Gen Freeform Exchange 2023 Creator Letter
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withthekeyiskingHello, I'm Q! This is my Creator Letter for the 2023 Gen Freeform Exchange. First, thank you for your interest! Whether you're my assigned giftor or thinking of making a treat, I appreciate you so very much :)
This letter has my general DNWs and Likes, and then I have individual sections for each of my fandom requests for this year's exchange (and I don't have a preference between any of them, so don't think if one's section is longer than the other that I want it more!). I hope my provided details will give you some inspiration! I really look forward to whatever y'all create, I know I'm gonna love it <3
GUIDE
DNWs
GENERAL LIKES
DARK LIKES
I'm a huge fan of darkfic, whether that's serious Dead Dove: Do Not Eat or whump or simple hurt/comfort (with a healthy dose of hurt XD). This can mean physical, mental, or sexual (absolutely a fan of noncon!). I also really enjoy the aftermath of these events, having characters deal with what's happened to them. Some more great things are:
SMUT LIKES
These really are non-exhaustive, as I’m down for basically everything other than scat! These also can be used with any level of consent (including the complete lack thereof XD) and make me super happy.
ALTERNTE UNIVERSE LIKES
I can get behind just about every AU, but my favorites are:
General AUs
SUPERNATURAL
Supernatural is probably my longest lasting fav fandom—I'm just so in love with these boys and the entire universe, like I don't care if it seems 'cringy' it makes me emotional. This is a show about family and trying your hardest and always fighting, always striving for the right thing even if it's next to impossible. I love the heart, they way Sam & Dean practically bleed a need to save people, no matter how many times it fucks them over. No matter how much pain it brings them (and, often, the people in their lives as well). Because there just was never another option for them, even if they both gave noping out their best shot at times lol. Idk guys, I will just Always be a Supernatural fan, no matter how much time passes.
Of the two, my fav is definitely Sam. I could scream over this poor boy's journey, and I am Feral over his plotlines. Like, I will genuinely never stop being obsessed with the demon blood and Boy King and Lucifer Vessel stuff just NEVER. Sam is such an awesome character, especially early seasons Sam, 1-5 particularly. (Before the writers started to slowly separate Dean and Sam out into the Action Brother and the Smart Brother instead of them both being a good mix of those characteristics!!) I love how kind he is, how he has the ability to connect with everyone he meets, but also how ruthless he is. I mean, cutting off Gordon's head with barbed wire??? So cool! Sam is brilliant and funny, and filled with so much trauma that it almost boggles the mind. I love his self-worth issues, and his trust issues, and his daddy issues, and basically ever damn issue he has. I love his utterly fucked up childhood and his guilt over things that have nothing to do with him. And I love, as I mentioned before, his fucky plotlines!!
Lucifer & Sam Winchester
The MVP of villains goes to Lucifer and his excellently fucked up bond with Sam! I especially love season 5 Lucifer characterization when it comes to his dynamic with Sam (the twisted care he showed, the way he was so condescending but still believed he was giving Sam what he needed, how good Sam felt when possessed even if he hated it) but later seasons Lucifer is definitely a bucket of fun too! His cruelty and enjoyment of Sam's pain was super delicious, just that possessive sadism that was so delightful—he Constantly wanted to do such terrible things to Sam and I support it. Two very different vibes of Lucifer, and both of them Excellent.
Azazel & Sam Winchester
Azazel was so delightfully messed up. All his quips, his smiles, his fucked up paternal actions towards Sam...Love it all. Like him saying "I'll be there in a minute, Champ! But I'm proud of you; knew you had it in you." Just love that entire vibe. He felt like it was fact that Sam was his boy, and was absolutely his favorite. Man had big plans! I'm so curious about AUs involving Azazel, like what if he actually raised Sam, or didn't die in the s2 finale, or Sam's powers developed earlier, or that scene with Azazel possessing John went differently...like I just fucking love this dude and want so much more of him.
Gadreel & Sam Winchester
These two had very few scenes between them, but the Everything Else About Them more than made up for it! I mean, come on—Sam's lack of bodily autonomy once more biting him in the ass in such a deeply violating way, having an evil angel actually riding shotgun for months without him knowing about it. Thinking he was going crazy, thinking there was something deeply wrong with him...I almost feel bad about how much I enjoyed my boy's pain 😆 With how righteous and nearly smug Gadreel acted about his actions after the fact, like he totally believed he was in the right, would've easily translated to having some more fucked up shit happening, whether that be him using Sam's possessed body for Bad Stuff or a fic after the fact between them.
Gordon Walker & Sam Winchester
The near-manic obsession Gordon developed with taking out Sam was just pure canon fodder for fanfic IMO. Like, he was so convinced that Sam was the antichrist, to the point where he turned other hunters against Sam as well! I just think Gordon would've gladly done terrible things to Sam, whether as punishment for his perceived crimes or because he personally wants to take out his rage on the kid who kept escaping him. Or maybe he decides to do something similar to what Tim Janklow & Reggie Hull wanted to do—use Sam's demonic abilities for their own gain, make him a weapon against demonkind. Dehumanization and objectification FTW! (On that subject I really do enjoy stuff with Tim & Reggie so you're welcome to do something with them if it strikes your fancy!)
Reggie Hull & Tim Janklow & Sam Winchester
If you aren't obsessed with 5x03 Free to Be You and Me then you clearly haven't watched it enough and need to go do that Immediately. Sam having hunters come after him and try to force him to drink demon blood in order to be their weapon against demons is just SO SPECTACULAR I cannot even. Like Sam is so panicked when he realizes what they're planning, and Tim and Reggie so uncaring of it. They see a monster they can use and nothing more, and I think they would've used Sam over and over again without any lick of remorse, if they'd managed to get him to drink the blood. And with Sam's addiction playing a role, well, Sam really wouldn't be in for a good time, that's for sure. Hell, even without getting him to drink the blood, they sure as hell could've taken their pound of flesh.
