Dear femslashex creator,
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reflectedeveHey there! So first of all, thank you so much in advance for making something for me. I’m so glad to be starting one of my favorite fandom exchanges … it feels like an oasis in this awful year we’ve all been living through. I’m super excited to see what you come up with!
I am a wordy letter-writer who tries to provide lots of info/prompts because I find that sort of thing helpful and fun as a creator, but I definitely don’t want you to feel fenced in by it all! I hope you’ll have fun making whatever you make, and run with your own ideas if you have some that grab you.
My general likes include humor, found families, expanded worldbuilding, future fic, and caper fic. Snarky dialogue and banter, non-traditional languages/demonstrations of love/friendship, smart trope subversions, and pastiches/playing with genre conventions/experimentation with form. Smut is welcome, especially when flavored with consensual power exchange (D/s), whether laid out in explicit terms or not.
For art, I particularly love scenes that look like they're in the middle of the action, a snapshot or illustration from a story (whether or not it exists). Also definitely into playing with classic styles/formats, visual parody, etc. And for vids, I’m mostly just in awe and don’t have a good grasp of terminology … I tend to particularly enjoy upbeat songs with fast-paced clips, if that makes sense?
DNWs: non-con sex (etc), explicit underage sex, bestiality, non-canon character death, excessive (ie non-canon-typical) violence, child or animal harm, A/B/O, soulmarks/mates, age play, piss/scat, heavy damage kink(/play). A couple of the pairings I requested go against canon heterosexual pairings; my feelings on those vary, but I'd rather avoid any vilification, or cheating plots, etc. I also tend to be kind of picky about AUs and crossovers - canon divergence is grand of course, but apart from that it’s all about things “fitting” with canon in a satisfying, believable way, if that makes sense. (So every fandom ever getting reimagined at Hogwarts, just because? Not really something I’m into. Etc.)
Additionally: in visual media, DNW depictions of rape/sexual assault, underage sex, or excessive gore (some blood and such is fine). Also whitewashing characters of color, youthening up older characters (unless you’re specifically illustrating their past), or either slimming down or fetishizing canonically fat characters.
On to the fandoms:
The Locked Tomb: Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe, Abigail/Dulcinea; fic/art
Wayfarers: Sidra/Pepper, Sidra/Tak; fic/art
Sailor Moon: Sailor Pluto/Queen Serenity; art
Marvel 616: Rachel/Kitty, Mystique/Destiny; fic/art
She-Ra: Netossa/Spinnerella, Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara; fic/art
Lucifer: Linda Martin/Mazikeen; fic/art/vid
Original Work: Queen/Sorceress who infiltrates her kingdom as a cat; fic
The Locked Tomb Trilogy - Tamsyn Muir
Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe, Abigail/Dulcinea, fic or art
I can’t get enough of these books. From the ridiculous sense of humor and blatant meme references, to the main characters’ intense, traumatic, intertwined backgrounds and complicated history, to the bizarre mix of a baroque gothic fantasy aesthetic with spacefaring sci-fi … the more I read them, the more I want to read them again.
Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe
Yeah, so I ship Gideon/Harrow extremely hard. One of them was literally created to open the tomb; the other was just as literally created to guard it and keep it closed. After leaving the Ninth, they were each pretty much the only person the other had (as a friend and as an enemy) even BEFORE they wound up occupying the same body. Gideon died for Harrow; Harrow gave herself DIY brain surgery for Gideon. They’re a delightfully over-the-top OTP, and talk about mood swings (I’m laughing hysterically one moment, tearing up the next).
For fic, I keep coming back to Harrow’s escalating series of AU scenarios as her brain tries to correct itself/cope. I would love to see them play out more, and I’d especially love Gideon’s take on them. What if they DIDN’T happen in the middle of a life-or-death scenario; what if, say, they happened in Harrow’s sleep, and Gideon’s consciousness could spectate or even play along? Or on the other hand, what if Gideon were in conscious control of Harrow’s body every time Harrow went off to her little reimagined Canaan House? (The book plays it like flashbacks, but clearly those are actual episodes she’s experiencing, given that the ghosts are experiencing them with her!) Sneaking around spying on Lyctors at night, or doing secret workouts since Harrow wasn’t lifting or doing press-ups on her OWN, damn it (leading Harrow to wonder why she keeps waking up sore), or trying to send her messages somehow.
