Fandom 5K 2018 Letter
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exchangebenchDear author,
I'm so hyped for this exchange, and I hope you are too! 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 hardcore darkfic and smut. You can also take any of my general likes as prompts in themselves. Good luck and have fun on your race to 5K!
My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.
- Likes -
- DNWs -
- Dawn in Naples -
- Dracula -
- Gingiva -
- Castlevania -
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
* 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)
* Pregnancy
* Asexuality headcanons
* Unrequested crossovers
* References to real-world politics
* Genderswaps, including trans headcanons
* Hurtcomfortverse AUs (normal hurt/comfort is A-okay and welcomed!)
* Biphobia (particularly calling bisexual characters "het"/"straight," or bashing bi characters for being in mixed-gender relationships)
- The Princess/The Duchess -
Genre tags:
Character Development
Darkfic
Interpersonal Drama
Smut
Dawn in Naples is a plotty music video from Shanghai-based idol group SNH48. I know a music video might seem like a strange thing to request for a 5k minimum exchange, but Dawn in Naples has just as much happening in it as any full-length canon, all wrapped up in <15 deliciously femslashy minutes. Swordfighting! Assassins! Betrayal! Revenge! Court intrigue! Masquerade balls! Traitorous hand-kisses! Gorgeous costumes! Hateshipping potential through the roof! It’s a fabulous song and MV, and it exemplifies everything I love about SNH48 as a group.
The normal version of the MV is available here, and an extended version is available here. (I would highly recommend watching the normal version first, then the extended version, since the normal version has the lyrics fully subtitled in English as well as the dialogue.)
For some reason, neither of the videos bothered to subtitle the intro text. I'll copy and paste a fan's translation from the comments (no guarantees of 100% accuracy, but me and my basic-ass Mandarin knowledge can't do any better, so):
A nation made up of 16 islands. The nobles, made delirious by ambition, seek to seize power within the country by causing internal unrest. However, the presence of a powerful king caused the rebellion to fail. The triumphant ruler forced all the nobles to swear allegiance to the king's seal, which became known as the Vow of the Seal. This seal became a hereditary symbol of power in the royal family. Of course, there were powers who refused to follow the Vow of the Seal. In the shadows, they plotted their schemes. The king left a pendant to the young princess and told her, "This necklace will protect you." Very soon, the peaceful days came to an end. Those who thirsted after the throne began to move again, plunging the country once more into unrest. The powers of darkness made their move and caused strange symptoms to appear in the princess. Meanwhile, the nobles rallied around the duchess and amassed their power. As the country grew more and more chaotic, mysterious assassins suddenly killed off the king. The king's seal went missing, and the turbulent times reached their peak.
With the plot out of the way, let's get to the important stuff, like how I ship the living daylights out of the duchess (in the black coat, played by Li Yitong) and the princess (in both the white and black dresses, played by Ju Jingyi). They’re both so calculating and confident, with each thinking they have the upper hand over the other. They're polite to each other in person while there's still a clear silent acknowledgement that they're aiming to sabotage the other's ambitions. And of course, the princess' increasingly-powerful dark alternate personality provides so much plot material. I’d love an exploration of these messy feelings and political machinations, potentially with a side of smut? :D
(A note on names: Feel free to come up with original names for the characters, or just use the singers' names. The MV is obviously set in Italy, but given the source group, I'd honestly be delighted if everyone was still Chinese with no questions asked.)
Some specific prompts:
* Backstory fic! What kind of relationship did the two of them have before the duchess started really gunning for the throne? Did she worm her way into the court in the first place by seducing the princess? Or maybe in the beginning they had a genuinely amicable relationship, but the duchess grew greedy over time. Did the duchess start noticing signs of the princess' dark side, and if she did, what did she make of it? Did the duchess grow to hate the princess personally (maybe because of those darkness-induced changes), or was this all more of a "No hard feelings, I just want your power and thus you need to die" situation?
* Rather than kissing the princess at the masquerade party, the duchess decides a more intimate setting might cause less of a public stir. She tries to assassinate the princess while they’re banging, potentially still in their ballgowns, is what I’m getting at.
* AU where, instead of killing the duchess, the dark princess' revenge is keeping her as a pet. Maybe the kiss that she delivers acts as mind control instead of poison? Feel free to go dark and fucked up here.
