the_wavesinger | 'Twas A Dark And Stormy Night... [Trick Or Treat 2017 Letter]

Welcome to my haunted abode, dearest creator!

There are chills going up my spine at the fact that we've matched and I'm both spooked out overjoyed that you're making art or fic for me!

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. 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, for both fic and art.

And please note that if you've written/drawn a character for me before and I've requested them again and prompted the same thing as before, that definitely does not mean I don't like what you made! I just always want moarr art and fic for my faves. Also, I would love anything from G-rated to explicit fic/art!

I've requested both fic and art and tricks and treats for all fandoms.

This letter is a jumble of trick and treat likes. There's a section at the beginning for trick likes specifically, with my treat likes being more concentrated in the general likes section (although of course there are likes there that could apply to tricks, and you could probably use some of the trick likes to write/draw treats).

My prompts are slightly more fic-geared than art-geared (although most of them are hopefully general enough to apply to both), because, in art, I like a lot of the same thing for multiple relationships; I've included a separate section for general art prompts at the beginning of the letter. And I know that some of my prompts are longer than others, but that's mostly because for some prompts, I know exactly what I want to say, but for others, I ramble a lot—it's a problem with wording! Some fandoms have longer prompts than others, because, well, the main character of a TV series just has more canon info on them than a character who appears for one line in a book, but I'd love to get fic/art of both characters equally.

I would love fic and art for any of the characters I've requested equally. Also, the prompts I've given for characters are by no means the only things I'd like to see! You can follow them or not as you wish; hopefully, I've given enough general likes that you can write/draw a pretty large range of things.

Since this letter is ridiculously long, I'm also going to list the fandoms and characters I've requested up here.

Agent Carter
Howard Stark, Peggy Carter
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Azula, Katara, Yue
DC Cinematic Universe
Antiope, Hippolyta
Ghostbusters (2016)
Abby Yates, Erin Gilbert, Jillian Holtzmann, Patty Tolan
Harry Potter
Albus Dumbledore, Amelia Bones, Fleur Delacour, Lily Evans, Nymphadora Tonks
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Natasha Romanoff, Nick Fury, Sharon Carter, Steve Rogers, Wanda Maximoff
Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
Beru Whitesun, Padmé Amidala
Star Wars Original Trilogy
Beru Whitesun, Leia Organa, Mon Mothma
The Lord of the Rings (book)
Arwen Undómiel, Barrow-wight(s), Daughter of Arwen, Lady of the Blue Brooch, Galadriel, Goldberry, Malbeth the Seer, Old Man Willow, Shieldmaiden(s) of Rohan, The Nameless Things in Moria
The Silmarilion
Andreth, Aredhel, Galadriel, Indis, Tar-Ancalimë, Tar-Míriel, Thuringwethil, Uinen, Ungoliant, Urwen Lalaith, Vairë the Weaver, Women of the Faithful

DNWs:

Gore/guro/vore.
Necrophilia.
Torture of animals. (Humans/humanoids/other sapients being tortured is more than fine!)
Graphic descriptions of nausea/vomiting for fic, nausea/vomiting at all for art.
(Fic) 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!)
(Fic) 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
For smut, I'd prefer not to see bloodplay, scat, watersports, and 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.
F/M smut unless I've requested a F/M pairing.
Parent/child incest unless specifically requested. (Other incest is perfectly fine.)
(Fic) 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 art and 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.

General Likes:

Angst. Drama. Politics. Tragedy.
Philosophical ponderings!
I love canon divergence AUs, and other ‘what-if’ scenarios.
All the hard questions with no answers, characters trapped in unsolvable dilemmas, loss and grief and moving on.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Cultural differences and clashes that occur due to cultural differences.
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! (Non-explicit) orgies!
Transgender characters would be amazing, as would non-binary characters and just fucking with and/or ignoring traditional gender roles in general.
I like relationships that are fated to end in tragedy, but I also like a pinch of humor with my angst.
All the things that could've happened, but didn't.
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?
Again, canon divergence AUs, and For Want Of A Nail and what-if scenarios. I'd love both longer fic and snapshots of what could have been, all the things that could've happened, but didn't.
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 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!
I love characters with flaws and unpleasant qualities! Awesome ladies can be awesome and flawed :).
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.
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.)
Bittersweetness.
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!

Smut Likes

I will always want F/F or M/M smut, even if I haven't explicitly requested it!
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, 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!)
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.
(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.)

Trick 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 noncon and whumpu noncon aftermath.
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 Likes & 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.

Agent Carter

Can I just say 'I'd love absolutely ANYTHING for this fandom'? Because if I were to compile a complete list of everything I adore about Agent Carter I'd probably be here all day. I love all the characters and ship basically everything in Agent Carter.
I am ridiculously sad that the show was cancelled, so anything post-Season Two would be great.
Since I can't say 'anything' (or, well, I could but it wouldn't be helpful): I adore the secret spy shenanigans and Peggy's over-the-top badassery. All the secret agent things are ridiculously iddy for me.
I love the very human antagonists and the handwavey science of Season One, but I also love the supernatural elements (and obviously again handwavey science) of Season Two.
International conspiracies and shadowy spy organizations!
I love how magnified everything is (and I think Agent Carter is a lot more comics-style than the MCU).
I love that Peggy is arrogant and over-confident and dismissive and kind of an asshole. (Also a great person, but she has flaws that aren't tied to her being a woman and I adore that, and also Agent Carter was actually what made me ship Peggy/Steve because they are ridiculously similar and yet completely different.)
The humour! I love Peggy's deadpan humour especially.
I also love that Peggy is the only female agents in an organization of, um, male agents, and she faces and fights misogyny even after she's proved herself over and over again, but she also has lots of significant female relationships and there's no Exception To The Norm narrative.
I also love what little we got to see of Peggy with the Howling Commandos and how much more comfortable she is in the field than behind a desk.
The end of Season Two left so many threads open, but then Season Three didn't happen and I'm so disappointed. So maybe something set post-canon?

Howard Stark

Okay, I didn't really like him in TFA, and I was convinced I'd hate him in Agent Carter because he's not really my type of character. But then Agent Carter actually happened and I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. Like, a ridiculous amount.

I don't actually ship Peggy/Howard, but I love their dynamic. I love that they obviously have a history, and their interactions are wonderful. Peggy's business-like manner and Howard being all laid-back inevitably produce sparks and I love them jabbing at each other but there's mutual respect there, even though they know how to push each other's buttons. Also their mutual love of Steve (and the 'I loved him too' basically broke my heart, and also 'I know how much he meant to you') and while I really do prefer them as friends I could see them having grief-induced sex after Steve's plane went down.

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—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.

He's very much a tragic character for me, because a lot of the stuff he did could have been prevented if only he hadn't been so arrogant. And he meant well, but meaning well wasn't enough, and he kept on making the same damn mistakes over and over again, and he was driven by the spectre of a man who, as far as he knows, died in 1945. He's an asshole (and a sexist asshole at that) and not usually my type of asshole, but I love him anyway, and I love him because he's an asshole.

And he's is very generous with people he cares about, and while he's kind of a dick, the reason people put up with him is because he also has his moments, like what he did for Jarvis and Ana. And also that part of the reason he's an asshole is because he's got a chip on his shoulder because he was born poor and became a billionaire because of his genius, and he's very aware of his past and of the fact that he doesn't come from old money. I actually find this a bit puzzling, because he seems to oscillate between not giving a fuck to actually caring but pretending to not give a fuck, although that could just be my terrible analytical skills.

I'd love to see anything about Howard's childhood, or about how he eventually came to become the businessman/inventor/a thousand other things that he is. We know his dad was a mechanic; what was his mother like? Did he have any siblings? Were there any almost-meetings with canon characters? Or maybe something to do with his businesses, maybe meetings, maybe politics, maybe him inventing something? Or maybe something more about how he and Jarvis met, because I'd love to see more of that scene (I love Jarvis' loyalty to Howard, so)? Or, something about him in the war, and his work as a civilian contractor? Or maybe Howard running tests on Steve/the serum? Or him working with Peggy/the Howlies/Steve? Or post-war, how S.H.I.E.L.D was established, or maybe something about his moviemaking business? Or maybe some Steve-related angst, or maybe Peggy, Jarvis, and Howard on a mission? Or maybe something about one of his darker inventions, perhaps; maybe he accidentally creates some horror?

Peggy Carter

Possible crossover canons/characters (gen or shippy): James Bond (female M from the Craig movies), Kingsman (Roxy Morton), Diana (2017 Wonder Woman movie), Emma Frost (X-Men Alternate Timeline movies), Moira MacTaggert (X-Men Alternate Timeline movies), Susan Pevensie (Narnia), Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter), Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter), any of the Ghostbusters from the 2016 movie etc. (I've talked about about most of these things in my Crossovering letter.)

Unlike with Howard, I loved Peggy from TFA. Like with Howard, though, Agent Carter increased my love of her astronomically, to proportions I didn't know existed. She is my darling and I love her very, very much.

So, I don't really have a preference for whether the relationship between her and the following characters are gen or shippy: Angie, Ana Jarvis, Dottie, Jason, Maria (Hill), Michael (Carter), Natasha, Sharon (alll the incest, please), Steve, Violet, Whitney Frost. I prefer gen for Fury, Pierce (unless you want to go creepybadwrong badtouch with sexual undertones in which case be my guest), the Howling Commandos, Howard, Erskine, Colonel Phillips, Rose, fellow SSR agents (including Thompson and Sousa), Howard, Jarvis, her parents. If you want to write Peggy/Miriam Fry or Peggy/Wanda that'd also be great!

I love that Peggy has lots of significant female relationships! There's a big list of who I ship her with in the above paragraph, and I love all the different dynamics that she has with different characters. I'd love to see more of Peggy and Dottie's foeyay, either during canon or post canon, and how they're basically two sides of the same coin and the fact that Peggy's the only one who gets Dottie. Or Peggy and Angie flirting and being sweet and adorable together, post-canon or between S1 & S2, or maybe dealing with the consequences of Peggy's espionage career. Or Peggy and Sharon and their relationship. Or Peggy and Violet/Ana Jarvis bonding. Or Peggy visiting Whitney Frost in prison (or maybe fucking the zero matter out of her; there's also that. Or Whitney Frost menancing Peggy, I'm so disappointed we didn't get to see Peggy tied up by Whitney). Or Peggy over Ms. Fry's knee. Or a mentor/mentee thing with any of the MCU characters.

I adore how hardheaded and stubborn and independent Peggy is and how sometimes her reluctance to accept help is her greatest weakness, and I love her commitment to do the right thing at any cost whatsoever, and I love how ridiculously self-sacrificial she is, and also how she's very bad at social situations sometimes. (And tbh I ship Steve/Peggy because they're so similar yet different enough.)

I'd also love to see more of Peggy's childhood and her relationship with her parents and sibling (she and Michael seem to be the only children but if you want to create another sibling feel free to go ahead!). Did she enjoy school? Did she play any pranks on her parents?

I'd also love to see Peggy during the war. In her pre-SSR years, maybe something about her work at Bletchley Park? She's obviously very sharp and intelligent, so she must have been working on some of the tougher codes even then. Or maybe something more about how she's recruited to the SSR, and maybe something about her first missions? Or maybe how she met Colonel Phillips/Erskine/Howard/all three of them? And while, post-wartime, she was relegated to secretarial work, during the war she was obviously well-respected to the point where she was training supersoldier candidates—how did that come about? Or maybe her missions with Steve and the Howlies? Because I'd love to see her on the field and fighting with Steve and the Howlies.

Or maybe something post-canon? Maybe something about the founding of SHIELD and/or about Michael? Or maybe just the SSR agents solving a case together?

By he time of Agent Carter, Peggy doesn't really seem to have any friends outside of work other than Angie, and Angie basically bullied her way into Peggy's life—how did that happen? Was she always a loner, or was it a consequence of war? Maybe something about Peggy's childhood friends/acquaintances, or maybe the friends she acquires during and after Agent Carter, whether that's Angie and Rose and Howard and Jarvis or OFCs?

For art especially (but also fic), I'd enjoy seeing Peggy getting tied up and/or roughed up and thrown around, and I'd also love to see her in combat, especially hand-to-hand fighting. Or maybe her being mind controlled/drugged (or, Peggy + [female character, maybe Dottie or Angie] + sex pollen)? Or maybe she's being tortured for information/held hostage? Or maybe a mad scientist's experiment gone wild creates a monster which Peggy has to subdue? Or maybe she's sucked in by zero matter and discovers what's on the other side?

Avatar: The Last Airbender

I love the mix of darkness and humor in A:TLA—it's one of my favourite things about it. Also how deeply fucked up it is. Give me all the fucked-up childhoods and child soldiers and dictators! Fucked-up childhoods especially are a Thing for me.
Spirits and the supernatural and all the otherwordly aspects of the A:TLA world! I especially love the spirits' inability to distinguish between different humans.
Worldbuilding—the past of the A:TLA world and the politics of said world are things I always love to see being explored.
I love the character arcs for basically all the characters, and I'd adore something set in the future, because I want to see what happens to them! Bridging the gap between A:TLA and LoK would be particularly lovely.
Speaking of LoK, LoK and A:TLA sometimes have wildly different interpretations of events (lion-turtles and the origin of the Avatar comes to mind), so something about that, maybe?

Azula

For shippy things, I love Ty Lee/Azula and Mai/Ty Lee/Azula at whatever level of consent you want to write/draw. If you don't mind dubcon and/or noncon, I also love Katara/Azula and Suki/Azula! For gen, I'd love to see Azula with her family, Ursa and/or Ozai and/or Zuko, or Azula with Ty Lee and/or Mai.

I'd love to see Azula in all her messed-up glory, hating and loving her parents and brother, cast adrift without Zuko's luck (and that's the ultimate irony) in finding someone who'd teach her right and wrong. I love how fucked up Azula is and how fucked up her relationships with everybody around her are, and I'd enjoy anything to do with that. (And if you're going for Azula/Ty Lee(/Mai), as consensual or as dubcon-y or noncon-y as you like is fine, as long as it's fucked up in some way!) For Azula, I would love to see literal or non-literal playing with fire. Pre-, during, or post-canon would all be fine.

I love how Azula and Zuko are twisted mirrors of each other, and I'd love to see something on how fucked-up they are, and yet how, ultimately, they love each other (even if that love doesn't stop them from destroying each other). I love the loyalty and power aspects of Azula/Ty Lee(/Mai), and I love Ty Lee's and Mai's eventual betrayal and all the angst because of that, but I love that Ty Lee and Azula and Mai care for each other very much despite the betrayal.

Azula obviously didn't have a childhood filled with rainbows and ponies, but I do think that Ozai's terrible parenting methods were more...subtle with Azula than with Zuko—while there's a lot of straightforward neglect (and obviously at least one occasion of physical abuse), Ozai does appear to care somewhat about Azula, albeit in the most fucked-up manner possible, leading to Ursa having less influence over Azula. This, I think, influenced her interactions with other people in canon, and significantly affected her relationships because she's playing out the only dynamic she knows; maybe something about this?

I love how manipulative and possessive and fucked-up Azula's relationships with everyone are, but also how Azula does genuinely care for the people around her, albeit in her own messed-up way.

Maybe something about Azula's childhood, maybe training with Zuko and Ozai or a moment with Ursa, or watching Ursa and Zuko together? Or maybe something with her and the servants in the palace and her utterly messed-up attitude towards the people she demands loyalty of? Or maybe Ty Lee and/or Mai submitting to Azula? Or Suki's time captured by Azula? Or maybe a fumbling attempt at a relationship with an OC? Or maybe Azula and Mai and Ty Lee as children, spending time together, or maybe a moment during Azula's hunt for Zuko? Or maybe an AU where the Fire Nation wins and Azula becomes Fire Lord? Or Azula after Mai's and Ty Lee's betrayal? Or futurefic with Zuko and Azula (and Ursa)? (Use or ignore the comics as you wish!)

And fire! Fire-themed art is everything, especially fire-themed art of Azula and her family. And this is obviously not a requirement, but if you need something to get you started, I love Azula's and Zuko's family picture burning up in, I think it was The Beach?

Katara

Lowkey Aang/Katara is fine, but mostly, I love gen and F/F (for Katara/Yue see the Yue section). Gen things I adore include Katara and Zuko, Katara and Toph, Katara and Suki, Katara and Sokka, Katara and all the Gaang, Katara with Kanna, Katara and Kya, Katara as the last Southern waterbender, and Katara as a teacher, a friend, a mother.

