Dear Yuletide Author Letter 2021
Happy Yuletide! I am so excited you’ll be writing something from me. Obviously all my prompts are optional but I’d rather throw out many ideas than none at all. Here are some of my general likes/dislikes:
Things I’m never into: death fic (unless it’s in the canon source material), non-con/rape, darkfic, unhappy endings (unless it’s in the canon source material), unrealistic dialogue, crying at the drop of a hat, misunderstandings to the point of disbelief
Triggers: mentions of parent death, mentions of cancer, mentions of catfishing
Things I’m always into: dirty talk, phone sex/sexting, pining, romance, happy endings, makeouts, wall sex, smoking up/shotgunning, AUs, meet-cutes, grand gestures, mixtapes, love confessions in the rain, 80s/90s pop culture references
Things I’m occasionally into but don’t want for these pairings: a/b/o, de-aging
Tropes I adore: fake dating/married, fuckbuddies/friends with benes to lovers, woke up married, kidfic, college aus, soulmate aus, 5 + 1 times, friends to lovers
Tropes I'm less into but do not mind: bed sharing, amnesia fic
Tropes I'm never into: Wingfic
Also note: I'm totally cool explicit fic!
My tumblr is here. You’ll find lots of graphics edits, Johnny Storm, spideytorch, Andrew Garfield etc.
Here’s what I said during my sign-up and I’ll comment additionally on each with a bunch of visuals because I love doing pictorial posts. A few of my edits are a little nsfw, FYI.
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1. Academy Awards RPF - Andrew Garfield/Dev Patel
What I said: Every year I request these two and every year I hope to get the meet-cute fic of my heart. Flirting at the Actors round table? Texting thereafter? Being so excited to see each other at the Academy Awards that they nearly kiss? I’ll take any or all of it. Alternately: fic where they get cast in a gay romance and of course fall in love? Complete AU where they aren’t actors and have a meet-cute? Weekend AU? Anything, I’d love any of it!
Additional comments: Not much besides ughhh look at this bullshit:
And thissss:
I’ve also made quite a few photosets of them, including some as Remus/Sirius. Just sayin’.
Further Possible prompt-ish things:
1. Weekend or before sunrise au
2. Harry Potter/Hogwarts au
3. Falling in love over texting/FaceTime non-au
4. Online dating au
5. High school/college au
6. Regency auuuuu
7. Maurice AU:
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2. Christine - Arnie/Dennis
What I said: I haven’t actually read the book but I adore the movie and would really love some summer teen romance between these two, before all goes to hell. The way Dennis cares about Arnie is so much, and I’d love to see some friends to lovers explored.
Additional comments: I would love a summer hookup (pre- movie, not sure if the book begins the same?) in which they kiss and then just keep on fooling around any chance they get but they don’t really talk about it?
Just looking for some hopeful sweet teen romance (I love how affectionate Dennis is with Arnie) before it all goes to hell for them.
Alternately, you could do an AU in which Dennis is able to save Arnie/pull him back from all of Christine’s influence. Or obviously something totally different!
Love this interaction so much:
and I love it even more framed around a “we just spent all summer making out but haven’t really talked about it yet and I’m kind of trying to bring it up without bringing it up” context.
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3. Western Stars (album) - Bruce Springsteen
What I said: I requested this last year and received an amazing treat for it. Decided to do a last minute addition this year and request again. What I said last year: I’ll take anything that explores any of the songs on this album (Although I would prefer no Hello Sunshine) and it’s themes. Could be gen, het, or slash. I love the overarching Americana theme, and how a lot of it seems to be set in the silver screen era/post WWII. and just aging. Favorite songs/lyrics and further prompt ideas can be found in my letter.
Additional comments: okay! So like I said I love all the themes, I love that some songs repeat the same chords from other songs as an intentional connection. The album is so incredibly seemless that i can’t ever imagine listening to it out of order or not all at once. It’s meant to be consumed as a full bodied piece. Feel free to create original characters or use Bruce as your catalyst, I’m fine with either. I’m more than happy if you decide to just take the feel of the album it and run with it, but to highlight some particular songs:
- Hitchhikin’ - one of my favorites and one of the few songs on the album that is truly youthful. I picture a young hitchhiker, maybe in the 50/60s picked up by older men who are fathers about to become fathers etc, but this guy isnt thinking about that and maybe never has? Is he gay? Does he hook up with a guy around his age who picks him up? Up to you.
