Press Start Letter

[linndechir]

Dear Press Start writer,

Thank you for writing for me and having a look at this letter. I've got some general likes and dislikes listed - those are the important parts, really. They're followed by a list of kinks I like, should you feel inclined to write porn, and some fandom-specific prompts, but if those don't work for you - as long as you include a thing or two that I like and don't include my DNWs, I'm sure I will love whatever you write for me. :D

As a general rule, I enjoy all ratings; I like darker, angstier fic and more light-hearted stories, although neither completely conflictless fluff nor completely bleak darkfic without a ray of hope are quite my thing. I'm always happy about porn, but it's not a must. I like shorter fics and plotty longfic. The fandoms are listed alphabetically, and the length/number of prompts doesn't mean I want some fandoms more than others, just that I had more ideas for some.

I use the same name on AO3 and tumblr as here.

Do Not Wants:

• character death of characters I like (random side characters or antagonists dying is fine)
• serious illnesses, permanent injuries (blood and wounds that will heal again are fine)
• completely tragic/bleak endings
• animal death/cruelty
• genderbend of any kind, mpreg, A/B/O, characters being werewolves/vampires/anything than what they are in canon
• non-canon gender identities/sexual orientations (e.g. writing characters as trans or asexual), except for writing characters as gay or bi
• unrequested ships (including canon ships) *
• unrequested crossovers or fusions
• complete AUs (canon divergence is fine, but no high school AUs, coffee shop AUs, in space AUs, groundhog day AUs etc.)
• permanently unrequited love or permanent breakups for my ships (ignore this for my FNV requests)
• unnecessary epithets, please use characters' names/pronouns unless their name isn't known to the POV character (or unless the characters think of each other by e.g. their title rather than their name)
• 1st and 2nd person fic
• for porn: detailed kink negotiation, safewords for scenes that don't involve consent play (and even then I'm not really into safewords); scat, watersports, coming in pants, crossdressing, feminisation, body modification, infantilisation (daddy kink and calling characters "boy/girl" is fine); for het: femdom, pegging, focus on cunnilingus

* I'm fine with mentions of characters' past relationships with OCs. However, I don't want these ships to play a central role: a character thinking back of how they tried out this kink before with some guy they hooked up with five years ago, or briefly thinking that they used to date this guy who hated it when they did X? Totally fine. A character spending half the fic thinking about or interacting with their ex? Not something I'm interested in.

Canon-specific: I'm fine with mentions of past canon relationships that were over before canon started (Adam/Megan and Jim/Neil for Deus Ex, Nikolaos/Myrrine for Odyssey), and for The Witcher, brief mentions of Geralt's past relationships with Yennefer and Triss (or other people) are fine, as long as he's over them by the time the fic happens. Same with Dishonored, brief mentions of Corvo/Jessamine are fine, but I don't want him to spend the whole fic missing her/thinking about her. If I've requested several ships in one fandom, I'm totally fine with those ships co-existing.

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Things I like to read about:

• first time/getting together: slow burn, pining, UST finally getting resolved, but also antagonistic hate sex or casual hookups that are only later followed by feelings (emotional pining while already having sex is great)
• friends with benefits who think the other one can't possibly be in love with them/want a serious relationship
• developing relationships: relationship conflicts after the characters got together, trying to figure out how to make things work, some things maybe not working at first, temporary breakups, basically anything that doesn't assume that first time sex -> perfect relationship
• porn, especially porn with feelings/porn that says something about their relationship (see list below for kinks I like)
• enemies to lovers, partners to lovers
• reluctant allies grudgingly starting to like each other
• non-verbal expressions of affection, unusual romantic gestures that fit the characters
• familiarity, intimacy, characters getting to know each other better (their habits, their hangups etc.)
• pre-canon/background stories, first meetings/first impressions (especially if we didn't see those in canon)
• post-canon fic
• canon divergence
• casefic
• moral dilemmas, characters having to question/go against their principles, situations in which there is no clear right or wrong
• loyalty, devotion, trust, but also trust/commitment issues
• obsessive, codependent, complicated relationships
• unhealthy relationships that should be a trainwreck, but work for the characters involved
• obsessive/intense family relationships
• us-against-the-world
• villains in love, bad guys who would literally burn down the rest of the world for each other, horrible people being sweet to each other and awful to everyone else
• jealousy, possessiveness
• age differences
• misunderstandings (as long as there's a good reason for them)
• competence, characters being smart and skilled and good at what they do; characters with different skill sets complementing each other
• hurt/comfort (after injuries/exhaustion, not so much with illness)
• angst: self-doubts, guilt, shame, internalised homophobia, nightmares, fears, self-destructive tendencies, alcohol abuse ...
• period-typical attitudes towards sex, sexuality, class, morality, religion etc. (I obviously don't expect 100% historical accuracy, but I like reading about characters from different societies having different values and principles from our own - this also applies to fictional societies)
• infidelity (not between my requested ships, but one half of my ship cheating on their previous partner with the other half of my ship)
• meaningful name uses (e.g. characters who always call each other by their last name or title switching to using first names)
• outside POVs, different POVs than in canon (more "usual" POVs are great, too)
• sleep-related themes: waking each other from nightmares, falling asleep on each other's shoulder etc.
• soulbonds (but no soulmates, please)
• undercover as enemies (undercover as a couple is fun, too; just as long as it fits the setting/characters)
• I like darker elements (violence, murder, noncon/dubcon, manipulation, depression, whatever fits your plot and isn't on my DNW list), but I'd prefer a happy or semi-happy ending. Feel free to make me bawl my eyes out, but please cheer me up again afterwards.

