the_wavesinger | MCU Exchange letter (Reply)

Dear MCUEx Creator,

Apologies for the late letter; life kinda got away from me. I'm super-excited to be doing this exchange, though!

Please don't be frightened by this long-ish letter. You don’t even have to read any of it; as long as you don’t include my DNWs I'm sure I'll love whatever you create for me!

I've not yet watched Endgame or Captain Marvel so this letter doesn't have prompts related to either, but I'll have finished watching both by the 20th of May (and I'm already thoroughly spoiled) so feel free to include stuff from both movies!

If you want to know more about me , I’m

The_Wavesinger,

the-wavesinger and The Wavesinger (Silmarillion Writers’ Guild) on my fannish haunts. You can also find me here on DW, and as

the_wavesinger on LJ, but I don’t frequent those places often. I If you want more on my fic preferences (however unlikely that is, after this very long letter!), my fic rec tag on Tumblr and my AO3 bookmarks may be of some use, and for art, my art and fan art tags on Tumblr may be of some use You may also want to poke through my previous exchange letters.

This letter has a list of DNWs and general likes, and also 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.

DNWs:

Fandom-specific DNWs: Bucky/Nat and Darcy Lewis, including passing mentions.
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 (including daddy/mommy kink), and any sort of permanent marking/scarring/body modification (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.
Anachronistic discussions of sexuality and/or characters lecturing other characters on SJ issues.

MCU-specific likes

I'd prefer that Coulson, Loki, Tony, Peter Parker, and Vision aren't main characters, please.
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).

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
Possessive touches (one character having their arm around another, hand at the small of back, cupping another character’s face etc)
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!
Kissing and making out, especially making out in bed/in unusual places and/or a significant height difference between characters
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.

Genre-Specific Stuff

Action/Adventure: fight scenes between individuals ◈ big battle scenes ◈ going on quests/missions ◈ fighting bad guys together ◈ period-typical/canon-typical weapons ◈ characters being very very good at fighting/tactics/strategy ◈ strategy and tactics in general ◈ movements of large armies ◈ end-of-the world scenarios ◈ high-stakes battles or missions ◈ covert operations ◈ supernatural elements being involved in the mix in canons with supernatural/magical elements ◈ fighting techniques ◈ plotty missionfic
Angst: musings on futility □ hopeless situations and things falling apart □ characters' flaws getting the better of them □ battles being lost □ stuck in situations without support □ forced to deceive loved ones □ unhappy endings □ everything that could go wrong going wrong □ (internalized or otherwise) homophobia □ struggles with religion/faith/belief □ ethical/moral dilemmas □ misunderstandings □ feeling unloved □ being forced to hurt loved ones and do other bad things □ having to compromise on their ideals □ Hobson's choice situations □ betrayals of trust □ star-crossed lovers or the platonic version of this □ the world changing and leaving the characters behind □ things being lost to the ravages of time
in spaaaace ◎ different canon format (eg: musicals –> TV scripts) ◎ tone changes (eg: drama to comedy, tragedy to romance) ◎ crackification ◎ adding magic/supernatural elements to canons ◎ focusing on a different aspect of a story than the canon does
Established Relationship: arguments and fights ○ vicious cycles ○ drama ○ compromising and learning to live together ○ date nights ○ banter and flirting ○ falling into bed together after a long day ○ characters organizing their lives around each other ○ unhealthy, obsessive relationships ○ smut ○ meeting the family ○ acquiring pets and/or kids and/or property
Getting Together: meet-cutes (including canon divergence AUs) ◌ angst about each others' feelings ◌ obstacles that have to be overcome ◌ A is convinced B doesn't like them ◌ characters who haven't met in canon meeting for the first time ◌ fake dating leads to real dating ◌ fucking for the greater good ◌ something makes them do it ◌ enemies to lovers ◌ friends to lovers ◌ soulmate AUs ◌ reincarnation AUs ◌ slow burn ◌ hey I just met you this is crazy ◌ one night stands to lovers ◌ angst over not being allowed to be together ◌ A has been hurt by other people in the past and has to slowly fall for B ◌ unrequited love turning requited ◌ A falls for B, who's been nursing a crush on A since forever
Hurt/Comfort: noncon aftermath ◘ torture aftermath ◘ recovering from an abusive relationship ◘ other kinds of post-abuse trauma ◘ injury aftermath ◘ characters stitching themselves together ◘ partner/other person hurting character and then comforting them ◘ PTSD (in a canon-appropriate way) ◘ contrast between current gentleness and past violence ◘ the comfort not helping with certain instinctual reactions (touch aversion, flinching, hyperawareness, hypersensitivity etc.) ◘ comforter feeling helpless in the face of comfortee's issues ◘ two hurt/fucked-up characters trying to comfort each other ◘ attempts to comfort/make things better backfiring ◘ comfortee refusing to accept comfort
miscommunication ◍ wanting different things in life ◍ wanting different things from each other ◍ betrayal ◍ lying to friends/partners ◍ arguments ◍ blow-ups that have been a long time coming ◍ deliberate miscontsructions ◍ deliberately hurting each other ◍ unintentionally hurting each other
Slice of Life: I love seeing glimpses into character's everyday lives in canon-appropriate ways. I love slice-of-life fics as insight into characters' backstories and histories, as well as as looks into their heads and as ways to figure out what's making them tick, or to make it clear that the characters' everyday lives are immensely atypical/fucked up. I also love these kinds of fic as worldbuilding vehicles.

