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Hello! It seems it’s that time of year again! Where does the time go? My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a wonderful Yuletide!

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Terrible people in love
Drifters
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Roadtrips
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Guilt
Anger
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Codependency
Loyalty
Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
All levels of consent
Manipulative relationships
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
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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

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Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Unrequested ace headcanons
a/b/o
Explicit sexual content featuring characters under the age of 14
Ships involving real life serial killers
Reader inserts

Mindhunter (TV 2017)

Jim Barney

Jim is definitely the character I want to see more of most. I was disappointed when Gregg was hired instead of him and delighted when he returned in season two. If we would have gotten a season three I would have hoped to have seen him join the BSU. Future fic where he does join the BSU would be cool.

Character study! Tell me more about what he’s like? What is his life like outside of work? Does his wife want him dead? A question I only ask because Jim Barney seems to have been at least partially based on Judson Ray, and his wife tried to have him killed. The line about his wife insisting on cooking him breakfast may have been a nod to this. So I’ll leave it up to you if Jim Barney is in a situation similar to that of his real life counterpart. Another thing that I feel fits with the theme of this paragraph would be fleshing out his backstory.

Case fic! I feel this is a really good canon to do casefic for. So Jim trying to solve a case or maybe even conducting an interview. Note on my explicit sexual content featuring characters under the age of 14 DNW: I am perfectly fine with it if you write case fic where there are victims younger than that with a sexual aspect to the crime. You can get as gross or fucked up with the case as you want, I just don’t want a straight up sex scene.

Slash fic! I’m cool with basically any slash pairing featuring Jim that doesn’t violate my DNWs. So, Jim/Holden! The main idea coming to mind for me with that is something growing between them in Atlanta. Also, psychopath/serial killer Holden is not where I would have wanted the show to go, but it is an idea I like to see explored in fic. I would read the hell out of Holden going off the deep end and Jim having to be the one to track him down. Jim/Bill! Maybe them growing closer after Nancy leaves Bill. Or maybe AU where Jim was hired instead of Gregg in season one (not sure why that sticks in my head as a Jim/Bill prompt specifically because that could work with other pairings or gen but hey). Jim/Gregg! I don’t have any plot ideas for that beyond the fact that I’d be interested to see what that would look like. One thing I will say is that I’ve seen it theorized that Gregg is gay but deeply closeted. While I am not one hundred percent sure if that is what they were going for, but I can see it enough that if they took the character in that direction it would have worked I think. So if this is the pairing you choose you could probably explore that.

Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

Marge Sherwood

Revenge of the Hitchcock Blonde. That’s the phrase that immediately pops into my head when I think about what I would want to see from Marge. One element of the film I appreciate more every time I see it is how much it is in conversation with the work of Alfred Hitchcock. I tend to think of Marge in the context of the Hitchcock Blonde archetype. The sophisticated blonde woman who must be knocked down, humiliated, degraded, or hurt somehow over the course of the plot. This came from a deeply fucked up place of obsession when you look into it. I am conflicted over whether or not it can be said Marge manages to flip this on its head or not. On one hand I feel that Marge manages to keep her dignity despite Tom putting her through a pretty awful breakup while pretending to be Dickie, but on the other hand she does not get to be triumphant either. I love that she figured him out and flips out at him at the end, but no one believes her due to sexism and thus ends up being held down anyway. So long babbling aside anything you could do with Marge that explores or twists the Hitchcock Blonde archetype would be A+. Also if you wanna write crossover femslash with any of the ladies from Hitchcock films (blondes or not) I’d be all for it.

Post canon fic could be pretty cool. I’ve seen it said that despite the film having a pretty definitive ending compared to the one of the book that basically has a sequel tease, it still feels like a villain origin story for Tom. I would say the same about Marge. This feels like an origin for her as well, although I don’t know exactly of what sort. I’ll leave it up to you what she becomes as the result of this. I’d definitely read about her going down a darker path although, I’ll be honest when I say that’s not the first place my mind goes. Her being Tom’s nemesis who continues to run into him and attempting to thwart his criminal plans could be rad. Or any direction you can think of that I haven’t. And another thing for post canon fic, how does she respond to the death of her friend Peter?

Femslash! Aside from aforementioned crossover femslash, Marge/Meredith is my first thought in this department. Maybe a fic starting the first time they see each other post canon. Or canon divergence where they run into each other in Italy at the point in the story where Dickie is dead but Marge thinks he dumped her instead of Meredith running into Tom. How might that have changed things? Another possible pairing is Marge/Silvana. I don’t know what that would look like but I’m here for it. The only ways I can imagine putting them together are canon divergence AUs. Maybe Silvana doesn’t commit suicide and that somehow leads to her getting together with Marge. Or AU where Marge was the one having an affair with Silvana. Or an AU where Marge leaves Dickie for Silvana. My side question is if any of these AUs would be fix-its for the Tom/Dickie situation or if things would go to murderous hell anyway, just differently?

Note on my unrequested m/f ship DNW: I have no problem with Marge/Dickie being a thing just like in canon. Although my interest in that relationship here starts and ends with how it informs Marge’s characterization. I don’t care about that relationship for its own sake.

You (TV 2018)

Joe Goldberg

Note on my reader insert DNW: feel free to write this fic in second person if you want. It fits the canon and I don’t consider second person fic to inherently be reader insert fic.

I am not a generally easy person to scare with fiction. It is exceedingly rare that I come across a fictional character that scares me. I find Joe Goldberg scary though. He’s just so creepy and alarming. I also find him interesting to dissect probably for all the reasons I find him disturbing. Anyway I invite you to terrify me. There’s a ton of different one on one dynamics I’d be interested in so you’ll have plenty of choices for what to write here (it also makes this section longer than the others which is not indicative of preference or anything, I’d be happy to receive any requested fandom, I just have more to say here). Of course that means this is about to get all over the place. Hopefully this’ll look organized to people who aren’t me.

Pre-canon fic exploring his dynamic with Mr. Mooney. I get the impression that a lot of Joe’s ideas about love come from Mr. Mooney. Primarily in that Joe seems to be under the impression that love is taking complete control over the life of another person and altering it as he sees fit and that person should be nothing but grateful because that’s what loving back is, which is a perspective that I think can easily be traced back to when Mr. Mooney first took him in. Also the cage seems pretty significant. You can explore this in a fucked up gen way or a fucked up slash way. Also was Joe telling Beck the truth about Mr. Mooney’s stroke or did Joe do something to him?

I loved Candace so much. I found what her presence in season two highlighted about Joe’s state of mind and how completely he can turn on a former obsession (Madonna-Whore Complex much?) interesting and I was so much on her side. Something looking at their precanon relationship would be cool. What didn’t we see? What are the odds she was calling him bunny as in bunny boiler? Also with how intensely he turned on her after she came back, do you think it could have ever been possible for his romantic obsession for her to return? If so, then canon divergence AU where that happened either when she confronted him in New York or at some point in LA. How would he have dealt with those feelings returning and how would Candace have responded to that given her trauma? If not, then canon compliant stuff about his perspective on her now that she isn’t the object of his obsession would be cool (possibly with themes of love and hate being two sides of the same coin). Another direction is AU where she got him arrested, either precanon or after Beck’s death. How would he have fared in prison? Also wouldn’t be opposed to an AU where Candace doesn’t die and continues to haunt him (or fic where she doesn’t die and haunts him as a ghost). If you can fit in Wuthering Heights references for anything involving Candace hell yes.

If you wanna go into his relationship with Beck the one prompt I have is stuff that explores the difference between Beck, the fantasy, and Beck, the actual person. He had such a difficult time reconciling the fact that she was an actual person that I don’t think he ever fully did. It was a part of why he had to kill her.

If you wanna go into his dynamic with Love what I would be most interested in would be post-season two stuff where Joe is suffering. What the ending of season two made very clear to me is that Joe does not actually want love. Pun intended. I mean, Love was perfect for him and accepted him unconditionally, and he was disgusted by her not even seeing the irony about what he hated in her. A huge part of what probably threw him off the Love Quinn train after discovering what sort of person she truly is is that this put her on equal ground with him and he doesn’t want that. Joe doesn’t want true love and partnership. He wants a fantasy. He wants control. So what that household looks like now that Joe desperately wants out would be interesting to see.

Joe’s relationship with Ellie! He definitely cared about her in his way, was definitely thinking about her safety when analyzing Love but at the same time he intervened in her life essentially to make himself feel like a hero in such a way that she resents him. Joe craves redemption and the ability to feel like a good person. He does good things to convince himself he’s good but whether it is actually enough is questionable at best. I think that sort of thing provides good narrative tension, and his dynamic with Ellie is a good place for that sort of thing. What will be their dynamic going forward? Is she really in Key Largo and if so will she ever come back? If she isn’t actually in Key Largo then where is she and why? One thing I want to point out about the situation Ellie ended up in at the end of season two, basically on the streets but with Joe financially supporting her, is that Joe himself was on the streets when he was younger. Will Joe be able to keep Fincher off her trail? One AU that could be interesting is an AU where Ellie was the one Joe ended up obsessed with in LA instead of Love. Would that mess with him and his need to feel like a good person or would he be able to cognitive dissonance his way through it? How would Ellie have responded to that kind of attention from Joe? Hell, how would Delilah have responded to this?

