Dear raremaleslashex writer,

[hearthouses]

Thank you so much for writing for me! I apologize for the sparse sign up, which must have been a little bit scary. I was a last minute sign up due to work and not enough free time. Then I had a family emergency that left me quite unable to process anything, let alone write this letter. I didn’t get my request details in time for the actual sign up, but this letter should have enough detail for you! My letters are usually fairly long and detailed, as I hope to cover enough ground to give you as much info in case you are not sure of what to write, but feel free to ignore most of this letter but the DNWs if something sparks you that’s not completely like what I prompted. I just want you to feel inspired and comfortable! I chose fanfic as my freeform tags because I'm not sure how to prompt for art, but if anything sparks your creativity for art, I'd love to see what you come up with!

I mostly use this journal as a private place to post thoughts I’m not comfortable posting on my tumblr, which is where I mostly hang out, making graphics and reblogging things—if you choose to visit, it’s good place to snoop to get a generalized glimpse at what I like.

In an effort to make my letter as skimmable as possible, here are some links to help guide you to whatever interests you and help you skip the rest.



LIKES & DNWs
13 REASONS WHY (TV) || THE ACCOUNTANT (2016)
ARISTOTLE & DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE - BENJAMIN ALIRE SAENZ || DEAD RINGERS (1988)
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN: THE SERIES || LUKE CAGE (TV) || THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (2016) || MOONLIGHT (2016)
TEETH - HANNAH MOSKOWITZ




↳ General Things I Like: I am a very emotionally oriented person. I love exploring a character’s thoughts and feelings, what it is that makes that character tick and make the choices they do. I’d rather have purely character thought-piece over a complex well-plotted fic with no emotional heart or depth. I love relationships: their dynamics, how they support one another, how they relate to each other, how they interact, where their wants and needs match up, where they differ, how their different parts interconnect or pull-apart.

I adore friendships in all forms and I love exploring what it means to be friends and the bond between characters. I love emotional history and how that affects a relationship dynamic between characters. Friends-turned-lovers is a favorite trope of mine, as well as love/hate, enemies-turned-lovers dynamics. I love snark and banter and flirting, but I also love new relationship awkwardness, relationship negotiation, and getting-to-know-you bonding. For any relationship to happen, I want some connection at the base before it turns romantic or sexual. I love developing relationships: relationship conflicts after the characters got together, trying to figure out how to make things work, some things maybe not working at first, temporary breakups. If you’re dealing with a poly-relationship, I’d love to see how the characters deal with that new dynamic and how they adjust into their new roles, how the dynamic changes (for better or for worse). I love unlikely friendships/romances, complicated relationships, group dynamics, partnerships.

I also love fucked up, varying-degrees-of-unhealthy, too-close-for-comfort relationships. Codependent relationships, obsessive relationships, completely-fixated-on-the-other relationships. I love when a character is willing to literally let the world burn, should the world try to come between them and the person they love (romantically or platonically), choosing their partner above anyone else. I really love when this is all a choice, rather than conditioning (though I do love when this closeness is born from abusive homes and situations, with the two characters banding together, them-against-the-world). Two-halves-of-a-whole-person type of relationships are my weakness—I love dynamics where the other can’t function without the other and opt for self-destruction in the face of separation (via either substance abuse or moral/character disintegration), even leading to suicide ideation. Them being equally obsessive and fucked up, and extremely invested in their relationship is what I live for. Utter devotion is key.

I also enjoy something in between the two extremes—characters relying on each other and needing each other, making sure the other is okay, taking care of each other, especially in regards to trauma and/or mental illness. Basically I love messy, codependent relationships with dysfunctional people who love each other and are terrible to each other sometimes, but also healthy, loving, mutually supportive relationships, where people take care of each other and communicate with each other, and everything in between or in combination.

I really dig domesticity and what makes a home a home, and how being a family to each other plays into that and how the characters come together in that way. I adore makeshift families and kid!fic in any form (so long as the children are written realistically and not cute accessories—I love reading about the difficulties of parenting, how it changes the relationships, characters reacting to being a parent—especially if they came from an abusive home). I love cooking and doing chores, and quiet breakfast scenes over coffee or tea. If you want to add pets, that would be wonderful! (I love all kinds of animals, but cats have a special place in my heart.

I love porn and wouldn’t mind a PWP piece, if that’s where your heart takes you, but I’d prefer it to be emotionally anchored; not necessarily romantic, but something with a connection and a reason for it happening beyond two (or three!) pretty faces.

↳ Some of my kinks include: trust (I have a huuuge trust kink that can usually make most kinks work if the basis comes from how intensely two characters trust each other and their willingness to give themselves to the other person in every way, and vice versa), angry sex, fighting-that-leads-to-sex, powerplay, D/s (that’s more focused on taking care of each other than humiliation), switching/no set sexual “roles”, topping from the bottom, service kink (getting off on giving pleasure rather than receiving), oral sex, licking, fingering, dirty talk (please no humiliation), praise kink, teasing, body worship, sensory overload (being overwhelmed by sensations, being touched immediately after orgasm), biting/marking/scratching, begging, public sex, heat-of-the-battle sex, frantic sex, jealousy and possessiveness, bloodplay, voyeurism, bondage, somnophilia, size differences, partially-clothed or mostly-clothed sex, handjobs, rimming, frottage, intercrural, double-penetration, masturbation/fantasizing about the other before getting together, mutual masturbation, drunk or high sex (both the emotionally messy, dubcon-y, bad idea kind and the sloppily affectionate consensual kind), rough sex, characters who kink on violence and danger (gunplay, knifeplay, breathplay, exhibitionism, etc.), hatesex, scar kink, sex for comfort and solace, dressing and undressing, messy badly-negotiated (or unnegotiated) sexual desires, inexperience, sexuality exploration, first times, clothes kink (suits, uniforms, gloves, boots etc.), neat characters being disheveled for once; casual characters cleaning up nicely, clothes-sharing, choosing clothes for the other person as kink/foreplay, sex in other places than a bed: on tables, against walls, on the floor, on a chair, in the shower, messiness (sweat, come, etc.), competence kink (characters kinking on the skills set of another, i.e. Seth’s admiration/fixation on Richie cracking safes), oral fixation (smoking, fingersucking, shotgunning, etc.), sex where emotions are mixed, or difficult to acknowledge, or emotionally hurtful to acknowledge, sex that doesn't heal anybody's deep emotional wounds, moody messy melancholy sex.

I’d really love all of this to be paired with tenderness and sweetness, just little touches here and there: hand-holding, forehead touching, forehead/face kisses, snuggling and cuddling, nuzzling, hugs from behind, neck kisses, scar kissing. Lots of kissing in general is lovely. I love the “we like each other so much that we can’t stop touching each other in any way” trope a lot. Sharing food, sharing clothes, sharing beds. Sleep related things in general: comfort after a nightmare, falling asleep together, one character watching the other sleep. Characters feeling safe and cherished by the other. Simple casual intimacy is fantastic and very much appreciated.


