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pannyGeneral Likes: Tropey shenanigans, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Role swaps. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical major character death. Torture or mutilation. Issue fic. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, no powers, etc.).
Porn Likes: I'm open to porn fills for any of my F/F ships in Dragon Age, DC Comics, Mass Effect: Andromeda or Crossover Fandoms. I'm not really interested in porn for anything else. I love pinning against walls, one partner hoisting the other up and carrying them, spontaneous, almost frantic, desperate sex that can't entirely wait until they hit the bed (Isabela/F!Hawke is the only Bioware "sex scene" I've ever found genuinely hot). Fighting/sparring turning to fucking, rivalry/competition in and out of the bedroom, power play, mind games, elements of deception including identity porn, and characters who are usually in control turning into a total mess when they're in love are all choice. Elements of danger or high peaks of emotion as the lead up to sex are fantastic - there's nothing quite like "I thought you were dead" sex! Ass worship and spanking are great. I am weak in the knees for older women or muscles or displays of strength. While only one of my requested fandoms particularly calls for it, I'm down for xeno if you can spin a reason for it (although, if you go xeno, go really xeno). I am also totally down for mid- or after-sex fluffiness including hair petting/playing with hair and that goddamn shoujo forehead bump that makes my heart melt.
Porn DNWs: Non-con (I want both participants to be very into what's happening even when all the cards aren't on the table or they know they're bad for each other), heats/sex pollen/whatever (I prefer emotion-driven desperation), too much focus on the prep or kinks that require a lot of set up, fecal matter, blood play, any sort of genuine injury being caused through sex.
Disclaimer: Requests are presented in no particular order. I felt some pairings required more explanation than others to get at what I like about them, but I promise that I love and desire any and all of them or I wouldn't have made the request. For pairings where I'm open to porn, porn fills are neither more nor less desired than non-porn fills. Prompts are a guideline to help you and are not binding - if you read my ramblings about a pairing and think "oh, she'd probably love this then" then I probably will, indeed, love it! Spoilers for all canons below!
Mob Psycho 100
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Reigen being almost alarmingly competent when he's in his element. And occasionally whipping out surprisingly useful skills even when he's out of it. Or else simply bluffing his way through a problem and pulling it off with style.
-On the other hand, Reigen getting in over his head and other characters having to intervene.
-Reigen whump is totally cool with me too. As are protective!Mob, protective!Serizawa, and/or protective!Dimple.
-All of Reigen's weirdness and eccentricities and hang ups and his peculiar moral code.
-Mob actively making the choice to be a good person.
-The subtle ways that each of the characters sometimes find to look out for one another without making a big deal out of it.
-Espers being badass.
-Solving mundane situations through supernatural means and solving supernatural situations through mundane means.
-Reigen making excuses to hang out with dogs.
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-Reigen gaining powers in any permanent capacity. Possession and/or temporary power transfer is totally cool , though.
-Explicitly referring to Reigen (or Dimple or Serizawa) as Mob's "dad". Mob's father seems like a nice guy and while I think that Reigen plays an important role as an adult in Mob's life, I don't personally read that role as being necessarily parental.
General Prompt Ideas:
-How fun was that urban legends arc in the manga? Seriously, every time it's even briefly referenced, it brings an instant smile to my face. I'd absolutely be here for a fic about Spirits and Such dealing with a case based on another well-known legend or ghost story or even creepy pasta or a horror movie. Whether the danger really is supernatural in nature or it's a classic Scooby Doo reveal of "old man Jenkins in a rubber mask" is up to you. It's just fun to point and go "oh, oh, I get that reference!"
-Any sort of scenario where the characters solve a problem in a really unexpected way. The more off-the-wall, the better. Again, I love it when major supernatural problems have a really mundane solution and when everyday problems end up being handled through more complicated, supernatural means.
-Any cases that we may not have seen or that may happen in the future.
Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka
Reigen and Mob are my favourite mentor-mentee dynamic in recent memory. I love their oddball friendship and the way that they both learn and grow and have a developed a genuine mutual respect over the years. I love when Mob gets the gumption to bully Reigen just a little bit and when he actually picks up on how ridiculous Reigen's antics are. It's always interesting to try and work out how much Mob actually picks up on despite his inability to "read the mood" (when did he realize that Reigen wasn't an ESPer? does he realize the full implications of what Reigen's doing in this scene? was that comment really as oblivious as it sounded or was there some sass there?) during the points when we're not given as much insight into his thought process. We do know that he at least picks up on every time Reigen's making an excuse to hang out with dogs. I also love when Mob sincerely latches onto Reigen's advice and takes it to heart in ways that Reigen probably doesn't even anticipate.
Reigen's role as a mentor is so interesting and so much is tied up in this weird moral code that he has where he doesn't mind profiting from misleading someone, but he does genuinely care about solving people's problems and is disgusted by other con artists. The way he views his responsibilities as an adult is kind of unusual. He certainly does feel a sense of obligation specifically as an adult and is one of the staunchest supporters of Mob being able to just be a child despite his immense power, but he also initially has few qualms about taking advantage of Mob's naivety. He is, frankly, kind of an asshole to Mob at a few points in the first half of the series despite already clearly valuing his friendship and being invested in his well being. He even realizes a few times when he really messes up and doesn't take Mob's feelings into account enough, but it takes the seperation arc for him to commit to making a real change. While Reigen's motives in "mentoring" Mob aren't always altruistic, he also does manage to genuinely help Mob and always seems to find the will to stand between Mob and danger when it really counts. I also really appreciate that Reigen's the type of guy who looks at an end of arc super villain fight and says: "You know what? Kids shouldn't have to deal with this kind of nonsense."
It's just a fascinating, emotionally compelling relationship and I have a lot of *clutches chest* moments over it.
Dimple/Reigen Arataka
I was talking about MP100 with some friends (who I am still steadily coaxing toward giving it a shot) recently and they asked incredulously if anyone actually shipped the little green fart. Boy howdy, they were not ready for when they got a dissertation in response.
Dimple and Reigen are simply wonderful foils for each other and their dynamic is so fun. I feel like they get to be honest with each other in ways that they can't always be with the other characters in the series because they're so aware of each other's flaws and so willing to poke at each other over them. I like the sense of (initially reluctant) camaraderie they develop over the course of the series and the banter they engage in. I like how often they're actually willing to team up when it comes to Mob and that they're both pretty willing to throw themselves into danger when the chips are down. I like that they're both kind of assholes sometimes, but they're also both kind of lonely guys who aren't very good at the whole making friends thing.
Anything for the two of them would be delightful. Like I am happy just seeing them interact while farting around the office or Dimple following Reigen home one day or something like that. Of course, I am absolutely down for them tackling a case together. Possession shenanigans are 100% okay, but I do like to see them interacting as themselves too.
Reigen Arataka/Serizawa Katsuya
I was so delighted when Serizawa became a permanent addition to the cast and he hasn't disappointed. It's also nice to see Reigen get to interact with another adult on the regular, even if Serizawa's life experience is a little...unique (I also generally enjoy getting to spend time with characters closer to my own age when it happens in the genres I like).
I find it really interesting that while Reigen has a lot more experience being a (relatively) functioning member of society than Serizawa and is probably better at reading people (and when that fails and he makes a wrong assumption, he can be counted on to make up the difference through sheer overwhelming perseverance), Serizawa seems to have an easier time actually making real connections with other people. I mean, Serizawa has friends to hang out with, whereas Reigen...is Reigen. Serizawa, for all his lack of experience with other people, is also really good at reading Reigen. He picks up on enough that he seems to realize that Reigen is bluffing when he complains about having to "babysit" Mob and the telepathy club on New Year's Eve.
SeriRei is a really adorable ship that opens a lot of fun possibilities to play off of both characters' quirks and I would be delighted with anything featuring the two of them.
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Fandom Specific Likes:
-I'm a main anime characterization kinda girl. However, I am familiar with all the various Utena continuities. I actually love seeing stuff that plays with how those continuities might fit together or interact.
-I love the wonderful weirdness of RGU's world and how hard it can be to figure out where the metaphors end and, no, Utena literally just cut a stream of cars in half with her sword. Anything playing with the odd reality that the characters have to deal with on a daily basis is rad.
-Fairy tale motifs are always rad and appropriate for the fandom.
-I am also totally down for AUs that place the characters in a completely different genre. I think because of Utena's existing conventions of "fun"-with-tropes, any sort of contextual reassignment opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for the characters.
