Fandom 5k 2019 Letter

Dear author,

I can't believe it's already F5K time again! Thank you for writing for me, and I hope you get the longfic of your dreams in return.

As usual, all my prompts and rambling below are just suggestions. If you have an idea for any of these characters/ships, please do feel free to go for it. Outside of my DNWs, I'm open to anything from lighthearted fluff, to plotty casefic and worldbuilding, to hardcore darkfic and smut. You can also take any of my general likes as prompts in themselves.

I'm aware that the fandoms I'm requesting this round are a little on the obscure side. Almost all of them can be played/watched for free, though, and I've included links to help with that if anything happens to pique your interest. :D

My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.

Table of Contents

- Likes -
- DNWs -

- Food Fantasy -
- Hylics -
- Marathon -
- Soul Calibur-
- Titanfall-

Likes

Narrative likes:

* Adventure / casefic
* Canon divergence / "what if?" AUs
* Backstory
* Post-canon
* Outsider POV
* Slice of life
* Hurt and/or comfort
* Reluctant allies / enemies having to work together
* Characters with complicated relationships, platonic or otherwise
* Interactive fiction formats (IF, CYOA, games, visual novels, etc). If you feel your story would work better in an interactive format, go for it!

Fluffy likes:

* Hair touching/brushing
* Affectionate insults / play-fighting
* Pretending to be dating/married
* Friends-to-lovers, or enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
* Physical affection, platonic or otherwise
* Emotional intimacy, platonic or otherwise
* Unusual gestures of affection
* Working together on a task/mission
* Loyalty kink

Darkfic likes:

* Dysfunctional relationships
* Kidnapping / stockholm syndrome
* Mind control
* Blood / gore / violence
* Angst / guilt / shame
* Manipulation / blackmail / gaslighting
* Eating disorders
* Body horror + psychological horror
* Loyalty kink (GONE WRONG)

Smutty likes:

* Dubcon, noncon, and enthusiastic consent are all welcome
* Xeno
* Bondage, D/s, S&M, etc.
* Impact play
* Praise kink
* Clothing kink
* Humiliation
* Weapon play (knife, sword, gun, whip, etc.)
* Blood play / blood drinking
* Rough sex
* Sex pollen
* Face-sitting
* Loyalty kink (GONE SEXUAL)

Do Not Wants

* Pregnancy
* Asexuality headcanons
* Unrequested crossovers
* References to real-world politics
* Genderswaps, including trans headcanons
* Biphobia (particularly calling bisexual characters "het," bashing bi characters for being in mixed-gender relationships, or writing canonically bi characters as gay or straight)

* Prompts *

Food Fantasy

What is it?

Food Fantasy is a F2P mobile RPG where you summon food dishes from around the world - anthropomorphized as hot people - to fight evil. I swear it's better than it sounds. Heck, I even did a promo post for it this year!

The game is free on Android and iPhone. Buuut the relevant lore for my requested characters is either event-exclusive or currently unavailable in the English version of the game, so have some relevant links:

Bloody Mary's backstory
Steak's backstory
The Bloody Mary/Steak Halloween event

Prompts

Fandom-specific DNWs:
* Nonbinary Bloody Mary
* Unrequested background ships involving food souls who aren't Bloody Mary. I'm fine with Mary assuming that Steak and Red Wine are an item (and being vehemently jealous over it), but I'd prefer actual Steak/Red Wine not to be a focus. However, this DNW gets completely waived when it comes to Mary; I'm fine with Mary/his past victims, Mary/Pretzel, even Mary/his former master attendant, if you want to go there.

- Bloody Mary -

I love this disaster vampire man so very much. I'm so here for anything exploring his life, especially his time under the countess and his life of hedonism, high society, and bloodshed. We know from Turkey's backstory that basically everyone (at least other food souls) knew Mary was powerful and dangerous, but how did he establish that reputation? He must have had some involvement with political and bureaucratic affairs outside of being his master's honeypot.

On the other end of the timeline, I'd love a story about what he gets up to after being summoned by a new master attendant who has all these other food souls, and Mary's interactions with those other food souls. How does he cope with having Steak right there and not being allowed to pursue him? Does he give fashion and makeup advice to the female food souls who wanted to be as pretty as him? I like to imagine him bonding with Hotdog (beauty pageant buddies!) or having an awkward but effective arrangement with Boston Lobster (Boston's always too hot, Mary's always too cold...think about it).


- Bloody Mary/Steak -


I...don't think I really have to explain why I ship Mary and Steak. I'd love to see anything with these two, whether it's something leaning into Bloody Mary's one-sided obsession, or something where Steak actually reciprocates his feelings.

Maybe somehow, Bloody Mary actually manages to convince Steak that Red Wine is the bad guy, and Steak comes with Mary instead. How does Mary treat Steak now that he actually has him to himself? Is he as vicious as his reputation suggests, or is he actually a gentle and considerate partner because he doesn't want to drive away the man he thinks of as his soulmate?

Also: Blood kink! C'mon, it's built into these two.

Feel free to go a noncon/dubcon route! Maybe after Bloody Mary gets loose from the church and starts bleeding innocent people dry again, Steak realizes that the best way to pacify Mary is to offer himself up to the vampire. If you'd like inspiration, my Smut Swap request for these two is right over here. ;D

Hylics

What is it?

Hylics is a delightful little indie RPG about four buddies who form a rock band and take a trip to the moon. Which sounds like a relatively mundane premise, but it's set in a surreal far-future Earth, everything is made out of wacky claymation, and parts of the dialogue are written on the spot using random text generation (the core plot remains the same through every playthrough, though). It's wonderful, and the main party is wonderfully shippable.

