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Thank you so much for offering one of these! Except for the crossovers, I'm asking for things I've never requested before, or have requested only very rarely. I'm so excited for any of them! Almost all of these pairings have fewer than five fics in existence, if any at all, so I'll gladly take anything; don't fret about following the prompts. I'm [archiveofourown.org profile] aurilly on AO3 as well.

This is a very long letter with a lot of requests. Here are anchor links to the different sections:
Lady Audley's Secret
Northanger Abbey
MCU
MCU/Wodehouse Crossovers
MCU/Narnia Crossover
Penny Dreadful
Oz – L Frank Baum
His Dark Materials (TV)
Watchmen (TV)
Psmith/Narnia Crossovers
David Blaize Crossovers

Things I Always Love
General Fic Stuff: Feel free to skip the set-up or meet-cute; you can start in media res, after they’ve already become friends or have started the project, etc. What I'm most interested in is what happens next--the adventures characters share, what they bond about, how they move from friends to more, etc. Basically, stories that end right after the introductions or before the characters do anything interesting in the premise (ex. the story ends two minutes after a crossover character gets to Narnia) make me sad.

Devoted Odd Couples: enjoying one another's company; laughing at one another; fond exasperation; loyalty; self-sacrificial gestures; contrasting speech patterns; reunions

Earning Your Happy Ending: self-help; tough love; getting over some of your baggage; finding home where you least expect it; learning how to love or trust again; whump and angst with a happy ending

Adventures & Journeys: vacations gone awry; fish out of water; exploring new territory; daring rescues or escapes; espionage; finding out about magic; time loops; haughty characters forced to slum it wind up having fun

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

Just Add Magic: I love magical realism, urban fantasy, or characters encountering mythological, fantasy, or eldritch horror elements in the otherwise canonical setting--with happy endings, please! I like it even for mundane canons. I'm not crazy about werewolves or vampires, but other than that, anything goes (I'm fine with Penny Dreadful's canonical vampires and werewolves, though). I also like characters realizing they have a superpower, especially in a world where that's not supposed to be a thing.

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 d) awkward or ill-advised sexual situations that lead to a later relationship

Sexy Times: I don't care who tops or bottoms in m/m. I have general porn likes HERE; it's for all ships, not just the ones listed there. There's a more egregiously detailed version HERE (but honestly, the other one is enough).

Melodramatic Hurt/Comfort (with happy endings): A erroneously thinks B is pining for C; accepting injury, humiliation, torture or rape to protect a loved one; forced to watch loved one endure something awful; accidental arousal while cuddling for comfort; "I thought you were dead!"; magic comes with a price; secret feelings revealed against character's will; comforter is hiding their own injuries; doing bad things so others don't have to; getting over internalized shame; jumping in front of a bullet; touch-starved characters; external forces make them hurt each other

Forced Proximity or Sex: captured or stranded together; marriage of convenience; forced to have sex (by the bad guys, for cultural or initiation rites, to cast a spell, as part of undercover roles, for a ritual, sex pollen, fuck or die, etc). I'll take these for the flimsiest of reasons, so handwave away. Bonus optional takes include: forced to choose between sex pollen and truth serum; or Pining Character A doesn't immediately realize B is sex-pollened. But no pre-arranged, lucid consent, please. I like these tropes when each one is angsty and/or pining and/or guilt-ridden during the sex, and they realize only afterwards that feelings are requited (or they develop feelings during the ordeal). I also love when the story focuses more on the awkward aftermath.

General Crossover Likes: 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, met during long-ago vacation, old school chums, etc) and starting the story when they reunite in their cracked-out present


Do Not Wants
— big age differences between two halves of a ship caused by disparate release/publication dates (please pretend one canon took place earlier or later so that shipped characters are around the same age)
— tragically unresolved age mismatches caused by lifespan differences or time travel
— fourth wall breakage
— fusions, setting AUs, or goofy crack (but crack played seriously is great!)
— crossovers of more than two canons at a time (unless specifically prompted)
— 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!)
Ships: non-canon romantic pairings other than the ones specifically requested; poly or threesomes; conflicting requested ships unless specifically prompted (ex. no Bucky/Edmund + Bucky/Thor in the same story)
Things That Upset Me: permanent death of requested characters; the afterlife; un-averted apocalypses; bleak endings; 'it was all a dream' or mind-wipe endings
Sex & Relationship-Related: underage/overage sex or romance; D/s dynamics; soulmates; shovel talks; yentas and matchmakers; pregnancy; adultery; characters written as ace, aro, or demi; gender identity headcanons; dark dynamics within my requested ships; non-canonical pet names or terms of endearment
Writing Things: 1st & 2nd person POV (exception for Bertie); phonetically spelled dialogue (my brain genuinely struggles to process it)

**A Note on AUs: Sending a character through a portal to another world or shifting timelines within a late 19th/early 20th century range do not count as a "setting change AU" to me. Neither does adding supernatural elements to the otherwise canonical setting or to a character backstory in a 'mundane' canon. What I DO count as a setting change AU is if the supernatural elements that form the canon's premise are wholly removed, or a requested character's pre-canon backstory is wholly unrecognizable (ex. Bucky was a born and bred Narnian instead of a guy born in Brooklyn in ~1920), or a canon is moved into a wildly different location or time period (ex. modern, space, pirates, random jobs).


Lady Audley's Secret
• Robert Audley/George Talboys

This was the first 'sensation novel' I ever read, and I fell madly in love with Robert. He's so low-key sarcastic and clever, but most of all loyal. His maturation from dissipated lazybones to dedicated investigator got me right in the id. Even before that, the way he dropped his whole life to cheer up sad, woobie George was delicious. Robert's just so into George, and even in the middle of his depression, George seemed to return the feelings, what with Robert being the only person George wanted to be around. George's introduction in chapter 2 made him seem utterly charming before tragedy struck (no wonder Robert retained such fond feelings about him); I want Robert to help him get back to that happy headspace, even if it's just glimmers.

