Trick or Treat letter
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linndechirDear Trick or Treat Writer,
First, thank you for writing a fic for me and taking the time to read this first. I'll probably ramble way too much and you will know far more than you really need to know to write a little ficlet for me, but to be quite honest I just copied and pasted a lot of things from my Yuletide letter because they still apply. ;) I will just list a few things I like and things I don't like and then say a couple of things about the fandoms/characters I requested; of course I don't expect you to include all the things I like, but I'd be grateful if you didn't include the things I don't like.
Things I like:
- I mostly like slash: anything from subtle sexual tension to porn, first time fics or established relationships, fluffy or kinky or both, anything as long as it's in character for everyone involved.
- I also like gen a lot: character studies, pieces about my favourite characters interacting with each other, their thoughts and opinions of each other, their first meetings and first impressions (especially if we don't get to see the beginnings of their relationship in canon), background stories about characters' past, missing scenes from canon, fics that explore why the characters made the choices they made in canon, future fics that explore where these characters are going ...
- I'm fine with dark themes (violence, angst, depression, non-con, whatever you need for the plot), but I'd prefer something that isn't completely tragic. A bit of hope would be nice.
- I like themes like loyalty, codependency, obsession, trust, and commitment issues.
- I like characters dealing with moral dilemmas, having to question their principles, or simply wanting to do things they think they shouldn't be doing, for whatever reason. This can be anything from "doing this would shake my entire worldview" to "maybe I shouldn't screw my boss".
Kinks (should you choose to write smut, which is absolutely not necessary):
- clothes fetish: either a fixation on a certain type of clothes the other wears (suits, armour, uniform, boots, gloves etc.) or sex between a dressed and a naked person or characters dressing/undressing each other
- any sort of power play, D/s, humiliation (only if it's fitting for the ship)
- asphyxiation, petting/kissing/biting/grabbing the other's neck/throat
- guns, knives, blood play (again, only if it makes sense for the characters to do this sort of thing)
Some things I do not like:
- major character death, especially of my favourite characters
- complete AUs (in-world AUs are fine as long as they are believable, but no high school AUs or coffeeshop AUs or anything like that). The only exception: I like daemon fics a lot. (Never mind if you don't know what daemons are/don't like the concept.)
- if I've mentioned any characters or pairings I dislike, please don't include them. For all my requested fandoms, I ship the two characters with each other and would not like to read about them shipped with anyone else. If you don't ship the ship I like, I'd rather receive a gen fic than a fic about a different ship.
- genderbend fics of any kind, mpreg, A/B/O, characters being vampires/werewolves/anything other than human (unless they actually ARE something like that in canon; similarily, if the characters are not human or have supernatural powers in canon, I'm not interested in reading fics in which they're just normal people with no powers).
- I have a major pet peeve for descriptions like "the blond one said this", "the taller man did that", "the soldier replied". Please just use people's names and pronouns. I don't need to be reminded of a character's hair colour or height or profession in every paragraph. ;)
Rivers of London
Thomas Nightingale, Peter Grant
Nightingale/Peter preferred, UST or first time or established domestic fluff. If you don't ship them, I'll also glady take any gen exploration of their relationship, of their everyday life together, or anything focusing on how they've changed each other's lives and what they mean to each other. If you absolutely do not want to write about one of them, I'd also be interested in anything from Nightingale's past or anything about Peter and his relationship to magic. But I'd really prefer something that centres on both of them and their relationship (whether romantic/sexual or not) or at least somehow includes both characters. I also have a soft spot for Dr Walid, Stephanopoulos and Seawoll, so if you want them to appear as well, that's cool. (Speaking of that, if you don't want to write about Peter (or if you want to add it to any Peter&Nightingale fic), write me a fic about why the hell Seawoll hates Nightingale so much? Because that really intrigues me. All those comments of "I don't care who you're currently fucking" and "stay away from this man while you still can", that sounds pretty damn personal to me.)
One exception to my no-AUs-rule: I wouldn't say no to a steampunk AU in this fandom. Idk, I think it could be really cool?
I firmly headcanon Nightingale as gay, so please nothing about Nightingale being attracted to women because that just wouldn't work for me.
A few ideas, feel free to combine them in any way:
Tricks: anything with them working a creepy case, sneaking through the fog, rainy dark corners of London, Peter getting hurt/scared and Nightigale protecting (and comforting?) him, generally protective!Nightingale is my favourite thing, Peter being awkwardly turned on by protective!Nightingale makes it even better; expeditions to creepy places, odd corners of the Folly, mysterious books, strange stories from Nightingale's past (told to Peter by the fireplace) ...
Treats: fluffy domesticity (whether slashy or not), getting familiar with and used to each other's habits and quirks, witty banter over breakfast, going out for dinner together, magic lessons, Latin lessons, Peter being enthusiastic about things and Nightingale being patient and fondly exasperated with him (or even cuter: Nightingale getting super enthusiastic about something), sitting together by the fireplace, easing each other's loneliness, cuddling and/or sex to warm up after getting soaked through in the rain ...