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?

Angie Martinelli/Peggy Carter

I love both Peggy and Angie so bloody much, and the actresses have great chemistry with each other, and Peggy's and Angie's dynamic in Season One really does read very much like a romantic subplot to me, so I ship them very, very hard.

Maybe something set post-Season One, Peggie and Angie finally acting on their feelings? Maybe kissing, maybe going out on a date together? Or, I'd also love to see them post-Season Two. You can just handwave away all the romantic plotlines if you want, or maybe Peggy and Sousa break up amicably eventually, just Peggy and Angie shenanigans, please. (And I know that Angie didn't appear in Season Two except for a cameo because the actress had scheduling conflicts, but I'm still disappointed, so if you go with an AU where Angie plays a bigger part in S2, I'd also love that.)

And I'd love to see what Angie thinks of Peggy's career in a super-secret organization, and how she adjusts to her girlfriend's...erratic work schedule, and the constant danger Peggy's—and by extension Angie's—life is in. And Peggy's not very good at finding a work-life balance, I imagine, so maybe something about that? Or maybe something about Angie finally getting her breakout Broadway role?

Or maybe the two of them just spending time together with each other, kissing lazily or bantering and flirting and exchanging horror stories about work together, or having sex or dancing. Or the two of them at Angie's workpace, with Peggy sitting at the counter and Angie behind it, or Peggy watching Angie finally on Broadway, or maybe Peggy throwing herself in front of Angie to protect her from bullets/fists/etc.?

Diana Prince (DCEU)/Peggy Carter (Agent Carter)

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 Prince (DCEU) & Steve Rogers

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).

Dottie Underwood/Natasha Romanov

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, only a few years after Dottie? Whether you want older woman/younger woman, or an AU where they're the same age, 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.)

Dottie Underwood/Peggy Carter

I love both Peggy and Dottie a ridiculous amount, and as with Angie/Peggy, their actresses are both gorgeous, and they both have a ridiculous amount of chemistry. (And also the fact that they kissed in canon; or rather, Dottie noncon kissed Peggy. There's also that :D)

For this relationship, I'd love alllll the noncon or dubcon. Or just noncon kissing or badtouch, or one character tied up (or helpless in some other way) and at the other character's mercy. (Or both of them tied up, or both of them being non-con'd, or...)

I love the dynamic between Peggy and Dottie. I love that Peggy is the one person who really gets Dottie, when Dottie usually just manipulates everyone else, and I love the push/pull relationship they have going, where Dottie fights Peggy and wants to be Peggy at the same time, and where Peggy sees Dottie as her foe but also feels responsible for her, and they both respect each other as equals and rivals in a way their male colleagues don't. I love the cat-and-mouse (well, cat-and-cat, really) vibe they have going, and the fact that they end up opposite sides but team up anyway. I loved their interactions in both Season One (the flirting and the weird almost-love triangle between Angie, Peggy, and Dottie! The fight and 'I can be anything I want'! The kiss!) and, well, Season Two was pure gold for Dottie/Peggy (Peggy breaking Dottie out and finding her predictable! Dottie not betraying Peggy until she's forced to talk by Whitney Frost! Peggy coming for Dottie!).

