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2024-09-03 06:33 pm
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Dear FIAB creator

Dear writer (or treater),

I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm also on AO3.

My request history on the app (for any previous prompts/thoughts for many of these fandoms): Here

It's FIAB time already! I love this exchange. ♥

I never know what the perfect way to do sign ups and letters is. I guess this time I'm doing it this way. :D (Edit: Now with 100% more fandoms and ships because I forgot to add them here after I signed up.)

My likes list is long and sprawling (and ever growing) and includes everything and the kitchen sink, but they really are all things I like (especially the kitchen sink!), so you can't go wrong with picking one or more and combining them into something instead of going with a prompt. Other people's ideas always seem so much better than my own, anyway. :D Not every like will fit every ship and canon, but maybe they'll spark a related idea?

I'm fine with all tenses, all POVs (2nd person POV being a character, not reader), any rating from G to E (for violence or porn), as long as you avoid my DNWs. If there's something that sounds confusing or contradictory, I'm happy to clarify if you ask through a mod.


DNW:
Noncon between ship characters (noncon by others = welcome), unrequested permanent ship character death, focus on children/pregnancy/being a parent, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, unrequested poly, pre-ship fic, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons

Note: If the work is interactive fiction with several routes and/or endings, then character death and other bad/tragic plots and endings are great as long as there is at least one happy ending in the mix. Just don't hit any other DNWs.


Likes

* Getting together, first times, new experiences, new feelings

* Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, internalized homophobia, themes of guilt or shame, esp. when met with trust and reassurance

* Friends to lovers, enemies (to friends) to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a common enemy, falling for someone who's unavailable (either taken or not into character's gender, or so they think) and pining, UST that gets resolved

* Older characters pining for younger ones or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance

* Road trips, camping/hiking, movie night, working late together, helping the other move in to a place, attending the same party, casual everyday bonding moments

* Missions gone wrong like a shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught by the enemy, lost communication, on the run from bad guys, stranded or injured in wilderness

* Tropey things like amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple, having to share a bed/room, being imprisoned together or separately

* Feelings reveal (and/or hitting on the other character) due to pain/intoxication/truth serum/sex pollen/whatever, esp. when the other one's desperately trying to keep things normal, thinking it's just the drugs and not real and they'll regret when they're clearheaded again etc.

* A gay-for-pay situation (for undercover reasons or as a means to get money) with a feelings realization (esp. when they try to fight it)

* Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, e.g. having to watch the other be hurt, or being forced to lie/hurt to save the other, wounds and cuts, broken bones, dizziness, nausea, fever due to poisoning etc., helping character with addiction (less into period cramps, stomach bugs and runny noses as main hurt)

* Forced closeness, casual intimacy, invading the other's personal space

* Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental (esp. neck and lower back)

* All imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, ending up/visiting in alternate timelines...)

* For time loops and time travel: Having to witness the other one die (and all the angst and helplessness) and finding out a way to stop it

* Canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon

* Different first meetings, only one character remembers they've already met before (and maybe even hooked up)

* Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted places and items, curses, exorcism, creepy doppelgängers, things living in one's home

* Scifi elements like dimension travel, alternate realities, telepathic links, being in the other character's dreams/nightmares, devices that make a character live in a reality that turns out to be fake/simulation, planted false memories and finding out they're false


Writing freeforms
Length Opt-In: 500 minimum words per fic
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I think these are self-explanatory. I love longfic, I love shorter ficlets, so I decided everything that's at least 500 words long is going to be fun. :)


Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Ink
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Another self-explanatory one. Interactive fiction, yes please! I would love to read IF about my ships! Maybe various ways they could end up together, occasionally fucking it up instead? And if at least one ending is a happy one, having more bleak and tragic ones in the mix could be fun (err, you know what I mean). Like, even character death could be a possibility if it's only one of several options. The fix-it option is right there, everything's going to be okay (sometimes). :D


Crafty freeforms and lots of thoughts
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I'm a crafts person so this'll be long. Even if nobody makes anything this time, I want to put this out there. It's not my intention to intimidate anyone with my Thoughts on Crafts, I'm just very excited, ok? :D

I knit a lot. I crochet a lot. I live with a mountain of yarn. I can also do various needlework, occasionally I sew, and also make jewelry (earrings or pendants mostly) when the inspiration strikes me, so do with that what you will. :D If you want to mix mediums and combine beads with knitting, or embroider something onto the crochet, I'm there. If it's crafty and looks nice, it's good. :)

If given a choice, I prefer charts for everything, but I can work with written only so I chose both. If you for some reason need specific measurements, you could ask through a mod, but an adult woman should give you the general idea of what works if you're going with something wearable.

I don't want to put any restrictions on what makes the piece fannish, so it could be anything from a stitch pattern repeat you say was inspired by a character or a ship to a colourwork pattern that literally resembles something. Or is it a thing a character might use? Great! I mean there are pattern books inspired by things like Pride & Prejudice and it's not like they have a Mr Darcy embroidered on them. :D (But they could!) It really could be anything.

Mostly I make clothing (sweaters and cardigans, occasionally shrugs and vests), with varying constructions. I'm not a fan of seaming (is anyone?) but I will if I have to. Please note that I'm very aware clothes are a lot of work, omg. :D I'm not demanding a whole intricate pattern here if unless that's what you really want to do. A repeat or a pattern I could incorporate is wonderful, I can build the piece around it myself. A swatch is plenty! A swatch can be a pocket even on its own!

Hats or mittens or mitts? Yes, those are good. I have a ton already and can't wear them all but you can always lure me into making a new one, especially if it's something fannish. With hats I prefer folded brims (or ear flaps, we have cold winters here) but I don't want to restrict you if you prefer skullcap type beanies or berets more. I would also love a shawl/wrap, or a scarf. Triangular, crescent, rectangle, all good. A cowl could be cute, too! A bag? Yes! A potholder? I probably won't use those but I'm so going to steal the idea for something else, like a cushion cover or the front of a sweater or I'll make a little thing to hang on the wall. If I like something I will find a way to make it work somehow, trust me. Blanket squares? I'd love them. And actually, if you have a nice idea for a fannish draft stopper I could knit/crochet, I'll take it. I'm trying to design one (craft type undecided) and you'd be helping me.

I'm not big on sock knitting, mostly because so often the patterns call for really thin yarn and I don't enjoy knitting with 2 mm needles. If the gauge is 18-22 (or even thicker?) though, I'm in! So if you're itching to make a sock pattern full of fannishness, and the gauge fits or it's very adjustable, please do. I am definitely making a pair! Or how about just leg warmers? Charming fannish boot cuffs? Yes, please!

For brands, I'd struggle to get my hands on any US yarn, for example. So if possible I'd prefer to know there's a close equivalent I can order from, say, Garnstudio or Hobbii (both have websites where you can see the yarns and colours). I have access to those. I substitute yarns all the time so brands aren't an issue as such, I'm thinking more about the correct colours if the pattern depends on accuracy. If it's a pattern where colours can be whatever I want, well, this won't be a problem at all. As for fibres, I work with wool and alpaca (and blends with synthetic fibres) probably about 90% of the time, but cotton, bamboo and blends are great too. And if you're wondering if the texture must be smooth or could it be fuzzy, well, I love fuzzy so it totally can. :D I have a yarn problem because I love everything.

For knitting techniques, I'd love colourwork details I could use for the front or the hem/sleeves or the yoke. Fair isle, stranded, whatever you call it, I love it. Stripes too. I haven't done intarsia but I'm willing to try if I need to. I also haven't done double knitting but I will if I must. Or cables, I adore cables! Especially when combined with various knit-purl patterns. Think fisherman sweater. Love those. But lace is super pretty and versatile too, so. :D Honestly, I feel like you could use any texture you like and I'd be excited.

As for gauge, if it even matters, my sweet spot is 16-18 for stockinette so aran or worsted is great, but I often do bulkier as well (up to 10-ish) or go down to dk (22-ish). If it goes much thinner, I'm likely to lose interest.

For crochet, I feel like the same stuff applies because I make similar things both ways. So you could go with tapestry crochet, crochet cables, lace, various scallops, filet crochet etc. I like crocheting clothing, shawls/wraps, cushion covers, blankets, bags, baskets, motifs (I prefer squares or rectangulars to hexagonal or round ones) and similar. I don't generally crochet hats or socks and I have very little need for cozies. With crocheted items I'm happy to use thinner yarn as well, and the gauge can be whatever.

That about sums it up, I think? In short, go with your inspiration, I'm sure I will like it!

Note: I don't make amigurumis, figures or plushies nor am I interested in making them. Sorry! I feel like they'd be an obvious choice for fannish crafts but I just don't have any use for them. Same goes for doll sized clothes/accessories. And no baby blankets, please.


Other freeformsMedium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle

I do these occasionally but haven't done a fannish one. Could be fun to try if anyone wants to make one. :)


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I chose several opt-ins that I feel like could work great with a fic. And if you can make them work on their own without a fic surrounding them, sure, go ahead!



The Bear (TV 2022)
Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto/Richard "Richie" Jerimovich (The Bear)

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Note: I generally have a DNW for food and cooking, because it's not something I care much about in fic, but I took it out for this for obvious reasons. :) Here it fits and makes sense.


Richie is a mess and I love him. <3 I love his journey so far, the way he's finding his own thing and getting those little successes along the way. The way he needs this family of his for support. So what if he fucks up here and there, he's not Richie if he doesn't. And Carmy, he's a different kind of mess, and I also love him. In a way he's the opposite of Richie because he seems to need to get away from this family to stay somewhat sane. So, you know, of course they fit together well. :D They can be messes together and maybe they'll survive.

Honestly I don't have any clear idea for how they could end up together. Maybe they occasionally hook up, just for fun, until one or both want more? Maybe Richie was with Mikey and there's baggage that comes from that? Carmy's anxiety is a convenient vehicle for hurt/comfort leading to more. Maybe they hook up and forget because they were both too drunk, until these curious flashes start appearing, like a very vivid dream... and ok, so it's not a dream. Awkward. Or maybe there's a a family dinner that's a disaster. Maybe one has to pick the other one up from some dubious place after a bad hookup. Maybe they work on the restaurant together, maybe Carmy cooks for him when Sydney's not there, and it's not the same but it's kind of fun?

I added a couple of opt-ins for restaurant reviews. I thought they could be fun, maybe something one or both read, or maybe something they need to prepare for, I don't know. Can a restaurant review be shippy or lead to shippiness? I'd love to find out.


Black Sails
Captain Flint | James McGraw/Thomas Hamilton (Black Sails)

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Fandom-specific DNW: Focus on shippy James/Thomas/Miranda or James/Miranda

About Miranda: Mentioning her is fine because obviously she's a part of their three-person arrangement, no need to erase canon, but I'd prefer those mentions being as minimal as possible and the focus being fully on James/Thomas.


I was only going to quickly check some of the Thomas episodes to remind myself of a couple details, but then it turned into a whole thing and I rewatched all six episodes and broke my heart by doing it.

I would love every possible canon divergence that could keep Thomas and James alive and together. Or just scenes from the time when they were together, with no hints or allusions to their ends, maybe even something hinting at a better end but handwaving the specific details? I want them to be hopeful and I want there to be a chance, somehow.

Maybe Thomas doesn't get imprisoned because they run away, maybe Thomas hides and takes on a false identity somewhere nobody knows him, maybe they (or just Thomas alone?) fake his death in a way that everybody buys it. Maybe James thinks Thomas has died, but he's actually alive and has been freed and they end up meeting by accident somewhere. Maybe they meet in prison later.

Or maybe Thomas stays around and James never becomes a pirate. Or maybe he does but he's less ruthless because Thomas is alive and he hasn't lost everything? I wouldn't mind that. (Though honestly, I do love him the way he is, as someone who has nothing to lose, lashing out and trying to change everything for Thomas. That's who Flint is. <3 I'd actually love to see Flint with Thomas, all that conflict because he's a different person now but also isn't. How would Thomas react to meeting him?)

Alternately, go ahead and break my heart and then fix it (this is me requesting character death, but only if there's an afterlife of some sort - the deaths can be as graphic or angst-ridden "he died alone and afraid from torture and starvation" type as you like as long as there's comfort after):

Thomas is imprisoned and doesn't survive, and he dies before James does. He goes wherever James goes, even when James doesn't know it (or maybe he senses him sometimes?). When Silver kills James, Thomas is there watching, waiting, and they're rejoined. Or the other way around, with James going to Thomas to wait for him. Maybe one's a ghost the other one sees and feels sometimes, unsure if he's real or not, until finally he sees that it had been real the whole time?


Bridgerton (TV)
Benedict Bridgerton/Original Male Character(s) (Bridgerton TV)
Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Granville (Bridgerton TV)
Eloise Bridgerton/Original Female Character(s) (Bridgerton TV)
Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton (Bridgerton TV)

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Fandom-specific DNW: Focus on F/M. With Benedict, brief references to canon are fine but I'm not interested in fic about him with Tilley and Paul in a threesome or other het ships for him. Same goes for Eloise: Brief references to potential het ships are fine but I want the focus to be on F/F.


When I finally started watching Bridgerton I had no idea who anyone was or what was going to happen, except people were going to fall in love a lot and there'd be more sex than is usually seen in period dramas and it'd all be very pretty? I've never read the books and I don't intend to, so it was all new to me. (So if someone wants to use book details or deliberately refers to book canon, bear in mind I won't get the references!)


Benedict/OMC
Benedict/Henry Granville


I'd be lying if I said I wasn't going <3 <3 <3 with Benedict's story line by the end of S3 because I wasn't expecting it. I want more, so much more. Give! :D All the potential male love interests and all the experimenting, figuring things out, and falling for someone. I'm fine if it's not a happily ever after, he says he's not ready to settle, but I like the idea of him feeling like maybe he might want to, just returning to this one person over and over again. Who is this guy who manages to do that and where (and how!) do they meet?

Also, I really enjoyed the way they were with Henry, all that art making (I wanted more of it) and Benedict seeing a bit of Henry's world but not yet feeling like he'd be a part of it himself. Maybe somewhere S1-S2-ish they get to continue from where they left off and Benedict's intrigued because he hasn't been able to stop thinking about what if? Or something post-S3 when Benedict knows more about himself. Maybe there's a ball they both attend, or a masquerade (mmm, identity fuckery tropes). Maybe Henry's single (married or not) and not looking for anyone, but Benedict happens to be there and things start developing?


Anthony/Simon

These two fall under my beloved friends to more trope, and they're also very intense about each other (and potentially a little jealous as well) so it's all good. <3 I'd love to read about how they became a them, who fell for who first and how he figured it out, and how it all might have begun. Did they have a minor falling out pre-canon? I'd also love something from later, during canon, when they spend time together again and are a little older and more mature. I'm not even opposed to something when they're both married. Maybe it's a secret thing they do, maybe they have permission, I don't know. Canon divergence where they both stay single? Great! Simon's getting to know Daphne and they play pretend but Daphne falls for someone else and it's actually Anthony that Simon falls for in the process so it all works out? Or Anthony gets jealous that Simon seems to be courting Daphne and it's only then he figures out why he's so bothered by it. I do love a good "well that explains a lot" moment. (Just be kind to Daphne if you can? I love all those siblings being close and don't want them to become enemies.)