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Kinks I like to read about:

• anal, blowjobs, PIV for het, fingering, intercrural, frottage, rimming & felching are all great
• asphyxiation/choking/breathplay (this is my kink holy grail that makes everything else hotter to me; even just throat-touching without choking is great)
• switching
• biting, bruising, marking; possessive sex
• rough/angry sex, hate sex, fighting/sparring leading to sex, adrenaline-fuelled post-battle and "thank fuck we/you're alive" sex
• dressed sex, dressed/naked, clothes kink (suits, uniforms, gloves, boots etc.), neat characters being dishevelled for once, casual characters cleaning up nicely
• D/s (I prefer casually developing kink to minutely negotiated, formalised BDSM; if anything under-negotiated kink is a plus for me)
• kink discovery/exploration
• strength kink; body worship; men's body hair (on chest, arms, thighs, butt; not so much on back and shoulders)
• stubble/beard burn
• hand kink; fisting; finger sucking
• large/thick cocks (not absurdly huge, but bigger than average); size kink
• bondage: leather cuffs, ropes, restraints, chains, collars
• face slapping, spanking, flogging, riding crops
• gun play, knife play, blood play
• consent play
• dirty talk (both the praising and the humiliating/condescending kind), voice/accent kink
• praise kink
• banter, teasing
• hard, desperate kissing with lots of biting
• barebacking (including the ill-advised, unplanned, unnegotiated we-really-shouldn't-have-done-that-but-it-was-so-hot kind - I'm not into serious STD scares, though; if there is an "oh fuck, what did we just do?" aftermath, please have both characters be certain that they're clean)
• come play (licking come off fingers/skin, felching, feeding each other come, kissing after blowjobs/felching ...)
• come as lube, spit as lube (especially the top spitting on the bottom's ass)
• messiness (sweat, come play, dishevelled hair/clothes)
• overstimulation; characters being overwhelmed, begging for more, becoming speechless ...
• shaving (face or body), especially with straight razors/knives
• sex on tables, against walls, on the floor, on a chair, in the shower ... (sex in beds is great, too)
• masturbation/fantasising about the other before getting together
• incest kink (i.e. characters who are related kinking on it)
• competence kink, admiration
• kneeling, hand kissing, physical expressions of loyalty/fealty
• scars and their history
• oral fixation (while smoking, drinking, talking ...)
• sharing cigarettes, clothes, food ...
• shame in sexual desires (whether about being attracted to another man at all, being attracted to this specific person for whatever reason, wanting to bottom, wanting to suck dick, wanting to hurt their partner, wanting to be hurt by their partner ...)

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Nikolaos/Stentor

Daddy Issues The Ship. :D I'm so here for how not chill and angry and repressed Stentor is about everything, and how loyal and devoted he is to Nikolaos while clearly craving his approval. I also love that they both must have kind of messed up, complicated feelings about each other: Stentor clearly has a chip on his shoulder and he cares so much about being Nikolaos' son that he must angst a lot about also being into him; and Nikolaos lost both his biological kids (and his wife), so adopting someone else must not have been easy for him either. Feel free to play up the incestuous aspect as much or as little as you like - I mean, they do clearly refer to each other as father and son, but I figure that's still a different relationship when Stentor was adopted as a teenager (or maybe even as an adult) than if he spent his whole life as Nikolaos' kid.

I'm 100% here for Stentor having been Nikolaos' eromenos, and Nikolaos eventually adopting him (I don't really care if Stentor basically grew up without parents, or if he was orphaned as a teenager and Nikolaos adopted him then). Underage down to 12ish is totally fine for this ship. Feel free to do whatever with Stentor's age, as long as he isn't quite as absurdly old as he looks in game. ;)

Should it come up, I prefer Alexios as the elder sibling and protagonist. Totally fine with mentions of background Alexios/Brasidas (and Brasidas being alive is always A+), and of Nikolaos/Myrrine and Stentor/the wife he definitely has because he's a Good Spartan (TM), although I doubt that's a particularly loving, passionate relationship rather than just him being dutiful and doing what's expected of him.

