Hurt/Comfort Exchange Letter
Dear Hurt/Comfort Exchange writer,
First of all, thank you for writing me a story! I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort and I'm sure I will love whatever you have in mind. I actually panicked and did my sign-up at the last minute because of who I am as a person which resulted in me putting much less than I actually like in my tags, but hopefully this'll give you more options.
Second of all, sorry this letter is so shamefully late, if you have an idea already based on what's in my sign up that's very fair enough! Please use the below as a help, not a hindrance. I'd much rather you write a story you're excited about than feel hampered by my prompts. I try to write the kind of letter I'd like to match on, but if it's not helpful, carry on.
Third of all, this letter is going to be largely and shamelessly lifted from past letters which will be painfully obvious if you browse the tag.
Squicks: I’m not the biggest fan of dark fic and angst, by which I mean a lot of angst and misery with no point to it, just as an end in and of itself. I think characters having difficulties and there being some sort of resolution or at least a bittersweet/hopeful outcome is fine, but unrelenting woe, less so. Incest is also a no for me, likewise rape and non-con/dubcon, and uneven power dynamics and emotional manipulation, abuse and violence. (When I say uneven power dynamics, I don't mean in a kinky way, that's fine, like if it's negotiated and something they're both into that's *awesome*, but like emotionally unhealthy/abusive dynamics, less so?) I’m not a huge fan of major character death either, at least for the stuff I've requested. I'm also not a fan of paedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia.
Yays: I love fluff, found families, particularly if it features unconventional family units and polyamory. Always OT3s, never love triangles, etc. (On that note, I really hate cheating/being unfaithful.) Basically, openness and communication are always better than miscommunications and shenanigans.
I also *love* hurt/comfort so much I can't even. Light on hurt, high on comfort. I am totally ridiculous with this trope. (This is obviously lifted directly from other letters but it did make me laugh.)
Humour/banter/silliness. I’m pretty happy with any rating. If you have the urge to write 1k of PWP, feel free. If that's the idea you have, I'd say go with whatever you see the characters as being into! Personally I end up reading stories featuring d/s and bondage. I do tend to read more fic where people talk about their feeeelings but porn/NC17/PWP is also awesome.
I love backstory fic, character studies, gen fic, seeing how characters interact and what makes them friends/lovers/whatever they are to each other. Stuff that shows why they're close, being perceptive of each others' needs, small kindnesses, low-key hanging out.
I love all sorts of tropes like stuck in an elevator, now we have to talk about our feeeeelings. Or shag. Or like going on missions/adventures together. Spy shenanigans and dressing up shenanigans are also great.
Also a quick note on -isms, pinched with permission from a friend's letter: I don't mind if sexism, racism, ableism are portrayed in fic as long as they're dealt with. For example, it's OK if someone thinks Character A can't do something because she's a girl, as long as the story as a whole clearly doesn't agree!
Critical Role
Vox Machina:
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (hurt Vex)
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (both hurt)
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (hurt Keyleth)
Vax'ildan & Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (both hurt)
Percy/Keyleth/Vax'ildan/Vex'ahlia (hurt Vex'ahlia)
Percy/Keyleth/Vax'ildan/Vex'ahlia (hurt Keyleth)
The Mighty Nein:
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Beau)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Yasha)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (all hurt)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Jester)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Post-Battle care
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Character is Injured while Protecting Another
This show is my whole entire heart right now and provides so many good opportunities for hurt/comfort. I feel like any of the above would be amazing.
Also, I have a lot of poly headcanons for this show, in case the sign ups didn't make that obvious, particularly for Vox Machina. I actually deeply ship Percy and the half-elves as a policule sans incest on the twins' part, and polymachina of all sorts is a delight. My focus is always on female characters but I feel like that's pretty well-reflected by my pair/ship choices.
I love stuff that folds into canon while the campaign is going.
Other than that I'd be so happy with anything you wanted to write. This fandom seems to like PWP and kink and that's A+ in my book, but so is every other rating. Found family is massively my jam and both campaigns cater to that so well.
With the Mighty Nein, I LOVE seeing them become a family, I love what shit shows they are. I love everything the show is giving us with Beau/Yasha and Beau and Jester's friendship, them as an OT3 is my FAVOURITE THING. I'm not holding my breath for the show going that route but that's exactly what the joy of fanworks is for.
