Yuletide 2017
[GENERAL GUIDELINES]
Basically-- if you're writing fic for me, I love you. I'm going to be happy just to be able to share my fandom love.
You'll notice I throw a lot of ideas out-- feel free to take one, take many, take none. I know how hard it can be to settle on something once the assignments come in. So I'm offering a bunch of options that I will enjoy-- not hard and fast requirements-- to give you an idea of what's going on in my head.
My current blog is challahchic, over on Tumblr. I can't promise it will be helpful, but in the interest of helping with the stalking process...
Other General Info:
I like:
Plot, adventures, banter and dry humor, happy endings, over the top AUs (steampunk, noir, organized crime, rum-runners, harems...), power-play, porn, gen, slash, femslash, het, any rating you feel comfortable with (for violence and/or sex), bittersweet things that are heavy on the sweet, feminism and fics that pass the Bechdel Test, interesting narrative voices and/or concepts.
I don't like:
Deathfic, gratuitous angst, character-bashing, introspective character pieces, five times fics, A/B/O universes
The Series:
They are both NEETs and Hikikomoris… but on the internet, the genius gamer siblings Sora and Shiro are known as the undefeatable “__” (blank). Sora and Shiro’s talents and skills are so abnormally good they are considered as urban legend. One day, they are challenged by the god of games to chess and are victorious. As a result, the god summons them to Disboard, a reality which revolves around games. Intent on maintaining their reputation as the undefeated gamers, Sora and Shiro plan to conquer the sixteen ruling species and to usurp the god of games...
NGNL is a series of light novels, of which 6 have been translated (PDFs can be found here, or bought legally at any online bookstores). The No Game No Life anime can be found on Crunchyroll.
Request:
The fact that Shiro and Sora literally cannot be separated from each other is one of the dynamics that I like about the series. I really enjoy codependent siblings as a Thing. So I would be happy if you played with that dynamic. Plotty gen for this series would be great-- it's always fun when one of them is much better than the other or they have to separate and execute plans while relying solely on the intuition of what their sibling will do. Alternately, someone kidnapping Sora and Shiro having to play a game to get him back while they both battle their inability to get anything done alone...
I'd love background on them, where they tried to separate or were forced to separate and failed to function, or where one or the other tried to interact with other people (maybe a gamer who tracked them down) but were either terrible at it, the other one quietly sabotaged the budding relationship, or the third person got way too freaked out by the way Sora and Shiro act around each other.
Future fic would also be great-- King/Queen Blank or even the Gods Blank, after they've beaten Tet. What does that look like? What kind of world are they making for themselves and each other?
I ship them, but do not expect other people to, so if you want to write shippy fic (with aged up Shiro!!!) for them, I will be surprised but happy. I will happily admit to wanting kinky sex games.
Extra Details:
I know this series isn't everyone's cup of tea, with the sheer amount of fanservice. Personally, as is probably obvious from the request, I'm less interested in the fanservicey characters, and much more about the dynamics of Shiro and Sora's relationship. I love the way they know exactly what the other is capable of and trust each other completely and whole-heartedly. Whether you write something small and domestic or big and plotty, for me the core of NGNL is that they love, care and respect each other in a way that is beautiful but also extremely unhealthy.
IF you want to go the shippy route, again, Shiro needs to be aged up appropriately-- it's always been interesting to me that Sora understands that it is inappropriate to sexualize his underage adopted sister, while Shiro goes out of her way to help sexualize other women for Sora's entertainment. There's a part of me that wonders if she's planning ahead for when she is old enough to be an "appropriate" (in age, if nothing else) sexual partner and is trying to get Sora to lose his virginity ahead of time.
The Series:
I want to say "if this wasn't the matched fandom you should go out and read them right the fuck now', but you really need to enjoy ridiculous high fantasy novels about politics and a dude who's the prince of a desert and some people who communicate via sunlight. Needless to say, there's magic in there somewhere. And a LOT of politics. It's full of cheese.
If it sounds interesting to you, pretty much every used bookstore I have ever been to has at least one copy of these books. I think they spawn on bookshelves or something. You can probably also find digital copies on the internet. I love everything this series chooses to be. It's fun and cheesy and fantasy, which the best thing in the world.
