Rare Male Slash Exchange Letter (2020)
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Hey there! I'm tentacledicks over on AO3 as well, and have fanfic requested for all of my fandoms (with Watch Dogs, Yakuza, and Mass Effect: Andromeda fanart likes listed at the bottom of this.)
DNWs -
- Major Character Death in main pairings*
- Unrequited feelings
- On-screen rape/noncon
- Memory loss/memory wipes
- Suicide*
- Incest
*Suicide/Major Character Death DNWs can be overruled by canon events
Likes-
- Anything that involves kink, especially kink as a way to process trauma and other strong emotions (exceptions: no caregiver/little, daddy anything is an instant nope for me)
- Chronic conditions (mental or physical) focused on as a grind that wears people down until they can't go it alone anymore, hurt/comfort
- Politics, especially the sort of politics that show up in small, tight-knit organizations with all the jockeying for position and careful diplomacy that entails
- Action! Danger! Fighting!
Smut likes
- D/s dynamics, kinking on D/s dynamics in a nonformalized setting, undernegotiated D/s
- Oral of any type (rimming, blowjobs, cunnilingus) especially as a precursor to penetrative sex
- Multiple orgasms leaving characters as absolute wrecks
- Body worship
- Rough sex, violent sex, unsafe and dangerous sex with knives and guns in the bedroom, bloodplay, biting, choking, the whole lot
- Xeno for aliens, especially in the form of Bad Dragon dicks
- No strong opinions on top/bottom roles for anyone; switching is fine, strict top/bottom roles are fine, just mash them together in whatever configuration you like because I enjoy them all!
Watch Dogs
Fanart, Fanfiction
Fandom specific likes-
- AUs! Setting change AUs, canon divergence AUs, a/b/o AUs, soulmate AUs... I just think they're neat!
- Violence, especially violence as a form of flirtation
- Mutually toxic relationships that make both people worse
- Surprisingly robust relationships that bring out the best in both people
- Using canon missions as a jumping off point
Pairings-
Jordi Chin/Marcus Holloway: Their banter throughout Bad Medicine is great and I like basically anything that bounces off that point. Jordi sticking around San Francisco after the fact, Jordi scooping Marcus up for a job across the country (or the world), Marcus getting himself in a bind and whoops, there's that fixer he knows coming to... help him...?
I love the entire idea of Jordi attempting to be a corrupting influence and Marcus stubbornly being a positive one—as much as Jordi tries to drag Marcus into shadow, Marcus keeps hauling him back towards the light, because oh my GOD dude, you cannot kill your way out of an argument, please stop.
Jordi Chin/Aiden Pearce: These two are fun, both because of the back and forth in the early game and then Jordi's amiable betrayal at the end of it. Jordi's a joke character but also genuinely kind of a menace, and I like the way he talks Aiden into frankly horrific acts with a cavalier wave of his hand and a quip about whatever's on his mind. He's the devil on Aiden's shoulder and he's fun about it.
I love having both the moments in the game we see expanded on and post-canon period too; Jordi running into Aiden in San Francisco, or Aiden tracking Jordi down for another job. But I'll take their dynamic in half a dozen different AUs too, because the contrast of Jordi's jokes and Aiden's seriousness is fun to see.
Damien Brenks/Aiden Pearce: Man okay, Damien and Aiden have history. I think that history is really interesting, and I like seeing any take on it—whether or not they were together from the beginning or it was one-sided at first, whether or not it would've ended amicably if the Merlaut had never happened or if they would have spiraled into a toxic mess even before Lucky Quinn caught on.
Pre-canon, post-canon reflections or supernatural happenings, or during-canon fic are all good for me. I love the obsessive focused tension of them both and the ways they make each other worse people. This is the one ship I'm okay getting focus on noncon for. I'm pretty keen on consensual and dubconny sex too, but noncon variations of Damien's blackmail throughout WD1 are perfectly fine too.
Aiden Pearce/Wrench: Okay, full disclosure: I just think this is fucking hilarious and would be so into any semi-joking, semi-serious exploration of how it could happen. Like, what if Wrench was the one to stumble on the human trafficking ring that lead Marcus to helping Aiden out? What if Aiden rolled up on Wrench's garage to get repairs on whatever stolen vehicle he's driving and gets recognized? And would anyone even believe it if Wrench dropped a 'btw I fucked the Vigilante' in casual conversation?
Marcus Holloway/Wrench: I love all their canon moments! The joking, the conversations, the dancing, the hug... I could read a million variations on the rooftop scene and love every single one, but I'd also like to see some other missions get more attention. No Compromise is a prime setup for some shippiness, but so is the Tidis mission and the final mission too.
