles/positions! (I do confess to having a kink for honorifics and titles!)
  • Doms having control over the sub's everyday minutiae (although for short periods of time—24/7/365 high-protocol D/s is a turn-off)
  • Punishment play, especially unusual forms of discipline! (I don't like erotic spanking in and of itself, but spanking as punishment is great! And whatever interesting punishments you can come up with.)
  • Corner time, especially kneeling on rice/somehow having to display themselves/after a spanking.
  • In general, being put on display/having to put themselves on display.
  • Tickling! Both playful tickling and tickle torture (bondage + tickling = yessss).
  • Gags and other ways to prevent speech. And weirdly specific, but fingers of one character in the other's mouth.
  • Groping, especially pulling breasts out of tops (and sometimes letting them just hang there, if you're into humiliation).
  • Orgasm denial, especially chastity devices.
  • Fuck-or-die scenarios.
  • Creative bondage (including predicament bondage. No, strike that, especially predicament bondage, and especially if the predicament is partly psychological).
  • Similarly, ordering a partner to stay still/hold a certain pose.
  • Incest kink.
  • Hairpulling.
  • Directed masturbation (one character instructing the other how to masturbate).
  • Dirty talk (including long distance dirty talk).
  • Navels, inner things, ribs, and kinks for these body parts.
  • (Not really a like, but I'm afraid my AO3 bookmarks won't say much about my smut likes, because I have a separate account for smutty bookmarks. Sorry.)

 

Darker Likes

  • Dark places and enchantments which entrap people without their knowledge
  • Getting lost in creepy surroundings
  • Corruption and decay
  • Explorations of the darker side of magic (or its equivalent), especially magic that's considered 'good'.
  • Exploration of the supernatural aspects of the canons.
  • Nature being eerily alive and dangerous.
  • Child soldiers, trauma, and really ugly, messy wars.
  • Characters trapped in vicious cycles.
  • Characters who think they're 'not good enough' for their partner(s).
  • Situations where characters are blackmailed/coerced into doing things they don't want to do.
  • Fucked-up families and friendships and relationships; people codependent to the point of almost-insanity, and far beyond anything healthy.
  • Looking into messed-up characters' thought processes.
  • Terrible things being done in the name of good by characters who see themselves as good.
  • Perversion of the 'good' side of magic to do evil things.
  • Mindfucks and powerplay.
  • Torture for the sake of torture, and characters being stoic through torture.
  • Noncon. I like both works focused on sexy (for fic and art purposes) noncon as well as more seriously-dealt with noncon and noncon aftermath.
  • Pregnancy due to F/F or M/M noncon.
  • Badtouch that doesn't lead to noncon, it's just there and creepy. (Especially when coupled with emotional fuckery and mindgames.)
  • Relationships where one characters is in love, but the other isn't.
  • Partners doing terrible things to each other.
  • Characters who hate themselves and lash out at the world and do fucked-up things as a result.
  • Really, really dark stories which end in the 'everyone dying' sort of tragedy.
  • AUs where everything goes wrong.
  • For darkfic especially, I love outsider PoVs—it makes everything 100% more terrible for me.

 

Art-Specific Likes and Prompts

  • I adore all kinds of jewellery—the more elaborate the better!
  • And elaborate hairdos! And elaborate clothes! And elaborate makeup!
  • I do, however, also enjoy seeing characters in their workaday attire, doing everyday things.
  • Characters with visible height differences from each other!
  • Elaborate weapons
  • In-universe art. (Famous portraits, posters for events, propaganda/health-and-safety leaflets, handwritten notes, maps etc.)
  • In-universe statues and tapestries and architecture
  • Court settings with pomp and circumstance or everyday life are both things I enjoy seeing.
  • I also enjoy seeing outdoor settings. Lakes, mountains, spooky forests, bustling cities, rivers, tiny hamlets, cottages, forests...
  • Specific canon locations (like the Withywindle for Tolkien, the Spirit World for A:tLA etc.)
  • Studies in opposites
  • Limited palettes
  • Non-traditional art mediums would be welcome.
  • Characters doing things they love together (I know this sounds very pairing-specific, but I'd lovelovelove this for friends and/or parents and children and/or siblings, too).
  • Ceremonies and events (coronations, balls, feasts, weddings etc.)
  • Picnics, garden parties, outdoor events, riding, hunting etc.
  • Characters arguing or debating with each other.
  • Starlight and warm colors and pastels.
  • Colour palettes that fit the character (golds and greens for Goldberry in Tolkien, for example, or shades of red for Natasha Romanov in MCU)
  • Characters passionate with and about each other and about things they love
  • Seasonal settings (falling leaves or snowed-over land or flower-filled meadows or golden fields etc.)
  • Characters fighting and having each other's backs, and, for A:TLA, bending!
  • Bloodied and bruised characters leaning on each other on on the nearest available upright surface after a hard battle
  • Characters facing each other across the battlefield (especially friends-turned-enemies)
  • Gift-giving, both literal and metaphorical
  • Characters reading or writing
  • Characters in libraries/otherwise surrounded by books
  • Characters who've fallen asleep (in bed, on a pile of books, sprawled across the sofa, on the floor, on another character—anywhere, any place, any time)
  • Characters in meetings/teams seated around tables or in lounges
  • For modern-era canons, airports!
  • Characters who look messy and/or rumpled and tired and way too fucking busy why is this my life
  • Characters in a private moment.
  • Casually intimate gestures, like handholding or hands on shoulders or arms around waists/on shoulders, or just reaching out to adjust the other's clothing
  • Kneeling and hand-kissing for pairings where I specify loyalty kink, or for gen or shippy combinations which involve a superior and subordinate in a setting where kneeling would work
  • Forehead kissing!
  • Tickling and playful tussling
  • Day-to-day activities (eating, bathing, morning rituals etc.)
  • Characters being cheesy or tender or dorky or awkward with each other (or all or some of these!).
  • All the smutty things I've indicated in the smut section! For art especially, a visual focus on power difference (standing/kneeling, clothed/unclothed etc.), looking well-fucked and/or humiliated, straining against bondage, decorative bondage.

 






Crossover Fandom

Aredhel (Silmarillion)/Goldberry (LotR)

Kind of a crack pairing, yes, but maybe Aredhel stumbles upon Goldberry instead of Eöl, and everything goes much happier? Or maybe Goldberry finds her as she and Maeglin flee from Eöl. And the timelines possibly don't match up, but maybe Goldberry was born/created/sprung fully-formed from the River-woman before the First Age?

Aredhel's desire for freedom would be utterly in line with Goldberry, I feel, and maybe Aredhel is attracted to how unfettered Goldberry is? And maybe she envies Goldberry as well?

I would love Aredhel and Goldberry having no-strings-attached sex or Goldberry enchanting and entrapping Aredhel somehow, but I'd also love the two of them creating something more permanent together (although maybe ending unhappily because of the Doom?). Whatever you want would be great!

And visually, I love how their different appearances would meld—Goldberry's golden hair and bright clothing and Aredhel's dark hair and grey eyes and white clothing together are very visually appealing to me. (Or, well, you could ditch the clothing and have them naked. That would also be extremely visually appealing, of course!)


Diana (Wonder Woman 2017)/Peggy Carter (MCU)

A lot of what I like for these relationships are basically the same things as for Diana and Steve—meeting in the middle of a war, naïve character and less naïve character interacting when both characters are idealists, banter and comradeship, mortality and immortality.

Does Peggy meet Diana during WWII, or maybe is it earlier? Was Diana an old family friend who encouraged her to pursue her dreams? Or maybe Diana trains Peggy pre-TFA? Or maybe they meet during the war, as unlikely allies fighting side-by-side? Or do they meet post-war, after Diana's gone into hibernation and Peggy is at the SSR/SHIELD? Maybe Peggy calls Diana in to consult on a case involving antiques? Or maybe they meet outside of their work, casually?

Do they remind each other of their lost Steves, and of everything they've lost? What I love about Peggy is that she remains an idealist despite everything, but a nitty-gritty idealist who's aware of the work that needs to be done. How does Peggy's continued idealism affect Diana?

Anything with the two of them fighting together or with each other, please, or solving a case together, or spending downtime together.


Diana (Wonder Woman 2017) & Steve Rogers (MCU), Diana Prince (Wonder Woman 2017)/Steve Rogers (MCU)

So, I love both of them a ridiculous amount and I would adore seeing them meet! Diana probably fought in WWII at some point, so maybe she met Steve and the Howling Commandos on the frontlines? Or did they meet after Steve was unfrozen, in the 21st century?

Diana is a goddess fighting to protect mortals, and Steve is a man turned into an almost-god, and they're basically mirrors of each other. And Diana is a lot more naïve than Steve, in some ways, especially in the horrible things human beings do to each other (and WWII was probably the reason she became disillusioned), so something about that? Or, I'd be very interested in post-Avengers, possibly post-TWS or even post-CW Steve meeting post-BvS Diana—how would that go?

Or maybe they fight side-by-side and/or have a chance encounter at some point during WWII? (And if you want to, the two of them meeting again after Steve's unfrozen and everything involved in that?) I'd just love to see them fighting back-to-back in any way! (And they match, too, not just with the uniform colours but with the shields, too!) Or comparing fight moves (some of which are very similar to each others')? Or just chilling with each other in their downtime, in civilian clothes and maybe, after Steve's unfrozen, both of them exploring the modern world?