Coldfire Trilogy
Damien Vryce, Gerald Tarrant
Damien/Gerald preferred, although I'm okay with gen if it at least keeps the slashy undertones of canon (you know, what with the soulbond and the constant theme of Tarrant "seducing" Damien, Damien constantly going on about how elegant and beautiful Tarrant is etc.). I absolutely do not like the ending of the trilogy, so if you write something set post-canon, I'd prefer an AU in which Tarrant survives as himself (either as a normal, mortal human or as the Hunter, but definitely still with his old looks and name and personality).
A few ideas:
Tricks: Damien's fascination with the Hunter (and how he's both beautiful and horrifying), Tarrant showing Damien the beauty of the dark fae, them kicking ass together, anything kinky with bloodplay and knifeplay (you can't tell me nothing like that happened while they were on a ship and Damien was feeding Tarrant)
Treats: one of them taking care of the other, Damien helping human!Tarrant to adjust to being mortal, Damien's dilemma of caring about Tarrant but having sworn to kill him (and of course not killing him in the end), literally anything actually slashy with them would make me happy
Welcome to the Punch
Max Lewinsky, Jacob Sternwood
Again, Max/Jake preferred, but gen is fine too as long as they aren't shipped with other people. I love Max's obsession with Jake, I love the theme of Max slowly discovering that the real Jake is nothing like he imagined, I love any post-canon scenarios of Jake breaking Max out of prison/prison vans and them running off together, I love Max being grumpy about that and eventually admitting that Jake probably saved his life when he broke him out (cops in prison and all that ...).
A few ideas:
Tricks: anything dark and depressing about Max's obsession with Jake, while he was chasing him or after Jake shot him; anything dark and creepy (though preferably not actually supernatural) about Jake's time in Iceland, tense conversations after Jake breaks Max out of prison ...
Treats: Jake taking care of Max, hiding out somewhere in Scandinavia in front of a fireplace while it's snowing outside, Max trying to comfort Jake somehow after the death of his son ...
Like I said, these are just supposed to give you a few ideas, feel free to do whatever you like with my 'prompts'. I'm fairly easy to please, if you write a nice little ficlet about one of my favourite characters or even better one of my favourite ships and include one or two of the elements I like, I'll probably be very happy. :) I hope you have fun with some of these prompts and writing for me isn't too much of a chore. ;) If you need more information on the stuff I like, I use the same username everywhere, LJ, AO3, tumblr. I also have anon asks on tumblr on, so if you want to ask me anonymous questions about anything, you can do that.
- Linn
First, thank you for writing a fic for me and taking the time to read this first. I'll probably ramble way too much and you will know far more than you really need to know to write a little ficlet for me, but to be quite honest I just copied and pasted a lot of things from my Yuletide letter because they still apply. ;) I will just list a few things I like and things I don't like and then say a couple of things about the fandoms/characters I requested; of course I don't expect you to include all the things I like, but I'd be grateful if you didn't include the things I don't like.
Things I like:
- I mostly like slash: anything from subtle sexual tension to porn, first time fics or established relationships, fluffy or kinky or both, anything as long as it's in character for everyone involved.
- I also like gen a lot: character studies, pieces about my favourite characters interacting with each other, their thoughts and opinions of each other, their first meetings and first impressions (especially if we don't get to see the beginnings of their relationship in canon), background stories about characters' past, missing scenes from canon, fics that explore why the characters made the choices they made in canon, future fics that explore where these characters are going ...
- I'm fine with dark themes (violence, angst, depression, non-con, whatever you need for the plot), but I'd prefer something that isn't completely tragic. A bit of hope would be nice.
- I like themes like loyalty, codependency, obsession, trust, and commitment issues.
- I like characters dealing with moral dilemmas, having to question their principles, or simply wanting to do things they think they shouldn't be doing, for whatever reason. This can be anything from "doing this would shake my entire worldview" to "maybe I shouldn't screw my boss".
Kinks (should you choose to write smut, which is absolutely not necessary):
- clothes fetish: either a fixation on a certain type of clothes the other wears (suits, armour, uniform, boots, gloves etc.) or sex between a dressed and a naked person or characters dressing/undressing each other
- any sort of power play, D/s, humiliation (only if it's fitting for the ship)
- asphyxiation, petting/kissing/biting/grabbing the other's neck/throat
- guns, knives, blood play (again, only if it makes sense for the characters to do this sort of thing)
Some things I do not like:
- major character death, especially of my favourite characters
- complete AUs (in-world AUs are fine as long as they are believable, but no high school AUs or coffeeshop AUs or anything like that). The only exception: I like daemon fics a lot. (Never mind if you don't know what daemons are/don't like the concept.)
- if I've mentioned any characters or pairings I dislike, please don't include them. For all my requested fandoms, I ship the two characters with each other and would not like to read about them shipped with anyone else. If you don't ship the ship I like, I'd rather receive a gen fic than a fic about a different ship.
