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Dear boxer(s),
Thank you for coming to check out my letter! I hope you have fun with this exchange. I've repeated my general preferences from my signup here, and then added some rambling-slash-prompt suggestions for each ship—please don't take any of those as demands, and please feel free to improvise with them as much as you'd like. I am excited to open up my box in november and discover what you've made!
Also I profusely apologize for the varying lengths of these sections and promise you I want every ship in this letter passionately. ;3;
Happy creating!
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laylah
General Preferences
Makai Ouji
Starving Anonymous
Genshin Impact
Granblue Fantasy
A House of Many Doors
Onmyoji
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Fic Likes: sex, both kinky and vanilla; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical levels & types of violence; xeno; incorporating game mechanics; emotional connections and reconnections; hurt/comfort that focuses on the comfort; happy/hopeful endings unless otherwise specified, even for villains
Art Likes: kisses; hands; significant touches like cradling someone's face in one hand; scars, bruises, post-battle bandaging up; attractively bloodied noses; alternate costumes or trading outfits, including "what they'd wear in x AU"; candlelight/firelight/other distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex
DNW: gen of requested ships; death of requested characters; pregnancy/birth/children; gender dysphoria; unrequested noncon, past rape or rape recovery plotlines; scat/vomit/force-feeding; issuefic; medical kink; completely mundane AUs; soulmate/soulmark, "mate for life," or similar predestined relationship tropes
I'm opting into the following media in all my requests:
Comics
Fanart
Fanart Cover/Illustration of My Fic
Pin-up Poster of Character
These are just good shit at all times!! Comics are awesome, fanart of my ships is great, and fanart of things I've previously done for those ships is immensely flattering. I do prefer comics with at least a little bit of narration/dialogue of some kind, as I can get lost trying to follow wordless storytelling.
With pinups, I particularly love the playfulness that goes along with the sexiness, and if there's a way to use important things from the character's identity or arc as props, go for it. If you want to do a single pinup and i've requested a ship, please feel free to incorporate the second character via props or things like the focus character (almost) wearing the other's clothes, or a note scrawled on the poster as if it's been autographed by the pinup character to their sweetie.
Ships: Dantalion/Gilgamesh, Solomon/Sytry
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Stained Glass, Tarot, Zodiac
Media
For stained glass I am absolutely thinking about riffs on religious imagery and stylized, symbolic representations of their connection—Dantalion and Gilgamesh each with a hand on the hilt of the sword between them, that kind of thing. Using the demons' Goetia seals in the background would be an awesome bonus.
For tarot art, I think it'd be neat to have the two characters in a ship be figures in the same card (e.g., Dantalion and Gilgamesh destroying an enemy together as the Chariot), but also it'd be really cool to have them be two different cards with a thematic link (e.g., Solomon as the Emperor and Sytry as the Empress). Follow your heart! I am an amateur tarot nerd, which is to say I'll recognize basic card symbolism but probably not nuances of drawing from specific indie decks.
Zodiac I'm picturing similar themes to Tarot; given the setting/worldbuilding, I'd prefer western to eastern zodiac signs for this fandom.
Dantalion/Gilgamesh
Dantalion's relationship with William is very sweet and good but Gilgamesh just oozed raw sensuality from the moment he appeared on the page and I have needs. I'm not looking for actual romance here, but any sort of mutual understanding—they're both playing a game with ulterior motives, but they can respect and admire each other as powers of Hell—would be delicious.
That scorchingly hot page with the bloody facepainting, please proceed from there into sloppy maybe-violent makeouts/sex. Unf.
One of Hell's fancy social events: the two of them are here to see and be seen, and when that gets tiresome, here to sample extremely fancy liquor and then find a semi-private alcove or shadowy stairwell for makeouts/sex.
A sparring session, taking each other's measure to decide whether the other is worth forming this alliance with, that eventually devolves into makeou... you get the idea.
Sitri/Solomon
Holy damn, Sitri's endless devotion to Solomon is a lot. I love it, his fierce devotion and the way that he seemed to be Solomon's solace toward the end of his life, the precious bright jewel to give Solomon comfort when he was so sorely tested. The canon itself plays really fast and loose with historical/biblical information about the time period, so you should feel free to do likewise—incorporate as much or as little background from other sources as you like. Optional prompts:
Indulging in luxuries in Solomon's temple, perfumes and scented oils and hand-feeding each other, just every sensual moment. mmmm.
Sex to provide fuel for a spell/ritual, Sitri as the familiar to the powerful mage. Wings as erogenous zones. Kinking on their size difference.
Post-canon reunion: Solomon's soul now free at least to seek Sitri out, the welcome he would receive, the joy they take in each other. (And how that joy is a sign of the new order, now that the previous powers have given way to the new.)
Ships: Natsune/Yamabiki
Additional Media Opt-Ins: In-Universe Scientific Documents (written or illustrated text); Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook (written or illustrated text)
DNW clarification from signup: you can mention canonical sexual abuse or the breeding facility incidents if you need to, but please don't center your work around sexual violence/trauma.
Whew! These two go through so much and I would love to see them coping with the fallout together. Their allegiance is so good and they're willing to accept and trust in each other's monstrousness to do the horrific things that must be done for the sake of humanity, please just let me see them have more intimacy too. In h/c situations I lean towards Natsune as the one being hurt & comforted but the other way is also fine and both is definitely good. They've certainly both racked up plenty of hurts from canon.
Media
Scientific Documents, Journal/Notebook: I'm thinking about Yamabiki's background and his scientific approach and idk, maybe he's making notes to keep track of things when they're underground, or maybe in the aftermath he's processing everything they've been through by turning it into a familiar format that lets him feel like a researcher in control instead of a person desperately seeking a survival strategy. I'm really interested in seeing the tension between how visceral the experiences were and him trying to relate them in a detached, "objective" way.
Prompts
Waking up sweat-soaked and disoriented from a nightmare of being back underground, the horrible sensory impressions slowly fading, but the one person who understands is right there to hold on tight and be living proof that it's over. Maybe they don't even talk about it, maybe they don't have to, but that solid bodily presence helps so much.
Traveling together, seeing the world anonymously and from the shadows, and all the little rituals and precautions that help them feel safe enough to keep going: they haven't healed cleanly but the horror has scarred over and they can work around those limits.
Learning to get comfortable with their strange, superhuman bodies, to make those skills and powers not just survival tactics but something they can use for fun. Please feel free to get weird with the xeno and how they do sex here, as long as it doesn't have either of them suffering as a major component. (i.e., Natsune discovering that Yamabiki biting into him in the right circumstances is enjoyable? great. Natsune letting Yamabiki carve bits off him even though he hates how it feels? not my id.)
