Super excited to have you here :) I have a lot of ideas for these ships, but I think that what really makes a genre like this work is the creator's id. Hopefully there are places where we match up! Please let your id run wild, and I look forward to seeing it.
This letter might be a little choppy because it's a bit of a departure from my usual letters. If anything is unclear or you need more information, feel free and encouraged to leave an anonymous comment or contact me through mods.
Very general notes:
I'd love to read any sort of AUs, including creature AUs or same-but-different AUs like ABO or D/s.
I'm not very into apologetic/guilty aggressor for the xcon scenarios, more so enthusiastic aggressors. Mxcon can be as guilty as you like :)
If there's a tag I've chosen that doesn't line up perfectly with the ship you have in mind (for example, Dynamic - Established Couple Shares a Victim for a two-person ship) feel free to add someone to the ship or otherwise adjust the ship. In general, the character dynamics matter more to me than the people themselves.
DNWs:
A broad DNW on anything related to suicide, from a character contemplating suicide or having ideation, to jokes like 'I'd rather die than...' Chronic conditions or illnesses. Significant inclusion of characters over 60. In contexts/universes with beyond-human-lifespan characters, please use your best judgement. Themes of mourning. Firefights, guns beyond what is baseline necessary for realism in the canon. Head or eye trauma, with the exception of concussions. RPF when not specifically requested. Use of the word 'broken' when referring to people (i.e. 'broken by his experiences,' 'just as broken as me'). Anthropomorphizing adjectives for genitalia (i.e. 'proud cock,' 'needy hole') Use of the spelling 'cum.' It is fine to use 'come.' Apocalypses or dystopias. Car accidents (or similar, like spaceship crashing) specifically shattering glass or crushing metal. Okay if referenced, especially if they’re canon, just don’t describe or linger, please.
Fandoms and ships are not listed in any particular order.[Tortall] Tortall:
Numair Salmalín xcons Veralidaine Sarrasri: I kind of want to read a fic set in the world where Neal was right. Like, Numair is too old for her, and it's suspicious, but... he's a respected mage of Jonathon's court, and the Crown likes him, and Daine loves him... but that doesn't mean it's actually a healthy relationship. I'm looking for some real in-depth long-term gaslit marriage non-con, or something less intense but along those lines. An established relationship that may very well have love on both sides, but that doesn't mean that those involved treat each other equally, or that their desires have equal weight in what actually happens.
Rose Solano xcons Luisa Alver: I could see this as anything from a planned-out, cold-blooded manipulation tactic Rose is using to win over or control Luisa to something that happens in the spur of the moment due to rage or opportunity. I do like the dynamic that both of them are actually in love, but love doesn't always bring out the best in people, especially on this show! For this ship, I'm very okay with the victim finding the xcon hot as well as feeling violated. I could also see Luisa having strong mixed feelings about that in the aftermath, if you want to go there, between the knowledge that it was Rose's fault, but also wondering whether it was really that bad? Or maybe she's overreacting, or bought it on herself in some way? Maybe even forgiving Rose because she still loves her... a lot of poosibilities!
I'm also very okay wiht Luisa's alcoholism being a plot point, either in that her being drunk makes it easier for Rose to enact her plans, or that Rose uses the promise/threat of alcohol to control her.
As for specific tags:
D/s tags: I could see Luisa as a sub or a switch and Rose taking very much advantage of the dynamic to tug her around on her strings.
James "Bucky" Barnes & Natasha Romanov mxcon: What I'm going for here is something based on the 616 idea that was... hinted at in the MCU that Natasha and Bucky knew each other and worked together and were in some sort of a relationship when Bucky was under Hydra's control and Natasha was being brought up in the Red Room. Neither of them would have been in a great place to consent during that period as Natasha may have been underage and was definitely brought up in a cult, and may have had different incentives/punishments in the mix for her performance (or performance ;) with Bucky, and Bucky, meanwhile was very much not in his right mind and may have had simialr incentives. It would also be interesting to see a relationship that was enthusiastically consensual where both felt guilty after the fact for the perception of having taken advantage of the other.