Cap!Diana or Wonder Woman!Steve would be extremely interesting, too (and doubly so if you keep their origins, so Steve is still from Brooklyn and Diana from Themysicira—I'm interested in how that'd work out).


Erendis (Silmarillion)/Queen of Faery (Smith of Wootton Major)

Who was the Queen of Faery? Was she part of Arda or from a completely different world? How did Erendis find her way to her? Are their spells and enchantments (and immortality!) involved? Or does Erendis stay of her own will?

I'd love something about the star of Faery and Erendis being 'Lady of the Star-brow'—there's a very obvious connection there. Was she the first Starbrow? Was her drowning actually her finding her way to Faery? Or did she somehow travel to Faery while she was alive in Emerië?

Does Erendis somehow become immortal, or does she remain mortal and eventually stop being able to go to/stay in Faery? If she becomes immortal, how does that happen—through the Queen's power, or in some other way?

And the grim, dark images that Smith sees of warriors coming back from the Marches etc.—perhaps something about that? Does Erendis go out and fight? Or maybe her watching the warriors come back, or getting into arguments with the Queen, because do we really need to send the warriors out, if we ignore the dark will it ignore us right back?


Galadriel (Silmarillion)/Xaphania (His Dark Materials)

I specified Silm!Galadriel for this because I would adore Galadriel at the height of her rebellion against the Valar meeting Xaphania—perhaps one of the holes the subtle knife made was into the world of Middle-earth? What would they make of each other?

Their motivations and situations, while somewhat similar in some aspects, are completely different in others—would they clash? And perhaps some of Galadriel's maturing and growth was influenced by Xaphania?

And the divinity of Galadriel's world is very different from that of Xaphania's. I don't think that the Eru of Middle-earth meshes well with the HDM Almighty—something about that? Or something about the Valar and the differences (and similarities) between the Valar and the angels/Dust of HDM, and the fact that Galadriel's rebellion is much more morally contentious than Xaphania's? Or maybe something about their differing perspectives of divinity, both due to the worlds they live in and who they are?

And Galadriel is an immortal, but Xaphania is a far older immortal who would have seen a lot more and experienced a lot more than Silm!Galadriel—is it perhaps Xaphania who eventually helps Galadriel attain some measure of wisdom?


Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter)/Roxy Morton (Kingsman), Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter)/Roxy Morton (Kingsman)

(And I wouldn't be opposed to threesomes either!)

I'm sure the Ministry of Magic must know of Kingsman, and maybe they need a liaison? Or is Roxy a witch from an old family who decides to do something different? I can imagine all kinds of wacky scenarios that lead to these two meeting, so go wild!

For either pairing, there would probably be some sort of age gap, so something playing with that, maybe? Or, Roxy is much posher than either Tonks or Ginny, and both Tonks and Ginny might instinctively dislike her because of that—maybe them clashing because of that, and possible hatesex?

Or perhaps Roxy's goals and the goals of witch(es) don't align, and maybe they're even fighting against each other? (And maybe they tie each other up for reasons?)

Or I'd love their differ to see their different fighting styles, and the two (or three!) ending up fighting bad guys together and saving the world. Or just Kingsman-style shenanigans. Or snarking at each other and all sorts of banter. Or trying to impress each other and going ridiculously over-the-top. Or—you get my point, don't you?


Goldberry (LotR)/Pomona Sprout (Harry Potter), Pomona Sprout (Harry Potter)/Yavanna (Silmarillion)

Two people (well, a witch and an Ainu/whatever you think Goldberry is) who love the earth! (And I wouldn't mind Pomona/Goldberry/Yavanna at all, if you want!)

We know that Yavanna tended to the 'small and secret things', and was one of the few Valar to go to Middle-earth—and maybe she still does, in spite of the Hiding of Valinor? And, again, my Calypso!Goldberry headcanon is a thing, and Pomona is the next person Goldberry falls for?
Or perhaps Pomona wandered the world when she was younger, and met a mysterious woman, or maybe her lover visits Professor Sprout at night, in the Forbidden Forest.

Whatever way you choose to spin this is wonderful! And if you feel like something smutty, maybe some sort of sex magic, possible involving aphrodisiacs or maybe vines, or shifting earth? Or, smutty or non-smutty, I'd love to see how the magic of the Harry Potter world and the more elemental and unexplainable power of Middle-earth mesh (and that sort of melding may not always end well?).


Peggy Carter (Agent Carter/MCU)/Roxy Morton (Kingsman)

Roxy already seems to have a certain level of training pre-Kingsman, so maybe Peggy trains her? Is Peggy a relative of hers (and all the incest potential in this!)? An old family friend? Or did Peggy meet a teenaged Roxy and take her under her wing? Play this any way you like, I'd just love to see Peggy teaching Roxy and/or just the two of them spending time together and getting on like a house on fire.

I love mentor/mentee dynamics, especially with the age gap between Peggy and Roxy being as large as it is! Skeevy or non-skeevy, whichever you prefer is fine with me, but either way, I'd love to see Roxy admiring Peggy, and all the power dynamics.

Or if you want to go AU, Arthur!Peggy. Lancelot having an affair with Arthur would be potential for aaaaall the intra-agency conflict, maybe? Or maybe they know each other from before Kingsman? Whether it's a fusion where the MCU 'verse doesn't exist or a crossover where Peggy, with her experience at S.H.I.E.L.D., takes over after V-Day is up to you.






DC Cinematic Universe

Antiope/Diana, Antiope/Diana/Hippolyta, Diana/Hippolyta

These three! I love all three of them and the complicated, tense dynamics between them and also how much they clearly love each other, and how much Antiope and Hippolyta adore and take care of and attempt to forget, so anything to do with that would be great.

I don't mind whether you keep Antiope's death or fix it. On one hand, it was an emotional moment in the film and central to Diana's motivations and lovely and tragic, but on the other, Antiope is dead. So I'd love to see (Hippolyta and) Diana grieving for Antiope, but I'd also love to see a fix-it where Antiope lives.

I love the idea of an all-female band of warriors created specifically to bring peace to the world, so I adore the Amazons (although the pasting-on of some vaguely Hellenic trappings to a basically Judeo-Christian origin story kind of made me LOL). Anything to do with the Amazons would be wonderful!

Themyscira must be self-sustaining because it doesn't have any contact with the outside world, so it must have people other than warriors—farmers, weavers, potters etc. How does that work? Do the warriors do all of the above things, too? Or are there non-combatant Amazons? In which case, what are the attitudes from the warriors towards those non-combatants? And what role do Antiope and/or Hippolyta play in the organization of the everyday minutae of the island?

Something about their origins, maybe? Maybe something about their first battle against Ares and how they fought that? Or maybe something about Antiope and/or Hippolyta being created by Zeus? Or maybe something about the creation of Themyscira and the early days on the island, and the transition from peace to war? Or, does anyone (especially Diana, who has never know anything outside of Themyscira) ever get bored of Themyscira or restless to explore the outside world?.

For any variation on these pairings, I love the loyalty and power differentials at play. Hippolyta is the Queen of the Amazons, and Antiope is her General, and Diana is under the command of both of them; how does that affect their relationshp? There would also be the issue of them being parents/parental figures and having that kind of power over Diana; anything to do with that would be great, too.

I love people having each others' backs in battle, and people in the aftermath of battles, bloodied and bruised and exhausted. And for romantic/sexual relationships, I love battle couples. (Also, I feel like the Amazons would be great for if you want to go in the army of lovers direction.)

I'd love to see Antiope training Diana and Diana hero-worshipping Antiope, or Hippolyta and Diana clashing more as Diana grows older but also getting to know each other as people instead of just in their roles as mother and daughter, and in general the three of them spending time with each other.

Also, the strong hints towards the Amazons having sex with each other a lot are wonderful, and I'd love to see more about these arts of pleasure. Do they try out different instruments, try to hold of orgasming for some time (perhaps using certain devices to prevent self-pleasure), experiment with both rough and gentle sex? Do they invent sex toys? (Is there a whole trade in sex toys?)

With regard to incest, maybe the Amazons don't have an incest taboo? Or I have a huge thing for incest kink and the dirtybadwrong feeling and the shame that comes with it, so maybe they do? Or maybe 'sisters' is more in the sisters-in-arm sense? Or maybe, for the best of all worlds, they had an incest taboo in the beginning, but as time passed and they grew more and more disconnected from the mortal world, the taboo faded? And I do imagine that there would be a different kind of taboo/issues for ships involving Diana, so anything to do with that would also be great.

For art, I love the lush visuals of Themyscira, and I love how different the Amazons are in appearance (and to an extent in combat styles) and from what little we see in personality from each other. I also love the different styles of weapons and body armour. I'd also love to see Antiope and Hippolyta in more casual clothes—Antiope especially is in armour in almost all the instances we see her, and I'd love to see her in more casual attire. Or the armour is also great, because I love the visuals of the armour, and I love seeing them training.






