Rare Pair Fest 2016 Dear Author Letter
Hello darling fellow fandomer!
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 fantastic. 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.
Incubus/succubus AUs, whether a complete AU or just an alternate 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 headcanons? If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies?
Fandoms and ships are not listed in any order of preference.
Miraculous Ladybug
Adrien Agreste/Alya Césaire/Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Nino: Sooooooo many ways to slice it. Personally I'm a fan of Adrien/Marinette being the last couple to get together, or of poly verses like Sedoretu or any alternate polyamorous-norm society. I'm also cool with any time of reveal, or even of no reveal for any identities involved.
I haven't watched all that much of the series, maybe half? So I don't have any specific prompts, but it would be cool to have Alya or Nino become superheroes too? Or even just in the know sidekicks or assistants. Bonus points if one of them starts to suspect the other hero's identity before their friend. Alternately, an established relationship fic where the identities are still secret? Or, just, anything where people are dating but it's still awkward.
Also, I don't have any compunctions about age of consent. It's 15 in France, and if you want to stick to that, fine, but I don't have any problem with people smooching or dating or more below that point. Maturity is what matters to me, not age. Though I would appreciate no pregnancy fic, plz.
Adrien Agreste/Alya Césaire: For this ship my only real ideas are 1) a story where they became besties on the first day instead of meeting Marinette and Nino first because Alya was a bit later and Adrien was a bit earlier and didn't get stopped by Natalie, or 2) Alya keeps trying to set up Marinette and Adrien, but Adrien asks Alya out instead. If neither of these float your boat, I'd like something where Alya supports Adrien when his dad is being a dick. Or just something where they're both smart and happy, idk.
Crossover Fandom
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, I mean, if that's where the muse takes you, like, I'll deal with it, *sigh* *so generous*
Sparring with their teams looking on and placing bets.
AU- Eliot is the Avenger, Natasha the Robin Hood vigilante
Eliot Spencer, Agent of SHIELD
After the Civil War, Natasha goes to ground with an old... friend. Eliot's team is split between running away and breaking out the popcorn.
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): The story of how these two met would be super. Did Eliot encounter him like Natasha, on opposite sides of a mission? Did they collaborate for one day (and one night)? Do they meet, or meet again, after CA:TWS?
Prompts: "The worst thing I ever did in my life, I did for Damien Moreau." Eliot met the Winter Soldier before D.C.
When the Winter Soldier is brought to justice, Eliot and his team break him out.
Eliot shows up at/in Stark Tower one day, looking for the man he met one weeked in Pakistan.
Cooking together
Once, Eliot took a contract with Hydra. Once.
Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)/Tony Stark (MCU): 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.
(Something along the lines of) 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 celebrities 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.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): Two smart, savvy, and kick-ass 'specialists' with pasts they prefer not to talk about and a sense of humor that they will normally put to the side in favor of business, unless it gets teased out. I'd be very interested in the variety of ways such people could meet! Actually, a five times fic for this pairing might be fun. I haven't seen anything past Season 8 of NCIS, so if you're going to break up the team, have it be a few years later or at least not-spoilery.
Prompts: Somebody was undercover the first time they met. The next time, they fought. The third time, well.
Eliot meets the NCIS team undercover, not expecting to see an old flame. They exchange intelligence.
Abby and Hardison met at coding camp back in the day. A visit to D.C. sets off a whole chain of events.
For Reasons, the Leverage team hooks up with the MCRT to deal with a Bad Guy. Ziva and Eliot go undercover.
Any shenanigans involving Tony, Abby, McGee, Parker, Hardison, Sophie will be great, too.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Two smart, savvy, and kick-ass spies who know shades of gray very well. I could see this pair as anything from calculating opponents to loyal confidants. I haven't seen anything past Season 8 of NCIS, so if you're going to break up the team, have it be a few years later or at least not-spoilery.
Ziva joins the Avengers team when they require her expertise for a mission.
