Battleship Letter: alley

alley_skywalker

Battleship Letter

Jul 14, 2022 23:46

AO3 name: Alley_Skywalker

Hi Battleship Writer!

First, I would like to say thank you for the time and effort that you are willing to put into creating for me! Length of fandom sections or the order the fandoms are in no way indication of how much I want fic for any given fandom; I would be absolutely delighted to receive fic in any of the fandoms and for any of the relationsihps I asked for. I've tried to provide some details on the sorts of things I like (and don't) and give prompts for each of my fandoms/ships!

GENERAL STUFF'

Relationsihps/Sex/Ratings:

Likes:

Outside of any ships I ask for specifically, I'm good with slash, het or fem for background ships!
All ratings up to R.
A focus on the romantic/emotional aspect of a relationship and some semblance of a plot/point rather than just sex.
Mutual pining, especially if it's secretly requited pining and the parties think it's unrequited. (Unrequited pining can be nice too.)
Complicated relationship dynamics, love triangles, relationships that take some effort/time to work, loving each other but because [insert reasons here] not always being able to be together/communicate those feelings, etc in this vain.
UST. Eventually resolved is probably better than not, however, not a must-have.
Conversely from the above - romantic partners who just can’t help but adore each other.
Kissing, hugging, holding hands, non-sexual physical contact in general.
Praise kink (in the sense that there’s a lot of emotional investment in and getting-off on getting praised or otherwise acknowledged as worthwhile. Works especially well with characters who are deeply insecure. I’m generally fond of other related things, such as body worship, partners being encouraging during sex in a very sweet, reassuring way, etc).

Dislikes/DNWs

Threesomes/moresomes and polyamory, unless specifically requested/prompted.
Incest (unless specifically requested or explicitly canon; this DNW does not include cousins).
Parings with large age disparity (over 15 years) unless specifically requested.
Minors under 16 in sexual/romantic relationships with adults; one-sided teenage crushes on adults are fine. I'd rather not read about teenagers under 16 having sex, even if both are 14/15, but romance/kissing and some groping and whatnot is fine; references to off-screen sexual experimentation/sex is fine if it's something that fits the characters/story.
NC-17 and PWPs.
Healing cock.
BDSM, omegaverse, and most kink. (NOT included in this: foreplay; bantery/lighthearted roleplay for the purposes of foreplay; preferences for a certain sexual position, fascination with a partner’s physical trait, such as, e.g., preferring redheads or virgins or younger partners or being fascinated by someone’s shoulders; rough/aggressive/desperate sex or outside-of-bedroom inequalities that transfer into the bedroom, even though there may be pining down of wrists or some other element that could be considered a kink or part of BDSM; anything specifically listed as a “like”).
Foot fetishes (I know I said liking specific body parts is fine, but this is the exception).
Humiliation (both sexual and not).
Non-con/rape (dub-con that leans toward/ends up as consensual is ok).
Mpreg.

Genres/Themes (and such):
Likes:

Angst, drama. (Please don’t try to use this as a challenge to see how many angst/dark tropes you can fit into a single fic. I have no issue with dark themes, angst is my crack and things like character death don’t bother me, but if it feels like it’s just a marathon of horrible things happening…that’s a little too intense for me. Exceptions apply if a specific prompt calls for dark!fic or similar endless angst.)
Humor is fun too, but I like it more as an element in the story rather than a story that sets out to be funny first and foremost.
Hurt/comfort!!!
LOYALTY KINK! Themes of loyalty and devotion in general. Protectiveness.
Related to the above, I enjoy explorations of divided/conflicted loyalties in various contexts.
Friendship, family (dynamics), platonic love.
Backstories, especially childhood fics.
Fluff, banter, cuddling/snuggling, kissing, general adorableness (and adoration!).
Well-rounded characters, characters with emotions/sympathetic motives; the “other side of the story”.
Politics, intrigue; plot (if you already happen to be that way inclined).
Worldbuilding, especailly in fantasy and historical settings.

Dislikes/DNWs:

Crack!fic, parody.
AUs that subvert the universe or drastically change the setting (eg: setting a modern fandom as a fairytale, turning a historical fandom all Sci-Fi, Coffee Shop/College AUs, etc. This includes stuff like A/B/O and inserting magic/supernatural elements into a non-magic/supernatural universe).
Crossovers
Time travel.
Apocalypse/post-apocalypse scenarios, regardless of whether done as an AU or some kind of post-canon possibility thing. (Exception for when this setting is explicitly canon.)
Character bashing. (Especially with requested characters.)
Horror; graphic gore.
Torture. (Mentions are fine if torture is something that happens in canon. BUT no deaths/executions by torture - eg: drawing and quartering - whatsoever.)
Humiliation; any sort of glorification of bullying.
Ccross-dressing; genderbending/genderswap; non-canonical genders and gender headcanons in general.
Narrative implications that “sex = love” or that romantic partners HAVE to have sex to have a “valid” relationship or to be “really” in love with each other.

About the Tags: I've chosen tags for each request that either a) are broader elements/themes/tropes that I would love to see in a story (or art) with that ship and/or b) I might have been thinking of a specific prompt or scenario that that tag fits or describes. The prompts below may mention a specific tag from time to time from which the prompt was born but won't always/most of the time. In that case just feel free to mix and match. The tag are more "keywords," in a sense, but the prompts are my more fleshed out ideas/scnearios/thoughts on each request.

