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Dear Gen Freeform Ex Creator 2024
Mar. 18th, 2024 02:20 pmDear Gen Freeform creator,
as a long-time gen fan, I'm immensely stoked for this exchange and whatever you decide to create for me :D I hope you have fun and that your own Gen Freeform goes fantastically.
Hope the letter is clear and helpful, but don't hesitate to reach out through the mods if you have questions.
- Major character death, including death of requested characters
- Animal death and harm to animals
- Gore
- References to or descriptions/depictions of noncon
- Abuse
- Mental illness
- Physical illness of any sort (this includes pandemics and epidemics)
- Harm to children
- Identity headcanons (gender, including nb; sexuality, including ace; ethnicity and religion; neurodivergence)
- In-universe bigotry of any kind
- Any POVs (including 1st and 2nd)
- Any tenses
- Generally any non-traditional writing devices
- Any styles and approaches for art - be as experimental or as traditional as you like
- Interactive fiction
- Crossovers and fusions, as long as I know the other fandom (anything I've ever requested in exchanges or written fic about goes)
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- Repressed stoics love each other too much to succeed at fully repressing their emotions
- Characters angsting about being unworthy of and undeserving of their friend/characters believing that they're a harmful presence in their friend's life
- Impulsive gestures of affection
- Characters trying desperately to repress their affection and desire for someone's friendship because it is not socially/hierarchically appropriate.
- Hugs
- Bedside vigils
- Characters getting tearful despite themselves and being ashamed of it
- Hand touching
- Forehead kisses
- Hand kisses, as an expression of extreme loyalty and/or gratitude
- Meaningful gifts
- Quasi-familial relationships; characters yearning for another to be their family, especially if it's because their original family was shit
- Hurt/comfort, physical or emotional
- The classic "A is terrified for B's life or wellbeing and this brings out Emotions" is a favourite
- Characters feeling like All Is Right With The World, at least for a time, because their BFF is with them
- Characters affirming each other's identities and providing support and friendship in that regard (ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, sexuality identities, etc)
- Hierarchical and/or social differences between characters
- Character A believes character B is dead and is desperate/in total denial/suicidal/murderous over this
- Character A hurts character B (physically or emotionally, accidentally or because they were forced to) and angsts about it endlessly
- Character A realizes that character B actually cares deeply for them and this causes them to be MindblownTM
- Character A angsting because they're unsure if their affection for B is fully reciprocated
- Characters A attempts to sacrifice themselves for the greater good and/or for character B and character B takes this Badly(TM)
- Characters tenderly taking care of each other's injuries
- Characters protecting each other in dangerous scenarios
- Characters eating/cooking food together. Food, drinks, tea & coffee - they're my catnip, both in art and in fic.
- In medias res, snippets that feel like outtakes from a bigger story - or art scenes that feel like snapshots from a larger narrative
- Characters being badass and doing something cool, whether in combat or otherwise
- 5+1 things
- A sense of wonder and awe at the universe, whether from the characters themselves or from the narrative
- Loving descriptions/depictions of plants and other nature
- Music (mostly classical), art, literature, fashion, and architecture references
- Sciencey things. Whether they're scientifically plausible or handwavey, I love them!
- Human anatomy in any way, shape or form. This is my field of study
- Jewish and Eastern European stuff
- Food and cooking. Throw in a good description/depiction of a tasty dish, and I'm yours mind body and soul
- Cozy domestic scenes in general. Characters having a cup of tea with each other next to a fireplace after a hard day's work? Yes please
- On the other hand, Gothic shit. I'm weak for Gloomy Weather Reflecting The Hero's Mood and for dark forests and angsty philosophical conundrums and so forth. Convoluted flower symbolism and emotional repression ftw.
- If a character has a canon marginalized identity that is meaningful to them, or if you headcanon them as having one, I enjoy small nods to that in fic/art
And now to my requests!!