I just love these two being bros and then more than bros, and the ways Marcus respects Wrench's needs and Wrench's space while Wrench is so fiercely, violently protective of him in return. (And if that happens to show up in, say, an urban fantasy AU instead of a canon-verse AU, I'm certainly not going to mind!)
Yakuza
Fanart, Fanfiction
Fandom specific likes-
- Homoerotic shirt ripping and fistfighting
- Displays of affection and respect in the yakuza hierarchy
- Patching up wounds after a fight, even if they're the ones that inflicted those wounds
- Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies and back again
- Obsessive devotion
- Outsider POV
Pairings-
Majima Goro/Nishitani Homare: Goddamn I love basically any PWP stuff with this horny son of a bitch. Knifeplay especially, but also crossdressing, public sex, Majima stepping on Nishitani's dick... Really, go all out.
For a less horny take, I actually think canon divergence stuff with Y0 could be fun—what would've happened if Nishitani hadn't been shot? What could he and Majima have acheived together? Or, for a slightly different direction to go, post-canon events where Nishitani is dead and haunting Majima. Maybe he wasn't truly human in the first place, and killing him just shredded his human appearance without removing him from the picture, maybe he's just got a strong enough grudge to come back, or maybe Majima isn't fully certain whatever is haunting him is really Nishitani at all.
Kiryu Kazuma/Nishikiyama Akira: Nishiki hurts my heart always and I want him to be happy. He's got a soft heart, just like Kiryu, but he doesn't actually have the hard shell of armor around it that lets him hide that—and it's one of the things I love both about him and his relationship with Kiryu, that he can be the one who cries just like Kiryu can be the one who takes the fall, that they're stronger together than they are alone.
Y0 era, post-Y0 and pre-Y1, canon divergence with either Nishiki living at the end of Y1 or both of them avoiding jail time, I'm interested in all the directions their relationship can take. Exploring those intimate moments together before everything went wrong would be fantastic, especially if it's any of the times where Nishiki is looking out for Kiryu and vice versa.
Dojima Daigo/Shinada Tatsuo: Shinada moving in with Daigo, or Shinada and Daigo having a sugaring relationship is just, absolutely perfect. I think it's hilarious and great way to jump off the canon events of Y5, plus I adore all the little ways their different life experiences would shape their expectations coming into a relationship. And Shinada makes a great trophy boyfriend.
Alternatively, canon divergence AUs where Shinada was never framed—Daigo pining over the handsome baseball player he took a fall for all those years ago as he rises through the ranks, maybe finding ways to get in touch with Shinada anyways. They're a great pair of idiots in love, so any way to take that is great.
Dojima Daigo/Mine Yoshitaka/Shinada Tatsuo: I have a thesis, and that thesis is "Daigo deserves a bunch of boyfriends." Domestic fluff or kinky threesomes, I'm just delighted by the interplay of Mine's cool calculation, Shinada's buoyant enthusiasm, and Daigo's charisma that pulls them both in. I don't have any strong opinions on plot (or lack thereof) but this is one of those OT3's where I'm delighted by any version of them, canon compliant or total AU.
Dojima Daigo/Mine Yoshitaka: Mine is so utterly devoted to Daigo, and Daigo clearly loves him in return, and the ending of Y3 hurts me every time I replay it. That absolute, unyielding devoted is one of the things I like so much about Mine, especially when that drives him to do what he thinks Daigo needs instead of listening to what Daigo wanted.
This is another ship where I'm actually pretty interested in post-death stuff. Ghosts, Resurrection, time shenanigans—I would love to see that devotion of Mine's lasting past his death and the ways that can take shape, for good or for ill.
Dojima Daigo/Goda Ryuji: I'M NOT SAYING THAT DAIGO TIED UP ON A BED WAS SEXY, BUT I AM SAYING THAT I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO IT HAPPENING AGAIN. Ryuji and Daigo have a history that's not touched on nearly enough, and I am invested in that timeframe when Kiryu was in jail and Daigo was running wild. The fact that Daigo put himself in a position to be tricked in the first place—what kind of rivalry did he and Ryuji have before that point?
Anything pre-canon, enemies-to-lovers would be amazing, especially if they pick back up again right as Y2 starts rolling forward. Ryuji lives AUs, either Dead Souls style or more mundane, are also pretty delightful. I like them fluffy and romantic and I like them as vicious rivals always one-upping each other, even during sex, always trying to be the better man.
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Fanart, Fanfiction
Fandom specific likes-
- Angaran culture and worldbuilding
- Turian honor rituals and spirituality
- Broken people meeting and healing through their affection for each other
- Enemies to Lovers
- Friends to Lovers
*I prefer default!Scott Ryder, but I'm okay reading about custom Ryders too!
