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Pinch Hit 1: CLAIMED
Request 1 by anabel
Miss Marple - Agatha Christie
Jane Marple/Original Female Character, Fanfic

Hello dear author! :) I have a bunch of general plot and smut likes in my letter, which you are more than welcome to substitute for any of the fandom-specific prompts!

Fandom-specific prompts:

Miss Marple is quite simply awesome. I love how she’s so quietly competent and flies under the radar a lot because people underestimate her. I love the way she solves ‘important’ mysteries by relating them to ‘little’ mysteries that happened in St Mary Mead. I love her dry wit and her steel nerve and her refusal to let old age limit her more than it must.

As for what kind of stories I’d like to see, I’m really open! Maybe you’d be interested in writing about how Miss Marple had a youthful love affair as a young woman. Did they solve her first mystery together? Did she have any failures or embarrassing mistakes when she wasn’t that experienced yet – or was she always Just This Good at solving things? (Was it a mistake that led her to the young woman she fell in love with? I love meet cutes. Or were they friends who had a mystery-solving society as teenagers and gradually realized they were falling in love as well?)

Or maybe you want to write an established-relationship AU in which Miss Marple has been happily partnered for 40 years and comes home and tells her partner all about her latest cases, while her partner knits by the fire and makes the occasional astute comment (because you can’t live with Miss Marple for 40 years and not pick up some things).

Any Miss Marple fic sounds divine to me. :)

(for additional general Miss Marple thoughts, if desired, see an earlier Yuletide letter)

DNWs: eye injury, vomiting, infidelity, noncon and/or dubcon, death of a requested character, underage (under 16), people being cornered and yelled at (they can be yelled at as long as they would be able to escape if they want/needed to), women being victimized by men without being able to fight back, women being denied agency, setting-divergence AUs (aka modern AUs, different-profession AUs, a/b/o, etc.), transphobia or anti-trans characters (even if condemned in narrative). [I welcome any of my requested characters being trans women, but for personal reasons please don't have any conflict in the fic have to do with their transness.]

Letter: http://anabelissima.dreamwidth.org/1792.html


Request 2 by anabel
Survivor (US TV) RPF
Original Female Contestant/Original Female Contestant (Survivor RPF), Fanfic

Hello dear author! :) I have a bunch of general plot and smut likes in my letter, which you are more than welcome to substitute for any of the fandom-specific prompts!

Fandom-specific prompts:

I recently realized that much as I roll my eyes at most Survivor showmances, I’d be totally into a f/f one. I’d love a f/f version of the Rob/Amber story, for instance! Flirting for game purposes -> falling in love for reals -> proposing at the results show -> getting married -> having four little girls together and making them into the biggest Survivor superfans ever? Just super cute and adorable.

You have carte blanche to create whatever Survivor season you like. I would prefer all original characters (aka not a returnee or celebrity season), except that Jeff Probst is welcome to appear, of course! I haven’t hated any of the themes so far except for Edge of Extinction, so you’re welcome to re-use any of the others, and I’m also good with an old-school no-theme season.

Whatever style season you go with, I’d love a story about how two women fall in love and rock the game together! As much or as little strategy and gameplay as you like, as long as there’s a romantic happy ending. Brant Steele’s Survivor Simulator is a fun way to help generate show events/challenges/etc., if that interests you.

DNWs: eye injury, vomiting, infidelity, noncon and/or dubcon, death of a requested character, underage (under 16), people being cornered and yelled at (they can be yelled at as long as they would be able to escape if they want/needed to), women being victimized by men without being able to fight back, women being denied agency, setting-divergence AUs (aka modern AUs, different-profession AUs, a/b/o, etc.), transphobia or anti-trans characters (even if condemned in narrative). [I welcome any of my requested characters being trans women, but for personal reasons please don't have any conflict in the fic have to do with their transness.]

Letter: http://anabelissima.dreamwidth.org/1792.html


Request 3 by anabel
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Katy Chen | Chen Ruiwen/Xu Xialing (Cinematic), Fanfic

Hello dear author! :) I have a bunch of general plot and smut likes in my letter, which you are more than welcome to substitute for any of the fandom-specific prompts!

Fandom-specific prompts:

SPOILERS FOR SHANG-CHI IN THIS PROMPT, PLEASE SKIP IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT

Shang-Chi took me by storm and utterly charmed me. I love everything about it, its characters, and its universe, and I ship Katy/Xialing so hard.

