Ship Swap Letter
Hello Ship Swapper! What a pleasure it is to make your acquaintance!
I have below my standard likes/dislikes list, and some feeling about and prompts for each of my fandoms, but what's most important to me is that you have a good time writing it! Don't force yourself to write a prompt just cause I put it up, because enthusiastic fic-writing is the best. If it's good for you, it's a lot more likely to be good for me.
Standard likes/dislikes list:
Kink sublist, in no particular order, italics are particular favs:
possessiveness, BDSM, fluff after a bad mission, fluff after a bad sex session (for any reason - triggery, tried something the other partner didn’t like, etc), lactation, fisting, sounding, prostate milking, sex toys, medical play, orgasm denial, rimming, trust, edging, consensual dub con, sexy dubcon, erotic asphyxiation, loving without actually verbalizing the words ‘I love you,' consensual humiliation, noncon if the emhasis is on H/C or it's an interesting take on the ship.
AU sublist:
Canon AUs rock, wherein one thing changes and everything after that changes accordingly, or where the universe is intact but most other things are different. This is opposed to a total AU (which I also dig), wherein characters meet at:
School or college (students or teachers)
Any sort of professional workplace, from a general store to the UN- massive bonus points if the author has RL experience in said setting
Crossovers are cool: Here is a list of my fandoms: http://meatball42.livejournal.com/8879.html
Sports AU- I will marry you for this, particularly if you actually teach me about the sport. Ping pong to Olympic diving, idc.
Fusions- HDM is an utter winner, ABO is fine as long as it's more complicated than a straight-up romance, D/s is great. Gonna say this again, IF YOU WRITE SEDORETU YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC WIN EVEN IF IT SUCKS.
Genderflipped canon AU is great, particularly if gender is not the focus, or any sort of creatively built alternate universe gender/sexual dynamic system. Wordl-building is great, even if you're lazy and don't do too much, I'm not egging you on for a novel here ;)
Racebending is win, end of.
Band AUs, I've recently had a craving
Incubus/succubus AUs, whether a complete AU or just three one change to canon, are a soft spot.
Writing dislikes:
Instantaneous or inexplicably fast attraction/relationship/sex. Pointless fic, IMO, unless you want PWP.
Mental torture without H/C or extensive physical torture or rape without H/C. I like it as a plot point, but I care more about the characters than the acts themselvs, so focus on the former, por favor.
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General takes on fandoms and ships, and my preferences, along with some prompts: the prompts are totally optional, and feel free to ignore them if you think of something that flows better, but please don't, for example, stray too far from the headcanoncs? If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies?
Fandoms are not listed in any order of preference.
ATTENTION: Apparently in some challenges if you select multiple characters you're asking your writer to include them all. I did not realize that and definitely do not require it in my story. Some of my prompts would make not a lot of sense if all the characters were included. If we matched, for example, on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and your story includes only Clint and Bruce bonding in the woods and no one else I will be totally fine with it.
Star Wars (Movies): There's been a huge outpouring of TFA fluff, as everyone who loved the movie and there characters therein gets out their joy in the form of fic. I have no problem with this, in fact, I celebrate it, and may or may not have one or two (or three or four) fluffy happy fics in the works myself. However, I want to see some more intense stuff.
Finn/Rey/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): Fuck yes OT3. I want to see issues popping up. I will also accept close friendship.
Prompts: Maybe OT3 is not a common thing in the cultures common to the resistance. Maybe they're homophobic, but it's chill as long as Poe and Finn pretend they both just like Rey. Maybe they're not into interracial relationships, but it's chill as long as Finn's just Poe and Rey's friend. How about people being concerned about the first Jedi of a new generation and the golden boy of the resistance being taken in by a LITERAL STORMTROOPER OF THE FIRST ORDER?
How about tag: Touch-Starved Finn and him not knowing basic world shit? Like how it's not appropriate to hug General Organa in greeting like he does Poe? How about the same deal with Rey and swimming, or snow, or squirrels? How about neither of them having ever used a water shower, or ever eating cheese? How about Poe trying to teach them all of this?
Poe-angst! Poe is a bit creeped out by these two young people who have never had proper sex education being VERY ENTHUSISTIC about him being their second real friend ever, and not understanding boundaries? How about Poe being officially assigned to closely mentor these two valuable assets, in a darkfic kinda way?
They do not meet again at the base on D'Qar. In fact, Poe is transferred to another base before Finn wakes up. They don't meet again til years later, at a rather inopportune moment, but it feels just like the first time.