* Just…just lots and lots of hatesex. I am 100% here for PWP. That throne is absolutely ripe for throne sex to claim one's victory, but also, consider the princess just bending the duchess over the table at the ending scene. Oh, oh, and think of the clothing porn potential, because goddamn does Li Yitong look fabulous in that fancy coat and breeches. (You can actually see what her costume looks like beneath the coat in the behind the scenes video here.) Another potential kink, based off their weapons, would be gun/sword play. Just go wild, honestly!
- Dracula/Jonathan Harker -
Genre tags:
Darkfic
Smut
Sci-fi/fantasy
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that reading Dracula at a young age was pretty damn formative for me, and I shipped Dracula/Jonathan before I even knew what shipping was. I've never stopped loving this pairing, and I would love to see more of their delightfully creepy and erotic predator/prey dynamic. Especially with all of Dracula's tasty, tasty possessiveness.
If you'd like a spark of somewhat random inspiration, may I link you to a snippet of the wonderful Dracula/Jonathan scene from a Dracula ballet adaptation I saw a few years back? Because hot damn.
Some specific prompts:
* You know the entire beginning section of the book? With Dracula keeping Jonathan imprisoned and creeping on him something awful? Just...more of that, please and thank you. Maybe with plenty of Jonathan attempting to outsmart his captor but being thwarted every time. (I kind of love the idea of Jonathan injuring himself while trying to escape and Dracula chiding and comforting him against his will.) Potentially resulting in Dracula just deciding to turn Jonathan and keep him with the rest of his brides, because how could he let go of such an entertaining human?
* Vampire sex is a classic, so let's talk smut. Their dynamic obviously lends itself well to noncon, but dubcon with lots of vampire hypnotism and slow seduction and stockholm syndrome works just as well. :D Some kinks that lend themselves well to these two: Blood drinking, vampire bites as aphrodisiacs, manhandling, scratching, possessive sex, and somnophilia.
* Consider: An arranged marriage AU where Jonathan is handed over to Dracula as a sacrificial bride so he won't terrorize the surrounding villagers.
* The "fantasy" part of the sci-fi/fantasy tag is already covered by default with Drac vamping it up all over the place, but for the "sci-fi" part...okay, listen. Hear me out here: A sci-fi AU where Dracula is a mysterious energy-absorbing alien on a remote planet and Jonathan is the hapless human diplomat sent to help him get set up to move to Earth. I am 100% serious about this prompt.
- Gingiva -
- Gingiva/Genie -
- Gingiva/Nomad -
- Reptile Twin/Twin Reptile -
Genre tags:
Canon-Style Plot
Character Development
Darkfic
Fluff
Hurt/Comfort
Gingiva is such a delightful little game. If you're interested in the premise of "female automaton breaks out of prison, takes a roadtrip through a bugfuck surreal landscape, picks up a gang of adorable friends, fights against all odds and goes through some shit, and becomes a suffragette," why not play it for yourself? It's completely free, and takes between 4 and 7 to hours to finish, depending on how much you want to explore.
(Aaand if you like the game and want more, you might want to check out Middens, another free short game that serves as a prequel to Gingiva. I reference some of the information from Middens in the prompts involving Genie and Nomad, but it's not necessary to play by any means.)
Note: This fandom is an exception to my pregnancy DNW. While I'd prefer not to have Gingiva herself getting pregnant, I'm perfectly happy with exploring Genie's habit of nonconsensually bullet-impregnating corpses.
* Gingiva - I just love Gingiva as a protagonist. Despite being a mute automaton, she has so much personality, and I love her motivation and strength in the face of all the adversity she faces. I'd love some post-canon adventures as she leaves her past behind and finds her own place in the world. What new weird things and creatures does she come across in the rift? I'd also love pre-canon backstory, maybe exploring what her life was like before she started working at the factory. Or some during-canon bonding with her party members? I imagine she'd want to take care of Kharms and make sure it was happy after seeing it get bullied, and I feel like she'd have a soft spot for Himmler, too.
* Gingiva/Genie - Oh boy, darkfic potential! I'd love something post-bad-ending with Genie dragging Gingiva further into a world of violence. Maybe an exploration of how she's drawn to Genie because power should have been a way to protect herself, but it failed her for much of her life? I loved all the "little talks" Genie had with the Nomad in Middens, and would love to see Genie having them with Gingiva as they travel across the rift together.
* Gingiva/Nomad - Let the automaton have an actually nice relationship with a man she wants and chooses for herself! I'd love some post-good-ending hurt/comfort and bonding here, or maybe some fluffy adventuring through the rift together. Nomad knows exactly what it's like to deal with Genie, and they've both gone through some hard times. Maybe the Nomad teaches Gingiva how to play the guitar, and Gingiva teaches the Nomad how to build things?