Eloise/OFC

Eloise is one of those types of characters that I'm instantly drawn to so just watching her doing her thing is a constant delight. <3 Also, I just can't see her as being solely straight? I don't know why my brain refuses, but I keep expecting a potential female love interest to show up. :D Whether it's an OC who's been around for three seasons but we haven't seen her, or someone new who she meets post-S3, I'm here for it. Someone who will match her and challenge her, someone who makes her excited, someone who shares her passion for learning more, accomplishing more, being more.


Downton Abbey
Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent (Downton)

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Post-canon or during canon are both great. Maybe canon divergence where things go differently for them, or maybe Jimmy didn't leave when he did (or he did but it's for a different reason), or maybe they meet a few years later somewhere else.

I requested this in H/C Exchange back in 2021 so I'm stealing things from my old letter because prompts are hard. :P

I feel a bit guilty for this but I actually like the plot line with Jimmy's mild homophobia towards Thomas. We get to see an imperfect nice guy who eventually accepts Thomas for who he is, more or less. I also wouldn't say no if you want to expand on Thomas' painful experiences with trying to cure himself. I love a good self-acceptance journey, however deep the character has to go for it. Internalized homophobia could also be interesting for Jimmy who might figure it out later, after he's already left the house, and there's a different kind of denial there. Or maybe the homophobia comes from the outside and it's the two of them against the rest? Also great.

But also, I will never tire of hurt/comfort or dramatic events leading into feelings realization. I love pining, I love friends to lovers. One of the tags I requested was about a character seeing another cry for the first time. I love it when people get glimpses of something that's usually hidden away, like crying, but it could be something else that's very personal and nobody's supposed to see it. Maybe letters are involved somehow? A diary?


Severance (TV)
Peter Kilmer/Mark Scout (Severance)

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Fandom-specific DNW: Any spoilers for S2 if those exist. I avoid them like the plague and will keep avoiding them until S2 is here. I am also blissfully unaware of any fannish speculation and theories and would like to remain unaware. But if parts of your plot coincidentally happen to fit S2 it's not like I'll retroactively get mad at you for predictions and spoilers. :D


I just want all these innies to have all the good things and be happy. And these two need a better ending. <3 This entire world and concept is fascinating and I'd love anything that touches on the worldbuilding aspects if you're into that, but I'll take any brief moment of happiness for these two.

On every rewatch I keep wanting Petey's storyline to go differently, or hope there's a plausible deniability about it, but it never does and there never is, dammit. If you could fix that, I'd be thrilled! A canon divergence where Petey doesn't die, but it's still serious and he might. Maybe he's taken in by Mark who's trying to take care of him? Or maybe Mark takes Petey to a hospital and then creepy people start showing up? Or maybe Lumon's studying and experimenting on time travel and there's a convenient hiccup in the time-space continuum that lets Petey find a way to not die because they can fix the issue?

But also, I love the idea that they had something (very innocent, considering they're being watched) when they were both still severed, but now Mark is unaware of any of it and Petey has to try and deal with it. How does he tell Mark? They don't know each other outside workplace but I'd be open to a situation where they have actually met before, maybe even more than met, and it's just that Mark doesn't remember Petey's face anymore, or the concept of him (apart from something that still lingers) for whatever reason.

Or one of them ends up in the Break Room and the other tries to comfort afterwards. Or maybe they tried sneaking and finding moments to be together and both ended up in the Break Room for it? Both on their own or even together? For these I'm fine with any level of hurt, any level of comfort, as long as there is that comfort.


Whitechapel (TV)
Joseph Chandler/Emerson Kent (Whitechapel)
Emerson Kent/Finley Mansell (Whitechapel)
Joseph Chandler/Ray Miles (Whitechapel)

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I just love this show, the cast, the characters, the paranormal-or-not-who-even-knows mysteries, the bizarre murder cases, and all the potential it had. And in case you wonder, I'm not averse to the gruesomeness at all! I thought it was sort of cool, heads in flowerpots and all that. I'm not squeamish so more of gruesome murder scenes wouldn't be unwelcome.

I would love anything from a regular work case to someone being in peril and needing a rescue, or someone getting hurt or disappearing. Or something that's definitely paranormal, like haunted places, more dead people talking through a medium, shadows just in the corner of your eye, all the spooky stuff. Or a day off, a night out, something more mundane. Or they need to work a case with another team for whatever reason and now it's us vs. them. Maybe there's a particularly nasty series of murders and the murderer toys with the team, or targets one (but not Megan, please).


Joe/Kent

I don't think I'll ever get tired of the idea of these two ending up together. It would've been perfect! So obviously I'll take anything that gives them that final push. Anything I've prompted for them before is still welcome. Kent rescuing Joe from eager women, someone getting hurt during a case, Joe having a terrible time and Kent helping him out, or maybe it's Joe who finds Kent spiralling and it's vice versa. Long days of work, insomnia, losing a grip on reality a bit... or just being unable to go home because there's something there that shouldn't be.


Kent/Mansell

I love the way these two clash in the beginning, and it's like they'll never get along. I like how Mansell somehow manages to be the smarter one by seeing what's there and what Kent should do to move forward. How would these two end up together instead? Who starts it? Does Erica dating Mansell make Kent go "oh no, he's hot now, wtf"? (Just don't hurt Erica in the process, she means a lot to both. Maybe it's an open relationship thing, maybe they can't make it work, I don't know. Also, FWIW, while I'm not looking for a fic focusing on this threesome, I'm not opposed to the idea that they have some kind of an arrangement between all three, in all permutations. I don't have a DNW for consensual incest for a reason. And like... sometimes siblings might share a person. :D)


Joe/Ray

Their canon friendship is wonderful, so yay for more of that! All the emotional angst and hurt/comfort and (friendly or more) support! I can totally see how, with all the help and caring Ray offers him, Joe could end up feeling more than friendship. So yes, also very open to that. (I'm not always the biggest fan of killing off women to make the m/m happen but.. maybe an AU where Judy wasn't pregnant and it was in fact worse?)
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2024-08-09 10:07 pm
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Dear FFFX creator

Dear writer (or treater),

I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm also on AO3.

My request history on the app (for any previous prompts/thoughts for many of these fandoms): Here

I signed up for both 10k and 2 x 5k and I'm genuinely happy with either. And if you're a treater, yes, I'd be happy with something significantly shorter as well!

All tenses, all POVs, any rating from G to E (for violence or porn), it's all welcome as long as it avoids my DNWs.

So, hi! We obviously share a fandom or you wouldn't be here. Maybe you've read my letters before, maybe this is the first time. I'm trying to keep this as clear as I can but if something unclear or it sounds like I'm saying contradictory things, please don't hesitate to ask via a mod and I'll happily clarify.

I like so many different types of fics it's always a struggle to come up with prompts, but I'll try adding some thoughts at least. Many are copied from previous sign-ups because I am overwhelmed and I fear I will never get this letter done if I have to start from scratch.

My likes list is long and sprawling and includes everything and the kitchen sink, but they really are all things I like (especially the kitchen sink!), so you can't go wrong with picking one or more and combining them into something instead of going with a prompt. Other people's ideas always seem so much better than my own, anyway. :D


DNW:
Noncon between ship characters (noncon by others = welcome), unrequested permanent ship character death, focus on children/pregnancy/being a parent, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, unrequested poly, pre-ship fic, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons


LIKES:

* Getting together, first times, new experiences, new feelings

* Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, internalized homophobia, themes of guilt or shame, esp. when met with trust and reassurance

* Friends to lovers, enemies (to friends) to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a common enemy, falling for someone who's unavailable (either taken or not into character's gender, or so they think) and pining, UST that gets resolved

* Older characters pining for younger ones or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance

* Road trips, camping/hiking, movie night, working late together, helping the other move in to a place, attending the same party, casual everyday bonding moments

* Missions gone wrong like a shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught by the enemy, lost communication, on the run from bad guys, stranded or injured in wilderness

* Tropey things like amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple, having to share a bed/room, being imprisoned together or separately

* Feelings reveal (and/or hitting on the other character) due to pain/intoxication/truth serum/sex pollen/whatever, esp. when the other one's desperately trying to keep things normal, thinking it's just the drugs and not real and they'll regret when they're clearheaded again etc.

* A gay-for-pay situation (for undercover reasons or as a means to get money) with a feelings realization (esp. when they try to fight it)

* Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, e.g. having to watch the other be hurt, or being forced to lie/hurt to save the other, wounds and cuts, broken bones, dizziness, nausea, fever due to poisoning etc., helping character with addiction (less into period cramps, stomach bugs and runny noses as main hurt)

* Forced closeness, casual intimacy, invading the other's personal space

* Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental (esp. neck and lower back)

* All imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, ending up/visiting in alternate timelines...)

* For time loops and time travel: Having to witness the other one die (and all the angst and helplessness) and finding out a way to stop it

* Canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon

* Different first meetings, only one character remembers they've already met before (and maybe even hooked up)

* Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted places and items, curses, exorcism, creepy doppelgängers, things living in one's home

* Scifi elements like dimension travel, alternate realities, telepathic links, being in the other character's dreams/nightmares, devices that make a character live in a reality that turns out to be fake/simulation, planted false memories and finding out they're false



Babylon 5 (TV 1993)
Marcus Cole/Stephen Franklin (Babylon 5)
Marcus Cole/Neroon (Babylon 5)

I'm just going to c&p these from my latest sign up.


Marcus/Stephen

So, let's get the most obvious thing out of the way first: Their marriage. :D I will always love to see something related to that. Maybe they are literally, officially married to make it airtight, and that's causing a whole new set of problems once the mission's done. Maybe Marcus decides to celebrate their fake anniversary as a joke but things get out of hand and it turns into an actual date. (Note: I already got the most excellent gift for this and I love it to bits, but I will never turn down alternate takes so I'll keep this here.) Or there's some sparring accident and he needs to be treated. Or it's all very angsty until Stephen finds away to wake him up. Or all the ways Marcus drives Stephen up the wall. I'm not picky at all.

Additional thought for canon divergence: What if Marcus does "die" but gets revived after several years has passed (5-10? more?). How would that work out? Could be Stephen's hard work or could be by someone we haven't met yet, and Marcus waking up is something Stephen thinks is closer to a miracle, so he's overwhelmed by the idea that he gets a second chance. I've requested Marcus/Stephen here and there throughout the years so you should be able to find other thoughts floating around.


Marcus/Neroon

I enjoy the way they really don't seem to get along at first, but there's still something there that connects them. I adore that moment of laughter. <3 I'm also always fond of seeing the more Minbari side of Marcus, with him being a Ranger, but it could definitely be fun if he showed Neroon some very human things too. Neroon gets amnesia for reasons and it's a bit of a disaster, but somehow Marcus navigates it? Or they have to join forces and they get stranded and/or one gets injured. Or they get stuck in a time loop (or just somewhere in the past) together and it's a lot to handle.


The Bear (TV 2022)
Marcus Brooks/Luca (The Bear)

From a previous sign-up: This show is so good. It's intense and hilarious and heartbreaking and painful and somehow perfect. I love everyone. <3 But out of all the ships I ship, I keep going back to this one. Marcus is the sweetest, so kind and eager to learn and wonderful, and I just want him to get everything he wants and deserves. And they were so lovely with Luca, teaching and learning and bonding. I would love to see it become something more. Maybe a night out in Copenhagen? Marcus expects them to go to some club, but Luca has something totally different in mind and surprises Marcus? Just lot and lots of baking and cooking together, teaching and learning and exploring? Or later, either one dropping by to visit the other, whether it's for a work type event or just one of them wanting to see the other. Luca bringing Marcus ingredients in person, or just curious to check the place he works in.

Since I last requested this, S3 came, and their reunion made me very happy but I still want more, so much more. <3 Maybe Luca starts a new life close by and they work together more. Or maybe something happened in that party, or it set something new in motion, or maybe they have a minor falling out because of something that happened there and they need to fix it.


The Exorcist (TV)
Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega (The Exorcist)

It's been a while since I requested this, but it's always there in the background, reminding me of itself and how good it was and how I still want it to continue. <3 So I'm borrowing from a previous sign-up that still feels relevant.

I'll admit that Marcus is my favourite on this show, though I very much enjoy the other main characters & many of the side characters as well (regardless of season). And I want him to be happy. Life's been too rough for him and he deserves some comfort and quiet and lots and lots of cuddles. Love his total disregard for personal space, and the way he can flirt with just about everything that moves. :D And I love the way he uses his hands. To touch, to express things, to console. I don't always have a hand thing but when I do I have it bad.

I love this ship and where it was going and how they were with each other. Anything set during canon or post-canon would be great. Continuing the business, travelling, trying to fix things and find peace. Quitting and settling down to do something else, not quite knowing what and how because it's so foreign. I wish I could come up with some simple, solid idea, but I can't. They're very "I just want them to figure out they want each other" to me.

Feel free to go wherever you want with the religious aspects, whether it's all nice and by the book, something dark and twisted and dirtybadwrong, or something else entirely. You can't offend me, I assure you, and nothing's too blasphemous for me.


Maurice - E. M. Forster
Clive Durham/Original Male Character (Maurice - Forster)

I occasionally reread this book (or watch the movie, and I think there's a weird hybrid in my brain that's a combination of all my fave bits from each) and I keep wanting Clive to be happy and comfortable and at ease, and I hope one day he will be. <3 So mostly I ignore the end of the novel, the idea that it'll never happen.

He's so repressed and filled with guilt and ideals he thinks he must strive for, and I'd love him to get out of that mindset. What if one day Clive meets someone who he's absolutely incapable of resisting both physically and mentally, and who's also very clearly into him, and he has to rethink everything because this is it, this is The One, and it's not easy and maybe he's tormented by it but he'll get there? Maybe he's widowed and older and wiser and feels free to choose another path, maybe he keeps seeing how happy other men can be and wants it for himself. Maybe it's his son's friend who keeps being incredibly flirty and looking for his company and what's a man to do? And there's always travel. Both ways, actually, so maybe someone from abroad comes and he's totally helpless to resist. Or any other idea you come up with! I'm honestly open to anything.

I know the tag says OMC but I wouldn't be the least opposed to this OMC being a character from or inspired by one of Forster's other novels. I think that could be fun. (Consider that DNW for crossovers/fusions void for this. As long as the background canon is Maurice I'm happy.)


The Persuaders! (TV 1971)
Brett Sinclair/Danny Wilde (Persuaders)

These two are just absolutely charming together. <3 They're so different and they clash, but they also fit together so well and I could watch them get flirty all day long. I'm totally okay with them flirting with women as well because it's who they are, but I'd still prefer any women being minor characters and the focus being on these two.

Anything from working on a case to ending up in peril with one saving the other would be great. Maybe they have to pretend being a couple for undercover reasons and Danny's going all in but Brett is very much not, until even he has to cave in because otherwise he'll blow their cover. Maybe there's some eccentric billionaire offering a job for one or both. Maybe one of them goes missing. Or any other idea you have!


Severance (TV)
Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman (Severance)
Peter Kilmer/Mark Scout (Severance)

From an earlier sign-up:

I just want these people to have all the good things and be happy. <3 This entire world and concept is fascinating and I'd love anything that touches on the worldbuilding aspects, but I'm also happy for any brief moment of happiness (or, you know, creepiness :D) between the ships.

