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ultfreakme · 4 months

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Do you agree if said that Megumi and Tsumiki are "toxic doom siblings" (like wei wuxian, jiang yanli and jiang cheng from MDZS)?

Also, I'm surprised your fav MXTX is SVSSS (I thought it will be MDZS). I always think that most people love to dismiss SVSSS and said that it's not as serious or deep as MDZS & TGCF (but I still love SVSSS the most). So happy when I find other people who also love SVSSS.....

For me

Best MXTX protagonist : Wei Wuxian

Best MXTX male lead : Luo Binghe

Best MXTX couple : Hua Cheng/ Xie Lian

Overall story and best comfort read : SVSSS

How about you, Riki? (Sorry if I'm wrong in calling you, I did not mean to be rude, it's just in the end if every 'ask' you wrote : Riki ask)

Also sorry for this long ask....

Hi Anon! I'm answering this in reverse order a bit hehe. I go by Riki it's not rude at all dw dw! No need to apologize for asks, long or short, I'm grateful someone wants to interact with me and talk about shared interests <3

Megumi and Tsumiki being toxic siblings...hmm....idk if toxic is the word I'd use to describe them but there definitely were a lot of issues. Primarily because I think their ideals on life clashed. Tsumiki is someone who wanted to be nice to everyone, but Megumi can't afford that, he's a lot more practical about what kindness and helping people means because of his reality as a sorcerer. Megumi's convinced that she's faking her kindness or is trying too hard.

I don't think Tsumiki is totally faking it, I think she is a genuinely nice person but like every teenager, likes messing around and isn't perfect. Potentially, she's trying to live up to what she preaches and is having a hard time.

I think a lot of the conflict is teenage angst and him being a little brother. She's the only constant in his life, he may have took that a little for granted and when she got cursed it brought into sharp relief the differences in their reality of being a sorcerer and non-sorcerer. No he's the one who has to protect her and he's been left alone. It's easier to probably harbor resentment for her doing something as 'stupid' as getting cursed than confront that their relationship wasn't on the best terms when she fell into a coma and there's no way for him to fix it anymore.

It had a lot of potential to have gotten better if Tsumiki remained, or if she came back any time that wasn't the Culling Games and they got to grow up together. But alas....It's less toxic and more "bad timing".

Also SVSSS fav???? They're so rare to find right? Omg yes!!!

I've only read SVSSS and MDZS, I haven't gotten around to TGCF but my irl friend and everyone online says it's the best one. I'm just intimidated by how long it is. I might get around to to it someday but who knows.

SVSSS is definitely less deeper than the other two but it's got its own charms. I know in terms of everything it's lesser but idk, the potential and the meta story is really intriguing. The extra chapters changed my entire perspective on so many characters (Shen Jiu my guy you had so much potential I am sorry).

Also hmmmm I haven't really thought about them in terms of like, best protagonist, best couple, best male lead.....If I really had to rank then:

Best Protagonist: Wei Wuxian, novel version especially. He's a lot more flawed and genuinely devious in a lot of place in there. I love his arrogance and his confidence.

Best Male Lead: Luo Binghe. Pathetic man, horribly evil. I love you king.

Best Couple: Mobei-jun/Shang Qinghua tied with Yue Qingyuan/Shen Jiu

I like side couples and rarepairs that have no content I hate my life why do I do this to myself? MoShang;s dynamic when it focuses on SQH being MBJ's creator and in many ways, equally powerful or more powerful than him is fun. YQY and SJ are so tragic like, love toxic doomed yaoi.

#riki asks

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polutrope · 1 year

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Húrin for the ask game!

-@outofangband

For this ask game!

Another one I will be largely making up as I go, whee!

Sexuality headcanon: Well he definitely loved Morwen and I've shipped him with Fingon so I guess bi. I think he and Morwen were monogamous though.

Gender headcanon: cismale

A ship: Morwen <3

BROTP A Gen relationship: Túrin. I love parent-child relationships and I think these two are interesting because their personalities were so different, yet throughout his life this Hadorian heritage follows Túrin even though he barely knew his father. I think Húrin being angry at Thingol and Melian for Túrin's fate (and Niënor's) is quite sympathetic, even putting aside Morgoth's influence. He feels terrible for missing the entirety of his childrens' lives, of course he's going to be angry and want there to be a reason.

NOTP A rarepairing: Fingon (also Russingon ot3). I've really liked this ever since @melestasflight sent me Fingon/Húrin as a rarepair prompt. I enjoy a good intergenerational Elf/Humans love affair. Fingon fell for Hador, not truly comprehending the brevity of Men, then he falls for Húrin -- but in a way that appreciates the uniqueness of each.

Random headcanon: Elves don't get his sense of humour but that doesn't stop him cracking joke after joke after joke when he's among them. The Elves end up laughing regardless because his mirth is contagious.

General opinion: he's not really my 'type' of character but the arc of a heroic and optimistic man holding out against relentless emotional torture is undeniably compelling and tragic. Also his last stand is one of the most epic moments of the Silm. And he wields an axe!

#hurin #character asks

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sunleaffe · 3 years

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the whole guizhong reincarnation thing with ningguang really has me thinking and honestly it makes me lean towards the ningguang and zhongli pairing a lot. now im not the biggest fan of zhongli’s story (in terms of his current whereabouts and choices) BUT the idea of him leaving li yue in charge of his dead wife’s reincarnation scratches a particular itch in my brain.

theres a lot that kind of points to the theory of reincarnation with ningguang and some of the more notable ones that ive noticed are listed below. a spoiler warning is in effect so scroll at your own risk!

- she is extremely powerful for a geo user. a lot of geo character abilities revolve around construction (hence geo construction inc. being a meme), but this could fit in thematically of being a fallen god that is rebuilding what was lost to her. her shield (?) ability is different than other geo characters. zhongli literally creates a pillar, lumine/aether build...a more stout pillar, and albedo has a lotus elevator lol. but ningguangs is more functioning as a wall of protection while also not exactly being physical per say. it looks more like a transparent scroll when unrolled, sort of like transluscent magic at play.

- in the fight against osial, ningguang uses a lot of magic that does not look elemental based lol. it just looks like...pure magic. i wonder where she picked that up or if shes just naturally gifted in channeling magic like that. there were lots of symbols that did not look geo related in many of the cutscenes. but thats just my observation.

- her ascension materials include glaze lillies which we all know zhongli will NOT shut up about. even if current glaze lillies aren’t the “real deal” as zhongli puts it, having them be her ascension materials is a big deal. im not entirely sure about the entire story revolving around them but i believe they carry a symbolic meaning of the wishes of people (i remember lumine had to sing to one to harvest it correctly or something). it seems to bear a lot of importance to zhongli and his past, and i may be remembering this incorrectly/it may be a fanmade fact but i believe rex lapis and guizhong led their people through fields of glaze lillies during the archon war. plus you can find all sorts of fanart of zhongli standing in a field of them lol.

- ningguang mentions having a dream where rex lapis came to her before she had to rally the qixing against osial in the last archon quest. idk if other archons do that or if zhongli regularly shows up in people’s dreams, but its a “hmm” moment considering zhongli did plan to leave the fight up to the adepti and the qixing. perhaps it was his way of passing on his duty to ningguang by visiting her in a dream to help her in her fight. not only that, he was close to guizhong. perhaps he is giving back what he feels was hers to begin with? part of li yue’s rule? who knows.

- a LOT of fanmade designs of guizhong mirror that of ningguang’s. this isnt like a “ahah its coming together” moment as much as the ones mentioned above but its a neat tidbit regardless

- ningguang started from nothing before becoming one of the richest if not richest person in li yue. her decision to sacrifice the jade chamber shows her selflessness and devotion to her people, qualities that guizhong most likely exhibited towards her own people before her tragic death. not only that, it fits thematically with the concept of archons, meaning that it was possible for humans themselves to ascend to celestia (though i think you have to be a vision bearer to be able to do that). assuming that all gods in ancient times started as nothing (such as venti being nothing but an elemental being) and had to earn their spot in celestia, then ningguangs path to success and rulership closely resembles it, albeit in more modern terms.

- zhongli definitely does know about ningguang and shows quite a lot of respect for her, even chiding people about not touching pieces of ningguang’s property after fragments of it fell from the sky after the fight against osial. okay, sorry, tangent time, but how does he know that stuff was part of her tea set? or is he just good at guessing everything lol? did he ever go to the jade chamber and have tea with ningguang? who knows.

and some of my personal reasons why i like the pairing:

- yes childe can be zhongli’s wallet but ningguang could be his vault

- their color pallets match so well. its kind of like how chongyun and xingqiu’s match perfectly lol.

- they are both tall. you get a tall aunt and uncle. posh wine aunt and broke uncle vibes?

- the idea of them being intrigued by each other due to past lives and connections- im a sucker for that idea

- zhongli learning human connection while also still having a part of guizhong with him at all times?? exquisite

- its rare. im gonna be honest, some rarepairs just make me smile and i wish more people considered them. the only other one i can think of rn is scaramona (but mostly because their colors fit well together again).

wow this was long idk if anyone will read it but if you do, lmk your own thoughts on this reincarnation theory!! id love to hear them! and also please remember to be respectful! as with any fandom, i am aware that some are very steadfast in certain ships, but lets all let each other enjoy what we enjoy, thank you!

