Dear Yuletide Author
You are awesome! Thank you for writing for me! I hope you'll enjoy writing your story as much as I'll enjoy reading it!
I love all of these fandoms and all of these characters and will love fic about any of them, so if you already have an idea, then go for it; I know it will be as rad as you are! If a little detail from me will make things easier/more fun for you, then I'll ramble about fic in general and these particular fandoms/characters below:
Do-Not-Wants:
I'm fortunate not to have any triggers, but I do have a couple of back-button squicks that it would be great if you could avoid: romanticized/eroticized depictions of incest or rape are deal-breakers for me. If canon and/or the direction your story takes you include incest or rape, I'd prefer it not be depicted in great length or graphic detail. I'd prefer no a/b/o or mpreg. I'm comfortable receiving fic of any rating, and if you're moved to porn, I'd prefer no sex that kinks on fear, extreme pain, or risk of death or maiming.
A couple of my fandoms have canon-specific DNWs, which I've listed at the top of the section for the relevant fandom.
Stuff I love in every kind of fic:
Banter. Found families. Second chances and atonement. Missing scenes and tags/codas. Bedsharing (platonic or otherwise). Gallows humor. H/C that's light on the 'hurt' and heavy on the 'comfort' (i.e. focusing more on the recovery than an injury itself; or with a cause of hurt that's not super-dramatic or life-threatening but enough to leave the character(s) feeling vulnerable/protective). Characters playing poker. Women kicking literal and/or metaphorical ass. Hugs, forehead kisses and other little touches and casual gestures of physical affection. Sarcasm used to disguise affection, anxiety, and other gooey emotions, especially where other characters see through that shoddy defense. Characters who own their mistakes (even if they can't seem to quit making them). Double lives/secret identities. Domesticity, especially characters cooking with/for each other. Hopeful, if imperfectly happy, endings (unless you're writing horror, in which case, I'm totally here for more ambiguous or despairing ends). Most of my favorite stories could be distilled down to something like broken people make a home for each other and/or ragtag band of misfits save world, one another.
[Shippy Likes]Shipping News:
I love gen fic a lot, but I'm also open to stories that include m/f, f/f, m/m, and poly relationships. I'd prefer not to receive Character/Reader self-insert fic or fic primarily focused on Canon Character/Original Character romance, but where canon characters are concerned, I generally don't have a lot of SRS BZNS unbreakable ships (so feel free to sell me on any relationship that doesn't rely on abuse of power!). I'll also try to give you an idea of any ships I have strong feelings about in the fandom-specific sections below.
Shippy stuff I love:
UST - both one-sided pining and that dynamic where everyone acknowledges the attraction but has some significant reason for not pursuing anything further right now. Flirting. First times - both sexual and other day-to-day life stuff characters are experiencing for the first time as partners. Partners in established relationships supporting each other through non-relationship drama. Casual sex between characters who have respect and fondness for each other. Friends-to-lovers. Fake relationships turning into real feelings. Self-aware characters making self-destructive choices (i.e. knowing they're fucking up even as they're doing it and still not being able to stop themselves) about their relationships. Consensual sex between characters who are antagonistic toward each other, whether that later becomes something warmer or remains a mistake they just keep making together. Hair-washing and related grooming. Partners sharing a bath/shower (both in a clearly-intended-to-be-sexy way and as a form of simple everyday intimacy).
[Porny Likes]Porn notes:
I don't expect porn, but I am absolutely open to it. If you go that route, these are some things I especially like:
A focus on the characters' emotions/sensations rather than a less-personal diagram of the sex act in question. Non-penetrative sex. Masturbation. Voyeurism/Exhibitionism. Praise-kink. Light bondage (which, to me, means things like characters simply being held down by their partner(s) or using restraints that don't leave lingering marks or require a lot of special props or advance planning). Laughter (whether because things aren't going quite to plan or because the characters laugh together a lot, so why should sex be any different?). Comfort sex. Phone sex. Unexpected moments of vulnerability/gentleness between otherwise-antagonistic characters. Bad sex (somebody doesn't get off - or gets off too early -, the new kink they've been excited to try out together turns out to feel silly or uncomfortable or otherwise unsexy to them in practice, etc.) that's still satisfying because of the characters' emotional connection.
Apart from the DNWs below, I'm open to kink-fic. In general, I tend to prefer interpretations at the more tender, playful, or praise-y end of the spectrum. For example: the kind of crossdressing fic that's about how nice the clothes feel and partners praising how they look in them, or the kind of pet play that's about uncomplicated affection and gentle caretaking.
Porn/Kink-specific Do Not Wants: Things that brush up against my general DNWs from above (rape, incest, edgeplay, omegaverse), dirty talk/internal monologue that uses words that would be slurs in other contexts ("slut", "fag", etc.), 24/7 lifestyle D/s or intense humiliation/degradation, or severe pain (which, to me, means more sustained/intense than a few slaps, hair-pulling, or fingernails or teeth that don't break the skin).
[Other Optional Details]Stylistically: I don't have a dog in the past tense vs. present tense fight; I read, write, and enjoy both. I will always be a sucker for any kind of unusual narration: second-person, 1st-person plural, outsider POV, unreliable narrator, epistolary fiction, omniscient narrator, etc., etc., ad infinitum. But, third-person-limited is popular for a reason -and that reason is that it works!- so please don't feel pressured to try something you wouldn't have fun with. Just know that if you were thinking about experimenting, you'd find a receptive audience in me!
Spoilers & Jossing: You can assume that I've consumed the full canon and/or will be keeping up with ongoing installments for any of these requests, so please don't worry about spoiling me. For any of the fandoms that will be releasing new installments between now and reveals, please don't worry if canon takes a zig where your fic anticipated a zag; I'd rather read the divergent fic you're excited to write than a story that less-enthusiastically incorporates some November plot twist.
AUs & Crossovers: My favorite kinds of AU are the ones that diverge from a particular point in canon, or the ones that add something to the canon setting instead of replacing it altogether (so, less 'everyone is suddenly a college student' and more 'everybody does what they do in canon, but A is also secretly a vampire or vigilante-superhero or exiled royalty').
I'm here for all the crossovers between any of the fandoms I've requested:
John Constantine, haunting an NXT event, wearing his manky trenchcoat and grumbling about the humidity, and probably enjoying the show (or at least respecting its magic) despite himself? A character from a department-store-shade universe turning up in the Immortals game-world? Who knows what kind of things you might find Behind You in Banshee during a late shift at the Cadi or lost in the cornfields outside of town? Etc., etc., etc.
Side-Challenges: I'm happy to have your fic slot into any of the community side-challenges or theme collections if you'd like to play in them.
