Literally Just Exchange Stuff

Dear author,

Happy Yule-time! I hope you have a great exchange.

As usual, all my prompts and rambling below are just suggestions. If you have an idea for any of these characters, 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.

My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.

I am always open to treats of any kind, in any medium. <3

Table of Contents

- Likes -
- DNWs -

- Ichi the Killer -
- Lookism -
- Deadly Premonition -
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man -

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
* People getting stepped on
* Under-negotiated or un-negotiated kink
* Loyalty kink (GONE SEXUAL)

Do Not Wants

* Pregnancy
* Asexuality headcanons
* Unrequested crossovers
* References to real-world politics or social justice issues
* Unrequested genderswaps, including trans headcanons
* Second person POV smut (Second person POV in anything that isn't smut is fine!)
* Biphobia (particularly calling bisexual characters "het," bashing bi characters for being in mixed-gender relationships, or writing canonically bi characters as gay or straight)
* Focus on parental death (Mentions of canonical dead parents are fine! Just no heavy focus on the feelings of loss or grief.)

* Prompts *

Ichi the Killer

What is it?

I made a full promo post over here! TL;DR: Grimy, hyper-violent horror manga (or toned-down movie adaptation) about a kinky, bisexual, masochistic gangster pining after the sadistic serial killer who's hunting him down.

- Kakihara Masao -

I love this man. I love this terrible, terrible man. I love how thoroughly he bucks the stereotype of what a masochist acts like, how much he screws himself and others over with his single-minded obsession over the object(s) of his lust, and how awful he is in almost every way.

I ship Kakihara with everyone he's horny for in canon, but I generally just want anything exploring this kinky bastard!

* Solo-wise, I'm certainly here for some backstory. We get practically no info on Kakihara's childhood. Did he discover his kinks early in life? Did his open-ness about his sexuality make it hard to rise in the ranks among his old gang? I'd love some outsider POV from a perfectly normal Anjougumi member suddenly being hit with the whirlwind that is Kakihara joining his gang.

* Anjou/Kakihara - I am so very into the dynamic of a sadistic mob boss and his deathly loyal masochistic right-hand-man. Give me all the relationship development, the first meetings, the complicated mix of lust and loyalty without the romantic attachment that normally comes with an S/M relationship. Or just PWP of Anjou beating the shit out of Kakihara. I'm always into that.

* Ichi/Kakihara - I mean. *gestures at canon.* Need I say more? ...but really, I'd love a canon divergence where these two "get together", as unusual a form of getting together that may take on. I wanna sink my teeth into the strange role-reversal dynamic of a dominating, assertive masochist vs. his pet shy crybaby sadist. Or, again, just PWP of Ichi beating the shit out of Kakihara. Still into that.

* Karen/Kakihara - (Or &, because I love their friendship too!) These two have such a fun dynamic. I'd love something exploring their odd, shared passion for Anjou, them teaming up for shady dealings together, or a canon divergence where Karen does grow sadistic enough to satisfy Kakihara. Or, once more for those in the back: Just PWP of Karen beating the shit out of Kakihara. I will never not be into that.

Lookism

What is it?

A drama/action webcomic about a bullied high school boy who wakes up one day and suddenly has two different bodies to switch between on a whim. While the story starts out as the typical loser-to-popular school life wish fulfillment, it takes a sharp swerve into "angsty gang warfare" around 200 chapters in. It's far from a perfect canon, and it's over 350 chapters long. I love it nonetheless, mainly for its strong characters.

It can be read for free right here, or on the Webtoon mobile app.

Note: I've been spotty about keeping up with the new chapters since the Second Affiliate arc began. I'm sure I'll catch up eventually, but don't feel like you need to incorporate recent canon developments unless you want to!

- Park Jong Gun -

Gun is absolutely one of my favorite characters. I love that we have this hyper-competent, masculine figure who's established as the pinnacle of strength and badassery for the rest of the cast. And then: Surprise! He's bisexual! And he's a total masochist who'd love nothing more than for our MC to pleasure him by beating him into the ground! It's beautiful.