Ziva calls her old 'friend' to help her infiltrate a gay cruise for an NCIS case.
After Civil War, none of Natasha's usual boltholes are safe. Luckily, she has many friends.
Long before she joined SHIELD, Natasha had an ugly confrontation with Mossad. Now, Ziva does not take kindly to being assigned to work with her.
Interagency cooperation never felt so good.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bruce Banner/Betty Ross/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.
Anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Any 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, oooh, sports AU with Bruce being the supportive boyfriend and them meeting the other lady on the field/court/track/pool/literally whatever?
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.)
Bruce and Natasha's already comlpicated fledgling relationship is further complicated by arrival of Bucky when he starts to remember his time training the Black Widows.
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. Additionally, anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark (MCU): Three of my favorite characters in the MCU, and such fractious relationships! If you're brave enough to take a stab at this in the canon verse, feel free to ignore Civil War, or any comics canon, or anything else in particular you want. Similarly, if you want to write an AU, their personalities are more than enough to make this interesting! So incorporate and ignore whatever pleases you.
All my prospective prompts for this ship sucked, so I’ll just do a quick list of things I like here: Bucky and Natasha knowing each other from her Red Room days. Natasha and Tony having a slow-grown friendship. Somebody smacking Tony upside the head and not letting him blame himself for everything in the world/overwork. Badassery. Teaching moments. Slice of life. Wit & intelligence.
James "Bucky" Barnes/T'Challa (MCU): For some reason I think that once these two stopped trying to kill/not be killed, they would get along. Particularly if Steve was in the vicinity. Post-Civil War would be nice, but complete AU would be cool too.
T'Challa is not the kind of man who would take advantage of someone in Barnes' state. But with the way Barnes keeps looking at him and looking away, T'Challa wishes he could.
Despite all the turmoil and pain of the last few years, and despite how much happier he is in Wakanda with Steve and T'Challa, Bucky still finds it hard to believe that his soulmate is a black African man.
T'Challa can bed whomever he wants, it's his eventual marriage that's important. But there's areason why Bucky Barnes is not a suitable choice, and it isn't the Winter Soldier. (Wakanda is anti-Semitic, or homophobic, or they just really don't want the Prince/King dating a foreigner, anything.)
Soulmate College AU. T'Challa is the crown prince of Wakanda studying abroad under an assumed name, for safety reasons, so while he knows he's met his soulmate at Whatever University, Bucky does not.
Anything inspired by this non-spoilery large picture (not messing with this HTML any more):
[Spoiler (click to open)]
James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson (MCU): SHIPS I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED UNTIL CIVIL WAR: James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson. UGH the 'trying to keep these idiot white boys from killing themselves' club is a combination of two of my favorite people in this 'verse. They're both the sort to think about things before they make decisions, and they're both intelligent enough to have legitimate considered discussions (as seen in their ONE scene together *cries*) so I'd love for them to just-
Prompt: I'd love for these two to be that one extremely solid relationship on the team. You know the one. They're so much more mature than you and your tentative flirtation, or those on-again-off-again friends, and they just sit over there calmly holding hands and offering sage advice and making investment portfolios (I have a weakness for adult relationships, by which I mean maturity, not porn).
SPACE AU. I hate Space AUs but I think I'd love it with them. 2 flybois working for the Rebellion, how about that? Or... I really don't know space AUs. But do it!
Canon missing scene: Sam and Rhodey's first training session or first meeting or first actual talk over drinks after the first training session.
Steve and Natasha spend half their time gossiping about their lost loves, and Vision and Wanda are clearly working their way up to weird magical semi-solid banging, so Sam and Rhodey become friends almost by default.
Trying to keep their relationship quiet for (publicity? career?) reasons while also trying to see each other in between Avengeing and searching for the Winter Soldier and working for the Air Force.
