Chocolate Box
Dear Chocolatier,
thank you so much for writing/drawing for me! This letter got very long, but feel free to pick and choose. I do a lot of exchanges and the prompts add up over the years. /o\
Les Misérables RPF [fic/art]
- David Oyelowo/Dominic West
OMG this pairing hit me like a ton of bricks. I blame it all on the fact that David talks a lot about how he's a method actor and was apparently spending the 6 months of shooting in character as Javert. He's been saying stuff like "the nature of the relationship we play out is so acrimonious that I had to time the moments when I could be around him," talking about how much fun it was to "make Dominic West's life living hell" and apparently told Dominic that he was "crass" for suggesting that Javert pursues Valjean because he fancies him, which is indeed how Javert would react to the suggestion lol.
I'm just endlessly intrigued and amused by what we hear about them on set:
Why does Javert hate him so much? "I always like to trace motivations to sex,” West says. “I said to David, 'Javert obviously fancies him!’ But he thought that was crass.”
Did the rivalry extend off-set? “You’re never quite sure where the character ends and the actor starts,” he laughs.
Meanwhile Dominic is such a complete unfiltered weirdo I don't even know where to start. Just - watch this vid where he gives us a tour of his wife's castle and marvel at the way he is always on and at 1000% pure unfiltered energy trying his hardest to be incredibly charming and lovable and entertaining. Also relevant for the completely unfiltered shit he says: this interview that probably needs a scat warning and THIS interview where he openly admits that he doesn't give a rat's arse about his job (and probably his poor PR people). For pretty much an all-encompassing archive of all their pictures, interviews, promo appearances etc, check my tags: Dominic West and David Oyelowo.
If you're one of the two people even contemplating this pairing you've probably already had to suffer through all my headcanons, but - I am so so SO fascinated by David saying he had to time when he could be around Dominic. Was he so in character that if David surprised him at the wrong time in his trailer, he found himself shoved against a wall? Over a desk? Not that that would get David hard because he is ABSOLUTELY NOT attracted in any way to him and anyway, it's all just the adrenaline, completely unconnected to how physically splendid Dominic is.
It just really really sounds to me like they had some sort of weird BDSM thing going on - they just called it method acting. Which leaves so many openings for fic. Apparently Dominic was doing boxing to get in shape for the show (and his butt scene), sooo... is he being his emotionally needy self and surprising David in his trailer, grinning and pulling up his shirt to show off how ripped he got, daring David to punch him so that they'll have real 'method acting' bruises to work with? Do they secretly sneak onto the prison hulk set at midnight to work on the chained-Valjean lecture scene in a 'method acting' way? Are those bruises and welts maybe no makeup? <.<
And then we also got flirty charming DRUNK Dominic at David's New Year's party KISSING him (well, his cheek, but still <3). And making wrong promises about his MAYORAL ASS! (Maybe Dominic forgot that all the scenes showing his mayoral ass in Montreuil were not actually filmed but only happened in his secret 'method acting' sessions with David...? Or what about exploring the aftermath of that party? Was Dominic drunk enough that David offered him to spend the night? Did a somewhat drunk, clingy Dominic ask David to get back into character for the night for old time's sake? Did needy Dominic just really really want reassurance that it was Javert who hated him and that David really loves him?)
Also apparently Dominic did lots of yoga to get into shape, so you want him to show off how bendy he is for David, I'm here for that, too... :D
ANYWAY I just really really ship these two and ANY sort of on-set shenanigans with them would be absolutely awesome! Or, you know... any exploration of unnegotiated BDSM power play 'method acting.' :D
DNW: Wife-bashing in any form. RPF is mostly just fun fantasy for me, so you could either not mention them at all or handwave them being happy with everything. Also please no rape or non-con - I'd be of course fine with dub-con given the nature of my fraught unnegotiated power play prompts.
- Victor Hugo & Andrew Davies
OK admittedly a crack pairing - what I want out of this is definitely not Andrew Davies bashing because I've seen all of it already. But I'm amused by how both of them have similar egos, both of them are very interested in sex (Davies at least very much so in the fictional) and well, after all the drama fandom has given us I'm just endlessly entertained by the thought of these two interacting. Does Hugo read Davies' script and try to offer improvements? Do they squabble about the lack of sex scenes or Javert's attraction to Valjean? Do they make up and become BFFs when Davies decides to turn Hugo's life into a manuscript (with all the sex he could wish for...)?
Les Mis BBC 2018 [fic/art]
So this has the obvious disadvantage that the show won't have finished airing when sign-ups close. I'll keep updating this section when we get episode 2 on Sunday, and I'll also try to update my letter after signups as the episodes air, just in case you're wondering if you can/cannot tackle whatever canon throws our way. And of course, I realize we're both signing up on the basis of what little we've seen so far, so feel free to disregard all of that as well.
I'm always intrigued by power dynamics, and if that's something you'd like to write, I prefer Valjean as the submissive partner. Likewise, if you want to write noncon, dubcon, angsty h/c scenarios etc, I prefer Valjean to be the one who suffers.
