Smut4Smut Letter 2020
Dear Smut4Smut writer,
Thank you for writing for me and having a look at this letter. I've got some general likes and dislikes listed, followed by a list of kinks I like reading about - those are the important parts, really. The fandom sections have a general note on my ships and then the kinks I've requested - I've added an explanation when I thought I should specify what I had in mind, but some freeforms are pretty unambiguous imo. This letter is mostly focused on the freeforms I requested, but I've requested most of these fandoms in previous exchanges, just in case you want some more general prompts/ideas, too.
As a general rule, I like both darker, angstier fic and more light-hearted stories, although neither completely conflictless fluff nor completely bleak darkfic without a ray of hope are quite my thing. I enjoy both PWPs and longer fics in which other stuff happens around the smut. I'm happy to read about any combination of the freeforms I requested, and feel free to sprinkle any of my general porn likes over it all. ;) The fandoms are listed alphabetically, and the length/number of requested tags doesn't mean I want some fandoms more than others, just that I had more ideas for some.
I use the same name on AO3 and tumblr as here.
Do Not Wants:
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Things I like to read about:
Kinks I like to read about:
Alex Verus Series - Benedict Jacka
I read these books a couple of months ago and enjoyed the hell out of them, and as usual I fell hardest for the villains. I also really adore the worldbuilding in the series: how different kinds of magic work, wards and relics and artefacts, the politics (both inside the Council and between Light and Dark and independent mages, all the scheming and blackmail and bureaucracy and proxy wars), Dark mage society and customs and rules ... I'd love to read more about all these things, if they somehow fit into your fic.
I love Richard, Morden and Onyx and just want more of them interacting in every combination. I love Richard and Morden as old friends and partners who make a fantastically terrifying team, and I love the complicated, messed up master/apprentice relationship between Morden and Onyx. While I'm just requesting Richard/Morden and Morden/Onyx this time because I ran out of slots, I'd also be 100 % happy about Richard/Onyx or Richard/Morden/Onyx with any of my kink likes or requested tropes. I'm also totally fine with any of them nonconning their male or female slaves, up to and including graphic noncon - don't worry about squicking me if you want to include something like that.
I like Morden bottoming, but switching is also neat.
Richard Drakh/Morden
Requested tropes:
Morden/Onyx
Requested tropes:
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Alexios/Brasidas
I mostly have protagonist!Alexios in mind for this. I love his sense of humour, I love how cheerful and arrogant he is at times, I love that he likes to help people but will still tell them they're ridiculous dicks afterwards. I played him as fairly pro-Sparta and genuinely wanting to return home, which I think goes rather well with this ship anyway. I love his banter and his immediate connection with Brasidas (that warehouse fight! *heart eyes*), I love how much they just get each other and trust each other - even though Alexios really has reason enough to mistrust just about anyone he runs into. And since it's absolutely tragic the game didn't let us romance Brasidas, that's clearly what fic is for. :D As for Brasidas, I love how smart and cunning he is, how he thinks outside the box while still being a ruthless fighter when the situation calls for it, and how much he genuinely and openly cares about people who are important to him.
I'm up for setting this at any point during the game - around their first meetings in Korinth, when Alexios is in Sparta, or when they're working together later on - or post-game in a verse in which Brasidas didn't die. Because I'm in denial about that and damn historical accuracy. ;)
While I usually DNW unrequested ships, I'm fine with mentions of 1) Alexios's male canon hookups, 2) Brasidas being married (or widowed) because it's just unlikely that he wouldn't be, although I'd see that more as a practical arrangement than a marriage of love, 3) any erastes/eromenos-style relationships Brasidas might have been in, whether it's him currently having someone under his wing or still being good friends with the guy who, er, "mentored" him years ago. However, I wouldn't want any of those relationships to be more meaningful to them than each other, if that makes sense.
I have a very mild preference for Brasidas topping, but in general I like switching for this ship.
Requested tropes:
Nikolaos/Stentor
Daddy Issues The Ship. :D I'm so here for how not chill and angry and repressed Stentor is about everything, and how loyal and devoted he is to Nikolaos while clearly craving his approval. I also love that they both must have kind of messed up, complicated feelings about each other: Stentor clearly has a chip on his shoulder and he cares so much about being Nikolaos' son that he must angst a lot about also being into him; and Nikolaos lost both his biological kids (and his wife), so adopting someone else must not have been easy for him either. Feel free to play up the incestuous aspect as much or as little as you like - I mean, they do clearly refer to each other as father and son, but I figure that's still a different relationship when Stentor was adopted as a teenager (or maybe even as an adult) than if he spent his whole life as Nikolaos' kid.
I'm 100% here for Stentor having been Nikolaos' eromenos, and Nikolaos eventually adopting him (I don't really care if Stentor basically grew up without parents, or if he was orphaned as a teenager and Nikolaos adopted him then). Underage down to 12ish is totally fine for this ship. Feel free to do whatever with Stentor's current age, as long as he isn't quite as absurdly old as he looks in game. ;)
Should it come up, I prefer Alexios as the elder sibling and protagonist. Totally fine with mentions of background Alexios/Brasidas, and of Nikolaos/Myrrine and Stentor/the wife he definitely has because he's a Good Spartan (TM), although I doubt that's a particularly loving, passionate relationship rather than just him being dutiful and doing what's expected of him.
I definitely prefer Nikolaos topping because anything else would break Stentor's brain, I think.
Requested tropes:
Deus Ex
Adam Jensen/Jim Miller
Note: I've played Human Revolution and Mankind Divided and I've read Black Light. I don't mind spoilers for any of the other games or comics or whatever else there is, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that requires me to be familiar with those parts of canon.
Adam's injuries prior to getting his augs are obviously exempt from my "no permanent injuries" DNW. However, I don't want anyone else to get their limbs ripped off or the like, and I don't want Adam's augs to get permanently disabled or destroyed.