Himemiya Anthy/Tenjou Utena
Utena/Anthy is a very near and dear ship for me that I have a lot of feelings about. I love the conflict created by the difference in their worldviews and the way that that conflict eventually leads to them both changing. I love how consistently they're both developing over the course of the series and how much character development is packed into the last couple of episodes of the anime (and it doesn't feel rushed or unrewarding and it makes me cry like a baby) and how much potential there is for them to grow together in the future. It's one thing to reach out to someone, it's another for them to realize that they want to take your hand for their own sake.
I like how connected Utena's flaws and better qualities are. She's brave, but reckless. She's an idealist, but she rejects anything that doesn't fit her worldview. She's noble, but naive. She's driven to help people, but she assumes that she can understand other people's feelings and problems instantly and that the solutions should be just as simple. She's determined, but bullheaded. She's straightforward, but she's rude. She's cruel in all the same ways that she's kind.
I adore Anthy Himemiya to her bones. I think that her complexity is part of the reason that she probably deals with the most significant characterization drift across continuities out of the entire cast. We so rarely get treated to what's going on inside her head in the animated continuities and are left to draw conclusions from her relationships and actions, which even then can be wildly open to interpretation. From the brief glimpses we get inside her head (e.g. when Utena and Touga duel for the second time and we actually get treated to a bit of inner monologue), we know that even Anthy sometimes has trouble understanding herself and figuring out where other people's perceptions and expectations end and where "Anthy" begins. This is, of course, entirely the point - that you can't just look at Anthy and assume you understand her by reducing her to simple ideas is a major plot point. She suffers, but she's possessive of that suffering. She's bitter, but she's resistant to change. There are things in which she takes pleasure and pride. There's a level of condescension in her relationships with others and even her affection is often tempered with resentment that takes a while for even Utena to get through. Anthy's agency is one of the most important aspects of her character to me - how she maintains it, how she chooses to wield it. The moment at the end of the anime when Anthy finally chooses to just...walk away is one of the best feelings that any piece of media has ever given me.
Arisugawa Juri/Himemiya Anthy
This is such a fascinating rarepair and I would love to see anything for it! Despite both Anthy and Juri being major characters in all continuities, they barely get any canon interaction. And even when they do, their interactions have very little to do with any particular feelings about each other and more to do with their feelings about themselves. Any scenario in which they are somehow made to spend an extended period of time together and maybe do some re-evaluations of their initial assessments is choice.
Juri is a fascinating, wonderful character. She has so much pride, but so much insecurity. She's as quick to make assumptions as Utena, but she handles those assumptions very differently. She cares very much about how she presents herself and hoards her feelings in secret. We already know that Anthy's capable of getting under her skin in a very short amount of time, but Juri cares so much about being in control and Anthy always has more control than she's willing to let on. I can also see some interesting tension developing around "miracles".
Chu-Chu & Himemiya Anthy
Chu-Chu is something of a curiosity in the Utena narrative. Functionally, he's there to be the cute comic relief. However, he's also Anthy's only friend before the events of the series and we barely know anything about him or their relationship. How and when did he come into Anthy's life? What kind of things has he witnessed over the dueling cycles; what kind of people did the two of them meet? How does he view Anthy vs. how the human characters view her? What happens when they leave Ohtori together at the end of the anime?
Kiryuu Nanami/Himemiya Anthy
Oh man, I am interested in all the hilarious rivalry scenarios for these two. The lighter moments between them are a delight and the dynamic is a wealth of opportunity for comedy. Sports anime AU. Baking competition. Rival treasure hunters. Reporters after the same scoop. Someone in Yuletide prompted a magic school AU (and if you happen to read this, every prompt in your letter was a delight) - how baller is that idea? Seriously, go wild here.
But if comedy's not your bag, there are obviously a lot of interesting tensions to explore born out of the developments toward the end of the series and their function as more serious foils for one another.
Arisugawa Juri/Takatsuki Shiori
These girls are such a mess and I love that messiness. It kills me that there are totally requited feelings there, but their respective insecurities and the way Shiori puts Juri on a pedestal and the way that Juri is incapable of either acting on her feelings or letting go twist those feelings and create the gloriously unhealthy, resentful dynamic we get in the anime. I would love anything for these two dealing with that messiness, whether they ever manage to get their acts together or not. There's life after graduation, there's time to work things out, and there's also a whole lot of time to make things much, much worse.
Takatsuki Shiori/Himemiya Anthy
This ship is partially down to "hey, why don't we take two of my faves and smoosh them together and see what happens", but I genuinely think that there's the potential for a truly interesting dynamic here. Again, this is a pairing where we just don't get very much canon interaction and I think it's shame. We get to see Juri/Shiori act as a foil for Utena/Anthy and we get plenty of good content for the relationship between Juri and Utena out of that, but I want the flip side. I will be over the moon for any content for this ship.
Kiryuu Touga/Saionji Kyouichi
It seems like fandom generally felt one of two ways about the anniversary manga chapter - either "ugh, why is this focusing on Touga and Saionji" or "wow, I'm here for that double gay Utena/Anthy + Touga/Saionji ending". I am very much in that second camp. I've always genuinely enjoyed their dynamic and love seeing them interact with each other way more than I like seeing them interact with any other character. Their dynamic develops so much over the course of the series and, again, they're one of those pairings that are a complete mess and that messiness appeals to me (I am very much not adverse to seeing them get their acts together at least a little, though). The shared history between them is a huge point of appeal to me too. And then for Touga's final duel, where the two of them have worked out that the strength of the bond between the Rose Bride and the duelist is important and Saionji ends up filling that role for Touga, ugh.
I would be especially interested for fanwork set in the post-Ohtori future for these two and seeing how things shake out for them, but I wouldn't be adverse to further standing on motorcycles with their shirts mysteriously coming unbuttoned (seriously, who is the tailor for these uniforms) and flapping like capes behind them.
Dragon Age
Fandom Specific Likes:
-The interpretation that purple Hawke uses humour as a crutch and a coping mechanism and that they're frequently more socially inappropriate than they are funny to a general audience. This is the character who can't talk to Kirkwall citizens about their dead or missing family members without cracking wise.
-Hawke's love interest having to save their butt.
-Political intrigue and plotting. Prison rescue missions. Missions gone wrong.
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-I am actually terribly invested in DA's worldbuilding and lore. While I am definitely open to AUs still, I would prefer that those AUs still take place in Thedas.
-Non-default names for player characters.
-Aside from Hawke who has a couple of more defined canon personalities, I'm just not that interested in receiving work that focuses overly much on the player characters.
Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus
Bull: You bring your handkerchief?
Dorian: I'm not allergic.
Bull: You always say that, and a half-hour later, you're taking mine.
Dorian: Amatus, can you not fuss like and old-- (sneezes)
I adore both Dorian and Iron Bull and have each of them in my party as often as possible. They both have absolutely delightful dynamics with a variety of other characters. It's no surprise that when it turned out that they could actually get together that I went full on heart-eyes for the ship. I don't think that I've ever loved a canon party member ship this much. I feel like the relationship is genuinely good for both of them and their sappy openly together dynamic in Trespasser turned me into a puddle of goo.
I would love any during or post-canon adventures for the two of them. Snarky banter out in the field, stranded together after a mission goes terribly wrong, the infamous mid-credits rescue mission! Also general fluffy, domestic stuff is super welcome here.
Isabela/Female Hawke
Isabela/f!Hawke is probably my favourite player character romance in any video game ever. It was certainly the first one I ever played that really, truly felt like it had been written for me. I had a lot of emotions during it. I loved seeing Isabela slowly develop over the course of years and eventually become that person who was willing to stand with Hawke against all kinds of danger and who was increasingly able to open up to how much she actually cared (both about Hawke and about other people in general). Isabela's morals may be flexible enough to drive Aveline up the wall, but she does have lines in the sand that she balks at crossing. I love her quick wit and her absolute frustration any time she's forced to take something seriously.
I'm not super in love with how Hawke's lines in Inquisition handled their relationship because I feel like it ignores a lot of Isabela's romance character arc. So, feel free to completely disregard those details in turn if it pleases you. Pirate ship adventures, however, are more than welcome. Also, I am always down for Hawke's lover busting them out of the Fade after Inquisition.