I love how they have such fantastic charisma and basically start flirting the moment they meet, how Xialing saves Katy's life on the scaffolding and Katy returns the favor in the final battle, how both of them break out of the molds that their societies try to place them in and find their own path. I love Katy's BFF friendship with Shang-Chi, and Xialing's complicated feelings towards him after he left her behind. I love what big fans they are of each other, and how they bond through this epic experience, and how they both save the world. I want to know how they might get together, and how they might face their future side-by-side.

Some ideas (but if you have your own, go for it!)

Katy doesn't fit into her old world any longer. She starts texting with Xialing, wondering if she too feels out of place, and Things Go From There.

Xialing is busy reinventing the Ten Rings. She reaches out to Katy to do the graphic design for her website, but says she can't tell Shang-Chi. Katy's not good at secrets, or at keeping her rapidly-growing crush under wraps...

Katy and Xialing have a lot of humming adrenalin left over from the final battle. They find each other and burn it off.

Katy introduces her girlfriend Xialing to her family or Soo.

How does Shang-Chi find out that his sister and BFF are dating? Does he walk in on them? Catch a flirty text? Find them kissing in a karaoke booth? Notice Xialing's clothes in Katy's room?

Katy, Xialing, Shang-Chi, and an Avenger of your choice (any gender) go out for dinner. Gradually, Shang-Chi realizes that Katy (or Xialing) has set him up on a date. And then the 4th person says something that makes him realize it's a double date and he's been missing something right in front of his face.

Five ways Katy could have fallen in love with Xialing, and one way she did. (Or Xialing with Katy.)

Also, I am all here for canon-divergence AUs! Maybe Shang-Chi insists on sharing the rings with Xialing, so they each have five and all three of them go to the conference with Wong. Maybe Shang-Chi died trying to protect their mother, and it was Xialing who Wenwu trained and Xialing who ended up on the run in San Francisco and befriending Katy. Maybe Wenwu lived, and Katy ends up living in the Ten Rings compound for a while as Xialing and Shang-Chi are trying to rebuild their family and delicately make sure their father isn't going to become a supervillain again anytime soon. (How might an emboldened Katy talk to Wenwu about how he treats the woman she's falling in love with? And does Wenwu guess her secret?)

DNWs: eye injury, vomiting, infidelity, noncon and/or dubcon, death of a requested character, underage (under 16), people being cornered and yelled at (they can be yelled at as long as they would be able to escape if they want/needed to), women being victimized by men without being able to fight back, women being denied agency, setting-divergence AUs (aka modern AUs, different-profession AUs, a/b/o, etc.), transphobia or anti-trans characters (even if condemned in narrative). [I welcome any of my requested characters being trans women, but for personal reasons please don't have any conflict in the fic have to do with their transness.]

Letter: http://anabelissima.dreamwidth.org/1792.html



Pinch Hit 2: CLAIMED
Request 1 by TheseusInTheMaze
Doctor Who
Melanie Bush/Ace McShane, Ace McShane/Missy, Thirteenth Doctor/Ace McShane, The Lumiat/Ace McShane/Missy, The Lumiat/Ace McShane, Tegan Jovanka/Nyssa of Traken, Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan, Thirteenth Doctor/Melanie Bush, Thirteenth Doctor/Bill Potts (DW), Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan/River Song, Fanfic

DNW

First Person POV
Scat
Spitting
Urethral sounding
Tribbing/scissoring/vulva to vulva sex
Cervix Penetration
Soulmate/one and only AUs.
Permanent Character Death
Suicide/self harm/eating disorders
Mundane AUs in fantastical settings (e.g., putting Sabrina Spellman in a coffee shop AU)
Hopeless endings
Characters explicitly naming their sexuality (I’m okay with “I’m only interested in girls/I like all kinds of people,” I just don’t want specific labels)
W&M with food (versus paint, slime, etc)
Polyam fic focusing on the POV character setting their partner up with someone else.
Explicit on screen polyamory negotiations
The Doctor and the Master/Missy being referred to with they/them pronouns
The Doctor and the Master being referred to as Theta and Koschei
Doctor Who - TARDIS spelled "Tardis/tardis" - please capitalize all the letters.
The Doctor in dresses or skirts, consensually
Letter: http://theseusinthemaze.dreamwidth.org/13012.html