Mark/Peter

I love the idea that they had something (very innocent, considering they're being watched) when they were both still severed, but now Mark is unaware of any of it and Petey has to try and deal with it. How does he tell Mark? They don't know each other outside workplace but I'd be open to a situation where they have actually met before, maybe even more than met, and it's just that Mark doesn't remember Petey's face anymore, or the concept of him (apart from something that still lingers) for whatever reason. I'd definitely love Petey staying alive, some way.

Irving/Burt

They're so sweet. I'm especially fond of Irv who's so eager to see this new friend of his, like he's suddenly come alive after a long hibernation, and I'm all for him finding a way to (re)connect with Burt. Honestly, I'm good with any combo of innie and outie with this one, they're all fascinating options. Innie!Irv already likes innie!Burt and vice versa, but how does it go with innie!Irv and outie!Burt? Or have their outies met already, and how? What does outie!Burt do when innie!Irv turns into outie!Irv (and how would that even happen?)?


Starsky & Hutch
Ken Hutchinson/David Starsky (Starsky & Hutch)

They're just so very intense about each other and I love it. <3 And honestly, there's so much potential for everything with these two. Like all the undercover stuff (both short-time for a small case, like for a night or two where they attend a party, and longer where one has to infiltrate a group and there are meetings with a handler etc. and it lasts for months), and hurt/comfort and pining, and all the intense and meaningful moments of being really close to each other. They are so married already but they don't seem to realize it. They really should.

I can't decide which ones are my favourite episodes, but I'm 100% a sucker for any where one has to save the other, or one is about to die and the other one's close by, taking care and comforting or trying to find a way to fix it all. So like, being kidnapped and tortured, either just one that the other one saves and nurtures back to health and sanity, or both so they have to see each other suffer and lose it while the bad guys get creative? Yes, please! A weekend at some spa or a skiing holiday and their dates don't show up and now they're on their own? Go ahead. I don't think anything's too OTT or too tropey for this show and these two. <3


Whitechapel (TV)
Joseph Chandler/Emerson Kent (Whitechapel)

I just love this show, the cast, the characters, the paranormal-or-not-who-even-knows mysteries, the bizarre murder cases, and all the potential it had. And in case you wonder, I'm not averse to the gruesomeness at all! I thought it was sort of cool, heads in flowerpots and all that. I'm not squeamish so more of gruesome murder scenes wouldn't be unwelcome.

I would love anything from a regular work case to someone being in peril and needing a rescue, or someone getting hurt or disappearing. Or something that's definitely paranormal, like haunted places, more dead people talking through a medium, shadows just in the corner of your eye, all the spooky stuff. Or a day off, a night out, something more mundane. Or they need to work a case with another team for whatever reason and now it's us vs. them. Maybe there's a particularly nasty series of murders and the murderer toys with the team, or targets one (but not Megan, please).

I don't think I'll ever get tired of the idea of these two ending up together. It would've been perfect! So obviously I'll take anything that gives them that final push. Anything I've prompted for them before is still welcome. Kent rescuing Joe from eager women, someone getting hurt during a case, Joe having a terrible time and Kent helping him out, or maybe it's Joe who finds Kent spiralling and it's vice versa. Long days of work, insomnia, losing a grip on reality a bit... or just being unable to go home because there's something there that shouldn't be.
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2024-05-10 11:10 pm
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Rare Pair Exchange 2024

Dear writer (or treater),

I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm also on AO3.

My request history on the app (for any previous prompts/thoughts for many of these fandoms): Here

And in case it needs pointing out, I'm always open for treats. :) For this round, I decided to opt into art as well because if someone's feeling inspired, why not?

DNW:
Noncon between ship characters, unrequested permanent ship character death (afterlife prompts = requested and welcome), focus on children/pregnancy, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, unrequested poly, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons

LIKES

* Getting together, first times, new experiences, new feelings

* Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, internalized homophobia, themes of guilt or shame, esp. when met with trust and reassurance

* Friends to lovers, enemies (to friends) to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a common enemy, falling for someone who's unavailable (either taken or not into character's gender, or so they think) and pining, UST that gets resolved

* Older characters pining for younger ones or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance

* Road trips, camping/hiking, movie night, working late together, helping the other move in to a place, attending the same party, casual everyday bonding moments

* Missions gone wrong like a shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught by the enemy, lost communication, on the run from bad guys, stranded or injured in wilderness

* Tropey things like amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple, having to share a bed/room, being imprisoned together or separately

* All the afterlife stuff (actual afterlife or reincarnation, waiting for the other/watching them/picking them up when it's time)

* Feelings reveal (and/or hitting on the other character) due to pain/intoxication/truth serum/sex pollen/whatever, esp. when the other one's desperately trying to keep things normal, thinking it's just the drugs and not real and they'll regret when they're clearheaded again etc.

* A gay-for-pay situation (for undercover reasons or as a means to get money) with a feelings realization (esp. when they try to fight it)

* Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, e.g. having to watch the other be hurt, or being forced to lie/hurt to save the other, wounds and cuts, broken bones, dizziness, nausea, fever due to poisoning etc., helping character with addiction (less into period cramps, stomach bugs and runny noses as main hurt)

* Forced closeness, casual intimacy, invading the other's personal space

* Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental (esp. neck and lower back)

* All imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, ending up/visiting in alternate timelines...)

* For time loops and time travel: Having to witness the other one die (and all the angst and helplessness) and finding out a way to stop it

* Canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon

* Different first meetings, only one character remembers they've already met before (and maybe even hooked up)

* Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted places and items, curses, exorcism, creepy doppelgängers, things living in one's home

* Scifi elements like dimension travel, alternate realities, telepathic links, being in the other character's dreams/nightmares, devices that make a character live in a reality that turns out to be fake/simulation, planted false memories and finding out they're false


Honestly, I wasn't sure I'd even sign up because I missed the noms, but for some inexplicable reason there were so many good ships in the tag set. I tried resisting but here we are. :D Whoever you people are, you've got the most excellent taste.

I love these ships. <3 I would love anything that combines these ships with my likes and avoids my DNWs.

Oh, you want some prompts or thoughts? Augh. I hate requesting things for the first time! D: How am I going to explain and describe what I love about them and give prompts without using approximately two months to do it? This'll have to be brief, but rest assured, if you're even in the vicinity of what I say I like, you have nothing to worry about.

4th Man Out (2015)
Adam/Chris (4th Man Out)

From an earlier sign-up:

I'm here for all the ways they could end up together. Maybe Adam told a white lie about it feeling like kissing a brother because he wanted Chris to not feel awkward, or maybe he freaked out that this could be a thing and he wasn't ready. Maybe Adam's dating others and things seem to go well, except Chris is having trouble accepting his dates, and it takes a while for him to figure out why? Or maybe it's Nick or Ortu who sees it all and just asks if he's in love with Adam now? Or Chris is secretly testing things and hooking up with guys he finds on Grindr (or Tinder), but whoops, Adam shows up where he's on a date and he needs to explain what's happening? Or Adam's heartbroken over a break-up and tries to kiss Chris again, but Chris doesn't stop him?

Basically, I just want them to end up together, whether they take a short route or a longer one. Canon divergence, post-canon, both are great.


Bodies (TV 2023)
Gabriel Defoe/Iris Maplewood (Bodies TV 2023)
Henry Ashe/Alfred Hillinghead (Bodies TV 2023)

Henry/Alfred

From an earlier sign-up:

God, this show. <3 It's one of those rare ones that feels like it's written specifically for me because it hits so many buttons it's kind of eerie. I love everything about this thing! It's got time travel and sci-fi, but it's also historical, and it's got so many likeable characters I have a hard time pointing out a character (main or minor, good guy or bad guy) I don't like at least in some way. And the character storylines, they've got details and beats that work perfectly just the way they are. I just, I love it all so damn much. <3 I think the only negative thing I can come up with is that it wasn't 34 episodes longer because I wanted more of everything. :D But at the same time, I got enough to not feel dissatisfied. So good.

So of course I would really love more of these two, any timeline, any point in time, with any of these tags as inspiration, as long as the ending's not completely bleak and miserable. I love Hillinghead's self discovery and the struggle when he's already married (and seems mostly happy too), the divided loyalties when there's this new thing with Ashe. I'd love him to find peace. And Ashe, he's so determined, so at ease but still struggling in a different way because of it. Hurt them, fix them, give them a great life, help them deal with a canonical death, it's all great. Keep them in their own time or find a way for them to interact with characters from the future, that's good too!

(As for how to deal with Charlotte, some hurt may be inevitable and that's ok. But ideally they'd figure out a way for all three to be happy.)


Gabriel/Iris

I was so glad to see this ship in the tag set! :D I love them and their potential and chemistry, and how it's not a ship that'll happen easily. I love Iris's shell and would love to see cracks in it. Love her dedication and drive. And I love how casual and open Gabriel seems to be, and the contrast between them, the push and pull. I would really love to see what comes next for them.


Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
David Bouchard/Martin Ward (Bon Cop Bad Cop)

From an earlier sign-up:

I love these two, the way their egos clash, the way they begrudgingly start to like each other, the way they influence each others' lives, the way they're totally hilarious when they're under the influence (even my inner 'just say no to drugs, any drugs' melts at the sight of their giggling). And their bilingual bickering is a never-ending source of delight.

I'd love anything that takes place during or after the movie. I've seen and enjoyed the sequel as well, and you can either ignore it completely or use parts from it as well. Completely up to you, I promise. Though I'd prefer minimal angst re: [spoilery health stuff] if at all possible.

Take anything from my likes and give it a BCBC spin. Create another crime they have to solve together. Or maybe only one of them has to solve it and handwaves a reason to get the other one involved as well. Maybe it's nothing more than a parking ticket. Maybe it's a huge conspiracy.


For All Mankind (TV 2019)
Margo Madison/Sergei Nikulov (For All Mankind)

Damn, this show is brutal for anyone who dares to get attached to a character. It's also one of the reasons I really enjoy it. That and the general actual history/alternate history/science fiction combo of it. It's so good! And all the characters are great.

These two! I just wanted them to have a chance. D: Please? Even a month? More if possible? Please, just fix it! They're adorable as hell. Margo is wonderful and smart and driven and awkward, and Sergei is so smitten with her, and it's such a difficult relationship to make happen and it took forever, and it was so lovely to see it.


From (TV 2022)
Father Khatri/Boyd Stevens (From TV)
Jade Herrera/Jim Matthews (From TV)

From an earlier sign-up:

This show is so entertaining and weird and a little spooky at times but not quite horror. And then second season made it even weirder. I'm so curious to see what comes next! What is happening, why is it happening, what is real. There's so much mystery, so many questions, and I like the weirdness of the town and forest and the creatures, and the trees and tunnels etc. It's like these people are in a dream with dream logic but it's somehow real. These are all ships I got in my head when I first started watching this, before I had any idea where it was going to end up, and I wasn't even going to it with the plan to ship anyone. But here they are. As for the mythology, please feel free to give me all the worldbuilding to go with these! I like most of the characters so anyone's free to show up. Some of my faves are Donna, Victor and Kevin.


Khatri/Boyd

So. Father Khatri. I feel like he has this strong presence, and chemistry with everyone and everything. Seriously. So I kind of ship him with everyone. <3 But to pick one, I'm so very fond of the bond these two seem to share, with the (short-ish) history, and I wish we'd gotten further with it. Please fix it somehow! Or give me something pre-canon, a missing scene, something we haven't been shown yet about these two. Some particularly rough night when they're stuck together, before talismans, trying to survive the night. Or play with the worldbuilding aspect and the mythology. S2 was very good for this ship, too (and I may have made excited noises when I saw him in that chair). :D Maybe there is a way they can still meet for real, later?


Jade/Jim

Oh, Jade. :D My headcanon is that he's very much not straight. And he's so clearly infatuated with Jim, but maybe he doesn't know why, or he knows and it pisses him off. Why else would be make a note of his blue eyes like that? He's such a fun character, annoying as hell but clearly trying when he stops to actually think. He just really doesn't know how to behave around people without coming across as a jerk. And Jim's this all around good guy, family man, which sounds a bit boring on paper but he manages to be really charming anyway (while looking annoyingly good with that hair and stubble, goddammit). I really enjoy the moments between him and Jim when they try out the radio, and Jim gets worried and goes to him when he has that attack. They're just very intense towards each other and it's great. :D I want more of that, either season or later.


Insatiable (TV 2018)
Bob Armstrong/Bob Barnard (Insatiable TV)

I've requested this before (Yuletide 2018) so there are some shippy and gen thoughts there you could use, but they're S1 thoughts and also several years old, so they're not fully accurate anymore.

Basically, I loved where this ship was heading but I wasn't happy where it went. I just want it fixed, made better, and happier. Please? Canon divergence all the way! Or any other way you can get them together. My heart needs it.


Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV)
Keiko Miura/William "Bill" J. Randa/Leland "Lee" Shaw (Monarch)

I don't often think of poly ships but this ship just makes so much sense, and I'm so glad to see it in the tag set! :D I love all the individual pairings in it so you can lean into any of them and I wouldn't be upset at all. But the combination brings them all into a nice balance. <3

I just want to see them all come to the same conclusion that actually, they're into those other two and that's okay, and maybe they can make it work. I'm not into negotiations as such, but more like... them realizing that there's all kinds of attraction and pining and they could potentially make it a whole thing, and taking that first step. Could be an adrenaline rush thing post-survival that forces them to admit to their feelings, or accidentally showing them. I adore it when where there's that moment of 'oh shit, I went too far, how the hell do I undo this' and it's met with mutual feelings. I feel like it would be perfect for these three.


Severance (TV)
Irving Bailiff/Burt Goodman (Severance)
Peter Kilmer/Mark Scout (Severance)

From an earlier sign-up:

I just want these people to have all the good things and be happy. <3 This entire world and concept is fascinating and I'd love anything that touches on the worldbuilding aspects, but I'm also happy for any brief moment of happiness (or, you know, creepiness :D) between the ships.

Mark/Peter

I love the idea that they had something (very innocent, considering they're being watched) when they were both still severed, but now Mark is unaware of any of it and Petey has to try and deal with it. How does he tell Mark? They don't know each other outside workplace but I'd be open to a situation where they have actually met before, maybe even more than met, and it's just that Mark doesn't remember Petey's face anymore, or the concept of him (apart from something that still lingers) for whatever reason. I'd definitely love Petey staying alive, some way.

Irving/Burt

They're so sweet. I'm especially fond of Irv who's so eager to see this new friend of his, like he's suddenly come alive after a long hibernation, and I'm all for him finding a way to (re)connect with Burt. Honestly, I'm good with any combo of innie and outie with this one, they're all fascinating options. Innie!Irv already likes innie!Burt and vice versa, but how does it go with innie!Irv and outie!Burt? Or have their outies met already, and how? What does outie!Burt do when innie!Irv turns into outie!Irv (and how would that even happen?)?


Stargate Atlantis
Keras/John Sheppard (Stargate Atlantis)

I can't believe this ship even exists in this tag set. How? Who did this?!

I just love this kid, okay? :D And I'm very into the potential this ship has post-episode. All the further visits, or maybe Keras comes to Atlantis. Or maybe something happens during the episode, a missing scene, I'm not picky at all. I like how Keras is the younger one but because of their way of living, in some ways he's more mature than John. Yet in many ways he's definitely sheltered and inexperienced. I'd love to see him getting to experience everything now, with John there.