Unexpectedly, they've gotten no kickback from any of their colleagues, former teammates, or superiors in the Air Force or Air Guard about being an extremely visible gay representation of the military. The Avengers, on the other hand, have had some mixed reactions.
Natasha Romanov/T'Challa (MCU): Instant chemistry. There are so many ways to interpret both of their characters, and even if they were just teammates I’d still enjoy reading this story I’d love to see pretty much anything for these guys, whether it’s within the Cap3 canon or ignoring it, or AU.
Prompts: Post- Civil War, Natasha shows up at the border of Wakanda and is allowed to stay with the other disgraced Avengers. However, she’s not ready to be out of the spy game yet.
The next time they meet, Natasha expects T’Challa to be angry, but instead, he is grateful that she stopped him from making a mistake.
Anything where they physically fight.
Ignoring Civil War, T’Challa joins the Avengers. How would these two gel- or not- on a team?
Ignoring Civil War, Natasha is sent to Wakanda as the UN’s/the Avengers’ representative regarding Vibranium stolen by Hydra.
Complete AUs of any sort, or in-universe soulmate or ABO or anything, would also rock
Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark (MCU): I am so confused by the juxtaposition of two verrry attractive actors and verrry interesting characters in a fandom that somehow does not find them an intruiging combination. I don't care if this is ship or gen, set during Iron Man 2 or after Civil War, in a parallel universe where Natalie really is a secretary who happens to enjoy MMA, as long as these two get to play around with their wide range of personality quirks and skillsets.
ANY TYPE of sports AU, gymnastics, roller derby, Olympics, football coaching, intramural ping pong, idc.
Language tutoring.
Canon fic, there's a mole in Stark Industries. Natalie Rushman returns to help flush them out.
After Tony and Pepper break up Tony is quietly a mess. Natasha decides to step in, for the sake of the team.
Post-Civil War, Tony and Natasha staged their argument so they could work the system in secret.
Any type of fic, canon divergence, complete AU, where Tony and Natasha are besties and/or cuddle a lot.
Okay my prompts are not hitting this because I don't know how to prompt it, but I'm very interested in actual romantic relationship/getting together fic between Ultron and CW.
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson (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 Industries is a great place for secure work that helps people while he can 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.
Dating Tony doesn't make the tension between him and Steve go away, as much as Sam wishes it would.
The making of Redwing.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
They agreed not to let work affect their private relationship, and vice versa. That doesn't make fighting on opposite sides any less painful.
Tony Stark/T'Challa (MCU): Though they didn't talk much- at all?- in the movie, I can see lots of reasons why these characters might communicate after the movie. They have a lot of goals in common. If you're not feeling it, I don't need a fill for this pairing to actually be super shippy, or shippy at all; I just think that T'Challa might encourage the expression of Tony's more level-headed side, and that Tony's drive to change the world might help T'Challa choose the direction in which he wants to lead Wakanda.
Prompts: T'Challa isn't sure about dating Tony because of his reputation. However, he is somewhat confused(/disappointed)/concerned when Tony is very respectful and not as wild as he'd heard.
It doesn't surprise T'Challa that Tony Stark already has his BARF boxed up and ready to ship when T'Challa requests it. What he requests in return, however, does come as a shock.
Tony and T'Challa met before the events of Civil War, maybe even before the events of Iron Man. How did that go?
Tony tries to ask T’Challa out but it keeps getting misinterpreted (particularly if T’Challa thinks Tony’s trying to get at Wakandan technology or intellectual property). Can stick to canon, or ignore it as you’d like. Might be fun if T’Challa joined the Avengers w/o the Accords ever being a thing. Speaking of…
T’Challa joins the Avengers, ignore Cap3 canon. Points if he upstages Tony at something brain-y.
Soulmate AU, oh Lord I actually find myself requesting a high school AU, the humanity, heaven’s sake I want a College AU where Tony’s a professor and T’Challa is a prodigy. God: *smites me down*
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (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 | Hulk get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce | Hulk 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 | Hulk/Clint/Invented EMH Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton (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: Ugh my prompts are so subpar, but basically anything you want to write for this ship will make me happy.