* I'd also be delighted with a combination of the above two ships - maybe Genie notices the Nomad's familiar attire on the bus and decides to spare his life, and he, Gingiva, and Genie go on the world's most unhealthy and awkward road trip together? I feel like this would be a good opportunity to explore the consequences of all the children that Genie and the Nomad created during their little bloodbath.
* Reptile Twin/Twin Reptile - These two are the best combination of the "hyper-codependent twins" and "old married couple" dynamics. They finish each other's sentences! They call each other their other half! They only refer to each other with affectionate nicknames! I love them in all their assholeish glory. I'd love to see pre-canon fic exploring how they came to work for the Queen, or what not-very-ethical adventures they got up to in her employ. I'd also love post-canon fic following their adventures after they ditched their job. Do they try to find employment elsewhere? I feel like hurt/comfort would work well with these two, since for all their indifference to others' suffering, I don't think they could stand to see each other hurting.
- Magnus -
- Lyudmil -
- Cornell -
- Dracula/Simon Belmont -
Genre tags:
Angst
AU - Canon Divergence
Character Development
Darkfic
Fluff
Hurt/Comfort
Smut
Worldbuilding
Castlevania is such a delightful and varied series. It has so many fascinating characters who don't get explored nearly enough in their own canon. I'm requesting three of those here, along with my perennial CV ship.
* Magnus - There's so many questions surrounding the one (1) whole incubus in the series. How did he first come to the castle? What's his relationship with Dracula like? What about his relationship with Alucard, before Alucard rebelled against his father? Does Death approve of his little scheme to put Alucard on the throne while Dracula's in the grave? Heck, what's the daily life of an incubus in Dracula's castle like? I would 100% read fic about the mundane annoyances that come with sex demon life. If you're inclined, I am also more than down for smutty Magnus/Dracula, Magnus/Alucard, or Magnus/Lyudmil. After all, the guy is a sex demon...
* Lyudmil - I'd never understood the phrase "cinnamon roll" until Lyudmil came along. The poor boy just wanted to make flower crowns for his grumpy vampire master! He suffered so much, and I just want him to be happy...or suffer more. Suffering more is also good. I'd love more daily life interactions between him and Alucard, or maybe an AU where Lyudmil sticks with him even after becoming a vampire. I'd also love to see what he and Magnus were getting up to in the centuries between Lyudmil's vampirization and the events of NoR. I'm also curious how he and Dracula got on while he worked in the castle. Dracula hates humans, so I can't imagine he took well to one getting close to his only son. And finally, consider: A bad end where Magnus successfully traumatizes Alucard into becoming the new lord of the castle, with Lyudmil at his side. For shipping and/or smut (which is always welcome), I'd love fluffy awkward Lyudmil/Alucard, or angsty unhealthy Lyudmil/Magnus.
* Cornell - I love this socially-awkward single dad woofboy so much. So much. He's just trying to do the right thing as best he can. I'd love to see something exploring his life after coming home from the castle. How does Cornell deal with having another human child essentially dumped at his feet? How do the other werewolves react to Cornell's unorthodox household - do Ada and Henry have to prove their worth to them? (Also consider: Henry bringing home the five children from his story mode and an older Cornell realizing the boy is following in his footsteps.) ...On the opposite side of the family fluff coin, for potential shipping and/or smut, I'd be so down with Cornell/Ortega werewolf hatesex.
* Dracula/Simon Belmont - I'm so damn weak for this ship. Fiery redheaded vampire hunter and jerkass vampire who can't stop beating each other up. I'm just gonna copy and paste from a past request here: I would adore anything about these two together, from the more fluffy end of the spectrum to something violent and dark. Maybe Simon loses his first battle with Dracula, and Dracula keeps him locked up in the castle because he's lonely/wants a Belmont of his own to take his anger out on. Maybe the curse gives Dracula control of more of Simon than his life - maybe he can go full mind control with it. Or maybe at some point after fighting each other so many times, one or both of them just throws up their hands and goes "You know what, this is stupid, why are we doing this song and dance over and over?" and they get to know each other better. It would also be interesting to see a role-reversal AU with these two - the tyrannical Belmont family's latest spoiled prince and the vampire who's come to take him down. As for potential kinks if you want to go the smutty route, there's obviously whipping, bondage, and bloodplay. Also size kink. Because Simon is half Dracula's height and it delights me.