#ningguang #zhongli #genshin impact #zhongguang #zhongli x ningguang #guizhong #text #rex lapis

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billiewena · 2 years

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💔💓

ship that makes you sad: 💔

soooo many, supernatural said "ONLY romance when it's tragic <3" y'know

samjess (a given)

deancassie (the fact that they fell apart because of a miscommunication and felt like their lives would always be too separate for them to be together when he loved that girl...wah)

samwena (I cannot rewatch The Rupture, too sad...anyways I think that their relationship was so well-done and they both changed each other)

SAMPAUL. crystal this may be nonsense to you since I am sure 99 Problems isn't one of the episodes you've seen except for the cas moments (which to be fair...he DID drink a liquor store) but they met and had a beautiful connection and paul was like "fuck the angels, fuck religion, just live for tomorrow" and then he died and sam was possessed by an angel only a few weeks later. anyways, they were cute and barely had any time together and I'm SAD about it. when I finish my sampaul AMV you'll see, you'll all see...

au!charlie and rowena, not because it was sad but sad because the CW erased the mention of it except for a deleted scene and I think we should've seen that sapphic one-night stand fallout on our TV screens... steve yockey literally died for bisexual rowena rights

oh and au!charlie and stevie because they seem cute but we know absolutely nothing about stevie and it makes me sad :( they literally brought her back just to be a fridged girlfriend for an episode. she seems so cute too!

saileen does saileen count, anyways the tragedy of having the first good thing to happen to you be used against you, the tragedy of going to hell because you crossed paths with the love of your life who happens to be god's plaything ...also the tragedy of ableism & bad writing preventing your characters from having a happy ending when you could've had it all easily...

megstiel & samruby for oddly the same reason which is I think cas and sam were changed forever by those complicated relationships and when meg and ruby died, they basically never get brought up again or discussed. they don't even really get to mourn them. sam probably feels like he can't because of what went down and who knows when cas even found out what happened to meg.

oh, I guess dean and cas...again a given, like where do I start

and also anna and mary because of this fic by ghostmary SPECIFICALLY

ship that you didn’t expect to ship but now do: 💓

basically any femslash ship that is presented to me because 9 times out of 10 I've never seen that pairing before but each time I'm nodding vigorously. been working on a femslash fic rec list that I'm very excited to share. even billiewena is fairly new to me, I think I learned about it this spring (I hadn't even watched s13 until late last year and sped through most of it to catch up to the finale, so I hadn't been changed as a person by 13x19 Funeralia yet.) I also was very pleasantly surprised by Midam! what do you mean the healthiest, nicest MLM relationship came from the Cousin Greg of the Winchesters and the archangel Michael being trapped in the cage together for ten years? bonus shout-out to every rarepair @cabotagingwithsabotagingcabbages posts (i.e. aastiel, aaron/cas)

controversial shipping asks game

#oops this got long #anyways cw hates romance and happiness more at 11 #asks #ask game

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cuculine-nelipot · 3 years

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Happy Birthday, Gascon

@witcher-rarepair-summer-bingo

Prompt: Birthday

Relationship: Gascon Brossard/Reynard Odo, Meve & Reynard Odo, Meve/Reynard Odo (background)

Rating: Teen

Content Warning: Gascon’s Tragic Backstory, Thronebreaker spoilers

Summary: Nearly a year after Gascon's mysterious disappearance, he returns to explain himself to, and hopefully make amends with, the man he left behind. (ao3)

Even by the stars’ cold light, he could tell that the gardens were far more beautiful than they were when he last saw them. Wilder, and more colourful, vibrant, but with an undeniable air of dignity. It suited her well, Gascon thought. Nothing else would do for the warrior Queen.

It was the height of summer, and the sultry air hummed with cricket choruses and cicada songs. His clothes were stifling. On another night, he might have gone to the pond nearby, and passed the dark hours sleeping near the cool water. But there was someone he wanted to see, if only he could summon the courage to find him.

He still hadn’t found any when Reynard found him instead, sitting down, leaving much fewer inches between them than Gascon anticipated, or expected he deserved. They sat on the marble bench, eyes fixed on the marble fountain — a matching set, a present from Meve to Reginald after some battle or other, he couldn’t remember which. Stags locked in battle, it was supposed to be, hooves flying, antlers clashing, the sides of their faces grazed. An unnatural posture. Gascon always thought they looked like they were kissing.

“You have shite security, Reynard. I expected better from you.”

“You were seen, Gascon. The guards were instructed to come find me when they saw a man in a funny hat skulking in like an admonished fox.”

“Am I admonished, then?”

“No, not by me. Nor by Meve, if that’s what troubles you.” If Reynard had to guess by the state of him, the only person doing any admonishing was Gascon himself.

“What makes you say I’m troubled?”

There was his unusually slight frame, his hunched posture, his dishevelled attire, the nervous jiggling of his leg, and, well- “You could have used the front door.”

Gascon paused, stilled as he considered, then his head cocked to the side, and an amused smile spread across his face as he said, “Hadn’t even occurred to me.”

Neither man said anything for a long moment. Reynard only watched, wishing the other man would turn to look at him. Gascon only wrung his hands between his knees, eyes fixed on the entwined, marble stags, one white veined grey, like the fountain’s basin and the bench, the other black veined white.

Reynard had promised that when he saw Gascon again — because the man would come back, of that he’d been certain — Reynard promised himself that he would remain the pinnacle of composure, that he would let Gascon explain, and he would listen. But now, with the man himself so close, seeing him after so long — much longer than Reynard had anticipated, he couldn’t stop from feeling wounded.

“Did you sneak out the back door when you left too?” His voice shook as he spoke, but whether it was from anger or hurt he could not say.

“Reynard-”

“Why did you leave? I thought- especially after- it seemed like-”

“It was only one night, Reynard,” Gascon reminded him, sounding more tired than the older man had ever heard him.

Reynard’s body jerked away, as if slapped. The hurt evident in his voice as he spoke. “It was hardly the only night that mattered.”

There had been so many nights, as many pints of ale and campfires as there were stars in the skies they slept under, and after, there were the lavish meals in candlelit banquet halls, and strolls through moonlit gardens when it all got too claustrophobic, and so much laughter through it all. All from Gascon at first, far too pleased whenever he earned himself a scowl or a blush from the older man, but then one day, Reynard found he’d started laughing too. Then came the lingering glances, the brushing of hands on arms, on thighs, grazing shoulders and backs, growing firmer, bolder with each pass.

There was the way Gascon smiled at him — gradually less smug as a quality akin to sunlight began to blossom, a light that warmed Reynard’s heart and fluttered in his belly. Then at last, on one of the older man’s increasingly frequent visits to Gascon’s manor, in a moment of uncommon bravery, Reynard adorned the role of romantic hero, and kissed him. He grabbed Gascon by the face and brought their lips together and in the ensuing fit of ecstasy he almost forgot to panic. Fortunately, the younger man was much better versed in such matters, and so their dance moved at last to Gascon’s bedroom. He was gone by the time Reynard woke up.

“Should have known you’d been the sentimental type,” Gascon half sighed, half groaned.

“Why are you here, Gascon?” Reynard asked — demanded, a steely edge in his voice that at one time amused Gascon greatly, but now cut deeper than any blade ever could.

“I need to tell you something.” Gripping the edge of his seat tightly, he rocked forward as if he were about to be sick, his face suddenly taking on a concerning pallor. If the younger man were being at all honest with himself, he would have confessed a desire to be in bed, perhaps with his face pressed against Reynard’s chest, the older man’s fingers in his hair like they laid that night, warm and glowing, feeling like so much lay before them. Perhaps then it would have been easier to speak.

Perhaps Reynard sensed something of the sort, for his fingers itched to take off Gascon’s stupid hat, and card through his surely sweat damp hair. But he stayed his hand, too wary of being stung again, and waited.

“I- it’s my birthday tomorrow.” Of all the things Gascon could have said, Reynard would never have thought to expect that.

“Okay-?” he prompted when Gascon seemed to have lost courage again.

“I’m not turning eighteen,” the younger man confessed, his voice hoarse, barely above a whisper.

“Aren’t you?” Reynard asked dryly.

“You knew?”

“I had an inkling.” He’d had a well of inklings. Reynard hadn’t once believed that the bandit was a mere boy of seventeen, childlike though he was. But Gascon had his secrets, and Reynard didn’t want to pry. “How old will you be then?” he prompted Gascon again, when he fell into another uncharacteristic silence, leaving Reynard with the tiresome task of being uncharacteristically vocal. He’d do it though, if that’s what Gascon needed from him then, he’d do it a thousand times over.

Gascon’s eyes were nervous now, fraught, and far away where they bored into the ground. “Twenty-eight.” His voice even quieter than it was before. He swallowed dryly.

“Not a bad age. Why hide it?”

“Because! Because I- I wasn’t a child when- when they-”

“When your family was killed?” Reynard finished softly. Any other night, had they been talking about anything else, Reynard had no doubt that Gascon would have found his tone unforgivably patronising, but now he just nodded slowly, looking at the older man with wide eyes, looking every bit the child he claimed he hadn’t been.

They never talked about it. Reynard first began to suspect just who Gascon was that night he asked to take his leave of them, and Meve followed, his strange demeanour causing her concern. He’d been so quiet when they returned, and Meve so evasive. Reynard knew the area well, knew they were near the Brossard estate. When Meve ordered the family graveyard repaired, the pieces slid into place all too easily; when she returned the land to Gascon’s care outright, there was simply no denying it. But still Gascon never spoke of his family, and Reynard never pried, though now he was beginning to think he should have.

“I should have been there,” Gascon whispered. With his eyes fixed downward at nothing again, it was hard to say if he spoke to Reynard, himself, or the earth below their feet.

“Then you’d be dead.” Reynard answered bluntly.

Suddenly outraged, Gascon whirled around, standing in front of the other man, his arms spread wide as he spoke. “Do you know why I wasn’t there? They’d sent me away. To fucking Cintra. With a friend of my father’s, hoping he’d be able to entice me into being the heir they needed.”

“Gascon-”

“They loved me so much.” His voice, thick with emotion, dropped again, and even in the low light, Reynard could see glistening tears swelling at his eyes. “They did everything for me, gave me everything, they loved me so much-”

“So they would have been relieved you weren’t there. They would have been happy that you lived.”

“I failed them.”

“You’d be dead now, if you’d been there. You would have died.”

“So? I was old enough. I should have died for my family.”

“Dying for, and dying with, are not the same, Gascon. And you were only a child.”

“I was a man!”

“You were hardly a man when I met you,” Reynard laughed in spite of himself.

Gascon glared at him reproachfully, pouting in a way that more than proved his point, and dropped to sit on the fountain’s edge, head in his hands. Reynard pushed away from the bench, walking over slowly, his boots crunching deliberately on the gavel. When he stopped in front of the other man, he crouched down, his face level with Gascon’s bowed head. Carefully, he pried those remorseful hands away, leaving Gascon no choice but to look at him.

“So say you died for your family, hm? And then what? Where would that have left us?”

“You would have been fine,” Gascon insisted weekly in answer to Reynard’s unvoiced question.

“Fine, maybe, but fine isn’t living, is it? You taught me that.”

