badritual | rare male slash exchange letter

Dear Creator,

I have used parts of previous letters to compose the body of this letter. If none of my ideas/prompts catch your attention, I'm totally fine with mixing and matching some of my tropes/likes/freeforms/etc. to come up with a story! I also may not have specific prompts for every pairing/fandom I've requested. If anything is confusing, or you have any questions or need clarification, you can reach me through the mods!

A lot of these fandoms and prompts/ideas are repeat requests, including fandoms I've already received amazing fic for. I really just love the fandom/idea to be requesting it again; it's not meant to be a slight against the authors or fic I've received in the past!

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
Baseball RPF
Bull Durham (1988)
Original Work
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Squid Game (TV 2021)
Star Wars Current Canon
Supernatural (TV 2005)
Talented Mr Ripley (1999)
The Try Guys (Web Series)
Слуга народу | Servant of the people (TV)

What I Love: I'm currently really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe really. I also adore romcoms, enemies-to-lovers, difficult/complicated relationships, and questions with no easy answers. I love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings, things that make me think, and are not necessarily tied up with a neat pretty bow.

My main DNWs are listed below. Exceptions will be noted:

DNWs:
• domestic violence/abuse
• violence against animals/animal death
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (fine with these tropes appearing as "one offs", not interested in universes structured around them)
• mpreg
• watersports/omorashi/scat
• mundane AUs (i.e. coffee shop, flower shop, cafe, high school/college, etc)
• vampire/werewolf AUs for non-supernatural fandoms/fandoms where they don't appear or exist (canon vampires/werewolves in supernatural-based fandoms are fine!)
• horror that centers on mental institutions/hospitals/etc.
• inclusion of current real world events (i.e. war in Ukraine, US politics/Trump, covid, etc.)

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• gothic romance/romantic horror
• space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
• cosmic horror
• body horror
• monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!! i like monsters!!!
• What happens after the fairytale ends?
• bodyswap
• casefic
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining / pining for someone while in a relationship with them)
• mind-games/manipulation
• ghosts/hauntings/etc. (literal and metaphorical)
• houses that want to eat you
• nature that wants to eat you
• eldritch architecture/architecture that wants to eat you (fwiw i adore the evilbuildings tumblr, which has some examples of buildings i could see hungering for human flesh)
• morally gray/immoral angels
• the monstrous feminine / female monsters / feminine horror
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationships
• enemies to lovers
• friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
• friends to enemies to lovers
• unhealthy/codependent relationships
• obsession/obsessive relationships
• relationships with a power imbalance (i.e. mentor/pupil, priest/parishioner, older partner/younger partner, queen/subject, etc.)
• power imbalances/power dynamics/power dynamics inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has all the power, parishioner has power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• platonic soulmates
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• ensemble fic
• complicated relationships
• professional/career-related jealousy
• Ritual sex/resurrection rituals
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

Baseball RPF

Pairings:
José Iglesias/Shohei Ohtani

I saw this video and promptly lost my mind. Give me all the cooking shenanigans! Gimme food/cooking/baking as a love language (romantic or platonic)! Maybe a 5+1 fic centered around 6 meals José cooked for Shohei when they were roommates? Ohtani reportedly ate alone because it's more efficient, so what changed? 🤔

Also, it's worth noting the Angels released José before the end of the season and then José gave a poignant interview with Japanese media where he stated he'd love to reunite with Ohtani in the future and that they had a hug before José left. Give me "angst with a happy ending" where they do end up teammates again, somewhere? (Japanese fans and media really seem to like José because of his friendship with Ohtani, which is cute. 🥺)

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Bull Durham (1988)

Pairings:
Crash Davis/Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh

I'd love something set post-canon for Crash/Nuke. Where do their careers take them? Crash ends up in Visalia to coach in the minors while Nuke gets called up to the Majors; do they try to maintain a long distance relationship? Or give me something set in the future/present day with a retired Nuke (maybe he's a special assistant to the GM or an analyst now) and MLB manager Crash... Are they able to work out a relationship on different sides of the field, with Nuke in the front office/TV booth and Crash in the dugout?

