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Jain on AO3. Trick or Treat is one of my favorite exchanges, and I'm very excited to be participating in it again. I hope you have a lot of fun, too!
My signup requests are all for fic, but I'm happy to receive art as a bonus gift. General art likes: clothing porn, especially pretty 19th/early 20th century dresses and nice suits; nudity/sex scenes; autumnal landscapes; candlelight and firelight; ghosts; magic.
You may ignore my Treat/Trick preferences for all my fandoms except The Room Video Games; I don't want anything too lighthearted or optimistic for that fandom.
Particularly relevant to this exchange: I like ghosts, witches, vampires, and werewolves, and do not want non-canonical zombies. Regarding Treats, I like anything from G-rated fluff to hardcore porn, but don't care for PWPs; I like some sort of character and/or relationship development along with my smut. If you want further details on my fic preferences, you can check out my general fic kinks and squicks post or browse my fic exchanges tag.
Also, some of my prompts below are much longer than others. Please don't read into this! Every single fandom, character, and ship I've requested would be an absolute joy for me to receive, even if I don't have as much to say about some of them.
Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells
Ember, Shade
Treat:
Ember: I'm open to so many Ember stories! Backstory about Ember as a young adult navigating the Emerald Twilight court; light angst about his being sent to Indigo Cloud and having to adjust to a very different milieu where he doesn't know anyone; Ember using his social skills and knowledge of court politics to Indigo Cloud's benefit when interacting with other courts; Ember's developing relationships with the people of Indigo Cloud, especially Moon, Jade, and/or Stone. (I'm not hugely interested in Ember/Pearl. It's a fine ship in canon, and I don't want it ignored or broken up in fic, but please don't have it be the focus.)
Ember/Moon: I'm a huge fan of consort/consort ships in general, and this is one of my favorites. Both of them are insecure in their own ways; both are impressively competent, also in their own ways; they start out wary (mostly Ember) and resentful (mostly Moon) of each other but grow to be allies and even friends; their personalities are almost diametrically opposed, but they really understand and appreciate each other despite their differences. Fic focusing on their relationship at any point in the journey from strangers to allies-turned-lovers would be great.
Shade: Anything dealing with Shade's Fell heritage and/or how he fits into Raksuran society and/or his sense of self would be amazing. I'm especially interested in an exploration of the emotional fallout from the noncon cannibalism.
Ember/Shade: I don't have much to say about this ship, but I love the idea of it. Ember inviting Shade to join him for tea in canon was incredibly sweet, and I find their particular similarities and contrasts intriguing. If you want to explore their relationship further, I'd love to see it.
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Hugh "Barney" Barnaby, Max Isaacs
Treat/Trick:
First, I ship the hell out of them, so definitely feel free to go there if you like. Second, and more importantly, tentacles! I'd love something focused on the (noncon? medically and ethically dubious?) process of giving them tentacles in the first place, or how they feel about having tentacles/not being standard humans any longer, or how they use their tentacles in their work as Green Men, or just some nice tentacle porn.
Things I love other than tentacles: loyalty kink, WWI historical details, worldbuilding involving the magical AU aspects of WWI, characters struggling to remain human when they fear they're turning into monsters.
Incidentally, I headcanon Max as Jewish. You don't have to use that if you don't want, but I'd prefer that you not explicitly identify him as Christian.
James Asher Vampire series - Barbara Hambly
Basilio Occhipinti, Antonio Pentangeli
Treat/Trick:
Basilio/Antonio: 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 cutthroat world of vampire politics together...pretty much anything exploring their relationship prior to the events of Pale Guardian.
Basilio and/or Antonio: I'm intrigued by the suggestion that Basilio and Antonio were able to get revenge even after their deaths--that the small bits of their lingering consciousnesses were able to subvert Francesca from within--and would love to see that explored in greater depth. Not too happy an ending, please! I prefer the tone cast by canon: melancholic yet viciously satisfying.
The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge
Leda Hunter, Jane Vellet
Treat:
I'm so fascinated by these two women, starting with their upstairs-downstairs romance, and I'd be interested in seeing that at any stage of the relationship: How did they initially become interested in each other, and how did their courtship progress? What do they do during their secret rendezvous? Do they ever move beyond those rendezvous to build a life together?
Trick:
I'm intrigued by Miss Hunter's comment that "a woman like [her] makes enemies." Both she and Mrs. Vellet responded with extraordinary calmness and competence when the Sunderlys were in danger. What personal experiences were they drawing on then? Have either or both of them encountered their own supernatural horrors, or have all their bad experiences been strictly mundane?
