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Dear Just Married Author
I love this exchange so much--last year was a blast, and I can't believe it's time to do it again already!
I've got a bunch of different pairings/OT3s with different preferences for each. The one thing that I most want for all of them is that the requested pairing/OT3 fall in love by the end of the story (if they aren't in love already) and a reasonably happy ending. By "reasonably" happy, I mean, things can be kind of dark, but they're together and that's what matters.
Mutual pining and angst with a happy ending are my catnip.
The first most important DNW is: infidelity. I am just not here for that.
I'm totally fine with people having pasts in which they loved/were with/were married to other people but by the time the characters get together, I want them both to be single. Or, in the case of an OT3 where two thirds of the characters are married to each other, they both need to be enthusiastic about inviting a third member into the relationship.
The one exception to this is the OW Ace Lady Bluestocking/Gay Male Aristocrat, where it is totally fine for Gay Male Aristocrat to have as many male lovers as he likes, since this is a lavender marriage and by definition an open one.
Some other DNWS:
+ PWP. Porn is fine, I just don't want the porn to be the focus. And porn is in no way necessary--you can write the most rated G fic ever if you like. I love all ratings equally.
+ Instalove/love at first sight (for anyone other Wangxian--infatuation at first site is okay for them). As an ace person, it's super important to me that characters actually know each other before they fall in love.
+ Modern AUs of historical/fantasy fandoms. Canon divergence/what ifs are amazing, though, and if you want to twist the setting a little bit (giving Hodel magical powers or making Lan Wangji emperor or something), go for it. I just do not want to read about any of these historical/fantasy characters working in a coffee shop.
+ Major character deaths (unless someone comes back to life à la Wei Wuxian)
+ Character bashing
+ Unmitigated fluff (some fluff is fine! But I'd like some deeper feelings to dig into.)
+ Onscreen noncon
+ Focus on babies/children
+ Watersports/scat/rimming
+ BDSM outside the bedroom
General likes: angst, especially if it ends happily; getting together; hurt/comfort; mutual pining; in character characters; complicated relationships between women; good worldbuilding; longfic; outsider povs; location/setting as character; political intrigue; forced proximity; good people trying to do the right thing; bad people trying to do the right thing; found families; siblings; porn with feelings; character A having to rescue/defend character B; total devotion/us against the world dynamics. I also love the other characters in these canons, so bringing them into the fic in large supporting roles is great!
Now onto the requests.
Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Reluctant Ally Under Control
Arranged Marriage - arrangement made when one or both was a child and now they're grown up
Arranged Marriage - Enemies to Lovers
Arranged Marriage - Meet at the Wedding; Have Awkward But Satisfying Wedding Night Sex
Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Forced Marriage - Enemies Forced Into Marriage; Defeated One Becomes Slave-Spouse (Love Ensues)
Forced Marriage - Married To Save Family/Allies
Honeymoon - Both Inexperienced and Anxious But It Turns Out to Be Great
Honeymoon - Sexual Exploration For Couple Who Had Little/No Opportunity For Sex Before Marriage
Proposal - Proposal Misunderstood as Being for Ulterior Motives
or
Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Jiāng Yànlí/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)
Arranged Marriage - arrangement made when one or both was a child and now they're grown up
Arranged Marriage - Married as Children
Honeymoon - Both Inexperienced and Anxious But It Turns Out to Be Great
Poly Marriage - Sharing Spouse with Sibling
I'm crazy for anything with LWJ/WWX that involves arranged marriages or war prize AUs. Literally do not care which one is the victor and which is the war prize. Just give me some mutual pining that ends in requited love and I will be happy.
For JC/JYL/WWX, what I'm really wanting is an AU wherein WWX and JYL get married (whether arranged marriage or decided on their own) but JC and WWX are also in love so JYL ends up sharing her husband with her brother. You can have some JC/JYL incest in here if that's what you want to do, but I'd prefer both of the siblings being in love with WWX. The marriage can be non-sexual if you like, and I love ace!Jiang Cheng, so if you want to write him as asexual, but romantically in love with WWX, that's cool too! Honestly, there doesn't have to be any sexual contact between any of them, so long as both JC and JYL are in love with WWX and he loves them back.