Anything set at any point would be lovely; there's plenty of time for hatesex hookups between scenes. Or maybe post-canon, they find each other again, perhaps still rivals? Or maybe Dottie decides to go straight and Peggy helps her (and maybe that decision doesn't last)? Or an AU where they're somehow both on the same side from the beginning?

Erik Killmonger/T'Challa

I came out of Black Panther shipping them like burning because holy fuck. Holy fuck. I love their dynamics in the movie, and it helps that both actors are ridiculously attractive.

I love the tragedy of Erik's story (T'Challa's in relation to Erik's too), how he's become a monster because of a harsh, unforgiving world, and I love the inevitability of his death and the terrible waste and tragedy of his life, and I love that he was at least partially right. And I love that he's a dark mirror of T'Challa and of Wakanda, reflecting all the ugly parts of Wakanda that the characters from Wakanda don't want to see.

What if N'Jadaka had been brought to Wakanda, either by his father or after his father died by Zuri or T'Chaka? Or what if his father hadn't died, somehow? What would change, and what wouldn't? How would that change his dynamic with T'Challa? Would they have grown up as cousins, on friendlier terms, and worked together?

Or what if T'Challa somehow makes Erik live? (Or he lives through the intervention of the heart-shaped herb?) Does he stand trial for his crimes? How does he react to his non-death and to T'Challa? What does he think of T'Challa's outreach efforts? Does he eventually find peace, or does he always remain restless and angry, at T'Challa and at Wakanda? (And does hatesex happen if so or is it all UST?)

What would have happened if T'Challa and Erik had met earlier, before Erik was ready to set his plans in motion, maybe even before T'Chaka dies? Would that have changed anything? Or would the story have spiralled towards eventual tragedy anyway? Or maybe an AU where T'Challa is captured instead of 'killed', or they kiss/fuck at some point during the story.

Most Problematic^TM request: I would love to see Erik tied up ~~preferably in chains~~ at T'Challa's feet and/or T'Challa gently domming the fuck out of Erik, if that's your thing, or Erik shoving T'Challa around. Or angry, rough, bruising sex, please, with or without panther suits!

Howard Stark/Steve Rogers

I loved the whole idolization Howard had going for Steve in S1, and how much Steve factored into Howard's motivations, and Howard's search for Steve (it kills me that he kept looking even after all reasonable people would have stopped, after even Peggy stopped—that is not a man who has dealt with his grief), and I love that Howard has built Steve into a perfect person in his head. I am here for one-sided Howard/Steve as well as completely requited Howard/Steve and all the shades in-between.

Steve and Howard stealing a moment between missions for each other, maybe? Or Howard going out onto the field with Steve (and getting injured)? Either way, I'd love something that captures how fragile and fleeting their relationship would be in war (especially with the state of flux the army's attitude towards homosexuality was in in WWII, if you want to go in that direction). Or something playing with the fact that Steve is, essentially, Howard's creation? (Howard running tests on Steve/the serum? Possesive creepiness if you want to go in a darker direction?)

Or if you want to write/draw lots of angst, I'd love angst! Howard collecting photographs and piles upon piles of mementos of Steve, maybe? Or looking at a photograph of Steve (or the two of them together) pinned up somewhere in his study/workroom or which he carries in his pocket? Or something about the search for Steve, how he looks and looks and never gives up? Or, less angstily, an AU where he somehow survives until Steve is discovered (and maybe even Steve being discovered sometime earlier?)

Or angst while Steve's alive would be great, too! Maybe Howard looking at Steve from afar and pining over him, or fucking other people to get Steve out of his mind only it doesn't help (and Steve stumbling upon him at some point), or they have sex but Steve doesn't love Howard, or Hydra releasing some sort of sex pollen that makes them fuck and then the aftermath of that when they realize what happened (and this last one can go a less angsty way too!)?

Howling Commandos & Peggy Carter

I loved Peggy's interactions with the Howlies in Agent Carter, and I want moar. I love the easy rapport she has with them and how she's basically one of their team (even when the team's switched up a little), and how seamlessly they work together and how much the Howlies look up to and respect her, and I'd love to see her with the Howlies, whether that's during the war or after the war.

