#fanworks exchange

[lost-words-exchange]

Announcing: The Lost Words Exchange

Toby fans! We are delighted to announce Lost Words, an Ao3 fanart & fanfiction exchange for characters and relationships from the October Daye series. Please see the Ao3 collection for rules, FAQ, and walkthrough information.

Schedule

Nominations August 24-August 30th Signups August 31st-September 12th Assignments Due October 24th Fanworks Reveals October 31st Creator Reveals November 7th

If you have questions, please send an ask or email the mods at [email protected]

We hope to see many of you signing up! Please spread the word so that any Toby fans who are interested have the chance to participate.

#october daye #toby daye #october daye series #fanworks exchange

[black-emporium-exchange]

THE BLACK EMPORIUM EXCHANGE RETURNS FOR 2022!

Calling all artists and writers! Do you enjoy shipping characters who never met in canon? Or juicy but under-appreciated canon pairings? Perhaps your taste runs to moresomes -- or zany, off-the-wall crack ships? Or perhaps you're more the type for side characters or platonic pairings?

If you fit any of those descriptions, then we have just the exchange for you! Black Emporium is a rare pair exchange that encompasses everything Dragon Age – provided they have less than 300 completed works on Ao3. Whether you’ve been a fan since the beginning or just got started with the series – whether you write snappy dialogue or draw detailed scenery – we want YOU to participate!

Important Dates:

Nominations June 29-July 5

Signups July 6-16

Assignments July 17

Due date August 29

Works revealed September 5

Creators revealed September 12

Links:

Main hubs

Tumblr: @black-emporium-exchange

Dreamwidth Mirror: black-emporium

2022 Ao3 Subcollection

Discord

Ao3 Nominations Tagset 

Documents:

Nominations Spreadsheet

Requests Summary

#dragon age #black emporium #fanworks exchange #be_announcements #be_2022

[kpts-fanexchange]

Assignments have been sent out via email! Participants, please look out for your assignment or any additional requests from the mods. Happy creating! !

#kinnporsche fanfiction #kinnporsche rpf #kinnporsche the series #fanworks exchange

[vinjaryou]

My @ff7central Fanworks Exchange piece, written for @grindel-works! I took the prompt

‘...a day in the life of those involved directly with the Jenova Project...’

and knew exactly who I was going to focus on for that tumultuous time. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into an evening of Jenova-sitting and introspection with Dr. Lucrecia Crescent. ♥

#final fantasy vii #lucrecia crescent #ff7central #fanworks exchange #first time joining this and it was so much fun~

[exchange-of-interest]

Pinch Hit 2: livenudebigfoot -- CLAIMED

Please send a private message or email [email protected] to claim. This pinch hit will be due at the same time as the regular assignments, Sun 29 May 2022 at 08:00PM EDT.

Requested Relationships: Lionel Fusco/John Reese, Harold Finch/Lionel Fusco, Lionel Fusco & Sameen Shaw

Requested Mediums: Fanfic

Request 1 by livenudebigfoot Lionel Fusco/John Reese, Fanfic

DNWs: character bashing, crossovers, non-canon major character death, Reese/Finch, unrequested poly, unrequested noncon between requested characters, A/B/O dynamics, AUs that make the characters dramatically younger (i.e. high school or college AUs), CSA, body modification, and fatphobia from Fusco’s love interest (including fetishization of fatness and begrudging attraction to Fusco despite his being fat)

Likes:

characters who are very different from one another working hard to understand and connect with each other

Fish out of water: rough characters forced to be caretakers, non-fighters forced to kick ass, city people forced to go into the wilderness, etc.

stories where the characters are smart but fate is stupid

fight scenes that are brutal, ungraceful, and full of misadventure

casual depictions of fat bodies

hurt/comfort: stoic sufferers and tender, diligent caretakers

epistolary fic: POI is all about alienation and characters talking to each other from afar, so I think fic where characters communicate by text/email/stealthy pigeon, etc. would be really good.

Groundhog Day style time loops, played for comedy, angst, and/or romance.

Food! Food as a way to show affection and care for others, food described lavishly, food as a way for characters to tell their own stories.