Speaking of kids Joe took under his wing to feel like a better person but probably did a lot of damage in the process, Paco. Fic set during or before season one where Joe is looking out for Paco. Fic where they interact before Paco moves to LA but after Beck’s death. Future fic where Paco reappears in Joe’s life with how Paco has turned or now that he’s a little bit (or a lot bit depending on how far in the future this) older. I wouldn’t mind if that last one was slashy.

I’m not usually the sort that goes for OC/canon character fic, but since Joe is so completely ruled by his obsessions throwing something new at him provides a chance for character study. Also since we know so little about the woman at the end of season two, fic involving her might as well be OC fic. Anything that throws Joe off balance or put him in unfamiliar territory is something I would be interested in seeing. One direction to go is the one I suggested with the Joe/Ellie AU, where the new object of his obsession is a minor (I mean we could see that wasn’t the case with the actual woman at the end of season two but for the sake of fanfic we can pretend). Would that mess with his self image as a good person or would he be able to creepily justify it? A completely different direction you could go in is what if this new woman never reciprocates his affections. How would Joe handle that? I can see that getting pretty fucked up and scary because I think it’s pretty safe to say that Joe is an erotomaniac. One that’s been fortunate enough to consistently turn the dream of that other person loving him into reality, but still. So there’s a good chance if he were in that situation he’d refuse to fully believe she just isn’t into him. One more completely different direction to take the concept of Joe/OC is Joe falling for a man. I’m assuming he’d be a Rule 63 version of the woman at the end of season two but he doesn’t strictly have to be if you have other ideas. I’m just curious what that would look like, if that would have any impact on how he chooses to pursue his love interest, and how he would feel about being obsessed with a man. If you have any other ideas for how to use the season three love interest who is essentially an OC at this point to shake Joe up go for it. Also this has nothing to do with the character dynamics but each season is essentially supposed to be set in a new little world. I assume season three’s world will be the suburbs, but I’ve heard the third book is going to be set in the Pacific Northwest. Joe kidnapping his love interest and going on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest is definitely a plot I’m here for.
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Codependency
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Being brought over to the dark side
Dramatic irony
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Manipulative relationships
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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
Unrequested ace headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
Explicit extreme underage

Castle Rock (TV)

Henry Deaver/The Kid | Shawshank Prisoner

I would love something set postcanon about Henry’s imprisonment of The Kid, but if you have other ideas about the circumstances this pairing should happen under, I would still be very interested. What do they think about each other exactly? I like all the parallels between them and the pseudo selfcest angle. Also do you think that The Kid was telling the truth and the complete truth about his backstory and if not then what is the real truth? And how much power does he have over the bad things that happen around him?

Crossover Fandom

Dick Hallorann/Will Hanlon

The interlude about the Black Spot has to be one of my favorite parts of the IT novel and it makes me emotional, and I would love to read about this ship during their time at the Black Spot before it burned down. Or maybe Dick comes back up to Maine one last time right before Will finds out he has cancer to say goodbye. Or anything else you can think of.

Doctor Sleep (2019)

Snakebite Andi

I’ve always loved a good lesbian villain, and I very much loved this one. There were a lot of changes made from her book counterpart which made me want to see this version further fleshed out and explored. Tell me about her time in the True Knot or maybe life before the True Knot. Does she feel any conflict about the things she’s done with the True Knot and what motivates her? When I first saw the film I thought they had cut Silent Sarey but checking IMDB it turns out that she exists in this continuity after all. What is their dynamic like in this continuity? Is it like in the book where their relationship is romantic but Silent Sarey’s feelings have a maternal aspect to them as well or are things different? I would definitely read a Snakebite Andi lives AU or a total canon divergence AU where she doesn’t end up as a part of the True Knot and continues down the path she was on at the start of the movie. If you wanna include Rose the Hat/Snakebite Andi as a ship I give my full blessing.

Billy Freeman/Dan "Danny" Torrance

Billy was so ride or die and supportive and great. I would love to see something about these two set during the eight year time skip where sometimes things are good and sometimes they’re bad but no matter what they love each other. Also what would have happened if Billy didn’t die when he did? How might the plot have unfolded differently (and how might you shove them together as a result)? Something exploring the little bit of shine Billy has would be cool.

Abra Stone/Dan "Danny" Torrance

There’s something about Stephen King intergenerational friendships that often pings me as unwittingly romantic. It’s probably all the destiny tropes that seem to get thrown in the mix, how much these people need each other in some way, the strength of the connections on a spiritual level, and stuff like that, but anyway these two are no exception. I would be interested in what it would look like if there actually was something inappropriate happening between during the events of the film, whether it be weird tension that’s ambiguous and uncomfortably intimate leaving neither of them sure what’s going on or something all the way at the level Abra’s dad clearly thought it was when he wanted to kick Dan’s ass. I would also be interested in outsider POV for this ship where there might not actually be a romantic/sexual aspect to their relationship but the POV character definitely believes there is like her dad’s initial impression or maybe something from the perspective of her mom at that point in canon where all she knows is that her husband is dead and her daughter is missing if she somehow found out about Dan. Another direction you could take this is things getting weird with Dan’s ghost postcanon.

Dan "Danny" Torrance/Jack Torrance

So I once came across this fan theory that Kubrick’s version of Jack was sexually abusive. The post I saw talking about it was a bit Pepe Silvia for my taste (which I guess it warranted given Kubrick’s reputation concerning attention to detail but they still lost me), and it didn’t bring up the reason why it was an idea I was willing to hear out. Basically book!Danny and movie!Danny behaved differently and it could be argued that some of movie!Danny’s traits that didn’t come from the book are consistent with behaviors some children may display in response to sexual abuse. I can’t say how viable this theory really is because I haven’t sat down and watched The Shining in a while (I kind of want to rewatch it soon, but the book is close to my heart for personal reasons, so I’m not sure how much I would actually like it this time around especially since I already have issues with the film, also side note within a side note: I think that’s a part of why I enjoyed the Doctor Sleep film so much, because it added a lot of the thematic stuff from The Shining novel that the movie threw out going so far as to even change the ending for it), but it’s definitely a lens I will be willing to read an exploration of their dynamic through. The beginning of this film when Dick is talking about his grandfather and compares him to Jack saying they had the same kind of darkness reminded me of that theory because in the book Dick’s grandfather was sexually abusive. While I would be surprised if they did this to point at Jack being sexually abusive towards Danny (I mean, I’m assuming they cut the explicit stuff from what Dick had to say about his grandfather for reasons of adaptational pragmatism and I would have done the same), but it made me think about it. I put the “Explicit extreme underage” DNW in there because I don’t want a sex scene between five year old Danny and Jack (although I’d been fine with it if stray details popped up here and there). I’m mostly interested in this from the perspective of how Dan’s fucked up and horrible dynamic with his father shaped him and impacts him. Jack is dead but his legacy remains and Dan’s relationship with him is still an active part of his life all these years later. Also fucked up things involving the ghost of Jack Torrance.

Dan "Danny" Torrance/Rose the Hat

AU where Dan accepts Rose’s offer at the end? Or maybe an AU where after hitting rock bottom instead of ending up in Frazier Dan ended up with the True Knot? Or an AU where the point of divergence is even farther back then that where Dan is falling into alcoholism as a young man and comes across the True Knot? What would Dan’s place in the True Knot be and what would he be like as a monster of that sort? What would Dan and Rose’s dynamic be like in this context? For this pairing I’m mostly thinking in terms of AUs like this because it was that scene towards the end that got me interested and it’s the only way I can think of to get them together, but if you have other ideas I invite you to go for them. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.

Salem's Lot - Stephen King

Ben Mears/Mark Petrie

After everything they’ve been through together they have just been left loving each other so much. I would love to see some of their time on the road together because stories about drifters/people on the run is one of my favorite things. They have this unbreakable bond with trauma in the mix, what could go wrong? Whenever I think of these two I think of something that is both sweet and sordid at the same time. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.

The Shining - Stephen King

George Hatfield/Jack Torrance

I’ve always been interested in this dynamic because Jack’s narrative about George seems to shift as the book progresses and Jack isn’t exactly the most reliable point of view character anyway. There are some unanswered questions left about George like for example I don’t think the book ever clarified exactly what George was referring to when he said, “You only hate me because you know!” (I’ve always read it as George was gay and thought Jack knew, and well I am asking for slashfic, but my reading isn’t the only possible answer as to what he might have been talking about). George is clearly on Jack’s mind a lot with how the play Jack is writing is clearly about him (consciously or subconsciously). So something fleshing out and exploring their dynamic and what might have been really going on. Also my friend has a theory that George had a small amount of shine in the same way that Jack had a little bit of shine and them being trapped in a mutual mindreading feedback loop nightmare could be fun.

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. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.

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.

