badritual: (michael burnham)
we heard crimes often and softly ([personal profile] badritual) wrote2023-01-09 01:27 am
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idproquo letter

Dear Creator,

Sorry it's taken me so long to complete this letter! I hope this hasn't been a huge inconvenience to you.

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!

I'm open to treats! Fic and art for all.

Table of Contents


  1. What I Love
  2. DNWs
  3. Stuff I Like
  4. Criminal Minds (US TV)
  5. Knives Out (2019)
  6. Original Work
  7. Scream (Movies)
  8. Spy (2015)
  9. Star Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Mirror Lorca
  10. Star Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Original Lorca
  11. Star Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Pike
  12. Supernatural (TV 2005) - Dean/Cas
  13. Supernatural (TV 2005) - Sam/Ruby

    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!!!
    • southern gothic/midwestern gothic/suburban gothic/urban gothic/regional gothic in general
    • space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
    • cosmic horror
    • body horror
    • monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!!
    • eldritch architecture/houses/houses that want to eat you
    • eldritch nature/nature that wants to eat you
    • eldritch spaceships/planets/etc. (that want to eat you)
    • bodyswap
    • gray morality/shady ethics/etc.
    • forced/close proximity
    • time travel/time loops/time fuckery
    • pining
    • ghosts/hauntings/etc.
    • 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 inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has/gains the power, parishioner has/gains power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc.)
    • manipulation/mindgames (especially mutual manipulation/mindgames)
    • characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
    • age gap
    • platonic soulmates
    • amnesiafic
    • epistolary/social media pastiche
    • future fic
    • casefic
    • ensemble fic
    • found family/families of choice
    • complicated relationships
    • professional/career-related jealousy
    • ritual sex/resurrection rituals
    • public consummation of marriage
    • witchcraft/witches
    • scary/creepy/spooky interpretations of fairytales/mythology/folklore/etc.
    • deals gone wrong (supernatural demon deals/deals with the devil literally or figuratively... not talking like business deals that fall through, although if that was a metaphor for something...)
    • small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

    Criminal Minds (US TV)

    Pairings:
    Elle Greenaway/Spencer Reid
    Penelope Garcia/Aaron Hotchner

    Tags:
    Corruption Arc
    inherent sexiness of womanly rage and knife violence
    proxy-fucking
    Bad Guys Make Them Do It
    Undercover - Catching Feelings While Undercover as a Married Couple
    Undercover - Forced to Have Sex to Keep Cover
    Amnesia - Affected person assumes the other character(s) is their significant other
    Amnesia - A Doesn't Remember Falling Out/Estrangement With B
    Alternate Universe - Heroes are Villains
    Something Made Them Do It - Villains/Teammates/Observers Surprised By Their Enthusiasm
    Codependency - A copes badly with B being missing/injured
    Hurt/Comfort - sick/hurt character still has to get their job done
    A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
    Displays of Love/Affection That'd Probably Weird Out Anyone But Their Intended Recipient
    Outsider POV - main characters way too relaxed about weird or dangerous canon-typical events
    official unofficial parents of the found family are falling in love
    Found Family on a Spaceship
    Age Difference
    Identity Porn - Mistaken for a Hooker and Goes With It
    Identity Porn - Masked Ball As An Excuse for Inadvisable Sex

    Prompts/ideas:
    Elle/Spencer

    I love the idea that Elle becomes someone the BAU has to hunt, and how that affects Spencer and perhaps pushes him toward her in a way OR Elle becoming a ghost who continues to haunt the BAU or, specifically, Spencer.

    Penelope/Hotch
    I enjoy a good "Hotch was always an UNSUB" or "Hotch becomes an UNSUB after leaving the BAU" AU, but I also like undercover as a couple/married and the various ways that trope can go wrong. Maybe Hotch is wanted by the FBI and, desperate to clear his name, abducts Garcia to help in that.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: I don't really care for mentions of past relationships, particularly those involving the pairs I've picked, but inclusion of other background/side relationships are fine. I'm also not interested in anything that focuses heavily on Garcia's body/body image.