FANDOMS! ♥
My fandoms are listed below alphabetically, and if the herds of tl;dr associated with each one come in at different sizes, please know that's a function of my tendency toward "any" requests and how many characters made it into the tagset and not a reflection of different levels of enthusiasm. I love all of these fandoms to a truly ridiculous degree, and will be delighted with wherever you end up writing for me!
[Banshee - any (tagset includes: Lucas Hood, Sugar Bates, Brock Lotus, Rebecca Bowman)]Banshee - any (tagset includes: Lucas Hood, Sugar Bates, Brock Lotus, Rebecca Bowman)
You're probably looking up at my DNWs and wondering how I even watch this show, let alone love it as much as I do. /0\ Basically, I was already a goner for it by the time I encountered the things that've made me nope out of other media.
I especially love flashbacks! I'd love little bits of backstory or missing scenes, like the fic equivalent of the Origins shorts. Younger Hood working a con with Job and/or Ana? Younger Sugar, in the boxing ring, or wrestling with his loyalties to an ascendant Proctor? Lotus, in the time before Hood's arrival, knowing all the town's ins and outs, and keeping Banshee safe as best he can? Rebecca, and all of the secrets she keeps before she leaves home.
Five Times fic that pulls from multiple time-periods (and/or identities!) could be delicious! Five Times Lucas Hood Pretended to be a Dad! Five Times Sugar Poured Someone a Double, On the House! Five Times Brock Lotus Swallowed Shit for the Sake of His Town! Five Times Rebecca Got in Over Her Head & Lived to Tell the Tale!, etc.
I'm also here for all the fix-it AUs: like, Siobhan leaves the Cadi alive and she and Hood start a new life together somewhere else, or Rebecca escapes Banshee altogether, or failing that, at least evades/turns the tables on her murderer.
I'd love something that slots into the timeskip between seasons 3 and 4: Brock settling in as Sheriff, and finding it not all he'd hoped for? Sugar, readjusting to a life knowing that Job and/or Hood won't be always coming through his door with trouble on their heels? Deva visiting Hood at his hermit cabin, or any other surprise company he had during that time? Any character interacting with Rebecca for what neither of them know is the last time?
I received really lovely fic in this fandom in a previous exchange, but if I had my way, Banshee would be too big for small-fandom exchanges ten times over, so I will always, always welcome more. The show is one of my recurring requests, so feel free to include any other characters (nominated or not), or pull from the prompts/rambling in previous exchange letters if you'd like.
Shipping News: I ship Hood with Rebecca (and Siobhan, Ana/Carrie, Job, Nola Longshadow, and Veronica Dawson, for characters not in the tagset); I'm also definitely here for Sugar/Job and Rebecca/Nola and Brock/Emily.
Porn Possibilities: I don't have any specific porny prompts for this fandom this year, but feel to use any prompt from earlier fest letters, pull from my general likes above, or to go with any ideas you've already got.
[Behind You - any]Behind You - any
Canon-Specific Do Not Wants: Please don't gift me fic with graphically-depicted sexual violence, or anything involving characters with their eyes or mouths sewn or otherwise sealed shut (gags or blindfolds are okay, but nothing permanent or damaging, please).
My main prompt for this fandom is basically "And then what happens?" Please tell me the story suggested by any of the comics that you like.
There are a few characters pulled from specific panels in the tagset, but I'm not too fussed about whether you use any of them, or pick one of the other scenes that grabs you instead. I'm also cool with crossovers with any of my other requested fandoms that put characters from those canons in one of the Behind You scenarios.
Apart from the DNWs mentioned above, I don't mind gore or violence, but my favorite kinds of horror tend to be creepy moreso than bloody. I really like urban legends and creepypasta and eldritch abominations and cosmic horror. I like it when things that are just not quite right in some way start seeping in around the edges of a character's otherwise-normal world and nobody else seems to notice. I love those kind of distressing endings where the character has survived an immediate threat, but now has to go on knowing that, as time goes on, they're going to change in some way they don't want or knowing (and being forever alone in the knowledge!) that the world is a dangerously/terrifyingly different place than they'd always thought.
That said, I'm also the total sap who would be here for the subversion where the impossible/terrifying creature doesn't want to eat/possess/murder the POV character; it just wants to be friends! And relatedly, I'm all over the extra horror of it deciding to be their new best friend/guardian... and in that capacity, to eviscerate or drive mad anything who gets on their nerves: the neighbor's yippy dog... the co-worker who makes loud personal calls at their desk... the friend-of-a-friend who sticks the rest of the table with their share of the dinner bill... the relative or close friend who annoys them in the way that only people you really love can do...
Shipping News: This isn't the kind of fandom that gives me strong shippy feelings, but feel free to include romantic relationships if that's the way your story grows.
Porn Possibilities: PWP isn't my main interest in this fandom, but I would happily read (dubious or enthusiastic) consentacles, if the shrieking horror you pick to write about lends itself to that.
[Evening Primrose - any (tagset includes: Charles Snell, Ella, The Night Watchman, Sadie)]Evening Primrose - any (tagset includes: Charles Snell, Ella, The Night Watchman, Sadie)
This story was performed for radio on Escape a handful of times between the late '40s and late '50s. Audio of the earliest performance, starring Elliott Lewis can be found here. And here is a text version of the script.
I'd love any worldbuilding about the people/things that live in the department stores after hours and what day-to-day life in their weird closed world. This might be especially fun as epistolary fic in the form of other entries from Snell's journal?
I'm also here for all kinds of divergent AUs, especially ones that come back to different but still distressing endings: What if Snell finagles to have The Night Watchman sent to the Dark Men while Ella is spared, telling himself that of course she'll come to love him eventually? What if Ella escapes with The Night Watchman as planned... and finds she can't cope with the world outside Macy's?
What happens to Sadie after the story? How does she go on, knowing about this terrible, impossible secret world happening just under the surface of something as mundane as the mall?
What was it like for Ella growing up in the department store among the shades? Are there other children like her at Wanamaker's or other stores?
Has The Night Watchman ever noticed anything off about the store before his last night?
Shipping News: I'm primarily here for the canon ships in this fandom: Ella/Night Watchman flirtation, and one-sided Snell --> Ella, though I could also go for a dark-fic AU in which Ella is gradually Stockholmed into regarding Snell as her savior who's owed her affection.
[Hellblazer - John Constantine]Hellblazer - John Constantine
I've received great gift fic in this fandom before, but Hellblazer's one of my forever fandoms, and I'm always, always going to want more fic about this guy!