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Game of Thrones

Fandom-specific DNWs

Fics set during Theon’s canonical captivity by Ramsay and AU situations where Theon is still captured by Ramsay, unless it’s a “captured together” scenario with Robb.
Ramsay/Theon.
The sort of Robb-survives-the-Red-Wedding AUs where everything in Theon’s storyline stays the same but Robb survives the Red Wedding and then they are brought back together when Robb takes back the North, etc along those lines. If he survives in some major AU where Theon doesn't defect/never goes to Pyke or Theon's storyline goes differently re: getting captured by Ramsay (e.g. he goes with Yara to Deepwood Motte or something) then that's fine.
Reunited-in-the-afterlife fics for Theon/Robb.
Theon begging Robb to take him back/get back together after a breakup/fight (normal apologizing for past hurtful actions is fine, though also, whatever mess they’re in I’d rather it not be/not be presented as all Theon’s fault).

To clarify my general DNWs, I realize that there is a lot of torture/violence/gore in this fandom, and it’s fine to mention anything that happens in canon (e.g. Boltons flaying people, Stannis burning people) and non-graphic descriptions of canon-typical violence. I just don’t want graphic/prolonged descriptions/scenes. If it’s a fic that’s set post-Ramsay, I realize/expect that Theon’s trauma from that experience will feature in some way, but I’d rather not have very graphic flashbacks, etc, or for it to be the entire/exclusive focus (esp. in a trauma-porn sort of way), and if that means setting the fic further in the future, that’s totally fine by me.

Theon Greyjoy/Robb Stark
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Canon Divergence, Caretaking, Carrying, Concealing Illness/Injury, Cuddling, Exhaustion, First Kiss, Forehead Touching, Grief/Mourning, Holding Hands, Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Missing Scene, Pining, Sharing Clothes, Sickfic, Snow Storm, Trust, Angst, Banter, Canon Compliant, Captivity, Collapsing From Illness, coughing up blood, Cradling In Arms, Denial of Feelings, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fever, forehead kiss, Friends to Lovers, hand kissing, Hostage Situations, Kissing away tears, Lack of Communication, Love Confessions, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Promises, Role Reversal, Take me instead

In addition to fic, I am also requested Art and/or Video for this ship!

I have so many feelings about this ship but also so many of them are really sad? Because, realistically, this relationship is kinda toxic. I’m not saying that in like a Purity Police way or anything, but just the power dynamics, and the fact that Robb is not above employing them when it suits him/when he’s ticked off, means that there is a lot of tension and angst and shit involved - it’s not just fluff and Cute ™. Also Alfie certainly chose to play this a Certain Way where Theon is basically making heart eyes at Robb the whole time. And Robb….never really reciprocates and is kinda cold/distant a lot? Like he sort of is generally reserved here, but it’s kinda jarring when Theon seems to desperately be giving his all - it reads a bit like unrequited love. Although! My favorite way to go here is that Robb is just kind of repressed/unable to deal with his feelings or whatever and never says the things he means/feels. Or maybe (if they’ve got a FWB type thing going) takes it for granted and just assumes that Theon knows his feelings, completely failing to understand that Theon does not actually expect for love and affection to be handed to him and does in fact need it spelled out.

Like, ok, Theon has self-guilt trips in canon about his defection (and other shit he did, admittedly) and that’s plenty explored in fic. But I’d love some Robb angst! Robb pining uselessly (and guiltily. angrily?) after Theon defects, being baffled by why Theon walked away from him, and pissed off, but then actually taking a moment to think through the why and realizing all the ways in which he’d screwed up with this relationship (and just how hurtful things like the Bran incident and the “not your duty, not your house” putdown would have been). I’m open to various takes on what their relationship was beforehand. Maybe Robb is repressed and didn't fully realize his feelings until after Theon left. Maybe Robb was repressed but realized his feelings but knew fuck all what to do with them, not to mention how to express them. Maybe they were casual and never managed to have like A Conversation about their feelings/relationship. Maybe they were lovers and Robb is really confused/pissed at first but then slowly realizes that they hadn't been communicating well/things had been off for a while. (Maybe the fact that Robb never directly addressed the hostage issue after his father died and before sending Theon to Pyke put a strain on things?)

Or you know something lighter would be amazing too! Mutual pining that does get resolved and ends up in them getting together. Banter and being really awkward about their feelings. Worrying about each other’s safety now and again during the war (especially Robb worrying about Theon). (Because, ok, IDK if this will make sense, it does in my head, but like…I’m a lot more invested in Robb being in love with Theon, regardless of whether he manages to confess it or not, than vice-versa, but it’s also important to me that the feelings are actually requited/they’re both in love with each other.)

The mandatary hurt/comfort prompt (lol) - Robb having (another) break down the night he finds out his father is dead and Theon comforting him. Maybe with unexpected tenderness. Could be they’re mutually pining too or could be this is when they end up kissing for the first time. But really, any hurt/comfort scenario you can think of would be great! I especially love the interplay of hurt/comfort and pining! For example, the idea of the pining character receiving care and comfort from someone they’re in love with and both desperately wanting/needing that comfort and realizing how hard it is to keep their feelings under control (and maybe ultimately failing to) when they’re in a more vulnerable state. And in reverse: the tenderness and stress of caring for the object of their affection and wanting to be even MOAR sweet but also feeling like they need to hide it. With someone who seems to have as difficult a time with communicating and processing feelings as Robb, this can all be extra fun! (And I think I’d especially prefer his POV here.)