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.
Hulk tries to flirt. Needless to say there are mixed results.
How the hell do they date?
Clint Barton/T'Challa (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 Clint.
Warriors- Erin Hunter
Crowfeather/Leafpool
Firestar/Graystripe
Squirrelflight/Stormfur
Crowfeather/Feathertail
Tortall
Rikash Moonsword/Veralidaine Sarrasri: I SHIPPED THIS SO HARD AND I NEVER GOT WHY ANYONE ELSE DIDN'T!!! Okay because they were from species that love to tear each other apart, w/e. That being said, if you don't want to write ship, I understand, and will GLADLY accept just friendship fics (or just fics of them being prickly and insulting each other, I'm easy).
Rikash DOESN'T DIE AT THE END OF REALMS OF THE GODS (screw you Tamora Pierce Your Majesty), and becomes an ambassador in Tortallan court. Daine is the only person he can count as a friend.
Rikash is turned into a human, either accidentally or intentionally.
College AU I don't know how but it would be amazing.
Iron Man Comics
Rumiko Fujikawa/Tony Stark: I've only seen a few panels and meta and fic for Rumiko, so my knowledge base is that she dated Tony Stark and was really good for him, chill and fun and not letting him get away with shit and not feeling guilty for being a bit materialistic and enjoying the high life. I also know that apparently she cheated on him and left him for Ty Stone and left him? But then she died and Tony was really sad? So, let's just ignore that last bit there. Anything with Rumiko being cool and smart and enjoying life, and maybe lifting others' spirits just by being herself.
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 fantastic. 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.
Incubus/succubus AUs, whether a complete AU or just an alternate 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 headcanons? If I put down two characters as besties feel free to ship them, but don't make them enemies?
Fandoms and ships are not listed in any order of preference.
Miraculous Ladybug
Adrien Agreste/Alya Césaire/Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Nino: Sooooooo many ways to slice it. Personally I'm a fan of Adrien/Marinette being the last couple to get together, or of poly verses like Sedoretu or any alternate polyamorous-norm society. I'm also cool with any time of reveal, or even of no reveal for any identities involved.
I haven't watched all that much of the series, maybe half? So I don't have any specific prompts, but it would be cool to have Alya or Nino become superheroes too? Or even just in the know sidekicks or assistants. Bonus points if one of them starts to suspect the other hero's identity before their friend. Alternately, an established relationship fic where the identities are still secret? Or, just, anything where people are dating but it's still awkward.
Also, I don't have any compunctions about age of consent. It's 15 in France, and if you want to stick to that, fine, but I don't have any problem with people smooching or dating or more below that point. Maturity is what matters to me, not age. Though I would appreciate no pregnancy fic, plz.
Adrien Agreste/Alya Césaire: For this ship my only real ideas are 1) a story where they became besties on the first day instead of meeting Marinette and Nino first because Alya was a bit later and Adrien was a bit earlier and didn't get stopped by Natalie, or 2) Alya keeps trying to set up Marinette and Adrien, but Adrien asks Alya out instead. If neither of these float your boat, I'd like something where Alya supports Adrien when his dad is being a dick. Or just something where they're both smart and happy, idk.
Crossover Fandom
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, I mean, if that's where the muse takes you, like, I'll deal with it, *sigh* *so generous*
Sparring with their teams looking on and placing bets.
AU- Eliot is the Avenger, Natasha the Robin Hood vigilante
Eliot Spencer, Agent of SHIELD
After the Civil War, Natasha goes to ground with an old... friend. Eliot's team is split between running away and breaking out the popcorn.
James "Bucky" Barnes (MCU)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): The story of how these two met would be super. Did Eliot encounter him like Natasha, on opposite sides of a mission? Did they collaborate for one day (and one night)? Do they meet, or meet again, after CA:TWS?