I love Adam so much: that he's a genuinely good guy who wants to help people, that he's snarky and cheeky and irreverent, that (at least post-augs) he's pretty withdrawn and emotionally unavailable and has all these walls built around himself (and I really want someone to get past them). I like angst and suffering and Adam is a well of suffering, and I enjoy it while simultaneously wanting nice things to happen to him (after lots of beautiful suffering). As for Miller, I love that he has a temper and is impatient and often isn't particularly nice, but underneath that gruffness he cares about doing the right thing and he cares about his men. I also adore Pritchard and ship both Adam/Pritchard and Adam/Pritchard/Miller, so if you feel like including him, go for it. I'd also be happy to see any other TF29 or SI characters appear in the story. I'd especially love to see Sarif and Miller meet.
I prefer Jim topping if you write anal; for everything else I'm very happy about things going either way.
Requested tropes:
Mass Effect
Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian, Male Shepard/James Vega, Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian/James Vega
Because I'm very frustrated the games didn't let me romance the characters I wanted to romance most. I adore Shepard's relationship with both Garrus and James so much: that undying loyalty, will-follow-you-to-the-end-of-the-galaxy friendship he has with Garrus, and how much renegade Shepard enables Garrus's darker impulses and how much they just get each other; and that more complicated relationship with James, the fact that James massively hero-worshipped Shepard before meeting him, and then babysat him for six months when Shepard was at his lowest, and then in ME3 he really feels like one of the people who keep Shepard grounded, who are aware that he's human and that this war is taking a toll on him, that his hero is fallible.
I strongly prefer renegade Shepard (who is nicer to his companions/friends) - ruthless and efficient, the end justifies the means, snarky and intimidating, willing to do whatever needs to be done, no matter the cost to himself or to others. Should it come up, I really prefer him sabotaging the genophage cure for that reason because Shepard having to kill two of his friends to do what he thinks is right is such a horrifically great moment in the games. I picked the Spacer/Ruthless backgrounds and vanguard as his class, but I'm not fixated on that, if you want to use something else. Ending-wise, I think for fic a handwavey "the Crucible destroyed the Reapers without destroying the geth, and Shepard is alive" works best. I'd also be super interested in a variation of the Control ending, though, in which Shepard doesn't die while uploading part of himself into a God-AI, simply because the mindfuck of co-existing with an all-powerful AI version of yourself must be incredible. In general, I love stoic and/or angry suffering, so feel free to whump Shepard hard as long as there's a happy-ish ending.
I'm very attached to his default looks and name, so please no custom Shepards. I love pretty much all the other companions and am happy to read about them. My other faves are Zaeed, Legion, Miranda, Jack, Cortez, Mordin, Javik, Joker, Grunt, Samara, Traynor.
I prefer Shepard bottoming for these ships, though probably in a very topping-from-the-bottom way. I don't mind switching, but I'm not that much into exclusively or mostly top!Shep.
Requested tropes:
Thomas Nightingale/Peter Grant
Note: I should be up to date on the series by the time reveals happen. However, I haven't read the comics and would prefer not to get fic that requires comic knowledge. I don't enjoy the Peter/Beverley and related baby developments, so please please let's just ignore that for the sake of this fic. And should you happen to write something plotty, I liked Nightingale and Peter solving magical crimes together better than the big police operations in the more recent books.
I really love the setting of these books, I'm incredibly fond of many of the characters, I'm crazy about Peter and Nightingale's relationship, and I really love Peter's narration style (the self-deprecation, the irony, the pop culture references, his love for London and for architecture). I love worldbuilding for this fandom, especially anything related to the history of the Folly (because I love the Folly a lot), and Peter's admiration (fanboy crush) for Nightingale. I like it when Peter and Nightingale are both being emotionally constipated and not very good at talking about their feelings and probably misunderstanding each other quite a bit (although I would like if they figured things out eventually and got a happy ending), and I'd love anything dealing with Nightingale's very probable PTSD and depression and loneliness (and how having Peter with him helps at least somewhat). For porn, I'm fond of the idea that Peter has maybe never acted much on his attraction to men until Nightingale happens to him. I also like Peter completely misjudging just how experienced/possibly kinky Nightingale might be (because he's so very Proper and Posh, but hey, he was a young man in the 20s, he's probably had a wild youth).
I also like many other characters in the books and wouldn't mind at all if they appeared in the fic, especially all the Met/Folly characters. I'm not a huge fan of the Rivers, so I'd prefer if they didn't appear. I firmly headcanon Nightingale as gay, so I'd rather not read about bi!Nightingale. I'm not super into the idea of Nightingale/Mellenby as a past ship, should that come up.
I like Nightingale bottoming a lot, but I'm good either way.
Requested tropes:
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Canderous Ordo/Male Revan
I strongly prefer Dark Side Revan, although I'm also fine with a more morally grey version of Revan if that's what you want to write, who's not really interested in this whole binary opposition of good and evil, but just does his own thing. Actually even with Dark Side Revan I prefer Pragmatic Evil and ruthless, power-hungry ambition over Ludicrous Evil and "bwahahaha I kick puppies in my free time for the Evulz". Mostly I'm just not interested in redeemed, saintly Light Side Revan. If you want to include any of the other characters, that's fine by me, although I'd rather not read about Bastila. I especially love HK-47 because he's fucking hilarious.
No top/bottom preference for this ship; switching is also great.
Requested tropes:
Vampyr
Jonathan Reid/Geoffrey McCullum
This ship has so many things I love! Antagonism and profound distrust and grudging respect and so much potential to work together reluctantly and grow closer ... I'm easy. :D I did a Not Even Once playthrough and ended up being incredibly frustrated by the game's morality system, where letting awful people go free or saving their life is apparently always the best choice, and I realised that I much prefer a version of Jonathan who's generally a good person and wants to help others, but who can also be rather ruthless and is very willing to get his hands dirty when he thinks someone deserves it. I love that he and Geoffrey are both stubborn people who tend to think they're always right, and I love how much they'll probably always butt heads even once they're closer.