Maybe also an AU where Theon decides to go back to Robb instead of defecting to his family, but he’s hurt in the “escape” from Pyke/on his way back and shows up in camp in pretty bad shape and Robb’s got to deal with both the practicality of the political situation this leaves them in while also providing comfort/care for Theon…and pining, maybe especially hard and guiltily as he realizes how much Theon’s decided to give up for him. (In this situation though, I'll say that it's really important for me that Theon stands up for himself and his decisions. In the show especially he's decently good at not letting Robb walk all over him/calling Robb out on his BS, so while he might be nervous and uncertain about how Robb will react, I'd rather they fight/argue if there's reason to, like if Theon appears to have considered a defection or had to pretend to take part for a while, than Theon completely falling all over himself to get Robb to take him back or acting like Robb would do him the greatest favor ever if he does.)

For some extra drama and whump - I love those “captured together” scenarios where the ship has to provide care/comfort for each other after interrogation/torture or them being forced to watch each other’s interrogations or getting one of them to do/say something with the threat of hurting the other. (Per my DNWs I don’t want really extreme or gory torture, nothing Ramsay-esque, but like…characters getting generally beat up is ok; being threatened with more extreme torture is also ok.) If they’re pining during - extra great! If there’s dramatic escapes and/or politics or whatever also involved - even better!

Would love some kind of AU where Theon makes some smarter choices, e.g. sacks Winterfell, grabs Bran and Rickon, and goes to Deepwood Motte to join Yara/back to the Iron Islands with them as hostages. The really tense negotiations with Robb, or facing off against each other in battle somehow. (The conflict! Also I just want Theon in command and kicking ass, lbr *sigh*.) A fortune reversal where Robb ends up a POW in this AU at whatever stronghold Theon/Theon and Yara are holding. Would love them to get a chance to work out their shit where they are on a more equal footing - and both being forced to confront their mistakes (Theon obviously defecting, but Robb having to come to terms with what position Theon really was in with his family and how he was definitely not sensitive enough to that). Any kind of ending tone here you want (though I’d very much prefer Theon not losing or at least him and Robb being equally screwed) - happy (somehow…) or bittersweet or even sad.

I generally love fortune reversal AUs for them! For example:

Robb growing up a hostage on Pyke instead of the other way around, or being captured in an ironborn raid in a ‘verse where the rebellion never happened/Theon was never a hostage. (I’ll note that I believe that if Theon grew up with his family he would have had a good relationship with his sister and a decent one at least with his father. It would have probably been a Tywin-and-Jaime type situation if he was the heir and, if his brothers were still alive, he would have probably just been a bit ignored in favor of them, but not mistreated as such. A lot of the tension between Theon and his family in canon is because of the hostage situation/he had been away for so long.)
Theon never goes to Pyke and is with Robb at the Red Wedding. Everything happens as in canon, but the boys manage to escape. Robb is now a king without the majority of his army whom everyone believes dead (and probably depressed because he just lost even more people he loved). So what do they do? (I guess not exactly fortune reversal, since Theon has still been written off by his fam. But! Actually, I would love some twist that while they’re hiding out, Balon dies. Theon decides to go home to try to reclaim his birthright and Robb comes along because he’s kinda got nowhere else to go at the moment. Cue them teaming up with Yara to get rid of Euron and Robb fighting for Theon’s cause for a change. Maybe Yara ends up as Queen or she and Theon as co-rulers and Theon goes back temporarily with Robb to help him reclaim the North. Or maybe Sansa and Jon have already reclaimed the North while they were busy with Euron and Robb stays with Theon on the Islands, leaving Sansa to rule in Winterfell?) (Re: Robb's wife in this scenario: I'm ok with them never getting married and maybe the Freys just go ahead with the RW even though Robb's the groom because they figured the Lannisters have more to offer after all or whatever. But they can also get married and she dies at the RW - maybe she was Robb's rebound because he and Theon fought/broke up for some reason, e.g. Robb not addressing the hostage situation until he's forced to.)
Theon defects but doesn’t take Winterfell. He’s mired in winning back his father’s approval which is hard and sucks and he misses Robb but is maybe kinda making progress if not with his dad than with his people, when they hear about the RW. Balon decides to make a renewed strike at the North while it’s so weak, so they capture the Dreadfort, maybe while the majority of Bolton forces have gone to siege Winterfell. Meanwhile, Robb has survived the RW but has been taken prisoner by Ramsay… (I realize it doesn’t make a ton of sense for them to go for the Dreadfort because it’s on the other coast, but feel free to handwave this.)

I always enjoyed those Balon-rebels-early AUs that explore the inevitable dark side of Theon's hostage situation. Usually, it's Ned who has to do the execution and Robb has to choose to get involved or not one way or another - which is always cool. But for a level up in angst - what if there’s some situation where Robb would be expected to do it? (Maybe they're already at war/Ned has been executed or maybe Robb is acting Lord of Winterfell during the time that Ned is in King's Landing but before they go to war.) And then Robb has to make a decision. How this ends is totally up to you. Canonically, I think Robb would probably go through with it because something something honor, but that’s super sad, so I’m very open to other endings, But even if Robb doesn’t go through with it, how does that affect their relationship? Does it lead to a realization of feelings for each other/leads to confession of hidden feelings? Does it actually screw things up because Theon is pissed that Robb even considered it/thought Robb should have put an end to the hostage thing as soon as he became Lord of Winterfell? Like it’s such a psychologically taxing situation to be in and definitely traumatizing for Theon…