- Javert/Jean Valjean
I am SO into Oyelowovert. I cannot believe the universe has blessed us with the hottest Javert of any adaptation yet. I usually see Brick!Javert as not physically attractive at all, but this Javert is so hot that surely there's no way even Valjean won't see that. Does Valjean have a sudden "Oh no he's hot! D:" moment when he frees him at the barricade? Or does that moment happen in Montreuil?
Javert is scandalously undressed in his prison hulk scenes, in his shirtsleeves and with no cravat and his shirt open all the way down to his waistcoat, OMG. Is Valjean haunted by visions of that even in Montreuil?
I love how SMUG and SUPERIOR Oyelowovert is in Toulon. He does so get off on lecturing stupid criminals he can feel superior to. Or what about his CANON TORTURE ROOM where he apparently has prisoners brought in the middle of the night to be alone with them whenever he feels like it? (Thank you, Andrew Davies, I owe you for that alone.) I would love any and all explorations of that. Whipping/flogging/spanking fic? Noncon/dubcon sex as punishment, or to buy a favor? I'm here for all of that.
And now that we have MONTREUIL: I'm still super in love with dom!Oyelowovert (no surprise if you know me, I'm sure). I'm just SO intrigued by the sheer blistering energy sizzling between them in all of their scenes, Javert's confidence and suspicion and the way he can't talk to the mayor for a single minute without turning every. single. word into smug innuendo about wickedness and punishment. I also love Valjean's guilt, the way he's clearly struggling after 19 years in prison to learn how to be around people and acquire social skills, the way he tries SO HARD and keeps failing sometimes, but judging himself so hard for his failures too, and learning from all of his painful mistakes, unlike Javert.
I love his terror and obvious fear when Javert keeps threatening him, the way he uses his smile as a shield all the time, and I LOVE how heavily his shame about Fantine and Petit Gervais weighs down on him. Probably also no surprise: I really really love his Hot Coin Of Shame, the way he basically brands himself in penitence (as he will - hopefully - do again in the future, ha), and if you want to use any of this for a guilt-ridden fraught Punish me, M. l'Inspecteur scenario I would be so into that.
So I'd be here for ALL of the suspicious cat-and-mouse games in Montreuil.
I have to admit that right now I'm having a hard time to come up with fluffier prompts for these two, which I'm certain will change in an episode or two. But if a suspicious Javert decides to seduce M. le maire to see if that will get him the proof he needs, I'd definitely also be here for awkward flirting, Valjean's guilty attraction to hot!Javert, fraught kisses etc.
I also love that they both have horses and keep going on rides and have moonlit midnight rendez-vous, so if you want to turn that into something shippy I'm definitely here for that!
- Jean Valjean/Montreuil-sur-Mer
However you want to bring that about. Maybe Valjean has to have sex with some magistrates for the good of the town? Or it's how he originally managed to get around having to show his papers, instead of rushing into a burning building? Maybe it's a punishment after Javert unmasks him, or Valjean gets rid of his guilt by having anonymous sex in a dirty inn or alley, or it's a sex pollen situation, or just a Montreuil tradition?
- Jean Valjean/Javert/Tentacles
I'm up for any sort of tentacling here - consentacles, or surprise!tentacles overwhelming them on one of their secret rides through the forest, or maybe Javert has tentacles instead of a dick, or there is a tentacle monster in the sewers or hiding in the Gorbeau house?
- M. Thénardier/Jean Valjean
I love how awful this Thénardier is without being a pantomime villain. Now we haven't seen them encounter each other yet, but I'm definitely here for any sort of noncon, dubcon, blackmail, drugged sex etc scenario in which awful Thénardier takes advantage of Valjean.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
Les Misérables (Dallas 2014) [fic/art]
- Javert/Jean Valjean
Where do I even start! One of my biggest regrets in life is that I never got to see the Dallas production live on stage. Fortunately, there are bootlegs! (I assume that anyone who offered Dallas for an exchange has seen the boot, but just in case someone stumbles across my letter and is curious let me link you to this full-length video [part 1 | part 2], and also my Dallas tag for lots of reblogged gifs and some meta/interviews etc.)
Also, if you're ok with downloading huge files, let me share these HQ bootlegs with you:
Dallas - 2 August 2014 (this is the same video as on youtube)
5.58 GB VOB
Nehal Joshi, Edward Watts, Allison Blackwell, Justin Keyes, Elizabeth Judd, Dorcas Leung, John Campione, Steven Michael Walters, Christia Mantzke, Jude Mason
https://mega.co.nz/#F!O0U2HCoR!a2eaNvITuVeTUS--ptH8rQ
Dallas - 5 August 2014 (Highlights)
8.73 GB MP4
Nehal Joshi (Valjean), Edward Watts (Javert), Allison Blackwell (Fantine), Steven Michael Walters (Thenardier), Christia Mantzke (Mme. Thenardier), Justin Keyes (Marius), Dorcas Leung (Cosette), Elizabeth Judd (Eponine), John Campione (Enjolras), Alex Organ (Grantaire), Salma Salinas (Little Cosette), Mark Hancock (Gavroche).