Stand By Me (1986)

Teddy Duchamp/Gordie LaChance

What I would love to see is a story about reconnection. Somehow after Gordie has finished writing the story that is the movie when they’re both the adults that they became they somehow end up back in each other’s lives. Their relationship blossoms in an unexpected direction. I would also love a more brief reconnection in high school or in their adult lives before that if that’s where you’d rather go with it. Also if you wanted to write an f/f version of this pairing I would be into it.
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Hello! I’ve never done this particular exchange before, but I’m looking forward to participating this year because it seems right up my alley. My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a great 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

1917 (Movie 2019)

Joseph Blake/Tom Blake

Tom was so determined to see his big brother again and save his life and I was definitely very invested in that quest and interested in all the things he had to say about his family in general. Joseph’s face during his one scene really stuck with me. The way he goes from happy and excited to holding back tears once he realizes what happened. So I would love to see these two actually interact. Maybe fic set before the war where they’re on the orchard together? Maybe letters sent during wartime? Another direction you can go is one or both of them pining after the other and using their memories and fantasies to comfort themselves even if the nature of their feelings brings them discomfort or shame. On a similar note postcanon fic where Joseph is mourning Tom and in his grief starts thinking of him in a new totally inappropriate light. Or yet another option would be a fix-it fic where Tom makes it to see Joseph again. If you have any other ideas go for it.

Ancient Greek Religion & Lore

Apollo/Troilus

Troilus as a character is one of those research rabbit holes that I go down every once and a while and always have fun with. He was a character from the Trojan Cycle, but the specific work he appeared in has been lost to time. A lot of the works influenced by that particular work that went on to be influential in their own right that Troilus was believed to have appeared have also been lost. What we have of him are writing from that time that survived talking about those works and works influenced by the works we no longer have and works influenced by those works and so on. His characterization also shifted a lot over the years in accordance with changing social values and ideas about storytelling which just adds another level to this game of telephone. So anyway Troilus is generally the youngest Trojan prince, son of Hecuba and Priam. Sometimes he was depicted as being rumored to have been Apollo’s son because he was so beautiful. Sometimes he was depicted as actually having been Apollo’s son. There is at least one source out that lists Troilus not as Apollo’s son, but as Apollo’s lover. I have always found that little son or lover discrepancy hilarious, but in seriousness I would be very interested in something exploring or playing with that. I mean, why not both?

Demeter/Persephone

I’m having a hard time simplifying down my thoughts on these two into a coherent prompt because there are many, many directions you could go with this dynamic and I’m interested in almost all of them. One of my favorite things about mythology is that while it has a definite form it also has a lot of flexibility due to thousands of years of reinterpretation. The only direction you can go with their dynamic that I’m not a fan of is “Demeter was cruel and evil and Persephone found true joy, freedom, and love once Hades took her away” (which is not a dynamic I am not too concerned about getting considering that I’m requesting Demeter/Persephone and have a unrequested m/f DNW but I thought I would put that out there anyway, also speaking of my unrequested m/f DNW you can still have Persephone gone half of the year because that’s pretty integral but I don’t want any Hades/Persephone ship content, and to further clarify that I’m perfectly fine with references to their marriage or with that factoring into the plot, but I do not want fic where Persephone is in love with Hades). You can have their relationship be sweet and fluffy or angsty or difficult or whatever other spin you think would work best. There are three words/phrases that keep coming into my head about them you can take or leave that are rescue, the power of love, and a wife for the rest of the year.

Dare Me (TV 2019)

Beth Cassidy/Tacy Cassidy

There is a whole world of bitter, terrible, nasty resentment between these two that would make this incredibly messy and well, I love incredibly messy. But there’s more than just resentment! Beth to some degree views Tacy as the physical embodiment of a betrayal. Her feelings of inherent superiority over Tacy are interesting because they are tied with her feelings about abandonment and inferiority. Also I got the distinct impression that Tacy has a deep need for approval and validation, and many if not all of her attempts to get such things ultimately lead back to Beth in one way or another. Like the incidents with the ice bath or at the pep rally. One phrase that comes to mind about these two you can feel free to take or leave is: taking it too far.

Sharp Objects (TV)

Amma Crellin/Camille Preaker

Amma fixating on Camille, idealizing her. Amma’s murders all being in some way about Camille (even before they met because her first two victims were girls that Adora paid attention to because they reminded her of Camille). Camille’s self harm and Amma violence. The way their mother fucked them up. Amma trying to manipulate Camille. Amma getting insanely jealous about Camille. Camille trying her best to be there for Amma and do right by her and the motherhood related baggage that comes with that. Amma wanting to sleep in Camille’s bed always. All the obsession and possession. The way Camille connects Amma to dead girls she has loved in her mind. I really love basically the everything about this ship so just fuck me up tbh.

Stoker (2013)

Charlie Stoker/Richard Stoker

I’m not sure if I can explain this in a way that makes sense, but the impression I got from this movie was that both of them saw India as a second chance with the other. Like with Richard he was thinking “Charlie but this time not a murderer because I’ll do a better job” and with Charlie he was thinking “Richard but following my path and loving me unconditionally this time around”. Where it falls apart for both of them is the fact that India is not Charlie 2.0 or Richard 2.0, she’s her own person. So that left me wanting to see more of the dynamic between them one on one, either for backstory fic or in canon divergence fic.

Evelyn Stoker/India Stoker

"You were supposed to love me, weren't you?" I’m not the sort to put pictures in letters, but if I were the picture here would probably be from the hair brushing scene. I am really interested in their dynamic. Because there is certainly a lot of bitterness and jealousy but I think there is also some form of likely very twisted love and some form of connection. Or maybe desire for a connection would be a more precise way to put it because there is definitely distance and alienation in that relationship. Maybe something set precanon with confusing complicated feelings or something set post canon the next time they see each other. For that second one how does Evelyn feel about being spared, how does India feel about not killing Evelyn, and what causes this reunion?

Sucker Punch (2011)

Rocket/Sweet Pea

Oh these two. Sweet Pea was so dedicated to Rocket and there was so much love there and the pain that went with Rocket’s death. Maybe an AU where Rocket doesn’t die and leaves with Sweet Pea at the end. Or fic showing their day to day before Baby Doll showed up. Or backstory fic about how Rocket ended up where she did and how Sweet Pea followed her. I would be interested in a story about them set in any of the three realities in this film, asylum, cabaret, or battle.

Us (Movie 2019)

Adelaide Wilson/Red

I am fascinated by the twistyness inherent to this ship. I love it so much. Any excuse you can find to give these two more interactions than they got in canon would be wonderful (although I imagine pre-canon fic where they never technically interact at all within the scope of the story could still work as shipfic given the nature of the situation). Just how they’re intertwined and how they’re different and all the resentment and revenge and trying to survive and conflicts between good and evil or hero and villain where there’s no easy answer as to which side is which. Explorations of what they think about one another exactly would be great. Also feel free to absolutely fuck with my head over which one is which, I feel canon warrants that.
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Terrible people in love
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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
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a/b/o

Ancient Greek Religion & Lore

Achilles/Troilus

ALL: Characters Met While Fighting In WWI

I enjoy reading retelling of myths that place them in new times and contexts. This is for a lot of reasons. I love history and just think it’s cool to visit other time periods in this context, but I also think this is a good way to look at aspects of these myths in different lights and maybe see them in new ways. WWI is one of my favorite settings to place the Trojan war in.

All: Arranged marriage to bring peace between two countries/species on the verge of a war

That would certainly be one way to try to ease the Trojan War. I’m interested in what the political situation would have had to have been to lead to this and what the exact political space this marriage occupies. Like is this Troilus being sent over to Achilles and now being a part of his kingdom or is this a way to give Achilles a certain level of power over Troy while bringing him into or whatever else? Also what would their dynamic be like in this context?

ALL: Elizabethan Theatre AU

While I'm not exactly sure how this would work, the concept was too meta for me to pass up seeing as how they’re both characters who appeared in plays from that era.

Demeter/Persephone

ALL: Being in a time loop together leads to getting together

I don’t have much to add to this other than YES. You can put the time loop at any point, I am just so here for this plot with them. Especially if them getting together turned out to be just what was needed to end the time loop and/or they continue to be together after it ends.

ALL: Cosmic Horror/Eldritch Abomination AU

I would be very interested in fic that treats the Greek gods as such. Also what is love between two Eldritch beings like?

ALL: Always A Different Gender

What would these two be like as father and son?

Maurice - E. M. Forster

Clive Durham/Maurice Hall

ALL: Ancient Greece AU, ALL: Erastes/Eromenos Relationship Model is Common/Socially Acceptable

This is entirely because of Clive’s Plato obsession and the ways that went into how he saw his relationship with Maurice (like he definitely saw himself as erastes with Maurice as eromenos).

All: Hades/Persephone AU

Who would be Hades and who would be Persephone?

ALL: Being in a time loop together leads to getting together

The only thing that will end the time loop is for Clive to accept his homosexuality and rekindle his relationship with Maurice. Knowing how deeply entrenched Clive’s issues are, that might cause a very, very long time to pass within the time loop but I would be very interested in that development.