• I'm totally up for pre-canon fic: what's Stentor's background? does he have any living family left? what did he do as a teenager to get Nikolaos' attention and become his eromenos (Nikolaos is kind of a big deal, he wouldn't have taken any random kid under his wing)? did Stentor actively try to get his attention and pursue him while Nikolaos was a bit reluctant, or was Stentor surprised that someone as important as Nikolaos was interested in him? at what age did Nikolaos actually adopt him? how long was this after Nikolaos lost his own kids?
• both of them trying to pretend the sex is all about Bonding and Teaching when Stentor is a teenager, and both guiltily enjoying it far more than they think they should
• they think they should stop sleeping with each other when Stentor gets "too old" for it (and maybe he's officially Nikolaos' son by then), but they don't want to ...
• or conversely: they do stop sleeping with each other and only start again years later - maybe after Stentor finds out Nikolaos isn't dead and jumps even though he really really shouldn't? bonus if they end up a lot more passionate about it than they ever allowed themselves to be when Stentor was younger
• both of them angsting to hell and back about how Nikolaos must be disappointed in Stentor for still wanting this, or how Nikolaos must clearly disrespect Stentor if he still treats him like a boy in bed ... feel free to heap as much shame and guilt as possible on them ;D
• they're both very repressed and proper and serious and probably suck at talking about their feelings, so give me all the misunderstandings - Stentor desperately trying to make Nikolaos proud and not knowing that Nikolaos is proud of him, neither of them being entirely aware just how much the other one loves him because they'd never ever talk about it ... maybe physical affection is the only thing they manage?
• Stentor's angst about whether Nikolaos will ever love him as much as the children he lost - especially once Alexios is back in Nikolaos' life and he's a stronger fighter than anyone else and he's charming and handsome and everybody loves him and how the hell is Stentor supposed to compare to that?
• related: Stentor worrying that Nikolaos doesn't really want/need him around anymore once he has his "real" family back and trying to stay away - maybe that can lead to Nikolaos actually telling him he cares about him, even if he has Alexios (and Kassandra) back
• sparring, fighting together, more sparring, hunting together, patching each other up after fights, steamy rough sex after fighting together, saving each other's life on the battlefield ...
• Stentor being far less of a dick to Nikolaos than to everyone else (including, like, his friends and comrades and his wife)
• as repressed and serious as they are, they probably have a really hard time relaxing and having fun, so I just really want some porn for them to see how that goes :D

Alexios/Deimos!Alexios

I love this idea, specifically as a verse in which Alexios had a younger brother rather than a younger sister who was raised by the Cult (I'm fine with Kassandra existing as the third sibling - maybe she actually grew up with Myrrine or Nikolaos after her two brothers were thrown off Mount Taygetos?). Or, what I'd find even more fascinating, if they were twins and actually have some memories of growing up together - I feel like that would make their reunion even more interesting, and also make Deimos feel like it was even more unfair that Alexios got, compared to him, a halfway decent life.

Name-wise, feel free to do whatever - you can call Deimos!Alexios Kassandros if Kassandra doesn't exist, or give him another name, or just have him insist on going by Deimos even post-canon if you want to ignore the name issue. I love family feelings for this canon, too, so you can definitely include Nikolaos, Myrrine and Stentor (and Kassandra) as well, if you want to. Same for Brasidas - I'm all for complicated feelings about Deimos almost killing Alexios' friend (lover?), or Brasidas living and he and Deimos trying to get along somehow post-canon ... If you want to go in a threesome direction, I'm open to that! (I still love Alexios/Brasidas, I'm just requesting some rarer ships this time that I haven't received (much or any) fic for yet. :))

• post-canon fic: Deimos coming home to Sparta with the family, trying to adjust to a life away from the Cult, growing close (again) to his brother, or maybe Alexios and Deimos travelling together because Deimos doesn't like staying in Sparta all the time ...
• related: Deimos post-canon trying his best to fit in somehow, and he's pretty sure wanting to fuck your brother is not considered normal, so he tries his best to repress it - cue lots of UST and pining and almost-kisses (meanwhile Alexios is pretty sure he's misinterpreting things because Deimos is kind of weird, that doesn't mean Deimos wants to fuck him, right?)
• angry, resentful hate sex, whether during canon or after - especially once Deimos catches on that the Cult is just using him, he's just angry that he really got the short end of the stick compared to his brother
• Deimos capturing Alexios at some point during canon ... but he doesn't want to kill him - does he creep on him a bit to freak him out, but it turns out Alexios is into it? do they talk a lot and there's UST? do Cult guards threaten Alexios and Deimos keeps him safe, while pretending that's not what he's doing?
• identity porn - does either of them ever pretend to be the other? does the other one catch them at it? does it lead to sexy fighting and/or fighty sex?
• kinking on their similarities, comparing their bodies, retracing each other's scars because those are the only thing different about them ... Deimos cutting new scars into himself and Alexios so they can look more alike? :DDD
• like I said above, I'm 100% here for Alexios/Deimos/Brasidas - are Alexios/Brasidas a thing when Deimos comes back? does Brasidas think Alexios won't really need him around now that he has his brother/twin back? did Alexios and Brasidas just have UST and now Deimos is terribly jealous? does Alexios worry Brasidas won't forgive him for letting Deimos live? do Deimos and Brasidas' attempts at getting along lead to a steamy affair and Alexios is jealous because he wants them both and apparently they don't want him?? except they do

Deus Ex
Adam Jensen/Jim Miller, Adam Jensen/Jim Miller/Francis Pritchard

Note: I've played Human Revolution and Mankind Divided and I've read Black Light. I don't mind spoilers for any of the other games or comics or whatever else there is, but I'd prefer not to get a fic that requires me to be familiar with those parts of canon.