Lynes and Mathey series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
Cordelia Frost
Treat/Trick:
Miss Frost is hands down my favorite character in this series: competent, intelligent, highly sensible, and not quite what people expect her to be. I'd love a story about her university days, or her life outside of the office, or the progression of her career. If you want to write a Trick, then Miss Frost having to deal with a mysterious supernatural threat of her own would be excellent.
Either gen or Miss Frost/OFC is very welcome. 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 she and/or Ned consults on a case. Background Julian/Ned is also cool.
The Magnus Archives
Karolina Górka, Gerard Keay, Jonathan Sims
Treat/Trick:
Karolina: I fell hard for Karolina during her statement--her self-possession and sensibleness and compassion. Anything exploring her further would be fantastic, but some burning questions I'm left with are: What does the dust she left behind in the Magnus Institute mean? Is she a follower of the Buried who wanted to see the Institute/the Archivist in person for some particular purpose? Or has she been marked by the Buried as a "future meal"? Alternatively, could Karolina's remarkable matter-of-factness indicate that she's lost her capacity to feel fear (either specifically when she's buried/trapped or in general) just as Georgie has? Gen and Georgie/Karolina are both excellent.
Gerard: Gerry's had a mostly shitty life, an unpleasant and too young death, and a completely shitty afterlife. Break my heart and explore any of those further, please; I'm especially interested in his relationship with the Eye and his experience of being a book. Or if you wanted to focus on a less depressing part of his life, I'm very up for a casefic-type story of him neutralizing a supernatural threat and/or saving somebody from one, along the lines of MAG 12: First Aid or MAG 48: Lost in the Crowd.
Jon: My absolute favorite part of canon is the two largely unrelated personal journeys Jon is on, in which he's becoming a better person--allowing himself to care for his assistants, recognizing that he has to be able to trust people and ask them for help when he needs it, empathizing more with people in general, etc.--even as he's losing some part of his humanity. Anything focusing on those personal journeys would be fantastic. I'm particularly interested in Jon's (platonic) relationships with Daisy, Helen, Basira, and Georgie and his (platonic or non-platonic) relationship with Martin.
Martin/Jon: The fact that Jon's getting closer to people just as Martin is pulling/being pulled away from them is kind of devastating...though the mirrored pining is excellent for my id. Things I'd love to see in fic: more unresolved pining; resolved pining; romance + plot involving whatever's happening with the Extinction and/or the Watcher's Crown and/or Jon's expressed desire to leave the Magnus Institute. In case it's relevant, I'm fine with fictional eye trauma as long as it isn't described in too much gory detail.
The Price of Meat - K. J. Charles
Mark Ingestrie
Treat/Trick:
I'd love fic about Mark in Alsatia doing his best to survive while human monsters are all around him, waiting for any misstep so that they can pounce. Or Mark back in London and trying to relearn how to live in a world that isn't actively hostile in such an all-encompassing fashion. Or Mark and Elias Jeffery rekindling their relationship and coming to terms with all of the terrible hurts they caused each other in the past. Background Johanna/Arabella is very welcome.
The Room Video Games
Maggy Cox, Abigail Lockwood
Trick:
Maggy Cox: The seance room was my favorite part of The Room 2, and then the slow reveal of what happened to Maggy afterwards in The Room 3 broke my heart. I'd love a story about her time as a medium, or her history with the Craftsman (I definitely don't believe above half of what he says in his notes, so the exact nature of their shared history is very much in question), or her experience of being put into a machine, or her determination to get revenge as best she can. No outside POV on Maggy's experiences, please; I feel like I've gotten enough of that from canon.
Abigail Lockwood: I have such a massive crush on Abigail. She's so brilliant and talented and clever and resourceful. (And also super hot.) I'm particularly interested in fic about her creeping realization of what's happening to her husband and home; or how she develops her ingenious plan; or how she deals with the aftermath, both emotionally and logistically, in the wake of her escape. Please go light on the Abigail/Edward shippiness, especially if you're focusing on the end of their relationship; that final puzzle where you had to keep reuniting Abigail and Edward felt so immensely squicky to me based on what we knew by then about what had happened to Edward and their marriage. It was actually a huge relief to discover that I-the-character-completing-that-puzzle had been a villain all along!
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Katsu
Treat:
When and why does Keita build Katsu? Or any cute domestic scene involving Katsu would be great: Katsu and the people he lives with, Katsu and socks, etc. I'm also amenable to fic in which Katsu moonlights as the world's most adorable sex toy.
Trick:
On his way home, Katsu encounters a Lovecraftian horror. No permanent psychological injury or character death, please!