ALL: Main character goes back in time to the body of their younger self and changes what happened

Older Clive has regrets so when he gets the chance to do it over again he takes a different path this time now letting himself be gay and not bending to societal expectations. I always did wonder how things would have turned out for him if he went this route. How would a lifetime to look back on inform these decisions? How would his relationship with Maurice progress differently when Clive has all this context/baggage from the last time in his mind from day one and Clive not going on to deny his nature?

ALL: Characters Met While Fighting In WWI

Considering how important Clive was to Maurice’s coming of age and this is well, a coming of age novel, I’m thinking that for this the timeline is slid up some years so that when Clive and Maurice are at the ages they should be meeting at university they are in the trenches together. How would their relationship be different if it started in this context? How would the war impact their outlooks?

ALL: Canon is 100x more gothic and foreboding, All: Horror AU

Apparently scary fic about things nowhere near the horror genre is my jam (which makes sense considering that horror in general is my jam). It would be interesting to see that kind of lens applied to this canon.

ALL: Serial killers AU

Serial killer AUs are apparently things I can’t resist asking for even when I’d have no idea what they’d look like. Sorry, I’m not much help in this department, but I’d be super impressed if you did it.

ALL: Vampires

I’ve always been kinda fascinated by the homoeroticism present in a lot of old timey vampire stories. I have a lot of thoughts on that specific thing that I won’t get into here, but it definitely means adding vampires to this canon is a thing that would interest me. Although who is the vampire would be up to you.

Maurice Hall/Alec Scudder

ALL: Characters Met While Fighting In WWI

I see two ways to achieve this. The first is sliding the timeline around a little bit so that when they’re at the point in their lives where they should be meeting at Pendersleigh they're down the trenches instead. The other way is having them just miss each other during Maurice’s Pendersleigh visit they got together during in canon with the war actually bringing their paths together. What would their relationship be like when formed under this context? How would the war change their outlook on the world?

ALL: Different First Meeting - Mistaken for a Hooker and Goes With It

I just like this scenario a lot. I would read it in either direction but I am very intrigued by the concept of Alec mistaking Maurice for a sex worker simply because it’s not what I would have jumped to first.

ALL: Russian Doll Time Loop

I can just really see this working for them. Maybe the time loop is a single day at Pendersleigh before they know each other and they realize that the other also keeps dying and restarting and they must band together to try to escape.

ALL: Canon is 100x more gothic and foreboding, All: Horror AU

Apparently scary fic about things nowhere near the horror genre is my jam (which makes sense considering that horror in general is my jam). It would be interesting to see that kind of lens applied to this canon.

ALL: Cosmic Horror/Eldritch Abomination AU

I just think putting those sorts of themes and like ripping reality apart by the seams would be fun to put in the Edwardian era. The first thing that comes to mind is that you could do some interesting things with time. What put that in my head is from what I understand (hopefully I wasn’t being lied to) the script they shot for the film was out of chronological order (if I recall correctly, we meet Dickie Barry before we meet Clive) jumping back and forth in time. Ultimately the film was put back in chronological order during the editing process, but the fact that it wasn’t always is more than enough to make me interested in time fuckery. If there are any more fundamental concepts you would like to smash instead/as well go for it.

I thought of this next prompt as a joke but I’m gonna ask for it seriously. So one of the most common criticisms I’ve seen for this canon, both book and film, is that people don’t buy Alec and Maurice as a couple, don’t see what they have in common, and can’t imagine them lasting in the long term. I ship it, but I absolutely see where these people are coming from. So Maurice and Alec being pushed together and kept together by an all powerful and very invested Eldritch being.

ALL: Serial killers AU

Serial killer AUs are apparently things I can’t resist asking for even when I’d have no idea what they’d look like. Sorry, I’m not much help in this department, but I’d be super impressed if you did it.

ALL: Vampires

I’ve always been kinda fascinated by the homoeroticism present in a lot of old timey vampire stories. I have a lot of thoughts on that specific thing that I won’t get into here, but it definitely means adding vampires to this canon is a thing that would interest me. Although who is the vampire would be up to you.

Sharp Objects (TV)

Amma Crellin/Camille Preaker

ALL: Ageswap AU, ALL: Twins AU

What if Amma was Camille’s much older sister instead? Or what if they were twins? How would these scenarios affect the dynamic? Where would Marian fit in all of this?

ALL: All Characters Genderswapped

Because these characters are very much informed by their gender I am fascinated by what it might look like if that part of them were reversed entirely. It could make for interesting character deconstruction and analysis. What would be different about their dynamic with each other if it was between brothers instead? What would be different with their dynamics with Adora if they were father-son relationships instead? What would be different if Amma was a teenage boy that murdered other boys with the help of the boys he runs around town with? What would be different if Camille were a man displaying the same behaviors and struggling with the same issues as in canon (or how might those behaviors and issues change)?

ALL: Buffy the Vampire Slayer AU

My first thought for this is Amma the Vampire Slayer with Camille maybe as her Watcher, but I would also totally be into Camille as a semi retired slayer who is inexplicably still alive at her age and is probably holding a record of some sort.

ALL: Characters Have Children Together

I’m not usually the sort to go for ship has a child fic, but since this canon and these characters are so much about the impacts of mother-daughter relationships and the damage they can cause I would be very interested in what it would look like if these two adopted and raised a daughter together. Do all the handwaving you need for that to happen (maybe they started over under fake identities because of Amma’s crimes so no one knows their sisters and they can live as a couple and do couple things like adopt children or maybe one adopts as a single mother on paper but the aunt is so involved that she’s essentially a second mom or whatever else you can think of).

ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware

In my head for this Amma would be the protagonist. Although whether the game is incredibly fucked up (in which case Camille would work equally well as the protagonist) or if the game was intended to be sweet and fluffy school slice of life with like Ann, Natalie, Jodes, Kelsey, and so on as the unproblematic sugar sweet choices and Amma’s violence and pursuit of Camille is rebellion against the code.

All: Hades/Persephone AU

This is entirely because of that scene where Amma is dressed like Persephone, but I could also see her as the Hades to Camille’s Persephone in this scenario. Whether Amma is Persephone with Camille is Hades or the other way around is up to you. I would be interested in either.
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Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
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Fluff with disturbing subtext
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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

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Ingrid Thorburn/Taylor Sloane

Sexual Content - Consensual, Sexual Content - Nonconsensual, Violent Content, Other M/E-rated content

I think the main thing I want here is obsession. I am really interested in the ways Internet/social media era parasocial relationships can go horribly wrong and this is definitely a ship that delivers with that. If these two ended up as girlfriends (or just having sex) what would have been running through Ingrid’s mind? Or maybe a canon divergence AU where Ingrid’s obsession and admiration leads to murder. Or what happens to their dynamic postcanon? Do the roles reverse (that could be one way to explore how Taylor isn’t what she seems)? If you wanna go total AU I’d be here for a fifties AU considering that this canon was inspired by The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Us (Movie 2019)

Adelaide Wilson/Red

Sexual Content - Consensual, Sexual Content - Nonconsensual, Violent Content, Other M/E-rated content

I am fascinated by the twistyness inherent to this ship. I love it so much. Any excuse you can find to give these two more interactions than they got in canon would be wonderful (although I imagine pre-canon fic where they never technically interact at all within the scope of the story could still work as shipfic given the nature of the situation). Just how they’re intertwined and how they’re different and all the resentment and revenge and trying to survive and conflicts between good and evil or hero and villain where there’s no easy answer as to which side is which. Explorations of what they think about one another exactly would be great. Also feel free to absolutely fuck with my head over which one is which, I feel canon warrants that.

What We Do in the Shadows (TV)

Jenna/Nadja

Sexual Content - Consensual, Violent Content, Other M/E-rated content

I thought their dynamic was so cute! I would love to read about their further adventures involving vampire mentorship. What else does Jenna have to learn? Does Nadja have something left to learn herself? How does their relationship progress? Also while I love the tone and humor and canon and would be delighted with fic that sticks to that, if you wanna write straight up darkfic about these two that’s something I would be highly intrigued by.
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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

Hustlers (2019)

Destiny/Ramona Vega

Okay so this relationship grabbed my heart and squeezed. I’m finding it difficult to explain what I like about their dynamic that isn’t just recapping the film in minute detail with emotional commentary. I would love something set during the canon timeline or post canon fic where they reconnect. If you wanna go AU maybe something where they met earlier in life like Ramona talked about at the end with the photo.

Interview With the Vampire (1994)

Lestat de Lioncourt/Daniel Molloy

The last minute is hands down my favorite part of the movie by a wide margin. I love it so much. It’s my favorite cinematic use of Sympathy for the Devil. I wanna see their future together after Lestat turns Daniel. How does Lestat deal with the modern world? How does Daniel deal with having the immortality he thought sounded so cool? How do they get along?

Stoker (2013)

Charlie Stoker/Richard Stoker

I’m not sure if I can explain this in a way that makes sense, but the impression I got from this movie was that both of them saw India as a second chance with the other. Like with Richard he was thinking “Charlie but this time not a murderer because I’ll do a better job” and with Charlie he was thinking “Richard but following my path and loving me unconditionally this time around”. Where it falls apart for both of them is the fact that India is not Charlie 2.0 or Richard 2.0, she’s her own person. So that left me wanting to see more of the dynamic between them one on one, either for backstory fic or in canon divergence fic.

