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[aurilly]

Hello, dear writer! This is my very favorite exchange. :D Especially for longer fic, it's so much more important that YOU are having fun and feeling passionate about what you're writing. As long as there's a happy/hopeful ending and you avoid the do not wants, go where your interests take you and I'm sure I'll love it. If you aren't feeling the prompts, go ahead and write your own idea, maybe trying to incorporate one of the general likes? Thank you!

Here are anchor links to the different sections:
Narnia, Psmith, Narnia/Psmith Crossovers, MCU, MCU/Narnia Crossover, MCU/Wodehouse Crossover, MCU/Derry Girls Crossover, MCU/Lost Crossovers, MCU/Game of Thrones Crossovers, David Blaize Crossovers

General Notes
1) While I have a general preference for "getting together" over "established relationship" (exception for Psmith/Mike, where I'd be equally happy with either), I'm not that invested in the genre tags. As long as my & pairings become friends, or my / ships unambiguously get together, don't worry about how well your fic fits whichever tag we matched on. Side note: I didn't request the smut tag in the crossover section on account of all & pairings mixed in, but I'd love porn for any of the / ships there, too (but no pressure).

2) I'm just as--often more!--interested in watching characters deal with what comes after a prompted premise than I am in the premise itself. For example, I don't particularly care how people get to the same place and meet. Feel free to skip past that and start in media res, after they’ve already become friends. What I'm most interested in is what happens next--the dynamics they forge, the adventures they have, the things they learn, etc. Basically, stories that end shortly after the introductions make me sad.


Things I Always Love
• Devoted Friends & Family: odd couples; enjoying one another's company; laughing at one another; fond exasperation; loyalty; quietly self-sacrificial gestures

• Adventures & Journeys: vacations gone awry; fish out of water; exploring new territory; daring rescues or escapes; espionage

• Competence & Resourcefulness: complementary skill sets; badassery; laughing in the face of danger or absurdity; the pen is mightier than the sword; but swords are more fun

• Friends to Lovers: I like many variations, including, a) friends with benefits or sex before feelings that becomes more; b) fics that start after the first kiss/declaration and focus on how they navigate the relationship transition in the days or weeks that follow, c) adventures that cause people to realize they have more than platonic feelings and decide to make a move.

• Sexy Times: I have general porn likes HERE; for all ships, not just the ones listed there. There's a more egregiously detailed version HERE (but honestly, the other one is enough).

• Forced Proximity or Sex: captured or stranded together; forced to have sex (by the bad guys, for cultural or initiation rites, to cast a spell, as part of undercover roles, etc) but they eventually realize they’re into each other; marriage of convenience that leads to feelings (but only for a reason with stakes, like espionage or greencards; DNW fake dating because your friends or family nag you about being single)

— Crossovers: applying skills/knowledge from one world to another world's problems; contrasting or reconciling differences in how a concept manifests across canons (ex. immortality, magic, realm hopping, time shenanigans); magic in one canon originates from another; characters coming up with logical but incorrect theories before discovering the truth; assuming characters have a past together (ex. cousins, long-lost school chums, etc) and starting the story when they reunite in the present


Do Not Wants
— fusions, alternate setting AUs, unrequested crossovers, goofy crack
— non-canon romantic pairings other than the ones specifically requested; poly or threesomes; conflicting requested pairings (ex. no Loki/Bucky and Loki/Bertie in the same fic; however, Loki/Bucky + Loki&Bertie is fine)
— fics where none of the main characters ever find out about the others' backgrounds or magic (the reveal doesn't have to happen 'on-screen', but please don't let it end with everyone still thinking everyone else is normal!)
— Things That Upset Me: major character death or the afterlife; bleak endings; shovel talks; hatesex, noncon, or dark dynamics within my requested ships; 'it was all a dream' endings
— Schmoopiness: plotless fluff; non-canonical pet names or terms of endearment
— Sex & Relationship-Related: D/s dynamics; soulmates; yentas and matchmakers; pregnancy; adultery; characters written as ace, aro, or demi; gender identity headcanons
— Writing Things: 1st & 2nd person POV (exception for Bertie's POV); phonetically spelled dialogue (my brain genuinely struggles to process it)
— Crossover-related: tragically unresolved lifespan incompatibilities; crossovers of more than two canons at a time (unless specifically requested); fourth wall breakage; letting real life release dates dictate character ages (please move timelines so requested characters are around the same age)


Notes on Bucky Barnes
**Since I have so many pairings with him
— Please let Bucky be a fully functional badass with at least a glimmer of a sense of humour. I like stories about him trying to move on and build a new life, not ones where he's brainwashed or pathetic for most of it, or that are all about his painful recovery.
— I have a pet peeve about Bucky (and Steve) saying "ain't". Can they please speak as properly as they do in the films? Cursing is fine, though.
— No characters or canon from the TV shows, please, as I'm not familiar with them.
— For the gen requests, I’m cool with background Steve/Bucky shippiness (Steve is welcome to come along on the adventure, if you want; or Loki!); however, if you're writing a Bucky ship request, I don’t want him or Steve to ever have had more than platonic feelings for one another.


Narnia
Pairings:
• Emeth/Tirian
• Edmund/Bacchus

General Narnia Notes
Edmund and Tirian were my very first favorite characters, and Narnia's worldbuilding elements formed most of my narrative interests. I love everyone's competency, earnestness and courage when it counts, but also their flaws, fears, and sass. I love Golden Age fics, 'Everybody Lives' AUs, and fics that diverge from canon (as wildly as you like!) at any point before the closing chapters of the Last Battle. The end of Narnia, train crash, and afterlife are my biggest DNWs. Please let it be clear that everyone will get to live out their lives. You don't necessarily need to write a fix-it. It's fine to pretend it just never came up! Lastly, I'm not at all invested in the religious allegory elements.

Edmund/Bacchus
I love that being redeemed and growing into a badass warrior king didn't entirely cure Edmund of being a cranky, sarcastic little shit. And Bacchus is my favorite god. His whole schtick is delightful. Lifespan incompatibilities depress me, but if you can solve it, I'd be all for happily ever afters! Otherwise, I mostly ship this in a revelrous, casual way, not as a long-term monogamous relationship. I don't want to see Edmund unhappy, so I'd prefer them to enjoy when they get to be together, but not be miserably pining or heartbroken when it's over or they are apart. A touch of wistfulness is fine, though. Nothing hot and heavy at points when Edmund is younger than 16, please; in these cases, PG13 kissing and cuddles and etc would be lovely. However, hot and heavy when he's older is very welcome!