Ghosts! They are fun. I like haunted houses, I like characters who are cursed with the power to see ghosts, and I like characters who are (literally) haunted by their mistakes.

I love the evolution of their relationship, and how it grows from this really dark, twisted thing to a very sweet and fond partnership. Fic exploring either of those eras in their relationship would be extremely relevant to my interests. On the darker end of things, I'd love them getting rough with each other, Reese pushing Fusco's boundaries as far as he can, or Fusco getting the upper hand and having to wrestle with himself, morally, about what to do with his newfound advantage. On the lighter and fluffier end of things, I'd love them being undyingly loyal to one another, Fusco getting under Reese's skin with his pragmatic warmth, or Fusco being swept off his feet by this new, more familiar, more human Reese.

Reese and Fusco get fake-married for a case! Their gleeful animosity, ruthless sense of professionalism, and secret tenderness for one another congeals into a messy tangle of weird feelings that frighten and intimidate all of the other people at this couple’s retreat they’re infiltrating.

They retire together! Maybe they move to the middle of nowhere for hiding-out reasons and Fusco struggles to adjust to country life while Reese gets to be a dad in the form of being a stepdad to Lionel's son.

Lighthouse keeper AU! Reese is a lonesome lighthouse keeper in a lonesome tower, hiding from his problems. Fusco is a gruff local fisherman who delivers supplies to the island and tries to crack Reese’s stony exterior. The weather is stormy. The characters are touch-starved. The sweaters are enormous. Not a “The Lighthouse” AU, plz, i’m sensitive to smell.

Request 2 by livenudebigfoot Harold Finch/Lionel Fusco, Fanfic

DNWs: character bashing, crossovers, non-canon major character death, Reese/Finch, unrequested poly, unrequested noncon between requested characters, A/B/O dynamics, AUs that make the characters dramatically younger (i.e. high school or college AUs), CSA, body modification, and fatphobia from Fusco’s love interest (including fetishization of fatness and begrudging attraction to Fusco despite his being fat)

Likes:

characters who are very different from one another working hard to understand and connect with each other

Fish out of water: rough characters forced to be caretakers, non-fighters forced to kick ass, city people forced to go into the wilderness, etc.

stories where the characters are smart but fate is stupid

fight scenes that are brutal, ungraceful, and full of misadventure

casual depictions of fat bodies

hurt/comfort: stoic sufferers and tender, diligent caretakers

epistolary fic: POI is all about alienation and characters talking to each other from afar, so I think fic where characters communicate by text/email/stealthy pigeon, etc. would be really good.

Groundhog Day style time loops, played for comedy, angst, and/or romance.

Food! Food as a way to show affection and care for others, food described lavishly, food as a way for characters to tell their own stories.

Ghosts! They are fun. I like haunted houses, I like characters who are cursed with the power to see ghosts, and I like characters who are (literally) haunted by their mistakes.

Finch and Fusco have a truly adorable dynamic. I love how incredibly different they are from one another in a class-oriented, lowbrow vs. highbrow, slobs vs. snobs kind of way. I like how Finch keeps his emotions behind high walls and his friends at a distance, while Fusco is designed to smash down those walls and relate to people in a very earnest, real way. I loved watching them gradually learn to trust each other and I like how they cover each other’s weak spots.

I would love:

Finch and Fusco keep accidentally cohabitating in the safehouse. Finch will stay there overnight for mission reasons, Fusco sometimes sleeps over because it’s closer to the precinct than his apartment and, between shared breakfasts, Twilight Zone marathons, and much contemplation of how close their bedrooms are, they start to catch feelings.

Chef/Food Critic AU! Fusco’s a chef who makes impeccable comfort food, Finch is a snobby food critic who thinks his palate is too sophisticated for such things.

Post-canon fic about Finch and Fusco patching up their relationship. Maybe Finch comes back to NYC, or Fusco goes to Italy looking for him, or they find creative ways to communicate with each other from afar. (In the context of this prompt, I would prefer a scenario where Finch and Grace have reconnected, but opted not to pursue a romantic relationship.)