I'd love to see something set during this period, or any point afterwards, from Natasha's time with SHIELD or the Avengers or later in canon or post-canon with an alternate ending to Endgame, or during Bucky's period on the run or after. Also definitely feel free to deviate from canon and make it your own at any point! In the later cases, it would be excellent to see them in the same place and struggling together, or dealing with the issues that arose from the mxcon alone or in other relationships. For example if you did want to write a fic about Natasha trying to get over her mxcon trauma while trying to date someone else, that would definitely fulfil the request for me.
For any of the xcon-shaped tags I've nominated for this ship, like Abuse of Authority - Mentor/Trainee Relationship, or Aggressor befriends victim who doesn't recognize them, these can be used straight or adjusted to fit whatever scenario you want to write- ex., if Natasha doesn't consider the Mentor/Mentee thing to be an issue but Bucky does.
OW Consent Issues likes: Coercion Humiliation, either blatantly intentional or with some degree of plausible deniability from totally plausible to totally flimsy Scenarios where both characters are aware that victim doesn't want to be there Aggressor taking their time/savoring Power dynamics Guilting or shaming victims Dubious consent that's more riding the non-con line than the consent line Betrayals of trust or faith, in an individual or a system Scenarios that are dubconny all the way through, or scenarios that start more light-hearted and then become dubconny On the more noncon end, aggressors who: Narrate what they're doing, admit to the victim during the act that what they're doing is wrong, insist that the victim is enjoying it, or make the victim say/talk about how they're enjoying it
Hockey Consent Issues likes: I think the thing I'm most going for in general here is violation of boundaries, whatever that might entail. It doesn't matter to me so much if the specific act is the aggressor slapping the victim's face or pissing on them or going down on them, I'm more interested in how they're trying to make the victim feel. Some of the freeform tags I've requested are my particular favorites, but if you've got an idea that 'hits right', then go for it.
I like all of these ships, or I wouldn't have requested them, but for some of them I have more ideas than others. Please don't think this means I don't want those ships for which I don't have specific thoughts!
Hockey Consent Issues likes: Coercion I'm really into humiliation, either blatantly intentional or with some degree of plausible deniability from totally plausible to totally flimsy Scenarios where both characters are aware that victim doesn't want to be there Aggressor taking their time/savoring Power dynamics Guilting or shaming victims Dubious consent that's more riding the non-con line than the consent line Betrayals of trust or faith, in an individual or a system Scenarios that are dubconny all the way through, or scenarios that start more light-hearted and then become dubconny On the more noncon end, aggressors who: Narrate what they're doing, admit to the victim during the act that what they're doing is wrong, insist that the victim is enjoying it, or make the victim say/talk about how they're enjoying it
Evil management requests:
Any coach xcons Any player: If you get a great idea off your team from the freeforms I've nommed I would love to read it.
The ships with Mitch Marner: I just think he's pretty and I want to see him objectified and slapped around and crying and emotionally bruised and maybe demoralized a bit. *Taylor Swift voice* because I liiiiike youuu...
Team Management makes Nikolai Khabibulin & Nail Yakupov mxcon: This is Elijah's fault, now I want to see cocky young superstar and cynical, seen-it-all goalie forced into a no-win situation. I'd like to see someone traumatized by this. No preference on who it is.
New Jersey Devils make Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes mxcon: They're both pretty jailbait, that's the sole inspiration here. They can suffer together, or one can suffer more than the other, but the only people happy in this scenario are the people watching.
Established something or other: For these ships I'm picturing a friendship or established relationship that progresses to xcon one way or another. The vibe I'm thinking of is more caring and the manipuation or cruelty is either carefully planned or cushioned by affection that is sincere, if perhaps twisted up with sadism.
Brian Elliot xcons Carter Hart: The Flyers talk about how these two have a great bond and Elliott is a great mentor. I like that, but I want to see it either a) souring as Elliott internalizes that his time is over and this 21-yo is the new starter, or b) being a planned-out grooming. Also, have a nice picture.
Nick Foligno xcons Elvis Merzlikins: I think both of these guys are really hot, is the impetus for this request. Also, flexible goalies are always A+. Personally I view Elvis as an enthusiastic sub who likes to act toppy but collapses at the first solid backhand. He should be treasured bc he's so pretty but also he makes a great whipping boy.