↳ Random and miscellaneous things I love:

backstory, future fic, unreliable narrators, outsider POV adding new insight, outsider POV in general, snapshots, missing scene fics, character studies, missing scenes, codas, alternate canons, semi-alternate universes, and canon divergences, and/or slight changes to canon, “what if” AUs

epistolary fic, or a “five times something happened” type of fic, or a “five things you didn’t know,” fics that start in the middle with flashbacks, play with format, if you want

happy endings, bittersweet endings, downer endings—whatever works for your story: no happy domestic fics with sudden swerves into death fic, but if something is generally melancholy to begin with, go with the downer ending

road trips, small towns, traveling, a sense of place, in between moments and in transit, a strong sense of a setting—I really love the aesthetics of being on the road, having to stay in crappy motels and living in and out of suitcases

communicating without words

established relationships/friendships, and domesticity with slice-of-life that details their routine or daily life

the intimacy of living together for a while, or people learning to share space—people sharing household chores or cooking food for each other, people having silly arguments with each other over routine things or watching movies together

awkward wooing, or when people can’t say things in words so they say it in action

slow burns, UST, people reconnecting again, getting back together, learning to love each other again, pining for each other

reunions, a strong sense of history between characters

intense protectiveness, will-kill-for-you-without-thinking protectiveness—or the flipside, will-lay-down-my-life self-sacrificial type of protectiveness

trust—either people who trust each other or people with trust issues

surprising intellect from unsuspecting characters

small but meaningful moments

bad weather, quiet rainy days, autumn, the ocean, the desert, the woods, libraries, characters reading to each other, sense of time passing, the change of seasons, being snowed in

found families

complicated relationships and internal conflicts—I like relationships where not everything is clear cut between people, when conflict stems from personal issues or clashing, rather than something external, where there’s angst and anger between these characters, but also genuine love and fondness

awful people being tender to each other, terrible people who don’t know how to love, or trying very hard to be good to each other (with some or no success)

hurt/comfort of ANY KIND—illness or wounded or just having a bad day, any kind of physical or emotional bad stuff happening to characters (either the main point of the fic or in the background/stemming from canon events), and characters looking after one another, especially tending to injuries, patching the other up, assisting with a drug recovery, to helping each other cope with PTSD or loss, helping them day to day—just a person taking care of someone as a practical way to show love

darkfic of any kind—psychological mind games, body horror, creepy obsessive claustrophobic dynamics, erotic horror, desperate broken violent lives of crime, break-it fics (unhappy or unresolved endings are okay!)

focus on mental illness or trauma, such as panic attacks, character adjusting to each other’s needs, messy coping mechanisms and “bad victim” traits

exploring physical disabilities (losing sight/hearing/the ability to a speak)

irrational ugly emotions, like jealousy or resentment or paranoia

claustrophobic and isolation stories, be it physical or emotional isolation

angst: self-doubts, guilt, shame, nightmares, fears, self-destructive tendencies, alcohol/drug abuse, character-appropriate self-harm, suicide ideation

monsters of any kind—vampires, werewolves, merpeople, witches, ghosts, humanity as monstrosity, the “monster” being more human than the “human”, the interplay between where monstrosity begins and humanity ends, struggles with monsterhood; I love human/monster pairings where the human is fascinated with their otherness and cherishes their monster partner

characters who aren’t sure how to “people” properly, characters who aren’t good at being “human.” Inhumanity, especially when love is demonstrated or expressed differently, but still love

fairytale themes: retellings, use of fairytales as a structure, or a fairytale structured story

reincarnation or soulmates, with the relationship feeling old and constant, or the messy complications that come with being soulmates, “wrong” soulmates, character reliving the same time loops, losing each other and colliding with each other and missing each other completely, past lives, epic-across-time stories

↳ DNWs: I don’t like radical AUs (unless specified), like coffee shop AU or college AUs. I have nothing really against them, but I prefer to read about characters in the canon setting.

I prefer not to read about excessive abuse, but I understand it’s inclusion if it’s part of a character’s backstory. I like reading about the aftereffects of abuse, of trauma, but not the actual traumatic events in detail. Torture or anything further than canon typical violence.

Extreme underage, especially with adults is deeply uncomfortable for me. I am okay with young-ish teenagers (14/15) experimenting with each other, but with my age differential ships, I’d prefer the younger character to be at least sixteen and no romanticization of the dynamic and acknowledgement of the inherent power dynamic at play.

Mentally ill or neurotypical characters treated as evil or terrible—it’s fine if they're experiencing ableism, but I don't want the whole fic to be about that.

No deathfic unless the characters die or have died in canon, or a villain is being killed. Referring to the major character deaths that occur in canon and exploring those after effects is okay, but otherwise, I’d rather not read it. I don’t consider it deathfic if someone dies and then comes back in the same fic.

Miscommunication as a plot point. Cheating/infidelity. Character bashing, ship bashing (if you really can’t stand a character or a ship, I’d prefer you shunt them off to the side or pretend they don’t exist entirely).

My squicks are: parental or cross-gen incest (sibling or cousin incest is totally okay), bestiality (xenophilia in terms of sentient monsters, on the other hand, is encouraged), a/b/o, watersports, scat or most hardcore kinks, humiliation (sexual or otherwise), and rigid top/bottom roles (I prefer switching! But if you have a top/bottom preference for certain characters, that’s okay, I just rather it implied in the fic that’s not all they do).

Non-con is a hardline trigger for me, so I’d rather avoid it unless it’s part of a character’s backstory (I’m okay with dub-con though—either messy and fucked up stuff with one character taking advantage of the other, or “we all got drunk and had sex together, whoops”).




P R O M P T S
13 Reasons Why (TV)
↳ Ships: Clay Jensen/Tony Padilla, Jeff Atkins/Clay Jensen

I really did not expect to like this show so much. I didn’t expect for it to grab me the way it did and I definitely didn’t expect to like these ships, or that there’d be ships in this show and delightful dynamics like Tony/Clay and Clay/Jeff. In terms of prompts, I am open to a lot of things.

For Clay/Tony, I LOVE protective Tony who is kind and gentle and takes care of people, but also beats up people with his brothers for hurting his loved ones. I love Tony’s weird stalking of Clay throughout the series. I would love pre-series fic that takes into account that these kids have known each other most of their lives, gone to the same school, been aware of each other, but also something that explores Tony’s protection and growing fixation of Clay—maybe it’s something that’s been there for years? Not that I want the gay friend who is in love with his straight friend trope, but I would love some kind of slow realization on Tony’s part about his feelings for Clay, especially as he helps him cope through the trauma and events of the series, until he hits that “oh shit I think I love this kid” moment.

But I am also interested in a pre-series, slow burn fic, with Clay realizing he’s also into Tony. Maybe building off that moment where Clay realizes Tony is gay and he never noticed, and reflecting and self-examining himself, his sexuality, and his feelings in the wake of that. I like Brad, I don’t want to demonize him so I’d prefer if he and Tony break up amicably.

Or maybe college era fic, post-series, with Clay in college and Tony hanging around campus (maybe he goes to the same college or another one nearby, maybe both of them are in community college and see each other around?) and a slow burn of their relationship growing as they get older into something more. But most things for this ship would make me happy—first time fic of them kissing or first time hooking up, missing scene ship fic based on their interactions in the show or missing moments, maybe making out in Tony’s garage during the series, or something set after Clay gets beaten up by Bryce and Tony fussing over him and alarmed by Clay’s impulsiveness. That’s always A+. I loved the “you’ll help me?” “always” exchange, it means so much to me and if you want to expand on that, please feel free.