- genderbend fics of any kind, mpreg, A/B/O, characters being vampires/werewolves/anything other than human (unless they actually ARE something like that in canon; similarily, if the characters are not human or have supernatural powers in canon, I'm not interested in reading fics in which they're just normal people with no powers).
- I have a major pet peeve for descriptions like "the blond one said this", "the taller man did that", "the soldier replied". Please just use people's names and pronouns. I don't need to be reminded of a character's hair colour or height or profession in every paragraph. ;)
Rivers of London
Thomas Nightingale, Peter Grant
Nightingale/Peter preferred, UST or first time or established domestic fluff. If you don't ship them, I'll also glady take any gen exploration of their relationship, of their everyday life together, or anything focusing on how they've changed each other's lives and what they mean to each other. If you absolutely do not want to write about one of them, I'd also be interested in anything from Nightingale's past or anything about Peter and his relationship to magic. But I'd really prefer something that centres on both of them and their relationship (whether romantic/sexual or not) or at least somehow includes both characters. I also have a soft spot for Dr Walid, Stephanopoulos and Seawoll, so if you want them to appear as well, that's cool. (Speaking of that, if you don't want to write about Peter (or if you want to add it to any Peter&Nightingale fic), write me a fic about why the hell Seawoll hates Nightingale so much? Because that really intrigues me. All those comments of "I don't care who you're currently fucking" and "stay away from this man while you still can", that sounds pretty damn personal to me.)
One exception to my no-AUs-rule: I wouldn't say no to a steampunk AU in this fandom. Idk, I think it could be really cool?
I firmly headcanon Nightingale as gay, so please nothing about Nightingale being attracted to women because that just wouldn't work for me.
A few ideas, feel free to combine them in any way:
Tricks: anything with them working a creepy case, sneaking through the fog, rainy dark corners of London, Peter getting hurt/scared and Nightigale protecting (and comforting?) him, generally protective!Nightingale is my favourite thing, Peter being awkwardly turned on by protective!Nightingale makes it even better; expeditions to creepy places, odd corners of the Folly, mysterious books, strange stories from Nightingale's past (told to Peter by the fireplace) ...
Treats: fluffy domesticity (whether slashy or not), getting familiar with and used to each other's habits and quirks, witty banter over breakfast, going out for dinner together, magic lessons, Latin lessons, Peter being enthusiastic about things and Nightingale being patient and fondly exasperated with him (or even cuter: Nightingale getting super enthusiastic about something), sitting together by the fireplace, easing each other's loneliness, cuddling and/or sex to warm up after getting soaked through in the rain ...
Coldfire Trilogy
Damien Vryce, Gerald Tarrant
Damien/Gerald preferred, although I'm okay with gen if it at least keeps the slashy undertones of canon (you know, what with the soulbond and the constant theme of Tarrant "seducing" Damien, Damien constantly going on about how elegant and beautiful Tarrant is etc.). I absolutely do not like the ending of the trilogy, so if you write something set post-canon, I'd prefer an AU in which Tarrant survives as himself (either as a normal, mortal human or as the Hunter, but definitely still with his old looks and name and personality).
A few ideas:
Tricks: Damien's fascination with the Hunter (and how he's both beautiful and horrifying), Tarrant showing Damien the beauty of the dark fae, them kicking ass together, anything kinky with bloodplay and knifeplay (you can't tell me nothing like that happened while they were on a ship and Damien was feeding Tarrant)
Treats: one of them taking care of the other, Damien helping human!Tarrant to adjust to being mortal, Damien's dilemma of caring about Tarrant but having sworn to kill him (and of course not killing him in the end), literally anything actually slashy with them would make me happy
Welcome to the Punch
Max Lewinsky, Jacob Sternwood
Again, Max/Jake preferred, but gen is fine too as long as they aren't shipped with other people. I love Max's obsession with Jake, I love the theme of Max slowly discovering that the real Jake is nothing like he imagined, I love any post-canon scenarios of Jake breaking Max out of prison/prison vans and them running off together, I love Max being grumpy about that and eventually admitting that Jake probably saved his life when he broke him out (cops in prison and all that ...).
A few ideas:
Tricks: anything dark and depressing about Max's obsession with Jake, while he was chasing him or after Jake shot him; anything dark and creepy (though preferably not actually supernatural) about Jake's time in Iceland, tense conversations after Jake breaks Max out of prison ...
Treats: Jake taking care of Max, hiding out somewhere in Scandinavia in front of a fireplace while it's snowing outside, Max trying to comfort Jake somehow after the death of his son ...
Like I said, these are just supposed to give you a few ideas, feel free to do whatever you like with my 'prompts'. I'm fairly easy to please, if you write a nice little ficlet about one of my favourite characters or even better one of my favourite ships and include one or two of the elements I like, I'll probably be very happy. :) I hope you have fun with some of these prompts and writing for me isn't too much of a chore. ;) If you need more information on the stuff I like, I use the same username everywhere, LJ, AO3, tumblr. I also have anon asks on tumblr on, so if you want to ask me anonymous questions about anything, you can do that.
- Linn