Not-Ships: Worldbuilding: Fatui; Worldbuilding: Hilichurl Culture
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Religious Text, Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report, Poetry - In-Universe Poetry, Poetry - In-Universe Prayer, Unique Rules - Map: City or Country or World, Writing - Grammar Sketch, Writing - In-Universe Religious Text
Request-Specific DNW: Manga canon. In general, cartoon evil Fatui where everyone is miserable and probably enslaved and superior officers kill more of their own men than the enemy does. Please, please, give me more nuance than that. Also DNW Tartaglia/Zhongli.
I've always had this problem where I'll jump at any excuse to sympathize with baddies, and mihoyo gives us just enough info about our rank-and-file enemies to make them seem really neat. Please flesh them out for me! Make them people, so I feel even worse about needing to go farm ascension materials from them.
Media
I asked for too many to break them out individually here but I think the individual WB prompts suggest what I'm looking for; I am hype for all sorts of artistic and practical and cultural production from these factions.
Hilichurls
I would LOVE something that shows us a hilichurl POV on basically anything. I appreciate what it says about all parties that our in-universe information is basically smug colonialist anthropology about hilichurls, but dear gods I would love to see anything about them that isn't through that filter. A myth they tell to explain some facet of their world! An epic poem about the deeds of a lawachurl culture hero! A set of petroglyphs to celebrate their god(s) and ask their favor! A surprisingly gentle romance between a brave mitachurl and the little hilichurl archer who never expected to be noticed by someone so strong! Take this where you want. I am probably least interested in connecting modern hilichurls with Khaenri'ah, though if little bits of Khaenri'ah's fall still show up in hilichurl folklore that's neat. Cameos from human characters ok as long as they're not the focus and don't go around slaughtering 'churls.
If you do hilichurl stuff that touches on gender at all, I am open to a lot of things (no dimorphism, so we just can't tell when we're interacting with what gender? different gendered 'churls live in different groups—possibly each of the three clans living around Dadaupa is a different gender? hilichurl society only has a single gender and/or a single sex?); the only thing I would really like to avoid is like... Argonian titty syndrome, where you make the female of a nonhuman group by slapping some human stereotypically female/sexualized traits onto the default design.
Fatui
Every time we get to meet one of the Fatui and they turn out to be just, you know, people doing people things, I'm charmed. Viktor trying to insist he's a bad guy and not being convincing. Pavel wanting to go home. Vlad and Nadia's clumsy pen pal romance. The poor legionnaire in Ganyu's story quest who was just trying to harvest berries. And the skirmishers hanging out in groups keeping each other company! So cute. I'd love to see some camaraderie among them and exploration of why they'd join up, what their missions are like, how the conflict looks from their side... How do they relate to the Tsaritsa? Like Baal, she's both ruler and deity; are there rites or prayers for her favor? How do they keep their morale up on long deployments far from home? What does a mission report look like after they've gotten back from the field? Do they have their own maps of the territory that label places and objectives differently than our world map does? I'd prefer to keep the Harbingers mostly off-screen (tho Tartaglia's my fave and I wouldn't say no to a bit of him) but gossip and rumors among the ordinary soldiers about the Eleven would be neat.
If you do Fatui stuff and you want to ship them, I ship the skirmishers in any combination including polycules (teamwork in a foreign land is compelling!), Pyro Agent/Mirror Maiden, Mirror Maiden/Cryo Cicin Mage, and probably any other combo you're into.
Ships: Belial/Lucifer, Belial/Lucilius, Belial/Sariel, Cain/Reinhardtzar, Dex/Isaac, Kou/Siegfried
Additional Media Opt-ins: Stained Glass, Tarot Art
Media
Stained Glass: For stained glass I'm mostly thinking about the angel ships, and all the ways you could play with religious imagery there—a dark twist on creation themes, or Belial's tempter/serpent motif, or the dark/light halves of the soul. If you have a stained glass image in mind for one of the mortal ships though, please go for it.
For tarot art, I think it'd be neat to have the two characters in a ship be figures in the same card (e.g., Strength as Isaac calming Dex's destructive impulses), but also it'd be really cool to have them be two different cards with a thematic link (e.g., Lucifer for the Lovers and Belial for the Devil). Follow your heart! I am an amateur tarot nerd, which is to say I'll recognize basic card symbolism but probably not nuances of drawing from specific indie decks.
Belial/Lucilius:
"Morning Light Hymnus" destroyed me and I will never recover. The difference between the way Belial feels about everything else in creation and the way he feels about Lucilius, rude. It's such a mess and he's so devoted, help. I'm entirely open to the possibility that he can't help it, that adoration for Cilius was programmed into him from the start (and then it got contaminated with his carnal tendencies and he expressed it in a way Cilius didn't expect?), possibly then evolving in unplanned directions. His sex bomb everything also being a deliberate creation choice, to make him useful in seducing people that Lucilius needed cooperation from and didn't want to interface with? Also neat. (Also the possibility that I've seen floated around recently that Belial embodies a lot of things Lucilius finds attractive but doesn't respect himself for.) Really just. Any amount of playing with the creator/creation intelligent design angle is cool.
I would love to see some post-000 fallout for them, after Belial could have walked (flown) away from consequences and instead chose dimensional exile to stay with the one man who matters. What if they go into that dimensional rift and come out somewhere else? Or somewhen else, transported to some other point in sky realm history? (canon events or making shit up are both totally fine.) Somewhere else could be a world of your choosing or a sneaky crossover that they don't recognize (but I might). The crucial part here would be that it's just the two of them without Astral society for backup, without the means to work toward Cilius' grand finale—needing to rely on each other in close quarters and vulnerable enough that maybe, MAYBE Cilius will finally confront some of the emotional mess going on here.
If you'd be more comfortable doing something set back in Canaan, though, please do; there's so much to flesh out there, including how Belial first came into being and learned his role (and fell for his beautiful, prickly creator); how the labs were run and what tasks each of them would attend to regularly (maybe you could track the progress of an experiment or the creation of a new primal?); how Lucilius started plotting against the Council and made Belial his most useful (and double-edged) tool for the purpose; and of course in all cases, how Belial carried a torch for Cilius with fanatic, unrequited devotion (even if he bangs other people to accomplish their goals—Belial bribing, bargaining, and obfuscating with sex is always good stuff).
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Now let's ignore all that stuff about Belial only having feelings for Cilius and look at the versions of reality where he manages to connect a little more broadly. (Engaging with how he connects with someone else despite his attachment to Cilius is welcome but entirely optional; don't feel any need to bring it in unless you want to.)