I didn't enjoy the forced romance, so I'd prefer if we could pretend that Jonathan and Elisabeth were simply friends (and tbh thematically I prefer the ending in which she chooses to die to the one where he saves her with the power of love or somesuch). I'd prefer if Swansea didn't show up (unless it's before his possible in-game death, of course) because I have a hard time justifying turning him in-game. I also prefer Jonathan not turning Geoffrey in-game, simply because I find it more interesting if they have some time to get to know each other better while Geoffrey is still human, but I'm totally up for him turning Geoffrey later on. I'm happy to get porn set when they're both vampires, if you want to write something like mutual blood drinking.
No top/bottom preference for this ship; switching is also great.
Requested tropes:
Watchmen (2009 movie)
Eddie Blake/Adrian Veidt
I rewatch this movie every now and then and every time it hits me how amazing these two are. They're both such assholes in their own ways, and they don't like each other, but they also really get each other in ways pretty much nobody else does. Plus JDM's Comedian is possibly the hottest thing that ever happened on screen. So. Yes.
I really love the idea of them having this decades-long on-off fuckbuddy (fuckenemy?) affair, which quite possibly started nonconsensually with Eddie raping Adrian after he beat the shit out of him ... except it turned out Adrian was into it and came back for more. I love it remaining all hatred, but I also love it turning into a bizarre kind of love-hate with complicated feelings and resentment towards the other for making them feel anything at all. I like how they both despise each other and think so little of the other's ideals (or lack thereof), but also have quite a bit of respect for each other. (Also, random little detail, but while I usually don't like pet names, I am 100% here for Eddie calling Adrian all kinds of obnoxious, condescending pet names just to be a prick - sweetheart and princess and whatnot. Because Eddie so would.)
Additionally, I'd definitely be up for an AU in which Adrian decides to let Eddie live after beating him. Maybe he realises he doesn't WANT to kill him. Maybe he wants somebody to know what he did. Maybe he hopes Eddie will think he was right (since Eddie didn't even try to stop him). Either way, lots of very complicated, painful feelings. :) If you stick with canon verse, I'm fine with mentions of Eddie's death, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that's about nothing else.
Anything from complete noncon that Adrian reluctantly enjoys to completely consensual, via any amount of dubcon you like in between, works for me. I prefer Eddie topping for this - I don't mind Adrian turning the tables on him, but then I'd still prefer if he rode Eddie or something like that rather than fucked him.
Requested tropes:
And that's it! I hope you find something in all this that you enjoy writing, dear author, and I'm happy to answer any questions if you want clarification on anything. I'm very much looking forward to whatever you'll write for me, no matter the fandom we matched on!
Thanks!
linndechir
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Thank you for writing for me and having a look at this letter. I've got some general likes and dislikes listed, followed by a list of kinks I like reading about - those are the important parts, really. The fandom sections have a general note on my ships and then the kinks I've requested - I've added an explanation when I thought I should specify what I had in mind, but some freeforms are pretty unambiguous imo. This letter is mostly focused on the freeforms I requested, but I've requested most of these fandoms in previous exchanges, just in case you want some more general prompts/ideas, too.
As a general rule, I like both darker, angstier fic and more light-hearted stories, although neither completely conflictless fluff nor completely bleak darkfic without a ray of hope are quite my thing. I enjoy both PWPs and longer fics in which other stuff happens around the smut. I'm happy to read about any combination of the freeforms I requested, and feel free to sprinkle any of my general porn likes over it all. ;) The fandoms are listed alphabetically, and the length/number of requested tags doesn't mean I want some fandoms more than others, just that I had more ideas for some.
I use the same name on AO3 and tumblr as here.
Do Not Wants:
- character death of characters I like (random side characters or antagonists dying is fine)
- serious illnesses, permanent injuries (blood and wounds that will heal again are fine)
- completely tragic/bleak endings
- animal death/cruelty
- genderbend of any kind, mpreg, A/B/O, characters being werewolves/vampires/anything than what they are in canon
- non-canon gender identities/sexual orientations (e.g. writing characters as trans or asexual), except for writing characters as gay or bi
- unrequested ships (including canon ships) *
- unrequested crossovers or fusions
- complete AUs (canon divergence is fine, but no high school AUs, coffee shop AUs, in space AUs, groundhog day AUs etc.)
- permanently unrequited love or permanent breakups for my ships (for a given value of love for the antagonistic ships)
- unnecessary epithets, please use characters' names/pronouns unless their name isn't known to the POV character (or unless the characters think of each other by e.g. their title rather than their name)
- 1st and 2nd person fic (except for RoL, 1st person from Peter's POV is fine)
- for porn: detailed kink negotiation, safewords for scenes that don't involve consent play (and even then I'm not really into safewords); scat, watersports, coming in pants, crossdressing, feminisation, body modification, infantilisation (daddy kink and calling characters "boy" is fine)
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Things I like to read about:
- first time/getting together: slow burn, pining, UST finally getting resolved, but also antagonistic hate sex or casual hookups that are only later followed by feelings (emotional pining while already having sex is great)
- friends with benefits who think the other one can't possibly be in love with them/want a serious relationship
- developing relationships: relationship conflicts after the characters got together, trying to figure out how to make things work, some things maybe not working at first, temporary breakups, basically anything that doesn't assume that first time sex -> perfect relationship
- porn, especially porn with feelings/porn that says something about their relationship (see list below for kinks I like)
- enemies to lovers, partners to lovers
- reluctant allies grudgingly starting to like each other
- non-verbal expressions of affection, unusual romantic gestures that fit the characters
- familiarity, intimacy, characters getting to know each other better (their habits, their hangups etc.)
