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*NOTE: My apologies, dear writer, for the crappy formatting and ugliness of this letter - but I'm going on vacation a few days and wanted to get it posted before assignments go out! I'll clean it up later for easier viewing!!*

Dear Rare Pairs Writer,

First and foremost, I know it's cliché, but I'm just thrilled that you'll be writing for one of my chosen fandoms. That in itself is fabulous, and I'm appreciative and excited and I certainly hope your assignment is something that you enjoy!

Second and uh, secondmost?, I'll try to prompt equally, but sometimes my brain is all 'any fic for these characters, omg' and fails hard at the prompt thing - so, regardless of prompt quantity/quality, I’m honestly just excited to get fic in any of these fandoms! Oh, and if - by chance - you've written for me before and recognize prompts, it's not recycled because I didn't love what you wrote - I'm just greedy and want more!

If it helps you at all - I'm on tumblr as touchofstrange and have anon turned on. I'm on AO3 as skitz_phenom (DV-Skitz). :)

I'll start off with more of a general description of my likes and dislikes/DNWs in fandom and fic, and then I'll move on to more specifics for each of my selections. Please be assured though, that I'm open to almost anything and I want you to have fun writing this.

General ‘Stuff I like’:

·        Slow-build/burn, first-time is one of my absolute favorite relationship tropes. Friends-to-lovers, or enemies-to-lovers or anything in-between

·        I love scenarios that push characters into physical and emotional extremes where their vulnerability comes to the fore/gives them a reason to admit to feelings and act on them.

·         I’m also a total sucker for lots of the really tropey plots & scenarios so please don't be afraid of using them (or lampshading/subverting them). Here are a few that are awesome:

  • ·        Bed-sharing/Huddling for warmth/forced closeness
  • ·        Magic gone awry
  • ·        Stranded together/Crashed on a desert island/Canadian Shack
  • ·        Pretend couple/marriage of convenience
  • ·        I love friendships, found-family and romance.
  • ·        Characters who go to BAMFy extremes for the other - to save them or get vengeance on someone who hurt them - is pure catnip.
  • ·        I also really enjoy action/adventure, plotty case-fic, and humor.
  • ·        Angst & Hurt/comfort is terrifically dandy as well, and considering a couple of my fandoms, violence could be expected. I'll admit it though: I'm a sucker for a happy ending.
  • ·        Crossovers might be okay, but I'd have to know the other fandom. And Canon-adjacent AU is welcome.

·        If you do run into questions/concerns, please don't hesitate to have a mod ask me (or send me an anon ask on tumblr)!

The ‘Stuff I like Ratings/Sex-wise’:

·        I’m entirely open when it comes to Gen, Het, Slash, Femslash, Threesomes/ Moresomes (it's always fun to include a fandom where 'moresomes' are a possibility) as they suit the fandom & characters requested.

·        I'll absolutely enjoy everything from gen to explicit and everything in between. With matching being character and/or pairing based, yeah, I'm definitely in it for the relationship between the characters and most/(almost all) of the time I'm interested in their relationship being romantic/sexual in nature, but I'm totally cool if that doesn't include sex.

·        That said, Porn is great. I love porn. (I’m including some PWP type prompts – though I think any of the other prompts could lend themselves to porn happening.)

·        If things get do porny - plain ol' vanilla sex is great, but I enjoy kinky stuff as well. (I’ll note any fandom specific kinks in my prompts section)

·        I prefer top/bottom switching. I'm not picky on who does what to who and the more variety the better.

·        A couple of kinks/things I’m particularly fond of (in any/all gender combinations):
A character face-forward against a wall/door/bulkhead being sexed-up from behind.

  • Frottage
  • Rimming
  • Fingering
  • Biting/Marking
  • Pegging
  • Dual penetration
  • Intercural
  • Xeno or tentacles (where applicable to the fandom).

The ‘What I’m Not So Fond of’ & DNWs:

My 'hardstop, won’t read, will reject’ DNWs are in my sign-up (and copied below). Fandom specific exceptions are noted in my sign-up!