Belial Sariel
Canon divergence in the rebellion (Canaan divergence?): The war ends differently, with Belial and Sariel both on the run/going into hiding after the primarchs and their allies defeat the fallen. Belial is reeling from the loss of Lucilius; Sariel is doing his best to protect his distraught commander; at some point—possibly when he needs to help patch up some nasty injuries—Belial realizes he's being protected, which is new and strange and he's not sure what his feelings are doing about that.
Or, simpler hurt/comfort, Sariel coming back from a mission as the Executioner, torn up and hurting more in his heart than in his damaged body. Belial steps in to shepherd him back to his quarters for treatment more gentle and personal than he'd get in the labs.
Dear god everyone treats Sariel as a weapon, the first time he got touched kindly or intimately I think he would just be a wreck in the most perfect iddy way. Huge I-don't-care-if-it's-unlikely bonus points if Sariel being so overwhelmed is emotionally affecting for Belial—maybe he even draws a parallel between that loneliness and his own longing and I know it's unlikely, I said, but my heart.
During 000, Belial and Sariel reuniting in a circumstance that gives them more of a chance to interact: Sariel, feral with corruption, still recognizing his precious commander and trying to communicate; Belial realizing he could use an ally as his charade with Bubs crumbles, and anyway there's something about Sariel's devotion that has him shaken. Patching Sariel up, trying to get his stability back, trying to purge the core's corruption, and Belial having a lot of unfamiliar feelings about this sweet dedicated angel who trusts him like nobody else.
Belial/Lucifer
Pre-rebellion, they're exposed to something—wild magic, a new primal manifesting unplanned powers, a relic of some even more ancient history—that creates an accidental bond between their cores. Now they find themselves constantly wanting to be around each other, touching each other, aware that the other is present and safe... And Lucifer keeps catching hints of unfamiliar feelings through the bond; what is Belial up to? (Huge bonus points for foiling the rebellion, making Belial change sides because of the bond, or both.)
Lucifer was Cilius' finest creation; wouldn't it be better to have him on board with the grand finale than trying to stop it? Would Belial try to convince him? Would Lucifer's very willingness to offer him the benefit of the doubt give him pause?
In the aftermath of the rebellion, Belial is wounded and alone and grieving. Lucifer is less wounded and his grief is less personal but he's still hurting from what he had to do to people he considered friends. When Belial turns up at the gates of Lucifer's now-solitary outpost, for once unsure what to do, Lucifer can't bear to turn him away.
Post-000, Belial doesn't wind up in the same place as Lucilius; instead he winds up in Lucifer's garden, and boy do they have a lot of catching up to do. I'd love to see some arguments and some tension as Belial struggles to accept the loss of his purpose and the futility of his actions, and maybe lashes out at Lucifer for wanting to forgive and move forward—looking like the man Belial loved, while acting his opposite in every possible way.
Cain/Reinhardtzar
What a fucking great character arc, seriously. From enemies to "I need you" / "If you don't come back from this fight, I won't either." fuck! I love the way they learn to see each other's virtues as they spend more time together, and come to realize that despite first impressions they're looking at a damn solid ally. And they've both been through so much with the war that destroyed Torhid, but they've *both* been through it and can understand each other's scars. ...Also, holy damn that size difference.
Nightmares? Nightmares. One of them reliving something awful or dreaming of losing someone else and the other there to wake him up, reassure him that they're going to be okay. Refusing to talk about it but taking physical comfort from the other's presence is pure catnip.
Traveling together after the Nalhegrande plot is over. Do they visit any of the cool destinations we've been to in Phantagrande?
Playing with Grand Rein's rekki mechanics for drama and h/c and desperate post-battle sex, yes please. Watching him soak all the damage meant for his friends and then return it tenfold does things to Cain.
Seriously, the size difference, unf. And having it be hot from both sides: not just that Cain loves how huge and powerful his bruiser of a boyfriend is, but also that Rein's really into the way Cain is slender and lithe and easy to manhandle—but also tough enough to stand up to him.
Kou/Siegfried
Yes, this is a crack ship. It's just that Summer Siegfried has that lovely costume like he's visiting a traditional Japanese resort. And in Kou's fates we learn that he's been trained in traditional hospitality arts! And it's a beautiful image, Kou being nervous and a touch prickly and trying to get all the details right as he pours sake and performs his dances, and Siegfried being unfamiliar with this island's traditions but warm and gracious, appreciative of the gesture. If the evening ends with Kou in his guest's bed, I would hope Siegfried would be just as sweet and gentle as can be, taking good care of the charming boy who's been taking care of him all evening.
I would also be painfully weak for Kou having his first heat in Siegfried's company for whatever contrived reason, and Siegfried doing his best to help this blustery little fox who's trying to pretend he can handle everything.
Dex/Isaac
Nomf, look at this huge slab of beefcake and this scruffy nerd. I love that size difference and I love the ambiguity in their scenes together—the way, possibly because of the chaos matter scalpel, Dex's threat level went down around Isaac and he seemed the least alarming of the Omega 3. I think the ambiguity is my favorite part, tbh; I'd be less interested in something where that tension is pre-resolved either as "Dex is just a monster" or "now Dex is a real boy" from the start. But you can lean in either direction! There are good options both ways. I like Isaac trying to figure out what he can trust this bruiser with and how to stay safe around him, and Dex trying to figure out why being around Isaac makes him feel so different (and whether he likes that difference). Maybe Isaac is really attracted, but maybe he's alarmed by Dex's curiosity and trying to protect his secrets, and using sex as a distraction. Central Axis having creepy dehumanizing protocols about who can have sex when would be excellent here, for the taboo-breaking potential and how acting without orders could destabilize Dex's worldview further. ...If you're up for canon divergence where he survives or regenerates following the battles on the surface, I am 500% a happy audience for that, but don't stress over it if that's not where you want to go.
I also requested these guys in Heat Fic Summer and would absolutely still be interested in those prompts too.
Ships: WB Entomarch, Captain/Penpusher, Captain/Jack of Quills, Captain/Lord of Crows
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Epistolary, In-Universe Poetry
I do not have strong feelings about the Captain's gender; as long as they're comfortable with the shape of their body, please use whatever combination of pronouns and anatomy appeals to you.
Media
Epistolary, In-Universe Poetry: Both of these media tags are selected with the thought that the Captain does a lot of writing in the course of their adventures, and a non-procedurally-generated look at some of their letters and/or poems would be really neat. Is this an ode praising the charms of an unusual lover? An elegy for a room in the House falling to ruin? A piece of a travelogue in the form of a letter home? A series of letters to the editor of one of the Cities' publications?
