Emergency Pinch Hit
We have one emergency pinch hit that needs to be filled ASAP. Please get in touch via the modmail (idficmod@gmail.com) if you believe that you can fill this pinch hit during the anon period. We do not have an assignment to give you, but we would greatly appreciate it!
EPH 1 - Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Radiant Emperor Series - Shelley Parker-Chan, The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett, Severance (TV), Severance (TV)
Request 1 by alcyoneusgalaxies
Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: Anagosa Dolabra & Dinios Kol (Leviathan)
Freeforms: Alternate Universe - Pacific Rim Fusion, Alternate Universe - characters are Locked Tomb necromancers and cavaliers, Alternate Universe - Vampires
Fandom Specifics:I love how Ana & Din's relationship has elements of a mentorship, a friendship, and a commanding officer/their subordinate, and how those elements combine into something kind of weird but still very heartfelt. Both the necromancer/cavalier and vampire/human who still trusts them AUs feel like they get at this dynamic very well, so I'd be excited to see what you come up with for that! Pacific Rim is here because I think the kaiju/leviathan parallels and drift compatibility fit Din & Ana really well too
I’ve read an advance copy of the sequel, so feel free to include spoilers for that! If you incorporate elements from A Drop of Corruption I have an additional DNW of Din/Malo
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the magical aspects of a setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- Or, hardcore angst: I have so many stoic/composed faves who deal with difficult circumstances in canon already, so I love seeing what circumstances will get them to finally break down and what their breakdowns look like. I’m specifically opting in to Major Character Death and completely hopeless endings for this!
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- 5+1 things, progression via vignette series
- Playing around with narrator reliability— The story (the fic, canon, or both) having a specific in-universe audience in mind and a specific reason it’s being created/told for that audience
- Fate themes/motifs— prophecies, characters wrestling with whether to embrace an unlucky fate, characters trying to fight against fate, ambiguity around how much a character was actually able to change their fate, etc
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
DNWs
- Extremely graphic depictions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds are OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (e.g. clothing and hair kinks, light bondage, semi-public sex, praise and humiliation)
Request 2 by alcyoneusgalaxies
Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: Dinios Kol/Kepheus Strovi (Leviathan)
Freeforms: Scars Cataloguing/Worship, Character A tilting character B's chin up with the tip of a sword, Characters at fancy ball dancing together out of social custom but secretly having feelings about it, Thank god you're alive/we're alive! kissing, Thank god you're alive/we're alive! sex, alleyway sex, Slow dancing in the kitchen, Seeming fluff that's actually incredibly bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances
Fandom Specifics:I am so so obsessed with Din and his stoicism and his understated reactions to everything that happens in the books. *please* put him in situations where he has to experience an emotion other than a vague sense of dread/anxiety until he realizes he is in fact experiencing an emotion. to me his relationship with Strovi is the prototypical situation where he deals with unacknowledged feelings, which is one of the reasons I think about it all the time (the other reasons being: I love how much goes unspoken between them, both as a source of sweetness/understanding each other without words and a source of romantic tension; and I love how their admiration of each other is rooted/intertwined with both of their selflessness/service to the empire). I've been rotating all of these tags around in my head for these two as the premise of various fics so I'd be happy to see anything that you come up with!
I’ve finished the sequel, so feel free to include spoilers! If you incorporate elements from it I have an additional DNW of Din/Malo
I’d be happy receiving works rated anything from gen through E! I’ve copied my NSFW likes list below, but do whatever you think makes the most sense for this relationship! I really love their dynamic of hesitance/gentleness with each other contrasting with their sense of impatience/urgency/desperation from the constant life-threatening nature of the Empire, and think it would work well with my smut likes around clothed sex and semi-public places. Also, Din canonically getting really flustered by praise... I would like to see more of it
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the magical aspects of a setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- Or, hardcore angst: I have so many stoic/composed faves who deal with difficult circumstances in canon already, so I love seeing what circumstances will get them to finally break down and what their breakdowns look like. I’m specifically opting in to Major Character Death and completely hopeless endings for this!