I tend to like John best when he's playing for slightly smaller stakes than the fate of the whole universe (say, a smaller slice of the world, or even one single soul, not necessarily his own). I love the richness of Constantine's history, aging in more-or-less real time through the run of the series. A lot of my favorite Hellblazer issues and arcs are about the fallout from things a younger Constantine did out of rashness, boredom, cockiness, fear, etc. carrying into the present in the form of bad craziness being visited on innocent bystanders or people he loves, and John's scramble to set things right, often with pyrrhic-at-best results.
I also love John being kind of hapless with children, while simultaneously being the adult most likely to recognize (and maybe have an idea what to do) when their games or nightmares have taken a turn for the sinister. I'd be here for him interacting with any kid from canon or an OC child character you might throw in his path.
John is, above all other things - and despite the demon blood - persistently, angrily human. He knows himself to be a fuck-up, and certainly doesn't have much faith in the rest of us not to choose misery and pain and ruin for ourselves and each other, but the choice matters, and he throws his lot in with humanity every single time. He may want to be a misanthrope, but he's still, somehow, full of this grim, cynical, dogged optimism that he'd never, ever own, because he's too busy making sure everyone knows what a dangerous, shiftless hardcase he is, and don't you forget it, squire.
Casefic, con-job, flashbacks, slice-of-life: I'm here for it all! Constantine holds court down the local pub? Constantine is visited by his ghosts (as literal or metaphorical as you care to take it)? Someone from long back in John's past comes to collect on a favor? John encounters something supernatural that isn't a screaming horror or a yawning despair: weirdness that's actually beneficial or, at worse, harmless?
Shipping News: My primary Hellblazer ships are John/long-term-consequences-of-his-terrible-terrible-decisionmaking and John/unexpected-moments-of-grace, so while I'm happy to have him paired in the background with just about anyone you can imagine, I'd prefer romantic relationships not be the central focus of your fic.
[NXT - any (tagset includes: Asuka, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Buddy Murphy, Corey Graves, Ember Moon, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami, Johnny Gargano, Nakamura Shinsuke, Samoa Joe,Tommaso Ciampa,Tye Dillinger, Wesley Blake )]NXT - any (tagset includes: Asuka, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Buddy Murphy, Corey Graves, Ember Moon, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami, Johnny Gargano, Nakamura Shinsuke, Samoa Joe,Tommaso Ciampa,Tye Dillinger, Wesley Blake )
Canon-specific Do Not Want: What I'm looking for out of this fandom is fic about the characters of my favorite soap-opera-with-superkicks, rather than RPF about the performers, so I'd prefer your story not include the wrestlers' real-world identities or elements of their personal lives or relationships that have not been incorporated into kayfabe. (That said, Candice LeRae is a weird case of being an established wrestling character, though not - yet? - in NXT kayfabe, so if you're writing about #DIY, I'm equally cool with her not existing in the universe of your fic, or with her appearing in any capacity where she's not being vilified or cheated on.)
I'm delighted by the large slate of characters nominated! I'll ramble a little about everyone below, but for starters, here are a couple of catch-all prompts that you can swap many combinations of characters into:
Car trouble or inclement weather strand the wrestlers of your choice at a Waffle House off a rural stretch of Interstate; hijinks and/or bonding ensue.
Pro wrestling is an international community, and the NXT roster is a reflection of that. I'd love a story about homesickness and culture shock and finding/making a new space/life/family for yourself far from the place where you began, centered on any character(s) not originally hailing from the U.S.
Wistfulness and goodbyes (for now) from the characters who have recently or will soon depart for the main roster; being proud and excited but also a little bittersweet about things left undone and the people they're leaving behind at Full Sail.
Rich Brennan once jokingly called Corey Graves a soothsayer, and I'd love to read fic in which that's literally true. Is it part of the curse that led him to retire? Is his unapproachable grouch persona something he's cultivated to keep people from asking him heartbreaking questions about their lives? Does he find little ways to use it to help the other NXTers out in their day-to-day without blowing his cover too badly?
The running gag on commentary about how astonishingly, pathetically unlucky Buddy Murphy is recently? It's all true, and it's happening because Wesley Blake inadvertently put a curse on him in a fit of pique while #BAMF was disintegrating. Cue desperate attempts to break the (increasingly dangerous) curse bringing them back together as partners; cameos by Alexa Bliss welcome but not necessary.
Bobby Roode, come to make NXT over in his own (Glorious!) image, and being thwarted at every turn by the dorks and slobs and other assorted misfits that have been devaluing the brand; Bobby Roode, completely despite himself, being charmed and won over by his new coworkers, especially somebody who's been around for a while.
Tye Dillinger comes to realize that somebody he originally called a 3 has gradually become, like, a 17 for him, and finds himself scrambling to make up for his previous jerkface ways.
So much has changed at NXT while Hideo Itami was out hurt! It must be bittersweet, to return and find that almost everyone he worked with has moved on, even if some of the faces that have replaced them belong to other old friends. I'd love something about Hideo settling back in and finding his place in the new lay of the land.
It's my impression that kayfabe Japan is a very, very small world; tell me about any history that Hideo, Asuka, and/or Shinsuke Nakamura shared there, and how nice it is to find each other again in Orlando.
It's lonely at the top; Asuka's had trouble making friends in the women's division - first ganged up on by Emma and Dana, then being the one everyone's afraid of, and now with a target on her back due to the Title. She and Bayley finally understand each other after Brooklyn, though Bayley's now moved on. Maybe she and Ember Moon could find some common ground next?
Alternatively, maybe Asuka and Ember Moon have been reincarnated in a zillion times and places, and somehow always end up across from each other in a fight. I imagine Ember Moon's backstory/gimmick will be fleshed out a bit more during the writing period, so feel free to stick with wherever canon takes her, or to diverge based on the little we know so far.
The second Dusty Classic brings Finn Balor back to Full Sail for various ceremonial duties. Cue: lots of feelings about his injury and being there when he's not able to wrestle (bet the demon doesn't handle downtime very well!), and/or awkward reunions with Hideo or Samoa Joe.
Bayley saying goodbye to NXT and to Asuka and to being the first two-time women's champ. Does she have a moment with the new wave of talent in the women's lockerroom before she goes?
We know Kevin Owens isn't immune to hugs from Bayley; I hope Joe isn't either. I'd love to read about his reaction to a hug from one former champ to another, even as he's embarking on his reign of terror. (I suspect this note isn't necessary, but in a gift to me, that reaction should be, like, grudging acquiescence and confused backpats, not any form of violence directed at Bayley.)
Speaking of this warpath Joe's on: does he sincerely believe he's the wronged party, driven too far, in all of this? Like, it's objectively obviously not true that the whole apparatus of the men's title scene has been set up specifically to screw him over, but when he promos about it, I'm convinced of his conviction, if not his premise. I'd love more of Joe as an unreliable narrator, basically. I imagine this angle that's essentially Joe vs. Regal will continue to play out through the writing period, so feel free to borrow or diverge from ongoing canon as it suits your fic.
As Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura would obviously tie into fic about Joe's ongoing destruction, but feel free to move on speculating about what's next for the King of Strong Style (maybe Hideo? that would be keen!), or something set further back in his timeline, about what drew him to NXT, when he clearly had a pretty sweet life already. I would also 100% believe it if you told me that this guy is literally the King of some charmingly weird otherworld, amusing himself among us mere mortals.
Even though they did frequently tag together, we weren't initially introduced to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa as a tag team, and they've done promos to the effect that they've never really had partners before now. I'd like to see that transition from acquaintances who work well together in a pinch to thinking of each other as team and family and maybe more, ideally, through the liberal application of hurt/comfort and roadtrip shenanigans (which may or may not involve stalking Bobby Roode).
I'm also here for goofy meta fic about them "written" by one (or more - #DIY comment!fic fest? Another tag team as writing partners? A draft with beta notes? -) of their trollish and/or earnestly fannish co-workers.
Shipping News: NXT is basically a walk-in closet full of little black dresses for me; I'm pretty sure you could draw any 2+ characters from a hat and convince me that there could be something between them. I'm especially partial to shipping tag team partners and stablemates, but I'm also totally here for ships between rivals who aren't always sure whether they want to fuck each other up or just plain fuck.
Porn possibilities: Celebratory belt-sex: any past, current, or future title-holder (i.e. anyone) receives oral from an enthusiastic partner while wearing their championship belt.
Wrestling lends itself to exhibitionism, and I'd be down for characters getting off on putting on a show for each other, however explicit a shape that takes.
Wrestlers of your choice add a different kind of heat to their matches with a series of bets and wagers paid off in sexual favors. What does "double or nothing" look like with those stakes? Who's playing to lose?
Tye's aggressive downgrading of Chad Gable definitely has nothing to do with their respective relationships with Jason Jordan... even so, it somehow leads to a threesome in which Dillinger and Gable are ostensibly competing, but also effectively collaborating to make Jason feel real good.
[WWE Immortals - any (tagset includes: Centurion Roman Reigns, Swashbuckler Seth Rollins, Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon, Evolved Seth Rollins)]WWE Immortals - any (tagset includes: Centurion Roman Reigns, Swashbuckler Seth Rollins, Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon, Evolved Seth Rollins)
Canon for this fandom is more atmosphere than storyline, so let me share with you a headcanon I have: I assume that each of the parallel universes is inhabited by local versions of the full roster, and that the playable characters are all wandering around the game-world, shell-shocked and grieving for the ones they've been dragged away from, while constantly surrounded by strangers wearing their loved one's faces (and their own!). Feel free to write flashback fic set in the characters' alternate-universes of origin as well as things set in the disorienting present of the game.
I'll prompt for the individual nommed characters below, but - with the caveat that I'd rather John Cena characters not be a prominent focus of your story - please feel free to include any other characters in addition to the nominated characters, even if they haven't appeared in the game yet. Feel free as well to imagine additional variants of the existing playable characters (there's definitely a parallel dimension where the Shield are basically the Three Musketeers, right?) or how characters who aren't represented in the game yet might appear: Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble, literal hobbits? Becky Lynch, weird-west steampunk Sheriff? Seraph Kofi Kingston who really can fly? Kevin Owens: actual shapeshifting Murder-bear? What aspects of Charlotte or Sasha Banks or Cesaro or Adrian Neville or, or, or, etc., etc., etc. might get sucked into the game-world? Maybe Ember Moon is an escapee from one of the games' other dimensions? I'm here for versions of any characters from the blighted, dystopian Suplex City depicted in this commercial.
Centurion Roman Reigns has always been responsible for (and able to rely upon) an entire legion, and one of the first and only ways he knows how to cope after being cast into the game-world alone is to start collecting people to fight alongside and/or take care of. Is the fantasy-Rome he's from one where the Pantheon intercedes in daily life? Whose favor does Roman have? Whose wrath?
Tell me about Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon usurping the throne from her father (possibly with the aid of future king-consort HHH) or putting down rebellions by that universe's version of the Shield or engaging in some kind of trade war with the fiefdom run by her brother. What would she think of the besuited Authority version of herself if they crossed paths in the gameworld?
Tell me about Swashbuckler Seth Rollins's crew: what big treasure were they after? battles, shipwrecks, and storms they've weathered together? I'm also here for characters from more modern or futuristic universes making goofy yarr! talk like a pirate jokes that sail over his head.
Are cyborgs commonplace or remarkable in the universe Evolved Seth Rollins comes from? Did he choose this (and if so, how informed was that choice?), or was it done to him?
If the two versions of Seth meet, it'd be fun if they were each at different points along their personal loyal & loved --> treacherous & cowardly --> inching toward redemption arcs, and accordingly distrustful of each other.
Shipping News: I'm here for the nominated characters with each other in any configuration. I'm generally willing to be sold on any non-incest ships (in kayfabe or out, so please no Nikki/Brie, Bray/Bo Dallas, Undertaker/Kane, etc.,), but if specific suggestions would help, I'm especially here for any of the nominated characters with various versions of Dean Ambrose or HHH or Charlotte, or for Roman with a Daniel Bryan and/or a Brie Bella, and Steph and Seth with some Nikki Bella.
Porn possibilities: Costume porn and half-clothed sex? Femdom? Maybe some sensation play in a fic about what sex is actually like for Evolved Seth?
All the self-cest, please! Characters finding it equal parts comforting and weird to be with someone who's familar with their body inside and out and knows what they like/need/can (and can't) handle. They're not all perfect mirrors, I imagine; exploring their surface differences - unique scars, variations in tattoos and other body modifications, etc. - could be sexy too.
Alternatively, characters feeling conflicted (or guilty about not feeling as conflicted as they think they probably should be) about seeking release/connection/etc. with people who look and sound and feel like their partner(s), but are not. Or, the best/most disorienting of both worlds: group sex with parallel versions of both themselves and their lover(s).
In The End: I hope I haven't buried you under this mountain of tl;dr; I just really love the convenient excuse to ramble about my fandoms that exchange letters provide! There are about a million things you could write that I'll be excited to read. If you don't find the extra details above useful, then please disregard them; I mean them to be helpful, not stressful! ♥
I love all of these fandoms and all of these characters and will love fic about any of them, so if you already have an idea, then go for it; I know it will be as rad as you are! If a little detail from me will make things easier/more fun for you, then I'll ramble about fic in general and these particular fandoms/characters below:
Do-Not-Wants:
I'm fortunate not to have any triggers, but I do have a couple of back-button squicks that it would be great if you could avoid: romanticized/eroticized depictions of incest or rape are deal-breakers for me. If canon and/or the direction your story takes you include incest or rape, I'd prefer it not be depicted in great length or graphic detail. I'd prefer no a/b/o or mpreg. I'm comfortable receiving fic of any rating, and if you're moved to porn, I'd prefer no sex that kinks on fear, extreme pain, or risk of death or maiming.