As for Ianthe, well. She has such a contentious, bantering relationship with both Harrow and Gideon in Harrow the Ninth, and she might want to marry Harrow someday, and she treats Gideon like a rival. I … kind of want body-sharing three-way smut? Like, Ianthe is having sex with them, and Harrow and Gideon keep swapping control of Harrow’s body and doing things differently and everyone’s arguing but also super into it even if they’re kind of trying to pretend like they’re not? Or if you don’t want to get explicit, any scenario (a dinner with the First House set! a mission the two baby Lyctors are on alone together!) where Gideon and Harrow are actively body-sharing and everyone is flirting/arguing (possibly creating some havoc at said dinner/on said mission/whatever scenario)?
For art: illustrations from any of the AU scenarios (assuming Gideon is the adopted Reverend Daughter in the one, and royalty in the second). Short comic playing with differences in body language (in Harrow’s body), with commentary. Short comic playing with differences in body language (in Harrow’s body) while they make out/fight/dance/etc with Ianthe!
Abigail/Dulcinea
One of the many things I really loved about Harrow the Ninth was that we got so much more Abigail, and that we got to meet the real Dulcinea. I love them both - Abigail's sheer historical nerdery, the way she takes charge and manages the bizarre ghost-play situation behind the scenes, and her endless wryness and generosity. Dulcinea’s embrace of her disembodied autonomy, her horniness for revenge, her brilliant, dazzling refusal to accept any particular limitations anymore, all flavored with humor and a deceptively delicate touch. And I imagine them working together a lot behind the scenes, working out what’s going on and teaming up for various purposes. I’d love to see a fic exploring a partnership like that between them, parallel to/elaborating on what we see in the book - and Dulcie strikes me as a ghost who is ready to enjoy some dalliances with the hot history nerd (we already knows she likes nerds) in the background of a death-and-deathier-death scenario if she damn well wants to. And Magnus, I firmly believe, would be totally okay with it. (I love Magnus; please be nice to him.)
For art, well - having a snog over some Canaan House ephemera all spread out on a table where they’d been studying it? Dulcinea in her chair, reaching out and shamelessly flirting with Abigail mid-strategy-session? Scandalizing Harrow, or perhaps the Fourth House teens (before they were sent on)!
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Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers
Sidra/Pepper, Sidra/Tak, fic or art
A Closed and Common Orbit honestly might be my favorite (prose) book, if I have one. My current interest in fanworks is fairly Sidra-centric: her boundless curiosity, the mismatching programming/sensory processing that she has to contend with in her (eventually truly) chosen mode of existence, her exploration of what it means to exist and be a person and make a life for herself … that’s my jam. As is anything around people from vastly different backgrounds (and with different personalities and priorities) learning to coexist and love each other.
Sidra/Pepper
I love how contentious their friendship is, and how much they love each other, even through some pretty difficult disagreements and misunderstandings. (Both of them had to learn how to be, for some value of the term, human … but their experiences, and the conclusions they drew from them, were often so different!) Now that Sidra has a more independent existence, and doesn’t especially need to be dependent on Pepper anymore, it would be interesting to see how that affects their relationship - when they’re on more equal footing.
For fic, I’d like something post-book, I think … now that Sidra has her own place, her own direction, I’d really enjoy seeing them continue that trajectory, into a more romantic direction. (Ideally it’d be a vee-shaped polyamorous sort of thing, because Pepper/Blue is important.) Some kind of technical collaboration could be cool? Or maybe Pepper helps Sidra continue to explore her sensory analogs? ;)
Art-specific prompts: Pepper enjoying a cup of mek and flirting with the bartender! Pepper teasing Sidra by petting/’playing with’ one of her proxy petbots at Home!
Sidra/Tak
Tak was the first friend Sidra went out and made for herself, completely apart from her origins, and it’s such an important source of growth for both of them. Their friendship is full of intellectual curiosity and exploration, and I love how they each force the other out of their respective comfort zones (to varying degrees). I see Tak as a particularly great partner for Sidra to continue exploring embodied existence with - understanding of her different needs and interests, and willing to learn and adapt (especially after an initial shock).
I’d love fic set either mid- or post-book in which they do other kinds of exploring together. Maybe Tak takes Sidra on a date, and she gets to learn about that and decide whether she’s into the concept? (Maybe in her own way?) Or perhaps Sidra meets Tak’s dads and has her own opportunity for some close-up intercultural learning experiences? And again, there are those sensory analogs .. ahem.