Adam's injuries prior to getting his augs are obviously exempt from my "no permanent injuries" DNW. However, I don't want anyone else to get their limbs ripped off or the like, and I don't want Adam's augs to get permanently disabled or destroyed.

I love Adam so much: that he's a genuinely good guy who wants to help people, that he's snarky and cheeky and irreverent, that (at least post-augs) he's pretty withdrawn and emotionally unavailable and has all these walls built around himself (and I really want someone to get past them). I like angst and suffering and Adam is a well of suffering, and I enjoy it while simultaneously wanting nice things to happen to him (after lots of beautiful suffering). As for Miller, I love that he has a temper and is impatient and often isn't particularly nice, but underneath that gruffness he cares about doing the right thing and he cares about his men. Similar with Pritchard: he's such a prickly jerk, but at the same time he's always ready to drop anything to help Adam. I'd also be happy to see any other TF29 or SI characters appear in the story. I'd especially love to see Sarif and Miller meet.

Adam Jensen/Jim Miller

• the direct aftermath of London: I was disappointed that there wasn't another conversation between them at the end of the game, but that's what fic is for. Miller wanting to know how Adam got the antidote, demanding a justification for disobeying his orders, maybe some desperate you're-not-dead sex or just a sharp increase in UST they're both trying to ignore ...
• generally a lot of things happen in game that aren't talked about that I'd love for them to have a conversation about some day: like the time Adam broke into Miller's place, or how Adam got his augs (to what extent does Miller know what happened and just how involuntary that was?)
• I love there being some tension and arguments and disagreements between them even once they do trust each other, simply because they're not the easiest people to get along with and horribly stubborn
• the aftermath of however and whenever they hook up for the first time (and of course the first time itself!): does Miller try to put a stop to it because he's Adam's boss? does Adam because he thinks he's not good (enough) for Miller? do they hook up regularly after missions and never talk about it? do they slowly fall in love while thinking all they can have is this friends with benefits arrangement?
• casefic, working together either for TF29 or Adam's saving-the-world schemes: making plans, Miller as sniper support while Adam sneaks in somewhere, rescuing each other, patching each other up, stuck in difficult situations together ...
• fun with CASIE! Maybe Miller wants Adam to use it on him so he knows what it feels like (and can stop being paranoid about it, or worrying that another Aug could use it on him without him noticing), and it has some ... side effects. Maybe Miller enjoys getting pheromone-dosed until his brain short-circuits while they have sex.
• touch-starved Adam who thinks nobody could ever want him the way he is (except maybe someone with an Aug fetish, and he doesn't want to be someone's shiny Aug sex toy); Adam just melting when someone touches him; Adam who doesn't enjoy jerking off anymore with his new hands and is very blue-balled
• *handwave* there's totally something about that Sentinel health aug that does away with that pesky refractory period, right?
• give me all the angst, the nightmares, the PTSD, the trust issues - for both of them. All the issues Adam still has with his body and with what was done to him, all the conflicted feelings he has about that and refuses to deal with. The fact that pretty much his entire life from before (friends, job, dog :((, girlfriend etc.) is gone for good. But I'm also here for some angst for Jim: he almost died, he found out there's a big evil conspiracy, he went through a nasty divorce after a decade of marriage, his daughter is very sick ... I like them hurting, and I like them trying in their own, possibly awkward, ways to be there for each other.
• porn! Whether it's an ill-advised hookup early on, or finally fucking after ages of UST and denial, or even trying out something new in an established relationship ... I am incredibly into subby Adam and Miller taking charge. Adam being eager to please, Adam desperately wanting someone to touch his actual skin (and much preferring to blow people than to jerk them off). Maybe Miller expected him to be repressed about guys and is surprised when Adam isn't? Or maybe Adam actually has fairly little experience with men, that works for me too.
• tropey tropes I like for them: undercover as a couple (whether they're infiltrating some skeevy place for sugar daddies with Aug hookers/sex slaves or a pro-Aug organisation and are posing as a happily married couple) or marriage of convenience (maybe some new anti-Aug law is passed and a non-Aug spouse is one of the only ways to avoid the new rules and harassment, so Miller offers just to keep Adam safe and then they have to live together and it's terribly awkward because they're both in denial about how into each other they are)
• stealing this verbatim from someone else's letter (I really hope that person doesn't mind), but it's perfect and I want it, too: someone being dehumanizing to Adam in front of Miller, either in a situation where Miller can actually do something about it or one where they both just have to take it. People talking about and treating Adam like an object, being objectifying, stuff like that.
• anything involving Miller's family: they talk about his daughter, or Adam somehow meets the kids and/or the ex, or there's a threat to Miller's family and he sends Adam to save/protect them ... I'm very here for Miller trusting Adam with his family and for Adam interacting with Neil and the kids.
• infidelity! what if Jim's marriage wasn't in complete shambles yet (but slowly getting there) by the time MD happens, but he still ends up falling in love with Adam? Guilty pining and Adam being sure he and Jim are never happening (and anyway he shouldn't want Jim to leave his family, that's selfish) and UST eventually leading to spectacular bad idea sex they both feel awful about afterwards. :D
• I'd be very interested in an AU in which the Incident didn't happen and the political situation in MD is more similar to what we saw in HR, simply because I find that far more interesting in terms of worldbuilding: maybe Adam still works for TF29 because he quit his job at SI once he'd found Megan (and in this verse stopped the Incident from happening?), but in this AU his augs pretty much make him the golden boy, which would make for very different conflicts with e.g. Mac, or maybe people like Mac and Miller are getting pressured into getting augs to become better at their jobs etc. Or maybe this Adam doesn't work for TF29 and meets Miller under different circumstances (but still doesn't know for the longest time if he can trust him).