    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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    Knives Out (2019)

    Pairings:

    Tags:
    Amnesia - Villain takes Advantage of Hero's lack of Memory
    Monster on a leash - villain only takes orders from one unexpected person
    Enemies to Lovers - Amnesiac Villain Brings Severely Hurt Hero Home to Take Care of Them
    Enemies to Lovers - Amnesiac Hero Brings Severely Hurt Villain Home to Take Care of Them
    Villain obsessed with Hero b/c they think hero is the only one who understands them
    Villain manipulating events to make hero think no one loves them/believes in them
    Mind Games as Show of Affection
    Amnesia - Affected person assumes the other character(s) is their significant other
    Time Loop - Two characters stuck in a time loop slowly realizing they're not the only one
    Time Loop - Character A dies and needs to be rescued in each time loop by Character B
    Time Loop - character stuck in it realizes that their enemy is looping too
    Enemies to Lovers - Hero is morally corrupted by Villain
    Enemies Forced To Work Together
    Enemies to Lovers - attempt at manipulation leads to feelings
    Mutual psychosexual obsession
    Character A holds Character B Captive
    inherent sexiness of womanly rage and knife violence
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Murder Attempts Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Flirting
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Flirting Is So Bad It's Repeatedly Mistaken For Attempted Murder
    Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats

    Prompts/ideas:
    I enjoyed Glass Onion and found myself intrigued by the Miles/Andi/Helen situation. A lot of Miles' motivation and behavior with Andi (and, in turn, Helen) seems motivated by personal issues rather than purely business related (I definitely felt the Zuck vibes in their interactions, as a once-close partnership/friendship(/or more) gone sour). Andi/Helen are paralleled with the Mona Lisa, which I found interesting, especially given Miles "borrows" it and displays it in his mansion, and his recklessness leads to the destruction of the painting (paralleling his killing of Andi and his attempted killing of Helen, only for Helen to succeed in ruining him). Anyway I found that dynamic intriguing! I'd love a further exploration of it either through post-canon, missing scene, or AU fic.

    Does Miles go to prison? What if Helen visits him. Or maybe, if Miles doesn't go to prison, Helen and Miles accidentally run into each other years later. What happens then? Love the idea of them becoming mutually obsessed with each other.

    If you're writing Andi/Miles, maybe something set pre-canon showing how they became friends (and more?) and the dissolution of their relationship. It seems like Miles did care for Andi in a way, and that gets sublimated through his "borrowing" of the painting and the parallels.

    Also I found it amusing that, over the course of the movie, Miles got more and more broken down and ragged while Helen remained beautiful and vibrant (and Andi remains eternally youthful/preserved through her death). Dorian Gray comparisons anyone?

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: I'm fine with ambiguous/unhappy/happy for now endings. I don't mind if either of these pairs don't end up together in a HEA way. I'm also perfectly fine if Miles ends up miserable!

    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:
    FM: Youth pastor leading nationwide abstinence campaign/Adorable teen spokesgirl
    FM: male bodyguard/heiress
    FM: Lesbian with Cashflow Problems/Man with an Indecent Proposal
    FM: Virgin High School Teacher (F)/Bad Boy Student (M)
    FM: Shy Tomboy (F)/Best Friend's Older Brother (M)
    FM: Shy Tomboy (F)/Best Friend's Father (M)
    FM: Piano Prodigy (F)/Demanding Piano Teacher (M)
    FM: Naive Babysitter (F)/Father of the Kid(s) She's Babysitting (M)
    FM: Instagram Influencer (F)/Obsessed Stalker (M)
    FM: Final Girl (F)/Serial Killer (M)
    FM: Eager to Please Young Ingenue (F)/Notoriously Difficult Older Male Costar (M)
    FM: Aging Actress Clinging to Her Fading Youth (F)/Much Younger Rising Male Star (M)
    FM: Clever Gold-Digger in Arranged Marriage (F)/Apparently Dumb Husband With Dark Secret
    FM: Home Invader (M)/Housewife (F)
    FM: Man Willing To Do Anything For A Raise/His Boss

    Tags:
    Forced Orgasm
    Dub/Noncon - A does not consent to sex but B fucks them so good they end up screaming for it
    Emotional Manipulation
    Gaslighting
    Lima Syndrome
    Dubcon/noncon - Abuse of Authority
    Bad End - mindbreak
    Lack of communication leads to unintentional noncon
    Noncon Touching and Threat of Rape During Captivity
    Accidental marriage due to misunderstanding ritual combat against potential spouse
    Action Couple - perfect teamwork; unison attacks; combining abilities for greater effect
    person thought to be gentle/less dangerous than their peers is actually terrifying when in action
    Dubcon - character accidentally consenting to more than they can handle but unwilling to stop
    Captive character will be freed if rescuer makes them orgasm
    Claiming friend or loved one to protect them from unwanted mating/slavery/other bad end
    Latching magical enslavement onto ally as last resort to prevent enemy having control
    Undercover as Master and Slave
    Corruption Arc
    evil angry woman loves exactly one (1) person and will develop Morals for their sake
    Bad Guys Make Them Do It

    Prompts/ideas:
    If you couldn't tell from the pairings, I like complicated relationships with potentially problematic dynamics (and/or subversions/inversions of that).

