Pinch Hits #1-6 - all claimed!
Due 11:59pm EDT, Saturday 23 May.
Please reply to this post or email jukebox.mod@gmail.com to claim, including your AO3 name.
If you'd like to look up sources for any of the requested songs and music videos, you can find them at this post.
PH 1 - claimed
Request 1 by AlTheAlchemist
A Happy Hooligan - Matt Duke (Song)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 2 by AlTheAlchemist
Eternity - Rock Eupora (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 3 by AlTheAlchemist
Curse the Weather - Mo Lowda and The Humble (Song)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 4 by AlTheAlchemist
Belum Tidur - Hindia ft. Sal Priadi (Music Video)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
PH 2 - claimed
Request 1 by blue_ringed_octopus
Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen (Song)
Fanfiction
This song is about a survivor (at least for now, since he may also be dying) confronting his grief and the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic, but I think it lends itself to fic about pretty much any (post-)apocalyptic scenario you can imagine and the attendant trauma of that. I’m particularly taken with how the lyrics seem to be a gay man addressing a male lover or a one-night stand: “Receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this?” Setting the fic in Philadelphia could be interesting but isn't necessary. So many potential dark corners to explore! (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
Request 2 by blue_ringed_octopus
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Meat Loaf (Music Video)
Fanfiction
This music video was directed by Michael Bay, and it has gorgeous carnival-esque and urban fantasy visuals…along with amazing worldbuilding. I love the pointy-eared fortuneteller (Meat Loaf’s character), and how he rides around on his motorbike with the sidecar, moving between dimensions and saving lost souls. What’s his story? Who is he and how did he end up in that role? Who is the goddess/angel character at the end? Did she create the fortuneteller somehow? The video implies that the runaway (Angelina Jolie’s character), or some aspect of her, becomes a second fortuneteller, which raises all sorts of intriguing possibilities about the fortuneteller’s alternate dimension and how it perpetuates itself… (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Iay1J87x4)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
Request 3 by blue_ringed_octopus
Bury My Lovely - October Project (Music Video)
Fanfiction
“Bury My Lovely” may be about childhood sexual abuse, so that’s one possible direction but not by any means the only one! It could be about a haunted house or a ghost! Are the child, the young woman, and the old woman all the same person at different times…or different people entirely? How do they relate to each other, and why do they look unhappy? What’s going on in the attic, with the key? What is being buried-a doll, an actual baby, or is this a metaphor for something more sinister? Who are wearing those ghost costumes? The music video seems to be taking place in the autumn, around Halloween. I love the American gothic visuals of the music video, the atmospheric use of light and shadow, the timelessness, the foreboding and the mystery. (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGEpGzk2hk)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
PH 3 - claimed
Request 1 by calenlily
Landsailor - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 2 by calenlily
Never Look Away - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 3 by calenlily
Enough to Go By - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 4 by calenlily
Love Like Winter - AFI (Song)
Fanfiction
I love the somewhat otherworldly feel of this song, the sense that there’s magic or destiny or some kind of powerful force at play. The line about “it’s in the blood” makes me wonder about maybe they’re vampires or fae or something.
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 5 by calenlily
She Sets The City On Fire - Gavin DeGraw (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 6 by calenlily
What Have You Done - Within Temptation (Song)
Fanfiction
I love the intensity of passion and the antagonistic attraction in this song, the way that despite things having gone horribly wrong between the couple they’re still very connected. What was the betrayal that set them at odds? Do they end up killing each other in the end, or becoming lovers again, or both or neither?
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 7 by calenlily
Shrike - Hozier (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
PH 4 - claimed
Request 1 by DesertVixen
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (Song)
Fanfiction
More in the letter but basically what if the town on a western bay is in a fantasy realm?
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 2 by DesertVixen
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Song)
Fanfiction
Modern update? I love the movie, I love the opening scene used as the video.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 3 by DesertVixen
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr. (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd like the main character to be a woman, but feel free to keep the famous parent a father. Think 80s country glitz.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 4 by DesertVixen
Highwomen - The Highwomen (Song)
Fanfiction
So much, see my letter for more. But I love love love this song.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 5 by DesertVixen
The Ride - David Allan Coe (Song)
Fanfiction
I love vanishing hitchhikers and this is a reverse. Please make main character female.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 6 by DesertVixen
River Bank - Brad Paisley (Song)
Fanfiction
The part where they tell the boss to suck it and travel around the world on a cruise ship/yacht.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
PH 5 - claimed
Request 1 by Joanne_c
Austin - Blake Shelton (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd love something exploring the background of the relationship in the song. Why did she leave? Why didn't he do more than call? Were there good reasons they split up? I'd love additional characters, and I'm open to her being rewritten as a male for a slash story as well.