Any version of Hawke totally works for me here - blue, purple, or red. They all have aspects of their personalities that lend themselves to really fun dynamics with Isabela. I also have no preference for whether you go for friendmance or rivalmance because I love both.
Cassandra Pentaghast/Vivienne
Vivienne: That which makes you different can be a burden or a source of strength, my dear. Which is up to you.
Cassandra: I wish someone had told me that when I was younger.
I love that there's a genuine, mutual respect between Vivienne and Cassandra, even though there are some key differences in their view points (which is high praise coming from Vivienne, indeed). Neither of them are the type of person to mince words, but they both also feel the need to play their cards fairly close to their chests. They're both immensely powerful and influential women (who also have an open respect for other powerful and influential women), but the ways in which they choose to handle that power and how they feel about their methods of acquiring it are very, very different. Cassandra is very openly uninterested in getting involved in the kind of political and social machinations that Vivienne thrives in (despite Vivienne's repeated encouragement), but in her own way she is very concerned about appearances and how she comes across to other people.
I'm also going to be totally straightforward and say that I find them both ridiculously attractive and am sad every day that my fem!Inquisitors couldn't romance them.
Sera/Vivienne
Sera: She's a bitch, but she knows. She better.
Vivienne: Sera is certainly a colorful character. Like a poisonous toad. Only without the manners.
Sera and Vivienne are one of those great ships where the characters couldn't be more different and don't get along at all, but they do care about each other at least a little bit. Their party banter is a riot and I love Vivienne's unflappability in the face of Sera's needling. Needling which canonically includes stealing Vivienne's underwear and mooning her repeatedly.
Any sort of scenario where they're forced to work together by circumstance would be wonderful. Or trying to figure out how to make a relationship work when they'd obviously agree on precisely none of it.
Shale/Wynne
Wynne: (chuckles) You do speak your mind, don't you?
Shale: Fortunately, no other part of me has anything to say.
You already know about my love of older women, but did you know that the character I most wanted to romance was the rock monster? Because it's true! Shale is wonderful and I absolutely adore everything about her from her complete lack of filter to her hatred of pigeons to her love of being bedazzled to her handsome rocky face. Wynne is also frequently a delight and often my mage of choice in my party. I appreciate how neither of them are willing to take any crap from anyone.
I have not read Asunder, but I'm not at all worried about spoilers (it's not like the games don't reference the novels all the time already). I like the growing respect between them over the course of their interactions and would adore anything turning that oddball friendship into an oddball romance!
Fenris/Male Hawke
I have a lot of feelings about these two; they're definitely one of my top three player character romances in the series. I'd particularly like something post-DA2 or even post-DA:I for this pairing - just any snippets of their life together afterward. Fenris busting into the Fade to rescue a Hawke the Inquisitor sacrificed is also always choice.
I have a strong preference for either blue (because he often has the kinder, more patient dialogue options which I really like) or purple Hawke (he makes Fenris laugh) for this pairing. I love both friendmance and rivalmance and am totally down for either one. Mage!Hawke always brings an interesting dynamic, but I've had a lot of fun romancing Fenris with non-mage Hawkes too.
Female Hawke/Meredith Stannard
Some of this is down to straight up "just hot" - enemy ship featuring a powerful older woman antagonist, hello, hello. That being said, I do have a lot of regrets about the endgame pinning a lot of Meredith's motivation on "magic sword made her crazy" because I think prior to that she's one of the more compelling villains in the series (aside from Calpernia perhaps).
Any Hawke personality works for me here, though red is particularly choice.
Leliana/Morrigan
Leliana and Morrigan have so much fun ship potential. Leliana already canonically finds Morrigan attractive and there's so much room for conflict and tension between them because of their shared history during the Blight and their very different outlooks. They also both have very distinct, but very...flexible moral codes and are willing to do some pretty unsavoury things for the "right" reasons. It doesn't matter if it's set during DA:O, DA:I (how is it that they barely have anything to say about - not to mention to - each other, what a missed opportunity), sometime in between, or sometime after - I'd love anything shipping the two of them.
Morrigan/Vivienne
Morrigan: Why, Madame Vivienne, I expected sweeter barbs from a tongue as subtle as yours! Does this place unnerve you so? Or is it I?
Vivienne: You unnerve me as would a cockroach crossing the floor, making me think new accommodations might be required.
Bring on the courtly intrigue and political power plays and dignified rivalry and biting insults. These are two of the sharpest tongues in Thedas with a built in context for wonderful interaction. It is an absolute travesty that we never got to see any real interaction aside from a couple precious lines of banter in the game.
DC Comics
Fandom Specific Likes:
-I'm primarily a pre-New 52 kinda girl. That being said, I'm not overly fussy about continuities for comics fandoms.
-Renee Montoya. That's probably pretty obvious considering my requests for the fandom, but I love Renee Montoya. Her flaws, her better qualities, her fall to rock bottom, her rise to heroism, her complicated relationship with vigilantism, her propensity toward self-destruction, her struggle to maintain a moral code, her ability to kick a man's ass in a back alley while sporting cracked ribs and the fact that doing so was probably one of the worst mistakes of her life.
General Prompts:
-Investigating a case/murder mystery.
-Groundhog day timeloop shenanigans. Whether for angst or for comedy.
-Monkey's paw shenanigans. Especially if it explores Renee's willingness to take intensely self-destructive measures if she believes that the ends justify the means.
-I'm totally open to AUs in this fandom. Give me all the space operas or Westerns, etc.
Kate Kane/Renee Montoya
You know that scene in Crime Bible/The Five Books of Blood, specifically "The Lesson of Greed", where Batwoman and Question get into a physical scrap out of sheer desperation to save each other (in Kate's case, saving Renee from herself and in Renee's case, saving Kate from the Religion of Crime)? And there are these really intense feelings even though they're already exes at this point? And a lack of communication and a lot of hurt on both sides?
Hoo boy, that's my shit. That level of conflict and tension is the pinnacle of what gets to me about Kate/Renee as a ship.
It doesn't all have to be physical brawls (though those are certainly welcome). The scenes related to their break-up in pre-New 52 Batwoman cut me deep in the best way, especially knowing how Renee being outed actually went down when it happened. Kate/Renee is one of those absurdly rare canon F/F ships that draws off a rich shared history and complex character flaws and motivations and an absolute inability to completely move on even when they want to, it's a blessing. Anything that gives them an opportunity to interact and a reason for conflict while still having those intense emotions and that deep caring and protectiveness in place is going to be my jam.
All that being said, I am not actually adverse to fluffy stuff for them. Their more traditionally romantic interactions are fantastic (which is part of what makes the post-break up stuff work so well, I think). If you're more into writing or drawing something from when they were dating and things were going relatively well, I promise I'm not going to be disappointed by that! Kate and Renee have both been put through the wringer by a combination of external forces and their own demons and I feel deeply that they both deserve some happiness. If they find that happiness together? All the better.
Crispus Allen & Renee Montoya
Oh boy, oh boy, I have so many feelings about Renee and Crispus. They are 90% of the reason that Gotham Central was one of my favourite comics series of all time. I adore them and I would die if anybody wrote or drew me something for them.
I love when we got to see more casual moments between them filled with funny banter and that they're the kind of work friends who actually want to hang out together in their time off and be involved in each other's personal lives. I also love how intensely they care about each other and how when the chips are down there's no hesitation for either of them. They're deeply protective of each other and (for most of the series) there's a phenomenal level of trust between them. Protecting Crispus is a major part of what motivates Renee to cross her moral boundaries, for better or for worse (well...worse, overwhelmingly) and Crispus is so deeply invested in wanting to help Renee and recognizes her issues for what they are.
I don't care if you set your fic/art during their days as partners on the force or after Crispus's revival as the Spectre. I'm just gonna love seeing the best partners together again.
Dark Tower
Cuthbert Allgood/Roland Deschain
This ship is a major nostalgia bait pairing for me. I was absolutely obsessed with the Dark Tower series for much of my teenage years and Wizard and Glass remains my absolute favourite book in the series to this day. I love Cuthbert's character, I love seeing a younger not-yet-hardened Roland (who was already a hardcore favourite of mine before this part in the series), I love their relationship. I love Cuthbert's sense of humour and the way that he uses jokes to cope (and I love how frustrating Roland finds this). I love Cuthbert's loyalty and how intelligent he is under all the goofiness and how deeply he cares about things.