“Reynard-” Gascon moaned. Before he had a chance to hide away again, Reynard was on his feet, cradling his head to his stomach, holding him steady as sniffed wetly, hands fisted in the sides of Reynard's tunic.

“Is that why you left?” he whispered. “The guilt of being there became too much?”

Gascon shook his head, and gasped, “No. Well, yes, but not like that.” As anticipated, finding the words was easier now that he had Reynard against him, touching him, but it still took a moment, quietly nuzzling into Reynard’s stomach, for him to find his voice. “I went back because I thought that I could finally be the man my parents would have been proud of, but after that night-”

Reynard’s stomach turned cold at those words, at that loaded silence. Unconsciously, his grip on Gascon’s hair tightened, but if the other man noticed, he didn’t show it. In all the months of his absence, it never occurred to Reynard that Gascon might be ashamed of him.

“I just- I thought you deserved to know the truth, to know the man I am, but I- I couldn’t tell you. I only meant to be away a few days, but the longer I was gone, the worse I felt about leaving and I- I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.”

Loosening his grip as the cold fled from his body, Reynard instead took Gascon’s face in his hands and pulled him up, looking him in the eye unyieldingly, almost sternly as spoke. “I know the kind of man you are, Gascon,” he said firmly. “I wouldn’t have you any other way.”

Relief lightened Gascon’s chest as something warmer bloomed where the weight of his guilt had been, spilling over to flood his skin, his eyes watering again. “Fuck- Reynard-”

“May I kiss you now?” Reynard cut in. They weren’t going to unpack everything Gascon was feeling in its entirety in one night, let alone resolve all of it, but certainly they’d done enough to earn a kiss, and Reynard had been left waiting for so long.

Quite agreeing that they’d lost enough time, Gascon simply grabbed Reynard by the waist and pulled their bodies flush, so that nearly every inch of them from their chests to their feet were touching. Tilting his head so his silly hat wouldn’t get in the way, he brought their lips together with barely tempered desperation, eager to treat the man in his arms right. Reynard’s lips were thin and soft, naturally turned down in a dour expression that Gascon teased him for relentlessly. All it had taken was one night with those lips on him for Gascon to spend the better part of a year missing them dearly.

Reynard had promised himself that when they at last kissed again — because this moment had been inevitable, he was certain of it — he would not get carried away; it would be slow, and tender, and almost chaste. And it was, for a while. He pressed softly against Gascon’s wind-chapped lips, his tongue poking out just enough to lick a little, and, thankfully, Gascon was content to follow his lead this time, grateful for his attention. But before Reynard knew it, his hands slipped to cradle the back of Gascon’s head, thumbs pressed into the hinges of his jaw as he tilted the younger man back, nipping, then biting on his lower lip, seeking to deepen the kiss. And Gascon was parting his reddened lips, and licking inside his mouth to invite the same. Happily, Reynard obliged, moaning into Gascon’s mouth with all the airs of a sailor’s wife at last seeing her husband returned to shore.

“God’s I missed you,” Gascon breathed when he was at last allowed to come up for air, and it was the easiest breath he’d taken since they last saw each other.

As much as Gascon would have liked to stay in the garden, in that night, lost in Reynard’s kiss forever, Reynard did eventually convince him of the delights and virtues of a good bed. Late as it was, neither could in good conscious call for a bath, so they made do with a bucket of well water and a couple of washcloths, Reynard helping scrub Gascon to get him in bed all the faster. He’d waited far too long to sleep in Gascon’s arms again, and been denied the joy of waking up in them even longer.

Face to face, Gascon snoring lightly into his neck, his arm around his waist, holding him tightly, it should have been easy to fall asleep. Perhaps it would have been, if Reynard had not been quite so eager to watch him, feel him, make sure that he was really there after so many months of missing him, and not some vision conjured by the heat of a midsummer’s night.

His worries were quickly dispelled when Meve snuck into his room, sliding the false wall shut behind her, as he usually did when he made the journey in reverse.

“I hear you got your puppy back.” She said quietly, padding around to sit on the farther side of the bed, so that she could see Reynard’s face as they spoke.

It had been well over a year since their relationship transformed into something more… intimate, and yet still Reynard fought the urge to at the very least sit up in deference to her presence. However, being shirtless, he supposed that would be rather more indecorous, and besides, he didn’t want to risk stirring the man sound asleep in his arms. He was so tired.

“You see him too, then?” He asked, unable to keep a smile from his lips.

“I do. I take it he explained himself?”

“He did.”

“To your satisfaction?”

“To my satisfaction, yes.” He sounded almost reproachful. “You needn’t worry, Meve.”

“I’ll take your word for it.” She only watched them for a moment, taking in the sight of what she knew her lover had so longed for. They were pretty together, she had to give them that, and there was something delightful in the very idea of Reynard being softer on the bandit than she was. Tentatively, she reached out to stroke Gascon’s dark hair, and the back of Reynard’s hand where he held the younger man’s head.

“It’s his birthday tomorrow.” Reynard said softly, absently, but with a sense of wonder in his voice, like he found it truly marvellous that Gascon’s birthday was tomorrow.

“Oh? How old will he be?”

“Twenty-eight.”

She mulled that over silently, quickly puzzling out why the young man had lied in the first place, letting the weight of Reynard’s knowing — of Gascon’s telling him the truth, sink in. So, it appeared, the puppy was finally ready to live a little more honestly. “I should have a special breakfast brought up to you then.”

“And you’ll eat with us?” Reynard inquired hopefully.

“If you wish it.”

He rolled his eyes with an exasperated sigh. It was a game she’d been playing, trying to get him to express his wishes to her. “I’d be grateful if you did.”

“Well, how could I deny you now?” Neither spoke for a moment, both their eyes cast tenderly upon the man sleeping between them. Then she laughed, snorted. “‘Seventeen’ my arse.”

In spite of himself, Reynard laughed too.

Meve stayed long enough for him to fall asleep, his arms still wrapped tightly around Gascon, Gascon’s hair kissing his lips in a way she knew the older man found inexpressibly gratifying. She kissed one man on the temple, and then the other, and existed once more through the concealed sliding door. She never spent the night, not since she and Reynard first fell into bed together, the day the paperwork had been signed on their victory. True, there was no small amount of relief that the deep, abiding affection they held for each other had finally spilled over into something outwardly passionate, and with any luck it would continue to do so for years to come, but Meve also knew they couldn’t work together in a way that suited them both.

First, she had long felt that Reynard would make someone the perfect husband one day, told him as much for years, but she’d already been married, and had no inclination to being so again, even to a man like Reynard. Second, though she would never tell him this, Meve suspected that her chief advisor would never be able to fully remove her from the pedestal he’d set her upon for so many years. So she kissed one many on the temple, and the other, and slipped back through the sliding door to her own room, and into her own bed, assured in the knowledge that they — the two men who were perhaps her best friends — would wake up in each other’s arms feeling as close to complete as humanly possible, and alone in her room, so would she.

Sure enough, when a shard of the early morning sun’s golden light alighted on Reynard’s face, he could feel the warmth of Gascon’s arms wrapped tightly around his waist, Gascon’s hand pressed against his chest, Gascon’s body snug against his back, his nose brushing the dip behind Reynard’s ear, his breaths skating across Reynard’s skin. In short, they were exactly as they had been the first time they’d fallen asleep together, and Reynard was finally waking up in the glow of that glorious night. Sleepily, smiling, he placed his hand over Gascon’s, twined their fingers together, and brought it up to his face. Pressing a lingering kiss into Gascon’s palm, he mumbled, “Happy birthday, Gascon.”

#thronebreaker #thronebreaker fic #Gascon Brossard #Reynard Odo #Queen Meve #Gascon Brossard/Reynard Odo #wrsb #nelipotwrites

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homielander · 3 years

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could you do the MCU?

the first character i ever fell in love with: first mcu film i ever watched was the avengers so obviously it was tony

a character that i used to love/like, but now do not: idk? maybe peggy? looking back i find her kind of annoying (and recently i learned about hayley atwell's antics which kind of sours my opinion of her further). but mostly i'm pretty sure this is a symptom of endgame

a ship that i used to love/like, but now do not: endgame ruined steggy for me. they were the classic tragic, one-that-got-away romance and they gave all that up?? for what

my ultimate favourite character™: tony, steve (endgame doesn't count), loki (tv series excluded), natasha, thor, scottie, peter quill, bruce, gamora, nebula, t’challa... god i will never answer with just one character will i

prettiest character: lady sif. yelena. gamora. i could go on there are many attractive ladies here (i love how i immediately eliminate any male characters for this question rip)

my most hated character: i don't really hate any of the heroes, but jane foster was incredibly annoying and i'm not looking forward to the next thor film because of how prominent a role she'll play

my OTP: stony, peter and gamora, thorval (love how the fandom and taika pretend they don't exist lmaooo). those are the big ones

my NOTP: brucenat, stevesharon, and thor/jane are strong contenders but they had the top spot stolen from them this year. it's loki and sylvie. all i can say is YIKES

favourite episode: going to limit this to the tv realm. tfatws episode 3 ("power broker") had madripoor, zemo, sharon, chaotic sambucky, and it was just so much fun. wandavision episode 8 ("previously on") was so beautifully done. i say this as someone who barely cares about wanda.

saddest death: tony, nat, and loki all had me crying for several hours

favourite movie: my favourite mcu movies are “ca: the winter soldier,” “thor: ragnarok,” the first avengers film, and “guardians of the galaxy vol. 2″

least favourite movie: loki tv series gets its own special circle of hell for how awful it is. i also hate endgame sue me

character that everyone else in the fandom loves, but i hate: not going to include villains because they're mostly garbage. tbh i dislike wanda (but i think her character arc is maybe the only thing the mcu has done right in the last couple of years). i dislike carol because she's boring, and also because brie larson blew my mind in "room" and deserved so much better. i dislike shuri because she's annoying. mcu peter gets a mention but i don't even dislike him because he's honestly pretty lovable, i just find him frustrating as spiderman

my 'you're a piece of trash, but you're still a fav' fav: mainly loki, tony, and nebula

my 'you're a beautiful cinnamon roll who deserves better than this' fav: literally all of them

my 'this ship is wrong, nasty, and makes me want to cleanse my soul, but i still love it' ship: nah don't have any mcu ships like this

my 'they're kind of cute, and i lowkey ship them, but i'm not too invested' ship: most of the canon pairings (pepperony, scott and hope, t'challa and nakia). sambucky is pretty cute. but t'challa and ross are my favourite rarepair

#ty for the ask i appreciate it!#and that's it for the game #mcu #asks

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livenudebigfoot · 3 years

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🌺 🌘🌤 for the lost ask meme :O

🌺: favorite rarepair

Does Ben/Locke count? It’s weird because a surprisingly large percentage of LOST fans agree that there are Vibes when it comes to John and Ben, but relatively few fans actively ship them or make content for them. I’d say it’s because they’re older, but lbr, Ben’s got a Snape-esque fandom and I think the true roadblock may be that John is Bald* and Emotionally Odd, but frankly that’s critical to my enjoyment.

