Id Pro Quo Letter 2025
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nemainofthewaterDearest Author,
Thank you so much for my gift in advance! Please know that I will absolutely adore anything that you gift me and though I am going to provide more likes/dislikes and some general prompts further down, please feel free to combine prompts, or ignore them completely if you get inspired in a different direction! I’m Nemainofthewater on AO3 and most other fandom spaces.
Please go wild – I will literally adore anything that you make me. I am also open for treats if anyone feels so inclined! If you want to do something experimental (a series of drabbles, interactive fiction, art, etc…) I will be delighted to see it!
Things I like:
-Found family. I really love team-as-family, slice of life type stories where everything may be difficult (or not!) but at least they have each other.
-I love angst. Please put my blorbos through The Horrors ™ . So long as it is appropriately tagged, I am up for anything.
-Adventures: I love case fics or adventures where the characters work together to solve a problem. It doesn’t have to be anything important! Problem solving is wonderful at all levels, whether it’s something large like overtaking an empire or small like hunting for the perfect cake. Bonus for characters displaying unexpected knowledge/skills, or just being good at their jobs and their being appreciated.
-Canon divergence AUs or role reversal. I really like time travel and time loops as well as ‘for want of a nail’ type stories. I am fond of the type of modern day AUs that preserve the fantastical elements (ie, cultivation in the modern world type thing!)
-Bring your fandom to work. Are you interested in a thing? Do you want to gush about things through the medium of fic? Here is your chance!
-Crossovers, though I would prefer if the request canon is not completely overtaken. Even for requests where I have not requested a crossover, please feel free to add some in. The list of fandoms I know is on my AO3 profile, and I am happy to read fandom blind. I also adore canon fusions
-Characters who don’t take care of themselves being gently bullied into sleeping/eating/resting, or just generally just looking after themselves.
-Food or creating things as a love language (platonic or romantic).
-OT3s to solve love triangles or, conversely, to make things worse.
-Competence and competence porn!
-Multimedia! (meta, articles, etc). Outsider POV is also something that I love and if you feel intrigued by adding that and/or any multimedia bits please indulge yourself!
-Identity porn
-Wingfic, especially wingfic that looks at the practical things associated with wings/the (pseudo)biology/the social implications…
-Survival stories. Characters are trapped somewhere for a long period of time and have to work together to survive!
-Worldbuilding – please give me all the details that you ever wanted to share, nothing is too nerdy or too detailed.
<b>DNWs: sibling (biological or otherwise) incest | underage (as defined by explicit sexual content from characters under 16) | character bashing (out of universe: it doesn’t count if characters don’t like each other in canon, for example) | racism*| sexism*| homophobia*| aphobia | transphobia | AI-generated content | Explorations of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease | Heavy explorations of cancer (mention is fine) | Scat | Watersports | Mundane Aus (ie coffee shop, college) though mundane with magic is fine
*Canon typical mentions are ok, but please don’t make the whole work about it and please don’t insert it if it wasn’t already there </b>
In the letter below, I have requested a few freeforms for each fandom, but due to the limitations of only 20 freeforms/request, I have also put a large list of freeforms at the bottom of the letter, in alphabetical order.
Please mix, match, and use any of the freeforms you want for any of the prompts, regardless of it I requested them or not – I spent a Significant Amount of Time going through all of the nominated freeforms to choose the ones in this letter, so believe me when I say that I would love any of them. Many of the freeforms at the bottom at this list I have not included in the official requests – I would LOVE to receive works with those freeforms with even if I haven’t officially requested them!!
I have also added some prompts to each request – please feel free to use them or ignore them as you see fit. I love reading stories where you, the author, have had a great time writing them! The length or brevity of each request have no bearing on how much I would like to receive a gift for a fandom.
Above all, please create whatever pleases you and whatever you have fun making; I promise that I will love whatever I get!