Request 2 by TheseusInTheMaze
We Know the Devil (Visual Novel)
Jupiter/Neptune/Venus (We Know the Devil), Fanfic

DNW

First Person POV
Scat
Spitting
Urethral sounding
Tribbing/scissoring/vulva to vulva sex
Cervix Penetration
Soulmate/one and only AUs.
Permanent Character Death
Suicide/self harm/eating disorders
Mundane AUs in fantastical settings (e.g., putting Sabrina Spellman in a coffee shop AU)
Hopeless endings
Characters explicitly naming their sexuality (I’m okay with “I’m only interested in girls/I like all kinds of people,” I just don’t want specific labels)
W&M with food (versus paint, slime, etc)
Polyam fic focusing on the POV character setting their partner up with someone else.
Explicit on screen polyamory negotiations
Letter: http://theseusinthemaze.dreamwidth.org/13012.html


Request 3 by TheseusInTheMaze
Heaven Will Be Mine (Visual Novel)
Luna-Terra/Pluto/Saturn (Heaven Will Be Mine), Fanfic

DNW

First Person POV
Scat
Spitting
Urethral sounding
Tribbing/scissoring/vulva to vulva sex
Cervix Penetration
Soulmate/one and only AUs.
Permanent Character Death
Suicide/self harm/eating disorders
Mundane AUs in fantastical settings (e.g., putting Sabrina Spellman in a coffee shop AU)
Hopeless endings
Characters explicitly naming their sexuality (I’m okay with “I’m only interested in girls/I like all kinds of people,” I just don’t want specific labels)
W&M with food (versus paint, slime, etc)
Polyam fic focusing on the POV character setting their partner up with someone else.
Explicit on screen polyamory negotiations
Letter: http://theseusinthemaze.dreamwidth.org/13012.html



Pinch Hit 3: CLAIMED
Request 1 by Trobadora
Grimm (TV)
Kelly Burkhardt/Elizabeth Lascelles, Fanfic

General DNWs: permanent death of requested characters; partner betrayal; unrequested pairings for requested characters; humiliation; noncon; woobification; mundane AUs and other unrequested changes to the canon setting or premise; unrequited pining; fake dating; soulmates (except in the zhiji sense); A/B/O; nonhuman characters becoming human; unmitigated fluff; permanent separation of requested ships; unhappy endings; first or second person.

Fandom-specific DNW: Nick/Adalind as more than a passing mention.


Prompts:


I've wanted these two women to meet ever since Elizabeth announced she was going to go looking for her granddaughter in season 4. Alas, canon went elsewhere, but I'd still love that AU or missing scene. Kelly Burkhardt is a darker and more traditional Grimm than her son, and she opts for violence much more readily; Elizabeth is a powerful Hexenbiest even Monroe is a little afraid of, and she must have been as baffled by the company her son chooses to keep as Kelly was by Nick befriending a Blutbad. They're both powerful and cynical and not easily swayed, and a confrontation between them could easily end in disaster:

Renard: "I don't want my mother to kill your mother."
Nick: "And I don't want my mother to kill your mother."

But Kelly did work with Team Grimm, Renard included (despite him trying to kill her sister once), and ended up with a baby Hexenbiest in her care. Elizabeth was instrumental in returning his Grimm powers to Nick. And they have a lot in common; I think it would probably be instant chemistry. I'd love to see them deal with that! Maybe Kelly is all right with Nick's friends now, but what would she do if she found herself attracted to a Hexenbiest? and Elizabeth to a Grimm? They're both used to being the most dangerous person in the room - do they each constantly try to get the upper hand, or is it a relief to be pretty evenly matched? Seriously, anything with the two of them together would be great - I'd love to see how a meeting or confrontation between them might play out, and how they would relate to each other. (And for something more porny, maybe they have to perform some kind of Hexenbiest sex ritual?)

I'm also generally fascinated with Hexenbiests, their psychology, their relationship with the rest of the Wesen world and with the Royals, so anything that includes that would be awesome. Maybe Kelly, through Diana and Elizabeth, confronts some of her pre-conceived notions about Hexenbiests?