A couple of my fandoms have canon-specific DNWs, which I've listed at the top of the section for the relevant fandom.
Stuff I love in every kind of fic:
Banter. Found families. Second chances and atonement. Missing scenes and tags/codas. Bedsharing (platonic or otherwise). Gallows humor. H/C that's light on the 'hurt' and heavy on the 'comfort' (i.e. focusing more on the recovery than an injury itself; or with a cause of hurt that's not super-dramatic or life-threatening but enough to leave the character(s) feeling vulnerable/protective). Characters playing poker. Women kicking literal and/or metaphorical ass. Hugs, forehead kisses and other little touches and casual gestures of physical affection. Sarcasm used to disguise affection, anxiety, and other gooey emotions, especially where other characters see through that shoddy defense. Characters who own their mistakes (even if they can't seem to quit making them). Double lives/secret identities. Domesticity, especially characters cooking with/for each other. Hopeful, if imperfectly happy, endings (unless you're writing horror, in which case, I'm totally here for more ambiguous or despairing ends). Most of my favorite stories could be distilled down to something like broken people make a home for each other and/or ragtag band of misfits save world, one another.
[Shippy Likes]Shipping News:
I love gen fic a lot, but I'm also open to stories that include m/f, f/f, m/m, and poly relationships. I'd prefer not to receive Character/Reader self-insert fic or fic primarily focused on Canon Character/Original Character romance, but where canon characters are concerned, I generally don't have a lot of SRS BZNS unbreakable ships (so feel free to sell me on any relationship that doesn't rely on abuse of power!). I'll also try to give you an idea of any ships I have strong feelings about in the fandom-specific sections below.
Shippy stuff I love:
UST - both one-sided pining and that dynamic where everyone acknowledges the attraction but has some significant reason for not pursuing anything further right now. Flirting. First times - both sexual and other day-to-day life stuff characters are experiencing for the first time as partners. Partners in established relationships supporting each other through non-relationship drama. Casual sex between characters who have respect and fondness for each other. Friends-to-lovers. Fake relationships turning into real feelings. Self-aware characters making self-destructive choices (i.e. knowing they're fucking up even as they're doing it and still not being able to stop themselves) about their relationships. Consensual sex between characters who are antagonistic toward each other, whether that later becomes something warmer or remains a mistake they just keep making together. Hair-washing and related grooming. Partners sharing a bath/shower (both in a clearly-intended-to-be-sexy way and as a form of simple everyday intimacy).
[Porny Likes]Porn notes:
I don't expect porn, but I am absolutely open to it. If you go that route, these are some things I especially like:
A focus on the characters' emotions/sensations rather than a less-personal diagram of the sex act in question. Non-penetrative sex. Masturbation. Voyeurism/Exhibitionism. Praise-kink. Light bondage (which, to me, means things like characters simply being held down by their partner(s) or using restraints that don't leave lingering marks or require a lot of special props or advance planning). Laughter (whether because things aren't going quite to plan or because the characters laugh together a lot, so why should sex be any different?). Comfort sex. Phone sex. Unexpected moments of vulnerability/gentleness between otherwise-antagonistic characters. Bad sex (somebody doesn't get off - or gets off too early -, the new kink they've been excited to try out together turns out to feel silly or uncomfortable or otherwise unsexy to them in practice, etc.) that's still satisfying because of the characters' emotional connection.
Apart from the DNWs below, I'm open to kink-fic. In general, I tend to prefer interpretations at the more tender, playful, or praise-y end of the spectrum. For example: the kind of crossdressing fic that's about how nice the clothes feel and partners praising how they look in them, or the kind of pet play that's about uncomplicated affection and gentle caretaking.
Porn/Kink-specific Do Not Wants: Things that brush up against my general DNWs from above (rape, incest, edgeplay, omegaverse), dirty talk/internal monologue that uses words that would be slurs in other contexts ("slut", "fag", etc.), 24/7 lifestyle D/s or intense humiliation/degradation, or severe pain (which, to me, means more sustained/intense than a few slaps, hair-pulling, or fingernails or teeth that don't break the skin).
[Other Optional Details]Stylistically: I don't have a dog in the past tense vs. present tense fight; I read, write, and enjoy both. I will always be a sucker for any kind of unusual narration: second-person, 1st-person plural, outsider POV, unreliable narrator, epistolary fiction, omniscient narrator, etc., etc., ad infinitum. But, third-person-limited is popular for a reason -and that reason is that it works!- so please don't feel pressured to try something you wouldn't have fun with. Just know that if you were thinking about experimenting, you'd find a receptive audience in me!
Spoilers & Jossing: You can assume that I've consumed the full canon and/or will be keeping up with ongoing installments for any of these requests, so please don't worry about spoiling me. For any of the fandoms that will be releasing new installments between now and reveals, please don't worry if canon takes a zig where your fic anticipated a zag; I'd rather read the divergent fic you're excited to write than a story that less-enthusiastically incorporates some November plot twist.
AUs & Crossovers: My favorite kinds of AU are the ones that diverge from a particular point in canon, or the ones that add something to the canon setting instead of replacing it altogether (so, less 'everyone is suddenly a college student' and more 'everybody does what they do in canon, but A is also secretly a vampire or vigilante-superhero or exiled royalty').
I'm here for all the crossovers between any of the fandoms I've requested:
John Constantine, haunting an NXT event, wearing his manky trenchcoat and grumbling about the humidity, and probably enjoying the show (or at least respecting its magic) despite himself? A character from a department-store-shade universe turning up in the Immortals game-world? Who knows what kind of things you might find Behind You in Banshee during a late shift at the Cadi or lost in the cornfields outside of town? Etc., etc., etc.
Side-Challenges: I'm happy to have your fic slot into any of the community side-challenges or theme collections if you'd like to play in them.
- Misses Clause - Many of my fandoms this year have multiple women in the tagset (and most have women who weren't nommed but who I'd be happy to see appear in your fic!) whose interactions I love.
- Yuleporn - I have a big ramble about my general likes up above, and will try to scatter some fandom-specific smutty prompts below.
- Interactive Fiction - I'm not clever enough to come up with specific prompts for it, but I love unusual formats, so if you see something in one of my fandoms that moves you toward IF, I'm here for it!
- Yumadrin - Drabbles are neat! While a 100-word drabble would obviously end up as a treat, I'd also be cool with a series of 10+ interrelated drabbles forming my main gift.