I opt in to:
Podfic of my work | Recursive fic of my fic | Sequels/Prequels/recursive works of gifts I have received (with the author’s permission) | Any relationships (that don’t hit my DNWs) for Character requests | Crossovers with fandoms that I have previously created for/requested
Sense8
Characters requested
1: Jonas Maliki (Sense8)
Milton Bailey Brandt & Jonas Maliki & Angelica Turing (Sense8)
Jonas Maliki & The August 8th Cluster (Sense8)
Thoughts and prompts
· In this I would love to see Jonas have a terrible time please. Pre-canon, canon, or AU, I would like to see moments where he has a terrible time.
· I am also interested in his actions and interactions with the August 8th cluster, canonical or not
Freeforms
A knows they're being used/manipulated but goes along w/ it bc at least someone's pretending to care
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Atticwifing
Character A holds Character B Captive
Codependency - Actively Encouraging Each Other's Self-Destructive Tendencies
Dysfunctional Relationships
Captivity
Objectification/Dehumanization
Soulbonds - Can be artificially created
Unhealthy Relationships
Mysterious Lotus casebook
Characters requested
1: Yun Biqiu (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)
Li Lianhua & Yun Biqiu (Mysterious Lotus Casebook)
Thoughts and prompts
· Hey whump Biqiu for me please. What was his relationship with Jiao Liqiao like? What was his relationship with the rest of Baichuan Court like?
· How does one still remain the second master of Baichuan Court when one has basically poisoned one’s previous boss? And, more pertinently, both admitted to it and is wallowing in guilt?
· LLH and YBQ feel like dramatic foils – explore this?
· Post canon (and potentially AU), they have both survived, and neither of them had planned to. What now?
Freeforms
A assumes B is a hallucination because they can't comprehend B being kind to them
A knows they're being used/manipulated but goes along w/ it bc at least someone's pretending to care
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Character refuses to acknowledge they're being abused telling themselves they're strong/can take it
Dysfunctional Relationships
Emotional Manipulation
Captivity
Possessive Behavior
The Magnus Archives
Characters requested
Elias Bouchard | Jonah Magnus/Jonathan Sims (TMA)
Thoughts and prompts
· Ok the interplay between the Elias’ worship and possessiveness of Jon, who doesn’t want this
· Unless he does?
· Unless it’s post canon AU where the Watcher’s Crown was prevented and now they have to decide what to do with Elias – and Jon finds that he can’t let him go
· Basically both of them having a complicated relationship, but being unable to disentangle themselves
Freeforms
"I Hate You More Than Anything But Can't Live Without You"
A knows they're being used/manipulated but goes along w/ it bc at least someone's pretending to care
A worships B (whether B likes it or not)
Aftermath of Torture - Character trying to hold it together is clearly low-key fraying at the edges
Aftermath of possession by powerful creature leaves character with abilities they didn't have before
Atticwifing
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Body Worship as Possessiveness
Canon Event makes Character's dormant powers come back in full force
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Emotional Manipulation
I can't comfort you by saying you're a good person - but you could be my monster on a leash
Possessive Behavior
Star Wars: All Media Types
Characters requested
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Bail Organa/Breha Organa (Star Wars)
Padme Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Beru Lars/Owen Lars (Star Wars)
Chirrut Îmwe/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Baze Malbus (SW AMT)
Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Bail Organa/Breha Organa (SW AMT)
Thoughts and prompts
· Pspsps come here Obi-Wan, let us all lure you in to our established relationships, potentially before you notice so you don’t bolt at the sight
· Anakin decides that as the new Emperor of the Galaxy, he can do what he wants and therefore keeps both his Master and his wife
· What are the logistics to planning around everyone’s schedules? What are the gossip and conspiracy theories that spring up around these plans?
Freeforms
"I love you. I wish I didn't have to kill you."
