sincereously

Hello, creator!

I'm so excited to see what you come up with for this exchange! Hope you have a great time with it. Prompts are here if you want them, but if you have another idea that's inspiring you I'm happy to see that too. You can also check out any of my past prompts or promptfills on my journal for ideas if you want!

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me through the mods. I'm also sincereously on AO3.

General Likes and DNWs

General fic likes:
Worldbuilding (especially magical, religious and cultural worldbuilding)
Unusual formats, including in-universe documents and IF/Choose Your Own Adventure
Canon divergence
Outsider POV
Dramatic irony
Moments of quiet intimacy during breaks in the action (especially good for missing scenes in between what we see in canon)
Slowly building intimacy/respect together - slow burn in general
Taking care of injured people
Hair care, washing, and styling as bonding
Forced proximity (undercover together, trapped together, accidental/arranged marriage, fake dating, only one bed, etc.)
Elaborate plans that may or may not work out
Improvising new plans as you go along
"That's an extremely bad plan, of course I'm in" type situations and interpersonal dynamics
Getting in way over your head but throwing yourself headfirst into the plan anyway
Repressed characters having a chance to be vulnerable
Struggling against temptation/the Dark Side
Five + one things structure

General art likes
I love a wide range of art styles, so I don't have much of a preference there. Art-specific likes:
Strong lighting/contrast of light and dark
Earth tones
Cool colors
Strong lines
Symbolic imagery
General art prompts:
In-universe illustrations or artworks, including maps and schematics
Looking up at the night sky
Wearing your nicest outfits for a formal event (and getting those formal clothes messed up if/when the event goes sideways)
Helping someone get dressed, because of an injury or complicated clothes
Fight scenes, especially being already battered and bruised but still squaring up to continue the fight
Dancing, well or badly
Sneaking into a place you shouldn't be

General DNWs:
Character bashing
Canon-divergent death of requested characters (canonical deaths are fine)
Non-canonical child death
Setting change AUs (ex. coffeeshop, high school, modern AU, etc.)
Time travel AUs
Explicitly stated sexuality labels for characters whose sexuality is not canonically defined
Formalized dom/sub relationships
Ageplay
Raceplay
Omegaverse
Mpreg
Excretory kinks
Rape/noncon (dubcon - sex pollen with both/all characters dosed, sex in arranged marriages, fuck-or-die, etc. - are fine, as are references to canonical rape/noncon.)
Underage under 15 and unrequested non-canonical ships with 20+ year age gaps (mentions of canon examples are fine, but please don't make them the focus of the fic)*
Cross-gen incest
Animal abuse
Hopeless endings (endings can be dark, but not without any shred of hope)

Please keep the violence level at about what it is in canon.

**For Nancy Birch, this DNW is modified to "DNW underage under 12, DNW graphic depictions of under-15 sex, mentions of canonical under-12 underage for other characters is fine but please don't graphically depict it"

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

Requested tags: Beatrice Baudelaire & The Duchess of Winnipeg | R. & Kit Snicket, WB: History of VFD, WB: VFD Codes

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt-In: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Any Nominated Illustrated Text Medium, Medium Opt-In: Art - Costume Design, Medium Opt-In: Art - Floorplan/Architectural Style Drawing, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Map: Any, Medium Opt-In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt-In: Art - Playing Card, Medium Opt-In: Art - Tarot Card, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Murdle, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting

About the canon:

One of my favorite series as a kid! I love the frequent references, the macabre humor, and the mysteries that are constantly hinted at and only sometimes solved. The codes and other intricacies of the VFD's work are really fascinating worldbuilding. I’m also interested in the friendship among the women, as tragically as it turned out.

Prompts

- Anything at all about them growing up in VFD together - practicing theatrics and codes, going mountain climbing, training bats, interacting with their fellow Volunteers, things like that!

- Beatrice and Kit and the Duchess trying to solve (or being suspects in) the various fires and deaths and general mayhem of the schism would also be great for a logic grid puzzle or Murdle.

- Beatrice actually did survive the fire and is rescued by Kit and/or the Duchess. Does having her friend back help Kit's unhappiness? Could she and the Duchess pull off a plan to stop the firestarters or try to help her children?