As for Clay/Jeff, my feelings on that ship are really simple in a lot of ways. I generally love the archetype of “nerd/jock” and hence, I loved their growing relationship as Clay tutored Jeff and both grew mutually fond of one another. What really makes this ship special to me is now Jeff defies jerk jock tropes and is genuinely a kind nice person, who just wants to see Clay happy and succeed and helps him out to pay him back for helping him stay on the team.

In terms of prompts, I’d love something about Clay having a crush on Jeff, but being confused about his feelings for him, given he also has a crush on Hannah and isn’t sure how to reconcile the two. I would love Clay lowkey pining for Jeff.

I also loved how Jeff keeps trying to help Clay with girls, and I’d love to read about that escalating. I would love the “the practice kissing” trope for them, honestly. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that trope used for men, but I just feel like Jeff would if he was concerned about Clay’s lack of experience. I’d love it if Clay is confused and all “wait I thought you liked girls?” about it and Jeff is just a chill bisexual. I don’t need those exact things or tropes, but I do want Clay pining and Jeff helping him with girls while also lowkey trying to seduce Clay, some kind of slowburn UST filled fic. You can work with the show’s canon and have Jeff still die or maybe an AU where he lives and their relationship grows.

But if you choose to write Jeff dying, I would LOVE some kind of creepy, messy fic about Clay’s feelings about Jeff’s death and finding his dead body—maybe incorporating his vivid nightmares and visions that he has and also seeing Jeff everywhere like he did with Hannah, or just having some horrifying, but erotic dreams about him post-his death. I would love to explore Clay’s grief and trauma about finding Jeff dead, mixed up with his potential attraction to Jeff.




The Accountant (2016)
↳ Ships: Braxton/Christian Wolff

I adored this movie—it was such a pleasant, unexpected surprise. Chris means a lot to me from a representation standpoint and I was just glad to have a story that reflects my experience told within the framework of a dark action movie. The reveal that Braxton was Chris’ brother and their shared history of codependence and reliance on each other was just icing on the cake. I’d really be happy with any sort of fic for these two (since the tag is so empty).

I don’t want to intimidate anyone with this prompt, and I don’t want issue fic here exactly, but I would love something that focuses on Chris’ autism and how that shaped his dynamic with Braxton, how Braxton grew around his brother’s autism—such as how he tends to express his feelings for him that Chris can’t quite verbalize, such as Braxton saying all the things Chris couldn’t say at the end of the movie. Or the way Braxton functions as his attack dog in some ways for Chris, the fact that Braxton was in ways trained to be Chris’s protector. Basically, Braxton taking care of his brother, helping him and protecting him.

Alternatively, if you want to write about the ways Chris feels about Braxton being so defensive of him, as well as the hard training Braxton also endured. How does Chris feel about Braxton fighting for him and defending him and potentially putting himself in danger for him as kids? How does he feel about their dad molding Braxton to be a killer, or at least a weapon? Chris being protective of his younger brother is so important to me.

I’m also really interested in their dynamic together in terms of their father, because Chris seems to not resent his father for the way he raised him (though he may just have no reason to verbally express that throughout the movie), while Braxton is angry that Chris asked his father instead of him to go to their mother's funeral; I feel like he’s pissed at both parents for not treating either of them well, but especially for not treating Chris well. This really intrigued because Braxton is the younger brother and he takes on these defensive protectiveness towards his older brother freely, both in flashbacks, but also in just how he was trained to be that way and I would love something that explores the dynamic between what is instinctual and what is conditioned.

I also just love how upset he is with Chris in general for not asking him to go to the funeral. I feel like that was partly because Braxton’s life just must have fallen apart after that fateful decision—Chris in a jail that he doesn’t have access to, and his father is dead, so he’s just on his own—but I feel he felt rejected and hurt as well. I’m very into Braxton’s weird fixation with Christian and his need to always be his big brother’s first choice.

I’d adore pre-movie fic where incest develops between them growing up—I have some headcanons and ideas for how that goes, but I don’t want to hinder or push anyone towards a particular interpretation. But if you want any ideas, I’d love Braxton maybe experimenting or fooling around with other people, and Christian feeling left behind or asking him about sex or to show him how to do sexual stuff, because he’s the closest person he has in his life—maybe Braxton just demonstrates for him, or maybe it goes further? But anything set pre-series with their growing relationship before it all went to hell. Honestly, I would love simple fic of them growing up together and UST during training, just something showcasing a strange attraction growing between them because of their isolated closeness.

Or any fic dealing with their separation and how it affected them both; Chris keeping tabs on Braxton to know he’s safe (maybe killing people gunning for Braxton on the down low as well?) while Braxton pines and misses his brother and hardens himself. All that messiness would make me happy.

But if you just want to write a fic about their reunion that the movie robbed us of, then I’d be eternally grateful. I’d love to see how they come together again after the years of separation and how they work to fit together through how they must have changed—do they just give up what they’ve been doing and settle down? Do they just drive around the country, just the two of them? Or do they start their own business, utilizing the skills each other them have? I have so many questions that need answering!




Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
↳ Ships: Aristotle Mendoza/Dante Quintana

I read this book in one sitting during a plane ride and it completely consumed me. I was so emotionally wrecked at the end—in a good way. I adore both Ari and Dante and their love story is one of the most original, refreshing things I have read in a long time. I love the intensity of their friendship that exists even despite the separation mid-book.

I’d love to read a fic that picks up on the magical realism vibes threaded throughout the book—I love this book’s gorgeous prose and there’s this intense sense of magical realism there, the way Ari sees Dante in these epic terms—Ari has a way of thinking that feels distinct, epic in tone and magical and I would just love something that expand on that? Maybe a fairytale-like story for them, or adding actual magic to the story, or just something that emphasizes them discovering the secrets of the universe, holding them in the palm of their hands.

Or perhaps something set post book, about how their relationship develops from there on out, going from friendship to lovers. I’d adore it if it was against the backdrop of a road trip of some kind—them discovering the world on the road together. There’s a lot of themes in the book about driving and their first make out is in the bed of a truck, so I’d love if those themes were expand to include them striking out on their own and traveling with each other.

I would really a soulmate/soulbond AU or just something that emphasizes their connection on a cosmic level—like soulmarks they have on each other for each other, or just them being bound or destined to be with each other in some form—I already feel like they’re soulmates in the book, so really I just want something that accentuates that aspect of their dynamic. I’d also love something like a reincarnation AU, with versions of Dante and Ari constantly meeting throughout their lives, and always feeling like the other is somewhat familiar to them, with tragic missed meetings or meeting at the wrong stages of their lives until they align in the present of the novel.

I really love the sense of place in the novel and the use of setting—both in location, as well as it being set in the 80’s, as well as the use of Mexican culture and the various ways both Ari and Dante feel disconnected and connected to their heritage. I’d love for both to be included in the fic, especially the fact both Ari and Dante are Mexican and how that shapes their identity and by the same token, their relationship with each other.

