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nonexistentwenchThank you so much for undertaking this challenge!
DNWs
- Rape/noncon between the requested characters. I'm not sure of the line between dubcon and noncon as I don't go there, but really, I don't need elaborate negotiations or asking permission for a kiss or everyone to be perfectly sober when initiating sex or no power imbalances ever, just no unambiguous assault. Rape as a backstory or trigger for hurt/comfort or a background element/reference is ok.
- Sex scenes (most sexual elements are perfectly fine. Mentions, jokes, quick descriptions even if graphic or kinky are fine. I just don't want lengthy porn.)
- Eating disorders/body shaming and insecurity
- A/b/o
- Mpreg
- Soulmates AU or similar magical realism stuff like Hanahaki
- Slavefic
- Incest between siblings or parents and children
Likes
- Hurt /comfort, in any combination of physical and emotional as long as it's intense and touchy. I especially love mental breakdowns, exhaustion due to overwork, battle wounds, subdrop/domdrop
- Mental illness headcanons, especially in settings where the characters don't have the words to explain what is going on
- Banter, humor, ironic narration, dialogue-heavy fic
- Self discovery journeys
- Character studies, relationship studies, introspection, worldbuilding, backstory. I love to see how dynamics work and what people like about each other in relationships
- Getting together and especially getting BACK together
- Kidfic, both in the raising kids sense and in the characters as children sense
- Angst with an happy ending
- Dysfunctional yet loving relationships, especially with ships from which you really don't expect that
- Dysfunctional families and family dynamics in general, exploration of the cycles of abuse
- Cute shenanigans, adventures, mysteries rescue missions
- Characters being overprotective of each other, whether as gen or ship
- Found family, characters recovering from past abuse and bad experiences with each other's help
- Physical affection, fluff, people having fun together and finding things they share
- Past relationships, exes, background ships, background characters: this was meant to be an opt in, but honestly I just really love to see a nicely fleshed out world if the plot of the fic allows it. For the same reason, I'm perfectly fine seeing more than one requested ship in the same gift, whether they're conflicting or not
- Revenge stories
- In general feel okay with going as heavy in terms of themes as you wish: abuse, suicide/self harm, death, fairly graphic violence etc.. All that I didn't wish to receive I've DNWed
A Song of Ice and Fire
Theon Greyjoy/Robb Stark/Jeyne Westerling
This has so much potential. Robb's motivations for sleeping with Jeyne are at the center of so much debate and have so much potential for starting dramatic love triangle shenanigans in an AU where Theon never left for Pyke or returned to the Northern campaign before it was too late. The idea of Robb deciding to wise up and offer Jeyne a marriage to Theon instead could also be very fascinating, especially if we do assume he felt some sort of romantic feelings for her! I think their relationship is very damaged in canon by the fact there's so much baggage to their marriage and Robb is so stressed the whole time, but I could see their infatuation becoming something more serious if they are in a different situation. Or a story in which the Red Wedding doesn't happen or Robb survives it, how do they carry on politically? What kind of rivalry or complicity do they develop?
Loras Tyrell/Sandor Clegane
I started shipping this while writing a whole different thing and now I can't unsee it. These guys are obviously very at the middle of GRRM's whole debate of knighthood and I am a huge fan of Loras' tiny, out-of-focus personal descent into cynicism with the end of his tragic teenage romance and passing from the chivalric romantic atmosphere of Renly's campaign to being involved into more and more court intrigue. And of course, it's very likely that post canon he's also disfigured by burns! I feel like it could be very similar to Sandor's dynamic with Sansa, but with the seeing himself in her dialed up to 11. I can see a whole lot of settings for this, King's Landing in an AU where Sandor doesn't leave or during or after the war for the dawn. Maybe having some sort of quest together! Can also see some type of army AU (of any historical period) or something like that where the dynamics may translate.
Theon Greyjoy/Tristifer Botley
This is just extremely soft and sweet. The "Theon finally gets a nice boyfriend" power fantasy mixed with "Theon gets to enjoy Ironborn culture again in a context not constantly humiliating for him" lol. I'm mostly into this for fluff, whether canon or AU, any sweet, supporting post canon/post Ramsay moment, childhood sweethearts etc. I have an AU where they're both taken hostage after the Greyjoy Rebellion so that could be a good concept for them also. I have a soft spot for this as a love triangle type of thing with Robb and kind of representing Theon's moment of detachment from the Starks so anything with that would be awesome.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague/Tybalt/Mercutio
I'm extremely hot for this dynamic. Romeo and Mercutio are such sweet bickery friends and Mercutio and Tybalt are obvious foe-yay who, if anything, clearly see through each other's bullshit quite well judging from Mercutio's speech, and Tybalt and Romeo's interactions are so hot, with Romeo's absolute candor and earnestness and also snark with "I see thou knowst me not" showing how, honestly, he's above all this childishness even as he's the one getting called "boy". Add jealousy to the mix (by Tybalt for Mercutio preferring a Montague to him? By Romeo seeing his friend prefer a destructive FWB situation to his own sappy romantic avances? By Mercutio suspecting Tybalt has darker intentions towards his friend? the possibilities are limitless!) and you have a lot of potential. Would enjoy historical or organized crime AUs that give a bit more oomph to the conflict for this, as well as a more dark and gritty take on canon era.