- I'd also love to see events in the rise and fall of VFD and in the books as displayed in in-universe documents. Coded telegrams and reviews and news columns and just about any kind of communication? Map of an in-universe safe house? Costume designs for various VFD disguises? (You could also make up your own codes!)

Harlots

Requested tags: Violet Cross/Amelia Scanwell, Nancy Birch

Requested medium tags: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Logic Grid Puzzle, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure

About the canon:

I love so much about this canon - the fripperies and humor, the politicking and drama and the moments of sincerity that shine through. I love the setting, with its range from decadence to squalor. More than anything, I love how complex the women are and complicated relationships they have with each other. All of these stories are, in the end, about people on the fringes trying to carve a place in the world, and I love seeing their successes and failures as they go after what they want.

Prompts

- (Amelia/Violet) Any small series of missing slice-of-life scenes during or after their time in canon would be great - Violet caring for Amelia after her stabbing, them going on a journey together, Amelia and Violet having reading lessons and "reading lessons"...

- (Amelia/Violet) With their plot so unresolved at the end of season 2, I'd love to see what happens next for them! Them getting to strengthen their relationship after the physical and emotional turmoil they dealt with all season, being able to escape and build a life together, maybe helping find a way to take down the Spartans?

- (Nancy) Outsider POV on Nancy - she keeps so many things so close to her chest, it's really interesting to see what people see when they think about her, especially in her more vulnerable moments.

- (Nancy) Nancy backstory - how she grew up in Lydia Quigley's house (probably the most un-Nancy place to live personality-wise, on top of all the horrors of of Quigley-run house), her growing relationship with Margaret and her daughter(s), how she escaped and developed her own way of living. Did she have someone to guide her in becoming a dominatrix, or did she figure that out on her own?

- (Nancy) Related to above, I also love Nancy/Margaret and also enjoy Nancy/Margaret/Will as a V-shaped OT3 with Margaret as the hinge. I'd love to see the smaller quieter moments of their relationship, or the plans they made together and how those plans fell apart, or a way for them all to find a way to be more-or-less happy together in the end.

Stardew Valley

Requested tags: Krobus, Gunther, Marlon, Witch

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt-In: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt-In: Art - In-Universe Art, Medium Opt-In: Art - Drawn - Botanical Illustration, Medium Opt-In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt-In: Art - Tarot Card, Medium Opt-In: Art - Zodiac Sign, Medium Opt-In: Instructions - Cocktail Recipes, Medium Opt-In: Instructions - In-Universe Spell or Ritual Instructions, Medium Opt-In: Instructions - Solo Journaling TTRPG rules, Medium Opt-In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure, Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting

About the canon:

I really enjoy the setting - it's so pretty and so charming, with a strong undercurrent of magic. For this exchange I'm especially interested in the strange and supernatural parts of the valley - there's a lot of lore but also a lot left unexplained and open to imagination.

Prompts

- (Krobus) I love to see Krobus learning about the human world from the other characters and him teaching them about the world of the magical beings in return. What would happen if he struck up a friendship with a villager, especially someone who isn't the Farmer? Can he find a way to fit in the rhythm of life in the town?

- (Krobus) What, exactly, did Krobus do during the Elemental Wars that makes the dwarves want to send an assassin after him in particular? Any worldbuilding for both the Shadow People and the Dwarves (as well as other magical species) would be great too.

- (Gunther) So is Gunther the one who writes the descriptions for all of the artifacts and minerals that go into the museum? I'd love to see more of his scholarly archaeological work, including in-universe documents. And since he can leave the museum sometimes (he visits the Farmer to give them the Rusty Key), what if he goes on trips to find museum items? Anything from realistic archaeological practice to Gunther being a secret Indiana Jones figure would be really fun.

- (Gunther) Anything that goes into the Gunther-is-a-ghost theory. What was he like as a living villager? How did he die and end up haunting the museum? Did he know any of the other villagers when he was alive, or were they after his time?

- (Marlon) What's his history in the Adventurer's Guild? Are he and Gil the only members or is it an organization that goes throughout Ferngill (or even Gotoro)? What drew him to join or create the organization? What were his favorite or most harrowing adventures? How did he lose his eye and injure his leg, for example?

- (Marlon) Can Marlon use magic at all? If he doesn't, is it because he can't or because he refuses to (and if it's the latter, what actions led him to that decision)? If he can, how did he learn those skills, and what would happen if he had to put them to use to stop a large threat to the village and/or the valley?