— Bacchus comes to Narnia for festivities during the Golden Age. One time? Multiple times? And/or they meet again on Earth, when Edmund is grown up again; how does Bacchus appear in the 20th century?
— Does their relationship somehow result in Edmund not dying, or the world being saved?
— Aslan loves everyone, but Lucy is obviously his favorite. What if Edmund is this god's special favorite? How come? Does Bacchus periodically show up to protect or fuckvisit him, maybe even in our world? Other ramifications of being Bacchus's fave?
— Edmund has to do a Narnian ritual in which young rulers bond with the land or pay tribute to Bacchus or whatever. Basically, I'm looking for some sort of public and/or private virginity taking ceremony. Is Edmund excited, is it a duty he's been dreading, or something else? Is Bacchus godly and serious, or affectionate and fun? Tied down with magic vines? Ceremonial wine pouring? On the Stone Table? Holy semen? Switching? Pre-bathing by the maenads? It's not over until [your choice]? Different details of your choosing? Make it as iddy as you like! No drugs/aphrodisiacs, please (but being a little drunk is fine, since it's Bacchus and all).
— In mythology/statuary, Bacchus is sometimes depicted as a youth and sometimes as an adult. Does he decide at will? Or does something else cause him to shift? Separately, Aslan once gave Lucy a line about how he looked older because she was older, which... huh. Is this true for Bacchus and his faves, too? Edmund also goes back and forth in age... Basically, a shippy fic that plays with concepts around gods, time shenanigans, and age/appearance would be cool!


Emeth/Tirian
I would like something where they get together in real life. They’re perfect for one another—brave, noble warriors (and all-around lovely guys) who could come to respect and love one another despite their differences. I also have a love of contrasting speech patterns; the differences between their versions of courtly perfection are catnip to me.

I love Tirian SO MUCH. He has such human flaws, and he started off as a hot mess of a king, but he’s such a wonderful guy, and quite resourceful and clever when you rouse him out of his decadence. And Emeth should win a prize for the level of admiration and affection he was able to inspire in so few pages. I loved the conflict he faced between his reason, his duty, his devotion, and his desire to prove himself.

— Enemies to lovers, culture clashes, reluctant allies fall in love, secret forbidden love across enemy lines, brothers in arms, agent falls for mark... I love it all!
— What if the world hadn't ended after Calormen's conquest? Tirian as war prisoner or trophy or slave or sacrifice to Tash, or... Tirian being kingly and stoic while tied up and beaten was very, um, interesting to me as a child; as long as there's a hopeful ending, you can whump him as hard as you like. What makes Emeth decide to help? Or is Tirian given to him as prisoner instead of to someone awful? How do they fall in love?
— What if they had met in Narnia while Emeth was undercover as a merchant, and their love changes the course of the story?
— Canon divergence where Calormen conquered Narnia, but no apocalypse. Tirian as war trophy, slave, or sacrifice to Tash? Tirian tied up and beaten was very, um, interesting to me as a child; as long as there's subsequent comfort from Emeth and a hopeful ending, you can whump him as hard as you like, including with noncon (perpetrated by a third party only!). What makes Emeth decide to help Tirian? How do they fall in love? Do they run away together? Anything! Let your id run wild.
— Maybe Tirian is given to Emeth as a war prisoner (with Emeth as kind and noble jailer, please!), or to someone horrible and Emeth rescues him? Or maybe it’s Narnia that wins the war, and Emeth who ends up as (kind and noble!) Tirian’s prisoner? Angst because crushing on your prisoner might not be honorable? How do they get past that?
— Tirian in a Groundhog Day loop in which he slowly learns how to be a better king (and possibly prevent the apocalypse), with Emeth's help (and they get together as a side result)?
— Do the two countries have different views about same-sex romance? It doesn't have to be "Calormen=repressed, Narnia=free love" (though it could); maybe Calormen has a complicated Ancient Greek-style culture, or Narnia's never shaken its Victorian influences. Some other take?


Psmith - PG Wodehouse
Pairing: Psmith/Mike

I would like a friends to lovers story! Just... anything where they're unquestionably, unambiguously together by the end. The odd coupling of Mike’s everyman pragmatism and Psmith’s dialogue is endlessly delightful to me. I love their loyalty and what generous, self-sacrificing heroes they both are, while also being total little shits. Who is the forward one here, or do they bumble equally in their own ways? Does either try to hide his nerves/inexperience? Or not? Or maybe one or both is actually experienced? Any take would be fascinating.

It would most likely have to be a secret relationship, per the time period. While a little longing and guilty hesitation are nice (and a touch of quietly understood, low-key forbiddenness does add a certain frisson), I’d prefer to avoid anguished coming outs or serious discussion of social issues. Other kinds of angst are fine, though (ex. pining, whump, boarding school bullies, backstory abuse, etc.) as long as it turns out okay by the end and retains a sense of humor. Can they just… get away with their romance without having to discuss at length why they’re being secretive?

