May. 29th, 2020 02:10 am
Rare Male Slash Exchange 2020 Letter
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Likes
DNWs
Fandoms
The Alienist (TV)
Another Country (1984)
A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
The Stand - Stephen King
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Hi! The tagset for this exchange has so much cool stuff in it. I’m definitely excited to write for this exchange and read for it once it opens. My AO3 username is summerdayghost. If you have any questions or would like anything in this letter clarified please feel free to ask through the mods. I hope you have a nice exchange.
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Casefic
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up fluff
Fridge horror
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Villain or criminal AUs
Historical AUs
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Codependency
Loyalty
Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
All levels of consent
Manipulative relationships
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Understated love
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
The Alienist (TV)
John Moore/Joseph
I like the idea of John taking in Joseph as a ward post canon with there being a lot of weird tension involving John feeling guilty and Joseph not being sure where he stands in his new life and not enjoying all of society’s rules. Another direction you could go is Joseph continuing to live on the streets and John worrying his head off and there being all sorts of complicated feelings between them. If you have an idea for an entirely different scenario I’m all for it. Either way Joseph reminding John of his dead brother would be cool. If you wanna go AU I would very much read John as a murderer simply because of that moment where John was like “What if I were the killer?” and Joseph was essentially like “Yeah, right.” Him actually being a killer would very much flip the feeling of that on its head. With any canon about fighting crime I have a tendency to try to imagine what the protagonists would be like if their path had lead them to the other side of the equation.
I’m not entirely sure how old Joseph was supposed to be in canon. My best guess is twelve-ish, but I could be off. If you have different ideas regarding his age go for it, but I would prefer that if/when they actually get together Joseph is thirteen or older.
Another Country (1984)
James Harcourt/Tommy Judd
This pairing had never crossed my mind before I saw it in the tagset for this exchange and now I’m intrigued. How would this even happen? Who would initiate this? How does James feel about Tommy’s communism? How does this impact Tommy and Guy’s friendship? What would their dynamic be like once they’re together? What would be their relationship problems? What would be the best parts of their relationship? How long would they last? You don’t have to answer all or even most of these questions, but they are certainly questions I have.
A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
For context I have both read the book and seen the 1985 movie. I have not seen the 2007 film (that from what I’ve heard may have had a different ending?). I also have not read the epilogue because my copy didn’t have that. I've osmosed some of the details from people who disliked it, but they aren’t in my mind while writing these prompts because I don’t own it and haven’t read it.
George Emerson/Freddy Honeychurch
The bath scene is entirely at fault for this. I can see something between being as joyous and free as them playing in that pond or being quite the angsty and serious affair. I’m not sure exactly how to get them together, but I’d be interested to see what you come up with. Maybe an ill advised affair or canon divergence involving Lucy going off on her own without George? Also if you wanted to go a dubcon direction with this I would be a-okay with that.
Freddy Honeychurch/Cecil Vyse
I found their dynamic in the book pretty interesting. With Freddy not liking him very much but not being able to quite put his finger on what it is about Cecil (at least not at first) and Cecil wanting Freddy’s approval (at least at first) while also being rather dismissive of him. Maybe their relationship developing in a new direction post canon (since their outlook on each other seemed to immediately improve after the engagement was broken off) or an encounter between them during the canon era where things aren’t all pleasant.
The Stand - Stephen King
Tom Cullen/Stu Redman
You can blame that part towards the end where they’re trying to get back to Boulder together for this. Maybe something set during that era, love blossoming as they find a way to survive the journey together and support each other. Maybe on the road or in the snow or in the desert or in that motel. Maybe something set after that where it’s canon divergence for the very end because Tom and Stu get together somehow (I’m imagining that Stu and Fran would have amicably split in that).
Randall Flagg/Lloyd Henreid
This is just such a perfect devil and his right hand man ship and I love it so. Just all the gratitude and loyalty from Lloyd and all the shifty at best agendas and nightmarish boundary testing behavior from Flagg. There is an interesting relationship between love and fear for Flagg within Lloyd’s heart in which they are either two entities pulling against each other in a tug-a-war or they are one and the same.
Harold Lauder/Larry Underwood
I want this because of how Harold was a big part of Larry’s morale and perseverance getting to Boulder, even if it was an imagined Harold very far from the real deal. I think it would be interesting to see canon divergence where their relationship goes in a totally different direction once they actually meet and the possible domino effect that might have on the outcome of canon.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Hareton Earnshaw/Heathcliff
Something twisty with this pairing would be absolutely great. Heathcliff treats Hareton as a thing he can use to get some form of revenge on people who are already gone, and in return Hareton loves him with all of his heart, possibly because he doesn’t know any other way or possibly because he sees Heathcliff as a savior from something worse. It’s a fucked up and harsh dynamic that I would like the see explored.
