FiaB 2024 Letter

AO3 Username: StopTalkingAtMe

Welcome to my letter, Mystery Creator. Let me start by saying I’m open to a LOT of different things, including unrequested crossovers with other fandoms that I’m into. If I’ve ever written it or requested it or otherwise given you reason to think I’m a fan then go ahead.. And while my general likes might lean towards the bleak and angsty, believe it or not, I do also really love more light-hearted styles of fic as well as pure unadulterated smut. Do whatever you want with my prompts. Use them, subvert them, or ignore them completely and go off my general likes if you’d prefer. Some of the sections here may be longer than others but please don’t read anything into that – I’d be delighted with a gift for any one of them. I’m excited to see what you come up with! :D

General Preferences
Blake’s 7
Fallout 4
Fallout (TV)
From Beyond
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Re-Animator (Movies)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Would You Rather

General Likes and DNWs

General Likes

Character studies and introspection
Loneliness and isolation
Angst
Atmospheric description, scenery porn, sensory description
World-building, backstory, and character development.
Horror of all kinds, understated ghost stories, body horror, cosmic horror, claustophibic horror where the characters are trapped underground, potentially with monsters (think The Descent), etc.
Closed Circle - Stranded with a murderer in your midst, whether in horror or murder mystery. Think And Then There Were None.
Case-fic, whether fully realised or just touching on elements from a case.
Whump, hurt/comfort and hurt/no comfort.
Endings of all kinds, happy, bleak or bittersweet.
Canon-divergent AUs, especially post-canon ones where the bad guys win.
Pining, whether mutual or one-sided
Repression and stoicism
Descriptions of scars
Main Character Death and grief; characters getting together while still grieving for previous partners, taking solace in each other, the dead character still seeming like a presence in the relationship, etc.
Crossovers, especially oddball crossovers that come completely out of left field, although I do tend to prefer crack played straight rather than outright crack. If you have reason to believe I know and like the other fandom, then I encourage you to go for it.
Post-Apocalypse scenarios, including zombies (probably my favourite AU scenario of all time), with focus on angst and the struggle for survival.
Stranded Together With No Way Home, intense (and probably pretty damn unhealthy) fire-forged relationships that come about as a result of being isolated together and being able to rely on no one but each other.
Time Loops
Older characters finding love.
Age gap relationships
I really love historical detail and extensive research notes, so if that’s what you’re into then feel free to go wild. (If that’s not your thing, then please don’t worry: I am in no way an expert, and I love tropey indulgent stuff and cheerfully anachronistic fics just as much).
Hair kink. Hands pushed into hair, coiling it around fingers, routinely cutting another character's hair if appropriate in context (e.g. in post-apocalyptic scenarios), hairwashing as part of hurt/comfort, yanking head back by the hair, etc
Textiles, especially knitwear and embroidery; men in jumpers; historical and cultural details and craft in general
Unusual structures and ways of telling a story, such as Rashomon plots, non-linear narratives, outsider POVs, epistolary works, etc.
Cigarette kink: descriptions of smoking, sharing cigarettes, lighting cigarettes for each other, etc.
Finally, and I cannot emphasise this enough, men in sleepwear, particularly pyjamas and dressing gowns.

Smut Likes

Sex Pollen and aftermath, and any other kind of something made them do it scenario
Angry Sex, rough sex, hate sex, rough sex that turns tender
Clothed Sex, or clothed/naked
Comfort Sex
Dubcon when requested (mutual dubcon of the something-made-us-do-it kind is ALWAYS okay even when not explicitly requested)
Mild bondage and other forms of gentle restraint
Oral Sex, especially cunnilingus in all its forms, and ESPECIALLY cunnilingus with fingering
Rough Sex - Lots of Scratching and Biting and Hair-Grabbing/Pulling and Holding Partner(s) Down
Sex in grimy, grim, uncomfortable places
Threesomes
Situations where one character is too tired, injured etc to orgasm themselves, but takes great pleasure in making the other person come, so long as it's part of a wider give-take relationship when it comes to sex.

DNWs

Omegaverse
Noncon between requested ships (Something Made Them Do It scenarios are always okay though, including Bad Guys Made Them Do It)
Dubcon involving unaroused characters
Unrequested Incest
Bestiality (monsters don't count here)
Scat and waterplay
Formalised D/s dynamics (more casual power play, bondage and other forms of restraint are OK)
Underage
Het anal sex
Breathplay (antagonistic choking is fine)
Fisting
Lactation kink
Any variation of the word 'come' in a sexual context spelled as 'cum' (please use 'come', 'came', 'precome' etc)

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Blake’s 7

Requested Ship: Roj Blake/Travis
Travis/Servalan
Requested mediums:
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It’s rare that I fall so completely and utterly head-over-heels in love with a show, but it’s happened with Blake’s 7, to the point where frankly I’m a little taken aback. I loved it right from the very first episode, which was so grimly dystopian (the bureaucracy, the people in charge running ‘feasibility studies’ when the possibility being examined is the act of planting false memories of abuse in the minds of children, I mean… fuck. Fuck.) It’s so utterly bleak and awful, but then it’s balanced out by the sheer fun of the sets and the storylines.

I’ll be up for anything that examines the dystopian elements of the world and the Federation, angst, backstory, canon divergent AUs set during, pre- and post-canon, hurt/comfort, whump and torture, trust issues, case fic of the planet-of-the-week sort or the murder mystery sort, clothes porn, and… look, I’ll take basically anything for this show.

Roj Blake/Travis

I always love a good enemy ship, and Blake/Travis is a particularly delightful example. Their background, Travis’s overwhelming hatred of Blake, Blake’s repeated failure to kill him… Why does he keep sparing Travis? In Duel he justifies it because the Federation would just send someone else in Travis’s place and at least Blake knows he’s capable of defeating Travis, but it doesn’t ring entirely true. It could just be him being merciful, but personally I have a soft spot for the idea that Blake’s fucked over about his brainwashing (speaking of which, how does Blake’s period of compliance on Earth fit into Travis’s vendetta against him?) and is aware that Travis is probably the person who knows him best and so subconsciously unwilling to kill Travis because of that. Again, go with either Travis here, whenever you choose to set it.

I want so many different things for this pairing, from smut: Travis dubconning Blake (all the way up to extremely dubious consent), or sex pollen, to something more plotty, such as the two of them being stuck in a situation where they’re forced to work together. Smut would be fantastic, but they’ve both been fucked over by the Federation and are both ruthless men willing to do terrible things for their beliefs (and I freaking adored the way the last episode drew deliberate parallels between them), so I’d love to see something where they’re forced to warily interact on a level beyond simply trying to kill each other.

As well as redemption arcs for Travis (which I can never ever get enough of), I’d also love to see the opposite for Blake, whether temporary or permanent, down to brainwashing or a slow insidious downfall.

I’d also be open to Blake’s clone acting as a stand-in for Blake himself. They had to travel together, so what would that have looked like, considering what happened to the first clone? (And for the record, I completely headcanon that Travis fucked the clone. Carnell would absolutely have taken catharsis through sex into account, and even if it hadn’t been part of the official strategy, Servalan would probably have had Travis do it just for the lolz.) There’s no need for the real Blake to appear in the fic if you go this route.

Optional Prompts

We’ve heard the story of what happened between Blake and Travis, but we only hear the latter half of it through Blake’s somewhat compromised memories. What if it didn’t happen quite the way Blake described?
Travis survives Star One and runs into Blake. Does Travis regret what he did or is he completely unrepentant? And considering the consequences of destroying Star One, it’s not like Blake is entirely comfortable on the moral high ground. Perhaps there’s an external conflict that forces them to work together and not just kill each other there and then, but I’d also be willing to just seen them both too tired and broken to fight and so calling a truce of a kind just for one night.
Blake ends up brainwashed again and an extremely resentful Travis is set as his guard dog with explicit instructions not to harm him and the ability to erase Blake’s memories if he thinks Blake is starting to suspect something is wrong. It’s not like he was planning on taking advantage of the situation, but it just sort of happened that way. Does Blake start growing on him despite Travis’s best efforts? Or show it through Blake’s eyes, and the gradual realisation that something is very very wrong.
They get stuck in a time loop, (some kind of simulation, perhaps?) and the only way out of the time loop is for them to work together to get them both out of the situation in one piece or, uh, possibly for them to fuck.
Show me the Blake/Travis relationship through the lens of Travis/The Clone (and it’s fine for Blake himself not to appear in the fic). There’s a lot of places you could go with this, from pure unadulterated smut to character development. It occurs to Travis, possibly at Servalan’s urging, that he might be able to use the clone to work out his issues with Blake. Maybe Servalan acts as a third party directing the two of them, and rather enjoying Travis’s shame at enjoying it so much (he was so broken in that episode), or else a hundred petty little moments of cruelty escalate into extremely dubconny sex. Or maybe a post-Star One AU in which Travis runs into the clone again.
Interrogations – Travis has captured Blake and is interrogating him. Maybe there’s information he needs to get which is time-critical, maybe the Federation forces are pinned down, so he’s desperate. Maybe he just gets to the point where he decides he has nothing to lose, and the interrogation takes a darker, more sexual turn.
It’ll be a cold day in hell before I get bored of Sex Pollen. :D Make. Them. Fuck. I love it in all its forms, whether both are affected, or just one of them. An unaffected Travis taking advantage of an affected Blake (and hating himself just a little for not being able to resist)? Or maybe neither one of them is affected and they’re both just pretending they are because it’s the perfect excuse to finally fuck. I love it both as a one-off and as a potential catalyst for a potential redemption arc, and in both fluffy and darker forms.
In general, I’m just fascinated by the idea of redemption, and particularly when it comes to Travis. He’s undoubtedly done some terrible things, so I’m really drawn to the question of whether he can be redeemed.

Travis/Servalan

These two. Oh god, where do I even start. I was going to say they were the two most evil people in the Federation, but this is the Federation that plants false memories of abuse in the minds of children, so… idek. I loved the brief flash of a conscience Travis shows in Deliverance and the way she tramples on it and you can see him reassessing his opinion of her right there and then. Then there's the dynamic between them in the caves on Aristo -- the "No, Travis. *You* will follow me" line, and the way he looks at her. That's one thing I love about Servalan's character, terrible though she might be in many ways: she's not necessarily a skilled soldier and she's very often completely out of her depth, but she always recovers both her poise and the upper hand, and in a way that only makes her relationship with Travis all the more interesting.

The way the whole of his arc in the second series is a constant push and pull between them, going from working together to antagonistic to whatever the hell that was in Gambit… I mean, she had him at her mercy on a sex swing. A literal sex swing. And all the time they were low-key threatening each other they were holding hands. I was already shipping them pretty damn hard, and watching that felt like a fever dream. I’m still not entirely convinced I didn’t hallucinate it. :D

Go with either Travis, or bridge the gap between the two. I loved Travis I, but Travis II won me round very quickly indeed. I liked his quieter, more sinister manner (and his scruffier appearance towards the latter half of the season was scorching hot, so, uh, any description of that wouldn’t go amiss. Look, the slipping of his military standards of appearance is thematically relevant character development, okay?). I’d be especially here for anything that explores reasons for the changes in his behaviour (such as the moment in Weapon where he goes all broken and mentions his visits to the retraining therapists) and his gradual deterioration over the course of season 2. An AU with Travis II in the first season or Travis I in the second would be interesting too – their speech patterns, manner and appearance are very different, and it’d be interesting seeing how his story arc in the second season would work with Travis I.