Evelyn Stoker/India Stoker

"You were supposed to love me, weren't you?" I’m not the sort to put pictures in letters, but if I were the picture here would probably be from the hair brushing scene. I am really interested in their dynamic. Because there is certainly a lot of bitterness and jealousy but I think there is also some form of likely very twisted love and some form of connection. Or maybe desire for a connection would be a more precise way to put it because there is definitely distance and alienation in that relationship. Maybe something set precanon with confusing complicated feelings or something set post canon the next time they see each other. For that second one how does Evelyn feel about being spared, how does India feel about not killing Evelyn, and what causes this reunion?

Sucker Punch (2011)

Blondie/Vera Gorski

I want this 100% percent because of the scene where Vera finds Blondie crying. I would love to see more of their dynamic. Maybe pre-canon fic involving mentorship and trying to survive or AU where Blondie doesn’t die. I’d also be really interested to see what they’re like in the asylum reality/the real world since we don’t see too much of either of them on that level (I think we only see Blondie there once).

Rocket/Sweet Pea

Oh these two. Sweet Pea was so dedicated to Rocket and there was so much love there and the pain that went with Rocket’s death. Maybe an AU where Rocket doesn’t die and leaves with Sweet Pea at the end. Or fic showing their day to day before Baby Doll showed up. Or backstory fic about how Rocket ended up where she did and how Sweet Pea followed her. I would be interested in a story about them set in any of the three realities in this film, asylum, cabaret, or battle.

Summer of 84 (2018)

Davey Armstrong/Wayne Mackey

The two parts of this movie that stick out strongest in my mind are the part where Mackey tells Davey he wishes he could freeze him at the age of fifteen and the part where Davey sees his picture on Mackey’s wall. I think there’s a lot of potential for disturbing and creepy that went untapped in this film. And well, I love disturbing and creepy. Maybe something from Mackey’s perspective that delves more into his motivations and state of mind as well as his thoughts on Davey. Or maybe canon divergence AU where Davey doesn’t figure out what’s going on at all OR he still catches on but his investigation goes differently, either way that summer their relationship takes an inappropriate turn. Or maybe post canon fic where Mackey returns as promised.
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Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Casefic
Fluff with disturbing subtext
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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

Hamlet - Shakespeare

Hamlet/M!Ophelia

I’ve always wanted to see a staging of Hamlet with M!Ophelia. I’m very interested in how seeing a boy treat another boy that way might hit differently than watching a boy treat a girl that way and what that difference might point out about the original text/how we usually interact with the character of Ophelia. Also for a direction other than “the exact same story, except gay this time!” how would things be concretely different with M!Ophelia? The King and Queen wouldn’t be imagining wedding bells for Hamlet and M!Ophelia, if they knew about there being something between them at all they would likely disapprove or not take it seriously, so how would that impact M!Ophelia’s status in Elsinore? How might M!Ophelia’s gender impact his dynamic with his family (side note: the first production of Hamlet I ever saw had Ophelia kissing Laertes in Act IV, scene 5 and Laertes being very broken and conflicted by it and thus I thought Ophelia/Laertes was a standard part of the play for a while, so if you wanna have incestuous undertones or overtones between M!Ophelia and Laertes I give my full blessing)? How would Hamlet think and feel differently about M!Ophelia? Would this change Hamlet’s actions? Would M!Ophelia have handled his situation differently or might he have ended up in a different situation altogether?

As for names, Ophelius is the only masculine equivalent of the name Ophelia I know. Keeping it as Ophelia might also work as well although I think that could depend on which story was being told. Like I imagine it would work best to keep the name as Ophelia for a stage production where the gender was the only change and the script was left otherwise unaltered except like pronouns but am not sold on it working in a prose story exploring things that actually would be different with M!Ophelia. Do with these scattered thoughts what you will.

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

M!Georgiana Darcy/George Wickham

So my first thought here is gay blackmail. Or Wickham’s scheme from the book of trying to elope with Georgiana for money is not doable in this AU, but a similar spirited scheme of Wickham seducing M!Georgiana to extort Darcy while also getting under his skin would be. What would this courtship look like? Would this be how M!Georgiana realizes he is gay or was he already aware of his inclinations? Is Wickham genuinely interested in men (or in this case boys because if we place this in the same place in the timeline where the near elopement happened M!Georgiana would be like fifteen) or is he only doing this for what he can get out of it materially? What would be the repercussions of all of this, not just with their dynamics with one another or with Darcy (although I am very interested in Darcy’s feelings about this), but in general?

As for names, the only name I can think of for M!Georgiana is, well, George. If them having the same name is something you wanna play with I say go for it. Some amusing things implying narcissism on Wickham’s part could be done with that. Maybe M!Georgiana goes by Georgie? If you can think of another name for M!Georgiana and would rather use that I also say go for it.

A Room With a View - E. M. Forster

George Emerson/M!Lucy Honeychurch

I remember reading somewhere that Mr. Emerson was inspired by Edward Carpenter. I should fact check that, but anyway reading that made me start thinking about George/M!Lucy. How might their relationship have evolved differently? I think one thing that might have changed is that Charlotte (or M!Charlotte if you feel that would be more appropriate for this story) may not have been concerned about M!Lucy interacting with George as she was about regular Lucy up until she catches them kissing and thus there would have been much less scrutiny over their early run-ins. Or would Charlotte have had suspicions about George’s sexuality leading her to be just as worried if not more so? How would things happen once they were back in England?

As for names I’m drawing a blank as for what M!Lucy could be, so I’ll leave that up to you.

F!George Emerson/Lucy Honeychurch

I can just totally see F!George as a rather unusual lady who absolutely does not go along with what might have been expected of her for the era. She’s independent and strange and has no problems with what others perceive as unladylike (or even masculine) behavior. To be completely honest the main word coming into my mind to describe F!George is “dreamy” but that likely has way more to do with me being a massive lesbian than like stuff that would help pin down how her gender would impact the plot and her place in society. What would Lucy think and feel about F!George? Would meeting her cause Lucy to realize/question the limitations of the life she has been leading? How would their relationship develop? What would Charlotte think of their interactions? What would things be like between them back in England?

As for names, there are a lot of choices for F!George, Georgia, Georgette, Georgiana, and so forth. Go with whichever one you feel is the best fit. You can have her still going by the name George if you want.

F!Freddy Honeychurch/Lucy Honeychurch

I just think this would be really cute. Would F!Freddy be treated differently being a rambunctious girl? Would there be more efforts to control and tame her that utterly fail? What about her interest in medicine? How would they regard each other differently as two sisters? How do romantic and/or sexual feelings end up involved?

As for names, maybe Freddy is short for Winnifred? If you have an idea you like better go for it.

Freddy Honeychurch/M!Lucy Honeychurch

As was the case with the femslash version above, I just think this would be really cute. What would M!Lucy be like? I’m assuming he’d be the heir of Windy Corner instead of Freddy so how might that change things? How might they regard each other differently as two brothers? How do romantic and/or sexual feelings end up involved?

As for names I’m drawing a blank as for what M!Lucy could be, so I’ll leave that up to you.

Scream (Movies)

F!Billy Loomis/F!Stu Macher

Girls being awful monsters is one of my greatest loves so when I saw this in the tagset my immediate thoughts were “YES”. So the two of them getting really into each other while also being really into horror movies and murder. Would any of their horror opinions be different and if so would that have a ripple effect on their murder scheme? On a similar note I really love the commentary on misogyny in horror Scream provides with the way that misogyny is so tangled up with Billy’s motive and justifications and general philosophy. What does all that look like with F!Billy? Internalized misogyny or do her motivations take a different shape?

As for names, do whatever you want. You can keep them exactly the same or switch them out with more feminine variants (maybe Billie for F!Billy and no ideas for F!Stu).
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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.

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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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Hi. This is gonna be a pretty short letter (to the extent that I was wondering if I should even write one) because due the nature of this exchange my prompts are pretty broad so I don’t have too much to say. I will say here that I adore rare pairs and always have. They’re the best! So don’t be afraid to write something just because it’s a rarepair. My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a fun exchange!

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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 or ace headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)

Willow Rosenberg in any F/F

She may have been the first lesbian character I ever really got invested in looking back on it. But I am so here for all the possible femslash you can throw this witchy nerd in. The reason they picked the actress they did is that all the other actresses played the lines in a “I’m such a nerd woe is me if only I were cool” way, whereas she played it in a very happy way where it was clear that she was the way she was out of joy. I don’t know if the way I explained that makes any sense, but that’s definitely something I’ve always enjoyed about her character. Also I liked watching how she dealt with the threats and conflicts of the week.

DCU (Comics)

Selina Kyle in any F/F

She’s been my fave for as long as I can remember. Longer even. I think she’s fun and interesting and would love for her to get some pussy (okay this doesn’t have to be E rated, I’m open to all ratings, but I am cheesy and enjoy puns and couldn’t pass that up). My needs are simple here.

Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater

Noah Czerny in any M/M

Glitter and ghosts! Things I historically have a great appreciation for. I like Noah, I find him to be sweet with good potential for being really creepy. One aspect of the character I find really interesting is the way that he is simultaneously the oldest and the youngest out of all of his friends. He’s the oldest in terms of the fact that he was born first, but the youngest in that everyone kept going beyond the point he stopped.

Romeo And Juliet - Shakespeare

Romeo Montague in any M/M

I see Romeo as a character ruled by passion and all of the wonderful and ugly things that go with that, and I think it would be interesting to see what him in love with someone else would look like. For this fandom I’ve decided to opt in to crossovers with other Shakespeare plays. So pair Romeo with any dude from any Shakespeare you want.

Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Robin Buckley in any F/F

She was such a pleasant surprise from Stranger Things 3. So yeah, shipfic with her and any other girl (or woman) from Stranger Things. Give her love! She deserves it.
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Hello! Horror is one of my favorite things, and I am so here for this exchange! This is gonna be so much fun, I know it. I’m smiling just writing the letter. Okay so for all of my requests I picked both “Emphasizing Sexual Content” and “Not Emphasizing Sexual Content” because I’m into it either way so go with whichever works better for what you decide to write for me. My AO3 is summerdayghost. If you would like anything in this letter clarified or have any questions feel free to ask through the mod. I hope you have a fantabulous exchange!

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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 or ace headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o

Marvel Cinematic Universe

A note on my stance for Infinity War/Endgame: I don’t feel strongly one way or the other about whether the fic is compliant to those two films. There were events in those films concerning my requested characters that very definitely impacted their dynamic and if you want to stick to that I would be down. However if you wanna diverge completely that’s alright with me as well. I’m kinda neutral. However, for the sake of full transparency I’ll admit that when it comes to this ship/these characters those movies simply don’t enter my mind often. When I think about this ship I’m thinking about the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and what was set up there (which btw I do feel Infinity War and Endgame derailed where those movies wanted to go pretty hard even if I don’t know what was supposed to have come next) and that’s where I tend to be coming from with my prompts. I’m only including this note because I remembered that stuff happened after the two Guardians of the Galaxy movies and I should probably address that.

Gamora/Nebula

I just love these two. So much. I’ll do my best to explain some of what I like about this ship and why without simply repeating the phrases “my heart” and “what more could I ask for” over and over. But like they’re sisters but they come from a context where sisterhood means antagonism and competition, and there are some deep scars as a result of that, but there is love between them despite that somewhere and a desire for a change from the past dynamic but it isn’t easy and they don’t necessarily see things the same way. I love it so much and I ship them so hard. Just 💕💕💕

Requested Horror Types

Cosmic/Lovecraftian Horror

Well, I mean they are from the cosmic portion of the Marvel universe, and Ilike the idea of a space setting for Lovecraftian Horror because like this is already the unknown but now there’s even more unknown beyond that unknown.

Institutional Horror

Does being Thanos’s daughters count as an institution? It seemed more like a military system than a family. I think some great horror could be generated through focusing on that experience and the hierarchy within. Because dear god, that’s all so fucked up. Also I’m not quite sure how much younger than Gamora Nebula is supposed to be. I tend to default to the age difference of the actresses which is like nine years, but feel free to make them closer or farther apart in age if something like that would better suit your purposes. Mentioning that here due to the ways that may or may not play into the power structure.

Killer Horror

Well, they are assassins, so horror focusing on that would be lovely. Or you could go serial killer AU where murder has become something one or both of them do of their own volition or as a hobby. For this prompt I would like it in a canon setting or in a Earth/human/mundane AU (maybe even a period AU on top of that) as long as their fucked up adoptive sister dynamic is preserved when translating them to the AU.

Science-fiction Horror

I couldn’t request this pairing and not give you the option to go for science fiction horror. Like bring it on. There’s a lot of mileage to be gotten from the heartlessness of space and Nebula being a cyborg.

Maurice - E. M. Forster

Clive Durham/Maurice Hall

Oh the pains of a platonic relationship that is in truth very much not that but one person has problems with being gay and has the other person’s heart completely and would this be willingly followed into the dark of course until someone else comes along and steals that heart away to return it and runs off with them into the light. Feel free to set this during that period in canon when they were together or go canon divergence and prevent them from splitting up or from Maurice getting with Alec or not go canon divergence about those things but having them get back together after those events or any other approach you see fit. My prompts are likely kinda all over the place with where they’d fit in the timeline with this one (as well as all over the place in general). My strategy for promoting this canon was throw everything at the wall and maybe something will stick because this isn’t exactly a horror thing by nature.

Requested Horror Types

Cosmic/Lovecraftian Horror

A part of what made me want this canon for a horror exchange in the first place is pure word association. When I first read the book my first association with the name Clive was Clive Barker so I was suddenly remembering stuff from Clive Barker stories from time to time as I read it. I mention this here because I associate Clive Barker with this sort of horror.

I just think putting those sorts of themes and like ripping reality apart by the seams would be fun to put in the Edwardian era. The first thing that comes to mind is that you could do some interesting things with time. What put that in my head is from what I understand (hopefully I wasn’t being lied to) the script they shot for the film was out of chronological order (if I recall correctly, we meet Dickie Barry before we meet Clive) jumping back and forth in time. Ultimately the film was put back in chronological order during the editing process, but the fact that it wasn’t always is more than enough to make me interested in time fuckery. If there are any more fundamental concepts you would like to smash instead/as well go for it.

Folk Horror

Pendersleigh. For some reason Clive’s estate is easy for me to imagine getting twisted into a creepy little community.

Gothic Horror

This is set during the Edwardian era and I love gothic horror, so yes. Just yes. I wish I had fancier things to say about this specific prompt.

Institutional Horror

This specific prompt is gonna take a little context. I have a little story to tell about something called Dark Academia. You might already be familiar. Basically it was a genre that I would describe as a school setting with what the students are studying and/or are independently interested in showing up at least as a pretentious motif if not being directly plot relevant and also something terrible happens. The three things I can recall off the top of my head that were often cited as quintessential examples of this genre were The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Dead Poets Society (1989) dir. Peter Weir, and Kill Your Darlings (2013) dir. John Krokidas. Those aren’t the only examples that exist (one coming to mind that fills the bill would be The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler), but those seemed to be the canons those really into this genre were super into. A few short years after stumbling across this concept I ventured into the tumblr tag once again looking for examples of this genre and kept seeing Maurice listed as an example. Which was disorientating to say the least. It seems while I wasn’t looking, Dark Academia stopped describing a genre and started describing a subculture/aesthetic. As far as I can parse it my best attempt to explain the new version is deliberately and fashionably pretentious. As long as people are having fun, I’m all for it. Parts of this canon lend well to that scene. However because of that initial shock and attempt to figure out how that made sense, I would love to see Clive/Maurice in a horror story that fits Dark Academia in the old sense, as a genre. I feel like that sort of thing marries to institutional horror quite nicely.

A completely different direction to take this would be reuniting them during WWI. Okay so I’ll admit that I don’t exactly see this canon as having a WWI. I don’t mean in an alternate history sense, but like in that this canon is so deeply rooted in a world that WWI kinda ended, so after the story ends I see life going on but also being frozen in a sense. Like not in a “It’s been 1914 for a century!” way (although if you wanted to use that concept for horror go ahead), but in there being a poetic eternity in the ending. “Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood” and all that. The most long term detail I have in my head is Clive living to old age and never seeing Maurice again because that’s what the book indicates. I don’t know if any of that makes sense outside of my head. That being said I am willing to throw every last bit of that out the window for the sake of WWI horror. Just horror in the trenches! Horror in the trenches! Horror in the trenches! Okay so like WWI is one of my favorite wars to read about and I just think a WWI horror story would be awesome. Beyond the institutional horror I have to ask, how would a reunion under such circumstances go?

Killer Horror

Serial killer AUs are apparently things I can’t resist asking for even when I’d have no idea what they’d look like. Sorry, I’m not much help in this department, but I’d be super impressed if you did it.

Paranormal Horror

Ghosts! Maybe Clive being haunted by the ghost of Maurice or the two of them encountering vicious ghosts together or any other idea you might have? Another direction you could take is vampires. I’ve always been kinda fascinated by the homoeroticism present in a lot of old timey vampire stories. I have a lot of thoughts on that specific thing that I won’t get into here, but it definitely means adding vampires to this canon is a thing that would interest me. Although who is the vampire would be up to you.

Psychological Horror

I think Clive’s state of mind, particularly with him being gay but filled to the brim with self-loathing, denial, and repression, is something that could lend itself quite well to psychological horror. I mean it’s intense enough that he’s had multiple breakdowns over it. Other than that I really don’t have much to say about this ship and psychological horror other than YES.

Maurice Hall/Alec Scudder

When talking about this novel the author once said, “A happy ending was imperative.” I do think of Maurice/Alec and them being in love and together as that happy ending, and feel that is essential to the point/intent of this canon. That being said for the sake of this exchange there are several things you can do with that concept. You can throw it out the window entirely, have an unhappy ending or turn their relationship into a nightmare. You can make their love the light at the end of the tunnel whilst everything else is terrible. You can make them the horror and even though they are monsters they are monsters together and happy in their love. Or some other angle I haven’t thought of.

