aurilly

Hello, dear writer! This is my very favorite exchange. :D What I want most is something YOU are having fun writing, so don't feel like you need to stick to the specific prompts. Feel free to write your own idea for these pairings instead, maybe trying to incorporate one of the general likes. As long as there's a happy/hopeful ending, I'm sure I'll love it. Thank you! I'm

aurilly on AO3 as well.

Here are anchor links to the different sections:
• Bucky Barnes Notes (for crossovers)
• Original Works
• Atlantis (TV)
• Sinbad (TV)
• Bond (Craig)/Ted Lasso Crossover
• MCU/Wodehouse Crossover
• MCU/Derry Girls Crossover
• MCU/Witcher (TV) Crossover
• MCU/Narnia Crossover
• MCU/Game of Thrones Crossovers
• Psmith Crossovers
• David Blaize Crossovers
• Doctrine of Labyrinths Crossovers

General Notes
1) I've requested the same genre tags for all fandoms: Action/Adventure, AU - Canon Divergence, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, and Smut. That said, I'm not that invested in the genre tags. As long as my & pairings become friends and my / ships unambiguously get together, don't worry about how well your fic fits whichever tag we matched on or whether there's "enough" of the tag.

2) I say it throughout, but just in case I missed one… I’m much less interested in how/why the character(s) fell into a portal or first met than I am in what comes next--when they’re past the immediate ‘wtf’ stage and are actually being friends or doing stuff together. The dynamics they forge, the adventures they have, the things they learn, how they get together, stuff like that. (Also, it’s sometimes easier to write yummy pining and ‘friends to lovers’ if you don’t also have to include the meet-cute.) So, feel free to start in media res, after they’ve already become friends, or even years later when they're reuniting after a separation. Basically, stories that end shortly after the introductions make me sad. Similarly, I'm often more interested in watching characters deal with what comes after a prompted premise than I am in the premise itself.

Things I Always Love
• Devoted Odd Couples: enjoying one another's company; laughing at one another; fond exasperation; long-lost friends and reunions; friends to lovers (including for characters who never met in canon; I love stories that start after they’re already friends in order to focus on the ‘to lovers’ part)

• Adventures: exploring new territory; dramatic rescues or escapes; finding out about magic; complementary skill sets; badassery; laughing in the face of danger or absurdity; the pen is mightier than the sword (but I also really love swords)

• Sexy Times: This letter is already long, so I left general porn likes/dislikes HERE (they’re for any ship, not just the ones listed there).

• Clothing Porn: suits, leather, armour, uniforms, boots, breeches; admiring how good (or ridiculous) love interest looks in the above; not sure how to get these weird clothes off; neckties and the many uses thereof

• Hurt/Comfort: comforter is hiding their own hurt; bedside vigils; patching up loved one's wounds; fainting; stoic character trying to joke their way through pain; external force/person makes A hurt B; forced to watch loved one endure something awful; helping one another through an awful ordeal; "I thought you were dead!"

• Loyalty & Self-Sacrifice: taking someone else’s blame or punishment; jumping in front of a bullet; sacrificing career, safety, reputation or happiness for loved one (but it turns out okay in the end!); volunteering to be beaten, humiliated, tortured, fucked, etc to spare loved one or to secure some benefit for them; trying to keep sacrifice secret from loved one, either out of shame, or because A doesn't want B to feel beholden/guilty, or because A doesn’t want B to know the extent of A's feelings; B finding out anyway

• Not Originally Sexual Bondage: I prefer restraint when it, at least initially, occurs for plot reasons. For example, A ties B to the bed for sexy fun? Not my thing. A ties B to the bed to keep B from hurting himself while possessed? Yes, please! Whether or not it then turns sexy in the story (it certainly can!), it's already sexy to me. Examples... tied or chained up for a ritual or because of imprisonment; stoicism and nobility while bound, stripped, whipped, jeered at, or nonconsensually touched; captives find ways to kiss and touch despite being bound; strong character submits or pretends to be unable to break out of bonds for reasons; noble struggling and writhing

• Crossovers: applying skills/knowledge from one canon to another canon’s problems; characters coming up with logical but incorrect theories about what's going on before discovering the truth; contrasting or reconciling differences in how a concept manifests across canons (ex. immortality, magic, realm hopping, time shenanigans); magic or plot point in one canon has roots in another

• Historical or Fantasy Settings: SWORDS!; also archery and daggers; kneeling; knighting; tournaments; balls; "I don't know how to ride a horse!"; one horse goes lame so we have to share; camping in virgin forests; suddenly shot at by unseen archers; sleeping in haylofts; rowdy taverns; contrasting speech patterns; historical/fantasy characters intrigued by stuff or knowledge brought by realm hoppers; characters researching the magical answer to a problem (books!)

• On a Boat!: ropes and rigging; cabins and hammocks; white linen, big hats and brass telescopes; turning the big wheel; supplies running out; watching the stars from the bird’s nest; beset by storms; false flag operations; walking the plank; sword between the teeth; boarding parties; stranded on deserted islands; sheer terror before or during a sea battle; the only naval officer who knows how to swim; trying to find privacy on the crowded ship; seasickness; slowly winning the respect of the non-officer men; people falling off the ship at night under dramatic circumstances and being presumed dead except they’re not; rampage of rescue; the grumbling cook; bawdy port taverns

Do Not Wants
These are the same as in my signup, but with a little more explanation on some. The category headers and organization don't mean much; I'm just trying to loosely group to reduce scrolling.

• Death & Endings: permanent death of requested characters; the afterlife; bleak endings; as-if-it-never-happened erasure endings (ex. "it was all a dream" or events of fic are permanently mind-wiped away)
• Sex-Related: BDSM; underage/overage sex; A/B/O; pregnancy or fertility issues
• Headcanons: ace, aro, demi or gender identity headcanons
• Ship-Related: shovel talks; yentas and matchmakers; fated love or soulmates; unrequested non-canon romantic ships, unless prompted (however, mentions of backstory relationships with OCs are fine); poly/threesomes, unless prompted; non-canonical adultery or open relationships; conflicting requested ships (ex. A/B and A/C in same fic), unless prompted; non-canonical nicknames (ex. "Stevie")
• Writing-Related: 1st & 2nd person POV (exception for 1st person Bertie, Gerry D, Mildmay, Felix and Mehitabel); phonetically spelled dialogue (my brain genuinely struggles to process it)
• Crossover-Related: age differences of more than ~10 years within a ship (based on appearance for immortals); unprompted crossovers of more than two canons at a time; fourth wall breakage (ex. World A characters know World B as fiction); crossovers where the main characters remain unaware of each others' backgrounds or magic (the reveal/explanation doesn't have to happen 'on-screen', but please don't let it end with, for example, everyone in other worlds thinking Bucky is a guy from their world, in a 'ships passing in the night' kind of way)
• Other: fusions; setting change AUs**; goofy crack (but crack taken seriously is fine!); references to real-life current issues (ex. Covid, US politics)

**A Note on setting change AUs: I welcome invented mechanisms, like portals, to get characters from one world to another. I also welcome the addition of supernatural elements to a canon (ex. time loops, someone's mom was a fairy, Stonehenge is magic, etc.). Shifting timelines within a late 19th/early 20th century range to minimize age differences is also encouraged! My DNW for setting change AUs is meant to cover scenarios where the supernatural elements that form a canon's premise are wholly removed, or a requested character's pre-canon backstory beats are wholly unrecognizable, or a canon is moved to a wildly different location or time period (ex. 21st century, space).

General Bucky Barnes Notes
I like stories about Bucky 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 fics where Bucky (and Steve) say "ain't" all the time and sound like characters from a 1930s gangster movie. I'd like them to sound like they do in canon, where they speak as 'correctly' as, say, Howard or Bruce do. Cursing is fine, though.

Please let Bucky be the only MCU character who goes to the other world. I’m loving FAWS, but when it comes to fic, I still mainly want to read about Bucky making friends with people other than Steve’s closest friends, having weirder adventures than canon tends to give him, and/or dealing with concerns beyond the usual CA franchise beats. Hence why I'll continue to mainly request Bucky with the space/magic or Wakandan side of the MCU, or crossovers. If you want to include background friendships for Bucky other than Steve, I’d love to imagine someone more unexpected than the canonical usual suspects. (Just not Darcy, please.)