Hamilton – Miranda

 

  • This is my newest fandom (I know, I know, how did I not get into Hamilton at some poi t during the last two and a half years? It's a long story) and I am still in the everything has a shiny glow and I LOVE EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING stage, so you can't go wrong here. Seriously.
  • I haven't consumed much fanworks yet so forgive me if my prompts are things that everyone has written/drawn at some point and is completely sick of by now.
  • I don't mind whatever level of historical accuracy you go with—history what history, kind of sort of accurate, as accurate as you can get within the confines of the show, whatever. (I'm currently reading Chernow and will finish it and also probably his Washington biography before reveals, so.) The only thing I ask is that you keep the things LMM changed.
  • Speaking of which, I really love the themes of how history will reflect you and how you're remembered is based on who tells your story that echo through the show.
  • For M/M and F/F (this is more fic-specific), I'd love to see period-typical homophobia and the sneaking around and near-discoveries etecetra that would result in.
  • For this show especially, I'm a fan of canon divergence AUs, alternate histories etc. Just all the what-if moments, please.
  • Also, genderswap! I'm very interested in what'd happen if any of the characters were of the opposite gender. Just please make sure that if you're switching genders for a M/M or F/F ship, you switch the genders of both characters unless I'm explicitly okay with it being otherwise.
  • For art, whatever cast you want to use (current Broadway/OBC/Chicago/West End) is fine! Just not actual historical figures' faces/appearances, please.

 

Aaron Burr/George Washington

Okay, so the maybe thirty seconds in Right Hand Man are pure gold and, um, yeah. I ship it. Burr's eagerness to get into Washington's good graces! Washington's annoyance with Burr sucking up to him (and the fact that he rarely shows his annoyance but he did at to Burr)! Burr somehow managing to say the exact things which will piss him off! And 'close the door on your way out' following Burr's eager 'sir' is just...ughhhhh I love this pairing so much ♥.

I'd be interested in seeing Washington run into Burr at some point after he dismisses him so thoroughly. Does Burr show his resentment at Hamilton's rise in prominence, and does it anger Washington? Or maybe Washington is angry about a loss and Burr unintentionally aggravates him until he takes out his wrath on Burr, whether that's through words or violence or sex (or all three is good)?

Or maybe an AU where Washington meets Burr earlier? Does he still not like him very much? Or maybe Burr somehow becoming Washington's aid? (And maybe Burr's rivalry with Hamilton annoying Washington?)

Or maybe in Act II, Burr does get his wish to be at the right hand of the father, except not the way he imagined? He imagined himself standing, not on all fours, kneeling. Or any kind of political battle when Burr's Senator that ends in Burr being thoroughly tongue-lashed (and otherwise-lashed) by Washington?

Maybe something playing with how Burr brings out the worst/pettiest part of Washington, if that's your thing? And for art specifically, in addition to the things above, I love how Burr's all stiff and formal while Washington is still majestic as fuck but also less beholden to protocol, as it were, when they're talking, and I love the visual cues which all point to how much Burr is subordinated to Washington and how it's really Washington who's in charge here.


Alexander Hamilton/George Washington

These two. Just—these two. I love their messy, strained dynamic, I love the whole mentor and reluctant mentee thing they have going on, and also Hamilton's utter loyalty to Washington despite rebuffing his attempts at closeness (call me son one more time!), and Washington seeing himself in Hamilton and relying so deeply on Hamilton, and the two of them growing to care for each other very much (and Washington being one of the few people outside Eliza and Angelica and Philip who Hamilton reacts to in a way that's all feelings), and everything about them, really. Especially the small things: Washington standing with Hamilton at his wedding in the musical (and the ItH callback with adjusting Hamilton's clothing like Benny does with Usnavi in 96000 and The Club!), the salutes and Hamilton constantly looking at Washington whenever Washington's in a scene and not undercover (even in A Winter's Ball! Also the fact that Hamilton sticks to Washington even then, until Angelica comes back), the unmiked conversation during Non-Stop from the Hamiltome, both of them but especially Hamilton crying in One Last Time, Washington's look in The Reynolds Pamphlet.

I'd love to see anything about Hamilton's days serving under Washington as his aide. Did Washington scout him from afar and keep an eye on him before Hamilton was asked to be his aide? Or I'd love to see Washington restraining himself because internalized homophobia and rank differences and all the thousand different complication that would affect any potential relationship between them. Maybe a scene where one of them is at the other's bedside when the other is sick/injured? Or maybe Washington and Hamilton working together on letters/documents? Or, and this is a very specific prompt, but post-Yorktown, does Hamilton witness Washington's reaction to Jacky's death?

Or when Washington becomes President, all the political intrigue! The two of them learning to work together in a more equal standing, Washington's annoyance with Hamilton's and Jefferson's catfights, an evening of political schmoozing, Hamilton accompanying Washington out on one of his morning rides?

Also, maybe more on how Washington sees himself in Hamilton, or at least sees the mistakes he made? (Art idea: Washington looking at Hamilton while the ghost of young Washington lingers behind him?) And obviously Washington came from a much better-off background than Hamilton did, but he also climbed socially through marriage and war, and also Hamilton has one thing Washington was very keenly aware of his lack of—an education—so anything on that?

For smut: both 'punishment' and actual punishment (that could either turn into smut or not), Hamilton kneeling for Washington and boot-licking and boot worship, body worship on both sides of the equation, makeshift gags (Hamilton needs to learn to talk less!), Hamilton being tied up if there's time and they're in a private place, daddy kink (usually a huge nope, but for this pairing alone I want all of it!), cock warming, orgasm denial, and just generally power dynamics and Washington controlling Hamilton (and I'm a huge fan of visual power dynamics for art: clothed Washington/unclothed Hamilton, Washington towering over Hamilton etc.). Also, not strictly smut, but maybe Washington and Hamilton fearing discovery and trying to be circumspect, or being discovered and the consequences of that?


Alexander Hamilton/Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette/George Washington

Okay, so this is basically my Hamilton/Washington and Lafayette/Washington requests combined. I like a lot of the same things for all these ships (power dynamics, almost-insubordination and military hierarchies, secrecy and sneaking around and repression and guilt and almost-discoveries and discoveries, politics, cultural/class difference clashes, father/mentor figures). Art prompts especially are very similar, so I'm just going to list a few art things instead of going into detail: riding into battle, stolen moments away from camp/in a locked room or closet, huddling for warmth in a cold situation, Washington looming over the other two, being all in each other's personal spaces.

Hamilton and Lafayette performing (sexually or otherwise) under Washington's command! Fic or art, this is such a delicious scenario, whether it involved letter-writing, war tactics, meetings, kissing, fucking each other etc. Also, punishments for transgressions, and never let it be said that Washington isn't creative!

Also, do Lafayette and Hamilton sometimes get competitive over Washington's affections (despite Hamilton being more reluctant to respond because he's prickly like that)? Is Washington wistful of the time Lafayette and Hamilton spend together? Are two of them in a relationship before the other is brought in, and does it cause issues? In general, how do they sort through their relationship?

Also, extra angst and repression issues, because Washington is fucking two boys, and not only does that lead to a greater risk of discovery, it's also even more precarious politically and it's almost certainly Lafayette and Hamilton who're going to face the most consequences.


Alexander Hamilton/George Washington/Thomas Jefferson

Washington and his quarrelling secretaries! I love Washington's exasperation with their arguments, and his attempts at keeping peace and avoiding partisanship, and Hamilton and Jefferson just going at it and tearing into each other. And I love that Hamilton is closer in Washington's confidence than Jefferson (at least in the musical), and how much Washington's reliance on Hamilton and agreement with Hamilton pisses Jefferson off (there is a definite undertone of senapi hasn't noticed me D: there!).

Maybe Washington orders his secretaries to make up, in some way or the other, because he's sick of their constant arguing, and they do, somehow, because they do both want to please him? (Does Washington lock them in a cupboard :D? Or maybe take them both on holiday somewhere?) Or maybe he punishes them because they're constantly fighting and they need some discipline, and if they're behaving like children he'll treat them like children?

Or maybe a v-shaped relationship with Hamilton and Jefferson both being very into Washington (if in different ways), but still loathing each other? Do they get very competitive of each other and pissed off at each other? Are there spats of jealously and hurt feelings? Do they get into fights with each other, and does Jefferson quit more than his Cabinet post when he resigns?

Or is it unrequited love/lust for Washington that both brings Hamilton and Jefferson together and divides them? Perhaps they have sex with each other because of their mutual admiration/lust for Washington and then hate each other (and grow to hate Washington?) because of that?

Or maybe Jefferson is jealous of Hamilton's perceived closeness to Washington (whether or nit they're actually close and have actually been intimate with each other) and acts out and gets pissed off and resigns because of that? With lots of annoyed stares at each other and Hamilton smirking at Jefferson, if you're so inclined. Perhaps Jefferson stumbles upon Washington and Hamilton in bed together? (Maybe Washington invites him to join them, thus pissing off both Hamilton and Jefferson?)


Angelica Schuyler/George Washington

I needed only the five seconds Angelica and Washington dance together in Helpless and Satisfied to want to see them in any capacity, whether gen or shippy. Also, Washington and Angelica have corresponded, and Washington knew Philip Schuyler, and REG has played the Nala to Chris Jackson's Simba sometimes in Lion King, that is more than enough for me to fall down the rabbit hole of want. (Seriously, though, the fact that Angelica's the only woman Washington danced with at the ball, if I remember correctly, is ♥. And how gentle and dignified the dancing is! And how reverent Washington looks of Angelica when he's basically moving around her.)

So—anything about them meeting. Did they have any sort of conversation at the ball? Or maybe Washington knew Angelica as a child? Or did they keep up more correspondence that was lost? Or, after the war, did Angelica visit Washington for some reason? (Maybe a political reason?) Or maybe they meet at one of Martha Washington's parties?