But there is/was an extant Ben/Locke fanbase, with its own LJ communities and webrings and whatnot, so if we’re going truly rare, I’m going to say Miles/Richard. They share approximately .5 seconds of screentime together, so I get why it’s rare, but I feel like they really bonded while trying to blow things up, there’s that cute lil scene where Miles points out Richard’s first gray hair, and I think they’re going to make a life together on the mainland and Miles is going to be a Ghostbuster who made his fortune in diamonds and has a hot ex-immortal Spanish boyfriend, thus making him the Only Cool Character On Lost.

* but like a total smokeshow? TOQ is a hot old dude and I think it’s time we all admitted it.

🌘: least favorite character

I already complained about Widmore, so I’m just going to reinterpret this question as “least favorite character I’m supposed to like”.

I for real hate Charlie. This was surprising to me when I rewatched the show this year (I had fond memories of the character and I like Dominic Monaghan), but I just can’t stand him. I think what it ultimately comes down to is that the writers and I disagree on what makes Charlie unlikable, and they keep fixing stuff that’s tragic about him while not fixing stuff that’s shitty about him.

I think the writers of Lost believe that Charlie’s primary character flaw is that he’s an addict, and that if he can overcome his addiction, he can become a better person. Whereas I view Charlie’s addiction as a health problem he struggles with in addition to his primary character flaw, which is that he’s a prying, entitled, judgmental goblin. I hate the way he inserts himself into Claire’s life, I hate the way he judges her parenting, I hate the way he just kinda declares himself Claire’s husband without any input from her. I hate the way he gets all creepy and jealous when Locke helps out with Aaron. I hate everything he does during Fire+Water and The Long Con. I hate the way he repeatedly takes the wonderful, precious gift that is Hurley’s friendship for granted. Yes, his death was tragic and heroic. No, it does not stop Charlie from pressing every Toxic Guy In Your Friend Group panic button I have.

🌤: when i first watched

I started around 2008. Jeremy Davies had just joined the cast and I was a big ol’ fan, so I thought it was about time I figured out what this Lost show was all about. I would go on to be ambivalent to Daniel (Danbivalent), but by then it didn’t matter: I fell deeply in love with the show as a whole.

#lost #rewrites 10 things i hate about you but with charlie pace and also i don't confess my love for him at the end #doeluxie

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✨ Do I even need to say it? Either toshinko or midtoss ♥

THANK YOU, YAN! I LOVE YOU!!! ;3; I had to go with MidToss for this one! :D

RAREPAIR HELL! RAREPAIR HELL! RAREPAIR HELL!

I used my Liked Songs on Spotify and got “Cosmic Love” by Florence and the Machine. I’m sorry that it’s so angsty but this was the first thing that came to mind, so I hope you like it! I’ve posted it below and AO3!

BNHA CHAPTER 296 SPOILERS!

Warnings: SPOILERS, Character Death, Angst, Grief/Mourning, Pre-Relationship

[Read on AO3]

send me a ✨ and i’ll shuffle my playlist, then write a drabble based on the song that comes up

“you left me in the dark” (300 words)

Cementoss loves midnight.

The night knows all his secrets.

Only in the middle of the night, in the presence of an ever-expanding and accepting sky, would he allow himself to lay in bed and pine for her.

~ ~ ~

Kayama Nemuri was a breathtaking night sky: cloudless and ever-expanding and shimmering with light. Her hair was the sky, infinite and wine-dark. Her eyes were Neptune, round and blue. Her laughter was stardust, fragments that he cupped in his palms like birdseed. A glorious supernova that illuminates all darkness in his soul.

And like a star, he fell for her.

Her beauty and kindness. Her wit and humor, Her strength and boldness. The light of her blinded him. He wanted to reach out and take her hand.

But, now...

Now, the light has been snuffed out. The stars. The moon. Neptune. All of it. The sky is wine-dark and infinite, and it is empty. A gluttonus blackhole that eliminates any hope in his soul. The stardust is gone, slipped through his grasp like sand. There is no light. Only darkness. She is gone. And he is alone.

He searches for her, in the dark. On his commute. In classrooms. In gardens. In museums. In his apartment. A fruitless, tragic effort. He’s a blockhead, she’d have said.

The light of her heart split like the shard from a shooting star and struck his eyes; he couldn’t look away and it tore through him.

And now, he is only blind. And now, he has only darkness. And now, he can only scream in pain.

~ ~ ~

Only in the dead of the night – in the presence of an endlessly empty and apathetic sky – would he allow himself to lay in bed and mourn for her.

The night knows all his secrets.

Ishiyama Ken loves Midnight.

#midtoss #kayama nemuri #ishiyama ken #midnight #cementoss #boku no hero academia #zence.ask #zence.fic #yanmazu

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syrupwit · 3 years

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Letter for Chocolate Box 2021

Hello there, and welcome to my letter for Chocolate Box Exchange 2021! I appreciate that you’ve taken the time to read this letter. I hope that it will provide you with clarification, inspiration, or at the very least a bit of entertainment.

I have requested fic only for all items below. Although I’ve written more for some sections and less for others, rest assured that I would be thrilled to receive a gift for any of the requested fandoms or relationships.

Please see the table of contents below:

Likes

Do Not Want (DNW)

Fandom: The Magnus Archives

Fandom: Planescape: Torment

Fandom: Stellar Firma

LIKES

My general/SFW likes include:

Surreality and weirdness

Character studies

Lore and worldbuilding

Humor and comedy, especially dark comedy

Psychological, paranormal, and cosmic horror

Stories-within-a-story

Unreliable narrators

Unusual team-ups

Dramatic rescues

Canon divergence AUs

Unconventional formats

My smut/NSFW likes include:

First times

Awkwardness

Characters being super into each other, especially if one or both of them are conventionally unattractive

Jealousy

Xeno

Humiliation with a male sub

Tease and denial

Orgasm delay; also orgasm denial

Dominant bottoms

Mutual dubcon/noncon, or dubcon where the dubconned party enjoys it

I have a very long list of fic likes here.

DO NOT WANT (DNW)

Characters under age 16 involved in sexual situations

Sex without mutual attraction

Hate speech or hate crimes (discussions/mentions of bigotry are fine)

Harm to animals (the existence of ghost animals is OK, and it’s fine to mention animals that have canonically died, but I don’t want to hear about injury, abuse, or noncanonical death of animals)

Bestiality

Scat

Necrophilia (sexual activity involving ghosts or sentient skeletons/undead is OK, just not inanimate corpses or remains)

Sexual activity involving worms / spiders / insects

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES

Requested Ships: Adelard Dekker/Gertrude Robinson, Agnes Montague/Gertrude Robinson, Evan Lukas/Naomi Herne, Gerard Keay/Tim Stoker, Harriet Fairchild & Simon Fairchild

One of my favorite pieces of horror media! <3 I’ve requested mostly rarepairs for this exchange. Please don’t look to the amount I’ve written to gauge how much I want one pairing over another -- I want all these things equally and would be happy with any of them.

Adelard Dekker/Gertrude Robinson

The respect, rapport, and humor between these two is palpable in the text of Dekker’s statements and the way Gertrude talks about him. She was still holding onto his plans to disrupt rituals after he presumably died. I’d love to know more about their working relationship, the foes they faced, and whatever’s going on with Dekker’s relationship to the Web. Extinction!Dekker would also be awesome.

If you want to get into Dekker’s faith versus Gertrude’s lack-of, please do! I’m really interested in the way that religion/faith functions in a world like TMA’s, and I love conflicts between characters where neither “side” is cast as “right” by the narrative but it’s clear why everyone believes the things they do. But if you’re not interested in touching on this topic, no worries.

Agnes Montague/Gertrude Robinson

Star-crossed as hell. I refuse to believe that they only met once, or that they were entirely somber and fateful and dutiful about it. imo Gertrude generally comes off as contemptuous or irreverent about other entities and avatars, but she seems to reserve a certain respect for Agnes. Agnes... I’d just like to know more about Agnes.

I’d love to hear about their history: how their metaphysical bond works in daily life, the encounters or near misses they’ve had over the decades, the ways they’ve helped or foiled each other from a distance. I would especially love some outsider POV, whether it’s Gertrude receiving statements about Agnes, Agnes hearing of Gertrude’s exploits secondhand, or a third party perceiving a meeting between them. A statement directly from Agnes could also be awesome.

I’d love any AU where they have to work more closely together, as well -- be it canon divergence, or a setting AU like vampire/vampire hunter. (Oooh. Buffyverse AU with Gertrude as a Watcher and Agnes as the leader of the vampire cult that killed her latest Slayer, y/n?)

Evan Lukas/Naomi Herne

“Alone” was one of the first episodes in the podcast that really got me, and the image of Naomi running between those open graves is still striking. I feel terrible for Evan and am so curious about his fate. I’d love to hear more about their relationship, anything that might have happened to Naomi post-Eyepocalypse, or an AU where Naomi rescues Evan from the Lonely or vice versa.

Gerard Keay/Tim Stoker

These two have never met on-air, but I think they’d really get along. They’re both quick, driven, given to quips and reasoned action, and possessed of tragic backstories. Whether they meet somehow pre-canon, Tim finds Gerry’s book in the time between Jon’s return from America and the Unknowing, or there’s a full AU scenario, I would love to see them interact. I think there could be some interesting tension around Gerry’s decision to consciously align himself with the Eye versus Tim’s unwilling conscription, and the ways their family histories have forced them into contact with the supernatural.