Request 3 by livenudebigfoot Lionel Fusco & Sameen Shaw, Fanfic

DNWs: character bashing, crossovers, non-canon major character death, Reese/Finch, unrequested poly, unrequested noncon between requested characters, A/B/O dynamics, AUs that make the characters dramatically younger (i.e. high school or college AUs), CSA, body modification, and fatphobia from Fusco’s love interest (including fetishization of fatness and begrudging attraction to Fusco despite his being fat)

Likes:

characters who are very different from one another working hard to understand and connect with each other

Fish out of water: rough characters forced to be caretakers, non-fighters forced to kick ass, city people forced to go into the wilderness, etc.

stories where the characters are smart but fate is stupid

fight scenes that are brutal, ungraceful, and full of misadventure

casual depictions of fat bodies

hurt/comfort: stoic sufferers and tender, diligent caretakers

epistolary fic: POI is all about alienation and characters talking to each other from afar, so I think fic where characters communicate by text/email/stealthy pigeon, etc. would be really good.

Groundhog Day style time loops, played for comedy, angst, and/or romance.

Food! Food as a way to show affection and care for others, food described lavishly, food as a way for characters to tell their own stories.

Ghosts! They are fun. I like haunted houses, I like characters who are cursed with the power to see ghosts, and I like characters who are (literally) haunted by their mistakes.

Shaw and Fusco’s friendship is my favorite. I loved watching them start as reluctant teammates with very different attitudes to loyalty, mourning, violence, etc. and gradually learn to understand each other a lot better. I like seeing them give each other a hard time, be unexpectedly softhearted about each other, and tackling weird problems together.

I would love:

Shaw and Fusco dealing with a Number that turns out to be supernatural in nature. I’m talking ghosts, werewolves, draculas, mutant sewer gators, a literal wizard: I just want to see them be cranky while solving the ludicrous situation they find themselves in.

ROAD TRIP. For reasons that I shall leave up to you, dear writer, Shaw and Fusco must go on a long cross-country road trip together. They get on each other’s nerves. Their attempt at a shortcut ends in disaster. They go check out a kitschy roadside attraction and actually have a nice time. They are extremely Planes, Trains and Automobiles about the whole thing.

Shaw and Fusco supporting each other post-finale, as the last two members of Team Machine, and finding a way forward together.

#pinch hit #person of interest #exchange of interest #fanworks exchange

[haphira]

Multimouse and Viperion watching the city at night.

LBSC Secret Santa Exchange 2023

For: Inkmousey

#lukanette #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fandom #pro lukamari #pro lukanette #endgame lukanette #lukanette endgame #miraculous fanworks #multimouse #viperion #vipermouse #lbsc secret santa exchange 2023

[remnants-of-rwby-exchange]

Sign Up Guidelines

The main method of communication for this project will be through email. This is how you will receive your assignment information with your recipient’s preferences, squicks and triggers, and favorites. If you have any concerns, feel free to reach out either via DMs, reblogs, or asks.

When signing up…

Please feel free to be as specific or as general as possible with your answers! For instance, if you wish to prioritize characters and ships, feel free to number them (i.e. “1. Ruby 2. Weiss” or “1. Ruby/Weiss 2. Yang/Blake”), but it is not a requirement. The goal is to give your giftee enough information to create something you will enjoy, while leaving some room for them to be creative and put their own spin on it!

When coming up with prompts…

Try your best to provide a variety! You can stick with just a setting, such as “Beacon Days” or “Atlas Ball,” you can provide a scene set up, such as “Yang and Ruby having sister bonding time” or “Team STRQ getting into shenanigans,” or you can even provide an AU idea, such as “Role Swap AU” or “Nothing Bad Ever Happened AU.” You can even provide your own AU if you’d like! If you decide to do that, try to provide at least one or two non-AU options, just in case.

When creating…

The focus of your fic must be at least one character or ship from the recipient’s list! If they prioritized, try your best to use their number one as the focus!

Avoid all squicks and triggers, respect your recipient’s boundaries, and make sure you consider their favorite tags, categories, and tropes when creating your piece. Try to use at least one of their prompts as a jumping off point, too!