Strange Way Of Life (Short Film 2023)
Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life)

From an earlier sign-up:

This short film, while it's nice enough as it is, feels like the prologue to something bigger, so by the time it ends I'm left wanting more. I'd love something post-canon where they come to terms with what they are and what they might have and what they might be. It doesn't have to be pretty, I just want it to be.

I'm also a bit salty about the fact that all the steamy, hungry kissing happens with the younger actors, which feels like a lost opportunity. Come on, you have one Ethan Hawke and one Pedro Pascal at your disposal. You should know better what to do with that! (But also, I do enjoy the neck kiss & implications a lot, so you did something right.) So I do prefer them to be middle-aged rather than young, if I get to choose. But referencing something from their past or a scene set in the past to show their history are definitely welcome, don't worry.
mimm: (skull)
2024-03-09 09:31 pm
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Hurt/Comfort Exchange 2024

Hello there, Hurt/Comfort Exchange creator (assigned or a treater)!

Whether you're already aware of my existence or have no idea who I am, rest assured that I'm pretty easy to please so don't worry too much! I read and enjoy various styles, so go for the one that you feel fits best. Lighthearted and funny, or darker and angsty, or anything in between. I would prefer at least a hopeful ending to one that's bleak and miserable.

All tenses, all POVs (as long as 'you' is a requested character), all ratings (sexual content or violence) welcome! For smut, I generally have no top/bottom preferences and often prefer switching.

I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm on AO3 as well.

My HCEx 2024 sign-up on the app (for prompts): Here

My request history on the app (for any previous prompts/thoughts for many of these fandoms): Here


DNW:
Noncon between ship characters, unrequested permanent ship character death (afterlife prompts = requested and welcome), focus on children/pregnancy, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, unrequested poly, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons

If anything's unclear or it feels like I'm contradicting myself (sorry!), you can always ask through mods and I'll try to clarify.


I love hurt/comfort! So much! ♥ I've chosen a ton of tags to go with each ship and I consider them prompts on their own. Pick one or combine a few and go for it!


But here's a list of my general likes as well, in case they're helpful in any way.
LIKES:

  • Getting together, first times, new experiences, new feelings

  • Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, internalized homophobia, themes of guilt or shame, esp. when met with trust and reassurance

  • Friends to lovers, enemies (to friends) to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a common enemy, falling for someone who's unavailable (either taken or not into character's gender, or so they think) and pining, UST that gets resolved

  • Older characters pining for younger ones or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance

  • Road trips, camping/hiking, movie night, working late together, helping the other move in to a place, attending the same party, casual everyday bonding moments

  • Missions gone wrong like a shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught by the enemy, lost communication, on the run from bad guys, stranded or injured in wilderness

  • Tropey things like amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple, having to share a bed/room, being imprisoned together or separately

  • All the afterlife stuff (actual afterlife or reincarnation, waiting for the other/watching them/picking them up when it's time)

  • Feelings reveal (and/or hitting on the other character) due to pain/intoxication/truth serum/sex pollen/whatever, esp. when the other one's desperately trying to keep things normal, thinking it's just the drugs and not real and they'll regret when they're clearheaded again etc.

  • A gay-for-pay situation (for undercover reasons or as a means to get money) with a feelings realization (esp. when they try to fight it)

  • Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, e.g. having to watch the other be hurt, or being forced to lie/hurt to save the other, wounds and cuts, broken bones, dizziness, nausea, fever due to poisoning etc., helping character with addiction (less into period cramps, stomach bugs and runny noses as main hurt)

  • Forced closeness, casual intimacy, invading the other's personal space

  • Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental (esp. neck and lower back)

  • All imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, ending up/visiting in alternate timelines...)

  • For time loops and time travel: Having to witness the other one die (and all the angst and helplessness) and finding out a way to stop it

  • Canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon

  • Different first meetings, only one character remembers they've already met before (and maybe even hooked up)

  • Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted places and items, curses, exorcism, creepy doppelgängers, things living in one's home

  • Scifi elements like dimension travel, alternate realities, telepathic links, being in the other character's dreams/nightmares, devices that make a character live in a reality that turns out to be fake/simulation, planted false memories and finding out they're false


  • I'll see if I can add brief notes and thoughts about my requested canons in the next few days. I hope I can! Work ate my weekdays but I managed to scribble down something, so here goes!

    The Alienist
    Laszlo Kreizler/John Schuyler Moore (Hurt John Schuyler Moore)
    Laszlo Kreizler/John Schuyler Moore (Hurt Laszlo Kreizler)

    Turns out I still keep having to remind myself they're not actually together in canon. :D It's just that the vibe they give is so strongly "we're together together" and I don't actually know why. But it's great. <3 Hurt either one, have the other one comfort, and it's even better. I'm really easy to please with this one. Maybe they're in the middle of a case and something bad happens, but it could also be any regular Tuesday with a mundane accident, a mugging, or someone's blackmailing either one, or one's struggling with new feelings they don't want because now everything's complicated.


    Babylon 5
    Marcus Cole/Stephen Franklin (both hurt)
    Marcus Cole/Stephen Franklin (hurt Marcus)
    Marcus Cole/Stephen Franklin (hurt Stephen)

    I know I just requested this in another exhange, and I'm feeling very sated, but I saw it in the tag set and couldn't resist my forever fandom. <3 So many good hurt tags to go with them, too! I would love each and every one of them on top of any previous prompts along the years. A brief moment of fixing an injury (and all the intimacy that comes from it), or a more longterm, emotional hurt, I love it all. These two are so fun together. Though because they're both so incredibly nice and kind, it's probably going to be terrible when one's hurt because the other one's going "no, I'm fine, I'm more worried about you worrying about me" because he can't help it. If they both happen to hurt? All comfort breaks loose. :D


    Bodies
    Henry Ashe/Alfred Hillinghead (hurt Ashe)
    Henry Ashe/Alfred Hillinghead (hurt Hillinghead)

    God, this show. <3 It's one of those rare ones that feels like it's written specifically for me because it hits so many buttons it's kind of eerie. I love everything about this thing! It's got time travel and sci-fi, but it's also historical, and it's got so many likeable characters I have a hard time pointing out a character (main or minor, good guy or bad guy) I don't like at least in some way. And the character storylines, they've got details and beats that work perfectly just the way they are. I just, I love it all so damn much. <3 I think the only negative thing I can come up with is that it wasn't 34 episodes longer because I wanted more of everything. :D But at the same time, I got enough to not feel dissatisfied. So good.

    So of course I would really love more of these two, any timeline, any point in time, with any of these tags as inspiration, as long as the ending's not completely bleak and miserable. I love Hillinghead's self discovery and the struggle when he's already married (and seems mostly happy too), the divided loyalties when there's this new thing with Ashe. I'd love him to find peace. And Ashe, he's so determined, so at ease but still struggling in a different way because of it. Hurt them, fix them, give them a great life, help them deal with a canonical death, it's all great. Keep them in their own time or find a way for them to interact with characters from the future, that's good too!

    (As for how to deal with Charlotte, some hurt may be inevitable and that's ok. But ideally they'd figure out a way for all three to be happy.)


    Dark Matter (TV)
    Six | Griffin Jones/Three | Marcus Boone (hurt Six)
    Six | Griffin Jones/Three | Marcus Boone (hurt Three)

    I spent a few moments trying to decide if I want Six to be hurt or Three, but then figured actually either one or even both is good. :D Neither one is going to be good about dealing with hurting. This is good. And while Six is probably better about comforting someone, Three's going to be a lot more awkward about it, and I'm really into both, so. :D I love their chemistry, the way they butt heads but also care about each other, and how they have to deal with everything that happens to them and between them. Add some kind of h/c into that and I'm a happy fan. <3

    I've requested this a few times along the years so I'm sure you can find previous prompts if you want to go looking, but ignoring them is fine too!


    Friends
    Joey Tribbiani/Chandler Bing (hurt Chandler)
    Joey Tribbiani/Chandler Bing (hurt Joey)

    They are the best friends and I want them to live happily together until old age. <3 I mean sure, Monica might be there too, and I really don't mind if Joey gets his own room at their place and this ship happens there, but anything before Chandler/Monica, or a good old canon divergence, would be great! Could be something work related (Joey's rehearsing lines or struggling with a coming audition/play, Chandler's knee deep in some demanding work project, a new person moves to the building and causes trouble) or something about them dealing with being roommates but secretly wanting to be more.

    While I love the jokey, fun and comical style of the show, I'd also love something less jokey and more serious, because life isn't a constant sitcom even for these two. So don't worry about making it canon-level bantery and silly, that's not all I love about these two. <3


    Lord of the Rings (movie)
    Boromir/Faramir (both hurt)
    Boromir/Faramir (hurt Boromir)
    Boromir/Faramir (hurt Faramir)

    I'm really going back to my roots with this one, haha. :D LotR was my first online fandom 20+ years ago and I've loved this ship for about as long. It's been forever since I requested it, though!

    You could go anywhere with this, really. Whether it's when they were young, or when they're adults, a canon divergence or canon-compliant, all's good. The only thing I need is that it's consensual for them both. I'm also fine with combining book details with movie details, so if there's a detail that's only in the books that you want to use, go ahead. I love it when Boromir's protective of Faramir, to the point of self-sacrifice even, but I also love the idea of Faramir returning the favor at some point. I also love the "us against everyone, only you know what it's been like for me" aspect of sibcest for these two. Or just the tragedy of losing the other and then maybe reuniting later, and all the feels that come from it. I really don't mind becoming a mess with this one. Just don't leave them both miserable forever, the end, even if they're both dead at the end.


    Our Flag Means Death
    Israel Hands/Lucius Spriggs (hurt Izzy)
    Israel Hands/Lucius Spriggs (hurt Lucius)

    I was lowkey into this during S1, but then S2 happened and I think Izzy giving Lucius that whittled shark sealed it. :D They're really, really not friends or even friendly, and that's great! But also they could've become friends and they're kind of getting there, if things progressed differently, and seeing what that would be like is great too! Honestly, I'm into all the possible variations of enemies to friends or more with this, at any point during canon but also post-canon, with or without a death. Pick a tag and go, I'm sure I'll love it. Either one menacing the other and catching feelings, or reluctantly having to help out and catching feelings, yes please!


    Strange Way of Life
    Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life) (both hurt)
    Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life) (hurt Jake)
    Sheriff Jake/Silva (Strange Way Of Life) (hurt Silva)

    This short film, while it's nice enough as it is, feels like the prologue to something bigger, so by the time it ends I'm left wanting more. I'd love something post-canon where they come to terms with what they are and what they might have and what they might be. It doesn't have to be pretty, I just want it to be.

    I'm also a bit salty about the fact that all the steamy, hungry kissing happens with the younger actors, which feels like a lost opportunity. Come on, you have one Ethan Hawke and one Pedro Pascal at your disposal. You should know better what to do with that! (But also, I do enjoy the neck kiss & implications a lot, so you did something right.) So I do prefer them to be middle-aged rather than young, if I get to choose. But referencing something from their past or a scene set in the past to show their history are definitely welcome, don't worry.


    Suits
    Mike Ross/Harvey Specter (both hurt)
    Mike Ross/Harvey Specter (Harvey hurt)
    Mike Ross/Harvey Specter (Mike hurt)

    I love these two and their conspiratory thing and how they shouldn't work because they come from such different backgrounds, but they seem to fit together perfectly. The chemistry's real. <3 Honestly, go with any of the tags and use it as a springboard for something that puts them together even for a while, and I'll be very happy. But i'll note that love it when Harvey's having a bad time dealing with having feelings, so if you can work that in I'd be thrilled. :D


    Whitechapel
    Joseph Chandler/Emerson Kent (both hurt)
    Joseph Chandler/Emerson Kent (Chandler hurt)
    Joseph Chandler/Emerson Kent (Kent hurt)

    My love for these two will never go away. My wish for at least one more season so they could have shown where these two were going to end up will also never go away. :D As with all the others, I feel like the requested tags should work as prompts on their own, so pick one or combine a few and I'm sold! And if some older prompts speak to you, and you think they'd work with these, go ahead!

    I love the idea of either or both ending up in a situation where the other one has to comfort the other (or they're both hurting and comforting each other), whether it's a physical injury or emotional distress or overwhelming anxiety. They're not entirely equal because one's a boss, but they're also becoming friends and they obviously care about each other, so outside the job they are equal. They need to balance between job obligations and what they are outside of work, and I love it when that boundary has to be crossed, like when something terrible happens during work and the other one can't remain entirely professional about how to deal with it. Just 98% professional, because even then they're still good at their job. Mostly. :D
    mimm: (skull)
    2024-01-05 11:55 pm
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    Candy Hearts Exchange

    Hello there, Candy Hearts creator (assigned or a treater)!

    Whether you're already aware of my existence or have no idea who I am, rest assured that I'm pretty easy to please so don't worry too much! I read and enjoy various styles, so go for the one that you feel fits best. Lighthearted and funny, or darker and angsty, or anything in between. I would prefer at least a hopeful ending to one that's bleak and miserable.

    All tenses, all POVs (as long as 'you' is a requested character), all ratings (sexual content or violence) welcome! For smut, I generally have no top/bottom preferences and often prefer switching.

    I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm on AO3 as well.

    My Candy Hearts 2024 sign-up on the app (for prompts): Here

    My request history on the app (for any previous prompts/thoughts for many of these fandoms): Here



    DNW:
    Noncon between ship characters, unrequested permanent ship character death (afterlife prompts = requested and welcome), focus on children/pregnancy, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, unrequested poly, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons

    If anything's unclear or it feels like I'm contradicting myself (sorry!), you can always ask through mods and I'll try to clarify.


    LIKES:

    I think of my likes list as general prompts, and you honestly can't go wrong with picking one or more of those even if I've added fandom-specific prompts. Any prompts I give are just possible ideas, not something I feel I must receive. I love to be surprised instead of dictating exactly how a story must go, beat by beat. Just don't try to force all of my likes into the same story, maybe?

    This list is mostly the same as what I used in 2023, but I have added some new things in 2024. And yeah, I'm aware that a lot of these can be hard or impossible to fit into a 300-word work, but you can definitely do just a snapshot or a moment from something larger and that'd be great.


  • Getting together, first times, new experiences, new feelings

  • Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, internalized homophobia, themes of guilt or shame, esp. when met with trust and reassurance

  • Friends to lovers, enemies (to friends) to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a common enemy, falling for someone who's unavailable (either taken or not into character's gender, or so they think) and pining, UST that gets resolved

  • Older characters pining for younger ones or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance

  • Road trips, camping/hiking, movie night, working late together, helping the other move in to a place, attending the same party, casual everyday bonding moments

  • Missions gone wrong like a shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught by the enemy, lost communication, on the run from bad guys, stranded or injured in wilderness

  • Tropey things like amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple, having to share a bed/room, being imprisoned together or separately

  • All the afterlife stuff (actual afterlife or reincarnation, waiting for the other/watching them/picking them up when it's time)

  • Feelings reveal (and/or hitting on the other character) due to pain/intoxication/truth serum/sex pollen/whatever, esp. when the other one's desperately trying to keep things normal, thinking it's just the drugs and not real and they'll regret when they're clearheaded again etc.