Mentions of Annie are totally fine, including references to both guys' canon relationships with Annie, or all three together.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Original Work

Pairings:
Young Superstar Baseball Player/Veteran Journeyman Baseball Player
Baseball Star/Eager Sports Journalist
Veteran Hockey Goon/Young Superstar Hockey Player He's Been Assigned to Protect
Catcher Who's Spent Most of His Career in the Minors/Rookie Star Pitcher
Eurovision Performer/Eurovision Performer
Wealthy Amoral Nobleman/Handsome Thief Caught Breaking Into His Mansion
Tortured Priest/Devil Disguised As a Beautiful Young Man
Rock Star Who Sold His Soul to the Devil/The Devil Come to Collect His Due
Ghost Of Murder Victim/Eldest Son Of Family Who Move Into His House
Stepfather After His Dead Husband's Money/Suspicious Adult Stepson Who Never Trusted Him
Doomed Hero/Narrator Aware Of His Fate
King Who Thought He Was Widowed/His New Husband/His First Husband
Male Prostitute/Guy Whose Grandma Is Insisting He Bring Home A Boyfriend For The Holidays
Omega King/His Harem of Alphas
Tall Strong Omega/Short Weaker Alpha
Alpha Emperor/His Younger Omega Brother
Still-Grieving Widower Remarrying for Pragmatism/Still-Grieving Widower Remarrying for Pragmatism
Instagram Influencer/Obsessed Stalker
Teen Working At Amusement Park For Summer/Famous Young Actor
Eldritch Horror in Man Suit/Naïve Young Man Who Finds He's Kinda Into That

I'm really into professional/career jealousy causing problems within a relationship or partnership. Are the Eurovision performers rivals/nemeses? Is one baseball player's spot on the team in jeopardy because of the rookie he can't keep his eyes off of?

I'm also into romcoms/comedies of errors, mutual pining, angst, horror/psychological horror, and I'm not allergic to HFN/sad/bittersweet endings.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett

Pairings:
Colin Craven/Dickon Sowerby

I'd love something post-canon for them. What happened to the garden after Colin, Dickon, and Mary grow up. Did Colin and/or Dickon maintain it? Do societal/class differences come into play as they grow older together? (I'm also open to IN SPACE!!! AUs. Maybe the garden is on a spaceship/artificial/etc.?)

I'm also a big fan of epistolary fiction, so something involving Colin and Dickon sending letters to one another would be lovely.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Squid Game (TV 2021)

Pairings:
Cho Sangwoo/Seong Gihun

I'd love something where they're stuck in a time loop (either in-game or in an AU scenario), reincarnated/reincarnated and forced to go through the game again, or an AU where they both managed to survive.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Wars Current Canon

Pairings:
Sheev Palpatine/Anakin Skywalker

Saw this in the tags and was intrigued... I'd love something set during ROTS/TCW s7, with Palpatine perhaps turning to new methods to control/manipulate Anakin (does he trick Anakin into think he's with Padme? does he coerce Anakin by threatening someone he cares about or manipulating Anakin into thinking something bad is going to happen to them?). Honestly I'm not too picky, I just want Anakin to not be fully aware of what's going on, and/or having his memory/senses being manipulated so that he's never on solid footing with Palpatine.

Additional notes: I'm not interested in grooming/CSA of young Anakin, nor pseudo-incestuous implications (i.e. Palpatine impregnated Shmi somehow and is technically Anakin's father).

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Supernatural (TV 2005)

Pairings:
Gordon Walker/Dean Winchester
Victor Henriksen/Sam Winchester
Castiel/Mick Davies

I would love a "the dead half of the pairing survives and becomes a hunter" AU for either of these pairings.

I think Victor definitely would have made a capable hunter; what if Victor and Sam teamed up while Dean was in hell rather than/in addition to Sam and Ruby?

For Gordon/Dean, Gordon is an obvious Dean mirror, but there's also some idolization mixed in, and Dean's issues with John... What might happen if Gordon survived and he and Dean either teamed up OR Dean became obsessed with chasing him down. I'd love something antagonistic/enemies-to-lovers/love-hate between them as each tries to get the upper hand.