Adam Jensen/Jim Miller/Francis Pritchard

I mostly see this happening post-MD, maybe because Adam calls Pritchard for help with something. A lot of set-ups for the eventual OT3/threesome could be interesting: maybe Adam has slept with them both once or twice and it's awkward because he wants them both and can't decide and feels greedy. Maybe Adam and Jim got together post-MD and Adam feels bad that he wants someone else even though he's happy with Jim (whether or not he's slept with Pritchard before). Maybe Adam and Jim were on the verge of getting together, but then Pritchard shows up and there's clearly some History there and suddenly Jim isn't so sure anymore if Adam really wants to be with him or not. Maybe Adam has always had UST with both of them, but nothing ever happened, and it eventually explodes in a steaming hot threesome.

• I see this starting out as a V constellation - Jim and Frank are both into Adam, Adam is into both of them, and they're willing to put up with each other for his sake. But long term I'd like them to actually start caring about each other, too - I'd love to see how that happens.
• any getting together scenario (see my rambling above - TLDR: I'd love any possible version of events)
• first impressions - I can see Jim and Frank being a bit wary of each other at first and wondering why Adam trusts this guy so much, but I also think they could grow to respect each other.
• all the angst! Adam having feelings for them both and thinking it'd be dishonest to get with either of them while also pining for the other, Jim and/or Frank thinking that Adam clearly wants/loves the other guy more/is more serious about him and they're just the third wheel, any of them thinking that their threeway arrangement can't possibly last and sooner or later someone is getting dumped ... (note: I'm not into ~healthy poly discussions~; all three of them are fairly emotionally unavailable guys who aren't great at talking about their feelings, and I prefer small gestures, quiet moments of realisation, half-spoken sentences that carry a lot of meaning, slowly figuring things out etc. over them sitting down and having a long conversation to negotiate their relationship, because I don't enjoy reading that)
• Jim and Frank getting closer: bonding over video games or some other shared interest or over Adam being a reckless pain in the ass; stuck in a dangerous situation together without Adam around; working together to save Adam from a dangerous situation; something domestic while Adam is busy elsewhere and they realise that they've grown used to having each other around and enjoy it; the first time they have sex without Adam there (or even just the first time all three of them have sex and Jim and Frank actually do something with each other beyond briefly touching while they're both more focused on Adam) - I'd love to see this growing from a V arrangement mostly for Adam's sake to an actual OT3 where they all actually enjoy being together and wouldn't want it any different
• porn would be excellent, whether first time or established relationship. I like Jim and Frank topping Adam together (mostly because I really enjoy subby Adam) and taking care of him - whether they're working together or are trying to one-up each other. I see Frank as pretty switchy, so if you want to write something like Jim-fucking-Adam-fucking-Frank, I'd be so on board with that. I'd love to see any kinds of firsts, especially firsts between Jim and Frank (that could be fun from Adam's POV, if he's worried they don't actually like each other, and sees them slowly growing closer - first time he sees them kiss, or one blow the other, or shower together ...). Spitroasting, DP, one of them holding Adam down/holding his mouth open while the other fucks him, one of them fucking him after the other did and commenting on how wet and messy he is ... knock yourself out with all the beautiful things threesome porn can include. :D
• anything I've mentioned in the Jim/Adam section above is also welcome to show up here, btw. Including fun with CASIE, touch-starved Adam, tropey undercover adventures, meeting Jim's family (Frank would probably the biggest dick ever to Neil, but maybe surprisingly good with the kids) ...