And Servalan, how utterly ruthless and amoral she is, the way she tries to manipulate everybody, her poise, her clothes, the way she toys with him, and finds a way, despite his break from the Federation as a result of her scheming, to get him working for her again. She’s so utterly ruthless and evil and fantastic to watch. I especially love seeing her when she’s out of her comfort zone, but managing to regain her composure. I’m also open to post season 2 set fics where it’s not Travis himself but a clone she’s had made for reasons of her own.

I’m always here for character studies and I’d love to see something that dives deep into their characters and motivations (and maybe continues what the show started and humanises them a little, while not letting them off the hook for the atrocities they’ve committed), but I’m also up for pure smut too. Man, I am so, so here for fucked-up loyalty kink between them. And I don’t know if loyalty kink is the right word for their relationship, considering everything that happens in canon, but I still can’t help but see him as desperately wanting to be ride-or-die for her, even after everything she’s done to him and knowing she’ll fuck him over at the first opportunity, but if he can just prove himself one more time maybe she’ll give him the chance...

Optional Prompts

Fill in some of the missing moments from his arc, either from the first or second season. In the first season, he’s in disgrace after the events of Duel. His arc in the second season is a rollercoaster ride. After Hostage it’s pretty clear he’s in regularish contact with Servalan, so there are some opportunities for missing scenes there. Maybe he comes close to getting captured by the Federation and she manipulates things to get him free and hunting for Blake again.
What the hell would pillow talk between the two of them look like?
More background to The Keeper, please. I have some headcanons about what was going on with him (he just wanted to rule the universe by her side, another moment between them that makes my shippy heart explode in delight, as does the idea that this ship might have been the pivotal moment that would massively change the course of events of the series going forwards), but I’m curious to see your take on it. If she’d let him, would he have been genuinely loyal to her, or might he still have betrayed her down the line? I think it probably goes without saying that she would have betrayed him.
And along those lines the concept of Travis and Servalan ruling the universe side by side is a TERRIFYING one. Give me that AU, please, or else the set-up for it where he delivers Star One to her.
An AU where Travis survives Star One. “There's no one as free as a dead man,” Servalan tells him in Hostage. Well, now everyone thinks he’s dead, so he’s got his freedom. What’s he going to do with it? How does he get off Star One? Does he end up working with Servalan again, or watch her from afar, trying to keep his head down?

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Fallout 4

Requested Ship:
John Hancock/Female Sole Survivor
Requested mediums:
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Right, so after watching the series, I finally gave Fallout a shot without scurrying off back to Skyrim after about an hour of gameplay and I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE. I love this game so much, (and have a whole bunch of thoughts about how it compares to Skyrim and TES in general, which I will spare you here, but for the record, if you want to do a crossover or some kind of fusion, then please do). I was hesitant to request it as I haven't been playing long (although I seem to be burning through it), but since I'm not sure when I'll get another chance, fuck it, it's in. XD Please don't worry about spoilers (I will do my damndest to have finished the main quest by reveals) and I apologise in advance for any shortcomings in my request, and my prompts in particular. Please just know I love this setting and the characters I have met so far (Preston! Piper! Nick! Hancock!) to absolute bits and I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with.

I love the look of the game, the decayed retrofuturistic Americana, the flavour of the Boston setting, and the scrappy against the odds determination to make the Commonwealth a better place.

John Hancock/Female Sole Survivor

Oh hot fucking damn. <3 Hancock absolutely had my heart from the moment he shivved that other ghoul for me, but having now romanced him, I cannot get over how much I ADORE him. His outfit, his backstory, those scars. And yeah, okay, the ghoul thing, which I just find so fascinating (and not just because it's hot as fuck): the ever-present fear of the slide into becoming feral, which is something the world never lets you forget.

He's such a fascinating character, the weird mingling of genuine kindness and altruism with the way he maintains control over Goodneighbour through a mixture of ultraviolence and fairness. Add in the vulnerability over being a ghoul and the way he thinks he isn’t good enough for the Sole Survivor (CATNIP), and how utterly heartfelt and sincere his lines are when he’s romanced (MY HEART), that I’m kind of at a loss for words. His first romance line where he admits to having impure thoughts (me too, Hancock, me too) did not in any way prepare me for the way romancing him was going to pan out. I was not expecting him to be so lovely, and while I shipped it early on, I have gone on to absolutely, overwhelmingly ship it like burning.

It’s been a while since I fell for a ship and a character quite this hard. Plus their dynamic is delightful: he’s just all-in and utterly loyal and delighted to be fighting by the Sole Survivor’s side, and their dynamic just makes me want to cackle with glee. One little detail I really love is the playful teasing way she tells him to ‘hold’ when she wants him to temporarily stay put, like she’s going to pat him on the head and call him a good boy. Okay, it’s probably the same line she uses with other companions, but with him it plays exactly into what I like about their dynamic and the desperately loyal golden retriever boyfriend vibes he gives off if you romance him. More of that playfulness and potentially the Sole Survivor getting to have fun for the first time since she escaped the Vault (maybe feeling a little conflicted about it) would be very welcome.

There are so many things I love about this pairing, and so much that I wish had been incorporated into the game, all of which I would be delighted to see explored (and this is a little tricky as I’m still on my first playthrough, so bear with me). I wish we’d got something when he accompanies the Sole Survivor to Diamond City and goes up to the Mayor’s Office (and I have been vaguely spoiled that there’s more going on there that I haven’t got to yet, but still, there should be something if you take him up to the office before that plot point…).

And the aftermath of the Sole Survivor taking him back to Vault 111, and his line when he sees your spouse in the Vault and that horrible moment of realisation, combined with his self-doubt about whether he really deserves her alongside the potential for emotional hurt/comfort in the renewal of the Sole Survivor’s grief... Again: catnip. I’m afraid I’m a sucker for the fridged spouse trope (and there are few spouses quite so comprehensively fridged as the Sole Survivor’s), and all the painful ins and outs of falling for someone while still grieving for a significant other.

I am completely here for him and the Sole Survivor as a battle couple, the way the Sole Survivor’s arrival in Goodneighbour acts as a catalyst for him deciding to leave. I’d love to see his reasons for leaving Goodneighbour explored a little more too, as well as his relationship with the town in general: it feels like there’s some really interesting character stuff to get into there: like him being relatively young in comparison to most of the other ghouls, and the way he had to adopt a whole new persona in order to have the courage to fight back, complete with a changed name and stolen clothes. And the way he talks about himself before he became a ghoul: this hot-headed, passionate, self-destructive idealist, and the way everything he’s been through has changed him. I would love to see a younger version of Hancock explored, particularly early on in his transformation into a ghoul, and when he’s going up against Vic.

Optional Prompts

Survival Horror, and surviving in the Commonwealth in general. Injured and stranded and out of ammo, they have to fight to survive something hunting them.
Clothing porn – THAT FUCKING COAT THOUGH. I’m not even sure what I want from this, beyond descriptions of his coat, but I just love the backstory behind why he’s wearing it (and I note that a disproportionate number of my prompts seem to be coat-related), and the way it provided the inspiration to finally stand up and fight.
First time together naked – because out in the wilderness, you’re not going to risk making yourself vulnerable by undressing, which makes the first time they fuck in safety and are able to get undressed all that much more significant.
Altered States – Drugs (Recreational) – I mean… *gestures at Hancock* Maybe they get time for that chem break, and get a little carried away.
Role play as a feral – ahaha, oh god. Maybe it comes about accidentally, they’re goofing around, possibly while under the influence of something, (recreational or some sort of sex pollen situation), and it leads to something more. I do really love the idea of a playful dynamic for these too, particularly combined with filthy, filthy sex.
Bad Guys Make Them Do It – Always and forever. I love this trope in all its forms, from lighter treatments where it’s more ‘Bad Guys Enable Them’ to something darker. For this, I especially love focus on mutual emotional support, and the two of them bonding over a traumatic experience. Also vengeance.
Bad Weather – I love the atmosphere when there’s a radiation storm, how bleak and moody it gets, and those lightning flashes. Anything from something quiet and contemplative while they’re waiting for the storm to pass (or the two of them trying to find something to do and playing Blast Radius ain’t quite cutting it), or hurt/comfort or survival with the two of them trying to find somewhere to take shelter. Or Hancock trying to shield her from the radiation.
Bathing/Washing – indulgent descriptions of luxuriating in the process of getting clean. A bathhouse in the game world could probably make a killing. Possibly literally? So maybe they stumble across a bathhouse which is really a front for stealing from and murdering its guests.
Character A drapes their coat over B's shoulders – And we’re back to the clothing porn again. :D
Distracting an addict from addiction with sex – Tricky to imagine a world where Hancock runs out of drugs, admittedly, but what if. Maybe they’re in captivity or stranded in the middle of nowhere. Or maybe it’s the Sole Survivor who’s trying to break the habit. Here for hurt/comfort and/or smut.
Identity Porn - Masked Ball As An Excuse for Inadvisable Sex – masked, perhaps, because wherever the hell they are doesn’t let in ghouls. Maybe there’s a plotty reason for them investigating the ball (and indulgent descriptions of the crumbling but grand old building where the ball is being held are particularly welcome), or maybe it’s just an excuse for smut.
Comparing Scars – and scars in general. Just mmph, yes please.
A canon divergent fic where the Sole Survivor thaws out a few years earlier than in-game and comes out of the vault early, say round about the time when Hancock is gearing up to overthrow Vic.
Any of the missing moments or conversations that feel like they should be in game, but aren’t, like the Talk after a romanced Hancock sees the Sole Survivor’s spouse's in the Vault, or a companion quest that digs into the relationship between him and his brother, or the conversation that should take place with a romanced Hancock after leaving the Institute having learned the truth about his brother.
Time loops, and watching the person you love die over and over again.
So that line of his about how if they can figure out how to turn her into a ghoul then they can do this long-term? I figure he's joking and that if it actually came to it he would be very conflicted (and guilty, which is yet more catnip.). So let's say they come across more of the experimental drug that turned Hancock ghoulish, and the Sole Survivor is considering taking it. Or alternatively maybe they don't know how it happened but she starts to turn. Hurt/comfort, guilt, and all messy feelings are very welcome here.
One of my favourite things to do in the game right now is stealth-clearing out of nests of ferals with Hancock, headcanoning it as an act of kindness putting them out of their misery. The poignancy of the remnants of their past lives hits me in a tender spot, and I'd love something exploring anxieties over turning feral, Hancock getting her to promise that if it ever happens to him she'll put him down, and then it does and instead she chains him up and tries to find a way to bring him back. Handwave this however you need to. I believe it's not supposed to be reversible in canon, but maybe he hasn't fully turned or there's an experimental drug that can bring him back, or maybe he's just different to the other ghouls because he's so much younger. Maybe he has flashes of lucidity; maybe she figures out a way to turn herself because he won't attack her if she's a ghoul and it buys them more time (and feel free to explore all the emotional fallout that ensues when she manages to bring him back and he realises she turned ghoul for his sake).
Pregnancy! Maybe the experiments conducted in Vault 111 involved studying the effects of long-term cryofreezing on foetuses, and impregnated her while she was frozen, and since she puts any symptoms she feels down to the effects of radiation, she doesn't realise for a while.
If all else fails, I just want them to dance and smooch to Magnolia's Good Neighbour song.