— Canon Divergence: What if either or both of their fathers had not gone bankrupt? What if they'd moved to Hollywood after university? What if they'd stayed with the bank? What if the plan for Mike to manage Psmith's estates had happened? What if...? What does a getting-together story look like in this divergence?
— Getting Together: How does it happen? Is it friends with benefits, or does one actually court the other? Does it happen at Sedleigh or when they're at the bank, or at Cambridge? Some other time? What's their first time like?
— Whump with a Happy Ending: Stoic woobies... yum. Maybe something traumatizing happens or has happened to Psmith, who hides his pain behind his effervescent mask... but Mike eventually figures it out and works to make it all better. Or something terrible happens to Mike, and Psmith goes above and beyond to get revenge and/or set things right.
— One (or both?) in a Groundhog Day loop? No need to explain how it starts or why it ends (handwave away!); I care about what I care about are the things people learn about themselves and each other, and how they deal with the situation
— Playing with that historical/literary theme of romantic boarding school attachments being a thing guys expect to grow out of. Except Psmith and Mike realize... it isn't happening? Could involve pining, doomed set-ups, erroneously assuming the other is over it, "it's a far far better thing I do..." angst, or whatever you want, before a happy ending.
— Just Add Magic: Magical realism, urban fantasy, or characters encountering mythological, fantasy, or eldritch horror elements in the otherwise canonical universe--with happy endings, please! I'm not crazy about werewolves or vampires, but other than that, anything goes.
— WWI: Fighting together, captured together, espionage missions, winning a key battle through impertinent ragging, Mike the accidental war hero, keeping one another warm in their trench, making out in a bombed out Belgian village, the desperation of war causing them to reveal long-secret pining, Psmith goes behind enemy lines to rescue Mike… Lots of whump and hurt/comfort welcome.
— Random Acquisition of Superpowers: I don’t actually care which of them gets it or how/why it happens, so feel free to skip that or leave it unexplained. How do they react, in a world where having superpowers is not supposed to be a thing? Is it fun and awesome, or awful? What uses do they find for the power? Do they accidentally hurt each other (hurt/comfort and angst) or improve their situation/world somehow? Any superpower would be great, from traditional ones to something super random and seemingly useless.
— Crossovers: Narnia prompts are below. Prompts with Penny Dreadful or My Family & Other Animals are HERE)
— Slaves Together: All the whump, hurt/comfort, and loyalty, please! Does Psmith secretly take Mike's beatings and/or sex duties to spare him? Or vice versa? Are they forced to watch one another be abused? Forced to put on a show? What breaks them (if anything)? Does the trauma get them to finally act on their feelings? Or does Psmith arrange things so that life as slaves is actually pretty good, no rape or beatings, just lots of cricket? How do they escape? Or do they get revenge on their master(s)? Or do they organize a Socialist revolution? Some wholly other direction you want to take this? I'l love anything!! Lots of OCs are (obviously) welcome. No body modification, branding, or permanent damage please. You could write this as a Narnia crossover (like, they come out in the Lone Islands), a GoT crossover (Essos), or with slavery added to the otherwise canonical Wodehouse world.


Narnia/Psmith Crossovers
Pairings:
• Psmith/Mike & Tirian
• Psmith/Mike & Edmund
• Psmith/Mike & Corin

I will never get enough of Psmith and Mike visiting other worlds! What are their reactions? How might they help characters there? What do the Narnians think of them? How does this adventure help them get together (or were they already together?)? Please please please pretend the Psmith books happened later than the publication date so that they are the same age as Edmund, or so their visit lines up with the Golden Age or Tirian's reigns.

DNW: train crash, end of Narnia, afterlife/Aslan's Country, or shipping Psmith or Mike with anyone but each other. I don't necessarily need to read about how the end of Last Battle was averted; you can write out the fix it or simply pretend it never even came up.

— Helping Tirian nip the entire plot of TLB in the bud? Or helping him with something pre-TLB?
— Does Edmund or Tirian blow the horn, summoning Psmith and Mike for help with a problem? Fighting giants, espionage, outwitting Calormene spies, implementing educational policies, dealing with the Rabadash situation? Something else?
— Helping Golden Age Edmund remember his previous life? Is this the only time they meet, or do they reconnect at boarding school or Cambridge?
— Or just exploring or partying with royalty in either of these eras/countries! Is Psmith or Mike erroneously jealous of someone (could be anyone, not just Ed, Corin or Tirian), leading to stoic angst before they sort it out?
— Is it Mike or Psmith's house that Edmund burgles to get the rings, resulting in them going on adventures to other realms together instead of Edmund dying? Exploring the Wood, or deserted Charn, or Westeros, or a world you make up? I'd prefer a focus on Edmund (plus Lucy, if you want), not the whole set of Friends.
— You know how Tirian astrally projected to the Friends of Narnia that one time? Well, what if he's been doing it for years with Psmith or Mike? They have always secretly thought they had an imaginary friend (or are going nuts), but one day they meet, either here or there. This prompt is an exception to my preference for non-Earth settings; set it wherever you like.
— Corin is like the Narnia version of a public school story character. I think he’d get along splendidly with Psmith and Mike. Does he take them traveling through Archenland? Do they team up to play pranks on his new twin brother? Do Psmith and Mike help him keep score against the bear? Something else? What it’s like for Corin to suddenly not be the crown prince, or to suddenly have a twin who is basically a foreigner, or having grown up with a sweet but sad dad who was mourning his queen and son? How can Psmith and Mike help him work through any of his potential issues?


MCU
Pairing: Bucky/Loki

I think they would be amazing together, an entertainingly snarky, angsty and badass odd couple. They might be able to get each other, and/or tough love each other to a better place. I'd love to see them get to know and fall for each other while doing stuff together, finding unexpected complements in one another's personalities, backstories and skillsets. Do they treat each other differently from how everyone else treats them, and like each other because of that? Some other kind of dynamic you want to explore?

I love canon divergences that pretend disparate points in their timelines lined up. Ex. post-TWS+pre-Thor1, or mid-Ragnarok+Bucky escaped Hydra earlier and in some totally different way, or... You get the idea. As long as they retain the backgrounds and character beats established in the first few minutes of their first films, you can ignore any/all parts of later canon. I don't actually care about the logistics of the divergence; feel free to start long after the divergence and/or after they become friends, handwaving the changes to canon.

Bucky notes and DNWs are near the top of this letter. I’m not into fics where Loki spends a lot of time in Jotun form or shapeshifted into someone else. DNW Infinity War or Endgame canon for this ship, unless Endgame results in a canon AU where Loki didn't die and Bucky is fine.