I'm so hyped for this exchange, and I hope you are too! 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 hardcore darkfic and smut. You can also take any of my general likes as prompts in themselves. Good luck and have fun on your race to 5K!
My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.
Table of Contents
- Likes -
- DNWs -
- Dawn in Naples -
- Dracula -
- Gingiva -
- Castlevania -
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
* 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
* Hurtcomfortverse AUs (normal hurt/comfort is A-okay and welcomed!)
* Biphobia (particularly calling bisexual characters "het"/"straight," or bashing bi characters for being in mixed-gender relationships)
* Prompts *
Dawn in Naples
- The Princess/The Duchess -
Genre tags:
Character Development
Darkfic
Interpersonal Drama
Smut
Dawn in Naples is a plotty music video from Shanghai-based idol group SNH48. I know a music video might seem like a strange thing to request for a 5k minimum exchange, but Dawn in Naples has just as much happening in it as any full-length canon, all wrapped up in <15 deliciously femslashy minutes. Swordfighting! Assassins! Betrayal! Revenge! Court intrigue! Masquerade balls! Traitorous hand-kisses! Gorgeous costumes! Hateshipping potential through the roof! It’s a fabulous song and MV, and it exemplifies everything I love about SNH48 as a group.
The normal version of the MV is available here, and an extended version is available here. (I would highly recommend watching the normal version first, then the extended version, since the normal version has the lyrics fully subtitled in English as well as the dialogue.)
For some reason, neither of the videos bothered to subtitle the intro text. I'll copy and paste a fan's translation from the comments (no guarantees of 100% accuracy, but me and my basic-ass Mandarin knowledge can't do any better, so):
A nation made up of 16 islands. The nobles, made delirious by ambition, seek to seize power within the country by causing internal unrest. However, the presence of a powerful king caused the rebellion to fail. The triumphant ruler forced all the nobles to swear allegiance to the king's seal, which became known as the Vow of the Seal. This seal became a hereditary symbol of power in the royal family. Of course, there were powers who refused to follow the Vow of the Seal. In the shadows, they plotted their schemes. The king left a pendant to the young princess and told her, "This necklace will protect you." Very soon, the peaceful days came to an end. Those who thirsted after the throne began to move again, plunging the country once more into unrest. The powers of darkness made their move and caused strange symptoms to appear in the princess. Meanwhile, the nobles rallied around the duchess and amassed their power. As the country grew more and more chaotic, mysterious assassins suddenly killed off the king. The king's seal went missing, and the turbulent times reached their peak.
With the plot out of the way, let's get to the important stuff, like how I ship the living daylights out of the duchess (in the black coat, played by Li Yitong) and the princess (in both the white and black dresses, played by Ju Jingyi). They’re both so calculating and confident, with each thinking they have the upper hand over the other. They're polite to each other in person while there's still a clear silent acknowledgement that they're aiming to sabotage the other's ambitions. And of course, the princess' increasingly-powerful dark alternate personality provides so much plot material. I’d love an exploration of these messy feelings and political machinations, potentially with a side of smut? :D
(A note on names: Feel free to come up with original names for the characters, or just use the singers' names. The MV is obviously set in Italy, but given the source group, I'd honestly be delighted if everyone was still Chinese with no questions asked.)
Some specific prompts:
* Backstory fic! What kind of relationship did the two of them have before the duchess started really gunning for the throne? Did she worm her way into the court in the first place by seducing the princess? Or maybe in the beginning they had a genuinely amicable relationship, but the duchess grew greedy over time. Did the duchess start noticing signs of the princess' dark side, and if she did, what did she make of it? Did the duchess grow to hate the princess personally (maybe because of those darkness-induced changes), or was this all more of a "No hard feelings, I just want your power and thus you need to die" situation?
* Rather than kissing the princess at the masquerade party, the duchess decides a more intimate setting might cause less of a public stir. She tries to assassinate the princess while they’re banging, potentially still in their ballgowns, is what I’m getting at.
* AU where, instead of killing the duchess, the dark princess' revenge is keeping her as a pet. Maybe the kiss that she delivers acts as mind control instead of poison? Feel free to go dark and fucked up here.
* Just…just lots and lots of hatesex. I am 100% here for PWP. That throne is absolutely ripe for throne sex to claim one's victory, but also, consider the princess just bending the duchess over the table at the ending scene. Oh, oh, and think of the clothing porn potential, because goddamn does Li Yitong look fabulous in that fancy coat and breeches. (You can actually see what her costume looks like beneath the coat in the behind the scenes video here.) Another potential kink, based off their weapons, would be gun/sword play. Just go wild, honestly!