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Fallout (TV)

Requested ships:
Chet/Norm MacLean
Cooper Howard | The Ghoul/Lucy MacLean
Requested mediums:
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Note on my DNWs: Regarding the fact that Norm and Chet are cousins, I’d prefer no heavy angst or focus on it, or it being treated by any of the characters as a major obstacle. If you want to touch on it, I really like the matter-of-fact way canon handled it, acknowledging it as less than ideal, but not something to make a huge deal about.

Firstly, I just want to apologise if this request doesn't seem as extensive as some of the others: I loved this show so damn much, but I feel like I really need to give it a rewatch to be able to put my thoughts into order, and while I will absolutely be rewatching it, and probably soon, I haven't had the chance to do it yet. If you choose to write or do art for this request, then please know that I'm excited to see whatever you come up with. And while I'm also not really familiar with the games, I'm also hoping to be able to play Fallout 4 at least before reveals. Including canon from the wider universe is absolutely fine and I don't mind spoilers: just please bear in mind that I might not get the references. (Since writing this, I have both started a rewatch AND started playing (and accidentally fell in love with) Fallout 4).

I absolutely loved the post-apocalyptic setting, the retrofuturism vibes, and the way the show mixed the darkness with moments of humour. And also tongue-in-cheek meta nods to video game mechanics, like Cooper's line about getting distracted by bullshit in the Wasteland, and Lucy's skill building speech in the first episode, are always fun to see.

Norm/Chet

Oh, god, these two. I'd love to see them explored more, And Norm especially: this prickly, apathetic, little weirdo, forever stuck in the shadow of his prettier, perkier, overachieving sister! And the way his inability to give a shit about any kind of work is ultimately vindicated by the show, and that it actually turns out he's pretty damn brave after all. I am also an absolute SUCKER for vulnerable men, and there is SO much opportunity for that with him, not just from external threats, but everything involving Chet having previously been in love with Lucy and Norm's potential anxiety about being a stand-in for his sister, not to mention everything that happens with Steph, and I just... oof, it's so horribly messy with so much potential for pain and self-doubt. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention that size difference.

Explore their history, or how things might pan out post-canon, or alternatively get them up on the surface and exploring the world beyond the vaults. Does Lucy try to contact him via another vault to tell him what she's learned about their mother and their past? What if for whatever reason she wasn't in a position to leave the vault, and so he went in her stead, and unlike her didn't stop Chet when he offered to come? How would that difference affect canon? How would Norm, who has a very different set of skills to Lucy (and again, I love the meta concept of him as a different character 'class'), respond differently to the same threats? And Chet is quite passive in canon and easily manipulated: how would he react to leaving the vault? I am completely here for the character study of it all, but also for survial, the threats of the Wasteland, whether human or monstrous, hurt/comfort, resentment, and loyalty kink.

I'd also love to see Norm's relationship with his sister explored, and how he'd react to her with Cooper if they end up reuniting. As for Chet, he's so passive in the show, and I'd love to see that developed.

Lucy/Cooper

Ohhhh, be still my enemy-shipping heart. God, this ship is a *delight*, and I hold my hands up to finding the whole thing scorching hot, aside from all the fucked up complications of their relationship -- the way he treated her when they first met, the finger, her ultimately saving his life and telling him she's not like him (even though she potentially kinda is, or vice versa). I'd love to see something exploring how the two of them might change each other while they’re travelling together whether they’re still in the antagonistic phase of their relationship or if it happens once they’re allies. What's going to happen when she learns who he used to be (and probably still is) and that she grew up watching his films? Western themes and references are very welcome, as are canon divergent fics where they stay together for longer while they're still enemies. How would the slow burn enemies-to-lovers shift come about in that case? What would have happened if they were still travelling together when they find themselves in Vault 4? I’d also like to draw your attention to my hand kink like, and my like for cunnilingus with fingering.

So long as Lucy/Cooper is endgame, I'm fine with Cooper/Barb and references to their relationship, and escpecially with explorations of all the messy fallout (ha) of the way it ended, plus some residual feelings for her on his part.

Art Prompts

I love the visuals of the show so much, the bleak post-apocalyptic imagery, the retrofuturism, the body horror elements of the ghouls and THIS ghoul in particular. Also feel free to pack in as many Western tropes and references as you can, tumbleweed, cinematic Western visuals, smut, the contrast between the cleanliness of the Vaults and the decay of the Wasteland.

Optional Prompts

Body Swap - Characters Are Alarmingly Good At Being Each Other – And body swaps in general. Maybe it can only be reversed with sex.
Something that focuses on Shady Sands and the things that have happened there over the years. A 5+1 piece, maybe, about past, present, and future. Or something written from the point of view of Shady Sands itself.
The episode where Lucy and Maximus find themselves in Vault 4 was one of my favourites, and I’d love to see that Vault explored more, whether it’s an expanded version of that episode which takes more time over what’s going on, (maybe an AU version where it’s Lucy and Cooper) or an entirely different visit to the Vault. In particular, I’d really love to find out more about what the hell was going on with the Mother of Flames culty stuff, because canon skipped waaaay too quickly over that for my liking, but also I’d just really love to spend more time with that overly polite helpful bunch of adorable weirdos. (OH GOD THE CYCLOPS GUY <3<3<3)
Tentacles - RoboTentacles as a Sex Toy - For either pairing. Up to you whether this is entirely consensual and the characters choose to incorporate them into their sex, or if the robotentacles are malfunctioning and there's a dubcon element at play. Either way, NICE.
Time loop - Either pairing, and the details are up to you. Is one character stuck, or are they both trapped? Is one character repeatedly dying, or having to watch the other one die? And feel free to incorporate meta elements of gameplay.
"I can make them worse" with Lucy/The Ghoul in mind, because the process of redemption fascinates me, and I can’t help envisaging a situation where he’s starting to go back to being a better person, but for plot reasons, Lucy has to stop or slow down the redemption process and force him to be temporarily worse again.
Accidental Baby Acquisition – delightful for either pairing, honestly. If they’re out in the Wasteland, I love all the complications of having to feed it and keep it alive, and the potential for characters to behave in unexpected ways. For Lucy/Cooper, her being taken aback that he’s unexpectedly good with kids, even if he’s making noises about it being better to abandon it. For Norm/Chet, is it Steph’s baby?
Sex Pollen – Always and forever one of my favourite tropes, whether it focuses on the event or the aftermath or both. Either pairing, one character affected, or both? If it’s just Cooper affected, then I’d especially love to see his reaction to Lucy’s matter-of-fact attitude to sex and her willingness to get on with it.
Alternate Univerve - Zombie Apocalypse – I just love zombie apocalypses so much, and I’d love to see the characters reimagined in this universe. Did the turn happen a long time ago, or is it more recent (and how would that affect the characters?) Is Cooper a zombie hybrid of some kind? Or alternatively, the ghouls hit some very similar tropes, so go with a survival horror in which the characters have to defend themselves from a bunch of feral ghouls.
Lucy and Norm are reunited in the Wasteland post season one.
Something where Norm is convinced that the only reason Chet wants to sleep with him is as a stand-in for Lucy, and turns him down as a result. Chet decides to stop being so passive and decides to go after what he wants for a chance.
Bad Guys Make Them Do It – always and forever. I love this trope so much, the potential for guilt and self-blame, the way it can act as a catalyst for revelation of feelings and abs an obstacle to them (that delicious guilt), the hotness of being forced to go through public or semi-public sex, mutual protectiveness and bonding, and the potential threat from the onlookers. I like it both as something fun and tropey, where it’s more Bad Guys Enabled them, and as something darker where there is a genuine threat from the bad guys and it’s traumatic (but they still find it sexually arousing).
Due to some handwavy technological simulation, Cooper becomes stuck in his memories of the past and thinks he’s his old self again with the end of the world nothing but a bad dream. Lucy has to travel into his mind and memories to remind him of who he really is and get him to snap out of it before he dies. Only trouble is he’s happier there, and meanwhile Lucy gets to meet some familiar faces. (I wrote this prompt before I realised there was precedent in Fallout 4 XD. Up to you if it operates along the same principles or if it’s something wholly new)
So what does Cooper plan to do when he finds his family?
All the Body Horror and/or hurt/comfort/whump that comes from turning into a ghoul, whether Cooper's condition is worsening, or one of the other characters is also turning into a ghoul, with their respective partner stuck in the position of being unable to do anything other than help them through it.
character reveals feelings while out of it from illness/injury/alcohol - I particularly have Cooper in mind here, mainly because of the sheer depth of secrets/feelings he could spill, but this would absolutely apply to any of the other characters too.
UH OH, Lucy's pregnant, and the baby is Cooper's. CAN ghouls father children? That's up to you, but perhaps some kind of VaultTec fuckery where his sperm was somehow kept on ice, and a malfunctioning AI 'misreads' their relationship, which is entirely platonic they *swear,* and knocks her up. Cue all the complicated feelings for Cooper of a baby on its way, and a half-sister for Janey, and for Lucy of finally getting the chance to reproduce, but it's with this guy.
Character that acts tough and stoic is secretly vulnerable and needs to be tenderly fucked - I specifically have Cooper in mind here, and OK OK, I will admit there are limits to how vulnerable he's capable of being, but at the same time, I’m really drawn to redemption arcs and to all those tough layers being torn away to reveal the traumatised gooey centre.
Manhandling, specifically with Lucy/Cooper in mind. I mean, goddamn, thouse scenes from early canon with him dragging her around were so fucking hot. I'd love something along those lines with her giving as good as she gets. Maybe something where they're working together now and they have to pretend to be antagonistic and that she's his prisoner, with all the rough handling necessary for show and infused with sexual tension, and afterwards they spar which leads to angry angry sex. (and for something set when they're more antagonistic, Lucy fighting back also leads to angry sex.).
Manhandling with Norm/Chet in mind. That height difference, man. It doesn't feel like something Chet would do naturally, but maybe something happens which leads Norm to realise how easily Chet can handle it, and how hot he finds it.
Clothing porn
A desperate fight for survival -- for either pairing, but particularly Norm/Chet, partly because they're not quite as competent or good at surviving, so it makes the fight all the more desperate. Maybe they're attacked by raiders or ghouls, or stuck somewhere freezing and have to huddle for warmth. Anything where they get the chance to show off their own skills and knowledge especially.
Emotionally repressed but deeply in love character finally breaks and gives into feelings - Specifically thinking about Lucy/Cooper here, because OH GOD YEP. What would this moment look like? How long would it build until it gets to this point? Would there be a catalyst?
Cooper goes feral; Lucy has to bring him back. I don’t know if it’s reversible in canon, but handwave that if you need to. Maybe there’s an external plot reason why she has to bring him back, while other characters are telling her to abandon him or kill him outright, or maybe there isn’t and she knows they’re probably right but still can’t bring herself to do it. All the hurt/comfort here, her chaining him to a bed and trying to nurse him through it, while he gets flashes of lucidity and maybe even he’s telling her she should just kill him, idk.
Hurt/Comfort - Buried Alive & Rescue and Locked in a coffin together – no surprises which pairing I have in mind for obvious reasons, but if you want to do this for Norm/Chet instead then PLEASE DO, because this is a grade A whump trope. Maybe Lucy is captured and buried because hey, she’s a vaultie, so surely she’ll be happier underground, and Cooper has to rescue her. Feel free to dive into the trauma, horror and claustrophobia of this set-up, or her trauma in the aftermath, and Cooper’s complicated feelings. Also, if they’re buried together, Lucy’s realisation that this is something that’s happened to him before, and the UST that arises from the forced proximity.
Instead of Lucy, it's Norm and Chet who leave the Vault in search of Norm's father. How would that affect canon? Would they still get involved in the hunt for the head? Or would they find their way to Moldaver by another route? Would they meet Max or the Ghoul? Something plotty is very welcome, but I'd also be here for scenery porn, the struggle for survival, and the two of them huddling for warmth by campfires.
Pining while having sex - welcome for either pairing, but I love this especially for Norm/Chet, with Norm thinking that the only reason Chet is sleeping with him is as a stand-in for Lucy, and maybe that is how it started (or not: it's up to you), but things change pretty quickly.
Sparring leads to sex. For either pairing. For Norm/Chet, Norm has to learn to fight so that he can protect himself, and Lucy has to keep up her skills somehow.
So far on my rewatch something that stood out to me was Chet saying that he doesn’t know who he is any more after he’s demoted and is no longer the gatekeeper, which chimes with Norm’s whole ‘lacks enthusiasm’ thing, because maybe he doesn’t know who he is either, and it takes them leaving the vault and finding a place in the world to figure out who they are and where they belong.

