Dear Hurt/Comfort Exchange Writer,
Thank you for writing for me! I'm very much into characters who hide their emotions being forced to rely on morally ambiguous friends/enemies that want to take care of them through dubious means. I do prefer that there be genuine emotions between the nominated characters - the comfort should be genuinely meant, even if the person doing it isn't exactly asking for the hurt person's consent at the time. I've given some prompts for some specific tags, but they're just ideas - go ahead and feel free to write what you want!
DNWs:
Major character death, gore, vore, watersports, scat, vomiting, underage, breathplay, unrequested pairings.
Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends
Matoba Seiji/Natori Shuuichi (hurt Natori)
General Tags:
Bathing/Washing, Both hands/arms injured or out of commission, Buried Alive, Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf, Deceiving the Other Character for Their Own Good, Dubious Consent, Fairy Tale Curses, Forcing medicine/treatment on someone who doesn't want it, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, Restrained for Their Own Good, Rival Rescue - Only I Can Hurt Them, Touch-Starved, Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs
Poor Seiji usually gets the brunt of the hurt in fic, but there's something about seeing Natori at the tender mercies of Matoba that does it for me, so feel free to give him all the suffering (and eventual comfort of sorts) he can handle. Maybe it's because I'm a sucker for characters who hide their pain behind smiles, so an injured/drugged/cursed Shuuichi who has his defenses down in front of Seiji who can see right through him is delightful.
Specific Tags:
Age Regression/De-Aging, Amnesia, Brainwashing, Character Lies About What They Remember, Loss of Identity
Just the thought of a young Natori with an older Matoba intrigues me - especially if teenage Natori gets hurt doing something reckless. It would also be fun to see something where Natori loses his memory during an exorcism and Matoba takes advantage of it.
Captive is Wooed by Captor, Eldritch Creature Falls in Love with Human But Can't Express Its Love in a Way Humans Understand, Forced Marriage, A is Kidnapped by B
Stalker yōkai Seiji rescues a human exorcist from a rather nasty situation - but he said nothing about letting the human return home. It's only fair payment after all.
Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character
I'm a sucker for the couple has to get married trope - and let's face it, the Matoba clan would be entertaining for that, especially if someone decides to kidnap someone's new husband and Seiji shows them exactly what he thinks about that idea.
Resurrecting cock power also soul-bonds the one who's back alive to the one with the power
Shuuichi is kind of miffed Seiji didn't tell him about this ability, but it's not like he can do anything about it now.
正解するカド | Kado: The Right Answer
Shindou Koujirou/Yaha-kui zaShunina (hurt Shindou)
General Tags:
Body under another's control, Captive is Wooed by Captor, Character lives but things still go badly or worse, Comforter caused the Hurt, Dubious Consent, Eldritch Creature Falls in Love with Human But Can't Express Its Love in a Way Humans Understand, Erased From Reality, Forced Loss of Control, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, Non-Consensual Bondage, Non-Consensual Mind-Reading, Rapist Soothes Victim During/After Rape, Reassuring Victim Rape is for Their Own Good, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves,
Here, it's probably more twisted, psychologically damaging, creepy alien hurt with a little bit of this is not really comforting at all, but I do adore the possessive relationship between zaShunina and Shindou. And really, he's totally doing Shindou a favor by messing with his body and isolating him from everyone else. Or maybe he goes a little bit further and just decides to cut off Shindou's rebellion at the pass - after all, he ran the simulations so who's to say the ending just wasn't another one of those? After all, he's got all the time in the world to get it right.
Specific Tags:
Brainwashing, Gaslighting, Loss of Identity, Memory Loss
zaShunina can see that it hurts Shindou so much to remember certain things - so why not just remove all those painful memories. It's not like he needs them.
Body Horror, Character is Turning into an Eldritch Creature, Inhumanly Long Life-Span
Maybe Shindou gets hurt or sick somehow and zaShunina decides to speed up the evolution of humanity for one particular person. And does Shindou notice immediately (obvious bodily changes) or does he not realize it until he's survived multiple things that would kill someone else.