Dracula
- Dracula/Jonathan Harker -
Genre tags:
Darkfic
Smut
Sci-fi/fantasy
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that reading Dracula at a young age was pretty damn formative for me, and I shipped Dracula/Jonathan before I even knew what shipping was. I've never stopped loving this pairing, and I would love to see more of their delightfully creepy and erotic predator/prey dynamic. Especially with all of Dracula's tasty, tasty possessiveness.
If you'd like a spark of somewhat random inspiration, may I link you to a snippet of the wonderful Dracula/Jonathan scene from a Dracula ballet adaptation I saw a few years back? Because hot damn.
Some specific prompts:
* You know the entire beginning section of the book? With Dracula keeping Jonathan imprisoned and creeping on him something awful? Just...more of that, please and thank you. Maybe with plenty of Jonathan attempting to outsmart his captor but being thwarted every time. (I kind of love the idea of Jonathan injuring himself while trying to escape and Dracula chiding and comforting him against his will.) Potentially resulting in Dracula just deciding to turn Jonathan and keep him with the rest of his brides, because how could he let go of such an entertaining human?
* Vampire sex is a classic, so let's talk smut. Their dynamic obviously lends itself well to noncon, but dubcon with lots of vampire hypnotism and slow seduction and stockholm syndrome works just as well. :D Some kinks that lend themselves well to these two: Blood drinking, vampire bites as aphrodisiacs, manhandling, scratching, possessive sex, and somnophilia.
* Consider: An arranged marriage AU where Jonathan is handed over to Dracula as a sacrificial bride so he won't terrorize the surrounding villagers.
* The "fantasy" part of the sci-fi/fantasy tag is already covered by default with Drac vamping it up all over the place, but for the "sci-fi" part...okay, listen. Hear me out here: A sci-fi AU where Dracula is a mysterious energy-absorbing alien on a remote planet and Jonathan is the hapless human diplomat sent to help him get set up to move to Earth. I am 100% serious about this prompt.
Gingiva
- Gingiva -
- Gingiva/Genie -
- Gingiva/Nomad -
- Reptile Twin/Twin Reptile -
Genre tags:
Canon-Style Plot
Character Development
Darkfic
Fluff
Hurt/Comfort
Gingiva is such a delightful little game. If you're interested in the premise of "female automaton breaks out of prison, takes a roadtrip through a bugfuck surreal landscape, picks up a gang of adorable friends, fights against all odds and goes through some shit, and becomes a suffragette," why not play it for yourself? It's completely free, and takes between 4 and 7 to hours to finish, depending on how much you want to explore.
(Aaand if you like the game and want more, you might want to check out Middens, another free short game that serves as a prequel to Gingiva. I reference some of the information from Middens in the prompts involving Genie and Nomad, but it's not necessary to play by any means.)
Note: This fandom is an exception to my pregnancy DNW. While I'd prefer not to have Gingiva herself getting pregnant, I'm perfectly happy with exploring Genie's habit of nonconsensually bullet-impregnating corpses.
* Gingiva - I just love Gingiva as a protagonist. Despite being a mute automaton, she has so much personality, and I love her motivation and strength in the face of all the adversity she faces. I'd love some post-canon adventures as she leaves her past behind and finds her own place in the world. What new weird things and creatures does she come across in the rift? I'd also love pre-canon backstory, maybe exploring what her life was like before she started working at the factory. Or some during-canon bonding with her party members? I imagine she'd want to take care of Kharms and make sure it was happy after seeing it get bullied, and I feel like she'd have a soft spot for Himmler, too.
* Gingiva/Genie - Oh boy, darkfic potential! I'd love something post-bad-ending with Genie dragging Gingiva further into a world of violence. Maybe an exploration of how she's drawn to Genie because power should have been a way to protect herself, but it failed her for much of her life? I loved all the "little talks" Genie had with the Nomad in Middens, and would love to see Genie having them with Gingiva as they travel across the rift together.
* Gingiva/Nomad - Let the automaton have an actually nice relationship with a man she wants and chooses for herself! I'd love some post-good-ending hurt/comfort and bonding here, or maybe some fluffy adventuring through the rift together. Nomad knows exactly what it's like to deal with Genie, and they've both gone through some hard times. Maybe the Nomad teaches Gingiva how to play the guitar, and Gingiva teaches the Nomad how to build things?