I'd love to see Peggy and the Howling Commandos spend some time together, with or without Steve (and Bucky), before or after the war. Maybe on a stealthy mission going in covertly, or covering the Howlies' asses to the Colonel and justifying some risk they had to take, or sitting around a campfire at night, or a reunion twenty-five/fifty years on? Or I'd love to see them all grieving Steve and Bucky together, the people they fought side-by-side with. Also, was the dynamic different between Peggy and the Howlies before and after Steve's death? Was there a shift in tone/nature of their interactions or not?

Was the mission we see in S1 the only mission she went with them for after the war, or were there other occasions they teamed up? When she's running SHIELD, does Peggy call in the Howlies' help for certain tasks? Does she join them even after she becomes Director, and is it good old times again, or does she sit the missions out and supervise them (and does she have to be convinced that she's too valuable to be out on the field, and does she agree or flip her middle finger)?

Or maybe an AU where she takes up their offer to quit SSR and join them on the field again, if only for a short time to take a break/work holiday? What kind of missions do they have? Does Peggy enjoy being back on the field with her men, or is there a part of her which knows she's needed at SHIELD/SSR?

Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood) & Steve Rogers, Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)/Steve Rogers

Both these characters are men out of their time and they have a lot in common; I’d love to see them meet.

Do they meet for the first time during WWII? What does Steve think of the American volunteer serving in the RAF? Do they bond in the middle of the war? Do they have any missions together? Does Steve stumble upon something Jack is doing for Torchwood? (Or do they meet before Jack met the Doctor, somehow? Maybe in the missing two years or while he was a Time Agent?)

Or Steve and Jack meeting, or reuiniting, in the 21st century? Maybe SHIELD wants information about Torchwood and sends Steve to do recon? Or SHIELD and Torchwood meet up? Or they meet on accident while Jack is in the US for some reason?

The two of them kissing, or talking, or fighting back to back? (Or a situation where they fight each other?)

Or maybe something about Jack’s immortality? Would Steve understand the consequences of Jack never being able to die? (Hurt/comfort, maybe?)

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.

Josh Lyman (The West Wing)/Steve Rogers

Josh and Steve meeting would be very interesting to me. I’d love to see anything about how the two of them meet, and fall in love. (Or hook up for a night, either one is good.)

If Santos had a second term, is Josh still Chief of Staff when Steve is unfrozen? If so, do they meet at a function or event? Or when/if Steve visits the White House for whatever reason? Or maybe they run into each other without realizing who the other is?

Or maybe Santos not having a second term or Josh not being CoS anymore—how do they meet? Is it something mundane like running into each other at a coffee shop? Or does Josh work for SHIELD or consult/advise for them and they meet like that? Or at a political fundraiser? Or do Josh and Steve meet in the years between IW and CW?

Does Steve get a sneak-a-peak moment into Josh’s job? For that matter, what do the two of them think of each other’s jobs, which are both very save-the-world but in extremely different ways? What does Steve think of the various compromises Josh makes for his job, and the complications of politics?

Or the two of them being soulmates, and/or getting married for whatever reason—what would the reaction from the public, press, and political figures be to their marriage?

Does Steve meet Santos and the West Wing staff at some point? Or maybe CJ or Toby? Or Josh meeting the Avengers? Or just the two of them making out on Josh’s desk, or in the Oval Office.

Nakia/Okoye

I have a Thing for soldier/spy, and Nakia and Okoye's interactions in the movie are wonderful (the car chase! The argument! The hug!), so I ship them like burning (and also because they're attractive I have simple needs okay).

They fight so well together and they seem to be so in sync with each other and know where the other is moving in their fight scenes—do they train a lot together? Do they help each other out during training (because they both have different areas of expertise)? Do training sessions devolve into something else? (Is there torture resistance training? Endurance training?) Or the two of them on a mission together, maybe, post-canon or pre-canon, the War Dogs and Dora Milaje working with each other for Reasons?

Or maybe Nakia training to be one of the Dora Milaje until she eventually decides to follow another path? (Would Okoye see this as a betrayal perhaps? Angst would be lovely either way.)

I love that they're so different from each other, and that they have clear ideological differences but still respect and care for each other. (The scene in the throne room was just damn. Speaking of which, what would happen in an AU where Killmonger's plans took longer to be set in motion and Nakia et al hid out with the Jabari and formed a resistance? Would Okoye remain loyal to N'Jadaka, and angst because of that, or would Okoye eventually defect, maybe along with some of the other Dora Milaje?)

