Pine-4-pine 2022 letter (WIP)

[flo_nelja]

Hello! I'm glad we share a fandom, I hope you'll find something you like here!


What I love:
* Of course I love pining, especially on the PoV of the piner. Lots of angst!
* Focus on the supernatural elements of the worldbuilding.
* Skilled characters
* Admiration / Hero worship / Actual worship turning into love
* Ethical dilemmas (love vs ethics, hurting the person you love by telling the truth vs lying to them, etc)
* I love dialogue: mundane, double meanings, epic love confessions...
* Pining manifests as submissive tendancies (sexually or not)
* While it doesn't work for every ship, I love smut and pining while fucking!

Do Not Want:
* All kinds of AUs except canon divergence. Even in canon divergence, I'd rather characters keep their canon personality and most of their history
* Love at first sight. Mention of any character being in love/lust of another only for their looks.
* Cheating (emotional cheating of the A gets with C to get over B but it doesn't work is alright, so is poly)
* Unrequested non-canon ships.
* Mentions of pregnancy.
* Medical themes (especially syringes), non-canon injuries with lasting effects, pandemics.
* Any non-canon apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic universe. Focus on mass death in general. Non-canon character death except if requested in a prompt.
* Character bashing (especially of an alternate romantic interest)
* Underage sex under 14 yo (can be mentioned as backstory only if canon)
* Accidental/Arranged Marriage, De-Aging, Gender or sex swap, soulmates/soulmarks (soulbonds are okay)
* Trans headcanons (except, feel free to explore Warlock's gender, it's complicated, and of course Raine is canon non-binary it's not about headcanons)
* Humor based on misunderstandings, incompetence or humiliation



7 Seeds

Ango/Ryou (Ryou pining)

* B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
* Character A doesn't realise they're pining
* Character A pines for Character B who pines for dead character
* Character A pines for Character B who pines for someone else
* Character A is too proud to recognise they're pining for B
* Character A pining for B believes relationship would not be possible and begins relationship with C
* Character A suddenly realizes that they've been pining for B and didn't know it
* Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
* A does not realize that they are in love with B
* A pines for B while carrying them
* A pines for B while protecting them from outside threats
* Pining Character Uses Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms to Deal with Their Feelings

Everything about Ryou's complicated feelings for Ango!
If Ango is pining for someone else or dead character (depending on when): probably Shigeru. Ryou pining for Ango believes relationship would not be possible and begins relationship with C: C can be Nijiko or Matsuri, depending where in the timeline you are.

I love Ryou being very much in denial about his feelings for Ango (but after Nijiko, Matsuri and Semimaru mention it, maybe it will change?) I don't like Ryou having a crush for Kokuri, so feel free to ignore this. totally don't bash her, though, or anyone ^^)
Of course it's fucked up. I mean, how can "I can't believe you tried to rape this girl, I will kill her so that you're not tempted to do it again" be not fucked up? It might count as an unhealthy coping mechanism.

I asked for unrequited because the only way I see something happen is Matsuri/Ango/Ryou poly with Matsuri on it, and I won't request an unrequested poly ship or even for knowing the Gaiden ending, But let's say this is an exception.

Pre-apocalypse is good, while they're travelling after Hana's attempted murder is good, post-canon is good.


Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Warren/Andrew (Andrew pining)

* Pining while dealing with internalized homophobia
* A pines for B correctly assuming B is uninterested due to incompatible sexual orientations
* Pining for character who came back wrong
* Pining Between Villains
* Pining character feels guilt for being aroused by casual touch
* Pining A using mindwipe to make B believe they're in a relationship
* A pining because they correctly think B is uninterested
* Piner is happy being used if it gets them affection or attention from object of pining
* A pines for B's praise or approval
* A pines for love and kindness from emotionally abusive B
* forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
* Desperately Wants to Be Considered a Friend by Their Crush
* Character A pines while pressed up against B while hiding/in small space together
* Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted

When I say no character bashing, of course, they're still their canon-typical asshole selves (though I'm interested in post s7 Andrew too)

I love references to them being huge nerds. A bit of humour is good with the angst but not necessary. Really dark or sad stories are good too. A bit of demon summoning and/or mad scientist shenanigans can make it even better.


Marvel 616

Douglas Ramsey/Warlock (Warlock pining)

* AI character confused by their developing romantic feelings
* being forced into faking a relationship with your crush
* Character A doesn't realise they're pining
* Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
* Character A pines for Character B who is presumed dead
* Character B realises A is pining but is afraid of losing them if they acknowledge it
* Character pines for someone they think is dead
* Character pines for someone who is dead
* Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
* Character(s) can't hide their pining due to telepathic bond
* A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
* Psychic link reveals feelings aren't mutual
* Psychic link reveals pining is mutual

Any era! Original New Mutants, Zeb Wells' Necrosha is perfect too, X-factor if you totally ignore the thing with Danger (I didn't like it), Hickman era...