Some lyrics:
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
Got what I can carry and my song
I'm a rolling stone just rolling on
Catch me now 'cause tomorrow, I'll be gone
- wayfarer: I feel like this goes right along with hitchhikin’ to be honest. Could be the same person. No commitments, no connections, still youthful? There’s a cynicism towards love and settling down-
Lyrics:
You start out slow in a sweet little bungalow, something two can call home
Then rain comes fallin', the blues come calling, and you're left with a heart of stone
Some folks are inspired sitting by the fire, slippers tucked under the bed
But when I go to sleep I can't count sheep for the white lines in my head
- Tucson train: classic Americana Bruce in this one. Finally there’s a girl in the picture and there’s blue collar work and allusions to war and dreams of more-
Lyrics:
We fought hard over nothin'
We fought till nothin' remained
I've carried that nothin' for a long time
Now I carry my operator's license
And spend my days just runnin' this crane
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train
- Western Stars: the palpable aging of an old screen star who’s now washed up, talks about being on set but then also talks shot viagra (I don’t think it’s meant to be a reference that he’s now doing porn, but hey, could be?). A screen star that is remembered by a commercial with a credit card but wistfully reminisces over when he was once shot by John Wayne in a movie and it’s lead him to a million drinks. I just love everything in this song, all the imagery.
Lyrics:
Once I was shot by John Wayne
Yeah, it was towards the end
That one scene's brought me a thousand drinks
Set me up and I'll tell it for you, friend
Here's to the cowboys
Riders in the whirlwind
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
And the western stars are shining bright again
- sleepy Joe’s cafe: a good connector, I can see a lot of characters from the album just turning up there. I like the mention of Joe opening the place after his GI loan in 1945 - love the thought of it being a gathering spot in the 50s/60s. Would be down for hearing about the story of Joe and May, or the narrator that comes to escape-
Lyrics:
I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away
See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away
-Drive Fast: we head back to the silver screen for this one, and also back to classic Bruce + Cars. Once again this is an aging and broken man, reminiscing on his days drag racing as a teenager, becoming a stunt man, meeting a woman on the set of a B-movie (producer? Director?), who was clearly more well-off.
Lyrics:
We met on the set of this B picture that she made
She liked her guys a little greasy and 'neath her pay grade
We headed down to Baja in the desert, we made our stand of it
Figured maybe together we could get the broken pieces to fit
-Chasin’ Wild Horses and Sundown are both about regrets and want and scream the mid-west. These could easily be connectors with other stories
-Somewhere north of Nashville: this one has a distinct feel of an aging country singer looking back on his regrets. Bruce even sings it with a country twang. I love the idea that the person he lost for “the song” aka his career was a guy, because it was either stay in the closet and have a career or come out and have nothing - except the person you love, of course. These lyrics are killer, feel free to break my heart
Lyrics:
I lie awake in the middle of the night
Makin' a list of things that I didn't do right
With you at the top of a long page filled
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
For the deal I made, the price was strong
I traded you for this song
We woke each morning with hearts filled
Bluebird of love on the windowsill
Now the heart's unsteady, and the night is still
All I've got's this melody, and time to kill
-Stones: this is my absolutely favorite song on the album. I tend to pair it with my second favorite song “moonlight motel”. Again, it reads as an older person looking back in regret and the disintegration of a relationship.
Lyrics: just linking to them all as I’m obsessed with the whole song https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/stones.html
(Skipping There Goes My Miracle and Hello Sunshine as they’re the weak links in the album imo.)
So that leaves:
-Moonlight Motel: so good. Just amazing. Another lost relationship. A man reflecting on young love and youth while having nothing, having gone through kids and bills and the wife that’s no longer there and is traveling to lonely, empty hotel rooms. It’s just so bleak yet also so lovely and I see it connecting with multiple previous songs.
Lyrics: once again linking to all because it’s perfect https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/moonlightmotel.html
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4. Fantastic Four (Comicsverse) - Johnny Storm, Peter Parker, Wyatt Wingfoot
What I said: I am very okay with a Johnny/Wyatt fic, a Johnny/Peter fic or a Johnny/Wyatt/Peter fic. You don’t have to use all three. I am absolutely down for a threesome fic, particularly centered around the time in Robinson’s run when they kidnap “the guy they love” in order to talk some sense into him. Otherwise I’d love Wyatt/Johnny or Peter/Johnny ship fic and the 3rd character can always be present in the fic too. These are Johnny’s two best friends and I so adore the dynamics all around. In my letter I’ll detail some potential prompts.