    I tend to consider the pairings/groups and tags as prompts in and of themselves, but I will provide some ideas in my letter and can provide specific prompts/ideas through the mods if needed!

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: No teens under 16 in NSFW situations, please.

    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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    Scream (Movies)

    Pairings:
    Roman Bridger/Sidney Prescott

    Tags:
    Incest - Younger sibling convinces guilty older sibling to fuck them
    Sibling incest - one characters knows and the other doesn't
    Older Sibling Is A Yandere For Younger Sibling
    Dubious Consent Due To Identity Issues
    Dark Twisted Codependency - A & B will do anything for each other; nothing comes between them
    Incest - parent is aware of their kids' incestuous relationship but in deep denial
    Character Survives Canon Death
    Ghosts - A is a ghost only B can see and interact with
    Canonically dead character comes back as annoying ghost
    Character A thinks they're about to die and voices their feelings for B; but oops A survives
    Trapped in a life or death situation with a person who hates your guts
    Trapped together - snowed in and forced to huddle for warmth or freeze
    Stranded at Roadside Motel
    Enthusiastic cunnilingus that leaves the giver's face wet
    kneeling for cunnilingus and then needing to support her legs as they buckle
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Flirting Is So Bad It's Repeatedly Mistaken For Attempted Murder
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Murder Attempts Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Flirting
    Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
    Clothed Top/Naked Bottom
    Forced Orgasm

    Prompts/ideas:
    I'd love fic where Roman haunts Sid after Scream 3 or never died, and he seeks her out or she seeks him out. Some topes I like include forced proximity, relationship of convenience, road trips, one stalking the other (or both stalking each other), unhealthy sibling dynamics, obsessive sibling relationship, kidnapping/captivity, canon shift/what-if AUs, and more. What if Roman wasn't rejected by Maureen? What if Sid and Roman grew up together, and their relationship was just as messed up? What if Roman's presence in Sid's life influenced her in unforeseen ways? I also love the franchise's metahumor, so playing on that is a plus.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: I don't mind if you handwave the Scream 3 plot twist where Roman orchestrated the murders in the original Scream. Also, no teens under 16 in NSFW situations, please.

    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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    Spy (2015)

    Pairings:
    Susan Cooper/Rick Ford

    Tags:
    Amnesia - Both Amnesiac While Undercover as Married They Forgot They Are Not Together
    Undercover - Catching Feelings While Undercover as a Married Couple
    Undercover - Forced to Have Sex to Keep Cover
    Canonically foolish/clumsy character is actually terrifyingly competent
    Spymaster using their resources to spy on the object of their affections
    Displays of Love/Affection That'd Probably Weird Out Anyone But Their Intended Recipient
    Action Couple - perfect teamwork; unison attacks; combining abilities for greater effect
    Amnesia - Affected person assumes the other character(s) is their significant other
    Amnesia - character reverts to a dramatically different previous version of themselves
    Different First Meeting - one night stand before their first canon meeting
    Loyalty kink: "my/your sword/gun/right hand"
    Pining - From Fuckbuddy to Fuckfiance
    Pining - Mutual pining that both characters figure out is requited but that's terrifying
    Pining while fuckingSelf-sacrificial badass forced to value own happiness
    Character A being a badass and other characters reacting to it/being in awe
    Tough guy with a secret soft side
    Fake Marriage - To Evoke Spousal Immunity In Court
    Accidental marriage due to misunderstanding ritual combat against potential spouse
    accidental teenager acquisition

    Prompts/ideas:
    I loved this movie, and especially loved Susan and how she seems to grow into her role and her confidence. Anything set post-canon and/or tropey (pining, miscommunication, misplaced jealousy, undercover as a couple, etc.) for Cooper/Ford would be great. I'm all for the romcom tropes with this pair!

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: Implied/background OT3/OT4 (any combo of Cooper, Ford, Fine, Aldo, Rayna, Sergio, Nancy, etc.) is more than okay.