Critical Role (RPF)
Critical Role Cast/Marisha Ray (hurt Marisha Ray)
Critical Role Cast/Laura Bailey (hurt Laura Bailey)
Critical Role Cast/Ashley Johnson (hurt Ashley Johnson)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (hurt Marisha)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (hurt Laura)
Laura Bailey/Matthew Mercer (hurt Laura Bailey)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray/Ashley Johnson (all hurt)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (both hurt)
Laura Bailey/Matthew Mercer (hurt Matthew Mercer)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray/Ashley Johnson (hurt Ashley)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid
period pains and cramps
Apocalypse
Lingering Weakness After Illness
Sick Character Needs Tissues/A Handkerchief
Sick Character Embarrassed By Symptoms
So I'm still, um, coming to terms, shall we say, with this being a thing I want (and request and offer in exchanges no less), so that's a thing. (Insert eye-dart/side-eye emojis here.)
Which is in no way a reflection on my feelings on RPF, but the mixed feelings are making it a bit hard to articulate what I want here. Which isn't terribly helpful! I am super into the tags and pairings above though, so anything you find that inspires you there would be lovely!
Mass Effect
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Shepard)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Liara)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Ashley)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (all hurt)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (hurt Liara T'Soni)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (hurt Female Shepard)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (both hurt)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Post-Battle care
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Character is Injured while Protecting Another
The main thing to note about Mass Effect specifically is I have a lot of poly headcanons, again reflected in my requests above.
Other than that I really just love them all a lot. I love the found family aspects of the Normandy crew, I love how epic the fact you can romance Liara across all games ends up feeling.
Oh. I LOVE the ending of Mass Effect 3 and I really don't want fic that bashes it? That shouldn't be applicable this exchange but cards on the table and all that.
I'd love to see down time between adventures, whether on the Normandy, or the Citadel, or one of the other worlds, also whichever ship grappling with the aftermath of something like Thessia or Leaving Earth, or MARS. Or an extra scene during Citadel DLC. Or an extra random adventure in the MAKO seems like good h/c fodder.
First of all, thank you for writing me a story! I'm a sucker for hurt/comfort and I'm sure I will love whatever you have in mind. I actually panicked and did my sign-up at the last minute because of who I am as a person which resulted in me putting much less than I actually like in my tags, but hopefully this'll give you more options.
Second of all, sorry this letter is so shamefully late, if you have an idea already based on what's in my sign up that's very fair enough! Please use the below as a help, not a hindrance. I'd much rather you write a story you're excited about than feel hampered by my prompts. I try to write the kind of letter I'd like to match on, but if it's not helpful, carry on.
Third of all, this letter is going to be largely and shamelessly lifted from past letters which will be painfully obvious if you browse the tag.
Squicks: I’m not the biggest fan of dark fic and angst, by which I mean a lot of angst and misery with no point to it, just as an end in and of itself. I think characters having difficulties and there being some sort of resolution or at least a bittersweet/hopeful outcome is fine, but unrelenting woe, less so. Incest is also a no for me, likewise rape and non-con/dubcon, and uneven power dynamics and emotional manipulation, abuse and violence. (When I say uneven power dynamics, I don't mean in a kinky way, that's fine, like if it's negotiated and something they're both into that's *awesome*, but like emotionally unhealthy/abusive dynamics, less so?) I’m not a huge fan of major character death either, at least for the stuff I've requested. I'm also not a fan of paedophilia, bestiality, and necrophilia.
Yays: I love fluff, found families, particularly if it features unconventional family units and polyamory. Always OT3s, never love triangles, etc. (On that note, I really hate cheating/being unfaithful.) Basically, openness and communication are always better than miscommunications and shenanigans.
I also *love* hurt/comfort so much I can't even. Light on hurt, high on comfort. I am totally ridiculous with this trope. (This is obviously lifted directly from other letters but it did make me laugh.)
Humour/banter/silliness. I’m pretty happy with any rating. If you have the urge to write 1k of PWP, feel free. If that's the idea you have, I'd say go with whatever you see the characters as being into! Personally I end up reading stories featuring d/s and bondage. I do tend to read more fic where people talk about their feeeelings but porn/NC17/PWP is also awesome.
I love backstory fic, character studies, gen fic, seeing how characters interact and what makes them friends/lovers/whatever they are to each other. Stuff that shows why they're close, being perceptive of each others' needs, small kindnesses, low-key hanging out.
