Pinch Hits 29, 31, 32 & 33
PH 29 - Crossover Fandom, Gotham High (Blog Post), Marvel 616, Marvel 616, Marvel 616, The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Request 1 by malachiical
Crossover Fandom
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Otto Octavius (Marvel 616)/Peter Benjamin Parker (Into the Spider-Verse)
Freeforms:
- Aftermath of Bodyswap - Existential Crisis
- Body Swap - villain in hero’s body meets alternate universe version(s) of hero
- Dimension travel - meeting alternate versions of self/friends/antagonists
- conflicted horny feelings towards an alternative version of your enemy
- conflicted horny feelings towards an alternative version of yourself
- Identity Porn - Identity Reveal
- Sex while body-swapped
- Undercover - Reformed former bad guy has to go undercover as a bad guy
- Villain undercover as a good guy; grows to care about good guys leading to heel-face turn
General DNWs
-incest (selfcest is fine)
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-616!Doctor Octopus being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 2 by malachiical
Gotham High (Blog Post)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Jonathan Crane/Edward Nigma (Gotham High)
Freeforms:
- Bed Sharing Justified As It Just Being Practical
- Character A thinks they're about to die and kisses Character B (and then oh no they live)
- Characters Team Up To Investigate Something Paranormal/Supernatural
- Fast Food Date
- Hurt/Comfort - comfort focusing on little hurt because the big hurt is massive and unapproachable
- Hurt/Comfort: Awkward Comfort
- Journey of gay/queer self-discovery
- A ostensibly is there to help B; A is much more focused on holding B's attention at all times
- Passionate first kiss after near-death experience
- Pining - A interprets B’s internalized homophobia as lack of interest (before porny happy ending)
- Pining - Character A pines for disguised B without realising it's B
- Pining - metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
- Pining - Unwilling to admit pining for fear of ruining existing relationship
- pressed against each other while hiding from enemies; physical contact feels excruciatingly intense
- Rivals to Lovers
- Sex doesn't have to be great to be fun for all parties involved
- Sharing a bed while mutually pining
- Ship gets so into bantering with each other that it annoys everyone around them
- Sudden Realization - Oh No They're Hot
- Two characters with limited relationship experience date each other and figure things out
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-gore, permanent injury, character death, unless otherwise stated
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-Post-Nu52 backstories, particularly Scarecrow's
-Scarecrow being portrayed as a different personality to Jonathan Crane
-if you use any trans headcanons, violent transphobia, including either being abused at home due to being trans; them keeping it a secret from their families due to not wanting to deal with shit/already being abused is fine
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 3 by malachiical
Marvel 616
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Nathan Lubensky/Adrian Toomes (Marvel 616)
Freeforms:
- Alternate Universe - Canonically dead character lives
- Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another
- Dangerous morally grey person utterly loyal to person they see as good and kind
- D/s - under-negotiated or unnegotiated but mutually enjoyed dynamic
- Finger kisses in a scene that wasn't sexual up to that point
- Gestures of loyalty performed in private
- Hurt/Comfort - A confesses their love after B nearly dies
- Injured bad guy showing up on good guy's doorstep saying "I didn't know where else to go"
- A is dead; B will not stand for this
- A is injured B goes berserk
- Loyalty Kink: Gestures of loyalty performed in private
- My Moral Compass Is "What Do I Need To Do To Protect You?"
- Pining - Mutual pining that both characters figure out is requited but that's terrifying
- Rule 63 - genderbent to F/F
- Sex in a shower or bath
- Praise Kink
- Sharing Clothes - A feels surge of affection or attraction at seeing B wearing A's own clothes
- Unexpected rescue followed by tenderly patching up wounds for them
- Villain compromises own plan because they love one (1) person
- Villain's morality pet metaphorically keeps villain on leash; both unexpectedly find this kinky/hot
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink
Canon-Specific DNWs
-Weird Hot Young Vulture unless otherwise mentioned (mostly, if Nathan is being resurrected as a younger man, this is fine)
-most of Vulture's cancer storyline (even if you're using the "Funeral Arrangements" mini-arc, feel free to just... handwave that fact or end with him in complete remission or cured)
-Vulture's daughter, son, daughter-in-law, and grandson (they're just from parts of canon I'm only nominally familiar with)
-permanent character death (please both alive and not about to die soon by the end of the story)
-infidelity (just listing this here to explain that you can just... handwave stuff with May, have them not together anymore, AU so they never were together, or if pre-Nathan-dying have her be okay with his and Adrian's relationship; just no killing her off or having him cheat)
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 4 by malachiical
Marvel 616
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Quentin Beck/J. Jonah Jameson (Marvel 616)
Freeforms:
- bets & wagers but make it sexy ;)
- Casefic: Undercover as a couple
- Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
- Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another
- Character takes dirty photographs or video for love interest
- Characters Surprised to Find Each Other at a Gay Bar
- Clothed Sex
- Costume Kink
- Domesticity
- Finger kisses in a scene that wasn't sexual up to that point
- First Time Seeing Partner Naked
- Identity porn-I was trying to make sure you didn't stop my alter ego's plan but oops I love you now
- Journey of gay/queer self-discovery
- Power Outage
- Praise Kink
- Receiver pets/strokes/pulls/otherwise touches giver’s hair during oral sex
- Rule 63 - genderbent to F/F
- Suit Kink
- Undercover - Masquerade Party
- Undercover - Undercover as a Couple brings out Feelings
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-Quentin Beck being written as a purposeful killer, delusional, or just in general "criminally insane"
-infidelity (just putting this here to specify to just... handwave Jonah not being married during whatever time the story is set)
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 5 by malachiical
Marvel 616
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Otto Octavius/Peter Parker (Marvel 616)
Freeforms:
- Aftermath of Bodyswap - Existential Crisis
- antagonists have surprisingly tender sex
- Characters With Benefits Who’ve Never Kissed; When They Do It’s a Line Crossing Intimate Moment
- Enemies to Lovers - A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
- Enemies to Lovers - Accidental soulbond between enemies
- Enemies to Lovers - Seeing enemy/antagonist hurting prompts unexpected feelings
- Enemies With Benefits Slowly Falling in Love
- Fighting/Sparring as Foreplay
- Foreplay - Opening zipper with tab in mouth
- Good Guy A dirty talks Bad Guy B about how good a person B is/how much A trusts them
- how do i politely ask him/her to slam me against a wall and make out with me?