- (Witch) How did she and the Wizard fall for each other? We only ever get the Wizard's side of how their marriage broke down - how does she see it? (I'm good with either or both as unreliable narrators). Did she create the shrines in her hut or did she build the hut around preexisting shrines? What goals does she have besides cursing random items in the town?

- (Witch) The Witch takes on an apprentice. Who does she pick? What are her goals in teaching them magic? How does the apprentice use their new powers?

- Any combination of my requested characters on an adventure of your choice - Gunther has to recruit Krobus' help to get a magical artifact for the museum! the Witch gives Marlon magical training! Marlon has to confront some unsavory Adventurer's Guild policies when he becomes friends with Krobus! the Witch conjures up ghostly Gunther to help with some scheme of hers! The valley is your oyster.

- From a worldbuilding perspective, any in-universe documents that delve into the Valley - including both the natural and the supernatural - would be a lot of fun. Maybe you get the Witch's spellbook or her illustrations of the magical properties of plants, or information from some of Gunther's library books or museum displays that we either don't see or only briefly see in-game, or Krobus' written observations about the world and the customs of the Shadow People, or Marlon taking notes on things that will be useful for monster combat.

Hello, creator!

I'm so excited to see what you come up with for this exchange! Hope you have a great time with it. Prompts are here if you want them, but if you have another idea that's inspiring you I'm happy to see that too.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me through the mods. I'm also sincereously on AO3.

General Likes and DNWs

General fic likes:
Worldbuilding (especially magical, religious and cultural worldbuilding)
Unusual formats, including in-universe documents and IF/Choose Your Own Adventure
Canon divergence
Outsider POV
Dramatic irony
Moments of quiet intimacy during breaks in the action (especially good for missing scenes in between what we see in canon)
Slowly building intimacy/respect together - slow burn in general
Taking care of injured people
Hair care, washing, and styling as bonding
Forced proximity (undercover together, trapped together, accidental/arranged marriage, fake dating, only one bed, etc.)
Elaborate plans that may or may not work out
Improvising new plans as you go along
"That's an extremely bad plan, of course I'm in" type situations and interpersonal dynamics
Getting in way over your head but throwing yourself headfirst into the plan anyway
Repressed characters learning to let go
Struggling against temptation/the Dark Side
Five + one things structure

General art likes
I love a wide range of art styles, so I don't have much of a preference there. For art-specific prompts:
Wearing your nicest outfits for a formal event (and getting those formal clothes messed up if/when the event goes sideways)
Helping someone get dressed, because of an injury or complicated clothes
Fight scenes, especially being already battered and bruised but still squaring up to continue the fight
Dancing, well or badly
Sneaking into a place you shouldn't be

General DNWs:
Character bashing
Canon-divergent death of requested characters (canonical deaths are fine)
Non-canonical child death
Setting change AUs (ex. coffeeshop, high school, modern AU, etc.)
Time travel AUs
Explicitly stated sexuality labels for characters whose sexuality is not canonically defined
Formalized dom/sub relationships
Ageplay
Raceplay
Omegaverse
Mpreg
Excretory kinks
Rape/noncon (dubcon - sex pollen with both/all characters dosed, sex in arranged marriages, fuck-or-die, etc. - are fine, as are references to canonical rape/noncon.)
Underage under 15 and unrequested non-canonical ships with 20+ year age gaps (mentions of canon examples are fine, but please don't make them the focus of the fic)
Cross-gen incest
Animal abuse
Hopeless endings (endings can be dark, but not without any shred of hope)

Please keep the violence level at about what it is in canon.

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Columbo

Requested tags: Columbo, Lieutenant Columbo and Dog the Dog

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt In: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3

About the canon:

I'm so very fond of this canon. It's very enjoyable watching both the elaborate murder plots and Columbo deftly unraveling them in his own seemingly-unassuming way. Plus the bond between man and dog!

Prompts

- (Columbo) We only really see Columbo on a case, and the information he gives about his life outside his work varies greatly on the suspects he's trying to corner. Is there any truth to any of the stories he weaves? Any slice-of-life or Columbo tailing a more "ordinary" case would be lovely.

