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Thanks so much for writing for me! Some of my prompts are longer than others this year, but rest assured that I'd be equally delighted to receive any one of my requested ships. You can browse my general kinks and squicks post and my fic exchanges tag if you want more details. I hope you have lots of fun, and I look forward to seeing what you create!
My signup requests are all for fic, but I'm happy to receive art as a treat. (General art likes: clothing porn, especially pretty 19th/early 20th century dresses and nice suits; nudity/sex scenes; snowy landscapes; candlelight and firelight.)
The Bone Key - Sarah Monette
Kyle Murchison Booth/John Pelham Ratcliffe
I love their brief partnership in "Drowning Palmer": how Booth keeps reaching out for human connection despite expecting to be rebuffed every time, and Ratcliffe just takes the whole situation in stride and gives him the support and advice he needs (while indulging his own curiosity, of course). Does Ratcliffe ever pay a friendly visit to Booth afterwards? Do they ever find themselves brought together by work? Or does Ratcliffe get into a supernatural difficulty of his own and ask for Booth's help?
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar
The slight friction between Cala and Beshelar in the beginning of the book strikes me as ripe for interpretation, particularly in light of how smoothly and competently they work together afterwards. What sort of history do they have that would cause that reaction? Or how does their relationship change when they're thrown together for hours every day in Maia's service?
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
I love the somewhat uncomfortable intimacy their respective roles force them into. Maia's determination to make friends with his servants in spite of that is charming and endlessly interesting to me, but does it cause any untold tensions or difficulties for Cala and Beshelar?
Two nitpicky details: 1) If you include anal sex, please don't have Maia bottoming. I think Maia might enjoy it, given the opportunity, but Beshelar's head would explode. 2) You don't have to get into the specifics of their arrangement unless you want to, but please don't write Maia as cheating on Csethiro.
Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
I'm so into loyalty kink for this pairing! Csethiro protecting Maia--either with a sword or with her words--would be fantastic. I also love the idea of the two of them having things to teach each other: maybe Csethiro helps Maia understand the labyrinthine world of courtly customs and etiquette, or Maia instructs Csethiro in meditation. Or an exploration of their broadening social spheres as a couple: Csethiro introducing Maia to her friends (or reintroducing, in the case of Vedero), Csethiro becoming increasingly familiar with Maia's nohecharei, etc.
Csevet Aisava/Courier with the Scarlet Ribbons
Despite mostly viewing Csevet as straight, I have a great fondness for the idea of him and his goblin courier friend being intimately involved. Any sort of relationship between them would be awesome, from a passionate romance to a friends with benefits arrangement, as long as they're both happy and their feelings are mutual and requited. I'm especially interested in fic set shortly after Csevet's promotion to secretary, when the two of them have to renegotiate the workings of their relationship.
Csevet Aisava/Original Female Character
I really like Csevet's canonical line about his having enough privacy for his needs, and would love to see that in practice, ideally with someone like a female courier or a palace maidservant or cook. Again, I'd prefer Csevet to be a secretary rather than a courier in the fic. And please don't include any unprotected vaginal sex; I can't imagine that unwed mothers would be viewed kindly in their society, and Csevet--and any woman he'd be interested in--is certainly too conscientious to take that risk.
Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
More loyalty kink! This time with added complications due to the taboo nature of their relationship and Beshelar's rigid personality. The nitpicky details from my above Cala/Beshelar/Maia request apply here, as well.
Integrate - Thea Hayworth
Gavin Hayes/Sezin
Anything, really. :-) Pre-canon fic about their developing partnership and/or about Gavin being marked as Scald and Sezin's feelings about that. A retelling of any part of Integrate from Sezin's POV. Future fic about their developing relationship. Meeting the family. Tentacle porn + feelings.
James Asher Vampire Series - Barbara Hambly
Basilio Occhipinti/Antonio Pentangeli
Confession: I found the vampire ambulance horribly funny. (Genuinely horrible--as though wounded WWI soldiers didn't have enough awful shit in their lives already without vampires preying on them at their most vulnerable. But also funny in a horribly ironic way, and really quite clever of Antonio and Basilio.) I'd love to see more of the two of them being awfully amoral yet devoted to each other: how they fell in love, a slice of "life" fic, how they navigate the vicious world of vampire politics together...pretty much anything exploring their relationship prior to the events of Pale Guardian.
James Asher/Lydia Asher/Simon Ysidro
Post-canon fic, please. James's ill health in Pale Guardian was very concerning, and--especially given how the book ended--I'd love a story in which Simon shifts to protecting James rather than Lydia. Or maybe a fic about Grippen's disconcerting hints of possessiveness towards James as an extension of his rivalry with Simon, and what Simon does about it.
(As you can probably tell, I'm most interested in the James/Simon leg of this threesome, but please do make Lydia an active and involved member of the threesome even if she's not the focus. I definitely see James's and Lydia's marriage as the strongest ship among the three. That hasn't changed despite the growing amounts of canonical Lydia/Simon shippiness, and I don't think it would change if James/Simon were added to the mix.)
Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
Cordelia Frost/Original Female Character
Based on things she's said in the books, I don't think Miss Frost had a female lover in university, but I'd be interested in first time fic in which she becomes romantically involved with a friend from her club, or with one of Julian's or Ned's clients, or perhaps with a woman whom Miss Frost and/or Ned consults on a case.
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Aristogiton/Costis Ormentiedes
Friends to lovers and/or a brothers in arms dynamic are what I love best about this pairing. Good-natured mockery of each other is a definite plus. Hurt/comfort could be amazing, if that interests you.
Ennikar/Immakuk
Between the parallels to both Costis and Kamet and Gilgamesh and Enkidu, I ended up shipping Ennikar and Immakuk so hard. Anything about their relationship would be awesome, from first time fic in the long ago past to how they conduct a relationship in the present, in their downtime when they're not cheerfullymeddling with getting involved in human affairs.
Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Post-canon first time fic, set either in Attolia or their house in Magyar, would be fantastic. I loved reading about the different sets of expectations that they're working with and would love to see that explored further. Also, getting to see Costis's thoughts on Kamet would be great, since Thick as Thieves focused so strongly on the reverse.
The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher
Gerta/Janna
I'm most interested in Gerta and Janna building a life together post-magical adventure. Do they become friends with some of the other cohabiting women in Gerta's town? What does Janna do now that she's given up being a bandit--does she use her training as a healer somehow or raise birds for eggs or what? Does Gerta resume learning how to weave, or does she find another line of work to pursue?
The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian
Francis Wraxhall/Lydia Wraxhall
The relationship between Francis and Lydia was one of my favorite things about The Soldier's Scoundrel, yet it was left shamefully unresolved. How do they clear up all of their misunderstandings and realize that neither of them is unrequitedly in love with the other?!
Alternatively, I'd love a story about Lydia "tricking" Francis into proposing to her, from either of their perspectives. Canon glossed over this fascinating episode in their history too much for my taste, and in any case I'm certain that the reality of it was rather different than the stories people told later.
Lady Montbray/Anne Sutherland
My other favorite thing about the book, though even more sadly neglected by the narrative. Word of God is that Charlotte and Anne are together, but I honestly couldn't tell just by reading the book if they were a couple or if I was just indulging in wishful thinking. Accordingly, pretty much anything that shows their relationship more explicitly would be my jam. How they got together (were they conducting an affair under Montbray's nose or did they wait until he'd been shipped off?), any of the events of The Soldier's Scoundrel from their perspective, what happens to them post-canon, etc. And if you're writing post-canon fic, then Oliver catching a clue at some point would be awesome.
My signup requests are all for fic, but I'm happy to receive art as a treat. (General art likes: clothing porn, especially pretty 19th/early 20th century dresses and nice suits; nudity/sex scenes; snowy landscapes; candlelight and firelight.)
The Bone Key - Sarah Monette
Kyle Murchison Booth/John Pelham Ratcliffe
I love their brief partnership in "Drowning Palmer": how Booth keeps reaching out for human connection despite expecting to be rebuffed every time, and Ratcliffe just takes the whole situation in stride and gives him the support and advice he needs (while indulging his own curiosity, of course). Does Ratcliffe ever pay a friendly visit to Booth afterwards? Do they ever find themselves brought together by work? Or does Ratcliffe get into a supernatural difficulty of his own and ask for Booth's help?
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar
The slight friction between Cala and Beshelar in the beginning of the book strikes me as ripe for interpretation, particularly in light of how smoothly and competently they work together afterwards. What sort of history do they have that would cause that reaction? Or how does their relationship change when they're thrown together for hours every day in Maia's service?
Cala Athmaza/Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
I love the somewhat uncomfortable intimacy their respective roles force them into. Maia's determination to make friends with his servants in spite of that is charming and endlessly interesting to me, but does it cause any untold tensions or difficulties for Cala and Beshelar?
Two nitpicky details: 1) If you include anal sex, please don't have Maia bottoming. I think Maia might enjoy it, given the opportunity, but Beshelar's head would explode. 2) You don't have to get into the specifics of their arrangement unless you want to, but please don't write Maia as cheating on Csethiro.
Csethiro Ceredin/Maia Drazhar
I'm so into loyalty kink for this pairing! Csethiro protecting Maia--either with a sword or with her words--would be fantastic. I also love the idea of the two of them having things to teach each other: maybe Csethiro helps Maia understand the labyrinthine world of courtly customs and etiquette, or Maia instructs Csethiro in meditation. Or an exploration of their broadening social spheres as a couple: Csethiro introducing Maia to her friends (or reintroducing, in the case of Vedero), Csethiro becoming increasingly familiar with Maia's nohecharei, etc.
Csevet Aisava/Courier with the Scarlet Ribbons
Despite mostly viewing Csevet as straight, I have a great fondness for the idea of him and his goblin courier friend being intimately involved. Any sort of relationship between them would be awesome, from a passionate romance to a friends with benefits arrangement, as long as they're both happy and their feelings are mutual and requited. I'm especially interested in fic set shortly after Csevet's promotion to secretary, when the two of them have to renegotiate the workings of their relationship.