- Hurt/Comfort - Character Doesn't Expect Tenderness But Gets It Anyway
- Hurt/Comfort - Circumstances force enemies to patch each other up
- Injured bad guy showing up on good guy's doorstep saying "I didn't know where else to go"
- Pining - Mutual pining that both characters figure out is requited but that's terrifying
- pressed against each other while hiding from enemies; physical contact feels excruciatingly intense
- Slow Burn - Soulbonding is the only way for A to save seriously injured B's life
- Taking a nearly lethal blow meant for their enemy
- Time Loop - being in the loop together leads to getting together
- Soulmates - Both are resistant to the idea but fall in love over time
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-gore, permanent injury, character death, unless otherwise stated
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-Doctor Octopus being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-permanent character death of any canon characters
-focus on infidelity (preference is for handwaving or open relationship stuff but I know Peter's usually dating Mary Jane, sometimes Black Cat, sometimes someone else, so I just don't want focus on cheating)
-underage while Peter is under 16 (they're welcome to find out they're soulmates when Peter is younger if you go with that prompt, but please no kissing/smut/described attraction on Otto's end until Peter's 16)
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 6 by malachiical
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Chameleon/J. Jonah Jameson (SSM Cartoon)
Freeforms:
- bets & wagers but make it sexy ;)
- Case/mission fic ultimately resulting in ship’s realization of feelings for each other
- Casefic: Undercover as a couple
- Character A Is Surprised By Character B's Non-Human Cock But They're Really Into It Anyway
- Character(s) have both sets of genitals/non-realistic intersex anatomy
- extremely perceptive Character A is attracted to complicated Character B immediately
- First Time Seeing Partner Naked
- Foreplay - Kissing down partner's spine as you slide down/unzip their top
- Genderfluid Character
- Identity Porn - Identity Reveal
- Journey of gay/queer self-discovery
- Kisses pressed against the back of the neck and/or along bare/mostly-bare shoulders
- Lovingly described voice kink
- Masked Ball As An Excuse for Inadvisable Sex
- Sharing Clothes - A feels surge of affection or attraction at seeing B wearing A's own clothes
- Sudden Realization - Oh No They're Hot
- Suit Kink
- Uncovering a major secret by gradually putting the pieces together
- Undercover - Masquerade Party
- Undercover as a Couple
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-infidelity (putting this here just so I can specify that the easiest way to handle this is probably to just have Jonah's wife be his ex-wife; doesn't need to be dwelled on, just ignore the "I'm a married man" line and that he went to the opera with her in "Gangland")
-Chameleon betraying Jonah
-Jonah feeling hurt, betrayed, and/or angry at length in the fic about Chameleon hiding his real identity if that happens; you're welcome to put in some of this (or not! or not hide it at all) but I don't want feelings of betrayal to be a lot of the plot/word count or to last for in-universe ages
-any of the Sinister Six being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-dwelling on John Jameson being "insane"
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 7 by malachiical
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Otto Octavius/Adrian Toomes (SSM Cartoon)
Freeforms:
- Battle Couple
- Body worship of chubby character
- Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance
- Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
- Competence - highly effective teamwork
- Hurt/Comfort - Catching hurt character as they collapse
- Intimate soft make outs with one character in the other's lap
- A is a badass; B is protective of them anyway
- A is injured B goes berserk
- Journey of gay/queer self-discovery
- Lovingly described voice kink
- Loyalty Kink: Call off your dog
- Loyalty Kink: Gestures of loyalty performed in private
- Marriage - Characters Consider Themselves Married Even if in the Eyes of the Law They're Not
- Marriage For Love
- Monstrous transformation does not get in the way of a relationship - in fact it makes things better
- Performative Fealty - kneeling/kissing back of hand/deference before others
- Praise Kink
- Suit Kink
- Undercover - Masquerade Party
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-any of the Sinister Six, especially these two specifically, being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-either character betraying the other
-honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other (Shocker not included; he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
-Otto calling Electro by his real name, either to his face or when referring to him
-public proposals
-feederism, weight gain, inflation, pregnancy
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 8 by malachiical
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Otto Octavius/Peter Parker (SSM Cartoon)
Freeforms:
- Bonding - characters grow closer despite themselves
- Both Captured - Forced to Work Together to Escape
- Character A thinks they're about to die and kisses Character B (and then oh no they live)
- Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another
- Enemies to Allies of Convenience to Lovers
- Enemies to Lovers - A gets in trouble or injured protecting B; which makes B see A in a new light
- Enemies to Lovers - Seeing enemy/antagonist hurting prompts unexpected feelings
- Falling for the Enemy - attempt at manipulation leads to feelings
- Hurt/Comfort - Catching hurt character as they collapse
- Hurt/Comfort - Character Doesn't Expect Tenderness But Gets It Anyway
- Hurt/Comfort - Circumstances force enemies to patch each other up
- Identity porn - only A knows their alter egos are enemies
- Pining - Mutual pining that both characters figure out is requited but that's terrifying
- pressed against each other while hiding from enemies; physical contact feels excruciatingly intense
- Protecting your enemy from their enemies
- Slow Burn - Soulbonding is the only way for A to save seriously injured B's life
- Soulbond - Unexpected and Unusual Soulbond Between Enemies
- Soulmates - Both are resistant to the idea but fall in love over time
- Taking a nearly lethal blow meant for their enemy
- Unwanted Psychic Bond Leads To Teamwork