What I want is pretty straightforward. I would love a canon divergence that gives a Robert/George happy ending, and a bit of George recovering from his trauma. Please don't let Clara have hard feelings; you can pretend that plotline never even came up (honestly, it just read to me as Robert wanting to marry George). If you would also like to throw in some of Robert's sexy efforts to cheer George up before his disappearance, go for it! I want so much hurt/comfort. And there's so much opportunity, especially given George's awful dad, and no one respecting Robert, and the entire plot. Alicia and Robert's uncle are darlings, so they, and anyone else you like, are welcome to appear.

Maybe George had been accepting comforting hookups before his disappearance, and when he returns he realizes that they meant more to him than that? Or maybe fill in the missing scene when Robert finds George in his apartment, and their passionate reunion. Or a missing scene after Robert gets back from dealing with Lucy and they're feeling passionately triumphant? Or a canon divergence where they reunite earlier, with lots of Robert tending to George's wounds? Or a divergence where Robert gets whacked, too (ex., maybe he got hurt in the fire, but not so much that he's left with permanent physical damage), and George dramatically returns to take care of him instead? What do they do post-canon? You could also add some sort of supernatural element (see General Likes section) to create an even more Gothic canon divergence. Anything! I need them to make out (or more!) so badly but I'm having trouble coming up with prompts, so write whatever you want.


Northanger Abbey
• Eleanor Tilney/Henry Tilney
• Eleanor Tilney/Henry Tilney & General Tilney

Henry is my favorite Austen love interest. I love his sarcasm, teasing playfulness, pragmatism, everything. I love how unembarrassed he is about his reading tastes. The fact that he's a teensy bit annoying--so pedantic!--adds to his endearing realness. And Eleanor is wonderful, handling things with grace, intelligence, and a twinkling sense of humour. They have a great us-against-the-world closeness. I love how they respect one another, all their moments of silent understanding, how she is simultaneously amused by and over his shit.

Feel free to take anyone and anything around Henry and Eleanor to a creepy, dark, fully gothic place (or a wondrously magical place). But no matter what, please don't make them or their relationship dark, and please give them a hopeful ending. A fic that showcases their general closeness and how well they work together, and that allows Henry to be arch and fun, would be great. I like my incest angsty and guilty but truly loving. Stealing secret moments of in deliciously gothic spots around the Abbey, or in carriages? Undercover as a couple? Being all playful and teasing yet heartbreaking and stoic?

What I'm hoping for is pre-canon fic and/or a canon divergence where the Tilneys never met Catherine, so the fic can focus on Henry/Eleanor and let me assume they never marry anyone else. No missing scenes or post-canon fic, or mention of Catherine at all, please. Much as I really do love her in canon, I want fic about other stuff, too. I’d love for Henry and Eleanor to be around the same age as in canon, or only very slightly younger (definitely both of them over seventeen).

— What if Northanger Abbey really had been a gothic horror or otherwise magical setting? Maybe it's haunted, or their dad or older brother is an evil entity, or there's some other kind of supernatural thing (see General Likes section). Or there's a door to Faerie or Avalon in the house or gardens? When and how do Henry and Eleanor find out about the thing? What happens and what do they do? How does working through this problem or adventure get them together?

— Getting together during an adventure Henry and Eleanor shared together before canon. An earlier trip to Bath? During a trip to Paris or a season in London? A visit to a friend or family friend's estate (crossovers with other Jane Austen novels are welcome)? United front against something their asshole father was aiming for or abuse he was inflicting? Dealing with an awful aunt or unwelcome suitor? Going somewhere no one knows they're siblings and they can finally be together in public?

— Does their terrible father or brother find out about them? What punishments do they use to try to separate them? Or blackmail? How do Henry and Eleanor fight back and make things okay for themselves?

— Crossover with JS&MN: Assume Northanger Abbey took place in the JS&MN world, even if none of Susanna Clarke's characters appear. Do Henry and/or Eleanor study magic? Does Northanger Abbey have a portal to the fairy realm? Or does Northanger's magic wake up along with everything else at the end of the book; what do Henry and Eleanor do with that? Does the magic help them create a happy ending for themselves? Some other angle? If Clarke's characters do appear, are Henry and/or Eleanor friendly with any of my faves (which include Segundus, Strange, Stephen, Lady Pole and Arabella)? Does the Gentleman try to steal Eleanor, and Henry quests to save her? Or he kidnaps/enchants both and they work together to escape (lots of hurt/comfort welcome)? I'll love anything. I have read the book and short story collection; I haven't seen the TV show, so don't want canon from that.


MCU
• Bucky/Thor

Bucky and Thor (plus Loki) are my very favorite MCU characters, so of course I want them to love each other as much as I love them, and unambiguously get together--with actual makeouts (or more!). I think they'd get along great—a cool and deadly odd couple who could become fiercely loyal about one another, and help each other fully recover from previous traumas, etc. A lovely contrast of temperaments, plus, they would be insanely hot together. Feel free to start in media-res of their acquaintance or friendship; I don't need to see their first meeting. Loki is, of course, always welcome to be around. :D

As long as he's kind and not a booming idiot, I adore all versions of Thor--chiseled Adonis, out of shape, arrogant yet earnest, matured but down on his luck, whatever! 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. I have a pet peeve about Bucky (and Steve) saying "ain't" and sounding like a gangster movie. Can he please speak as properly as he does in the films? Cursing is fine, though. DNW incompatible lifespan issues, so please assume the serum makes you immortal like an Asgardian, or that they can find some magic to make Bucky immortal.

— Bucky Didn't Get Snapped: I'd love something that picks up mid-way or at the end of the five years, for a friends to lovers story. What have they been doing together? You can keep Thor's breakdown, or maybe this divergence with Bucky helped prevent it. Did Bucky get kicked out of Wakanda as soon as T'Challa and Shuri were dead, and that's how he ended up with Thor? Building up New Asgard in Norway? Missions for Carol? Stranded in space together? What finally pushes them to be more than just friends?