If you want to include any of the family dynamics within the novel—Ari’s brother Benardo and his feelings towards him, either sets of parents—please do; I love all of these dynamics and how they enhance and enrich the novel.




Dead Ringers (1988)
↳ Ships: Beverly Mantle/Elliot Mantle

This film was tailor-made for me. I really adore everything about David Cronenberg as a director, especially in the 70's and 80's—he just has a way in tapping into what exactly I love about horror. The body horror, mind screws, madness, and weird philosophical underpinnings about humanity and inhumanity that he chooses to explore are everything I love about the genre and his films. But what sets Dead Ringers apart for me personally is the emphasis on the connection between Beverly and Elliot and how they share everything, from their careers, to women, to experiences. I love the tug of war between them and their identities and question of whether they’re two people at all, or if they are a single entity.

I’d love a fic set somewhere pre-canon. What were they like as children? As teenagers? The flashback at the start of the movie was really interesting in terms of how they purposefully and deliberately cut themselves off from their peers as young kids--I’d love more exploring that throughout their lives, their codependence, and them being or becoming a single unit of a person. Show me the development of that and how that grows into an incestuous relationship between them.

I’d be so interested in something that explores their sex lives pre-movie. I know this is a slash exchange, but in case you’re interested, I’d be intrigued by them having an actual threesome with another woman—maybe an AU when Elliot does get Beverley to have threesome with him, or more creepy dreams with Beverly and Claire, or maybe pre-canon stuff where they’ve done threesomes before. I’m really interested in the scene where Elliot hires the twin sex workers and asks one of them to call him “Elly” and the other “Bev”. I’d love something that explores more of that—perhaps a fixation on other twins, or just exploring Elliot’s psychosexual fixation on his brother, both as a person and “being” his brother.

If you’re so inclined, I’d love to read hurt/comfort for them. Some of my favorite parts of the movie were Elliot trying hard to put his brother together and fix him, and the reversal of that at the end. I’d love to see maybe an AU where Beverly doesn’t separate the twins, but does other things to help Elliot instead. Maybe an AU where they leave their lives together and run off somewhere else to help each other cope with their madness? That’s not to say I would hate a fic that keeps the original ending because I think the ending is so fitting, but I’d be interested in something that expands their dynamic beyond that place.

Their identity issues fascinate me, I’d love a fic exploring that—given everyone confuses them or doesn’t think or know there’s two of them, maybe something about how they’re becoming a single entity. Less separating the twins and more merging into one, either literally or just metaphorically, with Beverly struggling to tell himself apart from his brother or something like that—both would be really interesting. I loved the nightmare sequence with Claire biting their umbilical cord that attaches them, and their fixation on conjoined twins, so anything that includes the visceral body of their connection would be amazing.

Lastly, I am generally not a huge AU person—I find myself craving canon-based fic more and more, but I think a vampire AU for these two in particular, or even just monster AU, would be really interesting. The twins feel very otherworldly to begin with, so maybe an AU when they’re already vampires or were always monsters in literal ways, or maybe they become monsters—maybe instead of killing his brother, Beverly turns his brother into a vampire or something like that. The main point here is VAMPIRES AND MONSTERS though, and how that affects their uncomfortable, fucked-up codependent relationship.




From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
↳ Ships: Scott Fuller/Richard Gecko/Seth Gecko, Richard Gecko/Seth Gecko, Richard Gecko/Seth Gecko/Freddie Gonzalez, Scott Fuller/Carlos Madrigal

This is the show of my heart. If you’ve taken a look around my tumblr, then you will have noticed it’s basically my life. It’s such a small fandom and I wish every day it was bigger because I love it so much. It combines two things I really love in such a beautiful way—the crime, action genre with vampires and horror elements, all with a Mesoamerican mytharc that sets it apart from so many shows in the same vein. It’s currently in production limbo, possibly cancelled, but all the episodes are on Netflix if any of this appeals to you and you have no idea what this show is. If you’re looking for a show about violent, vicious codependent criminal brothers being dragged into world of monsters, then this is the show for you.


Scott is one of my favorite characters in the series and I’m always endlessly sad that he was so underutilized throughout the series, so anything with him would be amazing, but I specifically want something that explores the untapped potential of his dynamics with both Seth and Richie that the show teased and hinted towards, but never fully expanded upon.

I’d love a post-s2 AU set after Kate’s death, where Scott sticks around Jackknife Jed’s with the Geckos for a while. It’d be great to see them take care of him out of guilt for how they fucked up his family and were the catalyst in their deaths, but also out of worry for him and his mental health. I’d love to watch Scott become a fucked up, little brother figure to them. Maybe Scott guilt trips them for all they’ve caused him while he’s there, and there’s tension, but he’s still sticking around because he has nowhere else to go. Take this wherever you want, though I see this as a one-sided thing on Scott’s end with him developing a crush on Seth over prolonged exposure (or Riche, or both), but Geckos still think of him as a kid and wouldn’t go there, though I’m okay with bed sharing and maybe ‘let you down easy’ kisses that Scott initiates. I just want Scott getting awkward, semi-angry crushes and looking for both affection and a new father figure in the wrong places, and it coming out very twisted in a psychosexual way.

I’d also be down for a fic from Scott’s POV on the dynamic between Seth and Richie, focusing on their incestuous relationship and Scott’s reaction to it—how does he feel when he finds out? I’d love something where it slowly hits him through various touches between Seth and Richie, and just watching them together before he catches them in an intimate moment. If you want to have Scott being a voyeur while Seth and Richie have sex and his emotions and physical responses to that, go for it.

Or if you prefer, a post-s3 AU that’s set many years into the future and where Kate dies of old age, would be lovely and fascinating. I imagine Scott ends up seeking solace with Seth and Richie because they’re the last people left who knew him when he was human—I’d want Seth to have become a culebra to be with Richie in this version, because Richie without Seth makes me sad. I can imagine the relationship getting physical here, given the fact Scott is probably about eighty emotionally, even if he still looks like a teenager. Comfort sex between the three of them is what I’m requesting here, really. I’d love it if the story explored the dynamic between how Scott looks and his actual age and how Seth and Richie respond to that after all these years, though.

But I also want something set during season three. I have complicated feelings towards the season as a whole, but I loved having Scott be working with the Geckos. I’d love something that explores the dynamic between Seth and Scott, something that’s bitter, ugly, and angry, with Richie being a soothing, balancing force that gets high with Scott (what can I say, I really liked that scene where he gives him weed to smoke) and they talk about Kate. I’m still uncomfortable with either Seth or Richie doing sexual things with Scott because I feel they see him as a kid, but feel free to push it a bit here—Scott kissing one, or both of them and it going a bit further before someone puts a stop to it, Scott seeking them out in sexual ways due to his anger and personal self-destructiveness. I’d just love anything that explores Scott’s feelings towards both Geckos, Richie’s feelings over how Scott reminds him of Seth when he was younger and how that makes him feel like a new little brother to him, Seth’s feelings about how he sees himself reflected back when he looks at Scott, and how that all gets twisted up and comes out.