Original Works
• Fantasy World Pirate/Age of Sail British Naval Officer Who Sailed Through a Portal (M/M)

I love portal fantasies. I love Age of Sail. So, I figured combining them would be doubly delicious. I’ll love anything that has actual make-outs (or more!) and a happy/hopeful ending. The only things I wouldn’t be excited about are 1) something set largely in our world or 2) a fantasy world that is technologically much more advanced than the Earth guy’s time period (but magical advancements are fine!) or 3) an alternate/mirror universe of our world (I’m looking for a totally other place, in the way that Middle Earth and Narnia are other places).

Is this the Earth guy’s first time in this weird world? Or maybe the story starts with them already knowing one another, because the naval officer has been periodically crossing for awhile. The setup of why the officer was near a portal and how/why it works are the least interesting aspects to me, so please don’t get hung up on the moment of transport or explanations for it. Feel free to skip over all that and start the story when he’s already in the other world, handwaving the logistics. What I’m really here for is romance and adventures in the other place after he’s gotten over the ‘wtf’ stage.

Is the officer wracked with internalized homophobia and guilty angst (yes, please!)? Is he a Captain, all commanding and confident? Or is he just a midshipman or a lieutenant, young and still training, but very bright? Or…? You could make him French instead of British, if you want. I’m also open to a wide variety of fantasy worlds. Is it one with mages or curses or magical creatures or a black market for spells? Or is it kind of steampunky? Medieval-ish? Arabian Nights-ish? Baroque Venice-ish? Something other inspiration? Go wild! Is there a war on over there? Do the MCs undertake a quest, perform a weird ritual, fight monsters, or rescue each other from capture or sirens? Or is it more slice of life? There’s a list of ‘on a boat’ tropes in the General Likes section at the top of this letter, if you’re looking for more ideas.

Do the two ships and crews get into an altercation? Or did the officer’s ship go through the portal after a big battle, heavily damaged and with only a couple of sailors left alive? Or was the officer in a rowboat escaping something, so he’s the only one to go through? Or did he not so much “sail” through the portal as “swim” through after falling off his ship in a storm? Does he get rescued/captured by the pirate? Does he realize he’s in another world immediately, or does it take a bit? What clues him in?

What does the pirate make of all this? Is he good at piracy, or kind of hapless? Is he a former legitimate officer who turned to piracy after a tragedy, or because the authorities are corrupt? Or was he forced into piracy at a young age? Does he dream of leaving this life of skullduggery and going into chartered accountancy? Or is he a cold-hearted mercenary who develops a singular weakness for the noble-hearted naval officer? Does the pirate corrupt the officer? Or does the officer have a naughty streak that he’s simply lacked an opportunity to flex until now? Or does the officer give the pirate a new and noble purpose? Or do they not change each other but fall in love anyway, with all the angst and work that entails? Does the officer stay forever, or is it a bittersweet thing where he has to go back, but... IDK. Anything!

Atlantis (BBC)
• Jason/Medusa

DNW Medusa to die or be permanently stuck as a gorgon. Beyond that, as long as they unambiguously get together--with actual makeouts, or more!--and are endgame, I’ll be happy! I tend to ship non-canon m/f pairings who are canonically friends, and these two were lovely together. They always seemed so delighted to see one another. I loved whenever Medusa helped or saved the trio (or herself!) with non-action-girl smarts, and without it turning into a 'mom' to these 'silly boys' dynamic. I love that Jason is such a hero but also had realistic flaws, and could be shy, vulnerable and dorky.

I loved the contrast between their easy-going daily dynamic vs the epic drama of everything else about them--what with them both being new in town at first, him knowing her story in advance and wanting to prevent it, the awful destiny linking them, him being one of the few who could look at her after her transformation and live... They also had potential for epic hurt/comfort. What if they had been able to change things, at any point? That said, I don’t necessarily want a “fix-it”; I really love stories that assume people didn't die and that start much later on to tell me about adventures the person has in a world where there was never a question of them dying at all. For example, maybe it starts with her on the Argo with the rest of the gang, with no explanation for why she is cured/alive needed.

I love all the protagonists, so feel free to include anyone you like! Icarus/Pythagoras is the ship of my heart (the only reason I didn’t request them is because there already exists fic for them, unlike this ship), so feel free to feature them as much as you like. This is random, but I quite liked Korinna and her friendships with literally everyone (I vaguely shipped her with Ariadne). Feel free to include her in the background, if it makes sense. I’m also weirdly obsessed with the idea of Icarus and Cassandra being buddies in the background?

Please pretend Jason’s canon ships were never a thing or that everyone got over it before the story started (or maybe he starts out with a little puppy crush on Ariadne that goes nowhere because he quickly falls for real for Medusa). While I like Hercules in general, DNW Hercules/Medusa. Please pretend Hercules never had a crush on her, or got over it before anything ever happened between them (DNW any drama between Jason and Hercules over Medusa).

— Alternate Post-Series In Atlantis: A canon divergence that handwavily assumes Medusa was cured before the fic started. Maybe Jason (or just Ariadne) took the throne, or they didn't have to flee, or Pasiphae died for real, or whatever you like. What things do the gang have to deal with in their new situation, and how does this result in Jason/Medusa getting together?

— Myth of the Week: Getting together while dealing with a Greek myth not covered by the show. Could be something monstrous like cetea, dracaenae, or something more fun like satyrs or Silenus. Do they encounter a real god in its human form? Avert the unaddressed upcoming tsunami?

— Other Tropes: Friends with benefits? Undercover as a couple turns real? Something else?

— Fleece Quest: Assume Medusa survived and set sail with the rest of the gang (probably instead of Ariadne?). Slice of life on the high seas? What about a stop on an island with a magical premise or adventure that results in a personal or relationship breakthrough (kind of like the stops in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, if you know that book)? You can draw from actual Argonaut legend, or just make stuff up. What are everyone's contributions to the quest? Does Icarus (unnecessarily) continue to try to make up for his betrayal? Does Cassandra have a prophecy? Does Pythagoras finally figure out the damn theorem? Does Hercules accidentally complete one of his mythological acts of heroism? Other general “on a boat” tropes (see General Likes at top of letter for a list). How does any/all of this get Jason/Medusa together?

— 'Forced to Fuck' tropes: Ritual sex, sex pollen, fuck or die... Sex-oriented sacrificial rites to appease a god? Captured by a sex cult? To cure Medusa? To get something needed for the fleece quest? Ideally (for me, not for the characters), this is their fraught, angsty and awkward first time together, before they've confessed their feelings, and they find out after that they're in love. Or maybe the experience helps at least one of them to realize they are into the other?

— Resolving the Dropped Plot Thread: It frustrated me how the show just stopped addressing the fact that Jason was from a different world (the Oracle established that it was realm travel, NOT time travel). Did he slowly forget our world, the way the Pevensies forgot in the Narnia books? Or does he angstily keep it secret, as the Oracle told him to? Or does he only tell one person? Does he miss his life at all? Is he secretly stressed out about the tsunami that's supposed to come?!?! If someone figures it out, who and how? Can knowledge from our world help with something?

Sinbad (TV)
• Sinbad/Gunnar

I shipped Gunnar/Sinbad from the moment they first made eye contact, and then they proceeded to eyefuck in every scene. Please make them kiss (or more!)! I love the idea of them pining, but I also adore watching people's feelings morph from platonic to longing for more and/or realizing that they have more than friendly feelings (and then straightforwardly making a move, without pining). Or a combination!

I loved their wry banter. I loved their self-sacrificing loyalty and protective instincts. I am weak for Gunnar's self-loathing about his past, as well as for Sinbad's guilt and character growth. They're such a lovely odd couple. Gunnar is so quiet and methodical while Sinbad is so brash and impulsive. I love how they defer to one another even though their approaches to things are so different. I love how thirsty Sinbad always looks whenever he sees Gunnar fight, and all the wistfully fond looks Gunnar gives Sinbad.

Some random details that I especially loved: Sinbad's kohl eyeliner; Gunnar's whole muscles + tattoo + sword look; every single time Sinbad starts melodramatically choking to death ~~does he end up with a choking kink?~~; general "on a boat" canon details (see General Likes section at the top of this letter for a list).