The Cabin in the Woods
Worldbuilding
So, huh, the worldbuilding possibilities of this one is something I've been obsessing over ever since I saw the movie. I adored the implication that in every country the horror movie is different, so I would love a story from the point of view of another country's secret lab, such as the one with vulcano they show in the movie but also a completely made up one. What influences on reality do they have to take in account for the movie to work? What's the premise? Do they have a creepy cellar equivalent that calls the shots on what monster will feature, or is it something that avoids monsters entirely, focusing on human serial killers or anxiety regardin man VS nature or whatever? Do they riff on the US formula but adapting it to their culture with more local boogeymen? (I'm thinking of stuff like A Classic Horror Story). I'm woefully ignorant about non-US horror tropes so I would really love any version of this. You can also explore the story of the Japanese schoolgirls too. Is it the same movie every year in Japan too (I imagine its a bit harder to get away with every year than the "5 dumb teens go missing in the woods" setup, tho you obviously can also... not apply real world logic to this movie) or is it more diversified, just like Japanese horror is more imaginative than slasher? Do the girls have their own archetypes going on? (I'm still seething at CinemaSins complaining about having kids there when the archetypes include whore and athlete. First of all its so unimaginative to assume the archetype would be the same, and second anyway why can't one of these baby girls be a jock?) How do they find a solution? WHat's the story of the demon?
Uh - beyond this horrifying wall of text I'd be seriously into any worldbuilding at all. Slice of life from the characters we see in the movie in their day-to-day operations - how they select the kids, whether it's getting harder these days with better technology and security and all. I found it interesting the "teens" where actually well into college - is this commentary about teens being less unsupervised out and about for shenanigans now than in the 80s? Is there any creativity involved or is it always rehashing the same movie? Was it always like that? Is there some creative personality who really pushes back against it and always risks ruining the whole thing with their ideas? What's the workplace culture like? Also, what other monsters were available for the kids to choose, what history was made up for them, what would have happened if they'd been chosen?
DNWs
- Rape/noncon between the requested characters. I'm not sure of the line between dubcon and noncon as I don't go there, but really, I don't need elaborate negotiations or asking permission for a kiss or everyone to be perfectly sober when initiating sex or no power imbalances ever, just no unambiguous assault. Rape as a backstory or trigger for hurt/comfort or a background element/reference is ok.
- Sex scenes (most sexual elements are perfectly fine. Mentions, jokes, quick descriptions even if graphic or kinky are fine. I just don't want lengthy porn.)
- Eating disorders/body shaming and insecurity
- A/b/o
- Mpreg
- Soulmates AU or similar magical realism stuff like Hanahaki
- Slavefic
- Incest between siblings or parents and children
Likes
- Hurt /comfort, in any combination of physical and emotional as long as it's intense and touchy. I especially love mental breakdowns, exhaustion due to overwork, battle wounds, subdrop/domdrop
- Mental illness headcanons, especially in settings where the characters don't have the words to explain what is going on
- Banter, humor, ironic narration, dialogue-heavy fic
- Self discovery journeys
- Character studies, relationship studies, introspection, worldbuilding, backstory. I love to see how dynamics work and what people like about each other in relationships
- Getting together and especially getting BACK together
- Kidfic, both in the raising kids sense and in the characters as children sense
- Angst with an happy ending
- Dysfunctional yet loving relationships, especially with ships from which you really don't expect that
- Dysfunctional families and family dynamics in general, exploration of the cycles of abuse
- Cute shenanigans, adventures, mysteries rescue missions
- Characters being overprotective of each other, whether as gen or ship
- Found family, characters recovering from past abuse and bad experiences with each other's help
- Physical affection, fluff, people having fun together and finding things they share
- Past relationships, exes, background ships, background characters: this was meant to be an opt in, but honestly I just really love to see a nicely fleshed out world if the plot of the fic allows it. For the same reason, I'm perfectly fine seeing more than one requested ship in the same gift, whether they're conflicting or not
- Revenge stories
- In general feel okay with going as heavy in terms of themes as you wish: abuse, suicide/self harm, death, fairly graphic violence etc.. All that I didn't wish to receive I've DNWed
A Song of Ice and Fire
Theon Greyjoy/Robb Stark/Jeyne Westerling
This has so much potential. Robb's motivations for sleeping with Jeyne are at the center of so much debate and have so much potential for starting dramatic love triangle shenanigans in an AU where Theon never left for Pyke or returned to the Northern campaign before it was too late. The idea of Robb deciding to wise up and offer Jeyne a marriage to Theon instead could also be very fascinating, especially if we do assume he felt some sort of romantic feelings for her! I think their relationship is very damaged in canon by the fact there's so much baggage to their marriage and Robb is so stressed the whole time, but I could see their infatuation becoming something more serious if they are in a different situation. Or a story in which the Red Wedding doesn't happen or Robb survives it, how do they carry on politically? What kind of rivalry or complicity do they develop?