Or post-canon (or pre-canon), the two of them clashing because of Okoye's more isolationist stance, while Nakia is more of a bleeding heart? The two of them learning to reconcile their ideological differences?

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.

Natasha Romanov/Sharon Carter

So, basically all my MCU pairings are 'I love these characters and I think the actresses are gorgeous and they'd work well together', and Natasha/Sharon isn't an exception. (And Nat and Sharon are just great characters, and I wish we'd seen more of Sharon especially, and Nat too in CA:CW.)

They both work for super-secret government agencies (the same super-secret government agency, even, at one point!) but they have very different pasts and very different skillsets and I'd love to see anything to do with that. Sharon being the Director and founder of SHIELD's granddaughter vs. Natasha being a Russian assassin and a lot more of an outsider is a very interesting contrast, in my opinion.

I also think that they probably have very different worldviews, given how they were brought into SHIELD and their roles at SHIELD, and I'd love to see anything about that. Or, post-TWS, they probably both have mixed feelings about the fall of SHIELD (that thing in AoU didn't happen shut up), but different kinds of mixed feelings, and I'd love to see more about that. Or, during Civil War, the two of them are probably the most sane people around, except maybe T'Chaka, (but, again, they do what they do for completely different reasons), and by the end of CW, Nat is on the run while Sharon isn't. (Though I can't see that lasting for long if Sharon's role in the whole fiasco is discovered.)

So maybe post-TWS or post-AoU, the two of them on some mission together? Or maybe they stumble upon each other by accident in some mundane place? Or maybe pre-TWS, they're on a SHIELD mission together, or maybe Sharon's the one who brings Nat into SHIELD (and she's on Steve-duty because Nat asked her to)? Or post-CW, them on the run together, possibly Nat rescuing Sharon after she's been discovered and arrested? Or Sharon still holding her position and helping Nat & co secretly?

Natasha Romanov & Steve Rogers

It is absolutely ridiculous how much I love these two, and how much I love gen about these two. I'd love to see them at any point in time. Pre-TWS, Steve and Natasha do have some sort of rapport going, but it becomes clear that Steve didn't trust her fully at that point; maybe something about that? Or maybe the two of them post-TWS (because I'm really curious as to what happened between TWS and AoU)? Or Natasha and Steve with the Avengers post-AoU? Or the two of them on the run post-CW and engaged in their down-low missions, coming to understandings and regaining their trust in each other?

I just love their banter and how well, in CW, they know each other, and how very well they work together, and their similarities and differences, and most of all, I just love that they get each other. Anything about their similarities and differences would be great! Since both of them were (are) considered basically weapons, and they're both deadly and dangerous, but in completely different ways. (In particular, I find their views on loyalty and personal attachment very very interesting.)

Or the two of them together on a mission, maybe? Because TWS made it very very clear how deadly and effective the two of them are together, and more so if the mission is personal, so I'd love to see them kick ass, with or without stopping to take names.

And I love the two of them opening up very very slowly to each other, so anything about that would be great, about the masks and defences they both have, in very different ways, and letting each other in. Or pre- or post-AoU after they've become comfortable with each other (outsider PoV?) or rebuilding their relationship post-CW.

Natasha Romanov/Wanda Maximoff

My reasons for shipping them are basically, again, that I love the characters, think the actresses are beautiful, and think that they'd work well together.

I'm kind of disappointed that we didn't get to see Natasha and Wanda interact much, as the only two female Avengers at that point. Wanda in particular has significant relationships with both Steve and Clint, who relate to her in one way or another and they've had experiences similar to hers in one way or another. So the lack of interaction with Natasha is kind of disappointing, since I think Natasha would understand Wanda's determination to make up for her past very much, and also understand how she came to work with Ultron.

But, at the same time, post-CW I think Wanda would be wary of Natasha, because Natasha was Team Iron Man for some time, and I think Wanda would see them as a huge part of the reason that she was in the Raft, where she was basically tortured (I mean, Team IM didn't have any part in the Raft in canon, not even Tony really, but Wanda doesn't know that, I think).

And I love both Nat and Wanda as Avengers, so I'd love to see how they and their relationship fit with the rest of the group, either post-AoU or post-CW.