For art, I'd just love to see more of the reverence and gentleness that's in their interactions with each other—the specific scene I don't mind being anything.

If you're up for AU ideas, Angelica dressing up as a man to join the army! Either gen or shippy would be very fun here—does Washington discover Angelica at all, or does Angelica manage to evade being detected and maybe somehow manage somehow to become one of Washington's aides without discovery? Or genderswap where Washington is also a woman? And either the army somehow allows women for handwave reasons, or Washington managed to hide it all this time.) And I do think that their reactions to each other would be less reverent if they met in any other situation or society than they did, so you can play with that if you want.

Smutty fic and art: gentle, reverent dom Washington would be great, worshipping Angelica (and driving her mad through teasing)! Or maybe Angelica gets too fired up and becomes overexcited/insubordinate, and needs to be disciplined?


Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler/Maria Reynolds

Okay, so they've never even met in the musical, but spurned mistress/betrayed wife definitely has lots and lots and lots of potential, especially for all the angst-y and/or fucked-up art and fic (though if you want to take it in a more fluffy direction, I definitely won't complain, as long as there's still some angst!).

Something that strikes me is that, in addition to her lower social status, Maria Reynolds is so much younger than either Eliza or Hamilton. I'd love anything that plays with their different stauses, and the difference in their age and experience.

Maybe Eliza taking out her frustrations and anger on Maria, and/or punishing Maria for 'seducing' her husband? Which is what she thinks, obviously, you and I know that Hamilton is at fault. Whatever level of consent you want on Maria's part is fine! If humiliation is your thing, I would love that, and maybe figging and/or spanking? Or, if you don't want to go in the smutty hatesex direction but still want to write/draw tense, post-Reynold Pamphlet anger and power dynamics and angst and violence that'd also be great!

One thing I find interesting is that Eliza's condemnation of Hamilton isn't just 'you brought this girl into our bed', it's 'you told the whole world how you brought this girl into our bed', and also that Maria gives Hamilton a look but is otherwise completely silent. Of course this is completely optional, but, if you want to, I'd love to see how the Reynolds Pamphlet affects Eliza and Maria in ways, socially, politically, and personally, that it doesn't Hamilton because they're women, and them bonding over that.

Alternately, Eliza and Maria slowly falling for each other after Hamilton's death or after Eliza finds out about Hamilton's cheating and telling the whole world that he cheated? In this case, a sweet moment between them—in bed kissing, out walking or reading together, sewing together, watching over Eliza's children.

Or an AU where Maria finds Eliza instead of Hamilton, and Eliza is the one who cheats? Or an AU where Eliza and Hamilton cheat on each other simultaneously with Maria? Eliza would have to have an extremely intense connection to Maria and have enough factors combining to make her cheat, I think, so it would be hugely a matter of fate. How would that change things, and how would it not change things?


George Washington/Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette

This is another ship based on the thirty seconds in Guns and Ships between Lafayette and Washington, and also based on the fact that Lafayette and Washington were by all amounts crazy close (I mean, Georges Washington Lafayette? And also Washington almost fucking the entire war up by entrusting Lafayette with a command that was diplomatically iffy? Yeah, sign me the fuck up). The way Lafayette is ridiculously informal with Washington (his salute is so so sloppy), the way he's all up in Washington's personal space and they stand reaaaally close together, the way Lafayette basically respectfully orders Washington to get Hamilton back (the way Daveed say 'but' on the OCR, I wish I could convey how many feels that word sends through me)—all of them point to the fact that I now ship the two of them very, very much.

So, yeah. Anything set during the Revolutionary War would be great. I'd love to see the rapport and trust between them (maybe even through and outsider's eyes?). Do they work very well with each other? Does Washington become afraid of what he's sending Lafayette off to do sometimes, that maybe he's sending him to his death (but sends him off anyway, because his country's need > any one person, no matter how much Washington cares about that person)? Do they clash over policies sometimes, get frustrated with each other? (Clashes due to cultural differences, maybe?) Or, in Act II, does Lafayette get frustrated and feel betrayed by Washington's decision not to intervene in France? What goes through his mind when he sends Georges off to Washington? Anything else political?

Also, Lafayette basically seeing Washington as a father-figure? Play with that if you want to, and go as dirtybadwrong as you want to. Washington being conflicted about his feelings towards Lafayette, and angst. Power dynamics (Washington's Lafayette commanding officer, after all), and everything else. (Does Washington ever have to punish Lafayette for a transgression, or calm him down if he's too jittery/excited?)

Maybe Washington greeting Lafayette when he comes back to camp, or sending him off? Or maybe a private moment between the two of them—in Washington's study, in his workroom, in the forest where no-one can see—where they let down their guards, kissing or just leaning against each other, or massages? Or maybe a quiet moment between the two of them, but in the midst of battle/otherwise surrounded by others? Or Lafayette foiling a plot on Washington's life? Being almost discovered by someone, or actually discovered, and if the latter, does that change anything? Or if you want to go very angsty, Lafayette visiting Washington's grave when he comes back to America years and years and years later?






Harry Potter – J. K. Rowling

  • I haven't watched Fantastic Beasts or read The Cursed Child, and, while I don't mind spoilers for the former, I'd prefer not to read or see anything about the latter. I'm sorry, but it's just not my thing.
  • Magic! I adore magic, and all the wackiness of the magical world. I'd love to see explorations of both the dark, not-so-dark, and in-between magics, especially the inbetweens (how do you call something Dark Magic? Where do you draw the line? And how blurred is the aforesaid line?).
  • I'd love to see more about how the wizarding world works, particularly the Ministry of Magic. Are there any commercial centres other than in Diagon Alley? How does the wizarding world work in other countries? How does the Order work? Basically, the nitty-gritty details we didn't see in the books. We only got a general overview of how magical society functions (I imagine Hogwarts is very isolated from the rest of society), and that through Harry's limited PoV, and I'd love to know more.
  • Several of the characters are, ahem, magical beings, magical creatures (except obviously not, because they're people, and even that word is a perfect embodiment of prejudice against them). An exploration of the magic and mechanics of this would be lovely. How do other people see them? How do they see themselves? And, of course, dealing with prejudice and discrimination is more than fine
  • HP is rife with weird, wacky, and wonderful(ly spooky) settings and magical artefacts, and I'd love to see them incorporated into your story/artwork. Ghosts, Inferi, Dark Creatures—I'd love to see them all!
  • War, especially if you're writing the First War with Voldemort. It was a war run from the shadows, and I'd love to see something about that—perhaps Order missions and meetings? I'd love to see how the war fucks everything up, and people dying and suspicions cast on each other.

 


Fleur Delacour/Gabrielle Delacour

Sistercest! Please no underage Gabrielle (unless it's Gabrielle having an unrequited crush on Fleur, with absolutely no reciprocation on Fleur's part, in which case, yes, please!), but other than that, I'd love anything ranging from dark to sweet and gentle.

For more specific prompts: unrequited crushes, again, or maybe Gabrielle comes to her sister for [reason] when they're older, after one of their parents has died? Or maybe it's a Veela thing, and Gabrielle and Fleur aren't immune to each other's charms? Maybe the two of them Veela sex pollen-ing each other accidentally and things go from there? (For art, I'd love to see them watching themselves in a mirror as they kiss/have sex.)

I'd love to see what older!Gabrielle looks like, and I'd love to see Fleur and Gabrielle being domestic together. Or the two of them dancing together, or at the beach! Or maybe they revisit Beauxbaton at some point?






Marvel Cinematic Universe

  • I'd prefer not to see Darcy Lewis at all except if there's Darcy/Jane, and I'd prefer that Coulson, Loki, Tony, Peter Parker, and Vision aren't main characters, please. Please no BuckyNat, as well.
  • There's such a vast world to play in in the MCU, and so much of the characters' lives we don't know about because of the way time works in the movies! There's a lot of room for exploration and worldbuilding. My favourite MCU movies are the Cap movies, and I'd love to see what happens between them (and the. Avengers movies)! Between Avengers & TWS, between TWS & AoU, between AoU & CW—I'm really curious as to what happens in the in-between years where obviously important stuff has happened.
  • I'm very interested in politics for this fandom, because so much of the storyline is influenced by in-world politics which we don't get to see. For example, HYDRA's ideology, the politics behind the US supersoldier program, Project Insight being authorized, the Accords—there's so much to explore.
  • CW brought up some interesting questions about the fact that the majority of the problems the Avengers deal with are things they've caused, albeit sometimes necessarily, so maybe something about that.
  • For this fandom especially I'd love to see outsider POVs, whether that be people who are working closely with the characters or people who only see the characters on TV.
  • I love the sheer scale of the events of the movies, so maybe something about that?
  • There's a common thread of the end not justifying the means across the Cap movies, so something about that, maybe?
  • With so many supervillains floating around, there's plenty of room for lots of H/C (or H without C) with characters being captured and tortured and injured.
  • I love fun and asskicking and just superheroes being superheroes too.
  • I adore the fact that the characters have very individual senses of humour!
  • Other things I'm not fond of include AoS in general, the way AoS handled SHIELD in particular, all the Avengers living at the Avengers tower (especially post-Avengers but pre-TWS; I don't really mind pre-AoU since there's some element of canon to it).