Harriet Fairchild & Simon Fairchild

Harriet Fairchild is a one-episode background character with barely a handful of third-hand lines, but I’m very intrigued by her. Simon is a sparkling example of Affable Evil and I would enjoy reading more about his philosophy and relationships with others. I’m interested in the family dynasties connected to the entities and just kind of want to know more.

What are the Fairchilds, and how do they create new family members? Who was Harriet before she became a Fairchild? How does she conceive of the Vast, and what is her attraction to it (or aversion-turned-attraction)? Who is Simon to her -- teacher, tormentor-turned-teacher, evil father figure -- and how do they agree and diverge on how best to serve their patron? I really love explorations of avatars’ different relationships with their respective entities, so I would adore something about that.

Some things that particularly compel me about the Vast: the image and name of the Falling Titan, freedom in nihilism, the comfort of insignificance, call of the void, oceans / storms / cliffs, space, scales of size so large they’re not humanly comprehensible, love for the sky, adrenaline and excitement, hollowness / emptiness, unusual manifestations, alliances and rivalries with other powers.

PLANESCAPE: TORMENT

Requested Ships: Annah-of-the-Shadows & Fall-from-Grace, Annah-of-the-Shadows/Fall-from-Grace, Morte & The Nameless One, Morte/The Nameless One

I completed this game for the first time in fall 2020 and enjoyed the hell out of it. I’ve only played through twice, and I haven’t explored all the routes or possible encounters; please excuse the current gaps and mistakes in my canon knowledge!

Annah-of-the-Shadows & Fall-from-Grace | Annah-of-the-Shadows/Fall-from-Grace

I fell for Annah because of her voice acting (the affectionate wryness! the ill-concealed vulnerability!), and Grace because I love older female characters whose stoic or gracious exteriors conceal fortresses of discipline. While I’m not in love with the way women are written in Planescape: Torment, I really like both these specific characters and crave more interactions between them. Their relationship has a great deal of tension with no real resolution, and they have an interesting mix of similarities and contrasts. I think there are some fascinating possibilities to explore with them, whether platonically or romantically.

Annah mistrusts and is jealous of Grace. Meanwhile, Grace seems disappointed when Annah rejects her friendly overtures, and repeatedly shows protectiveness towards her. (What does Grace see in Annah, besides a romantic rival or just a younger woman who doesn’t like her? If they had met earlier, how would Grace have tried to cultivate her?) Annah is hotheaded and ruled by emotion, while Grace keeps her arguably more tumultuous feelings under rigid control. Then Annah’s implied discomfort with her heritage as a tiefling, and Grace’s turmoil over her identity and past trauma as a tanar’ri, are another potentially exploitable source of conflict.

I’d love something about a bonding attempt on Grace’s part gone awry -- does it get criminal? Unexpectedly dangerous? Uncomfortably sexy? An exploration of how they deal with things post-ending (any ending), or just everyday interactions with the citizens and environment of Sigil, would also be awesome. Hurt/comfort, too -- maybe something where Annah is trying to be stoic while Grace heals her, or a situation where Annah has to take care of Grace and is super out of her element? Or maybe Annah gets mazed somehow, and is shocked when Grace shows up to rescue her? These are all merely suggestions though.

Morte & The Nameless One | Morte/The Nameless One

One of the most complicated relationships in the game, and also (in my opinion) the most intriguing. I’m really interested in Morte’s loyalty to the Nameless One and the way his guilt intersects with and fuels it. They have such a long, twisted history, and the player’s decisions can put so many different spins on it. I’d really love anything about them, shippy or gen. (I would prefer that the focus be kept off their romantic/sexual relationships with women or aspirations toward the same, particularly the sexually harassing comments.)

I’m a massive, massive sucker for comic relief characters encountering serious/dark situations, so I would love anything with Morte in that vein, whether it’s one of his canonical moments of peril (getting stolen by Lothar! potentially being traded to the Pillar of Skulls!) or a new situation. A past incarnation of the Nameless One could also provide the peril. Their relationship has gone through near infinite iterations -- there’s so much to exploit there, and so much opportunity for angst on Morte’s part (and pining, if you want to go in a shippy direction).

Further prompts… Hmm. I’d love something that explores the world of Planescape in general and Sigil in particular; I’m particularly fond of the mortuary, the catacombs, and UnderSigil. It’d also be cool to see their first meeting after the “best” ending of the game (where the Nameless One finally dies and goes off to join the Blood War). On the whole, though, anything where these two are together and bantering would be lovely!

STELLAR FIRMA

Requested Ships: David 7/Trexel Geistman, Trexel Geistman/Hartro Piltz, Number 1/Number 48, David 7 & Trexel Geistman & Hartro Piltz, David 7/Trexel Geistman/Hartro Piltz

It’s difficult to express how much I love this podcast, but rest assured I really, really do. It has been described as a cross between Brazil and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and this strikes me as accurate. I love how the tone is at once exuberantly silly, but also dark and horrifying, in a way that doesn’t try to hammer listeners over the head with its irony. It would be hard not to delight me with any fic about the requested gen relationship and ships.

David 7/Trexel Geistman

I didn’t actually ship these two until I wrote 10k+ words of them talking. Then Season 3 came along, and, well, I LOVE THEM. They’re so fun together, and I love the gradual development of their not-quite-friendship -- those few, short moments of genuine connection, that contrast all the more with Trexel’s everyday self-absorbed cruelty and the oppressive horror of David’s situation.

The potential for jealousy and unrequited pining on Trexel’s part here is particularly delicious. (I would be totally cool with unrequited Trexel->David for this request, by the way.) However, I also love the idea of David realizing, with creeping horror, that he has feelings for Trexel, or that he returns Trexel’s no doubt inconvenient and poorly expressed affections. Imagine the songs they would sing.

In terms of prompts… I really loved the in-universe coffee shop setup; something about their time there, or an AU where they get to stay longer, would be lovely. Playing with tropes could be fantastic -- soulmate/soulbond AUs, arranged marriage, bodyswap, amnesia, wingfic, time loops, fake dating, hurt/comfort, one character being assumed dead when they aren’t (and then it makes the other character realize their feelings, oh no). I’d also really love angst, centered around pining or not. I think some terribly painful things could be done with these characters, and I’d love to read them.

Trexel Geistman/Hartro Piltz

I fell hard for this ship right about when Hartro made Trexel drink clone slurry in Episode 5. I love how much fun she has terrorizing him, how he just has to take it, and how he both fears her and scrambles for her attention. (NB: I am 100% unironically into the foot thing, so feel free to do whatever you’d like with that, including nothing.)

I love what a disaster Hartro is. It’s not her fault that she was assigned to Trexel -- he could drive anyone mad -- but she lets her hatred of him goad her into making terrible decisions. At the same time, as a nonnie on FFA expressed a while ago, it seems like she gets more out of the relationship than she wants to confront or acknowledge. On Trexel’s end, Hartro seems to demonstrate the exact sort of mix of “come here” and “get away from me” that captures his attention.

Kink is baked into this ship, so I’ll try to be shameless about requesting it. I was perhaps overly gratified when Trexel was canonically stated to be a masochist (he likes getting shock-collared! and possibly stepped on!). I’d love anything that goes even further with their canon dynamic -- D/s, punishment, bondage; humiliation, degradation, the foot thing; maybe dubcon with a pre-canon Hartro taking out her frustrations on Trexel, or some sort of incredibly messed up corporate training exercise.

Explicit kinky content is far from my only interest here, though -- I’d also love romance, a lower-rated exploration of UST, or something that examines their relationship without getting into kink or sex at all. This is one of those ships where, if you make them hold hands in a certain way, hearts will spontaneously explode in my eyes. Just a fact.

Number 1/Number 48

Standards! So sinister. What’s up with them, anyway? How did they meet and agree to file relationship paperwork together? What are their couples counseling sessions with Dr. Krell like? What were the most egregiously vague pronouncements that Number 1 made pre-canon, and what other work assignments have impacted their personal lives and forced them to cancel reservations? ...How did Number 48 get the murder hammer?

Since these two are, I believe, the highest-ranking members of Stellar Firma to have appeared in the podcast so far, I’d love something about their interactions with other higher-up types or silly protocols or general Brazil-type bureaucratic madness. If there are ominous promises and disturbing implications packaged in crisp business jargon, all the better.

David 7 & Trexel Geistman & Hartro Piltz | David 7/Trexel Geistman/Hartro Piltz

So, I love these characters and the way they interact. I love that they’re all dramatic and ridiculous in their own ways, and that no one is strictly the straight man or the comic relief (though Trexel does come close to the latter).

Gen-wise, these three seeing a common goal through together would be delightful, whether it’s something small or grand-scale or completely imaginary. Something science fiction-y, or crossover with another genre like horror or film noir, could be really fun. Additionally, the episode where they all play a TTRPG is one of my favorites -- I’d love something else about them playing a game together or otherwise letting Hartro explore her passion for elaborate props and scenarios.

Ship-wise, I’ve already talked about why I love David/Trexel and Hartro/Trexel. For David and Hartro, I like that they’re able to have a polite, semi-reasonable conversation, but I was also intrigued by the hint of antagonism in Episode 55, with the angry staring and pointed bed-sitting. I tend to read David as either gay or bi with a heavy preference for men, but I could absolutely get into some David/Hartro rather than a V relationship for this OT3. In terms of shippy prompts, I’m interested in seeing them navigate the same scenarios as in gen, but I would also love some messed up three-person corporate training exercises if you’d like to go that route.

#optional detailed letters for exchanges tag

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sinfulwonders · 4 years

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Hey, the rarepair guy with that Chihiro x Rantaro ship. Would you mind writing my ship into this 10 sentence meme???? Also, it's big fun to read it UwU

Chihiro x Rantaro

So so sorry this took so long! Hope you enjoy. This is the last one I’ll be doing of these for now as I’m moving on to other things!

Angst

Chihiro watched in horror as the footage played on the TV in his living room. A bloody shot put ball. The secret entrance to the library. And a corpse... the body of the green haired man that Chihiro had fallen in love with. “H-he said he’d survive,” Chihiro muttered frantically, tears falling down his face, “He said j-just one more g-game and he’d c-come back to me. R-Rantaro why? Why did you have to die!?”