Entomarch
There are honestly a lot of cool regions in the House that could stand some worldbuilding. The Entomarch is one of my favorites but if it's not one of yours, show me around one you like better. How do people live in a parasite dimension? What kind of ecosystem can develop there? Maybe a historical account of some previous conflict between Entomarch nobles? Maybe a treatise on the husbandry of a particular sort of giant beetle?
Captain/Jack of Quills
I just want the AU where Jack doesn't decide he's not ready for this. What would sex with him be *like*? What's the rest of his body look like? Are there additional pen-parts in his pants? How does he get off? Is there writing on skin, with Jack either writing or being written on? Does he talk constantly during sex and is it charmingly ridiculous? Do those sharp nibs of his cut up the Captain's skin, and is that a side effect to tolerate or an additional enticement? Does this wind up being a tremendously hot encounter or is it adorable fail sex? I have so many questions and I guarantee that if you have answers they're correct.
Captain/Penpusher
If at first you don't succeed, get more creative next time! I feel like the in-game hookup between these two went badly because the Captain approached it as if they were having sex with another human, when clearly they need to take a more individualized approach. Please show me how this could actually become satisfying for both parties! If you wanna research shark biology and throw bits of that in there, awesome; if you wanna just handwave and go with whatever kind of xeno anatomy and function excite you, also awesome. In either case, kinking on the size difference here (and the fact that it's exciting and strange for Penpusher to be the bigger one, when he's a runt among his own people) is cool too.
ALTERNATELY, give me the AU where the Captain was another carchar! What would that have looked like? How do giant shark people get it on? What's sexy for them? What's taboo? Is Penpusher kinky by carchar standards in addition to being a rebel on the literacy front?
Captain/Lord of Crows
This was the most amazing bizarre erotic experience I found in this game (I did miss the oil rig). Just wow. I want more. Maybe you're elaborating on the scene we get or maybe the Captain goes back for a second date after that first one is so earth-shattering that nothing else compares afterward. I just want more details, weird and hallucinatory and maybe painful and definitely breathtaking. Art of this encounter would be likewise *amazing*; what the hell does sex with the Lord of Crows even look like? I'm not big into heavy guro but I feel like some body horror imagery here would be entirely appropriate if that's a thing that moves you.
Ships: Hannya/Yasha, Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji, Ibaraki Douji/Onikiri/Shuten Douji, Hoshiguma Douji/Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji, Kujira/Otakemaru, Yorimitsu/Onikiri, Yorimitsu/Orochi, Tamamo & Small Spirits, Kidomaru/Seimei, Hannya/Ichimokuren, Aoandon/Hououka, Jorogumo/Kiyohime
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Creepypasta, Spell or Ritual Instructions, TTRPG Campaign, Art - Zodiac Sign
Consent issues are fine in ships involving Yorimitsu, Kidomaru, or Menreikis.
Everybody's claws, horns, transformations, powers, and other xeno weirdness is absolutely welcome in your fanwork, just for the record. I'm noting my favorite skins for each character mostly in case you are drawing and are unsure which to pick; if you're drawn (hehe) to a different one, that one's also gorgeous.
Media
So the thing with creepypasta is that a lot of the spirits in Onmyoji basically *are* their era's equivalent of creepypasta characters; if you look up the folklore for someone like Kamikui (Kamikiri) or Dodomeki, they have that spooky legend/rumor feel already. You could do something in canon setting with court nobles passing around someone's account of a close call or commoners warning each other about the dangers of the forest... or I'd be down for a modern AU where these spirits are still around and people are literally writing creepypasta on the internet about the demon kings of Mt. Oe or what have you. Also I would like to note that Aoandon is the patron youkai of creepypasta, who both collects the stories and has become one herself (and if you hear her 100th tale—).
Spell or Ritual Instructions obvs I'm thinking about onmyoji spells, how they would seek to make pacts with these various spirits and what you need to worry about when trying to interact with them. But also, how many of these guys—especially the powerful ones—have little local shrines and informal worship dedicated to them? Or superstitions about how to placate them before moving through their territory? Generally this lends itself well to a lot of outsider POV, how humans attempt to understand and interact with the magical beings around them.
TTRPG is just a chance to do something playful and fun; the two things that I've thought about are the possibility of Hoshiguma running the worst-behaved table for the inhabitants of Mt. Oe (and visitors? feel free to bring over some of the other fightboys they've hung out with if you want to make a bigger party), or Tamamo DMing for some of the small spirits who hang out with him (i'm so fond of all the little guys in his Demon Parade skin). But if you want to throw someone else together, please do! I bet Aoandon would like running a spooky mystery game too.
Zodiac: Theme art is neat! If you want to do the characters in a ship as signs of the zodiac, interacting with each other or not, I'm into it. I'd prefer eastern zodiac for this fandom given their background. Some of the characters are probably a little obvious (Ichimokuren -> the Dragon?) but a lot of them could go various ways and I'd love to see your interpretations.
Hannya/Yasha
Look, it's just that they're both very attractive, neither of them have existing obvious ship choices, and they'd both enjoy dancing in the blood of their enemies. Or strangers, tbh. A lot of the youkai in Onmyoji have nobility or grace or conditions in which they're better than people expect them to be, and these two are just. Nope. Hannya has an origin story for being a pretty monster but Yasha doesn't even have that. These two are monsters and fine with it. Does Hannya suggest a target that Yasha should go after? Does Yasha bring Hannya a still-warm heart or liver as a courting gift and/or cat-sharing-prey offering? Does Yasha put Hannya's long slender legs over his shoulders and fuck him raw? Does Hannya rake sharp nails down Yasha's back to urge him on? Just give me sexy monsters doing bad things (like each other), pls.
Fav skins: Hannya's basic & Yasha's evo or Blood Thirst.
Hannya/Ichimoku Ren
I'm just really curious about this! They showed up to this summer's fireworks show together, walking along and chatting like they're comfortable with each other, and that seems like such an odd fit when Hannya is made of spite and Ren is a cinnamon roll. How did they make each other's acquaintance? What do they like about each other? Does Ren's gentleness soothe Hannya's anger and jealousy? ...Does Hannya stick up for Ren when he's reluctant to do it for himself? Do they have gentle sex, being emotionally vulnerable together, or is it all storm and passion? I'm excited about all the possibilities.
Fav skins: I think this is probably Vengeful Hannya; Ren i like his evo and Wind Shield.
Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji
I love that the game has moved toward having their relationship be more mutual rather than the hopeless pining of Ch. 10-11. Also using "good friend" or "best friend" as a term of endearment just charms me so much. We know from the Celestial Realm dream fragments that they've known each other for hundreds of years, since Ibaraki was a smol oni child and Shuten was the "divine child" of a human monastery; I would love to see any of their adventures together rendered in loving detail. Some suggestions:
Ibaraki running into Shuten again for the first time after that monastery meeting. How much later is it? Does he recognize this man? Do they fight? (I bet they fight) Does he decide to follow Shuten around from then on?
Staking a claim on Mt. Oe, establishing the hierarchy there. Supporting cast including Hoshiguma, Onikiri's precursor demon, any other oni subordinates of folklore Shuten Douji, all a plus. How Shuten and his right-hand man conquer the mountain, or how they defend it from some other human or youkai threat.
Exploring in Zenken, discovering things in the celestials' city, maybe being shown around by Asura/Taisha—enjoying the food, the liquor, the baths, and keeping an eye out for trouble. (Bathhouse foursome with Asura and Taisha would be extremely ambitious, but awesome.)
Or you know the sequence of sparring matches and drinking parties with escalating sexual tension that eventually boiled over into their first time fucking, featuring Ibaraki "no chill" Douji declaring his intent by wearing that goddamn bell on his ankle.
Fav skins: Iba I like barefoot and showing off, so Maple Memories or Winter Bamboo; Shuten I can't even pick, they're all good, SP included.
Shuten/Ibaraki/Hoshiguma
Shuten/Ibaraki/Onikiri
Sometimes when you love a pairing very much you want them to be sex friends with their cute friends. Or playful makeout friends, or reassuring cuddle friends, whatever. I love the connections that Shuten and Iba have with their comrades and would love to see them fleshed out more.
Onikiri's complicated history with them! He's injured them both severely under Yorimitsu's control, and they clearly don't hold it against him; the comfortable teasing vibe they have in the first chapter of Shuten's Heian Stories segment just ended me, and I want to see more of that flavor where the two of them are chill and friendly and helping Onikiri unwind a little bit from his state of GRRRRR. Also, something right after Ibaraki arranged Onikiri's rescue from the netherworld seal he'd been left in, with reconciliation and emotional comfort and disarming him with honesty. Also, let's be honest, two bara hotties with a pretty bishounen pinned between them.
Hoshiguma being the Mom Friend to all of Mt. Oe is kind of adorable? I love the idea of him scolding them into keeping things running on the mountain, and I love them being fond of this little terrier who nips at their heels, and I love the idea of them wanting to spoil him in return for all his hard work. With sex. Also the idea of them letting him give orders in bed? They find it cute, and what's the harm when nobody's here to get the wrong idea? Also tho playing with his role as brewer of the demonic booze, with or without Ibaraki as assistant brewmaster (what a nice detail from the Celestial Realm). He's a good little knifecat.
Fave skins: Pick Onikiri's to go with where he is in his character arc, probably his evolved form? I like Hoshiguma's evo skin and also his new Winter Chef one a lot.
Kujira/Ootakemaru
Loyalty for DAYS. Kujira's Talisman Pass story demonstrates that humans were never good to him—that he didn't really get to be a person instead of a tool until he reached Mt. Suzuka. And now Ootakemaru has given him a name and a weapon worthy of the name and trusted him to see to his own goals but come back to defend what's now his home. I want a lot of devoted vassal/firebrand liege, pretty much. I want to kink on experience difference (Ootakemaru looks like a youth but probably has long years more experience than Kujira who just became a youkai, and who had little chance to gain consensual sexual experience as a human) and the size difference, and Kujira's admiration for and desire to please this rowdy fightboy who fears nothing. I would also intensely love Ootakemaru to be at least something of a switch (you can't tell me what to want in bed!!) and for that also to be a bit of (welcome) culture clash after Kujira's time with the pirates.
Fav skins: Kujira's evo (those scars!); Ootakemaru's SP (spooktake!).
Kidomaru/Seimei
I want Seimei's patience and kindness vs Kidomaru's bitterness and anger. Their experiences of being "adopted" into the human world were so different even in the same place and time. I want Kidomaru jealous of and longing for the "golden boy" that he's probably getting compared to, and some kind of fraught, secretive, probably dubcon intimacy between them where Seimei doesn't want to hurt Kidomaru and Kidomaru just wants to be acknowledged/touched by someone who isn't like those awful gross humans. Alternately, if you don't want to deal with the potentially underage issue there, a reunion more recently with all that history still simmering under the surface is really good too. Kidomaru being... idk, I guess yandere? unable to let go of the idea of Seimei and his need for Seimei's validation/affection, and Seimei still doesn't want to see any spirit, even an asura, as unreservedly evil. FEELINGS.
Fav skins: Kidomaru's Talisman Pass; Seimei looks great in everything including his festival one and his flashback young Seimei version.
Yorimitsu/Onikiri
Yorimitsu is terrible and Onikiri is entirely my type and the story events don't dig into their extremely messy history in nearly enough detail. Essentially what I want is to get the messy emotionally complicated details of any bits of their history—this might be a good request for a "5 times..." format tbh, looking at some of the key turning points for them. Or one straightforward (as if Yorimitsu is ever straightforward) adventure together, possibly after Onikiri's reforging when he's aware of all the bullshit Yorimitsu has pulled but clear-headed about it and they can be cooperating adversaries in the best way.
Adventures and battles are also really good, though I'd rather not see Yorimitsu successfully deploy Onikiri to assault any of the youkai lords/strongholds that we have positive interactions with in game (Arakawa, Tamamo, Mt. Suzuka, Mt. Oe)—battles against nameless foes at home or in the Demon Domain/Celestial Realm story, maybe? Or some fuckery from Orochi or a power play by cranky elders who don't like how this arrogant young onmyoji has taken over the noble Minamoto clan, those are good too! I'm just very easily sympathetic to monsters and don't want to watch them get massacred :x
Sex thoughts: is it kinky and/or perverse for Yorimitsu to fuck someone who is a) an object made for violent purposes x b) a member of the species he's declared war on? I bet he finds that completely filthy, whether he's congratulating himself for it or angry at his "weakness." Onikiri thinks like a weapon; before he gets his memories back he's probably doing his best to perform acceptably for his master, but afterward I bet he's looking for ways to use intimacy against That Man even if what they're doing still looks like seme/uke power imbalance.
Fav skins n/a since Yorimitsu doesn't have them; pick one for Onikiri to match where he is in his character arc (or whatever seems like the most fun for your work).
Yorimitsu/Orochi
Please let the bad snake man have a good time.
