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everysecondtuesday) wrote2019-05-29 12:28 pm
everysecondtuesday) wrote2019-05-29 12:28 pm
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Pining Exchange Letter
Hi! I love all of the fandoms and ships I'm requesting, so if something is longer or shorter than its counterparts, it's due to how much I had to say, not how much I love the request.
Also, as ever and always, I would like to emphasize, please don't feel obligated to read this letter in its entirety (or at all!). If you already have an idea of what you want to do from just the AO3 requests, go for it! This is all to (I hope) make it easier on you, and I am a big believer in optional details being optional. There being fic for my ships and fandoms will make me happy. Everything else is icing on delicious, delicious cake. Every single optional prompt/additional thought is very, very optional.
If I flub the letter writing and editing process and mention something in my letter that is not on AO3 and in my sign-ups or if I phrase something poorly, I'd also like to emphasize that that's on me and you're free to pretend you didn't see it (or to ask the mods if you're still concerned). My DNWs are all listed under DNWs in my optional details on AO3. If it's something not listed under DNWs, then that's a preference, but I'm still going to read/look at and comment on your fic and (if history is anything to judge) be really happy with it.
For ease of finding me: tuesday on AO3, everysecondtuesday on tumblr.
On past gifts: I've received fic in the past for several of my requested fandoms, which I loved! I just want more. If you matched me on it, I am sure I will love whatever you make me, whether it's along the lines of the gifts I've already received or something entirely new.
On other gifts: I am always open to treats and late gifts. If I've requested it on an AO3 exchange, I still want it, even years later.
Recursive works: If you have authorial permission (blanket or otherwise), I do not mind recursive fic or art of past gifts, my own fic, or certain other beloved fic you know I've read. Specifically thinking of DoS thanks to a EAD conversation recently, but I'm sure there are others; you can always check through the mod, and I will do my best to get back to them quickly.
Format Likes: I like all ratings for works, from General Audiences to Explicit. For fic, I'm open to any length of fic, from drabbles and drabble series to just over the min to sprawling epics. I like both traditional fic and non-traditional and experimental formats, including interactive fiction, epistolary, and multimedia. I prefer past or present tense. I generally prefer third person (especially consistent third person limited where POV shift only happens in scene breaks or doesn't happen at all) or a match to canon (which in some cases is going to be first or second). (I'm open to everything! These are just preferences.)
General Likes: worldbuilding, humor, horror, crack, canon-divergent AUs, other types of AUs (magic, cyberpunk, steampunk, regency, everyone lives, end of the world, sentinel and other fusions), IN SPACE, family and found family, friendship, machinations, intrigue, time travel, mysteries, time loops, magic, shenanigans, political negotiations, alliances of convenience, plot, developing relationships/friendships, character has the chance to re-do/relive events, reincarnation, mysteries, comedy of errors, competence, communication, codas, future fic.
Horror Likes: ghosts and ghost stories, monsters, isolation, trapped together, apocalypses and the post-apocalyptic life thereafter, murder mysteries, creeping horror, non-euclidean geometry and architecture, eldritch horrors, unethical experimentation, cannibalism (by choice or by necessity; knowing or unknowing), the undead, A.I. gone horribly wrong, A.I. gone horribly right, body horror, monkey's paws, artifacts of doom, mimics and people lures, plant monsters and killer horticulture, gallows humor.
Ship Likes: Soulmates and/or soul bonds. Alternate first meetings. Mutual pining. Didn't know they're dating, mistaken for dating, and fake dating. Undercover as a couple. Matchmaking and arranged marriages and courting. Friends to lovers. Extended courtships and whirlwind romance. Woke up married. Truth serum and trapped together and handcuffed together. Magic curses. Gestures of affection and intimacy. Firsts (dates, kisses, times).
Hurt/comfort: I have a whole host of freeforms I loved that I requested for hurt/comfort exchange + some thoughts on h/c at my h/c letter (overlapping specific fandom requests: Dragon Age Hawke/Varric, Fallout 4 Deacon/Sole Survivor, MCU Peter/Tony, Naruto Guy/Kakashi).
Smut Likes: all things vanilla, aftercare, anal with men on the receiving end (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), anal fingering with men on the receiving end (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), bathing together, biting, blood play and/or still bleeding (characters roughed up from other causes and everyone still being dtf, especially), bondage/restraint (especially handcuffs, silk rope, ties or other things being repurposed, honor bondage), breath play, bruising, clothing kink, come-eating, cuddling, desperation, dirty talk, edging, electrostimulation, emotional sex/emotions during sex, enthusiastic consent, f/m pegging, face-fucking, face-sitting, face touching, first times (together or ever), for science!, frottage, gentleness, handholding, hair-petting, hair-pulling, held down, hickeys, hurt/comfort, impact play (but not as punishment), "inappropriate" use of magic/the Force/superpowers/technology, kissing, kneeling, laughter/joking around/banter during sex, loyalty kink, making out, manhandling, marking, masochism, massage, mating cycles/in heat (please all parties into each other beforehand), mentor/protege, multiple orgasms, object insertion, omega-verse, oral sex, overstimulation, oviposition, pain play, pervertibles, praise kink, robot sex, rimming (clean only), rushed sex, scent-marking, service kink, sensation play, sounding, switching, sugar daddy kink (but not use of the word "daddy"/daddy kink), tenderness, toys, trust, voice kink, voyeurism (consensual only), vulnerability.