Seth/Richie is my OTP of the show, so anything you write for me for them would be greatly appreciated and adored. I love both Seth and Richie so much—together and individually. It’s the ship of my dreams—two messy, fucked up codependent brothers so twisted around the bend for each other where nothing actually can come between them (except each other), the pair of them growing up as two pieces of the same whole, not actually complete without the other, a matching set. I love their coded language of mottos and catchphrases and secret handshakes, I love their banter and their bickering, I love their love of film and film references. Their shared history of violence and abuse is so important to me and how I view them and how they were shaped. I love the fact that Richie killed their father for Seth, to keep Seth safe, to save both of them from more abuse and I love that Seth never full knew, yet still commemorated the act with a tattoo that covers his entire arm—wearing his heart, quite literally, on his sleeve. There is so much for me with these two that so many things would make me happy.

From the ground up, I’d love a pre-series fic that focuses on them coming together in an incestuous relationship—how they grew up isolated and depending upon each other. I have my own headcanons for how this happened, but I’d love to see a new, refreshing take and always open to exploring new avenues for how Seth and Richie come together. I’d prefer the focus to be on fraught their relationship is and how desperate and clingy they are to each other, and for that to be equal between them—they both show that in different ways (Seth is louder, more action-driven and Richie is more internal, and quiet in his love), but I don’t want to see a situation where one loves and sacrifices more for the other or where one is shown to love the other less. Uncle Eddie was one of my favorite secondary characters and any use of his would be welcome, I’d love a fic that utilizes Uncle Eddie being the one to raise them post-fire and how they feel about him as they grow, or even an OPOV fic of them from Uncle Eddie’s POV as he watched their fucked up relationship develop and as he comes to understand it.

I also really want to see someone else’s take on how their dynamic grows as they become these legendary criminals that everyone’s heard of. I’d like to see how they build themselves up into these dangerous, terrifying bank robbers that even culebra bigwigs know of. I want an exploration of how they built their legend from the ground up, how they took the Gecko name from something that the criminal community derided to something they respected. I’d love to see a fic that showcases the legends and stories that get passed around about them, or something that shows the truth behind the public perception of them. I’d be interested in an OPOV fic from the perspective of the FBI hunting the, or the intake officers or the psychiatrist that evaluates Seth when he’s caught and imprisoned—is the fact they’re incestuous in their files, does the law know or even consider it? I know some of this must take place while Seth is married, so I just want to caveat that I really adore Vanessa and I’d love to see her involved or featured in some way. If you don’t want to include her or don’t like her, that’s fine, but please be kind to her—just mention her she’s someone Seth cares about, or write around her, please.

S1-era stuff set when Richie is losing his mind due to having visions of Kisa and the demons she makes him see would be fantastic. I’d love more exploration of that, with Richie trying to fight for his own sanity and control, especially if he uses Seth as an anchor to his sanity and humanity, and uses Seth to ground himself—physically, mentally, or emotionally. Maybe when Richie looks at Seth or grabs on to Seth, the visions go away. Maybe Richie feels closer to himself when Seth is kissing him or inside him or just holding him down or holding them close as they sleep. I’d love a missing moment or missing scene from that time, focusing on either Richie’s POV with emphasis on hos Seth makes him feel safe, or an exploration of Seth’s POV with him taking on this new role of caring for his terrified brother and scared of what’s happening to Richie and feeling in over his head and out of his depth and unsure of how to help—so he clings to his own fairytale he spins for himself and Richie called El Rey.

God, anything set post-s1 and during their separation would be amazing and very welcome. But for some starters, I’d love Seth having nightmares about Richie or hallucinating him while high on heroin or in withdrawal—I love the angst of Seth seeing Richie and unable to get him out of his head no matter how hard he’s trying to snuff him out with drugs and alcohol. I’d love an exploration of Seth’s instinct towards self-destruction in the face of separation from his brother—I’d be okay with suicide ideation here, I almost encourage it and would love the thought that stops Seth is that Richie isn’t dead, so there’s still a foolish sort of hope that keeps him clinging to life. Or I’d love some kind of body horror dream sex with culebra!Richie, emphasis on how Seth’s brother is a monster now and how a part of him doesn’t care and is actually into it. Seth must have kept scratching at his bite wounds and putting his fingers there for them not to have healed in three months. I’d love perhaps a messy fic where Seth masturbates while sticking his fingers in the puncture wounds, or something that explores the thought that heroin is a replacement for the venom that Richie never gave him, that Richie never turned him or chose him.

Or something exploring Richie’s POV would be all kinds of amazing, since s2 was kind of lax on that. I’d love the emphasis to be put on how he thought Seth didn’t want to be with him anymore—the “we’re done” scene comes to mind, especially Richie’s face afterwards—and how that was re-emphasized throughout the latter half of s1, so Richie breaks it off with him because he thought Seth may be better off without him, that Seth wanted to be “set free,” even though Seth’s last minute turn around suggests that wasn’t the case—but it happened too late. I’d love anything exploring Richie trying to move on from Seth by throwing himself furiously into his own ambitions, becoming kind of cold and driven, but grieving him as well. Or something that explores his long-simmering anger and building resentment at Seth having failed him and not believed him, and how that was never fully resolved.

I love Kisa so much, she is my absolute favorite, so feel free to include her in this, especially when it comes to her being the catalyst that caused the separation between Seth and Richie, but not the actual reason they broke up—or how Richie is trying to use her as a new partner to help him move on and both of them acting in roles they don’t really want or fully feel, but it’s what they have for the moment. If you want to explore how Kisa is like Seth but not like him at all, and how Richie reacts to that, I’d really enjoy that—but if you don’t want to include her in the fic, that’s okay, too; just no character bashing or demonizing her for “breaking up the boys” as I see them at fault for their own issues, Kisa was just the catalyst.

Anything exploring the fact that Seth was the first person who Richie fed on in reality would be lovely. Based on the in-show mythology, culebras feed on the soul and consume parts of the person they feed from, which means Richie fed on Seth’s soul—go wild with that. I’d love something that explores the intimacy of Richie carrying around a piece of his brother’s soul or Seth’s soul becoming part of his DNA literally, or an even more intense expansion on the concept—maybe they end up with a messy mental connection because of that, even when separated from each other? Maybe they’re bound through their souls now. But really I just love fucked up angst and intimacy stemming from that act.

Fic set during s2 would be great as it’s honestly my favorite season in terms of their relationship—them pining for each other while acting like they don’t care at all and they’ve moved on is one of my favorite aspects of the evolution of their dynamic. Anything involving missing scenes from the season focusing on their inability to communicate ending up with them having rough, angry sex—exploring how they feel drawn to each other bodily and sexually, but refusing to acknowledge it intellectually or emotionally. I’d love something that showcases how they still fit together perfectly, work together seamlessly, but there’s still that emotional wall between them that they have to overcome. Anything that shows their anger melting for melancholy tenderness that aches from longing and hurt would be sweet.

