badritual | o_w_o letter (Reply)

Apologies for taking so long to finish this!

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!

For most original works prompts, I tend to think of the pairings/tags as prompts in and of themselves, so I won't be providing individual prompts or ideas for every pairing. If you want to just go off of the pairing, or use a mix of likes/kinks/etc. to make a story, I'm fine with that too!

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
Mixed Gender Ships
F/F(/F+) Ships
M/M(/M+) Ships
Gen and Solo
Mixed Gen and Ships
Other Ships

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, SCOTUS decisions, 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)

Mixed Gender Ships

Pairings:
Gothic Heroine/Brooding Master of the House (F/M)
Final Girl/Serial Killer (F/M)
Female Serial Killer/Male Cop Hot On Her Trail (F/M)
Jaded Older Male Actor/Impressionable Younger Female Ingenue (M/F)
Male Spaceship Captain/Female Stowaway (M/F)
Monster assembled from corpses/Mad scientist trying to rebuild her dead lover (M/F)
Ballerina/Mysterious Impresario (F/M)
Resourceful Selkie/Man Who Stole Her Skin
Ghost Posing As Employee In Place They Haunt/ Shy Regular (F/M)
House's New Owner/Ghost of Her Ancestor (F/M)
Figure Skater/Hockey Player (F/M)
Female Hockey Player/Male Hockey Player
Woman Rescued After 2 Years Stranded On Island/Man From Another Country She Was Stranded With (F/M)
Tortured Priest/Demon Posing As a Beautiful Young Woman (M/F)
Sexually Repressed Priest/Sinful Nun (M/F)
Male Porn Star/Bookish Virgin Who Hired Him to Deflower Her (M/F)
Virgin High School Teacher/Bad Boy Student She Can't Keep Her Mind Off Of (F/M)
Widowed Queen/Much Younger Prince Betrothed to Her Daughter (F/M)
Queen Who Thought She Was Widowed/Her First Husband Back From the Dead/Her Second Husband (F/M/M)
Rough and Tumble Irish Mobster/Shy Young Woman He Kidnaps (M/F)
Male Starship Captain/Escaped Female Sex Slave Trying To Get Off-Planet (M/F)
Star woman athlete/male cheerleader (f/m)
Monstrous Empress/Human King's Bastard Son married to her for Political Reasons (M/F)
Monstrous Emperor/Human Princess married to him for Political Reasons (M/F)
Male Porn Star/Bookish Virgin Who Hired Him to Deflower Her (M/F)
Male College Professor/Female Student Looking to Improve Her Grades (M/F)
By-the-Book Cop investigating grisly maulings/His loose-cannon Partner secretly the werewolf (M/F)
Innocent Younger Sister/Obsessed Older Brother (F/M)
Wealthy teen/her male bodyguard (M/F)
Obsessed late teens girl/Thirtysomething family friend (F/M)

Media:
Fiction
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
I love power imbalances/differences and power imbalances/differences inverted (i.e. the student has the power over the teacher, the rookie has power over the superstar athlete, etc.) You can never go wrong with gothic romance/romantic horror, eldritch/cosmic horror, any stripe of horror outside of medical horror really. I'm also really into rivals-to-lovers and enemies-to-lovers, pining, miscommunication (within reason), didn't realize we were dating/accidentally dating, fake marriage, fake dating, undercover as dating.

Additional notes:
In the case of prompts involving teens, I'd prefer the teens to be 16+ please, thanks!

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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F/F(/F+) Ships

Pairings:
Wicked Queen/Her Newly Orphaned Stepdaughter (F/F)
Virgin High School Teacher/Bad Girl Student She Can't Keep Her Mind Off Of
Queen of a Wicked Reputation But Secretly Kind Heart/Her Princess Bride (F/F)
Bastard Princess/Commoner Pretending to be Royalty From a Foreign Land (F/F)
Ice Queen/Princess Gifted To Her As A Sex Slave (F/F)
Female Adventuerer in Need of a Challenge/Lady Stuck in a Maze of Traps (F/F)
Space Pirate Fleet Commander/Captured Empress who used herself as bait to find her (F/F)
Pirate Queen/Female Adventurer (F/F)
Woman stuck in a time loop/Woman who tries to help her escape it (F/F)
Evil Empress/Pretty Young Thing (F/F)

Media:
Fiction
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
I really dig power imbalances/power imbalances inverted, age difference, bully/victim (especially when the victim gets revenge!!!), the characters facing obstacles that get in the way of their relationship(s), and so on. I also, of course, dig gothic romance/horror/sci fi/etc.

Additional notes:
In the case of prompts involving teens, I'd prefer the teens to be 16+ please, thanks!