- pre-canon/background stories, first meetings/first impressions (especially if we didn't see those in canon)
- post-canon fic
- canon divergence
- casefic
- moral dilemmas, characters having to question/go against their principles, situations in which there is no clear right or wrong
- loyalty, devotion, trust, but also trust/commitment issues
- obsessive, codependent, complicated relationships
- unhealthy relationships that should be a trainwreck, but work for the characters involved
- obsessive/intense family relationships
- us-against-the-world
- villains/sociopaths in love, bad guys who would literally burn down the rest of the world for each other
- jealousy, possessiveness
- age differences
- misunderstandings (as long as there's a good reason for them)
- competence, characters being smart and skilled and good at what they do; characters with different skill sets complementing each other
- hurt/comfort (after injuries/exhaustion, not so much with illness)
- angst: self-doubts, guilt, shame, internalised homophobia, nightmares, fears, self-destructive tendencies, alcohol abuse ...
- period-typical attitudes towards sex, sexuality, class, morality, religion etc. (I obviously don't expect 100% historical accuracy, but I like reading about characters from different societies having different values and principles from our own - this also applies to fictional societies)
- infidelity (not between my requested ships, but one half of my ship cheating on their previous partner with the other half of my ship)
- meaningful name uses (e.g. characters who always call each other by their last name or title switching to using first names)
- outside POVs, different POVs than in canon (more "usual" POVs are great, too)
- sleep-related themes: waking each other from nightmares, falling asleep on each other's shoulder etc.
- soulbonds (but no soulmates, please)
- undercover as enemies (undercover as a couple is fun, too, as long as it actually fits the setting/characters, like spies or cops)
- I like darker elements (violence, murder, noncon/dubcon, manipulation, depression, whatever fits your plot and isn't on my DNW list), but I'd prefer a happy or semi-happy ending. Feel free to make me bawl my eyes out, but please cheer me up again afterwards.
Kinks I like to read about:
- anal, blowjobs, fingering, intercrural, frottage, rimming & felching are all great
- asphyxiation/choking/breathplay (this is my kink holy grail that makes everything else hotter to me; even just throat-touching without choking is great)
- switching
- biting, bruising, marking; possessive sex
- rough/angry sex, hate sex, fighting/sparring leading to sex, adrenaline-fuelled post-battle and "thank fuck we/you're alive" sex
- dressed sex, dressed/naked, clothes kink (suits, uniforms, gloves, boots etc.), neat characters being dishevelled for once, casual characters cleaning up nicely
- D/s (I prefer casually developing kink to minutely negotiated, formalised BDSM; if anything under-negotiated kink is a plus for me)
- kink discovery/exploration
- strength kink; body worship; men's body hair (on chest, arms, thighs, butt; not so much on back and shoulders)
- stubble/beard burn
- hand kink; fisting; finger sucking
- large/thick cocks (not absurdly huge, but bigger than average); size kink
- bondage: leather cuffs, ropes, restraints, chains, collars
- face slapping, spanking, flogging, riding crops
- gun play, knife play, blood play
- consent play
- dirty talk (both the praising and the humiliating/condescending kind), voice/accent kink
- praise kink
- banter, teasing
- hard, desperate kissing with lots of biting
- barebacking (including the ill-advised, unplanned, unnegotiated we-really-shouldn't-have-done-that-but-it-was-so-hot kind - I'm not into serious STD scares, though; if there is an "oh fuck, what did we just do?" aftermath, please have both characters be certain that they're clean)
- come play (licking come off fingers/skin, felching, feeding each other come, kissing after blowjobs/felching ...)
- come as lube, spit as lube (especially the top spitting on the bottom's ass)
- messiness (sweat, come play, dishevelled hair/clothes)
- overstimulation; characters being overwhelmed, begging for more, becoming speechless ...
- shaving (face or body), especially with straight razors/knives
- sex on tables, against walls, on the floor, on a chair, in the shower ... (sex in beds is great, too)
- masturbation/fantasising about the other before getting together
- incest kink (i.e. characters who are related kinking on it)
- competence kink, admiration
- kneeling, hand kissing, physical expressions of loyalty/fealty
- scars and their history
- oral fixation (while smoking, drinking, talking ...)
- sharing cigarettes, clothes, food ...
- shame in sexual desires (whether about being attracted to another man at all, being attracted to this specific person for whatever reason, wanting to bottom, wanting to suck dick, wanting to hurt their partner, wanting to be hurt by their partner ...)
Alex Verus Series - Benedict Jacka
I read these books a couple of months ago and enjoyed the hell out of them, and as usual I fell hardest for the villains. I also really adore the worldbuilding in the series: how different kinds of magic work, wards and relics and artefacts, the politics (both inside the Council and between Light and Dark and independent mages, all the scheming and blackmail and bureaucracy and proxy wars), Dark mage society and customs and rules ... I'd love to read more about all these things, if they somehow fit into your fic.
I love Richard, Morden and Onyx and just want more of them interacting in every combination. I love Richard and Morden as old friends and partners who make a fantastically terrifying team, and I love the complicated, messed up master/apprentice relationship between Morden and Onyx. While I'm just requesting Richard/Morden and Morden/Onyx this time because I ran out of slots, I'd also be 100 % happy about Richard/Onyx or Richard/Morden/Onyx with any of my kink likes or requested tropes. I'm also totally fine with any of them nonconning their male or female slaves, up to and including graphic noncon - don't worry about squicking me if you want to include something like that.
I like Morden bottoming, but switching is also neat.
Richard Drakh/Morden
Requested tropes:
- Arousal From Killing
- Clothed/Naked
- Competence Kink
- Dancing as Foreplay: since mage society likes formal dancing, apparently ...
- Dream Sex: Elsewhere shenanigans, either while they're separated or earlier in their acquaintance when they maybe don't trust each other enough for sex in the real world yet
- Dream sex resulting in real orgasm
- Dirty Talk: with Richard's voice, it'd be a waste if he didn't use it in bed
- Magic used during sex: diviners must be amazing in bed, and I bet death mages can do some neat things, too
- Mind Meld Leads to Dream Sex: or generally anything mind meld-related, maybe thanks to Richard's dreamstone?
- Murdering Others as Seduction of Love Interest: especially if it's mutual - Morden killing people for Richard, but Richard wouldn't tolerate Morden thinking he needs his help, so he kills some of Morden's enemies for him?
