Rare Pairs Exchange Letter
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sqexchangelettersRARE PAIRS EXCHANGE LETTER for Silver_Queen_DoS
Hi Creator! Thanks for creating for me! Please feel free to take as much or as little from this letter as you desire, I'm simply trying to ramble about what I like and maybe give a few ideas.
I have grouped some freeforms and pairings with prompts, but feel free to mix and match however sparks your inspiration! Some prompts are longer than others, which is mostly just a matter of what I can think of as I'm writing this letter — not an artefact of how thrilled I'd be to receive it!
(I am open to treats including non-fanfiction works (art, vids, meta, other), but my prompts are largely geared towards fanfiction.)
In general, I really like fix it fics! Time travel is great, either peggy-sue mental time travel or full on moving through time style (even in canons with no canonical basis for time travel!). I like Canon Divergence AU's and what-if's. I'm a sucker for 'Everyone Lives' changes and saving characters that get a bad end in canon.
DNW: Non-con between requested pairings, unhappy endings, humiliation/embarrassment squick,
General Likes:
— Fix it fics! Time travel, canon divergence, what-ifs. Crossovers that result in new characters helping out and solving problems/being outside-context-problems.
— Friendship, teamwork and battle-couples. I love seeing people be competent and dangerous and work together to be even better than they could be alone. Loyalty and trust (or characters who don't inherently trust each other working closer towards it).
— Characters with extra-perception skills and how that influences their narrative. Can they feel magic? Can they hear heartbeats? Can they smell things regular humans can't? Are they geniuses who think twelve moves ahead?
— Worldbuilding! Magic or game-mechanics woven into the plot and narrative, or used for everyday tasks.
— Intimacy/affection. Handholding. Touch starved characters getting some love. Forms of address based on closeness of characters.
— Arranged or political marriages. Love might or might not be a factor, but the pressure of external forces is more so.
— Get together. I like to see how characters come together when it's not a canon relationship — part of the fun is seeing how and why it happens.
妻为上 - 绿野千鹤 | The Wife is First - Lǜ Yě Qiān Hè
Comic (Currently Chapter 30): https://mangakakalot.com/manga/ls924545
Webnovel (Currently Chapter 90): https://chrysanthemumgarden.com/novel-tl/twf/
Content from both the comic and webnovel is pretty similar! The comic adaptation is a little more censored and behind, but if you only want to write based on one version I'm not picky about which! Feel free to use one and completely ignore the other!
- Mu Hanzhang/Jing Shao (The Wife is First - LYQH)
I like that Mu Hanzhang | Jun Qing is a pretty practical guy, making the best of his situation in both lifetimes, even when it's pretty thankless or seems horrible. I like that Jing Shao | Cheng Wang is an all-in kinda guy — once he decided to pay Mu Hanzhang back for his loyalty, he doesn't hold anything back. I like that the two of them are skillful and competent in their chosen fields, and that they're even more so when working together .
I'd love to see them working together — maybe scheming politics against the empress with Jing Chen? Or maybe a battle calls upon Jing Shao's martial prowess? Maybe just some kind of mundane running-a-household task needs doing, like organising a celebration or something.
Or, bigger plots! I'd love to see variations on the time travel — maybe Jing Shao did go back that extra day or two and arrive before the wedding, and Mu Hanzhang is greeted first with excited puppy-love. Does that change much for them? Maybe the time travel is back even before that, before they're ever engaged, and Jing Shao has to work out how to get them engaged (or to work together in other ways! Maybe the marriage isn't the best outcome!) Maybe Jing Shao goes back a very, very long way to when he was a child and his mother isn't dead — complex political strategy isn't his strongest ability but he'd be incentivised to try!
Or maybe it's Mu Hanzhang that time travels. Does he have the ability to actually change anything? Maybe both of them do!
Or, for this couple, I would be happy to see just plain smut. I like that the sex scenes play into the characters and plot — maybe Jing Shao does decide that switching is the best option, given Mu Hanzhang's averse reactions. There does seem to be a certain level of social/internalised expectation over who tops, so does he have to reflect and think about it or does he just want? Maybe the 'please rub lotion on me' scene gets a little out of hand?
Chitra (Webcomic)
Webcomic (Currently Chapter 106): https://mangaclash.com/manga/chitra/
- Chitra Serekino/Radelk (Chitra)
I like their dynamic in the early chapters where they really rely on each other. I think Chitra would have found things impossible if Radelk hadn't been her first assistant and it's obvious that Radelk adores her. For a while they have an exquisitely balanced mutually unrequited 'oh, having these feelings is a betrayal of our master/servant relationships' that would have taken so little to tip into action.