Art-specific prompts: Tak giving tattooing Sidra another try. The two of them dancing together. An involved discussion in a cozy nook at at Home. Or again - something cute/silly with petbots? Maybe Sidra has one doing the flirting for her!
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Manga/Crystal)
Setsuna Meiou/Queen Serenity, art
Sailor Moon was my first online fandom, and I have an endless list of ships and different combinations. A few years ago, one of my friends casually mentioned that Queen Serenity (from the Silver Millenium, not grown-up Usagi) and Sailor Pluto would have been an incredible tragic romance. Pluto was the guardian of the Gates of Time, alone … a dedicated, isolated soldier, separate from the social world of the Moon and Earth, loyal to her Queen. Forced to watch from afar when the Dark Kingdom attacked, unable to abandon her post.
(Arguably, she wouldn’t have been “Setsuna Meiou” at all, yet. But anyway.)
I find myself mostly wanting visuals for these two (comics would of course be welcome if you feel so moved). A stolen kiss on a rare and too-brief visit to the Moon. A formal audience at the Gates. Pluto being given her assignment in the first place … a huge honor, a terrible responsibility, and a personal tragedy. Or lighter-hearted … the two of them playing with (coparenting?) a very young Princess Serenity, or overseeing the training of bitty junior Inner Senshi. Something simple with kneeling/hand-kissing would of course be lovely, and Sailor Moon is just made for playing around with different classic art styles and formats, as well.
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Marvel 616
Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers, Raven Darkholme/Irene Adler, fic or art
Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers
One of my oldest, most ironclad OTPs! I love their entire, complicated history--the importance of future "Kate" to Rachel's past, blended with her friendship with 616 Kitty (almost immediately her closest and most trusted ally in the confusing "new" world), and all the way through hints about their future life together in the mostly-flawed X-Men: The End--but I do have a particular attachment to the Excalibur era, complete with a more confident Rachel, zany adventures and the two of them being Lighthouse roommates.
So maybe wacky Excalibur-style hijinks? Cross-Time Capers and multiversal shenanigans absolutely encouraged! But if you’re less into/familiar with that era, maybe something at the Jean Grey Academy, two teachers trying to hide their relationship from a school full of obnoxious superpowered teens? I’m not 100% up on current X-Books--my favorite stuff is from the 80s and early 90s--but if it’s these two, and fairly upbeat, I’ll love it.
Art-specific prompts: Same again, really: wacky hijinks, clandestine teacher makeouts, getting caught canoodling by the rest of their Excalibur team/housemates? Out on the town together in ridiculous 80s gear? Gorgeous, indulgent Phoenix Force displays around midair smooches? Free to ditch Ray’s mullet if you’re playing with that era. ;) I’ve always thought she looked great in short, choppy, punk cuts. Kitty’s curly hair, as originally designed, is kinda important to me, though.
Raven Darkholme/Irene Adler
For these two, I think I’d most enjoy reading or seeing something set during their early days - early 20th century capers and romance, probably somewhere in Europe or eventually the States? Young and falling in love and feeling as though they can change the world! Or if that’s not as much your thing, something set during Rogue’s childhood, balancing family time with … other pursuits? But preferably nothing too intensely angsty. After being editorially closeted for decades, they deserve some joy.
Art of the two of them on a date in early-20th-century Austria or thereabouts would be delightful. Or really, in any of the eras they lived through together. I love historical costuming/setting, and also comics-era-appropriate costuming/setups. But again, something happy, please!
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Netossa/Spinnerella, Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara, fic or art
Everything about this show makes me so damn happy, especially as someone who LOVED the original as a pre-schooler. I’m into remaking the weird-ass culture of our childhoods into gorgeous, nuanced storytelling with complex character arcs and queerness galore. I, well, adore Catra and Adora, but the whole cast is so lovely, and I’m hankering for some of the less-limelighted relationships.
Netossa/Spinnerella
The adorable established queer couple bantering in the background - I was so glad they got more focus in the final season. I love how ridiculous and competitive they are, and I’d love to see more of that dynamic. It would be fun to hear about how they met! Or their off-screen wedding … or other dates that the Best Friend Squad et al destroyed … It would be fun to play with Netossa’s yen for plans and analyses (as seen when she described everyone’s weaknesses), especially if it lead to Spinnerella calmly puncturing them. (Also, maybe the apron/housework scenario is something they trade back and forth when one of them wins at something … be it rescuing each other, or winning a bet?)