Sam Winchester & Demons, Sam Winchester & Hunters
These two tags are definitely added on in the same spirit of all the ones above it. I mean, both hunters and demons alike have put Sam through So Much Shit and because I'm a whump lover I think they should put him through some more XD My tags dealing with Sam's addiction being taken advantage of would especially be super applicable to these groups, no matter what characters you use from them. After all, both groups have tried to use Sam's addiction to control him in canon!! It's right fucking there!! And I can never get enough of Sam's addiction being addressed, no matter who by. (And even if the blood stuff isn't your thing, there's still so much excellent whump tags that could work here!)
Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Just about one of the best relationships on TV. I love these two—their insane, intense loyalty; the lengths they'll go to for each other and the world; how utterly badass and yet utterly broken they are...All of it is just so good. These two are soulmates, and have been through so much shit (both together and apart). Just about any of my prompts for other relationships can also easily pivot to focus on their bond instead, because really, everything comes back to them, doesn't it? As opposed to me wanting all the villains to do terrible things to Sam, for these two I really want Sam's pain being acknowledged/helped by his big brother. Make one of the villains above do terrible things to Sam and have big bro Dean help him!! Or really take any canon horribleness and just add in Dean to give Sam some fucking comfort 😂
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THE NIGHT MANAGER
Do yourself a favor if you haven't already seen this show, and go watch it. It's on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Vudu, along with a couple other places to buy it, and is only 6 episodes. It is the best 6 hours you can spend, because when I tell you this show is genius, I mean it. The acting is off the charts, the characters are compelling, and the story is interesting as fuck. Who doesn't want to watch Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie go head to head? No one, and if you haven't seen it, you're missing out. I have rewatched it like 5 times.
The thing that really makes the series is the dynamic between Jonathan and Roper, which is sheer perfection. I was already predisposed to like it since I like both actors, but still my breath was taken away by it. By the levels and the secrecy and betrayal and genuine affection and respect buried amongst it all. Jonathan is with Roper to avenge someone he loved, but still he found himself for falling for Roper's charms, at least a little bit. He might've hated himself for it, but it went both ways!! Roper saying "It's a rare thing, Jonathan Pine, for me to trust a person. But you were special. Knew it the first time I saw you" ripped my heart out because of how much he means it. Roper doesn't trust people, but Jonathan slid right in like he was a missing puzzle piece finally returning. Roper wanted to give everything to Jonathan, wanted him to be a goddamn emperor of Rome with him, even gave Jonathan a chance to join him for real when he knew Jonathan was betraying him!!
And nothing, nothing, will ever compare to the moment when Jonathan blew all of Roper's shit up, thoroughly destroying his empire and costing him billions of dollars, and Roper looked at him and smiled and said "Oh, you beauty." I'm sorry but, like, how can anyone stay sane after seeing that??? Jonathan destroyed everything and Roper just thought he was spectacular!!!! Even winks at him later when they're taking him away!!
If you've come for coherent thoughts about how much I enjoy the show (how brilliant and subtle the plot is, how fascinating and damaged Jonathan is, how interesting Roper's empire and his inner circle are) I'm sorry but you won't get details from me, I'm incapable of talking about anything without devolving into freaking the fuck out over the bond between Roper and Jonathan. So you'll just have to watch the show for yourself to learn how wonderful everything else is 😌
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MARVEL 616
Ben Reilly, my dear darling blorbo. I hold him gently in my hands, I protect him from harm, I wreck him and tear him apart (you know, like you do with your favs 😌). Ben is just such a cool and damaged as hell person. He is filled with identity issues and insecurity and an almost desperate need to belong, to be a hero, to be in a position to save people. He has genius-level intelligence (being a clone of Peter Parker kind of ensures that) but his emotional state is often so unstable that that genius gets used for so many others' purposes. I love his back and forth relationships with Peter and Kaine, his fucked up bond with Miles Warren, and god honestly all the relationships he has with folks are so fun.
Ben is someone who has died more than anyone in the Marvel universe (literally—Death herself told him!) and none of those deaths were pleasant. Hell, 28 of them were him being literally tortured to death by his creator! Something I really love is that when Ben has his run as a villain in The Clone Conspiracy, his reasoning behind what he's doing is his intense terror about death; he did a lot of fucked up shit in TCC, but his reasoning was the desire to be able to stop death, to never let anyone else go through what he went through, and I just think that's Neat.
Everyone who's ever been in a position of power over Ben has abused it. Ben is someone who has clawed his way back to being a hero again and again and again every time the world fucks him over, every time he puts his trust in the wrong person and finds himself getting burned once more. Honestly it's almost like Marvel has a personal grudge against him for the sheer number of times they build him up only to knock him back down 😂 I'm laughing to hide the fact that I'm sobbing inside.
I'm sorry for the lack of relationship-specific shit here but it's because literally anything with this boy will bring me joy if you decide to write him. Literally anything <3
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THE FOLLOWING
What is it about the dynamic between a violent criminal and the person hunting them that has me in a chokehold? No idea, but this show gives me that in spades and I thank them for it! Holy fuck is this show a good time—so eerie, so fucked up, so well acted. I love the way they slow reveal the history between the characters and the way it impacts the now, and shit they just portray obsession so damn well. All of the characters have it, good and bad—obviously Joe's followers are obsessed with him, and Joe with Ryan, but Ryan's equally obsessed, and Mike & all the rest become that way too. They're all such complicated, fun characters and I love this show to pieces.