From my letter: DNWs include: certain heavier kinks (ex: underage, incest, necrophilia, watesports, scat, vore, non-sentient bestiality, age-play, daddy/mommy-kink, infantilism, emetophilia, inflation, feeding, lactation/pregnancy, amputation/body modification, medical-play, needles, body fluids other than sweat, saliva, ejaculate, blood), child abuse, gratuitous animal harm, humiliation, noncom of or btwn requested characters, partner betrayal, permanent char. death, suicide or suicidal ideation, vampire/werewolf AU, mundane AU, slave AU, seme/uke dynamics, disability fic, issue-fic, trans or ace headcanons, A/B/O type verse, Mpreg, always-a-girl/boy, D/s lifestyle 24/7, 1st or 2nd person POV, come spelled as cum, character bashing.

  • That being said, there are some additional details on the above DNWs and a few other things that aren’t really my cup of tea:
  • Regarding the heavier/extreme kinks, I think I've covered most of the main tags/categories that fall under the YKINMKATO setting, but I know I’m also probably forgetting (or not aware of) a few more hardcore kinks. Plus, sometimes those boundaries can blur, so if you have any questions about other kinks, please feel free to ask!
  • Some ‘milder’ kinks (and I know YMMV on that definition!) I’m okay with in moderation:
    • Edging, breathe play, blood play, knife play, gun play, scent kink, felching, figging, come play, mild BDSM, spanking, sensation play, object insertion, fisting, somnophilia.
  • Please no overt animal cruelty – but hunting/fishing is fine and expected as they fit the fandom
  • No abuse or violence towards children (esp. under 15) but reference to it in a characters’ past may be acceptable (as noted in my fandom specific exceptions!
  • Please no character bashing. Even if I didn’t request the characters, I pretty much like them all.
  • I’m as much a fan of the universes I’m requesting as the characters, so I’d prefer not to see much in the way of non-canon/mundane AU (i.e coffee shop, tattoo parlor, etc...)
  • Not a huge fan of 1st or 2nd person POV, or of epithets (particularly related to age, hair color, height, eye color)
  • While I don’t want permanent character death or suicide, I don’t mind if you go darkside, and temporary death for plot purposes is fine, but I appreciate avoiding killing the main characters.
  • Partner betrayal makes me uncomfortable, although if it’s misunderstood, I can deal with that.
  • Humiliation is public is definitely a ‘no’ – but in a private situation (verbally, physically, etc…) is tolerable.
  • Lastly, while I’d prefer to avoid noncon (esp. between the nominated characters), reference to it having happened in the past may be acceptable (and noted for fandoms). I also prefer to steer away from dubcon w/out feelings and/or consequences (i.e. Okay would be Sex Pollen w/ 'OMG what did I/You/We do?!').
  • All this with the caveat that I do expect some of this could be applicable in the canons I’ve selected and I have noted exceptions in my sign-up!

 

Canon specific details & prompts!

 

The Exorcist (TV)

 

Group: Marcus Keane/Tomas Ortega, Group: Marcus Keane/Peter Osborne

Why I love this fandom: I’d heard of this show but didn’t watch it until after the first two seasons had already aired… and then I pretty much binge-watched both seasons over the matter of a weekend. I don’t know why I didn’t watch sooner because it’s utterly my jam! I love the mentor/student vibe as well as the forbidden nature of being Priests. And, Ben Daniels?! Yes. Just yes. One of my favorite things is the devotion they develop towards each other. Plus, Marcus’ tragic backstory is catnip.

Although I’m all for Marcus/Tomas, I also did love Peter… he was so sweet and kind to Marcus, so I'd also love to explore the potential of their relationship! They were just barely getting to know each other and yet Peter seemed to understand Marcus' struggles in a very personal way. I'd love it if you want to see what the future might hold for them!

I'm also great if you want to involve both pairings, in either order.

