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amphipodgirlFandoms:
For Real – Alexis Hall: Laurence Dalziel/Toby FinchJasper Leigh/Sheridan Hunter Fitzroy III (For Real - Alexis Hall)Amy/Grace/Sam (For Real - Alexis Hall)Grace/Sam (For Real - Alexis Hall)
Arden St. Ives Series - Alexis Hall: Caspian Hart/Arden St. Ives; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & None; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & Caspian Hart; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & Arden St. Ives
Pansies - Alexis Hall: Alfie Bell/Fen O’Donaghue
Thank you SO MUCH for writing for me! I look forward to reading whatever you create. I'll be delighted to see any of these fandoms to grow by a story, wherever you take it — aside from the DNWs, everything here is to suggest and inspire; if your fancy heads in another direction, please go for it! Whatever you write will be lovely. 8^)
Romance novels (mostly queer ones) and fan fiction are what has kept me sane through these recent, very difficult years and, frankly, they've given my libido a new lease on life. I read Carry On near the beginning of shelter-in-place, joined that fandom, and got very involved in reading and writing fic. Over the last year, I've gotten way more interested in some smaller fandoms like the ones I'm requesting. Alexis Hall and K.J. Charles are my favorite authors these days.
In general, I love for a fic to be grounded in who the characters are. If it's an AU, they may be different because of their different life experiences, but still recognizably the same people in some way. Even in an AU, I like the relationships to be canon ones.
I have two AO3 accounts. Gammarus is where I post my nsfw fics (including all the fics I've written in the fandoms I'm requesting). Ampithoe is where I post my smut-free fics as well as all my bookmarks, regardless of the heat level of the fics bookmarked.
I'm amphipodgirl on dreamwidth, twitter, tumblr, and various discord servers.
I enjoy fics at all ratings and sexiness levels. If you like writing smut, I love a good sprinkling of D/s. I also love praise kink, humiliation, fisting, bondage, pain, and orgasm delay/denial (especially of male orgasms). I also like lots of attention to a guy's nipples and it really turning him on.
If you don't want to write smut, I'll love a G or T fic with these characters.
For these fandoms, I feel like there's still so much to explore in canon-verse — whether that's pre-canon, canon, post-canon, or canon-divergent. It's all incredibly rich and there are a ton of stories still to be told.
If you do want to do an AU, I'm a huge fan of tropes like fake dating, arranged marriage, and fuckbuddies first. There's something about the romantic and sexual connections growing on a different schedule than the mandated standard one, and about the parties trying to hide or suppress their feelings for each other, that really gets me. I'm also a sucker for Only One Bed, text fics, and soulmates.
I love when people bring their own special interests/knowledge to an AU. Weirdest job you've ever had, period of history you're an expert on, or a hobby some people think you take way too seriously? A cultural background that's totally different from mine? (I'm white, USan, Jewish) I am so here for that AU. Beekeeping AU! Scuba AU! Handcrafted-prosthetics AU! Jeopardy fact-checker AU! Early Umayyad Caliphate AU! Balinese AU! Bring it!
I've tried to give a bunch of ideas here, but if there's something you've been dying to write for one of these fandom/character combos, go for it as long as it doesn't hit my DNWs. The stories that insist on being written are often the best ones.
For Real
The first thing I loved about For Real is how the mere combination of command and obedience is hot for both Laurie and Toby, even before you get to any pain, bondage, etc. and how well Hall gets that across. (But I do also love bondage, pain, etc.) He pays such attention to the nature of the D/s relationship for both of them.
I also really appreciate the fact that Toby is the dom and Laurie is the sub but Laurie is usually the insertive partner for intercourse and neither of them sees that as remarkable or contradictory. AJH has written about this, actually: https://quicunquevult.com/books/spires/fr-extras/#sexpectations
I also like how real and human Toby stays even while being a dom — that he can make rookie errors, be silly, laugh at himself, and this generally doesn't reduce his standing as a dom in either his eyes or Laurie's.