And god the Joe-Ryan relationship! Is! Everything! These two have such gigantic divorced energy (in a platonic way) from the very first moment, which is wild to see portrayed while they're sitting across from each other in an interrogation cell 😂 As I said before these two are o b s e s s e d with each other, even if Ryan likes to pretend he's not as invested as Joe is. Watching their relationship develop over the course of the show from bitterness and self-loathing to severe attachment (and self-loathing lol) was fantastic. Ryan spending all of season 2 hunting Joe down despite everyone calling him crazy, and then oh my god can I even talk about season 3 without losing my shit? The fucked up bond between them reaches insane, amazing new heights. Ryan dreaming about them playing pool and Joe hugging him and teaching him to kill I JUST CANNOT HANDLE THIS RATIONALLY. Then because apparently they didn't destroy me enough, they had to have Ryan hallucinating Joe and that is just...fuck am I ever obsessed.
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PRISON BREAK
If I had to rank my favorite characters of all time, Michael Scofield would absolutely be Top 5, no doubt. He is one of the most brilliant, most empathetic, most calculating characters there is, and the fact that he's all of those things is part of what's so impressive—usually if you have a calculating hyper-genius, they're dismissive or struggle with understanding people, but Michael has the exact opposite problem. He is so tuned in to the suffering of the world that he can't turn it off, can't ever shut out the pain of others. It led to him becoming a rescuer, needing to save whomever he could, which then led to him getting himself imprisoned so he could save his brother (which led to one of the most brilliant escape plans there ever was). And to top it all off he's a straight up BAMF—he let a mobster cut off his toes without giving up the info the mobster wanted, and then went on to command said mobster and a bunch of other violent criminals in order to achieve his goals. Just so fucking awesome.
I have a lot of relationships tagged in this request, because I really just want to see any interactions with Michael. His relationship with his brother is so wonderfully codependent and just damn sweet, and it's an excellent contrast against all the anxiety and violence that comes from all the villains Michael works with. Abruzzi is just waiting for Michael to slip up so he gets what he wants from him, T-Bag makes absolutely no secret of how much he wants to fuck Michael (whether that's consensual or not), and then you have morally gray characters like Mahone who was So Awesome. He was just a great foil to Michael, they played off each other so damn well, and the moment of Michael telling him "I will win every time" gives me fucking chills. And then I had to throw in Jacob Ness too, because hot damn did season 5 have so many issues but his slight obsession with Michael and the way he used Michael was just super awesome. If you can't tell I'll simply adore anything involving Michael 😂
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BOURNE MOVIES
I love this movie so fucking much and it is wild to me that I've only recently started requesting it for exchanges! The entire universe is awesome but I didn't click with the original trilogy in the same way I clicked with this sequel film. It is just the coolest fucking thing. Like, getting an outsider POV on the Bourne trilogy was awesome, and then you throw in the wonderful lead character of Aaron Cross and you've absolutely got me hooked.
Spies! Double crosses! Enhanced people! Manipulation! This film has it all, and all my love is attached to Aaron. This man has been manipulated and used at every single turn (by his army recruiter, by the people in charge of Outcome, by Eric Byer, etc) because of his mental deficiency, and that's *chef's kiss* and so painful. Aaron-as-Kenny was desperate to belong, to be safe, and that was twisted and abused until he was a loyal killing machine. But the extra interesting thing to me is that Aaron still asked so many questions! He was constantly arguing—with other agents, with the doctors, with everyone. Only person he didn't argue with was Eric (but that scene we see between them really is very emotionally charged...).
Anyway, this fandom has so few fanworks, even fewer that are solely about this fandom instead of a crossover. I'm dying for content! I want my boy Aaron so badly, in whatever form I can take him.
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THE GRISHA TRILOGY
Leigh Bardugo deserves all the praise for created such a unique and awesome world. I love how real it feels, even alongside all the magic and insane shit. Like, you can picture the geography and hear the languages and understand the command structure and all of it is so lived in, you know? It feels like Bardugo knows every single detail of the place like it's just fact, and I find that wildly impressive. (A small note that I really love the use of the Ravkan language in the books, so you get extra points for any inclusion of that!)
In the series, my main man is definitely Nikolai. I am So Here for the charming swashbuckler hiding a sharp, serious mind, the general who locks his emotions away to do his job but still cares so deeply for everyone around him. He takes so much on his shoulders readily, facing each and every challenge that comes his way with a brazen grin and ready plan and a refusal to let anyone see him sweat. Which isn't to say he doesn't sweat; for all his confidence, the boy for sure has a well of issues, and never has the time or the space to really explore them. I love his dedication to his people, his practical standpoint on matters of state (even if it goes against what he may personally want). I love how he describes himself as "a solider for whom the war would never be over" and "a bastard left alone in the woods." His position has him so isolated, and there's nothing he can do about it, no matter how badly he wishes he could.
Nikolai's relationships with everyone around him are really interesting to me, especially the ones we don't really get to explore too much. Obviously we get a good amount between him and Alina by virtue of her being the narrator, and I am definitely a fan of all that (they formed such a wonderful bond and had potential for such a perfect partnership!!) but I'm also so intrigued by the ones we don't get a lot of, but are still so clearly important to Nikolai. Like Tolya and Tamar, and frankly the rest of his crew from the Volkvolny. That was his crew, his family, his people. Nikolai is a loyal as fuck person, and I know that he cared for each of them, that he felt responsible for them in the same way he did for the soldiers under his command in the First Army. I want to know more about them, see more of them, explore a bit more about what Nikolai's life was like before he got sucked back into the Ravkan drama. Or maybe after, where they get to be at Nikolai's side as he works through all of his terrible trauma.