Request:
I've always thought that Ianthe had a serious hate-crush on Sioned and part of the reason she was so vicious and fucked up was that whole "you must marry a guy and expand the empire or your useless" thing when maybe she didn't want to do that. Ianthe's always been one of my favorite characters because she's brilliant and ruthless and clearly takes joy in clever plans that go well. Of course, being the villain in a cheesy fantasy, she got no depth whatsoever, aside from that whole sexually liberated, taking male consorts thing (which is AWESOME, okay.) Sioned is also awesome and brilliant and kick ass. Her hesitance in the first book while she decided what she really wanted to do was pretty great, as was the fact that she promptly made friends with Tobin and pretty much every character not designated "villain". It seems like up through Ianthe's death, they're playing a game of brinkmanship. (Which isn't to say I don't like Sioned and Rohan together. They're bookTP and totally awesome.)
As for prompts, I normally prefer plotty fic to introspection. I feel like the whole sunrunner thing lends itself well to espionage, so political thriller, or murder mysteries or something would be great. If you want to do plot-what-plot involving these two-- either sex or just the sort of dancing around/pigtail pulling that would be great. Threesomes with Rohan-- also acceptable! Hell, if you want to do an AU where they end up together instead of Sioned marrying Rohan-- or alternately, an AU end to the trilogy, where Ianthe never died in the fire and ends up taking over as High Princess and making the Desert monarchs' lives hell and discovering her powers. Or something where she knew about her powers all along. Or Sioned, I don't know, realizing she kind of did think Ianthe was attractive.< >I also really enjoy Pandsala, but I didn't find her dynamic with Sioned and Rohan quite as engaging, even though she also did some bad-ass stuff in the long run. Her weird push and pull backstabby, politicized sisterly thing was interesting, though.
Extra Details:
Okay, like I said, I think this series is the cheesiest fantasy series in the WORLD and in a lot of ways it's one of my first nostalgia fandoms. If you haven't read them, they are kind of ridiculously long (Like, GRR Martin-long), but they're quick reads despite that and rather less depressing than a lot of high fantasy. It's silly in the way that "adult fantasy" that takes itself way too seriously can be. A lot of the main protagonists actively enjoy each others' company and that's as much integral to the book as the politics and dragon-slaying.
That said, I kinda asked for a semi-serious plotty story. But if you want to run with the "it's cheesy fantasy" and want to write about Ianthe rescuing princesses or something silly, I say get down with your nerd self and run with it.
I've only read parts of the second trilogy, and the second generation aren't really very interestng to me. If you want to write future-fic, I would prefer that it continues to focus on the original generation (no matter how much I love Andry, Pol just seems like kind of a jerk).
The Series:
Ginji Amano and Ban Mido, a pair of super powered individuals known as the "GetBackers". The duo operates a freelance repossession service out of one of the seedier areas of Shinjuku. For a fee, they will recover any lost or stolen item for a client with "an almost 100% success rate". The GetBackers' job often leads them into bizarre and dangerous situations in order to "get back what shouldn't be gone". Their targets range from lost video games to misplaced components of an atomic bomb. This is complicated by the fact that they are totally shit with money and basically too gay to function without each other.
The manga (which can be found here) ran from 1999-2007, and the anime has 49 episodes, and ran from 2002-2003, and can be found here
Request:
WHY HELLO THERE, NOSTALGIA FANDOM. I ship Ban and Ginji, as is right and correct and good, and I just want... everything. To do with them. Like, Ban seducing the Raitei to his side, and showing Ginji that there's more to life and love and emotion than he'd ever thought. Or their early attempts at finding jobs. Or just idk hanging out, being aggressively THEM.
Other plot ideas include host club AUs, or mafia AUs or Gangsta AUs, or something long and plotty that involves big fights and dealing with their traumas while getting back something massive and important.
I also accept hurt/comfort and something something lightening and chains because heaven knows all the promo art used to have Ginji all tied up and shit. Or Ginji somehow being regressed to his Raitei mindset and Ban putting himself in danger (sexy danger) and getting hurt to snap Ginji out of it. Then there's sex. Also, do they have sex in the car? How does that work? It's so SMALL.