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-any of the Sinister Six and especially Doctor Octopus being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included; he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 9 by malachiical
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Quentin Beck/Phineas Mason (SSM Cartoon)
Freeforms:
- Case/mission fic ultimately resulting in ship’s realization of feelings for each other
- Casefic: Undercover as a couple
- Character draws negative attention onto themself to protect another
- Character A abandons plans in order to rescue Character B
- Character is rescued and comforted
- Character takes dirty photographs or video for love interest
- Characters marry largely for practical and legal reasons (and are also very in love)
- Competence - highly effective teamwork
- Competence kink - different skills complementing each other
- Costume Kink
- Fighting - One character gets off on watching the other one fight
- Foreplay - Kissing down partner's spine as you slide down/unzip their top
- Hand Kink - Finger Sucking
- Helping Someone Undress for Practicality's Sake (Mostly)
- Intimate soft make outs with one character in the other's lap
- Kisses pressed against the back of the neck and/or along bare/mostly-bare shoulders
- lovingly detailed blowjobs
- Marriage - Characters Consider Themselves Married Even if in the Eyes of the Law They're Not
- Sharing Clothes - A feels surge of affection or attraction at seeing B wearing A's own clothes
- Unrequited - Ship Falls in Love While Pining for the Same Third Party
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unrequested poly
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-these two, Chameleon, or really any of the Sinister Six being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-honestly, any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included; he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
-public proposals
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
Request 10 by malachiical
The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Quentin Beck/Chameleon/Phineas Mason (SSM Cartoon)
Freeforms:
- Alternate Universe - Soulmates
- Case/mission fic ultimately resulting in ship’s realization of feelings for each other
- Casefic: Undercover as a couple
- Character C licking A's come out of B
- Character takes dirty photographs or video for love interest
- Characters marry largely for practical and legal reasons (and are also very in love)
- characters understand each other so well they barely need to speak in times of crisis
- Cheerful & Light-Hearted Kink Exploration
- Competence - highly effective teamwork
- Competence kink - different skills complementing each other
- Domesticity
- Double Penetration
- Helping Someone Undress for Practicality's Sake (Mostly)
- Marriage - Characters Consider Themselves Married Even if in the Eyes of the Law They're Not
- Mutual Puning over X grows into mutual pining over each other (with happy ending)
- Polyamory: Character A slowly discovers that they love both Character B and Character C
- Pre-Canon - What sort of adventures did the character(s) go on before canon?
- Sharing Clothes - A feels surge of affection or attraction at seeing B wearing A's own clothes
- Suit Kink
- Undercover - Masquerade Party
General DNWs
-incest
-noncon/dubcon
-underage
-gore, permanent injury, character death
-infidelity
-halves of the pair feeling like they really just don't like or care about each other at all (even with more complicated stuff, I like there to be mixed feelings there, and I am admittedly a big soppy romantic)
-the pairing having sexualities that mean they aren't attracted to one another
-being ashamed of or hating one's body; even for trans stuff, if you write it, just no focus on dysphoria please
-unrequested AUs
-unrequested identity headcanons
-unrequested noncanon ships (background canon ships that don't break up the requested pairing are fine!)
-unnecessary use of safewords or stoplight symbols
-scat, watersports, vomit (mentions of someone throwing up not in a kink context are fine), vore, bestiality, choking/breathplay, somnophilia, mommy- or daddykink, 24/7 D/S
Canon-Specific DNWs
-any of these three, or honestly any of the Sinister Six, being presented as irredeemably crazy/evil
-honestly, any of these three or any of the Sinister Six betraying each other, including them turning on Ock or Ock on them (Shocker not included; he's an Enforcer first and foremost, he was just on loan)
-public proposals
See letter for likes, prompts, and any further info!
Letter: http://malachiical.dreamwidth.org/2437.html
PH 31 - Pet Shop of Horrors, Crimson Peak (2015), Thor (Movies), Thor (Movies), Better Call Saul (TV), Breaking Bad, Breaking Bad, Breaking Bad, Supernatural, Supernatural
Request 1 by allovernow
Pet Shop of Horrors
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Count D/Leon Orcot (Pet Shop of Horrors)
Freeforms:
- Arguments leading to sex
- Character A feels a mixture of love/hate/anger/confusion after Character B suddenly leaves them
- Immortal Characters Having Continual Existential Crises
- Just Because We Had Sex Doesn't Mean We Have To Admit To Feelings
- Pining - Character fucks people who look like their crush (until they get together)
- Clothes kink - character A kinks on seeing character B in formal/traditional clothes
- Pining - A interprets B’s internalized homophobia as lack of interest (before porny happy ending)
- Pining - Character A realises pining for B when they move away
- Pining - metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for
- Food kink and sexual feeding
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 2 by allovernow
Crimson Peak (2015)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Edith Cushing/Lucille Sharpe (Crimson Peak 2015)
Freeforms:
- Arguments leading to sex
- A can never forgive B but tries to have a relationship with them anyway - it fails
- character accidentally consenting to more than they can handle but unwilling to stop
- Noncon - Victim is forced to enjoy it
- Noncon - Victim is treated like a lover
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 3 by allovernow
Thor (Movies)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Loki/Thor (Thor - Movies)
Freeforms:
- Amnesia - Affected person forgets the terrible things they've done
- Arguments leading to sex
- Bad Guys Made Them Do It
- Bad Guys Think They Made Them Do It But Really Just Enabled Them
- Aftermath of sex pollen
- alternate universe: angels and demons