Finn/Rey (Star Wars Movies): Cutest thing in any known star system.
The reason they tell kids not to date or have sex until they're old enough to handle it is that if you don't know what you're doing, it's very easy to do something wrong, and for someone to get hurt.
Any of the usual 'they don't like me they like ___' angst :)
Somebody actually thinks they can accuse Finn of being on the First Order's side. Rey teaches punks who's boss.
War is very, very hard. They stick together anyway.
Finn/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): I'd actually like something set not immedaitely post-movie, or if so, not fluffy.
Years later, established leaders in the Resistance, what they felt in those early days resurges with a vengeance.
When they start dating, it's surprisingly difficult to get along, because Finn doesn't know what a relationship constitutes and Poe doesn't know what a Stormtrooper's life and training are like, so they each keep crossing lines they didn't know existed.
In the ealy days, sex pollen angst.
Leia Organa/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): Attractive capable people dedicated to the same goal? We've seen more unlikely ships.
Any first times
Training together can get competitive
Trying to decide whether to keep the relationship a secret or be open
They meet at a Republic high society event, and don't get around to names for a while.
FBI (or similar sort of thing or crossover) AU, soulmate AU, political AU
Arthurian legend fusion?
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Everything but Guardians is fair game.
Clint Barton/Maria Hill (MCU): Sexy badasses who probs have worked together at some point and at least share a homebase. Are they OTP? Fuck buddies? Desperately holding back feelings? Sex pollened? Basically they're hot and I've never seen the ship, go wild. Go kinky. Do it. Definitely Happy Ending, please :)
Sex pollen, undercover couple, anything where they're not in a relationship but shit goes down.
Straight up love story on the helicarrier.
Secret relationship/romance? Why?
Any sort of not cis-heteroness for this ship will make me glow.
College AU, any complete noncanon AU really. Like make them both Olympic swimmers. (unf)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanoff/Steve Rogers (MCU): BADASSESSSS.
Bucky and Steve are rekindling their relationship as his programming starts going extinct, and then Natasha shows up and he like snaps back into Red Room mode. And he's stuck with two people he loves very differently.
Steve and Natasha have never considered a relationship made of three people before. Bucky has never seriously imagined anything else.
Non-powered AU, canon-compliant (Civil War optional) soulmate AU, College AU, undercover relationship for mission, jealousy, ass-kicking, anything these peeps are so hard-core I'll love most things.
Betty Ross/Bruce Banner/Natasha Romanov (MCU): I love Bruce and Betty together and no one appreciates them (because everyone hates that movie, except for me)! *cries* And I love Bruce and Natasha together but no one appreciates them (because the movie did a shitty job)! *cries*
Prompts: I kind of want something where Bruce and one of the ladies have pretty much established a relationship, and then the other one pops up and we're like shit. Either way works for me.
Natasha is assigned as protection detail to two politically dangerous doctors.
Tired of trying to get Bruce to notice their flirting, Natasha and Betty just fuck on his bed. He gets the picture.
And SEDORETU would be beautiful. Clint or Tony or, idk, Steve or Bucky or really anyone, if you do sedoretu I'll love it I promise.
Mundane AU would be interesting. College AU. Attempt at Ultron-compliant?
Sam Wilson/Tony Stark (MCU): Sam Wilson is the eternal Marry of my constantly shifting game of Avengers fuck-marry-kill. Not saying I want to see him not getting deflected by all of Tony's antisocial behaviors, but being able to see Tony's actual problems and having the patience to work wth him rather than manage him. Actually, I wouldn't mind even if this weren't shippy, I just want them to interact. Of course shippy is great too :) :) (Also they're both super sexy. Just putting that out there.)
Prompts: Sam is actually a fucked up vet too, even though he spends most of his time helping other people. Put him in fandom!Bruce's shoes: Stark is a great place for secure work that helps people while he cane help himself.
College AU: No one expected Steve's new best friend and Tony Stark to get along.
Bruce and Sam become besties. Tony becomes aware of this with a massive surge of jealousy.
Tony decides to haze the new guy. It doesn't go according to plan.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
Bruce Banner/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (MCU): These personalities would either take the Tower down or propel the Avengers to new heights. It's all up to you.
Post-Ultron (ignore that bit at the end), Natasha and Bruce have worked their shit out. But the arrival of Natasha's old flame the Winter Soldier, in the form of Steve's recovering best friend, throws a wrench in the works.