— The Convergence leaves wounded Loki stranded on Earth, to be found and taken in by post-TWS Bucky, or maybe pretend Thor 1 lines up with post-TWS, and Loki is the one banished to Earth. What do they bond and bicker about day to day? Can Loki help Bucky's memories or triggers? Do they have adventures together? What happens if/when Loki has to go back?
— A deal or scheme or trick or dare unexpectedly leads to feelings?
— A divergence where Loki and Bucky were handwavily forgiven post Avengers1/TWS and partnered together for missions and stuff, either for the Avengers/SHIELD or Frigga, or whomever, on Earth or in space. Prickly partners to friends to lovers! How do their skills and personalities complement one another?
— Magic Rituals: I love anything about magic rituals where people have to cut and bleed all over each other and/or have sex. Is it private, or does the magic require witnesses? Are they trying to act dispassionate, but something gives away deeper feelings or angst? Some other take?
— Forced Proximity Tropes: undercover as a couple, or stranded or captured together (in space? in an avalanche? on Lost Island? at a terrible party? Anywhere!). Or they have to get married to prevent one or both from being extradited for their crimes? I'm into these tropes for the bonding and working together that results; feel free to handwave the set-up.
— Reunions: Bucky and Loki somehow met (and maybe hooked up?) before or during WWII. However, what I'm actually interested in is what happens when they meet again later on. When/how does their reunion happen? What with the brainwashing, amnesia, Thanos-bidding, etc, it could be so angsty followed by such tender comfort, and possibly have identity porn. Yum. I want the focus on the present day, but you can include the flashbacks as well, or just handwavily mention the backstory in passing.
— The awkward and angsty twists and turns on the journey from one night stand or friends with benefits to getting together. Is Loki at first mistakenly envious of Steve (but Steve & Bucky actually don't feel that way at all about each other)? How do they find a way for Bucky to keep lifespan pace with Loki (or did the serum already do that? if so, how does Bucky take the idea of semi-immortality?)?
— Externally Driven Sex Tropes: "fuck or die", "aliens/bad guys made them do it", sex pollen (affecting either or both), "only sex can break the spell", etc. But no established romantic relationship or pre-arranged consent, please; I like these tropes when they have to get through this awkward/awful situation together, and didn't know beforehand that their feelings were requited. Or maybe the experience leads one or both to realize they want more. I also adore navigating awkward mornings/days after to the getting together (you could even start after the sex to focus on this).


MCU/Narnia Crossover
Pairing: Bucky/Edmund

I just very desperately want them to love each other as much as I love them, and to have adventures, and be competent, and make out. What aspects of their angsty backgrounds can they pep talk each other through? How can their experiences and skill sets help each other or help solve an issue in either canon? I'd love to see them teaching each other fighting or survival or nature or other skills. I would give a lot for Bucky with a sword. How do they figure out one another's backstories, and what do they think of the other's? I really want the focus on Edmund/Bucky, but you can include other Narnia characters, as you like! (Though, I do love Lucy lots, so, as long as she isn't yenta-ing or shovel-talking or something, giving a little more focus--befriending Bucky in the background or coming on a non-canonical adventure with them--could be fun.)

See Bucky section and Narnia section for notes and DNWs. The age thing is complicated here, because I don't want any overage/underage, but Edmund being a kid in WWII and Bucky being a grown-up soldier during WWII are too situationally intrinsic to canon for me to do my usual "just fudge it". And I don't want it to end like Peggy/Steve, where only one has grown old. So... complicated. However, time between realms seems so untethered and random that I could totally buy something like post-TWS Bucky traveling to the Golden Age, like, connections between realms are not linear. Or something else! So, do whatever you need to, and I will roll with it.

— Has Golden Age Edmund blown the horn, summoning Bucky for help with a problem? Or Bucky finds himself there in some other way, I don't care. Fighting giants, espionage, outwitting Calormene spies, implementing educational policies, dealing with the Rabadash situation? Something else?
— Helping Golden Age Edmund remember his previous life? Is this the only time they meet, or do they reconnect at boarding school or Cambridge?
— The story starts after Edmund has returned from going on adventures with the rings (instead of dying!!). Only, because of handwavey time shenanigans, he has returned to our present-day… whoops! He meets post-TWS Bucky! Are they both out of time an traumatized together? Hurt/comfort? Is Hydra after both of them, but they are back to back badasses, saving each other? Do they escape by using the rings again? Something else? Anything!
— Edmund somehow rescues Bucky from Hydra in the ~1950s (i.e. when they are both in their 20s). You can even skip over that part and focus on how they then go on adventures with the rings—to Charn? To Westeros? To Middle Earth? To Asgard? Back to Narnia to help Tirian?
— Hydra sends Bucky to the Professor's childhood home to get the rings on the same day that Edmund goes, resulting in them going on adventures to other realms instead of Edmund dying (only Edmund, please, not Peter). Exploring the Wood, or deserted Charn, or Westeros, or a world you make up? I'd prefer a focus on Edmund (plus Lucy, if you want), not the whole set of Friends.


MCU/Wodehouse Crossover
Pairing: Loki/Bertie Wooster

As long as they come to genuinely like/care about one another (even if it’s begrudgingly on Loki’s side), I’ll love anything. I want them to unambiguously get together. It could be a fling that amicably ends or forever love (if the latter, please mention a way to solve the lifespan issues). What is their dynamic like? What are Loki's reactions to Wodehouse characters? Like, is he having trouble deciding if they're stupid, or are they so unpredictably zany that he takes them for dangerous savants? What are Bertie's reactions/thoughts on Loki's drama and the existence of gods and magic and whatnot (he must find out!!)? Is the Wodehouse world unexpectedly what Loki needs to be happier and learn some life lessons?

While the Bertie&Jeeves dialogue is (of course) amazing, my favorite parts of these stories are actually the scenes focused on my beloved Bertie with his pals, or trying on his own to deal with aunts, girls he doesn't want, authority figures, etc (but this time not on his own! this time with Loki!). I really want the focus on Bertie/Loki, and secondarily, Bertie+Asgard characters or Bertie/Loki's interactions with non-Jeeves Wodehouse characters. I love everyone in these books, so include whoever you want; Psmith, Mike, and Uncle Fred are also welcome.

I’m not into fics where Loki spends most of the fic shapeshifted into someone else or in in Jotun form. DNW Infinity War or Endgame canon, or any hint of Bertie or Jeeves ever having more than platonic feelings for one another. I don't want Jeeves breaking Loki/Bertie up. Same notes about homophobia from the Psmith request above apply here. If you want to write 1st person Bertie POV, great! However, I’ll be just as happy with 3rd person Loki POV; I've always wanted to read someone else's take on Bertie and his world. Or maybe something more like the Blandings or Psmith narration style. Or whatever, as long as it's not 1st person for anyone other than Bertie.