  • A gay-for-pay situation (for undercover reasons or as a means to get money) with a feelings realization (esp. when they try to fight it)

  • Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, e.g. having to watch the other be hurt, or being forced to lie/hurt to save the other, wounds and cuts, broken bones, dizziness, nausea, fever due to poisoning etc., helping character with addiction (less into period cramps, stomach bugs and runny noses as main hurt)

  • Forced closeness, casual intimacy, invading the other's personal space

  • Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental (esp. neck and lower back)

  • All imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, ending up/visiting in alternate timelines...)

  • For time loops and time travel: Having to witness the other one die (and all the angst and helplessness) and finding out a way to stop it

  • Canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon

  • Different first meetings, only one character remembers they've already met before (and maybe even hooked up)

  • Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted places and items, curses, exorcism, creepy doppelgängers, things living in one's home

  • Scifi elements like dimension travel, alternate realities, telepathic links, being in the other character's dreams/nightmares, devices that make a character live in a reality that turns out to be fake/simulation, planted false memories and finding out they're false
  • mimm: (Default)
    2023-09-01 10:06 pm
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    Dear FIAB creator

    Hello, potential author or random wanderer!

    So it's FIAB time again. How?

    I tried to make my sign-up as extensive as possible with the general likes list that I expanded and reorganized a little, because I generally suck at prompting and it takes me forever. But I thought I'd try writing a letter this time anyway, to give you some kind of an idea of where my head's at with these. Especially since some are first time requests for me. Some parts are longer, some shorter, but trust me when I say that this is no indication of what I want more. If I request it then that means I want it, even if it's at the bottom of the list with one single sentence.

    I think of my likes list as general prompts, and you honestly can't go wrong with picking one or more of those over any fandom-specific prompts I've added. I love to be surprised instead of dictating exactly how a story must go, beat by beat. Just don't try to force all of them into the same story, maybe? Also, if a prompt in one fandom sparks an idea for another fandom, go ahead! This entire wall of text here is stuff I like. :D

    As for the opt-ins, I feel they're self-explanatory so I'm not adding them here. I picked a few that could fit the canon easily. As usual, there are so many others I'd be really curious to see, like the isometric rooms or voxel art, or fanvids, or maps for From, or conspiracy board type things for Rabbit Hole, but I wouldn't know how to even start prompting for them.

    This'll get long with ten fandoms and all the ships and characters, so I added some anchor links that hopefully make this less hellish to read. If something's broken after all, please comment and I'll fix it.


    DNW:
    Noncon between ship characters, unrequested permanent ship character death, focus on children/pregnancy, focus on pets, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting, crossovers or fusions, omegaverse, bestiality, scat, daddy/mommy kink, smoking weed, focus on food/cooking, ship characters as asexual or aromantic, trans/neurodivergence headcanons


    Some clarification just in case (because I'm never sure if my DNWs are clear or conflicting and confusing):

  • Noncon by other characters or as background story is very welcome, esp. as an element of hurt/trauma. Dubcon is fine.
  • Adding some supernatural/horror elements into a canon, as long as the canon setting itself stays the same in general, is welcome and doesn't hit the AU DNW.
  • Canonically trans or neurodivergent characters and OCs are always welcome.

    Likes and fandoms with prompts )
  • mimm: (yuletide)
    2022-10-23 03:34 pm
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    Dear Yuletide writer

    Dear Yuletide writer,

    It's been a while since I did Yuletide but here we are again! I tried to give as much information as possible in my sign-up details so there wouldn't necessarily be a need for a letter - especially when there's the app with nifty bookmarking - but here's one after all.

    This is mostly a copy & paste of my sign-up with a bit of extra. No previously unmentioned surprise DNWs, though, I promise!

    I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm on AO3 as well. I've allowed gifting and I adore treats. ♥

    I know I keep saying I'm fairly easy to please but it's true. :) Just pick a prompt and go, or twist the prompt to your liking and make it better. Or ignore the prompts and go for a like! Or if you have a great idea of your own you feel fits the characters and you think I might be into it, then just avoid the DNWs and you're good to go. I read a variety of genres so even if I fail to prompt for a specific type or trope it doesn't necessarily mean I'm not into it. Fluffy, angsty, dark, heartwrenching, porny, moody, adventurous, introspective, silly, it's all good as long as it avoids my DNWs. I generally prefer a hopeful ending over a totally bleak one, but I like sad and bittersweet things too.

    I've requested some of these before, so you could check my AutoAO3App for stuff I haven't added in previous letters. You can also check out my "dear writer" tag if you feel like it.


    DNW:
    Unrequested noncon between ship characters, domestic abuse between ship characters, daddy/mommy kink, pregnancy, focus on children, explicit sex involving <16s, highschool/band/coffeeshop/etc. AUs that drastically change the setting (unless it's a parallel universe that's part of the plot), A/B/O, bestiality, scat

    I love m/m, so my likes and prompts tend to lean heavily towards shippiness and romance in general. Because there's no guarantee you're into m/m or romance, I'd also love strong friendshippiness. :) But in that case, please don't focus on other ships featuring my requested characters. Mentioning/referring to canonical ships is fine, of course, as long as they're not the focus. Also, please don't have the characters explicitly state that they'd never be into each other as more than just friends.

    None of my DNWs are triggers, just things I'm not into, or I'm picky about them and don't want you to stress trying to figure out the exact way I like them.


    LIKES:
  • Getting together, pining, first times, new experiences, new feelings
  • Touching, esp. if it's not intended as sexual/romantic at first, intentional or accidental
  • Complicated feelings/relationships, inner conflict, themes of guilt or shame, trust and reassurance
  • Friends/enemies to lovers, enemies joining forces to fight a villain/common enemy
  • Road trips, camping/hiking, everyday bonding moments
  • Emotional and physical hurt/comfort, forced closeness, casual intimacy
  • Tropey things like a convenient amnesia, snowed/caved in, undercover as a couple
  • Time loops, time travel, parallel stories (esp. fond of the Peggy Sue kind second chances)
  • Lighthearted and funny or darker and angsty or anything in between (yes, even during the holidays!)
  • Horror elements like ghosts, possessions, haunted things and places

    These are ship-heavy, but you're welcome to take them into a gen/friendship direction as needed. I like all tenses, all POVs, all ratings for either sexual content or level of violence.

    I have more specified likes & freeforms in my previous letters, but these are the gist of it.

    These are in no particular order. Whatever spot it is or however short/long the section is, trust me when I say I want these all equally.

    Bright (2017): Nick Jakoby, Daryl Ward
    The Limehouse Golem (2016): George Flood, John Kildare
    St. Elmo's Fire: Kevin Dolenz, Alec Newbarry
    Matthias & Maxime (2019): Matthias Ruiz, Maxime Leduc
    Hiacynt | Operation Hyacinth (2021): Arek Krajewski, Robert Mrozowski

    Prompts )
  • mimm: (Default)
    2021-08-20 02:52 pm
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    Fic in a Box

    Dear FIAB creator,

    Hi there. We share a fandom? Awesome! First, don't worry too much. I'm fairly easy to please and like a variety of things. If it's the fandom & ship I request and it doesn't include my DNWs, you're fine. If you incorporate a like or two, you're definitely fine. Wondering if I'd secretly prefer one 10k fic or several 1k ones? It's all good. I mean it. If you feel a thing is the length it needs to be, I trust you.

    Any POV, any tense, any rating (either for sexual content or violence). With a low rating, I'd still prefer it to not be pre-slash or shippy-if-you-squint if I'm requesting a / ship.

    DNW:
    - noncon/rape between ship characters
    - death of ship characters (temporary, presumed or faked for angsty plot reasons are great)
    - bestiality
    - A/B/O
    - D/s
    - daddy/mommy kink
    - focus on pets, kids or pregnancy
    - scat, emetophilia, watersports
    - recreational drug use (getting drugged as an act of violence is good)
    - AUs that drastically change the setting (coffeeshops, college, band, etc.)
    - underage (teens with teens is fine, otherwise 15-ish and up)
    - unrequested poly or trans fic
    - ship characters as asexual or aromantic

    LIKES:
    - canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), showing glimpses of parallel realities Sliding Doors style
    - missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon meet cutes
    - getting together
    - friends or enemies to lovers
    - unexpected feelings and struggling with feelings (incl. internalized homophobia if it fits the era/character)
    - sexual tension and pining that gets resolved
    - consensual incest
    - older characters pining for younger ones (no grooming!) or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance
    - hurt/comfort (any type and any level for either)
    - angst as long as there's hope by the end
    - humour and banter
    - working cases together (office, stakeout, business trip etc.)
    - working undercover (that faked death mentioned as a non-DNW would work well here), concealed identity
    - missions gone wrong (shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught, lost communication, caved in, stranded etc.)
    - road trips, camping
    - wilderness survival
    - having to share a bed/motel room/cottage/tent/etc.
    - "I had nowhere else to go" esp. with enemyships
    - all kinds of accidental/deliberate touching
    - watching the other sleep (touching's fine but I'm not into full somnophilia)
    - first time doing something together (kiss, sex, visiting the other's place, meeting loved ones, fight, break-up that then gets fixed etc.)
    - all imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, anything really)
    - visits to/from alternate universes, parallel dimensions
    - elements of horror, haunted places, possessed items, ghosts, folklore being real, secret societies and cults
    - for smut, I don't usually have a strong preference for who tops/bottoms (and in rare cases where I state a preference the other isn't a DNW), and I like most sex acts (anal regardless of gender, vaginal, handjobs, blowjobs, intercrural, fingering, pegging, rimming, sex toys or pervertables, condoms or barebacking, partly or fully clothed as well as naked)

    Under the cut:
    Different for Girls (1996) [Karl Foyle & Paul Prentice, Kim Foyle/Paul Prentice]
    Dark Matter (TV) [Teku Fonsei & Ryo | Four, Teku Fonsei/Ryo | Four]
    The Exorcist (TV) [Marcus Keane/Peter Osborne, Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega & Marcus Keane/Peter Osborne]
    The Umbrella Academy (TV) [Diego Hargreeves/Grace Hargreeves, Number Five/Luther Hargreeves]
    Wallander (UK TV) [Kalle Svedberg/Kurt Wallander]

    Prompts & thoughts )

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    mimm: (Default)
    2021-08-08 09:09 pm
    Entry tags:

    Dear FFFX creator

    Dear FFFX creator,

    Hello there. :) I want to assure you that I'm an easy recip to please, so don't worry too much about writing for me. I love fics that are 10k and over, but I also love shorter ones (I mean, I sign up for things with 300 word minimums, so), so whichever way your muse runs, it's all good.

    I've added some prompts but if they don't work for you, surprise me! I have plenty of likes, many of which can be tweaked to use as prompts, so I hope they'll help you out if the prompts themselves don't speak to you. Or if you only like half a prompt, take the bit you like and change up the rest to make up your own. Just avoid my DNWs and you'll do great.


    DNW:
    - noncon/rape between ship characters
    - death of ship characters (temporary, presumed or faked for angsty plot reasons are great)
    - bestiality
    - A/B/O
    - D/s
    - daddy/mommy kink
    - focus on pets, kids or pregnancy
    - scat, emetophilia, watersports
    - recreational drug use (getting drugged as an act of violence is good)*
    - AUs that drastically change the setting (coffeeshops, college, band, etc.)
    - underage (teens with teens is fine, otherwise 15-ish and up)
    - unrequested poly or trans fic
    - ship characters as asexual or aromantic

    *For canons like AH or DM, it's ok if the plot involves a case where drugs are being sold and there are some users involved. I just don't want the ship characters doing drugs for fun (alcohol is 100% fine).


    LIKES:
    - canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), showing glimpses of parallel realities Sliding Doors style
    - missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon meet cutes
    - getting together
    - friends or enemies to lovers
    - unexpected feelings and struggling with feelings (incl. internalized homophobia if it fits the era/character)
    - sexual tension and pining that gets resolved
    - consensual incest
    - older characters pining for younger ones (no grooming!) or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance
    - hurt/comfort (any type and any level for either)
    - angst as long as there's hope by the end
    - humour and banter
    - working cases together (office, stakeout, business trip etc.)
    - working undercover (that faked death mentioned as a non-DNW would work well here), concealed identity
    - missions gone wrong (shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught, lost communication, caved in, stranded etc.)
    - road trips, camping
    - wilderness survival
    - having to share a bed/motel room/cottage/tent/etc.
    - "I had nowhere else to go" esp. with enemyships
    - all kinds of accidental/deliberate touching
    - watching the other sleep (touching's fine but I'm not into full somnophilia)
    - first time doing something together (kiss, sex, visiting the other's place, meeting loved ones, fight, break-up that then gets fixed etc.)
    - all imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, anything really)
    - visits to/from alternate universes, parallel dimensions
    - elements of horror, haunted places, possessed items, ghosts, folklore being real, secret societies and cults
    - for smut, I don't usually have a strong preference for who tops/bottoms (and in rare cases where I state a preference the other isn't a DNW), and I like most sex acts (anal regardless of gender, vaginal, handjobs, blowjobs, intercrural, fingering, pegging, rimming, sex toys or pervertables, condoms or barebacking, partly or fully clothed as well as naked)

    Any POV, any tense, any rating (either for sexual content or violence). With a low rating, I'd still prefer it to not be pre-slash or shippy-if-you-squint.

    In case there are canonical love interests/spouses, you're free to deal with them as you like. Never got together, didn't work out, broke up amicably, broke up and aren't exactly on the best of terms; all of these are good. I'd prefer minimal focus on these love interests (i.e. mentioning is perfectly fine, showing up as side characters is fine, but wallowing on why they're not together or making the break-up a big part of the plot are less fine).


    Under the cut, in alphabetical order:

    Almost Human (TV): Dorian/John Kennex
    Dark Matter (TV): Three/One
    Star Trek: Enterprise: J. Hayes/Malcolm Reed
    Stargate Atlantis: Ronon/John, John/Todd

    Prompts )


    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    mimm: (men in suits)
    2021-07-20 09:48 pm
    Entry tags:

    Pine4Pine

    Dear Pine4Pine writer,

    Hi! I want you to have fun. If fun for you is reading this entire letter and making mental notes to follow, go ahead (and I'm sorry?). If it's picking a like or two and running with your own idea that avoids my DNWs, do that. Chances are high I'll like whatever you come up with.

    Freeforms scare me a bit so I don't often do exchanges with them. But pining! I love pining. Always have, always will. The longing, the wanting, the choice between going for it or staying away because of unwanted repercussions, the worry about being found out, the joy of being found out and having the feelings reciprocated, the decision to go for it because the risk feels worth taking. All those are things I like. Basically, if it has pining in it, I'm happy. The freeforms I chose aren't the only things I like but they're things I'm certain to like. So if you happened to match on several, that's great, but if you only matched on one that's definitely enough.