- Characters are forced to fight side by side in a gladiatorial arena
- Characters Have The Important Conversation(s) They Never Got The Chance To Have In Canon
- Characters have to choose between sex pollen and truth serum
- Enemies - No one is allowed to kill you but me
- Hanahaki Disease
- Made-Them-Do-It-Aftermath: Mutual Victims Each Sure the Other Must Hate Them Now (and Are Wrong)
- Pining codependent brothers think their relationship is normal till they meet actual normal brothers
- Post-canon - characters slowly recover from trauma caused by canon
- Alternate Universe - Witchcraft
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 4 by allovernow
Thor (Movies)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Loki/Thor (Thor Movies)
Freeforms:
- Arguments leading to sex
- Characters are forced to fight side by side in a gladiatorial arena
- Double Anal Penetration
- Pegging
- Post-canon - characters slowly recover from trauma caused by canon
- Threesome
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 5 by allovernow
Better Call Saul (TV)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Jimmy McGill | Saul Goodman/Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul TV)
- Jimmy McGill | Saul Goodman/Ignacio "Nacho" Varga (Better Call Saul TV)
Freeforms:
- Arguments leading to sex
- forced to work together
- Injured bad guy showing up on good guy's doorstep saying "I didn't know where else to go"
- Pegging
- Competence kink - different skills complementing each other
- Competence Porn
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 6 by allovernow
Breaking Bad
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Jesse Pinkman/Walter White (Breaking Bad)
- "I Hate You More Than Anything But Can't Live Without You"
- "If you act like a child then I'll treat you like one"
Freeforms:
- Addict uses unsafe and inadvisable sex as a way to manage addiction
- after worst day of A’s life A pretends to fall asleep on B to get tenderness without having to talk
- Aftermath of sex pollen
- Bad Guys Made Them Do It
- Bad Guys Think They Made Them Do It But Really Just Enabled Them
- A can never forgive B but tries to have a relationship with them anyway - it fails
- character accidentally consenting to more than they can handle but unwilling to stop
- Character seeks out rough sex as coping mechanism
- Disturbing from an outside perspective but sweet to the people within the relationship
- Dubcon/Non-Con - Character A submits to rough sex to soothe an angry Character B
- improvised bondage
- Masochistic sub asks for more pain than they really want
- Possessiveness - ruining character's other relationships so they don't have anyone else
- Praise Kink
- A recognizes B was abusive but returns to them anyway
- Subdrop
- Unhealthy disaster relationship neither of them can quit
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 7 by allovernow
Breaking Bad
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Todd Alquist & Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
- Todd Alquist/Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
Freeforms:
- Hallucinations
- Lima Syndrome - With a Captive Who Hates Their Guts
- Noncon - Character Kills Their Rapist
- Noncon - Submission extorted by threats to a loved one
- Noncon - Victim is treated like a lover
- villain backstory
- Whump - Torture
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 8 by allovernow
Breaking Bad
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Brandon "Badger" Mayhew & Jesse Pinkman & Skinny Pete (Breaking Bad)
- Jane Margolis/Jesse Pinkman (Breaking Bad)
Freeforms:
- Addiction recovery
- Character Ignores Their Trauma; Their Friends Try to Help After They Can No Longer Deny It
- Character tries to hide their problems but friends are determined to help
- Character who isn't used to being protected gets protected
- Characters acquire pet rats
- Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic
- Characters Team Up To Investigate Something Paranormal/Supernatural
- Drawing & Painting
- Finding Someone Sleeping and Putting a Blanket or Coat Over Them
- getting high together
- Hurt/Comfort: Awkward Comfort
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 9 by allovernow
Supernatural
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Max Banes/Sam Winchester (SPN)
- Alicia Banes/Max Banes/Sam Winchester (SPN)
- Rowena MacLeod/Sam Winchester (SPN)
Freeforms:
- Character's superpowers are killing them
- Comfort Sex: A and B comfort grieving C
- Comfort Sex: A comforts grieving B
- Ritual Sex Magic
- A seduces/romances B meaning to betray them but catches feelings
- Something Made Them Do It - Lust Potion/Spell
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
Request 10 by allovernow
Supernatural
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester (SPN)
Freeforms:
- Aftermath of sex pollen
- Character who isn't used to being protected gets protected
- Human feeding vampire own blood escalates from drawing blood to biting to biting while fucking
- Hurt/Comfort - Character doesn't care about own well-being
- Hurt/Comfort - Character is weak and fatigued but doesn't slow down because they're "just tired"
- Resurrection - Fought a way out of afterlife for loved one's sake
- Resurrection - One character rescues the other from the underworld/afterlife
- Sex Pollen - Only One Person Affected
- Sex pollen - pining victims each think the other is horrified but eventually work things out later
- Sex Pollen - reveals mutual feelings
- Vampire needs to drink blood to heal
- Vampires - human character gets off on being bitten
- Alternate Universe - Pirates
Likes: Angst (with or without a happy ending), snark and banter, missing scenes, canonverse AUs and canon divergences, non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical), hurt/comfort, trauma recovery, crack premises treated seriously, quiet moments in among the drama of canon, complicated relationships (betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage), pining and denial, heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side, villains being gradually seduced to the light side, whump.
DNWs: Pregnancy, kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute), heavily ritualised BDSM, 24/7 or total power exchange BDSM, non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles, soulmates, male dom/female sub, mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.), underage, de-aging, ageplay/infantilism, degrading dirty talk, kinks involving bodily waste, stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink.