And then you have the Darkling, who I seriously wish we'd gotten to see more of with Nikolai. There is just so much untapped potential here, and so much fucked up shit that it can't be anything but exciting. Like, it's canon that Nikolai and Aleksander knew each other before Nikolai left Ravka, so my question is how well did they know each other? What were Aleksander's thoughts on the second prince, the maybe-bastard? Did anything fucky ever happen between them? Did Aleksander ever try to manipulate him as an attempt to get an extra advantage over the royal family? And that's not even getting into the stuff between them during canon! Like, god, you could've cut the murderous, plotting tension with a knife. And Aleksander corrupting Nikolai??? Goddamn. Anything for these two would bring me a lot of joy!
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CROSSOVER FANDOM
Supernatural/The Magicians TV
Solo: Sam Winchester in The Magicians TV
Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh & Sam Winchester
Solo: Sam Winchester in Harry Potter
Solo: Sam Winchester in Lucifer TV
Lucifer Morningstar & Sam Winchester
Solo: Ben Reilly in the MCU
Solo: Dick Grayson in The Magicians TV
Solo: Jonathan Pine in Craig James Bond Movies
Aaron Cross & James Bond
Solo: Malcolm Bright in Hannibal TV
Malcolm Bright & Hannibal Lecter
Solo: Will Graham in The Following
Will Graham & Ryan Hardy
Joe Carroll & Will Graham
I want to thank you for reading my Letter, and I hope you have a good time writing! I'm so looking forward to whatever you lovely folks come up with :) <3
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This letter has my general DNWs and Likes, and then I have individual sections for each of my fandom requests for this year's exchange (and I don't have a preference between any of them, so don't think if one's section is longer than the other that I want it more!). I hope my provided details will give you some inspiration! I really look forward to whatever y'all create, I know I'm gonna love it <3
GUIDE
- DNWs
- General Likes
- Dark Likes
- Smut Likes
- Alternate Universe Likes
- Supernatural (TV)
- The Night Manager (TV)
- Marvel 616
- The Following (TV)
- Prison Break (TV)
- Bourne (Movies)
- The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo
- Crossover Fandom
DNWs
- Genderbends (but trans welcome!)
- Scat
- Crackfic or Pure Fluff
- Reader Insert
- First Person POV
GENERAL LIKES
- Angst and Hurt/Comfort of all kinds
- Universe Travel
- Time Travel/Loop
- Role/Age Reversal
- Rescue Missions
- Second Person POV (can be fun as long as it's not readerfic!)
- Trauma Recovery
- Rare Pairings
- Enemies to Lovers
- Trust Issues
- Power Dynamics & Imbalance
- Identity Porn
- Soulmates
- Amnesia & Memory Alteration
- Possessiveness
- Fix-Its
- Missing Scenes
- Trapped Together
- Undercover
- Found Family & Deep Bonds Between Characters
- Fake/Pretend Relationship
- Pre- and Post-Canon
- Alternate Universes (favorites listed below!)
- Outsider POV
- All Kinds of Endings
DARK LIKES
I'm a huge fan of darkfic, whether that's serious Dead Dove: Do Not Eat or whump or simple hurt/comfort (with a healthy dose of hurt XD). This can mean physical, mental, or sexual (absolutely a fan of noncon!). I also really enjoy the aftermath of these events, having characters deal with what's happened to them. Some more great things are:
- Manipulation (emotional, mental, etc.)
- Mind Control & Demon Possession & Hypnosis
- Codependency
- Trauma Exploration
- Gaslighting
- Brainwashing/Conditioning
- Worse-Its
- Kidnapping & Captivity
- War Prize
- Forced Pregnancy
- Droit Du Seigneur/The Lord’s Right
- Betrayal
- Sensory Deprivation
- Stockholm & Lima Syndrome
- Drugged Sex
- Auction
- Forced Consent
- Fuck or Die
- Seriously touch-starved characters
- Ignored Safeword
- Torture
- "Take me instead" situations
- Abuse
- Earn Your Keep
- and just about everything 😆
SMUT LIKES
These really are non-exhaustive, as I’m down for basically everything other than scat! These also can be used with any level of consent (including the complete lack thereof XD) and make me super happy.
- Weapon Play - Gunplay is definitely top of the list, but I love all kinds! If you can think it I guarantee I’ll like it
- Bondage - The regular kind for sure, along with Predicament Bondage and Honor Bondage
- Messy Blowjobs, Face-Fucking, Deepthroating, Face-Sitting
- Boot Worship - One character licking another’s shoes or kissing them....great great shit
- Fingers in Mouth. Tbh anything in mouth; oral fixation FTW! This includes Gags for sure
- Humiliation, Degradation, Objectification, Begging
- Biting - Neck, thighs, everywhere is good. Love bruises being left behind
- Breathplay/Choking - Whether by hand or belt or suffocation or whatever you like, it’s all damn good
- Overstimulation, Multiple Orgasms, Forced Orgasms, Orgasm Delay/Denial
- Manhandling/Strength Kink, Size Kink - It’s great when one partner is much larger/stronger than the other, and can really manhandle them around. Also great when one has a big dick and the other is loving it. Love one character being held down during sex or grabbed roughly
- Praise Kink, Loyalty Kink, Competence Kink
- Impact Play - Spanking, Belting, Whipping, Etc.
- Desk Sex, Wall Sex, Car Sex, Semi-Public Sex
- Non-Penetrative Sex - Thigh Fucking, Asscheek Fucking, Breast Fucking
- Glove Kink - Being fingered with gloves on, sucking on gloved fingers, descriptions of the gloves on skin, etc.
- Cock Warming, Glory Hole
- Womb/Cervix Fucking (yea I know, physically impossible, idgaf it's sexy)
- Somnophilia
- Tentacle Porn (both by creature and by plant), Oviposition, Bestiality (both monster & regular animals)
- Creampie - Love when one character fills another up, especially if the feeling of it leaking out afterwards is included
- Forced Feminization - A male character being put in lingerie or skirts or panties; being called things like “babygirl”; having their genitals referred to with a feminine slant (such as their asshole being called a pussy/boypussy, their cock being call a girlcock, their pecs called tits, etc.)
