Dear Smutswap Author

[tristesses]

Greetings, author, and thank you for writing for me!
For this fest, I'm going to explain what I like about the pairings, list the freeform tags, mention a few scenarios as a jumping-off point, and let you take it from there. I believe optional details are extremely optional, so if nothing I say grabs you, feel free to go off in a different direction entirely! That includes the kinks/freeform tags - if what I request just isn't working in the story, then go ahead and use different kinks. I'm not picky.

Now let's get started! My letters are always pretty lengthy, so feel free to use the links below to navigate if this is tl;dr.

Jump to a section: Likes // Dislikes // Kinks // Tropes
Jump to a fandom: Harry Potter // Harry Potter & the Cursed Child // Kushiel's Legacy // Original Work

Likes
I am an uncomplicated creature; I have read and enjoyed all genres of fic, from the most tooth-rotting fluff to the most fucked-up darkfic to a 100k story that was 99% smut. I do have my likes and dislikes, though, so here they are - in more detail than you might want!

• Female characters and relationships between them, both platonic and romantic.
• Morally grey/conflicted characters - black-and-white thinking is not a thing I'm hugely into, and I love reading stories about characters' personal moral struggles, or going in-depth into their strengths and weaknesses (of personality rather than literal strength). I love characters with complicated feelings and contradictions. Tell me about their doubts and hypocrisies, as well as the things they're most proud of
• Worldbuilding and backstories. Tell me about how the world works behind the scenes: details about religion, the songs and storytelling, alien cultures, occupations and environments we don't see in canon. I'm totally happy to read 5k just of worldbuilding, if that's what you're into. Or you can focus on a specific character - Minor Character A or Mysterious Antagonist B deserve backstories, right? Tell me about how they grew up, why they ended up in their canon situation, about the little details that sculpted their character.
• Darkfic. I love me some darkfic in any incarnation. I define this as anything that deals primarily with dark, depressing, or disturbing themes and doesn't have a neatly-wrapped up and happy ending - annoyingly vague, but since I like all varieties of darkfic, I'm just being honest! It's hard to be too dark for me; as long as you avoid the things listed in my Dislikes section, I can and would love to read it. Like, give me some really soul-crushing shit and I'll lap it up. Which leads me to:
• Horror. The only thing I really dislike is torture porn along the lines of Hostel (is that still a relevant pop culture reference?); most anything else is right up my alley. I particularly love cosmic horror (alien and supernatural horrors that the human mind can barely comprehend - think Lovecraft), psychological horror, ecological horror, and haunted places. (House of Leaves really fucked me up.) I also enjoy vampires, werewolves, etc. if done in a creepy way.
• Plotty fic. Depending on the canon, this can mean casefic, action-adventure, political shenanigans, whatever. Just give me something to sink my teeth into, and I'm happy. Alternatively, I love:
• Atmospheric fic. Fic that focuses on environment, on the atmosphere of a place, on feelings and mood. This can be a character study, a snapshot of another life or a longer story, or loving descriptions of scenery/environment (I really like Lord of the Rings and noir for this kind of thing).
• Romance and PWP. Like 95% of fandom, I'm really into shipping, and a fic consisting entirely of romance or smut is 100% my thing.

Some stylistic things I love:

• Unusual formatting, including poetry or multi-media stories
• Second-person POV, although I really love all points of view
• Interactive fiction
• Epistolary fiction
• Metafiction

If the sort of thing you write isn't on this list, don't worry! This is just a sampling of my taste and what I can think of at the time of writing this, and definitely doesn't encompass everything I enjoy.

Dislikes
Luckily, this is a pretty short section. If I specifically ask for something on this list, then go ahead, but in general, please steer clear of these.