* Solo-wise, I'm down for backstory! We're getting drip-fed hints of Gun's childhood in Japan, but I want more. How did he get tangled up with Chairman Choi? Why was he shoved off into Tom Lee's care to raise? What the heck is going on with his eyes and his constant trance state? ...Will he ever get his GED?

I ship Gun with...just about everyone. Feel free to examine these relationships in a gen light, if you'd prefer! They're all so messy.

(Note: I normally don't have top/bottom preferences for my ships, but maybe with the exception of Johan, I would prefer Gun to be the one bottoming if there's smut.)

* Gun/Daniel - Naturally. My man got the shit kicked out of him one (1) time and fell in love, meanwhile poor Daniel is in over his head and has no idea what Gun is thinking, but is forced to rely on him anyway. Delicious.

* Gun/Johan - Okay, this is entirely based off of that one scene with Johan kneeling and clinging to Gun's leg while telling him, "You know how good of a lap dog I can be, right?" That. That awoke something in me.

* Gun/Olly - Hello, dysfunction junction. These two spent the most time together of any of Gun's successors, and Gun clearly took a more personal (and, uh, naked) approach to Olly's training. Go ahead and dig into the painful goodness of both Gun and Olly using each other as replacements for Eli, in different but equally unhealthy ways.

* Gun/Goo - What a pair of rich-ass losers. I love them. They're frenemies with benefits to a T and Goo had to have *some* reason to steal Gun's clothes, I'm telling you.

* Samuel -> Gun - One-sided, because I find it hilarious to imagine Samuel desperately trying to seduce Gun as a last resort to earn his favor, and Gun steadfastly refusing him. Gun will sleep with basically everyone, yet Samuel can't even get a call back???

Deadly Premonition

What is it?

Deadly Premonition is a mystery/adventure game that's notable for being a transcendently weird experience. It's simultaneously dumb as shit and totally genius, with some fantastic characters and dynamics. While playing it, I went from wheeze-laughing at the goofy dialogue to wanting to bawl my eyes out at a plot point resolution in a heartbeat.

The pitch: FBI agent Francis York Morgan (Call Him York, Please, That's What Everyone Calls Him) arrives in a small town to solve a murder case. The literal first thing he does in the story is crash his car because he's too busy arguing with his coworker about how they're shipping Tom & Jerry wrong, and they need to understand the codependent S&M dynamic between them. I think that's all I need to say about why I love him.

If you have an Xbox One, Xbox 360, or PS3, play the game there. If you look, you'll find that it's also available on Steam and Switch, but don't play those ports if you value your sanity. I can highly recommend the Two Best Friends Play LP. They capture the important story bits, and it's entertaining to watch someone go on the journey from "what the hell is this game, it sucks" to "THIS IS THE BEST WORST GAME EVER, I LOVE IT." There are also numerous longplays/movie versions on youtube, if you prefer your LPs without commentary.

- Francis York Morgan -
- Francis Zach Morgan -

Note: I have played A Blessing in Disguise. Feel free to incorporate things from the 2005 section of that story! But, I'd prefer nothing set in the 2019 sections. I'm also not a big fan of the Director's Cut framing device.

These two are so damn sweet. I do ship them, but I'm equally happy with a gen take on their unique bond. I adore all of York's "discussions" with Zach, and the fact that they're codependent but in, like, a wholesome way? Not to mention all the opportunities to fuck around with bodysharing and the weird eldritch nature of the White/Red Rooms.

* There's a conversation in DP2 where a character all but outright tells York that Zach will be corrupted by the red trees if York ever leaves him; they'll come to fill in the emotional void that York left. Sooooo. Something post-canon where Zach struggles to live without York and the red-soul-demon-whateverthefuck comes to him wearing York as a disguise? I think it'd be neat.

* Teenage York and Zach adventures! Did York use Zach to help him cheat on tests at school? What kind of shenanigans did they get up together? Them being adorably awkward in Baby's First Punk Outfit! Anything, really. :D

* My mind keeps coming back to the idea of Zach taking over temporarily at times when he worries something might be too traumatic for York to remain intact. Maybe York is on a case pursuing a dangerous criminal and gets himself caught up in something awful (torture/noncon/etc.). Zach panics and shoves York out for the duration, to spare him from that. Which leaves a perfect opportunity for tender hurt/comfort afterwards...

