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Early Bird Gets The Worm 2025 Letter
My general preferences are here.
DNW: unrequested mundane AU | female characters in fridges | non-con | violent dub-con | graphic violence | gore | graphic sexual violence | cruelty/death to animals | cruelty/death to children | requested character death | unrelieved grimdark | bigotry by the good guys | first or second POV | reader fic | ABO | soulbonds | wildly OOC in a non-cracky way
SMUT DNW: creampies | the word “cunt” | anal | hate each other out of bed | underage | incest
MAYBE: no-harm dubcon (sex pollen or “fertility artifact”) | period typical attitudes | infidelity | power dynamic
Treats are welcome!
So happy to see this challenge, I have been missing Night on Fic Mountain!
Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Foix dy Gura/Annaliss dy Teneret (Chalion)
These two need a big damn kiss (rescues will NOT be in short supply in their positions, I think).
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The two of them getting together, punctuated by demon crises? How does Ferda respond, since he very definitely was eyeing Liss?
So I recently reread Paladin of Souls while working on a fic for another exchange, and have much more appreciation for it than previously and I love these two. I forgot they only got some flirtation so give me missing scenes or further adventures!
Masters of the Universe: Revelations/Revolution (Netflix Miniseries)
Sorceress of Castle Grayskull | Zoar the Falcon/Man-At-Arms (MOTU R)
Marlena/Randor (MOTU R)
Marlena & Adam | He-Man (MOTU R)
I just want more! Maybe go to that period between the miniseries, when Randor knows who He-Man is but before all the scene-setting sadness in the second.
Sorceress/Man-at-Arms - YESSSSSS
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I loved how they portrayed the Sorceress/Man-at-Arms in this one. Marlena/Randor healing their relationship. The relationship between Adam & Marlena is my favorite.
Crossover Fandom
Galadria (Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light) & Castaspella (She-Ra 1985)
Castapella (She-Ra 1985) & Teela (MOTU R)
Marlena (MOTU R) & Angella (She-Ra 1985)
Teela (MOTU R) & Adora (She-Ra 1985)
I am not overly concerned with the HOW of the crossovers although with all of these we have magic. Here for the interactions and some cross-fandom mission accomplishment.
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So for Galadria & Castaspella, I just think it could be fun, feel free to make it a slightly cracky magical quest.
For MOTU and 1980s, I think all of the pairs could be interesting, how they react especially if you assume MOTU R is an alternate future for them. Loved how they teased Adora!
Voltron: Lion Force (1984)
Romelle/Sven (VLF 1984)
Allura/Lance (VLF 1984)
Allura/Garrett (VLF 1984)
Romelle/Sven - my OTP here.
Allura/Lance - I am very interested in this.
Allura/Garrett - What if he hadn't been a clone?
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Sven/Romelle. Quiet moments make me happy (a sweet quiet moment? A sexy quiet moment?). They’re my OTP in this one, I love how they’re both healing from trauma in their own ways, and how they need each other. You can cause them some more trauma as long as all ends well. What if Sven didn’t drop off the team? Some things can’t be fixed just maintained.
Canon Divergence AU of your choice. Allura as the pilot of Black Lion? Her mother alive? Allura/Lance become a thing? Feel free to toss in dimensional travel. Dimension Travel - alternate dimensions where canon events went differently – Feel free to use any of the Canon Divergence ideas or if you really know this one, a little Beast King Go-Lion inspired reality? I think a mirror universe deal would be very powerful to explore with Allura – a deal where her parents are still alive, but she has to discover the hard way they aren’t the good guys. Sounds like a job for Lance to rescue her…
Big Damn Rescue (with a kiss). Either couple is good for this one. Why do they need to be rescued?
Allura/Lance would be a great fling, and maybe something more? Maybe it’s growing but they don’t quite see it…. Lance has always been my favorite. I have a weakness for smartasses.
Feel free to tackle the concept that the Arusian characters probably all have a case of PTSD.
I love Romelle/Sven, especially the edge to their relationship.
No damsels in distress, but sometimes a girl needs a hand!
I loved the Garrett storyline but what If either he had truly been who he said he was OR he turned good?
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light)
Solo: Galadria (Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light)
Love this pair, and am here for them working or playing together. Or does Galadria get to save the day on her own?