And if you REALLY want to indulge me, write a fic based on the premise of this Getbackers pseudo-movie promo with angels and demons and shit: Getbackers: Get Back The Name of God
Extra Details:
I love how much weirdness can be packed into something that ostensibly makes sense. Like, no one ever really questions most of the weird powers, but they're not exactly explained either. And Mugenjou is just kind of... there, and no one seems too terribly concerned about what is, in essence, a version of the Kowloon Walled City, but with people who have weird-ass powers. Sometimes I wonder if the mangaka ever thought the politics or economics of any of this out.
And there's so much you can do with Ban and Ginji's powers in particular-- either in a shippy sexy way (I'M NOT COMPLAINING, GINJI IS A WALKING VIOLET WAND) or in a plotty dynamic way.
FANDOM: EOS 10 (ANY)The Series:
Basically-- if you're writing fic for me, I love you. I'm going to be happy just to be able to share my fandom love.
You'll notice I throw a lot of ideas out-- feel free to take one, take many, take none. I know how hard it can be to settle on something once the assignments come in. So I'm offering a bunch of options that I will enjoy-- not hard and fast requirements-- to give you an idea of what's going on in my head.
My current blog is challahchic, over on Tumblr. I can't promise it will be helpful, but in the interest of helping with the stalking process...
Other General Info:
I like:
Plot, adventures, banter and dry humor, happy endings, over the top AUs (steampunk, noir, organized crime, rum-runners, harems...), power-play, porn, gen, slash, femslash, het, any rating you feel comfortable with (for violence and/or sex), bittersweet things that are heavy on the sweet, feminism and fics that pass the Bechdel Test, interesting narrative voices and/or concepts.
I don't like:
Deathfic, gratuitous angst, character-bashing, introspective character pieces, five times fics, A/B/O universes
FANDOM: No Game No Life - Kamiya Yuu (Sora, Shiro)
The Series:
They are both NEETs and Hikikomoris… but on the internet, the genius gamer siblings Sora and Shiro are known as the undefeatable “__” (blank). Sora and Shiro’s talents and skills are so abnormally good they are considered as urban legend. One day, they are challenged by the god of games to chess and are victorious. As a result, the god summons them to Disboard, a reality which revolves around games. Intent on maintaining their reputation as the undefeated gamers, Sora and Shiro plan to conquer the sixteen ruling species and to usurp the god of games...
NGNL is a series of light novels, of which 6 have been translated (PDFs can be found here, or bought legally at any online bookstores). The No Game No Life anime can be found on Crunchyroll.
Request:
The fact that Shiro and Sora literally cannot be separated from each other is one of the dynamics that I like about the series. I really enjoy codependent siblings as a Thing. So I would be happy if you played with that dynamic. Plotty gen for this series would be great-- it's always fun when one of them is much better than the other or they have to separate and execute plans while relying solely on the intuition of what their sibling will do. Alternately, someone kidnapping Sora and Shiro having to play a game to get him back while they both battle their inability to get anything done alone...
I'd love background on them, where they tried to separate or were forced to separate and failed to function, or where one or the other tried to interact with other people (maybe a gamer who tracked them down) but were either terrible at it, the other one quietly sabotaged the budding relationship, or the third person got way too freaked out by the way Sora and Shiro act around each other.
Future fic would also be great-- King/Queen Blank or even the Gods Blank, after they've beaten Tet. What does that look like? What kind of world are they making for themselves and each other?
I ship them, but do not expect other people to, so if you want to write shippy fic (with aged up Shiro!!!) for them, I will be surprised but happy. I will happily admit to wanting kinky sex games.
Extra Details:
I know this series isn't everyone's cup of tea, with the sheer amount of fanservice. Personally, as is probably obvious from the request, I'm less interested in the fanservicey characters, and much more about the dynamics of Shiro and Sora's relationship. I love the way they know exactly what the other is capable of and trust each other completely and whole-heartedly. Whether you write something small and domestic or big and plotty, for me the core of NGNL is that they love, care and respect each other in a way that is beautiful but also extremely unhealthy.