If you get stuck…

You can always always always reach out if you have any questions or just need some help brainstorming. You can DM, reply to the assignment email, or send an ask (especially if you wish to remain anonymous).

Try to keep your identity a secret!!!

But if you want to learn more about your recipient (for instance, if they used their own AU as a prompt and you need more information on it), feel free to send them an anonymous ask here on Tumblr or reach out to me! I’d be happy to send an anonymous message on your behalf.

Even if you don’t have questions, reach out and talk to your recipient (anonymously) as you work on their piece! Offer encouragement, ask them questions, and just spread general excitement and love for the show!

Any other questions? Feel free to contact me before filling out the sign up form.

The form will be open for three weeks, closing on April 6th.

Sign Up Now!

#rwby #fndm #ruby rose #weiss schnee #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #faq #sign ups #remnants of rwby: fanworks exchange #zac (admin)

[china-shop]

Coming soon: 520 Day Reverse Exchange 2024!!

The Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange is coming back for 2024!

520 sounds like "I love you" in Mandarin, so May 20th is a bit like Valentine's Day. To celebrate, we're back with the sixth annual 520 Day Reverse Exchange. As the name says, this is a reverse exchange: instead of making your request and that request being assigned to a writer/artist/fanwork creator, here:

You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating.

You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads.

You make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating.

You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offer.

You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.

(An updated rules/info post will go up before sign-ups open, but here is last year's for reference.)

This year's schedule

Sign-ups part 1 - offers: Saturday 16 March - Friday 22 March Sign-ups part 2 - requests: Saturday 23 March - Friday 29 March Matching: Saturday 30 March - Tuesday 2 April Assignments out: Wednesday 3 April at the latest Deadline: Monday 13 May Work reveals: Monday 20 May (there is no anon period)

This exchange is run on Dreamwidth and AO3, but you don't need a Dreamwidth account to participate. We'd love it if you filled out or anon-commented on the interest poll on Dreamwidth, but that's also not required. :-)

#520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange 2024 #Guardian #镇魂 guardian #zhenhun #Guardian cdrama #Guardian RPF #Guardian novel #Weilan #Shen Wei #Zhao Yunlan #ChuGuo #Da Qing #Ye Zun #Hei Pao Shi #Zhu Yilong #Bai Yu #Zhubai #Fanwork exchange #Multimedia #Run on Dreamwidth and AO3 #You don't need a Dreamwidth account tho #all welcome

[secretstantler]

It’s that time again! Now in our 13th year, The Pokemon Holiday Fanwork Exchange is open for sign ups! The exchange is hosted on AO3 with sign ups on google forms. All artists and writers are welcome!

You need an AO3 account to play (so you can receive your gifted fanwork), but you don’t need to post it to AO3 yourself if you find that a hassle - you can e-mail it to the mods and we’ll post it for you. <3

RULES & INFO

SIGN UP (open until November 15, because they opened a day late)

Art Credit

Other socmed links: Twitter | Bluesky | Instagram

Signal boosting is so appreciated! Thank you!!

#pokemon #secret stantler #trainer blue #trainer red #team rocket #eevee #pikachu #fanwork exchange #holiday exchange #please signal boost!! #sorry it's opening a day late i'm sick right now #let's have fun again this year!

[cksecretsanta23]

secret santa sign ups are open!

let's get this festive holiday gift exchange going!! sign-ups are open until end of november 24 and we'd love it if you could join the fun

sign up here! 🎅🎅🎅

timeline

event info/faq

ask

#cobra kai secret santa #cksecretsanta23 #fandom gift exchange #cobra kai #the karate kid #lawrusso #damiko #danzen #carmanda #samtory #hawkmetri #cobra husbands #robby keene/happiness #running out of ship names here honestly #festive fanworks #sign ups #let's go lesbians

[grlnxtdr30]

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Glee Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kurt Hummel/Blaine Anderson Characters: Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Sam Evans, Original Characters Additional Tags: Journalist Kurt, Nanny Blaine Sort Of, Inheritances, Fancy Cats, Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Meeting Summary:

Kurt is named in a will, and his inheritance comes with a penthouse in Manhattan, a cottage in Long Island, and a...Nanny?