— Tropes: undercover as a couple; marriage of convenience (maybe to keep Bucky from getting extradited?); friends with benefits becomes more; captured together… I'm into these tropes for the forced bonding and working together that results; handwaving the set-up or reasons is fine.

— Wakanda: Start some time after the Asgardians arrived safely on Earth and settled in Wakanda, no IW/EG canon. How have Bucky and Thor gotten to know each other? Can Bucky show the Asgardians the ropes of living here? What new things do they show him? Midnight swims, fun with goat-herding, teaming up to face creepy magic in the jungle, Asgardian magic, bounty hunters after Bucky, dealing with a restless Loki, something else? How do they fall in love?

— Post-Canon: Maybe Steve leaving inspires Bucky to seek out what he wants to do with this second (third?) chance at making a life--only in Bucky's case, that involves moving forward, not back. Does he accompany Thor into space for a change of pace (especially since Thor is in a similarly self-defining place)? Could be with the Guardians, or Carol drops them off somewhere… I don't care about the set-up. I just want to know how they bond, what adventures they have, how they help each other heal, and, most importantly, get to making out.

— Endgame: Bucky didn't get snapped and went on the Aether mission with Thor instead of Rocket. Is this the first time they hang out, or is this the culmination of years of friendship? How does it go differently? Does Bucky get to meet Frigga? Or perhaps they are sent to return the stones instead of Steve? What adventures do they have in this case (on any planet, not just Asgard)?

— Reunions: Bucky and Thor somehow met (and maybe hooked up?) before or during WWII. However, what I'm actually interested in is what happens when they reunite post-TWS. When/how does their reunion happen? What with the brainwashing, amnesia, Thanos-bidding, etc, it could be so angsty or identity porny, or hurt/comforty. Yum. Does Thor find a way to rescue or cure Bucky? On Earth or in Asgard? I want the focus on the present day, but you can include the flashbacks as well, or just handwavily mention the backstory in passing.

— New New Asgard: Bucky and Thor traveling the stars, looking for a more permanent planet that the Asgardians can settle? What adventures do they have and how does it get them together? Do they find Loki, who turns out not to be dead?

— Post-TWS: Does Bucky get sent to Asgard to hide from Earth authorities who want to arrest him? How does Thor take care of him and how do they fall in love?

— TDW: What if Bucky had been the one to get infected by the Aether instead of Jane? Does Thor still take him to Asgard? What if Bucky had been able to harness it, instead of being damseled by it the way Jane was? How would the plot play out totally differently with this change, and how does it help them get together?

— Random: Lightning powers + metal arms + sex... This could lead to careful precautions, or extra excitement, or... I'm not really sure. Feel free to convince me of your position... ;D


MCU/Wodehouse Crossover
• Loki/Bertie Wooster
• Loki/Thor & 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. What is their dynamic like? What are Loki's (and Thor'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 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? If writing Loki/Bertie, it could be a fling that amicably ends or forever love (if the latter, please mention a way to solve the lifespan issues).

I really want the focus on Bertie+Asgardian(s), and secondarily Asgardians+Drones guys or aunts. My favorite parts of these stories are 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 and Thor!). So, Jeeves can appear, but he doesn't have to. I love everyone from these books; Psmith, Mike, and Uncle Fred are also welcome.

I would like something set in the early to mid-20th century, during Wodehouse canon times. I’m not into fics where Loki spends most of the fic shapeshifted into someone else or 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. If you want to write 1st person Bertie POV, great. However, I’ll be just as happy with 3rd person Loki or Thor POV; I've always wanted to read someone else's take on Bertie and his world.

— How can Loki (and Thor) help Bertie in the crisis of the week? Are the aunts or Sir Roderick or the Basset almost too formidable opponents, even for Loki's schemes? Or does his god of chaos-ness help him understand them? How does he finally prevail and how does it help them get together?

— If writing Thor/Loki, how does Bertie even process the incest? Does he not realize they are brothers at first? Or does Bertie help them get together? Has one been pining and Bertie almost accidentally sorts them out?

— Loki (and Thor) as Bertie's guest at the Drones Club or at someone's country estate. Do they help Bertie finally get back at Tuppy for dunking him in the pool? Do they want to steal Anatole away to Asgard? Do Bertie's friends or family love his new friend(s), or have misgivings about him for entirely the wrong reasons, or...?

— Loki (and Thor) and Bertie scheming at Goodwood or at the boat races, or some other ridiculous Wodehouse-style plot you make up. Or maybe Loki and Thor are here because of some MCU space-style dilemma; how does Bertie try to help? Are their combined plans better than their individual efforts, or doubly disastrous?

— 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?

— Are Thor and Loki country members of the Drones Club? Meaning, they don't have a full membership because they visit only intermittently. But when they do stop by, everyone celebrates, because fun and chaos are about to happen. How did Bertie become their special bestie? What are parties like when they are there?

— Or start it after Loki/Bertie have gotten together, and it's time for Loki to return home. 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 and Thor 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? Was Thor banished together to this time period? Thor and Loki banished together? Do Bertie or Aunt Dahlia take him/them in? Anything! (But seriously, I don't care how/why they get there there; feel free to start later, after they've met Bertie.)


MCU/Narnia Crossover
• Bucky/Edmund

I want them to love each other as much as I love them, and to have adventures, and be competent, and unambiguously get together, with actual makeouts (or more!). 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? How do they figure out one another's backstories, and what do they think of the other's (they MUST find out!)? How do they fall in love? There's delicious potential for angsty separations and happy ending reunions in this ship, too, if you want.

Edmund being a kid and Bucky being a soldier during WWII is too situationally intrinsic to both characters for my usual timeline adjustment approach. However, time between realms is so untethered and random that I could easily buy something like post-TWS Bucky traveling to the Golden Age. Or maybe at the end of Endgame, Bucky time travels to the 50s/60s when Edmund is grown up again, either as the initial premise of the story or as the happy ending epilogue. Basically, do whatever you need to avoid an age discrepancy ending and I'll roll with it. (It's okay if adult!Bucky temporarily sees/hangs with kid!Edmund at some point, as long as he doesn't touch the kid, and endgame is with grown-up Ed).