Prompts: "The worst thing I ever did in my life, I did for Damien Moreau." Eliot met the Winter Soldier before D.C.
When the Winter Soldier is brought to justice, Eliot and his team break him out.
Eliot shows up at/in Stark Tower one day, looking for the man he met one weeked in Pakistan.
Cooking together
Once, Eliot took a contract with Hydra. Once.
Toshiko Sato (Torchwood)/Tony Stark (MCU): 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.
(Something along the lines of) 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 celebrities 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.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Eliot Spencer (Leverage): Two smart, savvy, and kick-ass 'specialists' with pasts they prefer not to talk about and a sense of humor that they will normally put to the side in favor of business, unless it gets teased out. I'd be very interested in the variety of ways such people could meet! Actually, a five times fic for this pairing might be fun. I haven't seen anything past Season 8 of NCIS, so if you're going to break up the team, have it be a few years later or at least not-spoilery.
Prompts: Somebody was undercover the first time they met. The next time, they fought. The third time, well.
Eliot meets the NCIS team undercover, not expecting to see an old flame. They exchange intelligence.
Abby and Hardison met at coding camp back in the day. A visit to D.C. sets off a whole chain of events.
For Reasons, the Leverage team hooks up with the MCRT to deal with a Bad Guy. Ziva and Eliot go undercover.
Any shenanigans involving Tony, Abby, McGee, Parker, Hardison, Sophie will be great, too.
Ziva David (NCIS)/Natasha Romanov (MCU): Two smart, savvy, and kick-ass spies who know shades of gray very well. I could see this pair as anything from calculating opponents to loyal confidants. I haven't seen anything past Season 8 of NCIS, so if you're going to break up the team, have it be a few years later or at least not-spoilery.
Ziva joins the Avengers team when they require her expertise for a mission.
Ziva calls her old 'friend' to help her infiltrate a gay cruise for an NCIS case.
After Civil War, none of Natasha's usual boltholes are safe. Luckily, she has many friends.
Long before she joined SHIELD, Natasha had an ugly confrontation with Mossad. Now, Ziva does not take kindly to being assigned to work with her.
Interagency cooperation never felt so good.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bruce Banner/Betty Ross/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.
Anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
Any 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, oooh, sports AU with Bruce being the supportive boyfriend and them meeting the other lady on the field/court/track/pool/literally whatever?
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.)
Bruce and Natasha's already comlpicated fledgling relationship is further complicated by arrival of Bucky when he starts to remember his time training the Black Widows.
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. Additionally, anything that incorporates Civil War, or is set afterwards, would be bombastic.
James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark (MCU): Three of my favorite characters in the MCU, and such fractious relationships! If you're brave enough to take a stab at this in the canon verse, feel free to ignore Civil War, or any comics canon, or anything else in particular you want. Similarly, if you want to write an AU, their personalities are more than enough to make this interesting! So incorporate and ignore whatever pleases you.
All my prospective prompts for this ship sucked, so I’ll just do a quick list of things I like here: Bucky and Natasha knowing each other from her Red Room days. Natasha and Tony having a slow-grown friendship. Somebody smacking Tony upside the head and not letting him blame himself for everything in the world/overwork. Badassery. Teaching moments. Slice of life. Wit & intelligence.
James "Bucky" Barnes/T'Challa (MCU): For some reason I think that once these two stopped trying to kill/not be killed, they would get along. Particularly if Steve was in the vicinity. Post-Civil War would be nice, but complete AU would be cool too.
T'Challa is not the kind of man who would take advantage of someone in Barnes' state. But with the way Barnes keeps looking at him and looking away, T'Challa wishes he could.
Despite all the turmoil and pain of the last few years, and despite how much happier he is in Wakanda with Steve and T'Challa, Bucky still finds it hard to believe that his soulmate is a black African man.