Dishonored
Corvo Attano/Emily Kaldwin

Note:

I'm up for either low chaos or high chaos, or anything in between - though I really like that even the low chaos decisions are often pretty ruthless and awful, so I'm not really looking for either of them being completely saintly and sweet. I do like them as a badass power couple that'll do what's necessary without being over the top evil about it, but I'm happy to read different interpretations. :) Equally happy with either of them as the DH2 protagonist, if you write fic set after that. Or with an AU in which they somehow get up to everything in DH2 together, mostly because the idea of Corvo losing his powers makes me sad.

Het-specific DNW: please no femdom or pegging. I also don't particularly enjoy reading about cunnilingus - brief mentions of it happening are fine, but I'd rather not have it be the main event in porn or described in lengthy detail. And I hate the word "folds". Underage is perfectly fine down to about 15.

• getting together fic: I figure Emily would have to initiate it and Corvo would resist for a long time before he gives in. But when exactly does all that happen and under what circumstances? Does she kiss him when she's a teenager and just figuring out what she wants? Does she repress or try to ignore it for years? Do they maybe only get together post-DH2 after whichever one of them almost lost the other and suddenly all that "we shouldn't because we're related" stuff doesn't seem as important anymore?
• UST and build-up: they want each other, they know they want each other, but they can't/won't do anything about it yet and the tension is killing them ... I love lots of almosts - almost-kisses, staying too close for too long, watching each other bathe or dress for a few moments too long instead of walking away, lingering touches past what's entirely appropriate ...
• no cross-gen incest ship without lots of delicious angst. :D especially on his part (even more so if you have him falling for her while she's still fairly young), but just as much on hers. I'm also up for some what-would-Jessamine-say angst, but I absolutely don't want Corvo being into Emily because she reminds him of her mother, or thinking about how similar they look while they have sex. Replacement goldfish vibes squick me hard.
• when exactly did she find out (for sure) that he's her father? I'd love to see some conversation(s) about that. For the extra angsty route ... maybe she only finds out for sure after she's started having every dirty thought imaginable about him, and she kept telling herself it's okay because he's "only" her father figure and not actually her father ...
• related: I'd love an AU in which him being her father isn't common knowledge, just for the possible court gossip about them - is he her father? her lover? *gasp* both? just her faithful advisor, nothing weird going on here?
• any conversations about the Outsider mark - I'd love to see just how much Emily knows when about her father's abilities (and where he got them from), if she suspects anything, or post-DH2 they could commiserate about the Outsider's, er, eccentricities. Or maybe Emily can confront him about the fact that he kept something so big and important secret from her.
• if you want to write something plotty: I love political scheming - court intrigues, the two of them working to get rid of political enemies (whether by scheming or murder), rebuilding Dunwall after DH2 ...
• vaguely related: I love loyalty kink and both of them being willing to do anything for each other (and maybe sometimes crossing lines and doing things they never thought they'd do for each other)
• fights and sparring and hurt/comfort are great, whether it's Corvo saving a younger Emily or them sparring together or fighting back-to-back when she's a bit older - adrenaline rushes, too much physical contact that bleeds over into something else, patching each other up ...
• for porn: with an age difference like this (especially if he's her first), I'm really into Emily being enthusiastic and excited and impatient, and having some diffuse ideas of what she wants, while also being inexperienced and not knowing all the things two people could get up to in bed. And Corvo being just as much into her and wanting to make it good for her but also being hesitant until she makes it clear that she expects him to show her what he likes, too.
• also: size kink, wall sex, manhandling - I have simple needs when it comes to het porn, and that's a big guy absolutely wrecking a much smaller woman against whatever surface is available and her loving every minute of it
• anal so he can't get her pregnant? vaginal even though they feel like they really shouldn't, but they want it too much to be sensible (and maybe they both even get off a little on the danger - I'm not into actual pregnancy or pregnancy scares, though)? Lots of everything else while they try to resist fucking each other's brains out - telling themselves it doesn't count as long as there's no actual penetration? sex in inappropriate places like her very royal office or her throne when there's nobody around? wall sex wall sex wall sex! inappropriate use of Outsider powers? choking? wrestling and the winner gets to be on top? CHOKING? :D always on board with some casual M/f, btw
• actual (guilty) kinking on the incest and on their physical resemblance - sex in front of mirrors, Emily calling him "father" in bed ...
• Corvo rejects her because he feels like he has to, so she starts sleeping with men who look like him until he snaps (because he's jealous, or because they don't know how to treat her right ...). Or maybe there was no rejection and she just sleeps with men who look like him until he can take a hint. [I realise this may seem contradictory since I said above that I don't like replacement goldfish vibes, so to be clearer: if I ship A/B, I'm okay with A sleeping with other people because those people remind them of B; I'm not okay with A and B having sex while one of them thinks about C.]