- Breeding Kink - Whether being bred is actually possible or not, I love one character really kinking on the idea, especially if they’re not on the receiving end
- Object Insertion/Regular Items Used in Sexual Ways - Ties used for bondage, something normal filling the role of a buttplug, etc.
- Sex Pollen & Heat/Rut Inducers - Whether only one party is drugged or both are
- Watersports, Omorashi
- Rape Roleplay - Both violent and gentle
ALTERNTE UNIVERSE LIKES
I can get behind just about every AU, but my favorites are:
General AUs
- Royalty
- Pirate
- Criminal (mafia, assassin, thief, etc.)
- Angel/Demon
- Genetic Dom/Sub
- Bodyguard
- Bounty Hunter
- Dystopian
- Creature (fae, vampires, etc.)
- Teacher/Student
- Western
- Omegaverse
- High School/College
- Fantasy
- Law Enforcement/Military
- Prison
- Single Parent
- Star Wars
- Hogwarts/Wizarding World
- Bender (ATLA)
- Pacific Rim
- Inception
- Supernatural (TV show)
- The Magicians
- Hunger Games
- Percy Jackson
- Star Trek (including Mirrorverse!)
- Pushing Daisies
- Tron
- X-Men/Mutant
SUPERNATURAL
Supernatural is probably my longest lasting fav fandom—I'm just so in love with these boys and the entire universe, like I don't care if it seems 'cringy' it makes me emotional. This is a show about family and trying your hardest and always fighting, always striving for the right thing even if it's next to impossible. I love the heart, they way Sam & Dean practically bleed a need to save people, no matter how many times it fucks them over. No matter how much pain it brings them (and, often, the people in their lives as well). Because there just was never another option for them, even if they both gave noping out their best shot at times lol. Idk guys, I will just Always be a Supernatural fan, no matter how much time passes.
Of the two, my fav is definitely Sam. I could scream over this poor boy's journey, and I am Feral over his plotlines. Like, I will genuinely never stop being obsessed with the demon blood and Boy King and Lucifer Vessel stuff just NEVER. Sam is such an awesome character, especially early seasons Sam, 1-5 particularly. (Before the writers started to slowly separate Dean and Sam out into the Action Brother and the Smart Brother instead of them both being a good mix of those characteristics!!) I love how kind he is, how he has the ability to connect with everyone he meets, but also how ruthless he is. I mean, cutting off Gordon's head with barbed wire??? So cool! Sam is brilliant and funny, and filled with so much trauma that it almost boggles the mind. I love his self-worth issues, and his trust issues, and his daddy issues, and basically ever damn issue he has. I love his utterly fucked up childhood and his guilt over things that have nothing to do with him. And I love, as I mentioned before, his fucky plotlines!!
Lucifer & Sam Winchester
The MVP of villains goes to Lucifer and his excellently fucked up bond with Sam! I especially love season 5 Lucifer characterization when it comes to his dynamic with Sam (the twisted care he showed, the way he was so condescending but still believed he was giving Sam what he needed, how good Sam felt when possessed even if he hated it) but later seasons Lucifer is definitely a bucket of fun too! His cruelty and enjoyment of Sam's pain was super delicious, just that possessive sadism that was so delightful—he Constantly wanted to do such terrible things to Sam and I support it. Two very different vibes of Lucifer, and both of them Excellent.
Azazel & Sam Winchester
Azazel was so delightfully messed up. All his quips, his smiles, his fucked up paternal actions towards Sam...Love it all. Like him saying "I'll be there in a minute, Champ! But I'm proud of you; knew you had it in you." Just love that entire vibe. He felt like it was fact that Sam was his boy, and was absolutely his favorite. Man had big plans! I'm so curious about AUs involving Azazel, like what if he actually raised Sam, or didn't die in the s2 finale, or Sam's powers developed earlier, or that scene with Azazel possessing John went differently...like I just fucking love this dude and want so much more of him.
Gadreel & Sam Winchester
These two had very few scenes between them, but the Everything Else About Them more than made up for it! I mean, come on—Sam's lack of bodily autonomy once more biting him in the ass in such a deeply violating way, having an evil angel actually riding shotgun for months without him knowing about it. Thinking he was going crazy, thinking there was something deeply wrong with him...I almost feel bad about how much I enjoyed my boy's pain 😆 With how righteous and nearly smug Gadreel acted about his actions after the fact, like he totally believed he was in the right, would've easily translated to having some more fucked up shit happening, whether that be him using Sam's possessed body for Bad Stuff or a fic after the fact between them.
Gordon Walker & Sam Winchester
The near-manic obsession Gordon developed with taking out Sam was just pure canon fodder for fanfic IMO. Like, he was so convinced that Sam was the antichrist, to the point where he turned other hunters against Sam as well! I just think Gordon would've gladly done terrible things to Sam, whether as punishment for his perceived crimes or because he personally wants to take out his rage on the kid who kept escaping him. Or maybe he decides to do something similar to what Tim Janklow & Reggie Hull wanted to do—use Sam's demonic abilities for their own gain, make him a weapon against demonkind. Dehumanization and objectification FTW! (On that subject I really do enjoy stuff with Tim & Reggie so you're welcome to do something with them if it strikes your fancy!)
Reggie Hull & Tim Janklow & Sam Winchester
If you aren't obsessed with 5x03 Free to Be You and Me then you clearly haven't watched it enough and need to go do that Immediately. Sam having hunters come after him and try to force him to drink demon blood in order to be their weapon against demons is just SO SPECTACULAR I cannot even. Like Sam is so panicked when he realizes what they're planning, and Tim and Reggie so uncaring of it. They see a monster they can use and nothing more, and I think they would've used Sam over and over again without any lick of remorse, if they'd managed to get him to drink the blood. And with Sam's addiction playing a role, well, Sam really wouldn't be in for a good time, that's for sure. Hell, even without getting him to drink the blood, they sure as hell could've taken their pound of flesh.