Highlights only (~2 hours running time). Shot blind with no zooms.
https://mega.co.nz/#F!w9BygbpC!ksvnt08CuVyUEdY9S25qww
I have so many Dallas feels! This is one of my returning requests (which is why this section is so long, sorry, the prompts add up over the years /o\) because there is so much to explore, and one of the most fascinating things for me is to see how different people interpret the Dallas universe - is it present day USA? A near-future dystopian France? - and see the different character voices.
I love Javert’s canon kinky leather coat and leather gloves. I love his huge gun. I love the way that he seems so much more dispassionate than any other Javert, and that this includes casually watching some police violence in Toulon from his vantage point at the top. I’m very fond of the fanon Wattsvert who has a long list of kinks and a room full of sextoys/a laptop full of porn, but I’d be just as interested in a Wattsvert who is such a workaholic that he never really thinks about sex.
And in return, Nehaljean is so much more emotional than any other Valjean! I love his expressive eyes, the way he smiles and laughs and touches people, the way he changes from the aggression of the prologue to that heart-breaking gentleness later on!
Here are some prompts that will hopefully be helpful, but feel free to ignore them if there's something about my general likes or porn likes that works better for you!
- a fandom AU! Did Valjean once fail to post his exchange fic, and exchange mod Javert has been hunting him down ever since? Maybe Javert starts RPing with fandom newbie Madeleine and can’t help but feel suspicious at the way their writing style is so similar? (Does Javert constantly want to RP criminal AUs in the hope that this time, sexily arresting Madeleine’s character will make him confess?) Or maybe Madeleine is the beloved BNF of Javert’s fandom, but Javert is almost certain that he recognizes Valjean from his dark past of writing embarrassing self-inserts? Honestly absolutely anything would make me happy here because I love the thought of Wattsvert as an obsessive, neurotic fandom personality. :D
- Since this is one of the few canons where they have the freedom to travel easily, I’d also be really interested in seeing them explore other parts of France (or the world?). Whether that means that Javert hunts Valjean all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower or the beach in Southern Francel, or whether they go on a honeymoon trip to a lonely island etc, is all up to you. :D (Or maybe they get shipwrecked on their honeymoon cruise?)
- going undercover in a gay club/bdsm club/general kink exploration because Wattsvert in his leather outfit lends himself so well to it and I can’t help but think that he’d feel in his element the more rules he gets to make up/negotiate.
- In general any sort of kink exploration with these two because I’m fascinated how that would go with their differing personalities and how they’d make it work for themselves
- anonymous sex/glory holes etc. where Javert doesn’t know or perhaps suspects that it’s maybe Valjean he’s having sex with (or the other way around)
- any sort of Virtual Reality setup/AU, whether you use it for gen or porn scenarios!
- I'm always intrigued by the idea of their positions getting reversed: the Amis take Valjean for the spy, and don't realize that Javert is. Or what would happen if Javert just refused to leave when Valjean frees him? Surely Valjean wouldn't shoot him - so what if Javert sticks around for the final battle and the aftermath? And when the SWAT team attacks, surely they wouldn't recognize Javert in his spy outfit. What if he gets injured - or Valjean gets injured? Would they try to save each other?
- A Queer Eye crossover because the thought of Wattsvert getting a makeover is just so utterly hilarious. Obviously he would have a not-so-well-hidden box of kinky leather and sex toys! Does he get gently encouraged to wear some patterned shirts instead of the leather coat? Does he get encouraged to share his kinky fantasies with his boyfriend? Will poor Nehaljean have to suffer through a final party in a house that’s full of Javert’s co-workers and cameras (his greatest nightmare!) PLUS an on-camera confession about the things Wattsvert would like to do to him?
- Javert and Valjean texting (sexting?) Or does Javert send his boss a dickpic by accident when he meant to send it to Valjean? Did pre-Derailment Javert somehow get Valjean's number and keeps texting him while he tries to find out where he's hiding? Do they perhaps get closer to each other despite Javert telling himself that he is texting a criminal?)
- awkward first times/domesticity: actual curtainfic shopping at Ikea together, Javert taking what legal steps are necessary to acquire a pardon for his bf Valjean, a first holiday together, or Javert introducing his bf to his co-workers
- Valjean cannot flee and Javert is present for the scene where Patron-Minette rips Valjean's shirt open
- Valjean keeps working out wearing really short shorts that drive Javert crazy
- Javert/Jean Valjean/Original Male Character(s)
What I'm mainly imagining is Wattsvert sharing Valjean with (a) friend - because Wattsvert would totally get off on watching that. I think this would go well together with a “Visiting a Kink Club” scenario, too - maybe Wattsvert likes offering Valjean’s mouth to his friends, or random strangers? Maybe Javert invites a friend or two back home to show off his new bf/sub?
Javert/Jean Valjean/Sewer Monster
I'm up for all the xeno sex and tentacling here. Oviposition? Come inflation? Sounding? Psychic monster forcing Javert to noncon Valjean? Consentacles? All good. :D
Jean Valjean/Alien
So what if Jean Valjean is so amazing even aliens can't resist? :D Or maybe Javert is an alien?