Optional prompts:
* Love (romantic or elsewhere) doesn't exist on Warlock's planet. Warlock tries to understand the nuances of what he feels towards Doug, and maybe what Doug feels towards him.
* More of Warlock's creepy-cute alien mourning like in episode 64! Go wild!
* When Doug comes back controlled by Selene, Warlock can't hurt him, even if it mean Doug will rip out his heart, physically and metaphorically.


Kitty Pryde/Illyana Rasputin (both pining)
Kitty Pryde/Illyana Rasputin (Illyana pining)

* B vanishes from existence and only pining A remembers them
* being forced into faking a relationship with your crush
* Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
* Character A pines for Character B who is presumed dead
* Character B realises A is pining but is afraid of losing them if they acknowledge it
* Character(s) can't hide their pining due to telepathic bond
* A demon tries to use characters' mutual pining against them
* Pining While Sleeping on Love Interest's Bed
* Sex Pollen - pining Character A is unaware that newly-seductive Character B is sex-pollened
* Psychic link reveals feelings aren't mutual
* Psychic link reveals pining is mutual
* Trapped in fantasy where crush loves them back

Any era! Original New Mutants, Bendis era, modern era...
Please feel free to discard alternate love interests (except for Piotr, which is an important part of Kitty and Illyana's relationship in the first place - I mean you don't have to mention him, but no AU where he doesn't exist, he just can lose the triangle)

B vanishes from existence and only pining A remembers them: This one because it happened in the Beyonder era in the eighties, but of course it's comics, it can happen again.

Optional prompts:
* Illyana feels guilty about feeling jealous of her brother, but she very much is (can be when Kitty and Piotr are dating, or just after he broke up with her)
* Illyana tries not to ask anything of Kitty, and to be only supportive, but she's only bubbling her darker desires in Limbo, where they taunt her.


Erik Lehnsherr/Bennet du Paris (Bennet pining)

* Character A doesn't realise they're pining
* Character A pines for Character B guiltily because A has taken a vow of chastity
* Character A pines for Character B who is presumed dead
* Character A pines for Character B who pines for someone else
* Character B realises A is pining but is afraid of losing them if they acknowledge it
* Character pines for someone they think is dead
* Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
* Character(s) can't hide their pining due to telepathic bond
* A doesn't think they deserve B's love because they betrayed them in the past
* A is confused about whether their pining is romantic/sexual or platonic
* Pining to the point of worship
* Psychic link reveals feelings aren't mutual

Any era, from the 90s to the modern arcs with Exodus back.
A doesn't think they deserve B's love because they betrayed them in the past: I like it as a reference of Exodus' treatment of depowered!Magneto in Carey's Legacy arc.
The "no non-canon unrequited pairings" doesn't apply to Xavier/Magneto UST, if you like it for extra angst.

Optional prompts:
* As Exodus doesn't feel sexual attraction towards Magneto, he's totally oblivious about his romantic feelings towards him and it's hard to explain why he's so jealous of people Magneto has dated (he rationalizes it)
* Courtly love: doing things for him, doing things for mutantkind, hoping one day it will be enough.
* More classic pining kept very secret because it's a proof of weakness/immorality to not only feel admiration like he should.


Mo dao zu shi

Wei Wuxian/Wen Ning (Wen Ning pining)

* "Casual" Sex Ends up Being Much More Intense and Full of Pining than Expected
* B realizes pining A would do anything for them - even accept noncon
* Character A and B aware B pines for C but begin relationship with each other anyway
* Character A pines for B while swearing loyalty/fealty to B
* Character A pines for Character B who pines for someone else
* Character A pining silently so Character B won't feel guilty for not returning their affections
* Character A worries about taking advantage of pining Character B
* Character B figures out that Character A has been pining for them for years
* Character B realises A is pining but is afraid of losing them if they acknowledge it
* Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
* Character's hero-worship turns to pining
* Codependency - Exacerbated by Pining
* forced to fuck or die with the object of their affections
* Piner is happy being used if it gets them affection or attention from object of pining
* A pines for B while protecting them from outside threats
* Pining Character Uses Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms to Deal with Their Feelings

I love them when Web Ning was still alive and got a crush at first sight on someone being nice to him, while he's betraying his family, or after when he's a fierce corpse, in the Burial Mounds or during the time skip (he still heard this music!) or by the time of canon, all is good.