Letter: https://allovernow.dreamwidth.org/369.html
PH 32 - Hamilton - Miranda, The Folk of the Air - Holly Black, DCU (Comics), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Request 1 by LamiaCalls
Hamilton - Miranda
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Aaron Burr/Alexander Hamilton (Hamilton - Miranda)
Freeforms:
- Character A is B's Soulmate But B isn't A's Which Leads to Unrequited Pining
- Character A resents how much they love Character B
- Character loses everything and can only turn to enemy for help
- Encounters That Lead to A Falling in Love While B Sees as Just Casual
- going home after the war (but you can't go home again)
- Hanahaki - love interest can't requite because they are dead
- Heartbreaking Rejection from the Person They Pine For
- Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
- Self-Destructive Hook Ups
- Self-hatred leads to sabotaging a budding relationship
- Sex Pollen Aftermath - Emotionally Devastating/Disturbing for A but No Big Deal B
- Soulmate AU - Killing Their Soulmate
- The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
- Time Loop - trying and failing to fix it until you realize there is no way to "fix" it
- Tiny Acts of Platonic or Sexual Affection from Chara A that Doom Chara B to Unrequited Love
Please see my letter for general & smut likes, as well as prompts(/rambles about the tags)!
I actually started relistening to the soundtrack while I was choosing my tags for this ship and it filled me with so many strong Hamburr feelings again, I love them so much. The idea that Burr is constantly feeling second-best, that Hamilton doesn’t even notice — or, when he does, doesn’t understand it — and that it twists Burr up inside, making him bitter and desperate. He wants to hate Hamilton, but he also desperately wants his approval — and his dick. Okay, that bit might be my own shippy heart but look.
DNWs: anyone under 16 involved in explicit sex; anal in het or femslash; unaroused victim in noncon (but arousal can be a fear response or induced rather than real arousal); scat, watersports, emetophilia, belly kinks (inc. feeding & inflation), pussy slapping, fisting, oviposition, breeding; CSA in anything more than mentions (other kinds of CA is fine though); the phrase “to the hilt”; mpreg; readerfic
Letter: http://lamiacalls.dreamwidth.org/5266.html
Request 2 by LamiaCalls
The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Jude Duarte/Cardan Greenbriar (Folk of the Air - Black)
Freeforms:
- A would do anything to keep B safe - including hurting them worse than anyone else
- Accidental Soulbond - Unsuccessfully trying to fight it
- Aftermath of sex pollen - okay with the sex but not the physical/emotional intimacy
- Bad Guys Made Them Do It
- Canon Break-It - Break the Ways Canon Resolved Conflict and Make it Worse for the Characters
- Characters forced to betray/kill each other to survive
- I am everything you hate but have you considered no one will ever understand you like I do
- Monster Pregnancy Leads to Attempted Dark Magic Fixes Leads to Miscarriage
- mutual obsession
- Pining for character who came back wrong
- Sex Pollen - Only one partner is doused
- Time Loop - trying and failing to fix it until you realize there is no way to "fix" it
- Time Loop: looping character forced to watch loved one die repeatedly until loop is broken
Please see my letter for general & smut likes, as well as prompts(/rambles about the tags)!
I love to see both of these characters suffer, and suffer terribly. I like the way Cardan leans into his suffering and, in the first book, makes others suffer in retaliation. I like the way Jude struggles against it and is defiant until the last. Let’s further break these cuties!
DNWs: anyone under 16 involved in explicit sex; anal in het or femslash; unaroused victim in noncon (but arousal can be a fear response or induced rather than real arousal); scat, watersports, emetophilia, belly kinks (inc. feeding & inflation), pussy slapping, fisting, oviposition, breeding; CSA in anything more than mentions (other kinds of CA is fine though); the phrase “to the hilt”; mpreg; readerfic
Letter: http://lamiacalls.dreamwidth.org/5266.html
Request 3 by LamiaCalls
DCU (Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Edward Nygma/Harleen Quinzel (DCU Comics)
- "I love you but not like that"
Freeforms:
- Attending the Wedding of the Person They Unrequitedly Pine For
- Character A is B's Soulmate But B isn't A's Which Leads to Unrequited Pining
- Encounters That Lead to A Falling in Love While B Sees as Just Casual
- Loneliness
- Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
- Pining - accepting that your love will never be returned (and staying with them anyway)
- Pining - I don't return your love but I wish I did
- Self-Destructive Hook Ups
- Sex Pollen - Character A rejects unrequitedly pining B after the effects of pollen have worn off
- That ambiguous type of relationship where you can't decide whether to tag it A/B or A&B
- The Most Ardent Pining Self-Hating Unrequited Love Imaginable
- Time Loop - Looper Tries to Make Someone Fall in Love with Them & Fails
- Tiny Acts of Platonic or Sexual Affection from Chara A that Doom Chara B to Unrequited Love
Please see my letter for general & smut likes, as well as prompts(/rambles about the tags)!
I’ve mostly picked unrequited love freeforms for these two, because I love to see Edward angst and suffer in his unrequited affections. I don’t mind Harley and he having casual sex, or her using him for comfort (and him knowing it) or her just seeing him as a friend. But I would rather it go unresolved than for her to come around to having real, concrete feelings for him. However, if you have other interpretations that would hit these tags, hit me with them!
DNWs: anyone under 16 involved in explicit sex; anal in het or femslash; unaroused victim in noncon (but arousal can be a fear response or induced rather than real arousal); scat, watersports, emetophilia, belly kinks (inc. feeding & inflation), pussy slapping, fisting, oviposition, breeding; CSA in anything more than mentions (other kinds of CA is fine though); the phrase “to the hilt”; mpreg; readerfic
Letter: http://lamiacalls.dreamwidth.org/5266.html
Request 4 by LamiaCalls
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Armitage Hux/Rose Tico (SWST)
Freeforms:
- A is B's handler - B doesn't fully trust A but needs to rely on them to survive anyway
- arrogant man hates how much he loves femdom (but loves it even more)
- Accidental Soulbond - Unsuccessfully trying to fight it
- Bad Guys Made Them Do It
- Character A is B's Soulmate But B isn't A's Which Leads to Unrequited Pining
- Character loses everything and can only turn to enemy for help
- Characters forced to betray/kill each other to survive
- Fuck or Other People Die - A is fine with letting others die; B isn't and dub/noncons A
- I needed you. As in past tense
- Lima Syndrome - With a Captive Who Hates Their Guts
- Obsessive All-Consuming Unrequited Love
- Revealed Unrequited Feelings While Mortally Injured/No Hope but Oops Theyre Rescued Now It's Awkward
- Sex Pollen - Character A rejects unrequitedly pining B after the effects of pollen have worn off
- We both know you betrayed me but let's sleep together one last time before the consequences hit
Please see my letter for general & smut likes, as well as prompts(/rambles about the tags)!
