Dear Marathoner (Fandom 5K Letter)
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kemyss Last year I had a blast doing this exchange, and I want to do it again!
And now, the fandoms. Warning: I will try to be vague about spoilers, but there are some, so if any of these fandoms interest you and you haven't played or caught up, you've been warned.
Cinderella Phenomenon (Visual Novel)
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Humor, Slice of Life, Smut
This fandom again. It's a bit of a fandom of one, I know. I mentioned it on the fandom gush post. It's a 25 hour game, free, and has some amazing worldbuilding and character development. Currently there's a sequel in production, and if it comes out during the writing period, you're free to use elements from it or ignore it as you wish
My one big DNW here is I do not want Lucette/Varg. I can handle any of the five routes as background in the request, but I'm not that fond of the relationship Varg has with Lucette. For the Lucette/Fritz request, I want it to happen during/after the Fritz route.
Fritzgerald Aiden Leverton
I love amazingly well-written knights in shining armor, and Fritz is no exception to that. He's probably a big reason for why I hold when it's done well, it's amazing. He has an amazing backstory, and if you've read the Developers' tumblr, you get some amazing fleshed out stories about him. Basically, I suppose the best I can say is I want stories where he's happy. He can work for it, and go through hell, but it needs to end happily. If this is set during/after one of the routes, I admit I have a weakness for Fritz also being paired with Jurien and Garlan as a threesome, but that's definitely ODAO.
Fritzgerald Aiden Leverton/Lucette Riella Britton
Honestly, my favorite of the pairings, and not just because I'm weak for Fritz. This story has them go through hell, and there are amazing touching moments. I'd love missing scenes from the week Lucette was his guest, with him showing her the town. Also, just them dealing with everything that happened in that route. Lucette needs to deal with losing several people, and honestly, Fritz doesn't get out unscathed either. There's also the fact that they have to deal with the fact that basically all magic died as well. How do they cope with all that in the end?
Final Fantasy XIV
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-it Fic, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Smut
This is my new big thing. I've been playing since December and only recently finally caught up in plot to 2.4. There's a lot I haven't done yet story-wise, such as the coils, or the Dragoon or Dark Knight quests, but those are high on my list.
That said, if you look at what I've requested, my big fandom-specific DNW is, of course, mentions of Haurchefant's death. It's only been a month since I saw that moment with my character Aileen Kemyss, and damn if it doesn't still sting. (If you're on Phoenix and catch me, I will always have the Wind-up Haurchefant Minion out.) While it's fine in the non-Haurchefant requests to set things after the death, I'd rather it just not be mentioned if they're set after the Vault (Probably not a problem for one of other requests, since they don't interact with him).
Aymeric de Borel/Estinien Wyrmblood
I can't say just why, but their relationship just gets me. During the Dragonsong War ending, I thought Estinien was going to be giving those flowers to Aymeric (Alas, if you've done "The Burdens We Bear," you know it was not for him). After I read about their history together, it only made me ship them harder.
I'd love stories from their past fighting together, falling in love, huddling together for warmth as they deal with Coerthas suddenly turning to a tundra hellscape post-Calamity, Aymeric dealing with whatever Estinien's deal was in the Dragoon Questline (Trust me, I'm gonna be handling that soon, so it hopefully won't be spoilers by the time reveals happen).
Guydelot/Sanson
The Those Two Guys of the Bard Questline from 60 on up. I love them. And I will fight anyone who disagrees with me on the fact that they're married by the Level 68 quest. Guydelot is fucking adorable in all his anger with Sanson's kidnapped. That said, it's definitely a recent development, since they really hated each other during the Heavensward quests, so stories about them during the break between the two expansions to the game would be very welcome, especially if it's about them getting together and coming to terms with everything.
Haurchefant/Warrior of Light
Welp, here it is, the big reason I have "AU - Canon Divergence" and "Fix-it Fic" as Genres here. I didn't think much of Haurchefant when I first got there. I mean, I was relieved that after the Observatorium, I had an Ishgardian who wasn't hostile to me, but I didn't think much, especially since I was trying to get through the requests as fast as possible. I'm actually replaying the game on an alt right now, enjoying the cutscenes and general flavor text.
While you don't have to use my character Aileen (Or A'lin if you want to give her a proper Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te lore name), I'd generally prefer a female Warrior of Light. I also tend to go for the snarkier answers, though never straight up evil (Well, other than wanting to serve Ser Zephirin's heart on a platter, but let's face it, we all do). I did use the honorable answers when I started the Ananta quest, though.