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From Beyond

Requested Ships:
Katherine McMichaels/Crawford Tillinghast
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Note on my DNWs: My BDSM DNW is waived when it comes to Dr Pretorius.

Well, I wasn’t expecting this to turn out to be one of the single-most hottest things I've ever seen in my life, but the whole thing is laser-targeted to my id from start to finish. It's so sexually charged, from Crawford and Katherine eye-fucking each other when they turn the machine back on for the first time, to him watching her sleep while bleakly confessing to Bubba about how he used to lie awake listening to the sounds coming from (*checks notes*) Dr Pretorius's kinky sex dungeon, to the deeply creepy and uncomfortable implications about what was going on between Crawford and Dr Pretorius pre-canon and what will be going on post-canon. Canon never quite clarifies, but it’s implied that their relationship was abusive, domineering, and dubiously consensual in *all the fucking ways.*

Crawford is exactly the kind of woobie I like, meek, damaged, and deeply traumatised, and I can’t decide if I want him to continue to suffer horribly or to actually get the chance to be happy for once. Both, ideally. I love Katherine too: she’s so single-minded and determined, and after all the shit Meg goes through in Re-Animator I very much appreciate seeing Katherine get the chance to be the scientist with dubious ethics who inadvertently fucks everyone over for once.

My OTP of OTPs for this film is Crawford/Katherine, but I also ship Crawford/Katherine/Bubba, and all the permutations of fucked-up Crawford/Pretorius/Katherine. There are so many character notes that I really, really love: like Crawford taking the bed in Dr Pretorius's room, having presumably given Katherine his own bedroom because it's the gentlemanly thing to do even though it's possible to infer that some very, very unpleasant things have happened to him in Pretorius’s room. Or that moment early on where she strokes his hair tenderly and then sends him off to get an CAT scan while he desperately begs her not to. Their relationship is such a mix of genuinely sweet and deeply uncomfortable, and it leaves me wondering if perhaps she reminds Crawford subconsciously of Pretorius, and that's part of why he's attracted to her (and oh god that's the creepiest fucking thing). Also, hot fucking damn, that *kiss*.

I love that whole early stretch of the film when it's just Crawford, Katherine and Bubba in the house, investigating the murder of Dr Pretorius while also poking about the machine. It's so claustrophobic and intimate and sexually charged, and I'd love to see that section of canon stretched out a little bit. This isn’t a haunted house story in the traditional sense, but it gives me the same vibes as something like the Haunting of Hill House (book or film) or Hell House, another can't-fail trope with me. Perhaps Crawford takes longer repairing the machine and in the meantime they're all settling in and getting to know one another while Crawford is trying to repress his trauma about the house, and all the while the atmosphere is getting more intense. I love watching the three of them get to know each other, the dynamic between the three of them, and the way it shifts after they’ve turned the machine on for the first time and ratcheted up that febrile atmosphere of horniness. Maybe Dr Pretorius doesn’t make his presence known so obviously at first, so they turn the machine on more times before the shit really hits the fan, while Crawford gradually starts to suspect something is wrong.

And oh man, *Bubba.* I grew up watching Dawn of the Dead a lot, and it remains one of my favourite films of all time, so yep, I am extremely fond of Bubba. I’m delighted by the way he towers over the pair of them, the way he watches over and the caretaking role he takes on, and the way, when the sexual tension starts to ramp up, he admits to getting an erection. Which is to say I am very much here for a Crawford/Katherine/Bubba threesome, or even poly of a kind where it somehow reflects the dynamics of canon, because Crawford/Katherine is so intensely charged in the film and I’d prefer for it to remain the central relationship. Maybe because he's older and not as damaged as Crawford (or as horny as Katherine) he sort of acts like an anchor for the two of them?

Optional Prompts

Post-canon fic – The more I think about that ending the more it sticks with me, how it’s a circular narrative, with Crawford beginning the film under Pretorius’s control and ending it that way too. And I’m guessing Pretorius isn’t impotent any more. It’s so bleak, the idea of him being tormented, tortured and eaten (ideally with the focus on body horror rather than vore), only to be reborn over and over again.
It sure would be a shame if those manacles went to waste.
Post-canon fic where Crawford and Katherine explore the world beyond, like the mysterious temple mentioned in the original story, and all the creatures who inhabit it. Maybe they’re more or less normal, maybe they’re changing into something monstrous (but that doesn’t necessarily need to be a bad thing). Anything is welcome for this prompt, from horror, worldbuilding, smut, or something much gentler and fluffier.
Femdom – I just want Katherine to gently dom Crawford. Maybe they stumble across an overly friendly tentacle monster and after escaping from its clutches it occurs to her it could have its uses.
A fix-it where Katherine sets out to rescue Crawford.
Or a canon divergent fic where Crawford appears to have escaped the effects of the Resonator at the end, but it gradually becomes clear that although he looked normal at first, he came back wrong.
I cannot emphasise enough how here I am for Crawford having his boundaries trampled on and getting bad-touched, either by Katherine while she’s being affected by the resonator or by Dr Pretorius. I would very much like to see the relationship between Crawford and Pretorius explored, and I think there's a lot to dig into. Like the bit where he yells that Pretorius doesn't know how to give pleasure, only pain, and the question of how he'd know Pretorius was impotent because there's really no good answer to that question. Give me something where Pretorius feels up Crawford instead of (or as well as) Katherine, or where Pretorius encourages her to join in. Bad Guys Made Them Do It scenarios are especially welcome here.
So how did Dr Pretorius manage to turn the Resonator back on? Does he (and Crawford after the end of the film) retain an awareness of the normal plane of existence, and some ability to manipulate it?
Obvious third wheel in spontaneous threesome still highly enjoys themselves – During the early part of the film, a spontaneous threesome develops between Katherine, Crawford and Bubba, possibly induced by sex pollen or just the lingering effects of the Resonator. (With Bubba, naturally, being the third wheel, but he’s fine with that tbh.

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House on Haunted Hill (1999)

Requested Ships:
The House & Dr Richard B Vannacutt
Watson Pritchett & Dr Richard B Vannacutt
The House & Watson Pritchett
Watson Pritchett/Dr Richard B Vannacutt
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Note on my DNWs: For Pritchett, please have him be 16 or older for direct sexual contact, but sexually arousing dreams/visions/hallucinations are fine from 13+).

Canon-specific DNW: This request is specifically for the first film, and it’s fine for Return to House on Haunted Hill to be ignored. If you do include it, please avoid having the evil in the house being purely due to the Baphomet Idol.

I have a very particular fondness for 90s cheese, architectural horror, and the disparate bunch of people trapped somewhere for *reasons* trope, which is one of my favourite tropes of all time. Add in ghosts, and ohhhh baby, I am there. (As an aside, I'm also a big fan of the original trilogy of Thief games, and the ghost visuals in this were the direct inspiration for the Shalebridge Cradle mission in Thief 3 (possibly one of the best, creepiest missions in anything EVER), so I'm inclined to be kindly predisposed towards this film purely because of that.)

It’s a curious one, because the things that mean it doesn’t work that well as a horror film for me (the CGI smoke-monster climax! The criminal underuse of Dr Vannacutt!) are the exact same things that make the question of what the hell is going on significantly more interesting. The more you dig into the first film, the more it becomes clear that there’s something more going on that just a haunting as a result of what happened at the asylum.

I also find it fascinating that despite the male Dr Vannacutt being the most prominent ghost, Pritchett refers to the house as female, and specifically as ‘a stupid vengeful whore’ iirc. The Shadow primarily speaks with female voices (and according to one of the extras they used imagery of naked women to create the Rorschach effect). Then there’s the women Price sees while he’s in the Saturation Chamber. It all adds together to create this feeling of the house being a separate entity in its own right.

I'd love to see the mythology of the house dug into, because I have a lot of unanswered questions. Like the walled off room we finally see towards the end where Vannacutt used to dump his corpses, and in the middle of the room there’s a chair, just sitting right in front of the rubble, which is the creepiest fucking thing. Why is that chair there? Did Vannacutt sit on it, staring into the rubble, listening to the Shadow talk to him? (And while I’m not hugely keen on the canon introduced by the second film, and I especially dislike the suggestion that the evil in the house is all down to the Baphomet idol, I do quite like the way it expands on the way the house seduces people, the idea of good if flawed people being corrupted, and the suggestion that Vannacutt wasn’t always evil).

And then there’s one of my favourite things about this film: Pritchett, a fucked-up traumatised asshole woobie packed with neuroses, who clearly has a boat-load of issues with the house. It’s not immediately clear whether he actually used to live in the house or not, but he’s clearly spent a lot of time there and he’s familiar with it enough to know the history of the house, his way around the basement, and quite a lot about how it’s haunted, including the existence of the Darkness/Shadow and Dr Vannacutt. I’d love to see something about his previous experiences with it, what happened with his grandfather and father, and what it was like growing up in the vicinity of that house, whether he lived there or not. And I am completely here for the house’s attempts to seduce him.

Other random things I love about this canon: the Saturation Chamber! I’m really drawn to the concept of machines that can drive you insane through sensory experiences, and it’s just the icing on the cake that it takes the form of this extraordinary period-appropriate zoetrope. The relationship between Price and Evelyn! This complicated tangle of love and hatred and contempt, spitting daggers at each other, and him clearly being so desperately in love with her still, while she's so completely batshit. I love her. And the whole thing of there being multiple conflicting agendas, with the three competing guest lists, and even then the house doesn’t get what it wants because of Sara being an imposter.

Watson Pritchett/Dr Richard B Vannacutt

Not a pairing that I’d originally considered, but then a seed took root and now I can’t stop thinking about these two and what sort of dynamic they’d have.