• Snuff
• Mutilation (cutting off body parts, etc.)
• Insects described in detail
• Animal cruelty (non-detailed animal death OK)
• Happy pregnancy (body horror or non-con OK)
• Kids being featured unless canonically necessary
• Any sexual activity with people under 16 - please age up any characters if necessary
• Scat and vomit
• Comeplay
• Fluff
• Mundane AUs (coffeeshops, high school, etc.)
• Issuefic - anything that focuses on characters dealing with misogyny, transphobia, etc. as the main plot.

Kinks
I am into so much shit that it's hard to list, so use this as a starting point rather than a definitive list. If it's not in my Dislikes section, I'll probably love it.

• D/s. I mention under Tropes that I'm into power imbalances and playing with power dynamics, and that goes double for manipulating power dynamics for kinky purposes. I like this kink in all kinds of flavors: the dom/sub relationship reflecting real-life power imbalances, two equals dominating and submitting, or subverting the expected dynamic based on their appearance, gender, or social situation, or power struggles where they each try to maintain a dominant role (and one of them inevitably ends up failing). Basically, give me D/s in any flavor and I will love it. #1 kink right here.
• Dub-con/non-con. Consider this a blanket OK unless I specify otherwise in my prompts.
• Consensual non-consent. I kink on the trust involved and the breaking of a taboo.
• Enthusiastic consent. I just really kink on consent stuff, okay.
• Bondage. With ribbons, with chains, or simply with orders, I love people being restrained and unable to move. I like the vulnerability and the aesthetics both.
• Femdom and femsub. I like both! And I usually don't have a preference on who's doing which, unless I specify it in my prompts. Since in femslash you'll have women both domming and subbing, this is a bit of a het-focused specification. Just know that I'm super into both of these kinks (I know femsub especiallly can be controversial for some, but I love it).
• Painplay and edgeplay, anywhere on the spectrum from mild to intense. Some favorite variations are whipping, caning, knifeplay, and needleplay.
• Spanking and punishment.
• Exhibitionism/voyeurism.
• Chastity and orgasm denial.
• Overstimulation and forced orgasms.
• Animalistic behavior (biting, marking, hunting)
• Rough sex
• BDSM AUs
• Pet play
• Sex magic
• Unsafe sex
• Praise kink - especially when mixed with dub/non-con
• Begging/humiliation
• Dirty talk - I especially like pet names, loving descriptions of what exactly Character A is going to do to Character B, affectionate insults, describing fantasies

Tropes
There are a ton of tropes I'm into; take this list as a starting point, and feel free to explore any adjacent tropes you like!

• Alternate setting AUs. Some favorites are AUs set in space, magical realism, cyberpunk, any kind of fantasy, historical settings. I adore fusions with any of the following: Star Trek, Cthulhu mythos, Kushiel's Legacy, Harry Potter (so long as it's set post-Hogwarts age).
• Canon divergence. Pick a pivotal moment in the canon and spin it the other way. Let's see how things play out. I eat this sort of thing up with a spoon.
• Enemies-to-lovers, with "lovers" as a fairly loose term; I'm fond of this trope leading to hate sex, and whether or not it goes further is up to you. I will admit that I am such a sucker for people switching their allegiance because of love - either good guys gone bad or bad guys gone good.
• Devotion and loyalty kink. Give me people so devoted to each other it borders on codependence (or crosses the line); give me someone who would sacrifice everything for the person they love. I am super fond of this trope when it mimics superior/subordinate dynamics, like a queen and her knight or a hero and her sidekick (just to name two versions of the trope I love). This is only my thing if the devotion goes both ways, though. I'm into both romantic and platonic versions of this.
• Power imbalances. I mentioned above that I'm into unbalanced power dynamics as a part of loyalty kink, and I love them apart from loyalty kink too! You can play with them in any way you want: play it straight and keep the dynamic as it is, or invert the dynamic by having the "subordinate" character be the more dominant one (not just sexually, but in general). As long as there are twisty power plays involved, I am so there.
• Secret or risky relationships. "We shouldn't be doing this but we can't help it," "No one can know because [plot-related reason]," anything along those lines are totally my jam. This can be because of circumstance, plain old lust, undying love, whatever. I don't care if it's super contrived or works perfectly with the plot; I just love this.
• Soulmate AUs or soulbonding. I like the idea of two (or more if requested) people being fated to be together. I like the more traditional version of soulmate AUs, like names on the wrist, or variations on the trope - what if your soulmate was not your perfect match, but the person who would most drastically change your life? What if, instead of writing on the body, you had a psychic link with them and could sense their emotions or read their mind? Good old-fashioned soulbonding, where it's not a soulmate AU but supernatural/magic/alien intervention that causes the bond, is also excellent.