Canon gives me plenty to be sad about when it comes to this pairing, so while hurt/comfort is definitely welcome, I would definitely like there to be some comfort! There are so many years they had together that we didn't get to bear witness to and I'd love to see some of the adventures that they have. Protective!Cuthbert is particularly choice, as well.
Good Omens
Aziraphale/Crowley
Good Omens was the book that set me on the path to becoming a PTerry fanatic, back when a friend bought it for me in high school. I have a very deep nostalgic fondness for it and for Aziraphale/Crowley. The familiarity created by their long history together and the way that they've changed each other over the course of it is the core of what appeals to me so much about this ship (how hysterical their conversations often are certainly doesn't hurt).
Honestly, it's hard to go wrong for anything that you want to write or draw for this pairing. There's a wealth of history together to set any scene in as well as anything you could dream up post-novel. I would be equally happy seeing one of their adventures together or seeing something fluffy and gut-achingly domestic. Humour is, naturally, more than welcome for this fandom. However, I'm certainly not going to complain about more serious, dramatic moments being portrayed.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Any and all other CLAMP characters are welcome to make an appearance. All the alternate universes and different variations of the characters are a huge part of the fun of the series.
-In terms of art, I'm always down for CLAMP's absolutely stellar fashion sense.
-I have historically defaulted to "Fai", but "Fay" is also totally fine. Fandom never entirely agreed so I am flexible. I could probably even handle "Fye", though that one's so uncommon in fandom it might throw me for a minute.
Fay D. Fluorite/Kurogane
This is a huge nostalgia pairing for me and one of my forever OTPs. The development of their relationship over the course of Tsubasa was a roller coaster of emotions and I loved being along for every up and down - from their first meeting to "Good morning, Kurogane" to "That was payback, Kuro-sama" to their desperate attempts to save what's left of the little family they've made at the end of the series and their decision to stand by Syaoran/Tsubasa. I love how regardless of where their relationship is, the emotions between them are always so intense. The domesticity they've settled into when they return in World Chronicle is also wonderful.
I love the silly, teasing banter. I love the more dramatic moments. I love the moments of introspective honesty. I love them fighting back to back against a common foe. I love their loyalty and protectiveness and willingness to sacrifice. I love rot-your-teeth-out fluff. I love how their relationship is so emphatically good for both of them and they both become better people who find healthier ways of coping with their respective demons. I love the moments of genuine fondness between them.
It doesn't particularly matter to me if the fanwork is set during canon, post-canon, or focuses on an AU version of the characters - I'll love it all.
Akuma no Riddle
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Assassin shenanigans!
Azuma Tokaku/Ichinose Haru
Okay, so, the whole "I will protect her" thing was, unsurprisingly, a huge draw for me when it came to getting into this series (aside from, you know, lesbian assassins). However, I found myself really, really into the moments where Haru got to take on a more active role like rescuing Tokaku from the cage in the swimming pool or the fight against Sumireko. Haru's had to survive all this time without Tokaku, it's only sensible that she'd be something of a badass in her own right and the fight with Sumireko was especially great for seeing how clever she's capable of being as she used her environment to her advantage. Haru getting to protect Tokaku for a change would be absolutely amazing.
Aside from that, I feel like the series introduced its most interesting development for this pairing at the end and then...didn't quite do enough with it to satisfy me. Haru's Queen Bee ability was a game changer and threw into doubt Tokaku's entire character arc about learning to make her own decisions. It created this scenario where it was impossible to be fully certain how much of Tokaku's feelings were her own and how many of her actions had truly been under her control that is rife with potential.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-Using non-default names for player characters.
Vetra Nyx/Sara Ryder
Truthfully, I was motivated to buy this game purely because of Turian F/F romance option oh my god. I'd wanted a genuine xeno F/F ship more than anything since I got into the franchise and I love Turians. To my eternal delight, I loved Vetra, too! Her sense of humour, her swagger, her family stuff, her shady skill set, her way with people, her awkwardness in love, her loyalty. It's so nice when a character has a fantastic personality to back up their good looks (that's a very fortunate dino-bird-bug face). And her romance with Sara is great (thanks again, Sheryl Chee)!
My only complaint? Not nearly enough content; I want more. Good news is that's what fanwork is for. I'm down for anything here. Battles on alien planets, schmoopy domestic fluff, more rock climbing dates, stuck behind enemy lines, smuggler business, figuring out how sex is actually going to work. Missing canon scenes (like dealing with Ryder, you know, dying) would also be stellar.
Crossovers
Bedelia Du Maurier/Jessica Jones
This is, admittedly, a purely "wow, that would be hot" ship. I love both Bedelia and Jessica's characters and am very attracted to their respective character types (which we so rarely get to see in female characters). I'd be down for anything shippy where they interact, whether sex happens or not.
Dorian Gray/Henry Jekyll
Okay, so this is the weird Gothic Horror crossover pair of my heart. Like, it just makes sense to me.
I have a certain fascination with Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and with the Hyde archetype in general. I can go on for hours about how interesting it is that the idea of the id made manifest has transformed from a purely cautionary tale to a source of strength and frequently an outright super power in modern pop culture. I have consumed so many reinterpretations of the Jekyll and Hyde story and more than half of them are terrible, but I did it anyway because it was a labour of love.
I don't always see eye to eye with Oscar Wilde, but I have a deep fondness for his writing. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a bright spot in more than one otherwise dreary course (The Importance of Being Earnest got to be in the fun course). The character of Dorian has stuck with me over the years. Of course, as with most things, I took the gayest possible reading of the book I could manage (not that that was difficult).
So, here we have two men. One who desires more than anything to cleanse himself of any perceived impurities, one who is initially naive if self-centered, but is seduced by the allure of a hedonistic life style. Through some sort of vaguely supernatural means, they both find a way to seemingly escape consequence for their actions (consequences that they fear deeply in ordinary circumstances) and inevitably can't resist the opportunity to throw their inhibitions out the window. In both cases, things escalate to the point of murder and both men are stricken with guilt. Both men at some point in their respective novels attempt to turn a new leaf and fail. Both men are ultimately undone by the very thing that had been protecting them from the consequences of their indulgence and die as a result.
Pretty much anything you want to do here would be a delight for me. You could set your work within the context of their struggles within the novels or focus on AU versions that somehow survived and had to learn to live with themselves and what they had turned into. You can make them villainous, if you'd like. Or, sure, why not play with these concepts as superpowers (I liked the concept of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, even if I was less fond of the execution).
I am also very, very open to f!Dorian/f!Jekyll. I think the character archetypes would make for phenomenal female characters. And, yes, this would count as an F/F request that's open for porn.
Reigen Arataka & Sorting Hat
Okay, so I admit that this prompt is entirely due to one specific piece of fanart. The idea is just so fun and so charming that I can't get over it. I would absolutely adore anything portraying the shenanigans that they get into together and how they maintain the ruse.
Renee Montoya/Jessica Jones
This request purely came up because I was typing Jessica Jones crossovers into my nominations and this popped up as an autofill. What a beautiful, utterly inspired idea for a crossover pairing I am in love.
Maybe they need to solve a case together. Maybe they meet while indulging in one of their all too similar coping mechanisms. Maybe they clash while trying to stick to their individual very specific moral codes. Maybe all of the above! Whatever you do here, I promise to love and cherish it.
Valkyrie/Jessica Jones
I am so delighted by how much I adore the MCU adaptations of both of these characters; they couldn't be more perfect! Whatever circumstance you can think of for them to interact is wonderful, whether that be punching villains in the face or a night of hard drinking. This is another "crossover" ship where I find both of the characters individually super attractive, but together *chef's kiss*
Valkyrie/Patricia Walker
616 Val/Patsy is a beloved classic of a femslash ship and, again, love the MCU versions of these characters, I couldn't be happier with how they've been adapted so far. I'd love to see them team up for any reason, whether Trish ever dons the Hellcat cowl or not.
Valkyrie/Misty Knight
When Fearless Defenders launched with its Valkyrie + Misty Knight team up, I thought the choice of team leaders was simply inspired. I never entiiirely got what I wanted out of Fearless Defenders, I'm very unlikely to get many of the things that I want out of the MCU, but that's what fanwork is for. After The Defenders, it seems likely that Misty Knight may be on her way to getting that bionic arm (I was wondering when that was coming). An old fashioned superhero team up would be delightful, but I've also really enjoyed watching Netflix!Misty deal with all the goings on as a member of the police force.
