Multifandom Tropefest 2024 letter
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flo_neljaHello, cool writer!
What I love:
* Humor, angst, smut, tragic emotions, tropey plots.
* Focus on the supernatural elements of the worldbuilding.
* Skilled characters
* 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...
Do Not Want:
* All kinds of AUs except canon divergence or low-key supernatural AU. Even in these, 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, lactation (Characters thinking about having kids are alright, just not the physical details)
* Medical themes, injuries with lasting effects, pandemics, syringes.
* 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 if canon)
* Accidental/Arranged Marriage, De-Aging, Gender or sex swap, soulmates/soulmarks (soulbonds are okay)
* Humor based on misunderstandings or incompetence
7 Seeds
Ango/Ryou/Tendou Matsuri (7 Seeds)
Aramaki Takahiro/Gengoroh (7 Seeds)
Aramaki Takahiro/Kagurazaka Mitsuru/Samejima Fubuki (7 Seeds)
Ango/Ryou (7 Seeds)
Horror - Hallucinations
Confessions - Love Confessions
Friends to Lovers
Ghosts - Character haunts other character(s)
Hurt/Comfort - Carrying injured/sick character
Hurt/Comfort - One character comforts another after a nightmare
In Denial - Denial of Feelings
Intimacy - Huddling for Warmth
Pining - Pining while in a sexual relationship
Protectiveness - A is a badass; B is protective of them anyway
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
Love in this canon: Trauma and overcoming trauma, giant spiders and other weird creatures, discovering poly is an option, survival with competence kink.
Some prompts:
* Aramaki/Gengoroh, raising giant spiders. Even baby giant spiders, that would be cute. Silk! Probably not drugs! And it makes me think...
* For any of these ships, some new plant or insect that works as sex pollen.
* Centered on Aramaki/Gengoroh, but actually negociation a big poly pile with also Akane, Ayo and Mansaku. Bonus if Ban (who has no sense of society, and also, knows his genetics) comments that small-to-average poly piles are the best way to redistribute genetics.
* Ryou->Ango pining, after they were chased from their team and before meeting Team Summer B. badass survival or emotional breakdowns.
* Unhealthy coping mechanisms: "I can't believe you tried to rape this girl, I will kill her so that you're not tempted to do it again" is a very unhealthy one. Can Ryou do worse? Probably.
* Post-canon, Matsuri/Ryou on the ship, how it doesn't stay conventional very long with Ryou who has an untold crush on Ango and Matsuri that's very aware of that (she just wants the situation to be clear, but also, Ango is hot, so she doesn't mind poly)
* In a spider illusion or a fever dream or a real AU: Takahiro/Fubuki/Mitsuru in a sports manga universe. What could have happened without the apocalypse
* Takahiro, during his 15 years of loneliness, being still haunted by Mitsuru and Fubuki
* Since I'm talking about hauntings: Shigeru is an option for the ships with Ango (as a friend. probably).
Doctor Who
Adric & Fourth Doctor & Romana II (DW 1963)
Adric & Nyssa of Traken (DW 1963)
The Black Guardian & Vislor Turlough (DW 1963)
Fifth Doctor/The Master (Ainley) (DW 1963)
Fourth Doctor/Romana II (DW 1963)
Third Doctor & Jo Grant & The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Third Doctor & The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Third Doctor/The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Altered States - Hallucinations
Case Fic - Paranormal Mystery
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Bonding - Nerds Bonding Over Science
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Ghosts - Dead character haunts other character(s)
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Corruption - Deal with the devil
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Love in this fandom: Weird adventures! Psychic shenanigans, using skills to escape from weird situations, bonding on science (actual science or technobabble)
Gravity Falls
Bill Cipher/Ford Pines (Gravity Falls)
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Enemies Forced To Work Together - Character has to ask for help from enemy/rival
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Love in this canon: I love everything for this ship, the mad science and the dark magic and demon deal and Ford's wide-eyed devotion and his later quest for revenge. All moments in timeline work for me, including canon from Journal 3 or Book of Bill.