Fallout: New Vegas

I've had such a craving for Legion fic for such a long time - because the game leaves so many questions open about them and so many gaps to be filled. That and I find characters who are horrible people entertaining. Feel free to go dark and fucked up with these assholes, that's what they're there for, although I'd enjoy it if there was a bit more to them than just doing everything for the evulz. We do get a good look at what goes on in Caesar's head in the game, but the same can hardly be said for Lucius or Vulpes, so I'd enjoy fic that gives them a bit more depth. (I really don't like secretly-not-so-bad Vulpes, though. I know that seems to be a thing in fandom, but it's not my kind of thing. Let him be horrid and evil. I do like not-necessarily-a-horrible-person-at-heart-just-devoted-to-a-horrible-system!Lucius, but not going-to-desert-the-Legion-first-chance-he-gets!Lucius.)

I'd also enjoy the hell out of some Legion worldbuilding. I'd love to see more about growing up in the Legion, what life is like back in the Eastern territories, what everyday life is like, what the Mojave would look like if the Legion wins at the end of the game (Caesar wants his Rome - let him have it and show me what he does with it), expanding on worldviews, political/military discussions among the Legion higher-ups, to what extent people like Lucius or Vulpes believe all that Son of Mars stuff, things like education and language use (I'm always here for language geekery like which things they use Latin for and if maybe Latin becomes increasingly a lingua franca when you assimilate a bunch of tribes that speak different English dialects ...)

These prompts obviously stray darker than what I usually prefer and I'm totally fine with that, no happy ending required (and I certainly don't expect anyone to be in love for these ships). However, I'd still prefer if there was more to the fic than just unrelenting misery, and most of my DNWs like no character death and no mutilation etc. still apply - I don't want to read about Arcade's canon death, for example. Am totally okay with killing off Caesar, though, as long as you somehow get Lanius out of the way first so someone slightly less batshit like Lucius takes over.

I didn't request it this time, but I'm definitely up for mentions of Caesar/Lucius or Caesar/Vulpes as well, and I generally love Vulpes and am always happy for him to show up. Delightful creepy asshole that he is. :D

Caesar/Arcade Gannon

• intellectual discussions slave!Arcade lets himself get drawn into because he can't resist an argument (and he does seem to have a kind of grudging, horrified respect for Caesar while also disapproving of him in every possible way) - Arcade occasionally enjoying their discussions and hating himself for it
• I find it fascinating that Caesar likes Arcade despite the fact that he seems to despise it whenever anyone disagrees with him, so I'd love to see how that happened
• moral dilemmas: some kind of character study about how Arcade feels about his choice to survive (instead of letting Caesar die even if it means his own death), to technically help the Legion etc.
• I have a thing for enemies forced to work together, so what if there was some kind of bigger threat that's even worse than the Legion, just to put Arcade in the awful situation of wanting to help them?
• anything explicit would have to be noncon, I think, because no way would Arcade agree to sleeping with Caesar - whether it's Caesar just taking what he wants, or raping Arcade to punish him, or convincing himself that Arcade totally wants him back and just doesn't admit it ...

Lucius/Arcade Gannon

• stuck in the Mojave together: maybe Lucius has to escort Caesar's favourite slave somewhere and *handwave* things go wrong and it ends up being just them, having to work together to survive; even funnier if Lucius finds Arcade irritating as fuck (but also surprisingly useful)
• Lucius seems like a semi-decent guy for a Legionary, so I'd like to see moments of him being nice in some way to Arcade and Arcade not having it because he's not accepting shit from these bastards (or maybe eventually accepting it because he's miserable and lonely and it's been so long since he's had anything nice)
• rape by proxy :D Caesar doesn't want to fuck Arcade himself, but he has Lucius do it - either as a "reward" for his favourite pet slave (because, hey, Arcade is gay, surely he'll like getting banged by a hot guy! /s) or as a punishment because Arcade pissed him off. I'd find it especially interesting if Lucius didn't really want to do it, but it doesn't even occur to him to disobey - and maybe he gets into it over time
• grudging, confused attraction! grudging on Arcade's part, maybe confused on Lucius's if he's never/rarely ever been into a guy. I'd be totally okay with just lots of UST neither of them wants to do anything about, but a resolution would also be awesome
• so here for Lucius-becomes-Caesar future fic - what would that mean for Arcade, if he's still around by then? what would it mean for the Legion? would Lucius listen to Arcade's advice in some regards, while still generally holding on to Legion principles and frustrating Arcade horribly?

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Canderous Ordo/Male Revan

I strongly prefer Dark Side Revan, although I'm also fine with a more morally grey version of Revan if that's what you want to write, who's not really interested in this whole binary opposition of good and evil, but just does his own thing. Actually even with Dark Side Revan I prefer Pragmatic Evil and ruthless, power-hungry ambition over Ludicrous Evil and "bwahahaha I kick puppies in my free time for the Evulz". Mostly I'm just not interested in redeemed, saintly Light Side Revan. If you want to include any of the other characters, that's fine by me, although I'd rather not read about Bastila. I especially love HK-47 because he's fucking hilarious.