I’d also love to read someone’s take on how they come back together in the aftermath of s2 as well—how do they adjust to life as bank robbers turned collectors with a home base and crew? Or what happened to Jackknife Jed’s? Did they run the truck stop for a while before they became collectors? How do all these changes affect them and their relationship? How does forced closeness make them confront all that’s between them? How do they change with each other and learn from each other again? I’d love to read Seth adjusting to Richie being a culebra now and honestly becoming fascinated with Richie’s culebra face, scaled body, or his mind control powers. I’d love for this to be explored within the confines of a sexual space (i.e. Seth wants Richie to use his mind control powers on him in a D/s consent play space), but if you just want to write Seth touching Richie all over and exploring his new face and new body in a show of intimacy and physicality, I’d love that.

I love them in s3 and how they’ve come back together, but everything is so fraught and tense because their comfortable life they thought they had is shattered and now they run the risk of losing each other again causes them to become even more intense and clingy with each other. Remember how Seth thought Richie was dead in 3x09? Remember that walkie-talkie conversation? I’d love anything with Seth choosing to run towards Richie instead of the church or anything that explores their PSTD post-s3 at having nearly lost each other forever—Richie’s time in Xibalba or how Seth almost committed suicide via Amaru to be with him. But most of all, I love the introduction of shadow selves and shadow!Richie especially. His obsession with Seth and how he was going to drag Seth into Xibalba with him, to his manhandling and control of Seth, to his tying Seth up and openly leering at him, pressing his body close to Seth’s—all of that hit my buttons. I’d love maybe an AU where Shadow!Richie comes back from hell instead of real!Richie post-s3, or Shadow!Richie sticking around longer even after 3x06, or even just Richie’s headspace after living with an extreme ID-y version of himself in control of his body, or Seth’s attraction to a more openly violent and dangerous version of his brother that was willing to do dirtybadwrong things to him.

This is a vague prompt, but I’d love something that explores the legend of the Geckos, maybe playing on the hero twin mytharc, but with more of Geckos becoming legendary in their own right, even among culebras. I’ve been watching American Gods lately so I don’t exactly want a fusion, but I’d love the idea of Geckos becoming immortal legends from the stories people tell about them? Or something about their bloodline being special (callback to Carlos’ ‘you got a little bit of Lucifer in you’ line). Or something just a bit fairytale and mythic about them—perhaps something focusing on their connection; there’s a scene in S2 where Richie gets his powers, then cuts to Seth suddenly being able to see all the culebras in the bar and their true faces, if you need inspiration. Anything with them sharing powers from the “gods” in terms of being able to see and to take action as the show described would make for a really excellent fic.

In general, anything hurt/comfort-y or Geckos protecting one another during a job, or exploring Richie setting the fire and killing their dad for Seth and Seth’s flame tattoo, especially his choice to extend it to his throat, over Richie’s bite marks—or how they keep choosing one another, over and over again, can’t live without each other; all of that is good, I’d love anything with that.


Freddie is one of the best creations this show has put forth—I’m always sad that he gets the short end of the stick in terms of story whenever his arcs start out so promising at the beginning of each season. I love his similarities and differences with Seth, and his weird camaraderie he built with Richie. I love the cat and mouse dynamic they had in S1, to the last minute surprise team up in s2.

In s3, his dynamics with both Seth and Richie are so evolved and interesting, I just wanted more of them together. I was so into them working together. I’d love anything from that time period, from awkward flirting or the Geckos getting possessive of Freddie’s time (remember in the s3 premiere they got put out when Venganza took “their” peacekeeper?), or Freddie warming up to them, despite his misgivings and their history with each other.

I don’t want to ask for just porn, but I do really want Freddie accidentally (or on purpose) falling into bed with the Seth and Richie. I imagine after two years of working together (I know the time skip is ~six months~, but Freddie’s kid looks like an actual toddler now, when she was an infant in s2), they’ve developed a rapport and intimacy, maybe have gotten drunk together and ended up in the sack. I’d love to see the Geckos and Freddie doing business together—the Geckos helping with the peacekeeping, Freddie helping with the collections, and they have post-work stress related sex. Or Seth and Richie trying to comfort him over his wife leaving him and taking the Billy away from him (which must be so surreal to Freddie) and offering not exactly a pity fuck, but something to distract him—or Seth and Richie working together to seduce Freddie into bed, in a very calculated, discussed way.

I really loved the scene s2 where Freddie had Seth held at gunpoint and Richie comes up behind Freddie and puts a gun to his head and Seth and Richie exchange these flirty, heated looks, like two cats that caught a canary they want to toy with for a little while—an extension of that would be great.

I’d also love anything with Freddie working out his anger and frustration on each Seth and Richie—they did fuck up his life in a way, with killing Earl, his father figure, and dragging him into this world he’s now intrinsically a part of and can’t escape, so I’d love something with Freddie stuck in this position of having to work with them but hating them for that too, and Seth or Richie letting Freddie beat them up in a moment of rage? Anything like that

I’d also love something either in an AU, set during the time skip or during season three where Seth, Richie, and Freddie just end up having some “this could be the last night we’re alive’ sex together. I’d just prefer it not be cheating on Ximena, so taking place either before Freddie/Ximena becomes a thing, after her death, or some kind of open relationship there that’s acknowledged is important to me.

I’d also just love something exploring them as a poly relationship because I struggle with envisioning it and I’d love to see it brought to life—maybe even something set post-s3 where some kind of romantic relationship develops, or a partnership with some “partners with benefits” vibes that evolves would be cool.


Carlos is another character I adore—he’s so wicked and made of sharp edges, both sympathetic and despicable at equal turns, dramatic and stylish and wonderfully engaging. I love everything about Carlos, from his interplay between self-loathing and self-importance, to his obsession with and devotion to Kisa, to his righteous anger and his knack for destroying his own happiness. He’s so unique and complex and I can’t get enough of him and his outrageous and vaguely motivational ways. His dynamic with Scott is one of my favorite relationships on the show and I really love anything that focuses on the two of them together.

In terms of direction, I’d really love an AU where Carlos rescues Scott in s2 or even at the end of s1 and they run off together somehow. I imagine Carlos would be hiding from Malvado and everyone else he pissed off, and Scott’s along for the ride because he has nowhere else to go—the pair of them cast-offs on a roadtrip to nowhere, with Carlos mentoring his new baby culebra and plotting in his mind.

I’d also love fic when they’re both trapped in the labyrinth together and they have to work together to escape—I would be really interested in the kind of bond they develop then, given how the labyrinth is built from the minds of the people inside it and how they’d both be exposed to each other’s worst nightmares and fears and memories, and the creeping sort of intimacy that would be born from it. I love it when people who don’t really like each other work together and I’d love to see that here, with added hurt/comfort.

I’ve always thought Carlos saw a of himself in Scott and that’s why Carlos “picked” Scott, from the time they met in 1x05 to the point he chose to bite and turn him; I’d love seeing that explored more--why he did that, what did he see when he touched Scott and made that joke about not wanting to be on his lacrosse team, what does he expect or want from him? Especially taking into account Scott is his second protégé after Narciso betrayed him. I’m so fascinated by all the repeating history motifs with Scott and Carlos, with Scott being his “second” baby culebra (that eventually betrays him as well), but also Carlos freeing Scott the way he freed Kisa. I'd just love his POV on Scott and how he feels about him, this boy that has so much promise that he wants to shape and twist and see his reflection in.