    DNW:
    - noncon/rape between ship characters
    - death of ship characters (temporary, presumed or faked for angsty plot reasons are great)
    - bestiality
    - A/B/O
    - D/s
    - daddy/mommy kink
    - focus on pets, kids or pregnancy
    - scat, emetophilia, watersports
    - recreational drug use (getting drugged as an act of violence is good)
    - AUs that drastically change the setting (coffeeshops, college, band, etc.)
    - underage (teens with teens is fine, otherwise 15-ish and up)
    - unrequested poly or trans fic
    - ship characters as asexual or aromantic

    LIKES:
    - canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), showing glimpses of parallel realities Sliding Doors style
    - missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon meet cutes
    - getting together
    - friends or enemies to lovers
    - unexpected feelings and struggling with feelings (incl. internalized homophobia if it fits the era/character)
    - sexual tension and pining that gets resolved
    - consensual incest
    - older characters pining for younger ones (no grooming!) or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance
    - hurt/comfort (any type and any level for either)
    - angst as long as there's hope by the end
    - humour and banter
    - working cases together (office, stakeout, business trip etc.)
    - working undercover (that faked death mentioned as a non-DNW would work well here), concealed identity
    - missions gone wrong (shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught, lost communication, caved in, stranded etc.)
    - road trips, camping
    - wilderness survival
    - having to share a bed/motel room/cottage/tent/etc.
    - "I had nowhere else to go" esp. with enemyships
    - all kinds of accidental/deliberate touching
    - watching the other sleep (touching's fine but I'm not into full somnophilia)
    - first time doing something together (kiss, sex, visiting the other's place, meeting loved ones, fight, break-up that then gets fixed etc.)
    - all imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, anything really)
    - visits to/from alternate universes, parallel dimensions
    - elements of horror, haunted places, possessed items, ghosts, folklore being real, secret societies and cults
    - for smut, I don't usually have a strong preference for who tops/bottoms (and in rare cases where I state a preference the other isn't a DNW), and I like most sex acts (anal regardless of gender, vaginal, handjobs, blowjobs, intercrural, fingering, pegging, rimming, sex toys or pervertables, condoms or barebacking, partly or fully clothed as well as naked)

    Any POV, any tense, any rating (either for sexual content or violence). With a low rating, I'd still prefer it to not be pre-slash or shippy-if-you-squint.


    The fandom sections vary in length but that's no indication of what I want more. I want them all. I just have more thoughts about some than I do about others.

    Under the cut, in alphabetical order:

    The Alienist: Laszlo Kreizler/John Schuyler Moore (Laszlo, John or both pining)
    Original Work: Ghost Haunting An Estate/The Descendant of Love Interest Who Moves In (M/M) (ghost pining)
    Person of Interest: Harold Finch/John Reese (Reese or both pining)
    Pride & Prejudice: Charles Bingley/Fitzwillian Darcy (Bingley, Darcy or both pining)
    The Terror: Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson (Jopson pining)

    Freeforms, thoughts, and various prompts. )

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    mimm: (sean)
    2021-07-18 04:45 pm
    Entry tags:

    Fandom Growth Exchange

    Dear Fandom Growth Exchange writer,

    Hi there. First and foremost, have fun! If you already have an idea, just check the DNWs and run. I'm easy to please and like various types of fic, so chances are I'll like whatever it is you were thinking of even before you looked at this letter. You're also free to browse my older letters for ideas if you want. For example, there are several hurt/comfort tags I've requested earlier this year that could apply here.

    If there's anything you think needs clarification, ask through a mod and I'll gladly clarify. None of my DNWs are triggers, and I've yet to find a thing that is. These are things I either haven't enjoyed in the past or I like but am picky about.

    Some entries are shorter, some are longer. Trust me, this is no indication of what I want more. :) I want all of these!

    DNW:
    - noncon/rape between ship characters (dubcon is fine)
    - death of ship characters (temporary, presumed or faked for angsty plot reasons are great)
    - bestiality
    - A/B/O
    - D/s
    - daddy/mommy kink
    - focus on pets, kids or pregnancy
    - scat, emetophilia, watersports (vomiting or mentioning toilet etc. are perfectly fine)
    - recreational drug use (getting drugged as an act of violence is good)
    - AUs that drastically change the setting (coffeeshops, college, band, etc.)
    - underage (teens with teens is fine, otherwise 15-ish and up)
    - unrequested poly or trans fic
    - ship characters as asexual or aromantic

    LIKES:
    - canon divergence AUs, roads not taken, what-ifs, fix-its, break-its (that get fixed), showing glimpses of parallel realities Sliding Doors style
    - missing scenes, reinterpreted scenes, post-canon, pre-canon meet cutes
    - getting together
    - friends or enemies to lovers
    - unexpected feelings and struggling with feelings (incl. internalized homophobia if it fits the era/character)
    - sexual tension and pining that gets resolved
    - consensual incest
    - older characters pining for younger ones (no grooming!) or vice versa thinking they wouldn't have a chance
    - hurt/comfort (any type and any level for either)
    - angst as long as there's hope by the end
    - humour and banter
    - working cases together (office, stakeout, business trip etc.)
    - working undercover (that faked death mentioned as a non-DNW would work well here), concealed identity
    - missions gone wrong (shooting, hostage situation, shuttle crash, getting caught, lost communication, caved in, stranded etc.)
    - road trips, camping
    - wilderness survival
    - having to share a bed/motel room/cottage/tent/etc.
    - "I had nowhere else to go" esp. with enemyships
    - all kinds of accidental/deliberate touching
    - watching the other sleep (touching's fine but I'm not into full somnophilia)
    - first time doing something together (kiss, sex, visiting the other's place, meeting loved ones, fight, break-up that then gets fixed etc.)
    - all imaginable time travel tropes (loops and groundhog days, visits to past or future, fixing things, getting stuck in wrong time, distorted pass of time, correspondence between people separated by time, anything really)
    - visits to/from alternate universes, parallel dimensions
    - elements of horror, haunted places, possessed items, ghosts, folklore being real, secret societies and cults
    - for smut, I don't usually have a strong preference for who tops/bottoms (and in rare cases where I state a preference the other isn't a DNW), and I like most sex acts (anal regardless of gender, vaginal, handjobs, blowjobs, intercrural, fingering, pegging, rimming, sex toys or pervertables, condoms or barebacking, partly or fully clothed as well as naked)

    Any POV, any tense, any rating (either for sexual content or violence). With a low rating, I'd still prefer it to not be pre-slash or shippy-if-you-squint if I'm requesting a / ship.


    Under the cut, in alphabetical order:

    BABYLON 5: LEGEND OF THE RANGERS
    Dulann/David Martell
    Sarah Cantrell & Na'Feel
    Sarah Cantrell & David Martell
    Sarah Cantrell & Dulann
    Sarah Cantrell & Kitaro Sasaki
    Malcolm Bridges & Dulann
    Malcolm Bridges & Na'Feel
    Dulann & Kitaro Sasaki

    FYRA ÅR TILL | FOUR MORE YEARS (20210)
    David Holst/Martin

    STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
    Hugh | Third of Five/Geordi La Forge

    STAR TREK: VOYAGER
    Reginald Barclay/Tom Paris
    Reginald Barclay/Tom Paris' Hologram
    Reginald Barclay/Harry Kim
    Tuvok/Vorik (Star Trek)
    Tom Paris/Tuvok
    Tom Paris/Vorik
    The Doctor (Star Trek)/Tom Paris
    Harry Kim/Tuvok (Star Trek)


    Requests )

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    mimm: (sean)
    2021-03-09 09:15 pm
    Entry tags:

    Hurt/Comfort Exchange

    Dear Hurt/Comfort Exchange writer,

    I love hurt/comfort, yet I've never done this exchange before because freeforms scare overwhelm me. But I'm doing it now and I'm excited!

    If you're already inspired by the freeforms, just take a look at the DNWs below (same as in the sign-ups, no unpleasant surprise!DNWs here) and you're good to go. I'll be offering some prompts and thoughts, but I'm equally enthusiastic to read your take on the tags so feel free to ignore my prompts.


    DO NOT WANT:
  • Permanent death of ship characters (others ok if necessary for plot, temporary death ok)
  • Rape/noncon between ship characters (past rape ok, rape by others for plot reasons ok, dubcon ok)
  • Dom/sub dynamics
  • Daddy/mommy kink
  • Scat/watersports/emetophilia (hurt character throwing up ok)
  • Permanent break-up of ship characters (ending with an implied 'they might hook up again' is ok)
  • Unhappy endings
  • Mpreg, fpreg, acquiring or caring for children
  • Animal abuse/suffering
  • A/B/O
  • Crossovers, fusions, AUs that drastically change the setting (canon divergence = great)

    Fandom-specific DNW for Doom Patrol:
    Calling the negative spirit Keeg Bovo. Also, anything that hinges on comic knowledge. Borrowing is fine, as long as the fic makes sense on its own.

    If there's anything you find confusing or conflicting, you can always ask through a mod. These are mostly things I dislike or am very picky about, but as I've mentioned before, I have no triggers that I know of.

    Want to include eye trauma or broken bones that are visibly protruding, or just lots of blood? Go ahead, I'm not squeamish. Not sure how much internalized homophobia or self-hatred is too much? Lean as far into it as you need to. How about homophobic/transphobic OCs making characters' lives temporarily terrible? I'm ok as long as it's temporary and my ship ends up happy and, if they've been physically injured, the injuries heal. As for permanent injuries in general, I'll mention where I'm fine with them, and what type. They're not a DNW.

    Basically, don't worry about the hurt being too hurt-y, as long as there's also comfort to go with it. But also, if you're squeamish yourself, don't feel like you need to amp up the injuries just to please me. Sometimes a conveniently twisted ankle is all one needs.



    GENERAL LIKES:

  • Canon-divergent AUs, forks in the road, what if X instead of Y, fix-its for unhappy endings, alternate/mirror universes used in canons where they exist (for this exchange, Dark Matter and both Star Treks are great for this, and I could get behind something similar in Doom Patrol)

  • Angst and (mutual) pining

  • Hurt/comfort of any type and level, from minor wound tending to handling mind control situations, torture and PTSD

  • Internalized homophobia when it fits the canon (esp. if eventually learned/taught out of)

  • Having to share a space (anything from a single tiny sleeping bag to space shuttles to snowed-in cabins to whatever else you can think of - it's the 'I can't run away and ignore/hide my feelings oh no' that I adore)

  • Enemies/rivals having to work together and making a truce, temporary or otherwise

  • All the touching! From the tiniest of accidental (or "accidental") brushes to carrying someone wounded and having to unclothe them, helping out with difficult clothes/gear, dancing etc.

  • Undercover jobs from the sweetest "we have to fake being a couple" to the most painful "I must watch you get beaten up and can't do anything" (having to hurt the other doesn't work the same as having to watch, though I'd take both)

  • Time travel tropes of any kind in canons where it happens or is plausible: Groundhog day, traveling to the past/future and getting (temporarily) stuck there, time moving slower/faster than it does for others in a certain space, messages through time, altering history or future

  • First times (touches, dates, kisses, sex, arguments, anything first really)

  • Porn with feelings (friends: being able to express how they feel, enemies/rivals: realizing that oh no, it's more than simple lust)

    If you want to go through my older letters, you'll probably find more.



    ABOUT WRITING IN GENERAL:

    All ratings are welcome for both sexual content and violence. I'd prefer no super chaste pre-slash.

    I'm fine with all tenses and all POVs. If using 2nd person POV, I'd prefer it to not feel like reader fic, though.

    I'm not a fan of poems as fics, and I tend to stay away from fics that are all epistolary and nothing else, but fics featuring these elements (so letters, emails, notes, poems, journal entries etc.) in addition to regular prose can be wonderful.



    REQUESTS UNDER THE CUT:
    Dark Matter [Kyle Kierken/Three (hurt Kierken), Kyle Kierken/Three (hurt Three), Anders/Three (hurt Three)]
    Doom Patrol [Maura Lee Karupt/Larry Trainor (hurt Larry), Maura Lee Karupt & Larry Trainor (hurt Larry)]
    Downton Abbey [Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent (hurt Thomas), Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent (hurt Jimmy)]
    Star Trek: Discovery [Christopher Pike/Ash Tyler (hurt Pike), Christopher Pike/Ash Tyler (hurt Ash)]
    Star Trek: Enterprise [J. Hayes/Malcolm Reed (both hurt), J. Hayes/Malcolm Reed (hurt Reed), J. Hayes/Malcolm Reed (hurt Hayes)]

    Onto the freeforms and prompts )

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    I've requested fanfiction for all of these, but if anyone feels inspired to do fanart by all means do! Even the quickest, roughest sketch featuring my ship and something like a wound or a scar and a touch of some kind would be lovely.
  • mimm: (men in suits)
    2021-01-05 10:50 pm
    Entry tags:

    Dear Chocolatier

    Dear Chocolatier,

    Wow, I haven't written any exchange letters in eons. Was it always this hard? I'll keep this short-ish and simple. Most of my gushing happens in the prompts sections. :)

    My likes and DNWs here are taken from my sign-up. I haven't changed a whole lot since my previous letters so in case you wander off and see something interesting there in my other likes, chances are very high it still applies.

    LIKES: Canon divergence, fix-its, hurt/comfort, first times, angst, forced to share a space, friends to lovers, enemies to friends to lovers, touches, unexpected tenderness, time travel tropes of all kinds (time loops, fixing what went wrong, visiting past/future, etc.), sweet and cozy moments, and I never turn down a convenient amnesia/disorientation trope

    DO NOT WANT: Rape/noncon, unrequested main character death, terminal illness, kidfic, acquiring pets, daddy kink, D/s, humiliation

    The rape/noncon DNW means I don't want more uncanonical noncon between the ship. Referring to canonical noncon is ok. Rape backstories are ok if you feel it makes sense for the character.

    The prompts and commentaries vary in length, but rest assured, I want each and every one of these and would be pleased to get any of them. I would request even more canons if I could. If I didn't want a ship I wouldn't request it.

    The prompts are just ideas and I won't be upset if you don't use any of them. So you're totally free to use your own, or tweak a prompt, or if a prompt from another canon sparks an idea then please run with it. If you decide to check out some of my older sign-ups/letters and find a like or a prompt that speaks to you, go with that one. I'd like to think I'm easy to please.

    I'm fine with all tenses and all POVs. If using 2nd person POV, I'd prefer it to not feel like reader fic, though.

    I'm not a fan of poems as fics, and I tend to stay away from fics that are all epistolary and nothing else, but fics featuring these elements (so letters, emails, notes, poems, journal entries etc.) in addition to regular prose can be wonderful. I can see them working great for Ashby/Edgar, for example.

    I've mentioned DNWs but I have no triggers. My DNWs are just things I intensely dislike or am very picky about, so they might ruin a fic for me a bit but that's all.

    Any level of violence up to and including graphic is fine, as long as it serves the story somehow.

    Fandoms under the tag, in alphabetical order:

    13 REASONS WHY (TV) [Montgomery de la Cruz/Winston Williams ** Montgomery de la Cruz/Tyler Down ** Tyler Down/Bryce Walker ** Zach Dempsey/Alex Standall]
    THE ALIENIST (TV) [John Schuyler Moore/Laszlo Kreizler]
    THE CHRISTMAS SETUP (2020) [Ashby/Edgar Carol ** Hugo Spencer/Patrick Ryan]
    DARK MATTER (TV) [John Anders/Six ** Kyle Kierken/Three]
    DASHING IN DECEMBER (TV) [Heath Ramos/Wyatt Burwall]
    THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (2016) [George Flood/John Kildare]
    ROSWELL NEW MEXICO (TV 2019) [Alex Manes/Michael Guerin]
    STARGATE - ALL MEDIA TYPES [John Sheppard/Todd the Wraith]
    STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [Julian Bashir/Miles O'Brien]
    YOSSI (2012 FILM) [Tom/Yossi]

    Onto the prompts )

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    I've requested fanfiction for all of these, but there's a tiny fanart idea under The Alienist re: a sketch.
    mimm: (men in suits)
    2019-05-29 11:10 pm

    Rare Male Slash Exchange 2019

    Hello, dear RMSE author!