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
NSFW Likes
- clothing— gloves, uniforms, armor, clothes sharing, partially clothed sex
- locations other than a bed
- non-penetrative sex (frottage, oral sex, etc)
- hair pulling
- large height differences
- semi-public sex, exhibitionism, voyeurism
- praise and humiliation
- bondage
- dom/sub dynamics
DNWs
- Extremely graphic depictions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (see NSFW likes)
Request 3 by alcyoneusgalaxies
The Radiant Emperor Series - Shelley Parker-Chan
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: 1: General Ouyang (Radiant Emperor)
Freeforms: Violent and cathartic revenge against repressive authority figure(s)
Fandom Specifics:Ouyang has experienced so so much dehumanization and violence as a result of existing in a world that genders him against his wishes, and I simply think he should start killing about it. Imagine what Ouyang would do the next time someone refers to him as a woman if he was in a no-holds-barred, no consequences whatsoever, he can spill as much blood as he wants and no one will care type situation. the catharsis I as a transmasc person would experience from reading that would be unparalleled
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the magical aspects of a setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- 5+1 things, progression via vignette series
- Playing around with narrator reliability— The story (the fic, canon, or both) having a specific in-universe audience in mind and a specific reason it’s being created/told for that audience
- Fate themes/motifs— prophecies, characters wrestling with whether to embrace an unlucky fate, characters trying to fight against fate, ambiguity around how much a character was actually able to change their fate, etc
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
DNWs
- Multiple-paragraph long descriptions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds are OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (e.g. clothing and hair kinks, light bondage, semi-public sex, praise and humiliation)
Request 4 by alcyoneusgalaxies
The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: 1: Vohannes Votrov (Divine Cities)
Freeforms: Violent and cathartic revenge against repressive authority figure(s), In-Universe Biographical Writing About Character
Fandom Specifics:The historiography theme of Divine Cities has always fascinated me, and Vohannes was one of my favorite characters from City of Stairs (hilarious dialogue and glib attitude+ underlying rage at an unjust world = I am screaming crying throwing up etc.). He seems like he would be a very divisive historical figure and I think it would be super interesting to see how others from the Divine Cities universe would have interpreted his life and political impacts. I would also once again like to experience the catharsis of seeing a character who's forced to ignore their own feelings to cooperate with people who dehumanize them finally snap and verbally/physically eviscerate their enemies. Every time Vohannes was forced to play politics with the Restorationists after finding out their role in enforcing the repressive/homophobic writs of Kolkan I was genuinely seething, and I think it would be nice to see them face more satisfying consequences for that
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the magical aspects of a setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- Or, hardcore angst: I have so many stoic/composed faves who deal with difficult circumstances in canon already, so I love seeing what circumstances will get them to finally break down and what their breakdowns look like. I’m specifically opting in to Major Character Death and completely hopeless endings for this!