There just isn’t enough art of these two, period! Snuggles or affectionate roughhousing in any Etheria setting would be fun, and so would cool art of them fighting together, or more of Netossa’s goofy little doodles (and Spinnerella’s reactions?) etc. Spinnerella’s size/body type is really important to me, so the main thing I’d ask would be: please be careful not to slim her down!
Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara
So Perfuma has a TYPE, yeah? I just kind of love imagining her swanning around all crunchy-granola-femme on the arms of not one but TWO big, buff butch babes. (Scorpio’s a bit more of a futch, really, but no less big and buff, and it’s nice to see a range of presentations! Anyway, I digress.) I see this as a vee-shaped scenario in which Huntara and Scorpia are friendly/non-jealous metamours. I’d love to see something that plays with butch/femme archetypes, and/or subverts them. Getting into power dynamics a little would be fun, too - I enjoy toppy Perfuma, even if she doesn’t want to be in charge of the whole Rebellion. I guess I don’t have a lot of actual PLOT prompts … I’m picturing them in social or even formal settings mostly, or it could be fun to play with another spy mission theme?
For art, Perfuma attending the next Princess Prom with both of them? Getting their help with some heavy lifting on a gardening/landscaping endeavor (even though she obviously doesn’t really need it)? Finding ways to make them both blush adorably?
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Lucifer
Linda Martin/Mazikeen, fic, art or vid
These two are my favorite part of the show. Their contrasting personalities and strengths are a damn delight; it’s that contrast, I think, that I’d most love to see played up in fanworks. That and the strength of a bond that has lasted in spite of some of the most seemingly incompatible differences between them: Maz’s initial careless, semi-contemptuous attitude towards humans, Linda’s overwhelmed dismay about her friend’s true nature, etc. I love the way Maz’s love language is clearly threatening/doing violence for the people she cares about, and the way she’s (very) reluctantly been learning to open up and share her feelings with other people, and their feelings too. I’m only halfway through the new episodes (though I’ll certainly be caught up by the time the archive opens), but oh, the conversation where Max has feelings about losing people and Linda’s like “don’t worry, you’ve got me until I die and then we’ll be together in Hell anyway.”
For fanfic, I’d be delighted to read something set mid-show (but preferably post-demon-reveal), where they tackle some kind of (perhaps mundane, human) problem together, with very different approaches and predictably hilarious result - whether the problem is Maz’s, and she’s bewildered/annoyed about it, or it’s Linda’s, and she’s incredulous at Maz’s well-meaning but ultimately over the top or inappropriately occult solutions, etc. Or, well, I loved the way Maz got really invested in the baby and in being family/a guardian. Something involving the baby would be great. I’d be up for background polyamory (whether v-shaped or triad), or maybe Linda and Amenadiel are amicably no longer romantically involved (but if so, please keep him in the background/picture as a co-parent and friend). Or hey, maybe a scenario (set whenever) where LINDA tries to get all belligerent and protective of Maz (possibly while drunk), and is a bit out of her depth? So many possibilities; these are just a few. I do think I’d prefer established-relationship to a story about how they got together, though?
For fanart, well, I seem to be leaning towards the humor here, so … one of them surprising the other with a kiss? Playing with the baby together? Picking outfits for each other, with amusing results?
For a vid, I’d love something set to an upbeat, possibly funny, song highlighting their opposites-attract dynamic or all the ridiculous things that happen to them and how close they are in spite of it all.
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Original Work
Queen/Sorceress who infiltrates her kingdom as a cat, fic
I’ve never requested original fic before (though I enjoy reading it), but this pairing is just … so much the sort of thing I want right now. I am extremely weak for any stories involving people bonding with cats, so uh. Yeah. It would be fun if the sorceress played stray cat and had to be coaxed pretty seriously! (Maybe only partly play-acting?) Maybe the queen is super irritated with her advisors or just having a stressful time running the kingdom for one reason or another, and this kitty who shows up is a welcome comfort/distraction? And there are so many interesting potential motives for the sorceress. Is she (initially) trying to harm or overthrow the queen/kingdom? Is she looking for a home/fancy royal appointment? Is she ACCIDENTALLY a cat? Does she have lingering feline mannerisms as a human?
I would like something on the lighter side for this prompt, or definitely with a happy ending, please. Slow burn might be nice! (Maybe some secret identity play - the queen doesn’t know that the intriguing/frustrating sorceress she’s tangling with is also the stray kitty she’s been getting attached to?) Humor and/or sexytimes (with a human-form sorceress) encouraged.