    First, if you're worried, don't be. These are all fandoms and ships I love, and I tend to like my fic in a variety of styles and shades and takes, from funny and sweet to darker and angsty to horror. As long as the end isn't hopeless and miserable, I will like it. So if you'd rather do your own thing, go ahead and do that. Just avoid my DNWs and you're fine. :) I promise.

    My sign-up was a bit brief due to a schedule that kept me away from my keyboard for a few days. If whatever was there felt a bit too brief for you, here you'll find more general likes and random things I like about the ships.


    DO NOT WANT:
  • noncon/rape between ship characters (dubcon is fine, noncon by others for plot reasons is fine, but noncon by proxy is NOT fine, i.e. a ship character ordering an outsider to rape other ship character)
  • bestiality
  • A/B/O
  • mpreg
  • genderswap
  • recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are ok, trying to recover from addiction is ok)
  • humiliation (shorter embarrassing moments are ok)
  • scat
  • vomit
  • daddy kink
  • animal/pet abuse or suffering


    GENERAL LIKES AND PROMPTS:
    Things I will always like, no matter the fandom

  • Canon-divergent AUs, forks in the road, what if X instead of Y, fix-its for unhappy endings

  • Angst and (mutual) pining

  • Hurt/comfort of any type and level, from minor wound tending to handling mind control situations, torture and PTSD

  • Internalized homophobia when it fits the canon (esp. if eventually learned/taught out of)

  • Having to share a space (anything from a single tiny sleeping bag to space shuttles to snowed-in cabins to whatever else you can think of - it's the 'I can't run away and ignore/hide my feelings oh no' that I adore)

  • Enemies/rivals having to work together and making a truce, temporary or otherwise

  • All the touching! From the tiniest of accidental (or "accidental") brushes to carrying someone wounded and having to unclothe them, helping out with difficult clothes/gear, dancing etc.

  • Undercover jobs from the sweetest "we have to fake being a couple" to the most painful "I must watch you get beaten up and can't do anything" (having to hurt the other doesn't work the same as having to watch, though I'd take both)

  • Time travel tropes of any kind in canons where it happens or is plausible: Groundhog day, traveling to the past/future and getting (temporarily) stuck there, time moving slower/faster than it does for others in a certain space, messages through time, altering history or future

  • First times (touches, dates, kisses, sex, arguments, anything first really)

  • Porn with feelings (friends: being able to express how they feel, enemies/rivals: realizing that oh no, it's more than simple lust)


    PORN LIKES: Anything vanilla is always ok, but also blindfolds, a bit of tying up or holding wrists, teasing and mild painplay (except genitalia, please). Everything from frottage to handjobs to penetration, or just coming before they even really begin. Not big on intercrural but I don't dislike it. Fine with rimming. Condoms optional. In m/m, lube or anything to replace it not optional. :D

    Unless specified I'm fine with either one being the top/bottom. I prefer touching and random interjections and pleads to long conversations during sex, and I'd like you to keep pet names like baby or honey to the absolute minimum (unless they're canonical).


    OTHER FIC-RELATED INFO: I'm fine with any rating, from G to NC-17, and this goes for both sexual content and violence. I tend to prefer 3rd person POV, but 1st and 2nd person POVs aren't a problem if you feel the fic needs to be that way. Any tense goes. So basically, don't feel too restrained by stylistic choices. I'll read whatever you write. :) Well, I twitch at then/than, your/you're, there/their/they're, to/too mix-ups, the word villian, and misspelled character names. I can't help it.


    FANDOMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

    Babylon 5 [Bester/Garibaldi, Garibaldi/Sinclair]
    Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers [David/Dulann]
    Dark Matter (TV) [One/Three, Kierken/Three, Anders/Three, Six/Three, Six/Anders]
    DC Extended Universe [Arthur Curry/Orm Marius]
    The Orville [Ed Mercer/Gordon Malloy]
    Roswell New Mexico [Alex Manes/Kyle Valenti]
    Star Trek: Discovery [Christopher Pike/Ash Tyler]

    My AO3 for possible treaters: [archiveofourown.org profile] Mimm
    I've requested fanfiction for all of these.

    PLEASE NOTE: The length of these sections has no bearing on how much I want a particular fandom/ship. If any one of these would be more disappointing to get than the others, then it wouldn't be here at all.


    Fandom-specific thoughts and prompts )
  • mimm: (Default)
    2019-03-31 01:26 pm

    Fandom 5k 2019

    Hello, dear Fandom5k author!

    I hope you're not too nervous. I'm a fairly easy recipient and tend to like most of the stuff I receive as long as my DNWs are avoided. If something looks confusing or you're just generally worried I might not like what you're writing, you can ask through a mod, but if I were you I wouldn't worry too much.

    Most of the stuff I've put here is already in my sign-up. No surprise!DNWs or extra prompts here, just a few general notes about what kind of writing I like, so if you want to skip this you can.

    ETA after sign-ups closed, before assignments went out: I'm also adding a few general notes about the genre tags, even when they're pretty self-explanatory and I'm not too hung up on using them in a single very specific way. Maybe they'll help?

    DO NOT WANT:
  • noncon
  • character death
  • hopeless endings
  • porn without feelings
  • friends with benefits
  • hatesex
  • D/s dynamics
  • poly
  • daddy/mommy kink
  • age/size kink
  • humiliation
  • pregnancy
  • focus on kids or pets
  • AUs other than canon divergence
  • crossovers
  • in f/f hair braiding/brushing being a big thing


    GENERAL LIKES AND PROMPTS:
    Things I will always like, no matter the fandom

  • Canon-divergent AUs, forks in the road, what if X instead of Y, fix-its for unhappy endings

  • Angst and (mutual) pining

  • Hurt/comfort of any type and level, from minor wound tending to handling mind control situations, torture and PTSD

  • Internalized homophobia when it fits the canon (esp. if eventually learned/taught out of)

  • Having to share a space (anything from a single tiny sleeping bag to space shuttles to snowed-in cabins to whatever else you can think of - it's the 'I can't run away and ignore/hide my feelings oh no' that I adore)

  • Enemies/rivals having to work together and making a truce, temporary or otherwise

  • All the touching! From the tiniest of accidental (or "accidental") brushes to carrying someone wounded and having to unclothe them, helping out with difficult clothes/gear, dancing etc.

  • Undercover jobs from the sweetest "we have to fake being a couple" to the most painful "I must watch you get beaten up and can't do anything" (having to hurt the other doesn't work the same as having to watch, though I'd take both)

  • Time travel tropes of any kind in canons where it happens or is plausible: Groundhog day, traveling to the past/future and getting (temporarily) stuck there, time moving slower/faster than it does for others in a certain space, messages through time, altering history or future

  • First times (touches, dates, kisses, sex, arguments, anything first really)

  • Porn with feelings (friends: being able to express how they feel, enemies/rivals: realizing that oh no, it's more than simple lust)


    PORN LIKES (M/M OR F/F): Anything vanilla is always ok, but also blindfolds, a bit of tying up or holding wrists, teasing and mild painplay (except genitalia, please). Everything from frottage to handjobs to penetration, or just coming before they even really begin. Not big on intercrural but I don't dislike it. Fine with rimming. Condoms optional. In m/m, lube or anything to replace it not optional. :D In f/f smut, tongue/fingers/sex toys/vaginal/anal are all delicious.

    Unless specified I'm fine with either one being the top/bottom. I prefer touching and random interjections and pleads to long conversations during sex, and I'd like you to keep pet names like baby or honey to the absolute minimum (unless they're canonical).


    OTHER FIC-RELATED INFO: I'm fine with any rating, from G to NC-17, and this goes for both sexual content and violence. I tend to prefer 3rd person POV, but 1st and 2nd person POVs aren't a problem if you feel the fic needs to be that way. Any tense goes. So basically, don't feel too restrained by stylistic choices. I'll read whatever you write. :) Well, I twitch at then/than, your/you're, there/their/they're, to/too mix-ups, the word villian, and misspelled character names. I can't help it.


    GENRE TAGS:

    Action/Adventure: Anyone going on adventures/road trips/missions/investigations/etc. is always loved. I see action here meaning that they do stuff instead of the fic being introspection, not that there should be fight scenes or car chases like it's an action movie.

    Angst: Sadness, pining, wistfulness, however you want to interpret it. Maybe not all 5k words of it, but it can be a major part of it as long as the ending is hopeful (i.e. it doesn't include my DNW of hopeless endings).

    AU - Canon Divergence: This is fairly broad to me. Episode tags, missing scenes, smaller changes in the canon (swapping two characters on missions, or a character choosing to take Road A instead of Road B, or X happens differently or not at all, etc.) that may have minor consequences or snowball into some major changes. If the canon is science fiction, I also view visits to mirror universes and alternate/parallel universes as a sort of canon divergence, as long as the other setting is similar and can be seen as "if X had happened, we'd have Y like they do here".

    Canon-Style Plot - Freeform: If the style is good enough for the canon, it's good enough for me. Monsters of the week, ending up in peril again and again, solving a case and calling it a day, bleak and hopeless surroundings with glimpses of hope, whatever the canon is, sticking to a similar style is always good as long as it's not in my DNWs.

    Character Development: Developing minor/less known characters, if they're been requested, is always welcome. Further developing already known characters, e.g. giving them more background, is also lovely.

    Fix-it fic: If there's a death of my ship character, I'd like it to be fixed. If there's another bad/sad/miserable ending, I'd like it to be fixed. If a character chose something that means the ship never happened, I'd like it to be fixed so that it does. So very similar to canon divergence, really. If you see something broken there, I'd like a fix for it.

    Getting Together: I'm always here for my ships getting together. I will never ever tire of it. It's often a part of what I love about books/movies/shows and it's what I'll always love about fics as well. It just makes me happy to see people find someone and get them.

    Horror: I love it when my otherwise mundane shows do scary episodes where the characters wonder if they're hallucinating/going crazy/haunted/cursed even when the explanation usually isn't supernatural at all. I also love seeing horror elements in scifi or case-solving/mystery canons, so alien possessions in space, suddenly sentient objects, hauntings of people long passed, nightmares, telepathically forced horror scenes, Final Destination type "you shouldn't have survived so you're marked now" twists, etc. would be wonderful additions where I've tagged horror as a welcome tag. I don't want it everywhere but where I do I like it a lot.

    (Just no "everyone dies the end" because that'd be my hopeless endings DNW and I'd be very unhappy. I'm also not into sexy tentacles, but tentacles can exist if they're someone's dinner.. or attached to a monster that just happens to have them but doesn't use them for anything sexual.)

    Humor: Canon-typical humour is always wonderful. Banter and quips, snarky comments and well-meaning jabs, all that. But also upbeat stories and humorous prose and turns of phrase. If I've tagged it, then as long as it's not crack-level ridiculousness, I welcome it.

    Hurt/Comfort: Fairly self-explanatory. I like all kinds of h/c, from physical to mental to emotional. So break their leg, torture them, leave them second-guessing their choices, make them witness the other being hurt, whatever hurt you choose it's good as long as there's also comfort.

    Interpersonal Drama: If it has more than one person in it, and they interact and somehow need the other one to further the plot (so it's not both in isolation writing their diaries about themselves, never to even acknowledge the other exists), it's fine. It could be co-operation, it could be conflict, it could be anything.

    Mystery/Procedural: Casefic is always lovely regardless of canon, and I love mysteries and solving them. I'm not into court drama, so maybe don't go into that part of the procedure a lot? Unless it's a weird alien court that makes absolutely no sense, but even then I'd rather not have 5k words of it.

    scifi/fantasy: Fairly obvious. :D If it's scifi, I'll love more scifi in it. Same for fantasy. This is probably meant to be added to canons where it's not already canonical, but *shrug*. I added it anyway.

    Smut: If it's not a mindless PWP, it's good. I don't require explicit smut with my ships but I do enjoy it a lot if the author likes to write it. So including this is fine if I've tagged it, but it doesn't mean I need it to be there. Fade to black or just ending the thing with a first kiss is equally cherished.

    I think I explained all the tags I've used, but if I've left out some, sorry. If something needs further explanation or sounds like it's in conflict with a stated DNW, you can always ask through a mod. If you feel like you have a slightly different view on the tag or an idea that I haven't mentioned here, it's ok to use your own judgment. Do you think it fits the tag? Then it's probably fine. :)


    FANDOMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

    The Alienist [Laszlo Kreizler/John Moore]
    Dark Matter (TV) [One | Derrick Moss/Three | Marcus Boone]
    The Exorcist [Marcus Keane/Peter Osborne]
    The Orville [Ed Mercer/Gordon Malloy, Kelly Grayson/Pria Lavesque]
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine [Julian Bashir/Miles O'Brien, Julian Bashir/Jake Sisko, Vic Fontaine/Nog, Jadzia Dax/Lenara Kahn]
    Star Trek: Discovery [Hugh Culber/Ash Tyler, Christopher Pike/Ash Tyler, Christopher Pike/Spock]
    The Terror [Thomas Jopson/Francis Crozier]

    Making a note here that since some of these shows are similar (Deep Space 9, Discovery, Orville), feel free to poke around and see if one of them has something that inspires you in another fandom. I've also requested some of these before so there are more prompts in previous letters. My tastes haven't changed a lot, so as long as you keep to the current DNWs they should be mostly ok as well.

    Fandom-specific thoughts and prompts )
  • mimm: (men in suits)
    2019-01-04 03:50 pm

    Dear Chocolate Box Writer

    Hello, person with common interests!

    Whether you're completely new to me or we've bumped into each other the past, hi! I've done exchanges for years but thought I'd start this year with a blank slate, so to speak, and I won't be c&p'ing my older letters. This means my DNW list might look different, as does my likes list etc.

    My likes haven't really changed, though, so if something you see gives you an idea and that particular prompt/comment isn't here, then yes, assume I still want it. It could be that I've gotten a treat for that prompt and feel satisfied enough to leave it out, but I will always adore more. ALWAYS.


    From my sign-up:

    DNW: Unrequested rape/noncon between pairing characters, character death, terminal illness, hopeless endings, porn without feelings, D/s, daddy kink, sex in public, sex featuring under 16s, pregnancy, children as the focus, weddings, acquiring pets, AUs that change the setting dramatically (modern/historical, coffeeshop, genderbend etc.), only aliens/sex pollen/mind control made them do it, meta, crossovers, unrequested poly or other relationships on the side, deliberate humiliation of a character by others

    Notes about these:

    Character death: There are canons where death is canonical (The Terror, for example) and I'm fine with a fic acknowledging death and loss, but ideally all my ships make it through the fic alive, or magically resurrect or whatever you think they should do in order to be less dead. I'm also sappy enough to like an afterlife fic. :) Laugh all you want, I don't care.