* I'm always down for some PWP. These two make it work somehow, I'm sure! Maybe York gives Zach control of their hands for a bit when they want to have fun. We've also seen that York is probably not entirely human, so there's always the possibility of him manipulating White/Red Room magic in fun xeno-ish ways.

Other background ships I'm cool with, if you feel like incorporating them: York/Emily, York/Thomas, Thomas/George, Fiona/Ushah, York/Lena (from DP2).

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

What is it?

A cyberpunk horror movie about...uh. About several things, depending on who you ask! Transhumanism, industrialization, the dehumanizing effects of over-work culture, discovering one's non-heterosexuality... Take your pick.

But really: Tetsuo is a body horror film that is very surreal, very grimy, and very queer. The plot, as such, starts with a man and his girlfriend running a stranger over and leaving him to die in a ditch instead of getting help. The stranger vows to get revenge. How does he do this? Why, by cursing the man to mutate into a monstrosity of metal that slowly takes over his flesh. As you do.

The movie is widely available on a bunch of streaming services.

- The Salaryman -
- The Metal Fetishist -

So, I've been diving heavily into this movie over the last year. I've learned a couple important things. First: The Metal Fetishist's name is officially Yatsu. Which, yes, does mean "guy." But it's what the artbook calls him as if it's his regular name, so that's what I'm calling him now. :P

Second: The queer undertones in the final cut of the movie are VERY much intentional, and we in the west missed out on a deleted scene that included a confession and kiss. Granted, it's a confession and kiss in the context of goddamn Tetsuo: The Iron Man, but! Look at Yatsu go! I love this poor kinky weirdo with his tragic crush on the man who left him for dead.

I know this is an oddball canon and isn't the simplest to write for. This is me telling you: GO FOR IT. I'd truly love to see whatever wacky, out-there, psychosexual surrealist horror you have to give! Or a more down-to-earth take on what is - despite the out-of-this-world visuals - a simple love/hate revenge story.

Please, do feel welcome to go all out with 1st person, 2nd person, or other weird narrative choices in order to work around the non-traditional narrative. (Yes, this includes me waiving my 2nd-person porn DNW for this fandom, if that's where inspiration takes you! I ship these two metal weirdos just as hard as the film itself does.) This would be a great fandom to whip out interactive fiction as a medium, too.

I don't have many specific plot-based prompts, but here goes: More backstory for Yatsu and his outlook on the world, his relationship with his sexuality/paraphilia, or his mixed feelings toward the salaryman? Canon divergence where the salaryman manages to get the upper hand on Yatsu before he goes full metal blob in the warehouse - what does one even do at that point? 1000 words of bizarre body-horror-tastic dubcon horror smut, whether during their confrontation in the salaryman's apartment, or earlier in the plot when Yatsu is feeling the salaryman up in the claw woman's body? Just fuck me up, fam.

Dear author,

Thank you for writing for me! I...cannot believe it's already Yuletide again. I hope you get the gift 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, 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.

My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.

Table of Contents

- Likes -
- DNWs -

- Alicia's Diet Quest -
- Kusatta Rasen -
- Red Riding Hood and the Big Sad Wolf -
- A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School -

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
* Second person POV smut (Second person POV in anything that isn't smut is fine)
* 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 *

Alicia's Diet Quest

- Alicia -
- Sara -

(Fandom specific DNW: Any srs business soapboxing about "diet culture," HAES, etc. I'm just here for the cute comedy.)

This whole manga is precious and adorable (and relatable). I do ship Alicia/Sara, but I'd be just as happy with them staying allies in both combat and dieting. :D

Honestly, I'm down for any sort of canon-typical adventures and hijinks! What further weight-related misfortune do the girls run into on their mission to spread the good word of calorie counting? Any missing scenes from in between chapters?

How about some fluffy h/c between Alicia and Sara, when one of the two is feeling extra down about not being able to lose/gain weight? Or good old-fashioned protectiveness when a stranger tries to put one of them down about their chubbiness/skinniness.

