dreemyweird

 

My AO3 handle is plumedy :)

 

DNW the primary focus being on romance or sex. Background romantic and/or sexual relationships are ok as long as the main focus of the story is on a platonic relationship. Background mentions/descriptions of noncon are ok under the same condition.
 

DNW requested characters suffering from personality disorders, schizophrenia, or bipolar disorder. Other mental illnesses are fine. Neurodevelopmental conditions such as ASD and ADHD are fine.

 

- 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 of noncon

 

- Abuse

 

- Mental illness except as discussed in the general DNWs

 

- 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

 

- 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)

 

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. They are Not Good At It

 

- Hugs

 

- 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 and angsts about it endlessly (physically or emotionally, accidentally or because they were forced to)
 

- 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

 

- Slice of life and character studies. Don't worry about writing these, I love them. If you want to write a gift consisting wholly of some minor hurt/comfort-y nonsense, I will enjoy it.
 

- 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

 

- 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 scenes, I like an us vs the world feel

 

- Loving descriptions 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 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

 

And now to my requests!!

 

1. Heart of a Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov. Requested characters: Ivan Arnoldovich Bormenthal and Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky.

Fandom-specific DNWs:
 

DNW either of the requested characters being actually killed by the regime within the story. Imprisonment is ok as long as they're no longer imprisoned by the end.
 

DNW the Soviet authorities being written as sympathetic in any way. Sympathy towards pre-Lenin Communist ideas are ok.
 

This was my baby's first brOTP back in the day. I am still!! So fond of them!!! They're just, ah. Their whole old Russian intelligentsia thing. Bormenthal's worshipfulness towards Preobrazhensky. Preobrazhensky's awkwardness about it. That bit when he's not entirely sure how to react when Bormenthal proclaims his loyalty to him and kisses him on the moustache!

Bormenthal offering to kill for Preobrazhensky's sake and to essentially sacrifice himself to the regime!! Preobrazhensky telling him he won't allow it!!!!!!
 

I could probably recap the whole thing if I kept talking about all the things I love about them.
 

Mostly, I just want something about them being affectionate with and angsty about each other. I'd like the ending to be on the hopeful side, but bittersweet endings are great, it doesn't have to be 100% HEA. Realistically, considering the era, it can't really be a HEA anyhow. Although they could just leave the USSR altogether, of course (but that would also be bittersweet in its own way).
 

- One thing I think it would be fun to do is to write a post-canon story where they do their best to deal with the emotional aftermath. And maybe there's some domesticity with Sharik as their shared pet!
 

- Another idea is to fast-forward a bit into the future and have Bormenthal obtain his doctorate. There could be some fun changes in the dynamic and angst about the possibility that they will now have to part ways and so forth <3 And there's of course a little celebration and Preobrazhensky is so proud of him,,,,
 

- For darker takes, you could get the OGPU take a direct interest and have Preobrazhensky and/or Bormenthal interrogated or under surveillance for a while.
 

- Or you could do an AU of some kind, I'm always up for that! Magical realism, daemons, platonic soulmates, noir, anything goes.

 

2. Hitman. Requested characters: Diana Burnwood and Agent 47.

Fandom-specific DNWs:
 

DNW anything 47 and Diana have done to each other being treated like a real betrayal by the other character or by the narrative. It's more than welcome for them to angst about the things they've done, though, and fear that the other considers themselves betrayed!
 

DNW mentions of 47 being in any romantic relationships.
 

Anyway I recently fell into a very Hitman-shaped hole. I love these two SO MUCH ugh. I have played Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Absolution, and HITMANs 1 through 3. Haven't read the comic but I do broadly know what happens in it. Have read "Overachievers" and found it delightful.
 

I'm just so weak for their friendship and for how they trust each other even after having shot and poisoned each other a bunch of times... They're messed up but they're doing their best with the cards they're given, and I love every bit of it.
 

And I love that 47 is clearly more and more aware of experiencing emotions as the series goes on, even if he can't necessarily put a name to them.
 

It is obvious to me that 47 and Diana need to HUG. Or just. Quit being so damn repressed for a minute and express their affection for each other.
 

I headcanon 47 as autistic but I don't care if you write him as allistic, either, or if you just don't concern yourself with this either way.
 

I do like almost every secondary character in the franchise (Victoria, Lucas, Olivia), so feel free to include any of them if you think it appropriate.
 

Some potential prompts are:
 

- 47 says he's not 47 anymore. What name does he choose and why? Does he just keep calling himself Tobias Rieper, or does he adopt a different pseudonym? Diana being nice to him about it and going out of her way to use his new name.
 

- 47 and Diana reuniting immediately post-H3 and her hugging him and him not knowing how to handle that. That's it. That's the prompt.
 