- Crueltide - Behind You, Evening Primrose, and Hellblazer are my most obviously Crueltide-friendly fandoms this year, but I'm cool with a horror story in any of my requested fandoms.
FANDOMS! ♥
My fandoms are listed below alphabetically, and if the herds of tl;dr associated with each one come in at different sizes, please know that's a function of my tendency toward "any" requests and how many characters made it into the tagset and not a reflection of different levels of enthusiasm. I love all of these fandoms to a truly ridiculous degree, and will be delighted with wherever you end up writing for me!
[Banshee - any (tagset includes: Lucas Hood, Sugar Bates, Brock Lotus, Rebecca Bowman)]Banshee - any (tagset includes: Lucas Hood, Sugar Bates, Brock Lotus, Rebecca Bowman)
You're probably looking up at my DNWs and wondering how I even watch this show, let alone love it as much as I do. /0\ Basically, I was already a goner for it by the time I encountered the things that've made me nope out of other media.
I especially love flashbacks! I'd love little bits of backstory or missing scenes, like the fic equivalent of the Origins shorts. Younger Hood working a con with Job and/or Ana? Younger Sugar, in the boxing ring, or wrestling with his loyalties to an ascendant Proctor? Lotus, in the time before Hood's arrival, knowing all the town's ins and outs, and keeping Banshee safe as best he can? Rebecca, and all of the secrets she keeps before she leaves home.
Five Times fic that pulls from multiple time-periods (and/or identities!) could be delicious! Five Times Lucas Hood Pretended to be a Dad! Five Times Sugar Poured Someone a Double, On the House! Five Times Brock Lotus Swallowed Shit for the Sake of His Town! Five Times Rebecca Got in Over Her Head & Lived to Tell the Tale!, etc.
I'm also here for all the fix-it AUs: like, Siobhan leaves the Cadi alive and she and Hood start a new life together somewhere else, or Rebecca escapes Banshee altogether, or failing that, at least evades/turns the tables on her murderer.
I'd love something that slots into the timeskip between seasons 3 and 4: Brock settling in as Sheriff, and finding it not all he'd hoped for? Sugar, readjusting to a life knowing that Job and/or Hood won't be always coming through his door with trouble on their heels? Deva visiting Hood at his hermit cabin, or any other surprise company he had during that time? Any character interacting with Rebecca for what neither of them know is the last time?
I received really lovely fic in this fandom in a previous exchange, but if I had my way, Banshee would be too big for small-fandom exchanges ten times over, so I will always, always welcome more. The show is one of my recurring requests, so feel free to include any other characters (nominated or not), or pull from the prompts/rambling in previous exchange letters if you'd like.
Shipping News: I ship Hood with Rebecca (and Siobhan, Ana/Carrie, Job, Nola Longshadow, and Veronica Dawson, for characters not in the tagset); I'm also definitely here for Sugar/Job and Rebecca/Nola and Brock/Emily.
Porn Possibilities: I don't have any specific porny prompts for this fandom this year, but feel to use any prompt from earlier fest letters, pull from my general likes above, or to go with any ideas you've already got.
[Behind You - any]Behind You - any
Canon-Specific Do Not Wants: Please don't gift me fic with graphically-depicted sexual violence, or anything involving characters with their eyes or mouths sewn or otherwise sealed shut (gags or blindfolds are okay, but nothing permanent or damaging, please).
My main prompt for this fandom is basically "And then what happens?" Please tell me the story suggested by any of the comics that you like.
There are a few characters pulled from specific panels in the tagset, but I'm not too fussed about whether you use any of them, or pick one of the other scenes that grabs you instead. I'm also cool with crossovers with any of my other requested fandoms that put characters from those canons in one of the Behind You scenarios.
Apart from the DNWs mentioned above, I don't mind gore or violence, but my favorite kinds of horror tend to be creepy moreso than bloody. I really like urban legends and creepypasta and eldritch abominations and cosmic horror. I like it when things that are just not quite right in some way start seeping in around the edges of a character's otherwise-normal world and nobody else seems to notice. I love those kind of distressing endings where the character has survived an immediate threat, but now has to go on knowing that, as time goes on, they're going to change in some way they don't want or knowing (and being forever alone in the knowledge!) that the world is a dangerously/terrifyingly different place than they'd always thought.
That said, I'm also the total sap who would be here for the subversion where the impossible/terrifying creature doesn't want to eat/possess/murder the POV character; it just wants to be friends! And relatedly, I'm all over the extra horror of it deciding to be their new best friend/guardian... and in that capacity, to eviscerate or drive mad anything who gets on their nerves: the neighbor's yippy dog... the co-worker who makes loud personal calls at their desk... the friend-of-a-friend who sticks the rest of the table with their share of the dinner bill... the relative or close friend who annoys them in the way that only people you really love can do...
Shipping News: This isn't the kind of fandom that gives me strong shippy feelings, but feel free to include romantic relationships if that's the way your story grows.
Porn Possibilities: PWP isn't my main interest in this fandom, but I would happily read (dubious or enthusiastic) consentacles, if the shrieking horror you pick to write about lends itself to that.
[Evening Primrose - any (tagset includes: Charles Snell, Ella, The Night Watchman, Sadie)]Evening Primrose - any (tagset includes: Charles Snell, Ella, The Night Watchman, Sadie)
This story was performed for radio on Escape a handful of times between the late '40s and late '50s. Audio of the earliest performance, starring Elliott Lewis can be found here. And here is a text version of the script.
I'd love any worldbuilding about the people/things that live in the department stores after hours and what day-to-day life in their weird closed world. This might be especially fun as epistolary fic in the form of other entries from Snell's journal?
I'm also here for all kinds of divergent AUs, especially ones that come back to different but still distressing endings: What if Snell finagles to have The Night Watchman sent to the Dark Men while Ella is spared, telling himself that of course she'll come to love him eventually? What if Ella escapes with The Night Watchman as planned... and finds she can't cope with the world outside Macy's?
What happens to Sadie after the story? How does she go on, knowing about this terrible, impossible secret world happening just under the surface of something as mundane as the mall?
What was it like for Ella growing up in the department store among the shades? Are there other children like her at Wanamaker's or other stores?
Has The Night Watchman ever noticed anything off about the store before his last night?
Shipping News: I'm primarily here for the canon ships in this fandom: Ella/Night Watchman flirtation, and one-sided Snell --> Ella, though I could also go for a dark-fic AU in which Ella is gradually Stockholmed into regarding Snell as her savior who's owed her affection.
[Hellblazer - John Constantine]Hellblazer - John Constantine
I've received great gift fic in this fandom before, but Hellblazer's one of my forever fandoms, and I'm always, always going to want more fic about this guy!