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Oof, okay, putting my teal deer back in their pen. Thanks so much, and happy fanworking! Yay.
I am a wordy letter-writer who tries to provide lots of info/prompts because I find that sort of thing helpful and fun as a creator, but I definitely don’t want you to feel fenced in by it all! I hope you’ll have fun making whatever you make, and run with your own ideas if you have some that grab you.
My general likes include humor, found families, expanded worldbuilding, future fic, and caper fic. Snarky dialogue and banter, non-traditional languages/demonstrations of love/friendship, smart trope subversions, and pastiches/playing with genre conventions/experimentation with form. Smut is welcome, especially when flavored with consensual power exchange (D/s), whether laid out in explicit terms or not.
For art, I particularly love scenes that look like they're in the middle of the action, a snapshot or illustration from a story (whether or not it exists). Also definitely into playing with classic styles/formats, visual parody, etc. And for vids, I’m mostly just in awe and don’t have a good grasp of terminology … I tend to particularly enjoy upbeat songs with fast-paced clips, if that makes sense?
DNWs: non-con sex (etc), explicit underage sex, bestiality, non-canon character death, excessive (ie non-canon-typical) violence, child or animal harm, A/B/O, soulmarks/mates, age play, piss/scat, heavy damage kink(/play). A couple of the pairings I requested go against canon heterosexual pairings; my feelings on those vary, but I'd rather avoid any vilification, or cheating plots, etc. I also tend to be kind of picky about AUs and crossovers - canon divergence is grand of course, but apart from that it’s all about things “fitting” with canon in a satisfying, believable way, if that makes sense. (So every fandom ever getting reimagined at Hogwarts, just because? Not really something I’m into. Etc.)
Additionally: in visual media, DNW depictions of rape/sexual assault, underage sex, or excessive gore (some blood and such is fine). Also whitewashing characters of color, youthening up older characters (unless you’re specifically illustrating their past), or either slimming down or fetishizing canonically fat characters.
On to the fandoms:
The Locked Tomb: Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe, Abigail/Dulcinea; fic/art
Wayfarers: Sidra/Pepper, Sidra/Tak; fic/art
Sailor Moon: Sailor Pluto/Queen Serenity; art
Marvel 616: Rachel/Kitty, Mystique/Destiny; fic/art
She-Ra: Netossa/Spinnerella, Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara; fic/art
Lucifer: Linda Martin/Mazikeen; fic/art/vid
Original Work: Queen/Sorceress who infiltrates her kingdom as a cat; fic
The Locked Tomb Trilogy - Tamsyn Muir
Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe, Abigail/Dulcinea, fic or art
I can’t get enough of these books. From the ridiculous sense of humor and blatant meme references, to the main characters’ intense, traumatic, intertwined backgrounds and complicated history, to the bizarre mix of a baroque gothic fantasy aesthetic with spacefaring sci-fi … the more I read them, the more I want to read them again.
Gideon/Harrow, Gideon/Harrow/Ianthe
Yeah, so I ship Gideon/Harrow extremely hard. One of them was literally created to open the tomb; the other was just as literally created to guard it and keep it closed. After leaving the Ninth, they were each pretty much the only person the other had (as a friend and as an enemy) even BEFORE they wound up occupying the same body. Gideon died for Harrow; Harrow gave herself DIY brain surgery for Gideon. They’re a delightfully over-the-top OTP, and talk about mood swings (I’m laughing hysterically one moment, tearing up the next).
For fic, I keep coming back to Harrow’s escalating series of AU scenarios as her brain tries to correct itself/cope. I would love to see them play out more, and I’d especially love Gideon’s take on them. What if they DIDN’T happen in the middle of a life-or-death scenario; what if, say, they happened in Harrow’s sleep, and Gideon’s consciousness could spectate or even play along? Or on the other hand, what if Gideon were in conscious control of Harrow’s body every time Harrow went off to her little reimagined Canaan House? (The book plays it like flashbacks, but clearly those are actual episodes she’s experiencing, given that the ghosts are experiencing them with her!) Sneaking around spying on Lyctors at night, or doing secret workouts since Harrow wasn’t lifting or doing press-ups on her OWN, damn it (leading Harrow to wonder why she keeps waking up sore), or trying to send her messages somehow.