Loras Tyrell/Sandor Clegane
I started shipping this while writing a whole different thing and now I can't unsee it. These guys are obviously very at the middle of GRRM's whole debate of knighthood and I am a huge fan of Loras' tiny, out-of-focus personal descent into cynicism with the end of his tragic teenage romance and passing from the chivalric romantic atmosphere of Renly's campaign to being involved into more and more court intrigue. And of course, it's very likely that post canon he's also disfigured by burns! I feel like it could be very similar to Sandor's dynamic with Sansa, but with the seeing himself in her dialed up to 11. I can see a whole lot of settings for this, King's Landing in an AU where Sandor doesn't leave or during or after the war for the dawn. Maybe having some sort of quest together! Can also see some type of army AU (of any historical period) or something like that where the dynamics may translate.
Theon Greyjoy/Tristifer Botley
This is just extremely soft and sweet. The "Theon finally gets a nice boyfriend" power fantasy mixed with "Theon gets to enjoy Ironborn culture again in a context not constantly humiliating for him" lol. I'm mostly into this for fluff, whether canon or AU, any sweet, supporting post canon/post Ramsay moment, childhood sweethearts etc. I have an AU where they're both taken hostage after the Greyjoy Rebellion so that could be a good concept for them also. I have a soft spot for this as a love triangle type of thing with Robb and kind of representing Theon's moment of detachment from the Starks so anything with that would be awesome.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague/Tybalt/Mercutio
I'm extremely hot for this dynamic. Romeo and Mercutio are such sweet bickery friends and Mercutio and Tybalt are obvious foe-yay who, if anything, clearly see through each other's bullshit quite well judging from Mercutio's speech, and Tybalt and Romeo's interactions are so hot, with Romeo's absolute candor and earnestness and also snark with "I see thou knowst me not" showing how, honestly, he's above all this childishness even as he's the one getting called "boy". Add jealousy to the mix (by Tybalt for Mercutio preferring a Montague to him? By Romeo seeing his friend prefer a destructive FWB situation to his own sappy romantic avances? By Mercutio suspecting Tybalt has darker intentions towards his friend? the possibilities are limitless!) and you have a lot of potential. Would enjoy historical or organized crime AUs that give a bit more oomph to the conflict for this, as well as a more dark and gritty take on canon era.
The Cabin in the Woods
Worldbuilding
So, huh, the worldbuilding possibilities of this one is something I've been obsessing over ever since I saw the movie. I adored the implication that in every country the horror movie is different, so I would love a story from the point of view of another country's secret lab, such as the one with vulcano they show in the movie but also a completely made up one. What influences on reality do they have to take in account for the movie to work? What's the premise? Do they have a creepy cellar equivalent that calls the shots on what monster will feature, or is it something that avoids monsters entirely, focusing on human serial killers or anxiety regardin man VS nature or whatever? Do they riff on the US formula but adapting it to their culture with more local boogeymen? (I'm thinking of stuff like A Classic Horror Story). I'm woefully ignorant about non-US horror tropes so I would really love any version of this. You can also explore the story of the Japanese schoolgirls too. Is it the same movie every year in Japan too (I imagine its a bit harder to get away with every year than the "5 dumb teens go missing in the woods" setup, tho you obviously can also... not apply real world logic to this movie) or is it more diversified, just like Japanese horror is more imaginative than slasher? Do the girls have their own archetypes going on? (I'm still seething at CinemaSins complaining about having kids there when the archetypes include whore and athlete. First of all its so unimaginative to assume the archetype would be the same, and second anyway why can't one of these baby girls be a jock?) How do they find a solution? WHat's the story of the demon?
Uh - beyond this horrifying wall of text I'd be seriously into any worldbuilding at all. Slice of life from the characters we see in the movie in their day-to-day operations - how they select the kids, whether it's getting harder these days with better technology and security and all. I found it interesting the "teens" where actually well into college - is this commentary about teens being less unsupervised out and about for shenanigans now than in the 80s? Is there any creativity involved or is it always rehashing the same movie? Was it always like that? Is there some creative personality who really pushes back against it and always risks ruining the whole thing with their ideas? What's the workplace culture like? Also, what other monsters were available for the kids to choose, what history was made up for them, what would have happened if they'd been chosen?
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Date: 2021-11-13 03:05 am (UTC)