Bruce's friend [Tony or Jane] keeps insisting that Hot Natasha Romanoff from the [office across the hall, Firearms Squad, soccer team, etc] is flirting with him, but she's with Barnes, right? (Right.)
AU where Bruce and Natasha actually do not get along. But when Natasha and Bucky strike up a friendship, and Tony and Bucky become bros and Bruce gets sucked into refereeing, Bucky's secret plan to make the future perfect for himself and Steve comes to fruition.
Those are all really involved, I know, so feel free to ignore them and just go with anything where Bucky is cool, Bruce is shy but also not shy sometimes, and Natasha is a fucking bad-ass spy and also legitimately likes Bruce.
Crossover Ships
Tony Stark (MCU)/Toshiko Sato (Torchwood): I'm offering some prompts, but pretty much anything for this pair. They have so much in common and so much that is different, but they both will sacrifice their lives to protect people.
Tony's soulmark says 'Did you hack my program?' Toshiko's says 'If I said I only did it to meet you, would you forgive me?'
Instead of the Ministry of Defence/terrorists, Tosh was working for SHIELD before Hydra made her betray them. Now, the Avengers require her skills.
Tony falls in love with an incredibly graceful and efficiently-written and extremely illegal international data mining program.
When Toshiko accidentally soulbonds to one of the most notorious ceebrities in the world, she doesn't think there's any chance her life will turn out happy. D/S or ABO AU.
The Avengers are very surprised by Tony's date to the New Year's party.
Martha Jones (Doctor Who)/Steve Rogers (MCU): I don't even usually find Chris Evans hot but I can see it in this ship. Plus, both Steve and Martha are principled, dedicated, nd unstoppable, and relatively clean-minded. I can see them getting along as colleagues, long-distance lovers, or even getting married.
SHIELD has to call in one of their top secret consultants. Tony and the Doctor get along well-- maybe too well-- but Steve is more interested in the Doctor's 'Companion'
The new SHIELD transfer from UNIT; Steve has met her before-- a long, long time ago.
Steve's girlfriend has yet to meet the Avengers, and it's hard to explain why.
Naming the first baby <3
Eliot Spencer (Leverage)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Super sexy, great fighters, and extremely endearing when you catch them in the right light. Are they longtime friends? Do they meet post-Avengers and immedately hit it off? Are they soulmates?
One of Eliot's flashbacks when Natasha shows up in one of the Leverage team's missions.
Will accept PWP
Sparring with their teams looking on and placing bets.
AU- Eliot is the Avenger, Natasha the Robin Hood vigilante
Eliot Spencer, Agent of SHIELD
Anthony DiNozzo (NCIS)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Ugh so sexy. Sort of picture this something like Tony's relationship with Ziva, oooohhh! Feel free to make this a threesome, God I would kudos that so hard.
Tony knows he's never going to get along with Kate's replacement.
Natasha took Steve to hide out with an old friend after the helicarriers came down
Clint/Tony/Natasha = yes
Lots of snark. Not picky on plot but snarkkk
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Poe Dameron (Star Wars TFA): I honestly have no idea, but it looked good, so go wild.
Poe is a SHIELD agent/private detective/friend of Sam's from the Air Force who joins the team staying up all night to get Bucky
Bukcy is a former hero of the rebellion who vanished. Poe has heard the stories from his parents; he never thought he'd meet the legend in person
Poe is a smalltime superhero who gets embroiled in the Avenger's latest case?
Can't go wrong with a soulmate AU. Or, like, any other AU. See suggestions above.
Sense8 (TV): I've seen the whole season, and my favorite thing about the show is the variety of lives and lifestyles and different degress of separation from the rest of the world that each character/story introduces. Basically what will make me happy is good characterization, whatever you decide to make the plot.
Hernando/Lito Rodriguez/Daniela Velasquez: I love that these three can be many things to each other, from friends who go to shows together, to arguing and testing each others' moral strengths, to any of various forms of lover. I don't need you to write sex for this ship (though I would not turn it away ;), but I want to see this relationship explored both in the everday, i.e. just like any other relationship, and also as something new to each of them; a polyamorous relationship that may or may not be seen from that perspective by any of the individuals.
Prompts: For Lito, it's a balancing act. For Hernando, it's a sociological study. For Dani, it's a family and a survival tactic.
The lease on the apartment is up. What do we do now?
Anything about insecurity within the relationship, from anyone, or mistakes or bad judgement calls about being in a relationship with three people.