— How can Loki help Bertie in the crisis of the week? Are the aunts or Sir Roderick or the Basset almost too formidable of opponents, even for Loki? Or does his god of chaos-ness help him understand them? How does he finally prevail and how does it help them get together?
— Loki as Bertie's guest at the Drones Club or at someone's country estate. Does he help Bertie finally get back at Tuppy for dunking him in the pool? Does Loki want to steal Anatole away to Asgard? Do Bertie's friends or family love his new (secretly boy)friend, or have misgivings about him for entirely the wrong reasons, or...?
— Loki and Bertie scheming at Goodwood or the boat races or some other ridiculous Wodehouse-style plot you make up. Or maybe Loki is here because of some MCU!space-style plot; how does Bertie at least try to help? How do their different schemer/problem solver brains work together? Are their combined plans better than their individual efforts, or doubly disastrous? How does it lead to feelings?
— Bertie and Loki at Blandings! Imposters! Fucking in the yew alley! Do Clarence, Constance or the Empress take an ill-advised shine to Loki? But Baxter suspects! Are they there to steal a magical thingy that is Loki's ticket home? Something else?
— Or start it after they've gotten together, when it's time for Loki to return home, and he wants to take Bertie with him. Did Bertie know before what/who Loki is? Or not, and this is how he finds out? What are his reactions to Asgard and the characters there? What are their reactions to him? Did he learn about Norse mythology at school, or is this all new to him?
— Random ideas for getting Loki into the Wodehouse world, in case you’re stuck: Loki falls off the Bifrost and into ~1930s London (just pretend Thor 1 happened back then), onto Bertie's roof or the garden at Brinkley Court or something. Or maybe he (and Thor?) visited Earth back then for fun or a project and got stranded here for awhile? Do Bertie or Aunt Dahlia take him in? Anything! (But seriously, I don't care how/why he is there; feel free to start later, even after he's met Bertie.)


MCU/Derry Girls Crossovers
Pairing: Bucky & The Gang

I would love to see how Bucky and the DG characters could help each other with something. I nominated "The Gang" because that seemed easiest, but I love all the adults, too--especially Granda Joe and even more especially Sister Michael. So, you can focus on any subset of characters you want; it's okay if the entire kid gang doesn't appear, and it's fine if they are merely cameos with Joe or Sister Michael as the mains. My big Derry Girls DNW is any of the main kids hooking up with each other, or with Bucky. However, it's fine if they hook up with random people, like in the James/Katya episode.

Is Sister Michael as stern with/about Bucky as she is with everyone else, or does he spark some of her rare, barely expressed feelings? Why? It can end tragically with Bucky being retaken by Hydra (this is where a little epilogue would be lovely!), or you can make it a canon divergence leading to Bucky permanently escaping from Hydra earlier than in canon. Or something else!

I would vastly prefer the bulk of the story to be set in the 90s; however, if you want to include a bit of more recent times, a back and forth structure between then and the 2010s could be fun (I love a reunion!) or you could include an epilogue at the end of a 1990s-focused story. Feel free to include real-life political stuff or totally handwave/background that aspect. My biggest ask is that at least some of the characters MUST find out Bucky's whole deal.

— Granda Joe was one of the Howling Commandoes. He recognizes his confusingly not-aged, not-dead war buddy in Derry. What happens next? Does he rescue Bucky from Hydra? Then what? (I don't want them to get back together, but you could backstory ship them, if you want, as an exception to my lifespan/aging incompatibility DNW)
— The kids DID get to go to Paris, and encounter the Winter Soldier there. Or something about hanging out with Bucky in Derry leads to them getting the money so they can go?
— Hydra sent the Winter Soldier to Derry for Troubles-related reasons, like, to assassinate someone (Clinton?), IDK. Hijinks or confusion or mishap leads to Bucky escaping, recovering or hiding out with DG characters.
— James's mom is totally Hydra and her company is totally a bullshit cover. Run with this to a place where that results in James meeting and rescuing the Winter Soldier. What next?
— Bucky actually escaped before the story started, and is living in hiding in Derry. How do DG characters figure out his deal (at least a couple MUST find out!)? What's he up to? Substitute teaching? Fionnula's assistant at the chippie? Anything!!!
— Is James's unseen dad important somehow, and something related to James is why Bucky is in Derry?
— Is the Red Room is after one of the kids, and Bucky's trying to save them?
— Do the kids, despite themselves, or possibly even without knowing what they're doing, defeat Hydra and save the world, twenty years earlier than canon?


MCU/Lost Crossovers
Pairings:
• Bucky & Hurley
• Bucky & Stranded in the 70s Ensemble

General
This will always be my most favorite show. I love the setting, the action/adventure, the humor. I love the theme of broken characters getting over their baggage via self-help and forced proximity friendships/romances. I love how exuberantly bonkers it was, and how the characters mostly rolled with whatever happened. DNW fic set in the sideways universe, 108 Days, or during characters' pre-island flashbacks. While the afterlife is generally a massive nope for me, Miles's superpower and Smokey's projections are exceptions. MCU notes/DNWs are in the Bucky section above.

Instead of aging Lost characters up to match real life release dates, can you please (please!) pretend Lost happened alongside the MCU movies (ex. TWS and the Lost finale happened within a few months of each other, or CW and the S4 finale happened at the same time, or some other intersection)? While I've left some premise prompts below, I don't actually care how Bucky gets to the island. Feel free to start with him already there in order to focus on his deepening friendships with Lost characters.

Bucky & Hurley
Bucky on the island, post-series finale, please! The image of these two together on the beach (or in the foot, or in the lighthouse, or playing golf, etc.) makes me smile SO HARD. Hurley could jolly anyone into a better headspace. Post-finale, Hurley also needs someone to jolly HIM into a better headspace, poor dear; it could be fun to see them working together to overcome. What adventures do they have together? While Ben is welcome as part of the ensemble around Hurley, I'd prefer not to focus on him too much. I love Rose, Bernard and Desmond, though! And Vincent!