— Edmund in the Future: The story starts when grown up again Edmund returns from going on adventures with the rings. However, because of handwavey inter-realm time shenanigans reasons, the rings have dropped him off decades after he left, and now he's stuck… Whoops! How do he and Bucky meet? Does Ed rescue him from Hydra (possibly earlier than in canon?), or is it post-TWS? Or even post-Endgame? Out of time together, hurt/comfort, etc. Is Hydra after one or both, or is it more slice of life? Do they use the rings again? Something else?

— Bucky In Golden Age Narnia: Maybe someone blows the horn, summoning Bucky? Or he fell off the train and into Narnia? Or some other way, I don't care. Getting together while dealing with giants, espionage, outwitting Calormene spies, implementing educational policies, the Rabadash situation? Something else? Is it a divergence where the Pevensies ruled the Golden Age their whole lives? Or do Bucky and Edmund reunite later back in our world?

— Traveling with Rings: Hydra sends the Winter Soldier to the Professor's childhood home to get the rings on the same day that Edmund goes, resulting in them going to other realms instead of Edmund dying. Exploring the Wood, or deserted Charn, or Asgard, or back to Narnia to help Tirian, or GoT's Westeros, or a world you make up?

— Canon-Setting Spies: I enjoy the fanon that Edmund grows up and becomes a spy. Does he get partnered with the Asset, is like, "gah, this poor guy" and run away with him? Or do they go on a spy mission while Bucky's in Narnia?


Penny Dreadful
• Victor Frankenstein/Vanessa Ives
• Victor Frankenstein/Vanessa Ives & Sembene

From the meet-cute over scalpels, to how they've both memorized all this Romantic poetry, to the shopping trip, to their tender heart-to-hearts and pep talks, to their playful teasing and arch banter… So much fondness, mutual respect, and loyalty. They’re both so lonely and haunted, simultaneously proud and self-loathing about their monstrous states. I shipped them from the first episode. I want them to find something good in their shared darkness, unambiguously get together--with actual makeouts, or more!--and be endgame. No sex or romance while she's possessed, please. And Sembene! Sembene was wonderful, so mysterious and kind and understanding and badass and take-charge. I wanted so much more of him. Most of my prompts are about Victor and Vanessa, but feel free to add him to any of them (well, maybe not the ritual sex one; I don't want a threesome).

Please ignore the ending. Extreme canon divergences are more than welcome, like erasing all of S3, or going even further back to pretend he never brought Brona back, or Sembene never died. Whatever! While I love Ethan (and the whole Scooby Gang!), I wasn’t big on the Vanessa/Ethan ship; can you pretend that pairing wasn’t a thing, or pretend she's over her crush by the time the fic starts? I similarly want Victor to completely get over Lily (or never have known her). Also, DNW 'Vanessa or Sembene dies and Victor brings them back'. I don't want Victor bringing back any more people, period. I was vastly more fascinated by his efforts to connect with the living than I was in anything about his creations, so would prefer them to have as little to do with the fic as possible.

— Does Vanessa invite Victor to live in Granage Place after S2? Is Sembene still there? Or does she prefer his garret? Helping each other get over their breakdowns? Can she--with her ghoulish love of taxidermy and giving life to dead things--assist him with science? Or do they both take the therapist's advice and try to have fun--but this time together (never meeting Dracula)? What do attempts at fun look like for them and how do they get together?

— Leaving London entirely? Do they go on a vampire-hunting mission, just the two of them, or heal a haunted house? A trip to Bath or some other place that their fancy names get them into but where their personalities don't quite fit? Some other project that requires them to combine their talents and knowledge?

— What if Victor was the one Vanessa had taken to the moors with her? Or some kind of stranded together or captured together scenario? Hurt/comfort during his drug withdrawals and/or her demon struggles? Can her witchcraft or herbal knowledge help with his addiction?

— Undercover as a couple or marriage of convenience: How does the experience deepen their bond and lead to real feelings? What's their wedding night like? They’ve both strayed quite far from their similarly posh country childhoods. Exploring the dichotomy between the Victorian high society they were born into (Victor's family estate is enormous!) and the demi-monde that brought them together would be fascinating as a side theme.

— Some ritual or magic plot blah blah requires that Victor be relieved of his virginity... Vanessa volunteers. Or the sex has to be between people who feel pure, redemptive fondness for one another, even if they don't initially realize it's more than friendly. Either way, it makes them realize they want more.

— We never got anyone's reactions to Victor's extracurricular activities! Separately, I wanted more about him reconciling the existence of monsters and biblical demons with his scientific belief system. Incorporating either of these themes into a getting-together story would be great, especially with Sembene helping or hurt/comforting, the way he helped Ethan.


Oz – L Frank Baum
• Polychrome/Button-Bright
• Polychrome/Button-Bright & Trot

These darlings! They're both always getting lost! Polly is such an ethereal delight with a quietly regal core and understated power. She’s very sweet but not a pushover; she has no problem expressing dislike or anger. And Button-Bright is so unflappable, friendly, and practical, so brave and with such a good heart. He’s always appreciating the little things, and that somehow tends to lead to problems and solutions, in equal measure. I love how they both take life as it comes, with optimism and relative good cheer. I like them best when they're more active protagonists. For example, I loved Button-Bright's cleverer, more mature characterization and Polly's more assertive helpfulness in 'Sky Island' and later books; I wasn't as much of a fan of them (Button-Bright especially) in 'Road to Oz'.

If you keep them their canon-ish ages (I literally have no idea how old they’re supposed to be), please keep it super innocent--hand-holding, first crushes, confused feelings, cute kisses, sweet gestures, huddling for warmth, innocently awkward attempts at comfort... But if you're aging them up to 17+, you can go as hot and heavy as you like.