A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin

Fandom-specific DNWs

Jaime/Brienne
For Theon ships - Fics set during Theon’s canonical captivity by Ramsay and AU situations where Theon is still captured by Ramsay, unless it’s a “captured together” scenario with Robb or Tris. (For any Theon/Kyra fics re: AU prompts where they manage to escape, a little beforehand to set the scene is fine, but I'd want this to focus on what happens after/as they get away.)
Ramsay/Theon.
The sort of Robb-survives-the-Red-Wedding AUs where everything in Theon’s storyline stays the same but Robb survives the Red Wedding and then they are brought back together when Robb takes back the North, etc along those lines. If he survives in some major AU where Theon doesn't defect/never goes to Pyke or Theon's storyline goes differently re: getting captured by Ramsay (e.g. he goes with Asha to Deepwood Motte or something) then that's fine.
Reunited-in-the-afterlife fics for Theon/Robb.
Theon begging Robb to take him back/get back together after a breakup/fight (normal apologizing for past hurtful actions is fine, though also, whatever mess they’re in I’d rather it not be/not be presented as all Theon’s fault).

Theon makes somewhat better decisions after defecting from Robb to his family (a choice which, in and of itself I completely understand and support, let’s just say straight up) and either never takes Winterfell or takes Winterfell but leaves shortly after with Bran and Rickon as hostages… And then he has to deal with his internal conflicts and also earning his people’s/family’s trust even though he kind of resents having to, but Dagmer’s right that like…his ability to bond with them was disrupted by the time he was away. (Not that Balon is right or not a complete asshole. But also maybe if Theon brings some Stark kids as hostages, things will go at least a tiny bit better there - although, maybe on the other hand he kinda hates the idea of having to take these kids as hostages just to impress his dad, because he knows how much the hostage thing sucks). What does this have to do with Tris? I mean basically, whatever the plot backdrop is, part of Theon finding his place on the Iron Islands and in the ironborn war efforts would, in this case, also involve him and Tris falling in love. (Bonus points if they at some point bond over their first loves (Robb and Asha, respectively) being people who don’t love them back.)
AU where Tris is one of the men of Theon’s crew when he goes raiding and takes Winterfell. (Do things still happen as in canon and they're doomed or is Tris able to counteract Ramsay's bad influence/keep Theon from spiraling so completely?) And relatedly -- if they're still doomed and get captured together, I love the scenario of The Ship having to provide comfort/care for each other while being held cpative together, maybe their captors using them against each other (or trying to). Especially sweet if they're secretly pining for one another during all this or have a Feelings Reailzation moment! And really, the captured together scenario doesn't have to be via Ramsay - could be any other AU set-up.
Balon dies unexpectedly just prior to Theon’s arrival on Pyke and either Theon takes his place as heir (and does the alliance with Robb) or, hell, maybe Asha beats him in a Kingsmoot or whatever (although, I’m not sure how the kingsmoot would happen with a clear line of succession but whatever), but once she’s won, she’s less intent on alienating him than her father was, and decides to go along with the proposed alliance. Or! Maybe they don’t do the alliance and go to war with the North anyway but things pan our differently with Theon’s decision-making. So, Theon and Tris go to war together…and fall in love.
AU where Theon is never taken hostage - because Balon wins the rebellion or because the rebellion never happens - and he and Tris get together. They both seem like people who aren’t perfect fits for the Ironborn culture and maybe this pulls them together. Maybe, if Theon had stuck around, Tris would fall in love with a different Greyjoy sibling ;) (Though, I’ll say that I don’t think Theon’s relationship with his father, or Asha, would have been so strained if the hostage thing didn’t happen. I’d imagine him and Asha growing up pretty close and then with Balon…it would likely be complicated, given what kind of person Balon is, but far more within reasonable bounds than what we get in ACOK.)

As I mentioned, I’m cool with post-Ramsay/canon-compliant stuff! Tell me all the things! What do they get up to in the WoW timeframe? How do they win the Iron Islands back from Euron? What happens during the war with the Others? Also, farther-future fic with Asha ruling the Iron Islands and Theon being one of her top commanders/councilors and finding his place on the Islands while also getting together with Tris sounds like such a feel-good happy ending, you know?

Theon Greyjoy & Robb Stark; Theon Greyjoy/Robb Stark
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Canon Divergence, Caretaking, Carrying, Concealing Illness/Injury, Cuddling, First Kiss, Forehead Touching, Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Missing Scene, Pining, Sickfic, Trust, Exhaustion, Dreams and Nightmares, caring for a pet, Hostage Situations, Angst, Canon Compliant, Captivity, Childhood backstory, Cradling In Arms, Denial of Feelings, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fever, forehead kiss, Jealousy, Kissing away tears, Lack of Communication, Love Confessions, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Platonic Bonding, Pre-Canon, Promises, Role Reversal, Sharing a Bed, Take me instead

In addition to fic, I am also requested Art for this ship!

Ok, so given their age difference in the books (some 4 and a half years) I especially like the more platonic older/younger brother dynamic for the book version of these two. And ahhh I would really, really love some childhood fluff or hurt/comfort or even some angst. How close they are in the books is a bit ambiguous. We never get Robb’s POV at all, though he clearly trusts Theon at least in a professional capacity, and Robb is the one person Theon regrets hurting with his defection to his family/from the Starks. (I mean, to be clear, I don’t think he owed the Starks anything, including Robb, but canonically Theon has regrets about it, specifically when it comes to Robb.) But it doesn’t seem too much of a stretch to say they were at least kind of close, to the extent their age difference and general difficulty of the situation allowed.