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- A typically puts their own needs/preferences to one side; B pays attention to A's needs/preferences - you can pair this with the above or write/draw it as its own separate thing. Goes great with A believes the love they’re shown is conditional; they expect to be cast aside, as well as with Hurt/Comfort - Character Doesn't Expect Tenderness But Gets It Anyway. I feel like this should probably be primarily from Diana towards 47, but it doesn't have to be a one-way street - 47 can also show her care/tenderness she wouldn't expect. I think it'd be fantastic to see Diana take care of him in small ways (noticing some food he prefers, putting something in his mission loadout that will make him more personally comfortable, etc). And maybe tending to his injuries if he gets hurt (whether in a small or a big way) with a kind of tenderness he never expected? I can just imagine him being all flustered about it and thinking about how unnecessary and illogical it is to be extra gentle when fixing his injuries, but how for some inexplicable reason he loves it :D
- Character is comfortable to stim freely in front of friend - I headcanon 47 as autistic. If you're here for any of the other freeforms, you don't have to include this one, I don't mind if you think of him as allistic and/or just don't concern yourself with this either way. But I do love the idea. I think his stims would be very reserved and low-key, not noticeable at all, but I can imagine him feeling good about being able to stim in front of Diana. And her noticing it and not reacting negatively at all, and him noticing that she noticed it, and so forth :D
Art-specific: draw the stim!! Whether it's finger tapping or some kind of texture he likes touching or an item he fidgets with or whatnot. And Diana just looking at him affectionately about it <3
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2. Star Trek: Discovery. Requested relationship: Michael Burnham & Saru.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: none.
Requested medium: Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Character A Attempts to Sacrifice Themselves But is Saved by Character B
- Teaching a Serious Character How to be Teased
- Food as Affection
- Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology
Saru & Michael are my precious blorbos and the vahar'ai scene where she cries over having to kill him and then they find out he doesn't have to die did Things to me. They're just so incredible together. Real found sibling vibes (canonically, even - he says Michael has been like a sister to him!). I love Saru's alienness and his transition from a big scared moose to someone who shoots spikes out of their face at enemies. Greatest character arc in ST since Spock, in my opinion.
- Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology - so I think this could be delightfully angsty and also vaguely funny. Just how much does Michael know about Kelpien anatomy and physiology? Considering that they're a pre-first contact species for a lot of the show, probably not that much :D I'd love some hurt!Saru and Michael trying her best to help him but having to consult him for lots of things because e.g. who knows where Kelpiens' livers are and if they even have livers, really?
Bonus points for Saru himself panicking because he doesn't actually know that much detail about his own organism either because he's not a doctor (and also his species has been gaslit for eons about how their bodies work).
- Character A Attempts to Sacrifice Themselves But is Saved by Character B - I think this would be a super hurt/comfort-y thing to write about Saru, who's not a naturally self-sacrificial type and very much wants to live. But if it was for other people, he would sacrifice himself, maybe especially after his vahar'ai. But Michael wouldn't let him. If you like, you can pair this up with Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology.
- Food as Affection - I'd love them to feed each other as a show of care! Does Michael get Saru many-many blueberries to enjoy? Does Saru make her some kind of special biscuits with Kelpien tea? Can be a story of its own or a part of a larger fic, as you prefer. I just want them to share tasty things and be cosy together and to love each other very much.
- Teaching a Serious Character How to be Teased - to be fair, I think they're both kind of terrible at this and awkwardly serious, the dorks. But maybe they could mutually teach each other how to be teased, slowly over the course of their relationship :D Would love this as a funny thing but with an undercurrent of fierce loyalty and seeing each other as found family, especially towards the end.
Also, one of the last conversations they had before the finale included Doyle blaming Bell for Elspeth's death, and I'm a sucker for people blaming themselves for something they said to a now-injured (or presumed dead - luckily, TDW features both :D) loved one.
6. Dishonored. Requested relationship: Daud & Billie Lurk.
I would prefer no Billie and/or Daud being stuck in the Void forever as that's too bleak for me, so either Daud gets resurrected (and is probably now a grumpy grandpa to the Outsider lol) or he moves on to something kinder and softer.
There's a great big hug and they're heart-achingly happy to see each other. They spend some time hanging out wherever they end up (if it's not a resurrected!Daud story, then in the idealised Karnaca-like Afterlife I described in the art bit?). Maybe there are also other loved ones there.