Letter: http://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/1126445.html


Request 2 by Trobadora
镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018)
Yā Qīng/Zhù Hóng (Guardian TV), Fanfic

General DNWs: permanent death of requested characters; partner betrayal; unrequested pairings for requested characters; humiliation; noncon; woobification; mundane AUs and other unrequested changes to the canon setting or premise; unrequited pining; fake dating; soulmates (except in the zhiji sense); A/B/O; nonhuman characters becoming human; unmitigated fluff; permanent separation of requested ships; unhappy endings; first or second person.

Fandom-specific DNW: novel worldbuilding or characterisation


Prompts:


Ya Qing is one of the most fascinating of Guardian's side characters to me. She's dedicated to advancing the Crow Tribe, dissatisfied with the state of affairs (Yashou basically in hiding while human society advances), and for a long time, she thinks working for/with Ye Zun will gain her what she wants. To her, that end justifies her means - but in the end, she's forced to realise that all her efforts did nothing to further her goals, and instead nearly led to disaster. I'd love to see more of what drives her, and the aftermath and the consequences of her choices.

As for Zhu Hong, I like the respectful way canon treats her unrequited feelings for Zhao Yunlan, and the way she ultimately finds her place as Yashou High Chief, but I would have loved to see more of her coming into her own. I think the intersection of that and Ya Qing's story would make for an amazing pairing - and Ya Qing might be just Zhu Hong's type, with her superficial cockiness and sincere intentions underneath, no matter how misguided. For the two of them, I'd particularly love to see something post-canon, or maybe diverging late in canon. How does Zhu Hong deal with an Elder who was on the wrong side until not so long ago? How does Ya Qing deal with Zhu Hong becoming High Chief? Zhu Hong could perhaps learn leadership skills from Ya Qing, but what would actually make her listen? Attraction might be quick, but what would it take to give in to it - for either of them? What would Ya Qing do to win Zhu Hong's trust? What would convince Zhu Hong? Or do they end up in bed together before they actually trust each other? Alternately, a time travel do-over is always good! What if Ya Qing got the chance to do things differently? Either way, I'd especially love to see how Ya Qing's relationship with Zhu Hong is shaped by Ya Qing's own bad choices and their consequences.

Letter: http://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/1126445.html


Request 3 by Trobadora
Once Upon a Time (TV)
Jabberwocky/Red Queen | Anastasia, Fanfic

General DNWs: permanent death of requested characters; partner betrayal; unrequested pairings for requested characters; woobification; mundane AUs and other unrequested changes to the canon setting or premise; unrequited pining; fake dating; soulmates (except in the zhiji sense); A/B/O; mpreg; nonhuman characters becoming human/immortals becoming mortal; unmitigated fluff; permanent separation of requested ships; unhappy endings; first or second person.

Fandom-specific DNW: Ana/Will breaking up (I'm good with background Ana/Will, Jabberwocky/Ana/Will, or Will simply not being in the picture, dead or lost or otherwise not present).


Prompts:


I'm very fascinated with the Jabberwocky, her terrifying powers and legendary status in Wonderland, and the hints we had that she (like so many OUaT villains) was made into what she became. Her name strikes fear into the heart of everyone who's heard of her (except Jafar) - and her powers actually live up to that threat. She may work for Jafar, since he has the Vorpal Blade, but she's his tool only for so long - and even then, not gladly - before she turns around and betrays him. There's clearly more to her than we get to see.

And Anastasia is my favourite OUaTiW character. She seems a straightforward villain at first, but turns out one of the most complex characters of the Wonderland spin-off. She makes a mistake, then doubles down on her mistakes. She's manipulated by Cora, but she turns to evil on her own, out of despair, convincing herself she can undo everything that went wrong and none of it will matter. And still, when she finally realises what she's done, she stands up and takes responsibility.

The interactions between these two were extremely compelling to me. There may not have been much, but the scene where the Jabberwocky hounds Anastasia, and in particular the one where she mentally tortures her is incredibly intense, and it left me wanting to see more of that intensity, however it might turn out.

I'd love to see what the dynamic between the two of them could turn into. What happens if the Jabberwocky is freed and they meet again? I'd love to see a post-finale Anastasia confronted with the Jabberwocky and all her old fears again. Or what if they'd met under different circumstances, or the Jabberwocky had turned against Jafar sooner/more effectively? Working together against a common enemy would be great. Enemies to reluctant allies to lovers is a favourite trope of mine. A look into their heads during their canon interactions might be great, too - we never get to see exactly what the Jabberwocky does to Anastasia ... This being the Jabberwocky, you can go very dark with her at all times (this is my one exception to my noncon and humiliation DNW). Even so, maybe there's a way it could turn out differently? And at least for post-canon fic I'd like to see something with an ultimately hopeful ending.