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
A finding out that their loved one won't sacrifice them for the greater good
A knows they're being used/manipulated but goes along w/ it bc at least someone's pretending to care
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Balancing Identity as Monarch With Personal Identity in Relationships
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
Estranged Characters - Injured A shows Up on B's doorstep Saying "I didn't know where else to go"
Exploration of Aftermath of Canon Events
Forced to pose as your other self from an alternate universe
Loyal character loses object of their devotion and fixates on someone new
Outside POV of requested character/relationship
Pining - C pines for A&B; doesn't know established A/B are pining for C too
Polyamory - C thinks they're just a fuckbuddy for established A/B relationship (A/B actually love C)
Protectiveness - pulling political strings to protect another character
Secret Relationship Reveal - other characters didn't know but do think it explains a lot
Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
Characters requested
1: Cliopher "Kip" Mdang (Nine Worlds)
1: Artorin Damara (Nine Worlds)
Artorin Damara & Rhodin an Gaiange & Cliopher Mdang & Ludvic Omo & Conju an Vilius (Nine Worlds)
Artorin Damara/Cliopher "Kip" Mdang (Nine Worlds)
Fitzroy Angursell/Cliopher "Kip" M'Dang (Nine Worlds)
Thoughts and prompts
· Kip and his Radiancy are both just so unwell about each other – please give me that
· Something terrible happening to one of them and the other just continuing on because they believe that’s the only thing that they can do
· Somehow there is a way that HR can be freed from the taboos (how long? A few days? Forever?) but only if someone takes them in his place – Kip volunteers. (does HR know that there has to be a replacement?)
· Angst
· Everyone in the Imperial household being extremely competent
· Both Kip and HR disappear/are ill/are incapacitated. What do the others do?
· It turns out that all of the Emperor's servants and ministers are magically compelled to obey him in all things. How do they get past that?
Freeforms
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
A Successfully Hides Secrets That Will Devastate B
A finding out that their loved one won't sacrifice them for the greater good
A must claim B as partner/servant/slave in order to save them; leads to relationship
A undergoes unwilling physical transformation; B can only watch
Aftermath of possession by powerful creature leaves character with abilities they didn't have before
Alternate Universe - Character Is Literally the Sun
Amnesia - character reverts to a dramatically different previous version of themselves
Canon Event makes Character's dormant powers come back in full force
Character A attempts to sacrifice themself for B; B gets very upset
Character Eats An Orange While The Drama They Orchestrated Ruins Everyone's Night
Character Feels Both Magically Ingrained Loyalty & Personal Loyalty To Same Person
Forced to pose as your other self from an alternate universe
Powerful character worries that less powerful lover can't fully consent
Protectiveness - pulling political strings to protect another character
Soulbonds - A can still use B's powers even after B's death
The Untamed
Characters requested
1: Lan Qiren (The Untamed)
Lan Qiren & Qingheng-jun (The Untamed)
Lan Qiren/Wen Ruohan (The Untamed)
Cangse Sanren/Lan Qiren/Wei Changze (The Untamed)
Jin Guangyao & Jin Zixuan (The Untamed)
Thoughts and prompts
· What are the complicated family dynamics between the previous generation Lan brothers?
· LQR deserves people to look after him, and if that means kidnapping him from the Cloud Recesses for his own good then so be it
· It is a pity that JZX and JGY didn’t get a chance to work together as Sect leader and second in command, so what if they did?
Freeforms
"Who did this to you?"
