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Dear Chocolatier 2018
Dec. 3rd, 2017 05:43 pmDear Chocolatier:
Thank you so much for signing up to write or draw a thing about one of my favorite fictional relationships! Make me something for any of these and I’m sure I’ll love it. So--aside from the Do Not Wants--please feel free to ignore the rest of this letter. It’s really only here to give you inspiration if you don’t know what to write, but if you have your own ideas already, please go wild with them. One of the fun parts about somebody making things for my prompts is when they come up with things I would never have thought of myself.
So, about those Do Not Wants:
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions if it’s canon, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, naughty nuns and priests and what have you (Sex with gods/while being a god is OK though)
-One partner calling out another’s name during orgasm
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic.
A brief and really not exhaustive list of story elements I especially like: Comfort after a nightmare, self-sacrifice, loyalty and trust issues, elections, platonic bed-sharing, hugs, language geekery, communication issues, breakups (either the kind where the original relationship is eventually patched up, or where the people involved manage to forge a different but still mutually satisfactory type of relationship afterward, or where nothing is okay again and everything hurts), ethical dilemmas, food porn and food preparation, parenting/childcare, exploration of canon-appropriate religious themes.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses on any character where it's plausibly canonical, also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Illustrations of any canon scenes with these relationships would be awesome, too. I'm not requesting art for all my fandoms just because I don't necessarily want to come up with more prompts, but art treats are always loved and appreciated.
If you want to make me smut, here are a few of my (many) favorite kinks: D/s dynamics, informal kink negotiation that feels true to the dynamic of those particular characters (although under-negotiated kink or the assumption that the negotiation has taken place offscreen are also a-ok), magic/superpowers/highly advanced technology or whatever unique features of the setting or characters being used for sexual purposes, improvised restraints and sex toys, blades, slicing/tearing off clothes, fingers in mouths, loyalty kink, trust kink, praise kink--especially the kind where the praised party is somewhat reluctant or embarrassed to accept the praise (creepy praise kink like e.g. in scenario where a rapist praises their victim for being good while threatening them is also great), one or more participants not getting off during the scene but enjoying it anyway, semi-public or outdoor sex, awkward sex, situations where different participants have different understandings of what’s going on (as in, A thinks the sex is consensual but B is actually mind-controlled, or A is putting on a show for C, who unbeknownst to B is watching the whole thing, or A thinks it’s a casual hookup but B is in love and afraid to mention it because they don’t want to ruin what they’ve got, or whatever.) In general, I like a lot of weird stuff (and vanilla stuff too!) so if there’s something you want to write or draw, unless I’ve specifically DNW’d it, it’s probably okay.
And now for the specific prompts! Like I said, feel free to ignore these if you have a different idea, or mix and match them with my general likes however you want.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms
(I haven't read Trials of Apollo yet, but I don't mind spoilers.)
Hylla & Reyna
Please write anything from Hylla and Reyna’s backstory! Their childhood in Puerto Rico, how they found Circe’s island and started working for her, fighting pirates together. How and why did they come to part ways? Alternatively, what does their relationship look like post-canon? Do they manage to recover their closeness, or work together reluctantly or otherwise?
Hylla/Kinzie
I ship Hylla with her right-hand warrior Kinzie. Since we never saw Kinzie's body, I'd like a soft AU where she's still alive, or something set before Blood of Olympus, or even tragic afterlife stuff-whichever direction you'd like to take it. I'd love to see loyalty kink with them , or just plain kink. I like the idea that Kinzie, who can be aggressively flirty with guys, always comes home to Hylla--or even brings the guys home to Hylla to share. (If you do decided to go this route, please use whatever other characters strike your fancy in this scenario, or OCs--it's all good!)
Lou Ellen & Alabaster
Lou Ellen and Alabaster don’t have a relationship in the books, but I wonder what their relationship might have been. If Lou Ellen fought on the Titans’ side in the Titan war, she must have fought under Alabaster’s command. Was she his loyal lieutenant? Was it hard for her to accept the amnesty on behalf of the rest of Hecate’s children and not him? Might she have kept in touch with him illicitly afterwards? If she fought with the Hermes cabin and the rest of Camp Half-Blood, how does that affect her relationship with her siblings, most of whom fought for the Titans--does she see Alabaster as a traitor, or does being the head counselor for the kids who fought under him give her a wider perspective? If he runs into something that he and his ghost sidekick can’t handle on their own, what would it take to get him to swallow his stubbornness and ask her for help?