Specific Prompts:

  • At the end of the 2nd season, Marcus is given a ‘vision’ of Tomas. There’s such anguish in his voice when he calls out Tomas’ name. Whatever he saw sends Marcus on a desperate hunt to find Tomas and save him.
  • Something or someone else from Marcus’ past causes troubles for him during an exorcism, forcing Tomas to work through it with him. They have to balance the feelings it starts to bring to the surface – shame, guilt – and work through what it means for the two of them, at the same time as succeeding in completing a complicated exorcism.
  • Getting closer to Marcus and trying to deal with everything that he's learning about Marcus' past proves challenging for Peter, but he's determined to keep going and pursuing a relationship. Something extremely challenging comes along, but instead of cropping up from Marcus' storied history, it's actually a remnant from Peter's past that proves the biggest obstacle.
  • In a last-ditch effort to stop Tomas, the demon-controlled church excommunicates him, hoping this will keep him from getting deeper into the troubles plaguing their leadership. Tomas is bereft, but Marcus is there to support him through it… including helping him to indulge in some things he’s denied himself.
  • In those three months that pass after Marcus walks away from Tomas, he tries to settle into a ‘normal’ life. He and Peter are slowly building something together and he's trying to put thoughts of possession and exorcisms behind him. But, his old life catches him up when Tomas shows up again.
  • Marcus and Tomas have been reunited once again and -although there is tension that's never seemed to resolve -continued their mission, together. After several months of this 'status quo', they are contacted by Verity and find out she's gotten into the exorcism game (maybe even partnered up with Mouse?) - and she's in over her head and needs help.  They rush to the rescue and Verity helps them figure themselves out, while they help her with a troubling case (or to rescue Mouse).

Wiedźmin | The Witcher (Video Game) 

 

Group: Geralt of Rivia/Vernon Roche

Why I love this fandom: The best RPG I've ever played, in part because of how much I loved the characters. Vernon was my immediate fav, and I think that he and Geralt could be wonderfully broken together, bonding over their failed relationships, and poor decisions in trying to eventually do the right thing. Any mention of video-game canon characters is totally fine as well - except Emhyr. Please do not include him (except in mention if you refer to Ciri).

I hesitate to mention 'headcanons' as I know that they're quite a personal thing - but if it helps (and it's NOT necessary to include any of this!!) I see Geralt as pretty sexually flexible. Attracted to strong personalities and different kinds of power.  Roche, I read as gay but the type to abstain from sex - not out of a lack of desire, but because it leads to fewer complications in his life and less risk. I also suspect he's got a dark childhood. Again - purely speculation on my part and NOT required!

 

Specific Prompts:

  • Geralt is tasked to complete a mission (maybe something associated to Witcher-school lore) that will require him to venture into some kind of spirit/other realm, leaving his body behind. He needs someone he trusts to watch over him while he does this and asks Roche. Naturally things don’t go as planned and Roche needs to follow him into this other realm/Geralt’s mind/etc... to rescue him.
  • PWP: Geralt encounters Roche while on a mission to dispatch an incubus. Inhibitions lowered, Geralt and Roche give in to their desires and lots of hot, sweaty sex ensues. They try to blame it on the incubus… only to find out it wasn’t an incubus after all.
  • Roche shows up at Geralt’s villa in Toussaint needing a place to lay low. Though he’s close-mouthed about it at first, Geralt convinces him to talk about his troubles, and the two work together to get Roche out of his latest political conundrum.
  • Roche enlists Geralt's help after some men under his command disappear and he fears some kind of beast/monster. Together they dispatch the creature, but Roche is horribly injured, forcing Geralt to make the decision to try to use Witcher decoctions to try to save his life. Hurt/comfort to the max!
  • Roche aids Geralt on a contract where a devious sorceress traps them in a dangerous underground lair. Between the monsters and the dangerous spells and traps, their emotions may be the trickiest thing to navigate and it's going to be a challenge to get out of it alive.