AU (Virtual reality AU)

It was Rantaro’s second time waking up in a VR helmet in the Danganronpa studios, and he sighed in relief as he realized it would most likely be his last. He hadn’t survived all the way through this time and from the talk of scientists performing tests on him, it seemed that this may be the last Danganronpa ever. It’s a good thing. Rantaro told himself that, allowing himself a small smile. He had made money winning the 52nd game, and even though he hadn’t won as much as he had planned he could still bring home a hefty sum to his significant other Chihiro. The programmer would be so thrilled to see Rantaro, and the two of them could finally start their lives together.

Crack

“I finally did it,” Chihiro shouted running into the room, “I finally got swol!” Rantaro turned to face the little guy and froze. He was no longer little. Chihiro was around 6ft tall with absolutely ripped muscles in every facet of his body. Rantaro stood staring. “I uh guess I had a little growth spurt as well!” Chihiro blushed, even the blush looking intimidating with his now massive bod, “Oh and look! I can be the one who picks you up now!” Chihiro beamed as he easily lifted Rantaro with one hand.

Future fic

Rantaro smiled taking Chihiro’s hand in his own, “I’m so happy we found each other.” Chihiro smiled in return, little streaks of grey running through his brunette locks, “Me too, Rantaro. I’m so happy we’ve spent all these years exploring the world together.” Chihiro sighed and leaned into the green haired man, as they watched the sun go down from the boat.

First Time (meeting)

“Hi there,” The green haired boy lifted a hand to wave at the shorter, “I’m Rantaro Amami. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Chihiro’s heart skipped a beat when the taller male gently smiled, “I’m uh... Chihiro... Chihiro Fujisaki. I’m e-excited to work with you!” Chihiro’s eyes went wide with that stutter. How embarrassing, now I look so weak. I’m so- “Hey, no need to be nervous,” Rantaro sighed, “I’m really not a bad guy.” “Oh no! I know you’re not! I-I just am still learning how to really interact with people. I’m used to being h-holed up in my room with my computers. But I’m very excited to work with you on this upcoming project.” Rantaro smiled once more and Chihiro’s heart fluttered again. This would be an interesting project for sure.

Fluff

When the two arrived at the concert, they hadn’t realized it would be as packed as it was. They were in the very back of the concert hall and Chihiro hopped up and down unsuccessfully trying to see his favorite band. Rantaro smiled at how cute his favorite person in the world looked so adorable even when frustrated. “Dang it,” Chihiro cursed under his breath, “I wish I wasn’t so short.” “Your wish is my command,” Rantaro whispered in the other’s ear, and with a small gasp Chihiro was suddenly on Rantaro’s shoulders, with a clear view of the show. Chihiro turned bright red with how easy Rantaro had lifted them. “T-thanks Rantaro,” Chihiro smiled through the blush.

Humor

“Wait you have twelve sisters?” Chihiro’s eyes widened. “Ah. Yep. Twelve.” “And you’re saying you lost all of them???” Rantaro sighed, “Tragic right? But yeah, they all just disappeared.” Chihiro frowned and then looked up, “Umm Amami-kun...have you ever considered that maybe you’re the lost one?” Rantaro opened his mouth and then closed it again. He sat very still for a second, “Umm. No I had not considered that.” Chihiro sighed, “I ask that because I just pulled one of your sisters up on social media and they all are kinda wondering where you are...” “What?” Rantaro eyes went wide, “How’d you do that?” “I just searched them up on Facebook?” “And what is this...Faced book?” Chihiro had to mentally stop himself from face palming, “I’ll...uh sign you up for it if you want.”

Hurt/Comfort

“I just want to be stronger,” Chihiro whispered as a couple tears fell down his face. Rantaro was quick to pull the smaller into a tight embrace, “I know, Fujisaki. I know. But it takes time. You’re working out three times a week with Owada. How’s that coming?” Chihiro sighed, “It’s such a slow process. I’m lifting barely any more than I was at the beginning, and everyone else is just so much stronger than I am.” Rantaro ran his fingers through the other’s hair, “Hey. What I just heard is that you’re lifting more than you were at the start. Look at you go! You’re already improving.” Chihiro looked up at Rantaro, “T-Thanks Amami-kun.” “But for the record,” Rantaro eyed the other seriously, “I think you are perfect just the way you are. I like you for you. Whether or not you have a few extra muscles isn’t going to affect how much I like you. Okay?” Chihiro burst into tears at that, gripping tightly onto the adventurer. They hugged each other tightly, Chihiro smiling into Rantaro’s shirt.

Smut (omg how do I write smut with Chihiro lol too pure)

“C-can I kiss you?” Chihiro mumbled, cheeks reddening by the second. Rantaro smirked at that and leaned in, whispering in Chihiro’s ear, “You can do so much more than kiss me, Fujisaki.”

UST (Unresolved Sexual Tension)

Chihiro grumbled under his breath as Rantaro sauntered towards him with Kokichi following behind grinning like the Cheshire cat. The avocado was absolutely perfect and Chihiro may or may not have been jealous that every other person in the world seemed to have noticed and agreed with that fact as well. And unlike Chihiro, guys like Kokichi had the guts to openly flirt with Rantaro, not that the green-haired boy seemed to notice. He seemed to be completely oblivious of his charms and of everyone’s fascination with him. Chihiro turned with a sigh. There was no way that Rantaro would be interested in him when everyone else was in love with him as well. “Hey Fujisaki, wait up!” Rantaro jogged up with Kokichi in tow, “I was wondering if you’d like to hang out with us!”

#chihiro x rantaro #fujimami #chihiro fujisaki #rantaro amami #danganronpa #trigger happy havoc #v3 #ask meme

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sapphicdalliances · 2 years

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Hi, fellow MXTX rarepair fan! My enthused thanks for being here!

I’m a simple bitch with simple tastes; here is a general summary of my preferences, and ship-specific notes can be found further down!

I very much enjoy:

Romance – anything up to and including plotless shippy drivel

Short fics, or even collections of tiny fics

Long fics too, so I guess what I mean is, don’t feel pressured either way

Comedic tones, slice-of-life, lighthearted fun, any amount of improbable romcom contrivances

Am also very much on board with more tragic tropes, though I prefer a happy or at least bittersweet ending, unless you’re following the very sad events of canon.

I’m a big fan of AUs; I especially love modern AUs for all MXTX media, whether mundane, urban fantasy, or modern-with-cultivation!

Additional examples of AUs I enjoy would be any canon divergence, romcom, fantasy/fairytale, gender change, or remix/crossover AUs you feel inspired to explore!

Specific tropes I love:

Outsider/third character POV of the main couple

Exes getting back together

Friends-with-benefits-with-feelings/did a bad job keeping it casual

Oblique declarations of love/saying i love you without saying i love you

Acts of service; provision and caretaking as love

Aggressive matchmaking by an enthused friend and/or matchmaker fell in love

Arranged marriage/fake marriage/fake dating

Epistolary fic

Regrettably I do also love the sex pollen - A/B/O - fantasy hermaphroditism venn diagram of indulgent nonsense.

I’m not super into:

First person narration

Soulmate or organised crime AUs

In general, please avoid:

Character death or serious/permanent injury (non-canonical)

Animal abuse or death

Infidelity

Hopeless or downer endings (apart from the events of canon)

Ship specific prompts:

SVSSS

Su Xiyan/Tianlang-Jun - all-powerful demon lords of darkness who just wanna get wifed are valid and i support them. any snapshot of what their silly adventures in pre-canon would be great, i adore the fact that su xiyan is just canonically tianlang-jun’s sugar mama; a canon divergence where she stays alive and they make a few feeble attempts to re-parent luo binghe before accepting that their son just really wants to be an orphan and fucking off to become rogue cultivator patrons of the arts would be a lot of fun also.

Gongyi Xiao/Zhuzhi-Lang - this one isn’t in the taglist (sorry, i missed the nom period!) but i figure i’d throw it up here just in case. i think they are both great boys and it’s a shame they didn’t get along in canon. any crumb of content would be savoured with relish! a canon divergence where they end up with a grudging mutual respect, or a modern AU where they are just two earnest dudes trying to keep shen yuan out of trouble, or really just about anything else would be delightful. zzl showing gyx his pet snakes.

Ming Fan/Ning Yingying - also not in the taglist, just rolling the dice, but it’s very sweet that shen yuan gave them both room to become a bit more mature and thoughtful, and I always think a cute domestic-y partnership with a flustered but earnest ming fan and an affectionate, indulgent, clearly-being-groomed-for-the-peak-lord-position ning yingying would be nice!

MDZS/CQL

im not very insistent on which media you follow. my usual preference is “the novel events and timeline, but they do all look like the actors, except they have the donghua hair, and also all the chengqing stuff is there” so go with faith on this one.

Jiang Cheng/Wen Qing - see this post. i would be happy with canonverse and all its tragedies, but a slightly less death-y AU would also be lovely. also, A/B/O with alpha wen qing and omega jiang cheng is an indulgence of mine that really doesn’t make sense anywhere except in my heart, and perhaps in yours!

Jin Ling/Lan Jingyi/Lan Sizhui/Ouyang Zizhen - the coffinshop quartet! I am okay with them all just being teen best friends, or being teen best friends who kiss. a scenario i can see is Jingyi frantically trying to figure out how best to matchmake his three best friends and accidentally tripping them all into polyamory. my favourite iteration of this will always be “they are a quartet, they all love and kiss each other equally” but if your muse is leading you toward one particular pair or trio enclosed within, i absolutely won’t object!

Jiang Cheng/Jin Guangyao - see this post. my favourite flavour of chengyao is when it’s not quite what they actually want for a happy ending, but is still structurally important to their lives in the moment, but i do ALSO love it when they become de facto domestic partners and end up having sex about it.

TGCF

Bai Jing/Ling Wen - ling wen did nothing wrong and she WAS effectively using girl power when she convinced her lover to take his own life to hasten the end of a war, as well as when she stole a hugely powerful ghostly artifact and threw the heavenly court into chaos, and actually she should have committed MORE larceny and succeeded in her goal to re-forge her ex-boyfriend a body in the crucible of mt tonglu. i love bai jing, the number one king himbo in all of fantasy ancient china, rounding out the trio of men who are like “if my beloved orders me to take my own life do NOT prosecute them, that is on me and they caught ME slipping”. they were in love! they still are in love! (of course, i understand that the tag in the set is an ampersand, so if you’d prefer to keep it all platonic, that’s totally fine with me too!) content that’s set before/during bai jing’s death would be fun; something one-sided about ling wen’s thoughts during bai jing’s robehood; or an AU where he’s alive and kicking and just loving anything that raises ling wen up would all be great.