General DNWs: Non-canonical major character death. Torture or mutilation. Issue fic. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, no powers, etc.).
Porn Likes: I'm open to porn fills for any of my F/F ships in Dragon Age, DC Comics, Mass Effect: Andromeda or Crossover Fandoms. I'm not really interested in porn for anything else. I love pinning against walls, one partner hoisting the other up and carrying them, spontaneous, almost frantic, desperate sex that can't entirely wait until they hit the bed (Isabela/F!Hawke is the only Bioware "sex scene" I've ever found genuinely hot). Fighting/sparring turning to fucking, rivalry/competition in and out of the bedroom, power play, mind games, elements of deception including identity porn, and characters who are usually in control turning into a total mess when they're in love are all choice. Elements of danger or high peaks of emotion as the lead up to sex are fantastic - there's nothing quite like "I thought you were dead" sex! Ass worship and spanking are great. I am weak in the knees for older women or muscles or displays of strength. While only one of my requested fandoms particularly calls for it, I'm down for xeno if you can spin a reason for it (although, if you go xeno, go really xeno). I am also totally down for mid- or after-sex fluffiness including hair petting/playing with hair and that goddamn shoujo forehead bump that makes my heart melt.
Porn DNWs: Non-con (I want both participants to be very into what's happening even when all the cards aren't on the table or they know they're bad for each other), heats/sex pollen/whatever (I prefer emotion-driven desperation), too much focus on the prep or kinks that require a lot of set up, fecal matter, blood play, any sort of genuine injury being caused through sex.
Disclaimer: Requests are presented in no particular order. I felt some pairings required more explanation than others to get at what I like about them, but I promise that I love and desire any and all of them or I wouldn't have made the request. For pairings where I'm open to porn, porn fills are neither more nor less desired than non-porn fills. Prompts are a guideline to help you and are not binding - if you read my ramblings about a pairing and think "oh, she'd probably love this then" then I probably will, indeed, love it! Spoilers for all canons below!
Mob Psycho 100
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Reigen being almost alarmingly competent when he's in his element. And occasionally whipping out surprisingly useful skills even when he's out of it. Or else simply bluffing his way through a problem and pulling it off with style.
-On the other hand, Reigen getting in over his head and other characters having to intervene.
-Reigen whump is totally cool with me too. As are protective!Mob, protective!Serizawa, and/or protective!Dimple.
-All of Reigen's weirdness and eccentricities and hang ups and his peculiar moral code.
-Mob actively making the choice to be a good person.
-The subtle ways that each of the characters sometimes find to look out for one another without making a big deal out of it.
-Espers being badass.
-Solving mundane situations through supernatural means and solving supernatural situations through mundane means.
-Reigen making excuses to hang out with dogs.
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-Reigen gaining powers in any permanent capacity. Possession and/or temporary power transfer is totally cool , though.
-Explicitly referring to Reigen (or Dimple or Serizawa) as Mob's "dad". Mob's father seems like a nice guy and while I think that Reigen plays an important role as an adult in Mob's life, I don't personally read that role as being necessarily parental.
General Prompt Ideas:
-How fun was that urban legends arc in the manga? Seriously, every time it's even briefly referenced, it brings an instant smile to my face. I'd absolutely be here for a fic about Spirits and Such dealing with a case based on another well-known legend or ghost story or even creepy pasta or a horror movie. Whether the danger really is supernatural in nature or it's a classic Scooby Doo reveal of "old man Jenkins in a rubber mask" is up to you. It's just fun to point and go "oh, oh, I get that reference!"
-Any sort of scenario where the characters solve a problem in a really unexpected way. The more off-the-wall, the better. Again, I love it when major supernatural problems have a really mundane solution and when everyday problems end up being handled through more complicated, supernatural means.
-Any cases that we may not have seen or that may happen in the future.
Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo & Reigen Arataka
Reigen and Mob are my favourite mentor-mentee dynamic in recent memory. I love their oddball friendship and the way that they both learn and grow and have a developed a genuine mutual respect over the years. I love when Mob gets the gumption to bully Reigen just a little bit and when he actually picks up on how ridiculous Reigen's antics are. It's always interesting to try and work out how much Mob actually picks up on despite his inability to "read the mood" (when did he realize that Reigen wasn't an ESPer? does he realize the full implications of what Reigen's doing in this scene? was that comment really as oblivious as it sounded or was there some sass there?) during the points when we're not given as much insight into his thought process. We do know that he at least picks up on every time Reigen's making an excuse to hang out with dogs. I also love when Mob sincerely latches onto Reigen's advice and takes it to heart in ways that Reigen probably doesn't even anticipate.
Reigen's role as a mentor is so interesting and so much is tied up in this weird moral code that he has where he doesn't mind profiting from misleading someone, but he does genuinely care about solving people's problems and is disgusted by other con artists. The way he views his responsibilities as an adult is kind of unusual. He certainly does feel a sense of obligation specifically as an adult and is one of the staunchest supporters of Mob being able to just be a child despite his immense power, but he also initially has few qualms about taking advantage of Mob's naivety. He is, frankly, kind of an asshole to Mob at a few points in the first half of the series despite already clearly valuing his friendship and being invested in his well being. He even realizes a few times when he really messes up and doesn't take Mob's feelings into account enough, but it takes the seperation arc for him to commit to making a real change. While Reigen's motives in "mentoring" Mob aren't always altruistic, he also does manage to genuinely help Mob and always seems to find the will to stand between Mob and danger when it really counts. I also really appreciate that Reigen's the type of guy who looks at an end of arc super villain fight and says: "You know what? Kids shouldn't have to deal with this kind of nonsense."
It's just a fascinating, emotionally compelling relationship and I have a lot of *clutches chest* moments over it.
Dimple/Reigen Arataka
I was talking about MP100 with some friends (who I am still steadily coaxing toward giving it a shot) recently and they asked incredulously if anyone actually shipped the little green fart. Boy howdy, they were not ready for when they got a dissertation in response.
Dimple and Reigen are simply wonderful foils for each other and their dynamic is so fun. I feel like they get to be honest with each other in ways that they can't always be with the other characters in the series because they're so aware of each other's flaws and so willing to poke at each other over them. I like the sense of (initially reluctant) camaraderie they develop over the course of the series and the banter they engage in. I like how often they're actually willing to team up when it comes to Mob and that they're both pretty willing to throw themselves into danger when the chips are down. I like that they're both kind of assholes sometimes, but they're also both kind of lonely guys who aren't very good at the whole making friends thing.
Anything for the two of them would be delightful. Like I am happy just seeing them interact while farting around the office or Dimple following Reigen home one day or something like that. Of course, I am absolutely down for them tackling a case together. Possession shenanigans are 100% okay, but I do like to see them interacting as themselves too.
Reigen Arataka/Serizawa Katsuya
I was so delighted when Serizawa became a permanent addition to the cast and he hasn't disappointed. It's also nice to see Reigen get to interact with another adult on the regular, even if Serizawa's life experience is a little...unique (I also generally enjoy getting to spend time with characters closer to my own age when it happens in the genres I like).
I find it really interesting that while Reigen has a lot more experience being a (relatively) functioning member of society than Serizawa and is probably better at reading people (and when that fails and he makes a wrong assumption, he can be counted on to make up the difference through sheer overwhelming perseverance), Serizawa seems to have an easier time actually making real connections with other people. I mean, Serizawa has friends to hang out with, whereas Reigen...is Reigen. Serizawa, for all his lack of experience with other people, is also really good at reading Reigen. He picks up on enough that he seems to realize that Reigen is bluffing when he complains about having to "babysit" Mob and the telepathy club on New Year's Eve.
SeriRei is a really adorable ship that opens a lot of fun possibilities to play off of both characters' quirks and I would be delighted with anything featuring the two of them.
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Fandom Specific Likes:
-I'm a main anime characterization kinda girl. However, I am familiar with all the various Utena continuities. I actually love seeing stuff that plays with how those continuities might fit together or interact.
-I love the wonderful weirdness of RGU's world and how hard it can be to figure out where the metaphors end and, no, Utena literally just cut a stream of cars in half with her sword. Anything playing with the odd reality that the characters have to deal with on a daily basis is rad.
-Fairy tale motifs are always rad and appropriate for the fandom.
-I am also totally down for AUs that place the characters in a completely different genre. I think because of Utena's existing conventions of "fun"-with-tropes, any sort of contextual reassignment opens up a lot of interesting possibilities for the characters.