Lito is gay. Hernando is bi. Dani is...
SEDORETU WITH ANYONE!
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: THIS IS MY FAVORITE THINGGGGG.
Clint Barton/T'Challa (A:EMH): I read one fic for this that was fantastic and now I can't unsee it. Write absolutely whatever you want, I just have a few vague ideas.
T'Challa knows he has to be patient with this one.
Clint is definitely not attracted to T'Challa. For one thing, he's too old. For another, he's literally royalty. Lastly, Clint is definitely not attracted to him, okay?
T'Challa taches Clint to meditate.
Once again, Hawkeye is accused of being a plant. Hulk is still taking time off from the team, so someone else needs to stand up for Hawkeye.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers (A:EMH): I sort of want to see any MCU-type tropes for this ship tried out on this universe, with its different backstory for Bucky and different characterization for both guys.
Steve and [Avenger of his choice] 'Stay up all night to get Bucky' on a quest across the country and/or world.
They had different soulmarks before the war, but now...
Steve is aghast when Bucky becomes besties with [Avenger of your choosing]. Are they dating? What's going on?
Bucky still wants to do double-dates.
Post-Winter Soldier recuperation at the Avengers Mansion.
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (A:EMH): What with the Skrull Invasions, the planet hating him afterwards, getting mind-controlled by the Purple Man, Bucky's mysterious reapparance as a mindy-windy asshole, Steve's had a rough time of it. Any sort of shippy H/C focused on him would be nice.
This version of Tony is so much nicer and friendlier than the MCU version, but there are still hints of the unhappy backstory that has made him a popular woobie in MCU fandom. I haven't read much A:EMH woobie!Tony, and I'd really like too! Especially since he seems like he wouldn't complain much, which would just make it sadder! :')
This is one of the few ships I could go for some solid fluff for, as well, or maybe like light H and then fluffy C. Or just like H/C in general. Or they adopt a puppy, basically I love this ship you can't go wrong.
Tony is determined that his team of misfits and strays is going to have a fantastic Christmas. [optional: This goes pear-shaped in several ways.]
Any sex pollen scenario, played for angst or h/c or fluff or laughs
Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): This plotline was so fantastic to me. The lying and betrayal, the way they understand each other, the way Clint stands up for her even after everything, that last scene in the alley... *sighs*
Now that they're back together, it's still hard to overcome the pain her last mission caused.
Natasha calls for help and Clint ditches the Avengers. Mixed reactions from his teammates.
Natasha's opening hazing matches with her teammates are each, quietly, joined with a shovel talk.
Clint tells Natasha to choose between him and SHIELD.
Bruce Banner/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): Clint and Bruce/Hulk's relationship is the best thing on this show to me. And the relationship between Clint and Natasha, made up as it is of duty, betrayal, hate, romance? Super awesome. Basically anything for this ship will make me very happy.
Natasha and Bruce get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce and Natasha have a real conversation for the first time.
Natasha is surprised (not that she lets it show) when she joins the team to be the recipient of two shovel talks: a loud, angry, green one, and a quiet one that sounds more like begging her to treat Clint right. Clearly, she must take control of the situation.
Clint's new boyfriend and his old girlfriend are both willing to share, mainly because Clint annoyed them into it.
If you write Bruce/Clint/Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner/Clint Barton (A:EMH): I love how Clint and Hulk have this great relationship, and meanwhile Clint and Bruce get along like a cat and a dog. (Actually this is the only iteration of Hawkeye I see as a cat person instead of a dog person, huh.)
Prompts: Why don't Bruce and Clint get along as well as Clint and Hulk? Why do Clint and Hulk get along as well as they do?
How did Bruce and/or Hulk feel about the team after being freed from the shock collar in S2? Did their long imprisonment affect the way they felt about Clint and/or the team?
Hulk POV is also sweet. As is any addition whatsoever of Betty Ross to this universe, as a ship or a mention.
Clint picks Bruce for Secret Santa. Not Hulk, Bruce. His quest to find an even okay present.
I have below my standard likes/dislikes list, and some feeling about and prompts for each of my fandoms, but what's most important to me is that you have a good time writing it! Don't force yourself to write a prompt just cause I put it up, because enthusiastic fic-writing is the best. If it's good for you, it's a lot more likely to be good for me.
Standard likes/dislikes list:
- Happy endings, or at least fulfilling sad endings. But generally happy endings. I like my angst to be healed by the end.