 


Alexander Pierce/Steve Rogers

I find the one scene they had together so very interesting. Pierce is trying to manipulate Steve, but it isn't working, and Steve does appear to realize that there's something fishy going on, if only because of Fury's 'trust no-one'. And then there's the obvious visual power differences, and Pierce not getting what he wants from Steve and hunting him down in the most twisted way, and yep, that scene hits my id very, very hard.

Does Pierce follow Steve's work at S.H.I.E.L.D. with interest, because Captain America who destroyed HYDRA? Or maybe an AU where Pierce doesn't die and is captured instead, or any other reason for them to meet again? I'd just love explorations of their different ideologies, and any and all things you want to write/draw for them.

Non-con or dub-con are both great, if you want to go in a more consensual direction that's also great (although I think the latter would require a lot more work?). If you're going in the non-con direction, Pierce capturing Steve and keeping him under his thumb? (Non-con groping and badtouch!) Or an AU with a Steve/Pierce abusive relationship/fake-gentle relationship in the lead-up to TWS?

Or creepy voyeurism, with Pierce listening in on the bugs in Steve's apartment/watching him in some other way?


Dottie Underwood (Agent Carter)/Natasha Romanov (MCU)

Honestly, for me, a lot of this relationship is that I like the types of characters both of them are, I think their actresses are extremely gorgeous, and I'd love to see them together in any way or form.

Dottie and Natasha seem, to me, to be very similar in some ways, not just in their past, but also in their mannerisms. I love that both of them are very adept at wearing masks, at reading situations and doing what needs to be done in those situations, at manipulating people, at killing and disabling people, and just at spying in general. I love the idea of child soldiers who know of nothing except being weapons slowly finding their personhood as grown adults. I love their similar backstories, and how, in canon, Dottie never really manages to get away (and is a lot more morally grey than Nat) but Natasha does.

Maybe Dottie is Natasha's mentor in the Red Room? Or maybe she's the one who helps Natasha to get out, eventually? Or maybe she and Natasha work for opposing organizations on a contract basis? Or maybe an AU (or kind of partly using Nat's comic backstory), Natasha was also trained by Leviathan/the Red Room not that many years after Dottie? Whether you want very much older woman/a lot younger woman, or an AU where they're closer in age (but still a significant age gap please) is fine with me, and I'd love mentor/mentee, rivals having sex or enemies to lovers, finding comfort in each other, or whatever else you choose. (I definitely wouldn't mind side Peggy/Natasha and/or Peggy/Dottie for this relationship.)


Jane Foster/Sif

Super-intelligent scientist/warrior is my jam, and I love this pairing a ridiculous amount, and I would love anything for it, honestly. Whatever you choose to play with in the MCU sandbox is fine by me.

Maybe an AU where Jane meets Thor instead of Sif, somehow, and it all spirals from there? What would change in the MCU universe, what wouldn't? (Or if you want to go with the Jane!Thor route as in the comics that'd also be good, tbh.)

Or maybe Sif comforts Jane after Thor and Jane break up, and that turns into something more? Or Sif rescues Jane from something, or vice versa? Any excuse for H/C is great! Or, Jane and Sif working as a team against a supernatural threat, and in general having each other's backs and being there for each other.

Or maybe Sif teaches Jane how to fight? Or Sif whisks Jane away on a romantic tour of the Nine Realms? Or Jane takes Sif to work with her one day, to the astonishment of her colleagues? Or they explore the wonders of Midgard and/or Asgard? Or just lazing together in bed making out would also be pretty great.


Natasha Romanov/Peggy Carter

Spies and spying and spy shenanigans! Just everything to do with intelligence agencies and intragency policies and politics and foeyay and/or mentor/mentee, please.

Maybe Peggy supervises Natasha's defection to SHIELD? Natasha defects because of Peggy, maybe? Or maybe they have a foeyay thing going and Peggy manages to convince Natasha? Or Peggy seduces Natasha over to SHIELD?

Or Natasha visits Peggy in her nursing home, maybe? Advice dispensing, banter, gentle kissing, angst?

Or, if you're okay with background Peggy/Dottie, Peggy watches Natasha from afar and thinks of how similar she is to Dottie, maybe? Or Peggy's relationship with Natasha starts as Natasha being some kind of substitute for Dottie? (And either it remains fucked up or Peggy falls for Nat as Nat eventually.)

 

Or maybe an AU where they're closer in age to each other? (But with some kind of age gap still, please, the larger the better.) Maybe Cold War era rivalry with spy shenanigans? Thwarting each other's plans, fighting each other, kissing each other as a distraction technique, accidentally(-on-purpose) falling into bed together.

Or any kind of foeyay, really, I don't mind.


Peggy Carter/Sharon Carter

I loved Sharon in CW and TWS both (although I'm disappointed she didn't have a bigger role) and I adore Peggy a heap, and I'd love to see anywhere you go with this, whether fucked up or fluffy or both (*insert bothisgood.gif*). I'd rather they didn't become involved until Sharon is an adult, if that's okay with you.

Sharon's statements at Peggy's funeral about her surname—what was it like living in Peggy's shadow, even just within Peggy's family? What is it like in the outside world? Does she resent Peggy for it? Get annoyed by it? (Hatesex, anyone?) Does she get frustrated by the work she has to do to make herself heard for her own talents and strengths?

Or maybe Peggy mentoring Sharon, or Sharon discussing a workday with Peggy? Or maybe more on that phonecall with Peggy we see in TWS? Or Peggy teaching Sharon how to dance, or dancing with her at a function of sorts? Or the two of them in Peggy's office? Or fic/artwork exploring their similarities and differences? Or either one of them being captured (and tortured) and the other riding to her rescue?

Or maybe something more twisted, if that's your thing? When Peggy starts to detiorate, does she start thinking Sharon is Steve/use Sharon as a substitute for Steve? Or fucked up family issues?


Senator Brandt/Steve Rogers

Steve being able to see through politician's bullshit had to come from somewhere—did he cultivate this ability due to prolonged exposure to Senator Brandt? Did Steve actually believe some part of the Senator's spiel? I'd love something, anything, about the WWII propaganda machine that Steve was a huge part of, and that in the films Senator Brandt seems to be helping to orchestrate.

Or maybe, if you want to go in that direction, dubcon/noncon, with Senator Brandt abusing his authority (and/or plain being abusive) to get Steve into his bed? Or just Steve on his knees in front of Senator Brandt, still adorned with the American flag. Or does Senator Brandt (and maybe some other politicians) make use of Steve's body because it's obviously government body? Do they pimp him out to fill the Treasury's coffers? (Is Steve coerced into believing that he's providing a service for his country?)

Or maybe Steve keeps pressuring Brandt to send him into battle but Brandt doesn't cave? Or maybe Brandt keeps Steve as a pampered pet?

Or, if you can spin this, maybe they actually do fall for each other, somehow? Through prolonged contact with each other? Brandt wooing Steve or vice versa? Steve trying to find some sort of depth in Brandt and oops, accidentally caring for him?


Steve Rogers/Wanda Maximoff

If there's one thing both Steve and Wanda have it's shared life experiences. Both of them are uniquely positioned to know what the other has gone through. (And I love that Steve understands the twins even before he meets them. Letting a German scientist experiment on you for your country is one way of forming a very small, very exclusive group of people! And also by being created as a weapon for the cause you're fighting for, and being seen as a weapon forever afterwards.) And I love that Wanda doesn't have any second thoughts or hesitations about joining Steve in CW.

Steve mentoring Wanda when she first joins the Avengers! I love Steve in tough love mode in Civil War, so more of that, more of Steve's mentorship and the kind of paternal-but-not-quite role he seems to play with Wanda would be great. Or anything about Steve

Or Steve breaking Wanda out of the Raft/going on the run together, maybe? I'd love to see what they do with themselves between CW and IW—do they go into deep cover? Do they still help people out, or do they go completely to ground and stop using their powers? H/C in the aftermath of Wanda's imprisonment would also be great, if you want to go in that direction.

  • Or maybe they explore how Wanda's powers work? In bed or otherwise, both would be great! I'm just curious as to how Wanda's powers work.

 






Original Works

Okay, so this is my first time requesting original works, and my prompts are going to be very different for this section than for the other sections. Most of the stuff I like, fic and art, are mentioned in the 'general likes' section (because mostly for this section I'd just love anything that's remotely related to my likes, so let your id run free). There'll be 4-6 short prompts in bullet points for each pairing instead of a long paragraph because of that.


Ancient Dignified River/Her Young Spritely Nymph

  • The river nymph can be male or female; I don't mind which!
  • I don't mind a humanoid river and/or nymph, or them taking a different form. And are they benign or malevolent? Evil, good, or indifferent?
  • The river trying to tame the nymph's mischievous ways! Or the nymph playing some sort of prank on the river.
  • The river wrapping herself around the nymph and holding the nymph close.
  • An origin story—how did the nymph find the river? How did the nymph become the river's? Was the nymph created by the river, if you're into incest?
  • Or perhaps there's a curse on either the nymph or the river—or both—either trapping them with each other or keeping them from each other.