You could leave them with a promise of future meeting(s) (whether in death or in life - e.g. could be a living Billie telling Daud that she'll see him again after she dies) or it could be goodbye forever (that would wreck me but I wouldn't mind, it'd be a good pain).
- Hugs - can be combined with the above or drawn/written entirely separately! I really want them to have a great big hug and be all intense about it. Maybe they're clinging onto each other, or just squeezing each other tight, or one of them is tearful (or both) while the other cannot see :D
as a long-time gen fan, I'm immensely stoked for this exchange and whatever you decide to create for me :D I hope you have fun and that your own Gen Freeform goes fantastically.
Hope the letter is clear and helpful, but don't hesitate to reach out through the mods if you have questions.
My AO3 handle is plumedy :> If you are here because you're considering treating me, I absolutely accept treats and am all shades of excited about that.
#General DNWs
#General Likes
#Hitman
#Star Trek: Discovery
#Dr Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle series
#Dishonored
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#General DNWs
#General Likes
#Hitman
#Star Trek: Discovery
#Dr Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle series
#Dishonored
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DNW communism portrayed in a sympathetic light. No surprise!communist OCs or plot points, please. General class and class oppression themes ok.
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II. Opt-ins (these are things you should feel free to include in your work if you like).
- You can write me fic of any length or draw art of any resolution/style; I love both small and simple things and long and complicated things.
- AUs (wingfic, soulmates, coffee shop, etc. Go wild)
- AUs (wingfic, soulmates, coffee shop, etc. Go wild)
- Major character death, including death of requested characters
- Animal death and harm to animals
- Gore
- References to or descriptions/depictions of noncon
- Abuse
- Mental illness
- Physical illness of any sort (this includes pandemics and epidemics)
- Harm to children
- Identity headcanons (gender, including nb; sexuality, including ace; ethnicity and religion; neurodivergence)
- In-universe bigotry of any kind
- Any POVs (including 1st and 2nd)
- Any tenses
- Generally any non-traditional writing devices
- Any styles and approaches for art - be as experimental or as traditional as you like
- Interactive fiction
- Crossovers and fusions, as long as I know the other fandom (anything I've ever requested in exchanges or written fic about goes)
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III. General likes.
I'm a fan of intense, angsty, h/c-flavoured friendships. Sometimes my requests will skew fluffier, sometimes darker. In general, all I want is for the characters to be unquestionably devoted to each other. Specific interpretations are up to you!
My likes for platonic relationships:
- Repressed stoics love each other too much to succeed at fully repressing their emotions
- Characters angsting about being unworthy of and undeserving of their friend/characters believing that they're a harmful presence in their friend's life
- Impulsive gestures of affection
- Characters trying desperately to repress their affection and desire for someone's friendship because it is not socially/hierarchically appropriate.
- Hugs
- Bedside vigils
- Characters getting tearful despite themselves and being ashamed of it
- Hand touching
- Forehead kisses
- Hand kisses, as an expression of extreme loyalty and/or gratitude
- Meaningful gifts
- Quasi-familial relationships; characters yearning for another to be their family, especially if it's because their original family was shit
- Hurt/comfort, physical or emotional
- The classic "A is terrified for B's life or wellbeing and this brings out Emotions" is a favourite
- Characters feeling like All Is Right With The World, at least for a time, because their BFF is with them
- Characters affirming each other's identities and providing support and friendship in that regard (ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, sexuality identities, etc)
- Hierarchical and/or social differences between characters
- Character A believes character B is dead and is desperate/in total denial/suicidal/murderous over this
- Character A hurts character B (physically or emotionally, accidentally or because they were forced to) and angsts about it endlessly
- Character A realizes that character B actually cares deeply for them and this causes them to be MindblownTM
- Character A angsting because they're unsure if their affection for B is fully reciprocated
- Characters A attempts to sacrifice themselves for the greater good and/or for character B and character B takes this Badly(TM)
- Characters tenderly taking care of each other's injuries
- Characters protecting each other in dangerous scenarios
- Characters eating/cooking food together. Food, drinks, tea & coffee - they're my catnip, both in art and in fic.
My narrative and art likes:
- Slice of life and character studies. Don't worry about writing these, I love them. For art, this means I love domestic scenes and characters just hanging out together without much in terms of action/adventure happening.