To start off with, please don’t be afraid to make Hux as petty as he is in canon if that’s what you want; I actually enjoy that part of him! And I don’t mind Rose getting frustrated. If anything, it adds to the angst~ But regardless, I have a real soft spot for both these characters: Hux, barely-in-control and desperate for power and to prove himself; Rose, sure-footed and unafraid, defiant and with perhaps a touch too much need to help people.
DNWs: anyone under 16 involved in explicit sex; anal in het or femslash; unaroused victim in noncon (but arousal can be a fear response or induced rather than real arousal); scat, watersports, emetophilia, belly kinks (inc. feeding & inflation), pussy slapping, fisting, oviposition, breeding; CSA in anything more than mentions (other kinds of CA is fine though); the phrase “to the hilt”; mpreg; readerfic
Letter: http://lamiacalls.dreamwidth.org/5266.html
PH 33 - DCU (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU (Comics), DC Extended Universe, The Locked Tomb Trilogy | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde (Dark Horse Comics)
Request 1 by Panny
DCU (Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Kate Kane/Renee Montoya (DCU Comics)
- "It was always you"
Freeforms:
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses B even though it's not what B wants
- A would do anything to keep B safe - including hurting them worse than anyone else
- A would do anything to keep B safe even though B has hurt A worse than anyone else
- I would do anything to save you from yourself (including physically fight you if it comes to it)
- Betray them to save them
- Complicated relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and resentment
- I needed you. As in past tense
- Alternate Universe - Locked Tomb - Necromancer/Cavalier dynamics
- Characters break up for legitimate reasons; feelings are just as strong when reunited years later
- Hero crosses moral lines for the sake of their righteous ideals
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses greater good because it's what B wants
- Lovers to Exes to Enemies to Lovers
- Identity porn - love quadrangle with only two participants
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: I enjoy most Renee/women ships and would be fine with one popping up as a side/background element, even for a competing requested ship. I specifically enjoy Renee/Daria Hernandez, Renee/Kate Kane, Renee/Helena Bertinelli, Renee/Elicia Sanchez and recent canon has piqued my interest in Renee/Lois Lane, but I'm very open to other possibilities.
Pairing Info: Man, I love this ship so much – they’re such a mess! I love their complicated feelings about each other. I love their absolute inability to ever entirely get over each other even when they want to move on. I love the weight of the shared history between them and how much they actually don’t know about each other because either one of them just isn’t talking. I love how quickly they push each other’s buttons and the tension and conflict between them. I love how well they work together when they’re co-operating. I love how deeply they care about each other and how protective they can be towards each other. I love that that protectiveness occasionally develops into “I’m going to physically fight you for your own good”. I love the many interesting flaws that they both have and how quick they are to recognize them in each other and call each other out. I love how quickly their personal baggage (and sometimes even their principles) fall by the wayside as soon as the other one is in danger. They’re so intense about each other, every interaction is a blessing.
You could write a fic set at any point of their relationship and I'd be all over it. I am also totally fine if you choose to have Renee and Kate not actually be together at the end of the fic, as long as it's clear that there are still feelings there even when they're broken up. The glimpse of Commander Kane and Commissioner Montoya in the bad future in Batwoman: Rebirth also taught me one thing: I am super-duper down for older, grayer, Been Through Some Shit Kate and Renee linking up after not seeing each other for years (again), having to team up to face down some sort of threat (which certainly does not have to be Tim Drake), and discovering that, yep, still got feelings (which may have been the very direct inspiration for a couple of these tags).
Request 2 by Panny
DCU (Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Helena Bertinelli/Renee Montoya (DCU Comics)
Freeforms:
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses B even though it's not what B wants
- I would do anything to save you from yourself (including physically fight you if it comes to it)
- Betray them to save them
- Hero crosses moral lines for the sake of their righteous ideals
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses greater good because it's what B wants
- Identity porn - love quadrangle with only two participants
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: I enjoy most Renee/women ships and would be fine with one popping up as a side/background element, even for a competing requested ship. I specifically enjoy Renee/Daria Hernandez, Renee/Kate Kane, Renee/Helena Bertinelli, Renee/Elicia Sanchez and recent canon has piqued my interest in Renee/Lois Lane, but I'm very open to other possibilities.
Pairing Info: I love Renee and Helena's partnership whenever they team up in the comics. That moment in Pipeline where Helena chokes Renee out because Renee can't sacrifice herself if Helena does it first? That's my whole #aesthetic. I love that they get along so well and care about each other so much and that while it might have been about Vic in the beginning, they wind up with a genuinely meaningful partnership and will 100% have each other's backs when the chips are down. I love that this partnership manages to simultaneously be the best thing for them and also mutual bad influences (Tot calling them out was way harsh, but he was also...not wrong). I'm happy for Pre-Flashpoint, them developing a partnership during either the New 52 or Rebirth, post-Lois Lane!Renee with her Pre-Flashpoint memories back seeking out Helena, AUs (including that very...interesting snapshot of a canon Renee/Helena universe seen during Lois Lane), Convergence shenanigans, whatever! You really can't go wrong with these two.
Request 3 by Panny
DCU (Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Renee Montoya/Elicia Sanchez (DCU Comics)
Freeforms:
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses B even though it's not what B wants
- A would let the world burn if it kept B safe
- Betray them to save them
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses greater good because it's what B wants
- I used to believe in something; now I only believe in you.
