Marvel Femslash - Dear Author

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Hello, dear author, and thank you so much for writing for me! I have tried to leave you at least a general idea of what I like about each ship and what I might be interested in reading for them. Some ships may have more written than others depending on how much I had to say and how many specific ideas I had, but rest assured that I want all of them desperately and already love you for sharing any one of these ships with me! I look forward to whatever you create!

If I've left prompts that don't speak to you, don't worry about it! There are plenty of things that I enjoy that I haven't specifically prompted for (and there's a reason that I leave a list of general likes) and I want you to write something that you enjoy and find exciting. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me through the mods. I try to be speedy about replying and never mind clarifying.

Clickable Table of Contents

·       General Likes

·       General DNWs

·       Fearless Defenders (Comics)

o   Valkyrie/Annabelle Riggs

o   Valkyrie/Ren Kimura/Annabelle Riggs

·       She-Hulk: Valkyrie/Jennifer Walters

·       The Defenders (Comic): Valkyrie/Patricia Walker

 

 

General Likes:

Tropey goodness, 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. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness.

Identity porn and related scenarios. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Women pinning other women against walls. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.

 

 

General DNWs:

PWP. I enjoy my femslash porn most when it's nestled in the context of a larger narrative - especially if it's used to help develop the characters or there are heavy emotional stakes attached.   Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine.   Torture/mutilation. Description of/reference to existing canon injuries would be fine. New injuries resulting in a new scar or something would also be fine, particularly since we're dealing with superheros. I would mostly like to avoid things like graphic gore leading to non-canonical permanent disfigurement, amputation, body modification, etc. occurring to the characters within the story.   Issue fic.   Terminal illness.   Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.).   Non-con, even off screen.   Age play.   Unrequested ships (if the unrequested ship is canon, I'd prefer to just gloss over it). Things like referencing that a character has parents are generally fine.

 

 

Fearless Defenders (Comics)

Fandom Specific Notes: I'm not opposed to mentions of past girlfriends for any of these characters and wouldn't consider that in violation of my unrequested ship DNW. If you're playing with current comics canon and where the characters are as of Asgardians of the Galaxy, I am also not opposed to Angela/Sera.

Valkyrie/Annabelle Riggs

 

This ship was at least 50% of the reason that I got into Fearless Defenders in the first place. I love Annabelle Riggs. I love the contrast between her personality and Valkyrie's (who has been one of my favourite characters in comics for a long time). I love their initial dynamic as Annabelle goes from stumbling along in the wake of these superheros to becoming more certain of herself and able to stand beside and even stand up to Val. I was intrigued by their dynamic after Annabelle's resurrection and the impact of sharing a body, though the comic only started to scratch the surface when it was cancelled.

Some potential prompts:

AU where Annabelle doesn't die, but instead continues her growth as a chosen member of the Valkyrior separately from Val. Where does she fit into the team? How does this impact her dynamic with Val after they snap her out of Doom Maiden mode?

Val and Annabelle are somehow separated after sharing a body for a while. How do they feel about this? How does their experience co-existing within a single body impact their dynamic now that they no longer need to rely on each other in the same way?

Further exploration of the identity issues caused by the body sharing, especially Val's feeling that she was losing herself re: issue 12. How do they cope with this? How do they find a balance that works? How do you date someone who lives inside your body?

Val brings Annabelle back from Valhalla in a different way. I would have loved to see more exploration of Valhalla as a location, learn more about Annabelle's experiences there, and I'm generally all about Hero Goes on an Epic Quest to Revive Loved One.

Mission fic! Alone together or with the rest of the team to aid them. Bonus points if, at some point during their adventure, Annabelle's skills actually end up being more useful than Valkyrie's in solving a problem.

Annabelle finds something on a dig that relates to Val's past somehow.

As of Asgardians of the Galaxy, Annabelle canonically leaves Val notes about her wardrobe. What other little things like that have become a part of their day to day life?

As of Asgardians of the Galaxy, Val also canonically worries about the danger she's putting Annabelle in by going into battle. When did this fear start to surface? Was there something in particular that went wrong at some point? Do they have any close calls before the series?

What if a villain finds a way to mess with their ability to switch between being Val and Annabelle the way that Loki does in Asgardians of the Galaxy? How do they cope? How do they fix the situation?


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Valkyrie/Ren Kimura/Annabelle Riggs

 

I love Ren. I love Annabelle. I love their relationship together - they're so sweet! One thing that I really wish we'd had the chance to see more of, though, is the dynamic between Valkyrie & Ren (or /Ren, as the case may be) and navigating the whole My New Girlfriend is Actually Two Hot Women in a Trench Coat thing. Val seems to openly like Ren and support her relationship with Annabelle, but I actually think that Val and Ren could have a fun dynamic themselves if they had more opportunity to interact. And if that budding relationship led to Annabelle now getting to date both of her superhero love interests at the same time while they also dated each other, all the better.

Mission fic is always great and I would be equally happy with either just the three of them or the team being included. I would love to see more opportunities for them to work together facing down foes and solving problems. Exploring how the relationships work with the body sharing dynamic would also be interesting to me. I would also be up for a scenario where Annabelle and Valkyrie are separated and seeing how the three of them work things out when they no longer have to share a body. Hurt/comfort is also definitely an area of interest for this trio.