- Sexy Shenanigans at a Masked Ball: I bet mages do those, too :D
- Talked to Orgasm
- Telepathic Bond: dreamstone? Elsewhere? forced/accidental soulbonds they initially hate but then get used to?
- Voice Kink
Morden/Onyx
Requested tropes:
- Abuse of Authority: I'm not into complete noncon for these two, but Morden merrily grooming his (possibly underage) apprentice is something I'm 100% here for
- Arousal From Killing
- Asking For Forgiveness Through Submission: something about Onyx regaining Morden's trust and his place by his side and ~demonstrating~ just how devoted he is to him?
- Dom/sub - dom likes to get fucked: I can definitely see Morden as a very demanding, dommy bottom who knows exactly how he likes it
- A eating come out of third person who got fucked by the person A desires/pines for: weirdly specific prompt, but Onyx doing that with Morden's slaves after Morden fucked them because he's obsessively into his master, long before Morden ever sleeps with Onyx? maybe Morden finds out and is surprised that the idea turns him on? maybe next time he wants to watch Onyx do that?
- Experienced bottom orders inexperienced top how to fuck him
- Facial Shaving: in either direction, possibly featuring Force/kinetic blades (as an exercise in control for Onyx, or Morden teaching Onyx how to shave properly because he has Standards for his apprentices)
- Fisting: also in either direction
- Jealousy leads to possessive sex: whether Onyx is jealous about Morden paying too much attention to Verus or about his partnership with Richard or just about Morden fucking slaves
- Loyalty Kink
- Mentee aggressively pursues mentor: maybe Morden initially finds it just amusing, especially if it starts when Onyx is still fairly young, but then gets more into it because he's not used to someone pursuing him and it's surprisingly hot?
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay: these two fighting would be ridiculously hot, whether as sparring or a more serious fight (something like Onyx demanding his place back? I don't know, though I'd want it to end well for both of them), and I could see them both getting worked up during it
- Telepathic Bond: as part of Onyx's apprenticeship maybe?
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Alexios/Brasidas
I mostly have protagonist!Alexios in mind for this. I love his sense of humour, I love how cheerful and arrogant he is at times, I love that he likes to help people but will still tell them they're ridiculous dicks afterwards. I played him as fairly pro-Sparta and genuinely wanting to return home, which I think goes rather well with this ship anyway. I love his banter and his immediate connection with Brasidas (that warehouse fight! *heart eyes*), I love how much they just get each other and trust each other - even though Alexios really has reason enough to mistrust just about anyone he runs into. And since it's absolutely tragic the game didn't let us romance Brasidas, that's clearly what fic is for. :D As for Brasidas, I love how smart and cunning he is, how he thinks outside the box while still being a ruthless fighter when the situation calls for it, and how much he genuinely and openly cares about people who are important to him.
I'm up for setting this at any point during the game - around their first meetings in Korinth, when Alexios is in Sparta, or when they're working together later on - or post-game in a verse in which Brasidas didn't die. Because I'm in denial about that and damn historical accuracy. ;)
While I usually DNW unrequested ships, I'm fine with mentions of 1) Alexios's male canon hookups, 2) Brasidas being married (or widowed) because it's just unlikely that he wouldn't be, although I'd see that more as a practical arrangement than a marriage of love, 3) any erastes/eromenos-style relationships Brasidas might have been in, whether it's him currently having someone under his wing or still being good friends with the guy who, er, "mentored" him years ago. However, I wouldn't want any of those relationships to be more meaningful to them than each other, if that makes sense.
I have a very mild preference for Brasidas topping, but in general I like switching for this ship.
Requested tropes:
- Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked
- Can't Stop Thinking About It - Character A Hears Character B Talking About Sex: Alexios merrily chatting to someone about his adventures? Brasidas talking to a friend about someone he spent the night with? especially if things get kind of heated and explicit
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining
- Facial Shaving: Alexios having to shave for whatever reason (please don't touch Brasidas' magnificent beard ;))
- Jealousy leads to possessive sex
- Manhandling/Shows of Athleticism During Sex
- Pederasty: in case you want to write an AU in which Alexios grows up in Sparta and becomes Brasidas' eromenos; underage is totally fine by me Possessive Behavior: in either direction, especially if they start out as fuckbuddies and gradually become more possessive of each other
- Sex While Covered In The Blood of Their Enemies
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- thank god you're/we're alive sex
- Voyeurism - One character masturbates knowing the other one is watching them
- Wall Sex
Nikolaos/Stentor
Daddy Issues The Ship. :D I'm so here for how not chill and angry and repressed Stentor is about everything, and how loyal and devoted he is to Nikolaos while clearly craving his approval. I also love that they both must have kind of messed up, complicated feelings about each other: Stentor clearly has a chip on his shoulder and he cares so much about being Nikolaos' son that he must angst a lot about also being into him; and Nikolaos lost both his biological kids (and his wife), so adopting someone else must not have been easy for him either. Feel free to play up the incestuous aspect as much or as little as you like - I mean, they do clearly refer to each other as father and son, but I figure that's still a different relationship when Stentor was adopted as a teenager (or maybe even as an adult) than if he spent his whole life as Nikolaos' kid.
I'm 100% here for Stentor having been Nikolaos' eromenos, and Nikolaos eventually adopting him (I don't really care if Stentor basically grew up without parents, or if he was orphaned as a teenager and Nikolaos adopted him then). Underage down to 12ish is totally fine for this ship. Feel free to do whatever with Stentor's current age, as long as he isn't quite as absurdly old as he looks in game. ;)
Should it come up, I prefer Alexios as the elder sibling and protagonist. Totally fine with mentions of background Alexios/Brasidas, and of Nikolaos/Myrrine and Stentor/the wife he definitely has because he's a Good Spartan (TM), although I doubt that's a particularly loving, passionate relationship rather than just him being dutiful and doing what's expected of him.