Lou Ellen/Miranda
I ship Lou Ellen with Miranda Gardiner based on their like two lines of interaction in The Lost Hero, and despite the fact that we know basically nothing about Miranda. So if you want to write me anything with them I’d be thrilled. How do they get together--was it a sweet summer camp romance, or did they first meet as honorable (or less-than-honorable) enemies on the battlefield? Sparring that leads to kissing would be great, as would sexy uses of their powers: illusions, transformations, vine-tentacles, sex pollen?
Chronicles of the Kencyrath
Brenwyr & Brant, Brenwyr/Aerulan & Brant
How did they first discover that Brant was immune to Brenwyr’s ill-wishing? We know that Brenwyr used to borrow Brant’s clothes, so something with that would be interesting, especially if Brant sometimes borrowed Brenwyr’s in return. (I would especially love to see this as art--tiny Brenwyr, already dressed in Brant’s outfit, lacing him into one of her dresses would be simultaneously adorable and heartbreaking because we know what eventually happens with that.) Speaking of which, something about their mother’s death and its fallout would be great--did Brant ever blame himself for his part in the events? Did he forgive Brenwyr or believe it wasn’t her fault right away, or did that take time, and if so, how did they eventually reconcile? Or else something with the courtship of Aerulan--Brenwyr confessing her feelings to Brant, Brant deciding to make an offer for Aerulan, the two of them working together to meet Ganth’s price for her contract. Did Brant ever meet Aerulan himself, and what did they make of each other? Maybe Brant trying to comfort Brenwyr after Aerulan’s death. Or a slice of life, showing how they work together as lord and matriarch.
Lyra & Graykin
Did Lyra and Graykin ever have a childhood together? How did Lyra come to be given Graykin as a servant, and how did she come to give him the name that she gave him? (And what was he called before?) When they’re first introduced, Lyra dislikes and distrusts Graykin because he spies on her--presumably for Caldane. I’d love to see some background on that, what he reported about her and how she found out. Speaking of Lyra finding things out, when and how does she learn that Graykin is her brother, and how does it change their relationship? I’d also like to see their shared loyalty/affection/whatever for Jame helping overcome their past antagonism. For art, it’d be cool (and bittersweet, because they’re growing up in Caldane’s household after all) to see them as little kids? The scene with Graykin and Lyra and Cattila all sitting on top of each other in Cattila’s litter would make a pretty awesome visual too.
Queen's Thief
Eugenides the God & Hephestia
Mythological bros! Did Eugenides ever steal anything else for--or from--Hephestia? Did Hephestia ever manage to protect Eugenides from the justified wrath of the other gods without the appearance of favoritism? It’s hard not to picture Hephestia and Eugenides’ relationship as being something like Eddis and Gen’s, so--was Hephestia ever tempted to shove Eugenides off a high place? Did Eugenides ever do something in Hephestia’s service that she really would rather he hadn't? Alternatively, if you want, something that shows how Hephestia and Eugenides are really not like Eddis and Gen at all. Finally, it would be really cool to see in-universe religious art of them, maybe in an Archaic Greek or Renaissance-influenced style.
Eugenides & Stenides
Something from their childhood--maybe an incident where Eugenides helped Stenides pursue his interest in clockwork despite the opposition of their family? Maybe a story with their mom, or them dealing with her death. In The Queen of Attolia, we see that Gen has one of Stenides’ watches--when did he make it, and when did he give it to Gen, and does it have any special features? What does Stenides think of Gen’s marriage? Under what circumstances might Gen, as king, need Stenides’ help? (If you're also a fan of The Goblin Emperor, I had this idea where they somehow exist in the same universe, and Gen has heard that the emperor of the Elflands is fascinated by clockwork …) For art, I'd love a portrait of the two of them with the tools of their respective trades, or Stenides working and Gen making a nuisance of himself.