Some potential prompts:

Val and Annabelle are somehow separated after sharing a body for a while. How does this change things between the trio? What happens with Annabelle on missions now?

Mission fic! Could be just the three of them or could involve more of the team. How do they function together? What's the Val-Annabelle balance over the course of a mission vs. in their downtime?

Ren finds out about the circumstances behind the body sharing - i.e. that Valkyrie killed Annabelle and then went on a quest to revive her.

AU where Ren was part of the group during the first half of the comic. What would this have changed? Would the group have been more or less functional? More or less effective in dealing with Doom Maiden!Valkyrie? Would the situation with Annabelle have played out the same?

Ren is very pointedly not a fighter when she joins the group. Valkyrie offers to train her.

Soulbond fic. How does that work when you're bonded to someone who shares a life force with another person?

Ren gets to come along for the ride when Angela interrupts their date in Asgardians of the Galaxy for space adventures.

What if a villain finds a way to mess with Val and Annabelle's ability to switch between themselves the way that Loki does in Asgardians of the Galaxy? How do they cope? How do they fix the situation? How does Ren react to the scenario?


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She-Hulk

Fandom Specific Notes: I'm not opposed to mentions of past girlfriends for either of these characters and wouldn't consider that in violation of my unrequested ship DNW. I'm also not opposed to mentions of either of them having had interest and/or relationships with either Thundra or Sue or mentions of Jen/Jazinda, Val/Patsy, Jen/Patsy, Val/Annabelle, or Annabelle/Ren depending on what elements of overall 616 canon you want to bring into things.

Valkyrie/Jennifer Walters

 

The Lady Liberators are such a fun team and I love the dynamic between all of them, but Jen/Val in particular is one of my diehard rarepairs. If I'm totally honest, part of it is down to both of them being hot muscular women because I'm shallow like that, but the contrast between their personalities is genuinely fun. Their confidence is a large part of the appeal of both characters' personalities, but that confidence manifests itself in radically different ways. Jen is goddamn hilarious all on her own, but matched against Valkyrie's bluntness, you have a recipe for some great dialogue. As of Fearless Defenders, Valkyrie has now led her own all female superhero group (with Misty even calling Jen in for an assist at one point), so that's something else they can bond over.

Superhero team ups are always choice and I'm always down for these two being back to back badasses, but I'm up for them meeting up in other contexts as well.

Some potential prompts:

Valkyrie is being sued for something (and is somehow actually wrangled into showing up to court) and Jen takes on the case as her lawyer.

It's girl's night for the Liberators and they get into an arm wrestling contest or a drinking contest. Thundra probably started it.

Jen visits Asgard with Val. Then they get roped into a magic quest.

They both get roped into going on a space adventure.

Sparring and training together.

Jen wants to know why Val didn't recruit her for the Valkyrior.

AU where Val does recruit Jen for the Valkyrior.

Body or powerswap shennanigans. Considering Val's more recent Doom Maiden problem and being susceptible to fits of berserker rage even as of Asgardians of the Galaxy, giving her the ability to hulk out would be...interesting.


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The Defenders (Comic)

Fandom Specific Notes: I'm not opposed to mentions of past girlfriends for either of these characters and wouldn't consider that in violation of my unrequested ship DNW. I'm also not opposed to mention of Patsy/Hedy, Val/Clea, or even Val/Annabelle, Annabelle/Ren, or Patsy/Jen if you're looking at the more recent era of comics.

Valkyrie/Patricia Walker

 

I have a lot of affection for The Defenders and a lot of love for this ship especially. They care about each other so much and so deeply and there's a lot of crying and hugging and dramatic declarations and riding horses/Valkyrie's pegasus. I'm never gonna be over them.

I love the whole team and their antics are constantly adorable, so all of them are more than welcome to feature. I love when they get to deal with mundane events and problems and bond as this extremely strange group of people. I am constantly delighted by Valkyrie in fish-out-of-water scenarios or where she just casually does things that clearly catch other people off guard. However, I'm also up for something set during a more contemporary era of comics as well, if you want to play with more recent characterization, worldbuilding, and events.

I'd be happy with pretty much anything for these two.

Some potential prompts:

Mission fic. Either just the two of them team up against a threat or something that requires all the Defenders.

It's date night. Val doesn't quite grok Midgardian dating customs, but she's doing her best and Patsy is just charmed.

Team bonding activities. They largely go about as well as you'd expect and eventually transition in Patsy-Val bonding activities. Hulk's not bad company, though.

Patsy asks Val to help her train or maybe even just go to the gym. It's mostly an excuse to watch Val flex and maybe touch her muscles.

Doing chores and errands with a balance between the hilarity that usually results from the Defenders doing these things and the two of them finding that they kind of enjoy the domesticity of doing these things together.

Patsy visits Asgard with Val at some point. May or may not involve a magical quest of some sort.

Bodyswap/powerswap shennanigans. How does Patsy deal with suddenly having Val's raw power? How does Val deal with suddenly being in a mortal body? Up to you whether you address the whole Barbara Norris bodyswap plotline and Amora's habit of throwing Val's soul around willy-nilly. Sam Parrington can get in this mess too.


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