The A:TLA world is very explicitly misogynist, especially the Northern Water Tribe, but LoK seems to be a much more equal world; what role does Katara and the rest of the Gaang play in bringing that about?

Or maybe something to do with Katara finding her place as a waterbender? I love the idea of bending and I'd love to see it explored more. Something about Katara's connection to the Moon and the Ocean, perhaps? Or her learning new moves and testing the limits of her power (because Katara is pretty damn powerful, powerful enough to be terrifying)? Or Katara as a teacher, maybe, teaching waterbending? I'd love to see action poses, Katara and water and how they fit, or bloodbending for something darker (bloodbending is very fascinating in a terrifying kind of way, for me, because *shudders*).

Or Katara and Zuko as friends—I don't ship them, but I do find their friendship intriguing. They're so similar and yet so different, and they seem to understand each other well. I imagine they'd be close post-canon, and especially near the end of their lives when the rest of the Gaang is gone. Or during canon, maybe something bittersweet with a hint of darkness, maybe about their mothers and what they've lost? Or maybe Katara and Zuko mentoring Korra? For art, other than the general prompts, I'd also love to see Katara's and Zuko's bending intermeshing.

Katara/Suki: Katara and Suki fighting together, living together, loving together. Kick-ass women kicking ass, action, adventure! I would love to see Katara fighting with/training with the Kyoshi Warriors (battle couples are very much something I love). Or maybe Katara and Suki sparring? Or Katara and Suki navigating the politics of the post-A:tLA world (and maybe not being very good at it, especially Katara, because she's a warrior dammit not a diplomat? Although competence kink would be great too)? And, of course, all the smut, because honestly I love the two of them for their prettiness and they are double the gorgeous together.

Katara and Kya and Kanna: three generations of Southern Water Water Tribe women! I'd love to see the three of them interacting when Katara's very young. Or maybe Kanna or Katara reminiscing after Kya's death? I'd love to see Southern Water Tribe culture, and maybe something about Katara's waterbending? For art, maybe something with ice, and/or a happy moment?

Or maybe Katara spending time with a grown-up Gaang? Or maybe Katara, post-canon and grown up, doing what she's always wanted to do—helping people. (If you want to follow LoK canon, great. If you want to do your own thing, also great!) I'd love to see how her desire to help people manifests. Or maybe some Katara and Toph bonding time, because I love their friendship and I love how they blow hot and cold with each other. Or maybe Katara with Kya and/or Kanna, in her childhood? Maybe something about Southern Water Tribe culture?

Yue

Yue is the Moon spirit, and, of course, spirit shenanigans! Maybe her adjusting to being a spirit, or not-so-subtly meddling in human affairs? Or Yue pre-canon ~~and spirit shenanigans stills~~, and something about Northern Water Tribe culture, maybe?

Katara/Yue (or Katara and Yue): Yue visiting Katara in her dreams, maybe ~~and dreamsex~~? Or Katara visiting the Spirit Oasis post-canon, and communing with the moon? Or post-Hama, how does Katara thank Yue? Or maybe an AU where Yue falls for Katara instead of Sokka? Would that end the same way as it did in canon? Would Katara's lover watch over her (more closely than in canon, even!) and protect her? Incorporeal sex? (With Yue not having a proper body or Katara in the Spirit World) Or waterbending + sex, or the power that must be involved when the Moon Spirit orgasms! Either way, we know Katara has a connection to the Moon, so take it from there and run!

I'd love to see anything about Yue's experiences as a spirit. How did she feel becoming the Moon Spirit? How did she get used to being a spirit? Is there even a getting used to for being a spirit? What is the Spirit World like—does she travel there or stay there, or is she rooted in the human world? What does the Ocean Spirit think of her? Does he get along with her, does he resent her for the loss of the original Moon Spirit, a little bit of both? How does one go from spirit to human? Does Yue's human personality burn away, leaving only the bit of the moon spirit in her, or do her spirit side and her human side manage to coexist somehow (albeit, perhaps, uneasily)?

I'd love to see something about Yue's childhood and about her mother—maybe young!Yue playing, or following her father around, or watching the waterbenders of the tribe? Or maybe something about teenaged Yue, maybe learning about her duties and her role as the Princess, or about the history of her people, or a moment spent with her first girlfriend, maybe trading kisses or holding hands? I'd love to see anything about the Northern Water Tribe and their customs and culture, too.

We've seen from both A:tLA and LoK that the Spirit World can be both fluffy and terrifying, so explorations of the Spirit World from Yue's perspective would be great for both tricks and treats. For art especially, the Spirit World would be interesting to explore, especially since Yue is a spirit herself. And if you've watched LoK, maybe Jinora and/or Korra meeting Yue, or Yue somehow conversing with Raava, or Iroh finding Yue in the Spirit World?

Yue has a very strong sense of duty to her people, which for her translates to marrying a suitable husband who can be Chief—what would the story be like if she was set to be the next Chief instead? Or maybe an AU where General Zhao's invasion never happens—what would Yue's life be like then? Or maybe an AU where Sokka is a woman and/or Yue falls for Katara instead—would that change anything? Or, what would happen in an AU where Yue couldn't become the Moon Spirit?

DC Cinematic Universe

Antiope, Hippolyta

I'd love to see the two of them individually or together, shippy or gen, or with any other character you can think of! I've just put them together because a lot of the stuff I want for them is the same.

I love any permutation of Antiope/Hippolyta/Diana, and also the gen versions of these, and also any permutation of Menalippe/Antiope/Hippolyta. Any other Amazon ship is also welcome, and I also don't mind Hippolyta/Zeus.

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, Antioe is dead. So I'd love to see either the Amazons (or Hippolyta and/or Menalippe specifically) 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 ever get bored of Themyscira or restless to explore the outside world?.

For any variation on Antiope/Hippolyta/Menalippe(/any Amazon), I love the loyalty and power differentials at play. For Antiope and Hippolyta especially, I love the Queen and commander trope, and I'd love to see how their respective roles come into play in their relationship. Honestly, I love loyalty in gen too, and I'd love to see any Amazon kneeling to their general/Queen in any context, gen or shippy (perhaps with added hand-kissing).

And for any kind of Amazon relationship, gen or shippy, 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.)

Or if you want to ship Diana with either Antiope or Hippolyta (or both), that'd also be great (although I'd prefer it if Diana was an adult before the relationship starts). I'd also love gen of Antiope and/or Hippolyta with Diana. I love what we see of their relationships in the movie, and I want more. In the gen or shippy 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. For gen specifically, we know that the Amazons spoil Diana a lot as the only child on the island, and I'd love to see more of that with Antiope and/or Hippolyta, just the two of them and baby Diana being happy together.

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?

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.

Ghostbusters (2016)

Abby Yates, Erin Gilbert, Jillian Holtzmann, Patty Tolan

I'm going to squee about all the characters together, but I definitely don't mind whether you write some of them, one of them, or all of them.

I finally watched the movie while I was sick recently (it only took me a year!) and I love it so, so much. I love all the characters (the actresses are wonderful and also ridiculously hot every single one of them), and I love the story—it's laugh-out-loud hilarious—and I love the cinematography and I just love everything about this film!

I ship basically everyone with everyone—Abby/Erin, Patty/Holtz, Erin/Holtz, Erin/Patty, Patty/Abby, Abby/Holtz, and also Abby/Erin/Holtz/Patty(/Kevin). I also ship basically every one of them with Jennifer Lynch (because Cecily Strong seriously that woman is gorgeous and also a brilliant, brilliant actress).

I'm curious as to what was going on in their lives pre-canon. We know something about Erin, a little bit about Abby, less about Holtz, and almost nothing about Patty—there's plenty of room for exploration with all of them!

How did Patty come to be so knowledgable about New York? How did she end up working on the subway (Metro. Thing. Whatever it's called in NYC)? Had she ever encountered a ghost before the events of the movie, even unknowingly? Perhaps something about her uncle's business, maybe something creepy-ish, because, well, funerals = dead bodies = so much room for creepiness.

I'm also lifting my necrophilia DNW for this fandom, if you want to have one or all of the Ghostbusters have sex with ghosts, whether fully consensually or dubcon-y or in a noncon way! Ghostly sex pollen would also be welcome.

Also, Dr. Gorin. I love the cameo, and I would love to know more about her, and about her relationship with Holtzmann. What was she doing during the film; did Holtzmann contact her at any point to troubleshoot something or bounce ideas off her? Did Holtzmann ever have a crush on her at some point? (Or was it the other way around?) Maybe teacher/student power differential dubcon, or Holtzmann being disciplined by Dr. Gorin? Or maybe Holtzmann's days as a grad student, working with Dr. Gorin? Or, post-canon, her and Holtzmann having a conversation or inventing things or discussing theories? I'd just love to see her and Holtzmann interact in any way or form, whether that's shippy or gen.

Or maybe something more about Abby and Erin? How did they meet? Maybe some of the time they spent together as girls, sleepovers and ghosthunting and just being together? Or the two of them collaborating on their book? Or maybe something about their eventual fallout and more on how that happened? And maybe what happened to Erin afterwards, and how she came to be at Columbia?

Or Abby meeting Holtzmann—how did that happen? Did they argue with each other at first; was there tension between them? Or did they just click? And the two of them collaborating on a project, maybe, working together doing crazy yet brilliant shit?

There's so much room for wacky/creepy weirdness post-canon, with the Ghostbusters becoming an official ghostbusting team and moving into their new premises. Any sort of ghosthunting adventure post-canon would be very much welcome! Or childhood encounters with ghosts for any of them?

Or I love the setup of the team's new quarters (and the callback to the old Ghostbusters film) and I love them sharing a workspace/living space and all the squabbling and pettiness and everything involved in four very strong personalities being in one space with each other for extended periods of time/

And if you want to go in the shippy direction, ghostbusting sets up potential for alll the tropes—sharing beds, fake dating/marriage, soulbonding (whether accidentally or on purpose), travelling into other worlds, sex pollen, handcuffed together, time loops, I could go on and on and on. I'd love tropey stuff for whatever ship you ship, if that's your thing.

And I love the scientific precision with which the Ghostbusters approach ghostbusting, so maybe something more on that? And they're all eccentric, hilarious characters, so there's lots of room for comedy and drama.

And I also love all the bureaucratic obstruction they met, and I love their interactions with the mayor and his people, so anything about that would also be welcome. Maybe one of the falling for Jennifer Lynch eventually? There's so much potential to be explored in their relationships with her, and I love Jennifer too, she's such a great character, very much a politician. Maybe she becomes Mayor in the future, or maybe even a Senator? And I love the contrast of how put-together Ms. Lynch is versus how much of a mess the Ghostbusters are. (And maybe Jennifer Lynch has to discipline one of the Ghostbusters, for Totally Valid Legal Reasons?)

For art especially (but also for fic if that's your thing), I love me some tied up/beaten up looking women, if that's your thing! (Or the ghost goop and other disgusting stuff could also be played for laughs, if you want!)

I like Kevin—he's hilarious and hot and adorable and I wish Hemsworth would do more comedy because he's really good at it—but I prefer him in the background, please. (Or as an outsider PoV of the girls' relationship; that would also be great!)

Harry Potter

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.

Albus Dumbledore

I'm very interested in Dumbledore's brand of morality; I don't like it (and there's a bit too much of the 'for the greater good' stuff involved for me to be 100% comfortable with how he works), but I understand where he's coming from and why he does the things he does. He's very much a means justifies the end type character, but he does have limits to what he'll do, and I find that a very interesting juxtaposition.

Dumbledore/Grindelwald! I 'ship this very, very much, and I'd love to see anything about them, ranging from dark (and possibly AU) to bittersweet. Again, explorations of morality would be lovely. Things I'd enjoy include Dumbledore and Grindelwald when they were young, Dumbledore looking back on his past, an exploration about why Dumbledore waited so long to duel Grindelwald, Dumbledore visiting Grindelwald (or a variation on that theme!) in Nurmengard after his fall, or Grindelwald's choices in his final years and why he made those aforesaid choices. We see the remains of the 'for the greater good' morality in Dumbledore's later years—how did Dumbledore and Grindelwald affect each other? How were they similar, and how were they different, to each other? I love morally grey characters and situations where good and bad aren't clearly delineated, and this 'ship is perfect for those things! Please no noncon for this ship, please. (Sex pollen-type dubcon is fine, but ultimately, I'd like it if both Dumbledore and Grindelwald cared for each other.)

I'd love to see Dumbledore as a teacher and a Headmaster, and how he interacts with and relates to his students. Again, I have mixed feelings about the roles he played, so I'm willing to be swayed any way you want to take it.

I'd love any and all explorations of Dumbledore's morality and how this affect his actions as a teacher and a s a leader, and how his worldview was affected by his past actions and his perception of it being necessary to atone for them. The tragedy of Ariana's death and the guilt he still carries about it is very interesting to me, and while he's done terrible thing for his cause, I also think that he does feel guilt for the things he's done.

I'd also love to see Dumbledore's role in the Order and the politics of the Wizarding world. Maybe him at an Order meeting, or fighting Death Eaters, or overseeing in Wizengamot meeting, or anything else concerning the running of the magical world?

Or maybe something about the Deathly Hallows? Maybe the temptation Dumbledore faced when he found the Resurrection Stone, which I find interesting, because he was able to wield the Elder Wand and not go full-on Dark, but the temptation of the Stone was too much for him and caused his death.

Or maybe something about Ariana or Aberforth or even Kendra or Percival? Maybe happier times before the whole mix-up with the Muggle boys, or the rising tensions in the Dumbledore family? Or maybe Dumbledore as a young Hogwarts student?

Amelia Bones

I ship Amelia Bones with just about every one of the older women in Harry Potter, and quite a few of the younger ones, too, so feel free to write/draw any femslash you like (I've talked about a few ships here, but whatever your ship is, I'm probably going to love it). Gen is also very much fine.

I'd love to see more of Madam Bones' work as a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the First War. Did she work for the Order alongside her work at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement? Was her work at the Ministry part of her work at the Order? I'd love to see her fighting Death Eaters or on intelligence-gathering missions or finding new recruits. Or, did she join the Order in the second war, post-GoF? I get the impression that she wasn't in the Order from OotP (or at least until post-OotP), but if you want to have her working to aid the Order covertly, that'd also be great.

I'd love to see more about her work at the Ministry, too. She seems very competent and capable and not likely tolerate any bullshit (unlike a lot of her colleagues), so she'd probably be a great Head of the DMLE. Maybe a day-in-the-life, something involving everyday minutae? Or maybe something about how she rose through the ranks to the position she's in?

Or maybe the moments of her death—she was good enough and obstructive enough that Voldemort killed her himself and she put up quite a fight, so maybe something about that? Or maybe her duelling skills in a fight which she wins?

Or, I'd love to see her with her niece Susan and whatever other family she has. Parents, maybe, and she has at least one sibling, so a younger Amelia Bones, perhaps? Or maybe her as a schoolgirl?

Minerva McGonagall/Amelia Bones: from what we've heard about Madam Bones and what we know of Professor McGonagall (I'd love to see more of Professor McGonagall's personal life, as well as Madam Bones'), they seem like they'd fit together very well. Women who are very busy with their professional lives and have trouble making time for personal things is a narrative kink for me, so whatever you do with that would be lovely, as would all the angst (and oh the angst, especially post-OotP—Minerva grieving her, perhaps?) and origin stories. And perhaps the two of them working together in the First War? I'd love to see the two of them working for the Order for either war, not just fighting but tactics and planning, or covert ops and intelligence-gathering missions. Maybe that's how they fall for each other? Or maybe falling for each other pre-First War, through a mutual admiration of each other's work? Or maybe conflict because both of them are very busy and they have very little time for each other? Or arguments related to work, especially as to how Hogwarts functions as a semi-independent institution, and how much free rein it's allowed?

Madam Bones and Griselda Marchbanks: I'd love to see their professional lives, and them interacting with each other in that context (and perhaps they even met at work, too?), and I'd basically love anything to do with the two of them. The two of them collaborating on some interdepartmental work, maybe (because O.W.L.s are affiliated with the Ministry, right?). Or maybe something about Amelia's work especially once she becomes the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement? I'd love to see them with their heads bent over some work, bouncing off ideas and/or arguing. Or, something about the First War? What did Griselda do? Was she ever part of the Order, did she fight Voldemort some other way, or did she stay away? What were her opinions on her partner's work for the Order? (And what were her opinions on Amelia's work post-GoF? Did the two of them disagree about Voldemort? Or did she know about the Order and was actually more active in it than Amelia?)