Our flag means death

Izzy/Ed (Izzy pining)

* Pining while sparring
* Character A would rather die than admit to having feelings for Character B
* Character's hero-worship turns to pining
* Character A sacrifices themself for Character B whilst pining for them
* Piner is happy being used if it gets them affection or attention from object of pining
* Heartbreaking Soulcrushing Rejection from Object of Pining
* Character A has never been in love before and so doesn't immediately recognize the feeling
* Codependency - Exacerbated by Pining
* Obsessive Love
* Fake Dating - one-sided pining
* Helping object of pining get ready for a date with someone else
* Character will follow the object of their pining into danger or towards certain death
* Piner Betrayed Pined After Character And Thinks That They Deserve to Be Punished For It
* Pining character feels guilt for being aroused by casual touch

I love pre-canon, I love during s1 (when I took the "get ready for a date" prompt I was thinking about this tweet about Izzy putting bows in Ed's beard), or immediately post e10, or a long time after where Ed and Stede are happily dating.

Fake dating: love it when they ere kids, love it as a desperate way for Ed to pretend he no longer cares about Stede who abandoned him. (It won't work long)

Fandom additional DNW: any kind of Izzy/Stede, or even either of them being nicer to the other than in the canon.



The Owl House

Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers (both pining)

* Character A distances themself from Character B to try and get over them
* Character A pines for their former lover
* Character doesn't want to start a relationship in a long term dangerous situation
* Conversations with double meanings due to pining
* A ended the relationship with B but still pines for them
* Everything reminds Character A of Character B
* Former lovers pine for each other
* A hides their attraction to B to protect B
* pining between ex-lovers

I love teen pining, post break-up pining, and also pining by canon era. I thought that Raine asking Eda to die with them to save the world was my kind or romantic. Even if of course I'm glad it didn't happen, and if it's post-canon I want a happy ending for them!


Princess Tutu

Fakir/Mytho (Fakir pining)

* Roommates while pining
* Unexpectedly being kissed by the person you're pining for
* Pining Character Treats Crush Cruelly
* Pining Character Throws Themselves Between Crush and Lethal Danger
* Pining character feels guilt for being aroused by casual touch
* A pines for B while protecting them from outside threats
* Physical Intimacy While Pining
* A feels guilty about thinking about crush while masturbating
* Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
* Guilty About Sexual Attraction
* Character pines for someone who thinks nothing of undressing casually in front of them
* Character pines for the person they're rescuing
* Character A tries to convince themself that a platonic relationship is enough
* Character A pines for B who has fallen asleep on A's shoulder
* Jealousy - Feeling Like They're Being Replaced and/or Unwanted

Preferably pre-canon or during the first part of the show. I love Fakir realizing he's no the same age as Mytho while dealing with teen hormones.


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Bill Haydon/Jim Prideaux (Jim pining)

* Character is forced to kill the one they're pining for
* Trying to Ignore Feelings While Forced to Work in Close Quarters With Person of Their Affection
* Trying (and failing) to fall out of love with someone who doesn't love you back
* Pining character A saves Character B’s life
* Pining for ally in time of war
* Character A pining after brief fling years ago while Character B has moved on
* Only partially resolved sexual tension
* Pining Due To Period-Typical Homophobia
* A pining for B while having sex with B
* Unexpectedly being kissed by the person you're pining for

I love them in uni, in WW2 (possibly undercover?), and after. Even if it was requited, I think it was complicated, Bill was never monogamous, and then there's the betrayal, plus of course the legal interdictions.


Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

Sukeroku/Kikuhiko (Kikuhiko pining)

* B is oblivious to A's pining and A wants to keep it that way
* Character pines for someone who is dead
* Character A pines while watching Character B sleep
* Character silently pines for someone due to fear of ruining their existing relationship
* Conversations with double meanings due to pining
* Fearful of Rejection
* Forbidden/Taboo Desires
* Guilt over enjoying friendly hugs/physical closeness too much
* Guilty About Sexual Attraction
* Pining A thinks about B while masturbating
* Pining because of internalized homophobia
* A pining because they correctly think B is uninterested
* Pining Due To Period-Typical Homophobia
* A feels guilty about thinking about crush while masturbating
* Pining for a ghost

Any moment in the timeline, or all of them! I love Kikuhiko being gay but having difficulties to accept it.

I love the ghost(?) of Sukeroku in second season, and the supernatural-ish element, but anything with young Sukeroku and the triangle with Miyokichi is good too. I love all the characters, you can use them, or you can totally forget them, both work very well for me.