Hyakki Yakoushou (manga)
Aoarashi & Iijima Ritsu (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Aoarashi/Iijima Ritsu (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Iijima Ryou | Kagyu/Kichou (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Case Fic - exploring a strange and mysterious location
Case Fic - Paranormal Mystery
Deal with the Devil
Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Enemies to Lovers - attempt at manipulation leads to feelings
Enemies - Enemies Forced to Work Together - Needing Help From A Villain To Defeat Another Villain
Enemies With Benefits
Possessiveness - Possessive Behaviour
Sex Pollen
What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
Love in this canon: supernatural mystery, complicated relationships, contrast between human and youkai ways of thinking, mix of subtle horror and subtle humor.
Lupin III
Albert d'Andrésy & Arséne Lupin III (Lupin III)
Arsène Lupin III & Zenigata Kouichi (Lupin III)
Jigen Daisuke & Mine Fujiko (Lupin III)
Ishikawa Goemon XIII/Mine Fujiko (Lupin III)
Jigen Daisuke/Arsène Lupin III (Lupin III)
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Body Swap - Characters accidentally swap bodies
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Enemies Forced To Work Together - Against a Common Enemy
Fake/Pretend Relationship - Remains Platonic
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Love in this canon: Heists, of course! Fun adventures, weird mind alteration things. Enemies or "enemies" working together, I have three tags where I hope for this :D
Marvel Comics
616 Douglas Ramsey/616 Warlock (Marvel Comics)
616 Erik Lehnsherr/616 Bennet du Paris (Marvel Comics)
616 Erik Lehnsherr/616 Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics)
616 Karolina Dean/616 Xavin (Marvel Comics)
616 Kitty Pryde/616 Illyana Rasputin (Marvel Comics)
616 Nathan Summers/616 Wade Wilson (Marvel Comics)
Bonding - Magic related character and science related character finding common ground
Captivity - Captured together
Case Fic - exploring a strange and mysterious location
Case Fic - Paranormal mystery
Confessions - Love Confessions
Dimension Travel - Having To Impersonate Alternate Evil Version of Self
Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality
Enemies - Enemies Forced to Work Together - Needing Help From A Villain To Defeat Another Villain
Ghosts - Dead character haunts other character(s)
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Mind Control - Character is not aware they are being mind controlled
Mind Control - Fighting It
Pining - Unrequited Feeling
Sex Magic - Using magic powers for sex
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
For X-men: I adore Claremont era, with all the cheesy tropes and mind control everywhere. I just love this version of the character. But there also are some more recent versions that I adore, Bendis Era for Kitty and Illyana, the Wells/DNA run of the New Mutants, and Carey writes a delightful Xavier and I loved his interaction with Magneto.
Kitty/Illyana: I love everything about Illyana fighting her dark side. My favorite thing is Limbo having weird influences on her, or making weird magical accidents happen. I also like Kitty being a science and pop culture nerd. I love them having adventures, or trying to have some normal activities. 5Mundane use of Illyana's demon powers is always darkly fun)
I love their friendship, so in my head the romance is in addition, not instead. To me Illyana is in love with Kitty, but it can be one-sided, or Kitty can be in denial. If it's mutual, I love better get-together than established relationship.
I love canon divergence, from the multiple comics using this concept, or your own, if it keeps the core relationship. Evil!Illyana is very okay if it's magical influence, I'm not big about evil!Kitty.
Underage sex is okay if they're the same age, more than 14, and not implied being experienced already.
Doug/Warlock: Here again, I love one-sided, with Warlock being totally smitten, or it can get requited. If it's mutual, I love better get-together than established relationship.
I love superhero adventures, just them together, without a team. I also love the old New Mutants team a lot.
Every reference to the canon sequences of Doug dying, then being back under mind control, and Warlock saving him, will make me incredibly happy. Also, Warlock's weird "Douglock" persona can so easily been read as shipping.
I love everything that uses Doug's powers, and Warlock's alien side, that can be sometimes creepy even if he's such a fluffball.
I also love how Doug's powers can allow him to rewrite Warlock's very being - probably as a trust thing, not some evil thing, but you know, mind control is a thing that happens in this verse.
You can use canon divergence AUs as long as the core relationship is still here! Canon ones (like Age of X) or your own.