Fandoms
Harry Potter
Feel free to mix and match between any and all of the F/F prompts! A lot of them are kind of similar since the characters and kinks overlap.

Hermione Granger/Bellatrix Lestrange
Requested Kinks: Accidental Soul Bond, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - BDSM, Arranged Marriage, Begging, Brainwashing, Captivity, Dark Magic, Defloration, Experienced/Inexperienced, Forced Orgasm, Hair-pulling, Held Down, Leashes, Master/Pet, Sex Magic, Sex Toys, Soulmates, Virginity Kink

The potential for fucked-up smut with this pairing is through the roof. Bellatrix seemed to focus on Hermione specifically throughout the books, such as targeting her specifically in Malfoy Manor, and I love fic that plays on that tendency and escalates it into obsession. Some prompts:

• The interrogation scene in Malfoy Manor goes on a little longer - and is decidedly kinkier - than in the books.
• AU where Bellatrix survives the books and comes after Hermione.
• "To the victor goes the spoils" - dark AU where Hermione gets to keep Bellatrix after the war has ended.
• Hermione visits Bellatrix in Azkaban.
• If you're into A/B/O, how about omega Hermione going into heat at an inconvenient time? However you want to handle alpha/omega anatomy is fine with me. I'm also into biological imperatives in a BDSM AU as well, with one of them having uncontrollable reactions to the other based on alignment.
• Dub/non-con is a-OK with me, and I'm happy with either of them being dominant or submissive.

Hermione Granger/Narcissa Malfoy
Requested Kinks: Accidental Soul Bond, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - BDSM, Arranged Marriage, Begging, Brainwashing, Captivity, Dark Magic, Defloration, Experienced/Inexperienced, Forced Orgasm, Hair-pulling, Held Down, Leashes, Master/Pet, Sex Magic, Sex Toys, Soulmates, Virginity Kink

I like this pairing for its aesthetics and the tension between Narcissa's pureblood values and Hermione's heritage. Does Narcissa's mind change at all after the war? Does Hermione help change it? Or do her views not change, and the relationship between them remains fraught?

• Arranged marriage AU! Justify this however you want - weird magical rituals, marriage to ensure peace because mumble mumble - but I love this trope and I'd like to see it between them. Kinks to work into this could be virginity kink, sex magic, defloration, etc.
• Narcissa and Hermione meet sometime after the war and work out their frustrations about how it ended on each other.
• Another "spoils of war" prompt - Hermione wins Narcissa's service after the war, whether in a dark AU or because of those darn weird magical rituals.
• Alpha Hermione helps omega Narcissa through her heat when it strikes unexpectedly, or vice versa.
• I lean toward Hermione being the more dominant one in this pairing, but I can go either way!