So, maybe the two of them on the run together post-CW, maybe along with the rest of the Avengers? Maybe Nat helps Steve break into the Raft? Or maybe an AU where Natasha is the one who breaks Wanda out of house arrest? Or maybe the two of them on an Avengers mission pre-CW? I'd just love to see the two of them together, art or fic, in any way or form.

Peggy Carter/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.

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?

Sam Wilson/Steve Rogers

I love everything about these two, from their first meeting in TWS (the two of them bonding, their similar experiences (shared life experiences), the very unsubtle flirting and checking out going on on both sides) to Steve breaking Sam out of the Raft in CW (that smile on Sam's face, like he knew it was only a matter of time before Steve came).

I love their banter, and I love that Sam is so done with everyone's bullshit, especially in CW, and I love that even though Sam has got Steve's back, he's got his own reasons and isn't just blindly following Cap and I love the 'I do what he does, but slower' thing.

So, well, basically anything, but if you want more specific, maybe Steve breaking Sam out of the Raft post-CW, or Steve and Sam post-AoU but pre-CW? Or maybe the two of them on date, somewhere, and more flirting and checking each other out?

Or maybe an AU where they meet earlier or later—how does that affect the events of the movies, and how does that affect their relationship? What would the circumstances of their meeting be—through the army, somehow, or still an accidental meeting ~~perhaps while Steve is chased by assassins~~?

Or maybe post-CW, both of them together still being adrenaline junkies and jumping headfirst into every situation they come across?

Steve Rogers & Allied soldiers, Steve Rogers & Howling Commandos

These are all requests for WWII-era Steve—he's very much a soldier by Avengers, and I'd like to see him with his fellow soldiers in his own time. I'd love to see operations and missions, and how they were handled.

How did the Howling Commandos function as a unit? How well did Steve and Colonel Phillips work together, given Steve's propensity for obeying orders right up until he doesn't, and the fact that they got off on the wrong foot? How do the Allied soldiers they come across while on missions react to Steve and the Commandos? How do the higher-ups at Allied command deal with a supersoldier and his capabilities? How are the bureaucracies of a supersoldier handled?

While Steve was mostly another soldier (albeit a tactical genius who has super-strength) at that point, his legend was already being created, so how does that affect his interactions with the other soldiers? Do they look up to him because they've heard of what he's done in the field? Do they laugh at him in the early days when they still think he's a dancing monkey? How does all of this affect Steve?

And how does Steve lead? How does he get people to follow him, and what kind of captain is he? How does he adjust to his new body and to his new role and position, and how does this seem from the outside? How deadly is he in the field, and is he willing to do what he has to and kill who he has to for his country? ~~Is he sometimes a lab-rat for over-eager doctors? Is he sometimes captured on purpose as a Trojan horse of kinds?~~

Steve Rogers & Wanda Mximoff, 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. Gen and shipfic are both great.

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 and Wanda teaching and learning from each ther?

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. Or any other post-AoU training or experimenting, or post-Civil War?

Brunnhilde | Valkyrie

Valkyrie was my favourite part of Ragnarok, and I love her a lot! Basically anything about her would be great. I love that she's an asshole and has done not-nice things and is generally an imperfect person.

I'd love to see her with the other Valkyries pre-Hela, or her unnamed dead lover. I do think the Valkyries would have been part of Odin's empire-building efforts, so if you want to play with that (and the implications of that), that would be great! I'd also just love to see Valkyrie training with her fellow warriors (what was their fighting style like? Their traditions and stories? Their rituals?), Valkyrie riding out to war, or Valkyrie and the other Valkyries during a downtime moment. Or their last desperate battle against Hela, or her past and her role in the mythology of Asgard—all of that would be great. I'd love to see more about the warrior culture of Asgard and Asgard's history (and how all the blood has been obliterated from its stories) if you want to go in the worldbuilding direction.

Or anything about Valkyrie and her lover. How did they meet? What was their courtship like? What does it feel like to fight alongside your partner? (Army of lovers and all that—were the Valkyries an all-female all-lesbian/bi group?) How serious were they when the lover died—was it just starting out or were they long-time partners? Maybe an AU where the partner doesn't die and she and Valkyrie go into exile together.

Hela! I was so disappointed Hela and Valkyrie didn't get an epic showdown or at least an emotional moment, so anything about the two of them would be great. Did Valkyrie know Hela before she decided to defy Odin? Were they friends or not? Did she ever encounter Hela when they were both in exile? Or maybe an AU where Hela captures Valkyrie and/or Valkyrie gets to take revenge on Hela?