So…how do they get there? Is it Robb following around the new older boy and being a cutie that finally breaks through Theon’s defenses? Does Theon just really, really need a friend so he doesn’t go crazy and Robb’s the best option, but then they end up bonding? Really any cute childhood adventures would be great - especially anything with Theon in a (perhaps unwilling/unintentional) mentorship role. (And ahaha how annoyed Cat would be that her Pride and Joy has taken a shining to this Suspicious ™ Greyjoy boy who’s a bad influence.) Actually, maybe something about Theon being a bad influence on Robb, but like in a mostly harmless way - teaches him how to sneak out, teaching him not-quite-age-appropriate stories/jokes/things about sex. For a more hurt/comfort angle (!!!) - tiny Robb really attaching to Theon, just deciding this is his older brother now so he’s gonna like crawl into his bed when he has a nightmare or conscript him into telling him stories when he’s unwell, and all the while Theon is like “I really did not sign up for this shit” but secretly he’s really, embarrassingly soft for this stupid child. (But also - I think there’s implications that Theon sometimes has nightmares about the siege of Pyke, and those were probably more intense when he was much younger so…an unexpected role reversal?)

For something more sad…Ned taking Theon to executions and making him squire is just fgbsdfhklgfh. So like…Ned taking Robb to his first execution when he’s maybe just a little older than Bran was his first time (so maybe 8) and then Theon has to go too and it’s also his first one. And they’re both really shaken, but for different reasons (Theon doesn’t have his laugh-about-everything-always defensive mechanisms worked out yet) and kinda take comfort in each other in a way. Or…maybe at some point when they’re both in the teenage/pre-teen era, there’s some troubling news from the Islands and the boys jump the gun with panic and whether or not The Time has come for Ned to take Theon’s head. (And maybe they try to run away/escape…)

You know that "caring for a pet" tag up there? I enjoy the fanon that Grey Wind takes a special liking to Theon, moreso than the other direwolves. The implication usually I guess is that it's because Robb likes Theon so much, but it would be fun/natural if it's also just that Robb and Theon spent a lot of time together and Theon got roped into helping Robb take care of his new puppy.

But I’m also totally into stories from when they’re older/canon-era, and a more romantic slant on their relationship is also welcome. As well as all the role reversal and canon-divergence AUs! For the sake of not making this super long letter any longer by repeating the exact same prompts, feel free to use any of the prompts in the above GoT section that I gave for them with either a platonic or romantic slant (most of them should be workable for book canon and dynamics as well, and I think the tensions between them/in their relationship are similar ultimately, even if book!Robb is younger and thus reads softer and Theon doesn’t give off quite as strong unrequited love vibes as in the show, and just generally there is a shift in dynamic due to the age gap).

Theon Greyjoy/Jeyne Poole
Requested Tags: Canon Compliant, Characters Being Soft, Domestic Fluff, Epistolary, First Kiss, Flower Language, Fluff, Happily Ever After, Happy Ending, Idiots in Love, Insecurity, Love Confessions, Marriage Proposal, Missing Scene, Pining, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Reunions, Romantic Fluff, Dancing in the Rain, fancy clothes, hand kissing, Holding Hands, Kissing, Morning Kisses, Scars, Snow, Soft Kisses, Sunlight, sunrise, sunset, Take me instead, Very Fancy Clothes, wedding ceremony

In addition to fic, I am also requested Art for this ship!

Preliminarily, I will say that I don't mind if you age Jeyne up a couple of years if it's needed for timeline things. (I read her as 15-ish in ADWD anyway. There's nothing to say she's not a little bit older than Sansa.) ANYWAY, I love this ship both for thematic reasons and also just as a straight up love story - the desperation, the shared angst, the heroic/daring escape, and the chance to find happiness and understanding in each other! And, really there are so many things about them but the one that’s underappreciated I feel like is Jeyne’s pre-series/AGOT era crush on/attraction to Theon. (She likes older guys, clearly, ok. That’s not an abnormal teenager thing lol.) And, of course, then when she meets him again he’s not nearly the attractive, dashing boy he used to be, but he saves her - he saves her when before he probably paid her no attention at all. And it’s like…it’s that story of the girl who grew up in her prettier/better-off/more popular bff’s shadow getting the guy she’s always wanted, and yet…not really? Because it’s not exactly a fairytale and Theon is not the boy he used to be (and yet…in some ways he still is).

But anyway, I just want some of them falling in love and being in love. Idiots to Lovers is great for them. as is pining. What were they up to during the war? Would love to see Jeyne meeting Asha and maybe some other people Theon knows/who are part of his life (what do they think of her? Who does he tell them she is/what is she to him?). What kind of life do they build together? (Do they adopt a child? Or, fuck it, canon is vague enough about this that it’s not strictly speaking acononical/AU to say that Theon still has the ability to procreate, if you catch my drift. Let them have a whole bunch of babies lol.) Does she stick with him from the moment they escape or are they separated at some point and then find each other later/after the war? (DO THEY WRITE ANGSTY LETTERS?) Also, while I would enjoy fluff for them and definitely want a happy ending with this ship, the whole thing doesn’t have to be fluff. There can be angst and drama, both of the romantic sort and the We Are At War With Zombies/Euron type. (inevitably, their mutual trauma and trauma recovery will likely be a theme, but I’d rather the trauma/PTSD aspect not be the only/overwhelming aspect of the fic. Trauma porn isn't really my thing.)