* I'd also be delighted with a combination of the above two ships - maybe Genie notices the Nomad's familiar attire on the bus and decides to spare his life, and he, Gingiva, and Genie go on the world's most unhealthy and awkward road trip together? I feel like this would be a good opportunity to explore the consequences of all the children that Genie and the Nomad created during their little bloodbath.
* Reptile Twin/Twin Reptile - These two are the best combination of the "hyper-codependent twins" and "old married couple" dynamics. They finish each other's sentences! They call each other their other half! They only refer to each other with affectionate nicknames! I love them in all their assholeish glory. I'd love to see pre-canon fic exploring how they came to work for the Queen, or what not-very-ethical adventures they got up to in her employ. I'd also love post-canon fic following their adventures after they ditched their job. Do they try to find employment elsewhere? I feel like hurt/comfort would work well with these two, since for all their indifference to others' suffering, I don't think they could stand to see each other hurting.
Castlevania
- Magnus -
- Lyudmil -
- Cornell -
- Dracula/Simon Belmont -
Genre tags:
Angst
AU - Canon Divergence
Character Development
Darkfic
Fluff
Hurt/Comfort
Smut
Worldbuilding
Castlevania is such a delightful and varied series. It has so many fascinating characters who don't get explored nearly enough in their own canon. I'm requesting three of those here, along with my perennial CV ship.
* Magnus - There's so many questions surrounding the one (1) whole incubus in the series. How did he first come to the castle? What's his relationship with Dracula like? What about his relationship with Alucard, before Alucard rebelled against his father? Does Death approve of his little scheme to put Alucard on the throne while Dracula's in the grave? Heck, what's the daily life of an incubus in Dracula's castle like? I would 100% read fic about the mundane annoyances that come with sex demon life. If you're inclined, I am also more than down for smutty Magnus/Dracula, Magnus/Alucard, or Magnus/Lyudmil. After all, the guy is a sex demon...
* Lyudmil - I'd never understood the phrase "cinnamon roll" until Lyudmil came along. The poor boy just wanted to make flower crowns for his grumpy vampire master! He suffered so much, and I just want him to be happy...or suffer more. Suffering more is also good. I'd love more daily life interactions between him and Alucard, or maybe an AU where Lyudmil sticks with him even after becoming a vampire. I'd also love to see what he and Magnus were getting up to in the centuries between Lyudmil's vampirization and the events of NoR. I'm also curious how he and Dracula got on while he worked in the castle. Dracula hates humans, so I can't imagine he took well to one getting close to his only son. And finally, consider: A bad end where Magnus successfully traumatizes Alucard into becoming the new lord of the castle, with Lyudmil at his side. For shipping and/or smut (which is always welcome), I'd love fluffy awkward Lyudmil/Alucard, or angsty unhealthy Lyudmil/Magnus.
* Cornell - I love this socially-awkward single dad woofboy so much. So much. He's just trying to do the right thing as best he can. I'd love to see something exploring his life after coming home from the castle. How does Cornell deal with having another human child essentially dumped at his feet? How do the other werewolves react to Cornell's unorthodox household - do Ada and Henry have to prove their worth to them? (Also consider: Henry bringing home the five children from his story mode and an older Cornell realizing the boy is following in his footsteps.) ...On the opposite side of the family fluff coin, for potential shipping and/or smut, I'd be so down with Cornell/Ortega werewolf hatesex.
* Dracula/Simon Belmont - I'm so damn weak for this ship. Fiery redheaded vampire hunter and jerkass vampire who can't stop beating each other up. I'm just gonna copy and paste from a past request here: I would adore anything about these two together, from the more fluffy end of the spectrum to something violent and dark. Maybe Simon loses his first battle with Dracula, and Dracula keeps him locked up in the castle because he's lonely/wants a Belmont of his own to take his anger out on. Maybe the curse gives Dracula control of more of Simon than his life - maybe he can go full mind control with it. Or maybe at some point after fighting each other so many times, one or both of them just throws up their hands and goes "You know what, this is stupid, why are we doing this song and dance over and over?" and they get to know each other better. It would also be interesting to see a role-reversal AU with these two - the tyrannical Belmont family's latest spoiled prince and the vampire who's come to take him down. As for potential kinks if you want to go the smutty route, there's obviously whipping, bondage, and bloodplay. Also size kink. Because Simon is half Dracula's height and it delights me.