 

Harry Potter

 

Group: Neville Longbottom/Draco Malfoy

The reason I love this pairing: I can’t quite pinpoint when this pairing became my HP OTP, but it happened fast and it hit hard.  Neville has been my favorite character since book 1, and though there are times I really dislike Draco, I absolutely love the direction his character went in.  I can totally see Neville being someone who ‘gets’ Draco, especially as he’s done a bit of growing up.  And I think that Draco would absolutely let Neville inside his guard without realizing it.   I’m not all that fond of power dynamics between these two, and I’ll be honest – prior to maybe book 6, I don’t see it happening at all.  I just like the idea of these two being older, a bit ‘battle’-hardened, and having experienced two different sides of the same conflict, yet finding common ground.  I’m a huge sucker for anything that gets them together post-series; whether that’s just after the Battle, or even acknowledging the epilogue.  It’s almost cliché, but I love them being forced to work together and growing

 

Specific Prompts:

  • Draco’s son is having trouble dealing with his parent’s divorce and starts acting out in school. Neville, concerned for the boy’s well-being, befriends Scorpius and starts to establish a rapport with his father as well.
  • Some months after the Battle of Hogwarts, when things have settled down in the Wizarding world, Neville decides he needs a holiday to get away from everything and find himself. So, he sets off on a herbology-based tour of Europe.  During his travels he crosses paths with Draco more than once – who seems to be on the same journey of self-discovery - and eventually the two start spending more and more time together.
  • Neville starts his own greenhouse, while Draco decides to apprentice to a Potions Master.  Naturally the two end up interacting on a regular basis.
  • Returning to Hogwarts to officially complete their final year, things are different. While the Houses still exist, and sorting still takes place, the enmity between them is much less. A much more confident Neville finds himself tutoring first and second years from all houses in herbology, while Draco offers up his services in potions. They find common ground in their shared history and slowly become friends (and more).

 

Doctor Who (1963)

 

Group: Seventh Doctor/Ace Mcshane

The reason I love this pairing: Everyone has ‘their’ Doctor, and though I’ve been a Whovian since I was a wee child and started watching in the early Baker years, Sylvester is absolutely ‘my’ Doctor.  And Ace will always be my favorite companion.  I think if she’d been any different, the whole ‘modern rebellious teen’ thing wouldn’t have worked for me… but Ace was perfect. Completely brill! And she and the Doctor had such a layered and convoluted and epic relationship.  I truly think that if some of the best Seven/Ace episodes had been recreated now… they’d be too much to handle!  And I firmly believe that they both love each other beyond just the bonds of friendship.  Though I think they both end up retreating from that… and it colored some of their subsequent adventures.

I’m not completely versed on all the books/radio plays that deal with what happened to Ace & Seven after the series went on its ‘long hiatus’ but I know enough that setting something anywhere in that timeframe would be great.  Including pretty much any other companions or any other regenerations is totally cool as well. Just, please make sure that this is about Seven and Ace.

 

Specific Prompts: 
  • How do things change for Ace and the Doctor after the end of Survival? The unseen fallout from Ace’s time with the Cheetah People. Ace has opened herself up to her more primal nature and wants to explore it. The Doctor still has trouble seeing Ace as a grown woman with wants and needs.
  • The Doctor takes Ace to a planet for a bit of R&R (perhaps post Fenris?) but naturally things get out of control quickly.  Ace and the Doctor have to play ‘happy couple’ to keep the natives from sacrificing them to an angry god.
  • The Doctor left Ace on Gallifrey to study with the Time Lords.  It’s been some years since they’ve last seen each other.  Neither one is prepared for just how much things have changed between them when they finally meet up again.
  • Ace gets captured by a violent sect on an alien planet, and the Doctor has to face the possibility of what might happen to her… even the prospect of losing her. He knows Ace is strong, but… these are a cruel people. Naturally, he comes to certain realizations and moves the heavens and time itself to save her and they learn he’s called the oncoming storm for a reason.
  • The Doctor wanders into a situation that’s much more dire than first appeared. He’s taken captive and tortured while the locals continue to stymie Ace as to his whereabouts. Eventually, where yelling and pleading don’t work, subtlety and stealth do, and Ace finds where the Doctor is being held. Seeing what he’s going through – all to protect her it turns out – Ace finally understands her feelings. And of course, busts out the Nitro9.