IF you want to go the shippy route, again, Shiro needs to be aged up appropriately-- it's always been interesting to me that Sora understands that it is inappropriate to sexualize his underage adopted sister, while Shiro goes out of her way to help sexualize other women for Sora's entertainment. There's a part of me that wonders if she's planning ahead for when she is old enough to be an "appropriate" (in age, if nothing else) sexual partner and is trying to get Sora to lose his virginity ahead of time.
FANDOM: Dragon Prince Series - Melanie Rawn (Sioned, Ianthe)
The Series:
I want to say "if this wasn't the matched fandom you should go out and read them right the fuck now', but you really need to enjoy ridiculous high fantasy novels about politics and a dude who's the prince of a desert and some people who communicate via sunlight. Needless to say, there's magic in there somewhere. And a LOT of politics. It's full of cheese.
If it sounds interesting to you, pretty much every used bookstore I have ever been to has at least one copy of these books. I think they spawn on bookshelves or something. You can probably also find digital copies on the internet. I love everything this series chooses to be. It's fun and cheesy and fantasy, which the best thing in the world.
Request:
I've always thought that Ianthe had a serious hate-crush on Sioned and part of the reason she was so vicious and fucked up was that whole "you must marry a guy and expand the empire or your useless" thing when maybe she didn't want to do that. Ianthe's always been one of my favorite characters because she's brilliant and ruthless and clearly takes joy in clever plans that go well. Of course, being the villain in a cheesy fantasy, she got no depth whatsoever, aside from that whole sexually liberated, taking male consorts thing (which is AWESOME, okay.) Sioned is also awesome and brilliant and kick ass. Her hesitance in the first book while she decided what she really wanted to do was pretty great, as was the fact that she promptly made friends with Tobin and pretty much every character not designated "villain". It seems like up through Ianthe's death, they're playing a game of brinkmanship. (Which isn't to say I don't like Sioned and Rohan together. They're bookTP and totally awesome.)
As for prompts, I normally prefer plotty fic to introspection. I feel like the whole sunrunner thing lends itself well to espionage, so political thriller, or murder mysteries or something would be great. If you want to do plot-what-plot involving these two-- either sex or just the sort of dancing around/pigtail pulling that would be great. Threesomes with Rohan-- also acceptable! Hell, if you want to do an AU where they end up together instead of Sioned marrying Rohan-- or alternately, an AU end to the trilogy, where Ianthe never died in the fire and ends up taking over as High Princess and making the Desert monarchs' lives hell and discovering her powers. Or something where she knew about her powers all along. Or Sioned, I don't know, realizing she kind of did think Ianthe was attractive.< >I also really enjoy Pandsala, but I didn't find her dynamic with Sioned and Rohan quite as engaging, even though she also did some bad-ass stuff in the long run. Her weird push and pull backstabby, politicized sisterly thing was interesting, though.
Extra Details:
Okay, like I said, I think this series is the cheesiest fantasy series in the WORLD and in a lot of ways it's one of my first nostalgia fandoms. If you haven't read them, they are kind of ridiculously long (Like, GRR Martin-long), but they're quick reads despite that and rather less depressing than a lot of high fantasy. It's silly in the way that "adult fantasy" that takes itself way too seriously can be. A lot of the main protagonists actively enjoy each others' company and that's as much integral to the book as the politics and dragon-slaying.
That said, I kinda asked for a semi-serious plotty story. But if you want to run with the "it's cheesy fantasy" and want to write about Ianthe rescuing princesses or something silly, I say get down with your nerd self and run with it.
I've only read parts of the second trilogy, and the second generation aren't really very interestng to me. If you want to write future-fic, I would prefer that it continues to focus on the original generation (no matter how much I love Andry, Pol just seems like kind of a jerk).
FANDOM: Getbackers (Mido Ban, Amano Ginji)
Ginji Amano and Ban Mido, a pair of super powered individuals known as the "GetBackers". The duo operates a freelance repossession service out of one of the seedier areas of Shinjuku. For a fee, they will recover any lost or stolen item for a client with "an almost 100% success rate". The GetBackers' job often leads them into bizarre and dangerous situations in order to "get back what shouldn't be gone". Their targets range from lost video games to misplaced components of an atomic bomb. This is complicated by the fact that they are totally shit with money and basically too gay to function without each other.