- (Columbo & Dog) I'd like to see a case from Dog's point of view! Maybe Dog is trying to help his master by seeking out crucial clues, or maybe Dog has a canine case of his own that intersects with Columbo's mystery-of-the-week. (This would work very well with interactive fiction, if that's something you're interested in).

M*A*S*H

Requested tags: Margaret Houlihan, Maxwell Klinger, Father Francis Mulcahy, Charles Emerson Winchester III

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt In: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3

About the canon:

This is one of my oldest fandoms, and I have such affection for all the weird and wonderful people at the 4077th. I love the humor and seeing all these strong personalities play off of each other, and I love the times when they do their best to find light in the midst of the horrific situation they're living in.

Canon-specific DNWs: Any non-canon ships involving Radar, Colonel Potter, or Henry Blake, and any shipping that breaks up BJ/Peg (although adding others into their relationship is great). I am completely happy with any other ships, though - f/f, f/m, m/m, polyamorous, whatever you like!

Prompts

- (Any) Canon-typical shenanigans in general - prank wars, Klinger's Section 8/escape attempts, all the little events that they come up with to try to stave off boredom. Alternatively, canon-typical serious moments and explorations of trauma would be excellent as well; in particular, this canon is inherently good for the "taking care of a wounded friend" hurt/comfort scenario. Just anything you loved about the series, I'd be glad to see a fic version of it.

- (Any) All of the above episode-typical moments, but also with the ICOR paperwork that Radar or Klinger had to fill out after various camp goings-on. The canon promo post also reminded me of how fun a Choose Your Own Adventure format could be for this fandom - following one of the characters through a typical day at the 4077th, or through a deluge of wounded, or accompanying a patient to camp or to a different MASH unit, or trying to get much-needed supplies. I always liked episodes like Point of View or Life Time that did something unusual with the format, and I'd enjoy seeing something along those lines here, too!

- (Margaret) Margaret has a spine of steel and a huge amount of volatile emotions and vulnerability that she has no idea how to express. I really liked the episodes where she ended up alone with one or two others, especially in a forced-proximity situation, because that's where her conflict between being strong and acknowledging her emotional needs seemed the most evident. Maybe she's trapped somewhere (on the road, at an aid station, in that cave from the CAVE episode) with one of the other characters and needs to make her way back to camp while relying on the other person?

- (Klinger) Klinger always has some scheme running, and I'd enjoy seeing any of them, particularly where they intersect with his knowledge of fashion and tailoring. I also somewhat see all his different plans and tricks as a way of getting his mind off where he is and why he's there. How did he pull of putting together that fancy wardrobe and elaborate disguises? I also liked the episode Dear Uncle Abdul and would love seeing him describe the events of the 4077th to his massive family in epistolary form. (In addition, I don't have any particular gender headcanons wrt Klinger, but I'm good with seeing Klinger playing around with gender and gendered expectations both deliberately and by accident).

- (Mulcahy) Command has sent an order that all personnel need to be trained in self-defense, and Mulcahy finds himself head teacher of the 4077th's impromptu boxing academy. Sure, he likes being needed, but he didn't expect to be needed for this, and between his new students' reluctance and his own unsureness of his purpose and capabilities he's not sure he's up for the challenge. How does he manage the situation? Do they ever have to make use of their training?

- (Any) They're sent away to a medical conference in Seoul or Tokyo. What happens - irritation over room sharing? Wild times at local establishments? An encounter with a visiting general (Klinger’s pulling a wild scheme, Mulcahy’s polite but questioning, Charles is schmoozing to try to get out of the 4077th, and it's probably one of Margaret's exes)? Bonding with each other while incredibly drunk? Kissing/hooking up while incredibly drunk?

- (Klinger, Mulcahy) The camp or the orphanage desperately needs supplies, and one or both of them wheel and deal with the black marketeers to get what they need while dodging suspicious MPs. I like seeing their guile at work!

- (Charles) I really enjoy Charles' relationship to music, how he sees it as his solace and uses it to both carve out an oasis for himself (while annoying his tentmates) and to comfort those who share his passion. I'd like to see Charles learning a new instrument, or teaching music to others, or bonding with patients or other hospital staff over music. Or possibly one of his own compositions?