Additional comments: so while I am looking for ship fic here, I’m also okay with a Johnny focused story and Peter and/or Wyatt being there for him. Like I mention in the signup re: Robinson’s run there’s just a lot of that throughout the comics and a lot of opportunity for Johnny angst and him needing his best friends. I’d like that to ultimately end up romantic but yeah. If you just wanted to write me a Johnny focused fic dealing with his sexuality, depression/insecurity I’d probably love it regardless. I am Very Into Sad Johnny Storm:
And the fact that this is his usual response at being kissed by women, even some that he’s currently with + the fact that he is often kissed against his will:
Canon-wise, these are some prompts/concepts I’m particularly interested in:
1. Any time Johnny leans on Wyatt when his life, or relationships, is falling apart.
Maybe Johnny comparing his relationships to the way he is with Wyatt or Wyatt and Jen’s relationship. Him not realizing what’s right in front of him:
2. Any and all negative zone focused fic, including the spideytorch roommates era. Johnny dealing with what happened, the memories, the odd feeling of being reborn by the same place that killed him and what all that means. Just would love any and all nuance around this time. I did not request him but dealing with the Daken fallout would also be A+ if you’re into that.
3. Johnny/Wyatt college roommates era! Do they have a friends with benefits situation that carries through the years eventually leading to more?
4. Anything surrounding “be brave Johnny Storm” and how utterly married Johnny and Wyatt were seeming during those issues. Show me Johnny asking Wyatt to be his plus one to Ben’s wedding? Were they hooking up before that? Who makes/made the first move?
5. Parker industries era pretty woman au. Johnny signing up as an escort to make ends meet, Peter having a lot of feelings about that. Or just a straight up pretty woman au:
6. The Johnny/Wyatt/Peter stuff I mention initially.
Here’s a graphic I made of them + touching Johnny
Does all that concern eventually lead to the two of them taking him apart in bed?I can totally see a threesome happening in that context; both of them so focused on him and Johnny just needing to be utterly wrecked and taken out of his own head.
7. Anything with the Marvel 2-in-1, especially The Spider stuff handled with more nuance.
8. Anything with the usual place!!
Other potential shippy prompts:
1. Any and all spideytorch domestic fic (Married!!) / house husband Johnny Storm:
2. 1960s Peter/Johnny! Comics the era in which they were written
3. Johnny/Wyatt ranch au. Doesn’t have to be an “au” per se since I think Wyatt does have a ranch but yeah. If au maybe the whole ranch hand thing:
4. Johnny/Peter restaurant au (in one comics future, Johnny becomes a famous celebrity chef)
5. Anything with girl!Johnny Storm
6. Regency au!!
7. Fic exploring Johnny and Peter’s dynamics in bed
8.fake dating?? Undercover as a couple?? Bodyguard au?? (Totally Johnny/Wyatt there), woke up married in Vegas?? I’d love any of it
9. Johnny Storm + the met gala. Photog Peter Parker is there?
10. I made these next two graphics inspired by rollercoaster by bleachers and fire escape by Andrew McMahon, respectively. Envisioned both as spideytorch. Would adore something inspired by either.
Other potential Johnny-centric prompts (can be gen or shippy with Peter or wyatt):
1. Like I used To has somewhat become my Johnny anthem, particularly the acoustic version. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PsugnY-f904&skip_registered_account_check=true&noapp=1
lyrics I’m particularly obsessed with
Change address and draw a line
Show my friends the silver line
Call my family just to know they're there
Lighting one up like I used to
Dancing all alone like I used to
Giving it up like I used to
Falling in love like I used to
Open my heart like I used to
Making out long like I used to
Holding hands openly, rights to
Taking what's mine like I used to
2. My other Johnny anthem is the Springsteen on broadway version of dancing in the dark: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfv4BZ9pJI
3. Anything surrounding Johnny’s feelings at Sue/Reed leaving him behind and then Ben leaving, too. and maybe that anger/resentment when they return
4. Anything that highlights Johnny’s competency, particularly his mechanic abilities. I love the fact that he’s worked in garages; also love that he’s been a firefighter. Feel free to keep it canon or go full mechanic or fireman au, and include ships if you want.