Hermione Granger/Bellatrix Lestrange/Narcissa Malfoy
Requested Kinks: Accidental Soul Bond, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - BDSM, Arranged Marriage, Begging, Brainwashing, Captivity, Dark Magic, Defloration, Experienced/Inexperienced, Forced Orgasm, Hair-pulling, Held Down, Leashes, Master/Pet, Sex Magic, Sex Toys, Soulmates, Virginity Kink

Honestly, this is basically the prompts for Hermione/Bellatrix and Hermione/Narcissa all over again, but this time with threeways. Sexual contact between the sisters is totally fine - I actually kink on it, so. Take that wherever you want to. Some prompts specific to the threeway pairing:

• Gangbang in Malfoy Manor - feel free to invite any other ladies, canon or original, to join in.
• The Black sisters take Hermione on as a project - maybe this is where the brainwashing tag can come in - and smut ensues.
• Hermione starts a little harem.
• Three-way soulmates don't exist, until they do. And among the most inconvenient trio, too!

Alastor Moody/Nymphadora Tonks
Requested Kinks: Age Difference, Authority Kink, BDSM, Blindfolds, Desperate Sex, Femdom, Femsub, Hair-pulling, Mentor/Protégé, Office Sex, Orgasm Control/Edging, Secret Relationships/Forbidden Relationships, Rough Sex, Sex Toys, Sex Toys (Magic), Sex Magic, Shapeshifting, Sharing a Bed, Size Difference, Unbalanced Power Dynamics

I'm a sucker for Tonks/older men, and I adore mentor/protégé relationships, so obviously I love this ship! I'm charmed by the way they seem to accept each other for exactly who they are, and the easy way they interact in canon. Prompts:

• One or both of them kinking on the age difference and Moody's size and scars.
• Sex post-raid or Auror mission; "thank Merlin we're alive" sex.
• Tonks using her Metamorphagus abilities in bed.
• Conducting an affair despite the social stigma or rules against Aurors dating - maybe even hooking up in the Auror office.
• Please no non-con for this pairing.

Nymphadora Tonks/Rufus Scrimgeour
Requested Kinks: Age Difference, Authority Kink, BDSM, Blindfolds, Desperate Sex, Femdom, Femsub, Hair-pulling, Mentor/Protégé, Office Sex, Orgasm Control/Edging, Secret Relationships/Forbidden Relationships, Rough Sex, Sex Toys, Sex Toys (Magic), Sex Magic, Shapeshifting, Sharing a Bed, Size Difference, Unbalanced Power Dynamics

My interest in this pairing is similar to my love of Tonks/Moody, but unlike that pairing, I see Tonks/Scrimgeour as a potentially more adversarial ship. After all, she's a spy in his office, and there are hints in canon that he knows it. That speaks of a fun dynamic to play with to me. Some prompts:

• Tonks seduces him to distract him from her and Kingsley's work in the Order.
• One or both of them kinking on the age difference and the fact that they're really not supposed to be sleeping together.
• A casual affair turns more intense the more involved they get.
• Tonks using her Metamorphagus abilities in bed.
• Please no outright non-con, but I'm totally fine with dub-con on either side (or both sides!).

Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
Hermione Granger/Severus Snape

Requested Kinks: Accidental Soul Bond, Age Difference, Body Worship, Bondage, Desperate Sex, Enemies to Lovers,
Experienced/Inexperienced, Femdom, Femsub, Friends With Benefits, Having to Stay Quiet/Quiet Sex, Intelligence Kink, Mentor/Protégé, Sex Magic, Praise Kink, Pussy Worship, Sex Toys (Magic), Teacher/Student Roleplay, Thank God We’re Alive Sex, Virginity Kink

In the darkest timeline/third act, Hermione calls him Severus and I instantly wanted shipfic about the spy and the rebel falling in love and having risky trysts all the time. I ship OG SSHG, so feel free to take that dynamic and translate that to the darkest timeline however you want. Some ideas:

• Christening safehouses every time Hermione has to move to a new one.
• One or both of them losing their virginity to the other.
• Tension-filled sex during the transition from student and teacher to equals - feel free to kink on that power differential.
• Magic rituals - maybe something to curtail Voldemort's power temporarily requires sex magic, or to keep their respective positions safe, etc.
• Accidental soulbonds with a sexy twist! Maybe tie that in with the magic rituals prompt?
• Frantic, "thank Merlin you're alive" sex after some risky maneuver - maybe one of those attempted coups they mentioned.