 


Beleaguered General Of A Rebel Army/Her Much-Younger Female Aide

  • I'd love to see any setting for this. Perhaps it's a rebel army of a fictional world rebelling against a tyrant (is it a fictional fantasy world, and if so is there any magic involved? Is either the general or her aide a practitioner of magic?). Or maybe it's an IRL historical setting, maybe with OCs instead of real historical figures, or maybe just even real historical figures? (Perhaps a genderswapped-to-female version of historical figures?) Or an alternate history type thing set in our world?
  • Power dynamics! I'd love to see the aide kneeling to/bowing to the general, or kissing her general's hand.
  • Does the general ever take out her frustrations at the war effort on the aide, or loose her temper with her aide? Or does the aide ever misbehave and need to be punished?
  • Or maybe the aide isn't satisfied with her position and wants to rise to greater heights? (Or maybe the aide worked really hard to get where she is and is overawed and amazed by the general?)
  • Perhaps the aftermath of a battle, where either the general or her aide has been injured, or one of them falling sick?
  • Or the two of them working together late into the night, or the general discussing tactics with her aide and getting her unofficial advice, or venting at the aide? I'm just here for alll the competence porn.

 


Faery Queen/Human Girl

  • Enchantment and being spirited away into far-off worlds! I'd love anything to do with the Faery Queen and a human girl caught in the Queen's enchantment.
  • How does the girl catch the Queen's eyes? Does she wander into a faery ring? Is she pledged to the Queen by a promise her parent(s) made? Does she offend the Faery Queen somehow? Or is it something completely different?
  • What does Faery look like? Is it very dangerous for humans, or does the Queen protect the girl? What sort of dangers and what sort of people do the girl encounter there?
  • How does the girl react to being taken by the Faery Queen? Does she come to accept it, or does she fight it every step of the way? Does the Faery Queen enchant her into liking it? (Dubcon/noncon?)
  • Or maybe the girl entraps the queen and/or fights against her—maybe the girl is a sorcerer who wants to use the Queen's power? Or maybe the Queen is a malevolent power holding the girl's family/village/country captive and the girl has to fight her to break the curse?

 


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Goddess/Human Princess Sacrificed To Her

  • Non/dubcon or complete consent are both a-okay with me! Is the princess a willing sacrifice, or is she dragged kicking and screaming to the altar? Or maybe she's willing initially, but has second thoughts once the actual sacrifice begins? Or maybe she's unwilling but the goddess convinces her?
  • Does the goddess spirit take the princess off somewhere, to keep? Either the princess falling in love with the goddess (Stockholm Syndrome?) or still being unwilling could be great!
  • How does the actual sacrifice take place? Is the princess tied to an altar/post/rock etc.? Does the ritual require her to be a virgin and/or for the goddess to have sex with her? How is she prepared by her people, both physically and mentally, for the sacrifice? Are there specific elements for the ritual and/or ritualistic clothing?

 


Immortal Swordswoman/Young Princess

  • The gap in age, experience, and powers and strength between the two characters here is delicious, and anything playing with power dynamics would be great!
  • How do the princess and the swordswoman meet? Does the swordswoman rescue the princess from a dragon/evil sorcerer (and the princess is oh so grateful)? Are they betrothed from the princess' birth? Does the princess' parent(s) owe their life/kingdom to the swordswoman? Does the swordswoman work for the princess' parents? Does the swordswoman capture the princess at the behest of a person she's contracted to?
  • Noncon or dubcon or completely consensual would be great.
  • Is the princess trothplighted to the swordswoman somehow, through contract or by birth or by a curse or because they're soulmates? How does the swordswoman's immortality affect their relationship?
  • If you're so inclined, visual differences between the two—with the swordswoman being strong and grizzled and scared and the princess being delicate and more traditionally beautiful, or any other visual difference you'd like to include—would be great.

 


Older Female Heiress/Young Maid

  • All the power dynamics here, please, whether it's the heiress being authoritative and domineering or the maid turning the tables on the heiress.
  • How does their relationship start? Does the heiress jump the maid's bones while she's cleaning? Does the maid set out to seduce the heiress for her money (and maybe accidentally fall in love along the way)? Is there tortured angst about the power differences, or do neither of them care?
  • Again, visual power differences! The maid standing while the heiress sits, the heiress' opulent clothing vs. the maid's plain clothing/uniform, the maid working while the heiress oversees her etc.
  • For smutty stuff, punishment spanking and/or chastity devices and/or noncon!

 


Older Female Space Marine/Younger Female Space Marine

  • I love the formality of the military chain of command and I love competent, kick-ass characters and I love power dynamics and I love canons in spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace. This is basically a combination of all those loves!
  • I'd love junior officer/senior officer (senior officer/her XO would be great), junior officer/senior NCO, junior enlisted person/senior NCO etc. would all be great!
  • Do the differences in rank worry them? Are there fraternization policies, and if there are, do they have to sneak around to not get caught? (Kissing/quickies in secluded areas, closets etc. would be great!) Do they caught, and what's the reaction to that?
  • The two of them in some dangerous situation together, or on a mission, or going out guns blazing, or just generally in battle. Or tactical meetings, or poring over maps/navigational programs and making plans, or navigating military politics. Or maybe having to face incompetency from command together, and/or leaning on each other to get through horrific situations
  • Or anything to do with power dynamics and the chain of command!
  • If you want to play with morality (soul-searching after following orders they knew were unlawful and/or morally wrong, killing civilians who get caught in the line of fire, experiencing something horrific and doing something horrific as a result) that'd also be great.

 


Older Regency Era Lady/Younger Regency Era Gentlewoman

  • Power differences, again! Power differences and class differences and age differences all rolled into one!
  • The two of them dancing together, or kissing in the gardens, or the lady showing the gentlewoman her lands, or in bed together, or hosting company, or reading/playing cards in the evening, accidental first meetings.
  • Just everything typical of a Regency romance here would be lovely, whatever you define that as.
  • Maybe repression and/or internalized homophobia (and classism) if that's your thing, and angst about that?
  • Or an arranged marriage between the lady and the gentlewoman? Or the lady is looking for a companion? Or the lady becomes the gentlewoman who wants to pursue the arts' patron?
  • Any scenario you can think of would be lovely, honestly.

Powerful Young Goddess/The Mother Goddess Older Than Time

  • Elemental magic, forces beyond human comprehension, and creation and destruction!
  • Maybe a mythological framing? A story being told to children, or a legend recited by storytellers, or an epic poem brought out at feasts? Or, for art, specifically, a drawing of an old myth on a piece of pottery/a scroll/an old book? Or if you want to go with another storytelling method that's fine with me too.
  • How do the goddesses manifest? Do they have human forms, or are their forms more nebulous?
  • Does the powerful young goddess conspire in a rebellion to overthrow the mother goddess? Does the mother goddess weaken and get defeated, or does she win out? Or do they come together for a ritual, or if you're okay with incest, maybe the young goddess is born of the mother goddess?

 

Queen/Her Younger Female Knight

  • Loyalty! I would love anything to do with loyalty and/or politics, please.
  • The knight kneeling and/or kissing her queen's hand, or otherwise pledging her loyalty. Or the queen awarding the knight some honour, or watching her ride off to battle, or receiving her as she returns bruised and bloodied from battle.
  • Or maybe the knight gets captured and tortured, and H/C from that?
  • Or, is the knight the Queen's silent assassin/her right hand in the dark, doing the Queen's bidding, spying and managing spies and silently getting rid of people she needs getting rid of and interrogating prisoners and otherwise doing horrible things in the name of the Queen?
  • Or the knight ascending from squire to knight, and the beginning of their relationship?

 






Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

  • Okay, so this is a weird request, but please no everyone lives/some people live AUs unless I specifically ask for them? The point of Rogue One, for me, is that everyone dies (and, personally, I don't think there's anything left for any of them if they do live), so I'd prefer not to see this. No unrequested AUs from the movie at all, please? (I don't mind picking and choosing details from the book at all, though! That's what I love to do. And if I ask for AUs then they're more than fine.)
  • The main thing I love about Rogue One is the nitty-gritty behind-the-scene details, and the toll the Rebellion takes on all its members.
  • I'd adore backstory and generally terrible things they've done (because I don't think any of them haven't done one or two awful things).
  • Quick Cassian note: I love that he's a tortured idealist who's done awful things (seriously, Cassian/self-loathing is my OTP, and Cassian selling his integrity for the Rebellion is something I'd love to see, as is calculating!Cassian), so please don't make him a person who hasn't done bad things? Also for Jyn, although she's actually more Han Solo type, and I love that! (I would seriously love to see Jyn having been a smuggler at some point.)
  • I'd love more on the workings of the Rebellion, and all the petty annoyances, and also, for characters who are part of the Rebellion, Rebellion missions.
  • I'd love to see traumatized, exhausted characters stretched to their limits, and exhausted, harried leaders stretched to their limits.
  • Smutty things: lots and lots of loyalty kink, please, and superior officers/people under them, and kneeling and D/s. The command hierarchies of both the Empire and the Rebellion are just made for this!
  • The Empire—I'd love to see more about what sort of things they do.
  • The Force, and the Jedi, and explorations of that, and what legends about the Jedi and stories about them remain in the Empire.
  • This is a general Star Wars thing, but I love the various planets, and I'd love whatever new planets you come up with! Also cultures of various planets and culture clashes?
  • There's a lot of moral grey area in Rogue One and I love that, so something about that? Especially how extremists are presented very neutrally and how the supposed 'good guys' do bad things, and, again, that's presented neutrally.
  • For art: I love how worn and ragged everyone and their costumes look! And also, hair game. Star Wars hair game is strong.