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So this is my fandom I'm requesting in any and all places. I just love them. There's 13 episodes (E1, E5, E9 and E11 are the best) and they're all on YouTube. I love the dynamic where the gruff guy gets the girl, and that they get to be equals.
So for the 80s cartoons, this one gets left out a lot, possibly because it’s not on DVD, but I love it. It had the potential to be smarter than some of the others, and there’s just something about it that works and is intriguing.
I would really love a good canon-typical plot with romance!
Cryotek/Galadria are one of my rare pair favorites, anything sexy or sweet will do!
I’ve been requesting this and thinking about them more. Fandom is small, it feels like about five people (okay, maybe 10) on AO3 have even heard of it (eps are available online) and there’s a lot of room to play, a lot of depth and room to explore.
I love how evenly matched Cryotek/Galadria are. The whole scene where we see her surprise him (and then they get interrupted by the baddies) is ripe for “like canon but make it sexier”. But in that scene I love how they immediately slide back to back, and she is an asset, not a liability. Please bring the shippiness. I love that the gruff, stern guy got the girl instead of the usual hero character. I’m totally here for the two of them kicking some ass, getting down, meeting alternate version of themselves, having romantic sexy times. Not a fan of damsels in distress, but sometimes a girl needs a little help.
For worldbuilding prompts: New trials at the Shrine? More knights? Are the current ones recruiting like a competition?
There’s a stupid running joke about botanical gardens that is clearly to entertain adults but tell me about it! Perhaps each region has an area, or it ends up being like the Hanging Gardens?
How does PTSD affect the characters? How did the collapse of their society impact them? Obviously our characters coped fairly well.
If you feel like going steamy, don’t let me stop you!
This is also a great choice for “That one scene from canon, but make it sexier”.
Galadria on her own would also be intriguing.
Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon)
Craig Phillips & Mary "Stormer" Phillips (Jem Cartoon)
Rory "Riot" Llewelyn/Mary "Stormer" Phillips (Jem Cartoon)
Jem | Jerrica Benton/Rio Pacheco (Jem Cartoon)
Jacqui Benton & Jerrica Benton (Jem Cartoon)
Aja Leith/Craig Phillips (Jem Cartoon)
Giselle "Danse" Dvorak & Jem | Jerrica Benton (Jem Cartoon)
There's a variety of options here, but feel free to be truly outrageous!
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I enjoy when this fandom revels in its Eighties roots, so if you want to involve Unsolved Mysteries or some such, go for it.
Jacqui lives – How would this change dynamics? She can be alive at the time of the story or not, but not have her go down in that plane crash. I like to think she’d be a good addition, and see through all of Eric Raymond’s BS. Feel free to kill Emmett instead…or not.
If you want to write 1000+ words of totally outrageous 1980s cartoon soap opera, this is the request for you. Flashy, over the top – I am here for it.
I’ve been wanting a deeper look into Danse’s search for her mother – maybe an Unsolved Mystery or something?
But on this one feel free to channel the 80s.
Jem/Rio - You can never go wrong with these two.
Jerrica and Danse seem like they would get along just as well as Jem and Danse do.
One theme here is missing/absent mothers and their daughters. A story where Jacqui lives (how does that change everything?), or Nadia gets found (with happy ending). Or even just these two interacting because they have a lot in common, IMO.
Aja/Craig get married? What kind of chance for mayhem is this?
Craig & Stormer – Interested in these two together!
Riot/Stormer – I just think it could be interesting as they are the respective serious musicians in their groups. Maybe they get a little too close while working?
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Man-At-Arms & Marlena (He-Man)
He-Man | Adam & Marlena (He-Man)
He-Man | Adam/Castaspella (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
Very interested in Marlena's relationship with these two. Adam/Casta are intriguing as well.
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Just watched Revolution at Christmas and WOW! Loved it (was a little lukewarm on Adam/Teela but I always have been) but I just want more - classic Filmation or this!
Casta/Adam - Whether or not this is a crossover depends on the exchange but I just love these two, and I love how Casta appreciates him.I love He-Man and Castaspella together and think it could be excellent to have more. Or if you’re down for a good AU, Adam gets taken instead of Adora, go crazy.
I love Adam and He-Man. I love how he’s conflicted, and how Marlena KNOWS. The whole Rainbow Warrior episode in MOTU, and the moment where she tells him that a mother knows what her son is capable of – that’s one of my favorite movies in the whole series. (Bonus points if you have jokes about comic book characters being what tips Marlena off). Or the moment where Adora is kidnapped and Marlena is tearfully asking him for help. The feels, every time. Or a fic where they visit Earth and Marlena gets to see her home?