#Glee #Klaine #Klaine Secret Santa Fanwork Exchange #For daisyishedwig

[lost-words-exchange]

SIGN-UPS ARE OPENING!

Please go HERE to sign up!

Sign-Ups Process

In your sign-up, you'll specify the works you'd like to receive and the works you're willing to create. (They do not necessarily have to be the same!)

You must fill out at least two requests and two offers. You may only select each pairing or character once, but may give multiple ideas per pairing in your prompt.

If you are interested in receiving Mature- or Explicit-rated works, you must be at least 18 years old and opt-in by mentioning it in your sign-up description.

You will have to fill out several fields on the sign-up form:

Relationships

Here you can write in the relationships and characters that you wish to request. As long as it is part of the tag set/nominated pairings and characters, it should be able to be selected here.

If your chosen relationship is in the tag-set but isn't auto-completing, this is unfortunately a bug on AO3's end that we cannot fix -- but if you copy and paste your relationship from the tag-set into this field, you should be able to submit. (Please contact moderators via email at [email protected] if you get an error and let us know what the error was.)

Additional Tags

This field is to mark if you're open to receiving fanfiction, fanart, or both (check both boxes), for this request.

Example of someone requesting ONLY fanart for any pairings listed in this Request field.

Ratings (Requests)

If you are open to receiving Mature- or Explicit-rated works, please mention it in your sign-up description. We use the AO3 ratings guide as far as judging what each rating entails.

Any participant under 18 should NOT indicate interest in M or E works, as those are intended for 18+ audiences only.

Indicating interest in receiving higher rating works does not mean you are guaranteed to receive them, just that other people will be allowed to gift them to you in this exchange.

Letter

This is a place to put a link to a letter, if you have one. A letter generally is a completely optional, longer version of the description field, and might include more details you'd like your creator to know, or things like pictures that are hard to paste into the description box.

Letters are commonly hosted on Dreamwidth, Tumblr, Google docs, or other such freely accessible websites.

Please note that the moderators cannot enforce any DNWs you put only in your letter.

Completely optional field. Leave blank if you don't have a letter.

Description

Please feel free to use this field to go into some detail about what you would like; this helps give the creator of your work some different ideas about what they could make for you.

If you are open to treats, please indicate interest.

Examples of prompts or helpful information you could share with your recipient (reminder, your creator is not required to follow your prompts/likes):

General trope likes, e.g., Fluff, First Kiss, There Was Only One Bed, Enemies to Lovers, etc.

Stylistic likes, e.g., 2nd person writing, Tarot Card art, chat-fic, etc.

A sentence or two about why you like the pairing, e.g., "I love Toby being oblivious about her own feelings!"

"What If?" prompts, especially open ended ones, e.g., "What if Toby decided to go full fae? What if Toby was raised by Simon as a child? How would it change her perspective on the world?"

Rating restriction clarifications, e.g., interested in E rated smut, but not E rated violence

Be sure to list your Do Not Wants (DNWs) -- if they're not listed in the Description box of your sign up, then the mods cannot enforce your DNWs. If your DNWs are poorly worded or go against exchange rules, they will also be considered unenforceable.Sign-Ups - Offers

The process to Offers is similar to Requests when it comes to pairings and denoting interest in creating fanart and/or fanfic. However, there are a couple differences one should make note of:

"Notes to mods" Field

If you want, you can write notes to the mods, but this isn't required. Some things you might want to include:

If you are under 18 or do not want to receive any "E" requests/prompts from your recipient, please put a simple "No 'E' requests" or in your sign up. This will not disclose your age as we have adult participants who have asked this of mods over the years.

The AO3 username of any individual(s) you don't want to be matched with. You don't have to provide a reason as to why you don't want to be matched with someone, but we will rely entirely on the name(s) you enter; if you ask not to be matched with FanficWriter69 but you meant FanficWriter96, we can't guarantee you won't get matched. For the sake of everyone's stress level, triple check any names and make sure you're giving us their AO3 username.

Please do not use this field to ask to be matched with a specific person.

"Any" Box

If you would like, you can offer to create a work for "Any."