    Other relationships on the side: In some cases there are canonical spouses, partners and families. Please don't create a poly relationship when I don't ask for it. I also don't want these characters happily cheating on anyone behind their back. You can, however, handwave their situation away by including a divorce or another sort of break-up (but don't just kill them or turn them into villains if they're not that in canon). Or set it early enough that they're not involved with anyone yet. If the infidelity is canonical then I'm better with it, but I prefer them coming to an agreement about an open relationship or anything similar.


    Rating: Everything from G to E as long as it's shippy. I mean, I requested pairings only, so I think it's not awful of me to say that I wouldn't be happy with pure gen in this exchange. :) Otherwise I do enjoy friendship fics as well, so add in all the friends you want!

    Length: I know the limit is 300 so obviously I don't demand longer than that. Just make it one 300-word thing instead of three unrelated 100-word drabbles, please? But I'm also into longfic, so there's absolutely no reason to worry about whether a fic is too short at 300 or too long at whatever k. If it's more than 299 words it'll be fine, though if it's, idk, 100k, I'm going to have to take a moment to get back to you for comments. :D


    Bulletproof likes and general prompts:
    (This list really can go with any fandom ever. I like other things as well but with these you really can't go wrong.)


    • Canon-divergent AUs, forks in the road, what if X instead of Y, fix-its for unhappy endings

    • Angst and (mutual) pining

    • Hurt/comfort of any type and level, from minor wound tending to handling mind control situations, torture and PTSD

    • Internalized homophobia when it fits the canon (esp. if eventually learned/taught out of)

    • Having to share a space (anything from a single tiny sleeping bag to space shuttles to snowed-in cabins to whatever else you can think of - it's the 'I can't run away and ignore/hide my feelings oh no' that I adore)

    • Enemies/rivals having to work together and making a truce, temporary or otherwise

    • All the touching! From the tiniest of accidental (or "accidental") brushes to carrying someone wounded and having to unclothe them, helping out with difficult clothes/gear, dancing etc. Face, neck, wrists and lower back are a surefire way to make me go *boom*

    • Undercover jobs from the sweetest "we have to fake being a couple" to the most painful "I must watch you get beaten up and can't do anything" (having to hurt the other doesn't work the same as having to watch, though I'd take both)

    • Time travel tropes of any kind in canons where it happens or is plausible: Groundhog day, traveling to the past/future and getting (temporarily) stuck there, time moving slower/faster than it does for others in a certain space, messages through time, altering history or future

    • First times (touches, dates, kisses, sex, arguments, anything first really)

    • Porn with feelings (friends: being able to express how they feel, enemies/rivals: realizing that oh no, it's more than simple lust)



    Porn likes: Anything vanilla is always ok, but also blindfolds, a bit of tying up or holding wrists, teasing and mild painplay (except genitalia, please). Everything from frottage to handjobs to penetration, or just coming before they even really begin. Fine with rimming. Condoms optional. Lube or anything to replace it not optional. :D Unless specified I'm fine with either one being the top/bottom. I prefer touching and random interjections and pleads to long conversations during sex, and I'd like you to keep pet names like baby, love or honey to the absolute minimum.



    FANDOMS UNDER THE CUT:

    ANNE WITH AN E [Cole MacKenzie/Mr. Phillips ** Billy Andrews/Cole MacKenzie ** Gilbert Blythe/Sebastian "Bash" Lacroix]
    BABYLON 5 [Alfred Bester/Michael Garibaldi ** Michael Garibaldi/Jeffrey Sinclair]
    BON COP BAD COP (2006) [David Bouchard/Martin Ward]
    DARK MATTER (TV) [John Anders/Three ** One/Three ** Six/Three]
    DOWNTON ABBEY [Thomas Barrow/Edward Courtenay ** Thomas Barrow/Jimmy Kent ** Thomas Barrow/Tom Branson]
    THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (2012) [Charlie/Patrick]
    STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE [Julian Bashir/Miles O’Brien]
    STARGATE (AMT but both are SGU) [David Telford/Everett Young ** Nicholas Rush/Everett Young]
    THE TERROR [Francis Crozier/James Fitzjames ** Francis Crozier/Thomas Jopson]
    THE X-FILES [Alex Krycek/Fox Mulder]

    You can ignore any of these prompts and write your own ideas. Just take a peek at the canon-specific DNWs (for some canons, not all) before you continue, ok? Or if there's a part of a prompt you like but it's not quite right, tweak it to your liking. These are all ships I crave so I'll take any 300-word piece you're inspired to write. Really.

    Fandoms with prompts and thoughts )
    mimm: (yuletide)
    2018-10-15 07:13 pm

    Dear Yuletide Writer

    Hello Yuletide person,

    It can't be Yuletide yet! I swear we just had one a couple months ago. I still have fic I haven't read.

    If you're a total stranger, hi, I'm a fairly easy recipient and I don't bite! If you come here after getting your assignment and you have a feeling you know what to write, go ahead and create. You don't have to read this. You'll be fine. But if you have no idea or are otherwise curious then I'll try to explain how my brain works.


    MY DO NOT WANTS (for every fandom unless otherwise specified, more in fandom section if applicable)
    Heavy kinks (bdsm, fisting, scat, animal play, bestiality etc.), size/daddy/age kink, rape between requested people, unrequested pairings, A/B/O, permanent genderswap, mpreg, kidfic, recreational drug use

    Further explanation for some of these:
  • Acknowledging differences in size and age is obviously fine. I just don't get any particular kicks out of either one.
  • I really like mentor/ward relationships and protectiveness when it fits the characters. It's the literal use of "daddy" in dialogue that's a major DNW for me. Being a father figure type is fine.
  • Recreational drug use (anything other than alcohol and tobacco) is only a DNW if it's treated as unproblematic. If the usage is canonical you don't need to erase it. I don't consider getting drugged or roofied as recreational because it's unintentional, and if you create a made up substance that's also fine.


    The next bit is copied from last year with a few minor tweaks. Not much has changed.

    GENERAL LIKES:

    This is hardly a complete list, but it should give you an idea of something I might like. It's a bit shipping-heavy and they might not fit the fandom we matched on, but many would work for friendships as well, or you can use them in a gen way.

    Examples of things I tend to go for: Dialogue, drama, angst, hurt/comfort (mental and physical, esp. tending to wounds/injuries or holding close after some emotional hurt), bonding, pining, UST/RST, getting together, first times, romance, humour and banter, sweetness and happy/hopeful endings, fix-its, what-ifs, canon divergence or alternate endings, missing scenes, adventure, mission/casefic, various scifi tropes where applicable (for example: wormholes, time travel, reliving bits of time, telepathy, invisibility due to accident, clones, androids, alien tech, alternate timelines/universes). Also other tropes like confined spaces, forced intimacy, accidentally finding out secrets, enemies and/or friends to lovers, masquerades or other types of hidden identities, going undercover, redemption for bad guys. If you have a trope in mind and it's not listed here, I probably like it but didn't think of it just now.


    GENERAL DISLIKES:

    Apart from DNWs, mostly AUs of the coffeeshop/highschool/band kind, or supernatural creatures like werewolves and winged humans in a fandom where they don't exist. Magical realism is always welcome, though. Not into genderswap and crossdressing, or overly sweet fluff (complete with cutesy nicknames) or focus on domesticity. Also, and this is very unlikely, maybe don't torture animals? I've recently noticed even fictional animal torture is bad for my head. People? No problem. Though I'm not into gore for the sake of gore.


    OTHER FIC-RELATED INFO

    I'm fine with any rating, from G to NC-17, and this goes for both sexual content and violence. I tend to prefer 3rd person POV, but 1st and 2nd person POVs aren't a problem if you feel the fic needs to be that way. Any tense goes. So basically, don't feel too restrained by stylistic choices. I'll read whatever you write. :) Well, except I twitch at then/than, your/you're, there/their/they're, to/too mix-ups. I can't help it.


    Fandoms and characters under the cut in no particular order:

    Sagaen om Isfolket | Legend of the Ice People - Margit Sandemo [Any: Heike, Ingrid, Targenor, Tiili, Tova]
    Insatiable (TV 2018) [Bob Armstrong, Bob Barnard]
    The Strain (TV) [Any: Dutch Velders, Ephraim Goodweather, Quinlan, Vasiliy Fet]
    The Terror (TV 2018) [Francis Crozier]
    Whitechapel (TV) [Emerson Kent, Joseph Chandler]
    Dark Matter - Michelle Paver [Gus Balfour, Jack Miller]

    Prompts and thoughts )
  • mimm: (men in suits)
    2018-05-27 05:41 pm

    Dear Rare Male Slash Exchange Writer

    Hello, fellow slasher person!

    If you see this text, it's either because you're here during sign-ups or I've failed to finish my letter in time for the assignments. Uhh. It's coming, I promise. While you wait, feel free to poke around my earlier letters:

    Dear Writer on LJ (goes further back in time)
    Dear Writer on DW


    'Tis done! (And long. So long.)

    If you've read my previous letters, you'll see this one's different. I thought I'd try to be a bit more thorough. It's mostly taken off a half-finished project of mine, so if things sound a bit off or generic, it's simply because I didn't take extra time to tailor them for this particular ficathon.

    In general, I'm a pretty easy reader to please, or so I'd like to think. :D So don't be to afraid of what to write for me. Chances are high I will love it whatever it is.

    The following lists will be long and wordy. Please don't let that scare you off! :D I just want to explain better what I mean by something, so there's less confusion. If your mind screams ODAO, that's perfectly fine! Just take a look at the DNWs in the sign-up or here under the cut, ignore whatever else I've listed here, and you're good to go. Yes, you are.

    DNWs, dislikes and likes )

    ...and that list isn't even a complete list of things I like. Eep. But it'll do for now. I hope you can see something there that speaks to you if the sign-up itself left you puzzled.

    Now onto the fandoms. I'll just copy & paste them from my sign-up. If I have something to add, it'll be here right after the copied bits. For most there's nothing to add, mainly because I'm open to anything you want to write.

    I've requested fanfic for all, but if someone really wants to do a fanart treat I'd be thrilled!

    Fandoms and pairings under the cut, in alphabetical order:

    The Alienist: Laszlo Kreizler/John Moore ** Lucius Isaacson/Marcus Isaacson
    Dark Matter - Michelle Paver: Gus Balfour/Jack Miller
    DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Earth-X Leonard "Leo" Snart/Ray Terrill ** Jefferson "Jax" Jackson/Martin Stein ** John Constantine/Jonah Hex ** John Constantine/Mick Rory ** John Constantine/Ray Palmer ** Jonah Hex/Mick Rory ** Jonah Hex/Rip Hunter
    Deadpool movies: Nathan Summers/Wade Wilson
    Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: Hank Lawson/Jake Slicker
    The Exorcist (TV): Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega ** Marcus Keane/Peter Osborne
    Gotham: Jeremiah Valeska/Bruce Wayne ** Jeremiah Valeska/Jerome Valeska
    Star Trek DS9: Julian Bashir/Miles O'Brien ** Odo/Weyoun

    Fandom specific thoughts and prompts )
    mimm: (skull)
    2018-04-12 11:27 pm

    Dear Screen Exchange Writer

    Hello, mystery author or random passerby!

    I love the idea of having two different rounds of the same challenge. Don't think I've seen any others do the same yet.

    Since this is the Drabble Round and there's not a whole lot of room to use, I'll keep this light(er than my usual rambly letters). In short, any of these characters or pairings in any of these fandoms are equally welcomed and loved, so long as you avoid my DNWs to the best of your abilities. I promise. :) I listed a lot of additional tags, but they're not the only ones I like. Rather, I thought they'd give you an idea of what I might like to read in that particular fandom if you're feeling completely stumped by my lack of detailed prompts.

    Little frozen moments in time, personal victories and triumphs, worries and nightmares, dark thoughts or hopes or other brief glimpses into people's minds, the shift from being single to becoming a couple, it's all good. Or if you go further towards the 500-word limit, any of those things expanded are obviously just as lovely. A series of drabbles? Awesome. 2-3 completely unrelated snapshots? Yes, please. One 100-word piece of introspection? Sure, it's a character/pairing I like so I'm there.

    I've written longer letters for several other fic exchanges, and while they don't necessarily include any of these fandoms you're free to check them out to get an idea of what I tend to like. Or you can completely ignore them. Whichever's easiest.
    Dear Writer on DW.
    Dear Writer on LJ (goes further back)

    Some of them might have DNWs or restrictions that I've left out this time, but that's deliberate. Since there's less space then usual, I don't want to tie your hands too much by, say, stylistic choice between description only and dialogue, or what POV you should use. As long as it's not Character/Reader fantasy I'm fine with even second person POV. (Thought the then/than, there/they're/their etc. would still bug me. :D)

    My requests in alphabetical order:
    The Alienist
    Anno 1790
    DC's Legends of Tomorrow
    Falling Skies
    Star Trek: Discovery
    Will & Grace

    DO NOT WANT: Heavy kinks (meaning bdsm, scat, fisting etc. but also size/daddy/age kink), humiliation, rape between requested characters (dubcon is fine), genderswap, kidfic, recreational drug use, completely hopeless endings.

    I'm mainly copying & pasting the requests from AO3 but I'll add a few extra notes as well.

    Details )

    This is as close to brief and short as I can get. :D Remember: Whatever you write is just what I want to read. If you're worried, don't be. I'm easy.
    mimm: (Default)
    2018-01-03 10:19 pm

    Chocolate Box Letter

    Hello, my mystery author or random wandering fan!

    First I want to assure you that I am an easy recipient. Or at least think I am. I do have my preferences like everyone, but it's pretty difficult to put me off a fic as long as you respect the DNWs, so whatever you write will be fine. :)

    I've written several Dear Writer letters in the past, so here's a tag for them:
    http://mimm.dreamwidth.org/tag/dear%20writer
    https://littlemimm.livejournal.com/tag/dear%20writer (goes further back in time)

    Dark Matter shows up in quite a few of them. Chrono just once, and I'll copy it here as well. The rest of these fandoms I haven't requested before.

    DO NOT WANT: Heavy kinks (bdsm, fisting, scat, animal play, bestiality etc.), size/daddy/age kink, rape between requested people, A/B/O, permanent genderswap, mpreg, kidfic, recreational drug use. (None of these are trigger-level bad. I have no triggers that I know of.)

    Likes and dislikes )

    And then onto the actual prompts. I promise the length of text is no indication of my preference. These are all fandoms and people I want to read about. I requested fic for each one, but I definitely wouldn't say no if someone wanted to do art as a treat. :)

    Black Mirror - USS Callister: Nanette/Walton/Shania/Tulaska/Nate/Dudani
    Bright: Ward & Jakoby ** Ward/Jakoby ** Ward & Jakoby & Tikka
    Chrono Trigger: Frog/Magus ** Frog & Magus
    Dark Matter - Michelle Paver: Gus Balfour/Jack Miller
    Dark Matter (TV): Three/Anders ** Three/Kierken ** Three/One ** Three/Six ** Six/Anders
    Friends: Chandler & Joey ** Rachel/Joey
    The Orville: Darulio/Ed Mercer ** Ed Mercer/Alara Kitan ** Alara Kitan/Ed Mercer/Kelly Grayson ** Ed Mercer/Kelly Grayson/Darulio ** Isaac/Gordon Malloy ** Isaac/Gordon Malloy/John LaMarr ** John LaMarr/Gordon Malloy ** Kelly Grayson/Alara Kitan

    Prompts in alphabetical order )