Basically, I can't stop thinking about how their original dream was for all three of them to be together forever at Lotus Pier. I just want to see them together and happy.
Hodel/Perchik
Arranged Marriage - Avoiding It by Marrying Someone Else
Elopement - Eloping After Wide Disapproval of Relationship
Established Marriage - Falling Deeply In Like With Spouse
Established Marriage - Making It Work But Work Is The Word For It
Honeymoon - Sexual Exploration For Couple Who Had Little/No Opportunity For Sex Before Marriage
Wedding - Running Away with Your Lover on the Day of Your Wedding to a Third Party
I chose some freeform tags that I thought might work well for them, but here's my permission to go in a different direction if you want. I don't really care about focusing on the wedding ceremony but other than that, I'm open to lots of things, including fantasy AUs with soulmarks or something like that. The "Making it work" one mostly applies in a scenario where they have to adjust to marriage while in a gulag.
I am requesting Hodel/Perchik but anything that incorporates the rest of the characters (especially the other sisters) is awesome with me.
I feel like they don't know each other super well, so anything about their marriage would need to involve them getting to know each other further. The proposal scene in the film is my favorite proposal scene from any form of media ever, so that should give you some idea of what I'm into with this dynamic. I mean, it's got to be so frustrating being in love with this guy who can only see anything through the lens of class struggle, but also Hodel clearly loves how idealistic and committed Perchik is. And I believe he would never have fallen for her (certainly not enough to ask her to marry him) if she wasn't as smart as he was and at least open to his political priorities. So I want to watch two revolutionaries (or, really, a revolutionary and a potential revolutionary) fall in love with both their brains and their hearts.
It's fine to go with canon and write about them together in Siberia or to do a canon divergence where something else happens--they go to America or Kiev or Vienna or wherever together after the pogrom, the pogrom never happens, etc. Anything where they work together for revolutionary causes would also be awesome. I love the idea of Hodel becoming just as much of a committed revolutionary as Perchik.
A canon divergence where they haven't gotten together yet, but Hodel is supposed to marry someone else but chooses Perchik instead is fine. Or a canon divergence in which Yenta chooses someone for Hodel, Hodel is horrified, and Perchik is like, "Well, you could marry me instead?"
If you want to do a canon divergence where Tevye doesn't agree to the marriage--or it takes much longer to convince him, that's cool. But if they elope, I'd prefer it if they don't remain estranged from family. Like, the family comes around to it in the end.
Ace Bluestocking Lady & Gay Male Aristocrat
Marriage of Convenience - Lavender Marriage
Marriage of Convenience - Queerplatonic Partners Get Married
Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Otherwise-Likely Marriage To Unbearable Third Party
Second Marriage - Marrying the Person Who Helped You Kill Your First Spouse
What it says on the tin: an asexual lady who doesn't want to deal with the expectations of marriage/children and just wants to focus on her interests (either her studies in any subject or the suffrage movement/abolition/social justice causes). A wealthy gay man who needs a wife so that everyone will overlook his sexual orientation. They realize they can help each other out. Lavender marriage ensues.
I'd lovelovelove if they become friends/best friends/each other's most important person. GMA can be a rake and have lots of lovers or have one specific love he's always been committed to, whatever. Just so long as the marriage is happy and safe for them both and the focus is on their relationship, I'm happy!
For a darker take, maybe Ace Lady was already bullied into getting married and is in an abusive situation and GMA helps her kill the husband and then marries her to keep her safe.
The way I've phrased this tag implies an Anglophone Regency/Victorian/Edwardian setting, but that's not compulsory. If you want to put these "types" in ancient Egypt or medieval China or something, that's fine. But I do want it to be historically based, please--set pre-1950s. The whole point is that these two people find a way to satisfy societal demands/expectations while remaining true to themselves. That just doesn't hit the same in a more contemporary setting.