As for Ianthe, well. She has such a contentious, bantering relationship with both Harrow and Gideon in Harrow the Ninth, and she might want to marry Harrow someday, and she treats Gideon like a rival. I … kind of want body-sharing three-way smut? Like, Ianthe is having sex with them, and Harrow and Gideon keep swapping control of Harrow’s body and doing things differently and everyone’s arguing but also super into it even if they’re kind of trying to pretend like they’re not? Or if you don’t want to get explicit, any scenario (a dinner with the First House set! a mission the two baby Lyctors are on alone together!) where Gideon and Harrow are actively body-sharing and everyone is flirting/arguing (possibly creating some havoc at said dinner/on said mission/whatever scenario)?
For art: illustrations from any of the AU scenarios (assuming Gideon is the adopted Reverend Daughter in the one, and royalty in the second). Short comic playing with differences in body language (in Harrow’s body), with commentary. Short comic playing with differences in body language (in Harrow’s body) while they make out/fight/dance/etc with Ianthe!
Abigail/Dulcinea
One of the many things I really loved about Harrow the Ninth was that we got so much more Abigail, and that we got to meet the real Dulcinea. I love them both - Abigail's sheer historical nerdery, the way she takes charge and manages the bizarre ghost-play situation behind the scenes, and her endless wryness and generosity. Dulcinea’s embrace of her disembodied autonomy, her horniness for revenge, her brilliant, dazzling refusal to accept any particular limitations anymore, all flavored with humor and a deceptively delicate touch. And I imagine them working together a lot behind the scenes, working out what’s going on and teaming up for various purposes. I’d love to see a fic exploring a partnership like that between them, parallel to/elaborating on what we see in the book - and Dulcie strikes me as a ghost who is ready to enjoy some dalliances with the hot history nerd (we already knows she likes nerds) in the background of a death-and-deathier-death scenario if she damn well wants to. And Magnus, I firmly believe, would be totally okay with it. (I love Magnus; please be nice to him.)
For art, well - having a snog over some Canaan House ephemera all spread out on a table where they’d been studying it? Dulcinea in her chair, reaching out and shamelessly flirting with Abigail mid-strategy-session? Scandalizing Harrow, or perhaps the Fourth House teens (before they were sent on)!
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Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers
Sidra/Pepper, Sidra/Tak, fic or art
A Closed and Common Orbit honestly might be my favorite (prose) book, if I have one. My current interest in fanworks is fairly Sidra-centric: her boundless curiosity, the mismatching programming/sensory processing that she has to contend with in her (eventually truly) chosen mode of existence, her exploration of what it means to exist and be a person and make a life for herself … that’s my jam. As is anything around people from vastly different backgrounds (and with different personalities and priorities) learning to coexist and love each other.
Sidra/Pepper
I love how contentious their friendship is, and how much they love each other, even through some pretty difficult disagreements and misunderstandings. (Both of them had to learn how to be, for some value of the term, human … but their experiences, and the conclusions they drew from them, were often so different!) Now that Sidra has a more independent existence, and doesn’t especially need to be dependent on Pepper anymore, it would be interesting to see how that affects their relationship - when they’re on more equal footing.
For fic, I’d like something post-book, I think … now that Sidra has her own place, her own direction, I’d really enjoy seeing them continue that trajectory, into a more romantic direction. (Ideally it’d be a vee-shaped polyamorous sort of thing, because Pepper/Blue is important.) Some kind of technical collaboration could be cool? Or maybe Pepper helps Sidra continue to explore her sensory analogs? ;)
Art-specific prompts: Pepper enjoying a cup of mek and flirting with the bartender! Pepper teasing Sidra by petting/’playing with’ one of her proxy petbots at Home!
Sidra/Tak
Tak was the first friend Sidra went out and made for herself, completely apart from her origins, and it’s such an important source of growth for both of them. Their friendship is full of intellectual curiosity and exploration, and I love how they each force the other out of their respective comfort zones (to varying degrees). I see Tak as a particularly great partner for Sidra to continue exploring embodied existence with - understanding of her different needs and interests, and willing to learn and adapt (especially after an initial shock).
I’d love fic set either mid- or post-book in which they do other kinds of exploring together. Maybe Tak takes Sidra on a date, and she gets to learn about that and decide whether she’s into the concept? (Maybe in her own way?) Or perhaps Sidra meets Tak’s dads and has her own opportunity for some close-up intercultural learning experiences? And again, there are those sensory analogs .. ahem.
Art-specific prompts: Tak giving tattooing Sidra another try. The two of them dancing together. An involved discussion in a cozy nook at at Home. Or again - something cute/silly with petbots? Maybe Sidra has one doing the flirting for her!