— Does post-TWS Bucky somehow wind up on the island, just in time to help Hurley settle into his new role and fix things on the island (ie. right after the series finale)? Healing through active projects!
— Maybe there were comics or whatever of Cap (and Bucky?)? If so, I feel like Hurley would be such a fanboy of Bucky's and be so excited to meet him.
— Bucky and Hurley dealing with more of a conceptual worldbuilding crossover. Are any Lost concepts (ex. time travel, donkey wheel, Constants, gods, etc.) connected to MCU concepts (ex. Infinity Stones, Hydra, Kamar-Taj, inter-realm wormholes, etc.)?
— Have some of Hurley's friends come back for a visit so that Bucky can meet more of the gang?
— Maybe post-TWS, Bucky ended up on that flight to Guam and was the only other passenger to survive Smokey's massacre. He runs into Hurley & Co right after the finale and spends awhile with them?
— Maybe Bucky is involved in how Desmond got home again (background Desmond/Penny and Rose/Bernard are obviously welcome)? Maybe Hurley's new island protector powers can help with Bucky's triggers?
— Maybe Hurley visits his mom post-finale (I love her!), to let her know what's up, and brings his new bestie, Bucky?


Bucky & Stranded in the 70s Ensemble
I needed to nominate SOMETHING, but for this, I would be happy with a story set either a) on the island during 1974-1977, or b) post-finale back in the real world with Sawyer, Miles and Richard. Or a combination of both! Either way, I want Bucky to make friends with any/all of: Juliet, Sawyer, Miles, Jin, Richard. Gen would be fantastic, but if you want to ship Bucky/Juliet, Bucky/Miles, Bucky/Richard, or Bucky/Richard/Miles, go right ahead (but only one of those ships, please!). Including background Sawyer/Juliet is fine if you're not going to ship her with Bucky; same goes for Miles/Richard. Feel free to ignore any canon character deaths you want (ex. maybe Juliet survived the finale, and Juliet/Sawyer live next door to Miles, Richard and Bucky).

Basically, if on the island, I want Bucky experiencing some island mysteries, wearing a jumpsuit, sharing a yellow house with someone nice, getting a Sawyer nickname, assigned a Dharma job, maybe he speaks Korean, maybe Juliet's doctor skills can help him... You get the idea. Or, if post-series, I want him building a new life post-series right along with the other guys who are also a bit out of time and trying to process years of ongoing wtf trauma--a household of snarky misfit woobies, all tough loving each other and facilitating self-help. Maybe Frank drops in sometimes to check on them, or to bring them updates on Kate, Claire and Aaron (I headcanon that they moved to Australia without the guys, but keep in touch).

— Maybe the Winter Soldier was one of the soldiers on the freighter, the only one to survive (I mean, Lost DOES have a Hydra Island where they brainwash people! and Widmore WAS on that council with Fury!) and he flashed to the 70s, too? Does the island cure him? Temporarily or permanently? How does he link up with the others and become part of the gang?
— Maybe Hydra sent him to the island in the 70s on a mission, no time flash needed here? Maybe he fell off the train and onto the island, which time-warped him to the 70s, no Winter Soldier stuff happening to him at all.
— I love the LaFleur episode and wanted more slice of life from that period... Feel free to start with Bucky already established as part of the group and within the Dharma. What is their life like? There was mention of hootenanies: tell me more. People were getting high in the security room. Dealing with the foibles of the Dharma folk? Secretly keeping truces with the Others? Sneaking out of the compound to places they know from S1-3? Or do they sneak out and find the lighthouse or foot or other spots those characters never stumbled upon in canon? Is it a canon divergence where they find a different way out of the 70s/off the island (donkey wheels, anyone??), or does only Bucky leave and the story ends assuming canon happened to the others? How does Bucky's presence change things (or explain how/why they happened in canon)?
— For post-series... Does Bucky meet up with the guys post-TWS when he’s on the run? If he knew them before, does he recognize them? Or is he brainwashed? Do they take the escaped Winter Soldier in (or take him in again)? Or does he totally remember them, and it's a lovely time?
— Or maybe it's a combo with my other request, where post-series, the guys (and maybe even Kate and Claire) have returned to the island to visit Hurley, and Bucky ends up tagging along.
— Did Richard or Jacob come to recruit Bucky in Brooklyn or during the war, but it didn't work out? What's it like for both of them to reunite and see that neither one has aged? What visions/tests does Smokey give Bucky, and how does Bucky pass?
— Do the Avengers recruit post-series Hurley, Sawyer, Miles, Richard and/or Juliet for a project that needs their particular skills or island experiences, and that's how Bucky meets them? What's the project and how do they work together and bond?


MCU/Game of Thrones Crossovers
Pairings:
• Bucky & Shireen
• Bucky & Team Danaerys

General Notes
I desperately want Bucky to go to Westeros (DNW fic want set in our world), have an adventure there, and make friends with people I like. How can his skills or experiences help GoT characters and vice versa? What’s Bucky’s reaction to being in a new world? What do the GoT characters make of Bucky and the idea of other worlds? Bucky riding dragons, Bucky with a sword, Bucky’s arm acting as Valyrian steel, Bucky not taking shit from assholes… Any and all of this would make me scream with joy. As usual, I don’t care how Bucky gets to or from Westeros, so feel free to start with him already there. Maybe staying in Westeros/Essos is his happy ending? IDK.

I have only seen the TV show, not read the books; however, you can include bits of book canon as long as Bucky learns about it along with me. MCU DNWs are in the Bucky section at the top of this letter. My main GoT DNW is Ramsay Snow. The afterlife is one of my general DNWs, but zombies and whatever’s going on with Jon and Beric don't count as afterlife to me. All canon pairings are fine to include in the background (and Jorah/Danaerys would make me smile). I don't particularly care for the Jon/Danaerys ship, but don't bend over backwards trying to exclude it if your idea needs them to be more than platonic; it's really not a big deal.

If Shireen is in the story, there MUST be a canon divergence where she lives! Shireen, Sam, Gilly, and Gendry would be deaths I simply cannot handle (they aren't necessarily my ultimate faves; I just feel irrationally protective of them). Bucky, too, obviously. However, it's okay to keep other canon deaths as long as those deaths don't wipe out a majority of the main characters of the fic, with whom Bucky has forged bonds. I might come back and add prompts to this letter after the series finale, but ignore them if you've already started. I will always adore a canon divergence that branches off much earlier and keeps my faves alive.

Bucky & Shireen
I have a weakness for fics where Bucky randomly acquires a child, and they take care of each other. And Shireen is my FAVORITE child. She would be so nerdily excited about Bucky being from another world, like an angsty knight from her favorite fairy tale. And he would love how sweet and clever she is, and make her feel less lonely. You can write out the fix it for her death, but I would be even more excited by something that assumes she somehow got away before the start of the story (or diverges way before so that it never even came up) and instead focuses on their subsequent adventures.