Would love to see a bit of worldbuilding/ironborn courtship or wedding customs, either in art or fic form. (Give me allll the art of their beach wedding!!!) Also, I chose a bunch of tags for this one specifically aimed at art moreso than fic (e.g. Dancing in the Rain, fancy clothes, hand kissing, Holding Hands, Kissing, Snow, Soft Kisses, Sunlight, sunrise, sunset). I'm not very good at describing art or the kind of art I like, especially in more general terms (as opposed to describing a very specific scene, say), so hopefully these can give you some guidance!

Theon Greyjoy/Kyra
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Ambiguous/Open Ending, Angst, Banter, Canon Divergence, Captivity, cuddling for warmth, Established Relationship, everyone lives au, Fix-It, Flirting Under Fire, Huddling For Warmth, Getting Together

Their relationship has this air of tragedy - in large part because Theon is a dumbass lol. But, more seriously, the socioeconomic differences between them would have been an issue even if Theon was sweet and earnest. There’s no way around it. But I love the idea that they are pulled toward each other, that she is sincerely into him, while also being fairly practical and kind of sassy and maybe understanding full well that it can’t be more than sex, but also finding herself falling in love with this young lord. I love the idea that she’s seen more of him - of his vulnerable side - than most people, maybe because he doesn’t think she has any real power to weaponize the knowledge about her. I definitely see them as a couple that, if on equal footing, would bicker-flirt and have that kind of playful chemistry. It also struck me as tragic that when they their incident with Theon ignoring her withdrawn consent, not only did the encounter start out consensual, but by all appearances, he’d called on her looking for comfort. (Of course, then things went to shit...) So, really, anything that explores their relationsihp would be wonderful!

As far as AUs go, I'd love one where their escape attempt succeeds! There's plenty of opportunities for all kinds of nice hurt/comfort along the way, what with having to probably evade Ramsay and his men for quite a while, then needing to figure out what they will do next (especially an issue for Theon), both already having plenty of trauma, etc... Their canon relationship makes me so sad but I love all the potential it holds. I definitely see it as fully consensual until their last encounter where Theon loses control and ignores her withdrawn consent (not that Westeros has a concept of "withdrawn consent" most likely but...that's still clearly something they'd need to deal with somehow). The fact she still comes for him and then refuses to split up when they hear the dogs! Anyway, I'd love to see them get away, figure their shit out, and find some way to be happy in peace <3

Maron Greyjoy & Theon Greyjoy; Theon Greyjoy & Asha Greyjoy
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Canon Divergence, Angst, Banter, Childhood backstory, Familial Relationship, Gray Morality, Hugs, Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Platonic Bonding, Platonic Relationships, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Reconciliation, Requests for Comfort, Sibling Relationship, Trust, Worldbuilding

Sooo Theon’s family is all kinds of weird and screwed up. I mean Euron is his uncle, just that… But I do sometimes think that how bad/miserable his family life was pre-Balon’s Rebellion gets a bit exaggerated. We have every indication that his mother loves him, and there’s no reason to think that Balon hated him even before he was taken away to the North. Balon’s not a warm kind of guy, but his treatment of Theon in ACOK seems mostly spurred by the fact they’re estranged/haven’t bonded in many years, Balon’s suspicious of him, and feels like Theon no longer fits into the Ironborn ways. It’s perfectly possible that they had a much more promising, if not particularly affectionate, relationship when Theon was a child. I mean, he was at the very least expecting his father to be happy to have him back and all. Maybe he and Asha weren’t close but it becomes apparent later on that they do love each other - the circumstances and context of their reunion in ACOK just sucked. I can certainly see them as teasing, squabbling children, who nonetheless care intensely about each other as siblings tend to.

Rodrik we know Theon had no good relationship with, but what about Maron? Equally bad or something more in between? Was there ever a time when he idolized his brothers? We don't have a concrete canonical age for Maron but people well versed in the Greyjoy family trivia have advised that he's probably around five years older than Theon, which makes sense to me and is basically my headcanon. So, with that framing, it's interesting to me how the age difference there is about the same as what he has/will have with Robb, except Maron is older and Robb is younger. It's also interesting to me that Theon describes Rodrik as being physically abusive and Maron as more verbally mean and a liar. I wonder if maybe there was a time when Theon and Maron were closer, but then Maron got older and was more interested in following Rodrik/trying to impress his older brother? Is Theon extra bitter about maybe some mean things Maron said/some lie he told because he felt left behind or betrayed by his brother? I would love an exploration of a more complicated relationship between them than just "Theon's brothers were abusive and that's it." I would just love some worldbuilding around this family and Theon’s childhood with them - especially Maron and Asha.

Alternatively, if you’d like, one of my fanciful wish lists for WOW is like…Theon helping overturn the kingsmoot and endgame for the Greyjoy siblings being Asha as Queen of the Iron Islands and Theon as her top commander, getting to live his best Ironborn life and be happy for once, gah. (Or even them being co-rulers?!?!)

Jaime Lannister & Tyrion Lannister
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Canon Divergence, Angst, Banter, Childhood backstory, Familial Relationship, Gray Morality, Hugs, Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Platonic Bonding, Platonic Relationships, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Reconciliation, Requests for Comfort, Sibling Relationship, Trust, Worldbuilding

And here we continue the theme of siblings, with the same tags but a slightly different context! I'd love to see some brotherly fluff and maybe hurt/comfort of some sort. Their typical snark/banter is welcome of course, but I don’t want this to be dark!fic, at least as far as their relationship goes. I would love a post-everything reconciliation and hugs. (Honestly, I might have made my peace with the fact that Jaime will die but I'll be SO pissed if George doesn't let them meet again and reconcile with each other before the end.) I would certainly love for them to get a happy ending somehow!