I love small, fierce, angry Toby, and I feel for the way he regards himself as being Not Enough for most of the book. I also adore how he insists that this is love and he gets to call it that, whether Laurie does or not.
I really like Laurie, although I spend a lot of the book being irritated with him for not being able to relax, let love in, admit that this is important, treat Toby as he deserves to be treated, let down his walls. I do think it's delightful and telling that, despite all that reserve and distancing, he starts calling Toby “darling” the first time they have sex and never stops.
I would LOVE a Sherry/Jasper fic. Love, love love, love, love. How *did* Jasper's study get to be such a mess? How did the two of them get together? Was it before or after Sherry "took top first at prelims" that Jasper says should have been his? All the Sherry and Jasper is what I'm saying here.
I love Grace and Sam and the institution of pancakes. I would love a fic about a pancake morning with Laurie and Toby in attendance there. If you wanted to pull in any of these characters from other AJH books I would be beyond happy: Arden, Caspian, Luc, Oliver, Harry, Rosaline, Fen, Alfie, Greg, Ilya, George, Poppy Carrie, Nik. By the way, I picture Grace as looking (and, let's be honest, acting) like River Song (Dr. Who).
It would be fun to read about Grace and Sam's first night together back in uni.
I also adore Dom the dom.
A couple other fic ideas: reverse POV of a canon scene; an AU where they meet in a non-kink context (but figure it out anyway).
Do Not Want: Robert, Grandad.
Arden St. Ives
Oh, Ardy! Everyone's favorite disaster pansexual elf. And poor, damaged Caspian. I just want them to be happy!
I love Ardy's positivity, his affectionate nature, his love of sex. I love how he wants to help Caspian and sees (at least some of) what Caspian needs from the very first. Also just his narrative voice — the cleverness, the allusions to every level of culture, the playfulness.
It makes me so happy when Caspian starts to heal and open up. When he asks Ardy to touch him because he loves it even though it's very hard for him — oh. my. god.
There are a lot of side characters I love: Bellerose, George, Ellery, Nik, Poppy Carrie, Ardy's family.
Please no Lancaster Steyne on page!
Here are some fics I would love to see:
A Happy Ever after for Bellerose. I've written one, but I'd be delighted to read your version. This doesn't need to involve Ardy and Caspian, but it might. One way to do it would be to have Caspian and Ilya encountering each other by accident 10 years hence and catching up on each others' lives, or any other way you think works out to Bellerose's satisfaction.
I would love to see Arden and Caspian (and maybe Ellery) go for a family Christmas at Kinlochbervie.
Caspian healing over time and their relationship growing. Caspian edging back into being able to be a dom.
Arden and Caspian on a double date with Toby and Laurie.
I'd like to see how Caspian's relationship with Ellery gets better. One idea is to have Ardy drag Caspian to a Murder Ballad concert.
I'd love an AU where Caspian's dad didn't die. Ardy and a much healthier Caspian find each other.
Caspian taking Ardy shopping for high fashion clothing, like when he lists all the places he could take Ardy after Ardy says that the fabulous silver dress isn't his.
They add another bed to the bedroom in the penthouse so that when Caspian can't stay in the same bed he can stay in the same room.
They take apart the dungeon in the penthouse. What do they do with the furniture and toys? Destroy them? Give them to a public dungeon? Maybe Grace and Sam are creating a play space and they give it all to them. I can't decide whether it should be used in joy by new owners, or just be destroyed because of all the bad karma. You decide and make a case for your choice!
DO NOT WANT: Lancaster Steyne in a canonverse fic. I can't stand the man.
Pansies: I'd love some warm fuzzy Alfie/Fen content. Waking up in a cozy bed on a cold winter day. Going to the theater together. Alfie cooking their first anniversary dinner. Them talking about having kids.