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Trick for the Purpose of Assassination
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Enemy Under Control
Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Established Marriage - Dealing With In-Law(s)
Established Marriage - Rescuing One's Spouse From Danger
Historical - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
Marriage - For The Purpose Of Assassination (But Falling In Love Instead)
Political Marriage - They Try to Kill Each Other Until They Fall in Love
Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
Political Marriage - To Avert A War
Wedding Ceremony - Interrupted By An Assassination Attempt; Continue After They Take Care Of Them
Wedding Night - Planned Assassination Gone Wrong
Most of the tropes I requested would work best in an AU, but there are a few that could easily slide into canon. The in-laws request is mostly because I think it would be hilarious to see them dealing with all of Gen's thousands of cousins. The court reactions, contract negotiations, and rescuing of spouse could be canon as well, if you prefer that route.
But I also love any kind of arranged/political marriage for them or anything involving attempted assassination. As long as they're in love by the end, I'm happy!
Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa
Arranged Marriage - Contract Bought Out By Someone Else
Arranged Marriage - As Part of a Business Deal
Arranged Marriage - Avoiding It by Marrying Someone Else
Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Forced Marriage - Hand In Marriage Auctioned Off To Highest Bidder
Marriage Laws - Marriage Contract Purchased or Auctioned
Marriage of Convenience - Both Distrust Love Because of Trauma; Fall in Love Anyway
Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
Marriage of Convenience - Saving A Sex Slave/Sex Worker In Need By Marrying Them
Marriage of Convenience - To Prevent Female Partner’s Forced Marriage To Someone Else
Why do Kaz and Inej have to get married? I don't know! That's up to you! But they have to! Cue mutual pining! And perhaps both of them dealing with their severe trauma as they fall in love.
I've got a bunch of different pairings/OT3s with different preferences for each. The one thing that I most want for all of them is that the requested pairing/OT3 fall in love by the end of the story (if they aren't in love already) and a reasonably happy ending. By "reasonably" happy, I mean, things can be kind of dark, but they're together and that's what matters.
Mutual pining and angst with a happy ending are my catnip.
The first most important DNW is: infidelity. I am just not here for that.
I'm totally fine with people having pasts in which they loved/were with/were married to other people but by the time the characters get together, I want them both to be single. Or, in the case of an OT3 where two thirds of the characters are married to each other, they both need to be enthusiastic about inviting a third member into the relationship.
The one exception to this is the OW Ace Lady Bluestocking/Gay Male Aristocrat, where it is totally fine for Gay Male Aristocrat to have as many male lovers as he likes, since this is a lavender marriage and by definition an open one.
Some other DNWS:
+ PWP. Porn is fine, I just don't want the porn to be the focus. And porn is in no way necessary--you can write the most rated G fic ever if you like. I love all ratings equally.
+ Instalove/love at first sight (for anyone other Wangxian--infatuation at first site is okay for them). As an ace person, it's super important to me that characters actually know each other before they fall in love.
+ Modern AUs of historical/fantasy fandoms. Canon divergence/what ifs are amazing, though, and if you want to twist the setting a little bit (giving Hodel magical powers or making Lan Wangji emperor or something), go for it. I just do not want to read about any of these historical/fantasy characters working in a coffee shop.
+ Major character deaths (unless someone comes back to life à la Wei Wuxian)
+ Character bashing
+ Unmitigated fluff (some fluff is fine! But I'd like some deeper feelings to dig into.)
+ Onscreen noncon
+ Focus on babies/children
+ Watersports/scat/rimming
+ BDSM outside the bedroom
General likes: angst, especially if it ends happily; getting together; hurt/comfort; mutual pining; in character characters; complicated relationships between women; good worldbuilding; longfic; outsider povs; location/setting as character; political intrigue; forced proximity; good people trying to do the right thing; bad people trying to do the right thing; found families; siblings; porn with feelings; character A having to rescue/defend character B; total devotion/us against the world dynamics. I also love the other characters in these canons, so bringing them into the fic in large supporting roles is great!