— Random Acquisition of Superpowers: Gunnar gets walloped with a superpower. No need to explain how/why he gets it unless you really want to; handwave away! Any superpower would be great, from traditional ones to something super random and seemingly useless. Does he try to keep it secret, but Sinbad finds out? If Sinbad finds out, how does he help Gunnar through this weird time? Or does he get greedy and want Gunnar to use it for something he probably shouldn't? Is having the power fun and awesome, or awkward and awful? Does Gunnar accidentally hurt someone he cares about (the angst potential!)? Or can he use it to improve the group's lot? Does Gunnar need to quest to get rid of it (sort of like a curse)? How does this premise help them get together?

— Other Tropes: I will buy anything, no matter how handwaved. For example: undercover tropes (as a couple, as master/slave, as enemies, as…); bad guys made them do it; "fuck or die"; body swap; ritual sex (bonus points if the ritual involves bodypainting one another); captured together (bonus points if there's hurt/comfort and angsty hookups in their cell or whatever); Aladdin's lamp/wishes gone awry; heists gone awry; vacations gone awry…

— Other Curses: Canon divergence where Amma's curse was something completely, wildly different than 'choking to death if too long on land'. I have no idea what; let your imagination run wild! How would the gang (or just Gunnar, IDK) find out about the curse? How could Gunnar hurt/comfort Sinbad? Or, maybe it's only Cook or someone who knows, and the curse creates some kind of angsty, ridiculous impediment to Sinbad being with Gunnar until it's resolved?

— Gunnar's Northern Past: Having to face some aspect of his past, and all the angst that brings out. Maybe we find out that the only way he finally got out of the Valsgarde was through some sort of magic or deal that finally catches up with him, and problems ensue? Or maybe they run into some Valsgarde guys he used to know, and they expect him to be the same old Gunnar (was he chattier then? drunk? other?), which makes him feel really awkward/angsty? Do they make fun of his new weird friends or make lewd jokes about thinking Gunnar's fucking one of them (doesn't have to be Sinbad)? Or something else?

— Cook: Sinbad and Gunnar getting together as a result of an adventure that revolves around Cook and some issue or mystery about him. What was his deal? He refused to leave the ship, didn't seem to have a name, and was so incredibly wise. Was he the spirit of the ship? Was he cursed in some way that prevented him from leaving it? Was there a magical reason why he was the only one of the original crew to survive? How did he gain all of his knowledge about magic? Or maybe it's less about his backstory and more about something that happens to him in an adventure-of-the-week way. A new (or old) recipe that goes awry?

— Whump: I love when super strong and stoic characters are made to suffer, and Gunnar would be perfect for this. Maybe some sort of magic makes him do bad things, or turns him into a berserker, or he accidentally hurts one of his new friends. Or maybe someone blackmails/coerces him into betraying (or seeming to betray) his friends, or bad people threaten to hurt Sinbad unless Gunnar does a bad thing... which makes the gang angry with Gunnar and he angsts... Or something else, possibly something more physically whump-y than the above? IDK. Either way, followed up by some sweet, sweet comfort from Sinbad (and possibly also the rest of the gang!).

— If I have a criticism of the show, it's that it was a little too focused on Sinbad (even though, obviously, I adore him). I wanted more of everyone's dynamics with one another, not just with him. Ex. I loved Anwar&Rina, and wished all combinations of characters had gotten a focus like that. So, something that explores Gunnar's friendship with someone else, leading to Sinbad/Gunnar would be great!

— Time Loops: I love individual journeys of self-discovery, as well as self-help adventures in which people learn life lessons, overcome some baggage, figure out priorities, etc. This trope is amazing for all that! I don't really care how/why it starts or stops; feel free to handwave or leave things unexplained. I also don’t care which character is in the loop (or maybe both!). Depending on whether it would be in-character for the character at hand, I enjoy a variety of reactions and loop iterations—from wacky, to “give no fucks”, to suicidal, to darkest timeline, to erroneously thinking it’s over, etc. This trope gets a little creepy for me when it’s solely focused on making someone fall in love with you, or where character B is treated simply as character A's oblivious reward. However, as long as the loop person has other goals/projects (or if the non-loop person already had feelings), I'll be ecstatic. Or maybe find a way for the non-loop person to have agency?

Bond (Craig)/Ted Lasso Crossover
• Eve Moneypenny/Ted Lasso

I always want characters I love to love each other, and these two especially would make a great power/odd couple. My biggest asks are 1) unambiguously getting together, with actual, not-just-for-undercover-purposes makeouts (or more!), 2) that it’s set after he’s moved to England, and 3) that he finds out she’s a spy at some point. DNW adultery, so please don’t let anything happen between them until he has signed the divorce papers.

I love how arch and playful she is, and think that would be a great contrast to his deep earnestness. I’d love to see their senses of humor bump up against one another. Ted has an understatedly steely core that might make them a great match for her badassery. They both project confidence and competence, but they sometimes screw up or show vulnerabilities that keep them endearing. They’re so incredibly loyal, but will bend the rules to do the right thing when needed.

I adore pretty much everyone from both canons, so any characters or canon ships you like are welcome to feature in the background. That said, I only want Rupert to appear if he’s going to get some come-uppance. I don’t know much about UK football clubs, so don’t worry about accuracy on that front.

— What is Ted like when he’s wooing someone? Is he unexpectedly suave, or terribly out of practice? Does she introduce him to fun stuff in London? Does she have a little crush, but keeps it to herself until after he’s officially divorced? Maybe she’s the one he sleeps with in his post-divorce hysteria instead of Sassy Smurf, and it leads to something real?

— Does something about his role as coach give him access to people or information that MI6 needs for a current project, and Eve is assigned to work with him? Is there more to why he specifically was picked to manage the team? Does Q make him some soccer-related gadget?

— Do Eve and Ted team up to take down Rupert, who is even more evil than we know?

— Do they live in the same building, and that’s how he accidentally gets pulled into her spy drama (with bonus cute ‘neighbors fall in love’ story)? Is there some angst on her side that his sunniness is working to help resolve?

— Is she a lifelong Richmond fan, and hangs out at Mae’s pub? How does she feel about the job he’s doing? Does she give him tips? Is it a slow burn as they keep meeting at the pub, and develop feelings? Do weird things happen often enough that he wonders what her deal is? What are his hypotheses?

— I was obsessed with the moments when Ted focused his rage into action or subtle verbal burns. Ex. the dart competition… UNF. Hot. A story where he pulls Eve into one of his plans for understatedly confident take-down of assholes would be fun! Does she find it as hot as I do?

— Ted’s secret breakdowns about his divorce got me right in the feels. He’s always looking out for everyone’s pain, and yet hides his own. In what other repressed ways does his hurt manifest? How might Moneypenny figure out that he’s hurting and comfort him, in her own unique character-driven ways?

MCU/Wodehouse Crossover
• Bertie Wooster & Loki & Thor

What is their dynamic like? What are Loki's and Thor's reactions to Wodehouse characters? Like, are they having trouble deciding if the Wodehouse folks are stupid, or are they so unpredictably zany that they take them for dangerous savants? What are Bertie's reactions/thoughts on the existence of gods and magic and whatnot? As long as they come to genuinely like about one another, I’ll love anything. If you want to write something shippy (i.e. any of the sub-pairings with the third as an &; or even OT3) instead of gen, that would be fine, too. If you want to leave out Loki or Thor and have it just be Bertie with one of the brothers (gen or ship), also fine! My main ask is for Bertie to find out that they are Norse aliens/gods, and not just regular guys.

I really want the focus on Bertie+Asgardian(s), and secondarily on 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 else from Wodehouse’s 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 up any ships you might write. If you want to write 1st person Bertie POV, go ahead. However, I’ll be just as happy with someone else's perspective, or some kind of omniscient voice; I've always wanted to read someone else's take on Bertie and his world (but in 3rd person, please, if it's not from Bertie's POV).

— 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 process the incest? Does he not realize they are brothers at first? Or not realize they are lovers? 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 when it's time for Loki and/or Thor to return home. He/they wants to take his friend/lover Bertie with him. Did Bertie know before what/who they 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 were they too focused on Ancient Greece at Eton?

— 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; I’m all for starting later, even after they've met Bertie, or are even returning for their umpteenth visit to their friend.)