Kusatta Rasen

- Ataru Koganei -
- Shuu Kanai | Hideaki Koganei -

(Fandom specific DNW: On-screen extreme underage. You don't have to pretend it didn't happen, but I'd prefer any explicit things be set when Ataru is at least high school age.)

Hoo boy. This manga. Ogawa Chise knows how to write fucked-up relationships that leave an impression. I'm super interested in delving more into this pair's twisted and codependent relationship.

There had to be a point, growing up, when Ataru realized his relationship with his father wasn't normal. What brought the realization on, and how did it change (or not change) his view of his father? When did it start to become Ataru's job to look after his father more than the other way around?

Okay, but how about that ending? It would be fascinating to explore the fact that Ataru's father seems to be more scared of Ataru than Ataru is of him. Why? Is it just because Ataru reminds him of his past trauma? Because he knows that Ataru could whisper to the press and his career/life would be over? Or does he see something of his own monstrousness in his son?

Speaking of the press...these two fucked in a classroom in an open school, and in their extra chapter in the Rakuda Tsukai To Ouji No Yoru collection, they have no compunctions about getting it on in a car in broad daylight. Even if Ataru does his best to keep things a secret, something is going to get out eventually. How would they deal with that? Given his father's explosive reaction to even the slightest perceived problems, it'd probably fall to Ataru to try and weasel him out of a scandal.

Red Riding Hood and the Big Sad Wolf

- Red Riding Hood -
- Wolf -

I adore this pair's fucked-up and humorous relationship so much. I don't have specific prompts for them, because anything that extrapolates on their misadventures in canon would make me happy! Red's further attempts to woo (AKA intimidate) her cute wolfboy! Red succeeding in her kidnapping plans! Femdom and sadism! Just have fun, really. :D

A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School

- [Any character(s) in the series!] -

I didn't nominate individual characters for this fandom, simply because I love the entire cast so much and I couldn't pick favorites. So, truly, give me a story about any character, ship, or aspect of this adorable youkai world and I'll love it!

If you'd like prompts/suggestions, here are just some of the things I ship:

* Haruaki Abe/Mikoto Sano
* Haruaki Abe/Ameaki Abe
* Saguru Ogoso/Touya Fuji
* Akira Takahashi/Makoto Yamazaki
* Akira Takahashi/Ameaki Abe
* Koutarou Hijita/Beniko Zashiki
* Rensuke Nyuudou/Kuniko Utagawa
* Rintarou Miki/Mamekichi's dad

And some gen ideas:

* The domestic inn-running adventures of Zashiki and her three dads.
* The complicated idol life of the Chimi Moryou'z boys.
* The past and future misadventures of the Karasu Tengu Troupe.
* A look at the lessons Miki is giving Fuji on drag.
* Miki's unfortunate adventures in entertaining Mamekichi's father (and potentially other smitten patrons?)
* Further fun/spooky times with the Ghoul Squad!

Dear author,

Thank you for writing for me! I hope you have a lovely holiday season, and receive a lovely fic of your own.

Outside of my DNWs, I'm not picky (all of my fandoms are small enough that I would be truly delighted to receive anything at all involving these characters). So, if you already have an idea for any of these characters, feel free to write where your heart takes you! But, of course, I have prompts below.

My AO3 username is Piinutbutter.

Table of Contents

- Likes -
- DNWs -

Fandoms are listed by the number of characters I requested:

- Murcielago -
- Marathon -
- Shadow Warrior -

Likes

Narrative likes:

* Adventure / casefic
* Outsider POV
* Hurt and/or comfort
* Reluctant allies / enemies having to work together
* 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
* Physical affection, platonic or otherwise
* Emotional intimacy, platonic or otherwise
* 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:

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

Do Not Wants

* Crossovers
* Genderswaps/gender headcanons
* Issuefic
* Pregnancy
* Focus on characters dying of old age
* Asexuality headcanons

* Prompts *

Murcielago

- Kuroko Koumori -
- Hinako Tozakura -

(You don't have to use all of my requested characters.)

As soon as I heard this manga's premise, I knew I'd love it, but I didn't realize just how much I'd love it. It's such a delightfully wacky mix of horror, comedic hijinks, and sex, and I adore every minute of it.