I definitely prefer Nikolaos topping because anything else would break Stentor's brain, I think.
Requested tropes:
- Character is Ashamed of Their Desire to Submit: basically half my prompts are "Stentor is ashamed of still wanting to be treated like a ~boy~" (and Nikolaos is ashamed of still wanting to treat him that way)
- Face Slapping
- Guilt Over Desire Due to it Being Illegal or Immoral
- Jealousy leads to possessive sex: maybe post-canon Nikolaos gets a new eromenos and Stentor is Not Happy (even though it's of course very commendable and dutiful etc.)
- Ordering someone into things they want but would never admit to
- Pederasty: actual pre-canon underage would also be A+, with lots of ~teaching~ and rules about what is and isn't allowed (and maybe breaking those rules because they want each other so much, and both of them get far more passionate about it than they think they're supposed to be)
- Praise Kink: someone tell Stentor he's a good boy please
- Sex While Covered In The Blood of Their Enemies
- Shame in Sexual Desires
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- thank god you're/we're alive sex
Deus Ex
Adam Jensen/Jim Miller
Note: I've played Human Revolution and Mankind Divided and I've read Black Light. I don't mind spoilers for any of the other games or comics or whatever else there is, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that requires me to be familiar with those parts of canon.
Adam's injuries prior to getting his augs are obviously exempt from my "no permanent injuries" DNW. However, I don't want anyone else to get their limbs ripped off or the like, and I don't want Adam's augs to get permanently disabled or destroyed.
I love Adam so much: that he's a genuinely good guy who wants to help people, that he's snarky and cheeky and irreverent, that (at least post-augs) he's pretty withdrawn and emotionally unavailable and has all these walls built around himself (and I really want someone to get past them). I like angst and suffering and Adam is a well of suffering, and I enjoy it while simultaneously wanting nice things to happen to him (after lots of beautiful suffering). As for Miller, I love that he has a temper and is impatient and often isn't particularly nice, but underneath that gruffness he cares about doing the right thing and he cares about his men. I also adore Pritchard and ship both Adam/Pritchard and Adam/Pritchard/Miller, so if you feel like including him, go for it. I'd also be happy to see any other TF29 or SI characters appear in the story. I'd especially love to see Sarif and Miller meet.
I prefer Jim topping if you write anal; for everything else I'm very happy about things going either way.
Requested tropes:
- Barebacking: let's thank the porn gods for the Sentinel - I especially love it feeling particularly intimate to them because they both only ever did that with serious partners before
- Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked: maybe in the locker room at the work gym? Jim finding out just where exactly those augs end, Adam realising just how fit his boss is ...
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining: clearly Jim is just looking for a post-divorce rebound, right? and clearly Adam just wants to have something nice and safe with a person he trusts, right? obviously the actual feelings aren't mutual (except they are)
- Clothed/Naked
- Forced to have sex to keep their cover: undercover as rich dude and his Aug bodyguard, or rich dude and his Aug sex slave ...
- Infidelity: in an AU in which Jim is still trying to patch up his marriage, but still falls in love with Adam - lots of guilty pining and fantastic bad-idea-sex that should definitely not happen again but keeps happening
- Power Imbalance - Powerful Char Worries That Relationship Isn’t Consensual (It Is): Jim probably couldn't have any MORE power over Adam if he tried, so it'd just be natural for him to worry if maybe Adam is looking for some extra protection, or is afraid of saying no ...
- Praise Kink
- Touch-Starved: someone please pet Adam
- Undercover as Master and Slave
- Undercover Mission Wasn't Meant to Lead to This
Mass Effect
Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian, Male Shepard/James Vega, Male Shepard/Garrus Vakarian/James Vega
Because I'm very frustrated the games didn't let me romance the characters I wanted to romance most. I adore Shepard's relationship with both Garrus and James so much: that undying loyalty, will-follow-you-to-the-end-of-the-galaxy friendship he has with Garrus, and how much renegade Shepard enables Garrus's darker impulses and how much they just get each other; and that more complicated relationship with James, the fact that James massively hero-worshipped Shepard before meeting him, and then babysat him for six months when Shepard was at his lowest, and then in ME3 he really feels like one of the people who keep Shepard grounded, who are aware that he's human and that this war is taking a toll on him, that his hero is fallible.
I strongly prefer renegade Shepard (who is nicer to his companions/friends) - ruthless and efficient, the end justifies the means, snarky and intimidating, willing to do whatever needs to be done, no matter the cost to himself or to others. Should it come up, I really prefer him sabotaging the genophage cure for that reason because Shepard having to kill two of his friends to do what he thinks is right is such a horrifically great moment in the games. I picked the Spacer/Ruthless backgrounds and vanguard as his class, but I'm not fixated on that, if you want to use something else. Ending-wise, I think for fic a handwavey "the Crucible destroyed the Reapers without destroying the geth, and Shepard is alive" works best. I'd also be super interested in a variation of the Control ending, though, in which Shepard doesn't die while uploading part of himself into a God-AI, simply because the mindfuck of co-existing with an all-powerful AI version of yourself must be incredible. In general, I love stoic and/or angry suffering, so feel free to whump Shepard hard as long as there's a happy-ish ending.
I'm very attached to his default looks and name, so please no custom Shepards. I love pretty much all the other companions and am happy to read about them. My other faves are Zaeed, Legion, Miranda, Jack, Cortez, Mordin, Javik, Joker, Grunt, Samara, Traynor.
I prefer Shepard bottoming for these ships, though probably in a very topping-from-the-bottom way. I don't mind switching, but I'm not that much into exclusively or mostly top!Shep.