Lang Qianqiu/Qi Rong - i am fascinated by this ship, and simply can think of zero objections. i don’t have a lot of smart thoughts about them but i do love that they’re now de facto raising guzi together. postcanon or AU stuff would probably work out best for these two fools. i think qi rong deserves to be bullied a little bit.

Ban Yue/Pei Su - one last ship that’s not in the tagset, but i’ll throw it at the wall just in case it sticks. I just think they’re two sweet kiddos who are best friends (and/or in love) and also true love is stored in the snakes.

#shut up phee #exchange letter

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moved-to-sideblog · 6 years

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Snowball Fight (Arvis X Gunnthrá)

For the lovely @shauni-will-never-write . Because of her, I'm stuck in this rarepair hell and I'm not complaining. I've never written Arvis before so I just hope I'll get him right after some research... I'm on mobile, so I have no clue how to put under a read more. Just a heads up.

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Snow had never been a top priority of Arvis. It was cold, damp and always managed to seep into your clothes. In some ways, it was as difficult as sand everywhere. He was mostly indifferent to it, though. So when Askr was given a red weather warning for snowfall, and the next morning you could hear Sharena squealing with delight at the wonderland outside, he just ignored.

Gunnthrá on the other hand... she was from Nifl. It was always cold and snowy there. She had spent her whole life in the snow. She and her sisters had played together so many times... it was those memories that kept her from pure misery these days. Knowing she can get those days back was part of her motivation.

Today, however, she realised she can still have those kinds of days. With her new family members.

"Arvis? Did you see the snow outside?" the princess smiled.

"Hm?" the redhead looked up from a book he was reading. "The snow... oh... yes, I did..."

"And what do you think?"

"... I..."

"Have you ever been in snow before?"

"It snowed where I am from... but not very often. And when it did, it wasn't there for long..." Arvis cleared his throat.

A twinkle of an idea came into Gunnthrá's ice blue eyes.

"Arvis, can you come with me for a moment?" she gave another one of her smiles.

"Of course... do you need something, dear?" Arvis's expression softened.

"I just want to show you something." Gunnthrá replied.

The two stepped outside into the snowy air. Arvis was wearing the appropiate wear for outside, but Gunnthrá was all too used to cold, completely unaffected by the icy blades against their cheeks.

"What do you need to show me?" Arvis glanced at his wife. She was always so beautiful in this weather...

He was met with a snowball to the face.

Gunnthrá had dashed a few feet away, and was now giggling at her mischief.

"... Gunnthrá, why are we-" the emperor shielded his face from another snowball. "Enough! I don't have time for this!" he growled in irritation. Such childish behaviour was a waste...

But then something made him turn around again.

Julia was talking to Gunnthrá. The young girl was wrapped up as well. She said something like she was taking a walk, as they never got snow like this before.

Then Julia ran a few feet from Gunnthrá, and launched a snowball at her. Gunnthrá laughed as it hit her shoulder, and threw one back at Julia, who squealed in delight.

Of course. They never got snow like this in their world.

Arvis sighed briefly. He thought over what to do when another ball of powder hit him in the back of the neck. Julia's hand flung to her mouth.

Then a peculiar thing happened.

"All right... if you're so set on me joining..." he rolled up snow in his hand, and aimed at Gunnthrá. "I will spare you both no mercy!!" he laughed and threw. Gunnthrá yiped and threw one back. Suddenly it erupted into a full-on snowball fight. For the first time in years, Arvis had proper fun, he laughed the hardest he had in a while. They were like a normal family. Except missing one person.

"Seliph! Seliph!" Julia suddenly ran inside the castle. She didn't know how her brother would feel about Arvis, but she wanted him to join.

Arvis turned all of his attention to Gunnthrá.

"How splendid. The one person who started this." a wicked grin spread across his face. Gunnthrá ran for it, being pelted as she went. She was enjoying herself, though.

Arvis was having the time of his life.

He was suddenly met by an icy wind. Gunnthrá's Blizzard blew him back a little, leaving snow among his fiery hair.

"Oh, so we're playing street rules, are we?" Arvis's grin became a smirk. He looked up at the tree Gunnthrá was under, and gave it a kick. The princess barely had time to process her confusion when a pile of snow fell on her head. She giggled and tackled her husband, and they both fell in the snow. Arvis planted a kiss on her head.

"Julia, I really don't know what you're..." Seliph blinked at the scene. Arvis was laughing like mad, with Gunnthrá in his arms.

"Maybe we can take them on, round two. Kids vs adults!" Julia clapped excitedly. Seliph couldn't help stare at her. She was normally so quiet and spacey... must have been the adrenaline. He was unsure what he should do. On one hand, it was harmless fun. On the other hand, it was Arvis.

Then Seliph thought about how it was Arvis. This Arvis... he had not met his fate yet. Seliph had not killed him in his timeline. It was only a matter of time before the emperor went back to his own timeline, and to his death. It was quite tragic, really. He was happy here with Gunnthrá. Julia pined for the day her twin could join them. She often said that her brother was kind and caring. Seliph had felt mild confusion, as the Julius in his timeline had been cruel. Perhaps he would solve these mysteries one day, and maybe with the help of this Order of Heroes.

But for now, he had to brush off the snow that had just impacted his face.

Julia had a pleading look and another snowball in her hand. Seliph sighed and smiled. "Alright, I'm in."

Gunnthrá and Arvis watched the two children enjoy themselves, sitting in the snow. Gunnthrá's hand met Arvis's. His hands were always so warm...

"Thank you, Gunnthrá. You truly are a blessing to me." Arvis smiled at the princess and kissed her.

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Whoo... I did it. Once again, this is for Shauni. Thanks for giving me this ship, I really like it!! If only Julius could be in Heroes, he could come home and they can have a happy family in Nifl and Seliph or Sigurd could rule the empire of Grannvale... if you're reading this, thank you and I hope you enjoyed!

#fire emblem heroes #gunnthrá x arvis #arvis x gunnthrá #shauni-will-never-write #fire emblem genealogy of the holy war #seliph #julia #arvis #julius #gunnthrá #nifl #grannvale #fluff #family #shipping

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rhovanels · 6 years

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Letter for the Chocolate Box fic exchange.

I’m always thrilled to receive anything that someone has created for me, so don’t worry, I’ll be happy with whatever you come up with! Also, please feel free to send me an anonymous ask if you need anything clarified.

General likes:

- mutual pining-happy ending narratives

- I’m equally happy with fluff and angst - don’t feel like you need to hold back on either

- women with various types of strength and agency and power

- sex is absolutely not a requirement for my pairings, and I particularly like sex that’s based in emotion, or is more implied rather than explicit.

- I love plotty dramas, but I equally like quiet, small character moments - go where your muse takes you

- characters who are competent and unapologetic about who they are

- relationships based in communication - talking, challenging and testing one another, wordy declarations of love

- tonally, my favourite emotional register is sad and sweet, but I’m happy with humour and excitement too

- slow burn friends to lovers (although I don’t really expect that for an exchange of this length)

- EPISTOLARY RELATIONSHIPS.

- tropes and general things I like (in no particular order): declarations of love; banter and bickering; one person suddenly realising they’re in love with the other person; huddling for warmth; hurt/comfort; there’s only one bed; ‘holy shit they’re hot in that outfit’; fake dating; bittersweet endings; found families; poetry

Art likes

Honestly, if you’re drawing me something I will probably backflip out the window, because I have no artistic talent and am constantly in awe of what other people produce.

- non-sexual intimacy between characters

- mundane, slice-of-life moments

Dislikes:

- nothing too smutty because I am tame, and no PWP.

- no A/B/O dynamics

- no professor/student (or a similar dynamic) relationships

- no non-con or dub-con

- no character bashing

- no non-canon compliant levels of homophobia, racism, sexism, transphobia

- no abuse (physical or emotion)

Most importantly, have fun - if you’ve enjoyed creating this, I’ll enjoy receiving it.

Onto my specific requests!

A Little Life

God, I love this book. It is the most life-affirming, poignant, utterly devastating book I have ever read and I cannot in good conscience recommend it to anyone, because it seriously messed me up. I will never get over just how much love there is between the characters, and love in all sorts of different shapes and forms (particularly love for Jude).

Jude St. Francis & Harold Stein; Jude St. Francis & Harold Stein & Julia Stein: Found families are my JAM, and this one breaks my heart beautifully. I’d love to see something earlier in their relationship, before or around the time of the adoption. Possible prompts: holiday or celebration - a birthday party, a Christmas (Jude gets a Christmas stocking!!!); Jude reacting to being casually claimed as family in public (I’m crying just thinking about it)

Jude St. Francis & Andy Contractor: The relationship between these two is probably my favourite in the whole book. I’d love something outside of Andy’s examination room, a moment in which the two of them relate to one another as friends first, rather than doctor/patient. Possible prompts: a late night phone conversation; a surprise meeting on the street; aAndy taking Jude somewhere - a gallery, a park, the cinema, etc

Jude St. Francis/Willem Ragnarsson: Show me a missing scene from “The Happy Years”. A slice of life moment, a trip, a momentous occasion - as long as it’s happy. Possible prompts: a surprise airport reunion; a special meal; a third party commenting on how happy they seem together

Jean-Baptiste "JB" Marion & Willem Ragnarsson & Jude St. Francis & Malcolm Young: I’m up for anything with the four of them - again, just show me a happy and cared for Jude. Possible prompts: adventures on the subway; a moment from one of their holidays at Harold’s house

Provenance

Provenance has two of my favourite things in spades - politics and heists. I fell in love with these characters and I’d love to see what happens to them after the events of the novel. I really wanted more resolution in Garal’s storyline than Leckie gave us, so I’d particularly like something that features em. Maybe they all work together to try and reform Compassionate Removal - Ingray and Taucris provide the political backbone, Garal and Tic the street smarts. But really, I’m happy with whatever you come up with, dear author. Just let Garal be happy!

