Trick or Treat Letter!
Dear author or artist:
Thanks in advance for the gift fic or art! I try to foster a low-pressure environment, so just know that I'm fairly easy to please. If you have fun drawing or writing for me, I'm sure I'll enjoy it, too! I'm up for either Tricks or Treats, art or fic. It's all good.
Themes/tropes I like include mysteries, action/adventure, humor (inc. crack!fic), hurt/comfort, rescuing/being rescued (from dangerous situation, not so much emotionally), snappy dialogue, forced to work together (to overcome obstacle, solve puzzle, defeat bad guy, etc), angst, friendship, found family, epistolary fic, dark!fic, and exploration of character back stories and/or motivations.
Spooky and supernatural elements I like include ghost stories, haunted houses, vampires, spooky or scary situations that wind up having a mundane explanation (like in Scooby Doo!), magical creatures, demons & angels, body horror, psychological horror, creepy fortune tellers/prophecies of doom, body swap, reincarnation, and post-death reunions.
Kinks I like include femdom, MMF threesomes, DP, CFNM or CMNM, crossdressing, pegging, partially clothed sex, frottage, bondage, sensory deprivation, tease and denial, and non-sexual physical affection being lavished on someone.
DNWs: Mpreg, A/B/O, gender swap (although trans and non-binary characters are fine), kid!fic, or anything too schmoopy or fluffy, alternate setting AUs, non-con or dub-con
I have no preference for present vs. past tense or first vs. third POV, so do whatever you want there. Second person is risky, but it's not an instant backbutton for me. Any rating is okay. These prompts are just suggestions, so if your muse takes you in another direction that's fine with me.
For the specific fandoms and characters I've requested (in alphabetical order):
Hannibal - (Will Graham, Hannibal Lecter, Abigail Hobbs, Dr. Frederick Chilton, Francis Dolarhyde)
This show. Seriously, this show! If you can out-weird or out-creep or out-id this show I will be incredibly impressed.
Fic:
This album has several unexpectedly and delightfully creepy songs. I picked my two favorites to nominate and request, and I think they fit the theme of this exchange perfectly. I'd love to see any aspect of the stories behind the songs explored.
In a Week - (Male Corpse, Female Corpse)
Fic & Art: The lyrics are the prompts!
"In A Week" Lyrics
I have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me
I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth and yours among them, I know
Our hungers appeased, our heart beats becoming slow
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw
So long, we'd become the flowers
Two corpses we were, two corpses I saw
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
After the insects have made their claim
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I have never known sleep like this slumber that creeps to me
I have never known colors like this morning reveals to me
And you haven't moved an inch such that I would not know
If you sleep always like this, flesh calmly going cold
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Your hand in my hand, so still and discreet
So long, we'd become the flowers
We'd feed well the land and worry the sheep
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle'd show fear
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle'd show fear
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had his say
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
Like Real People Do - (Narrator, Honey)
Fic & Art: The lyrics are the prompts! Note: The narrator addresses the other as "honey" but feel free to put a name to him or her if you like.
"Like Real People Do" Lyrics
I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging?
What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me
From the earth?
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask and neither should you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I knew that look dear
Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone
That dug long ago
So I will not ask you
Why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
So I will not ask you where you came from
I would not ask and neither would you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I could not ask you where you came from
I could not ask and neither could you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We could just kiss like real people do
Marvel Cinematic Universe - (Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Falsworth, Gabriel Jones, Nick Fury's Grandfather)
I love the Howling Commandos! Feel free to write them as an ensemble or focus on individuals - it's all good.
Fic:
I love everyone in this bar! Pretty much anything you want to write or draw of any of my requested character(s) you want to focus on will be okay by me. Shippy or gen, I'm good with either. After finally seeing the last episode I TOTALLY ship Phryne and Jack now and thoroughly enjoy their UST and his glowing admiration of her. Hugh/Dot are awkwardly cute, and Cec and Bert's loyalty and squabbling are adorable.
Fic:
How could I not request Chicken Ghost? How? Also, I've always loved episodes of old shows that incorporated the Haunted Antique Trope (like Magnum PI and The Brady Bunch!), and where there's a Haunted Antique, you might very well find an Unscrupulous Archaeologist! Heck, if you can use all three in a single story or art piece I will be both tickled and impressed.
Fic:
Thanks in advance for the gift fic or art! I try to foster a low-pressure environment, so just know that I'm fairly easy to please. If you have fun drawing or writing for me, I'm sure I'll enjoy it, too! I'm up for either Tricks or Treats, art or fic. It's all good.
Themes/tropes I like include mysteries, action/adventure, humor (inc. crack!fic), hurt/comfort, rescuing/being rescued (from dangerous situation, not so much emotionally), snappy dialogue, forced to work together (to overcome obstacle, solve puzzle, defeat bad guy, etc), angst, friendship, found family, epistolary fic, dark!fic, and exploration of character back stories and/or motivations.
Spooky and supernatural elements I like include ghost stories, haunted houses, vampires, spooky or scary situations that wind up having a mundane explanation (like in Scooby Doo!), magical creatures, demons & angels, body horror, psychological horror, creepy fortune tellers/prophecies of doom, body swap, reincarnation, and post-death reunions.
Kinks I like include femdom, MMF threesomes, DP, CFNM or CMNM, crossdressing, pegging, partially clothed sex, frottage, bondage, sensory deprivation, tease and denial, and non-sexual physical affection being lavished on someone.