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
A assumes B is a hallucination because they can't comprehend B being kind to them
A's Love Language Is Killing B's Enemies And Dropping Them At B's Feet Like A Cat Gifting Dead Mice
Accidental Marriage Proposal the other accepts to the surprise of everyone
Alternate Universe - Character Is Literally the Sun
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Character learns about their partner's culture to know them better and to better navigate social situations surrounding the culture
Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
Character's Attempts To Flirt Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Murder Attempts
Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
Pining - C pines for A&B; doesn't know established A/B are pining for C too
Polyamory - C thinks they're just a fuckbuddy for established A/B relationship (A/B actually love C)
Queerplatonic Relationships
Time Travel - Seducing the Villain To Keep Them From Turning To Evil
Qin Yaling Extended Universe - Nemainofthewater & Tavina
Characters requested
1: Qin Yaling (QYLEU)
1: Wen Ruohan (QYLEU)
Jiang Jiewu/Hu Yunjia & Wen Ruohan (QYLEU)
Jiang Yanli/Qin Yaling & Wen Ruohan (QYLEU)
Lan Qiren/Qin Yaling/Wen Ruohan (QYLEU)
Qin Cangye & Qin Yaling (QYLEU)
Qin Cangye & Wen Ruoshu (QYLEU)
Wen Ruohan & Wen Ruoshu (QYLEU)
Thoughts and prompts
Please feel free to use the characters however, or to set any stories into any of the branch QYLEU universes. Honestly this is already so iddy, please just write anything you want!
Freeforms
"Who did this to you?"
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
A assumes B is a hallucination because they can't comprehend B being kind to them
A's Love Language Is Killing B's Enemies And Dropping Them At B's Feet Like A Cat Gifting Dead Mice
Accidental Marriage Proposal the other accepts to the surprise of everyone
Alternate Universe - Character Is Literally the Sun
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Character learns about their partner's culture to know them better and to better navigate social situations surrounding the culture
Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
Character's Attempts To Flirt Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Murder Attempts
Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
Pining - C pines for A&B; doesn't know established A/B are pining for C too
Polyamory - C thinks they're just a fuckbuddy for established A/B relationship (A/B actually love C)
Queerplatonic Relationships
Time Travel - Seducing the Villain To Keep Them From Turning To Evil
Qi Ye
Characters requested
Jing Beiyuan & Zhou Zishu (Qi Ye)
Wu Xi & Zhou Zishu (Qi Ye)
Jing Beiyuan/Helian Yi (Qi Ye)
Jing Beiyuan/Wu Xi/Zhou Zishu (Qi Ye)
Thoughts and prompts
· These are terrible people who do terrible things, but they have their loyalties and they work for a Cause. Please explore that
· ZZS being coaxed into treason without even noticing. Or alternately willingly realising that his loyalties are shifting to JBY and letting it happen
· Wu Xi and ZZS are both outsiders to the court – what is this like?
Freeforms
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
Altered States - Confessing Possessive Thoughts While Object of Them Is Unconscious
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Atticwifing
Character A attempts to sacrifice themself for B; B gets very upset
Character A tortured to ensure Character B's compliance
Character Eats An Orange While The Drama They Orchestrated Ruins Everyone's Night
Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
Following Your Boyfriend's Trail of Bodies
Pining - C pines for A&B; doesn't know established A/B are pining for C too
Polyamory - C thinks they're just a fuckbuddy for established A/B relationship (A/B actually love C)
Queerplatonic Relationships
Original Work
Characters requested
FM: Female Adventurer/Captive Male Drow Who Wants Her To Keep Him (OW)
MM: Emperor Trapped In His Position/His Hypercompetent Secretary (OW)
MM: Non-inheriting Son/His Forced-Marriage Husband to Prevent Legitimate Heirs to Succession (OW)
MM: Winning General/Respected Opposing General Who is His Postwar Arranged Spouse (OW)
1: Stressed Out Bureaucrat of the Afterlife (OW)
FF: Imperial Concubine/Other Imperial Concubine (OW)
Multi: The Male Emperor/Female Concubine/Other Female Concubine (OW)
MM: Least Favoured Prince/Advisor Who Believes in Him (OW)
Other: Emperor/Empress/Their Courtier they are trying to seduce (OW)
Other: Politically-inconvenient Politician/Same sex spouse awarded to them by the emperor (OW)
Other: Reluctant God/Their Most Devoted Worshipper (OW)
Thoughts and prompts
A lot of these prompts tend to evoke Chinese dramas because that is what I have been reading/watching most often. However, if you want to set your stories in another place and time go for it! I will love it! Do you want to bring your culture to fic exchanges? Do you want to explore fantasy or sci/fi worlds? Maybe you are an expert on a historical period and want to indulge. Please feel free and write away - so long as you enjoy writing it, I will love reading it!