Incorporating worldbuilding about literally any place or concept in the books, or culture clashes between life in the sky/life in the US/life in Oz would be amazing, if it fits. You could keep it whimsical, or go way angstier than the books, or tackle canon concepts more seriously, or go all-in on the darkness lurking under the surface (there were some seriously messed-up implications played very casually in these books). I’m not someone who needs pastiche, especially if you are writing something darker or with more grown-up themes than the source material, so please please don’t worry about it.

I only know the Baum books, so please keep it to canon from those. There are so many inconsistencies in the books, so don't stress about canon compliance. I'm fond of everyone (except Scraps, sorry), so anyone is welcome to appear in the background. However, bonus points for more rarely written characters such as Trot, Cap'n Bill, Ojo, the Ork, or Tik-Tok, instead of focusing on Ozma or Dorothy (I love them, but they already get so much attention in canon and fic).

— Does Button-Bright not even realize that what he feels is a crush? Or is it Polly who has been crushing on oblivious Button Bright? Is love between a sky fairy and a dopey American kid frowned upon? Or is everyone happy for them?

— I loved Polly's parting promise in 'Sky Island' to always look out for Button-Bright. That's when I decided I shipped it (her calling him a darling when she finally saw his true, beautiful face didn't hurt either). Tell me about a time when she made good on that promise, the adventure it led to, and how it led to more than friendship.

— Does Button-Bright visit Polly on the rainbow? Does he get so lost that he ends up there? Or is he running away from something and hops onto the rainbow? Or does Polly actively recruit him for help with a problem in the sky? How can he help (or mess things up further)? I'd love to imagine more about the sky fairies in their sky palaces, and the Rain King and his brother the Rainbow, and Polly’s relationship with her sisters, and, just generally, her day-to-day life as the reckless, misfit sky fairy. What does Button-Bright make of it? How do feelings come out?

— Button-Bright gets so lost that he (and somehow Polly) ends up back in our world. What happens next? Is it a short visit, or do they stay long enough to grow up a bit? How does Polly like or adapt to our world? Are there magical issues to deal with? Did Button-Bright's family even know they were gone? Or do they end up somewhere totally new where he doesn't know anyone? Whatever you choose... how do they work together to get back to fairyland?

— Polly and Button-Bright are the only ones who can save their friends from the latest peril. How do they work together to do it and how does it lead to feelings revealed? Does he accidentally (or knowingly) do something valiant that makes her swoon? Does she do something that makes even oblivious Button-Bright realize how much she cares? Or captured or stranded together; forced proximity, and working together to rescue themselves, leading to feelings.

— I'd love an exploration of the carefree pros and melancholy cons of immortal childhood. Button-Bright was aging normally, but would have stopped once he moved to Oz. As time passes, what does he find great and/or terrible? Does Polly, who's thousands of years old (but appears to be the same age as where he gets stuck at), help Button-Bright adjust to the concept when he moves to Oz? Or maybe she can choose her age at will, and makes herself older if/when Button-Bright gets a little older?

— What if something (a spell, a fruit they shouldn't have eaten, it doesn't matter) has left them both temporarily aged up to late teens? What happens next? Suddenly experiencing hormones? Gaining new perspectives? Changes in their dynamics with other characters? Wistfulness if/when they get de-aged again?

— Sometimes trying to make sense of inconsistencies in canon lead to interesting premises. For example, why did Poly not recognize Shaggy Man when they met again in Tik-Tom of Oz? Or dig into any other inconsistency you want!

— We don’t know what was up with Button-Bright between the end of Sky Island and the beginning of Scarecrow of Oz. Was Polly involved? What adventure did they have that led to him being stuck in that popcorn snowdrift in the Land of Mo? Or, think up a canon divergence that results in him leaving Earth but ending up somewhere else instead!

— Extra Random Ideas: Polly and Button-Bright exploring any place on the map of fairyland; run-ins with the perilous landmasses surrounding Oz, with resulting hurt-comfort; stoically braving some whump; magical illnesses; Polly’s magic seeming to have some connection to light


His Dark Materials (TV)
• Lord Boreal/Thomas

Lord Boreal is so rivetingly sexy-terrible, wracked with inconvenient feelings. And I have loved Robert Emms since Atlantis, so I was primed to find Thomas adorable and endearing. Boreal stalks around not giving a shit about anything, except, in my mind, Thomas ("He IS important." Aaaaa!). Boreal seems relaxed in our world and around Thomas in a way he isn't otherwise. Their little smiles, how seamlessly they work together, how Thomas knows what Boreal is thinking even when he's being pissily silent. Thomas's praise kink can be seen from space, and he's just so thirsty, in addition to being quite clever. It's all so weirdly sweet, without ever losing sight of the fact that Boreal is not a good person.

Perhaps Boreal is used to getting what he wants because people are scared of him, so being wanted simply for himself (or his body) is precious to him? Does he vaguely worry that Thomas only likes him for the novelty of a man from another world (but Thomas doesn't actually)? Some other take? How does visiting here change Boreal's idea of the Magisterium and their religion? Does he become a heretic? Or did he never actually care, and was only loyal because he likes power? Is Boreal only free to sleep with men in in our world? Does Boreal keep meaning to get rid of Thomas, because he's served his purpose/knows too much/other, but keeps finding excuses not to, refusing to face the real reason he can't let go? Does Thomas fully understand how ruthless Boreal is? If so, does he find it hot? Disturbing? Or is he (perhaps willfully) innocent? What does he think Boreal is really up to? How does knowing the enormous secret of the existence of other worlds affect how he lives his day to day life?

I'm interested in their relationship once it's gotten going, not their first meeting. DNW either Boreal or Thomas to die. Please pretend it was the other guy who tripped over the cat, or set it before then with no foreshadowing of what's coming. I don't want Boreal's connection to his daemon (or Thomas's hilarious terror-arousal about it) ignored, but I'd really like something that isn't solely about daemons. The daemon concept is cool and all, but so are the bazillion other world-building concepts that rarely get explored in fic.

— Does Thomas cross? Either because there's an emergency, or to impress Boreal? How does he go about finding his boyfriend and navigating this world? Or maybe Boreal takes him through the window and they fuck in the creepy greenhouse.