PLEASE ONLY CHECK THIS BOX IF YOU TRULY MEAN ANY RELATIONSHIP OR CHARACTER IN THE TAG SET.

#october daye #seanan mcguire #toby daye #lost_words_signups #fanworks exchange

[birdflashweek]

Multi-Fandom Interest Check

Going to throw this out here for anyone interested. If the Exchange ends up running it will run through this blog, the others would get a new blog for them.

If you're interested in one of these events please fill out the interest check, all you'll have to do is say no to all the others.

If you have questions about the event or want to see an FAQ, there's short FAQs for all of them as well as some additional questions about them if you click yes or maybe for an event.

The form is here.

Also, nice quick reminder that Birdflash week is only about a month away! We look forward to seeing everyone's contributions!! For more info about that: [FAQ] [SFW Prompts] [NSFW Prompts] [Collection] [Discord]

(TW: blood under the cut)

#wally west #birdflash #dick grayson #dick grayson x wally west #wally west x dick grayson #dc comics #nightwing #young justice #dc #fandom event #exchange #fanwork exchange #interest check #event weekends #dc comcis #va #vampires #flash family #shipping events #batflash #timbart #batfam #flash fam meets the JLA

[hexfloog]

Starlight - for @marshmallowgoop as part of the DCMK Fanworks Server Halfiversary Exchange! :3c Boy was I excited when I saw the opportunity to explore this relationship teehee

Words and alt crop below the break <3

I deeply admire the Miyano sibling bond and super wish it was explored more in canon. They both clearly loved and cared for each other very much in spite of their situation growing up: not only did Akemi stake her own life on completing an impossible task in order to free her sister, but her death ultimately drove Shiho to attempt to take her own-- if that doesn't speak to sibling devotion then idk what does.

The crumbs we get out of certain episodes and movies (in particular, episode 129 and Countdown to Heaven) showcasing Ai trying to reckon with her grief are so so good and that's what I really wish we got to see more of ;--; That Ai would willingly compromise her safety in order to touch the last vestiges of her sister... bruh

Enjoy!! And now here's the alt crop:

God this could totally be an album cover. HA good joke Hex, you wouldn't, would you...? Unless...

#art #dcmk #miyano akemi #miyano shiho #haibara ai #ai haibara #sherry #akemi miyano #dcmk fanworks exchange

[triflingshadows]

my piece for the 2023 pentiment fanwork exchange! had a lot of fun working on this :)

#art #pentiment #pentiment fanwork exchange #veronica baueryn #brigita baueryn #for others #almost forgot its reveal day...ive been elden ringing all day #fanart

[exchange-of-interest]

Pinch Hit 1: DeathknightQ —CLAIMED

Please send a private message or email [email protected] to claim. This pinch hit will be due at the same time as the regular assignments, Sun 29 May 2022 at 08:00PM EDT.

Requested Relationships: Control/Harold Finch, Character: Nathan Ingram, Harold Finch & Sameen Shaw

Requested Mediums: Fanart, Fanfic, Fanvid

Request 1 by DeathknightQ Control/Harold Finch, Fanart, Fanfic, Fanvid

Gen (Control & Harold Finch) is fine. Squicks/DNW: A/B/O, Mpreg, stuffing, scat/golden showers (not that any of these really work for this paring, but better to have them and not need them than the other way round), character bashing or making a character act uncharacteristically villainous just to move the plot along.

Control and Harold are both foils and mirrors for each other. Control is very much like Harold before Nathan's death: it's all about the big picture, the ratio of lives saved to lives lost. She knows the exact number of terrorist threats The Machine has stopped, and in both her testimony before Vigilance and chiding the presidential advisor for referring to national security as a "game" we see she is very much motivated by the innocent lives the Program protects. While she is sanguine about the unconstitutionality of how the Program operates, it's associated Geneva violations, and collateral damage to keep TM a secret (see, the ferry bombing to forestall inquiry into Nathan's death or anything an autopsy might reveal), killing on the scale of the Correction is something she ends up taken away to a blacksite trying to stop.