 

Bail Organa/Cassian Andor

Okay, so Cassian seems to be pretty high up in the Rebellion hierarchy—I'm sure he interacts with Bail a lot. Maybe he's being sent off on one of the missions where he does terrible things, or maybe a mission report afterwards and he's pretty banged up? Or Bail has to send Cassian into a situation where there's a high chance that he'll be captured and tortured? (And then, of course, Cassian is captured and tortured, and all the hurt/comfort.) Or I'd love to see strategy meetings, behind-the-scene workings of the Rebellion. Or maybe Cassian and Bail working to remain professional despite their relationship? Or do they bring the Rebellion command hierarchy to bed with them?

Or Cassian being in the Rebellion since he was six—does that have anything to do with Bail? Is Bail a mentor to Cassian and does their relationship change into something else as Cassian grows up? Or does Cassian meet Bail as an adult and they become fuckbuddies/fall for each other/etc. at that point?

Also, Cassian's hair is really, really soft, and I would adore seeing Bail playing with it/stroking it.


Cassian Andor/Davits Draven

All the hierarchies and power dynamics here, please! I love the obedience Cassian gives to the Rebellion and, by extension, to Draven, his CO, and I love all the horrible things he must have done carrying out orders for the Rebellion. Draven must have been the one giving him those orders, so anything on that.

Does Draven attempt to get Cassian to deal with his guilt/PTSD (subtly or not-so-subtly), and fail? Does he have his own issues that he's not dealing with? Does he genuinely care about Cassian despite the sometimes unsavoury things he has to get Cassian to do? (What does he think when he's deliberately sending Cassian off to kill someone or to be captured and tortured?)

Or is he manipulating Cassian for his own purposes? Does he take advantage of his position fo authority over Cassian? Or maybe he doesn't think he's taking advantage but Cassian feels obliged so it's fucked up?

For art, power dynamics! Draven training Cassian or helping him to brush up on his skills, Cassian looking bruised and battered while giving a mission report, Cassian kneeling/saluting to Draven, Draven tracing one of Cassian's scars, Draven having to punish Cassian.






Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen

Colonel Brandon/Elinor Dashwood

Okay, so I have really, really strong feelings about this pairing. I figured that Marianne would end up with Col. Brandon and Elinor would end up with Edward pretty early on, but I still ended up shipping these two like hell, because I love their camaraderie and their rapport and how much they get each other and Elinor's descriptions of Brandon's good looks and their chemistry and just everything about them.

I'd love basically any sort of canon divergence AU where they end up with each other, whether that's Edward marrying Lucy and Marianne falling for someone else after Willoughby and the two of them growing together, or the two of them realizing that they'd be good together, or anything else.

Infidelity isn't my favourite thing for this pairing, but something set years on when they realize they're both unhappy with their marriages, gravitate to each other, have an oh moment, and sort something out with their respective partners would be great!

If you want to handwave their getting together and create something set in the future that would also be grate!

For art, just anything with the two of them together. Dancing in London, out riding, going on a walk, with any children you might want them to have, the Colonel leaning down to kiss Elinor's hand, Brandon and Elinor earnestly discussing a book or politics with their heads bent together, a rare moment where they're in an argument, all up in each other's faces. Anything you'd like to draw would be great!






The Lord of the Rings – J. R. R. Tolkien

  • There aren't enough fics based on the Myths Transformed version of Middle-earth, and if that's something you'd like to explore, I'd love that, especially a more scientifically accurate (and sometimes, to my mind, a more tragic-and-dark-but-beautiful) vision of Middle-earth. (Other versions would also be wonderful, of course! This is just a specific thing I don't see much of.)
  • I love the fact that Tolkien's canon is a patchwork of different stories and mythologies, both in the Doylist and Watsonian sense, and fic exploring that would be wonderful.
  • Linked with the points above, I'm interested in lived vs. written stories, and Those Pesky Historians, and how unseen forces affect history.
  • Nature that comes alive.
  • The mortals and Elves/free will and destiny debate and the role of the Valar would be a wonderful thing to read about—I'd love exploration of any of the philosophical questions of Tolkien's world, really, but especially this, as detailed in the Athrabeth and writings about the role of the Valar.
  • All things Darkness and Light, really—I'm very fascinated by how these polar opposites work in Tolkien's world (and you can go back right to the beginning, to the Music, if you like), and how Arda is both grim and uplifting at the same time.
  • I love the way magic and power operate in Tolkien's world—the work he's done to make it believable is wonderful. Writing a green sun, indeed! Anything you can write about this would be welcome and much-adored.
  • I especially love the Ñoldor and Númenor, although every Age of Middle-earth holds my heart.
  • For interspecies relationships, I'd love to see an emphasis on otherness and trying to understand each other.

 


Arwen/Éowyn

Politics! Politics galore, please, and also queens finding themselves away from home and taking comfort from their peers, and having adventures, and ruling while their husbands are away. For the 'ships, I don't mind either open relationships or infidelity. I'd also like a bit more about the Rohirrim. I love horses, so if you could include equestrian detail in the fic/artwork that'd also be lovely ♥.

I would love to see Arwen visiting Rohan with Éowyn. Perhaps the two of them are on individual errands and meet, or maybe they plan a trip? Or Éowyn staying in Minas Tirith, maybe? Or maybe Arwen pays a royal visit to the newly-restored Ithilien? I just love how vividly different these places are from each other and would love something about that, or about them meeting unexpectedly (or planning their rendezvous).

And speaking of trips, I'd also love Éowyn and Arwen having any kind of adventure together. Perhaps them riding out to war? Or maybe going on a diplomatic trip?

And explorations of their heritage! Arwen was brought up in Rivendell among Elves, and Éowyn is from Rohan and fully, completely human. Does Éowyn teach Arwen about mortality and what it means to be human? Does Arwen try to heal the hurts Éowyn endured when her uncle was under Wormtongue's spell?


Arwen/Gilraen

Oooh, I love this for its awkward connotations. A gentle fic, if portraying their relationship, but I'd also love a look at the awkwardness that would result—“Aragorn, I've already met your Mother. In fact, I've gone down on her too many times to count”. A relationship not based on love, but mutual loss and comfort, staving away loneliness, would also be something I'd love explored (although I'd love to see them madly in love with each other, too). I'd also love bonding, and discussions/portrayals of mortality and immortality.

What does Arwen's mother-in-law think about her? Surely they must have spent time together in Rivendell, possibly in the years before Arwen was betrothed, but after Aragorn had gone away. Did Aragorn's youthful crush result in mutual embarrassment? Or did they laugh over it? And I'd love advice, given and received, and also Elven vs. human perceptions of passing time.

Arwen/Gilraen in the window of time between Aragorn going away and their betrothal would be lovely. Or maybe Arwen comforting Gilraen after Arathorn's death? Or an AU where Arwen doesn't become betrothed to Aragorn (and what that would change, maybe)?

Or maybe something to do with Arwen's Half-Elven heritage, or maybe her name, something about the Evenstar? Or Gilraen combing Arwen's hair, or the two of them out riding together?


Éowyn/Galadriel

Éowyn and Galadriel meeting! I love these two characters and want to see them together, and however you engineer and/or depict that will be wonderful!

How do they meet? Is it after the War of the Ring? Or maybe an AU where Éowyn wanders into Lórien somehow, and she finds Galadriel that way? Or Galadriel venturing out of Lórien and into Rohan for some reason?

Éowyn seems to be kind of like younger Galadriel in that she's headstrong and knows her own mind, but at the same time she's a lot more desperate (although possibly not as reckless?). Anything playing with that would be great!

Or maybe Éowyn looking into Galadriel's mirror and the aftermath of that? Or Galadriel showing Éowyn the wonders of Lórien, or Éowyn hosting Galadriel in Meduseld? Anything that gets the two of them to spend time together is great, in my book!

And for art especially, but fic too, they're both golden-haired and beautiful, but the resemblance ends there. Éowyn's more muscled rider's body when compared with Galadriel's Vanyar and Telerin heritage, please? I'd love anything about visual differences, and also height differences.


Finduilas of Dol Amroth/Uinen

Maybe Finduilas used to go down to the sea and talk to it when she lived in Dol Amroth? Or maybe, after she dies, the sea claims her? Anything from fitting in canon to wildly AU would be lovely for this.

I'd love something vaguely supernatural, please, if you can do that, and maybe something to do with swans? Or maybe Uinen rising up out of the water to embrace Finduilas, or Finduilas walking in to the water?

I love the sinister edges of Tolkien's world and how the magic of Middle-earth is very wild and untamed and incomprehensible, and I love that there's both the sinister kind of incomprehensible brought on by the Marring of Arda and the kind of incomprehensibleness that just is. And for the purposes of this exchange I would love what happens to Finduilas, her fading away, falling into either category. And I also love what happens to human beings when they try to approach/understand things beyond their comprehension, whether that's just disappearing, losing their memory, or awful, unnameable tortures, if you want to go the dark fic/art way.

Maybe Finduilas was fading away because parts of her were slowly being taken to the other world, possible due to an ancient Dúnedain artefact/her Silvan blood/both, and Uinen is either the perpetrator or her rescuer? Or maybe Finduilas wasting away in Gondor was because someone was fucking with her mind and keeping her on edge and jittery (and, again, Uinen could be her rescuer or tormentor)? Or maybe a Thomas the Rhymer-style thing where Uinen whisks Finduilas away only for her to return in the Fourth Age?