Some more random prompts: Childhood (mis)adventures. Looking out for each/having each other’s back. Hurt/comfort after one of them has to go through something especially trying. One time/various times Jaime stood up to Cersei to protect Tyrion. Canon Divergence where Jaime refuses to lie to Tyrion about Tysha.

(I know I forgot to DNW this officially in the sign-up, but please, please no Jaime/Brienne. On the other hand, feel free to include as much Jaime/Cersei as you like!)

Dagmer Cleftjaw & Theon Greyjoy
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Angst, Anything For You, Banter, Canon Compliant, Canon Divergence, Childhood backstory, duels, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Platonic Bonding, Platonic Relationships, Plot Twist, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Promises, Queer Gen, Reunions, Worldbuilding

Don’t we all wish Dagmer was Theon’s dad instead of Balon? Ahah. No, but seriously, I love how warm and familiar this relationship feels, how comfortable they are with each other after all these years. Like, everyone else is suspicious or derisive or indifferent to Theon after all his time away, and Dagmer is just…not. He looks at him and sees that kid he trained, the one he’d clearly cared about and still supports and stands by. He knows Theon really well, sees through his facades, and Theon doesn’t even really find this embarrassing, even in the hypersensitive state he’s in during ACOK. And every memory Theon seems to have of Dagmer is largely positive - that’s so rare for him! No wonder he’s sort of “adopted” Dagmer as his uncle.

I would love anything about them, really. I love explorations of Theon as a child pre-rebellion. (And I hold to the opinion that while the Greyjoys were always a highly dysfunctional family, Theon wasn’t especially miserable as a kid either. Likely, he had a good relationship with Asha, if hindered a bit by age and gender difference, and was probably more ignored by his father than disliked or anything. His mother loved him; he had friends. Aeron was a different person back then too, so he might have gotten along with him well enough as an uncle. Like, his memories of his brothers are clearly bad, but that doesn’t seem to spread generally to everything and everyone else on the Islands.) But anyway, yes - anything about Theon’s childhood and Dagmer’s role in it. Feel free to bring in any other Greyjoys and other ironborn families as you like!

But I would also enjoy something about when Theon comes back to Pyke. Maybe Dagmer’s POV on the situation. What does he think about Theon now that he’s grown up? Does he make any active attempts to mentor Theon through the drama with his father/men/overall situation of being a bit of an outsider, or does he expect this to shift into more of a friendship between adults? If they are reunited after Theon’s time with Ramsay, how does that all go?

Here’s a somewhat elaborate AU idea I’m really fond of: Basically Alannys prepares for the eventuality of them losing the Pyke siege/war with the mindset that if they lose the Northerners are gonna kill Balon’s sons or at least take them hostage indefinitely so she arranges for Theon to be hidden outside the castle/be smuggled out at some point if it looks like they’re definitely going to lose. Theon is to hide until things calm down then make his way to a pre-agreed upon location. (Maybe she sends Asha too, or maybe they figured no one would care about her because she’s a girl.) Anyway the other part of the plan is that they tell the Northerners that Theon died during the siege (e.g. died in the South Tower collapse) But they also figure they can’t be caught in the lie right away or like if it’s revealed Theon is alive they’d come back for him. So, Alannys also makes a deal with Dagmer that he’ll raise Theon on the islands but in hiding, basically, as Theon Pyke. So that’s the set up - but how do things go after this plan is successful? This can be taken in a more light/comedy direction: the Theon and Dagmer (mis)adventires. But also can be far more serious and angsty: Theon having to deal with being in hiding essentially/living as a bastard, them having to adjust to this new life even if they see it as temporary (and how much is Dagmer prepared for the fact that raising a kid is not the same as just training/mentoring him?), Theon growing up and learning to lead on a local/minor level but always looking forward to going back to reclaim his birthright. Where does this leave him and Asha? Does she sneakily come visit? Does Balon still make her his de facto heir and how does Theon deal with that? Or is she taken hostage instead of Theon and how does he deal with the emotional fallout from that?

Patrek Mallister & Theon Greyjoy
Petyr Baelish & Edmure Tully
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Angst, Anything For You, Banter, Canon Compliant, Canon Divergence, Childhood backstory, duels, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Loyalty, Platonic Bonding, Platonic Relationships, Plot Twist, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Promises, Queer Gen, Reunions, Worldbuilding

The friendship themed request! These are two pretty different friendships, but I think they're both interesting and explore and it's certainly the kind of situation where you have the same theme but coming at it from different angles, you know? For example, in both of these I'd really enjoy an exploration of loyalty themes. For Patrek and Theon this is intertwined with their broader set of loyalties and priorities - their families, the sides of the war they're on, their other friends. I love the idea that they really managed to "click" in the short time they had together, but then of course, canon happens...how does Patrek deal with that? What were things like when they were still on the same side, how did they expect things to go in the future?

For Edmure and Petyr it’s a more personal situation. I always really struck by the whole thing where Edmure squired for Brandon in the duel, but then tries to see Petyr afterwards, knowing Edmure is probably insistent on it, but Petyr flat out refuses to see him, clearly feeling betrayed. Edmure’s squiring was likely a show of loyalty to his family, but there was guilt afterwards as well - unlike Cat and Lysa, who very clearly had sides here spurred by the romantic drama, he was more caught in the middle. So, I’d love anything exploring that flusterfuck of a situation. But, also, something more lighthearted set during their childhood would be great too - pranks and bonding and navigating the kind of thorny rank difference situation that the adults likely didn’t actually make any less awkward, even if they didn’t mean to.