Himemiya Anthy/Tenjou Utena
Utena/Anthy is a very near and dear ship for me that I have a lot of feelings about. I love the conflict created by the difference in their worldviews and the way that that conflict eventually leads to them both changing. I love how consistently they're both developing over the course of the series and how much character development is packed into the last couple of episodes of the anime (and it doesn't feel rushed or unrewarding and it makes me cry like a baby) and how much potential there is for them to grow together in the future. It's one thing to reach out to someone, it's another for them to realize that they want to take your hand for their own sake.
I like how connected Utena's flaws and better qualities are. She's brave, but reckless. She's an idealist, but she rejects anything that doesn't fit her worldview. She's noble, but naive. She's driven to help people, but she assumes that she can understand other people's feelings and problems instantly and that the solutions should be just as simple. She's determined, but bullheaded. She's straightforward, but she's rude. She's cruel in all the same ways that she's kind.
I adore Anthy Himemiya to her bones. I think that her complexity is part of the reason that she probably deals with the most significant characterization drift across continuities out of the entire cast. We so rarely get treated to what's going on inside her head in the animated continuities and are left to draw conclusions from her relationships and actions, which even then can be wildly open to interpretation. From the brief glimpses we get inside her head (e.g. when Utena and Touga duel for the second time and we actually get treated to a bit of inner monologue), we know that even Anthy sometimes has trouble understanding herself and figuring out where other people's perceptions and expectations end and where "Anthy" begins. This is, of course, entirely the point - that you can't just look at Anthy and assume you understand her by reducing her to simple ideas is a major plot point. She suffers, but she's possessive of that suffering. She's bitter, but she's resistant to change. There are things in which she takes pleasure and pride. There's a level of condescension in her relationships with others and even her affection is often tempered with resentment that takes a while for even Utena to get through. Anthy's agency is one of the most important aspects of her character to me - how she maintains it, how she chooses to wield it. The moment at the end of the anime when Anthy finally chooses to just...walk away is one of the best feelings that any piece of media has ever given me.
Arisugawa Juri/Himemiya Anthy
This is such a fascinating rarepair and I would love to see anything for it! Despite both Anthy and Juri being major characters in all continuities, they barely get any canon interaction. And even when they do, their interactions have very little to do with any particular feelings about each other and more to do with their feelings about themselves. Any scenario in which they are somehow made to spend an extended period of time together and maybe do some re-evaluations of their initial assessments is choice.
Juri is a fascinating, wonderful character. She has so much pride, but so much insecurity. She's as quick to make assumptions as Utena, but she handles those assumptions very differently. She cares very much about how she presents herself and hoards her feelings in secret. We already know that Anthy's capable of getting under her skin in a very short amount of time, but Juri cares so much about being in control and Anthy always has more control than she's willing to let on. I can also see some interesting tension developing around "miracles".
Chu-Chu & Himemiya Anthy
Chu-Chu is something of a curiosity in the Utena narrative. Functionally, he's there to be the cute comic relief. However, he's also Anthy's only friend before the events of the series and we barely know anything about him or their relationship. How and when did he come into Anthy's life? What kind of things has he witnessed over the dueling cycles; what kind of people did the two of them meet? How does he view Anthy vs. how the human characters view her? What happens when they leave Ohtori together at the end of the anime?
Kiryuu Nanami/Himemiya Anthy
Oh man, I am interested in all the hilarious rivalry scenarios for these two. The lighter moments between them are a delight and the dynamic is a wealth of opportunity for comedy. Sports anime AU. Baking competition. Rival treasure hunters. Reporters after the same scoop. Someone in Yuletide prompted a magic school AU (and if you happen to read this, every prompt in your letter was a delight) - how baller is that idea? Seriously, go wild here.
But if comedy's not your bag, there are obviously a lot of interesting tensions to explore born out of the developments toward the end of the series and their function as more serious foils for one another.
Arisugawa Juri/Takatsuki Shiori
These girls are such a mess and I love that messiness. It kills me that there are totally requited feelings there, but their respective insecurities and the way Shiori puts Juri on a pedestal and the way that Juri is incapable of either acting on her feelings or letting go twist those feelings and create the gloriously unhealthy, resentful dynamic we get in the anime. I would love anything for these two dealing with that messiness, whether they ever manage to get their acts together or not. There's life after graduation, there's time to work things out, and there's also a whole lot of time to make things much, much worse.
Takatsuki Shiori/Himemiya Anthy
This ship is partially down to "hey, why don't we take two of my faves and smoosh them together and see what happens", but I genuinely think that there's the potential for a truly interesting dynamic here. Again, this is a pairing where we just don't get very much canon interaction and I think it's shame. We get to see Juri/Shiori act as a foil for Utena/Anthy and we get plenty of good content for the relationship between Juri and Utena out of that, but I want the flip side. I will be over the moon for any content for this ship.
Kiryuu Touga/Saionji Kyouichi
It seems like fandom generally felt one of two ways about the anniversary manga chapter - either "ugh, why is this focusing on Touga and Saionji" or "wow, I'm here for that double gay Utena/Anthy + Touga/Saionji ending". I am very much in that second camp. I've always genuinely enjoyed their dynamic and love seeing them interact with each other way more than I like seeing them interact with any other character. Their dynamic develops so much over the course of the series and, again, they're one of those pairings that are a complete mess and that messiness appeals to me (I am very much not adverse to seeing them get their acts together at least a little, though). The shared history between them is a huge point of appeal to me too. And then for Touga's final duel, where the two of them have worked out that the strength of the bond between the Rose Bride and the duelist is important and Saionji ends up filling that role for Touga, ugh.
I would be especially interested for fanwork set in the post-Ohtori future for these two and seeing how things shake out for them, but I wouldn't be adverse to further standing on motorcycles with their shirts mysteriously coming unbuttoned (seriously, who is the tailor for these uniforms) and flapping like capes behind them.
Dragon Age
Fandom Specific Likes:
-The interpretation that purple Hawke uses humour as a crutch and a coping mechanism and that they're frequently more socially inappropriate than they are funny to a general audience. This is the character who can't talk to Kirkwall citizens about their dead or missing family members without cracking wise.
-Hawke's love interest having to save their butt.
-Political intrigue and plotting. Prison rescue missions. Missions gone wrong.
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-I am actually terribly invested in DA's worldbuilding and lore. While I am definitely open to AUs still, I would prefer that those AUs still take place in Thedas.
-Non-default names for player characters.
-Aside from Hawke who has a couple of more defined canon personalities, I'm just not that interested in receiving work that focuses overly much on the player characters.
Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus
Bull: You bring your handkerchief?
Dorian: I'm not allergic.
Bull: You always say that, and a half-hour later, you're taking mine.
Dorian: Amatus, can you not fuss like and old-- (sneezes)
I adore both Dorian and Iron Bull and have each of them in my party as often as possible. They both have absolutely delightful dynamics with a variety of other characters. It's no surprise that when it turned out that they could actually get together that I went full on heart-eyes for the ship. I don't think that I've ever loved a canon party member ship this much. I feel like the relationship is genuinely good for both of them and their sappy openly together dynamic in Trespasser turned me into a puddle of goo.
I would love any during or post-canon adventures for the two of them. Snarky banter out in the field, stranded together after a mission goes terribly wrong, the infamous mid-credits rescue mission! Also general fluffy, domestic stuff is super welcome here.
Isabela/Female Hawke
Isabela/f!Hawke is probably my favourite player character romance in any video game ever. It was certainly the first one I ever played that really, truly felt like it had been written for me. I had a lot of emotions during it. I loved seeing Isabela slowly develop over the course of years and eventually become that person who was willing to stand with Hawke against all kinds of danger and who was increasingly able to open up to how much she actually cared (both about Hawke and about other people in general). Isabela's morals may be flexible enough to drive Aveline up the wall, but she does have lines in the sand that she balks at crossing. I love her quick wit and her absolute frustration any time she's forced to take something seriously.
I'm not super in love with how Hawke's lines in Inquisition handled their relationship because I feel like it ignores a lot of Isabela's romance character arc. So, feel free to completely disregard those details in turn if it pleases you. Pirate ship adventures, however, are more than welcome. Also, I am always down for Hawke's lover busting them out of the Fade after Inquisition.
Any version of Hawke totally works for me here - blue, purple, or red. They all have aspects of their personalities that lend themselves to really fun dynamics with Isabela. I also have no preference for whether you go for friendmance or rivalmance because I love both.