In general, if terrible things happen to Valjean, it's fine if the cause is either Javert or some other character; if terrible things happen to Javert, I prefer for it to not be done by Valjean. If you want to write bdsm or d/s, I prefer Javert as dom to Valjean's sub.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
Les Misérables - Victor Hugo [art/fic]
I love Valjean's tormented goodness, the impossibly high standards he holds himself up to, the way he tries to talk himself out of the sacrifices he makes because he is so painfully aware of the consequences, and the way he keeps sacrificing regardless. I love his whole weird psychological hangups when it comes to violence, the way he doesn't even lift a finger to save his own life, and I'm endlessly intrigued by how Hugo puts this traumatized pacifist into battle scenes and has him kidnapped.
With Javert, I love his drivenness and this whole terrible grandeur Hugo gives him, the way Javert tries to stamp down crime and the smallest infraction as if he's the only thing standing between society and the downfall of civilization. I love the way the hunt has a sensual, almost sexual pleasure for him, the way he prolonges it; I love the way he holds himself up to his terrible, impossibly high standard, his horrible veneration of authority, and the way he just utterly can't deal when his world breaks apart.
- Javert/Jean Valjean
What I love most of all about this pairing is the weight of their history and the power imbalance and the way it shifts and changes throughout their history, the way it influences how they see each other and how they interact, and the tension between them due to this.
I'm fine with noncon, dubcon and consensual sex. I'd love happy as well as sad/fraught Post-Seine, Montreuil era as well as Paris era.
I'm always intrigued by power dynamics, and if that's something you'd like to write, I prefer Valjean as the submissive partner. Likewise, if you want to write noncon, dubcon, angsty h/c scenarios etc, I prefer Valjean to be the one who suffers.
I adore forced intimacy, especially for these two for whom closeness is so potentially dangerous. I'd be really interested in seeing such a scenario play out in Montreuil. What if due to some reason, they end up handcuffed together? Or a sort of magical AU where they end up with an accidental soulbond? Or perhaps the punishment for a recidivist who gets caught is that they have to remain in the care of the policeman who caught them?
Or what about Javert trying out his advanced martingale techniques on Valjean? (NSFW image.)
For Post-Seine scenarios, I'd love seeing Valjean take Javert to the shop that specializes in selling disguises to criminals, because Javert needs to disguise himself in order to catch a dangerous criminal. Or an AU where Javert, instead of dying, is cursed when he jumps into the Seine, and needs Valjean's help to break the curse. I’m also always into werewolf or vampire AUs!
I'd also love a story that makes use of all their fraught Paris encounters. What if Javert secretly sneaks into the convent? Or a Javert in disguise keeps living in the Gorbeau house spying on Valjean and Cosette, perhaps because he thinks Valjean will give the hiding place of his money away?
For smutty/kinky prompts, I'd love any sort of story/art where Valjean gets flogged or spanked, or a story/art kinking on his virginity/him losing his virginity. I also love slavefic, auctions or hooker AUs! (And about a billion other terrible things, feel free to make use of any of the prompts on my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.)
- M. Thénardier/Jean Valjean
I think this is an inherently dubcon/noncon scenario - and I could see this come about in quite a few different ways. Does maybe Valjean not have enough money to pay for Cosette, so Thénardier offers to let Valjean work off his 'debt' in different ways? Does Thénardier continue to blackmail Valjean when they meet again in Paris? Does he, instead of going with the brand, decide to torment him sexually while he has Valjean trapped in the Gorbeau house? For smutty prompts and suggestions, feel free to use the details and tags of my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.)
- Jean Valjean/Patron-Minette
The first scenario that springs to mind is of course when Patron-Minette has Valjean trapped in the Gorbeau House. But I'd also love a scenario where they manage to break into the Rue Plumet and overwhelm Valjean in his little cabin in the garden. Or maybe Valjean just runs into them one day and finds himself abducted, or drugged in a wine shop, etc.? Again, feel free to use the details and tags of my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
General likes:
Forced intimacy of any kind! This is one of my all-time faves, in any sort of situation or scenario. People thrust into closeness before they are ready for it and forced to overcome their differences is always delightful to me. Any tropefic of the handcuffed-togther, bed-sharing, undercover gay, arranged marriage etc. kind is always going to make me happy!
Huddling for warmth
One character trying to protect another with their own life (or really any sort of loyalty kink!)
Enemies forced to work together
Epistolary fic
Hand-feeding
Hot, sweltering summer days/nights
Bathing/washing - especially if one character is taking care of another
Casefic, or any sort of action/adventure scenario where characters have to work together
Enemies to lovers
Emotional vulnerability
Groundhog Day AUs
Unhealthy/co-dependent relationships
Hostage situations
Smut/Kink likes:
noncon and dubcon, Enemy hatesex, enemies to lovers, BDSM and D/s, spanking, messy sex/comeplay, powerplay, size kink, tentacles, slavefic/auctions, chastity kink, virginity kink, marks on skin, clothes porn, shame in sexual desires, overstimulation, watersports, piercings, knifeplay, hooker AU, tiny or huge dicks getting attention, CBT, punishment/penance scenarios, whipping/flogging, pain play, humiliation, intercrural
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thank you so much for writing/drawing for me! This letter got very long, but feel free to pick and choose. I do a lot of exchanges and the prompts add up over the years. /o\
Les Misérables RPF [fic/art]
- David Oyelowo/Dominic West
OMG this pairing hit me like a ton of bricks. I blame it all on the fact that David talks a lot about how he's a method actor and was apparently spending the 6 months of shooting in character as Javert. He's been saying stuff like "the nature of the relationship we play out is so acrimonious that I had to time the moments when I could be around him," talking about how much fun it was to "make Dominic West's life living hell" and apparently told Dominic that he was "crass" for suggesting that Javert pursues Valjean because he fancies him, which is indeed how Javert would react to the suggestion lol.