Sam Winchester & Demons, Sam Winchester & Hunters
These two tags are definitely added on in the same spirit of all the ones above it. I mean, both hunters and demons alike have put Sam through So Much Shit and because I'm a whump lover I think they should put him through some more XD My tags dealing with Sam's addiction being taken advantage of would especially be super applicable to these groups, no matter what characters you use from them. After all, both groups have tried to use Sam's addiction to control him in canon!! It's right fucking there!! And I can never get enough of Sam's addiction being addressed, no matter who by. (And even if the blood stuff isn't your thing, there's still so much excellent whump tags that could work here!)
Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Just about one of the best relationships on TV. I love these two—their insane, intense loyalty; the lengths they'll go to for each other and the world; how utterly badass and yet utterly broken they are...All of it is just so good. These two are soulmates, and have been through so much shit (both together and apart). Just about any of my prompts for other relationships can also easily pivot to focus on their bond instead, because really, everything comes back to them, doesn't it? As opposed to me wanting all the villains to do terrible things to Sam, for these two I really want Sam's pain being acknowledged/helped by his big brother. Make one of the villains above do terrible things to Sam and have big bro Dean help him!! Or really take any canon horribleness and just add in Dean to give Sam some fucking comfort 😂
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THE NIGHT MANAGER
Do yourself a favor if you haven't already seen this show, and go watch it. It's on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Vudu, along with a couple other places to buy it, and is only 6 episodes. It is the best 6 hours you can spend, because when I tell you this show is genius, I mean it. The acting is off the charts, the characters are compelling, and the story is interesting as fuck. Who doesn't want to watch Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie go head to head? No one, and if you haven't seen it, you're missing out. I have rewatched it like 5 times.
The thing that really makes the series is the dynamic between Jonathan and Roper, which is sheer perfection. I was already predisposed to like it since I like both actors, but still my breath was taken away by it. By the levels and the secrecy and betrayal and genuine affection and respect buried amongst it all. Jonathan is with Roper to avenge someone he loved, but still he found himself for falling for Roper's charms, at least a little bit. He might've hated himself for it, but it went both ways!! Roper saying "It's a rare thing, Jonathan Pine, for me to trust a person. But you were special. Knew it the first time I saw you" ripped my heart out because of how much he means it. Roper doesn't trust people, but Jonathan slid right in like he was a missing puzzle piece finally returning. Roper wanted to give everything to Jonathan, wanted him to be a goddamn emperor of Rome with him, even gave Jonathan a chance to join him for real when he knew Jonathan was betraying him!!
And nothing, nothing, will ever compare to the moment when Jonathan blew all of Roper's shit up, thoroughly destroying his empire and costing him billions of dollars, and Roper looked at him and smiled and said "Oh, you beauty." I'm sorry but, like, how can anyone stay sane after seeing that??? Jonathan destroyed everything and Roper just thought he was spectacular!!!! Even winks at him later when they're taking him away!!
If you've come for coherent thoughts about how much I enjoy the show (how brilliant and subtle the plot is, how fascinating and damaged Jonathan is, how interesting Roper's empire and his inner circle are) I'm sorry but you won't get details from me, I'm incapable of talking about anything without devolving into freaking the fuck out over the bond between Roper and Jonathan. So you'll just have to watch the show for yourself to learn how wonderful everything else is 😌
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MARVEL 616
Ben Reilly, my dear darling blorbo. I hold him gently in my hands, I protect him from harm, I wreck him and tear him apart (you know, like you do with your favs 😌). Ben is just such a cool and damaged as hell person. He is filled with identity issues and insecurity and an almost desperate need to belong, to be a hero, to be in a position to save people. He has genius-level intelligence (being a clone of Peter Parker kind of ensures that) but his emotional state is often so unstable that that genius gets used for so many others' purposes. I love his back and forth relationships with Peter and Kaine, his fucked up bond with Miles Warren, and god honestly all the relationships he has with folks are so fun.
Ben is someone who has died more than anyone in the Marvel universe (literally—Death herself told him!) and none of those deaths were pleasant. Hell, 28 of them were him being literally tortured to death by his creator! Something I really love is that when Ben has his run as a villain in The Clone Conspiracy, his reasoning behind what he's doing is his intense terror about death; he did a lot of fucked up shit in TCC, but his reasoning was the desire to be able to stop death, to never let anyone else go through what he went through, and I just think that's Neat.
Everyone who's ever been in a position of power over Ben has abused it. Ben is someone who has clawed his way back to being a hero again and again and again every time the world fucks him over, every time he puts his trust in the wrong person and finds himself getting burned once more. Honestly it's almost like Marvel has a personal grudge against him for the sheer number of times they build him up only to knock him back down 😂 I'm laughing to hide the fact that I'm sobbing inside.
I'm sorry for the lack of relationship-specific shit here but it's because literally anything with this boy will bring me joy if you decide to write him. Literally anything <3
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THE FOLLOWING
What is it about the dynamic between a violent criminal and the person hunting them that has me in a chokehold? No idea, but this show gives me that in spades and I thank them for it! Holy fuck is this show a good time—so eerie, so fucked up, so well acted. I love the way they slow reveal the history between the characters and the way it impacts the now, and shit they just portray obsession so damn well. All of the characters have it, good and bad—obviously Joe's followers are obsessed with him, and Joe with Ryan, but Ryan's equally obsessed, and Mike & all the rest become that way too. They're all such complicated, fun characters and I love this show to pieces.