We see so little of Vannacutt, but Pritchett absolutely freaks the fuck out when he realises he’s around, so they clearly have a history, but exactly what that history is, and what Vannacutt’s role is as a ghost in the house, is left decidedly unclear. It’s gradually become one of my favourite things about this film: the way the focus shifts from the villain being Vannacutt to the house itself, and the way that upends the way his character could potentially be seen – is he a villain, or potentially another victim of the house, or both?

There are just so many unanswered questions about what it means to be a ghost in that house, how much of it is reenacting the terrible things that happened there, and how much free will they have, and to what extent they’re being controlled by the house, and just… damn, I don’t know, but dig into it as much as you want.

The sequel flattens out most of the unexpected wrinkles in the worldbuilding, and is mostly forgettable, so I don’t really recommend watching it (although I will admit to being delighted by Steven Pacey and Andrew Lee Potts’ inclusion in the cast), but what it does do is develop the idea of people being corrupted and seduced by the house, with one line being: ‘Vannacutt was known for being a brilliant physician and great humanitarian. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in the '20s. But somehow, this great man went from saving people to butchering them’ and oof.

The whole trope of otherwise good-but-flawed people getting corrupted to evil and doing terrible things (and there’s no doubt that he’s done terrible things) gets me right in the id. Corruption and redemption arcs are welcome in all their forms for either character, as is the all-encompassing guilt that comes from realising what you’ve done. I’m also just generally interested in the idea of them finding common ground as fellow victims of the house, even if Vannacutt remains wholly evil, and that would affect how they might relate to each other, before and after Pritchett’s death. And pre-canon too – why does Pritchett react like that to finding out Vannacutt’s around?

Explore the ship in whatever way you choose. The gen dynamics fascinate me just as much, but shipwise, anything is welcome, from fucked up extremely dubious consent, where the sex is part of the house’s way of torturing Pritchett (potentially with some medical kink mixed in, but anything where Pritchett gets strapped down?), to anything on the enemy-fucking scale, to something a little more sympathetic where we do actually get a glimpse of a glimmer of goodness in Vannacutt. Or maybe the house is fucking with them both by making them fuck each other?

Art Prompts

As you might have guessed I love the visuals of this film so much: the stained glass window, the steampunky aspects of the Saturation Chamber, the Shadow’s nightmarish appearance at the end and the way they used naked women as part of its imagery, the architecture of the house, the sculptures in the basement, and all the visions of horror the various characters see. Something precanon in which Pritchett visits the house and while nothing quite happens on the surface it’s all going on in the background? Or alternatively all-out schlocky horror is good with me too. Vannacutt having a conversation with the house in the room where he dumped the bodies? Historical detail is particularly welcome.

Optional Prompts

This House has a Personality and that Personality is Fucked Up – And adolescence is tough enough as it is, without having to go through it while you're living in a haunted house that can't seem to decide whether it wants to fuck you or kill you.
Explore the deaths of Pritchett's father and grandfather, because it feels like there are a lot of unanswered questions there. Did the house exert any influence over them? Could Pritchett’s father have murdered his grandfather? How did his father really die?
A both hates and loves how good the sex with B is – Vannacutt/Pritchett (because the more I think about shipping them, the harder I ship them.)
Character is forced to work with someone who scares them – I’m intrigued by what it means to be a ghost and how much free will they have. Pritchett has to work with Vannacutt for reasons (especially delighted by the idea of this considering how Pritchett crapped himself when he recognised Vannacutt’s description).
So how does Pritchett manage to resist the Shadow at the end in order to free Sara and Eddie, when seemingly no one else was able to resist?
Something revolving around the stained glass ceiling, because creepy though it is is just suggest a marginally less evil side to Vannacutt and the idea of good people being corrupted by evil will always fascinate me.
Character with trauma is freaked out and turned on by getting tied up – Specifically thinking of Pritchett here, the poor little bastard. XD
Conversations In Liminal Spaces On The Border Of One World And Another – Ghost!Pritchett and ghost!Vannacutt have a conversation.
Evil!Pritchett – A canon-divergent fic where Pritchett isn’t so resistant to the house. How would that affect canon?
Entering someone's dreams/nightmares – Vannacutt and/or the Shadow enter Pritchett’s dreams, where pre-, during, or post-canon.
Time Travel Fix-It – Pritchett travels back in time to the 20s-30s, and finds himself caught up in events at the asylum. Could he potentially change the way events pan out? (The actual fix-it is optional here)
Time Travel - Character meets their child self – Ghost!Pritchett realises it’s possible to travel through time and interact with his younger self.
Vannacutt manages to escape the house. There’s a deleted scene (after the credits roll in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdo8voI87LI) in which Vannacutt brings the real Jennifer Jenzen to the house, and another scene where his spot being tortured is taken by Price. Which leads me to wonder if it’s possible for him to buy his freedom, or if he’s figured out a way to outwit the house.
Explore what the hell was going on with that chair. Was Vannacutt listening to the Darkness, or was it potentially a seduction/sex thing?
Corruption Arc – Either for Vannacutt or for Pritchett. Or, conversely, a redemption arc for Vannacutt, or Vannacutt getting a redemption arc while Pritchett goes the other way. I really love the idea of the house seducing people into evil (the second film goes harder on that, and iirc explicitly states that Vannacutt wasn’t always a monster), and the question of whether someone who’s done terrible things can really be redeemed.
Eldritch Architecture – I’d love to see something that goes hard on the Lovecraftian elements in the plot, the idea of this ancient nameless evil existing even before the house was built, and of what the Darkness at the heart of the house really is.
Tentacles made them do it – Probably no surprises that I have Pritchett/Vannacutt in mind here.

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Re-Animator

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Herbert West/Dan Cain
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Canon-specific DNW: Please pretend that the scenes of sexual violence against women in Beyond Re-Animator never happened. References to the Meg/Hill scene in the first film are fine though, and I’m also fine with Dan or Herbert being nonconned (onscreen or otherwise) by a third party for the purposes of whump or hurt/comfort.

I fell absolutely head over heels in love with the first Re-Animator film from the first moment I saw it – it’s so much damn fun to watch, funny, gory, obscene, and I think Herbert West might actually be one of my favourite characters in anything ever (and while I have some reservations about the sequels I do really like them both). As for Dan/Herbert, I shipped it right from the scene where they bring the cat back, and specifically from the moment where they’re side by side with weapons in hand, although with Herbert hanging back a little bit and clinging onto Dan’s shirt, because obviously.

The way from that moment they’re just… together, and there’s no way Dan is going to do anything other than help Herbert. I love that, and I love the way Dan sticks with Herbert through thick or thin (right up until the moment that he doesn’t, but more of that in a minute). So many things about this ship are tailor-made to my id: the combination of earnest/obsessive and likeable/abrasive, the constant touching with Herbert grabbing Dan at every single opportunity (this in particular just freaking delights me XD), the potential for hurt/comfort and protectiveness, and a complicated mixture of loyalty, manipulation, and betrayal that will get me every damn time.

I’d love anything that goes hard on the hurt/comfort and mutual protectiveness between Herbert and Dan, or anything that captures the tone and bonkers exuberance, gore, humour and horror of the films. Maybe something that explores what happens in between the films, especially between the first and second films, because damn, are there some unanswered questions there – like how did Meg’s heart come to be outside of her body (from the autopsy presumably, but WHAT IF...), and how the hell did Herbert manage to persuade Dan to go to Peru with him? And any of the reunions where an apparently dead Herbert pops up again. I also cannot emphasise enough how here I am for Herbert getting menaced and/or whumped.

I know it’s a deleted scene, but I find it really interesting that it doesn’t seem to be the prospect of having to give Dr Hill the credit for his work that gets Herbert to break the hypnosis, but Hill threatening Dan’s life. And the way he immediately abandons their current work to switch focus onto making the Bride to stop Dan from moving out. On the one hand, it’s a terrible manipulative thing to do, but on the other hand… *eyes* And also, what the hell was Herbert’s ultimate plan with the Bride anyway? How did he see that whole thing panning out long-term, beyond a short-term fix to keep Dan from leaving?

And then there’s the third film. While I have reservations about it, Dan turning state’s evidence on Herbert actually isn’t one of them. I am a complete sucker for complicated relationships, and I actually really love the way it shifts the balance of their relationship, especially considering the unfortunate consequences and the hellhole of a prison Herbert ends up getting thrown into. The way it hints at the way he’s suffered without ever quite going into details (the years in solitary), along with that moment when the warden hits him… and Herbert’s very deliberate act of revenge on the warden, which I firmly believe is something the Herbert of thirteen years previously would not have contemplated in a million fucking years, just shows how much the experience has changed him. That, and the way he reacts when Howard calls him doctor when they first meet. Mmph. It’s all very painful in a way that hits me right in the id.

I’m also delighted by how differently Herbert acts towards Howard, particularly at the end of the third film, where he comes across Howard cradling Laura’s head, looks at him for a moment, and then just effectively shrugs and yoinks his ID card. It’s a detail that brings home just how important Dan is to him. As far as I’m concerned, at the end of the 3rd film he is 100% going off to find Dan, and I would love something that explores them meeting again post-canon, and how the dynamics between them might shift with a Herbert who’s hurt at the betrayal and bruised by everything he’s been through and a Dan who’s not quite so naive and trusting.

Art Prompts

I am completely here for smut and shippy moments, as well as schlocky gore, the rampaging dead, and body-horror. Also the two of them in middleage, whether they’re reuniting after an estrangement or solidly established as partners (however you want to interpret that XD). Crossovers with other canons featuring Jeffrey Combs, or Herbert meeting the version of himself from Lovecraft’s original story, Herbert as a ghost! Eldritch Lovecraftian horrors, or historical AUs (Herbert in Regency clothing!!!!! *eyes*)