I'd also be interested in something alternating POVs through their time of separation.
But this is a song I'd be truly happy with anything for as long as it uses the song itself as a backdrop.
I am happy to receive any rating and very open to receiving higher rated fiction.
I am open to all relationship types - slash, het and femslash.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 2 by Joanne_c
I Remember LA - Celine Dion (Song)
Fanfiction
This can go so many ways.
Is this a person regretting the end of a relationship?
Are they still together and it's "LA" - which doesn't have to be the city in my mind - that they've lost, the way they were back then?
Is the other character dead and this is reminiscing? (note: Exception to character death DNW if this is the route you take).
Always open for a celebrity type story with the song background as well - obviously OC celebrities!
I am open to receiving any rating and very open to receiving higher rated fiction.
I am open to all relationship types, slash het and femslash. Or familial types of relationship.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 3 by Joanne_c
The Song Remembers When - Trisha Yearwood (Song)
Fanfiction
Memories of any kind, drawn out by a song, is where I'd be looking here.
Feel free to use any of my other song requests for the one that this song is referring to if you'd prefer not to keep it ambiguous - the song that remembers when, if you will.
I'm really up for any relationship memories. They could even still be together but not have talked about the memories or it could be someone with amnesia.
I am open to receiving any rating and am very happy to receive higher rated fiction.
I am open to any relationship type, slash, het or femslash. Or familial relations could work here, too.
Song-specific DNW: Nothing about dementia being the reason for the song evoking memories.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 4 by Joanne_c
Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson (Song)
Fanfiction
I'm very open to the stories that could result from this canon. I'm happy to ignore the mentions of Bobby as a she in the song and receive slash based on the story.
I'd love to see Bobby and the narrator meet up again - whether it's a romantic reunion or finding they are both in a better place and separating to go to good lives.
I just would love anything riffing off this song.
I am happy to receive any rating and very happy to receive higher rated fiction.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 5 by Joanne_c
Walkaway Joe - Trisha Yearwood ft. Don Henley (Music Video)
Fanfiction
I'd be into so many things for this.
How does the heroine handle things after coming home to her mother?
Futurefic about the Joe character would intrigue me as well. Does he ever become a more responsible person?
Did he leave her pregnant and does he find this out later?
Do the characters meet again?
How do the girl and her mother reconnect?
I'm really up for anything this video inspires, though! It's very much a favourite.
For relationships other than Joe/the protagonist I'm up for slash, het or femslash as applicable to the characters.
I am fine with receiving any rating and welcome higher rated fiction.
Exception to DNW: If they meet again at the girl's mother's funeral or something like that, it would be fine.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 6 by Joanne_c
Almost Over You - Sheena Easton (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd love to see the Almost become completely and have the narrator move on.
Or how did the relationship fail?
Was it just the guy's party animal life or something more?
I'm open to any relationship type for the character (or characters, both might be fun!) to move on with, slash, het or femslash as applicable.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 7 by Joanne_c
She Let Herself Go - George Strait (Song)
Fanfiction
This one is all about the song character moving forward for me, though I'd be fine if you put in some (preferably not as good) information about what happens to her husband, maybe through some info from the kids?
But I want to read about her exploring the world and meeting people and maybe falling for someone who is worthy of her love and enjoys the explorations with her, though no relationship is necessary, or it could be something fleeting.
I'd also be fine with an exploration of one of the adventures mentioned in the song itself. This is one I give you permission to be free with your interpretation of!
If a relationship - fleeting or otherwise - happens, I'm fine with femme or het for that.