- Casefic - I'm a big fan of mysteries and crime solving (or of committing elaborate crimes, considering the nature of some of my canons...)
- In medias res, snippets that feel like outtakes from a bigger story - or art scenes that feel like snapshots from a larger narrative
- Characters being badass and doing something cool, whether in combat or otherwise
- 5+1 things
- A sense of wonder and awe at the universe, whether from the characters themselves or from the narrative
- OTOH in darker works, I like an us vs the world feel
- Loving descriptions/depictions of plants and other nature
- Music (mostly classical), art, literature, fashion, and architecture references
- Sciencey things. Whether they're scientifically plausible or handwavey, I love them!
- Human anatomy in any way, shape or form. This is my field of study
- Jewish and Eastern European stuff
- Food and cooking. Throw in a good description/depiction of a tasty dish, and I'm yours mind body and soul
- Cozy domestic scenes in general. Characters having a cup of tea with each other next to a fireplace after a hard day's work? Yes please
- On the other hand, Gothic shit. I'm weak for Gloomy Weather Reflecting The Hero's Mood and for dark forests and angsty philosophical conundrums and so forth. Convoluted flower symbolism and emotional repression ftw.
- If a character has a canon marginalized identity that is meaningful to them, or if you headcanon them as having one, I enjoy small nods to that in fic/art
And now to my requests!!
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1. Hitman. Requested relationship: Agent 47 & Diana Burnwood.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: 47, Diana, or the narrative treating anything they've done to each other as a real betrayal (e.g.: 47 thinking "Diana betrayed me"). 47 angsting about how Diana must think him a traitor/Diana angsting about how 47 must think her a traitor is more than welcome, though.
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Alternate Universe - Soulmates
- Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
- Character is comfortable to stim freely in front of friend
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Alternate Universe - Soulmates
- Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B
- Character is comfortable to stim freely in front of friend
- Dehumanized human weapon can only show love through extreme loyalty
- Food as Affection
- Food as Affection
- A typically puts their own needs/preferences to one side; B pays attention to A's needs/preferences
- Hugs
- Hugs
Basically, feel free to combine any of the above, but you can find some specific prompts below if you'd like any! The prompts either are both fic- and art-compatible or have separate paragraphs for art and fic.
- Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B - this just absolutely calls for Diana protecting 47 with his own silverballers. Please??
- Hugs - just draw/write them hugging. Any scenario, any setting, I go feral for it. <3 <3 <3 Is it a desperate, emotional, I-could've-lost-you hug?? Is it a tender, quiet hug? That is up to you!
Fic-specific: I have long thought about Diana hugging him when they reunite at the end of HITMAN 3, and him being absolutely error 404 about it and not knowing where to put his arms. Has he even been hugged before by anyone other than Lucas?
- Food as Affection - them buying or cooking each other food!! Maybe 47 is cooking something nice for her? Maybe Diana is cooking for him? Maybe he's just bringing her some treat he bought in a nearby shop? Maybe they're getting takeout together!!
I kind of randomly headcanon Diana as Jewish and would love her cooking/buying Jewish food for 47 (a nice challah or some hamantaschen idk :D), but anything else involving food will also absolutely capture my heart.
- Alternate Universe - Soulmates - soulmate marks?? I love them and I'm not picky about which ones! Red thread, writing on skin, symbols, or whatever else strikes your fancy <3
Fic-specific: I'd love an exploration of just when they find out that they're soulmates and how it happens. Do they immediately know when they first meet, or is it a realisation that catches them unawares well into their partnership? I think 47 would be super insecure about whether Diana is his friend/platonic partner for his own sake or just because they're soulmates, and I'm here for that >:D
- Dehumanized human weapon can only show love through extreme loyalty - 47, obviously ♡( ◡‿◡ ) I just want him to come to the conscious realisation that he would kill and die for Diana and kind of struggle with it in the vein of, "what are these feelings?? Am I supposed to have these?? What does this mean?" I love him not being fully in touch with himself and not entirely understanding what it is he's experiencing or why he's so rabidly protective of this one woman. And he doesn't really know how to express it, so he just tries his best to show his loyalty through service. Pairs well with Dangerous morally grey person utterly loyal to person they see as good and kind as well as with Loyalty Kink - Us Against The World!