I'd also love to see Madam Bones mentoring a younger woman (and perhaps mentor/mentoree)—maybe Andromeda Black or Nymphadora Tonks? Or maybe an OFC, an employee at the DMLE? Or maybe Lily Evans was working towards a career in Magical Law before her death? I'd love gen or femslash, whatever you chose.

Fleur Delacour

I adore Fleur femslash! Ginny/Fleur, Tonks/Fleur, and Gabrielle/Fleur are my main 'ships, but I'd love to see anything—convince me to ship your rarepair! I'd also love gen with lowkey Bill/Fleur.

I've talked about Fleur/Tonks in the Tonks section. For Fleur/Ginny Ginny noticing all the little things which annoy her about Fleur, and going on and on about these things, sounds suspiciously like the beginnings of a crush to me! I don't mind either unrequited love or an AU, but whichever it is, I'd love snark and banter and Fleur's accent. I'd adore Ginny being annoyed and infatuated at the same time, and Fleur's obliviousness would be an added bonus! And Hatesex or dubcon sex pollen? Fighting together at the Battle of Hogwarts? AU where Fleur falls for Ginny instead of Bill?

For Fleur/Gabrielle, 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. Playing up their similarities and differences would be great (and maybe sex in front of a mirror/dancing together or on the beach/Veela charms resulting in sex).

Cultural clashes! I'd adore seeing misunderstandings, whether angst-y or funny. Fleur doesn't seem to have moved to the UK only for Bill—I'd love to see her other reasons for doing so. And maybe something about her life after the war, after everything settles down. Does she get a job, maybe? Or work with a charity, or form some sort of society? She was one of the most talented witches at her school, after all, so something about her future hopes and plans, and what becomes of her eventually, would be interesting to see.

Maybe Fleur and the Weasleys? Despite the initial, um, issues, Fleur seems to have settled into a truce with them, so I'd love to see a domestic moment with Fleur and her in-laws. Or maybe Fleur and Harry—I loved what we saw of their interactions in canon, and I'd love to see them talking to each other without some sort of disaster hanging in the background. (Or Auror!Fleur and disaster hanging in the background would also be great.)

Or I'd love to see more of Fleur's school days, and her childhood in general. A moment with her parents and siblings, perhaps? Baby Fleur playing? Or maybe Fleur's first years at school? Or something about her friends, or her lessons? Or maybe something about the Triwizard Tournament and hanging out with her fellow champions? Or maybe Fleur and Krum keeping in touch with each other?

I'd love to see something on Fleur's Veela blood! Sex pollen Veela magic, perhaps? Or maybe Fleur and her Veela grandmother? Do the Veela (even the not-fully-Veela) have traditions and rituals and secrets the rest of th? Or just anything about the Veela in general—I find the idea of Veela fascinating, especially the fact that they turn into horrific bird-creatures when angered and the whole appearances can be deceiving thing and femme fatale vs. horrible monster dichotomy (which was very much played up with Fleur, but I'd love to see more).

Lily Evans

Of the characters I've requested for HP, Lily's probably the person we know least about (or maybe Madam Bones, but even then, Madam Bones has the advantage of having actually appeared on page and interacted with Harry when he wasn't an infant); most of what we hear about her is from biased, second-hand accounts, and we never quite get a full picture of her beyond 'brilliant witch, Head Girl, and Harry's mother' (which, of course, was the tragedy, the fact that she died so young and with so much unachieved potential, but. I want to know more).

I'd love to see Lily as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and her life after she finishes school in general. Does she work, or devote herself full time to the Order? What are her encounters with Voldemort like? What sort of work did she do for the Order, and how active a member was she?

Or when she's in school, something about her and her friends, maybe, or her classes, or Lily as Head Girl. She seems to have been a very popular person—did the younger students look up to her? What classes was she best in? Who did she hang out with? Who did she look up to? For art, maybe her alone or with friends at the lake, or in the library, studying? Or maybe in the Great Hall or common room, or learning to fly?

Lily and Remus, Sirius, and Peter—how do they get along? Are they jealous of her? Are they friends? Study-buddies? I'd especially love to see Lily and Remus interacting. Remus speaks of Lily with enough familiarity that I imagine they're friends outside of (and maybe before) Lily's relationships with James. I'd love to see them spending time together, both during and after Hogwarts. How did they meet and become friends? How did James' crush affect their relationship (or not)? They were Prefects together—something about that? Or post-Hogwarts, doing things for the Order (missions, errands, meetings) together? We know that Lily was one of the few people who believed that Remus wasn't the spy, so maybe something about that?

What are her flaws? She can't be a perfect person, of course, and I see her as an idealist. But does she have a vicious streak? Is she petty, sometimes? Annoying? I'd love to see her as a good, kind, but still very much flawed person. (And she has a very huge blind spot when it comes to seeing her friends' flaws, canonically; something about that?)

I 'ship James/Lily, as well as any and all F/F ships you can think up (but especially Lily/Alice). For James/Lily, I love bittersweetness and how James won over Lily, and I'd love to see Lily's point of view of their romance. And I can imagine Lily/Alice going two ways—either them being girlfriends when they were in Hogwarts, or a canon divergence AU where Lily ends up with Alice instead of James (or perhaps James dies but Lily doesn't?). Something slice-of-life-y, perhaps? For the AU situation, I'd love to see what would change, and what wouldn't. Or maybe Andromeda (Black)/Lily, a battle couple type thing? Or if you want to go darker, Narcissa/Lily, lovers-to-enemies (maybe with a side of Lily being captured and beaten up occasionally)? For art especially, I'd love to see Lily fighting, either solo or with a partner or against Death Eaters.

All the Lily lives AUs, really. What would happen if Lily lived but James died? If they both lived? If Neville was the child of the prophecy? If Lily lived but she was separated from Harry anyway? Or, because it's Trick or Treat and Halloween, maybe Lily being resurrected somehow, or something about the world beyond the Veil?

Nymphadora Tonks

Metamorphmagi! I'd love an exploration of Tonks' Metamorphmagus-ness. Does it get her into scrapes? Does she occasionally have identity crises? I love the idea of being able to change your appearance at will, and I'd love either fun or angsty explorations of this (or both. Both is also good). The potential issues with identification for legal purposes and just identity in general are also interesting—in a world where Metamorphmagi exist (not to mention Polyjuice Potion and stuff), is eyewitness testimony even considered at all? What are the laws which regulate Metamorphmagi? Was Tonks recruited to be an Auror because of her Metamorphmagus abilities especially? And are the abilities genetic? Are there any others in her family who have the ability (and considering the Black side of her family is full of Dark Wizards, what does this mean for the wizarding world)?

I'd love any F/F; Fleur/Tonks is what I'm most interested in right now, but show me your most eclectic crackships and convince me! I'm also more than fine with lowkey Remus/Tonks.

I confess, I adore this ship mostly for its visual potential, and yes, this is a more art-heavy prompt than fic-heavy. For once! I love Tonks' Metamorphmagus abilities, and something playing with that would be wonderful. I just want to see them laughing together! And something playing up their differences, perhaps? (And maybe Tonks pining not for Remus, but for Fleur in HBP? And them getting together at the end?) Again, if you go with the AU situation, I'd love to see them fighting together at the Battle of Hogwarts (although hopefully not with a tragic ending). Or maybe the two of them are the ones at Shell Cottage? Or even f!preg (or Fleur/Tonks/Remus/Bill, if you're so inclined). Or maybe Fleur and Tonks get together after DH because of [reason]?

Tonks using her Metamorphmagus abilities for sex! Roleplay, perhaps (maybe fake kidnapping and/or interrogation, or maaaaybe selfcest roleplay), or some sort of guessing game? (Or tentacles! Tentacles are always good.)

I love how chill and carefree Tonks is, and how bubbly a person she is in general, and I'd love to see anything about that. Or maybe something about Tonks and Andromeda (and/or Ted)? Maybe a moment from Tonks' childhood, being taught to fly or her parents playing with her? Or something about the legacy of the Blacks, which I imagine didn't go away just because Andromeda was disinherited? Or maybe Tonks and Sirius, either pre-canon or during OotP?

Tonks as an Auror and as a member of the Order. I'd love to see her on missions, or at an Order meeting, or working with her colleagues. I'm fascinated by how the Aurors work, and I'd love to see the Aurors fighting Dark Wizards (or doing unglamorous Ministry work, too—I imagine there's lots of that to be done). Or maybe something about how Aurors are trained? I'd love to see her and Shacklebolt as colleagues.

And I love the idea of Tonks as a legacy Order member, but I'd also love seeing more about her convictions. Or more about her work for the Order (although I imagine this would be drastically different across the books—person on the inside in OotP vs. all-out fighting in HBP vs. resistance in DH). Or something about her being recruited for the Order, maybe? Or maybe more about her as a part of the underground resistance against Voldemort in DH? Or maybe her with Hestia Jones, or McGonagall?

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Moss covered unicorns! All the moss covered unicorns! A whole herd of them, even.
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).

Natasha Romanoff

I'd love to see Natasha with Sharon (see the Sharon section), Peggy, Hill, Pepper, Jane, Sif, Wanda (see the Wanda section), and, if you don't mind intra-Marvel crossovers, with Dottie Underwood, gen or shippy. I'd also love to see gen of Natasha with Steve (see the Steve section), Bruce, Clint, and Fury. Crossovers with Kingsman (especially Roxy), Harry Potter (especially any of the female Aurors), Narnia, and His Dark Materials (proper crossover for this one, though, not a daemon AU) would also be interesting.

Natasha is 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 adults, and I love hinted-at angsty backstories and I love characters regaining their agency, and Nat hits all those narrative kinks for me.

I'd love to see something about the Red Room and about Natasha's past. Maybe something to do with their training (especially for art, I'd enjoy seeing visualizations of Red Room training)? Maybe Natasha and a fellow trainee from the Widow program, perhaps reconnecting years after they've both defected? (Or, this is obviously completely optional, but a non-misogynistic take on the sterilization storyline—perhaps Natasha having mixed feelings about it, and/or gen with Steve where he's infertile for Reasons to?)

Natasha and Dottie: 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 (and foeyay/one of them being captured by the other)? 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.)

While I didn't really like Nat/Bruce in AoU, I was very interested in the storyline in Avengers where the Hulk was the only thing Natasha is afraid of because she can't manipulate it, and I think it'd be interesting to see Natasha and Bruce becoming friends in spite of (or because of) Natasha's fear?

I love Natasha and Clint's friendship, and while I don't really ship them, I think their loyalty to each other and how well they know each other is sweet. I love that Natasha is the only person who knows about Clint's family pre-AoU—something about that, maybe? Or something about Clint bringing Natasha in and how Natasha first goes straight? Or maybe Natasha and Clint on a SHIELD mission together? Or Natasha and Clint hanging out together and sorting themselves out post-CW?

I loved Natasha in CW, and I loved that she's so desperate to keep the Avengers together because she's finally found her family and doesn't want it torn about (and I loved the deleted scenes, which made her reasons for her choices so much clearer), and I love everything about her emotional arc and how when the chips fall it's people she's loyal to, not ideals, and the fact that she's capable of walking back on her decisions (and also the parallels between the bedroom scene in TWS and the airport scene in CW killed me). I'd love to see what the consequences of the fallout of CW are for her—she was one of the most public faces of the Accords, so her being on the run and defying them is likely to have major consequences. Or maybe her meeting up with Steve et al. and/or helping Steve to break the others out of the Raft?

I'm really, really curious as to how Natasha impersonated Councilwoman Hawley in TWS—did she knock her out, or did she talk her into it? And especially if you go with the former option, post-TWS it must have been very, very awkward if Natasha ever interacted with Councilwoman Hawley, so maybe something about that?

Natasha and Pepper: I adored their interactions in IM2 and I adore people forced to work together by circumstance, and I would really, really like to see more of them. Maybe something about Natasha's days working for Pepper? Or, post-IM2, Pepper having complex feeling on Natasha? Maybe them meeting again post-Avengers or even post-AoU? Do they become friends, or are they uncomfortable with each other? Or more corporate espionage, maybe (maybe even a corporate espionage AU)? Or maybe something set while Pepper still thinks Natasha is Natalie Rushman, with all the boss/employee tropes? I love the corporate setting in IM2, so maybe something with that for art?

There's more Natasha torture and darkness in my Darkest Night letter, if PTSD, body image issues, noncon and dubcon, or similar things are your speed.

Nick Fury

I love Fury, because he's very much a morally grey character who is nevertheless firmly on the side of the good, or what he sees as good, and I find him very, very fascinating. He's a very 'end justifies the means' kind of character, and I find it interesting that Project Insight was Fury's in conception and that he didn't see anything wrong with the increasingly dubious directions SHIELD was going in until he realized it was being infiltrated by HYDRA.

Something about him as a young SHIELD agent, perhaps, or a young man in the military? Maybe him on a covert mission while he still worked in the field? Maybe something about him losing his eye? Maybe something about his rise through the ranks of SHIELD and how that happened? Or maybe him meeting the Director of SHIELD, Peggy Carter (because he seems to be old enough that he would have worked under Peggy)?

What was he doing between TWS and AoU? How did SHIELD get rebuilt? And what does he think of the Accords? (He's completely absent from CW, but I imagine he would definitely have had an opinion.)

His 'trust no-one' attitude is coming from an understandable place, but nevertheless makes a lot of his decisions very, very fucked up, and I'd love to see more on that. Maybe something about his childhood? I'd love to see him with his grandfather (who sounds like a pretty great guy).

Natasha and Fury: I adored their dynamic in TWS. Natasha clearly cares for Fury very much, and her betrayal when she found out he was alive was very palpable. She would probably have very mixed feelings about him post-TWS, so something about that, or something where they work together post-AoU, maybe? Or maybe pre-TWS or even pre-Avengers, I'd love to see them as mentor & mentee, or maybe something about how Natasha was recruited by SHIELD Or maybe even Natasha going to find Fury post-CW?

I love that Alexander Pierce is kind of a HYDRA mirror of Nick Fury, and I love the bit about how it was Fury who inspired him to do what he does. The fact that Project Insight was initially Fury's brainchild and that Fury didn't really see what was wrong with it until it came into the hands of HYDRA is very intriguing, and, in terms of ideology, there are huge similarities between them, despifte Pierce's general HYDRA-ness. I'd love to see younger!Fury and Pierce interacting, and maybe Pierce becoming part of HYDRA, or them working together in any situations. Everything about the two of them interests me, really.

I'd also love to see anything about Fury and Hill and how they came to work together and anything about their respective functions at SHIELD, since their working relationship is very interesting to me.

Steve and Fury: I loved the two of them clashing in TWS because of their different ideologies informed by their different life experience, but they obviously also work together effectively enough because Fury appears to be Steve's direct CO. (And, well, I love Fury completely misjudging Steve constantly in the scene where Steve first saw the helicarries.) Or post-AoU, especially after Steve's 'this is what SHIELD is supposed to be' line, I'd love to see them working together. Or maybe Fury's reaction to the events of CW.

Sharon Carter

I love what we got of Sharon in the MCU (she's exactly my type of character), and I wish we'd seen more of her, so whatever you choose to write/draw won't go wrong with me.

I'd love both gen and shippy stuff. I ship Sharon/Natasha and Sharon/Hill (or gen of these), and I'd love to see Sharon interacting with any SHIELD personnel (including Pierce and Fury) and/or the Avengers. I'd also love to see more of Sharon and Peggy, and I wouldn't be averse to Sharon/Peggy either. If you're down for crossovers, Roxy Morton (Kingsman), Diana (the 2017 Wonder Woman film), and Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter) would be interesting characters to see her interact with. Or intra-MCU, I'd love to see her meet Jessica Jones or Angie Martinelli or Jane Foster or Sif.

I'd love to see Sharon as SHIELD agent—she's pretty high ranking, it's implied, so maybe her on a mission, or maybe a diplomatic thing with Hill and Fury? What does she think of Fury's politics (which, when it comes down to it, are pretty similar to Pierce's)? Or, post-TWS, she's definitely out of a job, so maybe her rebuilding her life and getting back into the intelligence community (because I imagine most people wouldn't be very eager to employ former SHIELD agents)? Or maybe Sharon has a girlfriend, either a civilian or a fellow agent? (Or even a foeyay type thing with an enemy agent!) Or maybe, for art, her on the training range or relaxing in sweats on an offday or going jogging or at the gym?

Or post-CW, on the run? And what I love about Sharon in CW is that she's doing what she's doing because it's the right thing to do according to her own moral code (um why yes I do have a type), so maybe something about that?