That said, you've seen me dropping the big spoiler, and so of course, I want a "Haurchefant lives" AU. That said, I do not need him to come out of being hit by an attack from Ser Zephirin unscathed and able to fight, but letting him get hurt badly enough to be taken out of the fight for the rest of Heavensward, and probably even the Dragonsong War is acceptable and very welcome as it can still spur the Warrior into wanting justice for him.
Some specific ideas I have are the Warrior of Light taking Haurchefant around Othard post-Stormblood, with them just being a cute couple (And maybe a few jokes about the Warrior during the Nadaam), or some general pre-Vault fluff set during the Seventh Astral Era questline. General flirtiness between them from meeting developing into something good, or just a one-night stand at some point because "You're hot, I'm hot, and I want to mess up the war table in this room"
Just... TL;DR Let him live, or at least do happy stuff from before he dies.
Original Work
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Smut
General Likes:
Loyalty (As both a kink and just in general)
Friends-to-Lovers
Enemies-to-Friends-to-Lovers
Character Development
Weird magic and/or technological devices
Endings that are at least hopeful
Gorgeous descriptions of clothes
Smutty Likes:
Light BDSM
Oral
Handjobs
Loyalty kink
Detailed descriptions of clothes coming off
Thigh-high tights/boots
Neck-biting
Back scratching
Massages
General descriptions of touch and smell
DNWs:
Infidelity
Suicidal Ideation
Major Character Death or references to it
Identity Headcanons, or overfocus on Identity in the story (for Original Works)
Active Shooter Situations
Character Bashing
Misogyny
Homophobia
Mundane AUs, or generally any unrequested slice of life fic
Slavery
Smutty DNWs:
Xeno
Noncon or Dubcon
A/B/O
First Person (But only in smut)
Incest
Spanking
Humiliation
Watersports
Minors in sexual situations (For characters who are underage in canon, I'd prefer if you age them up, whether explicitly or implicitly)
And now, the fandoms. Warning: I will try to be vague about spoilers, but there are some, so if any of these fandoms interest you and you haven't played or caught up, you've been warned.
Cinderella Phenomenon (Visual Novel)
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Humor, Slice of Life, Smut
This fandom again. It's a bit of a fandom of one, I know. I mentioned it on the fandom gush post. It's a 25 hour game, free, and has some amazing worldbuilding and character development. Currently there's a sequel in production, and if it comes out during the writing period, you're free to use elements from it or ignore it as you wish
My one big DNW here is I do not want Lucette/Varg. I can handle any of the five routes as background in the request, but I'm not that fond of the relationship Varg has with Lucette. For the Lucette/Fritz request, I want it to happen during/after the Fritz route.
Fritzgerald Aiden Leverton
I love amazingly well-written knights in shining armor, and Fritz is no exception to that. He's probably a big reason for why I hold when it's done well, it's amazing. He has an amazing backstory, and if you've read the Developers' tumblr, you get some amazing fleshed out stories about him. Basically, I suppose the best I can say is I want stories where he's happy. He can work for it, and go through hell, but it needs to end happily. If this is set during/after one of the routes, I admit I have a weakness for Fritz also being paired with Jurien and Garlan as a threesome, but that's definitely ODAO.
Fritzgerald Aiden Leverton/Lucette Riella Britton
Honestly, my favorite of the pairings, and not just because I'm weak for Fritz. This story has them go through hell, and there are amazing touching moments. I'd love missing scenes from the week Lucette was his guest, with him showing her the town. Also, just them dealing with everything that happened in that route. Lucette needs to deal with losing several people, and honestly, Fritz doesn't get out unscathed either. There's also the fact that they have to deal with the fact that basically all magic died as well. How do they cope with all that in the end?
Final Fantasy XIV
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU - Canon Divergence, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-it Fic, Fluff, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Smut
This is my new big thing. I've been playing since December and only recently finally caught up in plot to 2.4. There's a lot I haven't done yet story-wise, such as the coils, or the Dragoon or Dark Knight quests, but those are high on my list.
That said, if you look at what I've requested, my big fandom-specific DNW is, of course, mentions of Haurchefant's death. It's only been a month since I saw that moment with my character Aileen Kemyss, and damn if it doesn't still sting. (If you're on Phoenix and catch me, I will always have the Wind-up Haurchefant Minion out.) While it's fine in the non-Haurchefant requests to set things after the death, I'd rather it just not be mentioned if they're set after the Vault (Probably not a problem for one of other requests, since they don't interact with him).