Art-specific: it's not a prompt that easily lends itself to art, but I'd be all over the place about 47 doing something reckless/dangerous for Diana, however you want to portray that. And maybe her being alarmed about it over the earpiece? <3
- Character A wields Character B's weapon to defend Character B - this just absolutely calls for Diana protecting 47 with his own silverballers. Please??
- Hugs - just draw/write them hugging. Any scenario, any setting, I go feral for it. <3 <3 <3 Is it a desperate, emotional, I-could've-lost-you hug?? Is it a tender, quiet hug? That is up to you!
Fic-specific: I have long thought about Diana hugging him when they reunite at the end of HITMAN 3, and him being absolutely error 404 about it and not knowing where to put his arms. Has he even been hugged before by anyone other than Lucas?
- Food as Affection - them buying or cooking each other food!! Maybe 47 is cooking something nice for her? Maybe Diana is cooking for him? Maybe he's just bringing her some treat he bought in a nearby shop? Maybe they're getting takeout together!!
I kind of randomly headcanon Diana as Jewish and would love her cooking/buying Jewish food for 47 (a nice challah or some hamantaschen idk :D), but anything else involving food will also absolutely capture my heart.
- Alternate Universe - Soulmates - soulmate marks?? I love them and I'm not picky about which ones! Red thread, writing on skin, symbols, or whatever else strikes your fancy <3
Fic-specific: I'd love an exploration of just when they find out that they're soulmates and how it happens. Do they immediately know when they first meet, or is it a realisation that catches them unawares well into their partnership? I think 47 would be super insecure about whether Diana is his friend/platonic partner for his own sake or just because they're soulmates, and I'm here for that >:D
- Dehumanized human weapon can only show love through extreme loyalty - 47, obviously ♡( ◡‿◡ ) I just want him to come to the conscious realisation that he would kill and die for Diana and kind of struggle with it in the vein of, "what are these feelings?? Am I supposed to have these?? What does this mean?" I love him not being fully in touch with himself and not entirely understanding what it is he's experiencing or why he's so rabidly protective of this one woman. And he doesn't really know how to express it, so he just tries his best to show his loyalty through service. Pairs well with Dangerous morally grey person utterly loyal to person they see as good and kind as well as with Loyalty Kink - Us Against The World!
Art-specific: it's not a prompt that easily lends itself to art, but I'd be all over the place about 47 doing something reckless/dangerous for Diana, however you want to portray that. And maybe her being alarmed about it over the earpiece? <3
- A typically puts their own needs/preferences to one side; B pays attention to A's needs/preferences - you can pair this with the above or write/draw it as its own separate thing. Goes great with A believes the love they’re shown is conditional; they expect to be cast aside, as well as with Hurt/Comfort - Character Doesn't Expect Tenderness But Gets It Anyway. I feel like this should probably be primarily from Diana towards 47, but it doesn't have to be a one-way street - 47 can also show her care/tenderness she wouldn't expect. I think it'd be fantastic to see Diana take care of him in small ways (noticing some food he prefers, putting something in his mission loadout that will make him more personally comfortable, etc). And maybe tending to his injuries if he gets hurt (whether in a small or a big way) with a kind of tenderness he never expected? I can just imagine him being all flustered about it and thinking about how unnecessary and illogical it is to be extra gentle when fixing his injuries, but how for some inexplicable reason he loves it :D
- Character is comfortable to stim freely in front of friend - I headcanon 47 as autistic. If you're here for any of the other freeforms, you don't have to include this one, I don't mind if you think of him as allistic and/or just don't concern yourself with this either way. But I do love the idea. I think his stims would be very reserved and low-key, not noticeable at all, but I can imagine him feeling good about being able to stim in front of Diana. And her noticing it and not reacting negatively at all, and him noticing that she noticed it, and so forth :D
Art-specific: draw the stim!! Whether it's finger tapping or some kind of texture he likes touching or an item he fidgets with or whatnot. And Diana just looking at him affectionately about it <3
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2. Star Trek: Discovery. Requested relationship: Michael Burnham & Saru.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: none.