Eddis/The Magus, Sophos/The Magus, Sophos/Eddis/The Magus
I would love any combination of these. (I also like Eddis/Sophos without the Magus, but that's not what I'm asking for here--although if you're writing something with more than one scene I wouldn't mind a romantic or sexy scene or two when it's just Eddis and Sophos as long as the Magus gets his share at some point.) Sophos and the Magus finding comfort with each other when they're fugitives on the road, or having to pretend to be a couple at some point during that time. The Magus giving Sophos lessons in diplomacy or whatever that turn into something more. The Magus trying to win Eddis for his king only to found out that he's won her for himself instead--or has she won him? Eddis amusing herself with her favorite prisoner. The Magus out for a walk with Sophos and/or Eddis looking for new and interesting plants only to run into sex pollen. Swapping mythological love stories that are barely-veiled allegories for their own relationships. Eddis and the Magus coaching nervous virgin Sophos through his wedding night. For art, three-way kisses or snuggles would be great, and anything with a floral or botanical theme, combining the Magus' love of plants with his love of his king and queen.
Chanur Series
Py/Khym, Crew of the Pride/Khym
Anything with Py and Khym on the Pride, trying to figure out how things are supposed to work now. Khym bringing out his legal skills, or his being fucking huge skills, or working on his culinary skills, and Pyanfar being all captainly and trusting him to get stuff done, them saving each other in exciting adventures or chilling together in more domestic moments. Or if you want to write backstory about their earlier married life, how they balanced Khym’s role as Lord Mahn and Pyanfar’s career in space, whether they found ways to work together even then. Something with their kids before that went to hell, or showing how that all went to hell?
Alternatively, I would love to get something smuttier for them as well! Canon is pretty quiet on how exactly hani sex works (although they are sort of roughly based on lions) so feel free to throw in whatever wild ideas you might have. And--okay. So you know that bit where Pyanfar and Khym are snuggling in bed and Pyanfar is like, “Hey, how would you feel about fucking the whole crew?” Make that happen for me and I will love you forever. (Please include Tully if you’re so inclined! But not Hilfy, because Khym feels weird about that.)
Py & Skkukuk
I’d love to see Skkukuk’s take on any of the events of the books, his initial reaction to being foisted on Pyanfar and how his feelings towards her change and his loyalty develops. I just want aaaaall the platonic loyalty kink for them. I’d love to see them trying to understand each other's culture and biology in order to better fulfill the obligations they feel they have towards each other--I’d particularly like to see Pyanfar sacrificing her own best interests for Skkukuk’s sake, or publicly claiming him when it would be more convenient not to. Or else Skkukuk accomplishing something beyond all reason and expectation for Py.
Vorkosigan Saga
Kareen Koudelka/Mark Vorkosigan/Raven Durona
Kareen and Mark have a mutual option, but no one ever said it was an exclusive option, did they? I’d love to see them take their business association with Raven in a more intimate direction. Raven’s combination of curiosity, cynicism, and chill would probably equip him to deal with Mark’s issues and also what’s left of Kareen’s Barrayaran upbringing without too many problems. They could have a lot of fun together, and Mark and Kareen deserve all the pretty boys.
Raven Durona/Armsman Roic
THESE DORKS OK. I really loved their sections in Cryoburn, and would love to see more banter, spy shenanigans, and makeouts between them. Roic needs to expand his horizons! Roic's earnest grumpiness and Raven's cheerful cynicism are like chocolate and peanut butter.
Terrence Cee/Ethan Urquhart
I’d love to read about their Betan adventures before they get back to Athos, or about Terrence adjusting to life on Athos. If you’d like to go the farther-future route, write me a story about what happens when Ethan and Terrence are grandfathers and their crimes come to light when the first telepaths start cropping up, or about Galactic telepaths coming to seek asylum on Athos? Or if you want to write something sexier, I’d love something about their first time, or telepathic sex, or hurt/comfort either of the angsty, dealing-with-Terrence’s-traumatic-past variety, or the fluffy, Terrence-takes-care-of-Ethan-when-he-has-a-cold variety.
Lilly Durona & Georish Stauber
Something from their youth together, escaping from Baron Ryoval, and the origins of their Deal? Or maybe being long-distance frenemies in their old age.
Lilly Durona & Lotus Durona
Okay, something happened during Lotus' youth that made her decide to take that particularly baroque revenge on Lilly, and I would love to know what it was.
Count of Monte Cristo
Eugénie/Louise
I'd love to see anything with them from their first meeting to their post-canon adventures on the road or on the stage. Something that incorporates their passion for music as well as their passion for each other? D/s-flavored music lessons would be great--breathing exercises, Louise correcting Eugénie's posture/form, discipline and sexy rewards. I'd also love to see hair-brushing, bathing, dressing/undressing, either in the opulent surroundings of the Danglars home or later on the road where ladies' maids aren't available and they have to do for each other. I love the scene where Eugénie carries Louise off, and an illustration of that would be awesome--or even something more literal than in the book, with Louise actually slung over Eugénie's shoulder or something.