I'm here for fleshing out the history Yorimitsu had with this bad god before he really got his own power established. We see "junior" Yorimitsu (maybe a teen?) petitioning Orochi for a kind of power that humans shouldn't have. We know Orochi enjoys messing with humans, that perfect combo of sadistic/experimenting and hedonist. Please roll in it. All the humiliation and forced obeisance he can coax out of this lordling, making him say please and thank you, making him show off the hole he's oiled for his god to use, purring pet names and filth and just disrespecting his autonomy at every turn—knowing that Yorimitsu will cooperate despite the shame and anger (and possibly despite it going much further/continuing much longer than he believed it would) because there's no other way to get this power. ...just, fff. the way he calls Yorimitsu "arrogant boy" like it's an endearment, the way he makes adult Yorimitsu not just angry but shaken—it points to such good bad history.
And ovi would be a treat here, too—maybe the price for power is that Yorimitsu play host to a clutch of Orochi's snake minions! (And maybe while they're developing inside him they'll need to be bathed in the god's come regularly to nourish them. you know how it be.)
I would also be totally into Orochi fucking with present-day Yorimitsu after the resurrection arc gets him out of the rift, whether shadowy mindfuck or actual presence. Taunting Yorimitsu with the history they have, complimenting him on being so entertaining, making a powerful and arrogant onmyoji feel helpless. Good stuff.
Fav skins n/a for Yorimitsu, Threat in the Rift is my favorite for Orochi but he's got great ones all around.
Aoandon/Hououka
They share a life-sustaining flame! ;3; I love the idea of Aoandon coming back to the forest where Hououka makes her home, bringing back new stories and experiences to share with her lovely flame. They're probably partly stories about what she's seen/done herself, but also more spooky tales she's collected—using Aoandon/Hououka as a frame story and nesting something about other characters inside it would be neat!
But also, things that have nothing to do with storytelling/other people: expanding on their connection when Hououka saved Aoandon's life as she transformed into a spirit would be excellent stuff. Aoandon having a chance to save Hououka from trouble in return would be rad. Kink play with those controlled flames. Pretty red/blue color contrast motifs in art. Whatever you got for them, really.
Fav skins: Aoandon's Tale Teller or SP; Hououka's basic or evo.
Jorogumo/Kiyohime
This is just a ship of similarities, since these two are both cautionary tales about men treating women badly (you never know when she'll turn into a murderous monster instead of being quietly defeated!). They're very pretty monsters, and I'd like to see them having a good time together, or taking care of each other, or one coming to the other's rescue. Fussing over each other's hair and makeup. Figuring out mutually satisfying sex with both of their transformed bodies. Eating some villainous man who would have made a monster out of some other girl if they hadn't gotten to him first. All the fun things!
Fav skins: Kiyohime's Scarlet Love, Jorogumo's evo.
Tamamo & Small Spirits
The Demon Parade skin & its attendant bio (available on the wiki) just own me. I love this wild trickster fox having a strong caretaker streak and seeing the small weak spirits of the realm as... not replacements for his children, but chances to protect someone else who needs it. Low-stakes sweetness is good, as is playful mischief, as is some small spirit discovering that the great and fearsome Tamamo no Mae has a kind and gentle side, as is any kind of (successful) rescue scenario. Or a dinner party with Semei and his own shikigami friends! Or as noted above in the TTRPG media note, a game dynamic with Tamamo setting up little challenges for his small followers to triumph over. He's immensely dangerous when he wants to be, but with these little friends he doesn't want to be like that, and my heart melts.
Fav skin: SP Demon Parade.
Ships: Raidou/Satake, Raidou/Raido, Raidou/Choice of Demon
Additional Media Opt-Ins: n/a
Satake
My favorite friendly neighborhood mob boss! He hits all the notes a mob boss should: genial, approachable, concerned about the welfare of his people, calculating, ruthless, always thinking about how to make assets and dispose of problems. A pretty young thing who's clever, connected, and in command of supernatural powers is a great asset. He should seduce Raidou, possibly as a way to get the kid more thoroughly in his pocket, possibly just because he's a man of tradition and power admiring a beautiful youth. (If the alternate history of Raidou's Japan means the warrior/page wakashudo tradition was never suppressed, so much the better.) This is a ship of indulgence for me: a little sleazy, leaning into some sensual indulgences (the bathhouse itself, all the expensive commodities Satake can afford, the sophisticated/adult pleasure of alcohol or more illicit drugs), not romantic in any meaningful way but going through the motions with a vengeance. I like Raidou knowing what kind of man he's dealing with—he's not going to give his heart away—but still flattered by the attention and sometimes overwhelmed by how all of this feels.
Raido
For all that this is more or less selfcest, I'm really interested in how much they contrast. Raido is so clearly from a rougher, nastier, more difficult timeline, and I'd love to see that show up in how he approaches a relationship/sex—more guarded, more aggressive, more likely to be already experienced (but maybe not in a good way?), and I'd love to see our protag Raidou engage with that. I don't much care how you get them back into the same dimension; maybe they're on a case together, or maybe one of them is on a case and needs the other's help, or maybe some demon has meddled with one of them in a way that only the other can solve (sexily!).
Demons
I just like monsterfucking ok. I like consensual encounters for mutual pleasure, more cold-blooded consensual sex for negotiations, and also Raidou getting in over his head and getting nonconned possibly with Charm involved. Also, a summoned demon watching, making suggestions, or stepping in to assist while Raidou is with either of the partners above! Also also, what if a shunga print of the young hero of the Capital engaged in intimate negotiations?
Ship: Gaston/Hallelujah
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Text Fic
Media
Text fic: This just feels like such a great match for Gaston's tendency to bluster around saying things in person? Maybe it's easier to get to an honest place, or to ask questions, if he's texting Hal from a different room in the same underground. Maybe he even meant to be searching for something at first and accidentally sent the request to Hal instead of apocalypse google. Maybe Burroughs is helping (or "helping") to get the conversation going!
Ship Stuff
After the hardcore megaten alignment heartpunching in IV, I really liked seeing these two show up in the sequel representing Team Angels and Team Demons, and then instead of being irreconcilable and doomed, they both wound up deciding those guys sucked and choosing Team Humanity when the chips were down. And they pushed each other into it in a lot of ways, and the way their aggravation and frustration got shaken into mutual respect, I honestly can't get enough of it. Also I love the size difference, and Gaston being a blustery but secretly very thirsty mess, and Hal's demon form is v v good. I want a lot of tropey shit here tbh. Optional prompts:
They're pining and pretending not to and Chiro has had enough! Mischief fox demon will do whatever it takes to get his stupid person and that other even stupider person to kiss. (Heckling from Navarre would also fit the bill here.)