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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M/M(/M+) Ships

Pairings:
Spaceship Captain/His Second in Command (M/M)
Older Pro Space Ship Captain/Younger Captain He Trained Who Is Now A Pro Too (M/M)
Charismatic Cult Leader/Young Male Follower Whose Faith Is Wavering (M/M)
Impressionable Teenage Boy/Shady Older Male Cousin (M/M)
Popular Jock/Bad Boy Next Door (M/M)
Popular Jock/Awkward Nerd He Hires to Tutor Him (M/M)
Male Alien/Xenobiologist (M/M)
Victorian Gentleman/Teenage Ward (M/M)
Ex-Supervillain Who's Joined Superhero Team/Superhero on Team Who Doesn't Believe He's Reformed(M/M)
Superhero/Supervillain Who Used to Be His Best Friend (M/M)

Media:
Fiction
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
I'm always up for a good space gothic/space horror! I love xenophilia, horror, eldritch creatures and the people who love them (especially aliens that aren't humanoid being loved), forced proximity, power imbalances, age differences, pining, enemies to lovers (especially when they actually really hate each other but can't stop falling into bed), jealousy, mortality, trolley problems, kidnapping, etc.

Additional notes:
In the case of prompts involving teens, I'd prefer the teens to be 16+ please, thanks!

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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Gen

Pairings:
Witch-in-Training & Her Cat Familiar
Ghost Cat & Her Kittens
Kaiji-Sized Cat & Her Kaiju-Sized Kittens
Priest & The Devil
Priest & Man-Eating Succubus (Gen)
Babysitter & Would-Be Serial Killer
Used Car Salesman & Phantom Hitchhiker
Child & Haunted DollHouse's New Owner & Ghost of Previous Inhabitant Who Haunts It
Kindly Ghost & Child Lost in the Woods
Actress at a Haunted Attraction & A Real Ghost that Died Nearby (F & Any)
Actor at a Haunted Attraction & A Real Ghost that Died Nearby (M & Any)
Woman & Her Collection of Sentient Dildos
Old Ghosts in a Building & A New Ghost (Gen)
Grieving Mother & Her Dead Son Coming Back From the Grave to Feed On the Living (Gen)
Grieving Mother & Her Dead Daughter Coming Back From the Grave to Feed On the Living (Gen)
Vanishing Hitchhiker & Their Grieving Parent
Vanishing Hitchhiker's Parent & Driver Who Picked Them Up
Manipulative But Well-Meaning Wizard Mentor & Teenage Female Chosen One (Gen)
AI running generation ship & its inhabitants

Media:
Ficton
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
As with a lot of these, I tend to think of the pairs/groups as prompts in and of themselves and I'm perfectly happy to receive anything featuring these characters as long as they avoid DNWs. You can mix/match these with my listed tags/likes/tropes/etc if you want. If you need more guidance please reach out to the mods and I'll respond ASAP.

Additional notes:
N/A

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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Mixed Gen and Ship

Pairings:
Sapient Spaceship Who Ships & Captain/First Officer (other & m/f)
Kaiju/Kaiju & Citizens Who Really Dislike Kaiju Mating Season (Mixed Gen & Ship)
Parent & Daughter/Male Sex Worker Hired to take his virginity (any & f/m)
Parent & Son/Male Sex Worker Hired to take his virginity (any & m/m)
Human Parent/Monster Parent & Hybrid Child(ren) (Mixed Gen & Ship)
Selkie Whose Cloak Was Destroyed & Mad Scientist/Weird Assistant (F&F/M)
Selkie Whose Cloak Was Destroyed & Mad Scientist/Weird Assistant (F&M/M)

Media:
Fiction
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
I'll take anything, as long as you avoid DNWs. I've requested these because the pairing intrigued me and I'll be happy with whatever you want to write or create art for!

Additional notes:
N/A

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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Other Ships

Pairings:
Monster Under The Bed/Teen Girl (other/m)
Tentacle Monster/Lost Female Adventurer (Other/F)
Inexperienced Witch/Accidentally Summoned Tentacle Monster (other/f)
Misguided AI Overlord/Human Rebel Teaching Them The Power Of Love (other/any)
Space God Testing Humanity/Starship Captain Tired Of This Shit (any/any)
Sapient mecha/female pilot (f/other)
Sapient mecha/male pilot (m/other)
Ruler Who Thought They Were Widowed/Ruler's New Spouse/Ruler's First Spouse (Any/Any/Any)
Woman/Her Sentient Dildos

Media:
Fiction
Art

Warnings:
Any

Prompts/ideas:
I picked these because the pairs/groups interested me, and I'll be happy to receive anything with these pairs as long as they avoid DNWs. I really love sci-fi and horror (and sci-fi horror) and I think a lot of these work with the subgenre. I adore dark fantasy, gothic romance/romantic horror, action/adventure, and romantic suspense. I also like a good "fish out of water" story; I think that would work with some of these pairs too.

Of course, if all else fails, please feel free to mix and match my likes/tropes/etc. to come up with something if nothing's jumping out at you. If you need more ideas please reach out to the mods and I'll respond ASAP.

Additional notes:
N/A

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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