Edmond/Haydée
My own read on this is that Haydée never saw Edmond as a father figure, and that he only convinced himself that he saw her as a daughter because otherwise he would have to admit that he had moved on from Mercédès, and moving on isn't really his Thing. If you wanted to write something from before the main action of the book, or missing scenes, I'm happy to have their feelings unconsummated and unacknowledged--in fact, I would love a good old-fashioned pining fic from Haydée's point of view. Or something where they comfort each other for their respective traumas, and discover that they're both looking for revenge on the same person? Post-canon, maybe they have an opportunity to indulge in their taste for dressing up and playing roles when it's not in pursuit of any deadly goal. For art, anything with fancy clothes or that emphasizes their physical contrasts. Or else, them looking like a classy 19th-century ad for drug paraphernalia?
If for some reason you want to stalk me, I am dead easy to stalk; I'm minutia_r (or occasionally minutia-r) all over the internet: DW, AO3, tumblr, deviantart, ff.net, and probably one or two other places I don't recall off-hand.
One last note, I would just like to say that I have already gotten some incredible stories for some of these prompts, and I am only requesting them again because a) I am greedy and want MOAR and b) I think there are new directions they could be taken in and other things about them to explore! But if you are one of the people who already wrote any of these, please know that I love you and your gifts.
Thank you! You are awesome, I am really looking forward to seeing what you make for me, and I hope you get great stories and/or art out of this exchange, too!
Thank you so much for signing up to write or draw a thing about one of my favorite fictional relationships! Make me something for any of these and I’m sure I’ll love it. So--aside from the Do Not Wants--please feel free to ignore the rest of this letter. It’s really only here to give you inspiration if you don’t know what to write, but if you have your own ideas already, please go wild with them. One of the fun parts about somebody making things for my prompts is when they come up with things I would never have thought of myself.
So, about those Do Not Wants:
DNW (general):
-Long fic. Anything more than about 5000 words or so and I start getting anxious about reading and commenting in a timely fashion while still giving the story the attention it deserves, so I’d just rather you didn’t.
-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure/interactive/game-style fic
-Body image issues. I don’t mind brief mentions if it’s canon, but please don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on a character hating their body.
-It-was-only-a-dream type endings
DNW (smut):
-Sounding
-Infantilization
-That thing where one or more of the people involved doesn’t know what sex is or realize they’re having it
-Religion kink--like, naughty nuns and priests and what have you (Sex with gods/while being a god is OK though)
-One partner calling out another’s name during orgasm
General likes (fic): I really like all kinds of fic, from silly fluff, action and adventures and worldbuilding to smut and hurt/comfort. Feel free to take it darker, too: violence, character death, betrayal, consent issues sexual and otherwise, bad things happening to characters I like AND characters I like doing bad things. I’m open to different POVs and tenses, and unusual fic formats like poetry and epistolary/documentary fic.
A brief and really not exhaustive list of story elements I especially like: Comfort after a nightmare, self-sacrifice, loyalty and trust issues, elections, platonic bed-sharing, hugs, language geekery, communication issues, breakups (either the kind where the original relationship is eventually patched up, or where the people involved manage to forge a different but still mutually satisfactory type of relationship afterward, or where nothing is okay again and everything hurts), ethical dilemmas, food porn and food preparation, parenting/childcare, exploration of canon-appropriate religious themes.
General likes (art): Bright palettes with jewel tones, especially turquoise and rose, but also monochrome with lots of shading. Curves, soft bellies and big noses on any character where it's plausibly canonical, also, hair. The kind of character portrait where a lot of thought has gone into details of clothing, hairstyle, etc even if nothing in particular is happening. Loose sketchy comick-y things that illustrate a character moment or interaction. Hair-touching, face-touching, hand kissing, forehead kissing, hugs from behind. I also like things that incorporate text and images in various ways, like calligraphy, comics, maps and diagrams, and I’m really fond of watercolors and Art Nouveau-inspired stylings.
Illustrations of any canon scenes with these relationships would be awesome, too. I'm not requesting art for all my fandoms just because I don't necessarily want to come up with more prompts, but art treats are always loved and appreciated.