Now onto the requests.
Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Reluctant Ally Under Control
Arranged Marriage - arrangement made when one or both was a child and now they're grown up
Arranged Marriage - Enemies to Lovers
Arranged Marriage - Meet at the Wedding; Have Awkward But Satisfying Wedding Night Sex
Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Forced Marriage - Enemies Forced Into Marriage; Defeated One Becomes Slave-Spouse (Love Ensues)
Forced Marriage - Married To Save Family/Allies
Honeymoon - Both Inexperienced and Anxious But It Turns Out to Be Great
Honeymoon - Sexual Exploration For Couple Who Had Little/No Opportunity For Sex Before Marriage
Proposal - Proposal Misunderstood as Being for Ulterior Motives
or
Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín/Jiāng Yànlí/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn (The Untamed)
Arranged Marriage - arrangement made when one or both was a child and now they're grown up
Arranged Marriage - Married as Children
Honeymoon - Both Inexperienced and Anxious But It Turns Out to Be Great
Poly Marriage - Sharing Spouse with Sibling
I'm crazy for anything with LWJ/WWX that involves arranged marriages or war prize AUs. Literally do not care which one is the victor and which is the war prize. Just give me some mutual pining that ends in requited love and I will be happy.
For JC/JYL/WWX, what I'm really wanting is an AU wherein WWX and JYL get married (whether arranged marriage or decided on their own) but JC and WWX are also in love so JYL ends up sharing her husband with her brother. You can have some JC/JYL incest in here if that's what you want to do, but I'd prefer both of the siblings being in love with WWX. The marriage can be non-sexual if you like, and I love ace!Jiang Cheng, so if you want to write him as asexual, but romantically in love with WWX, that's cool too! Honestly, there doesn't have to be any sexual contact between any of them, so long as both JC and JYL are in love with WWX and he loves them back.
Basically, I can't stop thinking about how their original dream was for all three of them to be together forever at Lotus Pier. I just want to see them together and happy.
Hodel/Perchik
Arranged Marriage - Avoiding It by Marrying Someone Else
Elopement - Eloping After Wide Disapproval of Relationship
Established Marriage - Falling Deeply In Like With Spouse
Established Marriage - Making It Work But Work Is The Word For It
Honeymoon - Sexual Exploration For Couple Who Had Little/No Opportunity For Sex Before Marriage
Wedding - Running Away with Your Lover on the Day of Your Wedding to a Third Party
I chose some freeform tags that I thought might work well for them, but here's my permission to go in a different direction if you want. I don't really care about focusing on the wedding ceremony but other than that, I'm open to lots of things, including fantasy AUs with soulmarks or something like that. The "Making it work" one mostly applies in a scenario where they have to adjust to marriage while in a gulag.
I am requesting Hodel/Perchik but anything that incorporates the rest of the characters (especially the other sisters) is awesome with me.
I feel like they don't know each other super well, so anything about their marriage would need to involve them getting to know each other further. The proposal scene in the film is my favorite proposal scene from any form of media ever, so that should give you some idea of what I'm into with this dynamic. I mean, it's got to be so frustrating being in love with this guy who can only see anything through the lens of class struggle, but also Hodel clearly loves how idealistic and committed Perchik is. And I believe he would never have fallen for her (certainly not enough to ask her to marry him) if she wasn't as smart as he was and at least open to his political priorities. So I want to watch two revolutionaries (or, really, a revolutionary and a potential revolutionary) fall in love with both their brains and their hearts.
It's fine to go with canon and write about them together in Siberia or to do a canon divergence where something else happens--they go to America or Kiev or Vienna or wherever together after the pogrom, the pogrom never happens, etc. Anything where they work together for revolutionary causes would also be awesome. I love the idea of Hodel becoming just as much of a committed revolutionary as Perchik.