Freeforms
"They WILL love me. Or else."
A falls for B while B is undercover as A's gender; sexuality crisis ensues
A worships B (whether B likes it or not)
Altered States - Confessing Possessive Thoughts While Object of Them Is Unconscious
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Alternate Universe - Martial God AU
Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
Arranged Marriage - miscommunication leads to partner(s) being terrified of the other spouse
Arranged or Forced Marriage - War Prize But They End Up Falling in Love
Atticwifing
Balancing Identity as Monarch With Personal Identity in Relationships
Body Worship as Possessiveness
Character bestowed with godlike powers against their will
Character falls from grace and finds out that he is far happier there
Character Eats An Orange While The Drama They Orchestrated Ruins Everyone's Night
Loyalty Kink - Person A Thought Would Inevitably Betray A Proves To Be Extremely Loyal
Creator’s choice of fandom
Thoughts and prompts
Ok but go wild. Write whatever you want, you don’t have to stick to canons that I know. Fly free ! I only ask that if you go with something I don’t know at all, I should be able to understand at least 50% of it fandom blind, other than that the world is your oyster.
Here are some freeforms, but once again please choose any that you want at all from the list at the bottom – I went through all of them for a reason and I would love to receive anything with them.
Freeforms
Aftermath of possession by powerful creature leaves character with abilities they didn't have before
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Arranged Marriage - miscommunication leads to partner(s) being terrified of the other spouse
Atticwifing
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Bondage - Magical Restraints
Canon Event makes Character's dormant powers come back in full force
Captivity
Character Feels Both Magically Ingrained Loyalty & Personal Loyalty To Same Person
Character bestowed with godlike powers against their will
Characters Unknowingly Soulbonded Must Stay Close or Suffer; One Character Notices Before Any Others
Codependency - It may be unhealthy but neither of them care
Competence Kink
Hanahaki Disease
Hurt No Comfort
Injured/Ill/Dying character hides the seriousness of the situation from loved ones
Latching magical enslavement onto ally as last resort to prevent enemy having control
Polyamory - Nobody Told Me It Would Involve So Much Math
Possessive Behavior
Worldbuilding
List of interesting freeforms (arranged alphabetically)
"I Hate You More Than Anything But Can't Live Without You"
"They WILL love me. Or else."
"Who did this to you?"
A Is Kidnapped and B Will Burn Down the World to Get A Back Safely
A Successfully Hides Secrets That Will Devastate B
A assumes B is a hallucination because they can't comprehend B being kind to them
A falls for B while B is undercover as A's gender; sexuality crisis ensues
A finding out that their loved one won't sacrifice them for the greater good
A must claim B as partner/servant/slave in order to save them; leads to relationship
A secretly choosing to nobly sacrifice their own happiness for B
A undergoes unwilling physical transformation; B can only watch
A wishes B didn’t exist. Wakes up in a world where they don't
Accidental Baby Acquisition
Accidental Found Family Acquisition
Accidental Marriage
Accidental Soulbond
Aftermath of Torture - Character trying to hold it together is clearly low-key fraying at the edges
Aftermath of possession by powerful creature leaves character with abilities they didn't have before
Altered States - Confessing Possessive Thoughts While Object of Them Is Unconscious
Alternate Universe - ATLA Fusion - Avatar & Benders
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Alternate Universe - Character Is Literally the Sun
Alternate Universe - Characters as an in-universe Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party
Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU
Alternate Universe - Martial God AU
Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic
Alternate Universe - Rule 63
Alternate Universe – Slavery
Alternate Universe - Swan Maiden AU
Alternate Universe - Tam Lin Fusion
Animal Transformation
Amnesia - character reverts to a dramatically different previous version of themselves
Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