Kushiel's Legacy
Phèdre nó Delaunay/Melisande Shahrizai
Requested Kinks: Blindfolds, Boot Worship, Dom/sub, Caning, Choking, Whipping, Painplay, Clothing Kink, Bondage & Discipline, BDSM, Captivity, Corsetry, Exhibitionism, In Public, Knifeplay, Limit Testing, Mind Games, Objectification/Dehumanization, Ritual Sex, Subspace/Topspace

I love the way these two were divinely fated to be important parts of each other’s lives, by virtue of being Kushiel’s scion and his avatar. They are perfect balances on a divine scale, their personal lives to the contrary, and I'd love anything that emphasizes that - feel free to play up the Ritual Sex and Sex Magic tags. Some ideas:

• Phèdre takes up Melisande's offer in La Serenissima and becomes her toy.
• Melisande and Baudoin's plot works and Phèdre becomes their plaything.
• Elaboration of their scene on the Longest Night, which was never detailed in canon.
• AU where Melisande finds Phèdre before Delaunay and trains her to suit Melisande's tastes.
• Elaborate descriptions of clothing and bondage are always good!
• Consent issues out the wazoo.

Imriel de la Courcel/Sidonie de la Courcel/Mavros Shahrizai
Requested Kinks: Dom/sub, Clothing Kink, Blindfolds, Bondage & Discipline, Bruises, Cunnilingus, Dominance Struggle, Double Penetration, Enthusiastic Consent, Femsub, Hair-pulling, Het Anal, Kink Exploration, Lingerie, Marathon Sex, Orgasm Control/Edging, Subspace/Topspace, Power Play, Praise Kink, Pussy Worship

I'm attracted to this ship for both the pretty visuals and the dynamic involved. You've got Imriel and Sidonie, who trust each other absolutely and are sexually very in sync, and then you introduce Mavros into the equation, with his sharper desires (and his greater confidence with them). So I'm interested in the interplay between the three of them. Some scenarios:

• Imriel and Sidonie invite Mavros into their bed to explore some of the darker kinks I requested.
• They get swept away in the energy of the Longest Night and wind up together. Clothing kink and masquerade masks could come into play here.
• Sidonie wants to be double-teamed and they trust Mavros to help them with that.
• Consensual non-consent, if you think you can do it and keep them all in character (given Imriel's issues and all). Maybe set it quite a bit post-canon?
• Imriel and Mavros fuck/struggle for dominance for Sidonie's pleasure.
• Please no non/dub-con for this ship.

Original Work
Since this is original work and I'd like to see your take on how these relationships play out, I'm just going to give some prompts and not go into details of what I might like about the pairings. Feel free to mix and match prompts across pairings if you'd like.

Female Human/Alien
Requested Kinks: Xeno, Telepathic Sex, Sex Pollen, Sensory Deprivation, Psychic Bond, Pussy Worship, Overstimulation, Orgasm Control/Edging, Objectification/Dehumanization, Non-Human Genitalia, Multiple Orgasms, Multiple Penetration, Mind Control, Medical Kink, Mating Rituals, Knotting, Consent Issues, Body Worship, Biological Imperative

• An alien conducts medical experiments on this strange new species called humans.
• Humans are kept as pets by an alien species.
• A human and an alien inadvertently become telepathically linked. Maybe they're friends, maybe they're enemies; either way, it has erotic consequences.
• Good old-fashioned tentacle porn, maybe with sex pollen.