- Identity porn - Character doesn't know that they're fighting their Lost Lenore
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: I enjoy most Renee/women ships and would be fine with one popping up as a side/background element, even for a competing requested ship. I specifically enjoy Renee/Daria Hernandez, Renee/Kate Kane, Renee/Helena Bertinelli, Renee/Elicia Sanchez and recent canon has piqued my interest in Renee/Lois Lane, but I'm very open to other possibilities.
Pairing Info: I'll admit that in her early appearances, Elicia made more of an impression on me for her impact on Renee's arc than anything to do with herself as a character. And then Greg Rucka dropped his Lois Lane series and it changed everything. I was not expecting Elicia to appear again at all, but I certainly wasn't expecting the execution which involved so many of my diehard shipping weaknesses in one pairing. In her first appearances, Elicia was part of the Religion of Crime's efforts to mold Renee into their new leader by tempting her into "sin" and arguably one of their more successful endeavours--while they were certainly interpreting Renee's actions and motivations pretty liberally, her attraction to and empathy for Elicia definitely made Renee make some heat of the moment choices that she regretted, even if it did not actually convince her that it was a swell idea to become the next leader of their cult. That Elicia genuinely falling in love with Renee was also her own downfall and resulted in her being cursed and turned into the Kiss of Death is a beautiful revelation that really sold me on their dynamic.
Everything to do with the Kiss of Death plot line instantly became my retroactive favourite in light of this reveal. That it was secretly a former lovers turned enemies story all along? That Renee and Elicia were fighting against each other without realizing who it was they were hurting (and trading flirty banter while doing it because Renee can't help herself)? That Elicia took Renee down and only regained her memories and realized what exactly it was that she stood to lose after it was already slipping through her fingers almost past the point of too late? That Elicia, having realized what's happened, commits to an act of dangerous self-sacrifice because after all this time she still loves Renee just as much? That despite all odds, everything works out and the day is saved by the power of love and the two of them now work missions together? It's all so fantastic!
Request 4 by Panny
DCU (Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Renee Montoya & Vic Sage (DCU Comics)
Freeforms:
- A dies; B will not stand for this
- Hero crosses moral lines for the sake of their righteous ideals
- Role reversal - student and mentor swapped
- Role reversal - student travels back in time and mentors their own mentor
- Canon surviving character dies; canon dead character survives; revival quest ensues
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: Since Vic’s cancer is a major plot point during his time with Renee in 52 and subsequent death, I’m waiving my terminal illness DNW here. I don’t expect anyone to have to overlook or handwave that part of canon. However, I’d prefer the fic not center entirely around that element.
I enjoy most Renee/women ships and would be fine with one popping up as a side/background element, even for a competing requested ship. I specifically enjoy Renee/Daria Hernandez, Renee/Kate Kane, Renee/Helena Bertinelli, Renee/Elicia Sanchez and recent canon has piqued my interest in Renee/Lois Lane, but I'm very open to other possibilities.
Duo Info: I love the dynamic between these two so much (have I mentioned that 52 was great? Because it was great!). I have a lot of affection for both of these characters individually, but together *chef's kiss*. As someone who was a big fan of the character arc Renee started in Gotham Central, I also love how much Vic was exactly what she needed exactly when she needed it and how rewarding it was to see her continue out that arc as Vic’s chosen successor to the Question mantle. I love every phase of their partnership and seeing Renee’s actually totally justified annoyance at this weirdo invading her personal life developing to genuine mutual respect and affection. I love Renee coming to see Vic as her best friend and Vic’s total faith in Renee as a person.
These two each have a complicated, equally fascinating relationship with vigilantism and canon treats the choice to put on the Question mask as a type of honesty - for both of them. The question (heh) of morality and how far is too far and trying to figure out where the line lies was a significant part of both of their characters, even if the perspectives and experiences they used to navigate that problem are unique to each of them and their role as the Question means something different as a result. Vic meeting Renee fresh off the whole Corrigan mess was always a fascinating point for their characters to form a connection around considering Vic's own musings on "justifiable homicide" (his words). Similarly, it added a lot of depth to Vic helping Renee cope with finally having to take the shot in a situation where she really didn't want to.
As competent as she is on her own, I always feel like Renee is at her best when working with a partner and having someone who can balance her out and Vic absolutely brought out the best in her at a time when Renee had convinced herself that there was nothing good left to find - even if it took a lot of time and effort and sleeping with rats to get there.
On a less serious note, both characters' senses of humour really work for me and their banter was a serious highlight in 52 - they're hilarious! They're also each exceptionally talented detectives in their own right and it's a lot of fun to see either of them work through a case, but seeing where their strengths complement each other as they puzzle through problems together was a real treat.
Request 5 by Panny
DC Extended Universe
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Helena Bertinelli/Renee Montoya (DCEU)
Freeforms:
- A investigates B's crimes; A is slowly seduced by B's methodology
- Identity porn-I was trying to make sure you didn't stop my alter ego's plan but oops I love you now
- Enemies to Allies of Convenience to Lovers
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Pairing Info: So, all of my tags kind of spawn from one idea. I was super delighted by the realization that Renee was investigating Helena's kill and I would be totally down for a canon divergence scenario where she wasn't immediately sidetracked by Harley's explosive relationship status update. Helena has a specific idea of who she wants Huntress to be and how she wants people to see her. Renee sees her far more clearly than anyone else before they even meet. I'd love to see Renee working to track her down and Helena working to stay one step ahead. Is it enemies to tentative allies (if they both realize that their best chance of taking down Roman is together?) to lovers? Is it identity porn? Is it slow seduction and increasing steps over the line as Renee, potentially keeping her comic counterpart's fascination with/admiration for vigilantes and predictable reaction to hot ass-kicking women, finds herself increasingly frustrated with her place in the force and agreeing with Helena's idea of justice more than she thought she would?