 

Crossover Fandom

 

Group: Ace McShane (Doctor Who 1963)/Jack Harkness (Torchwood)

Why I love this fandom: As I said in my sign-up, this was one of those 'out of left field' pairings that just kind of showed up in my head. I mean, I guess it's not that out of left field... as they're both part of Doctor Who canon, but still...  I just have very strong feelings about these two former companions who were both likely quite in love with their respective Doctors and also both kinda screwed over by them. I like a strong-willed, tough-as-nails Ace, and a Jack Harkness who's a charmer on the surface, but a man who's suffered underneath.

 

Specific Prompts:

·        Jack finds himself in some dingy dive-bar on some random, backwater planet and sits down for a drink. There's a woman a few stools over eyeing everyone with barely concealed suspicion, so naturally Jack's drawn to her. Even more so when he recognizes that she's using a Dalek eyestalk as a keychain.

·        Strange anomalies catch the attention of Torchwood and Jack sets out to investigate. At the same time, Ace - using her time hopper - is also alerted to some strange happenings back on earth. Can these two work together to save the earth without their past (or their burgeoning attraction) getting in the way?

·        Unknowingly, Ace is set in Jack's path by the Doctor. He thinks he's doing her a favor because he knows she could use some... tension relief and who better for a no-strings fling than Captain Jack. But Ace may just find a kindred spirit instead of a one-night-stand.

·        Daleks... why is it always Daleks? Jack could live another thousand lifetimes without ever running into them again. But obviously, he's going to help the innocent people on this planet. And who the hell is that amazing woman taking them down with just a baseball bat?

 

 

Stargate: Atlantis

 

Groups: Todd the Wraith (Stargate)/Original Stargate Wraith Character(s) (SGA), Todd the Wraith (Stargate)/Original Character(s) (SGA), Teyla Emmagan/Todd the Wraith (SGA), John Sheppard/Todd the Wraith (SGA)

Why I love this fandom: Well, I love SGA to start. The possibilities of the Pegasus galaxy combined with the machinations of the Ancients means pretty much anything goes! Thanks to seeing Todd pairings pop-up in various places *grin*, I’ve gotten more and more intrigued by idea of exploring his character and his characters potential relationships with others. There’s such an under-the-surface animosity in Sheppard’s charm and banter whenever he talks to Todd, and so much potential with regard to their feeding connection! And with Teyla, her superiority and strength seem to cow Todd in an intriguing fashion! I’d love to explore that.  Todd/OC: I mean… what would it take for a human member of the Atlantis expedition to get involved with Todd? Is it feeding? Or something more? Finally, Todd/Original Wraith – we got so little concrete information on Wraith. There so much to explore! Physiology, mating rituals, hierarchy, politics…

Note: I have not read any of the post-series books, so am not familiar with the canon, but if you want to reference it or base a fic during or after one of the books, I’m okay with that! From my reading of wikis, a lot of interesting things happened with the wraith as a species!

 

Specific Prompts:

·        Sheppard has to take Todd with him to a planet with a wraith database, so Todd can get them information on where the remaining hive ships are located. After gating through in a jumper, the gate malfunctions and the jumper crashes, leaving John and Todd to have to rely on each other to survive. And more.

·        On a planet that still worships the Wraith, Teyla must prove her dominance over the wraith in order to rescue her team. Todd acts as her escort and subservient in order to impress the locals. During this feigned display, things start to get much more real. And, it only gets worse when the locals insist on drawing things out and the two are given single quarters.

·        Todd escapes his captivity and kidnaps someone with the ATA gene from Atlantis, forcing him/her to fly them in a jumper through the gate – and several more to avoid being tracked – and they end up on a remote wraith planet that is not what Todd remembers. It’s been abandoned or destroyed. He needs to keep his captive alive, to sustain him, but his ‘victim’ begins to commiserate with his/her captor.

·        Todd is released after Atlantis returns to Pegasus, and seeks out others of his kind. He finds a lone wraith commander (or lone Queen) and learns of the fate of the remaining wraith. Being alone together, instincts kick in and the pair are drawn together by a primal urge to propagate their species.

 

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