Optional Prompts

5 Times Dan Assumed Herbert was Dead – Because in various places, namely the screenplay and the novelisation, he is explicitly stated to have died at the end of the first film and I like the idea of him repeatedly appearing to die and popping up again mostly unscathed (and I’m amused that the one film where he doesn’t appear to die at the end is the one in which Dan does not appear. XD).
Accidental Baby Acquisition – I mean, they’re doctors. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility that they might find themselves in a situation where they have to deliver a baby in a crisis (possibly involving zombies), and end up separated from the mother and stuck having to look after the baby.
Addiction - Character tries to distract Addict from addiction with sex – Dan tries to break Herbert’s reliance on the serum.
Alternate Universe - Russian Doll Fusion – I love time loops in all their forms anyway, but this one in particular, with its focus on constant, unrelenting death, and the way the discovery that the loop is being shared with another person would play out with these two is perfect. (and for time loops in general, I’m amused by the way Herbert would probably adapt his work to take full advantage of the loop (er, an endless supply of fresh corpses with no consequences – hey, how is it murder if they don’t stay dead? – having to memorise the results because he can’t write them down, etc.)
Hurt/Comfort – Hurt/Comfort is always welcome, but one thing I’d love to see is Dan helping Herbert through withdrawal from the serum. Mainly because I really wish that deleted scene had been included in the film. I have some quiet headcanons about Herbert’s addiction to reagent, and amongst them is the fact that avoiding sleep is really, really not a good idea, and that maybe the times when he’s at his most batshit are the times when he’s suffering from chronic sleep-deprivation. All of which convinces Dan to help him to break the habit.
Bad Guys Made Them Do It – and every other iteration of Something Made Them Do It.
Betray them to save them – Dan’s presence looms so large in Beyond Reanimator even though he doesn’t appear. I can definitely see a situation where Dan got to a point where he couldn’t see any other choice, and he genuinely believed if things carried on the way they were that Herbert was going to get himself killed. I’d love to see that decision explored and the fallout when/if they’re reunited and he realises what Herbert’s been through.
Hurt/Comfort - Character with injured hands requires assistance (which turns sexual) – Here for the hurt/comfort and smut potential of this (and also very fond of one character shaving another.)
Inspired by the novelisation, Dan is completely taken by surprise when Herbert unexpectedly turns out to be massively into ice hockey. Maybe it’s a hobby he only occasionally spares the time for, but either way Dan is extremely weirded out by the prospect of Herbert going to bars and talking to fans.
You Hurt Me More Than Anything; But Being Without You Hurts More – Herbert goes in search of Dan after the end of Beyond Reanimator. Is he planning on revenge (even if he ultimately can’t face going through with it?) Does something else happen as a catalyst that forces them to work together again? I’d love to see all the messy hurt/comfort and emotional fallout of everything that happened.
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence – How might things have played out if Meg hadn’t been so hostile to Herbert from the get-go? Maybe if she hadn’t been there when he came about the room, allowing Dan to prime her for his oddball roommate beforehand? And if she hadn’t walked in on them bringing Rufus back, which meant that Dan wouldn’t have fallen out with Dean Halsey, who then wouldn’t have died, etc etc. It’s interesting how differently Herbert treats Francesca. While he’s not exactly polite to her (XD) he tolerates her presence in a way he doesn’t really tolerate Meg’s, and I can’t help but read that as at least partially being the result of Meg’s attitude towards him.
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence – A canon-divergent AU where Francesca isn’t on the scene and the creation of the Bride is much more successful, and she isn’t quite so much of a monster. Mainly because I’m really curious what the hell Herbert actually had in mind beyond keeping Dan with him at all costs. (And for the record, I’m completely open to Herbert/Dan/The Bride in whatever form that takes.)
Hurt/Comfort - Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting – Okay, so Herbert is pretty terrible at doing the whole comfort thing, but the fact that he even tries is pretty damn significant.
Road trip after the end of the world – Any post-apocalypse scenario will do, but I am particularly fond of zombie apocalypses, which seems particularly apt for this canon. Was it Herbert’s fault, or was he entirely innocent for once? Where are they going? What’s the plan? And how does reagent factor into things?
Estranged Characters - Injured A shows Up on B's doorstep Saying "I didn't know where else to go" – My first thought with this was Herbert turning up out of the blue, but what if it’s the other way around? What if, potentially after Herbert’s prison break, he considered hunting Dan down, but reluctantly decided not to follow through, only for Dan to suddenly turn up unexpectedly, and turns out he’s been keeping track of Herbert all these years and somehow or other the shit’s about to hit the fan?
Herbert and Dan take the places of the narrator and the version of Herbert in the original story by Lovecraft. – I read the story after watching the films, and I was really not expecting to find that so much of what happens in the first two films came more or less directly from the story (with a fair few changes along the way). I’m fascinated by the way the films work as adaptations, but especially by the similarities and differences between the two Herberts (running away screaming the first time they reanimate a corpse? Film!Herbert would never. On the other hand the stuff with the revolver? Yeeeeah, he totally would). So perhaps a historical AU where Herbert and Dan are from that period, or where they’re still their 80s selves but have switched places with the versions of themselves from the story. Or maybe it’s just Dan who’s switched places, and he has to content with a different version of Herbert, who is BLOND (and, y'know, also slightly more actively murderous than Dan's Herbert, and has a disconcerting habit of eyeing his healthy physique with a covetous eye). (If you haven’t already read it, be warned it has some racist elements. I’d prefer for those to be avoided if you go with this prompt, please)
A Re-Animator/Ghosts (UK) crossover. Why, yes, this is goofy as hell but I want it. :D In the eighties or nineties Dan and Herbert rent out Button House. Unfortunately something goes wrong and Herbert ends up dying on the property and coming back as a ghost. Or alternatively, Dan and Herbert are estranged, and Dan inherits the house from a mysterious relative, only realising who his benefactor is when he stumbles across the lab.
A rewatch of Bride of Re-Animator left me wondering what a M*A*S*H cross over would look like. So that, basically, whether it's Re-Animator reimagined as a half-hour sitcom set during their time in Peru, with slashy vibes between Herbert in the Frank role and Dan as Hawkeye. Or a more traditional crossover with MASH if you'd prefer to go with that.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Requested Ships
Quark/Brunt
Odo/Weyoun
Mirror Brunt/Weyoun 6
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DS9 is easily my favourite Star Trek series. I love all the shades of grey, the complicated questions of morality it raises, everything to do with the Dominion War and the Cardassians and the damn Ferengi. One of my favourite things about it is how it deals with the overturn of the status quo on a planetary scale, whether on Bajor, Cardassia, in the Dominion, and even on Ferenginar. I love what this series did with the Ferengi so, so much. They could just have been comic relief, but instead they’re so much more complicated than that. Partly it’s because the whole Ferenginar plotline ties in with the themes of the rest of the series, but it’s also because Quark is actually one of the most complicated characters in the whole show. I particularly love the way he’s used to comment on the Federation, and on humans in particular. His speech to Nog about how humans are only wonderful and friendly so long as their bellies are full in the Siege of AR-558 gives me the shivers.

Art Prompts (for all pairings)

Again, whatever I’d like in a fic, I’d also love to see explored in art. Action, hurt/comfort, romance, adventure, horror, smut. Explorations of alien worlds (especially Ferenginar!), the grimdark bleakness of the Mirror Universe, sexual tension between Brunt and Quark, or Weyoun’s slavish devotion to Odo and Odo’s grudging discomfort, Weyoun’s facial expressions alone... The visuals of changeling transformations, Ferengi clothing porn! Rain and other forms of inclement weather.

Odo/Weyoun

Go with any Weyoun you want, whether past, present, or future. In the relaunch novels, Odo creates a ninth clone to act as his aide, and while I’m not otherwise tied to the canon of the relaunch novels, as far as I’m concerned, Odo bringing Weyoun back absolutely happened, and that is a hill I will die on. :D

I’d love to see their relationship explored in all its forms, whether gen or shippy. There’s so much to explore in their relationship, and just what each character says about the other. I've shipped Odo/Weyoun pretty damn hard right from Weyoun's first episode, and Weyoun 6 sacrificing himself and then dying in Odo’s arms certainly didn’t make me ship them any less, but their gen relationship is fascinating too. There's so much to dig into: the complexities of the Vorta and their inbuilt loyalty to Changelings, the potential for changes to the way the Vorta are created and how that might affect the Dominion, Odo's blind spot for his people, and the fact that they're both capable of leading very long lives. Even when almost every other solid Odo’s known in his life has passed on, Weyoun could potentially still be around, and there are a lot of possibilities there.

There’s also a moment in A Time to Stand when Weyoun 5, gloriously insincere arsehole that he is, talks about the habitat ring echoing with the sound of happy children, but this is a man who’d knowing preside over wiping out the population of entire planets, and of course the Vorta don’t have children or childhoods in the usual way, and that’s probably something else the Dominion have taken away from them. It’s pure nightmare fuel.

I have a lot of feelings about everything that happens between them both in Faith, Treachery and the Great River, and what it says about both their characters. That story Weyoun 6 tells Odo about the origins of his people, and the way Odo seems to take it as kindness when actually what the Founders did was at the very least mass enslavement, and possibly even something akin to genocide? The suggestion that the Vorta are powerful is laughable, given that their entire purpose, over and above their own wellbeing, is to serve the Founders, and Odo of all people should know that. Would he have thought of himself as powerful when he was facilitating the Cardassians on Terok Nor? (Yeah, I wasn’t kidding about having a lot of feelings about that episode. XD) There are a lot of interesting parallels to be drawn.

Optional Prompts

DS9: Post-canon attempt to return the Vorta to sexual reproduction; first non-clone baby born - With Weyoun and Odo being at the heart of the attempt.
A canon-divergent fic where Weyoun 6 survives to defect to the Federation, exploring how their relationship goes after the war is over.
A canon-divergent AU where the canonical baby Changeling turns up while the station is in the hands of the Dominion and Weyoun is involved with Odo's attempts to look after it.
Complicated emotions at being pregnant with a baby character believes is a god - somehow Weyoun ends up knocked up, whether it's some kind of handwavy transporter accident type accident, or the result of a sex pollen incident necessary to save Odo's life and neither of them realised Weyoun could get pregnant that way. Is there some kind of side effect from the pregnancy which leaves Weyoun with some degree of shapeshifting powers, or the ability to link with the baby, which is amazing but also very uncomfortable because he's just a Vorta.
Cloning Accident result in creating a baby - The real reason Weyoun 6 tried to defect. :D Is it a wholly new person or just a baby version of Weyoun, and what are the implications of it not being going through the full cloning process?
character that thought they had zero parenting instincts goes into hardcore protective mode - I love Weyoun as a villain at least partly because of how very... unintimidating he is in a lot of ways. He's small and slight and vulnerable and he keeps dying, and I'm really drawn to this prompt both for him embracing his violent side in the interests of protecting a baby and for the potential to explore his character because I’ll always love a character study.
a 5+1 fic exploring the way Odo's relationship with the various different Weyouns changes over the years.
Sex Pollen – Whether it’s Odo affected and Weyoun willingly sacrifices himself to save the Founder, or Weyoun is affected and is horrified/pathetically grateful at Odo being willing to help. Or the aftermath of the sex pollen situation with all the fallout.
A canon-divergent AU where Odo remains human for longer, and he’s still a solid when he meets Weyoun 5 for the first time. What effect would Odo's becoming a solid have on their dynamic? How would the Vorta conceptualise the concept of a god becoming a solid, and what does that mean for the way Weyoun’s worldview? I’d be delighted with anything from a character/relationship study that follows their time on the station together, or perhaps something plottier where they're stranded on a planet together and have to work together to survive, but now Odo's just as vulnerable as Weyoun is. (Sex pollen always welcome)
Hurt/Comfort - Character Treats Other Character's Injuries – Weyoun is injured and Odo has to treat his injuries, whether it’s Weyoun 6 or one of the other ones. I’m just fascinated by all the messy feelings of faith and awe, and Odo’s discomfort at being thought of as a god.
Slow and painful process of recovering from lifetime of cultural brainwashing – Whether it happens over the course of one Weyoun or several. I really love all the tangled complexities of the way the Vorta see the world. Maybe this is a canon-divergent fic where Weyoun 6 survives and Odo tries to deprogram him? Or maybe a future Weyoun where the process has begun but isn't quite there yet.
Whump - A sacrifices themself to protect B; B is forced to watch A being tortured – The obvious candidate for self-sacrifice is Weyoun, but Odo sacrificing himself and Weyoun's struggles watching him being tortured (perhaps that Romulan device that stops him from changing shape) would be delicious too.