I'd also love to see Sharon interact with Steve, whether that's in a gen or shippy way. I do actually ship Sharon/Steve, because I loved their interactions in both TWS and CW (and I love Sharon's zero tolerance of any kind of bullshit and that is really, really the type of person Steve attracts) right up until they kiss. And while I really think the kiss as it is was too soon, if you play it as all kinds of fucked up so soon after Peggy's death for both of them (but Steve especially) and because the whole 'pretending to be your neighbour and spying on you' thing is still unresolved, I'd be very much down for that. Or I'd love to see them working together post-CW, in a gen or shippy capacity.

Sharon and Nat: 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. 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?

I'd love to see what Sharon's relationship with Peggy is like. 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? Maybe Peggy with kid!Sharon, playing with Sharon on a rare day off? Or maybe Peggy mentoring Sharon, or Sharon discussing a workday with Peggy? Or maybe that phonecall with Peggy we see in TWS? Or Sharon and Peggy after the discovery of HYDRA in SHIELD? Or Sharon at Peggy's bedside, the two of them laughing or just talking together?

Steve Rogers

Steve and Pierce: 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'. 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.

Steve'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?

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?

I love the growth of the legend of America and Steve's public image vs. his private self, and anything to do with that would be interesting. In particular, in-universe fiction or nonfiction or artwork would be fascinating.

Steve and Hill: I adore their interactions, as few and far apart as they are—their interactions in AoU in particular are pure gold. I'd love to see the two of them spending more time together, and, while I wouldn't say they clash exactly, they aren't best buddies either, so something about that, maybe? There are many, many points at which they could have interacted, pre-TWS, post-TWS, post-AoU, etc., so I'd love to see them interacting in any way or form.

Steve and Nat and Sam: I love the three of them and I love their dynamic in TWS, and I'm sad we didn't really get to see all three of them together properly in either AoU or CW, so—more about the three of them spending time together, please? Whether that's downtime (maybe post-TWS but pre-AoU?) or on missions together (post-AoU, maybe?), or the three of them on the run, maybe splitting off from the others, post-CW, I'd lovelovelove to see the three of them together, because I adore these three dorks and I adore these three dorks spending time around each other.

Steve and Natasha (or Steve/Natasha): 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? 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 the spy/soldier thing and the parallels between their stories and both of them being very good at masks and deflection, and most of all, I just love that they get each other.

We saw in TWS that Steve isn't easy to manipulate and can cut through bullshit easily, but he's also not very good at the business of politics himself (even though he's manipulative as fuck, and knows how to use his Captain America image to his advantage), which I think makes an interesting contrast. I'd love to see him interacting with any politician at any point in time (during TFA, pre- or post-Avengers, post-TWS, post-AoU, post-CW), given this combination—I'm sure there are plenty of chances for him to do so. 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 just love something, anything, about the WWII propaganda machine that Steve was a huge part of. Or, Post-TWS, I'd love to see Steve interacting with the remaining members of the World Security Council. They probably wouldn't see eye-to-eye ideologically ('not if it was your button'), and there would probably be a lot of ambivalence because of the events of TWS.

Steve and Sam (or Steve/Sam): I love everything about these two, from their first meeting in TWS (the two of them bonding, their similar 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, on an Avengers mission? Or maybe the two of them on date, somewhere, and more flirting and checking each other out?

I love Steve/Peggy, too, though I prefer them as UST and flirting to actual getting together, just because losing each other is such a huge part of their stories. I love that Steve respects Peggy a lot, but also puts his foot in his mouth at times. I'd love to see them as colleagues in WWII, fighting alongside each other (and the Howling Commandos), or Steve at Peggy's bedside after he wakes up, perhaps the first time he goes to visit her.

For Steve and Wanda and Steve and Fury and Steve and Sharon, please see those characters' sections. Or for a lot of Steve-related dark prompts head over to my Darkest Night letter, if noncon, objecitification and weaponization, torture, PTSD, body image issues, or similar things are your speed.

Wanda Maximoff

Wanda's Scarlet Witch powers work in ridiculously mysterious ways that don't really make sense in the MCU (but then, whose powers don't work that way in the MCU), and while that's most of the fun in her powers, I'd also love to see more about them. I'd love to see her playing with her powers casually, or training (either while she's with Ultron et al or with the Avengers). Or maybe the early days, and how, exactly, she gained her powers? Or something about her ability to delve into the depths of a person's pscyhe and see their darkest thoughts and fears? And I love the red mist as a visualization of her powers, especially her more mind whammy powers (although I know I'm in the minority) for art.

Or maybe Wanda's childhood? Something about the time she spent with her parents and Pietro before her parents died? I'd love to learn more about Sokovia and about its people and customs, and maybe something about the war they're involved in?

Speaking of Pietro, I loved their relationship in AoU, and whether you make it gen or shippy, I love how codependent they are and how well they know each other and how much they complement each other (the dark/light dichotomy in particular was very interesting and visually pleasing). Wanda would do a lot for Pietro, so something about that, maybe? (I am such a fan of one character allowing the world to burn for the other.) Or post-AoU, Wanda grieving for Pietro? (Or trying to find a way to bring him back from the dead?) Or maybe just the two of them in a happy moment together.

If you want to go in a dark direction, maybe something about Wanda's time in the Raft? What does the removal/restraint of her powers do to her? And I imagine her jailers aren't exactly very kind to her, either, and the Raft is definitely not a five-star facility, so. (And that straitjacket and full-body bondage, and also her complete, utter helplessness. It went straight to my id, because mmmmm. Wanda/female guard noncon, anyone?)

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; 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 do that). 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.

Wanda is ridiculously powerful, and other than Vision she doesn't really have a peer in the current MCU, but I think Thor and the Asgardians would be more at her level of power, and more familiar with the type of power she wields. So maybe something about Wanda meeting Thor, eventually? (Or maybe Sif, if you can make it happen!)

I love the dynamic Clint has going with Wanda, the almost-paternal thing and how he has her back and the tough love and how he knows what to say because he relates to what she's going through (also, Clint with Wanda is peak Clint, in my opinion). The two of them in Wakanda and/or on the run post-Civil War, maybe? Or maybe Wanda visiting Clint between AoU and CW, or Clint popping in to say hi to Wanda? Or Wanda and Clint training together?

Steve and Wanda's dynamic hits a lot of the same buttons for me as Steve and Clint. AoU played up their similarities very, very much ('what kind of monster would let a German scientist experiment on them') and I love that Steve sees himself in Wanda, and I love the found family mentor/mentee thing they have going, and I also love the fact that they respect each other very much. The very gentle tough love speech Steve gave Wanda in CW was my favourite thing ever, and I love how protective Steve is of Wanda in general but how he also knows and respects her abilities and choices. I'd love to see the two of them on a mission with the Avengers, or Steve breaking Wanda out of the Raft, or the two of them on the run post-CW, or the two of them exploring Wanda's powers, or the two of them bonding over their shared life experiences.

Or Wanda on a mission with the other Avengers, or chilling with the other Avengers! I'm always fond of ensemble fic/art, and I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the new Avengers team work together properly before CW.

Star Wars Original Trilogy

I don't play hard-and-fast with EU; I don't mind complete faithfulness, completely ignoring its existence, or something inbetween. (I consider the novelizations part of the EU).
Planets! I'd love explorations of different planets and their people!
Politics! Behind-the-scene views and nitty-gritty details are always my favourite things, and I'd especially love this for characters who are Senators of Rebellion/Resistance leaders.
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.
Rogue One-specific note: 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.)
Also, 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.
I'm interested in the way the Jedi fail. If the attachment thing is what you love, then go with it, but I'd also love to see a different take. I've always wondered why the Jedi—a religious order which you could leave if you wanted to—are considered wrong for the non-attachment thing (and I admit that the demonization of Buddhist culture and lumping different kinds of Buddhism plus a few other Eastern religions together isn't my favourite thing!). I'd love a take on the Jedi where the Jedi's failings are that it's not made more explicit that leaving is OK, that they get too bogged down in politics instead of doing what's right, and that they encourage attachment in the form of the (very close) Master/Padawan relationship (and whatever else faults, I'm sure there are many!). A respectful take on so-called 'Eastern' religions would be much appreciated!
Regarding Anakin—I understand his position, and where he's coming from, but 'it's all Obi-Wan's/Yoda's/Padmé's/Qui-Gon's fault' is not my thing, and I have zero sympathy for the fact that he killed little children. Reluctantly, maybe, (and not-so-reluctantly with the Tuskens) but he killed little children, and I don't really like that. At all. What I would enjoy is an AU where Anakin left the Jedi because he realized that he wanted attachments.
Or just ignoring the attachments things in favour of all the ships is fine as well!

Beru Whitesun

Beru with her family and friends, Beru growing up, Beru and Luke, Beru in the desert.

I'd love a story about Beru's childhood and teenage years. Maybe Beru comes from Mos Eisley or Mos Espa, and her life as a merchant's daughter. Or your own version of her backstory—or the EU one, if it exists. Or maybe her blossoming romance with Owen? Or some fluffy little Luke and Beru with suitably dark undertones. Or Beru in her last moments. Or Beru with friends (or a girlfriend!), and friendly banter and day-to-day life in Tatooine.

Beru and Owen were willing to take Luke in despite all the dangers of having a child of a Jedi with them (even if they didn't know who, specifically, Anakin Skywalker had become), despite Luke not being their blood relation. Anything about that, maybe? Or raising Luke, perhaps, especially when they hadn't been prepared for a child?

Was Beru a city girl, or did she grow up in the desert? What was her family like? Did she have any siblings? How did she meet, and fall for, Owen? Was there anyone she loved before she met Owen? What were her friends like, and did she keep in touch with them after she got married? Did she have any friends, with Tatooine the way it is?

Or Beru and Shmi, maybe? They're both outsiders to the Lars family, so maybe something on that? Or maybe Shmi's early days as a free woman, and Beru helping her through the adjustment? Or maybe an AU where Shmi lives? I'd love to see them bonding, any way you write/draw it.

I'd love to know more about Tatooine's culture and people. What are the stories the settlers in the desert tell about their planet? What is their mythology like? What traditions and rituals do they have? It must be very, very difficult to survive in the desert with so little—how do they manage? What stories have grown around their survival? And who were the first settlers, who do the current settlers think they're descended from? All the settlers in Tatooine can't be moisture farmers (although I'd also love to know more about moisture farming—it sounds like a very interesting topic), so what other work is there on Tatooine, away from the cities? How do they defend themselves against the dangers of the desert and the people of the desert? What do they think of slavery and of the Hutts (and what does Beru, specifically, think of these things)?

I'd love to see any art about Beru, really, since there's a huge dearth of Beru art, but especially Beru with baby Luke, because adorableness, or Beru reading to Luke. Or Beru framed in the binary sunset (binary sunset porn is my favourite thing) or ghost!Beru standing amidst flames. Or both. Both is good. I'd also love to see what you think younger Beru would have looked like, maybe as a teenager or little girl, maybe with friends or family.

Leia Organa

I 'ship Han/Luke/Leia, Leia/Toryn Farr, and Leia/Mon Mothma (see my Mon Mothma section for the last one).

Leia with Rey, Leia as a Senator, a Princess, a soldier, a General, Leia in Alderaan with her parents and friends (and Sabé? Ahsoka? Rex? Cody?), Leia being part of the New Republic, Leia with Ben Organa, Leia's (complicated) relationship with Anakin, Leia and Padmé (especially Padmé lives AUs) and/or the Naberries, Leia on Naboo pre-ANH, Leia training to be—and becoming—a Jedi, Leia with Luke and Han.

Leia's relationship with Bail and/or Breha is very interesting to me. Bail and/or Breha mentoring Leia in politics and introducing her to the Rebellion, perhaps? Or Bail telling Leia stories about the Old Republic and about his old friends (dressed up in pseudonyms, of course)? Or Bail telling Leia about General Kenobi, perhaps? Or Leia mourning Bail and Breha post-Alderaan? Or Breha and Bail with little Leia taking time out of their busy day to be with theor daughter?

I'd love to see Leia dealing with the aftermath of Ben's choice, or maybe Leia and Rey, or shippy OT3 fic or Leia as part of the Rebellion, or post-RotJ, rebuilding what was lost. I'd love to see SW politics and how Leia handles the overlap of political and personal.

I love Leia being in the Rebellion while she's a Senator, so anything about that would be great. How was she introduced into the Rebellion—through Bail? Through Mon? Maybe a mission she had to run pre-RO? Or Leia's role in the Rebellion between the movies, maybe?

For Han/Luke/Leia, I love the messy dynamics and political manoeuvring and adventure and philosophy and all other stuff this entails. Messiness is lovely, and all the angst and conflict (especially over Leia's and Luke's birth family) and guilt and general fucked-up things, although love and trust and mutual support and 'let's see who kicks ass best' competitions are also great.

Leia/Toryn Farr: junior officer and commander! Loyalty kink! I'd especially love to see how the Rebellion works, so, for fic, a day-in-the-life would be great. For art, maybe them discussing some plans together, or Leia giving a command, or kissing during a stolen moment? How do Leia and Toryn meet? Does Toryn look up to Leia or to Bail? (And how was Toryn recruited to the Alliance anyway? Was Leia one of the initial recruiters? Was Toryn Leia's aide at some point, or a childhood friend?) And Leia is a spy, pre-ANH, and Toryn seems to be a technician. I imagine they don't meet much, so maybe them enjoying each other's presence while they can? Or does Leia romance Toryn (or vice verse) while on Hoth?

Leia and Cassian would also be great, gen or shippy! What gets me about both Leia and Cassian is that they're idealists and optimists but also—grim about it? Optimism and idealism aren't personality traits for them, they're life choices, and they're idealists in the sense of believing in their cause to the exclusion of everything else, and giving everything and willing to do anything for that cause, but they're not naïve and hopeful in the way that Luke is. And that's definitely because of the things he did for the Rebellion in Cassian's case, and also probably in Leia's case? And Leia hasn't been completely destroyed in the way Cassian has, and I'd love to see something about that, maybe? Both Cassian and Leia were part of the intelligence branch of the Rebellion and they were both pretty high up in said intelligence division, so I'd like to think that they'd have met as some point. Maybe Cassian was Leia's mentor? Or maybe he was a contact between the Senate and Yavin 4 at some point? Or even just accidental meeting on the Rebel base?

Or Leia and Phasma (gen or shippy). Did Leia know Phasma, in the past; is she the daughter of one of her friends, snatched away and brainwashed? Or—wild, wild prompt, but—is she Leia's and Luke's daughter (the timeline doesn't exactly fit, but...)? Or do they meet on the battlefield? Anger and betrayal and all the darkness, please!

Space braids! Hairstyles are a special turn-on for me, especially for Leia, especially if they're practical as well as pretty, as most of her styles are. Other than that, art with Leia and her family (whatever your definition of this is), and Leia with a lightsaber, and just Leia being awesome. I'd especially love seeing what you think Alderaan would have looked like!

Mon Mothma

Ships I 'ship include Leia/Mon Mothma, Senator Pamlo/Mon Mothma, and Padmé/Mon Mothma. Gen I'd adore: Mon Mothma and the Delegation of Two Thousand, Mon Mothma and the Rebels, Mon Mothma with her family (EU children and partner, or parents if you don't like that bit of the EU, or you're also welcome to invent OCs), Obi-Wan and Mon Mothma. (I'd prefer it if you didn't refer to the Rebels TV show too much, though.) Or if you don't mind using Rogue One canon, Bail, Cassian, and the Rebellion High Command.

I'd love Leia/Mon Mothma fic in any form. Specific prompts include mentorship (you can spin this on the gen angle if you want, too), politican-ly peers and in a casual relationship (before Leia gets together with Han, though—and either of these could also fit Padmé?), or Leia going to Mon Mothma for help with the Resistance after Ben Falls, and finding comfort in an old friend maybe wasn't part of the plan and certainly not officially sanctioned, but... Or you can also go the dubcon-y dubious power dynamics route!

Or if you want RotS-era things, Mon Mothma planning the Rebellion, and lots of politics! Or an origin story, because I haven't seen any. Or a Padmé lives AU? Because I adore those, both gen and shippy, and I'd love to see Mon Mothma shelter Padmé (and maybe Sabé and Obi-Wan, who come along for the ride—orgies, anyone?) for a little while, before their little ragtag band truly goes on the run.

And in a different but not-unrelated prompt, I have a strange fascination with seeing Mon Mothma and Obi-Wan interact—any premise you can think up, any time period.

Genevieve O'Reilly has an almost creepy resemblance to Caroline Blakiston Rogue One, so her face is fine as reference for RotS Mon Mothma, but I do prefer Caroline Blakiston's slightly different face to Genevieve O'Reilly's version for the OT. Either way, her costume is gorgeous, and she even looks inspiring.