T'Challa can bed whomever he wants, it's his eventual marriage that's important. But there's areason why Bucky Barnes is not a suitable choice, and it isn't the Winter Soldier. (Wakanda is anti-Semitic, or homophobic, or they just really don't want the Prince/King dating a foreigner, anything.)
Soulmate College AU. T'Challa is the crown prince of Wakanda studying abroad under an assumed name, for safety reasons, so while he knows he's met his soulmate at Whatever University, Bucky does not.
Anything inspired by this non-spoilery large picture (not messing with this HTML any more):
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James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson (MCU): SHIPS I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED UNTIL CIVIL WAR: James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Sam Wilson. UGH the 'trying to keep these idiot white boys from killing themselves' club is a combination of two of my favorite people in this 'verse. They're both the sort to think about things before they make decisions, and they're both intelligent enough to have legitimate considered discussions (as seen in their ONE scene together *cries*) so I'd love for them to just-
Prompt: I'd love for these two to be that one extremely solid relationship on the team. You know the one. They're so much more mature than you and your tentative flirtation, or those on-again-off-again friends, and they just sit over there calmly holding hands and offering sage advice and making investment portfolios (I have a weakness for adult relationships, by which I mean maturity, not porn).
SPACE AU. I hate Space AUs but I think I'd love it with them. 2 flybois working for the Rebellion, how about that? Or... I really don't know space AUs. But do it!
Canon missing scene: Sam and Rhodey's first training session or first meeting or first actual talk over drinks after the first training session.
Steve and Natasha spend half their time gossiping about their lost loves, and Vision and Wanda are clearly working their way up to weird magical semi-solid banging, so Sam and Rhodey become friends almost by default.
Trying to keep their relationship quiet for (publicity? career?) reasons while also trying to see each other in between Avengeing and searching for the Winter Soldier and working for the Air Force.
Unexpectedly, they've gotten no kickback from any of their colleagues, former teammates, or superiors in the Air Force or Air Guard about being an extremely visible gay representation of the military. The Avengers, on the other hand, have had some mixed reactions.
Natasha Romanov/T'Challa (MCU): Instant chemistry. There are so many ways to interpret both of their characters, and even if they were just teammates I’d still enjoy reading this story I’d love to see pretty much anything for these guys, whether it’s within the Cap3 canon or ignoring it, or AU.
Prompts: Post- Civil War, Natasha shows up at the border of Wakanda and is allowed to stay with the other disgraced Avengers. However, she’s not ready to be out of the spy game yet.
The next time they meet, Natasha expects T’Challa to be angry, but instead, he is grateful that she stopped him from making a mistake.
Anything where they physically fight.
Ignoring Civil War, T’Challa joins the Avengers. How would these two gel- or not- on a team?
Ignoring Civil War, Natasha is sent to Wakanda as the UN’s/the Avengers’ representative regarding Vibranium stolen by Hydra.
Complete AUs of any sort, or in-universe soulmate or ABO or anything, would also rock
Natasha Romanov/Tony Stark (MCU): I am so confused by the juxtaposition of two verrry attractive actors and verrry interesting characters in a fandom that somehow does not find them an intruiging combination. I don't care if this is ship or gen, set during Iron Man 2 or after Civil War, in a parallel universe where Natalie really is a secretary who happens to enjoy MMA, as long as these two get to play around with their wide range of personality quirks and skillsets.
ANY TYPE of sports AU, gymnastics, roller derby, Olympics, football coaching, intramural ping pong, idc.
Language tutoring.
Canon fic, there's a mole in Stark Industries. Natalie Rushman returns to help flush them out.
After Tony and Pepper break up Tony is quietly a mess. Natasha decides to step in, for the sake of the team.
Post-Civil War, Tony and Natasha staged their argument so they could work the system in secret.
Any type of fic, canon divergence, complete AU, where Tony and Natasha are besties and/or cuddle a lot.