    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 Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Mirror Lorca

    Pairings:
    Burnham/Mirror Lorca

    Tags:
    Character Survives Canon Death
    Resurrection - Leads to Accidental Soulbond between Resurectee and Resurector
    Time Loop - A keeps failing to save B in each loop
    Time Loop - character stuck in it realizes that their enemy is looping too
    Enemies to Lovers – Hero Saves Villain's Life
    Enemies to Lovers – Villain Saves Hero’s Life
    Enemies to Lovers - Hero is morally corrupted by Villain
    Corruption Arc
    Dangerous morally grey person utterly loyal to loved one(s)
    Morally good character outlasts tormentor trying to corrupt them
    Complicated relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and resentment
    Lima Syndrome
    A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
    Forced Marriage - War Prize But They End Up Falling in Love
    Time travel - character travels back to own past with enemy and now they have to work together
    Hurt/Comfort - A nurses injured B back to health after B got tortured or raped to spare A the same
    Canon is the evil mirrorverse dimension; visiting "good" versions struggle to cope
    A must claim B as partner/servant/slave in order to save them; leads to relationship
    Latching magical enslavement onto ally as last resort to prevent enemy having control
    TFW your enemy's ghost turns up wanting help but death hasn't made him any less of an asshole

    Prompt/ideas:
    What if Mirror Lorca survived somehow, or is resurrected on Discovery? Especially curious to see what would happen if either Original Lorca or Mirror Lorca ended up on Discovery during Pike's tenure?

    They have some Hades/Persephone vibes going on that I subconsciously latched onto while watching the show (and adore) so leaning into the gothic romance tropes with these two is always appreciated. Maybe she does actually intend to stay with him instead of trying to trick him. How does that go for her? How does that go for Mirror Lorca? Does staying with him change Michael (for better or worse), or does it change Mirror Lorca?

    I also got the strong sense that Mirror Georgiou was manipulating Michael to get her onto her side/turn her against Mirror Lorca... So that's my baseline for Michael/Mirror Lorca. What if Michael eventually finds out Georgiou lied to her about Lorca/his relationship with Mirror Michael? Does that change things?

    With Burnham and Mirror Lorca, specifically, I don't want a redemption story where he learns how to be a good person and/or how to better himself. I would actually love to see a story where perhaps he works some of Michael's/the Federation's sunnier, kinder, more optimistic worldview into his own while remaining true to "himself." I'd love to see him struggle with having his worldview changed the more he's around prime Michael, and how he copes with that. (Or doesn't.)

    (Nuanced/complicated takes on Mirrorverse are like catnip to me also, fwiw.)

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: Not into anything that implies Mirror Lorca abused Mirror Michael as a child.

    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 Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Original Lorca

    Pairings:
    Burnham/Original Lorca

    Tags:
    The Process of Healing From Past Trauma
    Characters Have Trouble Sleeping Apart After Shared Traumatic Captivity
    Recovering from Shared Trauma that Bonded Characters Codependently and Permanently Changed Them
    Redemption - Trying to make amends for past mistakes
    Different First Meeting - one night stand before their first canon meeting
    Age Difference - Younger character in position of power over the older one
    Powerful character worries that less powerful lover can't fully consent
    A must claim B as partner/servant/slave in order to save them; leads to relationship
    Meeting a non-evil version of someone who has hurt you & having to deal with that
    Canon is the evil mirrorverse dimension; visiting "good" versions struggle to cope
    Dimensional Travel - Having To Impersonate Alternate Evil Version of Self
    Undercover - Forced to Have Sex to Keep Cover
    Undercover - Catching Feelings While Undercover as a Married Couple
    Complicated relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and resentment
    Action Couple - perfect teamwork; unison attacks; combining abilities for greater effect
    Competence Kink - Character A Annoyed By How Hot They Find Character B’s Competence
    Stranded Together & Have To Rely On Each Other To Survive
    Amnesia - Affected person assumes the other character(s) is their significant other
    Hurt/Comfort - Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting
    Hurt/Comfort - Character with injured hands requires assistance (which turns sexual)

    Prompts/ideas:
    What if Original Flavor Lorca finds his way back to the Discovery (either in an AU where Discovery didn't jump 900 years into the future, or Lorca himself ends up in the future). How do the crew members (especially Burnham) deal with his presence, especially if he's similar in temperament to Mirror Lorca?

    Seasons 1 and 2 are my personal favorites from Discovery so all my prompts will focus on that era of the show. (Also it's safe to assume I prefer to pretend Mirror Lorca didn't die or comes back/is resurrected in some way.)

    So, I'm going through a Disco resurgence and I'm freshly obsessed with any and all combination of Michael Burnham and Gabriel Lorca. Prime Lorca, Mirror Lorca, some other type of AU Lorca, whatever, throw him in with a Michael Burnham and I'll be satisfied.