Csevet Aisava/Original Female Character
I really like Csevet's canonical line about his having enough privacy for his needs, and would love to see that in practice, ideally with someone like a female courier or a palace maidservant or cook. Again, I'd prefer Csevet to be a secretary rather than a courier in the fic. And please don't include any unprotected vaginal sex; I can't imagine that unwed mothers would be viewed kindly in their society, and Csevet--and any woman he'd be interested in--is certainly too conscientious to take that risk.
Deret Beshelar/Maia Drazhar
More loyalty kink! This time with added complications due to the taboo nature of their relationship and Beshelar's rigid personality. The nitpicky details from my above Cala/Beshelar/Maia request apply here, as well.
Integrate - Thea Hayworth
Gavin Hayes/Sezin
Anything, really. :-) Pre-canon fic about their developing partnership and/or about Gavin being marked as Scald and Sezin's feelings about that. A retelling of any part of Integrate from Sezin's POV. Future fic about their developing relationship. Meeting the family. Tentacle porn + feelings.
James Asher Vampire Series - Barbara Hambly
Basilio Occhipinti/Antonio Pentangeli
Confession: I found the vampire ambulance horribly funny. (Genuinely horrible--as though wounded WWI soldiers didn't have enough awful shit in their lives already without vampires preying on them at their most vulnerable. But also funny in a horribly ironic way, and really quite clever of Antonio and Basilio.) I'd love to see more of the two of them being awfully amoral yet devoted to each other: how they fell in love, a slice of "life" fic, how they navigate the vicious world of vampire politics together...pretty much anything exploring their relationship prior to the events of Pale Guardian.
James Asher/Lydia Asher/Simon Ysidro
Post-canon fic, please. James's ill health in Pale Guardian was very concerning, and--especially given how the book ended--I'd love a story in which Simon shifts to protecting James rather than Lydia. Or maybe a fic about Grippen's disconcerting hints of possessiveness towards James as an extension of his rivalry with Simon, and what Simon does about it.
(As you can probably tell, I'm most interested in the James/Simon leg of this threesome, but please do make Lydia an active and involved member of the threesome even if she's not the focus. I definitely see James's and Lydia's marriage as the strongest ship among the three. That hasn't changed despite the growing amounts of canonical Lydia/Simon shippiness, and I don't think it would change if James/Simon were added to the mix.)
Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
Cordelia Frost/Original Female Character
Based on things she's said in the books, I don't think Miss Frost had a female lover in university, but I'd be interested in first time fic in which she becomes romantically involved with a friend from her club, or with one of Julian's or Ned's clients, or perhaps with a woman whom Miss Frost and/or Ned consults on a case.
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Aristogiton/Costis Ormentiedes
Friends to lovers and/or a brothers in arms dynamic are what I love best about this pairing. Good-natured mockery of each other is a definite plus. Hurt/comfort could be amazing, if that interests you.
Ennikar/Immakuk
Between the parallels to both Costis and Kamet and Gilgamesh and Enkidu, I ended up shipping Ennikar and Immakuk so hard. Anything about their relationship would be awesome, from first time fic in the long ago past to how they conduct a relationship in the present, in their downtime when they're not cheerfully
Kamet/Costis Ormentiedes
Post-canon first time fic, set either in Attolia or their house in Magyar, would be fantastic. I loved reading about the different sets of expectations that they're working with and would love to see that explored further. Also, getting to see Costis's thoughts on Kamet would be great, since Thick as Thieves focused so strongly on the reverse.
The Raven and the Reindeer - T. Kingfisher
Gerta/Janna
I'm most interested in Gerta and Janna building a life together post-magical adventure. Do they become friends with some of the other cohabiting women in Gerta's town? What does Janna do now that she's given up being a bandit--does she use her training as a healer somehow or raise birds for eggs or what? Does Gerta resume learning how to weave, or does she find another line of work to pursue?
The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian
Francis Wraxhall/Lydia Wraxhall
The relationship between Francis and Lydia was one of my favorite things about The Soldier's Scoundrel, yet it was left shamefully unresolved. How do they clear up all of their misunderstandings and realize that neither of them is unrequitedly in love with the other?!
Alternatively, I'd love a story about Lydia "tricking" Francis into proposing to her, from either of their perspectives. Canon glossed over this fascinating episode in their history too much for my taste, and in any case I'm certain that the reality of it was rather different than the stories people told later.
Lady Montbray/Anne Sutherland
My other favorite thing about the book, though even more sadly neglected by the narrative. Word of God is that Charlotte and Anne are together, but I honestly couldn't tell just by reading the book if they were a couple or if I was just indulging in wishful thinking. Accordingly, pretty much anything that shows their relationship more explicitly would be my jam. How they got together (were they conducting an affair under Montbray's nose or did they wait until he'd been shipped off?), any of the events of The Soldier's Scoundrel from their perspective, what happens to them post-canon, etc. And if you're writing post-canon fic, then Oliver catching a clue at some point would be awesome.
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