- I really adore misunderstandings in general, and two-sided miscommunications, like when characters are having an argument, or one overhears a convo that means one thing to one side and something totally different to the other.
- Ethical sluttery: While I do adore will-they-won't-they, my heart lies with happy poly people, whether this means a committed moresome or a committed relationship with one-night-standery. Make any ship I've listed a threesome, or an open relationship, or just have them flirting with other people. IF YOU WRITE SEDORETU YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC WIN EVEN IF IT SUCKS.
- My all-time fav: self-deprecation. Character thinks they don't deserve the relationship/promotion/happy life for some reason = excuse for plotty/character-developmenty/shippy H/C! Preferably if it doesn't dissolve into blatant whump just for the sake of h/c, but I like it to hurt me in the chest.
- I don't mind fluff, but I prefer emotional stories, whatever the emotion. This is inclusive of love, angst, anger, anything.
Kink sublist, in no particular order, italics are particular favs:
possessiveness, BDSM, fluff after a bad mission, fluff after a bad sex session (for any reason - triggery, tried something the other partner didn’t like, etc), lactation, fisting, sounding, prostate milking, sex toys, medical play, orgasm denial, rimming, trust, edging, consensual dub con, sexy dubcon, erotic asphyxiation, loving without actually verbalizing the words ‘I love you,' consensual humiliation, noncon if the emhasis is on H/C or it's an interesting take on the ship.
AU sublist:
Canon AUs rock, wherein one thing changes and everything after that changes accordingly, or where the universe is intact but most other things are different. This is opposed to a total AU (which I also dig), wherein characters meet at:
School or college (students or teachers)
Any sort of professional workplace, from a general store to the UN- massive bonus points if the author has RL experience in said setting
Crossovers are cool: Here is a list of my fandoms: http://meatball42.livejournal.com/8879.html
Sports AU- I will marry you for this, particularly if you actually teach me about the sport. Ping pong to Olympic diving, idc.
Fusions- HDM is an utter winner, ABO is fine as long as it's more complicated than a straight-up romance, D/s is great. Gonna say this again, IF YOU WRITE SEDORETU YOU GET AN AUTOMATIC WIN EVEN IF IT SUCKS.
Genderflipped canon AU is great, particularly if gender is not the focus, or any sort of creatively built alternate universe gender/sexual dynamic system. Wordl-building is great, even if you're lazy and don't do too much, I'm not egging you on for a novel here ;)
Racebending is win, end of.
Band AUs, I've recently had a craving
Incubus/succubus AUs, whether a complete AU or just three one change to canon, are a soft spot.
Writing dislikes:
Instantaneous or inexplicably fast attraction/relationship/sex. Pointless fic, IMO, unless you want PWP.
Mental torture without H/C or extensive physical torture or rape without H/C. I like it as a plot point, but I care more about the characters than the acts themselvs, so focus on the former, por favor.
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General takes on fandoms and ships, and my preferences, along with some prompts: the prompts are totally optional, and feel free to ignore them if you think of something that flows better, but please don't, for example, stray too far from the headcanoncs? If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies?
Fandoms are not listed in any order of preference.
ATTENTION: Apparently in some challenges if you select multiple characters you're asking your writer to include them all. I did not realize that and definitely do not require it in my story. Some of my prompts would make not a lot of sense if all the characters were included. If we matched, for example, on Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and your story includes only Clint and Bruce bonding in the woods and no one else I will be totally fine with it.
Star Wars (Movies): There's been a huge outpouring of TFA fluff, as everyone who loved the movie and there characters therein gets out their joy in the form of fic. I have no problem with this, in fact, I celebrate it, and may or may not have one or two (or three or four) fluffy happy fics in the works myself. However, I want to see some more intense stuff.
Finn/Rey/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): Fuck yes OT3. I want to see issues popping up. I will also accept close friendship.
Prompts: Maybe OT3 is not a common thing in the cultures common to the resistance. Maybe they're homophobic, but it's chill as long as Poe and Finn pretend they both just like Rey. Maybe they're not into interracial relationships, but it's chill as long as Finn's just Poe and Rey's friend. How about people being concerned about the first Jedi of a new generation and the golden boy of the resistance being taken in by a LITERAL STORMTROOPER OF THE FIRST ORDER?
How about tag: Touch-Starved Finn and him not knowing basic world shit? Like how it's not appropriate to hug General Organa in greeting like he does Poe? How about the same deal with Rey and swimming, or snow, or squirrels? How about neither of them having ever used a water shower, or ever eating cheese? How about Poe trying to teach them all of this?