I tend to like John best when he's playing for slightly smaller stakes than the fate of the whole universe (say, a smaller slice of the world, or even one single soul, not necessarily his own). I love the richness of Constantine's history, aging in more-or-less real time through the run of the series. A lot of my favorite Hellblazer issues and arcs are about the fallout from things a younger Constantine did out of rashness, boredom, cockiness, fear, etc. carrying into the present in the form of bad craziness being visited on innocent bystanders or people he loves, and John's scramble to set things right, often with pyrrhic-at-best results.
I also love John being kind of hapless with children, while simultaneously being the adult most likely to recognize (and maybe have an idea what to do) when their games or nightmares have taken a turn for the sinister. I'd be here for him interacting with any kid from canon or an OC child character you might throw in his path.
John is, above all other things - and despite the demon blood - persistently, angrily human. He knows himself to be a fuck-up, and certainly doesn't have much faith in the rest of us not to choose misery and pain and ruin for ourselves and each other, but the choice matters, and he throws his lot in with humanity every single time. He may want to be a misanthrope, but he's still, somehow, full of this grim, cynical, dogged optimism that he'd never, ever own, because he's too busy making sure everyone knows what a dangerous, shiftless hardcase he is, and don't you forget it, squire.
Casefic, con-job, flashbacks, slice-of-life: I'm here for it all! Constantine holds court down the local pub? Constantine is visited by his ghosts (as literal or metaphorical as you care to take it)? Someone from long back in John's past comes to collect on a favor? John encounters something supernatural that isn't a screaming horror or a yawning despair: weirdness that's actually beneficial or, at worse, harmless?
Shipping News: My primary Hellblazer ships are John/long-term-consequences-of-his-terrible-terrible-decisionmaking and John/unexpected-moments-of-grace, so while I'm happy to have him paired in the background with just about anyone you can imagine, I'd prefer romantic relationships not be the central focus of your fic.
[NXT - any (tagset includes: Asuka, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Buddy Murphy, Corey Graves, Ember Moon, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami, Johnny Gargano, Nakamura Shinsuke, Samoa Joe,Tommaso Ciampa,Tye Dillinger, Wesley Blake )]NXT - any (tagset includes: Asuka, Bayley, Bobby Roode, Buddy Murphy, Corey Graves, Ember Moon, Finn Balor, Hideo Itami, Johnny Gargano, Nakamura Shinsuke, Samoa Joe,Tommaso Ciampa,Tye Dillinger, Wesley Blake )
Canon-specific Do Not Want: What I'm looking for out of this fandom is fic about the characters of my favorite soap-opera-with-superkicks, rather than RPF about the performers, so I'd prefer your story not include the wrestlers' real-world identities or elements of their personal lives or relationships that have not been incorporated into kayfabe. (That said, Candice LeRae is a weird case of being an established wrestling character, though not - yet? - in NXT kayfabe, so if you're writing about #DIY, I'm equally cool with her not existing in the universe of your fic, or with her appearing in any capacity where she's not being vilified or cheated on.)
I'm delighted by the large slate of characters nominated! I'll ramble a little about everyone below, but for starters, here are a couple of catch-all prompts that you can swap many combinations of characters into:
Car trouble or inclement weather strand the wrestlers of your choice at a Waffle House off a rural stretch of Interstate; hijinks and/or bonding ensue.
Pro wrestling is an international community, and the NXT roster is a reflection of that. I'd love a story about homesickness and culture shock and finding/making a new space/life/family for yourself far from the place where you began, centered on any character(s) not originally hailing from the U.S.
Wistfulness and goodbyes (for now) from the characters who have recently or will soon depart for the main roster; being proud and excited but also a little bittersweet about things left undone and the people they're leaving behind at Full Sail.
Rich Brennan once jokingly called Corey Graves a soothsayer, and I'd love to read fic in which that's literally true. Is it part of the curse that led him to retire? Is his unapproachable grouch persona something he's cultivated to keep people from asking him heartbreaking questions about their lives? Does he find little ways to use it to help the other NXTers out in their day-to-day without blowing his cover too badly?
The running gag on commentary about how astonishingly, pathetically unlucky Buddy Murphy is recently? It's all true, and it's happening because Wesley Blake inadvertently put a curse on him in a fit of pique while #BAMF was disintegrating. Cue desperate attempts to break the (increasingly dangerous) curse bringing them back together as partners; cameos by Alexa Bliss welcome but not necessary.
Bobby Roode, come to make NXT over in his own (Glorious!) image, and being thwarted at every turn by the dorks and slobs and other assorted misfits that have been devaluing the brand; Bobby Roode, completely despite himself, being charmed and won over by his new coworkers, especially somebody who's been around for a while.
Tye Dillinger comes to realize that somebody he originally called a 3 has gradually become, like, a 17 for him, and finds himself scrambling to make up for his previous jerkface ways.
So much has changed at NXT while Hideo Itami was out hurt! It must be bittersweet, to return and find that almost everyone he worked with has moved on, even if some of the faces that have replaced them belong to other old friends. I'd love something about Hideo settling back in and finding his place in the new lay of the land.
It's my impression that kayfabe Japan is a very, very small world; tell me about any history that Hideo, Asuka, and/or Shinsuke Nakamura shared there, and how nice it is to find each other again in Orlando.
It's lonely at the top; Asuka's had trouble making friends in the women's division - first ganged up on by Emma and Dana, then being the one everyone's afraid of, and now with a target on her back due to the Title. She and Bayley finally understand each other after Brooklyn, though Bayley's now moved on. Maybe she and Ember Moon could find some common ground next?
Alternatively, maybe Asuka and Ember Moon have been reincarnated in a zillion times and places, and somehow always end up across from each other in a fight. I imagine Ember Moon's backstory/gimmick will be fleshed out a bit more during the writing period, so feel free to stick with wherever canon takes her, or to diverge based on the little we know so far.
The second Dusty Classic brings Finn Balor back to Full Sail for various ceremonial duties. Cue: lots of feelings about his injury and being there when he's not able to wrestle (bet the demon doesn't handle downtime very well!), and/or awkward reunions with Hideo or Samoa Joe.
Bayley saying goodbye to NXT and to Asuka and to being the first two-time women's champ. Does she have a moment with the new wave of talent in the women's lockerroom before she goes?
We know Kevin Owens isn't immune to hugs from Bayley; I hope Joe isn't either. I'd love to read about his reaction to a hug from one former champ to another, even as he's embarking on his reign of terror. (I suspect this note isn't necessary, but in a gift to me, that reaction should be, like, grudging acquiescence and confused backpats, not any form of violence directed at Bayley.)