A canon divergence where they haven't gotten together yet, but Hodel is supposed to marry someone else but chooses Perchik instead is fine. Or a canon divergence in which Yenta chooses someone for Hodel, Hodel is horrified, and Perchik is like, "Well, you could marry me instead?"
If you want to do a canon divergence where Tevye doesn't agree to the marriage--or it takes much longer to convince him, that's cool. But if they elope, I'd prefer it if they don't remain estranged from family. Like, the family comes around to it in the end.
Ace Bluestocking Lady & Gay Male Aristocrat
Marriage of Convenience - Lavender Marriage
Marriage of Convenience - Queerplatonic Partners Get Married
Marriage of Convenience - To Avoid Otherwise-Likely Marriage To Unbearable Third Party
Second Marriage - Marrying the Person Who Helped You Kill Your First Spouse
What it says on the tin: an asexual lady who doesn't want to deal with the expectations of marriage/children and just wants to focus on her interests (either her studies in any subject or the suffrage movement/abolition/social justice causes). A wealthy gay man who needs a wife so that everyone will overlook his sexual orientation. They realize they can help each other out. Lavender marriage ensues.
I'd lovelovelove if they become friends/best friends/each other's most important person. GMA can be a rake and have lots of lovers or have one specific love he's always been committed to, whatever. Just so long as the marriage is happy and safe for them both and the focus is on their relationship, I'm happy!
For a darker take, maybe Ace Lady was already bullied into getting married and is in an abusive situation and GMA helps her kill the husband and then marries her to keep her safe.
The way I've phrased this tag implies an Anglophone Regency/Victorian/Edwardian setting, but that's not compulsory. If you want to put these "types" in ancient Egypt or medieval China or something, that's fine. But I do want it to be historically based, please--set pre-1950s. The whole point is that these two people find a way to satisfy societal demands/expectations while remaining true to themselves. That just doesn't hit the same in a more contemporary setting.
Attolia | Irene/Eugenides
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Trick for the Purpose of Assassination
Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Enemy Under Control
Arranged Marriage - Mutual Pining
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Established Marriage - Dealing With In-Law(s)
Established Marriage - Rescuing One's Spouse From Danger
Historical - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
Marriage - For The Purpose Of Assassination (But Falling In Love Instead)
Political Marriage - They Try to Kill Each Other Until They Fall in Love
Political Marriage - Strengths Balance Each Other Unexpectedly Well
Political Marriage - To Avert A War
Wedding Ceremony - Interrupted By An Assassination Attempt; Continue After They Take Care Of Them
Wedding Night - Planned Assassination Gone Wrong
Most of the tropes I requested would work best in an AU, but there are a few that could easily slide into canon. The in-laws request is mostly because I think it would be hilarious to see them dealing with all of Gen's thousands of cousins. The court reactions, contract negotiations, and rescuing of spouse could be canon as well, if you prefer that route.
But I also love any kind of arranged/political marriage for them or anything involving attempted assassination. As long as they're in love by the end, I'm happy!
Kaz Brekker/Inej Ghafa
Arranged Marriage - Contract Bought Out By Someone Else
Arranged Marriage - As Part of a Business Deal
Arranged Marriage - Avoiding It by Marrying Someone Else
Arranged Marriage - Expecting Hurt; Receiving Kindness
Arranged Marriage - Slowly Falling in Love with Spouse
Forced Marriage - Hand In Marriage Auctioned Off To Highest Bidder
Marriage Laws - Marriage Contract Purchased or Auctioned
Marriage of Convenience - Both Distrust Love Because of Trauma; Fall in Love Anyway
Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
Marriage of Convenience - Saving A Sex Slave/Sex Worker In Need By Marrying Them
Marriage of Convenience - To Prevent Female Partner’s Forced Marriage To Someone Else
Why do Kaz and Inej have to get married? I don't know! That's up to you! But they have to! Cue mutual pining! And perhaps both of them dealing with their severe trauma as they fall in love.