Gaston walks in on Hal masturbating, or catches a glimpse of him in the shower and can't stop thinking about it, and is dying of thirst. Bonus points if Hal's in demon form and he has to confront that aspect of his desires too.
Every forced proximity trope in your arsenal. Huddling for warmth, only one bed, magically handcuffed together by a demon, accidental soulbond after which it hurts to be physically parted, whatever. Smush them together until they have to notice how it feels.
Actual demon Hallelujah AU with Gaston as captive/tribute/plaything, afraid of these monsters but helplessly aroused, and trying to please this one relatively nice one so nothing worse will happen to him....
That, except it's consensual roleplay.
Thank you for coming to check out my letter! I hope you have fun with this exchange. I've repeated my general preferences from my signup here, and then added some rambling-slash-prompt suggestions for each ship—please don't take any of those as demands, and please feel free to improvise with them as much as you'd like. I am excited to open up my box in november and discover what you've made!
Also I profusely apologize for the varying lengths of these sections and promise you I want every ship in this letter passionately. ;3;
Happy creating!
General Preferences
Makai Ouji
Starving Anonymous
Genshin Impact
Granblue Fantasy
A House of Many Doors
Onmyoji
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
General Preferences
Fic Likes: sex, both kinky and vanilla; attention to power dynamics; canon-typical levels & types of violence; xeno; incorporating game mechanics; emotional connections and reconnections; hurt/comfort that focuses on the comfort; happy/hopeful endings unless otherwise specified, even for villains
Art Likes: kisses; hands; significant touches like cradling someone's face in one hand; scars, bruises, post-battle bandaging up; attractively bloodied noses; alternate costumes or trading outfits, including "what they'd wear in x AU"; candlelight/firelight/other distinct light sources; characters cuddling or leaning on each other; characters visibly enjoying sex
DNW: gen of requested ships; death of requested characters; pregnancy/birth/children; gender dysphoria; unrequested noncon, past rape or rape recovery plotlines; scat/vomit/force-feeding; issuefic; medical kink; completely mundane AUs; soulmate/soulmark, "mate for life," or similar predestined relationship tropes
I'm opting into the following media in all my requests:
Comics
Fanart
Fanart Cover/Illustration of My Fic
Pin-up Poster of Character
These are just good shit at all times!! Comics are awesome, fanart of my ships is great, and fanart of things I've previously done for those ships is immensely flattering. I do prefer comics with at least a little bit of narration/dialogue of some kind, as I can get lost trying to follow wordless storytelling.
With pinups, I particularly love the playfulness that goes along with the sexiness, and if there's a way to use important things from the character's identity or arc as props, go for it. If you want to do a single pinup and i've requested a ship, please feel free to incorporate the second character via props or things like the focus character (almost) wearing the other's clothes, or a note scrawled on the poster as if it's been autographed by the pinup character to their sweetie.
Makai Ouji
Ships: Dantalion/Gilgamesh, Solomon/Sytry
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Stained Glass, Tarot, Zodiac
Media
For stained glass I am absolutely thinking about riffs on religious imagery and stylized, symbolic representations of their connection—Dantalion and Gilgamesh each with a hand on the hilt of the sword between them, that kind of thing. Using the demons' Goetia seals in the background would be an awesome bonus.
For tarot art, I think it'd be neat to have the two characters in a ship be figures in the same card (e.g., Dantalion and Gilgamesh destroying an enemy together as the Chariot), but also it'd be really cool to have them be two different cards with a thematic link (e.g., Solomon as the Emperor and Sytry as the Empress). Follow your heart! I am an amateur tarot nerd, which is to say I'll recognize basic card symbolism but probably not nuances of drawing from specific indie decks.
Zodiac I'm picturing similar themes to Tarot; given the setting/worldbuilding, I'd prefer western to eastern zodiac signs for this fandom.
Dantalion/Gilgamesh
Dantalion's relationship with William is very sweet and good but Gilgamesh just oozed raw sensuality from the moment he appeared on the page and I have needs. I'm not looking for actual romance here, but any sort of mutual understanding—they're both playing a game with ulterior motives, but they can respect and admire each other as powers of Hell—would be delicious.
Sitri/Solomon
Holy damn, Sitri's endless devotion to Solomon is a lot. I love it, his fierce devotion and the way that he seemed to be Solomon's solace toward the end of his life, the precious bright jewel to give Solomon comfort when he was so sorely tested. The canon itself plays really fast and loose with historical/biblical information about the time period, so you should feel free to do likewise—incorporate as much or as little background from other sources as you like. Optional prompts:
Starving Anonymous
Ships: Natsune/Yamabiki
Additional Media Opt-Ins: In-Universe Scientific Documents (written or illustrated text); Excerpts from a Journal/Notebook (written or illustrated text)
DNW clarification from signup: you can mention canonical sexual abuse or the breeding facility incidents if you need to, but please don't center your work around sexual violence/trauma.
Whew! These two go through so much and I would love to see them coping with the fallout together. Their allegiance is so good and they're willing to accept and trust in each other's monstrousness to do the horrific things that must be done for the sake of humanity, please just let me see them have more intimacy too. In h/c situations I lean towards Natsune as the one being hurt & comforted but the other way is also fine and both is definitely good. They've certainly both racked up plenty of hurts from canon.
Media
Scientific Documents, Journal/Notebook: I'm thinking about Yamabiki's background and his scientific approach and idk, maybe he's making notes to keep track of things when they're underground, or maybe in the aftermath he's processing everything they've been through by turning it into a familiar format that lets him feel like a researcher in control instead of a person desperately seeking a survival strategy. I'm really interested in seeing the tension between how visceral the experiences were and him trying to relate them in a detached, "objective" way.
Prompts
Genshin Impact
Not-Ships: Worldbuilding: Fatui; Worldbuilding: Hilichurl Culture
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - In-Universe Religious Text, Illustrated Text (Art & Writing) - Mission Report, Poetry - In-Universe Poetry, Poetry - In-Universe Prayer, Unique Rules - Map: City or Country or World, Writing - Grammar Sketch, Writing - In-Universe Religious Text
Request-Specific DNW: Manga canon. In general, cartoon evil Fatui where everyone is miserable and probably enslaved and superior officers kill more of their own men than the enemy does. Please, please, give me more nuance than that. Also DNW Tartaglia/Zhongli.
I've always had this problem where I'll jump at any excuse to sympathize with baddies, and mihoyo gives us just enough info about our rank-and-file enemies to make them seem really neat. Please flesh them out for me! Make them people, so I feel even worse about needing to go farm ascension materials from them.