Quark/Brunt

These two had my enemy-shipping heart right from the moment Brunt got his Nausicaan goons to beat Quark half to death. *hearteyes* They are so, so shippy I can’t even: from how ridiculously unsubtle the show was about the subtext at the end of Ferengi Love Songs, to the air-kiss Quark blows him in Profit and Lace, to basically everything that happens between them in Body Parts. Brunt spending a small fortune purely to fuck Quark over, turning up in his quarters and reclining on Quark’s couch as he talks gleefully about his plans planning on defiling Quark’s remains (and that moment of ‘what do I do with my hands?!’ panic when Quark suddenly moves closer to him?)… yeah, um, that… that right there is a Ferengi who might just be up for some contract renegotiation.

It’s fascinating how much their relationship shifts throughout the series, going from entirely antagonistic to some degree of them being willing to work together even though Brunt’s ultimately always out for himself. There’s actually a lot of common ground between them – compared to just about everyone else in his family Quark’s a traditional Ferengi (or at least he wishes he was a traditional Ferengi), and it’s probably only because of his very non-traditional mother (Ishka, you glorious creature, you <3<3<3) that they end up at odds. I’m fascinated by the question of what makes a good Ferengi, and by Quark, who despite his first appearances as an amoral little schemer actually has a pretty strong moral code, and I found their reactions to the changes on Ferenginar in The Dogs of War, with Quark being outraged and Brunt much more pragmatic, pretty damn interesting, given how very, very bound to tradition Brunt’s been throughout the series. Granted he’s seen the changes first hand, and is trying to suck up to and manipulate Quark, but still… (and as an aside, that bit when he drops to his knees and kisses Quark’s hand? *eyes*)

I’d love to see anything from any moment of their relationship, from the early days when Brunt is so obsessed by (and horny for) Quark that he’s willing to do virtually anything to destroy him, to later when Brunt is more focused on his own gain and becoming Grand Nagus himself, to a post-canon fic which focuses on how their relationship might develop after the end of the series and the massive sweeping changes on Ferenginar. Similarly, tone-wise I’d be delighted with anything from UST and pining (one-sided or mutual), to hate-fucking, to something more genuine, and anything on the enemies-to-lovers to enemies-to-enemies-who-fuck scale.

Explore the worldbuilding – how progressive is Ferenginar when it comes to gay relationships? (and repression, denial, and internalised homophobia on one or both their parts is always welcome.) Alternatively, maybe Ferengi are actually pretty relaxed about it when it comes to casual relationships, or in the context of an M/M/F poly relationship because at least that solves the question of who pre-chews the tube grubs? In theory at least...

It’s also fine to write about their mirror universe counterparts instead, whether the story is focused on the actual mirror universe versions (and canon-divergent AUs are always welcome, btw), or something that involves pining while fucking the mirror-universe counterpart of the object of your affections, or a selfcest threesome (We barely saw Mirror!Quark, but Mirror!Brunt is such a sweetheart and I just want him to have nice things. D:). I also really, really love the look of (male) Ferengi clothing, so if you want to go all-out on clothing porn, then please do, as well as exploring any avenues of clothed or clothed/unclothed sex you might want to go down.

Optional Prompts

'Dirty little secret' relationship leads to Too Many Feelings leads to unexpected marriage proposal – Because I am so here for the two of them having a secret relationship on the downlow, and maybe they keep telling themselves it’s just about sex and it doesn’t mean anything, but actually...
Accidental Marriage – When they’re on an alien planet negotiating a contract, they accidentally wind up married (maybe because in that planet’s laws rivalry is considered a sign of great regard), and this cannot stand. Turns out getting it annulled is a little trickier than first envisioned, and in the meantime pining, forced proximity, and sex-of-convenience ensues.
Hate Sex – I am so, so here for the two of them hatefucking, and for moments of unexpected tenderness in the middle of the hatefucking, and for hate sex where they gradually start to develop feelings.
Exploration of Aftermath of Canon Events – A relationship study that looks at how things might develop between the two of them after the end of the series, with neither of them entirely happy about the changes on Ferenginar.
Characters don't realise they're in a relationship but everyone else can see it – Maybe Brunt keeps finding reasons to return to Deep Space Nice to make Quark’s life a misery, and Quark does everything he can to irritate Brunt, and neither of the two of them wants to admit that actually they’re sort of starting to enjoy each other’s company, while as far as everyone else is concerned they’re already basically together.
A post-canon fic with an established relationship between Quark and Brunt. They’re… sort of settled. Almost happy. And then, like a hand grenade tossed into the middle of their relationship, Quark’s old lover Natima Lang comes back. Somehow Brunt finds out what happened between them and is torn between horrified disgust at Quark being willing to abandon everything to run off with her and seething jealousy because he thinks, rightly or wrongly, that Quark wouldn't do that for HIM in a million years. Maybe Quark and Natima have both moved on with no lingering feelings other than a faint poignant ‘what might have been’, or maybe they’re still as in love with each other as ever and the only way to resolve this is with Quark/Natima/Brunt.
5+1 Things – A post-canon 5+1 fic exploring the ways every single member of Quark’s family undermines their attempts at (semi-)tradition Ferengi parenting (preferably of a boy, please, unless the focus is on them both overcoming their terrible ingrained sexism to the point where it’s probably going to be a bit ooc, let’s face it).
Having met by chance with an oddly familiar stranger in a bar who shares his animosity for Quark, Brunt obtains a copy of a unique holosuite program involving Major Kira with Quark’s head in return for a discounted price and the promise to use it to destroy Quark. Which would be easier to do if he could just stop thinking about how it would be better with Quark’s head on Quark’s body. To facilitate Getting Revenge, obviously. (And just as soon as he figures out why the hell Quark would make the program so damn good at oo-mox if it was written for a non-Ferengi).
So, um, those scenes in The Dogs of War when Brunt is sucking up to Quark because they both think Zek is going to appoint him the next Grand Nagus? He’d be remiss if he forgot Rule 113 of the Rules of Acquisition: Always have sex with the boss.
Ishka figures out why Brunt is so fixated on bringing Quark down. And, well, okay, yes, Brunt is terrible, but also he’s a good Ferengi, and frankly, Quark could probably do worse.
Time Travel Fix-It – Brunt and Quark travel back to a point where they’re in a position to alter the course of Ferengi history and prevent the sweeping changes brought about by Quark’s mother, but potentially ruining their fortunes in their present, since with the franchisement of Quark’s they’re actually doing pretty damn well for themselves. Do they go through with it, or disagree about whether they should go through with it?

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Mirror Brunt/Weyoun 6

Because a passing stray thought that Mirror Brunt and Weyoun 6 should hook up got into my head and then refused to go away. Which I can understand, because fucking hell, yes. I have absolutely no idea how it would work or how it would come about, but goddamn do I want it to happen.

As ships go, this is absurdly self-indulgent, but at the same time there are some potentially really interesting dynamics and parallels to be drawn between them. They're both more sympathetic versions of more or less antagonistic characters, both desperately loyal to another person with whom they have a somewhat one-sided relationship, (and they're both adorable tragically doomed cinnamon rolls. D:) Maybe Weyoun finds himself stranded in the Mirror universe – does the fact that it isn’t his universe provide a loophole that allows him to override his inbuild loyalty to the Dominion? (Keevan shows that not all Vorta are unquestionably loyal, which suggests that Weyoun is just like that, unswervingly terrifyingly loyal, whether to the Dominion or to Odo, and I love him all the more for that) Does he immediately set out to try to find a way back to his universe, or to find the wormhole in the Mirror universe? How does Mirror Odo complicate matters? Does he shift his loyalties to Mirror Brunt?

There are countless things I’d love to see here, and explore it however you want, but I do really love the idea of him gradually coming to terms with being stranded in the Mirror universe, and even though it’s a grimdark hellhole, realising he’s better off there, even though he’s conflicted about staying. And as for Mirror Brunt, mmph, these two sweethearts would be absolutely perfect for each other. Just get them together and make them kiss, however you have to do it. And maybe they’re both pining for other people at first, but gradually they catch feelings for each other. They’re both so lovely: they deserve some happiness.

Optional Prompts

Look, if in doubt, please just make them kiss and I will be happy. :D
Body Swap - Characters Are Alarmingly Good At Being Each Other
Conflicting loyalties – Explore the issue of loyalty and how it manifests in each of them. Especially Weyoun, whose loyalties are at least somewhat artificial. How does the Mirror universe affect his loyalties to the Founders? Is he able to override it? Perhaps because he’s stuck there he gradually becomes used to feeling free of his obligations to the Dominion, and transfers his loyalties to Mirror Brunt instead, but then an opportunity to return to the prime universe arises and he has to deal with his conflicting loyalties.
Weyoun has fallen in with M!Ezri and M!Brunt and has been working with them for a while without issue until they capture Mirror!Odo. And maybe he can override his instinctive loyalties because this is the Mirror!Universe version and so not a true Founder, but it doesn’t come easily.
Character finally finds an unconditionally good relationship; not sure how to handle it - They're both just so damn sweet, and while everything else might be going to hell, the two of them still manage to carve out some moments of sweetness in the middle of the nightmarish dystopia that is the Mirror Universe.
Character isn't used to being loved and shown tenderness/affection – Because loving relationships aren’t normally part of a Vorta’s life experience, and Weyoun isn’t quite sure how to handle it.
Food as part of the language of love – They both have interesting relationships with food. Given Mirror Brunt’s tendency to make sure everyone’s fed (with tube grubs, but still...), and the way Weyoun works his way through everything on the replicator’s menu, it seems like this would be the perfect way for them to bond. And okay, maybe Brunt can’t get his hands on kava nuts or rippleberries but there must be something.
Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded – So let’s say Weyoun is stranded, temporarily or otherwise, in the Mirror universe. He’s finally free of his obligations to the Dominion, because there is no Dominion there, and so has to figure out a few things and relearn the sort of person he wants to be.
Gently touching a character's scar(s) – Because again this is one of the contrasts between them, Mirror Brunt being scarred (because picking up scars in the Mirror Universe is inevitable, let’s face it) while Weyoun is almost entirely scar-free due to being a recent clone. I’m particularly here for scar kink, and all the associated fascination and sympathy and tenderness, but you could also play with the issues over cloning: Weyoun’s memories of injuries sustained by other Weyouns, which aren’t reflected on his body, but which maybe he feels as phantom scars of some kind?
Emotional hurt/comfort – Ordinarily Vortas’ memories of their previous deaths and injuries are suppressed as part of the cloning process to ensure they remain motivated and willing to sacrifice themselves, but every now and then those suppressed memories return in full force.
Identity Porn - A scam/heist requires that they both have to pose as their other selves.
Smut - experimenting with and exploring interspecies biology.
on the run together – Whether from the Alliance or from some kind of crime syndicate (potentially run by Mirror Ishka XD), and bonding in the process.
Two tired people taking quiet comfort in each other – Exhausted sex, moments of respite in the middle of the world going to hell, the two of them finding moments of common ground, etc.
Competence Kink - And the two of them being quietly impressed and turned on by the other’s competence: Brunt’s toughness and fighting skills and Weyoun's innate diplomacy and negotiating skills.