And god the Joe-Ryan relationship! Is! Everything! These two have such gigantic divorced energy (in a platonic way) from the very first moment, which is wild to see portrayed while they're sitting across from each other in an interrogation cell 😂 As I said before these two are o b s e s s e d with each other, even if Ryan likes to pretend he's not as invested as Joe is. Watching their relationship develop over the course of the show from bitterness and self-loathing to severe attachment (and self-loathing lol) was fantastic. Ryan spending all of season 2 hunting Joe down despite everyone calling him crazy, and then oh my god can I even talk about season 3 without losing my shit? The fucked up bond between them reaches insane, amazing new heights. Ryan dreaming about them playing pool and Joe hugging him and teaching him to kill I JUST CANNOT HANDLE THIS RATIONALLY. Then because apparently they didn't destroy me enough, they had to have Ryan hallucinating Joe and that is just...fuck am I ever obsessed.
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PRISON BREAK
If I had to rank my favorite characters of all time, Michael Scofield would absolutely be Top 5, no doubt. He is one of the most brilliant, most empathetic, most calculating characters there is, and the fact that he's all of those things is part of what's so impressive—usually if you have a calculating hyper-genius, they're dismissive or struggle with understanding people, but Michael has the exact opposite problem. He is so tuned in to the suffering of the world that he can't turn it off, can't ever shut out the pain of others. It led to him becoming a rescuer, needing to save whomever he could, which then led to him getting himself imprisoned so he could save his brother (which led to one of the most brilliant escape plans there ever was). And to top it all off he's a straight up BAMF—he let a mobster cut off his toes without giving up the info the mobster wanted, and then went on to command said mobster and a bunch of other violent criminals in order to achieve his goals. Just so fucking awesome.
I have a lot of relationships tagged in this request, because I really just want to see any interactions with Michael. His relationship with his brother is so wonderfully codependent and just damn sweet, and it's an excellent contrast against all the anxiety and violence that comes from all the villains Michael works with. Abruzzi is just waiting for Michael to slip up so he gets what he wants from him, T-Bag makes absolutely no secret of how much he wants to fuck Michael (whether that's consensual or not), and then you have morally gray characters like Mahone who was So Awesome. He was just a great foil to Michael, they played off each other so damn well, and the moment of Michael telling him "I will win every time" gives me fucking chills. And then I had to throw in Jacob Ness too, because hot damn did season 5 have so many issues but his slight obsession with Michael and the way he used Michael was just super awesome. If you can't tell I'll simply adore anything involving Michael 😂
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BOURNE MOVIES
I love this movie so fucking much and it is wild to me that I've only recently started requesting it for exchanges! The entire universe is awesome but I didn't click with the original trilogy in the same way I clicked with this sequel film. It is just the coolest fucking thing. Like, getting an outsider POV on the Bourne trilogy was awesome, and then you throw in the wonderful lead character of Aaron Cross and you've absolutely got me hooked.
Spies! Double crosses! Enhanced people! Manipulation! This film has it all, and all my love is attached to Aaron. This man has been manipulated and used at every single turn (by his army recruiter, by the people in charge of Outcome, by Eric Byer, etc) because of his mental deficiency, and that's *chef's kiss* and so painful. Aaron-as-Kenny was desperate to belong, to be safe, and that was twisted and abused until he was a loyal killing machine. But the extra interesting thing to me is that Aaron still asked so many questions! He was constantly arguing—with other agents, with the doctors, with everyone. Only person he didn't argue with was Eric (but that scene we see between them really is very emotionally charged...).
Anyway, this fandom has so few fanworks, even fewer that are solely about this fandom instead of a crossover. I'm dying for content! I want my boy Aaron so badly, in whatever form I can take him.
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THE GRISHA TRILOGY
Leigh Bardugo deserves all the praise for created such a unique and awesome world. I love how real it feels, even alongside all the magic and insane shit. Like, you can picture the geography and hear the languages and understand the command structure and all of it is so lived in, you know? It feels like Bardugo knows every single detail of the place like it's just fact, and I find that wildly impressive. (A small note that I really love the use of the Ravkan language in the books, so you get extra points for any inclusion of that!)
In the series, my main man is definitely Nikolai. I am So Here for the charming swashbuckler hiding a sharp, serious mind, the general who locks his emotions away to do his job but still cares so deeply for everyone around him. He takes so much on his shoulders readily, facing each and every challenge that comes his way with a brazen grin and ready plan and a refusal to let anyone see him sweat. Which isn't to say he doesn't sweat; for all his confidence, the boy for sure has a well of issues, and never has the time or the space to really explore them. I love his dedication to his people, his practical standpoint on matters of state (even if it goes against what he may personally want). I love how he describes himself as "a solider for whom the war would never be over" and "a bastard left alone in the woods." His position has him so isolated, and there's nothing he can do about it, no matter how badly he wishes he could.
Nikolai's relationships with everyone around him are really interesting to me, especially the ones we don't really get to explore too much. Obviously we get a good amount between him and Alina by virtue of her being the narrator, and I am definitely a fan of all that (they formed such a wonderful bond and had potential for such a perfect partnership!!) but I'm also so intrigued by the ones we don't get a lot of, but are still so clearly important to Nikolai. Like Tolya and Tamar, and frankly the rest of his crew from the Volkvolny. That was his crew, his family, his people. Nikolai is a loyal as fuck person, and I know that he cared for each of them, that he felt responsible for them in the same way he did for the soldiers under his command in the First Army. I want to know more about them, see more of them, explore a bit more about what Nikolai's life was like before he got sucked back into the Ravkan drama. Or maybe after, where they get to be at Nikolai's side as he works through all of his terrible trauma.