Please ignore the love triangle with Danger and everything that happened in "Hunt for Wolverine".
Xavier/Magneto: They have so long an history! And I can even take everything that happens out of any timeline, just having them be enemies who love each other very much, you know? Or alternate timelines. As long as the core relationship is here, I'll be glad.
More interactions in their first encounter are good (no bashing of Gabrielle please, I adore her). Times where they worked together, times where they were enemies, times where Magneto was stable, or at his worst. I like Xavier not being totally an asshole (but still a bit, he's himself), and having big moral qualms with brainwashing (he can still do this, but is very desperate situations)
Magneto being "dead" and Xavier having a copy of him in his head during the nineties was awesome.
But really, any moment in the timeline (Excalibur 3 was sure something)! Including right now, they're not close enough emotionally to my tastes in the Hickman run even when they're allies.
Exodus/Magneto: Give me the shameful crush Exodus has on Magneto (it wasn't meant to be romantic! Also it leads nowhere!). Can be in the nineties or more recent content.
For Runaways: I love the original Vaughn arc, I love less the arc where Xavin sacrifices themselves for Karolina but it's important, not the two volues after though. I love the crossovers with Young Avengers and the Rainbow Rowell arc.
For Cable/Deadpool: I can't get enough of the original Cable & Deadpool Nicieza series, but any references to more recent arcs are welcome.
Optional prompts:
* A character being haunted by the ghost of their loved one after a (temporary) death. How do ghosts work when you're in world where death can be temporary? Do they stay? Can you meet your own ghost? Or is the ghost disappearing good news because it means the person is back? Do they remember what they did as a ghost?
* Kitty helps Illyana to fight some of her demons, real ones and metaphorical ones at the same time.
* Illyana's subconscious mind casts small spells to change Kitty's feelings (especially during some Limbo travel). She doesn't realize at first the happy romance she has been living was never true.
* Just Illyana pining and Kitty being totally oblivious workd too, if you take them as kids.
* For Doug/Warlock: I was screaming a lot at the "I love you and you are breaking my heart" from the third New Mutants series, so yeah, everything about this or aftermath of this. Happy fic where they discover that it's requited, probably implying language powers? Good. Angstier follow-up to this scene where Doug feels so sorry that he will offer anything warlock wants as an apology? Good.
* I love how they fully trust each other, the edge in Warlock being so powerful and controlling it, of Doug who, when they're fused, could easily rewrite everything Warlock IS since it's code and he knows how to rewrite it (did it for Magus) but he won't.
* Xavier and Magneto forced to ally is always delightful. Usually it's against a human who hates mutants, what about something really Eldritch for once?
* Mundane use of powers at any time where Xavier and Magneto live together and are so domestic.
* Exodus' angst about his loyalty to Magneto not being 100% pure (with him having taken a vow of chastity and all)
* You know the arcs where the Shadow King is just here, not as one of the two characters, but possessing someone and slowly transforming people into their worst selves. This, but with Magneto's desire for control, and Exodus' formerly very restrained lust. (it would be especially evil if Xavier is the possessed one)
Slayers
Filia Ul Copt/Valgarv (Slayers)
Gourry Gabriel & Zelgadis Greywords & Lina Inverse & Amelia Will Tesla Seyruun (Slayers)
Zelgadis Greywords/Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun (Slayers)
Garv/Valgarv (Slayers)
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Confessions - character confesses love due to imminent death but whoops! they're rescued
Fix-it - Character survives canonical death
Confessions - Anguished Declaration of Love (TV Tropes)
Case Fic - Solving a paranormal mystery
Kink - Loyalty Kink
Monsters - Inhuman Romance and/or Sex
Amnesia - Temporary Amnesia
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Grand Romantic Gesture - Gone Hilariously Wrong But Sentiment Is Appreciated
Road Trips
Love in this canon: Humor, non-human weird things (funny or dark), happy endings.
What I love:
* Humor, angst, smut, tragic emotions, tropey plots.
* Focus on the supernatural elements of the worldbuilding.
* Skilled characters
* 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...