If you want to make me smut, here are a few of my (many) favorite kinks: D/s dynamics, informal kink negotiation that feels true to the dynamic of those particular characters (although under-negotiated kink or the assumption that the negotiation has taken place offscreen are also a-ok), magic/superpowers/highly advanced technology or whatever unique features of the setting or characters being used for sexual purposes, improvised restraints and sex toys, blades, slicing/tearing off clothes, fingers in mouths, loyalty kink, trust kink, praise kink--especially the kind where the praised party is somewhat reluctant or embarrassed to accept the praise (creepy praise kink like e.g. in scenario where a rapist praises their victim for being good while threatening them is also great), one or more participants not getting off during the scene but enjoying it anyway, semi-public or outdoor sex, awkward sex, situations where different participants have different understandings of what’s going on (as in, A thinks the sex is consensual but B is actually mind-controlled, or A is putting on a show for C, who unbeknownst to B is watching the whole thing, or A thinks it’s a casual hookup but B is in love and afraid to mention it because they don’t want to ruin what they’ve got, or whatever.) In general, I like a lot of weird stuff (and vanilla stuff too!) so if there’s something you want to write or draw, unless I’ve specifically DNW’d it, it’s probably okay.
And now for the specific prompts! Like I said, feel free to ignore these if you have a different idea, or mix and match them with my general likes however you want.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms
(I haven't read Trials of Apollo yet, but I don't mind spoilers.)
Hylla & Reyna
Please write anything from Hylla and Reyna’s backstory! Their childhood in Puerto Rico, how they found Circe’s island and started working for her, fighting pirates together. How and why did they come to part ways? Alternatively, what does their relationship look like post-canon? Do they manage to recover their closeness, or work together reluctantly or otherwise?
Hylla/Kinzie
I ship Hylla with her right-hand warrior Kinzie. Since we never saw Kinzie's body, I'd like a soft AU where she's still alive, or something set before Blood of Olympus, or even tragic afterlife stuff-whichever direction you'd like to take it. I'd love to see loyalty kink with them , or just plain kink. I like the idea that Kinzie, who can be aggressively flirty with guys, always comes home to Hylla--or even brings the guys home to Hylla to share. (If you do decided to go this route, please use whatever other characters strike your fancy in this scenario, or OCs--it's all good!)
Lou Ellen & Alabaster
Lou Ellen and Alabaster don’t have a relationship in the books, but I wonder what their relationship might have been. If Lou Ellen fought on the Titans’ side in the Titan war, she must have fought under Alabaster’s command. Was she his loyal lieutenant? Was it hard for her to accept the amnesty on behalf of the rest of Hecate’s children and not him? Might she have kept in touch with him illicitly afterwards? If she fought with the Hermes cabin and the rest of Camp Half-Blood, how does that affect her relationship with her siblings, most of whom fought for the Titans--does she see Alabaster as a traitor, or does being the head counselor for the kids who fought under him give her a wider perspective? If he runs into something that he and his ghost sidekick can’t handle on their own, what would it take to get him to swallow his stubbornness and ask her for help?
Lou Ellen/Miranda
I ship Lou Ellen with Miranda Gardiner based on their like two lines of interaction in The Lost Hero, and despite the fact that we know basically nothing about Miranda. So if you want to write me anything with them I’d be thrilled. How do they get together--was it a sweet summer camp romance, or did they first meet as honorable (or less-than-honorable) enemies on the battlefield? Sparring that leads to kissing would be great, as would sexy uses of their powers: illusions, transformations, vine-tentacles, sex pollen?
Chronicles of the Kencyrath
Brenwyr & Brant, Brenwyr/Aerulan & Brant
How did they first discover that Brant was immune to Brenwyr’s ill-wishing? We know that Brenwyr used to borrow Brant’s clothes, so something with that would be interesting, especially if Brant sometimes borrowed Brenwyr’s in return. (I would especially love to see this as art--tiny Brenwyr, already dressed in Brant’s outfit, lacing him into one of her dresses would be simultaneously adorable and heartbreaking because we know what eventually happens with that.) Speaking of which, something about their mother’s death and its fallout would be great--did Brant ever blame himself for his part in the events? Did he forgive Brenwyr or believe it wasn’t her fault right away, or did that take time, and if so, how did they eventually reconcile? Or else something with the courtship of Aerulan--Brenwyr confessing her feelings to Brant, Brant deciding to make an offer for Aerulan, the two of them working together to meet Ganth’s price for her contract. Did Brant ever meet Aerulan himself, and what did they make of each other? Maybe Brant trying to comfort Brenwyr after Aerulan’s death. Or a slice of life, showing how they work together as lord and matriarch.