All that being said, if you looked at this pairing and one of these tags and were hit by a bolt of inspiration that's leading you in another direction, go right on ahead.
Request 6 by Panny
The Locked Tomb Trilogy | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Locked Tomb Trilogy)
Freeforms:
- A dies; B will not stand for this
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses B even though it's not what B wants
- A would let the world burn if it kept B safe
- A would do anything to keep B safe - including hurting them worse than anyone else
- A forced to choose between B and the greater good - chooses greater good because it's what B wants
- Complicated relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and resentment
- A would do anything to keep B safe even though B has hurt A worse than anyone else
- Locked Tomb: Necromancer/Cavalier dynamics
- Hurt/comfort - A is hurt protecting B; B is emotionally devastated while trying to comfort A
- I used to believe in something; now I only believe in you.
- Overthrowing god with your girlfriend as a bonding exercise
- Canon surviving character dies; canon dead character survives; revival quest ensues
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: I don't expect an author to have to sidestep canonical instances of terminal illness (e.g. Dulcinea), but I'd prefer the fic not center entirely around that element.
Pairing Info: Everything about these two from their history to their dynamic to the Cavalier-Necromancer set up to the challenges they face through both currently published novels just feel tailor made to hit every one of my shippy narrative weaknesses. I love the Locked Tomb books on the whole (and feel free to play around with the worldbuilding and feature literally anybody else in the cast alongside them because it's all great), but these two are a real highlight. I am desperate to find out what's going to happen to the Locked Tomb universe, but I am almost more desperate for them to kiss in book three. I love the loyalty kink, I love the complicated history, I love the balance between love and justified resentment, I love their willingness to sacrifice everything for one another while also still somehow being totally convinced that the other couldn't possibly care for them just as intensely, all evidence to the contrary.
Request 7 by Panny
The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde (Dark Horse Comics)
Medium:
- Fic - Character
Relationships:
- Thomas Adye/Edward Hyde | Henry Jekyll (Strange Case of Mr. Hyde)
Freeforms:
- A investigates B's crimes; A is slowly seduced by B's methodology
- Hero crosses moral lines for the sake of their righteous ideals
- Villain compromises own plan because they love one (1) person
- I am everything you hate but have you considered no one will ever understand you like I do
- Enemies to Allies of Convenience to Lovers
- Casefic - Characters in a cat and mouse scenario
- Ship gets so into bantering with each other that it annoys everyone around them
- A ostensibly is there to help B; A is much more focused on holding B's attention at all times
- A tricks B into being bait for a mutual enemy; saves B from enemy; A never wanted B actually harmed
General Likes: Tropey goodness, taken as seriously or as silly as you like. Protectiveness. Loyalty. Conflict. Hurt/comfort. Messy, complicated relationships where no one person is necessarily "better" than the other. Characters who are normally in control very much not being that. Canon divergence/for want of a nail AUs. Self-destructive tendencies. Mind games and mutually dangerous people engaging in cat-and-mouse scenarios. Badass in distress. Competency and cleverness. "Good guys" being driven to do shady, questionable things in the pursuit of their goals/righteous ideals. Morally bankrupt bad guys falling in love and doing things that screw over their agenda or leave them vulnerable because they care about one particular person. Emotion-driven desperation. Identity porn. Role swaps. Time loops. Superheroes. Fairy tales. Dragons and/or robots. Hair ruffling.
General DNWs: Non-canonical (permanent) major character death; character death as part of a Groundhog Day scenario or where the other half of the ship goes on a quest to revive them or etc. is totally fine. Torture or mutilation (canonical injuries and canon-typical levels of violence are fine). Issue fic (e.g. fic centered around delivering a moral lesson or having a character learn the error of their ways by being educated about social issues; fic set around commenting on/paralleling real world social issues, power structures, or concepts of identity that don't exist natively in the canon's worldbuilding--"canon typical" is fine, as a rule). "Ripped from the headlines" plots/stories about contemporary real world events (e.g. COVID). Terminal illness. Mundane AUs (e.g. coffee shop, high school, no powers, etc.). Non-con. Age play.
Note: If you write in a new villain/encounter for our "heroes" to deal with like, say, Dorian Gray as canon had initially intended, I have no problem with there being some attraction or there being something of a M/M/M love triangle (the volume 2 blurb had me hooked with Tom being ~seduced by Dorian's philosophy~, let me tell you). I'm also fine with general characteristic flirtation and lecherous behaviour from Hyde. However, I would prefer just Tom/Hyde endgame.
I would be fine with mentioning Hyde's engagement to Millicent or Tom's relationship with Mary Jane with regard to character background, but I wouldn't want them to be the focus of the fic. If you choose to just gloss over them or they don't come up, I'm fine with that too.
Also, while I know the original comic has a lot of violence against women because, well, Jack the Ripper and I'm fine with there being some female murder victims in fic for it, I'd also prefer that the fic not dwell exclusively on that aspect if it can be avoided.
Pairing Info: Ruthless serial killers developing a soft spot for the naive, stick-in-the-mud detectives they're manipulating! Goody-goodies making increasingly dangerous moral compromises! "But, Tom, we're mates"! Rooftop/air balloon battles! Mind games and pretentious quote matches and disillusionment in idealistic notions about the upper class! What's not to like!
The dynamic between these two pretty much made the comic for me. It's so good. The general back and forth and learning to work together and Tom discovering things about himself that maybe he would have preferred not to. And then that genuine moment of returned friendship (Hyde's goddamn smile when Tom finally agrees that they're mates) just before Tom shoots Hyde in the chest followed by Tom tearing up in relief over having confirmation that Hyde's still alive and then using his serial killer best buddy to threaten people. Right up my alley.