Do Not Want:
* All kinds of AUs except canon divergence or low-key supernatural AU. Even in these, 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, lactation (Characters thinking about having kids are alright, just not the physical details)
* Medical themes, injuries with lasting effects, pandemics, syringes.
* 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 if canon)
* Accidental/Arranged Marriage, De-Aging, Gender or sex swap, soulmates/soulmarks (soulbonds are okay)
* Humor based on misunderstandings or incompetence
7 Seeds
Ango/Ryou/Tendou Matsuri (7 Seeds)
Aramaki Takahiro/Gengoroh (7 Seeds)
Aramaki Takahiro/Kagurazaka Mitsuru/Samejima Fubuki (7 Seeds)
Ango/Ryou (7 Seeds)
Horror - Hallucinations
Confessions - Love Confessions
Friends to Lovers
Ghosts - Character haunts other character(s)
Hurt/Comfort - Carrying injured/sick character
Hurt/Comfort - One character comforts another after a nightmare
In Denial - Denial of Feelings
Intimacy - Huddling for Warmth
Pining - Pining while in a sexual relationship
Protectiveness - A is a badass; B is protective of them anyway
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
Love in this canon: Trauma and overcoming trauma, giant spiders and other weird creatures, discovering poly is an option, survival with competence kink.
Some prompts:
* Aramaki/Gengoroh, raising giant spiders. Even baby giant spiders, that would be cute. Silk! Probably not drugs! And it makes me think...
* For any of these ships, some new plant or insect that works as sex pollen.
* Centered on Aramaki/Gengoroh, but actually negociation a big poly pile with also Akane, Ayo and Mansaku. Bonus if Ban (who has no sense of society, and also, knows his genetics) comments that small-to-average poly piles are the best way to redistribute genetics.
* Ryou->Ango pining, after they were chased from their team and before meeting Team Summer B. badass survival or emotional breakdowns.
* Unhealthy coping mechanisms: "I can't believe you tried to rape this girl, I will kill her so that you're not tempted to do it again" is a very unhealthy one. Can Ryou do worse? Probably.
* Post-canon, Matsuri/Ryou on the ship, how it doesn't stay conventional very long with Ryou who has an untold crush on Ango and Matsuri that's very aware of that (she just wants the situation to be clear, but also, Ango is hot, so she doesn't mind poly)
* In a spider illusion or a fever dream or a real AU: Takahiro/Fubuki/Mitsuru in a sports manga universe. What could have happened without the apocalypse
* Takahiro, during his 15 years of loneliness, being still haunted by Mitsuru and Fubuki
* Since I'm talking about hauntings: Shigeru is an option for the ships with Ango (as a friend. probably).
Doctor Who
Adric & Fourth Doctor & Romana II (DW 1963)
Adric & Nyssa of Traken (DW 1963)
The Black Guardian & Vislor Turlough (DW 1963)
Fifth Doctor/The Master (Ainley) (DW 1963)
Fourth Doctor/Romana II (DW 1963)
Third Doctor & Jo Grant & The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Third Doctor & The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Third Doctor/The Master (Delgado) (DW 1963)
Altered States - Hallucinations
Case Fic - Paranormal Mystery
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Bonding - Nerds Bonding Over Science
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Ghosts - Dead character haunts other character(s)
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Corruption - Deal with the devil
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Love in this fandom: Weird adventures! Psychic shenanigans, using skills to escape from weird situations, bonding on science (actual science or technobabble)
Gravity Falls
Bill Cipher/Ford Pines (Gravity Falls)
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Enemies Forced To Work Together - Character has to ask for help from enemy/rival
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Love in this canon: I love everything for this ship, the mad science and the dark magic and demon deal and Ford's wide-eyed devotion and his later quest for revenge. All moments in timeline work for me, including canon from Journal 3 or Book of Bill.