MCU/Derry Girls Crossover
• Bucky & The Gang

This show is the perfect combination of heartwarming, zany, hilarious, and 1990s time capsule. I love that the adults are just as ridiculous as the kids. 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 every single character so much. So, you can focus on any subset of characters you want, and leave out any who don’t fit. Like, it’s even fine if you end up focusing on the adults and the kids don’t appear. Or something else, whatever you like. My big Derry Girls DNW is any of the main kids hooking up with Bucky or with each other. However, it's fine if they hook up with random other kids, and it’s fine if Bucky hooks up with any non-married adult. See here for general Bucky notes.

My biggest ask is that at least some of the characters find out about Bucky's whole deal (it doesn’t have to happen ‘on-screen’). Feel free to skip over the first meetings and start it when escaped Bucky has already been in town for awhile, or in hiding in someone’s house for awhile, or whatever. I would prefer the bulk of the story to be set in the 90s; however, if you want to include a bit of more recent times, you could include an epilogue (I LOVE reunions! also, I wouldn’t say no to Bucky/adult!Orla getting together in an epilogue, as the sole exception to the ‘no Bucky/main kids’ DNW?). Or you could do a Lost-style back and forth so that most of it is in the 90s, but there’s still some present-day action? As you like!

— Hydra sent the Winter Soldier to Derry for Troubles-related reasons, like, to bomb something or assassinate someone (maybe Clinton? but please let it not actually happen)? Hijinks or confusion or mishap with Bucky escaping and/or hiding out with DG characters.

— Bucky actually escaped before the story started, and is living in hiding in Derry. What do the DG characters make of this mysterious, brooding hottie? How do they figure out his deal (at least a couple MUST find out!)? What's he up to? Substitute teaching? Fionnula's assistant at the chippie? Does Hydra come for him, but the DG characters save him (either on purpose or accidentally)? Anything!

— Sister Michael! ♥️ Does she take escaped Bucky in? Does she rescue him with ju-jitsu or plain old awesomeness? Why? Is she as stern-yet-secretly-fond with/about Bucky as she is with everyone else? What is their dynamic like? If you want them to have a little crushy time (maybe even with something happening between them... vow-breaking doesn’t bother me), that’s cool. Or just the greatest BFFs of all time!

— Assume that Granda Joe was one of the Howling Commandos back in WWII. But I don’t actually care about that part. The story starts in the 90s when he recognizes his confusingly not-aged, not-dead, recovering amnesiac war buddy in Derry. What happens next? Does he rescue Bucky from Hydra and/or take him home? Or had Bucky already escaped on his own? What do the others make of all this? Does Erin have a crush? Do Bucky and Orla become unlikely best friends (I love her chill weirdness so much)? Something else? If you want, you could backstory ship Bucky/Joe, or even present-tense ship them, as an exception to my lifespan/aging incompatibility DNW. (Joe’s still hot!) Or keep them as just old friends!

— The kids DID get to go to Paris, and encounter the Winter Soldier there, and rescue him or something else. Or something about how hanging out with Bucky in Derry leads to them getting the money so they can go on the school trip to Paris?

— 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 happens next? FWIW, I see James as straight, but with hero worship tendencies.

— 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/The Witcher (TV) Crossover
• Bucky/Geralt

I desperately want Bucky to go to the Witcher world (I’m vastly less interested in fic set in our world) and have an adventure there. What kinds of character development or healing does Bucky get from this whole experience? How can Bucky's skills or experiences be useful in this world? What do Witcher characters make of him and the idea of other worlds? The realm travel mechanics and initial “what the hell just happened?” reactions are the least interesting aspect of this to me; feel free to start with him already there, no explanations for how he got there needed. See general Bucky notes here.

I love these two (hot) stoic woobie badasses. They have quite a lot in common--being taken and modified, turned into super strong killing machines, retaining the goodness at their cores, being looked at as monsters even though they aren't really, their bluntness and dry sarcasm, etc. I think some of the commonalities, taken together with the wild differences that being from different worlds entails, would make for a fascinating duo! They would be SO HOT fighting monsters or whatever together. How do they pep talk (for Geralt's definition of 'pep talk', lol) each other out of their baggage? Can Bucky get drunk off the liquor in this place? Sexy bathing scenes? I'm up for anything!

It can be forever true love with Bucky being stuck in the Witcher world forever and not minding it, or it can be a bittersweet thing where Bucky goes home at the end, but they both fondly remember their time together. I just want them to really like each other, be a bit comforted by one another, be badass together, and have very muscular makeouts (or more!).

You could set it at any point or canon divergence in Geralt's life, or imagine what comes after S1. I am only familiar with the TV show, so please don't spoil me on things that are likely to happen in S2. However, feel free to use place names or bits of history or monsters I don't know for 'case of the week'-type stuff. I like a lot of characters who could appear in the background, especially Ciri, Dara, Istredd, Mousesack, Calanthe, Tissaia, Triss, Jaskier… Yennefer is also welcome, but DNW any mention of her baby quest; please pretend she and Geralt are over or never had feelings.

— Maybe Geralt meets confused Bucky in a tavern/on the road/something and decides to let them tag along--at least for as long as it takes to get to a sorcerer or something who might be able to help them get back home. Road trips!

— Maybe people in a town think poor, confused, recently arrived Bucky is some sort of monster and want Geralt to kill him, but Geralt ends up dating him instead?

— Does Geralt let Bucky tag along with him (at least as long as it takes to get to a sorcerer or something who might be able to help Bucky get back home)? What adventures or slice of life episodes do they have along the way?

— Is Bucky's arrival due to more Law of Surprise shenanigans, and he is bound to Geralt? Or maybe Mousesack did magic to summon a hero for Calanthe (she's so cool!), and accidentally brought Bucky? Has he been living in Calanthe's court since before the story started, and then Geralt stops by?

— I love the potential for arbitrary magic here, so feel free to make up reasons for random tropes played totally seriously that could get Bucky and Geralt to make out (or more!). Like, fuck or die, or undercover as a couple, or...

— I love all those post-TWS fics about Bucky acquiring random children while on the run and finding healing through taking care of them; the promise of that trope with Geralt&Ciri was the reason I started watching. Does it turn into a 'My Two Dads' kind of scenario (but without Ciri playing matchmaker, please, per the general DNW) as these two loners figure out how to take care of this little princess? And/or does Bucky find Dara again and help him reconnect with Ciri (I had a lot of feelings about Ciri and Dara)?

— Bonus Random Detail: What songs does Jaskier write about Bucky?

MCU/Narnia Crossovers
• Bucky/Edmund
• Bucky/Tirian

General
Tirian and Edmund were my very first favorite characters, and Narnia's worldbuilding elements formed most of my narrative interests. I love Golden Age fics and fics that diverge from canon (as wildly as you like!) at any point before the closing chapters of the Last Battle. Time between these realms is already untethered and random, and I welcome as much timey-wimey handwaving as you want to add (honestly, I'm begging you!). Ex. I see no reason why post-TWS Bucky couldn't travel to the Golden Age or Tirian’s reign; no explanation needed.

I love everyone's competency, earnestness, and courage when it counts, but also their flaws, fears, and crankiness. Tirian has such human flaws, and he started off as a hot mess of a king, but he means so well, and is quite resourceful and clever when you rouse him out of his decadence. I love that being redeemed into a just warrior king didn’t entirely cure Edmund of being a cranky, sarcastic little shit. General Bucky notes are here.

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. I don't need a fix-it (i.e. a fic focused on how their canon death was averted that day). I prefer to pretend it just never came up! I'm not at all invested in the religious allegory elements.

Bucky/Tirian
They would be so competent and delightful and hot together. Fairytale king + Brooklyn street smarts, yum. I really don't care how Bucky and Tirian get here or there. Feel free to leave it unexplained and/or start with him already there. I like all the 'nice' people in TLB, so include whomever you want. If it’s easier not to include the Friends of Narnia, that’s fine, too!

— Does Bucky seek Tirian or Narnia out? Somehow getting his hands on the rings? Or Tirian blows the horn? Something else?

— 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 Bucky? 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. Maybe Tirian inherited star magic, which makes this possible? What I'm most interested in is what happens when they are together in the flesh, so you can even background the vision part, if you want.