Female Spy/Female Spy
Requested Kinks: Anonymous Sex, Antagonism Leads to Sex, BDSM, Blackmail/Coercion, Breathplay, Competence Kink, Consent Issues, Cunnilingus, Danger Kink, Dirty Talk, Enemies to Lovers, Having to Stay Quiet/Quiet Sex, Identity Play, Mind Games, Orgasm Control/Edging, Secret Relationships/Hidden Relationships, Semi-Hate Sex, Thank God We’re Alive Sex

• Two spies from opposite sides have an illicit rendezvous. Or maybe several.
• An older and more experienced spy takes the new one under her wing and teaches her a few things that she didn't learn in training.
• A spy and her handler have an...interesting relationship, one that maybe isn't kosher in the eyes of their organization.
• Deep-cover spy falls for another deep-cover spy, without either of them knowing that they're spies. Identity porn!

Female Magician/Female Magician
Requested Kinks: Aphrodisiacs, BDSM, Breathplay, Collars, Consensual Mind Control, Crying, Cunnilingus, Desperate Arousal/Sexual Frustration, Dirty Bad Wrong, Dirty Talk, Dom/sub, Fear Play, Femdom, Femsub, Mentor/Protégé, Orgasm Control/Edging, Ritual Sex, Sex Magic, Soul Bond

• Two magicians wage war against each other using unorthodox magic.
• A spell goes wrong (or perhaps right) when it has an unexpected aphrodisiac effect.
• A protégé outstrips her mentor in skill, and her mentor isn't happy about that.
• To pass the test to become a master magician, the protégé must beat her mentor in spellcraft. Things take an interesting turn.

Female Magician/Male Magician
Requested Kinks: Aphrodisiacs, BDSM, Breathplay, Collars, Consensual Mind Control, Crying, Cunnilingus, Desperate Arousal/Sexual Frustration, Dirty Bad Wrong, Dirty Talk, Dom/sub, Fear Play, Femdom, Femsub, Mentor/Protégé, Orgasm Control/Edging, Ritual Sex, Sex Magic, Soul Bond

These prompts are identical to the Female Magician/Female Magician ones, but ungendered so you can take it whichever way you want.

• Two magicians wage war against each other using unorthodox magic.
• A spell goes wrong (or perhaps right) when it has an unexpected aphrodisiac effect.
• A protégé outstrips their mentor in skill, and their mentor isn't happy about that.
• To pass the test to become a master magician, the protégé must beat their mentor in spellcraft. Things take an interesting turn.

Queen/Princess
Requested Kinks: Age Difference, Arranged Marriage, Body Worship, Chastity Devices/Cock Cages, Clothing Kink, Collars, Compelled Fealty, Crown Kink, Cunnilingus, Desperate Arousal/Sexual Frustration, Dirty Bad Wrong, Dom/sub, Domestic Discipline, Experienced/Inexperienced, Fealty, Grooming, Jewelry, Master/Pet, Mentor/Protégé, Control/Edging, Power Dynamics, Ritual Sex, Strap-ons, Virginity Kink

• The wedding night of a princess and a queen in an arranged marriage.
• The king's new wife has all sorts of unexpected rules and demands for her new stepdaughter, and punishes her when she breaks them - a different take on the evil stepmother trope.
• The queen trains the princess in how to behave for her inevitable wedding, and she's a hands-on kind of teacher.
• On the night of a masked ball, the queen and the princess fall into the same bed. Clothing kink!

Female Royal/Royal Advisor
Requested Kinks: Authority Kink, BDSM, Bondage and Discipline, Boot Worship, Breathplay, Clothed/Naked, Clothing Kink, Collars, Compelled Fealty, Crown Kink, Cunnilingus, Dom/sub, Dominant Masochism, Fealty, Master/Pet, Control/Edging, Power Imbalance, Power Dynamics, Role Reversal, Secret Relationships/Forbidden Relationships

• The royal needs somewhere to go for stress relief, and her loyal advisor is happy to help.
• In the outside world, she's queen. In the bedchamber, she's the pet.
• The royal advisor would do anything their royal asks. Anything.
• The royal demands absolute obedience from everyone who serves her, and the royal advisor has to prove their loyalty.