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5. Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules - Johnny Sturm, Joey King
What I said: Completely obsessed with the fact that teen Johnny Sturm runs off with a beatnik who then writes a love poem about him. I would really love the slow slide from friends to lovers. Getting to know each other on the road, Joey kind of always flirting but maybe not taking it seriously because he knows Johnny is young. That inevitable first kiss. Whatever you come up with, I’ll love! I’m also pretty okay with them getting together when Johnny’s 16 or it can be when he’s 18; not squicked by the age difference.
Additional comments: I just really want to see Johnny Sturm evolve and embrace his queerness in the 1950s in San Francisco. Finding that community that he finds with Joey and other beatniks, hanging out in the Castro, experiencing things he never would have in Glen Cove. Maybe Joey is his mentor for a while, while Johnny seeks some kind of idealistic love. Maybe he eventually finds it in Joey (that POEM) but maybe eventually they don’t stay together. This can be more of a Johnny Storm character study, for sure. He could even *cough* meet someone named Peter in his travels (that spiders line…) second graphic below was me definitely imagining Johnny/Peter
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6. Midnight Run, Jack/The Duke
What I said: I re-watched this for the first time in years recently and I can’t get over how shippy it is. I love a good “odd couple” story, and the way these two opposites attract in the movie is so much. I’d really love a coda fic. Does Jack open that coffee shop? Does The Duke show up? Maybe ask if he needs some help doing the books? Domestic coffee shop/accountant friends to lovers! But really I’d love anything
Additional comments:
Not too much to add! Stealing this from tumblr user idlesuperstar:
where ‘in the next life’ is actually ‘six months down the line when Jonathan drops by Jack’s coffee shop to be sarcastic and doom-laden about Jack’s business sense as a cover for offering to be his partner because every business needs a good accountant’
I’d honestly take anything. Look at these heartseyes!
I’m also in love with the fact that the writer based the characters on his parents.
And the fact that he calls it a love story
Things I’m never into: death fic (unless it’s in the canon source material), non-con/rape, darkfic, unhappy endings (unless it’s in the canon source material), unrealistic dialogue, crying at the drop of a hat, misunderstandings to the point of disbelief
Triggers: mentions of parent death, mentions of cancer, mentions of catfishing
Things I’m always into: dirty talk, phone sex/sexting, pining, romance, happy endings, makeouts, wall sex, smoking up/shotgunning, AUs, meet-cutes, grand gestures, mixtapes, love confessions in the rain, 80s/90s pop culture references
Things I’m occasionally into but don’t want for these pairings: a/b/o, de-aging
Tropes I adore: fake dating/married, fuckbuddies/friends with benes to lovers, woke up married, kidfic, college aus, soulmate aus, 5 + 1 times, friends to lovers
Tropes I'm less into but do not mind: bed sharing, amnesia fic
Tropes I'm never into: Wingfic
Also note: I'm totally cool explicit fic!
My tumblr is here. You’ll find lots of graphics edits, Johnny Storm, spideytorch, Andrew Garfield etc.
Here’s what I said during my sign-up and I’ll comment additionally on each with a bunch of visuals because I love doing pictorial posts. A few of my edits are a little nsfw, FYI.
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1. Academy Awards RPF - Andrew Garfield/Dev Patel
What I said: Every year I request these two and every year I hope to get the meet-cute fic of my heart. Flirting at the Actors round table? Texting thereafter? Being so excited to see each other at the Academy Awards that they nearly kiss? I’ll take any or all of it. Alternately: fic where they get cast in a gay romance and of course fall in love? Complete AU where they aren’t actors and have a meet-cute? Weekend AU? Anything, I’d love any of it!
Additional comments: Not much besides ughhh look at this bullshit:
And thissss:
I’ve also made quite a few photosets of them, including some as Remus/Sirius. Just sayin’.
Further Possible prompt-ish things:
1. Weekend or before sunrise au
2. Harry Potter/Hogwarts au
3. Falling in love over texting/FaceTime non-au
4. Online dating au
5. High school/college au
6. Regency auuuuu
7. Maurice AU:
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2. Christine - Arnie/Dennis
What I said: I haven’t actually read the book but I adore the movie and would really love some summer teen romance between these two, before all goes to hell. The way Dennis cares about Arnie is so much, and I’d love to see some friends to lovers explored.