Okay my prompts are not hitting this because I don't know how to prompt it, but I'm very interested in actual romantic relationship/getting together fic between Ultron and CW.
Tony Stark/Sam Wilson (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 Industries is a great place for secure work that helps people while he can 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.
Dating Tony doesn't make the tension between him and Steve go away, as much as Sam wishes it would.
The making of Redwing.
Tony's never had someone willing to just fly with him.
They agreed not to let work affect their private relationship, and vice versa. That doesn't make fighting on opposite sides any less painful.
Tony Stark/T'Challa (MCU): Though they didn't talk much- at all?- in the movie, I can see lots of reasons why these characters might communicate after the movie. They have a lot of goals in common. If you're not feeling it, I don't need a fill for this pairing to actually be super shippy, or shippy at all; I just think that T'Challa might encourage the expression of Tony's more level-headed side, and that Tony's drive to change the world might help T'Challa choose the direction in which he wants to lead Wakanda.
Prompts: T'Challa isn't sure about dating Tony because of his reputation. However, he is somewhat confused(/disappointed)/concerned when Tony is very respectful and not as wild as he'd heard.
It doesn't surprise T'Challa that Tony Stark already has his BARF boxed up and ready to ship when T'Challa requests it. What he requests in return, however, does come as a shock.
Tony and T'Challa met before the events of Civil War, maybe even before the events of Iron Man. How did that go?
Tony tries to ask T’Challa out but it keeps getting misinterpreted (particularly if T’Challa thinks Tony’s trying to get at Wakandan technology or intellectual property). Can stick to canon, or ignore it as you’d like. Might be fun if T’Challa joined the Avengers w/o the Accords ever being a thing. Speaking of…
T’Challa joins the Avengers, ignore Cap3 canon. Points if he upstages Tony at something brain-y.
Soulmate AU, oh Lord I actually find myself requesting a high school AU, the humanity, heaven’s sake I want a College AU where Tony’s a professor and T’Challa is a prodigy. God: *smites me down*
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov (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 | Hulk get trapped in a cave-in and the team has to- very carefully- get them out. Predictably, Clint loses his shit. Underground, however, Bruce | Hulk 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 | Hulk/Clint/Invented EMH Betty/Natasha sedoretu you get first dibs on my firstborn.
Bruce Banner | Hulk/Clint Barton (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: Ugh my prompts are so subpar, but basically anything you want to write for this ship will make me happy.
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.
Hulk tries to flirt. Needless to say there are mixed results.
How the hell do they date?
Clint Barton/T'Challa (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 Clint.
Warriors- Erin Hunter
Crowfeather/Leafpool
Firestar/Graystripe
Squirrelflight/Stormfur
Crowfeather/Feathertail
Tortall
Rikash Moonsword/Veralidaine Sarrasri: I SHIPPED THIS SO HARD AND I NEVER GOT WHY ANYONE ELSE DIDN'T!!! Okay because they were from species that love to tear each other apart, w/e. That being said, if you don't want to write ship, I understand, and will GLADLY accept just friendship fics (or just fics of them being prickly and insulting each other, I'm easy).
Rikash DOESN'T DIE AT THE END OF REALMS OF THE GODS (screw you Tamora Pierce Your Majesty), and becomes an ambassador in Tortallan court. Daine is the only person he can count as a friend.
Rikash is turned into a human, either accidentally or intentionally.
College AU I don't know how but it would be amazing.
Iron Man Comics
Rumiko Fujikawa/Tony Stark: I've only seen a few panels and meta and fic for Rumiko, so my knowledge base is that she dated Tony Stark and was really good for him, chill and fun and not letting him get away with shit and not feeling guilty for being a bit materialistic and enjoying the high life. I also know that apparently she cheated on him and left him for Ty Stone and left him? But then she died and Tony was really sad? So, let's just ignore that last bit there. Anything with Rumiko being cool and smart and enjoying life, and maybe lifting others' spirits just by being herself.