Dear MXTX 2020 gifter!

[novembersmith]

  

Hi, lovely gifter! I am extremely excited to be a part of this exchange! Please feel free to comment here anon if you have any questions for me!

 

 

Things I love (AKA include any of these and I will be OVER THE MOON):

 

·        Tropes/themes: found families, hurt/comfort, loyalty (esp if people are grumpy about their devotion), fuck or die sex pollen type scenarios, forced to share a bed scenarios, flirting via banter/sarcasm, flirting via text/letter, people being jealous/insecure and getting comforted/reassured, people being oblivious to their own appeal, PINING I really love mutual pining, fix-it fic where the sad part of a canon gets happily resolved, fake-dating, accidental marriage, soul-bonding, people rescuing each other from peril of any sort, hidden injuries that are revealed when the injured person dramatically collapses from their own attempted stoicness and then requires tons of comforting/care/scolding, enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, magical transformations, telepathy/thought-sharing, bodyswap, role reversals, GHOST STORIES, vampires, anything creepy/eerie/halloweenesque, murder mysteries, culture clashes between species…

 

·        Relationships: I’m into basically any combination. Gen, het, slash, femslash, polyamory, xeno… Any flavor of queer works for me! Ditto gender spectrum – agender, genderfluid, trans – use what feels right for you for these fandoms.

 

·        Ratings: Anything goes! Gen case-fic, flirting and UST PG fic full of pining and hand-touching, PG-13 fic with tentative kisses, NC-17 tentacles in all the possible tentacle places… It’s all good! I truly love a good first kiss as much as a sex scene, so don't feel stressed if smut's not your thing - fic is all about the characters for me, so emotional porn is FAB. Re: actual porn, honestly as long as both parties are sentient and consenting, I’m down for basically whatever with very few caveats.

 

·      Kinks I'm open to, in no particular order (and if you’re not into sex, skip this whole bit, obviously!): frottage, clothed sex, coming in pants, forced orgasms, orgasm denial, overstimulation, multiple orgasms, loving attention being paid to bruises, possessiveness, hair-pulling, biting, rough sex, hate sex, FIRST TIMES, virgins, intensity in general, trust/vulnerability, aftercare, comeplay, oral sex, marathon sex, face riding, mouths used/bruised, fingering, surprise orgasms, squirting, sounding, prostate milking, sex pollen, A/B/O, dubcon, begging, dirty talk, masturbation, exhibitionism, size difference, anatomical surprises that wind up being REALLY GREAT for both parties involved, cross-cultural sexual confusion, one party getting off on the other's orgasm/pleasure, body worship, scent-marking, marking in general, competence kink, praise kink

 

·        Styles/formats: Whatever POV you want to use probably works for me! I like serious fic, darkly humorous fic, straight-up humorous fic, trope-filled fic with arranged marriages or mistaken identities, epistolary fic, plot-driven fic, epic poetry, character vignettes, missing scenes, fake academic papers, casefic murder mystery style.... whatever format/style works for you, I can pretty much guarantee I will like it also. I do LOVE crossovers and fusions and AUs, so long as the characters I’ve requested remain the main focus. I… also am pretty much always a sucker for space AUs; something about them is my KRYPTONITE.

 

·        Potential crossover/fusion/AU fandoms: Any fandom I've written or requested before is on the table! Other options: My Hero Academia, Be More Chill, Imperial Radch, Murderbot, Detroit Become Human, Rivers of London, Stranger Things, Star Trek, Star Wars, Valdemar...

 

· IMPORTANT NOTE: I don’t mind if you hand-wave some specifics in lieu of focusing on the story and character dynamics - don't feel like you have to include tons of historical research or anything! Have potatoes and chocolate and tomatoes all over the place, I'm cool with it.