I am fine with receiving any rating and happy to receive higher rated fiction.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
PH 6 - claimed
Request 1 by SegaBarrett
Hollow Life - KoRn (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This might be about the afterlife and getting trapped there. Who is going there and what happened?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 2 by SegaBarrett
Domino - Genesis (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
I love this song so much. When I was younger I kind of felt it might be about zombies. Lost love is certainly a theme - what is going on here?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 3 by SegaBarrett
The Third Hoorah - Jethro Tull (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This is the cumulation of all the weird stuff in Warchild, and it would be great to see what it all means - who is the Warchild? What are they going off to do?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 4 by SegaBarrett
The Lady Lies - Genesis (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This is such a delightfully weird song about a guy rescuing a damsel who turns out to be a demon. What happens when the demon has him in his clutches? How did he get there in the first place?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 5 by SegaBarrett
Welcome to My Heart - Backstreet Boys (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This seems to be about someone who left and then returned to their love - why did they leave? Where did they go? What brought them back?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 6 by SegaBarrett
No One’s There - KoRn (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
I feel like this song might be able two partners in crime who end up in the afterlife after some kind of murder-suicide deal that they regret. How did they get there? What would they do differently?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Please reply to this post or email jukebox.mod@gmail.com to claim, including your AO3 name.
If you'd like to look up sources for any of the requested songs and music videos, you can find them at this post.
PH 1 - claimed
Request 1 by AlTheAlchemist
A Happy Hooligan - Matt Duke (Song)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 2 by AlTheAlchemist
Eternity - Rock Eupora (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 3 by AlTheAlchemist
Curse the Weather - Mo Lowda and The Humble (Song)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
Request 4 by AlTheAlchemist
Belum Tidur - Hindia ft. Sal Priadi (Music Video)
Fanfiction
Basically I would love any work inspired by these songs! Fluffy or plotty or PWP, I'd love it! For individual pairing prompts please check my letter!
Likes:m/m story, soulmate, omegaverse, age gap, arranged marriage, forced to work together (especially if they're enemies), get together fic, possessive character, humor, secret world in otherwise mundane setting.
DNW: RPF, death, requested pairing broke up, illness, zombies, 'everything that happened in the story was a drug trip/dream/hallucination' ending, m/f romance (please don't give the main characters of the story a m/f relationship at all)
Letter: http://potatoglados.dreamwidth.org/4290.html
PH 2 - claimed
Request 1 by blue_ringed_octopus
Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen (Song)
Fanfiction
This song is about a survivor (at least for now, since he may also be dying) confronting his grief and the tragedy of the AIDS epidemic, but I think it lends itself to fic about pretty much any (post-)apocalyptic scenario you can imagine and the attendant trauma of that. I’m particularly taken with how the lyrics seem to be a gay man addressing a male lover or a one-night stand: “Receive me, brother, with your faithless kiss, or will we leave each other alone like this?” Setting the fic in Philadelphia could be interesting but isn't necessary. So many potential dark corners to explore! (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
Request 2 by blue_ringed_octopus
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Meat Loaf (Music Video)
Fanfiction
This music video was directed by Michael Bay, and it has gorgeous carnival-esque and urban fantasy visuals…along with amazing worldbuilding. I love the pointy-eared fortuneteller (Meat Loaf’s character), and how he rides around on his motorbike with the sidecar, moving between dimensions and saving lost souls. What’s his story? Who is he and how did he end up in that role? Who is the goddess/angel character at the end? Did she create the fortuneteller somehow? The video implies that the runaway (Angelina Jolie’s character), or some aspect of her, becomes a second fortuneteller, which raises all sorts of intriguing possibilities about the fortuneteller’s alternate dimension and how it perpetuates itself… (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Iay1J87x4)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
Request 3 by blue_ringed_octopus
Bury My Lovely - October Project (Music Video)
Fanfiction
“Bury My Lovely” may be about childhood sexual abuse, so that’s one possible direction but not by any means the only one! It could be about a haunted house or a ghost! Are the child, the young woman, and the old woman all the same person at different times…or different people entirely? How do they relate to each other, and why do they look unhappy? What’s going on in the attic, with the key? What is being buried-a doll, an actual baby, or is this a metaphor for something more sinister? Who are wearing those ghost costumes? The music video seems to be taking place in the autumn, around Halloween. I love the American gothic visuals of the music video, the atmospheric use of light and shadow, the timelessness, the foreboding and the mystery. (Video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGEpGzk2hk)
Rating and Archive Warning
Any
DNWs
No unrequested fandoms or crossover fics please.