Overstimulation, Sensory Deprivation, Touch-Starved
Shindou doesn't realize just how much he's missed being trapped in the anisotropic (he really shouldn't have tried to rebel) until zaShunina decides stimulates certain parts of him and all of a sudden he's shuddering all over.
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Napoleon Bonaparte/William Laurence (hurt William Laurence)
General Tags:
Bathing/Washing, Collapsing from exhaustion, Comforted By An Enemy, Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf, Deceiving the Other Character for Their Own Good, Dying Character Is Given Life-Saving Medical Attention Against Their Will, Enemies to Lovers - Enemy doesn't immediately notice other person is injured, Forcing medicine/treatment on someone who doesn't want it, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves, Sick/confused character attacks comforter, Stoic character breaking down, Threatening to Hurt Someone in Order to Protect Them
I never had a crush on Napoleon - until I read book 4 and got such a desire to have him and Laurence end up together with a besotted Napoleon giving him everything he deserved. I mean, Lawrence goes through so much physical and mental hurt throughout the books, stoically bearing it all, and Napoleon could just be like, yeah, I'm just going to conquer you too because you need to be taken care of and you're clearly not capable of it, what with your very attractive, if annoying, heroic, self-sacrificing nature.
Arranged Marriage To The Enemy To Cement Ceasefire/Peace Treaty, Political Betrayal, War Trophy - Tending to Captive's Battle Injuries
England loses the war and Napoleon has a few demands. Somehow, that ends up with Lawrence as an official consort (husband?) to the Emperor.
Captive is Comforted by her Captor, Captive is Wooed by Captor, A is Kidnapped by B, Simulated Execution
Napoleon doesn't take no for an answer after Lawrence gives him the cure - and he makes sure that Lawrence has nowhere to go back to.
Character interacts with people after long period in solitary confinement, Character's worldview is irreparably shattered, Rescued from Prison, Roaring Rampage of Rescue - Rescue the Other Character, Working for the Enemy - Amnesia
Whether it's a few weeks, months, or even years, Napoleon finds and rescues Lawrence from imprisonment (maybe the ship doesn't sink and Lawrence is confined in England for a while?). He'd protest more about it, but he's not the same man mentally he was before it all.
DNWs:
Major character death, gore, vore, watersports, scat, vomiting, underage, breathplay, unrequested pairings.
Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends
Matoba Seiji/Natori Shuuichi (hurt Natori)
General Tags:
Bathing/Washing, Both hands/arms injured or out of commission, Buried Alive, Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf, Deceiving the Other Character for Their Own Good, Dubious Consent, Fairy Tale Curses, Forcing medicine/treatment on someone who doesn't want it, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, Restrained for Their Own Good, Rival Rescue - Only I Can Hurt Them, Touch-Starved, Usually Powerful Character is Helpless Due to Drugs
Poor Seiji usually gets the brunt of the hurt in fic, but there's something about seeing Natori at the tender mercies of Matoba that does it for me, so feel free to give him all the suffering (and eventual comfort of sorts) he can handle. Maybe it's because I'm a sucker for characters who hide their pain behind smiles, so an injured/drugged/cursed Shuuichi who has his defenses down in front of Seiji who can see right through him is delightful.
Specific Tags:
Age Regression/De-Aging, Amnesia, Brainwashing, Character Lies About What They Remember, Loss of Identity
Just the thought of a young Natori with an older Matoba intrigues me - especially if teenage Natori gets hurt doing something reckless. It would also be fun to see something where Natori loses his memory during an exorcism and Matoba takes advantage of it.
Captive is Wooed by Captor, Eldritch Creature Falls in Love with Human But Can't Express Its Love in a Way Humans Understand, Forced Marriage, A is Kidnapped by B
Stalker yōkai Seiji rescues a human exorcist from a rather nasty situation - but he said nothing about letting the human return home. It's only fair payment after all.
Couple in arranged marriage both believe the other only feels obligation - mutual pining, Kidnapped and used as leverage against the other character
I'm a sucker for the couple has to get married trope - and let's face it, the Matoba clan would be entertaining for that, especially if someone decides to kidnap someone's new husband and Seiji shows them exactly what he thinks about that idea.