Additional comments: I would love a summer hookup (pre- movie, not sure if the book begins the same?) in which they kiss and then just keep on fooling around any chance they get but they don’t really talk about it?
Just looking for some hopeful sweet teen romance (I love how affectionate Dennis is with Arnie) before it all goes to hell for them.
Alternately, you could do an AU in which Dennis is able to save Arnie/pull him back from all of Christine’s influence. Or obviously something totally different!
Love this interaction so much:
and I love it even more framed around a “we just spent all summer making out but haven’t really talked about it yet and I’m kind of trying to bring it up without bringing it up” context.
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3. Western Stars (album) - Bruce Springsteen
What I said: I requested this last year and received an amazing treat for it. Decided to do a last minute addition this year and request again. What I said last year: I’ll take anything that explores any of the songs on this album (Although I would prefer no Hello Sunshine) and it’s themes. Could be gen, het, or slash. I love the overarching Americana theme, and how a lot of it seems to be set in the silver screen era/post WWII. and just aging. Favorite songs/lyrics and further prompt ideas can be found in my letter.
Additional comments: okay! So like I said I love all the themes, I love that some songs repeat the same chords from other songs as an intentional connection. The album is so incredibly seemless that i can’t ever imagine listening to it out of order or not all at once. It’s meant to be consumed as a full bodied piece. Feel free to create original characters or use Bruce as your catalyst, I’m fine with either. I’m more than happy if you decide to just take the feel of the album it and run with it, but to highlight some particular songs:
- Hitchhikin’ - one of my favorites and one of the few songs on the album that is truly youthful. I picture a young hitchhiker, maybe in the 50/60s picked up by older men who are fathers about to become fathers etc, but this guy isnt thinking about that and maybe never has? Is he gay? Does he hook up with a guy around his age who picks him up? Up to you.
Some lyrics:
I'm hitch hikin' all day long
Got what I can carry and my song
I'm a rolling stone just rolling on
Catch me now 'cause tomorrow, I'll be gone
- wayfarer: I feel like this goes right along with hitchhikin’ to be honest. Could be the same person. No commitments, no connections, still youthful? There’s a cynicism towards love and settling down-
Lyrics:
You start out slow in a sweet little bungalow, something two can call home
Then rain comes fallin', the blues come calling, and you're left with a heart of stone
Some folks are inspired sitting by the fire, slippers tucked under the bed
But when I go to sleep I can't count sheep for the white lines in my head
- Tucson train: classic Americana Bruce in this one. Finally there’s a girl in the picture and there’s blue collar work and allusions to war and dreams of more-
Lyrics:
We fought hard over nothin'
We fought till nothin' remained
I've carried that nothin' for a long time
Now I carry my operator's license
And spend my days just runnin' this crane
My baby's coming in on the Tucson train
- Western Stars: the palpable aging of an old screen star who’s now washed up, talks about being on set but then also talks shot viagra (I don’t think it’s meant to be a reference that he’s now doing porn, but hey, could be?). A screen star that is remembered by a commercial with a credit card but wistfully reminisces over when he was once shot by John Wayne in a movie and it’s lead him to a million drinks. I just love everything in this song, all the imagery.
Lyrics:
Once I was shot by John Wayne
Yeah, it was towards the end
That one scene's brought me a thousand drinks
Set me up and I'll tell it for you, friend
Here's to the cowboys
Riders in the whirlwind
Tonight the western stars are shining bright again
And the western stars are shining bright again
- sleepy Joe’s cafe: a good connector, I can see a lot of characters from the album just turning up there. I like the mention of Joe opening the place after his GI loan in 1945 - love the thought of it being a gathering spot in the 50s/60s. Would be down for hearing about the story of Joe and May, or the narrator that comes to escape-
Lyrics:
I come through the door and feel the workweek slip away
See you out on the floor and Monday morning's a million miles away
-Drive Fast: we head back to the silver screen for this one, and also back to classic Bruce + Cars. Once again this is an aging and broken man, reminiscing on his days drag racing as a teenager, becoming a stunt man, meeting a woman on the set of a B-movie (producer? Director?), who was clearly more well-off.