Dragon Age

Cassandra Pentaghast/Varric Tethras or Cassandra Pentaghast & Varric Tethras: Oh, I adore the relationship between the two of them, and how it evolves over the course of the games. By the end of Inquisition, there’s such a genuine sense of affection and fondness between the two of them. I’d love anything that explores how much they really care for one another, underneath their banter. If you’re taking a romantic route, I would particularly adore a prickly Cassandra being courted by Varric (maybe it starts as a joke or a bet and then Varric realises he’s in way too deep). Possible prompts: Fake. Dating. If there was ever a pair that was made for this trope, it’s these two; They’re also made for an epistolary romance - Varric’s skill with words meets Cassandra’s careful and hesitant prose; Post-inquisition meeting the family/friends - either Cassandra ends up in Kirkwall, or Varric meets up with Cassandra in Nevarra; Bonding/coming together through their shared faith - I’ve always found it interesting that Varric is Andrastian

Leliana/Cassandra Pentaghast; Leliana & Cassandra Pentaghast: From the opening in Haven to the end of Trespasser, these two (and their trust in one another) are the heart of the Inquisition. Show me the respect these two women have for one another, and why they work so well together. If you’re writing post-Trespasser, I would prefer a world state in which Leliana is Divine. Possible prompts: quiet moments of shared faith; competing against one another in an Inquisition tournament (I’m thinking of that archery competition codex); a post-Trespasser reunion

Female Hawke & Aveline Vallen Female Hawke/Aveline Vallen: I love the “exasperated fondness” dynamic between these two. Show me it in action - maybe Aveline dealing with Hawke’s rash behaviour and having to rescue her time and time again, maybe Hawke rolling her eyes at Aveline’s romantic rituals. Possible prompts: Aveline breaking Hawke out of jail (OR Hawke breaking INTO jail to get rescued by Aveline); arguing while camping; a Wintersend gift exchange (this could be sweet or could be utterly hilarious, your call)

Isabela/Josephine Montilyet: I don’t have much for these two beyond that I think they’d have a fascinating dynamic, so I’d love to see it explored in any shape or form. But maybe with pirates. Possible prompts: a dangerous trade agreement; masked encounters with a final reveal

Dorian Pavus/Solas: Remember that time Varric told Dorian that “just because two people dislike each other doesn't mean they're about to kiss, Sparkler”? Varric, you have never been more wrong about anything in your life. This is my current rarepair and I am dying, and I will take basically anything with them - enemies to lovers, bickering and sexual tension, established relationship fluff, even Trespasser angst - whatever takes your fancy. My only request is that they’re equals in their relationship - no d/s or mentor/student-esque dynamics, please. Possible prompts: Being sent out alone together solve a magic problem by the Inquisitor and realising they may have misjudged the other; One of them leaps to the other’s defence when that person isn’t around, but then they find out about it later (or overhear); I have no idea how you’d get fake dating to work with these two, but if you can think of something, I would eat it up with a spoon

Dorian Pavus/Iron Bull: I spent a lot of time in Inquisition wandering around trying to trigger this pairing and it never happened for me. I like them together, but it's never been a huge ship for me. So this isn't so much as a prompt as a challenge: convince me, convert me, make me fall in all-consuming love with this relationship.

Black Sails

If it’s not clear from the pairings I’ve chosen, I love Charles Vane more than life itself. He’s dramatic, reckless, a total trash bag, but his heart is ultimately in the right place.

Anne Bonny/"Calico" Jack Rackham/Charles Vane (Black Sails): Oh, these three. Their bond is volatile and fraught, but it’s eternal. I’d be really interested to see some of the history between them - adventures on the Ranger, etc. I particularly like their dynamic as a found family.

"Calico" Jack Rackham/Charles Vane (Black Sails): For someone who grew up as an indentured child labourer, Vane has a weirdly poetic way with words. Perhaps everyone's favourite dandy had a part to play here? Maybe Jack woos an oblivious Vane, maybe he teaches him poetry and then Vane uses it on him, maybe there's an epistolary romance?

Captain Flint/Charles Vane (Black Sails): I’m fascinated with the way that Vane always leaps to Flint’s defence - first at Charlestown, then again in the duel with Teach. Show me why Vane is so determined to protect him.

Eleanor Guthrie/Charles Vane (Black Sails): They really have a tragic romance, and I’d love to see anything that explores two people who can’t live with or without one another (although a fix-it is always welcome too).

Also, if anyone wanted to make me a space AU (i.e. they’re captains of spaceships) I would probably die of happiness, but it is absolutely not required.

Star Trek: Discovery

My favourite thing about Disco was the science, which puts me in a little niche, I know. But basically I’m all about people being good at what they do, about people learning how to see and to respect one another’s skills and competence. In space! Show me some scenes with these characters working together to solve problems and learning from one another. Bonus points if there’s a time loop, because that episode was a damn masterpiece.

OH MY GOD, author, I don’t know if you’re up to date, but the big reveals of the mid-season return have BLOWN MY MIND and I would adore something from this part of the season. I’ve included some ideas under “Mirror prompts”.

Michael Burnham & Paul Stamets: Science bros! I love dynamics in which prickly professional distrust turns into mutual respect and admiration, and these two fit the bill perfectly. Possible prompts: moments in which they’ve realised they’ve misjudged the other; geeking out about science together

Michael Burnham & Saru: I find their relationship fascinating. It’s always been prickly, filled with jealously and competition and distrust. But there’s a genuine sense of care in there too. I’d particularly like to see something more positive between the two of them, a moment of forgiveness or healing (not complete of course, it’s not that simple, but a step on the road). Possible prompts: a rescue scenario; a shared moment of empathy (particularly for non-human life - I love Burnham’s empathy for the Tardigrade and Saru’s for the Pahvans)

Michael Burnham & Sylvia Tilly: I really love the development of their friendship, from awkward and prickly to a genuine sense of respect and mentorship. Possible prompts: Tilly teaching Burnham something (a hobby or a game, perhaps); a future story in which Tilly makes captain. Mirror prompts: a showdown between captains!

Sylvia Tilly & Paul Stamets: Another dynamic I love! Like Burnham and Stamets, I love prickly professional relationships that hide a stronger sense of care. Prompts: Stamets defends Tilly against a third party; general science geekery; a discovering a shared passion or hobby. Mirror prompts: a hurt/comfort scenario

Hugh Culber/Paul Stamets: God bless Disco for giving us such a strong queer relationship. I love their gentle bickering, I love their mutual respect, I adore queer love in space! Possible prompts: an off-ship date (or an on-ship one); Stamets trying to set up the best possible date within a time-loop; talking while dancing. Mirror prompts: break my heart, dear author.

Gabriel Lorca & Ash Tyler: I really loved their dynamic while fighting their way out of the Klingon ship, and I’d love to see some more action scenes with them. Possible prompts: competition in the battle simulator; a regular shared workout; they get stuck in a lift and have to break their way out.

Sylvia Tilly & Ash Tyler: I love how Tilly’s natural openness and empathy meets Tyler’s reserve. I like friendships with a talkative and taciturn pair! I feel they have a lot of common ground between them, such as their shared sense of doubt and inadequacy. Possible prompts: doing laps of the Discovery together; party planning (possibly a surprise for Burnham); a regular shared meal date. Mirror prompts: shared fears over becoming the enemy (argh, this show is going to BREAK MY HEART)

A note on Tyler: references to his PTSD are fine if they fit into the story naturally, but please keep the details vague, and no reference to rape.

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Amilyn Holdo & Leia Organa; Amilyn Holdo/Leia Organa: That exchange between the two of them (“May the Force be with you, always”) made me think that this is something they’ve said to one another many times before. Show me one of these times - maybe a daring mission, maybe a formal farewell, maybe a quiet moment.

Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker: There is nothing quite as unconditional as the relationship between twins, and I don’t think the films do enough with it. I’d love to see something that explores this further, particularly in their later years.

Paige Tico & Rose Tico: Again, I adore strong sibling relationships. Show me how these two relate to one another as sisters - all the love and jealousy and bickering and utter devotion that goes with the territory. I’d prefer if this wasn’t a fix-it - I’m happy for it to be a bit bittersweet and sad. Possible prompts: Paige teasing Rose about her hero-worship of the young pin-ups of the Resistance; shared love of animals; quiet midnight conversations

Poe Dameron/Finn: Honestly, I just want the tropiest, most romantic thing you can throw at me. Fake dating? There’s only one bed what do? Holy shit you look hot in that outfit? A now or never kiss? Mutual pining-happy ending? Go wild, dear author.

Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey; Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey/Rose: The dream teams! There is so much potential with these pairings, and the films will never follow through because cinema is allergic to polyamory. I don't mind how you choose to interpret the dynamics of the poly relationship, but I'd prefer if sex wasn't the focus. Possible prompts: a card game; solving a problem that involves each of their individual strengths

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Aloy/Talanah: I LOVE THIS SHIP. Show me these two badass women being awesome together. Maybe how they reform the politics of the Hunters Lodge, or Aloy taking Talanah with her to meet the Nora, or anything from a wild hunt adventure to a quieter moment between them.

Aloy/Vanasha; Aloy & Vanasha: "I don't think I know you at all. But I'd like to." Aaaand I screamed and backflipped out the window. I am a sucker for spies and intrigue and politics, and for relationships that develop with two people dancing around one another and trying to see through each other's performative surfaces. This pairing has so much potential. Possible prompts include: undercover as lovers (!!!), a masked encounter, talking while dancing.

Aloy & Erend: Aloy and Erend's friendship ended up being surprisingly moving - although I see it as strictly platonic. Show me some lighter moments with the two of them - maybe they get drunk together, maybe Erend finally shows her around Meridian, maybe Aloy takes Erend back to her homeland.

Aloy & Rost: Oh, these two broke my heart. I'd like to see some exploration of their dynamic when Aloy is older (i.e. around the time of the game), rather than a child Aloy. This could be set post-game - maybe one of Aloy's visits to his grave - but I would also be 100% happy with a fix-it if that's where your muse takes you.

Aloy/Nil: This is my trash ship and I kind of hate myself for being into it, but oh boy am I into it. Possible prompts include: they have a standing date once or twice a year; a prison break; continually encountering one another while on missions/travelling.

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