General Do Not Wants
MCD
Non-con
Heavy angst
Underage sex
Scat, golden showers
Mpreg
A/B/O
Christmas except where specifically prompted
For Real – Alexis Hall: Laurence Dalziel/Toby FinchJasper Leigh/Sheridan Hunter Fitzroy III (For Real - Alexis Hall)Amy/Grace/Sam (For Real - Alexis Hall)Grace/Sam (For Real - Alexis Hall)
Arden St. Ives Series - Alexis Hall: Caspian Hart/Arden St. Ives; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & None; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & Caspian Hart; Justin "Ilya" Bellerose & Arden St. Ives
Pansies - Alexis Hall: Alfie Bell/Fen O’Donaghue
Thank you SO MUCH for writing for me! I look forward to reading whatever you create. I'll be delighted to see any of these fandoms to grow by a story, wherever you take it — aside from the DNWs, everything here is to suggest and inspire; if your fancy heads in another direction, please go for it! Whatever you write will be lovely. 8^)
Romance novels (mostly queer ones) and fan fiction are what has kept me sane through these recent, very difficult years and, frankly, they've given my libido a new lease on life. I read Carry On near the beginning of shelter-in-place, joined that fandom, and got very involved in reading and writing fic. Over the last year, I've gotten way more interested in some smaller fandoms like the ones I'm requesting. Alexis Hall and K.J. Charles are my favorite authors these days.
In general, I love for a fic to be grounded in who the characters are. If it's an AU, they may be different because of their different life experiences, but still recognizably the same people in some way. Even in an AU, I like the relationships to be canon ones.
I have two AO3 accounts. Gammarus is where I post my nsfw fics (including all the fics I've written in the fandoms I'm requesting). Ampithoe is where I post my smut-free fics as well as all my bookmarks, regardless of the heat level of the fics bookmarked.
I'm amphipodgirl on dreamwidth, twitter, tumblr, and various discord servers.
I enjoy fics at all ratings and sexiness levels. If you like writing smut, I love a good sprinkling of D/s. I also love praise kink, humiliation, fisting, bondage, pain, and orgasm delay/denial (especially of male orgasms). I also like lots of attention to a guy's nipples and it really turning him on.
If you don't want to write smut, I'll love a G or T fic with these characters.
For these fandoms, I feel like there's still so much to explore in canon-verse — whether that's pre-canon, canon, post-canon, or canon-divergent. It's all incredibly rich and there are a ton of stories still to be told.
If you do want to do an AU, I'm a huge fan of tropes like fake dating, arranged marriage, and fuckbuddies first. There's something about the romantic and sexual connections growing on a different schedule than the mandated standard one, and about the parties trying to hide or suppress their feelings for each other, that really gets me. I'm also a sucker for Only One Bed, text fics, and soulmates.
I love when people bring their own special interests/knowledge to an AU. Weirdest job you've ever had, period of history you're an expert on, or a hobby some people think you take way too seriously? A cultural background that's totally different from mine? (I'm white, USan, Jewish) I am so here for that AU. Beekeeping AU! Scuba AU! Handcrafted-prosthetics AU! Jeopardy fact-checker AU! Early Umayyad Caliphate AU! Balinese AU! Bring it!
I've tried to give a bunch of ideas here, but if there's something you've been dying to write for one of these fandom/character combos, go for it as long as it doesn't hit my DNWs. The stories that insist on being written are often the best ones.
For Real
The first thing I loved about For Real is how the mere combination of command and obedience is hot for both Laurie and Toby, even before you get to any pain, bondage, etc. and how well Hall gets that across. (But I do also love bondage, pain, etc.) He pays such attention to the nature of the D/s relationship for both of them.
I also really appreciate the fact that Toby is the dom and Laurie is the sub but Laurie is usually the insertive partner for intercourse and neither of them sees that as remarkable or contradictory. AJH has written about this, actually: https://quicunquevult.com/books/spires/fr-extras/#sexpectations
I also like how real and human Toby stays even while being a dom — that he can make rookie errors, be silly, laugh at himself, and this generally doesn't reduce his standing as a dom in either his eyes or Laurie's.