Maybe some hurt comfort when one of them is injured? We've seen Radelk take care of Chitra but how about the opposite? How does he deal with being hurt, and her knowing he's hurt? How does she deal with that?
Or maybe they have a task from the God of Beauty to complete that requires something hands on? Maybe they have to travel somewhere (together, alone) for a while? Maybe they're stuck in a time loop until they complete it?
- Chitra Serekino/Tyrex (Chitra)
Tyrex is a really interesting character! Very much a 'damaged by his past' type of character with plenty of maladjusted coping mechanisms. The interesting thing is that he knows it! Is willing to open up and communicate that knowledge to Chitra — which I think makes him the only one of the love interests to actually do so. And despite his usual attitude, he's willing to shut all that down (magically even) in order to make Chitra more comfortable with him.
Despite his past history, it seems that Tyrex does actually enjoy sex and I think 'I love you and want to sleep with you' would blow his mind if he could believe it!
Maybe something with Tyrex teaching Chitra magic? Either with the artefact or just in general, because she's now in a world that's full of magic! Maybe there's a task from the God of Beauty that has her stumped and she needs a wizards input? Maybe they get stuck in a time loop together until they manage to complete it?
Live Dungeon! | ライブダンジョン
Manga (Currently Chapter 38): https://mangajar.com/manga/live-dungeon
Webnovel (Currently Chapter 73): https://www.divinedaolibrary.com/live-dungeon/
As far as I know there aren't any major differences between the two canons — if you only want to write based on one version I'm not picky about which! Feel free to use one and completely ignore the other!
- Kyotani Tsutomu/Garm (LD)
I really like their dynamic! I love that Garm picked a white mage up off the floor and went 'I'm going to protect this with my life'. I like that Tsutomu not only accepted that but returned it with 'I'm going to make you and your protective instincts and ability to endure horrendous damage into the greatest tank of all time'. I like that whenever Tsutomu needs a bodyguard, he turns to Garm and Garm steps up. They live together! They hold hands going through the teleporter!
Tsutomu is keeping himself pretty detached from his new world (on the basis that he intends to return home) but I'd really like to see things about him adjusting and becoming attached. He has a few moments where he's surprised and happy by the comradery he has now — I'd just really like to see that deepened. Maybe he explores outside the dungeon further, maybe there are, I don't know, magic music concerts or other entertainments. Or maybe he can return after going home (either permanently or at will) and now there's nothing stopping him from getting attached and forming deeper relationships.
Or something where they go exploring inside the dungeon — maybe they get stuck on a level and have to camp out for a night/a few days. I'll take all the tropes: maybe it's a cold level and they have to huddle for warmth, maybe there's only one bed, who knows. Maybe they have to take part in the Town Defence Situation/Stampede and have to contend with real danger and worry about each other.
The Villainess Lives Twice (Webcomic)
Comic (Currently Chapter 58): https://sawateam.info/the-villainess-lives-twice/
Webnovel (Currently Chapter 97): https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-villainess-lives-twice/
- Artezia Rosan/Cedric Ebron (Villainess Lives Twice)
I really like these characters! I like how Artezia seems frail and softspoken but is, actually, cold as ice with a spine of steel and the kind of person that would drive up the price of grain and starve half the nation to oust a political rival… and just be kind of matter of fact about it. It wasn't malicious, it was just expedient. I like that Cedric is righteous and moral, but how quickly he got on board with Tia's plans because he trusts how clever she is. I love that her loyalty was brought for such a low price — just because he asked! No one had ever wanted her help before, just demanded or expected it.
I love that this series has canonical time travel! I would love to see an AU where Artezia's ritual sent Cedric back instead and he has to work out how to get her on his side without the imprisonment to turn her against her brother. Or for some reason they need to use the time travel ritual again, and Cedric goes back for a second attempt and runs into Artezia starting her second attempt — they'd have such different first lives and I'd love to see Artezia trying to work out what she did in the life she doesn't remember.
Or anything that continues their adventures. Something that happens while they're in the north together? They have to lay low or go undercover for a reason and have to rely on each other?
Crossover Fandom
- Margaery Tyrell (GoT)/Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)
I appreciate that Margaery knows what she wants — to be queen — and won't let something like the repeated deaths of her husbands stop her. Is Peter attempt number 4? Does she somehow escape the destruction of the sept and wind up in Narnia? Or do the Tyrells deliberately look overseas for more support, rather than connecting with the Lannisters? Or maybe it's right at the start, instead of Renly?
Or, I would be interested in a look at Margaery as Queen of Narnia — even as Queen of Narnia after the Pevensies are swept back to London. Do they have kids? Does she rule as regent or in her own right? Do the other nations try to take Narnia over when the Aslan given rulers vanish?