The manga (which can be found here) ran from 1999-2007, and the anime has 49 episodes, and ran from 2002-2003, and can be found here
Request:
WHY HELLO THERE, NOSTALGIA FANDOM. I ship Ban and Ginji, as is right and correct and good, and I just want... everything. To do with them. Like, Ban seducing the Raitei to his side, and showing Ginji that there's more to life and love and emotion than he'd ever thought. Or their early attempts at finding jobs. Or just idk hanging out, being aggressively THEM.
Other plot ideas include host club AUs, or mafia AUs or Gangsta AUs, or something long and plotty that involves big fights and dealing with their traumas while getting back something massive and important.
I also accept hurt/comfort and something something lightening and chains because heaven knows all the promo art used to have Ginji all tied up and shit. Or Ginji somehow being regressed to his Raitei mindset and Ban putting himself in danger (sexy danger) and getting hurt to snap Ginji out of it. Then there's sex. Also, do they have sex in the car? How does that work? It's so SMALL.
And if you REALLY want to indulge me, write a fic based on the premise of this Getbackers pseudo-movie promo with angels and demons and shit: Getbackers: Get Back The Name of God
Extra Details:
I love how much weirdness can be packed into something that ostensibly makes sense. Like, no one ever really questions most of the weird powers, but they're not exactly explained either. And Mugenjou is just kind of... there, and no one seems too terribly concerned about what is, in essence, a version of the Kowloon Walled City, but with people who have weird-ass powers. Sometimes I wonder if the mangaka ever thought the politics or economics of any of this out.
And there's so much you can do with Ban and Ginji's powers in particular-- either in a shippy sexy way (I'M NOT COMPLAINING, GINJI IS A WALKING VIOLET WAND) or in a plotty dynamic way.
FANDOM: EOS 10 (ANY)
A sci-fi/comedy narrative podcast that follows the adventures of new chief of surgery on space station EOS 10, Dr. Ryan Dalias, his alcoholic boss, their long-suffering nurse, a hypocondriac alien prince (deposed and now ruthlessly ruling the food court kitchens), and an intergalactic terrorist.
The writing is top-notch, the audio design is amazing, and if you liked Star Trek-- especially DS9-- you will almost certainly enjoy EOS 10. The website is here, and you can download the podcast in any app you use to listen to podcasts.
Request:
I just. This series is so funny and it works so well and WHY IS THERE NO THIRD SEASON YET. I need a third season, or at least some plotty adventures to tide me over. I didn't as for any particular characters because I love them all deeply-- including the characters not in the tag set, so if you decide you'd rather write about Dr Urvidian, Frontier Medicine Man, or about The Interface's slow recognition of its own self-awareness and enjoyment of jerking people around, I'm so down.
Some Akmazian backstory, or Akmazian and Ryan trying to negotiate some sort of date-like thing even though Akmazian is a terrorist on the run and Ryan isn't even sure he likes the guy (hint: he likes the guy) would be nice. Maybe they go out to a planet and something goes horribly wrong because something ALWAYS goes horribly wrong, and they end up closer.
Jane is wonderful and sweet and let me see a day in her life and all of the horrible bs she has to handle as a nurse in this crazy place. Also give Jane a love interest, YOU COWARDS. She is beautiful and wonderful and doesn't deserve your shit. Maybe she can go solve mysteries with the dubious help of Levi and the Quartermaster while Ryan and Urvidian are off doing their usual bullshit.
AS FOR LEVI. a) I want him to be Jewish. Not for any reason, just because his name's Levi and I think it's hilarious. b) I would love to see him just end up taking over EOS 10 for a day or a week before someone wrangles him down. My favorite thing about him is that he's so off-handed about his violence. He's great manipulator when it comes to politics, and iron-fisted ruler, and a complete dweeb in interpersonal reaction. Please, for the love of god, more Levi.