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (Manga/Crystal)
Setsuna Meiou/Queen Serenity, art
Sailor Moon was my first online fandom, and I have an endless list of ships and different combinations. A few years ago, one of my friends casually mentioned that Queen Serenity (from the Silver Millenium, not grown-up Usagi) and Sailor Pluto would have been an incredible tragic romance. Pluto was the guardian of the Gates of Time, alone … a dedicated, isolated soldier, separate from the social world of the Moon and Earth, loyal to her Queen. Forced to watch from afar when the Dark Kingdom attacked, unable to abandon her post.
(Arguably, she wouldn’t have been “Setsuna Meiou” at all, yet. But anyway.)
I find myself mostly wanting visuals for these two (comics would of course be welcome if you feel so moved). A stolen kiss on a rare and too-brief visit to the Moon. A formal audience at the Gates. Pluto being given her assignment in the first place … a huge honor, a terrible responsibility, and a personal tragedy. Or lighter-hearted … the two of them playing with (coparenting?) a very young Princess Serenity, or overseeing the training of bitty junior Inner Senshi. Something simple with kneeling/hand-kissing would of course be lovely, and Sailor Moon is just made for playing around with different classic art styles and formats, as well.
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Marvel 616
Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers, Raven Darkholme/Irene Adler, fic or art
Kitty Pryde/Rachel Summers
One of my oldest, most ironclad OTPs! I love their entire, complicated history--the importance of future "Kate" to Rachel's past, blended with her friendship with 616 Kitty (almost immediately her closest and most trusted ally in the confusing "new" world), and all the way through hints about their future life together in the mostly-flawed X-Men: The End--but I do have a particular attachment to the Excalibur era, complete with a more confident Rachel, zany adventures and the two of them being Lighthouse roommates.
So maybe wacky Excalibur-style hijinks? Cross-Time Capers and multiversal shenanigans absolutely encouraged! But if you’re less into/familiar with that era, maybe something at the Jean Grey Academy, two teachers trying to hide their relationship from a school full of obnoxious superpowered teens? I’m not 100% up on current X-Books--my favorite stuff is from the 80s and early 90s--but if it’s these two, and fairly upbeat, I’ll love it.
Art-specific prompts: Same again, really: wacky hijinks, clandestine teacher makeouts, getting caught canoodling by the rest of their Excalibur team/housemates? Out on the town together in ridiculous 80s gear? Gorgeous, indulgent Phoenix Force displays around midair smooches? Free to ditch Ray’s mullet if you’re playing with that era. ;) I’ve always thought she looked great in short, choppy, punk cuts. Kitty’s curly hair, as originally designed, is kinda important to me, though.
Raven Darkholme/Irene Adler
For these two, I think I’d most enjoy reading or seeing something set during their early days - early 20th century capers and romance, probably somewhere in Europe or eventually the States? Young and falling in love and feeling as though they can change the world! Or if that’s not as much your thing, something set during Rogue’s childhood, balancing family time with … other pursuits? But preferably nothing too intensely angsty. After being editorially closeted for decades, they deserve some joy.
Art of the two of them on a date in early-20th-century Austria or thereabouts would be delightful. Or really, in any of the eras they lived through together. I love historical costuming/setting, and also comics-era-appropriate costuming/setups. But again, something happy, please!
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Netossa/Spinnerella, Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara, fic or art
Everything about this show makes me so damn happy, especially as someone who LOVED the original as a pre-schooler. I’m into remaking the weird-ass culture of our childhoods into gorgeous, nuanced storytelling with complex character arcs and queerness galore. I, well, adore Catra and Adora, but the whole cast is so lovely, and I’m hankering for some of the less-limelighted relationships.
Netossa/Spinnerella
The adorable established queer couple bantering in the background - I was so glad they got more focus in the final season. I love how ridiculous and competitive they are, and I’d love to see more of that dynamic. It would be fun to hear about how they met! Or their off-screen wedding … or other dates that the Best Friend Squad et al destroyed … It would be fun to play with Netossa’s yen for plans and analyses (as seen when she described everyone’s weaknesses), especially if it lead to Spinnerella calmly puncturing them. (Also, maybe the apron/housework scenario is something they trade back and forth when one of them wins at something … be it rescuing each other, or winning a bet?)
There just isn’t enough art of these two, period! Snuggles or affectionate roughhousing in any Etheria setting would be fun, and so would cool art of them fighting together, or more of Netossa’s goofy little doodles (and Spinnerella’s reactions?) etc. Spinnerella’s size/body type is really important to me, so the main thing I’d ask would be: please be careful not to slim her down!