Letter: http://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/1126445.html


Request 4 by Trobadora
Legend of the Seeker (TV)
Kahlan Amnell/Cara Mason, Dahlia/Cara Mason, Fanfic

General DNWs: permanent death of requested characters; partner betrayal; unrequested pairings for requested characters; humiliation; noncon; woobification; mundane AUs and other unrequested changes to the canon setting or premise; unrequited pining; fake dating; soulmates (except in the zhiji sense); unmitigated fluff; permanent separation of requested ships; unhappy endings; first or second person.

Fandom-specific DNW: 100% unredeemable Darken Rahl (even when they're at their worst, I prefer villains who could still be capable of change)


Prompts:


Cara in general: Cara is so many things that I love: a formerly evil character with a redemption arc; a stoic, closed-off introvert giving tantalising glimpses into her emotional landscape while remaining mostly closed off and an introvert; a woman with strong on-screen relationships with other women. A bisexual woman whose sexuality isn't censored. I'd love more of her in either of these ships. (I'm also fascinated with Cara's complicated relationship with the Mord'Sith, and with Darken Rahl, so anything that plays into that would be very welcome!)

Cara/Kahlan: Cara's strongest relationship - Richard notwithstanding - is with Kahlan, though by all rights they should hate each other. The Mord'Sith and the Confessor - I've shipped them nearly from the start. And they do start out with hate, Kahlan hating Cara for killing her sister in particular. But Cara has changed more than just sides, and Kahlan sees it. From complete distrust to tentative, belligerent trust to the closest of friends - I love their development over the course of the season. Something set at any point of that timeline or in the future would be awesome, or instead an AU where they meet under different circumstances - maybe while Cara is still working for Darken Rahl? I'm particularly fond of trust issues, having to rely on someone you don't yet fully trust, or having to defend each other in difficult circumstances, but I would be happy with anything about these two. Getting to know each other, slowly opening up, or being at odds, or even enemies; Kahlan undercover as a Mord'Sith; Cara in a Confessor's dress - or Agiel porn; that's just as good. *g*

Cara/Dahlia: Though we only meet her very late, Dahlia is a bright spot in Cara's otherwise dark backstory. I love Cara's redemption arc and her learning how to connect with people who aren't Mord'Sith or Darken Rahl, but I'd also love her reconnecting with people from her past and maybe finding that there's still something there. Her reaction when meeting Dahlia again spoke volumes about how close they were and how deep the trust went, so I'd love to see something where it doesn't end in death and erasure. Even when she betrays Cara, Dahlia thinks she's acting in Cara's best interest, and Cara never doubts that. What if Dahlia hadn't died - would she go back to the Mord'Sith, or stay with Cara? I'd love to see them figure out how things work between them under vastly changed circumstances. Or how would they handle being on different sides? How would Kahlan, Richard and Zedd react? Or something about the situation of the Mord'Sith after the fall of the D'Haran regime - is there a future for any part of their lifestyle, and should there be? I'd love them to grapple with that. Or something set in the AU where Cara was never a Mord'Sith! Or Agiel porn, that's just as good. *g*

Letter: http://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/1126445.html



Request 1 by wonderwanda
Crossing Jordan
Jordan cavanaugh/Kate Switzer, Fanfic
Letter: http://wonderwanda.tumblr.com/dearwlw


Request 2 by wonderwanda
Designing Women
Mary Jo Shively/Julia Sugarbaker, Fanfic
Letter: http://wonderwanda.tumblr.com/dearwlw


Request 3 by wonderwanda
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Anna May/Florence/Madeleine/Scarlet (Gundpowder Milkshake), Anna May/Florence/Madeleine (Gunpowder Milkshake), Fanfic
Letter: http://wonderwanda.tumblr.com/dearwlw


Request 4 by wonderwanda
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Alexandra Medford/Sukie Ridgemont/Jane Spofford, Fanfic
Letter: http://Wonderwanda.tumblr.com/dearwlw


Request 5 by wonderwanda
ER (TV 1994)
Susan Lewis/Abby Lockhart, Fanfic
Letter: http://wonderwanda.tumblr.com/dearwlw