I love all sorts of tropes like stuck in an elevator, now we have to talk about our feeeeelings. Or shag. Or like going on missions/adventures together. Spy shenanigans and dressing up shenanigans are also great.
Also a quick note on -isms, pinched with permission from a friend's letter: I don't mind if sexism, racism, ableism are portrayed in fic as long as they're dealt with. For example, it's OK if someone thinks Character A can't do something because she's a girl, as long as the story as a whole clearly doesn't agree!
Critical Role
Vox Machina:
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (hurt Vex)
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (both hurt)
Keyleth/Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (hurt Keyleth)
Vax'ildan & Vex'ahlia (Critical Role) (both hurt)
Percy/Keyleth/Vax'ildan/Vex'ahlia (hurt Vex'ahlia)
Percy/Keyleth/Vax'ildan/Vex'ahlia (hurt Keyleth)
The Mighty Nein:
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Beau)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Yasha)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (all hurt)
Beauregard/Jester Lavorre/Yasha (hurt Jester)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Post-Battle care
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Character is Injured while Protecting Another
This show is my whole entire heart right now and provides so many good opportunities for hurt/comfort. I feel like any of the above would be amazing.
Also, I have a lot of poly headcanons for this show, in case the sign ups didn't make that obvious, particularly for Vox Machina. I actually deeply ship Percy and the half-elves as a policule sans incest on the twins' part, and polymachina of all sorts is a delight. My focus is always on female characters but I feel like that's pretty well-reflected by my pair/ship choices.
I love stuff that folds into canon while the campaign is going.
Other than that I'd be so happy with anything you wanted to write. This fandom seems to like PWP and kink and that's A+ in my book, but so is every other rating. Found family is massively my jam and both campaigns cater to that so well.
With the Mighty Nein, I LOVE seeing them become a family, I love what shit shows they are. I love everything the show is giving us with Beau/Yasha and Beau and Jester's friendship, them as an OT3 is my FAVOURITE THING. I'm not holding my breath for the show going that route but that's exactly what the joy of fanworks is for.
Critical Role (RPF)
Critical Role Cast/Marisha Ray (hurt Marisha Ray)
Critical Role Cast/Laura Bailey (hurt Laura Bailey)
Critical Role Cast/Ashley Johnson (hurt Ashley Johnson)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (hurt Marisha)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (hurt Laura)
Laura Bailey/Matthew Mercer (hurt Laura Bailey)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray/Ashley Johnson (all hurt)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray (both hurt)
Laura Bailey/Matthew Mercer (hurt Matthew Mercer)
Laura Bailey/Marisha Ray/Ashley Johnson (hurt Ashley)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Hurt/sick character needs to be carried
Hurt/sick character isn't quite lucid
period pains and cramps
Apocalypse
Lingering Weakness After Illness
Sick Character Needs Tissues/A Handkerchief
Sick Character Embarrassed By Symptoms
So I'm still, um, coming to terms, shall we say, with this being a thing I want (and request and offer in exchanges no less), so that's a thing. (Insert eye-dart/side-eye emojis here.)
Which is in no way a reflection on my feelings on RPF, but the mixed feelings are making it a bit hard to articulate what I want here. Which isn't terribly helpful! I am super into the tags and pairings above though, so anything you find that inspires you there would be lovely!
Mass Effect
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Shepard)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Liara)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (hurt Ashley)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni/Ashley Williams (all hurt)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (hurt Liara T'Soni)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (hurt Female Shepard)
Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (both hurt)
Angst and Hurt/Comfort
Post-Battle care
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Character is Injured while Protecting Another
The main thing to note about Mass Effect specifically is I have a lot of poly headcanons, again reflected in my requests above.
Other than that I really just love them all a lot. I love the found family aspects of the Normandy crew, I love how epic the fact you can romance Liara across all games ends up feeling.
Oh. I LOVE the ending of Mass Effect 3 and I really don't want fic that bashes it? That shouldn't be applicable this exchange but cards on the table and all that.
I'd love to see down time between adventures, whether on the Normandy, or the Citadel, or one of the other worlds, also whichever ship grappling with the aftermath of something like Thessia or Leaving Earth, or MARS. Or an extra scene during Citadel DLC. Or an extra random adventure in the MAKO seems like good h/c fodder.