I'm just endlessly intrigued and amused by what we hear about them on set:
Why does Javert hate him so much? "I always like to trace motivations to sex,” West says. “I said to David, 'Javert obviously fancies him!’ But he thought that was crass.”
Did the rivalry extend off-set? “You’re never quite sure where the character ends and the actor starts,” he laughs.
Meanwhile Dominic is such a complete unfiltered weirdo I don't even know where to start. Just - watch this vid where he gives us a tour of his wife's castle and marvel at the way he is always on and at 1000% pure unfiltered energy trying his hardest to be incredibly charming and lovable and entertaining. Also relevant for the completely unfiltered shit he says: this interview that probably needs a scat warning and THIS interview where he openly admits that he doesn't give a rat's arse about his job (and probably his poor PR people). For pretty much an all-encompassing archive of all their pictures, interviews, promo appearances etc, check my tags: Dominic West and David Oyelowo.
If you're one of the two people even contemplating this pairing you've probably already had to suffer through all my headcanons, but - I am so so SO fascinated by David saying he had to time when he could be around Dominic. Was he so in character that if David surprised him at the wrong time in his trailer, he found himself shoved against a wall? Over a desk? Not that that would get David hard because he is ABSOLUTELY NOT attracted in any way to him and anyway, it's all just the adrenaline, completely unconnected to how physically splendid Dominic is.
It just really really sounds to me like they had some sort of weird BDSM thing going on - they just called it method acting. Which leaves so many openings for fic. Apparently Dominic was doing boxing to get in shape for the show (and his butt scene), sooo... is he being his emotionally needy self and surprising David in his trailer, grinning and pulling up his shirt to show off how ripped he got, daring David to punch him so that they'll have real 'method acting' bruises to work with? Do they secretly sneak onto the prison hulk set at midnight to work on the chained-Valjean lecture scene in a 'method acting' way? Are those bruises and welts maybe no makeup? <.<
And then we also got flirty charming DRUNK Dominic at David's New Year's party KISSING him (well, his cheek, but still <3). And making wrong promises about his MAYORAL ASS! (Maybe Dominic forgot that all the scenes showing his mayoral ass in Montreuil were not actually filmed but only happened in his secret 'method acting' sessions with David...? Or what about exploring the aftermath of that party? Was Dominic drunk enough that David offered him to spend the night? Did a somewhat drunk, clingy Dominic ask David to get back into character for the night for old time's sake? Did needy Dominic just really really want reassurance that it was Javert who hated him and that David really loves him?)
Also apparently Dominic did lots of yoga to get into shape, so you want him to show off how bendy he is for David, I'm here for that, too... :D
ANYWAY I just really really ship these two and ANY sort of on-set shenanigans with them would be absolutely awesome! Or, you know... any exploration of unnegotiated BDSM power play 'method acting.' :D
DNW: Wife-bashing in any form. RPF is mostly just fun fantasy for me, so you could either not mention them at all or handwave them being happy with everything. Also please no rape or non-con - I'd be of course fine with dub-con given the nature of my fraught unnegotiated power play prompts.
- Victor Hugo & Andrew Davies
OK admittedly a crack pairing - what I want out of this is definitely not Andrew Davies bashing because I've seen all of it already. But I'm amused by how both of them have similar egos, both of them are very interested in sex (Davies at least very much so in the fictional) and well, after all the drama fandom has given us I'm just endlessly entertained by the thought of these two interacting. Does Hugo read Davies' script and try to offer improvements? Do they squabble about the lack of sex scenes or Javert's attraction to Valjean? Do they make up and become BFFs when Davies decides to turn Hugo's life into a manuscript (with all the sex he could wish for...)?
Les Mis BBC 2018 [fic/art]
So this has the obvious disadvantage that the show won't have finished airing when sign-ups close. I'll keep updating this section when we get episode 2 on Sunday, and I'll also try to update my letter after signups as the episodes air, just in case you're wondering if you can/cannot tackle whatever canon throws our way. And of course, I realize we're both signing up on the basis of what little we've seen so far, so feel free to disregard all of that as well.
I'm always intrigued by power dynamics, and if that's something you'd like to write, I prefer Valjean as the submissive partner. Likewise, if you want to write noncon, dubcon, angsty h/c scenarios etc, I prefer Valjean to be the one who suffers.
- Javert/Jean Valjean
I am SO into Oyelowovert. I cannot believe the universe has blessed us with the hottest Javert of any adaptation yet. I usually see Brick!Javert as not physically attractive at all, but this Javert is so hot that surely there's no way even Valjean won't see that. Does Valjean have a sudden "Oh no he's hot! D:" moment when he frees him at the barricade? Or does that moment happen in Montreuil?