PH 3 - claimed
Request 1 by calenlily
Landsailor - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 2 by calenlily
Never Look Away - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 3 by calenlily
Enough to Go By - Vienna Teng (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 4 by calenlily
Love Like Winter - AFI (Song)
Fanfiction
I love the somewhat otherworldly feel of this song, the sense that there’s magic or destiny or some kind of powerful force at play. The line about “it’s in the blood” makes me wonder about maybe they’re vampires or fae or something.
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 5 by calenlily
She Sets The City On Fire - Gavin DeGraw (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 6 by calenlily
What Have You Done - Within Temptation (Song)
Fanfiction
I love the intensity of passion and the antagonistic attraction in this song, the way that despite things having gone horribly wrong between the couple they’re still very connected. What was the betrayal that set them at odds? Do they end up killing each other in the end, or becoming lovers again, or both or neither?
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
Request 7 by calenlily
Shrike - Hozier (Song)
Fanfiction
DNW: No anal sex, infidelity, or humiliation. No unrelentingly dark fic or outright unhappy endings.
Favorite Things: Het, femslash, or gen. Fic of any rating from G to E. Happy endings, characters having to earn their happy endings, and bittersweet endings. Fairytale and/or mythic elements. Character-driven stories. Atmospheric fic. Quiet moments. Love triumphant. Magic, curses, and (literal or metaphorical) transformation narratives. Fae, vampires, mermaids, selkies, witches, and etc. Focus on female characters. Clever girls taking control of their own destinies. Strong female characters, both those who succeed in traditionally masculine roles and those who are no less awesome for being traditionally feminine. Flirtation. Teasing. Banter. Snark, affectionate or not. Anything involving dance. Slice of life/domesticity/quiet moments. Strong characters having moments of weakness, and being able put down their armor and lean on those closest to them. Family interactions. Good friends being there for each other. Realistic relationships, where people have flaws and not everything's perfect but they work things out anyway. Romances that stress trust, support, equality, and deep friendship. Relationships that overcome a bad beginning to make things work. Friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, and reluctant-allies-to-lovers.
PH 4 - claimed
Request 1 by DesertVixen
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (Song)
Fanfiction
More in the letter but basically what if the town on a western bay is in a fantasy realm?
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 2 by DesertVixen
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton (Song)
Fanfiction
Modern update? I love the movie, I love the opening scene used as the video.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 3 by DesertVixen
Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr. (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd like the main character to be a woman, but feel free to keep the famous parent a father. Think 80s country glitz.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 4 by DesertVixen
Highwomen - The Highwomen (Song)
Fanfiction
So much, see my letter for more. But I love love love this song.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 5 by DesertVixen
The Ride - David Allan Coe (Song)
Fanfiction
I love vanishing hitchhikers and this is a reverse. Please make main character female.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
Request 6 by DesertVixen
River Bank - Brad Paisley (Song)
Fanfiction
The part where they tell the boss to suck it and travel around the world on a cruise ship/yacht.
DNW: character death/graphic violence/animal cruelty
Letter: http://desertvixen.dreamwidth.org/771669.html
PH 5 - claimed
Request 1 by Joanne_c
Austin - Blake Shelton (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd love something exploring the background of the relationship in the song. Why did she leave? Why didn't he do more than call? Were there good reasons they split up? I'd love additional characters, and I'm open to her being rewritten as a male for a slash story as well.
I'd also be interested in something alternating POVs through their time of separation.
But this is a song I'd be truly happy with anything for as long as it uses the song itself as a backdrop.
I am happy to receive any rating and very open to receiving higher rated fiction.
I am open to all relationship types - slash, het and femslash.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 2 by Joanne_c
I Remember LA - Celine Dion (Song)
Fanfiction
This can go so many ways.
Is this a person regretting the end of a relationship?
Are they still together and it's "LA" - which doesn't have to be the city in my mind - that they've lost, the way they were back then?
Is the other character dead and this is reminiscing? (note: Exception to character death DNW if this is the route you take).
Always open for a celebrity type story with the song background as well - obviously OC celebrities!
I am open to receiving any rating and very open to receiving higher rated fiction.
I am open to all relationship types, slash het and femslash. Or familial types of relationship.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 3 by Joanne_c
The Song Remembers When - Trisha Yearwood (Song)
Fanfiction
Memories of any kind, drawn out by a song, is where I'd be looking here.