Maybe her giving a speech, perhaps to the Senate? Or the Rebellion or the New Republic? Or, I adore her quotes about war from the EU (can't recall the specific novels, sorry, but one of my favourites has got to be when she does what amounts to forcing Luke to take his head out of his ass), so something based on that? Or the Delegation of Two Thousand and the Cantham House meetings. I just adore Mon Mothma as a leader and politician.

Or Leia and Mon Mothma—Mon Mothma mentoring Leia, or the two of them just talking. Or something pre-TFA but only by a few years, a quiet love scene, General Organa and the former leader of the Rebellion and of the New Republic. Also Mon Mothma and Padmé looking out at Coruscant, shippy or gen-like, whichever way you swing. And as above, Mon Mothma and Obi-Wan interaction, either with some backstory or delightfully context-free—I don't mind either way!

If you don't mind using Rogue One canon, I'd love to see High Command meetings, or the Senators engaging in political manoeuvring, or motivating Rebellion troops, or organizing missions, or risk assessment meeting held privately, or infighting. Or Bail and Mon: I'd also love to see them with their public masks off, and what the chances of the Rebellion were really like, and reminiscing and trying not reminisce and all the painful things, and maybe even some conversations about Leia.

Mon Mothma/Senator Pamlo: Rebellion love affairs and High Command politics! Senator Pamlo is presumably still a Senator, unlike Mon—how did they make it work? Did they meet through the Rebellion (or the Delegation), or did they know each other before hand? What happened to Senator Pamlo once the Senate was dissolved? Mon and Tynnra appear to have conflicting ideas of the hows of the Rebellion, despite sharing an ideology—how do they make it work despite that? Are there conflicts, within their bedroom and in High Command? The way they live, do they even properly have a bedroom?

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

I don't play hard-and-fast with EU; I don't mind complete faithfulness, completely ignoring its existence, or something inbetween. (I consider the novelizations part of the EU).
Planets! I'd love explorations of different planets and their people!
Politics! Behind-the-scene views and nitty-gritty details are always my favourite things, and I'd especially love this for characters who are Senators of Rebellion/Resistance leaders.
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.
Rogue One-specific note: 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.)
Also, 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.
I'm interested in the way the Jedi fail. If the attachment thing is what you love, then go with it, but I'd also love to see a different take. I've always wondered why the Jedi—a religious order which you could leave if you wanted to—are considered wrong for the non-attachment thing (and I admit that the demonization of Buddhist culture and lumping different kinds of Buddhism plus a few other Eastern religions together isn't my favourite thing!). I'd love a take on the Jedi where the Jedi's failings are that it's not made more explicit that leaving is OK, that they get too bogged down in politics instead of doing what's right, and that they encourage attachment in the form of the (very close) Master/Padawan relationship (and whatever else faults, I'm sure there are many!). A respectful take on so-called 'Eastern' religions would be much appreciated!
Regarding Anakin—I understand his position, and where he's coming from, but 'it's all Obi-Wan's/Yoda's/Padmé's/Qui-Gon's fault' is not my thing, and I have zero sympathy for the fact that he killed little children. Reluctantly, maybe, (and not-so-reluctantly with the Tuskens) but he killed little children, and I don't really like that. At all. What I would enjoy is an AU where Anakin left the Jedi because he realized that he wanted attachments.
Or just ignoring the attachments things in favour of all the ships is fine as well!

Beru Whitesun

Beru with her family and friends, Beru growing up, Beru and Luke, Beru in the desert.

Padmé Amidala

'Ships include Padmé/Sabé (and Padmé/her handmaidens in general), Padmé/Mon Mothma, Padmé/Breha, and Padmé/Siri Tachi.

Queen Amidala, Senator Amidala, Padmé and Mon Mothma and/or Bail Organa and/or Breha Organa, Padmé and Obi-Wan and/or Ahsoka, Padmé with her handmaidens, Padmé and her family. All the Padmé lives AUs, and anything with Padmé being awesome, because my biggest problem with the PT (other than the dialogue) is the writers not letting Padmé live up to her full potential.

A Padmé lives AU where Padmé becomes a Rebel leader, please! She can die when Leia and Luke are young, or watch from the sidelines during the OT, if you want to keep canon as-is, but canon divergence would also be lovely, as would Padmé/Sabé. Or maybe Padmé during the years between TPM or AotC, becoming a Senator? Or how Padmé came to be Queen of Naboo (and I find Padmé's statement in AotC that she was too young interesting)?

For Padmé and Sabé, Queen and handmaiden on Naboo or later political intrigue would be lovely, with all the loyalty kink! I'm also very interested in Padmé lives AUs. And this doesn't even have to be very AU! Everything can go as planned in the OT! And Leia's remembering her mother in RotJ makes a little more sense! Basically, I'd love Padmé and Sabé being rebel leaders together.

Padmé/Cordé/Dormé/Moteé/Versé, Padmé/Eirtaé/Rabé/Sabé/Saché/Yané: I'd love to see loyalty kink for these 'ships, and all the powerplay and identity porn, and also just plain porn. Naboo rituals, both of the traditional and sex-y sort, would also be wonderful! (Chastity play—the Queen/Senator has to wear a chastity belt to symbolise her loyalty to Naboo, and she is only allowed relief when the handmaidens, who represent her people, allow it (or allowed no relief at all!)? The Queen submitting to her handmaidens as a ritual reminder that she serves her people? The handmaidens pledging loyalty to their Senator/Queen?) I would also love to see the handmaidens unwinding with their Queen/Senator after a long day's work (which had maybe involved identity porn shenanigans) and relaxing with each other, maybe teasing and bantering with each other. Or maybe Padmé and her handmaidens getting to know each other initially. Or maybe the Queen/Senator and her handmaidens getting embroiled in some political plot and the handmaidens having to protect their Queen/Senator? Or just identity-swapping shenanigans and politics in general.

For Padmé and Siri, an AU where Padmé falls in love with Siri instead of Anakin, please (with Siri living, of course)? What would change, and what wouldn't? How would Padmé falling in love with Siri come about? Would Siri leave the Jedi for Padmé? For art, I'd love them laughing together, or slow-dancing.

Padmé and Breha: I'd love to see either a Padmé lives AU where she takes refuge on Alderaan, or Padmé and Breha during Padmé's time as a Senator—perhaps they meet through Bail and fall in love? For art, I'd love to see them either at a ball, dancing together or kissing in a dark corner, or having a picnic somewhere outdoors on Alderaan.

Padmé and Obi-Wan: if you've read Wild Space, I love what we see of Padmé's and Obi-Wan's interactions there. Or Obi-Wan during the Clone Wars, discussing a political situation with Padmé (and Obi-Wan's legendary dislike of politicians being worked in!) and perhaps Padmé seeing the toll the war is taking on the Jedi? Or a Padmé lives AU where Padmé goes on the run with the twins and Obi-Wan!

If you're writing/drawing canon 'verse, I definitely don't mind glossing over her romance with Anakin to focus on other aspects of her life—her family, her friendships, her work. And Padmé with Ahsoka and Obi-Wan, maybe a night out, and Jedi and Senate politics being discussed, and friends doing friend things.

Two of my favourite things collide: space hairstyles and costume porn. Also, there is a shortage of Padmé/Sabé art, and art where Ahsoka, Obi-Wan, and Padmé are awesome, chill friends. Yes? Yes. Fluffy, majestic, angsty...as long as Padmé's in it, I guarantee I'll love anything you draw.

The Lord of the Rings (book)

There aren't enough fics and art 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

Ships I 'ship include Arwen/Goldberry, Arwen/Éowyn, Arwen/Éowyn/Lothíriel, Lothíriel/Arwen, Arwen/Gilraen, Arwen/Ioreth, Lírien/Arwen, and Arwen/Tauriel. Gen things I'd love to see include Arwen as the Queen of Gondor, Arwen adjusting to mortality, Arwen and Elanor Gardner.

I'd love to see Arwen adjusting to her new mortality and its consequences, as well as her role as Queen of Gondor. For Arwen and Elanor, something about Elanor being very excited to see the Elven Queen she's heard so much of? Eventual Arwen & Elanor friendship would, of course, be much appreciated.

We know so little about Arwen, even though she's lead a very long life, and I'd love to see anything about her. Maybe something about her status as a Half-Elf and how that affects her life? Or maybe her painting or drawing or playing an instrument or reading? Or maybe something about her with her family, Celebrían or Elrond or Elladan or Elrohir or Galadriel or Celeborn? Maybe playing with her siblings, or listening to her parents' or grandparents' stories? Or maybe Galadriel teaching Arwen a little of what she knows?

Arwen/Goldberry: Arwen stumbles upon a strange woman early in the Third Age, in the peacetime, maybe? Or after Aragorn's death, finding some hope and comfort in life while she waits to pass? Either way, I'd love something about mortality and loss, and about love in all its myriad forms. A bittersweet tone would be lovely. Arwen with her female relatives! I'd love to see fluff and angst and relationship advice—perhaps Arwen coming to terms with her mortality? Or Arwen grieving for her mother (and telling her children stories of her mother)

Arwen/Éowyn/Lothíriel and its sub-ships: politics! Politics galore, please, and also queens finding themselves away from home and taking comfort from their peers. I don't mind infidelity, but open relationships would be so much better! I'd also like a bit more about the Rohirrim. I love horses, so if you could include equestrian detail in the fic that'd also be lovely.
For Arwen/Tauriel/Lírien and its subships, I'd love adventure and loyalty and music, and meetings beneath trees in starlight.

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 be an added bonus. 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.

For Arwen/Ioreth, as with with Arwen/Gilraen, I'd like learning and teaching for this, a mutual relationship, gentle, but bittersweet, and dealing with mortality and loss.

Maybe Arwen staring out at Gondor or standing in a clearing? For art, I'd prefer to see an Arwen who doesn't resemble Liv Tyler too closely, although general face ref is, of course, more than fine! I also have a very vague and probably-not-very-executable prompt, but if it's at all possible, I'd love to see Arwen as an immortal who has chosen mortality, and her position between two worlds because of this.

Barrow-wight(s), Old Man Willow, The Nameless Things in Moria

Quick note that I'm putting these three characters (well, not characters really but you know what I mean) together because I want basically the same things for all of them.

These are all requests for (as Tom Shippey said), 'stories not told...beings and powers...held just out of sight', for the things lurking at the edges of LotR which aren't explained and which we don't really get to see.

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 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. All these requests are for characters who are very much dangerous, but who we don't see much of.

Barrow-wights—I'd love to know more about them. Who are they, really? Are they the souls of mortal men, or are they just imprints, or are they some creature that loves the dark corners of the world and lurks there? What happens to them after you un-curse a barrow like Tom did? And what, exactly, were they trying to do to Frodo? What would happen if the ritual had been finished? Do they ever venture away from their barrows and into the surrounding lands? Have any townsfolk of Bree had encounters with the wights? How and why did they first move into the barrows of the Dúnedain of Arnor? Do they affect Elves too, or only humans? How do you fight their power if you're not Tom Bombadil?

What exactly are the nameless things in Moria? Did someone in an Age long past give these horrors a name that is now lost, or have they always been nameless? Does naming them give them more power, or does it lessen their power? What can they actually do if you fall into their clutches? Has anyone ever seen them and lived to tell the tale? Did they come into being with the creation of Arda, or are they a product of Arda? Are they Melkor's servants, or are they dark creatures who exist independent of him, like Ungoliant? Are they scared of the Balrog, is the Balrog scared of them, or is there some sort of uneasy coexistence?

Old Man Willow sounds like an Ent gone dark or an Huorn gone even darker—is that what he is? Or is he like Goldberry or Tom, even more elemental and as old as the world? What exactly happens to his unlucky victims? Who are his victims, anyway, since Hobbits seem to be smart enough to not stray into the Old Forest? What power does he have over the other trees in the Old Forest? If he's not having a bad day, is he occasionally willing to talk with Goldberry or Tom Bombadil? Is he any relation to the River-woman? (Is Goldberry his and the River-woman's child?) I'd love anything about the Withywindle valley and all the strangeness that seems to abound in it.

For art, I'd love to see the inside of a barrow, or a visualization of what a Barrow-wight or a nameless thing in Moria looks like (except maybe blurred by mist/rain, because I'd still love some air of mystery), or someone trapped by a Barrow-wight or Old Man Willow (or a nameless thing if they can trap people). Or Tom Bombadil or Goldberry or the River-woman talking to Old Man Willow, perhaps, or a nameless thing faced with the Balrog, or someone fighting any of these characters?

It'd be entertaining to see fluffy/funny/non-dark/non-spooky stories and art about these characters too. I think it'd be the narrative version of Riddikulus (did I spell that right pun totally intended) in Harry Potter—dragging the darker edges of Tolkien into broad daylight and making them un-scary.

Maybe Old Man Willow is just a very ordinary tree/an ordinary Ent who got a bit grumpy and is a bit short-sighted and didn't notice that Hobbits are people and not lunch? Or maybe someone (I'm thinking Goldberry or Tom here) strings fairy lights or streamers or equally ridiculous things all along Old Man Willow's trunk and branches? Or maybe Old Man Willow turns out to be Goldberry playing dress-up because she and Tom were very lonely and they wanted visitors?

Maybe the Barrow-wights are actually a group of people (maybe very short people, shorter even than Hobbits) with sleeping gas who are very, very, very good at special effects? Or maybe Barrow-wights are like vampires—take them into sunlight and they loose all their power? Or perhaps they're more like actual ghosts, only they can't talk and they're luring people into their traps because they just want someone to talk to?

Maybe the nameless things in Moria turn out to be one very annoyed Dwarf/Ainu? Or maybe they're all cuddly and fuzzy and furry when you take them out of Moria, and they themselves were terrified of Moria and the Balrog? Or maybe the nameless things in Moria turn out to actually have names, because they're someone's pets?

I feel like treats for these characters would be lots of fun to write, so use whatever ideas you have—go completely, utterly wild!

Daughter of Arwen

Arwen's daughters are not even names in the Appendices, so I'd love to see more about the lives of one of the daughters (or more than one, if you feel like it!). What does she love to do? What is her relationships with their other sibling(s, if Arwen has more than two daughters) and her parents like? What does she love doing, and what is she good at doing, and do those two things not necessarily overlap? Are the daughters of Arwen warriors, diplomats, scholars, or none of the above?

For art of Arwen's daughter, I'd love to see her dancing or reading or fighting or sewing or painting or riding or practising archery or swordfighting. I'd also love to see her looking at herself in a mirror, or dancing in the rain. For more spooky art, I'd love to see her conversing with an Houseless Elf (perhaps one of her ancestors?).

Daughter of Arwen/daughter of Arwen (and some of these prompts work for gen, and I'd love to see gen too): incest kink! Smutty fic is more than welcome for this pairing. I'd love to see the shenanigans the daughters of Arwen get up to—what sort of adventures do they have together? How do they navigate court politics and their relationship with each other at the same time? Does anyone know about them? Do people suspect but not-quite-know? For art, especially I'd love it if you focused on the similarities and differences in their appearances. Maybe the two of them sparring, or dancing? (Or anything mirroring each other, really! Or maybe actual mirrors are involved?)

I'd also love to see Arwen's daughter and Éowyn's daughter together, gen or shippy! Maybe one of them visiting the other? Adventures in Ithilien, perhaps, maybe solving a mystery or riding or hunting? Or maybe exploring the hidden corners of Minas Tirith, discovering lost scrolls in the library or finding old houses or pottery or even just exploring the marketplace? (And these can be fluffy or spooky, for both fic and art, whichever way you want to play it.) Or maybe, when they're older, the two of them at a ball, maybe sneaking off to dance together or talk in the garden? Or maybe one of them learns the sword (maybe Éowyn's daughter takes after her mother) and a lady/knight dynamic?

I'd also love to see Arwen's daughter with Arwen. Maybe the two of them laughing at some joke together, or Arwen teaching her daughter about Elves (or maybe even some craft or power that those of Melian's line can learn) or telling her stories of the old days, or a younger Arwen's daughter playing with her mother (either in the garden or indoors). Or Arwen's daughter and Aragorn—maybe Aragorn telling her about the Dúnedain, or teaching her to fight, or her as a younger child being swung up in the air in Aragorn's arms?

I'd also love to see what role Arwen's daughter(s) play in the monarchy. Do they wield any power at all? Are they taught diplomacy and statecraft, or is that thought not necessary since they're not ascending the throne? Or are they more concerned with their own pet projects, whatever they are, than politics? Or are they very involved in politics, perhaps one of their brother's advisors?