Extra Details:
The series is supposed to get a third season, but I'm not holding my breath, so if you want to just continue on from where Season Two left off, feel free. I really only ship Akmazian/Ryan, although my partner holds a small torch for Ryan/Urvidian, so if you want to add that in as an easter egg, I'm not going to be bothered.
I'd be happy with just about anything with a little bit of plot in it.
The writing is top-notch, the audio design is amazing, and if you liked Star Trek-- especially DS9-- you will almost certainly enjoy EOS 10. The website is here, and you can download the podcast in any app you use to listen to podcasts.
Request:
I just. This series is so funny and it works so well and WHY IS THERE NO THIRD SEASON YET. I need a third season, or at least some plotty adventures to tide me over. I didn't as for any particular characters because I love them all deeply-- including the characters not in the tag set, so if you decide you'd rather write about Dr Urvidian, Frontier Medicine Man, or about The Interface's slow recognition of its own self-awareness and enjoyment of jerking people around, I'm so down.
Some Akmazian backstory, or Akmazian and Ryan trying to negotiate some sort of date-like thing even though Akmazian is a terrorist on the run and Ryan isn't even sure he likes the guy (hint: he likes the guy) would be nice. Maybe they go out to a planet and something goes horribly wrong because something ALWAYS goes horribly wrong, and they end up closer.
Jane is wonderful and sweet and let me see a day in her life and all of the horrible bs she has to handle as a nurse in this crazy place. Also give Jane a love interest, YOU COWARDS. She is beautiful and wonderful and doesn't deserve your shit. Maybe she can go solve mysteries with the dubious help of Levi and the Quartermaster while Ryan and Urvidian are off doing their usual bullshit.
AS FOR LEVI. a) I want him to be Jewish. Not for any reason, just because his name's Levi and I think it's hilarious. b) I would love to see him just end up taking over EOS 10 for a day or a week before someone wrangles him down. My favorite thing about him is that he's so off-handed about his violence. He's great manipulator when it comes to politics, and iron-fisted ruler, and a complete dweeb in interpersonal reaction. Please, for the love of god, more Levi.
Extra Details:
The series is supposed to get a third season, but I'm not holding my breath, so if you want to just continue on from where Season Two left off, feel free. I really only ship Akmazian/Ryan, although my partner holds a small torch for Ryan/Urvidian, so if you want to add that in as an easter egg, I'm not going to be bothered.
I'd be happy with just about anything with a little bit of plot in it.
FANDOM: Selector Infected WIXOSS (Urazoe Iona | Yuki, Aoi Akira, Igarashi Rumi | Ulith)
The Series:
WIXOSS is a popular trading card game in which players battle against each other with fighters known as LRIGs, using cards to support them. Certain LRIGs are able to communicate with their owners, and the girls chosen to wield them are known as "Selectors". Selectors are given the chance to have any wish granted by winning battles against other Selectors, but should they lose three times, their wish will be reversed into a curse instead.
The main series, selector infected WIXOSS, follows a girl named Ruko Kominato, who becomes a Selector after receiving an LRIG that she names Tama. As she and various other Selectors battle it out for the sake of their wish, Ruko finds herself drawn into the dark, sinister world of WIXOSS, discovering that, win or lose, there is always a price to pay.
The anime can be found on the Funimation site here
Request:
So, you know how in my "general likes" I said I don't like "gratuitous angst"? In this fandom, there is no such thing as "gratuitous". Darkfic is absolutely welcome here. The thing I am most interested in here is the manipulative, awful relationship that Akira has with Iona and Ulith-as-Iona. Like, I love them all, and for some reason in this fandom, that comes out to "please break them".
Exploring their adult lives and how their relationships and the Wixoss game affected them in the future would be amazing. What else happened to them? What are their careers like? What are their home lives like? Are they... living together? Does some sort of magic continue to be a theme in their lives?
Feel free to write in-universe plot or no-powers universe, or some horrible Madoka or Yurikuma Arashi or other magical girl thing, where they can all be horribly manipulative lesbians together because that's magical and wonderful.