Javert is scandalously undressed in his prison hulk scenes, in his shirtsleeves and with no cravat and his shirt open all the way down to his waistcoat, OMG. Is Valjean haunted by visions of that even in Montreuil?
I love how SMUG and SUPERIOR Oyelowovert is in Toulon. He does so get off on lecturing stupid criminals he can feel superior to. Or what about his CANON TORTURE ROOM where he apparently has prisoners brought in the middle of the night to be alone with them whenever he feels like it? (Thank you, Andrew Davies, I owe you for that alone.) I would love any and all explorations of that. Whipping/flogging/spanking fic? Noncon/dubcon sex as punishment, or to buy a favor? I'm here for all of that.
And now that we have MONTREUIL: I'm still super in love with dom!Oyelowovert (no surprise if you know me, I'm sure). I'm just SO intrigued by the sheer blistering energy sizzling between them in all of their scenes, Javert's confidence and suspicion and the way he can't talk to the mayor for a single minute without turning every. single. word into smug innuendo about wickedness and punishment. I also love Valjean's guilt, the way he's clearly struggling after 19 years in prison to learn how to be around people and acquire social skills, the way he tries SO HARD and keeps failing sometimes, but judging himself so hard for his failures too, and learning from all of his painful mistakes, unlike Javert.
I love his terror and obvious fear when Javert keeps threatening him, the way he uses his smile as a shield all the time, and I LOVE how heavily his shame about Fantine and Petit Gervais weighs down on him. Probably also no surprise: I really really love his Hot Coin Of Shame, the way he basically brands himself in penitence (as he will - hopefully - do again in the future, ha), and if you want to use any of this for a guilt-ridden fraught Punish me, M. l'Inspecteur scenario I would be so into that.
So I'd be here for ALL of the suspicious cat-and-mouse games in Montreuil.
I have to admit that right now I'm having a hard time to come up with fluffier prompts for these two, which I'm certain will change in an episode or two. But if a suspicious Javert decides to seduce M. le maire to see if that will get him the proof he needs, I'd definitely also be here for awkward flirting, Valjean's guilty attraction to hot!Javert, fraught kisses etc.
I also love that they both have horses and keep going on rides and have moonlit midnight rendez-vous, so if you want to turn that into something shippy I'm definitely here for that!
- Jean Valjean/Montreuil-sur-Mer
However you want to bring that about. Maybe Valjean has to have sex with some magistrates for the good of the town? Or it's how he originally managed to get around having to show his papers, instead of rushing into a burning building? Maybe it's a punishment after Javert unmasks him, or Valjean gets rid of his guilt by having anonymous sex in a dirty inn or alley, or it's a sex pollen situation, or just a Montreuil tradition?
- Jean Valjean/Javert/Tentacles
I'm up for any sort of tentacling here - consentacles, or surprise!tentacles overwhelming them on one of their secret rides through the forest, or maybe Javert has tentacles instead of a dick, or there is a tentacle monster in the sewers or hiding in the Gorbeau house?
- M. Thénardier/Jean Valjean
I love how awful this Thénardier is without being a pantomime villain. Now we haven't seen them encounter each other yet, but I'm definitely here for any sort of noncon, dubcon, blackmail, drugged sex etc scenario in which awful Thénardier takes advantage of Valjean.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
Les Misérables (Dallas 2014) [fic/art]
- Javert/Jean Valjean
Where do I even start! One of my biggest regrets in life is that I never got to see the Dallas production live on stage. Fortunately, there are bootlegs! (I assume that anyone who offered Dallas for an exchange has seen the boot, but just in case someone stumbles across my letter and is curious let me link you to this full-length video [part 1 | part 2], and also my Dallas tag for lots of reblogged gifs and some meta/interviews etc.)
Also, if you're ok with downloading huge files, let me share these HQ bootlegs with you:
Dallas - 2 August 2014 (this is the same video as on youtube)
5.58 GB VOB
Nehal Joshi, Edward Watts, Allison Blackwell, Justin Keyes, Elizabeth Judd, Dorcas Leung, John Campione, Steven Michael Walters, Christia Mantzke, Jude Mason
https://mega.co.nz/#F!O0U2HCoR!a2eaNvITuVeTUS--ptH8rQ
Dallas - 5 August 2014 (Highlights)
8.73 GB MP4
Nehal Joshi (Valjean), Edward Watts (Javert), Allison Blackwell (Fantine), Steven Michael Walters (Thenardier), Christia Mantzke (Mme. Thenardier), Justin Keyes (Marius), Dorcas Leung (Cosette), Elizabeth Judd (Eponine), John Campione (Enjolras), Alex Organ (Grantaire), Salma Salinas (Little Cosette), Mark Hancock (Gavroche).
Highlights only (~2 hours running time). Shot blind with no zooms.
https://mega.co.nz/#F!w9BygbpC!ksvnt08CuVyUEdY9S25qww
I have so many Dallas feels! This is one of my returning requests (which is why this section is so long, sorry, the prompts add up over the years /o\) because there is so much to explore, and one of the most fascinating things for me is to see how different people interpret the Dallas universe - is it present day USA? A near-future dystopian France? - and see the different character voices.