Perfuma/Scorpia/Huntara
So Perfuma has a TYPE, yeah? I just kind of love imagining her swanning around all crunchy-granola-femme on the arms of not one but TWO big, buff butch babes. (Scorpio’s a bit more of a futch, really, but no less big and buff, and it’s nice to see a range of presentations! Anyway, I digress.) I see this as a vee-shaped scenario in which Huntara and Scorpia are friendly/non-jealous metamours. I’d love to see something that plays with butch/femme archetypes, and/or subverts them. Getting into power dynamics a little would be fun, too - I enjoy toppy Perfuma, even if she doesn’t want to be in charge of the whole Rebellion. I guess I don’t have a lot of actual PLOT prompts … I’m picturing them in social or even formal settings mostly, or it could be fun to play with another spy mission theme?
For art, Perfuma attending the next Princess Prom with both of them? Getting their help with some heavy lifting on a gardening/landscaping endeavor (even though she obviously doesn’t really need it)? Finding ways to make them both blush adorably?
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Lucifer
Linda Martin/Mazikeen, fic, art or vid
These two are my favorite part of the show. Their contrasting personalities and strengths are a damn delight; it’s that contrast, I think, that I’d most love to see played up in fanworks. That and the strength of a bond that has lasted in spite of some of the most seemingly incompatible differences between them: Maz’s initial careless, semi-contemptuous attitude towards humans, Linda’s overwhelmed dismay about her friend’s true nature, etc. I love the way Maz’s love language is clearly threatening/doing violence for the people she cares about, and the way she’s (very) reluctantly been learning to open up and share her feelings with other people, and their feelings too. I’m only halfway through the new episodes (though I’ll certainly be caught up by the time the archive opens), but oh, the conversation where Max has feelings about losing people and Linda’s like “don’t worry, you’ve got me until I die and then we’ll be together in Hell anyway.”
For fanfic, I’d be delighted to read something set mid-show (but preferably post-demon-reveal), where they tackle some kind of (perhaps mundane, human) problem together, with very different approaches and predictably hilarious result - whether the problem is Maz’s, and she’s bewildered/annoyed about it, or it’s Linda’s, and she’s incredulous at Maz’s well-meaning but ultimately over the top or inappropriately occult solutions, etc. Or, well, I loved the way Maz got really invested in the baby and in being family/a guardian. Something involving the baby would be great. I’d be up for background polyamory (whether v-shaped or triad), or maybe Linda and Amenadiel are amicably no longer romantically involved (but if so, please keep him in the background/picture as a co-parent and friend). Or hey, maybe a scenario (set whenever) where LINDA tries to get all belligerent and protective of Maz (possibly while drunk), and is a bit out of her depth? So many possibilities; these are just a few. I do think I’d prefer established-relationship to a story about how they got together, though?
For fanart, well, I seem to be leaning towards the humor here, so … one of them surprising the other with a kiss? Playing with the baby together? Picking outfits for each other, with amusing results?
For a vid, I’d love something set to an upbeat, possibly funny, song highlighting their opposites-attract dynamic or all the ridiculous things that happen to them and how close they are in spite of it all.
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Original Work
Queen/Sorceress who infiltrates her kingdom as a cat, fic
I’ve never requested original fic before (though I enjoy reading it), but this pairing is just … so much the sort of thing I want right now. I am extremely weak for any stories involving people bonding with cats, so uh. Yeah. It would be fun if the sorceress played stray cat and had to be coaxed pretty seriously! (Maybe only partly play-acting?) Maybe the queen is super irritated with her advisors or just having a stressful time running the kingdom for one reason or another, and this kitty who shows up is a welcome comfort/distraction? And there are so many interesting potential motives for the sorceress. Is she (initially) trying to harm or overthrow the queen/kingdom? Is she looking for a home/fancy royal appointment? Is she ACCIDENTALLY a cat? Does she have lingering feline mannerisms as a human?
I would like something on the lighter side for this prompt, or definitely with a happy ending, please. Slow burn might be nice! (Maybe some secret identity play - the queen doesn’t know that the intriguing/frustrating sorceress she’s tangling with is also the stray kitty she’s been getting attached to?) Humor and/or sexytimes (with a human-form sorceress) encouraged.
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Oof, okay, putting my teal deer back in their pen. Thanks so much, and happy fanworking! Yay.