Poe-angst! Poe is a bit creeped out by these two young people who have never had proper sex education being VERY ENTHUSISTIC about him being their second real friend ever, and not understanding boundaries? How about Poe being officially assigned to closely mentor these two valuable assets, in a darkfic kinda way?
They do not meet again at the base on D'Qar. In fact, Poe is transferred to another base before Finn wakes up. They don't meet again til years later, at a rather inopportune moment, but it feels just like the first time.
Finn/Rey (Star Wars Movies): Cutest thing in any known star system.
The reason they tell kids not to date or have sex until they're old enough to handle it is that if you don't know what you're doing, it's very easy to do something wrong, and for someone to get hurt.
Any of the usual 'they don't like me they like ___' angst :)
Somebody actually thinks they can accuse Finn of being on the First Order's side. Rey teaches punks who's boss.
War is very, very hard. They stick together anyway.
Finn/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): I'd actually like something set not immedaitely post-movie, or if so, not fluffy.
Years later, established leaders in the Resistance, what they felt in those early days resurges with a vengeance.
When they start dating, it's surprisingly difficult to get along, because Finn doesn't know what a relationship constitutes and Poe doesn't know what a Stormtrooper's life and training are like, so they each keep crossing lines they didn't know existed.
In the ealy days, sex pollen angst.
Leia Organa/Poe Dameron (Star Wars Movies): Attractive capable people dedicated to the same goal? We've seen more unlikely ships.
Any first times
Training together can get competitive
Trying to decide whether to keep the relationship a secret or be open
They meet at a Republic high society event, and don't get around to names for a while.
FBI (or similar sort of thing or crossover) AU, soulmate AU, political AU
Arthurian legend fusion?
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Everything but Guardians is fair game.
Clint Barton/Maria Hill (MCU): Sexy badasses who probs have worked together at some point and at least share a homebase. Are they OTP? Fuck buddies? Desperately holding back feelings? Sex pollened? Basically they're hot and I've never seen the ship, go wild. Go kinky. Do it. Definitely Happy Ending, please :)
Sex pollen, undercover couple, anything where they're not in a relationship but shit goes down.
Straight up love story on the helicarrier.
Secret relationship/romance? Why?
Any sort of not cis-heteroness for this ship will make me glow.
College AU, any complete noncanon AU really. Like make them both Olympic swimmers. (unf)
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanoff/Steve Rogers (MCU): BADASSESSSS.
Bucky and Steve are rekindling their relationship as his programming starts going extinct, and then Natasha shows up and he like snaps back into Red Room mode. And he's stuck with two people he loves very differently.
Steve and Natasha have never considered a relationship made of three people before. Bucky has never seriously imagined anything else.
Non-powered AU, canon-compliant (Civil War optional) soulmate AU, College AU, undercover relationship for mission, jealousy, ass-kicking, anything these peeps are so hard-core I'll love most things.
Betty Ross/Bruce Banner/Natasha Romanov (MCU): I love Bruce and Betty together and no one appreciates them (because everyone hates that movie, except for me)! *cries* And I love Bruce and Natasha together but no one appreciates them (because the movie did a shitty job)! *cries*
Prompts: I kind of want something where Bruce and one of the ladies have pretty much established a relationship, and then the other one pops up and we're like shit. Either way works for me.
Natasha is assigned as protection detail to two politically dangerous doctors.
Tired of trying to get Bruce to notice their flirting, Natasha and Betty just fuck on his bed. He gets the picture.
And SEDORETU would be beautiful. Clint or Tony or, idk, Steve or Bucky or really anyone, if you do sedoretu I'll love it I promise.
Mundane AU would be interesting. College AU. Attempt at Ultron-compliant?
Sam Wilson/Tony Stark (MCU): Sam Wilson is the eternal Marry of my constantly shifting game of Avengers fuck-marry-kill. Not saying I want to see him not getting deflected by all of Tony's antisocial behaviors, but being able to see Tony's actual problems and having the patience to work wth him rather than manage him. Actually, I wouldn't mind even if this weren't shippy, I just want them to interact. Of course shippy is great too :) :) (Also they're both super sexy. Just putting that out there.)
Prompts: Sam is actually a fucked up vet too, even though he spends most of his time helping other people. Put him in fandom!Bruce's shoes: Stark is a great place for secure work that helps people while he cane help himself.
College AU: No one expected Steve's new best friend and Tony Stark to get along.