Resurrecting cock power also soul-bonds the one who's back alive to the one with the power
Shuuichi is kind of miffed Seiji didn't tell him about this ability, but it's not like he can do anything about it now.
正解するカド | Kado: The Right Answer
Shindou Koujirou/Yaha-kui zaShunina (hurt Shindou)
General Tags:
Body under another's control, Captive is Wooed by Captor, Character lives but things still go badly or worse, Comforter caused the Hurt, Dubious Consent, Eldritch Creature Falls in Love with Human But Can't Express Its Love in a Way Humans Understand, Erased From Reality, Forced Loss of Control, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, Non-Consensual Bondage, Non-Consensual Mind-Reading, Rapist Soothes Victim During/After Rape, Reassuring Victim Rape is for Their Own Good, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves,
Here, it's probably more twisted, psychologically damaging, creepy alien hurt with a little bit of this is not really comforting at all, but I do adore the possessive relationship between zaShunina and Shindou. And really, he's totally doing Shindou a favor by messing with his body and isolating him from everyone else. Or maybe he goes a little bit further and just decides to cut off Shindou's rebellion at the pass - after all, he ran the simulations so who's to say the ending just wasn't another one of those? After all, he's got all the time in the world to get it right.
Specific Tags:
Brainwashing, Gaslighting, Loss of Identity, Memory Loss
zaShunina can see that it hurts Shindou so much to remember certain things - so why not just remove all those painful memories. It's not like he needs them.
Body Horror, Character is Turning into an Eldritch Creature, Inhumanly Long Life-Span
Maybe Shindou gets hurt or sick somehow and zaShunina decides to speed up the evolution of humanity for one particular person. And does Shindou notice immediately (obvious bodily changes) or does he not realize it until he's survived multiple things that would kill someone else.
Overstimulation, Sensory Deprivation, Touch-Starved
Shindou doesn't realize just how much he's missed being trapped in the anisotropic (he really shouldn't have tried to rebel) until zaShunina decides stimulates certain parts of him and all of a sudden he's shuddering all over.
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Napoleon Bonaparte/William Laurence (hurt William Laurence)
General Tags:
Bathing/Washing, Collapsing from exhaustion, Comforted By An Enemy, Comforter Rains Down Retribution On Hurt Character's Behalf, Deceiving the Other Character for Their Own Good, Dying Character Is Given Life-Saving Medical Attention Against Their Will, Enemies to Lovers - Enemy doesn't immediately notice other person is injured, Forcing medicine/treatment on someone who doesn't want it, Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid, Restraining Someone to Keep Them From Hurting Themselves, Sick/confused character attacks comforter, Stoic character breaking down, Threatening to Hurt Someone in Order to Protect Them
I never had a crush on Napoleon - until I read book 4 and got such a desire to have him and Laurence end up together with a besotted Napoleon giving him everything he deserved. I mean, Lawrence goes through so much physical and mental hurt throughout the books, stoically bearing it all, and Napoleon could just be like, yeah, I'm just going to conquer you too because you need to be taken care of and you're clearly not capable of it, what with your very attractive, if annoying, heroic, self-sacrificing nature.
Arranged Marriage To The Enemy To Cement Ceasefire/Peace Treaty, Political Betrayal, War Trophy - Tending to Captive's Battle Injuries
England loses the war and Napoleon has a few demands. Somehow, that ends up with Lawrence as an official consort (husband?) to the Emperor.
Captive is Comforted by her Captor, Captive is Wooed by Captor, A is Kidnapped by B, Simulated Execution
Napoleon doesn't take no for an answer after Lawrence gives him the cure - and he makes sure that Lawrence has nowhere to go back to.
Character interacts with people after long period in solitary confinement, Character's worldview is irreparably shattered, Rescued from Prison, Roaring Rampage of Rescue - Rescue the Other Character, Working for the Enemy - Amnesia
Whether it's a few weeks, months, or even years, Napoleon finds and rescues Lawrence from imprisonment (maybe the ship doesn't sink and Lawrence is confined in England for a while?). He'd protest more about it, but he's not the same man mentally he was before it all.