— Caught In Calormen: Bucky somehow joining Tirian for a pre-TLB jaunt into Calormen? Is Tirian 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. It could be set near the start when they’re corralling Narnians and spiriting them to safety. Or you could start it later on, when the resistance has grown pretty strong and they’re ready to start making moves. How/when does Bucky end up with them, how he can help, and how do he and Tirian fall for one another? Does Tirian know more secret hideouts full of wine? Does Puzzle (the darling!) somehow end up saving the day along with Bucky? Do Bucky and Tirian go on a quest to the magic garden place?

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? 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, I’d be thrilled to ignore or break the timelines to make it work in other ways. For example, post-TWS Bucky traveling to the Golden Age or some other point in Narnian history works for me, no explanation needed! 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 hangs out with kid!Edmund at some point, as long as he doesn't touch the kid, and the happy ending 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, the rings have dropped him off decades after he left, and now he's stuck in the future… Whoops! Or maybe it's a canon divergence where the Pevensies return from the Golden Age as adults 15 years later instead of deaging to kids at the moment they'd left? Does Ed rescue Bucky 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?

— 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, or GoT's Westeros, or the Witcher (TV) world, 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? What adventures do they have together?

— Bucky In Golden Age Narnia: Maybe someone blows the horn, summoning Bucky? Or the Tesseract or Bifrost takes him there? Or he fell off the train and into Narnia? Or some other way, or leave it unexplained, I don't care. Getting together while dealing with giants, or during some annual tournament in Archenland? Helping Edmund get rid of the remaining werewolves or hags from the Witch’s reign? Sea voyage adventures on the Splendour Hyaline? Outwitting Calormene spies, implementing educational policies, the Rabadash situation? Something else? Is it a divergence where the Pevensies ruled for longer? Or do Bucky and Edmund reunite later back in our world?

— Reunions: Does Bucky encounter the Pevensies while they’re still rather young (whether during ‘Prince Caspian’, VoDT, early on during the Golden Age, or during WWII); nothing shippy happens then, but it does when they reunite once Edmund is an adult and Bucky basically hasn’t aged? Or maybe they never met before, but Bucky went to Narnia (or had some Narnia-related experience) during a time when the Pevensies weren’t there, and he meets adult Edmund back in our world; how do they figure out their Narnian connection while also falling for one another? Or maybe some of the mythical figures that exist in both Narnia and Earth (ex. Bacchus, Father Christmas) help them meet or reunite, either here or there? You can include the flashbacks, or just focus on the reunions!

MCU/Game of Thrones Crossovers
• Bucky/Jaqen
• Bucky & Final Small Council
• Bucky & Team Daenerys (Mereen or Dragonstone editions)

General
I desperately want Bucky to go to Westeros/Essos (I’m much less interested in fic set mainly in our world), have an adventure there, and make friends with people I like. How can Bucky's skills or experiences help GoT characters and vice versa? What do the GoT characters make of him and the idea of other worlds? Bucky riding dragons, Bucky with a sword, Bucky’s arm acting as Valyrian steel, Bucky as the actual prince who was promised… Any and all of this would make me scream with joy. As usual, I don’t care about the realm travel mechanics, so feel free to start with him already there, or even already have been there long enough to be over the initial “wtf, what happened, where am I?” reactions. You don't need to explain how he got there at all! General Bucky notes are here.

I will always adore a canon divergence—as wild as you like—that branches off whenever. Or set it post-series! You can keep Daenerys's madness and death, or pretend she was sane and won, or somewhere in the middle. I have only seen the TV show, but you can include bits of book canon as long as Bucky learns about it with me. My main GoT DNW is any appearance by Ramsay Snow or the Sand Snakes. The afterlife is one of my general DNWs, but zombies and whatever was going on with Jon and Beric don't count as afterlife to me. Canon pairings are fine to include in the background (and Jorah/Daenerys or Tyrion/Sansa would make me smile). I'm fine keeping canon deaths as long as those deaths don't wipe out a majority of the characters with whom Bucky has made friends; but I also love divergences that keep people alive. However, Shireen is the exception; if she's in the story, she MUST live! Mentions of canon rape are okay, but please don’t add any new rape.

— Bucky/Jaqen: Something playing with ideas of assassins, shapeshifting, of being ‘no one’ or a ‘ghost’, of losing/reclaiming your identity, etc. What does Bucky think of this whole Faceless Man thing? Does the Many-Faced God owe Bucky? Is newly arrived and confused Bucky seeking refuge at the temple, or does Jaqen seek him out to recruit him? Do they meet in Bravos, or while Jaqen is traveling? Do they have a bittersweet fling, but that's all it can be because being nobody means Jaqen can't have lasting relationships? Or does Jaqen's shapeshifting help Bucky work through their feelings for someone else (ex. Steve; platonic or gen)? What kinds of tests does Bucky have to pass? Or do he and Jaqen have to work a job together? Or does Bucky decide, “fuck this” (which perhaps turns out to be what ‘passes’ him? IDK)? Arya can be around or not, up to you. Is the Waif as awful to Bucky as she was generally? Does he take her down a peg (please!)? Learning more about this corner of the world in general (ex. visiting markets, attending plays, interacting with a Red Priest(ess), etc)?

— Post-Series King's Landing: Whether you keep the canon ending or pretend Dany won or something else, I'm sure there's a lot of work to be done rebuilding the kingdom or paying the debts or repairing King's Landing, or… How can Bucky help? Does he get a role on the small council? Does Brienne knight him? Sam geeking out over Bucky? Tyrion finding a nice use for Bucky’s talents? Something else?

— With Team Daenerys in Mereen: What if she had stayed there and rebuilt? How could Bucky help? How does he end up in the inner circle? Does Tyrion try to get him drunk? Is Daario rightfully jealous of this amazing warrior? Do Bucky and my beloved Missandei save the day (or hook up, as long as you pretend the thing with her and Greyworm doesn’t exist)? Or Maybe Bucky/Dany? Bonding over soldier slavery with Greyworm? Are Bucky and Jorah quietly loyal friends? Does Selmy survive? Do the dragons like Bucky's plated arm? Does Bucky figure out how to root out the masked people?

— In Valyria: What if, instead of going to Westeros, Daenerys decided to rebuild Valyria? They either take Bucky with them, or meet him there. I once heard a book spoiler that Daenerys 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 (with some yummy protectiveness of Missandei). 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?

— Anything! Really. There are so many possible divergence opportunities and characters I love in GoT that I extra doubly mean it when I say not to limit yourself to the prompts, or even, honestly, the character groupings in the tags. Characters I love/want fic for most include: Missandei, Tyrion, Daenerys, Gendry, Davos, Shireen, Tormund, the Hound, Jaqen, Brienne, Podrick, Sam, Gilly, Yara, Margaery, Olenna, and all the Mormonts.

Psmith Crossovers
• Mike/Psmith & Tirian (Narnia)
• Mike/Psmith & Edmund (Narnia)
• Mike/Psmith & Corin (Narnia)
• Mike/Psmith & The Durrells (Corfu Trilogy - Durrell)
• Mike/Psmith & Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
• Mike/Psmith & Frank Maddox (David Blaize) - see David Blaize Crossovers section here

General
I will never get enough of Psmith and Mike having new and wildly different adventures than they got to have in canon, and interacting with weird new people. Hence all the crossovers. I love what an odd couple they are, and how they understand one another so well. I love their loyalty and what generous, self-sacrificing heroes they both are, while also being total little shits. Psmith's dialogue! Mike's pragmatism! I want anything where they unambiguously get together, with actual makeouts--or more! I don’t mind if they’ve had flings with other people in the past, but once they get together, DNW any hint that they will ever be with anyone else in the future; please set it before they met their wives and/or pretend they never did.

Ship-wise… There’s so much they feel but don’t say, even with Psmith’s incessant talking; in what other ways can those feelings come out? 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 on a romance between them would be fascinating.

Psmith/Mike & The Durrells (Corfu Trilogy)
Please pretend Psmith and Mike were university age in the 1930s. Did they spend a summer between university years in Corfu? Were they some of Larry's houseguests? Party guests (I love the Durrells' parties!)? Or did they just happen to be vacationing in Corfu and met the family when the story starts? Something else? Think of the combined eccentricity! I love all the family members, plus friends like Theo and Spiro, so feel free to focus on any subset of characters you like; it’s fine if the whole family doesn’t appear. There’s no need to write it from Gerry’s POV, unless you really want to; I've actually always wanted to read an outsider's (3rd person) perspective on the family and their friends (and, I mean, if you really want to do a pastiche, Wodehouse has an equally delightful style!).