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- 5+1 things, progression via vignette series
- Playing around with narrator reliability— The story (the fic, canon, or both) having a specific in-universe audience in mind and a specific reason it’s being created/told for that audience
- Fate themes/motifs— prophecies, characters wrestling with whether to embrace an unlucky fate, characters trying to fight against fate, ambiguity around how much a character was actually able to change their fate, etc
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
DNWs
- Multiple-paragraph long descriptions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds are OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (e.g. clothing and hair kinks, light bondage, semi-public sex, praise and humiliation)
Request 5 by alcyoneusgalaxies
Severance (TV)
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: 1: Gemma Scout (Severance), Devon Hale/Gemma Scout (Severance), Gemma Scout/Mark Scout (Severance)
Freeforms: Violent and cathartic revenge against repressive authority figure(s), Slow dancing in the kitchen, A & B have to cancel planned date because A's ill/injured. B comforts and makes evening romantic
Fandom Specifics:I *need* Gemma to finally be happy again, and in my brain that looks like sweet and domestic time with a good partner, or exacting revenge on Lumon. as long as the focus is Gemma with a fluffy and/or cathartic lens I will be happy-- for the shippier prompts/tags, feel free to write another Gemma pairing if you like it better than the ones I've listed, as long as it's fluffy, feels at least somewhat plausible with canon, and isn't with one of the Lumon higher-ups (Cobel, Dr. Mauer, any of the Eagans, Milchick, Drummond, etc)
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the sci-fi aspects of the setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- 5+1 things, progression via vignette series
- Playing around with narrator reliability— The story (the fic, canon, or both) having a specific in-universe audience in mind and a specific reason it’s being created/told for that audience
- Fate themes/motifs— prophecies, characters wrestling with whether to embrace an unlucky fate, characters trying to fight against fate, ambiguity around how much a character was actually able to change their fate, etc
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
DNWs
- Gemma/Dr. Mauer as an endgame relationship of the fic-- depicting their relationship on the Testing Floor as a fucked-up one-sided romance/sexual fixation is OK as long as Gemma escapes and/or gets revenge
- Mark S./Helly as a major focus of the fic (mentions are OK)
- Multiple-paragraph long descriptions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds are OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (e.g. clothing and hair kinks, light bondage, semi-public sex, praise and humiliation)
Request 6 by alcyoneusgalaxies
Severance (TV)
Mediums: Fic - Character
Relationships: Devon Scout-Hale/Gabrielle Arteta (Severance)
Freeforms: Meet-Cute Turns Dark, Amnesia - Affected person assumes the other character(s) is their significant other
Fandom Specifics:Devon canonically having a crush on Gabby is so good, and I would love to see any situation where their relationship gets to go further than what was shown in canon. literally go wild here I am super curious how you would get them together
I have a slight preference for seeing innie!Gabby since their most substantial interaction was at the birthing cabins, but if you have ideas for outie!Gabby and Devon interacting, go for it!
Likes:
- Worldbuilding, especially material/infrastructural, cultural mythos, and how the sci-fi aspects of the setting affect everyday life for the characters
- Introspective moments and conversations, character studies
- Fics that lean into the humorous undertones of canon/banter between characters, especially since that’s the canon dynamic for many of my favorite relationships
- Or, hardcore angst: I have so many stoic/composed faves who deal with difficult circumstances in canon already, so I love seeing what circumstances will get them to finally break down and what their breakdowns look like. I’m specifically opting in to Major Character Death and completely hopeless endings for this!
- In-universe meta-document format—I especially love when multiple authors and audiences for the documents are included in a fic, and we see the contrasts between the authors’ perspectives or ways they tailor their works to their audience
- 5+1 things, progression via vignette series
- Playing around with narrator reliability— The story (the fic, canon, or both) having a specific in-universe audience in mind and a specific reason it’s being created/told for that audience
- Fate themes/motifs— prophecies, characters wrestling with whether to embrace an unlucky fate, characters trying to fight against fate, ambiguity around how much a character was actually able to change their fate, etc
- Complicated family relationships— I love the tension between familial love and conflicting motives/mistrust/enmity that can result
- Characters that try to deny good or pleasurable things for themselves, and what happens when they finally experience it
DNWs
- Mark S./Helly as a major focus of the fic (mentions are OK)
- Multiple-paragraph long descriptions of gore/organ damage (blood/bruises/flesh wounds are OK)
- Unrequested setting-swap AUs (specifically, no AUs that remove many elements of the canon setting— canon divergence OK)
- Omegaverse, Soulmate, or biological BDSM AUs
- On-screen incest, mentions of major characters involved in incest— worldbuilding mentions e.g. “the rulers of this region often intermarried for xyz reasons” is OK
- On-screen sex involving characters under 16
- On-screen rape/non-con, requested characters as aggressors/instigators of non-con (even mentioned)
- If writing smut, the following kinks/tropes: Raceplay, Cock and ball torture, Sounding, Object insertion, cervical penetration, belly bulge from penetration. I won’t blanket DNW other things in case you feel a specific kink fits the fic and characters, but my tastes are more on the basic side when it comes to smut/kink (e.g. clothing and hair kinks, light bondage, semi-public sex, praise and humiliation)