Did Shireen find a spell in the Castle Black library (or an old Valyrian book on Dragonstone) that whisked Bucky to Westeros before the whole burning thing came up? Did Bucky rescue her from the pyre—or days before the pyre—and spirit her away weeks before the story started? If they’re traveling, are they just trying to lay low and get somewhere ‘safe’, or do they have a mission? Do they team up with other people I like? Or, maybe it’s a canon divergence where her parents left her at Dragonstone and Bucky shows up there while they're away? What do they do once news of her parents' death comes? How do she and Bucky mind the island? What happens when Team Danaerys shows up? Do Shireen and Bucky bend the knee and get to ride dragons? Something else? Is the happy ending that she comes back to our world with Bucky? Anything!


Bucky & Team Danaerys
This really means "Bucky & People I Like", because I only had so many nom slots. I like Danaerys a lot, but I'm even more in love with most of the characters around her--Tyrion, Varys, Jorah, Selmy, Missandei, Greyworm. I also love the people on "Project Let's Capture a Wight" (Davos, Gendry, Tormund, Beric, Thoros, the Hound). Hell, even though they aren't currently on Team Danaerys, I would also love a story about Bucky with Bronn, Podrick, and/or Brienne. I adore the Tyrells. Also Sam, Gilly, Davos, and Yara. And Jaquen is super sexy and the whole Faceless Man thing is interesting.

— If I left prompts for every character and grouping I like, I'd be here all winter. As long as your fic focuses on a few people listed above (even better, if Bucky's presence improves their lot or changes things to keep them alive), I'll love it! So, go with whatever you want to write.
— With Tyrion: It could be set when he was with Podrick and Bronn in King's Landing, or on the King's Road, a canon divergence where he didn't get kidnapped in Volantis, or later when he’s with Danaerys. Does he try to get Bucky drunk (does it work?)? Does he think of a clever use for Bucky’s skills or otherworldliness? Anything!
— With Team Danaerys: It could be set in Mereen, Dragonstone, post-series or canon divergent times. Which one of the group convinces Danaerys to let this stranger into her inner circle, and why? Can experience gained in our world help defeat the masters or Lannisters or White Walkers or whatever? Bonus points if Missandei helps Bucky save the day (I love her).
— With Team Danaerys: What if, instead of going to Westeros, they decided to rebuild Valyria, and either take Bucky with them, or meets= him there. I once heard a book spoiler that Danaerys and Tyrion are immune to greyscale (though I don't know why), and I'm assuming Jorah can't get it again, and that Bucky is immune. That would make most of them safe to explore. Did the Doom stem from some MCU-related event or can MCUish stuff help fix things? What magic (if any) do they find in Valyria? How do they work together and what do they accomplish?
— With the Tyrells: Can Bucky get them out before the explosion? What happens next? Road trip to Highgarden, or they team up with someone else I like to defeat Cersei? Does Margaery now have a bodyguard who is just as strong as Cersei's zombie!Mountain? You can ship Bucky/Margaery, if you want and/or have Loras unrequitedly crushing on Bucky.
— With Sam & Gilly: Sam said his childhood dream was to be a wizard; was he messing around with old books in the Castle Black or Citadel library, and ended up accidentally reciting a spell that summons Bucky to Westeros? Is he so excited, or is he pouty, thinking Gilly’s head has been turned (but it hasn't)? How does Bucky help them, either in a divergence where they stayed in Oldtown, or on the road to Winterfell, or once they get there? Can Sam help Bucky’s triggers the way he helped Jorah’s illness? Does Gilly somehow save the day?
— With Team Wight Hunters: Does Bucky's presence result in a divergence in which things go differently? Like, they recruit help from the Children of the Forest or Bran or something? Or maybe things go similarly to canon, but the story focuses on a change to the aftermath. Do they take down the zombie dragon, or defeat the Night King, or…? Back to back badasses with Beric? Can Thoros’s powers fix Bucky’s amnesia? What dry or hilarious things do the Hound or Tormund have to say about him? Do Bucky and Gendry bond over being the common sense commoners of the group or over the smithing of his arm? Extra bonus points if Bucky tells them all exactly how dumb this plan was.
— General Magic Stuff: Can Bran see all the way to other worlds? Is Bucky actually the prince who was promised?
— With Jaquen: Something playing with ideas of assassins, of being ‘no one’ or a ‘ghost’, of losing/reclaiming your identity, etc. Does angsty Bucky at first want to lose himself fully, or does he fight to regain who he is? Is he seeking refuge at the temple or did Jaqen seek him out? Do they meet in Braavos or on the road? If in Braavos, is he a trainee at the same time as Arya (possibly causing a canon divergence), or was he the only one at the time? Do Jaqen and Bucky have a bittersweet fling, but that's all it can be because being nobody means you can't have lasting relationships? Or does Jaquen and shapshifting help Bucky work through his feelings for someone else (ex. Steve)? Does the Waif similarly hate Bucky (I loathe her and relished her end)? Or something else!


David Blaize Crossovers
Pairings:
• Frank/Edmund (Narnia)
• Frank/Bucky (MCU)
• Frank & Psmith/Mike (Wodehouse)
• Frank/Others (Various Crossover Options)

General Frank Notes
Frank/Happiness is my OTP. He's such a fascinating and endearing blend of judgmental, whimsical, bossy, charismatic, and melancholic. While his anguished self-loathing is super compelling, I ultimately want him to get over it (and himself, a little), without anyone explicitly lecturing him. I want him to find happiness and self-acceptance with someone new—with actual kissing, or more! The chapter where he devises the plan to catch the cheaters was such fun; if it fits, something that also showcases his cleverness and snark and take-chargeness in action would be lovely.

Please let him completely get over his tragic crush on David and be entirely into the new person, without bashing David. And please set it when Frank is anywhere between 18-26 (ie. canon divergence, or shortly post-canon), so he doesn't have to wait long to be happier. If you have never heard of this book, you can find it here. Prepare yourself for some amazingly iddy homoerotic Edwardian boarding school angst. The sequel, "David Blaize of Kings" is $1 on Amazon.