A mid-s2 fic where Carlos has to contend with Kate for Scott’s attention and loyalty and love would be amazing. Just. Anything set after Kate joins Carlos and Scott, and that explores Carlos being jealous about how much Scott cares about her, maybe becoming more possessive towards Scott or being even creepier with him? I’m okay with underage sex here because I just feel Carlos is the type that would take advantage of this kid, he already has in other ways, and I’m interested in creepy dubcon situations here. Like culebra mentoring lessons, Carlos getting too close to Scott and Scott not shoving him off, but still feeling uncomfortable and there being tension-laced within the dynamic and a sense of how wrong and fucked up it is.

But a post-s3 fic where Carlos tags along with Scott after Kate rejects Scott would also be fantastic and much appreciated. I’d love the thought of Carlos being in the reverse position now, with Scott more grown up and independent and no longer needing him, but Carlos wanting some affection or attention from Scott—a situation where Carlos needs Scott, instead of the other way around. Maybe trying to make amends while Scott ignores and rejects him, but lets him stay with him because ~vampire dads are family too~. Honestly, there’s so much here, anything would make me happy.




Luke Cage (TV)
↳ Ships: Luke Cage/Willis Stryker (Luke Cage TV)

Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover this show—I’ve never seen something to complete and well-done and tightly plotted and structured in a while. Luke especially is one of my favorite television characters and heroes now—I love the dynamic between his physical strength and invulnerability, and his intellectual pursuits and wisdom. It creates an interesting dichotomy that is rarely shown in any media, let alone on television. The dynamic between Luke and Willis sort of blindsided me in a good way. I wasn’t expecting this when I began the show and now I am so happy it exists.

Fic-wise, I’d love something set pre-series that focuses on Luke being in love with Willis as a teenager, perhaps pining for his best friend and childhood companion, and having no idea of Willis’ hidden animosity—or on the flipside, fic about Willis’ complicated love/hate emotions for Luke. Anything with them growing up together, fooling around, just something that focuses on them being best friends and practically raised together while Willis knows full well that they’re brothers, yet not being able to quite stop himself as he’s drawn to Luke as much as he reviles him. I’d love anything that explores his growing resentment and hatred against his own intense love for Luke.

Or just pre-series fic where they’re best friends who are practically dating and go to the drive-in together. I want making out in a car during a drive in movie, maybe first time fic when they’re both each other’s firsts? Maybe the messiness of Luke thinking they’re just best friend while Willis knows they’re brothers, but not telling him then because of his own hang ups and selfish instincts. Issues with their sexuality where appropriate is fine, but I don’t really want a heavy emphasis on homophobia—internalized or external. I think Luke wouldn’t really ruminate that much on it, while I think Willis knowing they’re brothers outweighs any issues with the fact that Luke is a man. Likewise, this show is very much a commentary on racism in America and I don’t want that swept under the rug, especially since Luke and Willis were raised in the south, but I’d rather have that not be the focus of the fic, but not completely ignored and the context removed.

A Luke-POV fic about how unfair he feels his father is to Willis, but also having his own issues regarding his father and having to feel “Good Enough” would be great. I think that would be interesting to see from his eyes during that time period, given the revelations later in the show. I love how drastically different their POVs are regarding their father, yet they each paint themselves as the “bad son” that their father didn’t much approve of or was proud of. I think that discrepancy is really interesting and would love to see that explored and expanded upon, or discussed between them.

I’d also just love anything that plays on the religion and religious themes they were raised in-show, and with their upbringing, especially with the Cain and Abel elements, but also just complicated relationship they both have with religion based on being the sons of a preacher who was having an affair with another woman. Willis quotes from the bible often, and Luke renames himself and recreates himself from a passage in the bible. Even as adults they’re still associating themselves with religion, as they’re trying to distance themselves from their father. I’d love to see that expanded upon.

You can’t go wrong with a post-series fic in the wake of Luke learning that Willis is his brother and how he feels about their past now, with Willis caught between wanting to destroy Luke and loving him and the complicated mix of emotions there, given their past relationship and if they had a sexual relationship in pre-series. How does that change how he views Willis? Can he forgive him? Will he try to change him, reach him, save him from being “Diamondback”? Or write him off completely? Does he feel sickened with himself or does he accept what happened? Or anything from Willis’ POV post-s1, everything he feels for Luke getting tangled up in his head and how he deals with the man Luke has become—they’ve both changed and shifted into these superhuman figures and Willis has remade himself as the nemesis to Luke’s Hero, but Luke still sees his childhood sweetheart and best friend, and now brother. I love the complicated, layered angst here, basically.

I’d also be interested in an AU where Willis tells Luke they’re brothers pre-series. How does that change their lives? Would they still have a sexual relationship? Would they stop having sex once hit with the revelation or not? (I always prefer not). Would Luke stand up to his father on Willis’ behalf? I would love this AU and exploring how it reshapes their lives and their future, I would love Willis telling Luke, and Luke defying his expectations, and that in turn changes Willis and his trajectory completely.




The Magnificent Seven (2016)
↳ Ships: Goodnight Robicheaux/Billy Rocks, Sam Chisolm/Goodnight Robicheaux, Sam Chisolm/Goodnight Robicheaux/Billy Rocks

This movie was an absolute delight and it always makes me happy whenever I put it on. I love stories of vengeance and stories about a group of ragtag bunch of misfits becoming heroes, especially if they’re not exactly the most upstanding of people. I would have put all the combinations of all the things I ship here if I could, but I limited myself to the permutations of these three to focus on what I crave most to read, but I honestly enjoy everyone in the film and wouldn’t might guest appearances from the others in my fic.

One of the downfalls of writing your letter late is reading the prompts of the other people who want the same things as you do, so I feel a little boring and repetitive since a lot of people have prompted a lot of this already.

But in terms of Goodnight/Billy, I really do just want backstory on how they got together, how they met—I’d love to see an expansion on how Goodnight feels being taken care of by Billy, but also how Billy feels towards Goodnight providing a home and safe haven for him, and the tow of them finding something that works for them even though it’s not conventional or expected. While I do want something realistic and focused on the grit of the time period, I don’t really want to read about internalized homophobia, even if it’s probably “historically accurate”. The same goes for racism—I’d prefer both to be acknowledged and contextually applied where appropriate, and not ignored because Billy is not-white and they’re not straight, and that’s still an issue today—but not something that fills the body of the story. I’d prefer they just accept themselves, while navigating a world that might be dangerous and unfriendly outside of their relationship and home.

By that token, I’d love to see their daily life on the road, where they stay, the scams they run, them being partners, but also something that explores how they’ve become basically married—maybe their relationship is some kind of open secret? People know, but don’t discuss it.

If you want write porn, I would love knife kink, with Goodnight being into how good Billy is with knives and becoming turned on while watching him train or beat other men—and that leading to some knifeplay in the bedroom. I would also be into some non-formalized D/s with Billy topping and using the knife on Goodnight, or non-formalized D/s in general that focuses on helping Goodnight with control and as a form of comfort due to his PTSD. I’m really okay with bloodplay here.