Sidney Crosby xcons Nathan MacKinnon: I'm kind of feeling NateMac POV for this, as a victim of longer-term or more subtle manipulation who doesn't realize or doesn't want to admit how far this is going past what he expected or wanted. There are a bunch of more insidious, longer-term tropes that an aggressor couldn't manage without a strong foundation of trust. Alternately I would love to see a Sid who knows that he has Nate completely under his thumb.
Tristan Jarry xcons Emil Larmi: Jarry's been hopped on the depth chart before. He's not going to let it happen again. I want to see jealousy or malevolence or vigorously enjoyed destruction, whether or not it's obvious to the victim or the viewer. Larmi is blond and sweet and Jarry is Not and maybe he's jealous and maybe he takes that out on Emil's ass.
Zdeno Chara xcons Charlie McAvoy: Mostly I just think Charlie looks eminently take-advantage-of-able, but I'm also interested in different peoples' views of the 'Bruins culture' and what that entails and how that would look. Very open to any conception of Chara here as well. Write your best guess, and/or whatever you'd like.
Stranger danger: These are one-on-one requests where I wasn't assuming any sort of established friendship or relationship between the characters, though if you want to play it that way you can go right ahead. There's more outright cruelty and blatant manipulation and the sense that the aggressor doesn't need to take any care with the victim, or that they don't need to preserve an existing good relationship.
Any player xcons Tristan Jarry: IDK guys he has pretty eyes I just want mean tropes applied.
Any veteran xconx Any younger player AND Respected veteran xcons Trusting rookie: If you see something in the freeforms I've nommed that made you think of a wonderful idea for a different ship, go for it!!
Any xcons Juuse Saros: Juuse just has gorgeous thighs and is really flexible and I'd love to see anyone, player or trainer or coach or stalker fan, get a piece of that. Also he has big eyes so he should be sad. Or in pain. Or worshipful. Anyway.
Kris Letang xcons John Marino: I'm really feeling aging D1 Letang taken over by jealousy and spite about the fresh-faced new 23-yo defender who management is already heralding as their future D1. Especially if Marino fails to be properly respectful of the experience of those who came before him. Alternate readings would also be cool, this is just the one that stuck in my mind. If you want a manipultive Kris who takes the rookie under his wing, I'm hella here for that. If you've got a great idea go for it!
Mark Messier xcons Pavel Bure: Look at this picture and tell me you don't want to see him crying from rapey humilation. I just want Big Guy Around Town full-of-himself Messier to make a mess of pretty young star Pavel, who is beloved by the town and team, Just Because He Can and he also wants to see that face all tear-stained and pleading.
Patrick Marleau xcons Jared McCann: The logic here is that Marleau was a rental and everyone knew it. I really like the BDSM - Subs assigned to Doms tag for this, where Marleau knows he doesn't need to maintain a reputation of anything on this team, so he can do whatever he wants. And Jared thinks he just has to hold on for a few months. Optional, and then they go to the bubble. If this doesn't work for you I will definitely be happy with any of the freeforms I've requested. As a random note I was impressed by McCann this season and didn't realize he was only 23, so like, kudos bro.
Tampa Player xcons Mikhail Sergachev: Sergachev is just so fucking cute. That's the only justification here, I only know him bc of the final this year and I don't have an excuse, I just want to see someone twisting him up all confused and teary. Anyone you like! I do know who the people are but if you write your preferred characterization and it's not Perfect I will definitely not be calling it out or anything.
Tristan Jarry xcons Sidney Crosby: I have this random headcanon here of Jarry as evil and manipulative. I think it's the eyebrows. Anyway, a great opportunity for the blackmail or emotional mapulation tags. Alternately, this could go great for BDSM- Subs assigned to Doms. I would love to see Jarry as either a Dom who was metaphorically rubbing his hands together with glee at getting the responsibility of Taking Care of Sid, or as a manipulative sub who masterfully plays his Dom's emotions or guilt and gets him to do whatever he wants, even if it's beyond the Dom's emotional or negotiated limits.
Any staff xcons Any player: This nom is specifically for non-coaching staff like athletic trainers, nutritionists, physical therapists, equipment managers, etc. If they can blackmail or manipulate a player into feeling olbigated to provide them with sexual favors, I'm here for it.