Lyra & Graykin
Did Lyra and Graykin ever have a childhood together? How did Lyra come to be given Graykin as a servant, and how did she come to give him the name that she gave him? (And what was he called before?) When they’re first introduced, Lyra dislikes and distrusts Graykin because he spies on her--presumably for Caldane. I’d love to see some background on that, what he reported about her and how she found out. Speaking of Lyra finding things out, when and how does she learn that Graykin is her brother, and how does it change their relationship? I’d also like to see their shared loyalty/affection/whatever for Jame helping overcome their past antagonism. For art, it’d be cool (and bittersweet, because they’re growing up in Caldane’s household after all) to see them as little kids? The scene with Graykin and Lyra and Cattila all sitting on top of each other in Cattila’s litter would make a pretty awesome visual too.
Queen's Thief
Eugenides the God & Hephestia
Mythological bros! Did Eugenides ever steal anything else for--or from--Hephestia? Did Hephestia ever manage to protect Eugenides from the justified wrath of the other gods without the appearance of favoritism? It’s hard not to picture Hephestia and Eugenides’ relationship as being something like Eddis and Gen’s, so--was Hephestia ever tempted to shove Eugenides off a high place? Did Eugenides ever do something in Hephestia’s service that she really would rather he hadn't? Alternatively, if you want, something that shows how Hephestia and Eugenides are really not like Eddis and Gen at all. Finally, it would be really cool to see in-universe religious art of them, maybe in an Archaic Greek or Renaissance-influenced style.
Eugenides & Stenides
Something from their childhood--maybe an incident where Eugenides helped Stenides pursue his interest in clockwork despite the opposition of their family? Maybe a story with their mom, or them dealing with her death. In The Queen of Attolia, we see that Gen has one of Stenides’ watches--when did he make it, and when did he give it to Gen, and does it have any special features? What does Stenides think of Gen’s marriage? Under what circumstances might Gen, as king, need Stenides’ help? (If you're also a fan of The Goblin Emperor, I had this idea where they somehow exist in the same universe, and Gen has heard that the emperor of the Elflands is fascinated by clockwork …) For art, I'd love a portrait of the two of them with the tools of their respective trades, or Stenides working and Gen making a nuisance of himself.
Eddis/The Magus, Sophos/The Magus, Sophos/Eddis/The Magus
I would love any combination of these. (I also like Eddis/Sophos without the Magus, but that's not what I'm asking for here--although if you're writing something with more than one scene I wouldn't mind a romantic or sexy scene or two when it's just Eddis and Sophos as long as the Magus gets his share at some point.) Sophos and the Magus finding comfort with each other when they're fugitives on the road, or having to pretend to be a couple at some point during that time. The Magus giving Sophos lessons in diplomacy or whatever that turn into something more. The Magus trying to win Eddis for his king only to found out that he's won her for himself instead--or has she won him? Eddis amusing herself with her favorite prisoner. The Magus out for a walk with Sophos and/or Eddis looking for new and interesting plants only to run into sex pollen. Swapping mythological love stories that are barely-veiled allegories for their own relationships. Eddis and the Magus coaching nervous virgin Sophos through his wedding night. For art, three-way kisses or snuggles would be great, and anything with a floral or botanical theme, combining the Magus' love of plants with his love of his king and queen.
Chanur Series
Py/Khym, Crew of the Pride/Khym
Anything with Py and Khym on the Pride, trying to figure out how things are supposed to work now. Khym bringing out his legal skills, or his being fucking huge skills, or working on his culinary skills, and Pyanfar being all captainly and trusting him to get stuff done, them saving each other in exciting adventures or chilling together in more domestic moments. Or if you want to write backstory about their earlier married life, how they balanced Khym’s role as Lord Mahn and Pyanfar’s career in space, whether they found ways to work together even then. Something with their kids before that went to hell, or showing how that all went to hell?
Alternatively, I would love to get something smuttier for them as well! Canon is pretty quiet on how exactly hani sex works (although they are sort of roughly based on lions) so feel free to throw in whatever wild ideas you might have. And--okay. So you know that bit where Pyanfar and Khym are snuggling in bed and Pyanfar is like, “Hey, how would you feel about fucking the whole crew?” Make that happen for me and I will love you forever. (Please include Tully if you’re so inclined! But not Hilfy, because Khym feels weird about that.)