Goldberry/Lady of the Blue Brooch

There are so many lovely fics for this pairing, but I still want more! For those of you who don't know, the Lady of the Blue Brooch was a woman, presumably a noble of Cardolan, and her brooch found its way into the tomb of the last prince of Cardolan. And, of course, Goldberry (and Tom) knew her.

From there, I'd love whatever your take on this would be! Was she fleeing from something when she met Goldberry? Wandered away from a travelling party and got lost? How did she die? In her life, who was she? A princess? A lady? A warrior? Someone else entirely?

And since she's probably a noble from Cardolan, maybe something about the last days of Cardolan, or something about the politics and the wars of Arnor?

I'd love to see Goldberry's meeting with her, maybe by the Withywindle, or did Goldberry wander into her somewhere in Arnor? Or maybe something about the two of them in Goldberry's house? Or something bittersweet or angsty about how she leaves? (And how did her brooch find its way to that barrow?)

Or something creepier, maybe, with her being a barrow-wight, or Goldberry trying to bring her back from death, or Goldberry casting an enchantment over her to make her stay?


Goldberry/River-woman

Okay, so this is one of my few exceptions to the parent/child incest DNW, because, uh, damn do I ship this. I only started shipping it while thinking of what to nominate, but I really, really ship it now.

I love Goldberry's mysterious nature and how we basically know nothing about her, and we know even less about the River-woman. You can choose to explore who and what they are and where they come from, if you want, or you can choose to keep their origins shrouded in mystery—it's up to you.

This is really a 'nature which tries to eat you' pairing, if that's your thing, for me. Either deliberate (nature which tries to eat you because it's malevolent and evil) or not (they're dangerous because they just are, it's nothing deliberate) would be great!

Either fluff (the River-woman wrapping herself around Goldberry? Growing lilies for her? Taking her sailing through the Withywindle? Protecting her from some darkness?) or angst or creepy twistedness/dark fucked-upness (the darkness of the Huorns infecting Goldberry and/or the River-woman? Sauron's influence on the Old Forest? A creepy twist on their origin story? The River-woman trying to drown/strangle Goldberry/draw her into her to keep forever?).






The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth – J. R. R. Tolkien

  • There aren't enough fics based on the Myths Transformed version of Middle-earth, and if that's something you'd like to explore, I'd love that, especially a more scientifically accurate (and sometimes, to my mind, a more tragic-and-dark-but-beautiful) vision of Middle-earth. (Other versions would also be wonderful, of course! This is just a specific thing I don't see much of.)
  • I love the fact that Tolkien's canon is a patchwork of different stories and mythologies, both in the Doylist and Watsonian sense, and fic exploring that would be wonderful.
  • Linked with the points above, I'm interested in lived vs. written stories, and Those Pesky Historians, and how unseen forces affect history.
  • Nature that comes alive.
  • The mortals and Elves/free will and destiny debate and the role of the Valar would be a wonderful thing to read about—I'd love exploration of any of the philosophical questions of Tolkien's world, really, but especially this, as detailed in the Athrabeth and writings about the role of the Valar.
  • All things Darkness and Light, really—I'm very fascinated by how these polar opposites work in Tolkien's world (and you can go back right to the beginning, to the Music, if you like), and how Arda is both grim and uplifting at the same time.
  • I love the way magic and power operate in Tolkien's world—the work he's done to make it believable is wonderful. Writing a green sun, indeed! Anything you can write about this would be welcome and much-adored.
  • I especially love the Ñoldor and Númenor, although every Age of Middle-earth holds my heart.
  • For interspecies relationships, I'd love to see an emphasis on otherness and trying to understand each other.

 


Almarian/Erendis

Okay, so Erendis/her mother in law the Queen again has lots of implications for power dynamics and fucked-up family relationships, but also fluffiness if you want to go in that direction. So do whatever you want with this.

Maybe Erendis seduces Almarian to piss off Aldarion? Does Aldarion and/or Almarian find out, and find out why, and are they pissed off? Do they slowly fall for each other or does it remain fucked up?

Or maybe some H/C? Maybe Almarian visits Erendis in Emerië? Or maybe Almarian decides that Aldarion doesn't deserve Erendis, and romances Erendis herself? Or maybe Almarian convinces Erendis to let Ancalimë go to the city? Or Erendis takes comfort in her mother-in-law while Aldarion is gone?

Or, for a smut idea, Erendis is spanked by Almarian for [Reason]. Or the bride of the King's Heir has to remain a chaste until the wedding night/while her husband is gone out of Númenor, and Almarian holds the key to Erendis' chastity device. Or, Almarian decides to tie Erendis up, again for [Reason]. Or, traditionally, Númenorean brides have to submit to their mother-in-laws for 'inspection'.


Galadriel/Varda

Something mystical and magical and dangerous for these two, maybe? I'm interested in how this'd work—was it a passionate romance during the Years of the Trees, or did it happen after Galadriel came back at the end of the Third Age?

If pre-Darkening, maybe the two of them meeting, and things proceeding from there. Explorations of power dynamics, maybe, because Varda is obviously so much more powerful than Galadriel, and/or mentorship? And post-Darkening, there must have been feelings of betrayal on both sides, so something about that, maybe?

And how do they react on meeting each other again, after Galadriel has atoned and gone through her test? Or maybe Galadriel finding comfort in Varda after the loss of everything she knows, and after the loss of her husband too (well, estrangement, but Celeborn doesn't look to be crossing the Sea any time soon).

Or, what does it feel like for an Elf to be in bed with a Valië? Does Varda use her powers on Galadriel? Or does Varda submit to Galadriel for this one thing?

I'd love art about stars and skies, please! Or maybe Varda and Galadriel on Taniquetil together, or Varda watching over Galadriel from far away?


Lalaith/Niënor Níniel

Sistercest! This would, out of necessity, have to be an AU where Lalaith doesn't die. Maybe Lalaith and Niënor sustaining each other through difficult times? Maybe instead of Túrin, Lalaith is the one who's cursed? Codependent fucked-up siblings, please! And for art (and fic), something focusing on how they're the antithesis of each other?

What would happen if Túrin died, not Lalaith? I'd imagine a lot of the events would go the same, but would Húrin not having a male heir affect canon events much? Would Lalaith stay with her mother and sister, or would she be smuggled out like Túrin was? And would Doriath and the outlaws happen just the same, and would Lalaith still be the Blacksword, or would something different happen? Would Lalaith's and Niënor's meeting go the same? And what effect would Niënor not being pregnant have on the final events? Would they go the same, or differently? (And would she even want to be called Lalaith after her brother's death?)

Or an AU where Lalaith doesn't die and Túrin also lives—again, would Lalaith go to Doriath or stay with Morwen? Would Niënor and her become codependent because of the situation they're in if she stayed, or would they fight all the time? If Lalaith goes to Doriath with her brother, would Niënor stumble upon Lalaith instead of Túrin?


Tar-Anárion's daughters/Tar-Ancalimë

We know that Tar-Anárion's daughters both refused the queenship, most likely because they were pressured to, but there's not much to go on beyond that, so I would like it very much if political backstabbing was involved. Did they try to betray their father/aunt and were caught? Or was it the people around them who were doing the backstabbing, because of [insert reason you want here]? Just all the Númenorean politics, please! (Which we know are not very nice at all, even if they have a polite veneer.)

I'm very interested in Tar-Ancalimë's relationship with her granddaughters, since it's implied that she's the reason they gave up the throne. Did she regret not really caring about Tar-Anárion, and go too far in the other direction? Is she just extremely protective to the point of being unhealthily controlling for different reasons? Or maybe she sees them as her heirs, and is very possessive because of that? Or if you want to go really dark, Tar-Ancalimë marrying both of them off to husband she knows won't let them become queen, and manipulating both the husband and her granddaughters?

Or maybe the reason Tar-Anárion's daughters gave up the throne is because, while they're heirs, their bodies belong to the throne, and thus to Tar-Ancalimë/the Council? Maybe the way they dress, how and what they eat, even how they perform their ablutions are all controlled by external forces? Maybe they're forced to undergo gruelling 'training' or be experimented upon? Or maybe they're forced to provide sex?


Tar-Míriel/Uinen

There's an obvious connection between the Line of Elros and the Sea, and as the Lady of the Waves, Uinen is part of that connection too. Anything, fic or art, angsty or fluffy, playing with that would be lovely.

Do the Faithful have any rituals to worship Uinen? Are they elaborate and long (and perhaps sexual)? Does Míriel encounter Uinen through one of the rituals? (Is she literally sacrificed to the sea, in a temporary non-fatal sacrifice?) Or maybe Uinen discovers the existence of these rituals after she and Míriel meet—perhaps Míriel introduces her to them?

Or maybe Míriel takes comfort in Uinen after she's taken as Ar-Pharazôn's wife. Perhaps she sneaks down to the sea, or perhaps Uinen comes to her somehow?

Or maybe Míriel is rescued by Uinen from the Downfall! Does Uinen carry Míriel away into her underwater bower? Does Míriel gain immortality, or does she have to die eventually still? Or maybe it's more creepy, with Uinen keeping Míriel captive against her will or using her powers to make her fall for her?

Or if you want to go in the smutty direction, underwater sex! And whatever powers Maiar have being used by Uinen for sex! Or creepysex with Uinen devouring Míriel, or drawing her under a spell to make her want to have sex with her, or any other type of creepyness.