Cassandra Pentaghast/Vivienne
Vivienne: That which makes you different can be a burden or a source of strength, my dear. Which is up to you.
Cassandra: I wish someone had told me that when I was younger.
I love that there's a genuine, mutual respect between Vivienne and Cassandra, even though there are some key differences in their view points (which is high praise coming from Vivienne, indeed). Neither of them are the type of person to mince words, but they both also feel the need to play their cards fairly close to their chests. They're both immensely powerful and influential women (who also have an open respect for other powerful and influential women), but the ways in which they choose to handle that power and how they feel about their methods of acquiring it are very, very different. Cassandra is very openly uninterested in getting involved in the kind of political and social machinations that Vivienne thrives in (despite Vivienne's repeated encouragement), but in her own way she is very concerned about appearances and how she comes across to other people.
I'm also going to be totally straightforward and say that I find them both ridiculously attractive and am sad every day that my fem!Inquisitors couldn't romance them.
Sera/Vivienne
Sera: She's a bitch, but she knows. She better.
Vivienne: Sera is certainly a colorful character. Like a poisonous toad. Only without the manners.
Sera and Vivienne are one of those great ships where the characters couldn't be more different and don't get along at all, but they do care about each other at least a little bit. Their party banter is a riot and I love Vivienne's unflappability in the face of Sera's needling. Needling which canonically includes stealing Vivienne's underwear and mooning her repeatedly.
Any sort of scenario where they're forced to work together by circumstance would be wonderful. Or trying to figure out how to make a relationship work when they'd obviously agree on precisely none of it.
Shale/Wynne
Wynne: (chuckles) You do speak your mind, don't you?
Shale: Fortunately, no other part of me has anything to say.
You already know about my love of older women, but did you know that the character I most wanted to romance was the rock monster? Because it's true! Shale is wonderful and I absolutely adore everything about her from her complete lack of filter to her hatred of pigeons to her love of being bedazzled to her handsome rocky face. Wynne is also frequently a delight and often my mage of choice in my party. I appreciate how neither of them are willing to take any crap from anyone.
I have not read Asunder, but I'm not at all worried about spoilers (it's not like the games don't reference the novels all the time already). I like the growing respect between them over the course of their interactions and would adore anything turning that oddball friendship into an oddball romance!
Fenris/Male Hawke
I have a lot of feelings about these two; they're definitely one of my top three player character romances in the series. I'd particularly like something post-DA2 or even post-DA:I for this pairing - just any snippets of their life together afterward. Fenris busting into the Fade to rescue a Hawke the Inquisitor sacrificed is also always choice.
I have a strong preference for either blue (because he often has the kinder, more patient dialogue options which I really like) or purple Hawke (he makes Fenris laugh) for this pairing. I love both friendmance and rivalmance and am totally down for either one. Mage!Hawke always brings an interesting dynamic, but I've had a lot of fun romancing Fenris with non-mage Hawkes too.
Female Hawke/Meredith Stannard
Some of this is down to straight up "just hot" - enemy ship featuring a powerful older woman antagonist, hello, hello. That being said, I do have a lot of regrets about the endgame pinning a lot of Meredith's motivation on "magic sword made her crazy" because I think prior to that she's one of the more compelling villains in the series (aside from Calpernia perhaps).
Any Hawke personality works for me here, though red is particularly choice.
Leliana/Morrigan
Leliana and Morrigan have so much fun ship potential. Leliana already canonically finds Morrigan attractive and there's so much room for conflict and tension between them because of their shared history during the Blight and their very different outlooks. They also both have very distinct, but very...flexible moral codes and are willing to do some pretty unsavoury things for the "right" reasons. It doesn't matter if it's set during DA:O, DA:I (how is it that they barely have anything to say about - not to mention to - each other, what a missed opportunity), sometime in between, or sometime after - I'd love anything shipping the two of them.
Morrigan/Vivienne
Morrigan: Why, Madame Vivienne, I expected sweeter barbs from a tongue as subtle as yours! Does this place unnerve you so? Or is it I?
Vivienne: You unnerve me as would a cockroach crossing the floor, making me think new accommodations might be required.
Bring on the courtly intrigue and political power plays and dignified rivalry and biting insults. These are two of the sharpest tongues in Thedas with a built in context for wonderful interaction. It is an absolute travesty that we never got to see any real interaction aside from a couple precious lines of banter in the game.
DC Comics
Fandom Specific Likes:
-I'm primarily a pre-New 52 kinda girl. That being said, I'm not overly fussy about continuities for comics fandoms.
-Renee Montoya. That's probably pretty obvious considering my requests for the fandom, but I love Renee Montoya. Her flaws, her better qualities, her fall to rock bottom, her rise to heroism, her complicated relationship with vigilantism, her propensity toward self-destruction, her struggle to maintain a moral code, her ability to kick a man's ass in a back alley while sporting cracked ribs and the fact that doing so was probably one of the worst mistakes of her life.
General Prompts:
-Investigating a case/murder mystery.
-Groundhog day timeloop shenanigans. Whether for angst or for comedy.
-Monkey's paw shenanigans. Especially if it explores Renee's willingness to take intensely self-destructive measures if she believes that the ends justify the means.
-I'm totally open to AUs in this fandom. Give me all the space operas or Westerns, etc.
Kate Kane/Renee Montoya
You know that scene in Crime Bible/The Five Books of Blood, specifically "The Lesson of Greed", where Batwoman and Question get into a physical scrap out of sheer desperation to save each other (in Kate's case, saving Renee from herself and in Renee's case, saving Kate from the Religion of Crime)? And there are these really intense feelings even though they're already exes at this point? And a lack of communication and a lot of hurt on both sides?
Hoo boy, that's my shit. That level of conflict and tension is the pinnacle of what gets to me about Kate/Renee as a ship.
It doesn't all have to be physical brawls (though those are certainly welcome). The scenes related to their break-up in pre-New 52 Batwoman cut me deep in the best way, especially knowing how Renee being outed actually went down when it happened. Kate/Renee is one of those absurdly rare canon F/F ships that draws off a rich shared history and complex character flaws and motivations and an absolute inability to completely move on even when they want to, it's a blessing. Anything that gives them an opportunity to interact and a reason for conflict while still having those intense emotions and that deep caring and protectiveness in place is going to be my jam.
All that being said, I am not actually adverse to fluffy stuff for them. Their more traditionally romantic interactions are fantastic (which is part of what makes the post-break up stuff work so well, I think). If you're more into writing or drawing something from when they were dating and things were going relatively well, I promise I'm not going to be disappointed by that! Kate and Renee have both been put through the wringer by a combination of external forces and their own demons and I feel deeply that they both deserve some happiness. If they find that happiness together? All the better.
Crispus Allen & Renee Montoya
Oh boy, oh boy, I have so many feelings about Renee and Crispus. They are 90% of the reason that Gotham Central was one of my favourite comics series of all time. I adore them and I would die if anybody wrote or drew me something for them.
I love when we got to see more casual moments between them filled with funny banter and that they're the kind of work friends who actually want to hang out together in their time off and be involved in each other's personal lives. I also love how intensely they care about each other and how when the chips are down there's no hesitation for either of them. They're deeply protective of each other and (for most of the series) there's a phenomenal level of trust between them. Protecting Crispus is a major part of what motivates Renee to cross her moral boundaries, for better or for worse (well...worse, overwhelmingly) and Crispus is so deeply invested in wanting to help Renee and recognizes her issues for what they are.
I don't care if you set your fic/art during their days as partners on the force or after Crispus's revival as the Spectre. I'm just gonna love seeing the best partners together again.
Dark Tower
Cuthbert Allgood/Roland Deschain
This ship is a major nostalgia bait pairing for me. I was absolutely obsessed with the Dark Tower series for much of my teenage years and Wizard and Glass remains my absolute favourite book in the series to this day. I love Cuthbert's character, I love seeing a younger not-yet-hardened Roland (who was already a hardcore favourite of mine before this part in the series), I love their relationship. I love Cuthbert's sense of humour and the way that he uses jokes to cope (and I love how frustrating Roland finds this). I love Cuthbert's loyalty and how intelligent he is under all the goofiness and how deeply he cares about things.
Canon gives me plenty to be sad about when it comes to this pairing, so while hurt/comfort is definitely welcome, I would definitely like there to be some comfort! There are so many years they had together that we didn't get to bear witness to and I'd love to see some of the adventures that they have. Protective!Cuthbert is particularly choice, as well.