Py & Skkukuk
I’d love to see Skkukuk’s take on any of the events of the books, his initial reaction to being foisted on Pyanfar and how his feelings towards her change and his loyalty develops. I just want aaaaall the platonic loyalty kink for them. I’d love to see them trying to understand each other's culture and biology in order to better fulfill the obligations they feel they have towards each other--I’d particularly like to see Pyanfar sacrificing her own best interests for Skkukuk’s sake, or publicly claiming him when it would be more convenient not to. Or else Skkukuk accomplishing something beyond all reason and expectation for Py.
Vorkosigan Saga
Kareen Koudelka/Mark Vorkosigan/Raven Durona
Kareen and Mark have a mutual option, but no one ever said it was an exclusive option, did they? I’d love to see them take their business association with Raven in a more intimate direction. Raven’s combination of curiosity, cynicism, and chill would probably equip him to deal with Mark’s issues and also what’s left of Kareen’s Barrayaran upbringing without too many problems. They could have a lot of fun together, and Mark and Kareen deserve all the pretty boys.
Raven Durona/Armsman Roic
THESE DORKS OK. I really loved their sections in Cryoburn, and would love to see more banter, spy shenanigans, and makeouts between them. Roic needs to expand his horizons! Roic's earnest grumpiness and Raven's cheerful cynicism are like chocolate and peanut butter.
Terrence Cee/Ethan Urquhart
I’d love to read about their Betan adventures before they get back to Athos, or about Terrence adjusting to life on Athos. If you’d like to go the farther-future route, write me a story about what happens when Ethan and Terrence are grandfathers and their crimes come to light when the first telepaths start cropping up, or about Galactic telepaths coming to seek asylum on Athos? Or if you want to write something sexier, I’d love something about their first time, or telepathic sex, or hurt/comfort either of the angsty, dealing-with-Terrence’s-traumatic-past variety, or the fluffy, Terrence-takes-care-of-Ethan-when-he-has-a-cold variety.
Lilly Durona & Georish Stauber
Something from their youth together, escaping from Baron Ryoval, and the origins of their Deal? Or maybe being long-distance frenemies in their old age.
Lilly Durona & Lotus Durona
Okay, something happened during Lotus' youth that made her decide to take that particularly baroque revenge on Lilly, and I would love to know what it was.
Count of Monte Cristo
Eugénie/Louise
I'd love to see anything with them from their first meeting to their post-canon adventures on the road or on the stage. Something that incorporates their passion for music as well as their passion for each other? D/s-flavored music lessons would be great--breathing exercises, Louise correcting Eugénie's posture/form, discipline and sexy rewards. I'd also love to see hair-brushing, bathing, dressing/undressing, either in the opulent surroundings of the Danglars home or later on the road where ladies' maids aren't available and they have to do for each other. I love the scene where Eugénie carries Louise off, and an illustration of that would be awesome--or even something more literal than in the book, with Louise actually slung over Eugénie's shoulder or something.
Edmond/Haydée
My own read on this is that Haydée never saw Edmond as a father figure, and that he only convinced himself that he saw her as a daughter because otherwise he would have to admit that he had moved on from Mercédès, and moving on isn't really his Thing. If you wanted to write something from before the main action of the book, or missing scenes, I'm happy to have their feelings unconsummated and unacknowledged--in fact, I would love a good old-fashioned pining fic from Haydée's point of view. Or something where they comfort each other for their respective traumas, and discover that they're both looking for revenge on the same person? Post-canon, maybe they have an opportunity to indulge in their taste for dressing up and playing roles when it's not in pursuit of any deadly goal. For art, anything with fancy clothes or that emphasizes their physical contrasts. Or else, them looking like a classy 19th-century ad for drug paraphernalia?
If for some reason you want to stalk me, I am dead easy to stalk; I'm minutia_r (or occasionally minutia-r) all over the internet: DW, AO3, tumblr, deviantart, ff.net, and probably one or two other places I don't recall off-hand.
One last note, I would just like to say that I have already gotten some incredible stories for some of these prompts, and I am only requesting them again because a) I am greedy and want MOAR and b) I think there are new directions they could be taken in and other things about them to explore! But if you are one of the people who already wrote any of these, please know that I love you and your gifts.
Thank you! You are awesome, I am really looking forward to seeing what you make for me, and I hope you get great stories and/or art out of this exchange, too!