Feel free to use any of my other song requests for the one that this song is referring to if you'd prefer not to keep it ambiguous - the song that remembers when, if you will.
I'm really up for any relationship memories. They could even still be together but not have talked about the memories or it could be someone with amnesia.
I am open to receiving any rating and am very happy to receive higher rated fiction.
I am open to any relationship type, slash, het or femslash. Or familial relations could work here, too.
Song-specific DNW: Nothing about dementia being the reason for the song evoking memories.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 4 by Joanne_c
Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson (Song)
Fanfiction
I'm very open to the stories that could result from this canon. I'm happy to ignore the mentions of Bobby as a she in the song and receive slash based on the story.
I'd love to see Bobby and the narrator meet up again - whether it's a romantic reunion or finding they are both in a better place and separating to go to good lives.
I just would love anything riffing off this song.
I am happy to receive any rating and very happy to receive higher rated fiction.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 5 by Joanne_c
Walkaway Joe - Trisha Yearwood ft. Don Henley (Music Video)
Fanfiction
I'd be into so many things for this.
How does the heroine handle things after coming home to her mother?
Futurefic about the Joe character would intrigue me as well. Does he ever become a more responsible person?
Did he leave her pregnant and does he find this out later?
Do the characters meet again?
How do the girl and her mother reconnect?
I'm really up for anything this video inspires, though! It's very much a favourite.
For relationships other than Joe/the protagonist I'm up for slash, het or femslash as applicable to the characters.
I am fine with receiving any rating and welcome higher rated fiction.
Exception to DNW: If they meet again at the girl's mother's funeral or something like that, it would be fine.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 6 by Joanne_c
Almost Over You - Sheena Easton (Song)
Fanfiction
I'd love to see the Almost become completely and have the narrator move on.
Or how did the relationship fail?
Was it just the guy's party animal life or something more?
I'm open to any relationship type for the character (or characters, both might be fun!) to move on with, slash, het or femslash as applicable.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
Request 7 by Joanne_c
She Let Herself Go - George Strait (Song)
Fanfiction
This one is all about the song character moving forward for me, though I'd be fine if you put in some (preferably not as good) information about what happens to her husband, maybe through some info from the kids?
But I want to read about her exploring the world and meeting people and maybe falling for someone who is worthy of her love and enjoys the explorations with her, though no relationship is necessary, or it could be something fleeting.
I'd also be fine with an exploration of one of the adventures mentioned in the song itself. This is one I give you permission to be free with your interpretation of!
If a relationship - fleeting or otherwise - happens, I'm fine with femme or het for that.
I am fine with receiving any rating and happy to receive higher rated fiction.
DNWs: Deathfic of any character, rape/non-con on any level, unrequested AUs not based on the song canon we have.
PH 6 - claimed
Request 1 by SegaBarrett
Hollow Life - KoRn (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This might be about the afterlife and getting trapped there. Who is going there and what happened?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 2 by SegaBarrett
Domino - Genesis (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
I love this song so much. When I was younger I kind of felt it might be about zombies. Lost love is certainly a theme - what is going on here?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 3 by SegaBarrett
The Third Hoorah - Jethro Tull (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This is the cumulation of all the weird stuff in Warchild, and it would be great to see what it all means - who is the Warchild? What are they going off to do?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 4 by SegaBarrett
The Lady Lies - Genesis (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This is such a delightfully weird song about a guy rescuing a damsel who turns out to be a demon. What happens when the demon has him in his clutches? How did he get there in the first place?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 5 by SegaBarrett
Welcome to My Heart - Backstreet Boys (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
This seems to be about someone who left and then returned to their love - why did they leave? Where did they go? What brought them back?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something
Request 6 by SegaBarrett
No One’s There - KoRn (Song)
Fanart, Fanfiction
I feel like this song might be able two partners in crime who end up in the afterlife after some kind of murder-suicide deal that they regret. How did they get there? What would they do differently?
Likes: Fluff, BDSM, angst, fluffy animals, humor, darkfic, pregnancy, cute babies, cute baby animals, angst
Dislikes/DNWs: animal death, ants, child abuse, abortion, eye trauma, situations where disabled people are in danger to get their loved ones to do something