Requested medium: Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Character A Attempts to Sacrifice Themselves But is Saved by Character B
- Teaching a Serious Character How to be Teased
- Food as Affection
- Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology
Saru & Michael are my precious blorbos and the vahar'ai scene where she cries over having to kill him and then they find out he doesn't have to die did Things to me. They're just so incredible together. Real found sibling vibes (canonically, even - he says Michael has been like a sister to him!). I love Saru's alienness and his transition from a big scared moose to someone who shoots spikes out of their face at enemies. Greatest character arc in ST since Spock, in my opinion.
- Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology - so I think this could be delightfully angsty and also vaguely funny. Just how much does Michael know about Kelpien anatomy and physiology? Considering that they're a pre-first contact species for a lot of the show, probably not that much :D I'd love some hurt!Saru and Michael trying her best to help him but having to consult him for lots of things because e.g. who knows where Kelpiens' livers are and if they even have livers, really?
Bonus points for Saru himself panicking because he doesn't actually know that much detail about his own organism either because he's not a doctor (and also his species has been gaslit for eons about how their bodies work).
- Character A Attempts to Sacrifice Themselves But is Saved by Character B - I think this would be a super hurt/comfort-y thing to write about Saru, who's not a naturally self-sacrificial type and very much wants to live. But if it was for other people, he would sacrifice himself, maybe especially after his vahar'ai. But Michael wouldn't let him. If you like, you can pair this up with Hurt/Comfort - Character A Doesn’t Know How To Help Hurt B Because Of Their Nonhuman Biology.
- Food as Affection - I'd love them to feed each other as a show of care! Does Michael get Saru many-many blueberries to enjoy? Does Saru make her some kind of special biscuits with Kelpien tea? Can be a story of its own or a part of a larger fic, as you prefer. I just want them to share tasty things and be cosy together and to love each other very much.
- Teaching a Serious Character How to be Teased - to be fair, I think they're both kind of terrible at this and awkwardly serious, the dorks. But maybe they could mutually teach each other how to be teased, slowly over the course of their relationship :D Would love this as a funny thing but with an undercurrent of fierce loyalty and seeing each other as found family, especially towards the end.
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5. Dr Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle series - David Pirie. Requested relationships: Joseph Bell & Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: none.
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Bedside Vigils
Oh I adore these books so much. They're so Gothic and iddily OTT and full of angst and philosophical musings on the nature of the Victorian era. There's so much potential for hurt/comfort. Bell and Doyle's relationship is so messy and yet offers so much hope to them. Doyle is constantly bitter about Bell but then when Bell is presumed dead, he basically becomes suicidal over it. I love it.
I just want them to work through at least some of their difficulties. They're so frustratingly repressed and traumatized and there's entirely too much miscommunication going on. They need tohug understand each more. They definitely need to hug though
- Hugs - *bangs pots and pans* I will do literally anything to see/read them hug. Pls. Whether it's Bell embracing Doyle or Doyle clinging onto shocked Bell, I just want them to hug it out. Either one of them could be injured (hence the hug) or they could just be hugging out of sheer excess of feeling.
- Accidental Soulbond (Remains Platonic) - for art, this could be either soulmarks (writing on skin, symbols, red thread, or whatever else your imagination settles on) or a more nebulous depiction of a soul-bond between them - maybe something ethereal tying them together, or some shared memory/image between them. Or it could be a more metaphorical take on the trope - e.g. them finding each other in the darkness using some kind of... soul-lantern.
Fic-specific: maybe that is how they sort out their difficulties!! It is hard to still be mired in miscommunication when you're literally soulbonded to your best friend/mentor/father figure. Bonus points for them initially taking a purely scientific curiosity in the bond, especially Bell, and then being tripped up by unexpected Emotions they're having about each other and their relationship.