My signup requests are all for fic, but I'm happy to receive art as a bonus gift. General art likes: clothing porn, especially pretty 19th/early 20th century dresses and nice suits; nudity/sex scenes; autumnal landscapes; candlelight and firelight; ghosts; magic.
You may ignore my Treat/Trick preferences for all my fandoms except The Room Video Games; I don't want anything too lighthearted or optimistic for that fandom.
Particularly relevant to this exchange: I like ghosts, witches, vampires, and werewolves, and do not want non-canonical zombies. Regarding Treats, I like anything from G-rated fluff to hardcore porn, but don't care for PWPs; I like some sort of character and/or relationship development along with my smut. If you want further details on my fic preferences, you can check out my general fic kinks and squicks post or browse my fic exchanges tag.
Also, some of my prompts below are much longer than others. Please don't read into this! Every single fandom, character, and ship I've requested would be an absolute joy for me to receive, even if I don't have as much to say about some of them.
Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells
Ember, Shade
Treat:
Ember: I'm open to so many Ember stories! Backstory about Ember as a young adult navigating the Emerald Twilight court; light angst about his being sent to Indigo Cloud and having to adjust to a very different milieu where he doesn't know anyone; Ember using his social skills and knowledge of court politics to Indigo Cloud's benefit when interacting with other courts; Ember's developing relationships with the people of Indigo Cloud, especially Moon, Jade, and/or Stone. (I'm not hugely interested in Ember/Pearl. It's a fine ship in canon, and I don't want it ignored or broken up in fic, but please don't have it be the focus.)
Ember/Moon: I'm a huge fan of consort/consort ships in general, and this is one of my favorites. Both of them are insecure in their own ways; both are impressively competent, also in their own ways; they start out wary (mostly Ember) and resentful (mostly Moon) of each other but grow to be allies and even friends; their personalities are almost diametrically opposed, but they really understand and appreciate each other despite their differences. Fic focusing on their relationship at any point in the journey from strangers to allies-turned-lovers would be great.
Shade: Anything dealing with Shade's Fell heritage and/or how he fits into Raksuran society and/or his sense of self would be amazing. I'm especially interested in an exploration of the emotional fallout from the noncon cannibalism.
Ember/Shade: I don't have much to say about this ship, but I love the idea of it. Ember inviting Shade to join him for tea in canon was incredibly sweet, and I find their particular similarities and contrasts intriguing. If you want to explore their relationship further, I'd love to see it.
Green Men Series - K. J. Charles
Hugh "Barney" Barnaby, Max Isaacs
Treat/Trick:
First, I ship the hell out of them, so definitely feel free to go there if you like. Second, and more importantly, tentacles! I'd love something focused on the (noncon? medically and ethically dubious?) process of giving them tentacles in the first place, or how they feel about having tentacles/not being standard humans any longer, or how they use their tentacles in their work as Green Men, or just some nice tentacle porn.
Things I love other than tentacles: loyalty kink, WWI historical details, worldbuilding involving the magical AU aspects of WWI, characters struggling to remain human when they fear they're turning into monsters.
Incidentally, I headcanon Max as Jewish. You don't have to use that if you don't want, but I'd prefer that you not explicitly identify him as Christian.
James Asher Vampire series - Barbara Hambly
Basilio Occhipinti, Antonio Pentangeli
Treat/Trick:
Basilio/Antonio: 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 cutthroat world of vampire politics together...pretty much anything exploring their relationship prior to the events of Pale Guardian.
Basilio and/or Antonio: I'm intrigued by the suggestion that Basilio and Antonio were able to get revenge even after their deaths--that the small bits of their lingering consciousnesses were able to subvert Francesca from within--and would love to see that explored in greater depth. Not too happy an ending, please! I prefer the tone cast by canon: melancholic yet viciously satisfying.
The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge
Leda Hunter, Jane Vellet
Treat:
I'm so fascinated by these two women, starting with their upstairs-downstairs romance, and I'd be interested in seeing that at any stage of the relationship: How did they initially become interested in each other, and how did their courtship progress? What do they do during their secret rendezvous? Do they ever move beyond those rendezvous to build a life together?
Trick:
I'm intrigued by Miss Hunter's comment that "a woman like [her] makes enemies." Both she and Mrs. Vellet responded with extraordinary calmness and competence when the Sunderlys were in danger. What personal experiences were they drawing on then? Have either or both of them encountered their own supernatural horrors, or have all their bad experiences been strictly mundane?