Bonus Crossover Pairing Options!:
There are a ton of people I would love to see Frank with, but I get embarrassed about nominating all of them. Feel free to write any of the / pairings HERE instead of the officially requested ones.


Frank & Mike/Psmith (Wodehouse)
Frank and Mike were obviously teammates on the Cambridge eleven. I'd love a crossover that facilitates an endgame of Frank/a guy (but not Psmith or Mike, since I’m rabidly OTP-ish about them). Does Frank end up with Adair or Monty Bodkin or David (this prompt is the only exception to my overarching "get over David" need)? Or some other nice Wodehouse guy (not Jeeves, please)? As long as Psmith/Mike remains endgame, Frank hooking up or having hooked up with one or both of them would be fun to include. Perhaps when Marchester's team played Eton, Wrykyn or Sedleigh in cricket, or during holidays, or at Cambridge while Psmith or Mike assumed the other wasn't interested, or some other time? How does that backstory affect my actual ship(s) later on, when they are all at Cambridge together? Is there misplaced jealousy or awkwardness that leads to feelings revealed? Something else? Or, they can meet for the first time at Cambridge, no hooking up with Frank involved. Whatever!

Cambridge hijinks facilitating friendship and romance? Teaming up to rag on a professor or defeat a bully? Or maybe it isn’t even set at Cambridge; maybe it’s more of a Wodehouse-style plot where they meet while visiting a country estate, or have gotten to know one another at the clubs. While I don’t want matchmaking or interventions, maybe getting an outsider POV on one character's angst or happiness or whatever inspires someone from the other canon to do something about his feelings. Ex. Maybe Frank reexamines his stance on 'beastliness' when he finds out that Mike, whom he thinks is great, has a thing with Psmith. Or maybe seeing Frank so miserably repressed makes Mike decide to go for things with Psmith. (But Frank must stop being repressed by the end, too!) I will love anything!


Frank/Edmund (Narnia)
Frank coming up with well-reasoned but incorrect theories to explain Edmund’s weirdness before eventually figuring it out? What is post-Narnia life like for Edmund? Is he also frustrated (sexually or otherwise)? Carrying around knowledge or experience that he can’t use? Desperate because he remembers adult relationships but has (until now) been too young/lacked opportunity/hasn’t liked anyone enough/other? Or maybe he’s actually quite inexperienced. What draws them to each other?

My biggest asks are a) for Frank to find out about Narnia/Edmund’s secret and b) pretend the David Blaize books were set later so that they are around the same age during the story. DNW train crash, end of Narnia, or afterlife! Please make it clear they will live out their lives.

— School or University: Prefects together at Marchester? Edmund being really good at sneaking out/around? Have they always liked one another, or do they start as rivals but end up falling for one another? Wet and full of adrenaline after a sailing race or tennis match at Cambridge?
— Golden Age: Frank finds himself in Narnia (I don’t care how; feel free to skip over that part). What are his reactions to the place? How does Edmund, who probably doesn't have a ton of attractive humans around, react to having this nice, smart, handsome Brit in the castle? Can Frank help Ed and his siblings remember their lives from before?
— Greece: Does Edmund also become an archaeologist? Or does he study something else at Cambridge that allows them to travel to Greece together? Voyages on trains or ships (and possibly stranded when the vehicle breaks down)? Finding ancient magic here on earth? Partying with Bacchus, who's an old acquaintance of Ed's?
— Post-Canon Adventures: I'm obsessed with Edmund using the rings to go adventuring to places other than Narnia instead of dying. Maybe it's Frank's parents' house that Edmund burgles to get the rings, and that's how they meet and go off on adventures together to the Wood Between the Worlds or not-so-dead Charn? Westeros/Essos (I only know the TV show) is another option.


Frank/Bucky (MCU)
I would like a WWII getting together story--no MCU canon other than the first Cap movie needed (unless you want)! Please pretend the books were set later so that they are around the same age. They’d make such a great odd couple. The Brooklyn boy/posh Brit, classical education/street smarts, etc. How do they overcome Frank’s (possibly also Bucky’s?) internalized homophobia and find something good? Is Bucky actually more open-minded or experienced with men than Frank? Or has he always denied himself, and Frank initiates him?

MCU notes/DNW are in the Bucky section above. Feel free to pretend Bucky didn’t fall off the train so they can have a happily ever after. Or maybe Frank encounters his brainwashed old flame and rescues him from Hydra in, like, 1949 (ie. before there’s a major age difference) for a happily ever after. Or you can make it bittersweet, with Bucky still falling, but even though he grieves, their time together has left Frank in a healthier place to live and love again without such self-loathing (and WE know Bucky will eventually be okay, per canon).

Does Frank start out initially jealous of Bucky’s friendship with Steve, because he’s projecting his own experiences with David onto Steve&Bucky? Does Bucky scoff because he and Steve aren't like that at all, or is Frank actually correct in thinking Bucky has been unrequitedly pining (this is my one sort-of exception to the Steve/Bucky DNW)? If Bucky had been crushing on Steve, I need him to get over it completely as he and Frank fall for one another, without bashing Steve. Or you could not bring up Steve/Bucky as a question or issue at all!

— Soldiers Together: Maybe the 107th is camped alongside Frank’s unit before their capture? Sharing a foxhole together? Exploring or hiding in a bombed out village together? Left behind and forced to trek to safety together? Saving one another? Does the desperation of war get them over their issues enough to act on their feelings?
— Captives Together: Do they huddle together between torture/experimentation sessions, clinging to each other and their identities? Hurt/comfort and desperate “we’ll probably die tomorrow” hookups? Nazis humiliating them or forcing them to do it or confess feelings or watch each other be hurt? Or maybe they only get together after Steve’s rescued them, when they begin to realize something more permanent was done to them.
— Howling Commandoes: Frank as part of the gang? Getting together while using their combined smarts on a mission, either with the whole group, or a side project just for them? I’m thinking stakeouts, disguises, need for quick thinking, getting information at a party, stranded in a snowy cabin, down time at a pub… anything!
— Spies or Missions: Or maybe Frank isn’t a soldier, but rather some sort of archaeologist/explorer civilian who is asked to use his knowledge to help the war effort. Maybe Hitler’s after some Ancient Greek occult blah blah? The SSR partners Frank and Bucky for the mission.