Arranged Marriage - miscommunication leads to partner(s) being terrified of the other spouse
Arranged or Forced Marriage - War Prize But They End Up Falling in Love
Atticwifing
Balancing Identity as Monarch With Personal Identity in Relationships
Bargaining - Victim Offers/Sacrifices Self to Protect Others
Body Horror - detailed description of transformation or its aftermath
Body Modification - Character Gets Turned Into A Merperson
Body Swap - Characters Are Alarmingly Good At Being Each Other
Bodyswapped Characters Pretend To Be Each Other With Varying Success
Bondage - Blindfolded and gagged and cuffed and caged - the whole package
Bondage - Magical Restraints
Bondage - Permanent Installation
Canon Divergence AU
Canon Event makes Character's dormant powers come back in full force
Canon is the evil mirrorverse dimension; visiting "good" versions struggle to cope
Canonical stupidity is averted by characters communicating
Captive character surprised to learn their rescuer is motivated by genuine affection
Captivity
Case Fic - Character(s) Investigating A Mystery
Catboys & Catgirls
Char who betrayed the heroes doesn't know where to turn when they want to defect from the bad guys
Character A Doesn't Realize How Much Power They Have Over Character B
Character A Painting On Character B's Body As Part Of A Ritual
Character A Picks Clothes out for B
Character A holds Character B Captive
Character A recognizes character B as their true mate by scent; obsessively hunts them down
Character A tortured to ensure Character B's compliance
Character Cursed with Obedience taken advantage of (intentionally)
Character Eats An Orange While The Drama They Orchestrated Ruins Everyone's Night
Character Feels Both Magically Ingrained Loyalty & Personal Loyalty To Same Person
Character Offers Themselves in Trade for Someone Else's Release/Safety
Character Volunteering for Trauma Because They're Used to It
Character bestowed with godlike powers against their will
Character falls from grace and finds out that he is far happier there
Character has to dress up for a function but powers through because Character B will be there
Character held captive in public forced to act normally so others won't know
Character hides the extent of their injury/illness (and gets found out)
Character inherits unwilling harem; had thought it was consensual
Character learns about their partner's culture to know them better and to better navigate social situations surrounding the culture
Character refuses to acknowledge they're being abused telling themselves they're strong/can take it
Character successfully hides injury... until they suddenly collapse in front of everyone
Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining
Character wakes up in body of evil doppelgänger who kept rest of the cast in noncon harem
Character's Attempts At Flirting Are Also Real Murder Threats
Character's Attempts To Flirt Are So Bad They Are Constantly Mistaken For Murder Attempts
Character's canon powers begin to grow (which both terrifies and excites them)
Characters Have Trouble Sleeping Apart After Shared Traumatic Captivity
Characters Unknowingly Soulbonded Must Stay Close or Suffer; One Character Notices Before Any Others
Characters deaged to first sexual experience; one is uncomfortably young
Characters show affection through food/cooking
Child Entering Gateway Into Seemingly Wonderful Fantasy Land; Humans Seen Only As Prey & Fucktoys
Choose Your Own Adventure
Claiming friend or loved one to protect them from unwanted mating/slavery/other bad end
Clothing - Helping character out of difficult to remove clothing
Codependency - A copes badly with B being missing/injured
Codependency - Actively Encouraging Each Other's Self-Destructive Tendencies
Codependency - It may be unhealthy but neither of them care
Competence Kink
Conditioning
Corruption Arc
Cracky Crossovers - Mechanics Not Important Just Get People Together
Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded
Dark Twisted Codependency - A & B will do anything for each other; nothing comes between them
De-aged character is de-aged to an age that was particularly traumatic for them
Different First Meeting - Characters Meet at a Different Point in Their Canon
Dubious Consent
Dysfunctional Relationships
Emotional Manipulation
Estranged Characters - Injured A shows Up on B's doorstep Saying "I didn't know where else to go"
Exploration of Aftermath of Canon Events
FOOD PORN!!!!!!!