Requested tropes:
- Bad guys think they made them do it but they really just enabled them
- Casual Sex while Secretly Pining: for Garrus/Shep, because being best friends who fuck doesn't mean the other one is in love with them, right? for James/Shep, because James might well think Shep is just looking for a way to blow off steam during the war. for the threesome, because clearly Shep doesn't love either of them all that much if he wants them both, or maybe James thinks he can't possibly compete with Shepard's best friend, and Garrus thinks Shepard would probably rather have a normal relationship with another human
- Competence Kink: I love how ridiculously badass all three of them are
- Competitiveness in Bed: works for just two of them, too, but I'm mostly thinking Garrus and James competing about who can fuck Sheo better
- Jealousy leads to possessive sex: Shepard fucking around and Garrus and/or James getting jealous
- Manhandling/Shows of Athleticism During Sex
- Polyamory - Two people sharing a third makes them realize they like each other too
- Sex as Unhealthy Coping Mechanism: stoic suffering! I'm so here for giving Shepard a Tragic Rape Backstory (TM), possibly as part of his military training, and him being messed up about it and seeking out specifically rough sex because that's the main thing that gets him off now
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- Voyeurism - One character masturbates knowing the other one is watching them
- Wall Sex
Thomas Nightingale/Peter Grant
Note: I should be up to date on the series by the time reveals happen. However, I haven't read the comics and would prefer not to get fic that requires comic knowledge. I don't enjoy the Peter/Beverley and related baby developments, so please please let's just ignore that for the sake of this fic. And should you happen to write something plotty, I liked Nightingale and Peter solving magical crimes together better than the big police operations in the more recent books.
I really love the setting of these books, I'm incredibly fond of many of the characters, I'm crazy about Peter and Nightingale's relationship, and I really love Peter's narration style (the self-deprecation, the irony, the pop culture references, his love for London and for architecture). I love worldbuilding for this fandom, especially anything related to the history of the Folly (because I love the Folly a lot), and Peter's admiration (fanboy crush) for Nightingale. I like it when Peter and Nightingale are both being emotionally constipated and not very good at talking about their feelings and probably misunderstanding each other quite a bit (although I would like if they figured things out eventually and got a happy ending), and I'd love anything dealing with Nightingale's very probable PTSD and depression and loneliness (and how having Peter with him helps at least somewhat). For porn, I'm fond of the idea that Peter has maybe never acted much on his attraction to men until Nightingale happens to him. I also like Peter completely misjudging just how experienced/possibly kinky Nightingale might be (because he's so very Proper and Posh, but hey, he was a young man in the 20s, he's probably had a wild youth).
I also like many other characters in the books and wouldn't mind at all if they appeared in the fic, especially all the Met/Folly characters. I'm not a huge fan of the Rivers, so I'd prefer if they didn't appear. I firmly headcanon Nightingale as gay, so I'd rather not read about bi!Nightingale. I'm not super into the idea of Nightingale/Mellenby as a past ship, should that come up.
I like Nightingale bottoming a lot, but I'm good either way.
Requested tropes:
- Bent over a table and fucked from behind
- Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked: they live together, it'd be so easy to make it happen - maybe if there's an early morning emergency and Peter goes to wake Nightingale?
- Character ashamed of kink; enthusiastic partner encourages them to indulge: would prefer Peter as the one who's a bit uncomfortable with his kinks while Nightingale is a bit more open-minded about it
- Clothed/Naked: in either direction - naked Peter and Nightingale in his perfect suits? dressed Peter getting off on Nightingale naked instead of perfectly put together?
- Clothing Kink: Nightingale's suits :D
- Competence Kink
- Dancing as Foreplay: for whatever handwavey reasons, Peter needs to learn some proper old-school dancing
- Experienced bottom orders inexperienced top how to fuck him: was thinking about Nightingale bottoming for this
- Facial Shaving: Nightingale is hurt and needs help? Peter wants to learn how to use a straight razor?
- First time with a man
- Fisting
- Forced to have sex to keep their cover
- Glove Kink: Nightingale in driving gloves, or just fancy leather gloves
- A Magic Book Made Them Do It
- Magic used during sex: considering Peter's Thing for Nightingale's power, that one seems obvious
- Sex With Alternate Universe/Timeline Version Of Character While Longing For Own-Universe Version
- Time Travel - Sleeping with older/younger version of someone you know in your own timeline: for this and the previous one, I just really really love Peter time-travelling (by accident or on purpose) into the past and meeting young, happy, mostly carefree Nightingale in the 20s or 30s ... and being very (but not unpleasantly) surprised when that Nightingale shamelessly hits on him
- Undercover at a Sex/Fetish Club: they look like such a cliché together, so this would be tons of fun :D plus, any excuse to have Peter shocked that Nightingale isn't as shocked as expected
- Undercover Work Used As Excuse To Have Sex They've Always Wanted
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Canderous Ordo/Male Revan
I strongly prefer Dark Side Revan, although I'm also fine with a more morally grey version of Revan if that's what you want to write, who's not really interested in this whole binary opposition of good and evil, but just does his own thing. Actually even with Dark Side Revan I prefer Pragmatic Evil and ruthless, power-hungry ambition over Ludicrous Evil and "bwahahaha I kick puppies in my free time for the Evulz". Mostly I'm just not interested in redeemed, saintly Light Side Revan. If you want to include any of the other characters, that's fine by me, although I'd rather not read about Bastila. I especially love HK-47 because he's fucking hilarious.
No top/bottom preference for this ship; switching is also great.
Requested tropes:
- Arousal From Killing
- Breathplay: Force choking! :D
- Consensual Mind Control: Revan spending a lot of time lingering in Canderous' mind, talking to him, suggesting things, sometimes maybe even making him do things ... and Canderous not minding at all because he's Revan's anyway
- Dom/sub - dom likes to get fucked: Revan being very demanding about how he likes to get fucked?
- Licking Blood off Partner's Face
- Mind Meld
- Rapists in Love: I'm super into the victim being Carth, but I'm also open to it being any other random guy
- Sex While Covered In The Blood of Their Enemies
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- Telepathic Bond
- Wall Sex
Vampyr
Jonathan Reid/Geoffrey McCullum
This ship has so many things I love! Antagonism and profound distrust and grudging respect and so much potential to work together reluctantly and grow closer ... I'm easy. :D I did a Not Even Once playthrough and ended up being incredibly frustrated by the game's morality system, where letting awful people go free or saving their life is apparently always the best choice, and I realised that I much prefer a version of Jonathan who's generally a good person and wants to help others, but who can also be rather ruthless and is very willing to get his hands dirty when he thinks someone deserves it. I love that he and Geoffrey are both stubborn people who tend to think they're always right, and I love how much they'll probably always butt heads even once they're closer.