If you'd like more thoughts on smut likes or to see prompts and freeforms I've requested in the past, I wrote a letter for smut swap (overlapping specific fandom requests: Dragon Age Hawke/Varric, Fallout 4 Deacon/Sole Survivor, MCU Peter/Tony, Naruto Guy/Kakashi).
If you're still looking for additional ideas, I also requested a bunch of freeforms for all four of these ships for Just Married and included some prompts for some of them.
General DNWs:
- Hopelessly unhappy endings.
- Unrequested permanent requested character death.
- Suicidal ideation.
- Focus on unrequested serious illness.
- Graphic eye trauma.
- Infidelity, characters thinking they're engaged in infidelity, or major focus on/long scenes in which characters think the other character is being unfaithful.
- Focus on unrequested ships.
- Underage romantic or sexual relationships.
- Actually unrequited love between requested / ship (characters can think it is, but I would like them to be wrong).
- Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play (for dubcon likes or prompts, I'd prefer all parties to already be into each other in cases where consent is affected).
- Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master."
- The spelling "cum" (as opposed to "come").
- Unrequested kink.
These specific AUs: mundane AUs, anything to do with religion, the mob/organized crime, prisons, slavery, sex work, or which would involve student/school teacher. (All other AUs are dearly beloved; I'm only mentioning these because I do tend to ask for various AUs, and I'm just not into these particular ones.)
DNW Clarifications and Explications:
Hopelessly unhappy endings: I'd prefer either a happy ending or the sense that there's a roadmap to get there.
Unrequested permanent requested character death: Impermanent requested character death is fine and baked into a few of my likes and canons. I would like all requested characters to be alive at the end of the story unless the prompt/freeform actually goes there. Wrt Endgame, you can set things pre-canon events, have them miraculously survive, have canon diverge, etc., and I will take it.
Graphic eye trauma: Non-descriptive references are fine.
Infidelity etc.: Poly outside of MCU Peter/Tony is fine. (In my sign-up and the fandom section, though, it is a definite DNW in MCU for Peter/Tony.) I don't want anyone confused on the fact that it is poly, not cheating. In general, my major concern is to avoid a) definitely cheating in any direction, b) something in which one part of the ship thinks the other part is in a closed relationship and that's what the main ship is engaging in, c) something in which one half of a closed relationship believes the other is cheating on them and we the audience are likely to also think that's what's going on and which comprises a major, ongoing part of the story as opposed to something brief and mistaken.
Underage romantic or sexual relationships: Everyone in a relationship should be 18+, please. For something like Peter/Tony, you can go with a) setting a fic later, b) feelings that aren't currently going to be realized, c) aging up within the setting/everything stays the same, but Peter is older, d) time travel shenanigans, e) something else I haven't thought of, but maybe you have.
Actually unrequited love between requested / ships: Characters can think it is, but I would like them to be wrong.
Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play: You're fine to include dubcon from my current likes or requests from this year's smut swap or h/c exchange letters. I'd prefer anything with consent affected (e.g. sex pollen, aphrodisiacs) for all characters involved in sex to already be into each other. I do not want non-con or rape play.
Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master": Mentioning this because I have a lot of BDSM-related or adjacent likes. It wouldn't ruin my night or fic, but I'm not super into the formalized contract thing or it being the focus of a relationship/what the relationship is primarily about, and I don't want to accidentally set any traps for my author. I'm fine with and enjoy non-formalized play, with people having fun with pain, bondage, some power dynamics (e.g. Peter calling Tony "Mr. Stark" in bed), etc.
Unrequested kink: I have a long list of smut likes for guidance and linked my smut swap letter, too, but please don't tie yourself in knots over this/worry about, "Does this count as a kink? I don't think it's a kink/think it's pretty vanilla, but what if Tuesday disagrees?" I'm going to always assume good faith here. Mainly, I'm concerned about avoiding my smut swap DNWs without making my DNWs section even more unwieldy than it already is.
Specific AUs: If it's not AU, it's perfectly fine to include in-universe religious things like getting married at a church or run-ins with the Templars or what-have-you. What I'm specifically trying to exclude are AUs like, "What if Kakashi was a monk?" or "What if the Avengers were a cult?" or "What if Deacon was actually a demon?" wherein the focus of the 'verse is suddenly on a religious aspect that wasn't there previously. Wrt mundane AUs, I'd like 'verses with fantastical elements to keep those elements or equivalents thereof. For something like a coffee shop AU, Hawke is either still a mage or still has a mage sister. For something like a regency AU, Tony Stark still builds tech leagues ahead of everyone else and Peter still got superpowers.
Dragon Age (Varric Tethras/Hawke) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Dragon Age DNW: Permanent death of any of Hawke's companions or their household, including (especially) Dog. Actually, any death at all of Dog.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Hawke or Varric? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A incorrectly assumes that Character B knows that A is pining for them: I love the idea of either thinking that of course the other knows, because they have never bothered to hide their heart eyes around the other person. And of course they don't, because they were too busy hiding their own.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Hawke thinks Varric just has started hand-kissing as a thing. Maybe Varric just thinks Hawke has gotten extra touchy-feely. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage: What traumatic situation? Is it some non-canon event? Has Hawke just been spat back out by the Fade? Has Varric just gotten done with the Inquisition? Does the other person want them to take advantage?
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal: Is it revealed because they spill their feelings under the influence or because their behavior doesn't change?
- Pining after years of friendship: This is like the freeform equivalent of a free space for this ship, besides the implication that it's late into/after DAII.
- A pining because they think B isn't attracted to their species: Which of them thinks this? When and how do they realize they're wrong?