— Thomas crosses and gets captured by the Gobblers. Thomas trying to convince the cute doctor and zombie nurse not to experiment on him. Boreal masterfully swooping in to save him. Lots of traumatized, shivering Thomas needing to be comforted and warmed up with Boreal's body would not be amiss.

— Thomas crosses and gets captured by the Magisterium. Do they consult the alethiometer? Is Boreal angry with Thomas for being such an idiot, or just worried? I feel like worry and anger probably manifest similarly with him. Do they angstily bang in Thomas's cell, or in Boreal's apartment after the rescue? Thomas getting whumped by the Magisterium, and then comforted by Boreal? Oooh, what if, before he can effect a rescue, Boreal has to join in on the whump to hide that he knows/loves Thomas? Mmm.

— Boreal runs afoul of the Magisterium and needs to hide out in our world for much longer than usual. His trips so far have been practical; how does he act now that he's trying to live a more permanent life? What do he and Thomas do? Domestic nights at the lake house? Nights on the town? Learning more about one another in a more quotidian way?

—Boreal's barely suppressed grief in the finale…Delicious. But then it turns out Thomas will be fine! I don't care how. How does Boreal deal? What do they do next? Hurt/comfort? Running off to another world and having to rely on one another to survive and explore? Cittàgazze (but only if they find a way to escape the spectres)? Or the place Mary Malone went? A place you make up? Anything!

—Given that Boreal doesn't live in our world, doesn't visit when he says he will, and is generally an asshole, Thomas has no reason to think they're going steady or that Boreal gives a shit. Therefore, what if Thomas has been casually sleeping with someone else, too? How does Boreal find out and how does he react? Perhaps this is what makes Boreal face how much he actually cares. Or maybe Boreal/Thomas weren't sleeping together before, but this angst is what pushes them to get together. Either way, they sort it out, hopefully without Boreal having the other person killed.

— In their very first scene when Boreal says, "That's not what I pay you for", my dirty mind immediately supplied, "I pay you for sex." What if that's how it started, and the hacking services came later? Did Boreal, new and ignorant about this world, assume Thomas was a prostitute? What did Thomas unwittingly do to make him think so? Has Thomas been going along with it because he wanted to bang this hot guy, even though he has a job and plenty of money (I feel like the lake house is his?)? Where is Boreal getting the money to pay him? How does he eventually find out that Thomas isn't a hooker? Is he slightly embarrassed (which, with Boreal, probably results in roughly banging Thomas on the couch or in the Tesla, which Thomas loves)?


Watchmen (TV)
• Any Clone Played by Tom Mison/Any Clone Played by Sara Vickers
• Any Clone Played by Tom Mison/Any Clone Played by Sara Vickers & Adrian Veidt

I adored every single aspect of this perfect show, but the darkly funny, totally bonkers country manor subplot was the part that most left me wanting fic. I love the clones so much. They're so adorably earnest! Their faces!! I want a story about any two of them getting together. I'd love if they all had personalities (or are able to start discovering unique personalities after Veidt is gone). Like, they all start the same, but maybe different experiences or jobs might make them a little different?

I'm interested in the world as a whole, and want fic about any pair of clones. Episode 2 and an interview I read with Tom Mison exposited that each Tom Mison clone starts with his own name and gets renamed to "Mr Phillips" only if/when Veidt promotes him to the top job of valet (there's only one valet at a time). I assume the same thing is happening with the Sara Vickers clones and the head maid position. So, you can write about Game Warden/the last Crookshanks, or Stableboy #2/Shepherdess who haven't interacted with Veidt since they were brought from the microwave to the manor (make up names for them), or any combination your imagination comes up with.

DNW the clones to have anything to do with the original WWII Lord and Lady beyond looking like them. I don't want the clones to meet their descendants or slowly gain awareness of their memories, or anything. I want them to be their own people! DNW the two clones in the main pairing to die (if set during Veidt's time, it's fine if a bunch of other ones die, per canon). DNW their world to end once Dr M is gone. I've never read the graphic novel or seen the film, so please keep to show canon.

- General Getting Together: What's it like to date, knowing that everyone around looks like you and your beloved? What makes these two in particular fall in love? What kinds of meet cutes and getting together stories can happen in this psychotic setting? Separately, how do they feel about all the murders and the trial and everything?

- The Game Warden Lives: I'd love for him to simply have passed out, and recover fully from his wounds. The line about the mask and his role was interesting; what does he do now that he knows he was manipulated into being cruel? How does he reclaim himself? Does he finally allow himself to love one of the Sara Vickers?

- Adam & Eve: The Prosecutor seemed more with it than the others and remembered Dr M, which made me think she was the "Eve". What was she doing in the years before or during the trial? Or was "Eve" a different Sara Vickers? How do "Eve" and the Game Warden interact with each other vs with the others? Just because the original lord and lady were in love doesn't mean Adam and Eve immediately were; what's their getting together story like? Can it only happen (for them or for any other pair) after they've gotten over their obsession with Veidt or Dr M? Did they break up because the Game Warden became cruel, and get back together later? Or do they get together with other clones?

- Tropey Kissing/Sex Practice: Perhaps the final Phillips and Crookshanks (or two random clones who dream of one day getting promoted) assume the master might one day want one or both of them for some sort of sexual service. Do they practice on each other in order to better serve, only to slowly realize they've fallen in love? How do they even find out what sex is? Is it something Dr M told the first two, and has been passed down in whispers? Or do they stumble upon it through clumsy experimenting?

- Angela!: Does she come to visit, post-series? What do the clones think of her (hopefully they love her as much as I do)? What changes does she make? Hopefully nothing TOO drastic, because I adore the idyllic English countryside setting. Does she bring Will or the kids with her? How might she/they help the clones self-actualize, organize, and make a community focused on each other instead of servitude? DNW them to become obsessed with Angela (or anyone else) the way they were with Veidt and Dr M. Stop it, clones!

- Background World-Building: Tell me more weird details that Dr M put in here. Is there a town? A haunted section? Secret passages? A library? Non-servant types? Do the clones learn how to do other things with the amniotic lake? How big is the bubble? Can it keep growing?