- (Charles) I find it interesting that he and Hawkeye and Trapper would have lived in Boston in overlapping time periods, and it's likely that they would have still gone to Boston sometimes for work-related reasons even after the war ended. It would be cool to see Charles continuing to run into the people from the 4077 in Boston post-war and eventually start trying to see each other on purpose, because like it or not they're one of the few people around who Gets It, and the push-and-pull of rivalry and respect between them (and possibly the romantic/sexual sparks)

Star Wars

Requested tags: C-3PO & R2-D2, C-3PO & R2-D2 & Darth Vader, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker & Han Solo, Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker/Han Solo, Lando Calrissian/Leia Organa/Han Solo, Lando Calrissian & Chewbacca

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt In: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure, Medium Opt In: Unique Rules - Interactive Fiction - Web-based choice-based IF not hosted on AO3

About the canon:

This is another of my oldest fandoms! I love all the risks that Our Heroes take to help/save the others (even when there seems to be a betrayal, they always come back and do whatever they can to make things right), and it makes for sound camaraderie that makes their adventures so fun to watch. The worldbuilding is a great genre-hodgepodge of sheer pulpy nonsense with room for both fun antics and genuinely touching moments.

I'm familiar with various aspects of both the Disney canon universe and the Legends universe, supplemented by spending way too much of my free time on Wookiepedia. Feel free to draw on whatever version of canon you want and to mix them together if it makes sense for what you're creating! Don't worry about what I might or might not have seen/read; I like going down wiki rabbit holes and I don't care about spoilers. Finally, if you're writing Leia/Luke/Han or Leia/Lando/Han I'm happy with it both as a full triad or as a Han-centric V, depending on your preferences.

Prompts

- (Any) An adventure story about going on the hunt for a MacGuffin, including mysterious clues and booby traps and narrow escapes from The Bad Guys. Making blatant Indiana Jones references using Han is encouraged. (I'd also be very here for this kind of story in a Choose Your Own Adventure format).

- (Any) An undercover mission! Han and Leia (+ Lando or Luke) pretending to be married/actually getting married to maintain cover, Luke having to resort to the Force at the worst possible time, Chewie actually bringing one or more of the others in as "prisoners" rather than him having to pretend to be the captured one for once...

- (Any) I really like one-or-both-twins-are-raised-by-Vader-as-his-Sith-apprentice(s) AUs and even Empress-Padmé-and-her-heir(s) AUs. How do all of the characters' relationships change in a world where that happened?

- (C-3PO & R2-D2) They're always on the edge of whatever drama is happening among the main characters, and I'd love the opportunity to see them at center stage! Anything with their own POV on the events of the movies would be great, or maybe an exploration of their lives in between the prequels and the original trilogy? Maybe Threepio and Artoo go on their own mission for the Rebellion!

- (C-3PO & R2-D2 & Darth Vader) There's just a lot of potential for comedy and drama and dramatic irony here. How could the droids come into Vader's possession - capture, being bought, maybe they never left Vader's service in the first place? How do they handle life behind Imperial lines, and what sort of tasks does Vader ask of them? How does Vader relate to them, as Vader and as the memory of Anakin?

- (Leia & Luke, Leia/Han, Leia & Luke & Han, Leia/Luke/Han, Lando/Leia/Han) At the last minute, Tarkin decides against destroying Alderaan. How does Alderaan's survival impact the development of the Rebellion, as well as the relationships among the characters? I'm also very here for Queen Leia stories.

- (Leia & Luke) Anything that goes into their Force connection - feeling it before they realize what it is (maybe showing up in each other's dreams, or as each other's "imaginary friends" as small children) or using it to better learn how to use the Force and understand each other after they know. Also, Leia sharing her memories of Padmé with Luke.

- (Leia & Luke) I love any and all moments of Leia getting Jedi training, and I'd love to see more of that! How does she approach her powers? In what ways does she work well with Luke's teaching, and in what ways does she feel a conflict with it? How does she react when she's using her powers for the first time? I'm also great with a role-reversal where Leia's the Jedi teaching Luke.

- (Leia & Luke & Han or Leia/Luke/Han) Anything about the time period in between ANH and ESB, where Leia is grieving her planet and Luke is adjusting to commanding a squadron and Han is insisting that no, really, he's going to leave any day now. They're already close even by the end of ANH, having bound together in life-or-death situations, but how does their relationship develop and grow in the relatively mundane times?