Aymeric de Borel/Estinien Wyrmblood
I can't say just why, but their relationship just gets me. During the Dragonsong War ending, I thought Estinien was going to be giving those flowers to Aymeric (Alas, if you've done "The Burdens We Bear," you know it was not for him). After I read about their history together, it only made me ship them harder.
I'd love stories from their past fighting together, falling in love, huddling together for warmth as they deal with Coerthas suddenly turning to a tundra hellscape post-Calamity, Aymeric dealing with whatever Estinien's deal was in the Dragoon Questline (Trust me, I'm gonna be handling that soon, so it hopefully won't be spoilers by the time reveals happen).
Guydelot/Sanson
The Those Two Guys of the Bard Questline from 60 on up. I love them. And I will fight anyone who disagrees with me on the fact that they're married by the Level 68 quest. Guydelot is fucking adorable in all his anger with Sanson's kidnapped. That said, it's definitely a recent development, since they really hated each other during the Heavensward quests, so stories about them during the break between the two expansions to the game would be very welcome, especially if it's about them getting together and coming to terms with everything.
Haurchefant/Warrior of Light
Welp, here it is, the big reason I have "AU - Canon Divergence" and "Fix-it Fic" as Genres here. I didn't think much of Haurchefant when I first got there. I mean, I was relieved that after the Observatorium, I had an Ishgardian who wasn't hostile to me, but I didn't think much, especially since I was trying to get through the requests as fast as possible. I'm actually replaying the game on an alt right now, enjoying the cutscenes and general flavor text.
While you don't have to use my character Aileen (Or A'lin if you want to give her a proper Seeker of the Sun Miqo'te lore name), I'd generally prefer a female Warrior of Light. I also tend to go for the snarkier answers, though never straight up evil (Well, other than wanting to serve Ser Zephirin's heart on a platter, but let's face it, we all do). I did use the honorable answers when I started the Ananta quest, though.
That said, you've seen me dropping the big spoiler, and so of course, I want a "Haurchefant lives" AU. That said, I do not need him to come out of being hit by an attack from Ser Zephirin unscathed and able to fight, but letting him get hurt badly enough to be taken out of the fight for the rest of Heavensward, and probably even the Dragonsong War is acceptable and very welcome as it can still spur the Warrior into wanting justice for him.
Some specific ideas I have are the Warrior of Light taking Haurchefant around Othard post-Stormblood, with them just being a cute couple (And maybe a few jokes about the Warrior during the Nadaam), or some general pre-Vault fluff set during the Seventh Astral Era questline. General flirtiness between them from meeting developing into something good, or just a one-night stand at some point because "You're hot, I'm hot, and I want to mess up the war table in this room"
Just... TL;DR Let him live, or at least do happy stuff from before he dies.
Original Work
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Smut
I love how much Original Work has taken off over the past year in exchanges. While I don't expect it in Yuletide ever, it's always a fun alternative, so I always love to offer it. For those without genders attached, I'd prefer F/F, but I enjoy any kind of pairing.
Confused Gardener/Earth Goddess Who Is Flirting By Making Her Garden Grow Like Crazy
This just sounds fun. I'm guessing this would fall more on the Getting Together/Humor/Fluff/Smut spectrum of my genres, since I imagine it could be hilariously slice-of-life. Maybe the Goddess is next door and undercover, or maybe the goddess doesn't let herself be seen/known, so there's even more confusion and there's no-one to blame.
Court Mage/Royal Bodyguard
I know I've requested this in the past, especially as a kind of enemies-to-friends-to-lovers plot. I just can't imagine that they'd get along quite well ahead of time, even if they put up a front of it for their ruler. The Mage tries to one-up the bodyguard by making their job unneeded, while the bodyguard does their best to make things hard for the mage.
Female Archer/Female Charge She's Protecting
Yep, this one again, and I'm just going to repeat what I said in Chocolate box. I don’t care if it’s a normal bodyguard crush, or the archer is annoyed by their charge and there’s this enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. Either way, delicious loyalty kink would be nice in the end. Alternately, I'd also adore some rescue romance going on.
Persona 5
Genres: Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon-Style Plot, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Smut
I love this game. Seriously. It's one of my favorites out there, and I wish I had more to add, other than I'm fine with you using Amamiya Ren instead of Kurusu Akira. Either name is fine, but I'd prefer one of those two for the protagonist.
Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira
I won't necessarily say "Let Akechi Live" but damn if these two aren't delicious foils to each other, and can lead to mind games and Akira can force Akechi to become "Better" or Akechi can make Akira "Worse." They both have strong senses of justice, even if their definitions aren't the same, and probably are two very distinct circles if you made a Venn Diagram.