Galadriel

If you're up for crossovers, I'd be interested in seeing Galadriel interact with Xaphania from His Dark Materials.

An AU where Galadriel will take the Ring and become a great and terrible Queen, and all shall love her, and despair, maybe? (Art of a dark version of Galadriel would be especially interesting.) I'd also adore Galadriel fighting Sauron, fighting the long defeat, a battle that's been raging for years.

Or Galadriel/Nimrodel(/Mithrellas), perhaps, in Lórien? Or gen of the three of them? Did Galadriel meet Nimrodel and Mithrellas before Amroth decided to sail? Or did she meet them afterwards? Either way, I'd love to see them interacting—maybe something about Lórien, and Galadriel becoming the Lady of Lórien?

Or Galadriel with Celebrían, Celebrían's childhood spent in Lórien, or later, the two of them in Imladris, or (for maximum angst) after Celebrían was attacked, or maybe a reunion at the start of the Fourth Age.

Movie!Galadriel is fine (I may or may not be more than a little in love with Cate Blanchett) but I'd also love to see your version of Galadriel, and for her, I'd love something to do with starlight and trees, and I'd also love to see how mallorn trees look like (to my mind, the movie did a very poor job of that).

If you're OK with Hobbit movies (but this is totally 100% optional), I'd love to see an exploration of the potential the movies didn't show—her taking down Dol Guldur, as per movie 'verse, except not in a 'I really need to be rescued now' way, and something about what she's learned and how far she's come, but not far enough yet? And for pairings, for the movies, Galadriel/Tauriel! Power dynamics and Galadriel teaching Tauriel (and perhaps learning from her a little, too). Maybe Tauriel visits Lórien post-BotFA, or pre-canon? Or you can go AU, with Tauriel ending up as the ambassador of Mirkwood in LotR instead of Legolas, and once they reach Lórien, she obviously has to pay her respects to its ruler...

And if Silm!Galadriel is fine (again, no pressure, I'd love to see LotR!Galadriel, and that's what I requested her for), I'd love to see Galadriel as 'the only woman of Ñoldor who stood tall among the contending princes'—her as a ruler and royal and politician, and as an explorer striking out for new realms to rule, and as an almost-equal to Fëanor who wasn't enamoured by him (if only because she's so similar to him, and the fact that Galadriel is so similar to Fëanor is very interesting to me).

Or Galadriel and Lúthien (gen or shippy): We know that Galadriel was in Doriath during the First Age, so the two of them must have met. Maybe something about the fact that they're related? What do they make of each other? Maybe Lúthien teaching Galadriel some trick, or maybe the two of them enjoying themselves and teasing each other?

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?f 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?

For Melian/Galadriel (or Melian and Galadriel), Melian mentoring Galadriel, please! Political things would be lovely, and so would fluffy goodness (although I wouldn't be averse to something darker)

I also ship Andreth/Galadriel and Aredhel/Galadriel; please see those sections for prompts.

Goldberry

Pairings include Goldberry/Arwen, Galadriel/Goldberry, Goldberry/Haleth, Celebrían/Goldberry, Goldberry/Lady of the Blue Brooch(/Tom)...Goldberry/any female character, really. For gen, maybe Goldberry with the River-woman, or Goldberry and Tom Bombadil. I see Goldberry as a sort of Middle-earth Calypso, doomed to fall in love with women who can't stay for crimes which may or may not be mentioned, if that's your thing.

Or something about her and the River-woman, maybe? Or something to do with water-lilies, maybe, or the River-woman embracing her daughter, or Goldberry weaving enchantment over her lovers. Either way, I'd love something suitably magical in the Middle-earth manner, just out of reach but close enough to feel.

I love the idea of beings who aren't actively trying to harm humans, but are just so different from humans that they don't really get that some things do hurt humans. Goldberry is the kind of incomprehensibleness that just is—she's not any kind of being we know of, and she seems to have immense power, albeit power she doesn't really wield, and she's really not something that seems comprehensible by humans. 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.

Goldberry, I imagine, wouldn't be playing mind games out of active maliciousness, but because she just can't comprehend how mortals work—and this could devolve into utter fucked-upness! Or something to do with Old Man Willow and the River-woman, or maybe Goldberry is the one keeping her lover(s), or just passersby, trapped in some otherworld?

Goldberry/Haleth, maybe? Does Haleth meet (and fall for) Goldberry in Brethil, or was it earlier in Thargelion, or even earlier before the Haladin crossed the Blue Mountains? I'd love to see either older, battle-hardened Haleth or a younger Haleth and her reaction to meeting Goldberry—who is unlike anyone Haleth has ever met, probably. Or maybe Goldberry coming upon Haudh-en-Arwen later in the Age, and something about that?

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?

Or Goldberry and Mrs. Maggot, gen or shippy? Has Goldberry ever wandered into the Shire, or did Mrs. Maggot (at whatever age, young or old), once brave the Old Forest? How do they interact, when they meet? Is Mrs. Maggot scared of Goldberry, or does she take her in her stride?

Or, Galadriel and Goldberry are two beings so different from each other and each very powerful in their own way—what would happen if they met? I'd love to see them speaking in riddles and confusing us mere mortals, but understanding each other perfectly well! Something slightly eerie, please, something about magic and the roots of Middle-earth. Sex magic, of whatever sort you like, would be an added bonus! Do they meet in the First Age, somehow—maybe with Goldberry wandering into Doriath for [Reasons]? Or do they meet after Galadriel has crossed the Ered Luin? Or even later, when Galadriel is in Lórien? And enchantment and entrapment, but maybe enchantment working both ways? And maybe something about Galadriel and Nenya and the things she learnt from Melian versus Goldberry's more elemental power? Or maybe Goldberry being mistaken for a intruder in Lórien (or the other way around)

Lady of the Blue Brooch

For those of you who don't know, the Lady of the Blue Brooch was a woman, very likely 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, and she was apparently very beautiful.

From there, I'd love whatever your take on this would be—was she fleeing from something? 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? (Goldberry/Lady of the Blue Brooch(/Tom) shenanigans is my usual 'ship, but convince me to try other things! Go wild!)

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? 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? Or maybe adding Tom to the mix—how would that work?

Or maybe a ruler-under-the-hill type thing, in the style of King Arthur? Maybe the Lady of the Blue Brooch lies in her barrow and will wake again, maybe Goldberry is guarding an ancient ruler in his/her barrow, and the lady is one of the ruler's knights/ladies-in-waiting/servants?

Or maybe something about the last prince of Cardolan? How did the lady of the blue brooch know him? Was she a noblewoman of Cardolan? Was she his sister, or another relative? Or was she his wife? Or did she work for him? Or was she one of his generals, or a soldier in his army (perhaps disguised as a man, perhaps written out of history later)? Or maybe the last prince of Cardolan was actually the last princess of Cardolan (who was the lady of the blue brooch or the lady's lover or friend, or perhaps the lady of the blue brooch was her knight) and she was written out of history later by historians convinced that she couldn't possibly be a woman? (Whoever she was, whoever you choose to make her, she was probably important to him, for her jewellery to find its way into his barrow.) And maybe something about the alliance of Arthedain and Cardolan—what role did the lady of the blue brooch play there? Did she witness it, or was she somewhere else?

Or maybe more about the brooch? It's in the shape of a butterfly—is there any symbolism there? What emotional significance does it have? Who was its maker? How did the lady of the blue brooch come to wear the brooch? (Did she even wear it more than the time(s) she saw Goldberry?) Is it a heirloom? Was it a gift? Was she the maker herself? And how did the brooch find its way to that barrow? Was the lady laid to rest there? Or did she gift the brooch to someone else, who was laid to rest there? Or was it snatched from her? Or I'd love art of the brooch, even just the brooch—I'm just very, very, curious about it, and about what it looks like and the history behind it.

Malbeth the Seer

I know that Malbeth's gender isn't stated in canon, but I usually prefer female Malbeth (and, as far as I know, Malbeth being a woman is much more likely in linguistic terms, and also because the women of the Dúnedain were more likely to be Seers (does that have anything to do with Melian?)), so that's what I'm going with here. If you have an idea for male Malbeth, though, I'll also love that! (And, in fact, I've specifically included a couple of prompts for a male Malbeth at the end of this section.)

Foresight and its mixed blessings! I imagine that Malbeth would have led a dark, if not completely unhappy life, being blessed/cursed as she was with foresight so deep into the future and the knowledge of the downfall of the Dúnedain and the rise of Sauron (and his eventual defeat, but that wouldn't have been much of a comfort against the horror). I found the bits about the mixed blessings and curses of foresight in the Appendices interesting, so more on that, maybe?

Or maybe, court politics and the role of seers in Dúnedain society? Is foresight revered, or feared, or ridiculed, or a mixture of all three? Malbeth's predictions were eerily specific, in a way a lot of the foresight in Tolkien's work isn't; more on that, maybe? Was that because the Ainur blood in Malbeth ran particularly strong/she was very attuned to the Music?

If Malbeth has a (female) lover, who was she? Was her lover a noble? Or was she an ordinary Dúnedan? Or was she not a Dúnedan at all—perhaps an Elf (who maybe understood Malbeth more than her fellow mortals, but there's also the divide between mortality and immortality)?

Whoever Malbeth's lover was, unless she was a fellow Seer ~~which would be wonderful, for 'when shall we three meet again' shenanigans~~, there must have been some sort of conflict or tension between them because of Malbeth's (probably eerie) visions. Or was Malbeth not-quite-believed by anyone except her lover?

Or maybe something eerie to do with Malbeth's visions? Or maybe Malbeth encountering the Witch-King (perhaps in her visions), or seeing the rise of Sauron in the future? Or Malbeth's spirit refusing to leave Middle-earth?

Or Malbeth and Fíriel of Gondor (gen or shippy): did Malbeth get to know Fíriel after she came to Arnor? (Was Malbeth perhaps part of Fíriel's household? Or did she have a position in court?) Maybe Malbeth welcoming Fíriel to Arnor? Or maybe something about Malbeth's foresight? Or maybe something about the later days of their lives?

If you prefer to write/draw Malbeth as a man, Arvedui/Malbeth, maybe? I'd be interested in seeing how the dynamics of this play out, since Arvedui is probably more concerned with his people and here and now, whereas Malbeth is probably more focused on the long game, given his foresight, which would probably create a conflict of loyalties. Or maybe, for male Malbeth, specifically, Malbeth/Witch-King noncon? (Or if you don't mind writing/drawing a female version of the Witch King, I'd also be down with female Malbeth/female Witch-King noncon!)

Shieldmaiden(s) of Rohan

I'm using 'shieldmaiden' very loosely, here, and 'Rohan' even more loosely, but. You can interpret LotR as saying that women of Rohan have fought alongside men on several occasions. There's kind of a reference to the people of Gondor seeing women of Rohan being warriors, or at least both men and women being called 'valiant', and the Appendices talk about fair and valiant' women alongside 'lords and warriors' in songs the Rohirrim had about the North and about their people before Eorl (this is where 'Rohan' being a very loose descriptor comes in). Also, HoME mentions that, in the time of Brego, women of Rohan did ride out. Also, the fact that Éowyn uses the word 'shieldmaiden' multiple times, as do other people, implies the existence in itself of women who must have been 'shieldmaiden' for the mere fact that the concept must exist for the word to exist.

So, tell me more about these shieldmaidens of Rohan. Did they only ride out in desperate times, or were there some women who took up being a warrior as a lifetime's pursuit? If they only rode out in desperate times, what were those desperate times like? What horrors necessitated women riding out? Or, if there were some women who were warriors their entire life, what was their lifestyle like? Were they lone warriors, or did they march with an army or a group of others? Did they take orders from the King of the Mark, or were they perhaps under the Queen's purview? Or were they outlaws who nevertheless wandered the borders of the Mark and protected its people?

It sounds like female warriors were most common before Eorl rode out from the North and in the early days of Rohan, and I'd love to know more about these time periods—whatever worldbuilding you choose to do would be very, very interesting to me. And, how exactly does one become one of these warriors? Is there formal training or an apprenticeship, or do you have to learn yourself? I imagine that it must have been a lot more difficult for women than for men—something on that, maybe?

What stories and songs were there about these shieldmaidens? Did girls like Éowyn dream of becoming shieldmaidens? (Or, if you've ever wanted to try your hand at alliterative verse, here's your chance—maybe a bit of an epic about one of the 'fair and valiant' women of old?)

I imagine that any full-time shieldmaidens probably wouldn't have been married in the traditional sense, but did any of them have sweethearts, men or women, back home? Did they long for their lovers when they were riding out? Or maybe shieldmaidens finding comfort in each other (or in their fellow male warriors) on the field, maybe? Or maybe a shieldmaiden falling for one of her enemies, and being forced to fight said enemy because her duty must be placed above love? Or warriors who are also lovers fighting side-by-side?

For art, I love the descriptions of the Rohirrim and Rohan in Two Towers and RotK, and anything based on those would be lovely. Or maybe something incorporating 'where now are the horse and the rider'? I'd love to see a shieldmaiden riding out in full armour, or a shieldmaiden after a battle, bloodied and bruised. Or perhaps one of these warriors training, or in a fight? Or maybe two warriors sharing a tent and huddling up next to each other, maybe trading kisses? Or maybe a tapestry depicting a well-loved story of a shieldmaiden, or a young girl who dreams of being a shieldmaiden when she's grown-up playing with a wooden sword?

The Silmarillion

There aren't enough fics and art 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.

Andreth

Andreth/Galadriel is my main 'ship; I also don't mind Andreth/Galadriel, and I'd love to see whatever other femslash ships you ship for Andreth, be it Elves or other Edain, OFCs or canon characters. Gen things: Andreth as a Wise-woman, Andreth and Adanel, Andreth debating, Andreth and her family.

I love Andreth's bitterness and her pragmaticness and some of the lines in the Athrabeth are so, so beautiful. I'd like to see a piece exploring her relationship with Aegnor and/or Adanel and/or her brother Bregor. (Finrod is a grey area for me, as I dislike his condescension in the Athrabeth, but if you can make it such that he's less condescending, then I wouldn't mind seeing this, too!)

(Gen or shippy for this.) We know that Adanel taught Andreth about the lore of the House of Marach, and I'd love to see more about that—was Andreth's bitterness partly influenced by Adanel's outlook? Or was Adanel more hopeful (and was younger Andreth more hopeful, too)? What is the lore that they won't share with Elves; what sort of secrets do the Edain Wise-women keep? For art, maybe Andreth learning from Adanel, maybe Adanel teaching Andreth by the fireside? Or Andreth going back to visit Adanel once she's older?

I find the Athrabeth very interesting, particularly the hinted-at lore of the Edain concerning what drove them West. More on that, maybe? I also love all the philosophical discussions, so an Athrabeth-style discussion would be an interesting idea, for fic.

For art, I'd love to see a younger Andreth barefooted in the grass, or an older Andreth also barefooted in the grass or by the fireside. Or maybe Andreth being taught or teaching the secrets of the Edain passed down from generation to generation. Or maybe two Wise-women with their heads bent together?

Andreth/Galadriel: AU where Galadriel takes Aegnor's place, maybe? Or Galadriel visiting Andreth, with or without Finrod. I just want philosophical and political discussions, duty vs. love dilemmas, and maybe an unhappy ending (because I'm evil like that). I love the philosophical debates of the Athrabeth, so maybe more on that? Maybe Galadriel and Andreth getting into debates with each other? (And maybe the debates turning heated occasionally and then moving to bed?) Or maybe Galadriel dealing with the fact that Andreth was her dead brother's lover, and the complications of that? (And maybe Andreth also dealing with her grief for Aegnor through Galadriel?) Or maybe angst as Andreth grows older? Or maybe an AU where Andreth meets Galadriel instead of Aegnor—what would change, what wouldn't? For art, maybe that scene near Tarn Aeluin, with a star caught in Andreth's hair (only with Galadriel instead of Aegnor)? Or Galadriel and Andreth wandering in the woods together? Or the two of them lying on the grass, staring up at the stars?

Actually, my art requests for Andreth/Aegnor are pretty much the same as for Andreth/Galadriel, because for art, I'd love basically the same thing for both pairings. For Andreth/Aegnor fic, I'm actually pretty satisfied with what we got in canon, so perhaps those moments through Andreth's or Aegnor's eyes? Or maybe Andreth learning of Aegnor's death later, or an AU where he lives, and comes to find Andreth after everything?