• loyalty kink, because Canderous canonically just about worships the ground Revan walks on, so I'd love to see anything that expands on that - kneeling and hand-kissing and "loyal dog" rhetoric, including things liks Revan calling Canderous his dog in bed
• violent post-battle sex: Canderous loves a good fight and he considers Revan the greatest warrior who ever lived, so I bet they get up to a lot of blood-soaked fun after fights
• DS!Revan ruling the galaxy post-canon with Canderous as his general
• I'd also like to see disagreements between them, whether it's because you write a less unequivocally cruel and power-hungry Revan or simply because Revan and Canderous sometimes disagree on how to rule the galaxy or how to treat defeated enemies or whatever; I'd love to see Revan both respecting Canderous' opinion, and putting his foot down and reminding Canderous of his place when he's done arguing
• inappropriate uses of the Force: Force-choking, Force-bondage, rough pain play combined with Force-healing, inappropriate uses of telepathy - making Canderous hallucinate, making him feel Revan's presence in his mind, Revan controlling his body while letting Canderous be aware of what he's doing (I'm fine with dubcon, although I'd prefer if the relationship in itself was consensual/if Canderous basically considered it Revan's right to do whatever he likes with him) ... did I mention Force-choking? ;D
• mind bonds are generally a lot of fun to play around with: Revan staying in touch that way when they're apart, invading Canderous' dreams, commenting on Canderous' actions or thoughts, whispering into his brain when Canderous is jerking off or fucking someone else
• I'd prefer if Revan, no matter how DS, was at least somewhat emotionally attached to Canderous and didn't only consider him a useful tool; I also love the whole villains in love trope - Revan loving Canderous with all that mad, possessive Dark Side passion ...

The Witcher (game verse)
Geralt/Ciri

I'll never be over how much I love these two. Moving heaven and hell to save each other! The fact that Ciri seems completely incapable of talking to Geralt without touching him. The way they LOOK at each other. Mutual protectiveness, lying and killing for each other, fighting together, witcher!Ciri hitting the road with Geralt (I'm not really into Empress!Ciri).

For the record, I'm familiar with the show, but haven't read the books; but I'm fine with working in elements from either canon if you want to - I'd just prefer game canon when there are contradictions. As for canon ships, I'd prefer if we could treat all of Geralt's past canon ships as "I guess they happened, but they're over now and he's over them" (especially for Geralt/Yennefer, I really like the Last Wish side quest ending with him realising that, without the djinn, he just isn't that crazy about her). They can get mentioned, but I'd prefer if they didn't play a huge role.

Het-specific DNW: please no femdom or pegging. I also don't particularly enjoy reading about cunnilingus - brief mentions of it happening are fine, but I'd rather not have it be the main event or described in lengthy detail. And I hate the word "folds". Most of my prompts are for post (or during) canon fic, but should you have a great idea for something set earlier, go for it - underage is perfectly fine down to about 15.

• post-canon fic, when they're witchering together or maybe settled down in Toussaint and just working when they feel like it
• sparring, fighting together, Geralt teaching her, mutual life-saving, patching each other up after battles ...
• lots of guilty pining and UST and trying to be in denial about it because they shouldn't be into each other, and anyway there's no way the other one feels the same, except it becomes harder and harder to be in denial and eventually all that UST explodes in their faces and they fuck and angst some more but eventually live happily ever after ...
• they're so touchy-feely in canon, so more of that please - less and less plausible deniability, touching that feels less and less platonic ...
• "Oh No They're Hot" moments: mostly Geralt having a moment of "oh no, she grew up and is hot now", but I'd also be up for grown-up Ciri only realising now that her father figure is hot as fuck when they meet again
• Ciri pursuing what she wants because Geralt would just pine stoically and never do anything, so Ciri has to get him to break somehow (can be something sweeter and fluffier, can be her shamelessly teasing him until he breaks)
• maybe on top of everything else, Geralt assumes Ciri isn't into men because she's only ever expressed interest in women (I'd be very much here for Ciri never having slept with a guy until Geralt)
• what if Ciri doesn't come back immediately after the finale and Geralt assumes she died? he tries to move on, maybe goes to Toussaint and tries to start anew there, but he's absolutely devastated ... and then it turns out there was just some portal wonkiness and Ciri is back
• for porn: size kink, wall sex, manhandling - I have simple needs when it comes to het porn, and that's a big guy absolutely wrecking a much smaller woman against whatever surface is available and her loving every minute of it (probably after Ciri teased him so badly he's going a bit crazy)
• also: scar kink, sparring leading to sex, hurt/comfort wound tending leading to sex, bathing leading to sex, Geralt with his decades of experience blowing Ciri's mind ...
• I'm not usually into marriage fic, buuuut ... since they're pretending Ciri is dead ... what if people in Toussaint simply assume the young woman who moved in with Geralt is his new wife? and Geralt wants to correct them, but Ciri thinks it's a great cover! so now they're fake-married and Ciri will absolutely milk that for what it's worth to touch him in public while the UST gets worse ... (I love the whole Toussaint side cast, btw, especially Damien, so feel free to have them show up)

And that's it! I hope that something in this letter works for you, a prompt you find interesting or a trope you enjoy writing. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, no matter which fandom we matched on! :D

Thank you!
linndechir