- Something a Little More Fucked-Up: This situation has so much dubcon potential. Did Veidt take advantage of their innocent devotion (I honestly thought Crookshanks had just finished blowing him in her first scene)? He said he'd never "given himself to a woman", but what if he defined that as penetration, since that's what was relevant to that conversation? Also, he only said "a woman", not "anyone". Maybe he's into men, and telling people he's too enlightened for sex is his way of hiding that fact? Or, given that he said that before he met the clones, maybe it's no longer true? More generally, I came away thinking he is a hot mess of narcissism, repression and twisted desires. Does each new Phillips and/or Crookshanks get trained in their REAL new duties? If so, how? Are the clones already in love and have angst about having to watch or help Veidt fuck the other (but they don't think they can say no)? Or maybe Veidt really does deny himself, but he likes to watch (and wank?)? Does he write dirty plays that he makes the clones act out (either just two of them, or a whole group)? What's it like for them to do this? Horrible? Confusing? Arousing? Other? Does Veidt callously make them keep going until it's painful, or someone outside the main pair actually dies? Are they doing it solely for Veidt, or do two of them actually want each other (either before this forced sex or as a result)? Does liking each other make it better or worse? Anything!


Psmith/Narnia Crossovers
• 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?)? DNW train crash, apocalypse or the afterlife. Please make it clear that everyone will get to live out their lives. My biggest asks are a) for Psmith and/or Mike to find out about Edmund’s secret and b) to pretend the Psmith books were set later so that they are the same age as the requested Narnia characters during the story.

— 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? 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?

— Helping Golden Age Edmund remember his previous life? Is this the only time they meet, or do they reconnect at boarding school or Cambridge?

— 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? Or traveling to Narnia together to help Tirian?

— 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?

— Met In Dreams First: You know how Tirian astrally projected to the Friends of Narnia that one time? Well, what if he's been doing it on the regular, with Psmith or Mike? They have always secretly thought they had an imaginary friend (or are going nuts), but one day they meet, either in Narnia or on Earth. Is it possible because of Tirian's star heritage magic (IDK), or Psmith and/or Mike seek Tirian out, somehow getting their hands on the rings, or does Tirian blow the horn? Something else? What I'm most interested in is what happens when they meet in the flesh, so you can background the vision part, if you want.

— Narnians In Our World: What if, instead of astrally projecting, Tirian actually goes. Either to Sedleigh or Cambridge or London or other? How do Psmith and Mike react to this weird prince/king? Do they try to pass him off as a student or club member or whatever? How does that go? Is there something here that could help Tirian deal with problems back in Narnia? Can Tirian help Psmith or Mike with a problem they're facing here (ex. mean college professors, Bickersdyke, cricket cheaters, being broke, etc.)?

— Caught In Calormen: Psmith and Mike somehow joining Tirian for a pre-TLB jaunt into Calormen (it's canon that he went there before becoming king)? Is he there for espionage, diplomacy and/or undercover partying? How do they get together? Does this adventure result in the whole Calormene invasion getting nipped in the bud so the world doesn't have to end?

— Canon-Divergent Post-TLB: What if, instead of the world ending, Tirian & Co ran away to the mountains and started a resistance to the Calormene occupation, like they talked about doing at one point? I love espionage, desperate missions, angsty last stands and people bonding while struggling to survive in nature. How do Psmith and Mike end up with them (maybe they were the ones Tirian summoned while he was tied to the tree, or someone blew Susan's horn?), and how they can help? Does the adventure help Psmith/Mike get together? Are there more secret hideouts full of wine? Does Puzzle (the darling!) somehow end up saving the day along with Mike? Do they go on a quest to the magic garden place? The more horrible of an ending for Shift, the better.


David Blaize Crossovers
• Frank & Psmith/Mike (Wodehouse)
• Frank/Bacchus (Narnia)
• Frank/Edmund (Narnia)
• Frank/Ethan (Penny Dreadful)
• Frank/Victor (Penny Dreadful)

General David Blaize Notes
I've never encountered a character more in need of a nice boyfriend. He's such a fascinating and endearing blend of judgmental, whimsical, bossy, charismatic, and melancholic. The chapter where he devises the plan to catch the cheaters was such fun, as was his love of the macabre. I love his cleverness, snark, take-chargeness, and sense of whimsy. While his anguished self-loathing is super compelling, I ultimately want him to get over it (and get over himself, a little). I want him to find happiness and self-acceptance with someone new—unambiguously, with actual kissing, or more!

Please let Frank completely get over his tragic crush on David and be entirely into the new person, without bashing David (whom I do like). And please set it when Frank is anywhere between 18-30 (ie. canon divergence, or only a few years post-canon), so he doesn't have to wait long to be happier. DNW something set before he met David and became all repressed; the whole point is that I want him to un-repress! DNW big age differences in my ships, so my biggest ask is to please pretend the Benson books were set later so Frank's around the same age as Bucky or Edmund, or earlier so that Frank is around Victor's age (it's okay if Ethan is a few years older).


Frank & Psmith/Mike (Wodehouse)
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 option is the only exception to my overarching "get over David" need)? Or some other nice Wodehouse guy (not Jeeves, please, and DNW background Jeeves/Wooster slash)? Or OMC? Or maybe the end is simply that Frank is feeling better and ready to accept love in the future.

Cambridge hijinks facilitating friendship and romance? Teaming up to rag on a professor or defeat a bully? Cricket, since Frank and Mike were obviously teammates on the Cambridge eleven? Or maybe it’s set post-university, and they meet while visiting the same country estate, or have gotten to know one another at the clubs. Or they're all in WWI together; do they meet Frank for the first time in the trenches, or did Frank already know one of them?