Hyakki Yakoushou (manga)
Aoarashi & Iijima Ritsu (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Aoarashi/Iijima Ritsu (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Iijima Ryou | Kagyu/Kichou (Hyakki Yakoushou)
Case Fic - exploring a strange and mysterious location
Case Fic - Paranormal Mystery
Deal with the Devil
Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Enemies to Lovers - attempt at manipulation leads to feelings
Enemies - Enemies Forced to Work Together - Needing Help From A Villain To Defeat Another Villain
Enemies With Benefits
Possessiveness - Possessive Behaviour
Sex Pollen
What Happened Last Night? - Woke Up in Bed Together
Love in this canon: supernatural mystery, complicated relationships, contrast between human and youkai ways of thinking, mix of subtle horror and subtle humor.
Lupin III
Albert d'Andrésy & Arséne Lupin III (Lupin III)
Arsène Lupin III & Zenigata Kouichi (Lupin III)
Jigen Daisuke & Mine Fujiko (Lupin III)
Ishikawa Goemon XIII/Mine Fujiko (Lupin III)
Jigen Daisuke/Arsène Lupin III (Lupin III)
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Captivity - Forced to Work Together to Escape
Body Swap - Characters accidentally swap bodies
Characters Who Don't Like/Trust Each-Other Forced to Work Together
Enemies Forced To Work Together - Against a Common Enemy
Fake/Pretend Relationship - Remains Platonic
Heists & Schemes - Teaming Up For A Heist
Love in this canon: Heists, of course! Fun adventures, weird mind alteration things. Enemies or "enemies" working together, I have three tags where I hope for this :D
Marvel Comics
616 Douglas Ramsey/616 Warlock (Marvel Comics)
616 Erik Lehnsherr/616 Bennet du Paris (Marvel Comics)
616 Erik Lehnsherr/616 Charles Xavier (Marvel Comics)
616 Karolina Dean/616 Xavin (Marvel Comics)
616 Kitty Pryde/616 Illyana Rasputin (Marvel Comics)
616 Nathan Summers/616 Wade Wilson (Marvel Comics)
Bonding - Magic related character and science related character finding common ground
Captivity - Captured together
Case Fic - exploring a strange and mysterious location
Case Fic - Paranormal mystery
Confessions - Love Confessions
Dimension Travel - Having To Impersonate Alternate Evil Version of Self
Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality
Enemies - Enemies Forced to Work Together - Needing Help From A Villain To Defeat Another Villain
Ghosts - Dead character haunts other character(s)
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Mind Control - Character is not aware they are being mind controlled
Mind Control - Fighting It
Pining - Unrequited Feeling
Sex Magic - Using magic powers for sex
Trauma - Metaphorical ghosts of character's tragic past start to manifest physically
For X-men: I adore Claremont era, with all the cheesy tropes and mind control everywhere. I just love this version of the character. But there also are some more recent versions that I adore, Bendis Era for Kitty and Illyana, the Wells/DNA run of the New Mutants, and Carey writes a delightful Xavier and I loved his interaction with Magneto.
Kitty/Illyana: I love everything about Illyana fighting her dark side. My favorite thing is Limbo having weird influences on her, or making weird magical accidents happen. I also like Kitty being a science and pop culture nerd. I love them having adventures, or trying to have some normal activities. 5Mundane use of Illyana's demon powers is always darkly fun)
I love their friendship, so in my head the romance is in addition, not instead. To me Illyana is in love with Kitty, but it can be one-sided, or Kitty can be in denial. If it's mutual, I love better get-together than established relationship.
I love canon divergence, from the multiple comics using this concept, or your own, if it keeps the core relationship. Evil!Illyana is very okay if it's magical influence, I'm not big about evil!Kitty.
Underage sex is okay if they're the same age, more than 14, and not implied being experienced already.
Doug/Warlock: Here again, I love one-sided, with Warlock being totally smitten, or it can get requited. If it's mutual, I love better get-together than established relationship.
I love superhero adventures, just them together, without a team. I also love the old New Mutants team a lot.
Every reference to the canon sequences of Doug dying, then being back under mind control, and Warlock saving him, will make me incredibly happy. Also, Warlock's weird "Douglock" persona can so easily been read as shipping.
I love everything that uses Doug's powers, and Warlock's alien side, that can be sometimes creepy even if he's such a fluffball.
I also love how Doug's powers can allow him to rewrite Warlock's very being - probably as a trust thing, not some evil thing, but you know, mind control is a thing that happens in this verse.