Failed Assassination Attempt
Fairy Enchantment
Following Your Boyfriend's Trail of Bodies
Forced Marriage - Blackmail/threats
Forced Marriage - Marrying Someone You Don't Like To Save Them From A Worse Fate
Forced Marriage - Traitor Forced To Marry Spouse Who'll Monitor Them For Further Treachery
Forced to pose as your other self from an alternate universe
Frog Boiling - Character manipulated into increasingly kinky circumstances; realizes too late
Getting Together - But Involving an Elaborate Seduction Plot
Getting Together With the Person You Were Hired to Kill
Hanahaki Disease
Highly competent character doing what they're best at
Hurt No Comfort
I can't comfort you by saying you're a good person - but you could be my monster on a leash
Identity Porn
Injured/Ill/Dying character hides the seriousness of the situation from loved ones
Isekai and Transmigration
Kidnapped to force cooperation from powerful loved one
Killing Enemies Together Instead of Talking About Your Feelings
Latching magical enslavement onto ally as last resort to prevent enemy having control
Longterm Denial of Needs Has Bad Effects; Character Denies Self Anyway
Loyal character loses object of their devotion and fixates on someone new
Loyalty Kink - Person A Thought Would Inevitably Betray A Proves To Be Extremely Loyal
Magic As A Gradually Corruptive Force
Making things worse for themselves by mouthing off to someone more powerful
Meeting a non-evil version of someone who has hurt you & having to deal with that
Mind Control
Murder Kink
My Moral Compass Is "What Do I Need To Do To Protect You?"
Natural disaster leads to survival situation
Never Make A Deal With The Fae While You're Drunk
Objectification/Dehumanization
Obsession expressed through extreme loyalty
Omegaverse - Long Hidden Designation Found Out in Spectacular Fashion
Omegaverse - courtship traditions
Outside POV of requested character/relationship
Pain as a Means of Communing with the Divine
Pining - C pines for A&B; doesn't know established A/B are pining for C too
Polyamory - C thinks they're just a fuckbuddy for established A/B relationship (A/B actually love C)
Polyamory - Nobody Told Me It Would Involve So Much Math
Possessive Behavior
Power Dynamics - Hand Feeding
Predicament in Which Character's Own Body or Nature Works Against Them and They Have to Fight It
Pretending to Betray Someone to Save them
Protectiveness - pulling political strings to protect another character
Queerplatonic Relationships
Reincarnation
Role Reversal
Secret Relationship - Loyal Third Party/Parties Help Them Keep The Secret
Secret Relationship Reveal - other characters didn't know but do think it explains a lot
Slice of Life
Slow Burn - Soulbonding is the only way for A to save seriously injured B's life
Soulbonds - A can still use B's powers even after B's death
Soulbonds - Can be artificially created
Soulmate-Identifying Marks AU
Stranded somewhere together and have to rely on each other to survive
Take a bad thing that happened to a character in canon and make it even worse
Team Bonding
Time Loop - Body Of Person Looping Becomes Slightly Less Human With Each New Reset
Time Travel - Seducing the Villain To Keep Them From Turning To Evil
Touch Starved - Character Startled by How Good Being Touched Feels
Truth Serum
Unconventional Format
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
Unhealthy Relationships
Unreliable Narrator
We're Soulmates; who cares about a little bit of murder or betrayal?
Wings - Size of wings conveys social rank; character with exceptionally large wings clips feathers "for practical reasons" as a form of self harm
Worldbuilding
Worldbuilding - Exploring How Background Systems In Canon Work (EG: Logistics; Laws/Lawyers; Banks)