Good Omens
Aziraphale/Crowley
Good Omens was the book that set me on the path to becoming a PTerry fanatic, back when a friend bought it for me in high school. I have a very deep nostalgic fondness for it and for Aziraphale/Crowley. The familiarity created by their long history together and the way that they've changed each other over the course of it is the core of what appeals to me so much about this ship (how hysterical their conversations often are certainly doesn't hurt).
Honestly, it's hard to go wrong for anything that you want to write or draw for this pairing. There's a wealth of history together to set any scene in as well as anything you could dream up post-novel. I would be equally happy seeing one of their adventures together or seeing something fluffy and gut-achingly domestic. Humour is, naturally, more than welcome for this fandom. However, I'm certainly not going to complain about more serious, dramatic moments being portrayed.
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Any and all other CLAMP characters are welcome to make an appearance. All the alternate universes and different variations of the characters are a huge part of the fun of the series.
-In terms of art, I'm always down for CLAMP's absolutely stellar fashion sense.
-I have historically defaulted to "Fai", but "Fay" is also totally fine. Fandom never entirely agreed so I am flexible. I could probably even handle "Fye", though that one's so uncommon in fandom it might throw me for a minute.
Fay D. Fluorite/Kurogane
This is a huge nostalgia pairing for me and one of my forever OTPs. The development of their relationship over the course of Tsubasa was a roller coaster of emotions and I loved being along for every up and down - from their first meeting to "Good morning, Kurogane" to "That was payback, Kuro-sama" to their desperate attempts to save what's left of the little family they've made at the end of the series and their decision to stand by Syaoran/Tsubasa. I love how regardless of where their relationship is, the emotions between them are always so intense. The domesticity they've settled into when they return in World Chronicle is also wonderful.
I love the silly, teasing banter. I love the more dramatic moments. I love the moments of introspective honesty. I love them fighting back to back against a common foe. I love their loyalty and protectiveness and willingness to sacrifice. I love rot-your-teeth-out fluff. I love how their relationship is so emphatically good for both of them and they both become better people who find healthier ways of coping with their respective demons. I love the moments of genuine fondness between them.
It doesn't particularly matter to me if the fanwork is set during canon, post-canon, or focuses on an AU version of the characters - I'll love it all.
Akuma no Riddle
Fandom Specific Likes:
-Assassin shenanigans!
Azuma Tokaku/Ichinose Haru
Okay, so, the whole "I will protect her" thing was, unsurprisingly, a huge draw for me when it came to getting into this series (aside from, you know, lesbian assassins). However, I found myself really, really into the moments where Haru got to take on a more active role like rescuing Tokaku from the cage in the swimming pool or the fight against Sumireko. Haru's had to survive all this time without Tokaku, it's only sensible that she'd be something of a badass in her own right and the fight with Sumireko was especially great for seeing how clever she's capable of being as she used her environment to her advantage. Haru getting to protect Tokaku for a change would be absolutely amazing.
Aside from that, I feel like the series introduced its most interesting development for this pairing at the end and then...didn't quite do enough with it to satisfy me. Haru's Queen Bee ability was a game changer and threw into doubt Tokaku's entire character arc about learning to make her own decisions. It created this scenario where it was impossible to be fully certain how much of Tokaku's feelings were her own and how many of her actions had truly been under her control that is rife with potential.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Fandom Specific Dislikes:
-Using non-default names for player characters.
Vetra Nyx/Sara Ryder
Truthfully, I was motivated to buy this game purely because of Turian F/F romance option oh my god. I'd wanted a genuine xeno F/F ship more than anything since I got into the franchise and I love Turians. To my eternal delight, I loved Vetra, too! Her sense of humour, her swagger, her family stuff, her shady skill set, her way with people, her awkwardness in love, her loyalty. It's so nice when a character has a fantastic personality to back up their good looks (that's a very fortunate dino-bird-bug face). And her romance with Sara is great (thanks again, Sheryl Chee)!
My only complaint? Not nearly enough content; I want more. Good news is that's what fanwork is for. I'm down for anything here. Battles on alien planets, schmoopy domestic fluff, more rock climbing dates, stuck behind enemy lines, smuggler business, figuring out how sex is actually going to work. Missing canon scenes (like dealing with Ryder, you know, dying) would also be stellar.
Crossovers
Bedelia Du Maurier/Jessica Jones
This is, admittedly, a purely "wow, that would be hot" ship. I love both Bedelia and Jessica's characters and am very attracted to their respective character types (which we so rarely get to see in female characters). I'd be down for anything shippy where they interact, whether sex happens or not.
Dorian Gray/Henry Jekyll
Okay, so this is the weird Gothic Horror crossover pair of my heart. Like, it just makes sense to me.
I have a certain fascination with Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and with the Hyde archetype in general. I can go on for hours about how interesting it is that the idea of the id made manifest has transformed from a purely cautionary tale to a source of strength and frequently an outright super power in modern pop culture. I have consumed so many reinterpretations of the Jekyll and Hyde story and more than half of them are terrible, but I did it anyway because it was a labour of love.
I don't always see eye to eye with Oscar Wilde, but I have a deep fondness for his writing. The Picture of Dorian Gray was a bright spot in more than one otherwise dreary course (The Importance of Being Earnest got to be in the fun course). The character of Dorian has stuck with me over the years. Of course, as with most things, I took the gayest possible reading of the book I could manage (not that that was difficult).
So, here we have two men. One who desires more than anything to cleanse himself of any perceived impurities, one who is initially naive if self-centered, but is seduced by the allure of a hedonistic life style. Through some sort of vaguely supernatural means, they both find a way to seemingly escape consequence for their actions (consequences that they fear deeply in ordinary circumstances) and inevitably can't resist the opportunity to throw their inhibitions out the window. In both cases, things escalate to the point of murder and both men are stricken with guilt. Both men at some point in their respective novels attempt to turn a new leaf and fail. Both men are ultimately undone by the very thing that had been protecting them from the consequences of their indulgence and die as a result.
Pretty much anything you want to do here would be a delight for me. You could set your work within the context of their struggles within the novels or focus on AU versions that somehow survived and had to learn to live with themselves and what they had turned into. You can make them villainous, if you'd like. Or, sure, why not play with these concepts as superpowers (I liked the concept of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, even if I was less fond of the execution).
I am also very, very open to f!Dorian/f!Jekyll. I think the character archetypes would make for phenomenal female characters. And, yes, this would count as an F/F request that's open for porn.
Reigen Arataka & Sorting Hat
Okay, so I admit that this prompt is entirely due to one specific piece of fanart. The idea is just so fun and so charming that I can't get over it. I would absolutely adore anything portraying the shenanigans that they get into together and how they maintain the ruse.
Renee Montoya/Jessica Jones
This request purely came up because I was typing Jessica Jones crossovers into my nominations and this popped up as an autofill. What a beautiful, utterly inspired idea for a crossover pairing I am in love.
Maybe they need to solve a case together. Maybe they meet while indulging in one of their all too similar coping mechanisms. Maybe they clash while trying to stick to their individual very specific moral codes. Maybe all of the above! Whatever you do here, I promise to love and cherish it.
Valkyrie/Jessica Jones
I am so delighted by how much I adore the MCU adaptations of both of these characters; they couldn't be more perfect! Whatever circumstance you can think of for them to interact is wonderful, whether that be punching villains in the face or a night of hard drinking. This is another "crossover" ship where I find both of the characters individually super attractive, but together *chef's kiss*
Valkyrie/Patricia Walker
616 Val/Patsy is a beloved classic of a femslash ship and, again, love the MCU versions of these characters, I couldn't be happier with how they've been adapted so far. I'd love to see them team up for any reason, whether Trish ever dons the Hellcat cowl or not.
Valkyrie/Misty Knight
When Fearless Defenders launched with its Valkyrie + Misty Knight team up, I thought the choice of team leaders was simply inspired. I never entiiirely got what I wanted out of Fearless Defenders, I'm very unlikely to get many of the things that I want out of the MCU, but that's what fanwork is for. After The Defenders, it seems likely that Misty Knight may be on her way to getting that bionic arm (I was wondering when that was coming). An old fashioned superhero team up would be delightful, but I've also really enjoyed watching Netflix!Misty deal with all the goings on as a member of the police force.