I'd love for there to be time between them, building that rivalry and enmity, but also building lust. While I'd love for Akechi to change sides at the end, and hopefully life, he doesn't have to. This can just be a game to one of them, with no real intimacy. Just thinking that "Maybe if I seduce him I can figure things out better" idea from one of them.
Kitagawa Yusuke/Kurusu Akira
Okay, seriously, why is Yusuke not a romance option? I mean, the game's already M, and all the implied sex is fade-to-black anyway. As someone who loves to draw and paint, I love Yusuke. I love his lines, and I love the aesthetic of his thief outfit. His social link is adorable and I can easily read interest into it. Whether you find a way to turn social links 9 and 10 into something romantic, or just assume that it happened and write Hawai'i, Christmas, or Valentine's dates for him, I don't care. I just want these two together, being dorks posing like Sentai Jesus, having dates, and generally dealing with life together.
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Genres: Action/Adventure, AU - Genre Shift, Canon-style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Interpersonal Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Season 5 is out and... wow. Just wow. So much to process going on here. I'm still into this story liekwoah, and damn if I didn't love the sibling bond between Pidge and Matt restored, along with all the stuff saving their dad. I don't really have any fandom-specific DNWs for VLD, so let's get on with the prompts
Allura/Lotor
I'm just going to say it. I do not believe he's a true friend. That said, I think he can be, and if not, well, he's just an awesome character and I seriously just want these two to hatekiss and hatefuck already. Either that or get over it and just kiss and fuck normally. I also love how when Allura starts to piece together Haggar's past in the latest episode, Lotor's just "No. Absolutely not." That is just amazing character, okay? Maybe have him dealing with some revelation where he learns who she really is.
Allura/Pidge
Hello, I am MementoMoe and you can pry this ship from my cold dead hands. Honestly... this is... pretty much anything. Having them get together, just assuming they got together at some point, having them go on space adventures undercover as a couple (and realizing that they'd be a great one), Space Pirate Allura AU, Captured alien Allura and Scientist who rescues her from being vivisected Pidge... seriously, as long as it's a genre listed above, I think I'd dig it.
Keith & Krolia
Can I drop a bad Homestuck joke and say that I keep forgetting her name and just keep calling her "Keith's hot mom"? Okay, that out of the way, I loved this episode, and it was a great job of showing Keith dealing with all his baggage going on (especially after the previous episode), and I've fallen hard for Krollia. She's had just this one episode and I already love her. I love the fact she knew the weapon was so dangerous, she could safely give over the code in exchange for freedom. I want them dealing with the aftermath, and bad jokes about Keith not getting what Krollia meant aside, I just need him asking her a million questions, some in really angry ways. I bet she was the same way in the past, but had to learn composure because she is, y'know, a spy.
Confused Gardener/Earth Goddess Who Is Flirting By Making Her Garden Grow Like Crazy
This just sounds fun. I'm guessing this would fall more on the Getting Together/Humor/Fluff/Smut spectrum of my genres, since I imagine it could be hilariously slice-of-life. Maybe the Goddess is next door and undercover, or maybe the goddess doesn't let herself be seen/known, so there's even more confusion and there's no-one to blame.
Court Mage/Royal Bodyguard
I know I've requested this in the past, especially as a kind of enemies-to-friends-to-lovers plot. I just can't imagine that they'd get along quite well ahead of time, even if they put up a front of it for their ruler. The Mage tries to one-up the bodyguard by making their job unneeded, while the bodyguard does their best to make things hard for the mage.
Female Archer/Female Charge She's Protecting
Yep, this one again, and I'm just going to repeat what I said in Chocolate box. I don’t care if it’s a normal bodyguard crush, or the archer is annoyed by their charge and there’s this enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. Either way, delicious loyalty kink would be nice in the end. Alternately, I'd also adore some rescue romance going on.
Female Bodyguard/Female Musician
My favorite bodyguard crush and loyalty kink mixed with a bit of gossip. Who made the first move? What drew them to each other, both professionally and lovers? What kind of music does the musician do? Does he have an undeserverd reputation? It's a bit of a mundane set-up, but mixing in the sci-fi/fantasy I love is always welcome (Magic music! Bodyguard has a talking sword!).
Female Pirate Captain/Runaway Princess
I love the use of "Runway" here, because it adds so much flavor. Did the Princess know it was a pirate ship getting on? If so, why? Either way, why did she run away? And what does the Pirate Captain think? Is she charmed? Shocked? A chill snarky ruler? Just... please... I love pirates, okay?