Pairings-
Evfra de Tershaav/Male Ryder | Scott: The way Evfra refuses to trust the Pathfinder initially and still isn't totally certain of them after Meridian is one of my favorite things about him. He's not going to be swayed easily, and it takes a lot to earn his respect, much less his affections. So make Ryder work for it!
I'm excited to see this in regular Pathfinder flavor, but I'm also super keen on non-Pathfinder Ryders too—however he ends up in contact with Evfra, either as a liason to the Nexus or just incidentally through his sister. I'd love any sort of get together fic though, especially if it involves stumbling over those cultural differences.
Tiran Kandros/Avitus Rix: Avitus is such a wreck after finding out about Macen's death, and he keeps dodging anyone's attempts to get him to work through that. Given Kandros's dedication to keeping the Nexus running smooth, and given how stressed he was about the Turian ark going missing in the first place, I feel like he's take measures to keep their Pathfinder from burning out.
Whether that 'taking measures' is an attempt to draw Avitus out of his shell gently or a much more turian, direct way of dealing with things (sexy sparring?), I'm excited to see basically any variation on it. Not just Kandros working through Avitus's shit, but Avitus unearthing the lingering stress and memories of the Nexus uprising, all that shit Kandros has to have bottled up after keeping his people above water.
Macen Barro/Avitus Rix: We just barely scraped the surface of the Macen/Avitus relationship and there's so much depth there to explore. I'd love any sort of get together fic, the two of them getting closer as Avitus learns to open his heart to the one person that's teaching him to dream again, maybe even a mission together that first sparks the flame?
I'm also super into any of the established life they had before leaving for Andromeda, Macen on Palaven and Avitus retired from doing the Council's dirty work. They loved each other so much, and I could take it in any flavor.
Akksul/Jaal Ama Darav: Man, Jaal literally taking a shot to the face, just to prove that Akksul had lost control, and his willingness to face down the barrel of a gun being the thing that shakes Akksul out of his convictions? That's the good shit right there. Some post-game rivals to lovers burn would be amazing between these two, because they knew each other once, before their paths diverged so wildly.
Alternatively, something sweeter and more melancholy in the days prior to Akksul's capture—we know that he was brilliant, and we know that Jaal wasn't on his level, but Jaal's pretty damn smart in his own way, and I don't think Akksul would have considered him such a threat if he didn't recognize that on some level. So when they were younger, maybe he wasn't as reluctant to see Jaal's intelligence, and maybe something could've happened between them back then.
Akksul/Evfra de Tershaav : Both Akksul and Evfra are charismatic (for a given metric of charismatic) leaders who took charge to put up a singular strong front against an alien menace, and both of them have histories that led to that point. But where Evfra managed to lead the Rebellion into the most secure position the angara have been in since the kett invasion, Akksul took the Roekaar to more and more extreme measures, until he was willing to destroy the heritage he once loved just to strike a blow against the Initiative. Evfra rose, while Akksul fell.
I'm really interested in seeing how these two mirror each other and how they could possibly end up together—long term, romantically, or shorter term, in that period of time just after peaceful resolution of Jaal's loyalty mission, where Akksul is hunting for something new to believe in and Evfra is a convenient port in a storm.
Jaal Ama Darav/Evfra de Tershaav: Evfra is super distrustful of most people and rigidly refuses to form connections or show his emotions unlike most angara, but Jaal's his exception in a lot of ways. He can't play favorites, but Jaal's one of his best, and one of the few he can trust in any situation. He's got armor around his heart and most of that is because he can't afford to let himself slip when he's got so many lives in his hands.
What I'm saying is Evfra is super pining after Jaal, who is very likely also pining back because he's the closest person to Evfra but still sees that distance between them, and I would very much like to see them both pining and maybe a bit miserable and then they make out. Especially if Jaal the one to screw up his courage and make the first move, possibly having already accepted rejection as a possibility, and then finding out that Evfra returns his feelings.
Avitus Rix/Male Ryder | Scott: Speaking of Pathfinders and feelings of inadequacy, Avitus and Ryder both inherit their position in a way that's intimately painful. The asari and salarian Pathfinders get their position through the loss of comrades but not family—but Macen was so much more to Avitus, Alec was so much more to Ryder, and neither of them expected to come into this new universe having their loved ones ripped away from them.
There's a connection there that would be amazing to explore, Ryder and Avitus stumbling through things together. Avitus might be older and more experienced with Spectre training and long-term relationships, but Ryder had a relentless sort of hope and optimism that carries him over the hurdles that would otherwise paralyze Avitus for fear of the consequences. Post-game especially, there's a lot of room to explore that while hunting for a would-be Turian homeworld.