It takes about 2-3 hours to get through. It's available on Steam, or you can watch a movie version here.

Prompts

- Wayne/Somsnosa/Pongorma/Dedusmuln -

I absolutely adore this ragtag band and want all the fluff about them. I’m fond of the idea of Wayne and Somsnosa having an established relationship and bringing their two new friends into the fold during/after their adventure.

Do they take their new band on tour? Do they all help Dedusmuln with exciting new archaeological expeditions? Do they take a cruise on their ship and have a peaceful vacation because killing the king of the moon is hard work and they deserve it? There's only one bed and bathtub in the resting areas, so there’s gotta be awkward bed-sharing/group-bathing shenanigans. And hey, chilling out in the Cozy Death Realm building sandcastles is canon, so you have a built-in beach episode prompt!

Hurt/comfort is also a possibility. Even in a world where death is no big deal, emotional hurt is still a thing, and Gibby did feel the need to apologize to Wayne for "everything." So maybe Wayne has some complicated feelings about killing Gibby and whatever troubled history they had there? And the rest of the party makes sure he knows they're there for him.

And, well, if you're inclined to write clay-people xeno foursomes I'm not inclined to stop you!

(Note 1: As far as I'm aware, unless I missed something, Dedusmuln's gender is never specified. If it isn't, I would be equally happy with them being a he, a she, or a they. If it is, ignore me and go with whatever's canon.)

(Note 2: You do not have to try and emulate the writing style of canon, holy shit. No random text generators required.)

Marathon

What is it?

Marathon is a trilogy of scifi FPS games about a cyborg supersoldier who has a bad day on the job and gets mixed up in the affairs of several evil AIs and aliens who have a bad habit of kidnapping him for their own agendas. They're fun, packed with worldbuilding and character development, and have plenty of ship potential among the AIs.

All of the games are free to play on PC, Mac, and Linux, and can be downloaded here.

Prompts

- Durandal/Tycho -

Jealousy and violence-fueled AI incest. Who could ask for more? :D

Give me allll of Tycho's weird psychological issues and obsessiveness towards his brother, combined with Durandal's daddy issues and fraught relationship with his fellow Marathon AI. The time period where Durandal is captured by the Pfhor obviously gives a great setup for this, or maybe some canon divergence where they're forced to work together to overcome some greater nuisance, with all the UST-filled bickering that entails? Or an AU where Durandal is traveling happily around the galaxy with the security officer, and Tycho tracks him down and reminds him that he can't put his past behind him that easily?

Just...fuck me up with these two, really.

Soul Calibur

What is it?

Soul Calibur is a long-running series of fighting games about combatants from around the world repeatedly stabbing each other in an endless custody battle over a cursed sword. Once again, I swear it's better than it sounds.

SC is...not as quick and easy to pick up as the other games in this letter, but if you're interested, the new Soul Calibur VI is a perfectly good (and super fun) starting point!

Prompts

- Voldo/Vercci -

I love these two so much. So, so much. Voldo's undying loyalty to Vercci, combined with his tragic backstory and general delightful, kinky, bendy weirdness, is just so perfect.

I'm down to read anything about these two! How did they first meet, and how did Vercci convince Voldo to come work for him in the first place? What were their early years like - how did Voldo adjust from a life on the sea to a place at Vercci's side, and was there a culture clash between him and his master? How did Vercci incorporate Voldo into his professional life, when - going by SCVI - even Vercci's own family was suspicious of the strange boy that Vercci was putting so much time into? What in the hell did Vercci do to make Voldo love him so much, that he'd be so insanely loyal to him even after his death?

When it comes to kinks, well, look at who we're talking about here. Bondage, D/s, and sadomasochism as far as the eye can see. I feel like Voldo would also be particularly susceptible to praise kink, given that one time in SCIII he fantasized about Vercci praising him again. I am absolutely down for 5k of smut, if you're so inclined. :D

Titanfall

What is it?

Titanfall is a duology of sci-fi FPS games about the bond between humans and their giant war mechs (but my requested ship is only from the second game).

It's available on PS4/Xbox One, or you can watch a movie version here.

Prompts

- BT-7274/Jack Cooper -

So, for the purposes of my requests, let's all be in agreement that the ending never happened and BT and Jack are both in one piece having happy adventures together, right? Right.

I love these two so much. BT is such a precious darling sweetheart giant robot boy, and his budding relationship with Jack made my heart ache. I just want to see more of them learning about and loving each other, through fluff, adventures, or hurt/comfort!

I'd love something about them being sent off on another mission or encountering some new adversity that gives them an excuse to bond. (I'm fond of the Apex Predators - especially Kane and Ash - so bringing one of those assholes back to cause problems would not go amiss. :D)

I am so weak for hurt/comfort with these two. Maybe Jack gets kidnapped/tortured, but his assailants didn't count on his giant robot boyfriend coming to the rescue. Maybe someone with less than wholesome intentions nabs BT for "science," not counting on the fact that Jack is willing to go through hell and back to get his titan back.

I'm definitely down for smut, too! Any way you want to make it work would be amazing, but I do prefer BT staying in his original body instead of being transferred to a more humanoid one - potentially with Jack kinking exactly on how huge and strong BT is compared to him. c; If you need an excuse for the sex, maybe Jack eats a strange plant in the wilderness and bam, sex pollen. Which BT will help him with, naturally, because he would be remiss not to follow Protocol 3...