Psmith/Mike & Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
It would be amazing to see Aziraphale and Crowley bounce off Mike and Psmith in the 1910s/1920s (DNW Psmith and Mike transplanted to other time periods), even if it ends up having nothing to do with the Antichrist/apocalypse. What were the angel and demon up to then? Are Psmith and Aziraphale members of the same club? Does Psmith try to buy a book from the shop? Does the adventure result in Crowley getting his Bentley? Do Psmith and Mike help the angel and demon get out of trouble with their bosses? I love both book and show canon, but my main Good Omens interest is with Crowley and Aziraphale (and the other angels/demons in the background), not so much Newt, Anathema, Shadwell, etc (they weren't even born yet!). Aziraphale/Crowley romance on the side is totally welcome, but don’t stress about making it prominent if it doesn’t fit the story. Having them be just friends is also fine.

If you DO want to do something with the whole apocalypse plot, I’d love something where, instead of the way things actually went, A) Psmith or Mike is the Antichrist and B) Armageddon was scheduled during Psmith canon time period/setting. Since the Antichrist is a different character and age, and it's a different time period, things should go quite differently and be a different story. Please don't force fit Psmith and Mike into a rehash of canon GO plot points. How do this Antichrist's powers manifest, and what does he do with them? What would he name the hellhound (if he has one; maybe there's no dog in this version)? Do Crowley and Aziraphale go undercover as Sedleigh masters or bank managers or something? Or no undercover, and they instead take some wholly different approach to averting the apocalypse than they took in canon? Maybe Crowley wasn't given the baby job in this AU, and they only find out about the Antichrist's existence much later. If so, how? What brings him back from the brink (I don't want Armageddon to actually happen)? Does Psmith talk rings around Satan? Does Mike challenge Death to a cricket match? Something else bonkers played straight? Melodramatic acts of loyal self-sacrifice that turn out okay in the end? How does this whole hullabaloo help get Psmith/Mike together, or were they already together?

Psmith/Mike & Narnia Crossovers
What are their reactions to finding themselves in Narnia? 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, if the story is set in our world.

— 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’s it 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 feel free to background the vision and transport parts.

— 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, or other?), 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/Bucky (MCU)
• Frank/Thor (MCU)
• Frank/Ethan (Penny Dreadful)

General David Blaize Notes
I've never encountered a character more in need of a nice boyfriend than Frank. He's such a fascinating and endearing blend of judgmental, whimsical, bossy, charismatic, and melancholic. I love his cleverness, snark, take-chargeness, and sense of whimsy. The chapter where he devises the plan to catch the cheaters was such fun, as was his love of the macabre. 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! If you want to run with the thing where he cured David with the power of love to a place where Frank literally has some kind of magic (whether he knew it or not at the time), go for it!

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!

Frank & Psmith/Mike (Wodehouse)
Both of these canons are about the same kinds of people, in the same settings, in the same time period. Of COURSE they met, right?! I would love a story that results in Frank feeling better and ready to accept love in the future (and also Psmith/Mike endgame). If you want to take it a step farther and find someone for Frank to end up with, that would be great, but no pressure. Just not Psmith or Mike, since I’m so rabidly OTP-ish about them. Perhaps Frank ends up with Adair or Monty Bodkin or David (this option is the only exception to my overarching "get over David" request)? Or some other nice Wodehouse guy (not Jeeves, please)? Or OMC?

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! My only larger Wodehouse DNW is Jeeves/Wooster slash. Psmith/Mike notes are at the top of the Psmith section here.

— University: Cambridge hijinks facilitating friendship and romance? Teaming up to rag on a professor or defeat a bully? Frank and Mike were obviously teammates on the Cambridge eleven. Nights in don’s rooms, talking about life.

— WWI: Fighting in WWI together (see WWI prompts in Psmith/Mike section); all three could meet for the first time, or maybe two already knew each other and meet the third during the war.

— Backstory Crossover Hookups: As long as they get over it so that Psmith/Mike remains endgame (DNW OT3), Frank hooking up or having hooked up with one or both of them could be fun to include. Perhaps 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? 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?

— Reunions: Maybe Frank had some childhood past with either Psmith or Mike (grammar school or neighbors or cousins or something) and they reunite in a Wodehouse-style setting/plot during a country estate visit, or at the London clubs, or at boat race weekend or Goodwood or...

Frank/Bucky (MCU)
I would especially like a WWII getting together story. Please pretend the books were set later so that they are around the same age (DNW age differences). They’d make such a great odd couple. 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 more open-minded or experienced with men than Frank? Or has he always denied himself, and Frank initiates him?

See Bucky notes here. Feel free to pretend he didn’t fall off the train so they can have a happily ever after. Or maybe Frank rescues his brainwashed old flame from Hydra in, like, 1950 (ie. before there’s a major age difference), or Bucky travels back in time with Steve at the end of Endgame for a happily ever after, or brings Frank to the future. 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).

Is Frank 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 the one sort-of exception to my 'no conflicting ships' 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.

— Met Fighting in WWII (Howling Commandos edition): 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, foreign languages, need for quick thinking, getting information at a party, stranded in a snowy cabin, down time at a bombed out pub, appreciating the beauty of Europe despite the horror of war… anything!

— Met Fighting In WWII (general soldiering edition): Maybe the 107th is camped alongside Frank’s unit before or after 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? Bucky probably also needs some TLC after Azzano, even if Frank wasn't there with him… Does the desperation of war get them over their issues enough to act on their feelings?

— Canon-Setting Spies: Sent on an espionage + sniper mission together? Or maybe Frank isn’t a soldier, but rather some sort of archaeologist-civilian who is asked to use his knowledge to help the war effort. Is the mission to get information, or to prevent the Nazis from getting some Ancient Greek occult blah blah? Does Frank have to go ‘undercover’ as gay (when he already repressedly is)?

— Met In Captivity (Azzano edition): Was Frank also a prisoner in Azzano, possibly also getting experimented on? 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 have sex or confess feelings or watch each other be hurt? Or maybe they only get together after Steve’s rescued them (in a wartime hospital? as members of the Howlies? Other?) when they begin to realize the experiments left permanent changes on them (i.e. superpowers). Are they still traumatized, leading to even more closeness? The more hurt/comfort the better.

— Frank Goes to the Future: For a non-WWII option that I'm equally excited about, perhaps the story starts after Frank has been sucked into the present-day. Maybe some MCU-related cosmic business has brought him here/now, or he fell into a portal, or he is actually magical… It doesn't matter. How do he and Bucky get together? Bonding over both being 'out of time', Frank's reactions to the future, Bucky finding healing by helping Frank adjust… Can Frank's knowledge, skills or perspective help with an MCU-type plot?

Frank/Thor (MCU)
I love Thor so very much. He balances godly/regal gravitas and deadliness with jolliness, earnestness, gentleness, slyness, and a delightful alien weirdness. He would be such a fascinating foil for Frank's complicated temperament, and just generally, it would be boiling hot. Please let Frank find out who/what Thor is! What is Frank’s reaction to this literal fairytale prince? Thor’s reaction to this lovely but sad earthling? How do they get along and get together? Are Asgardians nonchalantly bisexual? If so, how does Thor react to Frank’s repression? Or do Asgardians have their own hangups? If so, how do their different hangups intersect and how do they get over them together?

It can be forever love (if so, please handwave a mention of magical solutions to the lifespan issues), or a fling that ends amicably when Thor has to go home again, leaving Frank in a healthier and happier headspace to continue on with the rest of his life, both of them retaining fond memories of their time together. I love every iteration of Thor, but for this ship, I want pre-Ragnarok Adonis!Thor. Loki and other Asgardians are welcome to be included, too, if you want.

— Frank really needs to get laid. Does Thor carefully, joyfully, overwhelmingly seduce and fuck Frank’s repression away? Like, not even Frank’s dedicated self-denial can hold strong. And if an actual god is so into it/him, who is Frank to say this is ‘beastly’ or wrong? Or is Thor actually rather inexperienced (with men, or in general) at this point in his life, and they learn together, or Frank initiates him? I would prefer Frank to become an enthusiastic, curious and active participant, not just lie down and take it the whole time.

