Happy Yuletide, dear author! I'm going to be thrilled with anything you write for me, because I love all of these fandoms and they all deserve more fic, so I guarantee that as long as you don't hit any of my DNWs, all is wonderful. If you want to have a look through my AO3, I'm vae over there too. I kudos every fic I finish, and bookmark the ones I love. Everything in my bookmarks is something I've already read and want to remember so I can read it again.

Do Not Wants

In general, please avoid: non-con, dub-con, rape, sexual assault, surgery, dismemberment, kidnapping, pregnancy, slavery, character death, cheating, trans headcanons, iambic pentameter, pandemic settings/themes

General likes in fic

I've mostly requested canons where I really love the setting as well as the characters, but I'm absolutely up for a good AU if you can maintain the dynamics between the characters. I love historical and setting details thrown in, and I love focus on characters. I love found family. I love people finding a place where they can be accepted, respected and loved for everything that they are. I love open communication, trust deep enough to allow people to be vulnerable and have their trust validated. I love people discovering things about themselves and each other. I love people trusting each other enough to be goofy and silly with each other.

While I do like a bit of smut, I'm honestly just as happy reading less explicit fic, so please don't feel like you need to write smut if you're not comfortable doing so. If you do want to write something explicit, I really like explicit consent. It doesn't have to be drawn out, it doesn't even need a lot of focus, but a mention goes a long way. If kink is involved, the same goes for negotiation - I want to know that everyone involved knows what they're getting involve in and that they actively want it. And that everyone gets looked after afterwards!

If you'd like to write something involving kink, please exclude age play, pet play, watersports, scat, vomit and vore. Pre-negotiated non-consent or dubious consent is fine, but please include the negotiations for that to make it clear that consent was given in advance and that the lack of consent is only in play.

Some kinks I like to read: dominance and submission, bondage, honour bondage, rope bondage (including shibari), suspension, spanking, flogging, orgasm control, hair pulling.

And now onto the fandoms!

Critical Role (Web Series) RPF

Ivan Van Norman (Critical Role (Web Series) RPF)
Marisha Ray (Critical Role (Web Series) RPF)
Matthew Mercer (Critical Role (Web Series) RPF)
Taliesin Jaffe (Critical Role (Web Series) RPF)


If you can't fit all four characters into your fic idea, you do not have to include all of them in the fic.

What I love about the fandom: oh man, these awesome nerds. I love their kindness and their determination to keep doing better. I love their constant work to include as many variants of people as possible in their storytelling. I love their creativity and their drive. I love how much they love each other, trust each other, and support each other. I love the creative risks they're willing to take because of that trust. I love Matt's endlessly inventive brain and the way he shows his love for his players through the world he's created. I love Marisha's determination and the way she gives her full attention and effort to whatever she chooses to do. I love Taliesin leaning into weirdness and being entirely unashamed to embrace life beyond the mainstream. I love Ivan's care in crafting games that push for more intensity and how hard he works to create a safe space for his players where everyone's agreed boundaries but still trust him enough to push those boundaries.

What I'd love to see in fic: I embrace the "everyone is polyam and bi" headcanon when it comes to CR RPF fic, but I'm genuinely going to be just as happy with gen fic as with shippy or E rated fic. Domestic movie night/afternoon at Matt & Marisha's place with Omar bothering everyone in turn. Sleepy post-game cuddles after a hard studio session. Enthusiastic sex in any combination of people. Formal kink scenes that mirror the trust we've seen in games. Show me their comfort with each other and how much they care.

Some specific prompts, if you'd like them:
The emotional fallout of filming Dread
Ivan in the G&S studio during break/after the end of a Critical Role session
Why Taliesin wasn't part of Undeadwood
Officially bringing Ivan into the CR family as head of Darrington Press

Exandria Unlimited: Prime (Web Series)

Dariax Zaveon (Exandria Unlimited: Prime)
Opal (Exandria Unlimited: Prime)

What I love about the fandom: So much chaos. This is D&D with the rails off combined with the joy of watching people learning where the limits aren't, and that's absolutely typified for me with Opal and Dariax. Opal with her naivety and determination and random flashes of esoteric knowledge that come in useful at the least expected times, and all the growth she goes through as a character. Dariax with his optimism and easygoing nature. Together these two are chaos encouraging chaos, accepting each other and adapting to every situation as it comes.

What I'd love to see in fic: Happy with ship or gen fic. I'd love to see what Dariax and Opal get up to once Orym, Fearne and Dorian have left for Jrusar and how the Crown impacts them. (If you want to include Deni$e from Narrative Telephone or the fallout of that situation, go ahead! If you haven't seen NT or don't want to, that's good too.)

Some specific prompts, if you'd like them:
Return to Byroden and the aftermath of the pageant
Going back to where Dariax grew up - what's his family like?
Byroden girls all know ropework

The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher

Galen (The Saint of Steel)
Bishop Beartongue (The Saint of Steel)
Stephen (The Saint of Steel)
Zale (The Saint of Steel)

If your fic idea does not have room for the Bishop or Zale, you do not have to include them, but please do include Galen and Stephen.

What I love about the fandom: the acknowledgment that perfection is impossible, practicality and kindness hold so much value. People are complicated and work to find solutions that compromise in ways that benefit everyone. People are damaged in the eyes of society and themselves and still have value and worth. Stubborn insistence on acceptance. (Except for the priests of the Hanged Mother.)

What I'd love to see in fic: I'm here for big strong berserker paladins that craft. I'd love to see Stephen learning to knit and why he knits socks, Galen learning to spin or picking it up again after the death of the god. I'd love to see the Bishop patiently, persistently pushing craft as therapy. I'd love to see the first time Galen offers his yarn to Stephen to knit, or the first time Stephen asks Galen for yarn to knit with. I'm always here to love Zale as the voice of practicality and reason. If crafting isn't your thing, I'd be so happy with temple shenanigans.

The Turner Series - Cat Sebastian

Eleanor Standish
Lord Courtenay

What I love about the fandom: every character has masks and learn to trust enough to let people behind those masks enough to embrace their true self a little more, and become more confident in who they are. The conflift and misunderstandings come from people trying to protect themselves, and the solutions come from others seeing support and connection that they cannot allow themselves to hope for until reassurance is offered.

What I'd love to see in fic: Eleanor and Courtenay are people who are not expected to interact with any propriety in the eyes of society, and yet they've built a connection of mutual support that seems based on an unspoken recognition of loneliness in each other. I'd love to see fic that explores how that came about, how Courteny came to be an expected visitor in Eleanor's home, and how Courteny discovers Eleanor's inventions. If you've got another idea, go for it, but please no sexual intimacy between them.