Requested Horror Types

Cosmic/Lovecraftian Horror

A part of what made me want this canon for a horror exchange in the first place is pure word association. When I first read the book my first association with the name Clive was Clive Barker so I was suddenly remembering stuff from Clive Barker stories from time to time as I read it. I mention this here because I associate Clive Barker with this sort of horror.

I just think putting those sorts of themes and like ripping reality apart by the seams would be fun to put in the Edwardian era. The first thing that comes to mind is that you could do some interesting things with time. What put that in my head is from what I understand (hopefully I wasn’t being lied to) the script they shot for the film was out of chronological order (if I recall correctly, we meet Dickie Barry before we meet Clive) jumping back and forth in time. Ultimately the film was put back in chronological order during the editing process, but the fact that it wasn’t always is more than enough to make me interested in time fuckery. If there are any more fundamental concepts you would like to smash instead/as well go for it.

I thought of this next prompt as a joke but I’m gonna ask for it seriously. So one of the most common criticisms I’ve seen for this canon, both book and film, is that people don’t buy Alec and Maurice as a couple, don’t see what they have in common, and can’t imagine them lasting in the long term. I ship it, but I absolutely see where these people are coming from. So Maurice and Alec being pushed together and kept together by an all powerful and very invested Eldritch being.

Folk Horror

My first thought for this is the greenwood that Maurice and Alec run off to and the lives they lead together within as a source of horror. Another option would be Pendersleigh. I know Maurice and Alec’s time together at Pendersleigh in canon was brief, but I do have a soft spot for fic about them set there, and I can easily imagine twisting Clive’s estate into a deeply creepy little community.

Gothic Horror

This is set during the Edwardian era and I love gothic horror, so yes. Just yes. I wish I had fancier things to say about this specific prompt.

Institutional Horror

Have you ever wanted to write a WWI horror story for Maurice/Alec? Here’s your chance. Okay so I’ll admit that I don’t exactly see this canon as having a WWI. I don’t mean in an alternate history sense, but like in that this canon is so deeply rooted in a world that WWI kinda ended, so after the story ends I see life going on but also being frozen in a sense. Like not in a “It’s been 1914 for a century!” way (although if you wanted to use that concept for horror go ahead), but in there being a poetic eternity in the ending. “Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood” and all that. The most long term detail I have in my head is Clive living to old age and never seeing Maurice again because that’s what the book indicates. I don’t know if any of that makes sense outside of my head. That being said for fic reasons I have imagined how WWI might have impacted Alec and Maurice and my default tends to be Maurice going and Alec as a conscientious objector or neither of them going choosing to stay in the woods (those are ways I’ve seen other fic handle it that just stuck in my head I guess). Alright now that we’ve covered all of this, because WWI is one of my favorite wars to read about and I think WWI horror sounds awesome I would absolutely put all those feelings aside for the sake of WWI horror. Maybe they’re together in the trenches or maybe they aren’t but either way it is a nightmare.

Killer Horror

Serial killer AUs are apparently things I can’t resist asking for even when I’d have no idea what they’d look like. Sorry, I’m not much help in this department, but I’d be super impressed if you did it.

Paranormal Horror

Maurice and Alec still haunt the greenwood. I’m sorry I just couldn’t stop myself from phrasing it that way. But a ghost story could be super cool. Another direction you could take is vampires. I’ve always been kinda fascinated by the homoeroticism present in a lot of old timey vampire stories. I have a lot of thoughts on that specific thing that I won’t get into here, but it definitely means adding vampires to this canon is a thing that would interest me. Although who is the vampire would be up to you.

Psychological Horror

I really don’t have much to say about this ship and psychological horror other than YES.

Sharp Objects (TV)

Amma Crellin/Camille Preaker

Amma fixating on Camille, idealizing her. Amma’s murders all being in some way about Camille (even before they met because her first two victims were girls that Adora paid attention to because they reminded her of Camille). Camille’s self harm and Amma violence. The way their mother fucked them up. Amma trying to manipulate Camille. Amma getting insanely jealous about Camille. Camille trying her best to be there for Amma and do right by her and the motherhood related baggage that comes with that. Amma wanting to sleep in Camille’s bed always. All the obsession and possession. The way Camille connects Amma to dead girls she has loved in her mind. I really love basically the everything about this ship so just fuck me up tbh.

Requested Horror Types

Folk Horror

I feel like Wind Gap would be a good setting for this. Maybe something exploring the way they are both products of Wind Gap and what that means. How much can the people in Wind Gap and their actions as individuals be divided from Wind Gap as a community? It seems like the sort of town you can absolutely just write evil soaking all the way through and rotting. Also I am never the sort to pass up claustrophobic on the road fic, so if you don’t wanna go with Wind Gap specifically but do want creepy Americana and Camille and Amma in unfamiliar surroundings, fic where they’re on the run together would be a great way to achieve that, just saying.

Gothic Horror

Midwestern gothic! That could be spooky and fun. If you want to put it during a period setting my two suggestions are like 1870s-1910s because that just feels right in my heart (probably because of the whole Calhoun Day thing and there is an inextricable connection in my mind between midwestern America in that time and stuff like axe murder) and 1950s because that was an era with some real darkness running through it and it is remembered as this idealized, wholesome, and simplistic thing that never was and I have a soft spot for stuff that exposes the fucked upedness underneath that aesthetic and I feel like the themes of this canon would be great for this.

Killer Horror

I felt like this was kinda obligatory for this pairing. Maybe stuff set during canon while Camille is investigating Amma’s murders or post canon involving future murders? Maybe stuff from Amma’s POV that involves murder?

Also, serial killer AU. Yes, I know Amma is already a serial killer, but I talked to someone who had misosmosed that this was about lesbian serial killers having a torrid love affair that revolves around killing pretty girls and hurting each other, and I have wanted that ever since. Whether Camille is already a serial killer when she meets Amma or becomes one after they meet is up to you.

Psychological Horror

Amma and Camille both have such fucked up states of mind that I feel like psychological horror would be perfect for them. Don’t be afraid to get dark. I love dark.
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Hello! Signing up was a very last second decision, and I’m cutting it pretty close. I usually don’t sign up for something until I’ve finished my letter but I was afraid of running out of time. I will finish my letter before assignments go out for sure. I’ve never done this exchange before, but I think it’ll be fun. My AO3 is summerdayghost, and if you have any questions or need anything in this letter clarified feel free to ask through the mods. I hope you have a lovely exchange!

EDIT #1 4/11/20 10:50 PST: I didn’t expect assignments to come out so soon! I will have this letter done within the next few hours. I have a few things I have to do first. <3

EDIT #2 4/12/20 4:37 PST: So I was wrong about the next few hours thing in my first edit, but I am working on this right now and will update sections as I finish them.

EDIT #3 4/12/20 7:25 PST: This letter is finally finished! Sorry for the delay. I hope you have a fun exchange and thank you for reading!

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
Requested characters as Nazis or members of the KKK

Ancient Greek Religion & Lore

Achilles/Troilus

Wasn’t sure where else to put this so I’ll put it here. I am kinda fascinated by Troilus and he’s an old favorite research rabbit hole of mine. Because he originally appeared in Cypria… which has been lost, and then there was a play about him by Sophocles… which has been lost, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. So much has been lost. What we are left with is a character that we only know from sources talking about the lost works from before they were lost that contradict each other and adaptations of parodies of works inspired by lost works. Troilus is a character that continued to appear in new art throughout the centuries with his role constantly shifting with the era (to the point where Shakespeare's version of him doesn’t even die), but due to the gaps in the historical record the motivations and nature behind these shifts aren’t always clear. There are elements to the story where it isn’t clear when that was added and why, a good example being Achilles raping Troilus. Look this is a character where if he was Apollo’s son or lover or actually not really connected to him at all is something that is debated. And I love this because of storytelling and history reasons. It’s a reminder how incredible it is that we know anything about old stories at all, let alone as much as we do. So basically there are a lot of places you can pull from for Troilus’s characterization and I’ll geek out about all of them because I love how many choices there are. Also canon compliance or complete canon divergence would both work for me here (as nebulous as canon is in this circumstance).

AU - Genre Shift

I would love a fic set in antiquity, but I do have a fondness for updating the setting for old stories. Especially with something this ancient. Its permanence has given it a timelessness that makes it feel like it belongs in every era it has survived through. Also I am interested in the way values and morality and stuff like that changes over time and how what’s heroic in antiquity has become monstrous in the modern era and vice versa in some respects and I think updated settings are a good way to explore stuff like that in placing people whose actions and core are based on ancient values in situations closer to today to see how that feels or turns out differently. I will say if you do go this route picking a setting with something that can stand in for the Trojan War would be a good idea. The two actual wars I most associate with The Iliad due to the allusions present in the literature set in these wars I’ve read are WWI and the Vietnam War, although if you wanna write about a different war you can. Although the war doesn’t have to be an armed conflict between two nations, it can be a smaller street level thing like a rivalry between two groups of criminals and the like or it can be in a setting where there is no war beyond the metaphorical which is pressures that make it feel like they are at war. For updated settings my only line in the sand is the final item on my list of DNWs.