Princess 'Captured' By Dragon/Shapeshifting Dragon She's In Love With
I just want the whole story here. It's clear there never was an issue with the capture and it was 100% consensual, but I want the whole story. How did she come to meet the dragon? What was the dragon shapeshifted as? When did she find out? Just... I want this story.
My favorite bodyguard crush and loyalty kink mixed with a bit of gossip. Who made the first move? What drew them to each other, both professionally and lovers? What kind of music does the musician do? Does he have an undeserverd reputation? It's a bit of a mundane set-up, but mixing in the sci-fi/fantasy I love is always welcome (Magic music! Bodyguard has a talking sword!).
Female Pirate Captain/Runaway Princess
I love the use of "Runway" here, because it adds so much flavor. Did the Princess know it was a pirate ship getting on? If so, why? Either way, why did she run away? And what does the Pirate Captain think? Is she charmed? Shocked? A chill snarky ruler? Just... please... I love pirates, okay?
Princess 'Captured' By Dragon/Shapeshifting Dragon She's In Love With
I just want the whole story here. It's clear there never was an issue with the capture and it was 100% consensual, but I want the whole story. How did she come to meet the dragon? What was the dragon shapeshifted as? When did she find out? Just... I want this story.
Persona 5
Genres: Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence, Canon-Style Plot, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Smut
I love this game. Seriously. It's one of my favorites out there, and I wish I had more to add, other than I'm fine with you using Amamiya Ren instead of Kurusu Akira. Either name is fine, but I'd prefer one of those two for the protagonist.
Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira
I won't necessarily say "Let Akechi Live" but damn if these two aren't delicious foils to each other, and can lead to mind games and Akira can force Akechi to become "Better" or Akechi can make Akira "Worse." They both have strong senses of justice, even if their definitions aren't the same, and probably are two very distinct circles if you made a Venn Diagram.
I'd love for there to be time between them, building that rivalry and enmity, but also building lust. While I'd love for Akechi to change sides at the end, and hopefully life, he doesn't have to. This can just be a game to one of them, with no real intimacy. Just thinking that "Maybe if I seduce him I can figure things out better" idea from one of them.
Kitagawa Yusuke/Kurusu Akira
Okay, seriously, why is Yusuke not a romance option? I mean, the game's already M, and all the implied sex is fade-to-black anyway. As someone who loves to draw and paint, I love Yusuke. I love his lines, and I love the aesthetic of his thief outfit. His social link is adorable and I can easily read interest into it. Whether you find a way to turn social links 9 and 10 into something romantic, or just assume that it happened and write Hawai'i, Christmas, or Valentine's dates for him, I don't care. I just want these two together, being dorks posing like Sentai Jesus, having dates, and generally dealing with life together.
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Genres: Action/Adventure, AU - Genre Shift, Canon-style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Humor, Interpersonal Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Season 5 is out and... wow. Just wow. So much to process going on here. I'm still into this story liekwoah, and damn if I didn't love the sibling bond between Pidge and Matt restored, along with all the stuff saving their dad. I don't really have any fandom-specific DNWs for VLD, so let's get on with the prompts
Allura/Lotor
I'm just going to say it. I do not believe he's a true friend. That said, I think he can be, and if not, well, he's just an awesome character and I seriously just want these two to hatekiss and hatefuck already. Either that or get over it and just kiss and fuck normally. I also love how when Allura starts to piece together Haggar's past in the latest episode, Lotor's just "No. Absolutely not." That is just amazing character, okay? Maybe have him dealing with some revelation where he learns who she really is.
Allura/Pidge
Hello, I am MementoMoe and you can pry this ship from my cold dead hands. Honestly... this is... pretty much anything. Having them get together, just assuming they got together at some point, having them go on space adventures undercover as a couple (and realizing that they'd be a great one), Space Pirate Allura AU, Captured alien Allura and Scientist who rescues her from being vivisected Pidge... seriously, as long as it's a genre listed above, I think I'd dig it.
Keith & Krolia
Can I drop a bad Homestuck joke and say that I keep forgetting her name and just keep calling her "Keith's hot mom"? Okay, that out of the way, I loved this episode, and it was a great job of showing Keith dealing with all his baggage going on (especially after the previous episode), and I've fallen hard for Krollia. She's had just this one episode and I already love her. I love the fact she knew the weapon was so dangerous, she could safely give over the code in exchange for freedom. I want them dealing with the aftermath, and bad jokes about Keith not getting what Krollia meant aside, I just need him asking her a million questions, some in really angry ways. I bet she was the same way in the past, but had to learn composure because she is, y'know, a spy.