Lynes and Mathey series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
Cordelia Frost
Treat/Trick:
Miss Frost is hands down my favorite character in this series: competent, intelligent, highly sensible, and not quite what people expect her to be. I'd love a story about her university days, or her life outside of the office, or the progression of her career. If you want to write a Trick, then Miss Frost having to deal with a mysterious supernatural threat of her own would be excellent.
Either gen or Miss Frost/OFC is very welcome. 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 she and/or Ned consults on a case. Background Julian/Ned is also cool.
The Magnus Archives
Karolina Górka, Gerard Keay, Jonathan Sims
Treat/Trick:
Karolina: I fell hard for Karolina during her statement--her self-possession and sensibleness and compassion. Anything exploring her further would be fantastic, but some burning questions I'm left with are: What does the dust she left behind in the Magnus Institute mean? Is she a follower of the Buried who wanted to see the Institute/the Archivist in person for some particular purpose? Or has she been marked by the Buried as a "future meal"? Alternatively, could Karolina's remarkable matter-of-factness indicate that she's lost her capacity to feel fear (either specifically when she's buried/trapped or in general) just as Georgie has? Gen and Georgie/Karolina are both excellent.
Gerard: Gerry's had a mostly shitty life, an unpleasant and too young death, and a completely shitty afterlife. Break my heart and explore any of those further, please; I'm especially interested in his relationship with the Eye and his experience of being a book. Or if you wanted to focus on a less depressing part of his life, I'm very up for a casefic-type story of him neutralizing a supernatural threat and/or saving somebody from one, along the lines of MAG 12: First Aid or MAG 48: Lost in the Crowd.
Jon: My absolute favorite part of canon is the two largely unrelated personal journeys Jon is on, in which he's becoming a better person--allowing himself to care for his assistants, recognizing that he has to be able to trust people and ask them for help when he needs it, empathizing more with people in general, etc.--even as he's losing some part of his humanity. Anything focusing on those personal journeys would be fantastic. I'm particularly interested in Jon's (platonic) relationships with Daisy, Helen, Basira, and Georgie and his (platonic or non-platonic) relationship with Martin.
Martin/Jon: The fact that Jon's getting closer to people just as Martin is pulling/being pulled away from them is kind of devastating...though the mirrored pining is excellent for my id. Things I'd love to see in fic: more unresolved pining; resolved pining; romance + plot involving whatever's happening with the Extinction and/or the Watcher's Crown and/or Jon's expressed desire to leave the Magnus Institute. In case it's relevant, I'm fine with fictional eye trauma as long as it isn't described in too much gory detail.
The Price of Meat - K. J. Charles
Mark Ingestrie
Treat/Trick:
I'd love fic about Mark in Alsatia doing his best to survive while human monsters are all around him, waiting for any misstep so that they can pounce. Or Mark back in London and trying to relearn how to live in a world that isn't actively hostile in such an all-encompassing fashion. Or Mark and Elias Jeffery rekindling their relationship and coming to terms with all of the terrible hurts they caused each other in the past. Background Johanna/Arabella is very welcome.
The Room Video Games
Maggy Cox, Abigail Lockwood
Trick:
Maggy Cox: The seance room was my favorite part of The Room 2, and then the slow reveal of what happened to Maggy afterwards in The Room 3 broke my heart. I'd love a story about her time as a medium, or her history with the Craftsman (I definitely don't believe above half of what he says in his notes, so the exact nature of their shared history is very much in question), or her experience of being put into a machine, or her determination to get revenge as best she can. No outside POV on Maggy's experiences, please; I feel like I've gotten enough of that from canon.
Abigail Lockwood: I have such a massive crush on Abigail. She's so brilliant and talented and clever and resourceful. (And also super hot.) I'm particularly interested in fic about her creeping realization of what's happening to her husband and home; or how she develops her ingenious plan; or how she deals with the aftermath, both emotionally and logistically, in the wake of her escape. Please go light on the Abigail/Edward shippiness, especially if you're focusing on the end of their relationship; that final puzzle where you had to keep reuniting Abigail and Edward felt so immensely squicky to me based on what we knew by then about what had happened to Edward and their marriage. It was actually a huge relief to discover that I-the-character-completing-that-puzzle had been a villain all along!
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
Katsu
Treat:
When and why does Keita build Katsu? Or any cute domestic scene involving Katsu would be great: Katsu and the people he lives with, Katsu and socks, etc. I'm also amenable to fic in which Katsu moonlights as the world's most adorable sex toy.
Trick:
On his way home, Katsu encounters a Lovecraftian horror. No permanent psychological injury or character death, please!
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