Or anything about Valkyrie's time on Sakaar would also be great. Maybe how she first ended up there? Or maybe her work with the Grandmaster? (Was she brought in by Topaz and served Topaz until she earned her freedom?) How did she meet the Hulk? (Anything about her and the Hulk really—they're adorable—and maybe learning Bruce in the way she knows the Hulk?)

What was her childhood on Asgard like? Did she have any siblings? Who were her parents? How was she chosen to join the Valkyrie?

Valkyrie meeting Steve and/or Peggy would be very, very entertaining and lots of fun, if that's your thing. Or meeting Natasha! Or Shuri, or Okoye, or...

Or Sif/Valkyrie! (Or Sif and Valkyrie gen.) Sif had a difficult time time becoming a female warrior in Asgard, IIRC, so what does she think meeting this female warrior out of the legends of old? Is she kind of disappointed by Valkyrie, or is the hero-worship shine still there? Do they get a chance to fight back-to-back?

Nakia

Nakia! Lupita Nyong'o is insanely attractive and Nakia is just my character type, so she hit my id in all the right places. Anything and everything about her would be great.

I'd love to see Nakia on a War Dog mission, maybe alone, maybe with a team, in action and solving a problem/tracking a person or thing/any other mission you can think of. Or I'd love to see her training and her induction into the War Dogs. How did she get in? What is the training like? Was she initially training to be one of the Dora Milaje? If so, why did she choose not to become one of the Dora Milaje, and why did she become a War Dog instead?

Nakia's childhood! I'd love to see what Nakia's childhood was like, who her parents are and who she spent time with, and anything about bb!Nakia, really. Or as a teenager—maybe teenage!Nakia/her first girlfriend?

Or Nakia/T'Challa—pre-canon flirting and banter and getting together and breaking up (how long were they together before they broke up?) would be great, as would going on a mission and/or having each other's backs. Or their first meeting! I'd also love to see post-canon established relationship missions and diplomatic shenanigans, and Nakia learning to deal with being with the King of Wakanda and all that entails, and learning to fit into her role there (or deciding it isn't for her—if you want to do bittersweet partings I'm also down for that!). I love that Nakia is a lot more worldly than T'Challa and much less naïve, and I'd love to see anything about that difference if that's your thing.

In general, I'd love to see Nakia after the borders of Wakanda have opened, practising diplomacy, perhaps, but also keeping an eye on Wakanda's security and making sure that Wakanda's sovereignty remains intact.

Or anything do with her interacting with any of the Avengers—I'd love to see her with Natasha in particular, since they're both spies, even if completely different people, so how do they get on with each other? Or maybe Steve, just because I'm curious as to how she'd react to him. (Either post-BP or when he's in Wakanda with Bucky.) Or, Wanda or Sam or Rhodey or Thor or...you get my point. Just all the Nakia, please!

Or Nakia and Ramonda, whether femslash or gen! I love Nakia and I love Ramonda, so I'd love to see them pre-canon or post-canon, bonding in any way. Or an AU where T'Challa actually deis and M'Baku declines the heart-shaped herb so Nakia takes it, and Ramonda advising Nakia while Nakia organizing a resistance against Killmonger from the Jabari's lands?

Basically, any AU where Nakia took the heart-shaped herb. (Or didn't, and T'Challa still lived and/or she formed an uneasy alliance with M'Baku, but Killmonger took more than 6 hours to launch his plans.)

Or Nakia/Okoye! (See pairing prompts, please.) Or Nakia and Shuri! (Please see the Shuri section.)

Okoye

Okoye! The moment I saw Okoye onscreen, I fell in love. ~~That armour, like damn. Damn.~~ So. Anything about her would be great, whatever you want to write.

The Dora Milaje! Dora Milaje worldbuilding would be lovely. What are their traditions like? What is the selection process, and how does one become qualified enough to get to that point? How difficult is it to rise through the ranks? What is their training like, and what are their duties? How much of it is diplomacy/politics vs. actual fighting, and how does that ratio change post-movie, once T'Challa opens Wakanda's borders? What duties does Okoye have as the General of Wakanda? What do the Dora Milaje do in their downtime, and what are their relationships like with each other? (Does Okoye have a girlfriend who's one of the Dora Milaje?)