OTOH, if you want to write codependent-but-vaguely-functional adult Akira and Iona/Ulith being horrible assholes and having adventures of some sort (magic, detectives, idk) that is ALSO A+. I mean, I like happy endings, and if you can come up with something heartwarming ( or "heartwarming") I'm not going to complain.
Extra Details:
Evil lesbians are Problematic, I know. But Akira was one of my favorite characters from the word go and (if you're paying attention to my fandoms as a whole) I really really like codependent or unhealthy relationships. I love her love/hate relationship with Iona and with Ulith, and the way those two characters sort of get mixed up for Akira specifically. If you want to play with Iona and Ulith's personalities and interactions as well, that would also be pretty fun.
I'm also down for other types of AUs, like they have to get their shit together and track down someone who is killing Selectors, or they become selectors as adults and not girls.
WIXOSS is a popular trading card game in which players battle against each other with fighters known as LRIGs, using cards to support them. Certain LRIGs are able to communicate with their owners, and the girls chosen to wield them are known as "Selectors". Selectors are given the chance to have any wish granted by winning battles against other Selectors, but should they lose three times, their wish will be reversed into a curse instead.
The main series, selector infected WIXOSS, follows a girl named Ruko Kominato, who becomes a Selector after receiving an LRIG that she names Tama. As she and various other Selectors battle it out for the sake of their wish, Ruko finds herself drawn into the dark, sinister world of WIXOSS, discovering that, win or lose, there is always a price to pay.
The anime can be found on the Funimation site here
Request:
So, you know how in my "general likes" I said I don't like "gratuitous angst"? In this fandom, there is no such thing as "gratuitous". Darkfic is absolutely welcome here. The thing I am most interested in here is the manipulative, awful relationship that Akira has with Iona and Ulith-as-Iona. Like, I love them all, and for some reason in this fandom, that comes out to "please break them".
Exploring their adult lives and how their relationships and the Wixoss game affected them in the future would be amazing. What else happened to them? What are their careers like? What are their home lives like? Are they... living together? Does some sort of magic continue to be a theme in their lives?
Feel free to write in-universe plot or no-powers universe, or some horrible Madoka or Yurikuma Arashi or other magical girl thing, where they can all be horribly manipulative lesbians together because that's magical and wonderful.
OTOH, if you want to write codependent-but-vaguely-functional adult Akira and Iona/Ulith being horrible assholes and having adventures of some sort (magic, detectives, idk) that is ALSO A+. I mean, I like happy endings, and if you can come up with something heartwarming ( or "heartwarming") I'm not going to complain.
Extra Details:
Evil lesbians are Problematic, I know. But Akira was one of my favorite characters from the word go and (if you're paying attention to my fandoms as a whole) I really really like codependent or unhealthy relationships. I love her love/hate relationship with Iona and with Ulith, and the way those two characters sort of get mixed up for Akira specifically. If you want to play with Iona and Ulith's personalities and interactions as well, that would also be pretty fun.
I'm also down for other types of AUs, like they have to get their shit together and track down someone who is killing Selectors, or they become selectors as adults and not girls.
FANDOM: Yoroiden Samurai Troopers | Ronin Warriors (Shuu Rei Fuan | Kento Rei Fang, Mouri Shin | Cye Mouri)
The Series:
Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (lit. "Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers"), is a Japanese anime series and manga adaptation created by Hajime Yatate. It's the story of five teenage boys, given mystical armor to protect the world from the evil Arago. 1000 years ago, Arago nearly succeeded in taking over the human world when Kaosu managed to defeat him. Although Arago's soul is banished to the demon world, his armor is left intact. Kaosu divided the armor into nine separate armor suits. Each armor will choose its bearer, and together they will fight Arago. At least that was the original intent... Although Arago manages to corrupt four sets of the armor, the last five remain safe.
It's a bit like Power Rangers, only grounded in more serious traditional Japanese cultural trappings. Being created in the 80s, the art style is a little wonky, but it's an enjoyable thriller and is somewhat more focused and serious than a lot of sentai shows.
The anime can be found on Crunchyroll here
Request:
I love Shuu/Shin with Shin being snarktastic and Shuu being smug and solid and dependable.