- (Leia & Luke & Han or Leia/Luke/Han) I always see Han as being just a little weirded out by the whole Force thing, no matter how long he knows Luke and Leia. How does he handle both of their growing powers, and how does it change their relationships?

- (Leia/Han or Lando/Leia/Han) They manage to keep Han from getting frozen in carbonite, but Luke is captured instead. How do they work together to save him and keep the Rebellion running while also grappling with their feelings for one another?

- (Leia/Han or Lando/Leia/Han) In ROTJ, they have a lot of time to come to an understanding about their relationship on the way from Tatooine back to the fleet - or just celebrate getting Han back.

- (Lando & Chewie) Anything about their time together between ESB and ROTJ, having to rely on each other to find Han while repairing broken trust and processing how they've both changed since the last time they were working together.

- (Lando & Chewie) Sometime during the Rebellion, Chewie recruits Lando's help to liberate Kashyyyk from Imperial control. How do they try to pull it off? Any sort of elaborate schemes or cons would be awesome here.

- (Any) Any of the other prompts, but in the style of an after-the-fact mission report or other Rebellion internal communication. Maybe every member of the mission has a conflicting story about what exactly happened? Maybe it's all the requisition and order forms Han filled out trying to get new parts every time something on the Falcon stops working?

A Song of Ice and Fire

Requested tags: Catelyn Tully Stark/Ned Stark, Oberyn Martell/Ellaria Sand

Requested medium tags: Medium Opt In: Art - Fanart, Medium Opt In: Art - Stained Glass, Medium Opt In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting, Medium Opt In: Writing - Epistolary, Medium Opt In: Writing - Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives

About the canon:

With Cat/Ned, I love the canon story of them building a life together and slowly falling in love. Neither of them expected to marry the other and their marriage got off to a rocky start, to say the least, but through a combination of natural compatibility and working to understand each other, they created one of the strongest marriages in the canon and became the loves of each other's lives. The chapter in AGOT where they're pulling each other close all the time during their meeting in King's Landing demonstrates just how much comfort they find in each other, and they both spend a lot of their page time just wanting to be back home and back together.

For Ellaria/Oberyn, they both have such strong personalities that it's fun to see them sparking off with each other. Neither of them are bound by the social conventions of Westeros and are determined to get what they want, and I like the idea of them forging their own path together. They also differ in interesting ways, too - Oberyn spends his canon appearance driven by revenge while Ellaria's biggest moment in the series is a speech on the futility of revenge, and yet they have a very obvious respect and love for each other despite their differences. (With this couple, I'm also great with adding in other people, as long as it conforms to my DNWs).

Prompts

- (Ned/Cat) I'd love to see takes on their early married life as they get to know each other and learn to trust and depend on each other. This includes things like early awkward conversations and even more awkward sex in Riverrun, slice-of-life in Winterfell, learning to make the sex less awkward and eventually actually good, raising their children or discovering a pregnancy, and exchanging letters during Robert's Rebellion and the Greyjoy Rebellion. (A note on Jon: Jon's presence in Winterfell is obviously a major part of the development of Ned and Cat's marriage - handle it as much or as little as you'd like, I just ask you to be as fair as possible to each of the characters involved and to have Jon as the result of R+L=J).

- (Ned/Cat) I would also be interested in seeing Ned and Cat in a canon-divergence AU but still marrying for political reasons - maybe Edmure is a girl and Cat is heiress to Riverrun marrying second son Ned, or this is a world where Brandon and Catelyn manage to get married and have a child before his death and Ned marries his brother's widow to help secure Brandon's child's rulership of Winterfell.

- (Oberyn/Ellaria) What was their original courtship like? How did they first meet, and how did they seduce each other into becoming dedicated partners? Any background on Ellaria would also be very welcome, since we know so little of what her life was like pre-Oberyn.

- (Oberyn/Ellaria) I'm also really interested in the period of time between the Rebellion and the start of canon, where Oberyn and Ellaria are building their family together and Oberyn is making plans for vengeance. Was Ellaria present for the deal Oberyn signed with Willem Darry in Braavos, and even if she wasn't, what did she think of it (Doran says that Ellaria didn't know about it, but I'm willing to believe he's wrong especially for fic purposes)? What was it like raising the Sand Snakes?