I love Javert’s canon kinky leather coat and leather gloves. I love his huge gun. I love the way that he seems so much more dispassionate than any other Javert, and that this includes casually watching some police violence in Toulon from his vantage point at the top. I’m very fond of the fanon Wattsvert who has a long list of kinks and a room full of sextoys/a laptop full of porn, but I’d be just as interested in a Wattsvert who is such a workaholic that he never really thinks about sex.
And in return, Nehaljean is so much more emotional than any other Valjean! I love his expressive eyes, the way he smiles and laughs and touches people, the way he changes from the aggression of the prologue to that heart-breaking gentleness later on!
Here are some prompts that will hopefully be helpful, but feel free to ignore them if there's something about my general likes or porn likes that works better for you!
- a fandom AU! Did Valjean once fail to post his exchange fic, and exchange mod Javert has been hunting him down ever since? Maybe Javert starts RPing with fandom newbie Madeleine and can’t help but feel suspicious at the way their writing style is so similar? (Does Javert constantly want to RP criminal AUs in the hope that this time, sexily arresting Madeleine’s character will make him confess?) Or maybe Madeleine is the beloved BNF of Javert’s fandom, but Javert is almost certain that he recognizes Valjean from his dark past of writing embarrassing self-inserts? Honestly absolutely anything would make me happy here because I love the thought of Wattsvert as an obsessive, neurotic fandom personality. :D
- Since this is one of the few canons where they have the freedom to travel easily, I’d also be really interested in seeing them explore other parts of France (or the world?). Whether that means that Javert hunts Valjean all the way to the top of the Eiffel Tower or the beach in Southern Francel, or whether they go on a honeymoon trip to a lonely island etc, is all up to you. :D (Or maybe they get shipwrecked on their honeymoon cruise?)
- going undercover in a gay club/bdsm club/general kink exploration because Wattsvert in his leather outfit lends himself so well to it and I can’t help but think that he’d feel in his element the more rules he gets to make up/negotiate.
- In general any sort of kink exploration with these two because I’m fascinated how that would go with their differing personalities and how they’d make it work for themselves
- anonymous sex/glory holes etc. where Javert doesn’t know or perhaps suspects that it’s maybe Valjean he’s having sex with (or the other way around)
- any sort of Virtual Reality setup/AU, whether you use it for gen or porn scenarios!
- I'm always intrigued by the idea of their positions getting reversed: the Amis take Valjean for the spy, and don't realize that Javert is. Or what would happen if Javert just refused to leave when Valjean frees him? Surely Valjean wouldn't shoot him - so what if Javert sticks around for the final battle and the aftermath? And when the SWAT team attacks, surely they wouldn't recognize Javert in his spy outfit. What if he gets injured - or Valjean gets injured? Would they try to save each other?
- A Queer Eye crossover because the thought of Wattsvert getting a makeover is just so utterly hilarious. Obviously he would have a not-so-well-hidden box of kinky leather and sex toys! Does he get gently encouraged to wear some patterned shirts instead of the leather coat? Does he get encouraged to share his kinky fantasies with his boyfriend? Will poor Nehaljean have to suffer through a final party in a house that’s full of Javert’s co-workers and cameras (his greatest nightmare!) PLUS an on-camera confession about the things Wattsvert would like to do to him?
- Javert and Valjean texting (sexting?) Or does Javert send his boss a dickpic by accident when he meant to send it to Valjean? Did pre-Derailment Javert somehow get Valjean's number and keeps texting him while he tries to find out where he's hiding? Do they perhaps get closer to each other despite Javert telling himself that he is texting a criminal?)
- awkward first times/domesticity: actual curtainfic shopping at Ikea together, Javert taking what legal steps are necessary to acquire a pardon for his bf Valjean, a first holiday together, or Javert introducing his bf to his co-workers
- Valjean cannot flee and Javert is present for the scene where Patron-Minette rips Valjean's shirt open
- Valjean keeps working out wearing really short shorts that drive Javert crazy
- Javert/Jean Valjean/Original Male Character(s)
What I'm mainly imagining is Wattsvert sharing Valjean with (a) friend - because Wattsvert would totally get off on watching that. I think this would go well together with a “Visiting a Kink Club” scenario, too - maybe Wattsvert likes offering Valjean’s mouth to his friends, or random strangers? Maybe Javert invites a friend or two back home to show off his new bf/sub?
Javert/Jean Valjean/Sewer Monster
I'm up for all the xeno sex and tentacling here. Oviposition? Come inflation? Sounding? Psychic monster forcing Javert to noncon Valjean? Consentacles? All good. :D
Jean Valjean/Alien
So what if Jean Valjean is so amazing even aliens can't resist? :D Or maybe Javert is an alien?