Aredhel

I 'ship Aredhel/Haleth, Aredhel/Vána, Aredhel/Lúthien, Aredhel/Goldberry (see Goldberry in the LotR section), Aredhel/Galadriel, non-romantic (i.e. friends-with-benefits and no-strings-attached) Aredhel/Elenwë, and I'm going to add Aredhel/OFC, because while I love all OFC-related 'ships, Aredhel/OFC specifically is a Thing for me.

I'd love to see Aredhel in either Valinor or Middle-earth (I don't mind which), a wild-child who goes where her heart wills, bright and beautiful and yearning to be free. And if you want something more specific: Aredhel with her friends, Aredhel with her siblings and/or parents, Aredhel and Idril, Aredhel as a princess of the Noldor, Aredhel as a warrior, hunting and riding and exploring (both in Valinor and Middle-earth), Aredhel on the Ice, urging her people on.

Aredhel bantering with her (female) friends, maybe, or trying (and failing) to navigate Gondolin and its complexities, but making a few friends along the way? I'd love to see snark and banter and laughter, and mainly just Aredhel having fun! (Although angst, of course, is also much-appreciated.)

Gen or shippy Aredhel and Galadriel: Aredhel and Galadriel were the only second-generation Finwions who were female, and I'd love an exploration of that. Did they like each other or despise each other ~~and have hatesex~~? Maybe they hunted together, and those hunting trips turned into more? Or the two of them on the Ice, finding comfort in each other? Or maybe Aredhel was aiming to go to Doriath, not to visit Celegorm? So many possibilities! Or maybe Aredhel and Galadriel's mutual indifference to each other, and annoyance at being pushed together at family gatherings because they're girls, and of course they have a lot of things in common. This usually Ends Very Badly, possibly, or maybe just Aredhel and Galadriel being snarky at each other and the world in general, with bonus kissing and casual sex. Or maybe huddling for warmth during the crossing of the Ice? (And just sex, or the two of them falling for each other there). And maybe something about leading their people across the Ice, and the two of them being leaders in general (or leaders and generals, that would very much work too!)?

When I think of Aredhel, I think of freedom and joy, and I'm not sure how to translate that into an art prompt—but anything about Aredhel, freedom, and joy. Or, if you want a specific situation, I'd love to see Aredhel laughing with friends or family, or Aredhel dancing in the rain, or Aredhel dancing, period.

What was the relationship between Fingolfin and Aredhel like, and how did it change over time? She was his only daughter, so something about that, maybe? Maybe the two of them in Valinor, or on the Ice? Or Aredhel in Beleriand during the Long Peace, maybe, visiting her father or riding out with him? Or maybe Aredhel and Fingolfin saying goodbye to each other before Aredhel leaves for Gondolin?

Why did Aredhel go to Gondolin? Maybe Turgon and Aredhel spending time together in Gondolin? Or maybe something about how Aredhel convinced Turgon to let her leave Gondolin for a while? Alternately, maybe the two of them in Valinor or on the Ice?

I would love to see Aredhel and Fingon with each other, perhaps training together or riding together or hunting together or camping or bantering with each other. The two of them in Valinor, perhaps, maybe dealing with the upheavals that must have come with Fëanor's exile? Leading their people on the Helcaraxë? Spending time together in Beleriand? Maybe communicating with each other in some way after Fingolfin's death?

I'd love Aredhel and Írimë laughing and bantering together in Valinor! Or, if you're in the mood for something darker, them during the Kinslaying (with bloodstained clothes or swords if you're an artist?). Or maybe something in Middle-earth, Aredhel saying goodbye to her aunt before leaving for Gondolin?

Galadriel

I'd love to see Galadriel as 'the only woman of Ñoldor who stood tall among the contending princes'—her as a ruler and royal and politician, and as an explorer striking out for new realms to rule, and as an almost-equal to Fëanor who wasn't enamoured by him (if only because she's so similar to him, and the fact that Galadriel is so similar to Fëanor is very interesting to me).

For Melian/Galadriel (or Melian and Galadriel), Melian mentoring Galadriel, please! Political things would be lovely, and so would fluffy goodness (although I wouldn't be averse to something darker)

I also ship Andreth/Galadriel and Aredhel/Galadriel; please see those sections for prompts.

If you're up for crossovers, I'd be interested in seeing Galadriel interact with Xaphania from His Dark Materials.

Indis

Indis as a princess of the Vanyar and as the Queen of the Ñoldor, Indis with her children and with Fëanor's children, Indis attempting to reach out to Fëanor (and maybe initially succeeding?), Indis and friends.

I'm always interested in fic which explores Indis' role amongst the Ñoldor and the Vanyar. Or maybe something to do with her thoughts on being Finwë's second wife, in a society where that's usually taboo? Or Indis reaching out to her children and Fëanor's children, and maybe dark-ish family fic intertwined with politics? Or how Indis reacts to the fact that Finwë and Fëanor have 'a double bond of love' and her children will always be second-best to their father? Or Indis and Nerdanel in the house of Indis after Fëanor's Exile, or later, after the Darkening and the Doom, helping each other to cope. Also Indis and Fingon doing things (family fluff, politics, whatever rocks your boat), because I imagine them to be very fond of each other (and maybe Maedhros joins them occasionally, but also very guiltily, because she's his step-grandmother and his sort-of-husband's grandmother, but his father hates her?).

What sort of relationship do Indis and Fingolfin have? Is it strained, or are they close? I'd love to see them at a difficult moment—when things are getting tense in Tirion, perhaps, or just after swords being drawn in the Court or after Fëanor's sentence has been pronounced, or even after the Darkening. (Please no completely uncaring, indifferent versions of either Indis or Fingolfin!)

(Shippy or gen for this.) We don't know whether Indis was born on Valinor or not (and if you consider HoME, it's very likely that she was not) so maybe she met Goldberry during the march from Cuiviénen? Or maybe an AU where Indis doesn't stay in Valinor? What little we know of Indis' personality seems to indicate that she's a joyful person, so she and Goldberry would probably get along very well. Or is your characterization of Indis very different, and if so, how well does she mesh with Goldberry?

Or Indis and Míriel, maybe, gen or shippy? I'd love to see them meeting after Míriel is released from the Halls—what do they make of each other? Do they bond with each other, or do they end up disliking each other? Or it'd be interesting if Indis knew Míriel before her death, somehow. )(And I'm not averse to Míriel/Finwë/Indis, either!)

Indis and Nerdanel in the house of Indis after Fëanor's Exile, or later, after the Darkening and the Doom, helping each other to cope, please? I just want all the angst and Doom. I'd love to see Indis and Nerdanel, something passionate and intense—kissing, maybe, or even just talking to each other. Or I'd love to see Indis as the Queen of the Ñoldor (whether as Finwë's wife or in her own right in an AU)—loyalty kink, anyone? Or maybe something less smutty, dealing with the politics of the situation, maybe.

I am fascinated by the Ñoldor who remained in Aman after Fëanor and Fingolfin left. How did they attempt to bridge ties with the other Elves (especially the Teleri)? What were Indis' and Nerdanel's reactions to the Kinslaying? What were other people's reactions to the fact that their relations (and especially children) are Kinslayers? Or, what sort of role did they play in the reorganization of Tirion and in all the work that must have been necessary post-Darkening?

For art, I'd love to see Indis and Nerdanel, something passionate and intense—kissing, maybe, or even just talking to each other. Or I'd love to see Indis as the Queen of the Noldor—and my love for costume porn is showing. Or Indis as Finwë first saw her, singing and gloriously beautiful in the golden light. Or Indis, laughing at a joke or immersed in something she's passionate about. Or Indis with her children (especially Fingolfin and Írimë), talking to them, perhaps, or playing with them if they're very young, or maybe kissing one of their foreheads (as if to bestow a blessing, maybe?).

Tar-Ancalimë

Tar-Ancalimë is one of those characters we actually got more than one line about from Tolkien and who was decently fleshed out, and yet I wish we'd gotten more because I love her very much and she's such a great character.

I love how headstrong and decided she is, and how she's shaped by both her parents' stubbornness into the person she is in canon, and how she can be extremely myopic at times and uncompromising to the point of ridiculousness. (Also, I love how it's strongly implied that she totally went all-out bling in canon just to spite Erendis, because that is my type of person). Maybe something about her childhood? Her parents were at odds with each other very much, and Aldarion was away for a long time, and Erendis was kind of distant, so maybe something about that? Or, there must have been happy moments too, playing with her peers or a joyful moment with her parents? Or maybe a moment with her grandparents, since Almarian doted on Ancalimë and Meneldur probably would have, too, so that would probably be a happy memory? And Ancalimë's relationship with her parents in general is very interesting to me, because it's all kinds of messed up and both Erendis and Aldarion projecting all over her, resulting in quite a mess.

I'm also 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? Or the last three applied to Tar-Anárion, perhaps, or Tar-Anárion being extremely controlling of his daughters because of his less-than-ideal childhood? Or even darker, Tar-Ancalimë/her granddaughters noncon, and the granddaughters escaping Tar-Ancalimë because of that?

Tar-Ancalimë/Hallacar is also such a glorious mess, because it has all the trappings of a love story, but it kind of goes up in flames because they're really, really not suited to each other. Something about that, maybe? Or maybe Tar-Ancalimë/Nessanië? (Nessanië was Hallacar's sister.) Go as sweet or as fucked-up as you want for this! Maybe the two of them falling for each other, or a quiet moment at Emerië or in the palace? Or Tar-Ancalimë manipulating Nessanië to hurt Hallacar?

Or something about her handmaidens? Aside from the whole marriage debacle, how loyal were they to her? Were there rituals to go with being one of Ancalimë's handmaidens (and are there chastity belts involved)? Did one of them fall for her, or vice versa?

And part of Ancalimë's tragedy is that she was raised to be fiercely independent in a misogynistic society (and I imagine Erendis was very much a shaping influence in her view of men, and the 'do not bend, Ancalimë' speech pretty much makes it canon), and while she didn't bend, that means that she was always, always fighting, and she didn't really fit into the man's world that Númenor was. (I'm pretty sure Tolkien didn't intend to write that story, but that was the story I saw.) I know that's a pretty heavy topic and probably v. difficult to deal with, but I'd love even hints of that.

Or maybe Ancalimë navigating Númenorean politics, and discharging her duites as queen? Maybe something about the Council, or her advisors, or maybe something from the point of view of a noblewoman or one of her handmaidens?

There's just so much to explore with Ancalimë's life, and I'll love whatever you choose to write/draw about her!

Tar-Míriel

Femslash 'ships, please? Maybe Tar-Míriel/Uinen, Tar-Míriel/Elendil's wife, Tar-Míriel/Isildur's wife, or an OFC. Or Éowyn/Míriel Witch-King 'verse, For gen, Tar-Míriel as the Witch-King of Angmar! Tar-Míriel with her father, Tar-Míriel as a ruler.

I'd love to see Tar-Míriel aiding and abetting the Faithful despite her husband. Alternately, I'd also love a gloriously unrepentant Ar-Zimraphel ruling alongside Ar-Pharazôn—just lots of politics with maybe a dash of femslash thrown in, please.

For femslash, I want Tar-Míriel to have a slice of happiness before—or after—everything goes wrong. Make the setting and plot as dark as you like—the darker the better—but the relationship itself I'd prefer if it were more gentle, and loving. And, of course, Tar-Míriel as the Witch King is welcome!

Tar-Míriel as the Witch-King would be lovely, wild and dangerous and terrible and dark, and, of course, all the femslash pairings for that. I'm here for all the angst and darkness, and if you want to go in the non/dubcon direction also all the noncon/dubcon.

For the Witch-King/Éowyn (or Éowyn and the Witch-King, I don't mind either way): I am just very, very on board with the Tar-Míriel is the Witch King theory and I'd like darkfic about that. Canon divergence, of course, is fine, but so is canon 'verse gapfilling. I just want anger and tragedy and angst and all the yummy darkness. Make it as messed-up as you like—rape/non-con/dubcon are all fine for this fic. I just want a really, really fucked up dynamic, whether shippy or otherwise

Or maybe Uinen took Tar-Míriel in after she 'drowned'? I'd love to see Tar-Míriel in Uinen's realm! Or maybe Tar-Míriel finding comfort in Uinen during Ar-Pharazôn's rule?

There's also a version of Tar-Míriel's story where she aided Ar-Pharazôn willingly, because she loved him and because she agreed with him. I'd also be very, very interested in seeing anything about that. Maybe Tar-Míriel making sacrifices to Melkor or playing nice with Sauron? Or maybe her riding off to conquer Middle-earth with her husband in an AU? (And maybe Elendil tries to convince her to aid the Faithful, but fails?)

Elendil's wife and Tar-Míriel: Tar-Míriel aiding and abetting the Faithful! Meeting up with Elendil all the time is risky, but an old friend of the Queen's visiting and the two of them wanting privacy to talk together won't garner much attention...

Tar-Miriel/OFC? Maybe Tar-Míriel finding comfort in one of her handmaidens (or one of the palace staff)? Is the handmaiden of the Faithful (perhaps planted there by Elendil to help Tar-Míriel pass messages out of the palace?), is she a spy for Pharazôn who manipulates Míriel (and maybe perhaps eventually falls for her—or not, there's lots of room for fucked-up-ness either way, or enemies-to-lovers or fluff and comfort in dark times), or is she indifferent to the current political situation? Or maybe the OFC is a noble, either one of the Faithful (either in Exile, or someone who's secretly Faithful), or loyal to Pharazôn? I could see Míriel/her lover being either dysfunctional or adorable, depending on which is your thing. Either way, I'd love to see them just spending time together and all the romance and angst.

And I'm pretty sure Númenorean politics around the time of the Fall of the Númenor can go to very dark places if you want, but it can also be a finding hope amidst the darkness thing. All the dark, desperate politics, please, with cloak-and-dagger manoeuvring and secret messages and desperate plotting and questionable deals, and all the dirty parts of politics upped to the amp, bribery and palm-greasing and nepotism and violence and just making the people who don't agree with you just disappear. I'm sure that the Faithful (and/or Míriel) must have done some not-so-savoury things in the service of a good cause, not only Pharazôn—maybe something about that? Or maybe all the people the staunchest of the Faithful thought were their allies suddenly aren't any more? Or Pharazôn suddenly cracks down on minor corruptions of politicians, but only among the Faithful? Or maybe something more hopeful, the Faithful finding ways to survive and to help each other, and even people who didn't have strong political convictions before helping the Faithful?

Or art of the Ruling Queen, sad and beautiful, or powerful and cunning, or both. Elaborate costumes and weird and wacky color palettes all around!

Or maybe something about Tar-Míriel's childhood, and Palantír? Míriel probably knew, growing up, that she was going to be Queen, so something about that? Or maybe something about her mother, who Palantír 'married late', maybe?

Thuringwethil

First, a note: I'm lifting the bloodplay DNW for Thuringwethil (but only Thuringwethil, please). Bring on all the bloodsucking-involved smut for her! I definitely don't mind, and I don't mind whatever level of consent, dubcon or noncon or fully consensual.

I 'ship Haleth/Thuringwethil, Ilmarë/Thuringwethil, Lúthien/Thuringwethil, and Ungoliant/Thuringwethil.

I am here for the female blood-sucking Middle-earth vampires and all the blood-sucking fic ever. Honestly, this is my only need. (Okay, I lied. I would also quite adore some sort of dark femslash fic, with dark women being gloriously and unabashedly evil, or good and evil clashing and women hating each other very very much, but, again, blood-sucking. Blood-sucking is awesome and the reason I exist.)

I'd be very interested in an origin story for Thuringwethil. How did she join Sauron (because it's Sauron she's working under, so I imagine Sauron would have recruited her)? How and why did she fall? What was she like before her fall? What was her role? Did she serve any of the Valar? I'd also love to know what Thuringwethil's eventual fate is.

Or maybe something about her bat-fell—I'm assuming she's a Maia and the bat-fell is a fána she can take on at will, but maybe you have a different interpretation?

For Thuringwethil/Lúthien, I'd love seduction and anger and darkness—all the love/hate relationships, please! Maybe something about how Lúthien assumed Thuringwethil's batfell? (That'd be quite an interesting scene if you're an artist!) Did they fight, or did Lúthien strike some sort of bargain with Thuringwethil, or maybe Lúthien seduced Thuringwethil? Or maybe an AU where Thuringwethil manages to restrain Lúthien?

For Haleth/Thuringwethil, something during the crossing of Nan Dungorthreb, perhaps, and Thuringwethil demanding a price from Haleth in exchange for leaving her people alone? Again, I feel like art for Haleth/Thuringwethil could be quite interesting—Haleth kneeling in submission to Thuringwethil, perhaps, or being overpowered by Thuringwethil, or maybe Haleth overpowering Thuringwethil and taking her captive?