    I'm especially interested in a post-s1 AU where Prime Lorca finds his way onboard Discovery (Pike optional, but it would be kind of fun to see a prickly, traumatized, guilt-ridden Prime Lorca, freshly saved from the hellish mirror universe, having to interact with Chris "the jewel of Starfleet" Pike who had to sit out the war). How is Prime Lorca received on Discovery? Is Michael reluctant to trust him or does she power through her discomfort/grief/etc. because it's "illogical" to blame Prime Lorca for Mirror Lorca's actions? Does Prime Lorca feel displaced back in the prime universe? etc etc etc, so on and so forth. I really just want to see how these two grieving, emotionally wounded people might be able to come together despite the havoc Lorca's mirror self wreaked on Discovery and Michael in particular.

    I also like the idea of Prime Lorca being rescued or turning up on Discovery, either in the future or an AU where Disco didn't jump 900+ years in the future. Are things awkward? Do he and Michael bond or do they initially dislike/distrust each other? How different is Prime Lorca from Mirror Lorca, if he's different at all...? It seems like one of the reasons Mirror Lorca was able to fool so many people who knew his prime counterpart is that they might not have been that different in temperament; if prime Lorca makes his way to the Discovery and the crew discover he's not that different, personality-wise, how would having him on board affect them given that this is supposedly the "good" one?

    I could also see Lorca being put off by the age gap but still wanting Michael... and being stubbornly unwilling to pursue her due to propriety (while she grows increasingly frustrated at his inability to make a move). Does Michael have expectations of Prime Lorca based on the Mirror version that he shatters or lives up to?

    I'm also interested in the idea that Original Lorca has to continue to pretend to be Mirror Lorca for some reason, or has to go undercover as him or as another alternate universe Lorca and how that affects his reception on the Discovery.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    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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    Star Trek: Discovery - Burnham/Pike

    Pairings:
    Burnham/Pike

    Tags:
    Age Gap - Older character knows they're soulmates but doesn't tell the younger leading to angst
    Age Difference
    Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently
    Different First Meeting - one night stand before their first canon meeting
    Accidental marriage due to misunderstanding ritual combat against potential spouse
    Woke Up in Bed Together and Married
    Character A who was tortured risks captivity again to rescue Character(s) B
    Character A comes to B's rescue then passes out due to sustained injuries/exhaustion once B is safe
    Time Loop - The inherent tragedy of being doomed to perpetuate the cycle
    Time Loop - Two characters stuck in a time loop slowly realizing they're not the only one
    Time Loop - A is trying to save the life of B; the one they're secretly in love with and pining for
    Time Travel Fix-It
    Fix-it - Last-minute rescue for character who died in canon before they die
    Mutual Pining
    Pining - Mutual pining that both characters figure out is requited but that's terrifying
    Stranded Together & Have To Rely On Each Other To Survive
    Time Travel - Mercy Killing Your Original Timeline & Creating A Better New One
    bridal carry
    Pining - Mutual admiration

    Prompts/ideas:
    I'll take anything with Pike/Burnham focusing on their mutual respect and admiration for each other, perhaps another rescue, or they get stranded together and have to rely on each other for survival. I'd love canon compliant/canon adjacent codas/missing scene fics for New Eden and The Red Angel. I'm also into time loops/time travel fix-its (or time travel make-it-worse's), pining/mutual pining, and ambiguous or even sad endings given what happens to Pike in canon. I'm also into the idea of Pike ending up with Disco in the future.

    I really enjoyed Michael and Captain Pike, and how respectful and appreciative they were of each other. They just seemed to click together, not even from a romantic perspective, and it's fun to imagine what could have happened if canon had gotten nudged a little to the left. (If you want you can set it as a deleted/missing scene from the show; if you do that I'd be interested, especially, in something set after New Eden and/or The Red Angel, and the characters dealing with the fallout from the events in either of those eps.)

    Or... Maybe Michael finds a way to save Pike without breaking canon, or she DOES break canon and they have to deal with the ramifications...