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking: I can see either or both doing this. "Look at me, joking about how hot you are. What a jape, as I drape my arm around you. It's so funny how tremendously in love I am."
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, magic, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining Impacts Character's Ability to Perform Magic: This one obviously is more geared toward Hawke, but if you can make it work for Varric, I'd be interested.
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: To be fair, it's a valid assumption. What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this?
Things I like about this canon:
Not gonna lie, Varric is my fave. I am still disappointed I did not get to make Hawke/Varric be an in-game thing and will probably be torn between delight and indignation if we're ever allowed to romance him in future games. Hawke is an absolute disaster, and I can really appreciate that in a character. I love Hawke a lot is what I'm saying. Hawke/Varric is my OTP. DAII is probably still my favorite, but I love the 'verse and its many characters.
Other notes:
My favorite Hawke is purple mage Hawke, but I love all Hawkes, and you can choose whichever you please. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Fallout 4 (Deacon/Sole Survivor) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Fallout 4 DNW: Permanent death of any non-Institute companions, pet (or traditionally a pet, e.g. cats and dogs) death, Sole Survivor siding with the Institute or the Brotherhood.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage: What traumatic situation? Does the SS realize their immediate crush shouldn't be acted upon, because they just walked through an installation full of the bodies of Deacon's dead friends and colleagues? Is it right after they take down the Institute or the SS had to confront their son? Is it some non-canon event? Does the other person want them to take advantage?
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character doused with truth serum: What do they say while they're under it? How did they get dosed? Is this an accident or something that comes up when captured and interrogated? Did they walk into another contaminated building with a chemical agent without hazmat suits?
- Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking: I can see either or both doing this. "Look at me, joking about how hot you are. What a jape, as I drape my arm around you. It's so funny how tremendously in love I am."
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this?
- Fake Dating - mutual pining: Same questions as undercover as married.
Things I like about this canon:
Deacon is my absolute favorite companion, and it's a crying shame we cannot romance him. I love his humor, his disguises, his lies, and the way, despite everything, he really, truly genuinely cares. I loved running into him as a guard just outside Diamond City and as a trader elsewhere (his comment about "for trade things" made me laugh and wonder, "Are you even trying anymore?") and just--pretty much every time I turned around, and I love that he vouches for you even if you haul ass straight to the Railroad at level one as a complete nobody. He has no reason to have faith in the Sole Survivor, but he does. I love best a Sole Survivor who does their best to bear out that faith, as someone who gives him hope again, if not in their words, then their actions. Also, sarcasm buddies for life.
Other notes:
I love all types of Sole Survivors. My favorite is a sarcastic/curious Sole Survivor, but again: I love them all. Whatever name you want to use, whether it's the default or otherwise, I am fine with. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Peter Parker/Tony Stark) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
MCU DNWs: Poly in this specific fandom for the requested / ship. Contentious break-up between Tony and Pepper. (For Peter/Tony and my infidelity DNW, I would like to point to: they never got back together post-Civil War or they have an amicable break-up. If you want, you don't even need to mention it, and I will go with my reading of choice.) Morgan existing only to be erased from existence within the story (never existing in the first place in the story is fine). Death of anyone important to Peter or Tony (e.g. May, Pepper, Ned, Rhodey), except impermanent requested character death. Death at all of Goose. (Essentially: Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill Tony or Peter's other loved ones or Goose at all.)
DNW Explications:
Usually, I'm happy to receive poly, but for Peter/Tony, I do not want poly. Current canon relationships can be dealt with via amicable break-up or never having happened. You can also just not mention them, and I will happily go with my preferred reading. If you want to include Morgan, you can have her exist as either "two friends having a kid together" or go with "and then, despite having a kid together, Pepper and Tony did not work out." If she exists within the story, however, I do not want her subsequently erased from existence through time travel or other circumstances. It's also fine to have an AU without Morgan having existed in the first place. It's existing, then not that I'm trying to avoid here.
Regarding character death, Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill their other loved ones at all. I'm fine if you want to include parts of Endgame happening so long as something happens to fix it (resurrection, a re-do, Tony miraculously survives). I'm also okay with canon divergence at any point. I want all my requested characters alive at the end of the fic.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- Arranged Marriage - mutual pining between spouses: Obviously this is going to be an AU of some sort, but my favorite version of this would be where they still have their powers, Tony is still Iron Man, and Peter is still Spider-Man.
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Peter or Tony? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A is bathed by Character B while pining: Why are they being bathed? I don't know. I love this trope, though. Like. Was someone injured and needs the help? Were they injured and don't actually need the help, but here the other character is, helping them anyway? Are they both drunk and it seemed like a good idea at the time? Is one of them drunk and the other is making sure they don't drown in the tub? Does one of them have no sense of boundaries and the other decides to roll with it? Also, I received a great fic that fits this freeform already for this tag, but I will always take more.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Peter thinks Tony just has started kissing his cheek as a platonic sign of affection. Maybe Tony just thinks Peter has gotten extra touchy-feely. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Hanahaki Disease: I'm, uh, going to point at that feeling requited tag and the no hopelessly unhappy endings DNW just as a general reminder. I'd rather not see feelings removed, but rather for it to turn out they're returned. Feel free to lean into the angst before the reveal. Also, is this a general universe thing? Or is this a weird lab accident? An IW canon divergent AU in which the Snap did something else? The weirdest power Peter manifests? A magic thing? I'm here for any and all of it, with either person or both.
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal: Is it revealed because they spill their feelings under the influence or because their behavior doesn't change?
- Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining because they think they're just a fling: Why do they think they're just a fling? Is this canon divergent or future fic in which Tony hasn't had a real relationship since Pepper/ever? Does Tony think Peter's too young to settle down or is just enjoying coming into his own as a young adult the way Tony did? Is the other person really obvious that they want more? Are they too subtle? Do they also think it's just a fling?
- Pining because they think they're just a rebound: Who's rebounding? I'd like to note that I've received an amazing Peter thinks he's a rebound fic, but I'd be delighted to see more of that interpretation or also Tony thinking he's the rebound. I just want more cake.
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character doused with truth serum: I've also received great fic of this, but again, I want to see more of this thing that I love. What do they say while they're under it? How did they get dosed? Is this an accident or something that comes up when captured and interrogated?
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining while sharing a bath: Same hat as above about bathing. Why are they bathing together? Was someone injured and needs the help and might as well climb in, because the tub's big enough? Were they injured and don't actually need the help, but here the other character is helping them anyway? Are they both drunk and it seemed like a good idea at the time? Is one of them drunk and the other is making sure they don't drown in the tub? Does one of them have no sense of boundaries and the other decides to roll with it? Is it a whirlpool tub, and that's pretty much just a jacuzzi? Are they both in desperate need of a bath, and never mind there are more tubs, might as well use the same one?
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end? Also, I feel it prudent to mention that while I received two (excellent! amazing!) time loop fic for this ship, I will always take more and am interested in seeing what else people come up with, whether it's from someone new or if someone wants to go for a hat trick.
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this? Who does everyone include? The people they know, or is the media convinced Tony has a hot young boyfriend and/or is dating Spider-Man?
- Fake Dating - mutual pining: Same questions as undercover as married.
Things I like about Peter/Tony:
I adore both of these characters, but I did not ship it until I watched this vid, at which point I was sold.
I enjoy mentor/protege relationships in general, but I think what I like the most about this, besides the setting and characters all taken individually, is the genuine affection they have for each other. Tony maybe has some unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for a fifteen year old ("I wanted you to be better"), complete with the lack of awareness from someone who was attending MIT at that age, but it's clear that he has high hopes for Peter from the very beginning and sees him as someone who can grow into a real hero. On Peter's side, he admires Tony not just as some distant idol, but as an actual person, and he seemed devastated at disappointing him. I love that in IW, Tony is able to describe in a handful of words what the problem is, and immediately Peter is on the same page. You can really see where they've gotten comfortable with each other, and I loved watching them really mesh on the fight scenes.
Whether it's platonic or otherwise, they click really well and have a really fun dynamic.
Other notes:
I have seen all of the MCU films. So long as you follow my DNWs, feel free to pull in anything from any of them or to ignore them at will. You could even pull in stuff from the comics or other Marvel properties if the fancy takes you, though I can't guarantee I'll get all your references. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Naruto (Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Naruto DNW: Death of any summons animals or permanent death any of Kakashi's or Guy's teams, anything Boruto.
DNW explications:
Yes, I know where canon went wrt character death. Let's kick canon in the face or set things before that.
I have not read/seen Boruto and have no intention in doing so. No hate for it, just zero interest.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Guy or Kakashi? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Kakashi thinks Guy just has started hand-kissing as another weird Guy thing or because he's teasing him. Maybe Guy just thinks Kakashi has gotten extra touchy-feely as he's slowly overcome some of his losing people trauma. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, a jutsu, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining after years of friendship: This is like the freeform equivalent of a free space for this ship.
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, a jutsu, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is seriously one of my permanent OTPs. I love how they play off each other, the way they'll troll each other a little, but still hold genuine and abiding respect and affection for each other. I love their long history and how well they know each other. The setting itself is fun (battle wizard ninja! serious moments and silly shenanigans both!), but my greatest love is for the characters.
Other notes:
I go with the Guy writing/reading, but I don't mind anyone spelling it Gai instead. I'm not a huge fan of the end of the manga. You can feel free to ignore or include things from it at will so long as Neji doesn't die. If you just don't mention him, I will assume he is still alive and kicking around, so you don't need to directly contradict canon if you don't want to. I'm willing to do the heavy lifting in my head so long as you give me room to. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
In closing and because this bears repeating no matter the exchange:
My number one hope for my gift is that my writer has a good time with it, so let me emphasize again that I'm just happy that there will be more stuff for one of these fandoms. Whatever you end up doing, I'm hoping it's something you enjoy about the fandom and have fun making.
Have a happy Pining Exchange! ♥
Also, as ever and always, I would like to emphasize, please don't feel obligated to read this letter in its entirety (or at all!). If you already have an idea of what you want to do from just the AO3 requests, go for it! This is all to (I hope) make it easier on you, and I am a big believer in optional details being optional. There being fic for my ships and fandoms will make me happy. Everything else is icing on delicious, delicious cake. Every single optional prompt/additional thought is very, very optional.
If I flub the letter writing and editing process and mention something in my letter that is not on AO3 and in my sign-ups or if I phrase something poorly, I'd also like to emphasize that that's on me and you're free to pretend you didn't see it (or to ask the mods if you're still concerned). My DNWs are all listed under DNWs in my optional details on AO3. If it's something not listed under DNWs, then that's a preference, but I'm still going to read/look at and comment on your fic and (if history is anything to judge) be really happy with it.
For ease of finding me: tuesday on AO3, everysecondtuesday on tumblr.