- Bedside Vigils - one of them tenderly caring for the other after an illness or an injury. Plenty of canonical moments to choose from, but could also be something completely unrelated!! Bonus for Victorian medical tools lying about :D
Fic-specific: SO I just want Doyle to have a breakdown post-The Dark Water about Bell having been presumed dead. I feel like he'd keep it together for a while and present his regular nonchalant/snarky façade but then just have to hide in some dark corner and have a cry. Maybe Bell is a bit (or a lot!) more seriously hurt and Doyle has to keep a Bedside Vigil and that's what messes him up. He tries to be an uptight Victorian about it but eventually fails.
5. Dr Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle series - David Pirie. Requested relationships: Joseph Bell & Arthur Conan Doyle.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: none.
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Bedside Vigils
- Hugs
- Aftermath - Character doesn't tell anyone they were tortured/raped; is found out anyway
- Accidental Soulbond (Remains Platonic)
- Aftermath - Character doesn't tell anyone they were tortured/raped; is found out anyway
- Accidental Soulbond (Remains Platonic)
Oh I adore these books so much. They're so Gothic and iddily OTT and full of angst and philosophical musings on the nature of the Victorian era. There's so much potential for hurt/comfort. Bell and Doyle's relationship is so messy and yet offers so much hope to them. Doyle is constantly bitter about Bell but then when Bell is presumed dead, he basically becomes suicidal over it. I love it.
I just want them to work through at least some of their difficulties. They're so frustratingly repressed and traumatized and there's entirely too much miscommunication going on. They need to
- Hugs - *bangs pots and pans* I will do literally anything to see/read them hug. Pls. Whether it's Bell embracing Doyle or Doyle clinging onto shocked Bell, I just want them to hug it out. Either one of them could be injured (hence the hug) or they could just be hugging out of sheer excess of feeling.
- Accidental Soulbond (Remains Platonic) - for art, this could be either soulmarks (writing on skin, symbols, red thread, or whatever else your imagination settles on) or a more nebulous depiction of a soul-bond between them - maybe something ethereal tying them together, or some shared memory/image between them. Or it could be a more metaphorical take on the trope - e.g. them finding each other in the darkness using some kind of... soul-lantern.
Fic-specific: maybe that is how they sort out their difficulties!! It is hard to still be mired in miscommunication when you're literally soulbonded to your best friend/mentor/father figure. Bonus points for them initially taking a purely scientific curiosity in the bond, especially Bell, and then being tripped up by unexpected Emotions they're having about each other and their relationship.
- Bedside Vigils - one of them tenderly caring for the other after an illness or an injury. Plenty of canonical moments to choose from, but could also be something completely unrelated!! Bonus for Victorian medical tools lying about :D
Fic-specific: SO I just want Doyle to have a breakdown post-The Dark Water about Bell having been presumed dead. I feel like he'd keep it together for a while and present his regular nonchalant/snarky façade but then just have to hide in some dark corner and have a cry. Maybe Bell is a bit (or a lot!) more seriously hurt and Doyle has to keep a Bedside Vigil and that's what messes him up. He tries to be an uptight Victorian about it but eventually fails.
Also, one of the last conversations they had before the finale included Doyle blaming Bell for Elspeth's death, and I'm a sucker for people blaming themselves for something they said to a now-injured (or presumed dead - luckily, TDW features both :D) loved one.
- Aftermath - Character doesn't tell anyone they were tortured/raped; is found out anyway - When Cream kidnaps Doyle, he also sexually assaults him (not necessarily full-on rape, maybe it's just touching and extreme sleaziness. But actual rape is fine too). Sexual assault recovery. And Bell is the only one who can get Doyle out of the dark pit of ensuing mental health and self-esteem issues, because he can be very sensitive when he needs to and because they just love each other that much. Salvation and recovery through the power of friendship and kindness. Goes great with Only Char A’s Friendship Can Help B Recover From Trauma and with Loyalty Kink - Us Against The World. Bonus points for Doyle thinking of Bell as the only light in the darkness and wondering why Bell bothers with him at all >:D
Art-specific: if you can portray this specific scenario as an artwork - whether the moment of realisation or a small comic, maybe - that'd be fantastic! But I'll also be delighted with just hurt/comfort scenes where the torture/SA remains an implication, or maybe some horror-ish torture/SA sequences as flashes/little bits of the artwork, and then a snippet of recovery/realisation in the middle?