— A canon divergence from the first film, where Thor was banished to Frank’s time and location, whether Cambridge or Frank’s backyard or one of his archaeology digs? Or maybe it’s set pre-Thor canon, when he snuck over to Earth for some secret fun and got stuck here (or Loki played a prank that got him stuck here)?

— Greece Setting: I love that Frank is an archaeologist! Maybe during one of his digs, he stumbles into an ancient place and accidentally sets off a magical thingy that summons gods, except a different set than expected arrive. Or some wholly other reason for Thor being in Greece? I don’t actually care how Thor gets there; feel free to skip over that part.

— Disguised/Fish Out of Water: Thor trying to blend into 1920s Cambridge, or a Wodehouse-style club, or with Frank’s family... What do Frank’s friends make of Thor? What does Thor make of everything? How does Thor take to having to keep their relationship on the DL? Is he even capable of it?

— Random Optional Details: Thor using Mjolnir to fly Frank somewhere gorgeously remote; switching; spanking; marathon sex; held down by Mjolnir so that Frank is completely at Thor's mercy

Frank/Ethan (Penny Dreadful)
I basically want Frank to hang with the PD gang in London and get involved with their supernatural drama. Does finding out about and 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 calm his angst)? Does Frank find out about Ethan's werewolfness? If so, how does he react (hopefully some hurt/comfort?)?

Please pretend the David Blaize books took place earlier, so that Frank is around the same age as Victor or Vanessa in the early 1890s, with the same age difference as between either of them and Ethan (I think Ethan’s a few years older?). I really do want Ethan/Frank to be wholly into one another, so please pretend Vanessa/Ethan wasn’t a thing or that he’s moved on (from both Vanessa and Brona) by the time he meets Frank.

I loved this show for Victor, Vanessa, Ethan, Malcolm, Sembene, and Lyle's Scooby Gang teamwork and found family, so a bit of that in the background would be fun, if it fits your idea. I wasn’t very interested in John Clare or Lily’s plots, so would prefer the story not to focus on them (mentions or super brief cameos are fine). DNW Victor to bring anyone else back to life.

Maybe Frank knew one of the gang before the story started. I’ll give some examples for backstory to spark you, but what I’m most interested in is what happens after they’ve incorporated Frank into the group, not a fic that’s all about these backstories or his first meeting with Ethan. Ex. maybe Frank grew up in the same area as the Murray/Ives houses, and was a childhood friend of Vanessa’s? Or perhaps Victor went to Marchester or Cambridge with Frank? Do they reunite by chance, like, at a ball or at a scene of supernatural violence that Frank manages to survive? Or do Victor or Vanessa recruit him for help with their latest monster endeavor? Or maybe Frank works at the museum after his fellowship, and Lyle brings him in as a needed Classics or archaeology expert.

— Maybe everyone stayed in London at the end of S2 and found a new thing to fight. Catching the Ripper? Dealing when Jekyll goes full Hyde? Taking care of Ethan during a full moon? Something else? Whatever it is, how does the adventure help Frank/Ethan get together?

— Do they have to infiltrate a creepy gathering or society event? Does Frank help with post-canon or alternate S3 adventures (either keeping the ending or pretending Vanessa didn't die)? Going undercover as brothers with Ethan while pining? Do Frank or Ethan teach each other some kind of skill, the way Ethan taught Victor how to shoot? Does Vanessa give Frank the kind of pep talks she gives Victor?

— 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)?

— Some ritual or magic plot blah blah requires that Frank be relieved of his virginity... Ethan volunteers.

— Leaving London entirely? Do they go on a vampire-hunting mission, just the two of them (or with the whole gang), or heal a haunted house? A trip to Bath or some other society place? Or some kind of stranded together or captured together scenario? Some other project that requires them to combine their talents and knowledge?

— 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 Ethan? Do they bond about how everyone ends up fucking this guy?

Doctrine of Labyrinth Crossovers
• Mildmay/Bucky (MCU)
• Mildmay/Edmund (Narnia)

General
(I’m so sorry. I very recently inhaled this series and am still drowning in feelings too hard to be coherent, much less concise.) Has there ever been two more whumped woobies? I think not. The angst was all so deliciously OTT, and the healing in the last book so soothing. I love everything about this series: the characters, the magical concepts, the history and worldbuilding, the nerdy language play… My main ask here is for Mildmay and one of the requested characters to grow close and care about one another--ideally, with actual (voluntary) makeouts, or more! And for the crossover guy to think Mildmay is the BEST. If you want to go full rainbows and puppies happy ending forever fix-it of everything that sucks in Mildmay’s life, go for it. If you want this canon divergent episode to simply be a bright spot that amicably ends when people have to go home, but that helps them both on a longer path to happiness, go for it. If you want to whump the ship some more, go for it (but please let there be a nice ending). I will love literally anything, as long as it isn’t all trauma all the time the end (I got that from the first 3.5 books, so I’m all set).

It’s fine to discuss the canonical rape and character death, but please don’t add any more. Even though I ship them in general, for this fic, DNW Mildmay to ever return Felix’s feelings. I also DNW the crossover guy to be attracted to Felix (only Mildmay!). You can write a DoL pastiche if you want, but please don’t feel like you have to; a third person POV from the crossover guy, or a pastiche of Lewis’s voice, or a more omniscient thing… It’s all good.

I loved everyone, but Mildmay immediately shot up into my top five forever favorite characters of all time. I’ll never stop being hysterical about his stoic woobiness, kind heart, cleverness, resourcefulness, strength, sense of humor, crankiness, self-sacrificing loyalty (not just for Felix, but for everyone, gosh, what a fucking hero), self-loathing (even though he’s the best! love yourself, sweetheart!), and the intense competence porn he embodies. I loved watching him grow and slowly become happier. It made me wibble how he thought no one in the world cared for him (cue the violins), oblivious to the fact that he was building a little army of people (and even monsters!) who owed him their lives and who valued him. Even when he was clinically depressed, I found him such a fun character to hang out with. I was pro Mildmay/Mehitabel while it lasted (and adored Mehitabel in general), so please don’t bash her, even though I don’t want them to be sleeping together while Mildmay is with the crossover guy.

However you want to deal with Mildmay’s tragic straightness will be fine by me. Is it a case of ‘he doth protest too much’, possibly because Keeper fucked him up on the subject; can the crossover guy help him get over it? Or does it take place after the third book, when Mildmay is in a better headspace to explore any bi leanings? Or maybe this guy is the first to elicit those kinds of feelings? How does he feel about it all? Is he confused, or weirded out by his own attraction, or surprisingly cool, or...? Or just handwave it, and pretend he’s not at all angsty about liking a guy. Anything!

Mildmay is my ultimate darling, but I also love Felix (and all the other characters, too) so much! I admire the strength it took to survive everything that has happened to him. I love his stinging burns, his joy in his work, his love of books and research, his nonstop curiosity. He’s SUCH a dick, and so beyond horrific to Mildmay at times, but that very dickishness is what makes the moments when he demonstrates vulnerability and/or his deep love for Mildmay so wonderful. The dickishness is also what makes his growth in the last book so satisfying. Even though, for Felix’s sake, I suppose I’m glad he got over it, Felix’s love/lust for Mildmay was deliciously iddy. It’s totally fine if Felix doesn’t appear; however, if he does, it could be interesting to explore how he reacts to the romance. How does he deal with the fact that this hot, fascinating guy wants Mildmay instead of him? Probably badly. Does he at first try (and fail) to seduce the guy, getting pissier and pissier when it doesn’t work? Something else? Or does he understand the guy’s interest in Mildmay, since he’s always seen Mildmay’s beauty in a way others haven’t? And then on top of that, how would he deal with the fact that Mildmay returns this guy’s feelings, after being so clearly not into Felix? It’s a potpourri of potential yummy angst. I’d like a happy ending, but until you get there, you can have Felix behave atrociously (no rape or beatings, though, please) or have him be supportive, or completely oblivious, or, again, not even include him.