In general, if terrible things happen to Valjean, it's fine if the cause is either Javert or some other character; if terrible things happen to Javert, I prefer for it to not be done by Valjean. If you want to write bdsm or d/s, I prefer Javert as dom to Valjean's sub.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
Les Misérables - Victor Hugo [art/fic]
I love Valjean's tormented goodness, the impossibly high standards he holds himself up to, the way he tries to talk himself out of the sacrifices he makes because he is so painfully aware of the consequences, and the way he keeps sacrificing regardless. I love his whole weird psychological hangups when it comes to violence, the way he doesn't even lift a finger to save his own life, and I'm endlessly intrigued by how Hugo puts this traumatized pacifist into battle scenes and has him kidnapped.
With Javert, I love his drivenness and this whole terrible grandeur Hugo gives him, the way Javert tries to stamp down crime and the smallest infraction as if he's the only thing standing between society and the downfall of civilization. I love the way the hunt has a sensual, almost sexual pleasure for him, the way he prolonges it; I love the way he holds himself up to his terrible, impossibly high standard, his horrible veneration of authority, and the way he just utterly can't deal when his world breaks apart.
- Javert/Jean Valjean
What I love most of all about this pairing is the weight of their history and the power imbalance and the way it shifts and changes throughout their history, the way it influences how they see each other and how they interact, and the tension between them due to this.
I'm fine with noncon, dubcon and consensual sex. I'd love happy as well as sad/fraught Post-Seine, Montreuil era as well as Paris era.
I'm always intrigued by power dynamics, and if that's something you'd like to write, I prefer Valjean as the submissive partner. Likewise, if you want to write noncon, dubcon, angsty h/c scenarios etc, I prefer Valjean to be the one who suffers.
I adore forced intimacy, especially for these two for whom closeness is so potentially dangerous. I'd be really interested in seeing such a scenario play out in Montreuil. What if due to some reason, they end up handcuffed together? Or a sort of magical AU where they end up with an accidental soulbond? Or perhaps the punishment for a recidivist who gets caught is that they have to remain in the care of the policeman who caught them?
Or what about Javert trying out his advanced martingale techniques on Valjean? (NSFW image.)
For Post-Seine scenarios, I'd love seeing Valjean take Javert to the shop that specializes in selling disguises to criminals, because Javert needs to disguise himself in order to catch a dangerous criminal. Or an AU where Javert, instead of dying, is cursed when he jumps into the Seine, and needs Valjean's help to break the curse. I’m also always into werewolf or vampire AUs!
I'd also love a story that makes use of all their fraught Paris encounters. What if Javert secretly sneaks into the convent? Or a Javert in disguise keeps living in the Gorbeau house spying on Valjean and Cosette, perhaps because he thinks Valjean will give the hiding place of his money away?
For smutty/kinky prompts, I'd love any sort of story/art where Valjean gets flogged or spanked, or a story/art kinking on his virginity/him losing his virginity. I also love slavefic, auctions or hooker AUs! (And about a billion other terrible things, feel free to make use of any of the prompts on my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.)
- M. Thénardier/Jean Valjean
I think this is an inherently dubcon/noncon scenario - and I could see this come about in quite a few different ways. Does maybe Valjean not have enough money to pay for Cosette, so Thénardier offers to let Valjean work off his 'debt' in different ways? Does Thénardier continue to blackmail Valjean when they meet again in Paris? Does he, instead of going with the brand, decide to torment him sexually while he has Valjean trapped in the Gorbeau house? For smutty prompts and suggestions, feel free to use the details and tags of my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.)
- Jean Valjean/Patron-Minette
The first scenario that springs to mind is of course when Patron-Minette has Valjean trapped in the Gorbeau House. But I'd also love a scenario where they manage to break into the Rue Plumet and overwhelm Valjean in his little cabin in the garden. Or maybe Valjean just runs into them one day and finds himself abducted, or drugged in a wine shop, etc.? Again, feel free to use the details and tags of my Smut Swap and Nonconathon letters.
DNW: gore (by which I mean I don't enjoy descriptions of gruesome dismemberment, but I'm fine with detailed descriptions of whippings etc.), horror, kidfic, genderswap, modern/mundane AUs unless prompted
General likes:
Forced intimacy of any kind! This is one of my all-time faves, in any sort of situation or scenario. People thrust into closeness before they are ready for it and forced to overcome their differences is always delightful to me. Any tropefic of the handcuffed-togther, bed-sharing, undercover gay, arranged marriage etc. kind is always going to make me happy!
Huddling for warmth
One character trying to protect another with their own life (or really any sort of loyalty kink!)
Enemies forced to work together
Epistolary fic
Hand-feeding
Hot, sweltering summer days/nights
Bathing/washing - especially if one character is taking care of another
Casefic, or any sort of action/adventure scenario where characters have to work together
Enemies to lovers
Emotional vulnerability
Groundhog Day AUs
Unhealthy/co-dependent relationships
Hostage situations
Smut/Kink likes:
noncon and dubcon, Enemy hatesex, enemies to lovers, BDSM and D/s, spanking, messy sex/comeplay, powerplay, size kink, tentacles, slavefic/auctions, chastity kink, virginity kink, marks on skin, clothes porn, shame in sexual desires, overstimulation, watersports, piercings, knifeplay, hooker AU, tiny or huge dicks getting attention, CBT, punishment/penance scenarios, whipping/flogging, pain play, humiliation, intercrural
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