-----------Art-specific: if you can portray this specific scenario as an artwork - whether the moment of realisation or a small comic, maybe - that'd be fantastic! But I'll also be delighted with just hurt/comfort scenes where the torture/SA remains an implication, or maybe some horror-ish torture/SA sequences as flashes/little bits of the artwork, and then a snippet of recovery/realisation in the middle?
6. Dishonored. Requested relationship: Daud & Billie Lurk.
Fandom-specific Do Not Wants: Daud being abusive to the Whalers/the Whalers being loyal to Daud primarily out of fear. It's a fucked up setting and a fucked up environment, and Daud is definitely scary, but I do feel they have genuine love and loyalty for him.
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Characters Meet in the Afterlife
- Char A plans out a jailbreak to save Char B from the Afterlife
Requested mediums: Fanart, Fanfic.
Requested freeforms:
- Characters Meet in the Afterlife
- Char A plans out a jailbreak to save Char B from the Afterlife
- Hugs
I love Billie & Daud a lot for how much they love each other and how much Daud wants Billie to be proud of him even though they're all sorts of messed up and broken. I definitely went on a murder spree in DOTO after Daud's death as a roleplaying thing as I feel that even merciful!Billie might lose her cool after that for a while.
I love them for the promise and the hope there is in their relationship even in the darkest parts of their lives.
- Characters Meet in the Afterlife - idk I've just wanted to see them meet again post-canon for as long as I remember. I have this idea of some post-Void afterlife, maybe a temporary one, that is a bit like an idealised version of Karnaca. There are Tyvian pears and fig wine and sun-heated white stone architecture and nothing hurts... Maybe there are other dead characters there too that Billie would like to meet - Deirdre, for instance. Maybe they're all dead at that point and all there - Daud, Sokolov, Emily. But primarily I just want Daud and Billie to have at least some rest and softness, even in death :')
Up to you whether this is a result of Billie dying or a result of Char A plans out a jailbreak to save Char B from the Afterlife. If it's the latter, that could be very fun (and delightfully angsty) to explore! If a Void afterlife still exists post-DOTO, I feel like Billie would definitely be unable to just leave Daud there and would try to either return him to life or to give him a more merciful afterlife/death. Maybe she would somehow work together with the Outsider for this purpose.
I love them for the promise and the hope there is in their relationship even in the darkest parts of their lives.
- Characters Meet in the Afterlife - idk I've just wanted to see them meet again post-canon for as long as I remember. I have this idea of some post-Void afterlife, maybe a temporary one, that is a bit like an idealised version of Karnaca. There are Tyvian pears and fig wine and sun-heated white stone architecture and nothing hurts... Maybe there are other dead characters there too that Billie would like to meet - Deirdre, for instance. Maybe they're all dead at that point and all there - Daud, Sokolov, Emily. But primarily I just want Daud and Billie to have at least some rest and softness, even in death :')
Up to you whether this is a result of Billie dying or a result of Char A plans out a jailbreak to save Char B from the Afterlife. If it's the latter, that could be very fun (and delightfully angsty) to explore! If a Void afterlife still exists post-DOTO, I feel like Billie would definitely be unable to just leave Daud there and would try to either return him to life or to give him a more merciful afterlife/death. Maybe she would somehow work together with the Outsider for this purpose.
I would prefer no Billie and/or Daud being stuck in the Void forever as that's too bleak for me, so either Daud gets resurrected (and is probably now a grumpy grandpa to the Outsider lol) or he moves on to something kinder and softer.
There's a great big hug and they're heart-achingly happy to see each other. They spend some time hanging out wherever they end up (if it's not a resurrected!Daud story, then in the idealised Karnaca-like Afterlife I described in the art bit?). Maybe there are also other loved ones there.
You could leave them with a promise of future meeting(s) (whether in death or in life - e.g. could be a living Billie telling Daud that she'll see him again after she dies) or it could be goodbye forever (that would wreck me but I wouldn't mind, it'd be a good pain).
- Hugs - can be combined with the above or drawn/written entirely separately! I really want them to have a great big hug and be all intense about it. Maybe they're clinging onto each other, or just squeezing each other tight, or one of them is tearful (or both) while the other cannot see :D