Mildmay/Bucky
My two beautiful, self-loathing, ‘forced to be an assassin’, badass woobies! Maybe they (or the adventure they share) could jolly one another to a better place? Or meeting someone with a vaguely similar sob story gives perspective that can help? Or maybe they just hang out in the Melusine baths and talk smack about all the flash folks. Is Bucky almost immediately able to understand Mildmay? Are they sexy knife bros? Does Bucky have insight to help Mildmay deal with the time he was tortured by Malkar? I want them to a) love each other as much as I love them, and b) make out (or more!). I would also vastly preferr something where Bucky goes to the DoL world (as opposed to being mainly set in our world). But beyond those three things, do anything you want! There’s zero need to explain how/why people are going through portals. Feel free to start with Bucky already there and over the initial ‘wtf’ stage. You could even start with him having already met DoL characters! Bucky notes are here.

— I’d love to see Mildmay and Bucky deal with some sort of DoL concept together. Is there a fantôme that wants to get Bucky? General mikkary? Some labyrinths? Titan Clocks or a thaumaturgic engine? Or maybe they need to make Bucky into Mildmay’s esclavin, for reasons. Or maybe the happy ending is that they find a way to meet ~~and schtup~~ forevermore in the Khloidanikos (is it the same one, or do they find/create their own dreamworld)?

— Reunions!: Maybe Bucky and Mildmay have met before, for reasons that do not need to be explained. Ex. an accident with the Tesseract in Azzano temporarily sent him to the Lower City? Or necromancy gone wrong sent Mildmay to 1930s Brooklyn or WWII for a couple of days? Anyway! Then they reunite in the DoL world years later! How does their relationship grow over these various times together? Did Mildmay crush on Bucky way back then, or only now when they reunite?

— Revenge!: Can Bucky help Mildmay get back at someone who has it coming? Maybe finally taking down Kolkhis? Or Bastion assholes? Or the Dogs? Astanyax? Someone else? Any other demonstration of joint competence porn?

— Porn: So, Mildmay is canonically a sex god. How does that play out with men? Is he still a sex god? Or not? How do they figure out how to have a good time together? Does someone literally get fucked sideways until they cry?

— Unreliable Narrators: I found it fascinating how different Mehitabel’s outsider POV was from Felix and Mildmay’s. For example, in her sections, Lords Shannon and Stephen were… kind of lovely? A big change from how they came across in Felix and Mildmay’s sections. What different takes might Bucky have on some of the characters, settings, culture, etc.? Separately, speaking of Mehitabel, does Bucky get drafted into the acting troupe, even just as a workman?

— Corambis Canon Divergence: I loved the cozy city life Felix and Mildmay were building. What if they hadn’t been banished to the lighthouse, and Bucky shows up, maybe because of a hero-summoning spell, or adventures with Infinity Stones, or… IDK, who cares. What I care about is what happens once he’s a bit more settled in this weird new world. Do Felix and Mildmay take him in? Why? How does having a third roomie go? What does Bucky do with himself in this weird place? Or is he being kept and studied by the authorities because his appearance is so strange and miraculous? How does Mildmay end up getting close with him, in this case? Is Mildmay the only one who doesn’t treat him like a science experiment? I wished Mildmay had taken up the offer to take classes (or even teach one!) at the community college-type place. Does Bucky enroll, too? Or maybe Bucky blundered into this world weeks before the story started, is trying to roll with being stuck here, and meets Mildmay in class?

— Mirador Canon Divergence: Similar to above, but Bucky shows up in the Mirador sometime after book 2! Is Mildmay the only one at court who is like, “Uh, is someone going to pick this poor guy up off the floor?” Does Mildmay help Bucky adapt to this windowless life? Are Bastion spies trying to kidnap Bucky? Do they explore the Lower City together? I’d love to see their street smarts/battle smarts complement one another. Does Bucky join the Team Awesome Detectives crew of Mildmay, Gideon, Simon, and Rinaldo to solve a mystery? Or maybe it’s Cardenio who finds poor confused Bucky wandering around and introduces him to Mildmay?

— For all that I was sad that they had to leave the city in Corambis, the lighthouse setting has so much potential, with its remote location and mysterious, disorganized magic papers and whatnot. Is there magic there that Felix uses to somewhat accidentally bring Bucky? Or is there some other kind of magic around the place? Lighthouses are very romantic; how does Mildmay/Bucky’s love grow in a slice of life way once Bucky is there? Do they read together?

— Sex for Reasons: Do they have to do it for a spell, or to save someone, or...? Anything!

— As I said above, I really really want Bucky to go to the DoL world. That said, I’d be open to an epilogue or something where Mildmay comes home with Bucky, and gets a vibranium leg or just straight-up gets his leg fixed, and/or plastic surgery for his scar. I love him just the way he is, but I do think it would be interesting to read a fic exploring what his sense of self would be without these issues. He’s spent so many years morbidly letting his scar and lameness define him; how would he define himself without them? How would he deal with being as perfectly beautiful as Felix? Or maybe he comes home with Bucky to help lay to rest all the people Bucky has killed, by making a labyrinth for them; and when they are at rest, Bucky can feel better? IDK.

— I don’t know if these prompts are any good, so I truly mean it when I say that anything you want to write about Bucky going to the DoL world + getting together with Mildmay would be great!

Mildmay/Edmund
I think they would be lovely together. Edmund is so “Just” and understanding and forgiving. But also clever, resourceful and badass. I think they’d be really great for one another, as well as partners with very complementary skill sets. I think Edmund would get a kick out of Mildmay, and I think Mildmay would have heart-eyes about this ‘king’ who is so down to earth and totally not-judgemental. For this, I’m equally interested in Mildmay going to Narnia, or in Edmund going to the DoL world… or both! After Edmund, Lucy is my favorite character, so if you want her to accompany him on an adventure to the DoL world or play a large role in a Narnia-set story, that would be great (Lucy being Mildmay’s non-yenta friend could be cute), but it’s also fine if not.

I’d vastly prefer a story set mainly in Narnia or the DoL world, but I’m not against an epilogue or something set in our world. I really don’t care about the portal mechanics. Feel free to start with Mildmay or Edmund already in the new place, or even having been there for a bit, or even having met one another already!

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. I don't need a fix-it (i.e. a fic focused on how their canon death was averted that day). I prefer to pretend it just never came up! I'm not at all invested in the religious allegory elements.

— Adventuring with the Rings: I always want fic about grown-up-again Edmund going on realm-hopping adventures instead of dying. Does he hop in a pond that takes him to the DoL world? How can he help Mildmay with an adventure there? Does he take Mildmay back to Narnia with him?

— Realm-Hopping During the Golden Age: There are plenty of portals between our world and Narnia. There’s no reason why there couldn’t be portals directly between the DoL world and Narnia. Does Mildmay blunder through one once (or even a few times, as a different kind of ‘Friend of Narnia’)? Does he meet Edmund at least one of those times? Do their ages get mismatched before an ultimate happy ending? Or maybe it’s Golden-Age Edmund who blunders through once or twice, and helps Mildmay out with something in the Lower City and/or later on in the series or post-series? And/or maybe Edmund snuck off during Prince Caspian or VoDT through the portal, and no time passed back in Narnia? How do they find their happy ending?

— Mildmay in Narnia: Does someone blow the horn, summoning him? Maybe he goes by himself, or maybe Felix goes with him, and Mildmay assumes the ‘hero’ has to be Felix, since Felix is the special one, only to realize it’s him that the horn really wanted? Honestly, he doesn't even need to be on a quest. I would read 5k words (100k words!) about Mildmay having a nice time in Narnia--hanging out, healing, living in a palace with windows, making out with the king, chatting with creatures... Hell, you could even have Lucy give him her potion, for the ultimate in fix-it comfort.

— Bacchanals: During his visit to Narnia, Bacchus comes, and Mildmay ends up in the revelry. He’s shocked when the handsome king wants Mildmay for his special festivity consort. What does Mildmay make of Narnia and just… all of this? Do he and the mice get along really well? Or maybe his faves are a different animal?

— Assume they met as children (maybe there’s a door from Narnia to Melusine), and it was an odd adventures that Mildmay remembers fondly, along with that weird kid. Maybe it was Edmund who helped him realize he should leave Keeper? Anyway, what I really care about is later on, when they reconnect as adults. Maybe Edmund is adventuring with the rings again. Does he end up in Melusine by accident, or was he hoping to find Mildmay again?

— I want this SO BADLY but I am struggling with prompts. You can tweak stuff from the Mildmay/Bucky section above, too! Or even the Edmund/Bucky section above.

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