 

 

Stuff I Do NOT Like AKA the DNW List:

 

1.     Please no straight-up non-con, bestiality, infantilism, body-shaming, non-canonical death, break-ups or suicide.

 

2.     I know I’ve asked for a lot of AUs, but please be respectful of the Chinese identity of the characters! Don’t feel like you have to be an expert or perfect or anything, I’m just really not into when modern AUs have everyone randomly 100% American or British.

 

3.     Sad endings are a huge DNW. Angst is fine! And I don't need ridiculously happy endings - as long as it's hopeful and not hella depressing, I'm fine

 

 

 

 

FANDOMS/PAIRINGS (in no particular order):

 

 

Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Characters: Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū

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I'm very interested in Shen Yuan's geekiness and his esoteric knowledge saving the day! Or possibly him being really into Luo Binghe's more demonic/eldritch tendencies (and reassuring Binghe that no REALLY it's ACTUALLY FINE he's *mumble* INTO IT), etc. I really just love these two and would love to see them COMMUNICATE possibly through some kind of truth serum, or spell, or telepathy... Both of them being super into each other is 100% my jam. I'm especially into Binghe getting to be a little snarky/playful with SQQ|SY... him feeling comfortable and confident enough for that would make me soooo happy. I'd love to see Binghe's response to finding out about the System, too! Any happy scene with these two will send me over the moon, honestly.

 

Extra rambling: I really adore all of Shen Yuan | Shen QingQiu's complexities - he's lazy and self-centered and terrified, but also trying his BEST and doesn't realize his own strengths and just assumes he's terrible (which he is, sometimes! In some ways!). He's sweet and thoughtful and brilliant and dumb and I'd love anything that explores him applying his thorough knowledge of the world and the politics to help the people he loves. Him in the Abyss at any point = OMG, I AM INTRIGUED. ALSO: I adore his friendship with SQH and if you want to explore the two of them being transmigrator bros with terrifyingly hot and confusing boyfriends, PLEASE DO.

 

Also: Luo Bingheeeeeeeeeee, I ADORE HIM. I want him to have a good day!! I want him to realize how deeply he's loved and that he's worth that love. Maybe he overhears SQQ defending him to someone? Maybe it's to LBG, or SQH, or just some random asshole! IDK!!! Maybe SY confesses re: transmigration and LBH has to process that??

 

ALSO: literally anything of them learning to actually successfully bang is CHEF'S KISS DOT GIF.

 

IN ADDITION: consider, re: AUs: Venom!LBH would be ADORABLE. As would a Temeraire!dragon!Binghe. AHHH. The xeno possibilities are endless, I am just SAYING.

 

...obviously you should not try to include all of this in your gift!!! Go with whatever inspires you!!

 

 

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Fandom: The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Characters: Original Luò Bīnghé/Shěn Yuán | Shěn Qīngqiū

Sign-up Prompt:

 

I'd be down for OT3 of LBH/SY/LBG, or like... a missing scene in some of the extras, maybe of the two banging before SY really realizes who LBG is? Or LBG POV on all of those extras scenes, or SY worrying about LBG once he's gone... I definitely don't want LBH to die or SY to break up with him or leave him for LBG, or LBG to (successfully) kidnap SY forever... But really, what I love about this pairing is Luo Bingge realizing how much Shen Yuan cares about him and that someone out there wants him to have good things even though he's a terrifying demon warlord, and also how hot Shen Yuan finds his badass everything and maybe getting a little flustered by it unexpectedly?? I'm definitely into LBG going to find his own Shen Yuan, too if that's where you want to go with this! I'd love him to expect Shen Yuan to be relatively helpless, except Shen Yuan actually knows... almost everything about his universe and keeps accidentally making allies with unexpected people/getting devoted monstrous pets/stopping tricky wars, etc.