I love that Okoye's loyalty is to Wakanda and to the throne, not to any one person, but I also love that when she realizes she's wrong she changes her mind. So, anything to do with that, with Dora Milaje's loyalty and how that's defined, would be great.

Or Okoye and T'Challa! I'd love to see their banter and friendship and the complications the throne causes in their relationship. Pre-canon banter and getting to know each other would be great, as would post-canon, sorting through the tangled mess that Killmonger caused and trying to figure out how to heal Wakanda while opening their borders (with Okoye still being staunchly opposed to that if you like). And anything about the relationship between a King and his General, especially when the King is also a fighter, so how do chains of command work. Or an AU where T'Challa lives but hides out and doesn't immediately attack Killmonger because Killmonger doesn't immediately launch his plans and T'Challa takes longer to heal, for whatever reason. Does Okoye's allegiance change once she realizes Killmonger's true purpose? How does T'Challa deal with Okoye's allegiances and motivations?

I'd love Okoye/W'Kabi just on looks alone (Daniel Kaluuya + Danai Gurira = SO MUCH YES) but I also love their dynamic in the film so, so much. I love that Okoye and W'Kabi have huge differences in ideology and they literally go to war over it, but I also love Okoye seducing W'Kabi's war-mount ;). I'd love either pre-canon get-together/flirting or post-canon, attempting reconciliation with each other and facing up to and dealing with what happened during the movie.

I'd also love to see Okoye interacting with Steve or Valkyrie or Peggy. The similarities (all of them are bruisers; Peggy, Steve, and Okoye all have very strong convictions) but also their differences would be interesting to explore.

Shuri and Okoye prompts in the Shuri section below. Nakia/Okoye prompts in the Nakia/Okoye section above.

T'Challa

Confession: I spoiled myself very very thoroughly for this film, so I thought going in that T'Challa would be bland. But turns out I love him so much ~~and it certainly helps that Chadwick Boseman suffers so prettily~~

I love that he is a very privileged person from a very privileged background and has to learn to see beyond that, and I love alllllll the shifting power dynamics in the movie, and basically anything to do with that would be great. (My thoughts on Black Panther are here on Tumblr if you feel like taking a poke, though of course I would love whatever interpretation you choose to write so don't feel obliged to read it, because, uh, it's kind of ridiculously long.)

I'd love to see more about his relationship with T'Chaka. Obviously he admired him and revered him when he was younger, and I'd love to see more of that, maybe mentorship and T'Chaka teaching T'Challa to be a king. I'd also love to see T'Challa grieving for T'Chaka and/or trying to reconcile his memories of his father with who his father actually was, post-movie, and coming to terms with his imperfections. (It's interesting to me that T'Chaka, in his later years, decided to do the very thing he shot N'Jobu for trying to do, and it's a strange kind of irony that he was shot in the UN while trying to bring Wakanda into the outer world; if you want to explore how T'Challa reacts to that and how that shapes T'Challa's decisions that would be great, too!)

While we know Ramonda and T'Challa have a good relationship we don't really see as much of it as we do of T'Chaka's and T'Challa's relationship, so I'd love to see more of their relationship. Ramonda standing with T'Challa and helping him to grow into his role as king, grieving with T'Challa for T'Chaka, or younger T'Challa and Ramonda would all be great.

There's so much work to be done, post-canon, and I'd love to see any of the difficult politicking and policy-making that T'Challa's facing. Wakanda essentially rejected him as king—how does he bring it together again and bring it into the outer world while defending it from the outer world too?

And I'd love to see worldbuilding about Wakanda—what are their traditions and what's the heart of their culture? What is their economy like? What kind of relationship is there between the tribes? What are their social mores? (Would it be acceptable for their king to marry a man? M'Baku/T'Challa or T'Challa/OMC would be great!)

Also, holy shit do I ship Steve/T'Challa now post-IW. I'd love to see them in Wakanda post-CW, reconciling and talking things out (or not talking things out), and/or Steve dropping in to say hi while he's out undercover with Natasha! Or I'd love to see T'Challa calling Steve to Wakanda for some kind of mission.

See the Okoye section for Okoye and T'Challa, the Shuri section for Shuri and T'Challa, the Erik/T'Challa section for Erik/T'Challa, and the Nakia section for Nakia/T'Challa prompts, please.

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