I love small, fierce, angry Toby, and I feel for the way he regards himself as being Not Enough for most of the book. I also adore how he insists that this is love and he gets to call it that, whether Laurie does or not.
I really like Laurie, although I spend a lot of the book being irritated with him for not being able to relax, let love in, admit that this is important, treat Toby as he deserves to be treated, let down his walls. I do think it's delightful and telling that, despite all that reserve and distancing, he starts calling Toby “darling” the first time they have sex and never stops.
I would LOVE a Sherry/Jasper fic. Love, love love, love, love. How *did* Jasper's study get to be such a mess? How did the two of them get together? Was it before or after Sherry "took top first at prelims" that Jasper says should have been his? All the Sherry and Jasper is what I'm saying here.
I love Grace and Sam and the institution of pancakes. I would love a fic about a pancake morning with Laurie and Toby in attendance there. If you wanted to pull in any of these characters from other AJH books I would be beyond happy: Arden, Caspian, Luc, Oliver, Harry, Rosaline, Fen, Alfie, Greg, Ilya, George, Poppy Carrie, Nik. By the way, I picture Grace as looking (and, let's be honest, acting) like River Song (Dr. Who).
It would be fun to read about Grace and Sam's first night together back in uni.
I also adore Dom the dom.
A couple other fic ideas: reverse POV of a canon scene; an AU where they meet in a non-kink context (but figure it out anyway).
Do Not Want: Robert, Grandad.
Arden St. Ives
Oh, Ardy! Everyone's favorite disaster pansexual elf. And poor, damaged Caspian. I just want them to be happy!
I love Ardy's positivity, his affectionate nature, his love of sex. I love how he wants to help Caspian and sees (at least some of) what Caspian needs from the very first. Also just his narrative voice — the cleverness, the allusions to every level of culture, the playfulness.
It makes me so happy when Caspian starts to heal and open up. When he asks Ardy to touch him because he loves it even though it's very hard for him — oh. my. god.
There are a lot of side characters I love: Bellerose, George, Ellery, Nik, Poppy Carrie, Ardy's family.
Please no Lancaster Steyne on page!
Here are some fics I would love to see:
A Happy Ever after for Bellerose. I've written one, but I'd be delighted to read your version. This doesn't need to involve Ardy and Caspian, but it might. One way to do it would be to have Caspian and Ilya encountering each other by accident 10 years hence and catching up on each others' lives, or any other way you think works out to Bellerose's satisfaction.
I would love to see Arden and Caspian (and maybe Ellery) go for a family Christmas at Kinlochbervie.
Caspian healing over time and their relationship growing. Caspian edging back into being able to be a dom.
Arden and Caspian on a double date with Toby and Laurie.
I'd like to see how Caspian's relationship with Ellery gets better. One idea is to have Ardy drag Caspian to a Murder Ballad concert.
I'd love an AU where Caspian's dad didn't die. Ardy and a much healthier Caspian find each other.
Caspian taking Ardy shopping for high fashion clothing, like when he lists all the places he could take Ardy after Ardy says that the fabulous silver dress isn't his.
They add another bed to the bedroom in the penthouse so that when Caspian can't stay in the same bed he can stay in the same room.
They take apart the dungeon in the penthouse. What do they do with the furniture and toys? Destroy them? Give them to a public dungeon? Maybe Grace and Sam are creating a play space and they give it all to them. I can't decide whether it should be used in joy by new owners, or just be destroyed because of all the bad karma. You decide and make a case for your choice!
DO NOT WANT: Lancaster Steyne in a canonverse fic. I can't stand the man.
Pansies: I'd love some warm fuzzy Alfie/Fen content. Waking up in a cozy bed on a cold winter day. Going to the theater together. Alfie cooking their first anniversary dinner. Them talking about having kids.
General Do Not Wants
MCD
Non-con
Heavy angst
Underage sex
Scat, golden showers
Mpreg
A/B/O
Christmas except where specifically prompted