And then you have the Darkling, who I seriously wish we'd gotten to see more of with Nikolai. There is just so much untapped potential here, and so much fucked up shit that it can't be anything but exciting. Like, it's canon that Nikolai and Aleksander knew each other before Nikolai left Ravka, so my question is how well did they know each other? What were Aleksander's thoughts on the second prince, the maybe-bastard? Did anything fucky ever happen between them? Did Aleksander ever try to manipulate him as an attempt to get an extra advantage over the royal family? And that's not even getting into the stuff between them during canon! Like, god, you could've cut the murderous, plotting tension with a knife. And Aleksander corrupting Nikolai??? Goddamn. Anything for these two would bring me a lot of joy!
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CROSSOVER FANDOM
Supernatural/The Magicians TV
Solo: Sam Winchester in The Magicians TV
Margo Hanson & Eliot Waugh & Sam Winchester
- The Magicians and Supernatural are two of my absolute favorite shows so of course I am in desperate need of a crossover between the two. Sam is my main man, and I think he'd have such a cool dynamic with the folks over at Brakebills! Margo & Eliot would instantly adopt him just like they did Quentin (high-strung super nerd who happens to be a badass, anyone?), and I think Sam & Quentin actually have a lot in common. Sam would listen to Quentin when no one else did, and Quentin would be Sam's first defender against anyone who called him an abomination. Then you have Alice who is so damaged and so ruthless and intelligent—that has Sam written all over! And then if you're mixing the worlds, can you imagine what Dean's reaction would be to Sam actually being a Magician?? And maybe going to an actual school for it?? Though I'm also partial to the idea of Hedge Witch Sam XD
Solo: Sam Winchester in Harry Potter
- Similar to my SPN/Magicians request, my interest here really involves Sam involved in a magical world. Like, his canon powers are one of the best parts of the show IMO, so the idea of him having the supernatural/magical abilities of other media makes me so excited. Maybe you do a complete AU, and both Sam and Dean are at Hogwarts, or he's a muggleborn. Maybe you meld the worlds and he's a wizard born to a hunter family—can you imagine how that would go?? Or maybe Hermione's an old friend, and she comes to him for help during the show. Or Lucifer isn't the Devil but a dark wizard instead (still with that wonderful fixation on Sam, ofc XD). Anyway, I just want my powerful boi out there with other powerful shit.
Solo: Sam Winchester in Lucifer TV
Lucifer Morningstar & Sam Winchester
- The idea of Sam coming into contact with the Lucifer from the Lucifer TV show fascinates and grips me to no end, considering how traumatic Sam's relationship with SPN's Lucifer is (and that's certainly an understatement lol). I just really love to think about how he'd react to a very different version of the "same" man. Sam has a tendency to try to see the best in people, but usually he doesn't have to look on the light side of a person who spent centuries torturing him. Boy spent an entire season hallucinating Lucifer because the trauma was just that bad. How the Hell would he handle a Lucifer who has an extremely different outlook on life?
Solo: Ben Reilly in the MCU
- Ben Reilly is absolutely my true love in Marvel (if you want to see me ramble about him just see my Marvel 616 section above!) and I would so love to see him in the world of Marvel films. The short version is that Ben is a clone of Peter Parker and he is chock full of Issues, he's the fucking best. How would MCU Peter react to suddenly having a clone? How about all of the other characters? How would they handle being around this off-balance outcast they've suddenly found themselves in the sphere of? How would adding a clone to this world fuck shit up? I just want my boy Ben there so badly!!
Solo: Dick Grayson in The Magicians TV
- Gonna be honest, I don't have a lot of Specific Thoughts about this one! I just really love Dick Grayson, think he's so badass and intelligent and chock full of Issues™️, and I want to drop him in one of my favorite universes. Can't help but think of Eliot's line about how magic doesn't come from talent, it comes from pain—and boy does Dick have a hell of a lot of pain. He's had one rough life, and has always funneled it into action, so I can so easily see him funneling it into magic as well!
Solo: Jonathan Pine in Craig James Bond Movies
Aaron Cross & James Bond
- This is me really just wanting to stick all my fav superspies together to see what happens. Jonathan Pine and Aaron Cross are two extremely underrated characters, and I think they'd fit well in the James Bond world! How would Bond react to an enhanced agent like Aaron? Would MI6 try to recruit Jonathan permanently after he took down Roper? And I know it's not tagged but if you want to do some crossing over between Aaron & Jonathan I'd be down for that too! Not that Jonathan needs the added agida after everything he had to put up with in Roper's organization 😂 Anyway, I'm just a huge fan of spy media and would love to see any crossover of the worlds!
Solo: Malcolm Bright in Hannibal TV
Malcolm Bright & Hannibal Lecter
- This would be the coolest crossover! Malcolm Bright, the son of a serial killer, would have such a fun dynamic with Hannibal and/or Will. Maybe Malcolm finally sees an adult therapist and that therapist ends up being Hannibal (because honestly, Malcolm's luck really is that bad, and Hannibal would fucking love having a serial killer's son as his patient). Or maybe Malcolm's hunting Hannibal, or maybe he's friends with Will (since they're the resident FBI weirdos). Malcolm is just such an engaging person, so broken and wearing his brokenness on his sleeve but still so kind and with such a gigantic urge to help people—I feel like he'd be irresistible to the world of Hannibal!
Solo: Will Graham in The Following
Will Graham & Ryan Hardy
Joe Carroll & Will Graham
- These shows occupy such a similar place in my brain and strike my id in the same delicious way. Psycho killer and the unstable, damaged man hunting him? Sign me the fuck up! And because they're so similar, I think crossovers between the characters would be so goddamn fun. What might Will and Ryan have to say to each other, with all their trauma and shameful attraction to their respective psychos? And even more fun, what might Joe think of Will? He'd be fascinated, right? And this wasn't in the tagset but some Hannibal & Ryan interaction would be really cool too. I'm just so in love with the idea of these folks meeting!
I want to thank you for reading my Letter, and I hope you have a good time writing! I'm so looking forward to whatever you lovely folks come up with :) <3
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