 

Extra rambling: I AM JUST VERY SAD FOR ORIGINAL BINGGE, OKAY. Also: he's hot as fuck, goddamn. I would love seeing him gradually realizing he Wants what Binghe has (not necessarily in a stealing-your-husband!kind of way, so much as a '...I want to be loved and appreciated despite all my fuck-ups and flaws and war crimes'... kind of way?? IDEK.). He's still very much the same character as Binghe, just one who's been tortured, you know? I want him realizing he's still got that white lotus self within. Anyway, he's Shen Yuan's favorite character of all time, and he's so LONELY, and I just... would love that to get resolved somehow!! Via his universe's Shen Yuan, or a complete AU set in a different universe/fusion, or through some sort of poly arrangement between universes. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT, will probably also float mine!

 

CAVEAT: AS LONG AS LUO BINGHE IS NOT SAD. I need all the Luo Binghes and Bingges to be happy.

 

 

 

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Fandom: The Untamed (TV)

Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn

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So... I would love basically anything for these two! MORE IS ALWAYS BETTER. As you can see from my list of favorite tropes, Wangxian basically ticks off ALL of them. They are tailor-made for me. If you want to do a casefic, or an AU set in SPACE or with DRAGONS or SUPERPOWERS, or omg Lan Zhan as an ANDROID ala Detroit Become Human?? BE STILL MY HEART. A JUPITER ASCENDING AU. Oh man. Space prince!WWX and LWJ the spacebunny warrior with fancy space rollerblades. idek. I can't.

 

Or more canonically... telepathy that never went away (maybe it stuck around while WWX was dead??), or a WERERABBIT LYCANTHROPY CASE, or just... anything. Missing scenes! Some slight difference that saved everyone's lives, or just one person's life! Some kind of roleswap where it's Lan Zhan that gives up his core for his brother, and what that changes (or doesn't)? Some LWJ/WWX kink that you'd like to explore? Groundhog day/time loops? ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT, go for it!!!

 

...I will say, I am a sucker for reconciliation with Jiang Cheng, so if you can work that in I'd be /over the moon/

 

More rambling: I seriously cannot get enough of these two. There's so much room in the show for missing scenes, or "what if..." scenes. I would be extra stoked for inclusion of the friendships and relationships between LWJ and WWX with Nie Huaisang, Wen Ning, any of the juniors, Jiang Cheng, Wen Qing, MianMian... but also just a PWP with these two, an alternate first time, or a LWJ POV of a scene, or time travel that allows WWX to be a part of those missing 13 years somehow, or a total AU with Vulcan!LWJ and Kirk!WWX... Postcanon, also great! Maybe they wind up cultivating into being immortals?? Feel free to crossover with any of the other MXTX canons!!

 

Basically: go where your heart takes you and as long as its not unresolvedly angsty I will be very excited!

 

 

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Fandom: Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Characters: Quán Yīzhēn/Yǐn Yù

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OH NOoooo, I just want them to be okay!!!! I want Yin Yu to let go of his insecurity and realize he's wonderful and amazing and I want Quan Yizhen to get to be with his shixiong again and for them to make out and have messy sex all over the place and kiss each other's hair and hold hands. I'm down for anything. Casefic where they wind up on the same sort of mission to fight a monster/solve a crime, SEX POLLEN, accidentaLLY MARRIED??, soulmates, vampire!AU, fic where they take female forms for whatever reason (mission?? IDK???), amnesia fic??? OMG.

 

Anyway, my one big ask is: happy ending. PLZ. Plz. I need it.

 

Extra rambling:

I love this novel SO MUCH, anything that gives me more of it is a precious gift. I really adore the complexity of this particular pairing, and their disconnect haunts me - I really want to see Yin Yu forgive himself for not being perfect, for being jealous, and also to accept QYZ as he is - blunt, oblivious to social norms, vulnerable in a way that only YY can really touch on, either to hurt or help. QYZ's POV on events, or his journey to resurrect YY, or maybe the messages that QYZ just bashes through the various divine instant messaging servers over the years to YY, and the messages YY composes but never sends back until one day he does??

 

Extra special weakness: YY defending QYZ to someone else when he thinks YY can't hear, or vice versa...