At the same time she is also a foil to Harold: while she was willing to kill Nathan, Harold would not kill Senator McCourt with even more on the line. While she signs off on every dark deed in Relevance -- and performs several with her own two hands -- Harold's is unwilling to really risk his team's lives even in the face of Samaritan's domination of humanity. Control's motivations are impersonal (her driving force is love of her nation), and Harold's are entirely personal (Nathan's legacy and his attachments to individuals like Nathan, John, Root, and Grace; including the fact that the only thing that gets him off his ass is dead Root). For all that Harold is a security risk and outside her control, Control refers to him and his team as "friends" (in context: allies) because they are useful (for bringing Samaritan to her attention). Harold never forgives Control for Nathan's death enough to even attempt cultivating her into asset or ally.

Anything with these two and their dynamic would be wonderful. Random ideas to get the juices flowing: 1) an AU where Harold ended up working with or for the Pentagon as well 2) AU where Control is sniffing around IFT in disguise, TM is keeping mum, and her cover and Harold Starling get on like a house on fire 3) AU during the show where the two of them come to terms in the face of Samaritan's menace 4) post-show, Harold is captured by Control, oh noes! 5) post-show, somehow talking it out -- Harold having his say re: Nathan's death, Control reading Harold the riot act for making Ulysses S. Grant look like a competent strategist by comparison, and realizing they'd be better off working together and offsetting each other's worst tendencies.

All I really ask is that Control be the true neutral (she'll do good but not too good, evil but not too evil, be ordered but not too ordered, break the rules but not all the time, and always motivated by accomplishing her ends) not-villain not-hero that she is. Dark themes okay, any rating acceptable, and if there is smut, bonus points for subby!Harold.

Request 2 by DeathknightQ Character: Nathan Ingram, Fanart, Fanfic, Fanvid

Squicks/DNW: A/B/O, Mpreg, stuffing, scat/golden showers, character bashing or making a character act uncharacteristically villainous just to move the plot along.

Nathan Ingram was the first Man in the Suit, with a 41% success rate. That's not John, but it's approaching the median close rate for a police department (46-54%) despite Nathan having neither the equipment, training, nor resources of a police department. He also attracted zero media attention for the saves despite having no employees and being, essentially, Bill Gates. Anything focusing on this little factoid is welcome.

Random ideas: 1) Case fic focusing on the mechanics. Did he fund college via GI bill and have some basic military training at his disposal? Was it all guile hero/manipulating matters behind the scenes? Did he use his wealth more tactically than Harold without actually showing his face? What was going on here? 2) AU where TM tips Nathan off, "Dad's tailing you: bail." Therefore, the Library and numbers were never discovered, the back door was never closed, and Nathan never talked to the press. Does Nathan get to the point where he realizes he needs help and recruit John, or does he save Jessica and John gets his HEA? Does Nathan use his back door to free TM? Does she talk to Nathan like she talks to Root in the main timeline, or just numbers and keeping Harold off the scent? Does Shaw end up joining the team? If so, does she try to drink Nathan under the table and lose miserably? 3) AU where Harold tries to come clean because he wants to be honest with Grace and gets killed (or his death faked and kidnapped to some dark hole for all of time), leaving Nathan to be the grieving survivor.

I am actually content with any pairing or no pairing, and any rating.

Request 3 by DeathknightQ Harold Finch & Sameen Shaw, Fanart, Fanfic, Fanvid

Squicks/DNW: A/B/O, Mpreg, stuffing, scat/golden showers, character bashing or making a character act uncharacteristically villainous just to move the plot along.

AU where John does not come back after 4C and Shaw takes over as The Woman in the Suit. How does Shaw do things differently? (Bonus points for: Shaw is a doctor, she's not bringing doughnuts for breakfast, if she brings breakfast at all.) How is "Shaw's Finch" different from "John's Finch"? Does Root consider Shaw an upgrade, or does she just transfer her jealousy of John to Shaw wholesale? Does Root stick around more with Shaw as the point-woman? Is Fusco still a put-upon bulldog?

I am also fine with Shoot + Harold & Shaw friendship or Harold/Shaw for this request. Any rating okay.

#pinch hit #exchange of interest #person of interest #fanworks exchange