I love all the characters, and while I'm only requesting Kuroko and Hinako, I would also be happy with receiving any other characters from the series, included non-nominated ones, if you have ideas for them. I'm open to basically any ship as well as gen. Casefic for a weird new criminal of the week, PWP, porn with plot, fluff...I'm here for any of it.

Specific prompts:

* Kuroko/Hinako has sucked me in as a ship more than I ever thought it would. At first it was because I didn't realize the extent of the age difference, but even then, I've found myself not terribly minding it. (If you're interested but only if Hinako is aged up, feel free to go that route!)

Kuroko gets in over her head and it's Hinako to the rescue? Hinako gets sex-pollened by their latest criminal's scheme, and it's Kuroko, ahem, to the rescue? They have to pretend to be girlfriends to sneak into an event for an investigation?

* So, about Kuroko killing Hinako's parents for being "bad people"...I'm definitely interested in fic about Hinako's family and Kuroko's relationship with it.

* I ship Kuroko/Reiko something awful. I'd love to read about Kuroko trying to pry Reiko out of her shell, whether through awkward dates, vigorous sex, or both. (Also, uh, consider all the gunplay potential. Just consider it.)

* This is a bit of an out-there prompt, but I'm intrigued by the idea of Kuroko helping Rose Maria adapt to the outside world again in her own bizarre ways. After all, who better to help an outsider than another outsider?

Marathon

- Bernhard Strauss -
- Durandal -
- Tycho -
- Tfear -

(You don't have to use all of my requested characters.)

I love these games and their terrible AIs and their terrible humans and terrible aliens, all terrible in the best way possible. There's so much backstory and worldbuilding potential, and I'm interested in any and all of it, but I'm especially interested in the unique relationships between each of these characters. (Feel free to go either shippy or platonic!)

Specific prompts:

* My favorite thing about Tycho's weird bratty attitude is his bizarre secondhand daddy issues about Strauss. I'd love to see something with them interacting pre-canon. Does Tycho get suspicious about what Strauss and Durandal are up to, always being alone together?

* I love how dysfunctional and messed-up the "working" relationship is between Tfear and Tycho in Infinity. I'm so down to read something about how Tfear treated Tycho when he fell into the Pfhor's hands in the first place. Or, hell, when Tycho goes against him, he says he isn't relishing spending the next few decades in Tfear's jaws...but I'd relish reading about that. c;

* I'm also down for seeing something with Durandal and Tfear - what did they get up to while Durandal was "dead?"

* *Leans against a desk* So, how about that AI incest? Because I don't know about you, but Tycho's obsession with Durandal crossed the line from "pissed off brother" to "creepily invested yandere" pretty quickly. Just give me all of Tycho's messed up familial issues, and/or an examination of how being reborn in Durandal's image has fucked with his sense of identity (and the way he views Durandal).

Shadow Warrior

- Hoji -
- Enra -
- Ameonna -
- Lo Wang -

(You don't have to use all of my requested characters.)

This is a very recent addition to my list of canon loves, but boy, do I love it something awful. So delightfully earnest and wacky, while still having a surprising amount of emotion. (And ship potential. So much ship potential.)

While my specific prompts are shippy, feel free to go the platonic route with any of them!

Specific prompts:

* I'd love to read something about Hoji and Enra's relationship pre-canon. So much angst and manipulation and messy feelings, oh my. (I may, uh, have come out of the game shipping these two with the passion of a thousand suns, so feel free to go the fucked-up incest route as well.)

* Speaking of incest, I do love Hoji/Ameonna too. I'm certainly here for reading more about the process of their budding relationship, and Ameonna's feelings about everything going downhill.

* To round out the "shipping Hoji with everyone" triangle, the elephant in the room is that the game is basically The Adventures of Dorky Assassin Guy And His Sassy Demon Boyfriend. I am so here for anything with Hoji and Lo Wang - fluffy fix-it fic for the ending? Wacky demon/human cultural differences causing awkward situations? Come to think of it, how hard is it to jack off when the demon in your body is sassing you about it the whole time? Just...these two, man, I love them and want more of them.