Speaking of this warpath Joe's on: does he sincerely believe he's the wronged party, driven too far, in all of this? Like, it's objectively obviously not true that the whole apparatus of the men's title scene has been set up specifically to screw him over, but when he promos about it, I'm convinced of his conviction, if not his premise. I'd love more of Joe as an unreliable narrator, basically. I imagine this angle that's essentially Joe vs. Regal will continue to play out through the writing period, so feel free to borrow or diverge from ongoing canon as it suits your fic.
As Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura would obviously tie into fic about Joe's ongoing destruction, but feel free to move on speculating about what's next for the King of Strong Style (maybe Hideo? that would be keen!), or something set further back in his timeline, about what drew him to NXT, when he clearly had a pretty sweet life already. I would also 100% believe it if you told me that this guy is literally the King of some charmingly weird otherworld, amusing himself among us mere mortals.
Even though they did frequently tag together, we weren't initially introduced to Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa as a tag team, and they've done promos to the effect that they've never really had partners before now. I'd like to see that transition from acquaintances who work well together in a pinch to thinking of each other as team and family and maybe more, ideally, through the liberal application of hurt/comfort and roadtrip shenanigans (which may or may not involve stalking Bobby Roode).
I'm also here for goofy meta fic about them "written" by one (or more - #DIY comment!fic fest? Another tag team as writing partners? A draft with beta notes? -) of their trollish and/or earnestly fannish co-workers.
Shipping News: NXT is basically a walk-in closet full of little black dresses for me; I'm pretty sure you could draw any 2+ characters from a hat and convince me that there could be something between them. I'm especially partial to shipping tag team partners and stablemates, but I'm also totally here for ships between rivals who aren't always sure whether they want to fuck each other up or just plain fuck.
Porn possibilities: Celebratory belt-sex: any past, current, or future title-holder (i.e. anyone) receives oral from an enthusiastic partner while wearing their championship belt.
Wrestling lends itself to exhibitionism, and I'd be down for characters getting off on putting on a show for each other, however explicit a shape that takes.
Wrestlers of your choice add a different kind of heat to their matches with a series of bets and wagers paid off in sexual favors. What does "double or nothing" look like with those stakes? Who's playing to lose?
Tye's aggressive downgrading of Chad Gable definitely has nothing to do with their respective relationships with Jason Jordan... even so, it somehow leads to a threesome in which Dillinger and Gable are ostensibly competing, but also effectively collaborating to make Jason feel real good.
[WWE Immortals - any (tagset includes: Centurion Roman Reigns, Swashbuckler Seth Rollins, Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon, Evolved Seth Rollins)]WWE Immortals - any (tagset includes: Centurion Roman Reigns, Swashbuckler Seth Rollins, Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon, Evolved Seth Rollins)
Canon for this fandom is more atmosphere than storyline, so let me share with you a headcanon I have: I assume that each of the parallel universes is inhabited by local versions of the full roster, and that the playable characters are all wandering around the game-world, shell-shocked and grieving for the ones they've been dragged away from, while constantly surrounded by strangers wearing their loved one's faces (and their own!). Feel free to write flashback fic set in the characters' alternate-universes of origin as well as things set in the disorienting present of the game.
I'll prompt for the individual nommed characters below, but - with the caveat that I'd rather John Cena characters not be a prominent focus of your story - please feel free to include any other characters in addition to the nominated characters, even if they haven't appeared in the game yet. Feel free as well to imagine additional variants of the existing playable characters (there's definitely a parallel dimension where the Shield are basically the Three Musketeers, right?) or how characters who aren't represented in the game yet might appear: Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble, literal hobbits? Becky Lynch, weird-west steampunk Sheriff? Seraph Kofi Kingston who really can fly? Kevin Owens: actual shapeshifting Murder-bear? What aspects of Charlotte or Sasha Banks or Cesaro or Adrian Neville or, or, or, etc., etc., etc. might get sucked into the game-world? Maybe Ember Moon is an escapee from one of the games' other dimensions? I'm here for versions of any characters from the blighted, dystopian Suplex City depicted in this commercial.
Centurion Roman Reigns has always been responsible for (and able to rely upon) an entire legion, and one of the first and only ways he knows how to cope after being cast into the game-world alone is to start collecting people to fight alongside and/or take care of. Is the fantasy-Rome he's from one where the Pantheon intercedes in daily life? Whose favor does Roman have? Whose wrath?
Tell me about Warrior Queen Stephanie McMahon usurping the throne from her father (possibly with the aid of future king-consort HHH) or putting down rebellions by that universe's version of the Shield or engaging in some kind of trade war with the fiefdom run by her brother. What would she think of the besuited Authority version of herself if they crossed paths in the gameworld?
Tell me about Swashbuckler Seth Rollins's crew: what big treasure were they after? battles, shipwrecks, and storms they've weathered together? I'm also here for characters from more modern or futuristic universes making goofy yarr! talk like a pirate jokes that sail over his head.
Are cyborgs commonplace or remarkable in the universe Evolved Seth Rollins comes from? Did he choose this (and if so, how informed was that choice?), or was it done to him?
If the two versions of Seth meet, it'd be fun if they were each at different points along their personal loyal & loved --> treacherous & cowardly --> inching toward redemption arcs, and accordingly distrustful of each other.
Shipping News: I'm here for the nominated characters with each other in any configuration. I'm generally willing to be sold on any non-incest ships (in kayfabe or out, so please no Nikki/Brie, Bray/Bo Dallas, Undertaker/Kane, etc.,), but if specific suggestions would help, I'm especially here for any of the nominated characters with various versions of Dean Ambrose or HHH or Charlotte, or for Roman with a Daniel Bryan and/or a Brie Bella, and Steph and Seth with some Nikki Bella.
Porn possibilities: Costume porn and half-clothed sex? Femdom? Maybe some sensation play in a fic about what sex is actually like for Evolved Seth?
All the self-cest, please! Characters finding it equal parts comforting and weird to be with someone who's familar with their body inside and out and knows what they like/need/can (and can't) handle. They're not all perfect mirrors, I imagine; exploring their surface differences - unique scars, variations in tattoos and other body modifications, etc. - could be sexy too.
Alternatively, characters feeling conflicted (or guilty about not feeling as conflicted as they think they probably should be) about seeking release/connection/etc. with people who look and sound and feel like their partner(s), but are not. Or, the best/most disorienting of both worlds: group sex with parallel versions of both themselves and their lover(s).
In The End: I hope I haven't buried you under this mountain of tl;dr; I just really love the convenient excuse to ramble about my fandoms that exchange letters provide! There are about a million things you could write that I'll be excited to read. If you don't find the extra details above useful, then please disregard them; I mean them to be helpful, not stressful! ♥