Ungoliant and Thuringwethil would be quite an interesting match if they ever meet—Ungoliant is a powerful, dark entity who serves no-one and whose only interest is in herself, while Thuringwethil is a servant of Morgoth's servant. They're both very dark, so I imagine Thuringwethil wouldn't be a victim of Ungoliant's craving for light (unless Ungoliant was the person who precipitated Thuringwethil's fall?) but I feel like there are still opportunities to explore here. Maybe Thuringwethil trapped and struggling in Ungoliant's webs? Or Thuringwethil swooping in to suck the light out of Ungoliant?

Ilmarë/Thuringwethil interests me for the light vs. dark dichotomy. An origin story, perhaps, on the fall of Thuringwethil? Or maybe what happened to Thuringwethil after the War of Wrath? I'd love to see the contrast between the two of them, and maybe something to do with the Ainur and their role in the Music? And this 'ship is ripe for all the angst and tragedy. Maybe something about Thuringwethil's fall? (And how it came about, if you're going in the fic direction.) Or maybe if you choose to go with something about Thuringwethil and Ilmarë after the War of Wrath, there must be a lot of betrayal and anger lying in both of them—something about that? I would also very much not mind this going in the fucked-up dubcon or noncon direction, whether that be because one of them is the other's prisoner, or because one of them manipulates the other emotionally (for her own good, of course, or so the manipulator things), or because of any other scenario.

For art, Thuringwethil sucking someone's blood, or flying, or, in an astounding feat of gymnastics, both! Or maybe something about her assuming or shedding the bat-fell, perhaps mid-transformation? Or maybe Thuringwethil soaring in the sky? Or maybe the form Thuringwethil took before she joined Morgoth? Or Thuringwethil pledging her loyalty to Sauron? Or maybe Thuringwethil fighting in the War of Wrath among Morgoth's host, or cast down from the sky by the army of the Valar?

Uinen

The number of women I 'ship with Uinen is ridiculous, really. There's Uinen/Goldberry, Uinen/Finduilas of Dol Amroth, Uinen/Tar-Míriel (more in the Tar-Míriel section), Uinen/Erendis, Uinen/Gilmith...I'd also love gen of Uinen with any of these women, or Uinen with Ossë or Ulmo, or with any other character, really, because she's fascinatingly versatile.

I'm very interested in Uinen as a character. She's the lady of the sea, and she has power over the waves and protects sailors when she wants to. She's painted in legend as a gentler person than Ossë, and I'd love to know how much of that is truth and how much of that is wishful thinking. Maybe something about her controlling the waves? Or maybe something about her rescuing sailors, or something about the protection she gives sailors who have her blessings? Or if you want to go in a more creepy direction, maybe she's something of a Siren, luring unsuspecting sailors to their death, maybe even some people on land? I love characters who represent forces of nature, so maybe something about that, perhaps?

For art, I'd love to see Uinen under the sea, swimming among fishes in her realm. I'd also love to see her carrying a drowned sailor in her arms, or swimming alongside a boat, or caught in the vortex of a hurricane, or riding the waves, or dancing underwater.

Uinen and Gilmith (gen or shippy): We don't know anything about Gilmith, and her life and death, and I'd love to see something based on that. What sort of relationship do they have? Do they meet at night on the shore? Does Uinen take Gilmith back to her realm? Does Uinen prevent Gilmith's drowning? Kissing near or in the water for art, please, with one or both of them dripping wet! Or something eerie, emphasising Uinen's otherness.

Erendis and Uinen (gen or shippy): was Uinen connected to Erendis' drowning? (And did she drown, really? Or was it something else?) Or maybe something about the many times Erendis cursed Uinen, and the irony if Erendis ends up in Uinen's underwater realm?

Goldberry is the River-woman's daughter, so it's not inconceivable that she'd be somehow related to Uinen, if incest's your thing. If it's not, they still have quite a lot in common! (Or you can go the gen route, whether you think they're related or not; I'd also love that!) I'd like to see them meeting—what do they make of each other? What sort of trysts do they have? They both seem to be wild, free spirits, so maybe something supernatural? Maybe something about their respective powers, or something about their roles in the Music/in Arda?

Uinen and Finduilas of Dol Amroth, gen or shippy: 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. For art, I'd love something vaguely supernatural, please, if you can do that, or maybe something to do with swans? Maybe Uinen calling Finduilas down to the sea? Or Finduilas sinking into Uinen's arms?

I'd also love to see Uinen with Ossë, who is her peer, and/or Ulmo, who's much more powerful than her. Do they work in tandem, or are there tussles? How well do Uinen's powers work alongside theirs?

I'd love to see something about the cultures and peoples who worship Uinen, and what that worship is like. I'd also adore seeing something about her role in the Music and her command of the waters. And, again, power! I'd love to see more about the kind of power Uinen has, and maybe something about her domain.

Ungoliant

Ungoliant/Arien and Thuringwethil/Ungoliant are my main Ungoliant 'ships, but I'd also love any other ship you 'ship with for her. Noncon is always, always great.

Ungoliant's beginnings, Ungoliant with Thuringwethil, Ungoliant sucking the Light out of the Trees (I'd love it if you used Ungoliant's expanded story in Morgoth's Ring, and also Myths Transformed, but I will also equally love anything to do with her—there's so little, and I want more!)

An origin story, maybe? We know that both Sauron and Morgoth Fell from grace, as it were, and we know how, but what about Ungoliant? What happened? What was her beginning? What made her Dark? Where did she gain her hunger for Light? Or alternately, what happens to Ungoliant after the Darkening? Her fate isn't clear after she flees to Nan Dungortheb, so there's plenty of room for exploration there. Does she flee to the South as is suggested, or is she eaten up by her children, or does a completely different fate befall her? Or maybe Ungoliant overpowering Morgoth, because yessss. Anything goes, and I'd love it if you included Ungoliant/Arien in any situation, but I'd love a majestic, glorious story for her, please, in tone if not in content.

Arien/Ungoliant: Did she become Dark because of her love for Arien, or despite it? Or, if they fall for each other despite being on different sides of the war (or, well, in Ungoliant's case, not having a side at all but aligning with Melkor because he's useful), elemental forces and secret rendezvous and love that doesn't ultimately change anything? Either way, I'd love something tragic. Or an AU where it ends well, that would also be lovely!

Ungoliant and Arien—the Sun and a giant spider, I'd be interested to see how that works visually. Or you could have them take human raiment—that's also something I'd love to see. Or maybe something about spiderwebs? Ungoliant trapping Arien in giant spiderwebs, maybe, and (noncon if you want to go in the noncon-y direction, or as roleplay) eating up all her Light?

Or all the Ungoliant/Arien noncon, maybe? I'd love to see Ungoliant nonconning Arien (and the visual logistics of that would also be very interesting, given their varied shapes). Maybe an AU of Myths Transformed, where Ungoliant is the one who ravishes Arien, not Morgoth? Or maybe, if you go with the published, Arien is noncon'd by Ungoliant pre-Darkening, or as Ungoliant is fleeing?

Or noncon of Ungoliant/any humanoid woman. Extra things you could add to said noncon (or just to spider sex in genera;), but are not at all requirements or things that'd be necessary for me to love your fic/art: oviposition, multiple spiders, her people watching (or maybe just her warriors, voyeurism is great either way), spider legs inside the woman's holes, spiderwebs, spider fluid, the spider being surprisingly gentle (although this doesn't help at all) gags/the woman screaming herself hoarse/trying to talk to Ungoliant but Ungoliant ignoring her.

I'd love a visualization of the scene where she sucks Light out of the Two Trees. Or Ungoliant and Arien—the Sun and a giant spider, I'd be interested to see how that worked. Or you could have them take human raiment—that's something I'd love to see. Basically, all the spider art, because I love spiders and there's not enough of them.

Urwen Lalaith

Finduilas/Lalaith or Lalaith/Nienor, maybe? Or Melian/Lalaith or Nellas/Lalaith? Or any other Lalaith ship you can think of, I'm not picky. And I'd also love gen.

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? Or maybe f!preg? Would they go the same, or differently? (And would she even want to be called Lalaith after her brother's death?)

And what happens to Túrin's band of warriors? I imagine the outlaws wouldn't treat a woman with the same respect (albeit grudging respect) they'd treat a man, so how does she win their respect? Or maybe she doesn't, and acquires an all-female band of outlaws instead?

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?

For Lalaith/Nienor, sistercest! 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?

For Finduilas/Lalaith, again, I do imagine this would go in a similar direction to Túrin/Finduilas. Or does Lalaith manage to be on time to rescue Finduilas? Or maybe Orodreth doesn't listen to Lalaith as much as he did to Túrin and this turns out to be a good thing?

I'd also love to see what Lalaith thinks of Nellas. Or maybe Lalaith spending time with Melian? (And if that isn't a situation ripe for allll the conflict and clashing personalities then I don't know what is!) If you want to write/draw something with Beleg (or any of the other male characters), I'd prefer it very much if you kept it gen (and Beleg and Lalaith's relationship would be very interesting to see, for me!).

If you want to go in a dark direction, the women who died in canon living, but things still going up shit creek, or becoming even worse and/or timefuckery, would be great. I just want all the angst and doom and gloom of the Silm, only amped up and even more Extra^TM.

And time travel and time loops! I love characters travelling back in time to fix something but not being able to fix it/fixing it making things worse. The Silm is a good candidate for these tropes because of aforesaid dooms and curses, and I'm disappointed that there's so few fic based on these. Making it worse than the current Silm world would require quite a bit of ingenuity, I imagine! (Although, darkest timeline would be Morgoth winning completely and utterly annihilating the people of Arda?) Or maybe there was a timeline which was better/in which more people lived, but the current Silm timeline is because of meddling from the past? (Perhaps the Lalaith was killed by her future self/by her lover, for the extra angst factor?) Or maybe Lalaith being stuck in a time loop?

Vairë

Vairë and her weaving and her recording of history is fascinating, and I'd love to see something about that—is she indifferent to what she witnesses, or does she rage at events that occur, or does she laugh at foolish mortals? Or does she, once or twice, intervene? Does she even have the power to intervene, or is she only an impartial observer? Does seeing the bigger picture (as she must, knowing the Music and seeing all of history laid out before her) change her view of people's actions? Does she start out caring, but grow indifferent over the Ages as the blood and destruction pile up? Does she ever doubt her role and/or doubt Eru and his plans for Arda, or does she remain steadfast in her belief? Does she think that the sorrow of Arda is worth its joy and beauty, or does she disagree with that?

What sort of influence does Vairë have in the Halls? Is she an arbiter? Does she pass judgement? Simply an impartial observer? Does she aid Námo in his judgements by providing him with the histories of the souls he's imparting judgement on?

Speaking (typing?) of Námo, I love the contrast between the two of them. Námo, who gives judgement, and Vairë, who observes. I'd love anything to do with the two of them, and their respective duties in the Halls.

Questions about morality and Light and Dark and the Music! Vairë's one of the shadowier figures among the Valar—how does that factor into her views of right and wrong? Is there a reason she doesn't interact with the Children of Eru much?

Vairë/Míriel is a pet pairing of mine, and The Statute of Finwë and Míriel is a veritable goldmine for this. Vairë speaks on Míriel's behalf as if she knows what Míriel wants, and I'd find it fascinating if she spoke with the authority of a long-time lover, maybe even before Míriel's death. Or Míriel going to the Halls of Vairë! Míriel the Broideress and Vairë the Weaver—do they find common ground in Míriel's love of embroidery and Vairë's duties?

I find Ungoliant an interesting character to contrast with Vairë, because they're both weavers, in a sense, but they're so firmly opposed to each other. It'd be interesting to see them meet! Maybe Ungoliant is a Maia of Vairë? Or maybe Vairë taught Ungoliant her craft, only for Ungoliant to abandon her? Or maybe something about the tapestries of Vairë caused Ungoliant's fall into darkness? Or maybe Ungoliant and Vairë meeting when Ungoliant is in her spider-form—how would that go?For these two, either shippy or gen fic/art would be very much welcome.

For art, I'd love to see Vairë weaving, or a glimpse of the tapestries she's made, or maybe art of the Halls of Vairë. I think that some interesting things could be done with mist/fog and limited palettes with Vairë, given that she's such a shadowy figure, if you're so inclined. Or I'd love to see what Vairë's regular fána looks like, in general, especially to the eyes of the Children of Eru. Or maybe Vairë participating in a debate in the Mahanaxar?

Women of the Faithful

So, the group of people involved in this request is very, very broad. I've given prompts for some named characters (and there's a whole section on Tar-Míriel above) and some general prompts, but please don't feel like you have to stick to those prompts; I'll love whoever you choose to write/draw about, whether that's an OFC or a character we know exists!

(Basically the same prompt as for Tar-Míriel, but) I'm pretty sure Númenorean politics around the time of the Fall of the Númenor can go to very dark places if you want, but it can also be a finding hope amidst the darkness thing. All the dark, desperate politics, please, with cloak-and-dagger manoeuvring and secret messages and desperate plotting and questionable deals, and all the dirty parts of politics upped to the amp, bribery and palm-greasing and nepotism and violence and just making the people who don't agree with you just disappear. I'm sure that the Faithful (and/or Míriel) must have done some not-so-savoury things in the service of a good cause, not only Pharazôn—maybe something about that? Or maybe all the people the staunchest of the Faithful thought were their allies suddenly aren't any more? Or Pharazôn suddenly cracks down on minor corruptions of politicians, but only among the Faithful? Or maybe something more hopeful, the Faithful finding ways to survive and to help each other, and even people who didn't have strong political convictions before helping the Faithful?

Lindórië was Inzilbêth(Tar-Palantir's mother)'s mother, was of the House of Lords of Andúnië, and one of the Faithful. Other than that, we know nothing about her. Maybe Lindórië/OFC, and maybe featuring a little bit on the political situation in Númenor? Tension, betrayal, secrets and lies—all of that is fine with me, as is implied/future/endgame Lindórië/Tar-Calmacil's descendant, as long as it's made clear that Lindórië does love the OFC (and is she of the Faithful? loyal to the King? doesn't care either way?). Or I'd love to see Lindórië passing on her beliefs to her daughter—does Inzilbêth remember her mother when she's teaching her older son? I'd like an exploration of the King's Men/Faithful schism, with a dash of politics! Or maybe something about Inzilbêth's marriage to Ar-Gimilzôr and how that came about?

I'd also love to know more about Elendil's wife and/or Isildur's wife. We know they must have existed, obviously, but beyond that there's absolutely nothing on them, so whatever you write/draw about them would be wonderful!

Or I'd love to see a noblewoman somehow aiding and abetting the Faithful, maybe even someone who's not of Andúnië but from a different part of Númenor. Maybe she uses her influence in court to take the heat off the publicly known Faithful? Maybe she smuggles messages to and from court once the Faithful have been banned from the city?

And I'd also love to see ordinary women of the Faithful (and maybe something about Fíriel from The Lost Road?), who kept to their faith of and knowledge of the Valar and Eru despite the massive repercussions they must have faced. What were their lives like?

And those of the Faithful who managed to escape with Elendil must have faced a complete uprooting of their life. Maybe something about building a new home? Or maybe that desperate race away from Númenor, leaving everything they know behind? Or the first steps they take in Middle-earth? (For art, especially, I'd love to see the latter two points visualized—a woman loading her belongings onto one of the ships, or looking back at Númenor longingly, or stepping foot on Middle-earth.) Or maybe grieving the people they had to leave behind, because I don't think that every one of the Faithful got out of Númenor safely.

Or I'd love to see any of the rituals the Faithful must have kept up in secret, or the stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. Art of anything the Faithful do that mark them as Faithful, whether that be prayer to Eru or telling stories, or reading forbidden books, would be interesting. For fic, it'd also be interesting to see what the stories the Faithful have about the First Age and earlier look like—are they basically accurate, or are there massive gaps? How does their faith in the Valar work in life, how is it practised?

A Note About Crossovers

I'd enjoy seeing crossovers/fusions between any of the fandoms I've requested here (especially if you have characters I've requested meet), as well as with any of the fandoms in my Crossovering letter. or with any of the fandoms I've requested in my previous exchange letters. The only exception is His Dark Materials; for HDM, I'm okay with crossovers but not fusions. I'm not going to give specific prompts because this letter is long enough already, but I'd love worldbuilding or setting changes or shipping any of the characters in canons together (or characters from any two canons interacting in any way or form, really).