Lyrics:
We met on the set of this B picture that she made
She liked her guys a little greasy and 'neath her pay grade
We headed down to Baja in the desert, we made our stand of it
Figured maybe together we could get the broken pieces to fit
-Chasin’ Wild Horses and Sundown are both about regrets and want and scream the mid-west. These could easily be connectors with other stories
-Somewhere north of Nashville: this one has a distinct feel of an aging country singer looking back on his regrets. Bruce even sings it with a country twang. I love the idea that the person he lost for “the song” aka his career was a guy, because it was either stay in the closet and have a career or come out and have nothing - except the person you love, of course. These lyrics are killer, feel free to break my heart
Lyrics:
I lie awake in the middle of the night
Makin' a list of things that I didn't do right
With you at the top of a long page filled
Here, somewhere north of Nashville
For the deal I made, the price was strong
I traded you for this song
We woke each morning with hearts filled
Bluebird of love on the windowsill
Now the heart's unsteady, and the night is still
All I've got's this melody, and time to kill
-Stones: this is my absolutely favorite song on the album. I tend to pair it with my second favorite song “moonlight motel”. Again, it reads as an older person looking back in regret and the disintegration of a relationship.
Lyrics: just linking to them all as I’m obsessed with the whole song https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/stones.html
(Skipping There Goes My Miracle and Hello Sunshine as they’re the weak links in the album imo.)
So that leaves:
-Moonlight Motel: so good. Just amazing. Another lost relationship. A man reflecting on young love and youth while having nothing, having gone through kids and bills and the wife that’s no longer there and is traveling to lonely, empty hotel rooms. It’s just so bleak yet also so lovely and I see it connecting with multiple previous songs.
Lyrics: once again linking to all because it’s perfect https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/brucespringsteen/moonlightmotel.html
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4. Fantastic Four (Comicsverse) - Johnny Storm, Peter Parker, Wyatt Wingfoot
What I said: I am very okay with a Johnny/Wyatt fic, a Johnny/Peter fic or a Johnny/Wyatt/Peter fic. You don’t have to use all three. I am absolutely down for a threesome fic, particularly centered around the time in Robinson’s run when they kidnap “the guy they love” in order to talk some sense into him. Otherwise I’d love Wyatt/Johnny or Peter/Johnny ship fic and the 3rd character can always be present in the fic too. These are Johnny’s two best friends and I so adore the dynamics all around. In my letter I’ll detail some potential prompts.
Additional comments: so while I am looking for ship fic here, I’m also okay with a Johnny focused story and Peter and/or Wyatt being there for him. Like I mention in the signup re: Robinson’s run there’s just a lot of that throughout the comics and a lot of opportunity for Johnny angst and him needing his best friends. I’d like that to ultimately end up romantic but yeah. If you just wanted to write me a Johnny focused fic dealing with his sexuality, depression/insecurity I’d probably love it regardless. I am Very Into Sad Johnny Storm:
And the fact that this is his usual response at being kissed by women, even some that he’s currently with + the fact that he is often kissed against his will:
Canon-wise, these are some prompts/concepts I’m particularly interested in:
1. Any time Johnny leans on Wyatt when his life, or relationships, is falling apart.
Maybe Johnny comparing his relationships to the way he is with Wyatt or Wyatt and Jen’s relationship. Him not realizing what’s right in front of him:
2. Any and all negative zone focused fic, including the spideytorch roommates era. Johnny dealing with what happened, the memories, the odd feeling of being reborn by the same place that killed him and what all that means. Just would love any and all nuance around this time. I did not request him but dealing with the Daken fallout would also be A+ if you’re into that.
3. Johnny/Wyatt college roommates era! Do they have a friends with benefits situation that carries through the years eventually leading to more?
4. Anything surrounding “be brave Johnny Storm” and how utterly married Johnny and Wyatt were seeming during those issues. Show me Johnny asking Wyatt to be his plus one to Ben’s wedding? Were they hooking up before that? Who makes/made the first move?
5. Parker industries era pretty woman au. Johnny signing up as an escort to make ends meet, Peter having a lot of feelings about that. Or just a straight up pretty woman au:
6. The Johnny/Wyatt/Peter stuff I mention initially.
Here’s a graphic I made of them + touching Johnny
Does all that concern eventually lead to the two of them taking him apart in bed?I can totally see a threesome happening in that context; both of them so focused on him and Johnny just needing to be utterly wrecked and taken out of his own head.