Likes
DNWs
Fandoms
The Alienist (TV)
Another Country (1984)
A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
The Stand - Stephen King
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Hi! The tagset for this exchange has so much cool stuff in it. I’m definitely excited to write for this exchange and read for it once it opens. My AO3 username is summerdayghost. If you have any questions or would like anything in this letter clarified please feel free to ask through the mods. I hope you have a nice exchange.
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Casefic
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up fluff
Fridge horror
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Villain or criminal AUs
Historical AUs
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Codependency
Loyalty
Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
All levels of consent
Manipulative relationships
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Understated love
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
The Alienist (TV)
John Moore/Joseph
I like the idea of John taking in Joseph as a ward post canon with there being a lot of weird tension involving John feeling guilty and Joseph not being sure where he stands in his new life and not enjoying all of society’s rules. Another direction you could go is Joseph continuing to live on the streets and John worrying his head off and there being all sorts of complicated feelings between them. If you have an idea for an entirely different scenario I’m all for it. Either way Joseph reminding John of his dead brother would be cool. If you wanna go AU I would very much read John as a murderer simply because of that moment where John was like “What if I were the killer?” and Joseph was essentially like “Yeah, right.” Him actually being a killer would very much flip the feeling of that on its head. With any canon about fighting crime I have a tendency to try to imagine what the protagonists would be like if their path had lead them to the other side of the equation.
I’m not entirely sure how old Joseph was supposed to be in canon. My best guess is twelve-ish, but I could be off. If you have different ideas regarding his age go for it, but I would prefer that if/when they actually get together Joseph is thirteen or older.
Another Country (1984)
James Harcourt/Tommy Judd
This pairing had never crossed my mind before I saw it in the tagset for this exchange and now I’m intrigued. How would this even happen? Who would initiate this? How does James feel about Tommy’s communism? How does this impact Tommy and Guy’s friendship? What would their dynamic be like once they’re together? What would be their relationship problems? What would be the best parts of their relationship? How long would they last? You don’t have to answer all or even most of these questions, but they are certainly questions I have.
A Room With a View - E.M. Forster
For context I have both read the book and seen the 1985 movie. I have not seen the 2007 film (that from what I’ve heard may have had a different ending?). I also have not read the epilogue because my copy didn’t have that. I've osmosed some of the details from people who disliked it, but they aren’t in my mind while writing these prompts because I don’t own it and haven’t read it.
George Emerson/Freddy Honeychurch
The bath scene is entirely at fault for this. I can see something between being as joyous and free as them playing in that pond or being quite the angsty and serious affair. I’m not sure exactly how to get them together, but I’d be interested to see what you come up with. Maybe an ill advised affair or canon divergence involving Lucy going off on her own without George? Also if you wanted to go a dubcon direction with this I would be a-okay with that.
Freddy Honeychurch/Cecil Vyse
I found their dynamic in the book pretty interesting. With Freddy not liking him very much but not being able to quite put his finger on what it is about Cecil (at least not at first) and Cecil wanting Freddy’s approval (at least at first) while also being rather dismissive of him. Maybe their relationship developing in a new direction post canon (since their outlook on each other seemed to immediately improve after the engagement was broken off) or an encounter between them during the canon era where things aren’t all pleasant.
The Stand - Stephen King
Tom Cullen/Stu Redman
You can blame that part towards the end where they’re trying to get back to Boulder together for this. Maybe something set during that era, love blossoming as they find a way to survive the journey together and support each other. Maybe on the road or in the snow or in the desert or in that motel. Maybe something set after that where it’s canon divergence for the very end because Tom and Stu get together somehow (I’m imagining that Stu and Fran would have amicably split in that).
Randall Flagg/Lloyd Henreid
This is just such a perfect devil and his right hand man ship and I love it so. Just all the gratitude and loyalty from Lloyd and all the shifty at best agendas and nightmarish boundary testing behavior from Flagg. There is an interesting relationship between love and fear for Flagg within Lloyd’s heart in which they are either two entities pulling against each other in a tug-a-war or they are one and the same.
Harold Lauder/Larry Underwood
I want this because of how Harold was a big part of Larry’s morale and perseverance getting to Boulder, even if it was an imagined Harold very far from the real deal. I think it would be interesting to see canon divergence where their relationship goes in a totally different direction once they actually meet and the possible domino effect that might have on the outcome of canon.
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Hareton Earnshaw/Heathcliff
Something twisty with this pairing would be absolutely great. Heathcliff treats Hareton as a thing he can use to get some form of revenge on people who are already gone, and in return Hareton loves him with all of his heart, possibly because he doesn’t know any other way or possibly because he sees Heathcliff as a savior from something worse. It’s a fucked up and harsh dynamic that I would like the see explored.
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