DNWs: Mpreg, A/B/O, gender swap (although trans and non-binary characters are fine), kid!fic, or anything too schmoopy or fluffy, alternate setting AUs, non-con or dub-con
I have no preference for present vs. past tense or first vs. third POV, so do whatever you want there. Second person is risky, but it's not an instant backbutton for me. Any rating is okay. These prompts are just suggestions, so if your muse takes you in another direction that's fine with me.
For the specific fandoms and characters I've requested (in alphabetical order):
Hannibal - (Will Graham, Hannibal Lecter, Abigail Hobbs, Dr. Frederick Chilton, Francis Dolarhyde)
This show. Seriously, this show! If you can out-weird or out-creep or out-id this show I will be incredibly impressed.
Fic:
- The final fight with Dolarhyde hit my id like whoa! Hannibal and Will hunting like a pack to bring the larger predator down, Hannibal ripping D's throat out with his teeth, the happy cannibal noises they made at the end in each other's arms...I'd like to see more of that.
- AU in which Abigail lives and the Murder Family hunts as a pack. Or, Will continues to see her ghost after he runs off with Hannibal.
- Chilton and his Frankensteined skin grafts - who were the donors? And what sorts of after effects does he experience? (E.g., strange dreams, memories, behaviors, or emotions that don't seem to be his own?)
- Any of the above, or
- Hannibal's fanart of any of the requested characters
This album has several unexpectedly and delightfully creepy songs. I picked my two favorites to nominate and request, and I think they fit the theme of this exchange perfectly. I'd love to see any aspect of the stories behind the songs explored.
In a Week - (Male Corpse, Female Corpse)
Fic & Art: The lyrics are the prompts!
"In A Week" Lyrics
I have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me
I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth and yours among them, I know
Our hungers appeased, our heart beats becoming slow
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw
So long, we'd become the flowers
Two corpses we were, two corpses I saw
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
After the insects have made their claim
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I have never known sleep like this slumber that creeps to me
I have never known colors like this morning reveals to me
And you haven't moved an inch such that I would not know
If you sleep always like this, flesh calmly going cold
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Your hand in my hand, so still and discreet
So long, we'd become the flowers
We'd feed well the land and worry the sheep
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle'd show fear
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
And they'd find us in a week
When the weather gets hot
And they'd find us in a week
When the cattle'd show fear
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had his say
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
Like Real People Do - (Narrator, Honey)
Fic & Art: The lyrics are the prompts! Note: The narrator addresses the other as "honey" but feel free to put a name to him or her if you like.
"Like Real People Do" Lyrics
I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging?
What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me
From the earth?
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask and neither should you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I knew that look dear
Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone
That dug long ago
So I will not ask you
Why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
So I will not ask you where you came from
I would not ask and neither would you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I could not ask you where you came from
I could not ask and neither could you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We could just kiss like real people do
Marvel Cinematic Universe - (Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Falsworth, Gabriel Jones, Nick Fury's Grandfather)
I love the Howling Commandos! Feel free to write them as an ensemble or focus on individuals - it's all good.
Fic:
- The ghosts of war.
- Encountering magical artifacts from a Hydra stash.
- Nick Fury's grandfather was an elevator operator in an old building for 40 years, and he often told young Nick stories about the building's strange residents, and their even stranger guests.
- Any of the above, or character(s) as supernatural creatures
I love everyone in this bar! Pretty much anything you want to write or draw of any of my requested character(s) you want to focus on will be okay by me. Shippy or gen, I'm good with either. After finally seeing the last episode I TOTALLY ship Phryne and Jack now and thoroughly enjoy their UST and his glowing admiration of her. Hugh/Dot are awkwardly cute, and Cec and Bert's loyalty and squabbling are adorable.
Fic:
- Masquerade ball...with murder!
- One character gets a bad fortune or is "cursed" or has a ghostly encounter. Other character freaks out and tries to help but makes things worse, and they finally turn to Phryne and/or Jack for help.
- The murder of the week appears to have a supernatural element to it. One character is surprisingly superstitious and believes it's ghosts (or fairies or werewolves or whatever). The other believes there is a logical, rational explanation for everything. Who is right?
- Jack follows Phryne to London and they get caught up in a case involving some throwback Victorian horror (e.g., Jack the Ripper, Jekyl and Hyde, Dracula, etc.).
- Any of the above, or
- Characters as supernatural creatures (e.g., flapper werewolf?)
- Steampunk lady detective and her posse
How could I not request Chicken Ghost? How? Also, I've always loved episodes of old shows that incorporated the Haunted Antique Trope (like Magnum PI and The Brady Bunch!), and where there's a Haunted Antique, you might very well find an Unscrupulous Archaeologist! Heck, if you can use all three in a single story or art piece I will be both tickled and impressed.
Fic:
- An unscrupulous chicken farmer is haunted by the many chicken lives he or she has taken.
- The ghosts of chickens past.
- Unscrupulous Archaeologist unearths ancient chicken buriel ground and makes off with an artifact. Ancient chicken ghost retaliates.
- Antiques dealer can't wait to get rid of Haunted Antique to an unsuspecting customer.
- Unscrupulous Archaeologist meets a fitting end after stealing artifacts from a mummy's tomb.
- Any of the above, or I don't even know...just go crazy!