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Would You Rather (2012)

Requested Ships:
Iris/Shepard Lambrick
Iris & Shepard Lambrick
Julian Lambrick & Shepard Lambrick
Requested mediums:
Medium Opt-In: Any - Any Nominated In-Universe Medium
Medium Opt-In: Any - Any Nominated In-Universe Medium That Fit the Canon Setting
Medium Opt-In: Any - Any Nominated Medium
Medium Opt-In: Any - Creator's Choice of 3+ Different Nominated In-Universe Mediums Per Work
Medium Opt-In: Any - Creator's Choice: 3+ Diff Nominated Canon-Possible In-Universe Mediums Per Work Medium Opt-In: Art - Any Nominated Art Medium
Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Any Nominated Illustrated Text Medium
Medium Opt-In: Typographic Design - Any Nominated Typographic Design Medium
Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Any Nominated Unique Medium
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any Nominated In-Universe Medium
Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any Nominated Writing Medium

Note on my DNWs: It’s fine to include references to the attempted rape in canon. Anything up to and including extremely dubious consent is fine for this canon.

Shepard Lambrick & Julian Lambrick

Fucked-up Lambrick family dynamics please! :D While the film itself doesn’t do too much digging into the Lambrick family, it sets up a lot of hints that seem like they’d be very fun to dig into. Like, what the deal is with the Lambrick Foundation, and everything to do with the games, past, present and future. And especially the relationship between Julian and his father, which I find deeply uncomfortable to watch but in an extremely satisfying way (much like the film itself XD). Julian is a terrible excuse for a human being, but it’s pretty clear at least part of the reason he’s so sadistic and screwed up and ultimately a cringing little worm (that bit where he’s cowering under the table much to Shepard’s contempt? Oof) is because of having Shepard as a father. And god, Shepard: from his first appearance where he’s putting on the thinnest veneer of philanthropy possible to the way he manipulates the proceedings of the game, terrorising basically everyone except Bevans? Even when things are going wrong, he’s never less than in control. He’s a genuinely terrifying villain and an absolute blast to watch.

Every moment Shepard and Julian interact is gold, and I would very much like to know more about their relationship. There are some interesting wrinkles there: the whole thing about Shepard being glad that Julian’s finally taking an interest in the Foundation, the question of what happened with Julian’s mother, the way Shepard reacts when he finds out about Julian’s attempt to sexually assault Iris, and whatever happens between them off-screen when Shepard excuses himself to talk to Julian… It shouldn’t be that hard for Julian to live up to his father, right, and yet he keeps failing and disappointing his father again and again, and yeeeeah, I’m not sure Shepard Lambrick is a man you really want to disappoint.

I’d love to see exploration of other games, whether in the past or the future, alternative ways the game in the film could have gone, what Julian’s childhood was like, what happened to his mother, how the whole thing came about in the first place. Even just a fic exploring the day-to-day running of the Foundation, which might seem entirely normal on the surface, but with occasional glimpses behind the curtain to suggest that something is very, very badly wrong, like glimpses of ex-players who are now working for the Lambricks. How many of them are morally compromised in the way that Dr Barden was, and how many have willingly, even eagerly, embraced everything Shepard had to offer?

I’m fascinated by the way Shepard manipulates everyone around him (including his family?), and the way he seems to be building up this network of people who are complicit in murder, and what his motivations for doing that might be. Or the consequences of the game we see in canon: what will Iris do next given her reason for playing is now gone? Will she make use of Shepard’s patronage any way or turn against him?

And then there’s Lucas. Watching the film for the first time, I was convinced he was going to turn out to be the other Lambrick brother, and to have been a ringer in on it all along. It would probably have been too obvious a twist, but story-wise and character-wise the possibilities are delicious, and I am so so here for Lucas and Julian as siblings with a fucked-up codependent relationship: Lucas as the golden child, the one who has the guts to actually take part in the games himself, risking genuine physical pain and potential harm (short of death because they've been rigged just enough) because that’s what his father’s ‘rules’ call for, with Julian as the weaker son who can never live up to his father’s legacy. (The film ultimately doesn’t really bear this out, but it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that the eye injury could have been faked, and maaaaybe the death too if you squint. And hey, that's what AUs are for.)

It throws an interesting spin on Julian’s bitterness, and on some of Lucas’s behaviour in the game, and the possibility that he too is pushing back against his father. Or maybe the reason he gives the others a chance to run is to give Julian the chance to go after her, because because he’s doing it for his brother or because he knows how his father will react. I particularly love the idea of Shepard taking a hands-off approach to discipline, but manipulating them into punishing each other instead.

If you do go this route, I am absolutely here for Lucas and Julian having an incestuous relationship. Perhaps one which they think their father doesn’t know about, although actually not only does he know about it, he’s quietly done everything in his power to encourage it. (Or for extra fucked-up vibes, Lucas knows their father knows, but Julian doesn’t.)

Art Prompts

Again, anything I’d like in a fic, I’d love in a piece of art. And while I’d love something that goes hard on the violence of a game, I’d also love something quieter and atmospheric, which maybe only hints at the horrors going on in the name of the Lambrick Foundation. Maybe that ‘date’ between Iris and Shepard, where there’s a hell of a lot going on under the surface, or Julian and Shepard at a similar public event. But outright horror and violence is very welcome too.

Optional Prompts

Something Lovecraftian – Because apparently I’m almost incapable of requesting an entirely non-Lovecraftian film with Jeffrey Combs in it without going ‘Yeah, but what if Lovecraft though?’ On the one hand, you could just take this film at face value, but on the other there does seem to be an odd sense of duty about the way Shepard treats the games, with his attention to the rules and tradition, so what if the Foundation and the games have some kind of supernatural reason for existing?
Antagonism - characters don't like each other but nobody else understands them this well Characters who can't stand each other would also die for each other
Daddy Issues – Because if there was ever a character with hang-ups over his father, it’s Julian Lambrick.
Fantasies about murdering your father – Whether a 5+1 fic about the times Julian has thought about killing his father throughout his life, or something a bit more involved, where he’s actually seriously thinking about going through with it. Or dreaming about doing it. Will he ever have the guts? Does Shepard know? (And if Lucas is involved, maybe the two of them plotting together as part of some fucked-up sexual fantasy, but actually Lucas is telling Shepard about it)
Shepard is beginning to have doubts about whether Julian really has the necessary qualities to follow in his footsteps. Maybe he decides to give Julian one last chance.
A fucked-up slice of life fic following the everyday operations of the Lambrick Foundation.
Something investigating Shepard’s relationship with his son in contrast to Shepard’s relationship with his own father.
What was the first game like? Did it happen under Shepard, or was it something that he inherited? If the latter, then what was his experience of his first game like?

Shepard Lambrick & Iris, Shepard Lambrick/Iris

And then there’s my Iris &/ Shepard requests. Whether entirely platonic or shippy (in whatever form that takes) or something in between, these have so much potential to be utterly fucked up and uncomfortable in a way that very much appeals to me. Given Shepard’s ongoing relationship with Dr Barden at the start of the film, it can be assumed that he makes a habit of taking a continuing interest in the winners of his games, and his ‘Call me Shep’ at the end of the film (*shiver*) suggests that it’s going to be the same sort of situation with Iris, and that he’s going to follow her career through college with an eye to manipulating into a position where she can be of some use to him. And oh dear fucking god, that’s creepy.

The situation at the end of the film throws that completely out of joint though, and I go back and forth on which way she might go. Her primary reason for taking part in the game has gone, but it’s also one of the few things that Shepard isn’t responsible for, and I could go either way on whether she chooses to take advantage of Shepard’s patronage or not.

And Shepard himself is such a bundle of conflicting emotions. On the one hand, he’s a fucked-up, sadistic, manipulative arsehole who gets a kick out of psychological and physical torture (he’s just enjoying himself so much), but on the other hand he really does seem to run the games by a certain set of rules and maybe a sick sort of honour, which almost makes him more terrifying in a way. I’m thinking of the moment when he apologises to Iris for Julian’s behaviour – in a way that touch on her shoulder makes my skin crawl more than the attempted rape. It’s all very messy and uncomfortable, and one of the reasons why I love this fucked up little film so much, aside from how tense and claustrophobic it is.

What if the situation leads him to take even more of an interest in her than he usually would? Or perhaps his additional interest is in reaction to something she does? Maybe every now and then one of the players of the game does something to genuinely surprise him, and something about her draws him to her, to the point, perhaps, where he starts to shape her into a potential protoge. (Which Julian isn’t exactly happy about naturally).

As for the shippy version a lot of the appeal of this is how deeply fucked up it would be, and the deal with the devil vibes it would have, and Iris telling herself that she’s going into it with her eyes open because she knows what a monster he is, and finding herself in way over her head anyway. What does it take for this to come about?

Optional Prompts

Enemies to Lovers - Enemy tenderly treats character's injuries that the enemy inflicted – Whether this follows on directly from the end of the film, or relates to a whole new injury that Iris has sustained, I am so completely here for this. Or alternatively, what if Shepard is the one who’s been injured at Iris’s hands. It’s a couple of years down the line and, trying to get her revenge on him, she’s taken him to an isolated cabin while his people hunt for them. Only she isn’t sure whether she can really bring herself to kill someone again. Manipulation ensues.
Antagonist Surprises With Honourable Behavior – ‘honourable’ according to Shepard’s judgement, anyway. Because he really does seem to have a fucked-up code of his own when it comes to the games, even if that is just one of his manipulation techniques. But he honours his promises, and Iris finds herself conflicted.
Breathplay - top/dom likes getting choked – Consider this an exception to my Breathplay DNW. Shepard has a thing about being choked. Iris obliges because she just hates him so much. They’re both drawn to the element of risk: him because he knows she might well kill him if she was capable of it, she’s not sure if she is capable of it, but knows that if she takes it too far it could end very badly for her.
Captivity – For one reason or another, Shepard decides it’s necessary to have Iris quietly disposed of, but he’s unwilling to have her killed so imprisons her instead.
Character has their face shaved with a straight razor (by someone they have reason to distrust) – Having established a sexual relationship, although still aware that there’s good chance she’d like to kill him, Shepard lets Iris shave him. What appeals to me here is the sexual tension and Iris’s ever-present temptation to just cut his throat and have done with it.
Character Trains a Protege – Ohhh baby. Explore this however you want to, whether the focus is on the beginning of the process or if you start with her taking her place as a witness to a game. Is Iris all in (for whatever reason), or does she still have her doubts, or is she working against him somehow? And what exactly is Julian doing in all of this?
Slow Seduction/Corruption Arc – So uncomfortably hot, whatever form the seduction takes, whether it’s about sex or a moral corruption. I am absolutely here for a sexual relationship developing between them, but also her originally resisting him trying to use her for his own ends once she’s gone through college, and his attempts to bring her around, finding her a job, etc.
Outsider POV of a 'date' between Shepard and Iris. Especially if its clearly deeply uncomfortable, but to the outsider it just looks like a normal date between a solicitous older man and a younger woman (aside from maybe a couple of out-of-place moments).
Possessiveness - No One Is Allowed to Hurt You Except Me – Times when Shepard went out of his way to protect Iris.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – After the game, Iris is struggling to recover from the experience.
Scar Worship – Specifically that stab-wound. But also, maybe Shepard has one or two scars of his own.

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