On past gifts: I've received fic in the past for several of my requested fandoms, which I loved! I just want more. If you matched me on it, I am sure I will love whatever you make me, whether it's along the lines of the gifts I've already received or something entirely new.
On other gifts: I am always open to treats and late gifts. If I've requested it on an AO3 exchange, I still want it, even years later.
Recursive works: If you have authorial permission (blanket or otherwise), I do not mind recursive fic or art of past gifts, my own fic, or certain other beloved fic you know I've read. Specifically thinking of DoS thanks to a EAD conversation recently, but I'm sure there are others; you can always check through the mod, and I will do my best to get back to them quickly.
Format Likes: I like all ratings for works, from General Audiences to Explicit. For fic, I'm open to any length of fic, from drabbles and drabble series to just over the min to sprawling epics. I like both traditional fic and non-traditional and experimental formats, including interactive fiction, epistolary, and multimedia. I prefer past or present tense. I generally prefer third person (especially consistent third person limited where POV shift only happens in scene breaks or doesn't happen at all) or a match to canon (which in some cases is going to be first or second). (I'm open to everything! These are just preferences.)
General Likes: worldbuilding, humor, horror, crack, canon-divergent AUs, other types of AUs (magic, cyberpunk, steampunk, regency, everyone lives, end of the world, sentinel and other fusions), IN SPACE, family and found family, friendship, machinations, intrigue, time travel, mysteries, time loops, magic, shenanigans, political negotiations, alliances of convenience, plot, developing relationships/friendships, character has the chance to re-do/relive events, reincarnation, mysteries, comedy of errors, competence, communication, codas, future fic.
Horror Likes: ghosts and ghost stories, monsters, isolation, trapped together, apocalypses and the post-apocalyptic life thereafter, murder mysteries, creeping horror, non-euclidean geometry and architecture, eldritch horrors, unethical experimentation, cannibalism (by choice or by necessity; knowing or unknowing), the undead, A.I. gone horribly wrong, A.I. gone horribly right, body horror, monkey's paws, artifacts of doom, mimics and people lures, plant monsters and killer horticulture, gallows humor.
Ship Likes: Soulmates and/or soul bonds. Alternate first meetings. Mutual pining. Didn't know they're dating, mistaken for dating, and fake dating. Undercover as a couple. Matchmaking and arranged marriages and courting. Friends to lovers. Extended courtships and whirlwind romance. Woke up married. Truth serum and trapped together and handcuffed together. Magic curses. Gestures of affection and intimacy. Firsts (dates, kisses, times).
Hurt/comfort: I have a whole host of freeforms I loved that I requested for hurt/comfort exchange + some thoughts on h/c at my h/c letter (overlapping specific fandom requests: Dragon Age Hawke/Varric, Fallout 4 Deacon/Sole Survivor, MCU Peter/Tony, Naruto Guy/Kakashi).
Smut Likes: all things vanilla, aftercare, anal with men on the receiving end (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), anal fingering with men on the receiving end (m/m, f->m, but not m->f or f/f), bathing together, biting, blood play and/or still bleeding (characters roughed up from other causes and everyone still being dtf, especially), bondage/restraint (especially handcuffs, silk rope, ties or other things being repurposed, honor bondage), breath play, bruising, clothing kink, come-eating, cuddling, desperation, dirty talk, edging, electrostimulation, emotional sex/emotions during sex, enthusiastic consent, f/m pegging, face-fucking, face-sitting, face touching, first times (together or ever), for science!, frottage, gentleness, handholding, hair-petting, hair-pulling, held down, hickeys, hurt/comfort, impact play (but not as punishment), "inappropriate" use of magic/the Force/superpowers/technology, kissing, kneeling, laughter/joking around/banter during sex, loyalty kink, making out, manhandling, marking, masochism, massage, mating cycles/in heat (please all parties into each other beforehand), mentor/protege, multiple orgasms, object insertion, omega-verse, oral sex, overstimulation, oviposition, pain play, pervertibles, praise kink, robot sex, rimming (clean only), rushed sex, scent-marking, service kink, sensation play, sounding, switching, sugar daddy kink (but not use of the word "daddy"/daddy kink), tenderness, toys, trust, voice kink, voyeurism (consensual only), vulnerability.
If you'd like more thoughts on smut likes or to see prompts and freeforms I've requested in the past, I wrote a letter for smut swap (overlapping specific fandom requests: Dragon Age Hawke/Varric, Fallout 4 Deacon/Sole Survivor, MCU Peter/Tony, Naruto Guy/Kakashi).
If you're still looking for additional ideas, I also requested a bunch of freeforms for all four of these ships for Just Married and included some prompts for some of them.
General DNWs:
- Hopelessly unhappy endings.
- Unrequested permanent requested character death.
- Suicidal ideation.
- Focus on unrequested serious illness.
- Graphic eye trauma.
- Infidelity, characters thinking they're engaged in infidelity, or major focus on/long scenes in which characters think the other character is being unfaithful.
- Focus on unrequested ships.
- Underage romantic or sexual relationships.
- Actually unrequited love between requested / ship (characters can think it is, but I would like them to be wrong).
- Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play (for dubcon likes or prompts, I'd prefer all parties to already be into each other in cases where consent is affected).
- Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master."
- The spelling "cum" (as opposed to "come").
- Unrequested kink.
These specific AUs: mundane AUs, anything to do with religion, the mob/organized crime, prisons, slavery, sex work, or which would involve student/school teacher. (All other AUs are dearly beloved; I'm only mentioning these because I do tend to ask for various AUs, and I'm just not into these particular ones.)