As long as they get over it so that Psmith/Mike is endgame (DNW threesomes), Frank hooking up or having hooked up with one or both of them could be fun to include. Perhaps it happened when Marchester's team played Eton, Wrykyn or Sedleigh in cricket, or during holidays, or at Cambridge before Psmith/Mike got together, or some other time? Regardless of whether it happened recently or years ago (feel free to background that whole part), what I actually care about is how that previous hookup affects my actual ship(s) later on when they reunite. How does Psmith find out about Mike having hooked up with Frank (or vice versa)? Is there misplaced jealousy or awkwardness that leads to feelings revealed? Something else? Or, they can meet for the first time during the story, with neither Psmith nor Mike having hooked up with Frank. Whatever!

I don’t want matchmaking or yentas, but 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 own 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 seize the day with Psmith. (But Frank must stop being miserable by the end, too!) Something else? I will love anything!


Frank/Bacchus (Narnia)
I'd love for Bacchus to be sexily and joyfully seduce Frank into sense. I don't know a ton of mythology about Bacchus in general, but if YOU do, you can ignore the whole Narnia thing to write "Frank/Bacchus (Greek Mythology)". I will be just as happy for them to meet in our world, no mention of Narnia needed. I just really like the idea of Frank getting seduced by hot gods, and Bacchus is my very favorite god. His whole schtick is delightful—the vines and the partying and his entourage and etc. Feel free to play with as much or as little of his magic as you like, or even make up stuff about him (again, I won't be able to tell).

Do they meet on one of Frank's archaeological trips to Greece? Like, he accidentally enters a long-lost holy place and wakes Bacchus up from a long slumber? Or has Bacchus just been chilling in Greece, and Frank stumbles into one of the forest revelries? Or has Bacchus been traveling all these millennia, under different, more modern guises, and Frank meets him at Cambridge or in London? Is ritual sex involved (I love this trope and will take the flimsiest of excuses for it)? Is there ceremonial wine pouring or Frank tied up with vines? Are the maenads sweet to him? Is there a project or problem that Bacchus needs a mortal's help with? How does Frank react to finding out that some of the myths and things he learned about are true?

I know Bacchus appeared as a youth in Narnia, but please either ignore that or make him malleable in age; basically, I'd like him to be a grown-up when Frank hooks up with him. Unless you're going to make Frank immortal, please make this a revelrous, casual affair that leaves Frank in a healthier, happier place to love going forward; I don't want pining or unhappiness.


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 and how do they get together?

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

— Boarding School or University: Edmund attending Marchester and/or Cambridge, too. Are they both prefects? On a team together? Taking the same lecture or occupying neighboring dorm rooms? Is Edmund 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?

— Golden Age: What are Frank's reactions to Narnia? 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? Did they know each other from before, or do they meet here? Can Frank help Ed and his siblings remember their lives from before?

— Using the Rings: I'm obsessed with Edmund using the rings to go adventuring. 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? Or were they friends before and decide to adventure together? Visiting the Wood Between the Worlds or not-so-dead Charn? Back to Narnia? Westeros/Essos (I only know the TV show).

— Other Post-Series: 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 or lover of Ed's? Or they get jobs post-university and meet in London?


Frank/Ethan OR Frank/Victor (Penny Dreadful)
Please pretend the David Blaize books took place earlier, so that Frank is around the same age as Victor or Vanessa. Perhaps Frank grew up in the same area as the Murray/Ives houses, and was a childhood friend of Vanessa’s? Did Vanessa and Frank initially bond because they were trying to stamp out what was 'wrong' with them, only to realize later on that there's nothing 'wrong'? Or perhaps Victor went to Marchester or Cambridge with Frank? Was Frank the only boy for whom haughty little Victor felt hero worship/a crush? Or was he the only person who disliked Maddox?

Regardless of the backstory (go ahead and background it), what I'm most interested in what happens when they reunite in London as adults, and the idea of Frank getting involved with their drama (he must find out at least a little of it!). Do they reunite by chance, like, at a ball? Or do Victor or Vanessa pull their old acquaintance Frank into the gang's latest project? Is that how Frank meets Ethan? Or maybe Frank's never met any of them before, and Lyle brings him as a Classics expert, a colleague from the museum, where he works once he's finished his fellowship. Or…?

Does Frank help Victor with his addiction? Does Vanessa give him the kind of pep talks she gives Victor? Does dealing with all this demi-monde insanity put 'beastliness' into new perspective for Frank (I mean, Ethan is LITERALLY a beast, so Frank kind of needs to hush)? Does Frank find out about Ethan's werewolfness? If so, how does he react (hopefully some hurt/comfort?)? Do they have to infiltrate a creepy gathering or society event? Do Frank or Ethan teach each other some kind of skill, the way Ethan taught Victor how to shoot? Going undercover as brothers with one of the guys while pining? Or run with the thing where Frank cured David with the power of love to a place where Frank is literally magical; how does he realize he's part of the demi-monde and start helping (but DNW Frank to be a werewolf or vampire)? Does Ethan take Frank out on a date, and maybe Frank doesn't initially realize that's what it is, because he'd never think this hunky, seemingly 'normal' American would be like that, only to find out that Ethan has slept with at least one man without angsting about it? Does Frank angstily and unhealthily fuck Dorian before ending up in a more feelings-ful romance with one of the others? Does Frank help with post-canon adventures (either keeping the ending or pretending Vanessa didn't die)? You could also check out my Victor/Vanessa prompts above for more ideas to tweak and make work for Frank instead.

I loved Ethan, Victor, Vanessa, Malcolm, Sembene, and Lyle's Scooby Gang teamwork and found family. I was way more invested in Victor's struggles to connect with the living than I was in anything having to do with his creations; I would prefer John Clare and Lily to have as little to do with it as possible. Please don't let him bring anyone else back to life. I wasn't a big fan of the Ethan/Vanessa ship, so feel free to pretend they never had feelings for one another, or are over it by the start of the fic. Similarly, please let Ethan be over Brona, if writing Frank/Ethan. Extreme canon divergences that ignore last the last season or stuff even before that are definitely welcome. Like, maybe Victor never zombified Brona? Maybe Sembene survived? Maybe the Scooby Gang all stayed in London at the end of season 2 and found a new supernatural thing to fight?

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