You can use canon divergence AUs as long as the core relationship is still here! Canon ones (like Age of X) or your own.
Please ignore the love triangle with Danger and everything that happened in "Hunt for Wolverine".
Xavier/Magneto: They have so long an history! And I can even take everything that happens out of any timeline, just having them be enemies who love each other very much, you know? Or alternate timelines. As long as the core relationship is here, I'll be glad.
More interactions in their first encounter are good (no bashing of Gabrielle please, I adore her). Times where they worked together, times where they were enemies, times where Magneto was stable, or at his worst. I like Xavier not being totally an asshole (but still a bit, he's himself), and having big moral qualms with brainwashing (he can still do this, but is very desperate situations)
Magneto being "dead" and Xavier having a copy of him in his head during the nineties was awesome.
But really, any moment in the timeline (Excalibur 3 was sure something)! Including right now, they're not close enough emotionally to my tastes in the Hickman run even when they're allies.
Exodus/Magneto: Give me the shameful crush Exodus has on Magneto (it wasn't meant to be romantic! Also it leads nowhere!). Can be in the nineties or more recent content.
For Runaways: I love the original Vaughn arc, I love less the arc where Xavin sacrifices themselves for Karolina but it's important, not the two volues after though. I love the crossovers with Young Avengers and the Rainbow Rowell arc.
For Cable/Deadpool: I can't get enough of the original Cable & Deadpool Nicieza series, but any references to more recent arcs are welcome.
Optional prompts:
* A character being haunted by the ghost of their loved one after a (temporary) death. How do ghosts work when you're in world where death can be temporary? Do they stay? Can you meet your own ghost? Or is the ghost disappearing good news because it means the person is back? Do they remember what they did as a ghost?
* Kitty helps Illyana to fight some of her demons, real ones and metaphorical ones at the same time.
* Illyana's subconscious mind casts small spells to change Kitty's feelings (especially during some Limbo travel). She doesn't realize at first the happy romance she has been living was never true.
* Just Illyana pining and Kitty being totally oblivious workd too, if you take them as kids.
* For Doug/Warlock: I was screaming a lot at the "I love you and you are breaking my heart" from the third New Mutants series, so yeah, everything about this or aftermath of this. Happy fic where they discover that it's requited, probably implying language powers? Good. Angstier follow-up to this scene where Doug feels so sorry that he will offer anything warlock wants as an apology? Good.
* I love how they fully trust each other, the edge in Warlock being so powerful and controlling it, of Doug who, when they're fused, could easily rewrite everything Warlock IS since it's code and he knows how to rewrite it (did it for Magus) but he won't.
* Xavier and Magneto forced to ally is always delightful. Usually it's against a human who hates mutants, what about something really Eldritch for once?
* Mundane use of powers at any time where Xavier and Magneto live together and are so domestic.
* Exodus' angst about his loyalty to Magneto not being 100% pure (with him having taken a vow of chastity and all)
* You know the arcs where the Shadow King is just here, not as one of the two characters, but possessing someone and slowly transforming people into their worst selves. This, but with Magneto's desire for control, and Exodus' formerly very restrained lust. (it would be especially evil if Xavier is the possessed one)
Slayers
Filia Ul Copt/Valgarv (Slayers)
Gourry Gabriel & Zelgadis Greywords & Lina Inverse & Amelia Will Tesla Seyruun (Slayers)
Zelgadis Greywords/Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun (Slayers)
Garv/Valgarv (Slayers)
Mind Control - Accidental Mind Control
Confessions - character confesses love due to imminent death but whoops! they're rescued
Fix-it - Character survives canonical death
Confessions - Anguished Declaration of Love (TV Tropes)
Case Fic - Solving a paranormal mystery
Kink - Loyalty Kink
Monsters - Inhuman Romance and/or Sex
Amnesia - Temporary Amnesia
Dreams - Symbolic and weird and revealing the character's subconscious
Grand Romantic Gesture - Gone Hilariously Wrong But Sentiment Is Appreciated
Road Trips
Love in this canon: Humor, non-human weird things (funny or dark), happy endings.