DNW Clarifications and Explications:
Hopelessly unhappy endings: I'd prefer either a happy ending or the sense that there's a roadmap to get there.
Unrequested permanent requested character death: Impermanent requested character death is fine and baked into a few of my likes and canons. I would like all requested characters to be alive at the end of the story unless the prompt/freeform actually goes there. Wrt Endgame, you can set things pre-canon events, have them miraculously survive, have canon diverge, etc., and I will take it.
Graphic eye trauma: Non-descriptive references are fine.
Infidelity etc.: Poly outside of MCU Peter/Tony is fine. (In my sign-up and the fandom section, though, it is a definite DNW in MCU for Peter/Tony.) I don't want anyone confused on the fact that it is poly, not cheating. In general, my major concern is to avoid a) definitely cheating in any direction, b) something in which one part of the ship thinks the other part is in a closed relationship and that's what the main ship is engaging in, c) something in which one half of a closed relationship believes the other is cheating on them and we the audience are likely to also think that's what's going on and which comprises a major, ongoing part of the story as opposed to something brief and mistaken.
Underage romantic or sexual relationships: Everyone in a relationship should be 18+, please. For something like Peter/Tony, you can go with a) setting a fic later, b) feelings that aren't currently going to be realized, c) aging up within the setting/everything stays the same, but Peter is older, d) time travel shenanigans, e) something else I haven't thought of, but maybe you have.
Actually unrequited love between requested / ships: Characters can think it is, but I would like them to be wrong.
Unrequested dub- or non-con or rape play: You're fine to include dubcon from my current likes or requests from this year's smut swap or h/c exchange letters. I'd prefer anything with consent affected (e.g. sex pollen, aphrodisiacs) for all characters involved in sex to already be into each other. I do not want non-con or rape play.
Contract or 24/7 BDSM or use of the word "master": Mentioning this because I have a lot of BDSM-related or adjacent likes. It wouldn't ruin my night or fic, but I'm not super into the formalized contract thing or it being the focus of a relationship/what the relationship is primarily about, and I don't want to accidentally set any traps for my author. I'm fine with and enjoy non-formalized play, with people having fun with pain, bondage, some power dynamics (e.g. Peter calling Tony "Mr. Stark" in bed), etc.
Unrequested kink: I have a long list of smut likes for guidance and linked my smut swap letter, too, but please don't tie yourself in knots over this/worry about, "Does this count as a kink? I don't think it's a kink/think it's pretty vanilla, but what if Tuesday disagrees?" I'm going to always assume good faith here. Mainly, I'm concerned about avoiding my smut swap DNWs without making my DNWs section even more unwieldy than it already is.
Specific AUs: If it's not AU, it's perfectly fine to include in-universe religious things like getting married at a church or run-ins with the Templars or what-have-you. What I'm specifically trying to exclude are AUs like, "What if Kakashi was a monk?" or "What if the Avengers were a cult?" or "What if Deacon was actually a demon?" wherein the focus of the 'verse is suddenly on a religious aspect that wasn't there previously. Wrt mundane AUs, I'd like 'verses with fantastical elements to keep those elements or equivalents thereof. For something like a coffee shop AU, Hawke is either still a mage or still has a mage sister. For something like a regency AU, Tony Stark still builds tech leagues ahead of everyone else and Peter still got superpowers.
Dragon Age (Varric Tethras/Hawke) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Dragon Age DNW: Permanent death of any of Hawke's companions or their household, including (especially) Dog. Actually, any death at all of Dog.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Hawke or Varric? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A incorrectly assumes that Character B knows that A is pining for them: I love the idea of either thinking that of course the other knows, because they have never bothered to hide their heart eyes around the other person. And of course they don't, because they were too busy hiding their own.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Hawke thinks Varric just has started hand-kissing as a thing. Maybe Varric just thinks Hawke has gotten extra touchy-feely. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage: What traumatic situation? Is it some non-canon event? Has Hawke just been spat back out by the Fade? Has Varric just gotten done with the Inquisition? Does the other person want them to take advantage?
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal: Is it revealed because they spill their feelings under the influence or because their behavior doesn't change?
- Pining after years of friendship: This is like the freeform equivalent of a free space for this ship, besides the implication that it's late into/after DAII.
- A pining because they think B isn't attracted to their species: Which of them thinks this? When and how do they realize they're wrong?
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking: I can see either or both doing this. "Look at me, joking about how hot you are. What a jape, as I drape my arm around you. It's so funny how tremendously in love I am."
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, magic, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining Impacts Character's Ability to Perform Magic: This one obviously is more geared toward Hawke, but if you can make it work for Varric, I'd be interested.
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: To be fair, it's a valid assumption. What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this?
Things I like about this canon:
Not gonna lie, Varric is my fave. I am still disappointed I did not get to make Hawke/Varric be an in-game thing and will probably be torn between delight and indignation if we're ever allowed to romance him in future games. Hawke is an absolute disaster, and I can really appreciate that in a character. I love Hawke a lot is what I'm saying. Hawke/Varric is my OTP. DAII is probably still my favorite, but I love the 'verse and its many characters.
Other notes:
My favorite Hawke is purple mage Hawke, but I love all Hawkes, and you can choose whichever you please. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Fallout 4 (Deacon/Sole Survivor) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Fallout 4 DNW: Permanent death of any non-Institute companions, pet (or traditionally a pet, e.g. cats and dogs) death, Sole Survivor siding with the Institute or the Brotherhood.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- Character is just out of a traumatic situation and the other doesn't want to take advantage: What traumatic situation? Does the SS realize their immediate crush shouldn't be acted upon, because they just walked through an installation full of the bodies of Deacon's dead friends and colleagues? Is it right after they take down the Institute or the SS had to confront their son? Is it some non-canon event? Does the other person want them to take advantage?