For Cas/Mick: Mick really did slip his number to Cas in the hopes of a hookup. What happens when Cas actually takes him up on that offer?

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

Pairings:
Tom Ripley/Peter Smith-Kingsley
Dickie Greenleaf/Tom Ripley

Tom/Peter: For this pairing, I'd love a post-canon AU where Peter survived. Are they able to have a happy life together? Or does Tom's past/inclinations/etc. catch up to them? Is Peter's love enough to "save" Tom/their relationship?

Tom/Dickie: I'd love anything set during the movie prior to Dickie's death... or even an AU where Dickie survived the attack on the boat OR an AU where Dickie is a ghost haunting Tom. Neither Dickie nor Tom are "good" people so feel free to make them as nasty and malicious to each other as you want.

Additional notes: I'm okay with happy-for-now/sad endings, considering canon.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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The Try Guys (Web Series)

Pairings:
Ned Fulmer/Eugene Lee Yang
Keith Habersberger/Eugene Lee Yang
Ned Fulmer/Keith Habersberger/Zach Kornfeld/Eugene Lee Yang

I've got a Try Guys resource post here.

Ned/Eugene:
◊ Eugene and Ned are super competitive. What about the time/times that competitive fire turned into a different kind of fire away from the cameras? (Not literal fire pls)
◊ AU. Ned is recently single and just beginning to figure himself out, post-marriage. And Post-Marriage Ned has a huge crush on Eugene. But Eugene isn't keen on being a "straight" guy's rebound. How do these two bumbling manchildren make it work? (I'd actually love a HEA but it's not a requirement if you don't think it's going to work!)
◊ Give me the AU version of this bit, with Eugene as a Vegas dancer and Ned as his shady mobster boyfriend!! (Baby optional.)

Keith/Eugene:
◊ Keith's always had a crush on Eugene but he's never felt brave enough to act on it. Until Keith's wife gives him a hall pass to use with Eugene and Eugene seems into it. This is both the best and worst thing ever!
◊ Eugene never goes for straight guys. But a bicurious guy who happens to be one of his favorite people on earth? That's a different thing entirely.
◊ Office AU. A version of this but without the sandwiches. (Don't watch if you have easily triggered second-hand embarrassment. It's kind of hard for me to watch, myself. But it's ridiculous fun.)

Ned/Keith/Zach/Eugene:
◊ The Try Guys IN SPACE!!! Maybe they're in a space opera (Eugene as a space emperor and the other Try Guys as his underlings/subjects/etc.? Or maybe they're a Trek-type space exploration group?)
◊ The Try Guys Spend a Night in a Haunted House. I'd really love if this was done in a social media/epistolry/etc. pastiche/style, maybe as a transcript of one of their videos? Honestly, just give Ned a hard time and I'll love it and you forever. (Maybe they have to huddle together for warmth, which leads to more...)
◊ Fairytale AU. Prince Eugene is determined never to fall in love while his father, the king, is eager to marry him off. So the king enlists three princes from a nearby kingdom to attempt to woo him. But what happens when the four of them fall in love?

Additional notes: Feel free to handwave away their spouses, or create OCs if you wish.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Слуга народу | Servant of the people (TV)

Pairings:
Yuriy Ivanovich Chuiko/Vasyl Petrovych Holoborodko

This fandom is probably a long shot but if you're curious, the show is now available on Netflix with subtitles and there's somewhat of a wiki page here!

What if Vasyl actually did take up Yuri's offer to run off to Capri with him? Or... I'd love a missing scene from their time together on the run/on Yuri's yacht, or when they were in prison together, or even a post-canon thing showing what happened between them after the events of s3?

Additional notes: The timeline on the show is kind of confusing but it might help to just think of it happening in an alternate universe.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Once again, I'd like to stress that my prompts/ideas are only suggestions! Please don't feel constrained by them! Mix and match my likes/prompts/ideas/etc. as you please, or come up with something completely on your own without my input. They're just meant as a guide if you need it.

You can check out my other dear author letters here and here for a better idea of the kind of tropes I like! If you need any clarification please contact me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.

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