Bruce and Sam become besties. Tony becomes aware of this with a massive surge of jealousy.
Tony decides to haze the new guy. It doesn't go according to plan.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
Bruce Banner/James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov (MCU): These personalities would either take the Tower down or propel the Avengers to new heights. It's all up to you.
Post-Ultron (ignore that bit at the end), Natasha and Bruce have worked their shit out. But the arrival of Natasha's old flame the Winter Soldier, in the form of Steve's recovering best friend, throws a wrench in the works.
Bruce's friend [Tony or Jane] keeps insisting that Hot Natasha Romanoff from the [office across the hall, Firearms Squad, soccer team, etc] is flirting with him, but she's with Barnes, right? (Right.)
AU where Bruce and Natasha actually do not get along. But when Natasha and Bucky strike up a friendship, and Tony and Bucky become bros and Bruce gets sucked into refereeing, Bucky's secret plan to make the future perfect for himself and Steve comes to fruition.
Those are all really involved, I know, so feel free to ignore them and just go with anything where Bucky is cool, Bruce is shy but also not shy sometimes, and Natasha is a fucking bad-ass spy and also legitimately likes Bruce.
Crossover Ships
Tony Stark (MCU)/Toshiko Sato (Torchwood): I'm offering some prompts, but pretty much anything for this pair. They have so much in common and so much that is different, but they both will sacrifice their lives to protect people.
Tony's soulmark says 'Did you hack my program?' Toshiko's says 'If I said I only did it to meet you, would you forgive me?'
Instead of the Ministry of Defence/terrorists, Tosh was working for SHIELD before Hydra made her betray them. Now, the Avengers require her skills.
Tony falls in love with an incredibly graceful and efficiently-written and extremely illegal international data mining program.
When Toshiko accidentally soulbonds to one of the most notorious ceebrities in the world, she doesn't think there's any chance her life will turn out happy. D/S or ABO AU.
The Avengers are very surprised by Tony's date to the New Year's party.
Martha Jones (Doctor Who)/Steve Rogers (MCU): I don't even usually find Chris Evans hot but I can see it in this ship. Plus, both Steve and Martha are principled, dedicated, nd unstoppable, and relatively clean-minded. I can see them getting along as colleagues, long-distance lovers, or even getting married.
SHIELD has to call in one of their top secret consultants. Tony and the Doctor get along well-- maybe too well-- but Steve is more interested in the Doctor's 'Companion'
The new SHIELD transfer from UNIT; Steve has met her before-- a long, long time ago.
Steve's girlfriend has yet to meet the Avengers, and it's hard to explain why.
Naming the first baby <3
Eliot Spencer (Leverage)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Super sexy, great fighters, and extremely endearing when you catch them in the right light. Are they longtime friends? Do they meet post-Avengers and immedately hit it off? Are they soulmates?
One of Eliot's flashbacks when Natasha shows up in one of the Leverage team's missions.
Will accept PWP
Sparring with their teams looking on and placing bets.
AU- Eliot is the Avenger, Natasha the Robin Hood vigilante
Eliot Spencer, Agent of SHIELD
Anthony DiNozzo (NCIS)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Ugh so sexy. Sort of picture this something like Tony's relationship with Ziva, oooohhh! Feel free to make this a threesome, God I would kudos that so hard.
Tony knows he's never going to get along with Kate's replacement.
Natasha took Steve to hide out with an old friend after the helicarriers came down
Clint/Tony/Natasha = yes
Lots of snark. Not picky on plot but snarkkk
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Poe Dameron (Star Wars TFA): I honestly have no idea, but it looked good, so go wild.
Poe is a SHIELD agent/private detective/friend of Sam's from the Air Force who joins the team staying up all night to get Bucky
Bukcy is a former hero of the rebellion who vanished. Poe has heard the stories from his parents; he never thought he'd meet the legend in person
Poe is a smalltime superhero who gets embroiled in the Avenger's latest case?
Can't go wrong with a soulmate AU. Or, like, any other AU. See suggestions above.
Sense8 (TV): I've seen the whole season, and my favorite thing about the show is the variety of lives and lifestyles and different degress of separation from the rest of the world that each character/story introduces. Basically what will make me happy is good characterization, whatever you decide to make the plot.
Hernando/Lito Rodriguez/Daniela Velasquez: I love that these three can be many things to each other, from friends who go to shows together, to arguing and testing each others' moral strengths, to any of various forms of lover. I don't need you to write sex for this ship (though I would not turn it away ;), but I want to see this relationship explored both in the everday, i.e. just like any other relationship, and also as something new to each of them; a polyamorous relationship that may or may not be seen from that perspective by any of the individuals.