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character doused with truth serum: What do they say while they're under it? How did they get dosed? Is this an accident or something that comes up when captured and interrogated? Did they walk into another contaminated building with a chemical agent without hazmat suits?
- Pining character flirts but pretends they're joking: I can see either or both doing this. "Look at me, joking about how hot you are. What a jape, as I drape my arm around you. It's so funny how tremendously in love I am."
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this?
- Fake Dating - mutual pining: Same questions as undercover as married.
Things I like about this canon:
Deacon is my absolute favorite companion, and it's a crying shame we cannot romance him. I love his humor, his disguises, his lies, and the way, despite everything, he really, truly genuinely cares. I loved running into him as a guard just outside Diamond City and as a trader elsewhere (his comment about "for trade things" made me laugh and wonder, "Are you even trying anymore?") and just--pretty much every time I turned around, and I love that he vouches for you even if you haul ass straight to the Railroad at level one as a complete nobody. He has no reason to have faith in the Sole Survivor, but he does. I love best a Sole Survivor who does their best to bear out that faith, as someone who gives him hope again, if not in their words, then their actions. Also, sarcasm buddies for life.
Other notes:
I love all types of Sole Survivors. My favorite is a sarcastic/curious Sole Survivor, but again: I love them all. Whatever name you want to use, whether it's the default or otherwise, I am fine with. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Marvel Cinematic Universe (Peter Parker/Tony Stark) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
MCU DNWs: Poly in this specific fandom for the requested / ship. Contentious break-up between Tony and Pepper. (For Peter/Tony and my infidelity DNW, I would like to point to: they never got back together post-Civil War or they have an amicable break-up. If you want, you don't even need to mention it, and I will go with my reading of choice.) Morgan existing only to be erased from existence within the story (never existing in the first place in the story is fine). Death of anyone important to Peter or Tony (e.g. May, Pepper, Ned, Rhodey), except impermanent requested character death. Death at all of Goose. (Essentially: Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill Tony or Peter's other loved ones or Goose at all.)
DNW Explications:
Usually, I'm happy to receive poly, but for Peter/Tony, I do not want poly. Current canon relationships can be dealt with via amicable break-up or never having happened. You can also just not mention them, and I will happily go with my preferred reading. If you want to include Morgan, you can have her exist as either "two friends having a kid together" or go with "and then, despite having a kid together, Pepper and Tony did not work out." If she exists within the story, however, I do not want her subsequently erased from existence through time travel or other circumstances. It's also fine to have an AU without Morgan having existed in the first place. It's existing, then not that I'm trying to avoid here.
Regarding character death, Tony or Peter can die in time loops that are reset or die and be resurrected in other ways, but please don't kill their other loved ones at all. I'm fine if you want to include parts of Endgame happening so long as something happens to fix it (resurrection, a re-do, Tony miraculously survives). I'm also okay with canon divergence at any point. I want all my requested characters alive at the end of the fic.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- Arranged Marriage - mutual pining between spouses: Obviously this is going to be an AU of some sort, but my favorite version of this would be where they still have their powers, Tony is still Iron Man, and Peter is still Spider-Man.
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Peter or Tony? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A is bathed by Character B while pining: Why are they being bathed? I don't know. I love this trope, though. Like. Was someone injured and needs the help? Were they injured and don't actually need the help, but here the other character is, helping them anyway? Are they both drunk and it seemed like a good idea at the time? Is one of them drunk and the other is making sure they don't drown in the tub? Does one of them have no sense of boundaries and the other decides to roll with it? Also, I received a great fic that fits this freeform already for this tag, but I will always take more.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Peter thinks Tony just has started kissing his cheek as a platonic sign of affection. Maybe Tony just thinks Peter has gotten extra touchy-feely. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Hanahaki Disease: I'm, uh, going to point at that feeling requited tag and the no hopelessly unhappy endings DNW just as a general reminder. I'd rather not see feelings removed, but rather for it to turn out they're returned. Feel free to lean into the angst before the reveal. Also, is this a general universe thing? Or is this a weird lab accident? An IW canon divergent AU in which the Snap did something else? The weirdest power Peter manifests? A magic thing? I'm here for any and all of it, with either person or both.
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Love spell/potion prompts feelings reveal: Is it revealed because they spill their feelings under the influence or because their behavior doesn't change?
- Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining because they think they're just a fling: Why do they think they're just a fling? Is this canon divergent or future fic in which Tony hasn't had a real relationship since Pepper/ever? Does Tony think Peter's too young to settle down or is just enjoying coming into his own as a young adult the way Tony did? Is the other person really obvious that they want more? Are they too subtle? Do they also think it's just a fling?
- Pining because they think they're just a rebound: Who's rebounding? I'd like to note that I've received an amazing Peter thinks he's a rebound fic, but I'd be delighted to see more of that interpretation or also Tony thinking he's the rebound. I just want more cake.
- Pining Character A Settles For Meaningless Sex From Character B But Wants More
- Pining character doused with truth serum: I've also received great fic of this, but again, I want to see more of this thing that I love. What do they say while they're under it? How did they get dosed? Is this an accident or something that comes up when captured and interrogated?