- Daemon AUs, platonic soulmate AUs, any AUs you want, I'll eat it all with a spoon. Ooh, maybe Diana's daemon is a bunny! Or a canary! And there's Meaningful Angst. And their daemons eventually snuggle each other and it makes them happy ajdvjfvekfv

 

- Something connected to the assassination of Diana's family? 47 trying to apologize to Diana about it? For more action-y stuff, maybe they're hunting someone connected to that, or perhaps someone tries to get them to kill a family of similar targets, or a dilemma arises about keeping a target's family alive. Featuring 47 doing some painful reflection, of course >:)
 

- Role reversal AU? Diana as the assassin and 47 as the handler! I imagine Diana to be quite proactive and creative in the field, specifically in ways that reflect her moral judgement. Meanwhile, 47 would be all about efficiency, at least to begin with. Snippets of moments showing the progress of their relationship in such an AU?
 

- Post-canon stuff. What are they up to immediately after H3? How has their relationship changed? Are they unsure of or fearful about anything?

 

3. Murder Rooms. Requested characters: Joseph Bell and Arthur Conan Doyle.

Fandom-specific DNWs: none.
 

I've had this brOTP for a very long time and honestly I would read absolutely anything about them? I don't even care, you could write 1k words of them window shopping and I'd be happy.
 

I love how incredibly angsty they are about each other (and about everything else) and how their friendship helps them remain sane. I love that Bell makes Doyle tea to soothe him. I love that Doyle keeps writing him letters. I love Doyle's weirdo obsessive narration at the end of The White Knight Stratagem where he says he can't forget Bell. I love their father and son relationship and how even that is kind of messed up because Doyle already has an actual father and being all "this is now my dad" about his professor is not exactly hierarchically appropriate. Even if he really wants to.
 

I do love basically every other character in the series, too, so feel free to include any of them you like.
 

Some potential prompts:
 

- Christmas gifts. Doyle and/or Bell painstakingly choosing a gift for the other. Hearteyes.jpg.
 

- They've never hugged in the series and I feel that this is a crime. So, their first hug. Why, how, and where did it happen? I'm ok with you either interpreting the series to mean that they literally never hugged because they're so repressed (and so setting the story post-canon) or assuming that they did but behind the scenes. Either is great.
 

- I'd love some riff on a Canon story. Not necessarily a full casefic, just an outtake or something that glosses over the details of the investigation is more than ok! Some of my favourite ACD canon stories are The Copper Beeches, The Hound, The Blue Carbuncle, and, of course, The Three Garridebs.
 

- On that subject, we've had a Reichenbach in the books but I feel a distinct lack of it in the TV series. Or, alternatively, a distinct lack of Doyle being presumed dead. Or both. Just, a situation where one of them has serious cause to think that the other has died, if even for a short while.
 

- Modern AU! Detective noir AU! I got a daemon AU before and it was splendid, I'd definitely go for another one! Coffee shop AU! Space AU! Someone stop me

 

- Doyle and getting into an actually happy romantic relationship! Possibly with a guy since I hc Doyle as bi. Bell being super nice and supportive about it in a way Doyle's own parents never would be >:)

 

4. Disco Elysium. Requested character: Kim Kitsuragi, Harry Du Bois.

Fandom-specific DNWs:
 

DNW Harry being full-on Communist and generally uncritical approval of communism. Harry leaning Communist but having reservations is ok.
 

DNW Harry majorly relapsing - starting constantly drinking and doing drugs again, etc.
 

DNW fascist!Harry.
 

I recently played this game and I adore it! It's so melancholy but hopeful and I love Kim so much and his friendship with Harry is beautiful. I love how Kim tries to seem like he's averse to all Harry's wackiness but actually finds it charming and refreshing, especially when he sees that it's a part of what makes Harry efficient at solving unusual cases.
 

All the worldbuilding and characterization touches are masterful. It's such a living, breathing world.
 

I love how scared Kim is for Harry when Harry gets shot!! That scene did Things to me.
 

Prompts:
 

- Kim coming to realize how unexpectedly strong his affection for Harry is as he's taking care of Harry after the Tribunal :D Kim suddenly realising how much Harry's presence changed his life. Kim angsting about Harry's mortality and the fear he felt when Harry was shot!! (I kinda think Eyes died on the job too, and being reminded of that with Harry could also be a way to get Kim Extra Scared).
 

Just, a whole lot of emotions and realisations Kim definitely Did Not Sign Up For as he's patching Harry up.
 

- On that note, you could definitely make Harry's wound get seriously worse post-canon and get turbocharged Kim angst out of that instead >:D

 

- Harry, Kim, and being forced to hurt one another. Possibly because Kim is undercover as a Bad Guy and he needs to hurt Harry because others are watching. Kim hating to do that and surprising even himself by how strongly he hates it. Kim angsting about it. Harry not blaming him even a little but Kim definitely blaming himself and/or being afraid that Harry won't want to work with him anymore ^--^