Reunions for both of these would be so harrowing! For Edmure and Petyr especially it would likely be angsty and non-correctable after everything. For Patrek and Theon, I’d love for them to be thrust into some kind of situation together either in post-canon or during the War for the Dawn where they have to work together and end up rebuilding trust and seeing each other’s point of view on things.

AUs are always fun! What if Theon never went to Pyke and instead ended up part of Patrek and Edmure’s riverlords friendship group? What if the Red Wedding still happens? That’s the first one that comes to mind, but canon-divergence scenarios are always interesting.

Gerris Drinkwater/Quentyn Martell
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Angst, Anything For You, Banter, Canon Divergence, Captivity, Caretaking, Carrying, Characters Being Soft, Concealing Illness/Injury, Cuddling, Denial of Feelings, Domestic Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, fancy clothes, First Kiss, Flirting Under Fire, Fluff, forehead kiss, Forehead Touching, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Holding Hands, Hurt/Comfort, Idiots in Love, Jealousy, Love Confessions, Loyalty, Missing Scene, Pining, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Prisoner of War, Rescue, Self-Sacrifice, Soft Kisses, Take me instead, Trust

I love Quent! I love that he’s sensitive and thoughtful and self-aware, but also intelligent and determined and actually quite brave (though foolishly so sometimes).

I would love to see something from their youth together, lots of banter and what shenanigans they might have gotten up to. Their first kiss. OMG, Quent’s perpetual social awkwardness and how much worse it would be if he were confronted with having romantic feelings and needing/wanting to reveal them - that would be an amusing scene. I admit to really enjoying the Prince/King and His Servant/Squire/Knight/What have you (knight, in this case) trope. Loyalty kink and hurt/comfort are your friends. If you just default to those two in their most iddy form I’d be perfectly content.(E.g. an AU where Quent survives the dragons incident but it still hurt and hurt/confort ensues.) Would love some angst with Gerris dealing with Quent's death, maybe with flasback's to their life back in Dorne. I would be so interested in an AU where Quent lives and succeeds in his mission somehow and goes back to Dorne victorious with Dany as his bride and there’s politics and pining and jealousy (and plot, but that's optional) and stuff. I’d eat that up with a spoon!

Patrek Mallister/Edmure Tully
Jaime Lannister/Addam Marbrand
Requested Tags: Alternate Universe, Angst, Anything For You, Banter, Canon Divergence, Captivity, Caretaking, Carrying, Characters Being Soft, Concealing Illness/Injury, Cuddling, Denial of Feelings, Domestic Fluff, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, fancy clothes, First Kiss, Flirting Under Fire, Fluff, forehead kiss, Forehead Touching, Getting Together, Happy Ending, Holding Hands, Hurt/Comfort, Idiots in Love, Jealousy, Love Confessions, Loyalty, Missing Scene, Pining, Post-Canon, POV Alternating, Prisoner of War, Rescue, Self-Sacrifice, Soft Kisses, Take me instead, Trust

Continuing from above the Rank Difference Loyalty Kink Edition :D I have to admit I don’t really have specific prompts, these are more ships that catch my eye because have the potential of a specific dynamic that I love and are positioned for tropes I’m into: hurt/comfort, loyalty themes, friendship and friendship-turned-romantic-love, banter - to name a few that come to mind immediately.

Edmure is probably my favorite non-POV secondary character. He tries so hard and is such a sweetheart who actually cares about his people and goes out of his way to help them, even when it’s not the most strategically practical thing to do. He’s brave and extremely loyal to his family (even when certain members of it treat him like shit for no reason…) But he’s got some interesting flaws working against him too: brashness, insecurity, pride. Patrek, on the other hand, seems super chill and laid back, but still clearly very loyal. Were they friends as kids? Did they meet for the first time as young adults? How did they get together? Patrek canonically does a threesome thing with Theon and a random girl and Edmure enjoys hooking up, apparently, so…Accidental Feelings Realization During Drunk Night Out isn’t a tag but you get the drift ;)

Jaime is my top fave (with only Theon for competition)! Addam is this minor character who pops up now and then, but I was surprised on re-read how lowkey significant this relationship is to Jaime? Jaime doesn’t seem to have that many particularly close friends, but Addam is clearly one of them. If anything, Jaime trusts him a lot - after all, it’s Addam he entrusts his embarrassing and dangerous secret to re: not being able to fight with his left hand. And Addam appears to validate that trust, despite Jaime’s understandable concerns, given that, at least so far, Jaime’s secret is unrevealed. Even when Jaime decides to practice with Ser Ilyn, he still makes having Addam with him a condition of his Riverlands campaign. It’s just…we so rarely see Jaime vulnerable with anyone, especially outside of his family, that I love the opportunities this relationship presents, even if unexplored in canon.

For both these ships, I’d love anything at any point on the temporal scale: pre-canon (Edmure and Patrek’s first meeting; Jaime and Addam’s boyhood at Casterly Rock), a missing scene (Jaime and Addam’s practices after Jaime loses his hand; Edmure turning to Patrek after his father dies or something after the Red Wedding - so much good h/c potential for both ships!), post canon (though in this case, would love the main ship to have a decently happy ending - Jaime especially seems to have a target on his back but *shrug* we can ignore that while the books aren’t out yet). AU scenarios would be great too! Whispering Wood goes differently somehow maybe? Very fond of Lannisters Win AUs, but could be Jaime and Addam are captured together and escape together somehow :D

Go to requests for Romeo & Juliet and Harry Potter

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