I didn't enjoy the forced romance, so I'd prefer if we could pretend that Jonathan and Elisabeth were simply friends (and tbh thematically I prefer the ending in which she chooses to die to the one where he saves her with the power of love or somesuch). I'd prefer if Swansea didn't show up (unless it's before his possible in-game death, of course) because I have a hard time justifying turning him in-game. I also prefer Jonathan not turning Geoffrey in-game, simply because I find it more interesting if they have some time to get to know each other better while Geoffrey is still human, but I'm totally up for him turning Geoffrey later on. I'm happy to get porn set when they're both vampires, if you want to write something like mutual blood drinking.
No top/bottom preference for this ship; switching is also great.
Requested tropes:
- Blood As Lube
- Blood Drinking
- Clothed/Naked
- Dancing as Foreplay: maybe while undercover?
- Enemies With Benefits
- fleeting moment of unexpected tenderness in the midst of hate sex: I'm very much into hate sex sloooowly turning into something else, with those little moments of tenderness becoming more frequent
- Forced to have sex to keep their cover: working together, maybe undercover as a vampire and his human pet/lover?
- Glove Kink: easier to pretend he's not fucking a leech if he doesn't have to feel those cold hands on his body
- Holding partner's mouth open while kissing them: to avoid the leech biting him?
- Internalized Homophobia: especially on McCullum's side
- Licking Blood off Partner's Face
- Murdering Others as Seduction of Love Interest: McCullum hunting down some other Ekon who has a problem with that young upstart? Jonathan murdering a bunch of other vampires who are planning to kill the leader of Priwen?
- Possessive Behavior: maybe Jonathan making it clear to some other Ekon that McCullum is off limits?
- Rough Sex to Stave Off Other Violent Urges: specifically blood-drinking urges
- Sex While Covered In The Blood of Their Enemies
- Shame in Sexual Desires: for McCullum - wanting a leech, wanting another man ...
- Sexy Shenanigans at a Masked Ball: could work well for undercover at some vampire ball?
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- Touch-Starved: neither of them probably gets touched a lot
- Voyeurism - One character masturbates knowing the other one is watching them
Watchmen (2009 movie)
Eddie Blake/Adrian Veidt
I rewatch this movie every now and then and every time it hits me how amazing these two are. They're both such assholes in their own ways, and they don't like each other, but they also really get each other in ways pretty much nobody else does. Plus JDM's Comedian is possibly the hottest thing that ever happened on screen. So. Yes.
I really love the idea of them having this decades-long on-off fuckbuddy (fuckenemy?) affair, which quite possibly started nonconsensually with Eddie raping Adrian after he beat the shit out of him ... except it turned out Adrian was into it and came back for more. I love it remaining all hatred, but I also love it turning into a bizarre kind of love-hate with complicated feelings and resentment towards the other for making them feel anything at all. I like how they both despise each other and think so little of the other's ideals (or lack thereof), but also have quite a bit of respect for each other. (Also, random little detail, but while I usually don't like pet names, I am 100% here for Eddie calling Adrian all kinds of obnoxious, condescending pet names just to be a prick - sweetheart and princess and whatnot. Because Eddie so would.)
Additionally, I'd definitely be up for an AU in which Adrian decides to let Eddie live after beating him. Maybe he realises he doesn't WANT to kill him. Maybe he wants somebody to know what he did. Maybe he hopes Eddie will think he was right (since Eddie didn't even try to stop him). Either way, lots of very complicated, painful feelings. :) If you stick with canon verse, I'm fine with mentions of Eddie's death, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that's about nothing else.
Anything from complete noncon that Adrian reluctantly enjoys to completely consensual, via any amount of dubcon you like in between, works for me. I prefer Eddie topping for this - I don't mind Adrian turning the tables on him, but then I'd still prefer if he rode Eddie or something like that rather than fucked him.
Requested tropes:
- Anal penetration as an act of dominance
- Bent over a table and fucked from behind
- Barebacking: for added marking/humiliation?
- Bloodplay
- Character is Ashamed of Their Desire to Submit: Adrian hating that he's into Eddie's everything is one of the main appeals of this ship for me, just heap on the shame and humiliation
- Clothed/Naked
- Consent Issues - victim doesn't want it but starts to enjoy it during the act
- Dirty Talk
- Dubcon - victim pretends they're being raped because it turns them on
- Face Slapping
- Enemies With Benefits: whether it started out as noncon or not, Adrian eventually coming back for more, again and again over the years/decades
- fleeting moment of unexpected tenderness in the midst of hate sex
- Forced to Confess Sexual Fantasies to Desired Partner: Eddie forcing Adrian to ask for what he wants
- Glove Kink: since Eddie feeling people up while wearing gloves is already canon ... and hot ...
- Holding partner's mouth open while kissing them
- it's not rape if they don't say no - hand over mouth
- Marking - burns: cigar burns :D
- Noncon - character enjoys rape because of secret conflicted desires for rapist: Adrian desperately wants Eddie but would never admit it; Eddie just doesn't give a fuck if Adrian wants it or not
- Ordering someone into things they want but would never admit to
- Pain Kink - pressing on bruises during sex
- Reluctant attraction - sexual attraction to someone they (should) dislike
- Shame in Sexual Desires
- Sparring or Fighting as Foreplay
- Victim Forced to Get Rapist Hard Again
- Wall Sex
And that's it! I hope you find something in all this that you enjoy writing, dear author, and I'm happy to answer any questions if you want clarification on anything. I'm very much looking forward to whatever you'll write for me, no matter the fandom we matched on!
Thanks!
linndechir
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