    Something with a focus on their mutual admiration for one another/each other's different skills and attributes would also be great.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    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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    Supernatural (TV 2005) - Dean/Cas

    Pairings:
    Dean/Cas

    Tags:
    SPN: Jack Kline Is Killed By God At The End Of Season 15
    SPN: Dean Winchester Goes To Hell Instead of Heaven In Season 15
    Mutual psychosexual obsession
    Character A has been obsessively stalking Character B all their life
    Obsessive Possessive and Codependent
    A's Love Language Is Killing B's Enemies And Dropping Them At B's Feet Like A Cat Gifting Dead Mice
    Emotional Manipulation
    good old fashioned manipulation and betrayal
    Character uses mind control to put sexual thoughts into another character's mind
    Noncon - mind controlled character forced to commit rape
    Mind controlled character can still experience everything that is happening to them
    Dark Twisted Codependency - A & B will do anything for each other; nothing comes between them
    We're Soulmates; who cares about a little bit of murder or betrayal?
    Character's Attempts To Flirt Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Murder Attempts
    Body Horror - detailed description of transformation or its aftermath
    Physical transformation into a monstrous and lovely being
    Corruption Arc
    Magic As A Gradually Corruptive Force
    Loyalty kink: "my/your sword/gun/right hand"
    Your love is weird! And toxic! And it destroys everything it touches!

    Prompts/ideas:
    I'm really into s6/Godstiel-era Destiel, so give me all the gothic romance/romantic horror (doesn't necessarily have to be set in that time period, I'm just really into the vibes)! I love canon-compliant/canon-adjacent fic, case fic, what if scenarios, (corrupted love/love that corrupts/etc., and all manner of gothic romance/romantic horror). I love the idea of one or both being obsessed with the other and how that complicates things for them and those in their orbit. I also like when they're on the outs with each other and/or their relationship is deteriorating and how that affects the cases they're working/how the cases they're working reflect the dysfunction in their relationship.

    I'm also a big fan of 10x22 The Prisoner. What if Dean actually went through with killing Cas? How does he deal with the guilt and grief? And what if he was completely unaware Cas was resurrected...?

    Take things as dark as you want.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: I'm fine with background Sam/Eileen, Sam/Ruby and Sam/Rowena; I'm also a fan of past Dean/Benny, Dean/Lisa, Dean/Jo, Dean/Ellen, Dean/Cassie, Dean/Crowley, and Dean/Lee, and past Cas/Meg, Cas/Hannah, Cas/Daphne, and Cas/Jo. I'm not into explicit, unambiguous Wincest but I'm perfectly fine with uncomfortable implications re. Sam and Dean's codependency.

    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) - Sam/Ruby

    Pairings:
    Sam/Ruby

    Tags:
    We're Soulmates; who cares about a little bit of murder or betrayal?
    Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Murder Attempts Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Flirting
    Enemies to Lovers - Character's Flirting Is So Bad It's Repeatedly Mistaken For Attempted Murder
    Mutual psychosexual obsession
    Enemies to Lovers - Obsessive Mutual Stalking
    Villain obsessed with Hero b/c they think hero is the only one who understands them
    Enemies to Lovers - Amnesiac Hero Brings Severely Hurt Villain Home to Take Care of Them
    villain is the only one to see the true state of the hero's mental health
    Villain manipulating events to make hero think no one loves them/believes in them
    Enemies to Lovers – Hero Saves Villain's Life
    Villain Convinces Hero to Join Them
    Canonically Dead Female Character is Miraculously Alive
    Ritual Marriage to Resurrect the Dead
    Sex Ritual to Resurrect the Dead
    A's Love Language Is Killing B's Enemies And Dropping Them At B's Feet Like A Cat Gifting Dead Mice
    Canonically dead character comes back as annoying ghost
    Marriage of Convenience - Claiming Enemy as Spoils of War to Protect Them
    Forced Marriage - War Prize But They End Up Falling in Love
    Meeting a non-evil version of someone who has hurt you & having to deal with that

    Prompts/ideas:
    Let Ruby and Sam be as terrible to each other as you want. I really dig the idea of Ruby as Sam's pet sociopath, trying to win his favor either during her canon run, a post-canon world where she was resurrected, or in an AU where she never died. I also like the idea of Ruby (1.0/Katie Cassidy) starting Sam on demon blood in S3, and how/if that changes things.

    Also, what if Ruby possessed the bodies of Sam's loved ones (Bobby? Cas? Jo? Dean?) to fuck with him/break him down and get him on her side? I'm actually super into the idea of Ruby playing mind games with him and manipulating him through Dean's body. (If you go with Dean I'd prefer they don't have sex while she's in Dean's body, but everything else is fair game.)

    I liked both versions of Ruby.

    If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

    Additional notes: I'd prefer we ignore the canonical character death but I won't say no to a resurrection story either.

    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.