7. Anything with the Marvel 2-in-1, especially The Spider stuff handled with more nuance.
8. Anything with the usual place!!
Other potential shippy prompts:
1. Any and all spideytorch domestic fic (Married!!) / house husband Johnny Storm:
2. 1960s Peter/Johnny! Comics the era in which they were written
3. Johnny/Wyatt ranch au. Doesn’t have to be an “au” per se since I think Wyatt does have a ranch but yeah. If au maybe the whole ranch hand thing:
4. Johnny/Peter restaurant au (in one comics future, Johnny becomes a famous celebrity chef)
5. Anything with girl!Johnny Storm
6. Regency au!!
7. Fic exploring Johnny and Peter’s dynamics in bed
8.fake dating?? Undercover as a couple?? Bodyguard au?? (Totally Johnny/Wyatt there), woke up married in Vegas?? I’d love any of it
9. Johnny Storm + the met gala. Photog Peter Parker is there?
10. I made these next two graphics inspired by rollercoaster by bleachers and fire escape by Andrew McMahon, respectively. Envisioned both as spideytorch. Would adore something inspired by either.
Other potential Johnny-centric prompts (can be gen or shippy with Peter or wyatt):
1. Like I used To has somewhat become my Johnny anthem, particularly the acoustic version. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PsugnY-f904&skip_registered_account_check=true&noapp=1
lyrics I’m particularly obsessed with
Change address and draw a line
Show my friends the silver line
Call my family just to know they're there
Lighting one up like I used to
Dancing all alone like I used to
Giving it up like I used to
Falling in love like I used to
Open my heart like I used to
Making out long like I used to
Holding hands openly, rights to
Taking what's mine like I used to
2. My other Johnny anthem is the Springsteen on broadway version of dancing in the dark: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfv4BZ9pJI
3. Anything surrounding Johnny’s feelings at Sue/Reed leaving him behind and then Ben leaving, too. and maybe that anger/resentment when they return
4. Anything that highlights Johnny’s competency, particularly his mechanic abilities. I love the fact that he’s worked in garages; also love that he’s been a firefighter. Feel free to keep it canon or go full mechanic or fireman au, and include ships if you want.
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5. Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules - Johnny Sturm, Joey King
What I said: Completely obsessed with the fact that teen Johnny Sturm runs off with a beatnik who then writes a love poem about him. I would really love the slow slide from friends to lovers. Getting to know each other on the road, Joey kind of always flirting but maybe not taking it seriously because he knows Johnny is young. That inevitable first kiss. Whatever you come up with, I’ll love! I’m also pretty okay with them getting together when Johnny’s 16 or it can be when he’s 18; not squicked by the age difference.
Additional comments: I just really want to see Johnny Sturm evolve and embrace his queerness in the 1950s in San Francisco. Finding that community that he finds with Joey and other beatniks, hanging out in the Castro, experiencing things he never would have in Glen Cove. Maybe Joey is his mentor for a while, while Johnny seeks some kind of idealistic love. Maybe he eventually finds it in Joey (that POEM) but maybe eventually they don’t stay together. This can be more of a Johnny Storm character study, for sure. He could even *cough* meet someone named Peter in his travels (that spiders line…) second graphic below was me definitely imagining Johnny/Peter
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6. Midnight Run, Jack/The Duke
What I said: I re-watched this for the first time in years recently and I can’t get over how shippy it is. I love a good “odd couple” story, and the way these two opposites attract in the movie is so much. I’d really love a coda fic. Does Jack open that coffee shop? Does The Duke show up? Maybe ask if he needs some help doing the books? Domestic coffee shop/accountant friends to lovers! But really I’d love anything
Additional comments:
Not too much to add! Stealing this from tumblr user idlesuperstar:
where ‘in the next life’ is actually ‘six months down the line when Jonathan drops by Jack’s coffee shop to be sarcastic and doom-laden about Jack’s business sense as a cover for offering to be his partner because every business needs a good accountant’
I’d honestly take anything. Look at these heartseyes!
I’m also in love with the fact that the writer based the characters on his parents.
And the fact that he calls it a love story