But you honestly can’t go wrong with some form of hurt/comfort here. I loved how Billy knew how to calm Goodnight down and talk to him about his nightmares and help him through his panic attacks. I’d love anything that explores how Billy learned to do that or when Billy learned of Goodnight’s history—Billy comforting him at night would be lovely, or anything that explores his despair and worry when Goodnight leaves before the big battle; has that ever happened before? Goodnight taking off? I’d love the angst here.

In terms of Sam and Goodnight, there is so much untapped backstory to go around—I want to know how they became friends, they seem to be such an unlikely pair; a black man and a confederate soldier during the Civil War. I would love anything that explores that dynamic and how they reconcile each other and who they are with how they’re friends. I’d love fic of them being former lovers and/or friends with benefits and exploring that connection and their history together, how they managed to trust each other given and despite their statuses in society. I’d love to see them come together, working together, fighting side by side—but I’m also interested in fic about why they don’t entirely work, why they’re not a couple exactly, how Sam doesn’t fit Goodnight the way Billy just fits with him and why Sam can’t be there for Goodnight, and how that works for them anyway. Sam feels like such a lone wolf in some ways, too driven by his vengeance to really slow down or settle, while Goodnight needs something stable and solid. I’d love to see them in their youth in contrast to the men we met in the present of the film.

With Sam, Goodnight, and Billy, it all adds up to something interesting—I’d really love fic about Billy and Goodnight being Sam’s soft place to land throughout the years. I feel like Sam’s quest for vengeance makes him incompatible with romance because his devotion just lies elsewhere, but I love the idea of Billy and Goodnight being where he comes to rest, in a non-formalized but familiar and comfortable relationship. I’d love something like a poly situation where they welcome Sam into their home and into their bed whenever he comes around. I’d love to see the dynamic between Sam and Billy developed and explored—how they interact and feel about each other, or maybe just the beginning when they’re starting to get to know one another and still working out the arrangement, or later when they feel comfortable with one another. And of course, I’d love some kind of “last night on earth” sex between the three of them.




Moonlight (2016)
↳ Ships: Chiron/Kevin (Moonlight)

This movie took my breath away and just left me wanting so much more of it. It’s so painful, yet gorgeously rendered—both in imagery and within the storytelling, and of course, the acting. It deserves all the awards it received and then some. The atmosphere, the colors, the cinematography, and the characters all together combined is a hell of a punch to the gut. This is one of those films that stay with you long after you finish it—in a sort of longing way that makes you crave more.

I’d love to have a continuation post-movie fic that explores how Kevin and Chiron come back together, how they build a life together—I can’t imagine Chiron leaves after driving all that way to find Kevin and I don’t think he intended to leave, not deep down, even though he knew also it was a risk. I love that he took that risk anyway—Chiron’s intense, physical attraction to Kevin that’s so palpable in their short phone call just showcases everything. I’d love fic that deals with Kevin being there to help Chiron find a life outside of dealing and help him with his childhood trauma, but also just them coming together as a couple. I love domesticity for them—Kevin cooking for Chiron, music playing in the background, them being comfortable around each other as they put the past behind them and look towards the future.

I love oceanic themes and would love more exploration on the fact that Kevin lives by the ocean, given that is one of the most soothing things in Chiron’s life and how his most significant moments and memories are tied to the ocean—and how that is now tied to Kevin, first with their first sexual encounter on the beach and now with Chiron hearing the waves when he arrives at Kevin’s apartment.

I’d also just love a continuation of that final scene. Do they kiss? Do they have sex? What else happens after that? I’m fascinated by the fact that Kevin has been the only person who has ever touched Chiron and how he has lived without allowing anyone else that close to him. I’d love an exploration of that and the intensity of their connection from Chiron’s end and how that translates to their relationship going forward—how does Kevin feel being the fixed point of that kind of emotion? How do they navigate that?

By that same token, Chiron’s only sexual experiences were probably with himself and probably thinking of Kevin, so I’d be happy and interested in a fic about Chiron masturbating to memories of the scene on the beach. Or a fic just exploring the sensuality and sexual tension threaded through the film between Chiron and Kevin. The scene in the diner where Kevin plays “Hello Stranger” and touches his neck is so intense and heated and anything that expresses that would be lovely.

I also just would love something set when they were kids—especially an AU where Chiron doesn’t go to juvie and how that would shape his life, especially if he and Kevin would continue to move forward with their relationship—in secret, probably—and how that shapes them as adults going forward. I’d love exploration of teenage sexuality here and how they both come to reconcile themselves with how they feel about each other, while trying to grow up in the environment they’re living in. I’d love something that includes all the messy dynamics and themes that would entail, including angst and break-ups, but also reconciliation and coming together again.




Teeth - Hannah Moskowitz
↳ Ships: Rudy Clearwater/Teeth Delaney

This book is so heart-wrenchingly perfect in all its visceral pain and violence, as well as its intense love story at its heart. This book stayed with me long after I finished it like a pang in my chest—I don’t think I’ll ever be over it. It takes the concept of the mermaid and flips it on its head, rendering something wholly unique and tragic.

I really do want some kind of fix-it fic—not because I hate the ending, because I don’t, but rather I just want to much more from the dynamic between Rudy and Teeth. I'd love something in the future where Rudy is still on the island and his brother has gotten better, but Rudy can't move on and leave because he's still waiting for Teeth. I’d love for eventually Teeth to return, something that explores the changes in their dynamic and in themselves just from growing up, and Teeth having to leave the isolation of the island and explore elsewhere. Did Teeth see the world? I'd just love something that resolves and plays into the connection between them, which gives them a second chance at being able to be with each other. I'd love Rudy being careful and kind, and this to be a future where the island doesn't rely on the fish anymore so that Teeth can feel at peace knowing his family isn’t being hunted anymore.

Or you could break my heart and have Rudy’s brother die and all the fish being hunted to extinction and Teeth comes back to an older, more broken Rudy alone on an empty island and how Teeth responds and reacts to that—and how Rudy doesn’t want him to leave, but it’s physically and emotionally difficult for Teeth to be there.

On the flipside, I'd love an AU where Teeth gets to stay—imagine that the climax doesn’t happen—and he and Rudy grow closer and have a lot of exploratory experiences. Like how does sex work when your boyfriend is part-fish? I'd love something that explores that and Rudy being fascinated, and honestly attracted to Teeth's otherness. I love that Teeth isn’t actually attractive and looks quite monstrous, but Rudy still finds something beautiful in him. I'd also love something that explores Rudy being careful and tender and giving affection that Teeth very much craves. Hurt/comfort would be a super plus here. But I’d also love the conflict and angst of how possessive Teeth feels because Rudy has his family and Teeth only has him—Teeth’s jealousy and resentment of Rudy’s brother is fascinating when it comes into contention with the fact that Rudy participates in eating his family because his brother is sick and how that complicates Teeth’s attraction and growing feelings for Rudy.

Ultimately, I'd also just love hurt/comfort in general based on the time after Teeth was caught by the fishermen and Rudy trying to patch him up and take care of him. But if you just want to write me something melancholy in the form of a fairytale or heavy introspection from either Teeth or Rudy’s POV about their doomed romance, I'd still love that—the book holds a place in my heart because it was unafraid to be dark and frightening and ugly.