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining while sharing a bath: Same hat as above about bathing. Why are they bathing together? Was someone injured and needs the help and might as well climb in, because the tub's big enough? Were they injured and don't actually need the help, but here the other character is helping them anyway? Are they both drunk and it seemed like a good idea at the time? Is one of them drunk and the other is making sure they don't drown in the tub? Does one of them have no sense of boundaries and the other decides to roll with it? Is it a whirlpool tub, and that's pretty much just a jacuzzi? Are they both in desperate need of a bath, and never mind there are more tubs, might as well use the same one?
- Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed: Is the love interest in it, too? Are they sitting beside it, watching over them? Why are they in the bed? Are they hurt? Is this a comfort situation? Convenience? One of them got drunk and decided to spend the night?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end? Also, I feel it prudent to mention that while I received two (excellent! amazing!) time loop fic for this ship, I will always take more and am interested in seeing what else people come up with, whether it's from someone new or if someone wants to go for a hat trick.
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
- Everyone thinks they're already in a relationship: What do the other people think of it? Do they keep correcting people? Do they realize yeah, they want to be? Does the other person comment on this? Who does everyone include? The people they know, or is the media convinced Tony has a hot young boyfriend and/or is dating Spider-Man?
- Fake Dating - mutual pining: Same questions as undercover as married.
Things I like about Peter/Tony:
I adore both of these characters, but I did not ship it until I watched this vid, at which point I was sold.
I enjoy mentor/protege relationships in general, but I think what I like the most about this, besides the setting and characters all taken individually, is the genuine affection they have for each other. Tony maybe has some unrealistic and unreasonable expectations for a fifteen year old ("I wanted you to be better"), complete with the lack of awareness from someone who was attending MIT at that age, but it's clear that he has high hopes for Peter from the very beginning and sees him as someone who can grow into a real hero. On Peter's side, he admires Tony not just as some distant idol, but as an actual person, and he seemed devastated at disappointing him. I love that in IW, Tony is able to describe in a handful of words what the problem is, and immediately Peter is on the same page. You can really see where they've gotten comfortable with each other, and I loved watching them really mesh on the fight scenes.
Whether it's platonic or otherwise, they click really well and have a really fun dynamic.
Other notes:
I have seen all of the MCU films. So long as you follow my DNWs, feel free to pull in anything from any of them or to ignore them at will. You could even pull in stuff from the comics or other Marvel properties if the fancy takes you, though I can't guarantee I'll get all your references. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
Naruto (Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy) (either or both pining) (Feelings eventually requited) (fic):
Naruto DNW: Death of any summons animals or permanent death any of Kakashi's or Guy's teams, anything Boruto.
DNW explications:
Yes, I know where canon went wrt character death. Let's kick canon in the face or set things before that.
I have not read/seen Boruto and have no intention in doing so. No hate for it, just zero interest.
Tags (extra prompts super optional, feel free to ignore):
- B is courting A who doesn't realize because it's different from how B flirts with other people: What does courting normally look like for Guy or Kakashi? How is it different for each other? When do they realize oh, yeah, actually, that's flirting? One of them being a disaster at it would delight me, but I also like the thought of them actually being pretty smooth and/or obvious, but it's dismissed, because that's not what courting has looked like for that character before.
- Character A pines while Character B Thinks They're Already Dating: Maybe the other character just thinks they're taking it slow? Maybe Kakashi thinks Guy just has started hand-kissing as another weird Guy thing or because he's teasing him. Maybe Guy just thinks Kakashi has gotten extra touchy-feely as he's slowly overcome some of his losing people trauma. Maybe they think this is just a friends with benefits deal, and it's not actually dating.
- Hurt/Comfort: I'm good with all levels of hurt/comfort, but I'm also going to gesture in the direction of my hurt/comfort exchange letter.
- Pined-for character reveals feelings to pining character while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, a jutsu, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining after years of friendship: This is like the freeform equivalent of a free space for this ship.
- Pining character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.): I will take any form of this. Under the influence of pain, alcohol, a jutsu, etc. Does the other believe them?
- Pining while stuck in a time loop: When is the time loop set? What makes it start and what makes it end?
- Undercover as Married While Pining: Why are they undercover? Does this lead to realizing feelings, their own or the other person's? Do they take every excuse to touch each other while telling themselves it's all for the cover? Do they have difficulty with this aspect of the cover, because it's making the feelings thing worse?
Things I like about this ship/canon:
This is seriously one of my permanent OTPs. I love how they play off each other, the way they'll troll each other a little, but still hold genuine and abiding respect and affection for each other. I love their long history and how well they know each other. The setting itself is fun (battle wizard ninja! serious moments and silly shenanigans both!), but my greatest love is for the characters.
Other notes:
I go with the Guy writing/reading, but I don't mind anyone spelling it Gai instead. I'm not a huge fan of the end of the manga. You can feel free to ignore or include things from it at will so long as Neji doesn't die. If you just don't mention him, I will assume he is still alive and kicking around, so you don't need to directly contradict canon if you don't want to. I'm willing to do the heavy lifting in my head so long as you give me room to. When it comes to explicit fic, I have no strong preferences for who does a thing to whom. Same with what direction to interpret a freeform.
In closing and because this bears repeating no matter the exchange:
My number one hope for my gift is that my writer has a good time with it, so let me emphasize again that I'm just happy that there will be more stuff for one of these fandoms. Whatever you end up doing, I'm hoping it's something you enjoy about the fandom and have fun making.
Have a happy Pining Exchange! ♥