I used to frequent the Minkland archive back when this fandom still kinda existed, and was forever disappointed that the skinny pretty boys got tons and tons of fic and Shuu was just sort of there in the background. (If you used to read Mink and Jink's fic, I will be so happy I could cry if I got that sort of cracked-out porny fic with Shuu, okay. Due to that formative influence, if you want to GO FOR THE AU, GO FOR IT WITH GUSTO. I've always wanted nanshoku/samurai AU. Or, you know, hooker fic, or dark!troopers fic, or harem fic or something like that.
I also like found-family fic, gen-ish mysteries and adventures-- more fighting Massive Cosmic Evil, and curtainfic. Futurefic is also awesome, where they get on with their lives, maybe together or maybe trying to keep their friendships intact when there's no massive Cosmic Evil to keep them close.
Extra Details:
If you used to read Mink and Jink's fic, I will be so happy I could cry if I got that sort of cracked-out porny, possibly AU fic with Shuu, okay
Fics I especially enjoyed from that archive:
The Grand One
The Clit Club Chronicles
The Harem
Vinyl Wagashi
Cherry Zima Threesome
Theater of Magic
Due to that formative influence, if you want to GO FOR THE AU, GO FOR IT WITH GUSTO. I've always wanted nanshoku/samurai AU (see this image). Or, you know, hooker fic, or dark!troopers fic, or harem fic or something like that.
My usual ships are Shin/Shuu, Shin/Ryo, Touma/Seiji and Ryo/Nasuti. But I multiship and am willing to run with anything-- I'm a Sex With All Teammates sort of person, so fivesomes and alternate pairings are not a problem for me.
Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (lit. "Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers"), is a Japanese anime series and manga adaptation created by Hajime Yatate. It's the story of five teenage boys, given mystical armor to protect the world from the evil Arago. 1000 years ago, Arago nearly succeeded in taking over the human world when Kaosu managed to defeat him. Although Arago's soul is banished to the demon world, his armor is left intact. Kaosu divided the armor into nine separate armor suits. Each armor will choose its bearer, and together they will fight Arago. At least that was the original intent... Although Arago manages to corrupt four sets of the armor, the last five remain safe.
It's a bit like Power Rangers, only grounded in more serious traditional Japanese cultural trappings. Being created in the 80s, the art style is a little wonky, but it's an enjoyable thriller and is somewhat more focused and serious than a lot of sentai shows.
The anime can be found on Crunchyroll here
Request:
I love Shuu/Shin with Shin being snarktastic and Shuu being smug and solid and dependable.
I used to frequent the Minkland archive back when this fandom still kinda existed, and was forever disappointed that the skinny pretty boys got tons and tons of fic and Shuu was just sort of there in the background. (If you used to read Mink and Jink's fic, I will be so happy I could cry if I got that sort of cracked-out porny fic with Shuu, okay. Due to that formative influence, if you want to GO FOR THE AU, GO FOR IT WITH GUSTO. I've always wanted nanshoku/samurai AU. Or, you know, hooker fic, or dark!troopers fic, or harem fic or something like that.
I also like found-family fic, gen-ish mysteries and adventures-- more fighting Massive Cosmic Evil, and curtainfic. Futurefic is also awesome, where they get on with their lives, maybe together or maybe trying to keep their friendships intact when there's no massive Cosmic Evil to keep them close.
Extra Details:
If you used to read Mink and Jink's fic, I will be so happy I could cry if I got that sort of cracked-out porny, possibly AU fic with Shuu, okay
Fics I especially enjoyed from that archive:
The Grand One
The Clit Club Chronicles
The Harem
Vinyl Wagashi
Cherry Zima Threesome
Theater of Magic
Due to that formative influence, if you want to GO FOR THE AU, GO FOR IT WITH GUSTO. I've always wanted nanshoku/samurai AU (see this image). Or, you know, hooker fic, or dark!troopers fic, or harem fic or something like that.
My usual ships are Shin/Shuu, Shin/Ryo, Touma/Seiji and Ryo/Nasuti. But I multiship and am willing to run with anything-- I'm a Sex With All Teammates sort of person, so fivesomes and alternate pairings are not a problem for me.