Prompts: For Lito, it's a balancing act. For Hernando, it's a sociological study. For Dani, it's a family and a survival tactic.
The lease on the apartment is up. What do we do now?
Anything about insecurity within the relationship, from anyone, or mistakes or bad judgement calls about being in a relationship with three people.
Lito is gay. Hernando is bi. Dani is...
SEDORETU WITH ANYONE!
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: THIS IS MY FAVORITE THINGGGGG.
Clint Barton/T'Challa (A:EMH): I read one fic for this that was fantastic and now I can't unsee it. Write absolutely whatever you want, I just have a few vague ideas.
T'Challa knows he has to be patient with this one.
Clint is definitely not attracted to T'Challa. For one thing, he's too old. For another, he's literally royalty. Lastly, Clint is definitely not attracted to him, okay?
T'Challa taches Clint to meditate.
Once again, Hawkeye is accused of being a plant. Hulk is still taking time off from the team, so someone else needs to stand up for Hawkeye.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers (A:EMH): I sort of want to see any MCU-type tropes for this ship tried out on this universe, with its different backstory for Bucky and different characterization for both guys.
Steve and [Avenger of his choice] 'Stay up all night to get Bucky' on a quest across the country and/or world.
They had different soulmarks before the war, but now...
Steve is aghast when Bucky becomes besties with [Avenger of your choosing]. Are they dating? What's going on?
Bucky still wants to do double-dates.
Post-Winter Soldier recuperation at the Avengers Mansion.
Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (A:EMH): What with the Skrull Invasions, the planet hating him afterwards, getting mind-controlled by the Purple Man, Bucky's mysterious reapparance as a mindy-windy asshole, Steve's had a rough time of it. Any sort of shippy H/C focused on him would be nice.
This version of Tony is so much nicer and friendlier than the MCU version, but there are still hints of the unhappy backstory that has made him a popular woobie in MCU fandom. I haven't read much A:EMH woobie!Tony, and I'd really like too! Especially since he seems like he wouldn't complain much, which would just make it sadder! :')
This is one of the few ships I could go for some solid fluff for, as well, or maybe like light H and then fluffy C. Or just like H/C in general. Or they adopt a puppy, basically I love this ship you can't go wrong.
Tony is determined that his team of misfits and strays is going to have a fantastic Christmas. [optional: This goes pear-shaped in several ways.]
Any sex pollen scenario, played for angst or h/c or fluff or laughs
Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): This plotline was so fantastic to me. The lying and betrayal, the way they understand each other, the way Clint stands up for her even after everything, that last scene in the alley... *sighs*
Now that they're back together, it's still hard to overcome the pain her last mission caused.
Natasha calls for help and Clint ditches the Avengers. Mixed reactions from his teammates.
Natasha's opening hazing matches with her teammates are each, quietly, joined with a shovel talk.
Clint tells Natasha to choose between him and SHIELD.
Bruce Banner/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (A:EMH): Clint and Bruce/Hulk's relationship is the best thing on this show to me. And the relationship between Clint and Natasha, made up as it is of duty, betrayal, hate, romance? Super awesome. Basically anything for this ship will make me very happy.
Natasha and Bruce get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce and Natasha have a real conversation for the first time.
Natasha is surprised (not that she lets it show) when she joins the team to be the recipient of two shovel talks: a loud, angry, green one, and a quiet one that sounds more like begging her to treat Clint right. Clearly, she must take control of the situation.
Clint's new boyfriend and his old girlfriend are both willing to share, mainly because Clint annoyed them into it.
If you write Bruce/Clint/Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner/Clint Barton (A:EMH): I love how Clint and Hulk have this great relationship, and meanwhile Clint and Bruce get along like a cat and a dog. (Actually this is the only iteration of Hawkeye I see as a cat person instead of a dog person, huh.)
Prompts: Why don't Bruce and Clint get along as well as Clint and Hulk? Why do Clint and Hulk get along as well as they do?
How did Bruce and/or Hulk feel about the team after being freed from the shock collar in S2? Did their long imprisonment affect the way they felt about Clint and/or the team?
Hulk POV is also sweet. As is any addition whatsoever of Betty Ross to this universe, as a ship or a mention.
Clint picks Bruce for Secret Santa. Not Hulk, Bruce. His quest to find an even okay present.