Does Marlena being from Earth have anything to do with her children’s special fate?
Marlena Glenn is an astronaut from Earth who crashes on Eternia, falls for the king, and never goes home. Oh yeah, and her kids are superheroes.
There is an episode where Eternia and Earth make contact, but it's not the best. So give me a better one! Maybe some sort of rover/probe/space machine ends up on Eternia (yes, I would totally love a happy ending for a little space machine whose battery is running low and it's dark) and this leads to them making contact? I'd love to see Marlena at least visit home, or have vistors from home, or somehow open up communications. This would be great for #6.
I especially like the idea of little space machines. Man-at-Arms could fix and improve it! I would also love the idea that Earth has been looking for Marlena. I'd also love a hint of the two of them sharing mechanical skills?
Or if you want to go a different route, what constellations do the Eternians see? What are their stories? (Maybe one could be the Tiger? or the Champion? or the Falcon? or Duncan's Hammer?) Is Sol visible from Eternia? How do these tie into Eternian myth/history?
The space corridors, one of the really useful plot devices that...could have been used to send a young astronaut home? Is there one that can reach Earth? Pretty open here. Or is there a reason the Sorceress never offers that up?
I am a Man-At-Arms/Sorceress shipper.
I have seen Revelations and Revolution but not the reboot, so if you want to play on that I am in. Obviously the space machine would be more of a probe than a rover, but that is Opportunity focused. I'm good with something more introspective/romantic with the constellations one, and I would enjoy seeing Marlena get a message from home or even the chance to visit.
G.I. Joe (Cartoon)
Cover Girl/Wayne "Beach Head" Sneeden (G.I. Joe Cartoon)
Blaine "Mainframe" L. Parker/Zarana (G.I. Joe Cartoon)
Anastasia "Baroness" DeCobray & Zarana (G.I. Joe Cartoon)
Anastasia "Baroness" DeCobray/Ralph "Steeler" Pulaski (G.I. Joe Cartoon)
I enjoy all three of these couples.
Baroness & Zarana could be good - working together, working against? Maybe one or both is secretly working for G.I. Joe? Or the Worlds Without End AU - how do they play out in that one?
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I so very much want more for Mainframe/Zarana and a happy ending.
I love Beach/CG and miss them.
Feel free to combine.
Mainframe/Zarana - I love this episode (Computer Complications). For more fun, what if she was really a triple agent?
Beach/CG - I put a lot of work into this one. I'd love to see some more.
Down for a little down time with these couples
I helped create CG/BH as a shippy couple and I miss them. The other two have a opposites attract vibe that I like. To be fair, Beach and CG are also opposites attract and then drive each other nuts before they get a room. I have not written for them in awhile, but BH/CG takes me back to a warm little fandom place. I also love love love Mainframe/Zarana – but how much more fun would it be if she really was working for GI Joe? I’m seeing a rescue story here as a possibility.
Feel free to play around with him not being amused about the whole double agent thing. If you take that route, I am fine with Zandar being not a bad guy (unlike their other brother).
I am good with leaving set solidly within the 80s (as the cartoon does) or moving it to some amorphous “present day”. I do have military experience but do not require strict adherence to reality (sadly I was misled as to how many ninjas I would get to work with…)
Aside from the nominated characters, I am a fan of Deep Six, Torpedo, Dusty, Doc, Roadblock, Duke, Scarlet, Lady Jaye (not a huge Flint fan), Gung Ho and General Hawk. In general I accept the Baroness/Destro ship but really prefer the WWE alternate Baroness/Steeler. What happens to them? What Is Zarana up to in that reality?
Baroness and Zarana working together could be really good(even if Zarana is paid by the hour).
She-Ra: Princess Of Power (1985)
Angella/Micah (She-Ra)
Angella & Castaspella (She-Ra)
Adora & Angella (She-Ra 1985)
Rounding out the 80s cartoons here.
Angella/Micah - I forgot this whole line existed, but I need more. Reunions?
Angella & Casta - The two of them have to work together?
Adora & Angella - How the two of them get along.
I am just interested in more, how these characters interact. Micah and Angella reuniting? Angella and Casta cooperating – does Casta take advice from her or feel more equal? How do Adora and Angella get along?