Tiran Kandros/Male Ryder | Scott: I was HURT and HEARTBROKEN when I realized we couldn't flirt with Kandros as Ryder, and there is not enough fic in the world to fill that hole again. Either Ryder being a little more serious or Ryder being kind of an earnest hearted joke that gets through Kandros's mission-oriented exterior—I just want to see them kiss!
Jaal Ama Darav/Male Ryder | Scott: My canon romance! I adore the adorably sincere way they both flirt, and I'd love to see something post-game with them, fluffy or plot-heavy or even just smutty. It's not like Ryder's job is done after Meridian, after all.
Alternatively, Ryder as the non-Pathfinder sibling, stumbling his way through this new universe all on his own, in the shadow of his sister's accomplishments. He's got brain damage and the crushing weight of his famous family on his shoulders, while Jaal is maybe at loose ends now that they've struck such a blow against the Archon—there's always kett to clean up, but now the galaxy is looking at rebuilding, in a way that never quite seemed possible before. So the two of them drifting together while working on building something new, unbound by the accomplishments of those that came before them...?
The Chronicles of Riddick
Fanart, Fanfiction
Fandom specific likes-
- Necromonger culture and worldbuilding
- Furyan culture and worldbuilding
- Loyalty kink
- Sensual armor fitting and removing
- Lord Marshal Riddick
Pairings-
Richard B. Riddick/Vaako: God, I just love everything about the Necromongers and especially Riddick taking over them. He's an amoral protagonist and seeing that played up by his position as Lord Marshal is very fun, especially as it intersects with Vaako's willingness to stab him in the back while still being deeply loyal to the Necromonger ideals and Riddick's position as the Lord Marshal.
As much as I enjoyed the movie Riddick for the romp it was, I'd prefer something canon divergent that branches off from the end of CoR instead. A lot of the worldbuilding aspects of CoR fascinate me, and I would love to see Riddick embrace his role as Lord Marshal for his own gain.
Mercy Thompson Series
Fanfiction
Fandom specific likes-
- Werewolf pack dynamics
- Interplay of dominance and intimacy between wolves
- D/s as a way to help soothe the inner wolf
- Warren getting some love and affection
Pairings-
Kyle Brooks/Warren Smith: God, I will take anything with this pairing. The camping trip they never went on in canon? The conversation that ended up with Warren in Kyle's house? Their first date? Downtime between some of the craziness in the books?
I love Kyle a lot, and I love the way he sticks with Warren in the early days before knowing why werewolf stuff was happening. He goes along with so much, and I can only imagine that Warren's equally devoted in turn, so it would be awesome to see that in all those little moments between scenes.
Bran Cornick/Asil Moreno: There's so much history here between them, I'd be fascinated by any of those points where they intersect. When Asil first came to the States, what kind of relationship did he and Bran have? He's got a place in the Marrok's pack, but it has to chafe a little that he has that place at all, given that he keeps asking Bran to kill him.
And on Bran's side, it's hard being so old and seeing so many of his compatriots fade away or go mad and need to be put down. Asil is one of the few that knew him back then; how much of Bran's attachment to him is nostalgia, how much of it is genuine, and does he even know where the line is between the two?
Adam Hauptman/Warren Smith: In those early days, when Warren was longing for a pack or had just joined and Adam was in the middle of his divorce, I could see a lot of intimate moments happening between them. Especially if Warren is relearning the lines where platonic werewolf intimacy crosses over into actual romantic and sexual intimacy between men again, since wolf packs a lot more inclined towards touching and being touched. As a fling or a more serious thing, I'm just super interested in that period when Warren wasn't sure of his welcome in the pack.
Art Likes
Yakuza - Fight scenes, post-fight scenes, patching up after a fight scenes... Especially if shirts are off, so all those incredible tattoos are on display. Blood and bruises are a bonus, but just straight up shirtless lounging around is always good. Anything with cozy, intimate vibes - characters taking a second away from the action to make sure they're okay.
Watch Dogs - Dress people up in different clothes! I like seeing Marcus and Aiden running around in whatever the player put them in, and I like seeing Jordi and Wrench's fashion reflected in different things (and I'd really enjoy seeing alternate takes on Damien's outfit.) I'd love to see some kissing or date nights.
Mass Effect: Andromeda - Lots of color! There's so much vibrancy in the games and archives tapestry, I'd love anything that uses color to make things pop. I'm also a huge fan of tender face touching and forehead touching, or any sort of cuddling in art.