Darkfic, Horror

I like reading about violence and dark stuff. Horror is one of my favorite genres. So if you wanna go that way please do. Also Achilles is a character that is often defanged (in my experience of more contemporary interpretations of him with few exceptions) and I find him most interesting when the darker and less pleasant elements are allowed to remain. And that can very much veer into dark territory. Also this is more of a side note but I found Chaucer’s version of Troilus SUPER CREEPY. I know Troilus and Criseyde was a product of ideas about romance from the time, but still. Creepy. So if you wanna go with a darker interpretation of Troilus that’d work for me.

Romeo and Juliet

Quick note on my unrequested m/f DNW for this fandom: usually that DNW would very much apply to canon couples including a requested character, but since this is goddamn Romeo and Juliet, you can include Romeo having feelings for Juliet if you want but I would not want that to be the focus of the fic or how the fic is resolved. I want the main pairing to be my requested pairing. Also that DNW would usually totally apply to non canon m/f background pairings, but in this case if you wanna have Juliet with another man as a background pairing (like say Paris or Tybalt) I’m cool with it. I’d also be cool with Juliet in Shakespeare crossover femslash in the background or m!Juliet in slash for settings where it would be appropriate for Juliet to be a boy, just saying.

Mercutio/Romeo Montague

AU - Genre Shift

Okay I really love Shakespeare and have my entire life (this is not hyperbole, my parents started taking me to Shakespeare plays when I was an infant). My username is a Shakespeare reference for a reason. I think a big part of why Shakespeare has claimed such a permanent spot in my heart is that you can truly do anything with it. Because of how established it is you can rip it up and turn it upside down and stage things however you like as long as you stick with the outline the script gives with its words and keep the heart of the story as you understand it. Like don't get me wrong I like traditional stagings of Shakespeare set in the period they were written about that don’t play with the text much, and if you wrote this to take place in 1300s Italy I’d be into it, but I have a special place in my heart for stagings of Shakespeare that change the setting entirely. They don’t change the text, they still call it Verona, but you know it’s not that anymore. Sometimes these setting changes are done to add meaning and sometimes they are done because they wanted to spend time in that setting. I love it both ways. So WWI? 70s musicians? Poets from the Romantic era? The Weimar Republic? Prohibition era gangsters? Mallrats? Edwardian era boarding school? 1950s Cuba? Prison? Great Depression era Hooverville? Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War? 1980s Berlin? Teen heartthrob actors? These are just a few ideas. Look, the sky's the limit. Go with any crazy specific AU you want because I love just about everything and there’s something I can appreciate about any era. My only line in the sand is the last item of my DNWs list. Otherwise go wild.

You can take these characters in a lot of different directions and still have them feel like Romeo and Mercutio to me. There hasn’t been too much wild variation in the Romeos I have seen over the years (entirely local productions, I’m not very fancy), they’ve all been completely ruled by passion, while I’ve seen Mercutio that are absolutely nothing like each other on the surface but all worked because they had the same core (a core that is hard to describe but definitely includes a sense of humor, a pain below the surface, and gay… okay I don’t know if that last one is essential but it’s been present to some degree or another in every staging I’ve personally been to that it feels like it is to me at this point and well I am asking for slash fic). So for the minute details of their characterization feel free to go with whatever visions of the characters best suit the direction you’ve chosen to take this. That being said, some things about Romeo and Mercutio I think are underutilized for you to take or leave. Romeo has a sharper edge to him and propensity for violence then he is often depicted as having (#StopCuttingParis’sDeath2k20), although it rarely comes out I am interested in what motivates that part of him. Mercutio being related to Prince Escalus and Paris and that family being technically neutral in the Montague Capulet feud adds an interesting layer to the dynamic between Romeo and Mercutio. I don’t believe the exact blood relation specified so you can go more than one way with it if this comes up in your story. Mercutio as Paris’s brother and Escalus’s son? Mercutio as the distant cousin? But since this is a Mercutio/Romeo story this is an interesting potential created by that for Mercutio to foil Paris. Also I’ve seen stagings where Mercutio is older than Romeo and while I have no quarrel with it and it works just fine my head defaults to them being the same age. Which is of course young. This is very much a play about youth.

AU - Canon Divergence

Considering the plot of the play your options are completely pre-canon, post-canon ghost/afterlife fic, and canon divergence. I would totally read the first two, but for canon divergence maybe Romeo meets Juliet but simply doesn’t fall for her. Maybe Romeo falls for Juliet but his feelings are unrequited. Maybe they fall in love and no one dies but Romeo and Juliet’s love does after a while. Or any other idea for a turning point to change things so that Romeo/Mercutio can happen that you can come up with.

Darkfic, Horror

So I have always wanted to see a staging of Romeo and Juliet that plays it as a horror thriller type of thing. You’d need a vice grip on tone but I think it can work. Playing the romantic beats with uncomfortable levels of intensity and emphasizing the violence would be the first steps. There’s a couple different routes you could go with the comedic beats. I see the potential even if people usually look at me like I have grown a second head when I mention this. But if having this kind of darkness as a part of things is something that would interest you I say go for it. Please.

Sharp Objects (TV)

Amma Crellin/Camille Preaker

AU - Genre Shift

One aspect of this canon that I really appreciate is how well it deconstructs a very specific subgenre of murder mystery. I don’t know what it’s called but you know those canons where if it’s a television show then an entire season is dedicated to a single case and a troubled in some way but ultimately still a net positive as a person outsider goes into the community and unravels its dark secrets and learns the truth behind the crime? This absolutely flips that sort of thing on its head. So this is an idea that might only work in theory but not in practice but if you wanted to put them in a different subgenre of murder mystery/thriller (like a cozy mystery or gritty noir or conspiracy thriller or whodunit or any other type of thing) to try and deconstruct that, as long as Amma and Camille are still their fucked up selves, I’m here for it.

If you wanna go historical AU my two suggestions are like 1870s-1910s because that just feels right in my heart (probably because of the whole Calhoun Day thing and there is an inextricable connection in my mind between midwestern America in that time and stuff like axe murder) and 1950s because that was an era with some real darkness running through it and it is remembered as this idealized, wholesome, and simplistic thing that never was and I have a soft spot for stuff that exposes the fucked upedness underneath that aesthetic and I feel like the themes of this canon would be great for this.

Also, serial killer AU. Yes, I know Amma is already a serial killer, but I talked to someone who had misosmosed that this was about lesbian serial killers having a torrid love affair that revolves around killing pretty girls and hurting each other, and I have wanted that ever since. Whether Camille is already a serial killer when she meets Amma or becomes one after they meet is up to you.

Darkfic, Horror

I don’t have much to say here for fear of being repetitive, but just include all the violence and twistedness you want.

Slice of Life

Look I love these two and their dynamic so much that a fic simply composed of them just living their day to day life that’s totally mundane would still enthrall me. With these two even curtain fic would feel twisty and I love it. However I have decided to copy paste my prompt from a Chocolate Box for this ship in this section because maybe it contains useful babbling (even though it doesn’t quite fit with slice of life). So that’s what the paragraph below is.

Amma fixating on Camille, idealizing her. Amma’s murders all being in some way about Camille (even before they met because her first two victims were girls that Adora paid attention to because they reminded her of Camille). Camille’s self harm and Amma violence. The way their mother fucked them up. Amma trying to manipulate Camille. Amma getting insanely jealous about Camille. Camille trying her best to be there for Amma and do right by her and the motherhood related baggage that comes with that. Amma wanting to sleep in Camille’s bed always. All the obsession and possession. The way Camille connects Amma to dead girls she has loved in her mind. I really love basically the everything about this ship so just fuck me up tbh.

Sucker Punch (2011)

Amber/Blondie

Quick note about my unrequested m/f DNW: Blue Jones being canon typically creepy is a-okay and would not count as something that hits that particular DNW for this fandom.

Canon-Style Plot - Freeform, Character Development, Worldbuilding

So I got the DVD for this in the bargain bin a few years ago, but only just now got around to it and really enjoyed it. I was happy to see this in the tagset! I liked the interactions we saw between these two and would like to see these characters and their relationship fleshed out (as well as the world’s around them). Blondie as the tough girl with vulnerabilities beneath and Amber as the kindest of the group. Something about them just fits together. Established relationship or them becoming a couple would both work for me. Them going on a campaign in the battle reality could be a lot of fun. Just the two of them or them in the whole group. I am kinda curious about the history of that particular world and how they became a part of that fighting unit, and would love to see more of their fighting dynamic and battlefield romance is true romance. Stuff from brothel/dance reality would be interesting although I don’t have much in the way of plot ideas for that beyond vague stuff like pre-canon. I think the world I’m most itching to see them in would be the asylum reality/reality reality because it’s the one we see the least of. We only see that version of Blondie briefly and I’m not sure we see that Amber at all. How did these two end up in the asylum? How long have they been there? What did the events of the movie look like in real life (for example the director said they didn’t die in the real world, but then that leaves the question of what did happen in the real world instead)? Might they ever get out? Is there anything about the dynamic there that doesn’t appear in the realities where we do see them interact.
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