- Edmund Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)/Sansa Stark (GoT)
- Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)/Sansa Stark (GoT)
I love the clash between the Narnia fantasy narrative and GoT's subversions of the tropes, but basically I love Sansa and just want her to have nice things. Maybe she gets rescued from Kings Landing by them, or winds up magically in Narnia — maybe it's later in the series where she's desperately looking for allies and there they are.
Maybe Winterfell has always kind of had a diplomatic connection with Narnia and Robb calls them up when he goes to war. Maybe Rickon winds up in Narnia instead of Skagos and Sansa has to go and get him back.
- Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)/Tony Stark (MCU)
I would love to see Tony Stark winding up in Westeros and everyone just assuming he's one of Those Starks. If he's with the armour in King's Landing, does everyone assume he's there to rescue Sansa and Arya? Later in the series, can he kill the White Walkers / dragons with it? If he doesn't have the armour how long does it take Tony 'In A Cave, With A Box Of Scraps' Stark to make something anyway?
I would be interested in seeing the Tony from the earlier Iron Man movies and not very interested in Endgame or any movies that came after, but feel free to go wild or to bring in comic knowledge, etc.
I would prefer Sansa to be aged up/older when the relationship aspect comes into play, or to have it be a one sided crush. But again, go wild.
- Geralt of Rivia (Witcher TV) / The Hunter|The Sapphire Star (Monster Hunter World)
So in Monster Hunter: World, there's a DLC/Event where Geralt from Witcher 3 winds up in Asteria and needs to hunt down a Leshen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIDYdcJJ7xw
I would love to see Geralt from the TV series wind up in Asteria — maybe the same kind of situation, but maybe not! Either way, I'd love to see him react to the crazy monsters and the fact that Monster Hunting is a well respected and well paid job and the associated comradery of the Research Commission. I'd love to see him teaming up to fight with the Hunter, camping, tracking monsters, each appreciating the others skills.
I have a minor preference (tiny! There's barely any fic for this franchise so I'm not picky) for a female Hunter, and I'm not familiar with any of the games of the Monster Hunter series beyond Monster Hunter:World, so don't feel like you need the lore or other games.
I do love worldbuilding and I like when game mechanics are actually narratively relevant — I love that the scoutflies show up in cutscenes, for example and I'd be interested in worldbuilding stemming from things like that. Maybe the reason the characters have such descriptive names (Field Team Leader, Hunter) is that names in Asteria are much more intimate, and thus only shared with close friends? Or is the Hunter just really bad at remembering names and only ever refers to people by their titles?
- Elizabeth Bennet (P&P - Austen)/James Norrington (PotC)
How do their social circles overlap? Is Norrington back in England for reasons? How do they have the chance to meet? We all know that handsome officers are her type and strongly spoken women are his…
Going into detail on the regency/historical aspect would be great, but PotC disney level detail is fine too! I'm not likely to notice anything off unless people pull out cellphones and start texting.
- Elizabeth Swann (PotC)/Diana of Themyscira (DCEU)
Pirate King Elizabeth Swann sailing the ocean and coming across a beautiful hidden land of beautiful women? Diana's first encounter with the outside world being someone who has basically ditched civilisation? Maybe Diana goes sailing with her for a while — are they the same kinds of righteous or do they clash over what they're doing?
- Elizabeth Swann (PotC)/Sansa Stark (GoT)
During GoT Sansa sure would have liked to have a pirate fleet to counter the Ironborn, so maybe she strikes a deal with a beautiful Pirate King? Maybe its post series when the North is independent and trying to recover from the war?
General Art Likes:
I’m open to receiving art for fandoms/requests where not specifically prompted. I’d prefer sfw/non-explicit art!
These are very basic likes/ideas so feel free to go where ever with it — I'd be happy to receive any kind of art style/composition/abstraction/ etc.
Outfit swaps. Crossover characters interacting with significant objects from opposing canons. Action poses. Humour/comedic set ups. Hand touching/hand holding, gentle kissing, dancing together, pairs doing character typical activities (e.g. reading books together, doing archery, sailing).
General Fanvid Likes:
These are very basic likes/ideas (and I have very little knowledge of what kind of prompts make sense here, sorry!) so feel free to go where ever with it — I'd be happy to receive any kind of vid and I'm open to receiving them on fandoms/requests where I haven't specifically prompted! I tend to prefer english music with clear lyrics, but that's not absolute and I don't dislike any genre enough to dnw it! I like clever typography, either lyrics, subtitles or other additions. I enjoy it when colourisation/lighting changes add emphasis/focus to a scene or character.