Media
I asked for too many to break them out individually here but I think the individual WB prompts suggest what I'm looking for; I am hype for all sorts of artistic and practical and cultural production from these factions.
Hilichurls
I would LOVE something that shows us a hilichurl POV on basically anything. I appreciate what it says about all parties that our in-universe information is basically smug colonialist anthropology about hilichurls, but dear gods I would love to see anything about them that isn't through that filter. A myth they tell to explain some facet of their world! An epic poem about the deeds of a lawachurl culture hero! A set of petroglyphs to celebrate their god(s) and ask their favor! A surprisingly gentle romance between a brave mitachurl and the little hilichurl archer who never expected to be noticed by someone so strong! Take this where you want. I am probably least interested in connecting modern hilichurls with Khaenri'ah, though if little bits of Khaenri'ah's fall still show up in hilichurl folklore that's neat. Cameos from human characters ok as long as they're not the focus and don't go around slaughtering 'churls.
If you do hilichurl stuff that touches on gender at all, I am open to a lot of things (no dimorphism, so we just can't tell when we're interacting with what gender? different gendered 'churls live in different groups—possibly each of the three clans living around Dadaupa is a different gender? hilichurl society only has a single gender and/or a single sex?); the only thing I would really like to avoid is like... Argonian titty syndrome, where you make the female of a nonhuman group by slapping some human stereotypically female/sexualized traits onto the default design.
Fatui
Every time we get to meet one of the Fatui and they turn out to be just, you know, people doing people things, I'm charmed. Viktor trying to insist he's a bad guy and not being convincing. Pavel wanting to go home. Vlad and Nadia's clumsy pen pal romance. The poor legionnaire in Ganyu's story quest who was just trying to harvest berries. And the skirmishers hanging out in groups keeping each other company! So cute. I'd love to see some camaraderie among them and exploration of why they'd join up, what their missions are like, how the conflict looks from their side... How do they relate to the Tsaritsa? Like Baal, she's both ruler and deity; are there rites or prayers for her favor? How do they keep their morale up on long deployments far from home? What does a mission report look like after they've gotten back from the field? Do they have their own maps of the territory that label places and objectives differently than our world map does? I'd prefer to keep the Harbingers mostly off-screen (tho Tartaglia's my fave and I wouldn't say no to a bit of him) but gossip and rumors among the ordinary soldiers about the Eleven would be neat.
If you do Fatui stuff and you want to ship them, I ship the skirmishers in any combination including polycules (teamwork in a foreign land is compelling!), Pyro Agent/Mirror Maiden, Mirror Maiden/Cryo Cicin Mage, and probably any other combo you're into.
Granblue Fantasy
Ships: Belial/Lucifer, Belial/Lucilius, Belial/Sariel, Cain/Reinhardtzar, Dex/Isaac, Kou/Siegfried
Additional Media Opt-ins: Stained Glass, Tarot Art
Media
Stained Glass: For stained glass I'm mostly thinking about the angel ships, and all the ways you could play with religious imagery there—a dark twist on creation themes, or Belial's tempter/serpent motif, or the dark/light halves of the soul. If you have a stained glass image in mind for one of the mortal ships though, please go for it.
For tarot art, I think it'd be neat to have the two characters in a ship be figures in the same card (e.g., Strength as Isaac calming Dex's destructive impulses), but also it'd be really cool to have them be two different cards with a thematic link (e.g., Lucifer for the Lovers and Belial for the Devil). Follow your heart! I am an amateur tarot nerd, which is to say I'll recognize basic card symbolism but probably not nuances of drawing from specific indie decks.
Belial/Lucilius:
"Morning Light Hymnus" destroyed me and I will never recover. The difference between the way Belial feels about everything else in creation and the way he feels about Lucilius, rude. It's such a mess and he's so devoted, help. I'm entirely open to the possibility that he can't help it, that adoration for Cilius was programmed into him from the start (and then it got contaminated with his carnal tendencies and he expressed it in a way Cilius didn't expect?), possibly then evolving in unplanned directions. His sex bomb everything also being a deliberate creation choice, to make him useful in seducing people that Lucilius needed cooperation from and didn't want to interface with? Also neat. (Also the possibility that I've seen floated around recently that Belial embodies a lot of things Lucilius finds attractive but doesn't respect himself for.) Really just. Any amount of playing with the creator/creation intelligent design angle is cool.
I would love to see some post-000 fallout for them, after Belial could have walked (flown) away from consequences and instead chose dimensional exile to stay with the one man who matters. What if they go into that dimensional rift and come out somewhere else? Or somewhen else, transported to some other point in sky realm history? (canon events or making shit up are both totally fine.) Somewhere else could be a world of your choosing or a sneaky crossover that they don't recognize (but I might). The crucial part here would be that it's just the two of them without Astral society for backup, without the means to work toward Cilius' grand finale—needing to rely on each other in close quarters and vulnerable enough that maybe, MAYBE Cilius will finally confront some of the emotional mess going on here.
If you'd be more comfortable doing something set back in Canaan, though, please do; there's so much to flesh out there, including how Belial first came into being and learned his role (and fell for his beautiful, prickly creator); how the labs were run and what tasks each of them would attend to regularly (maybe you could track the progress of an experiment or the creation of a new primal?); how Lucilius started plotting against the Council and made Belial his most useful (and double-edged) tool for the purpose; and of course in all cases, how Belial carried a torch for Cilius with fanatic, unrequited devotion (even if he bangs other people to accomplish their goals—Belial bribing, bargaining, and obfuscating with sex is always good stuff).
Now let's ignore all that stuff about Belial only having feelings for Cilius and look at the versions of reality where he manages to connect a little more broadly. (Engaging with how he connects with someone else despite his attachment to Cilius is welcome but entirely optional; don't feel any need to bring it in unless you want to.)
Belial Sariel
Belial/Lucifer
Cain/Reinhardtzar
What a fucking great character arc, seriously. From enemies to "I need you" / "If you don't come back from this fight, I won't either." fuck! I love the way they learn to see each other's virtues as they spend more time together, and come to realize that despite first impressions they're looking at a damn solid ally. And they've both been through so much with the war that destroyed Torhid, but they've *both* been through it and can understand each other's scars. ...Also, holy damn that size difference.
Kou/Siegfried
Yes, this is a crack ship. It's just that Summer Siegfried has that lovely costume like he's visiting a traditional Japanese resort. And in Kou's fates we learn that he's been trained in traditional hospitality arts! And it's a beautiful image, Kou being nervous and a touch prickly and trying to get all the details right as he pours sake and performs his dances, and Siegfried being unfamiliar with this island's traditions but warm and gracious, appreciative of the gesture. If the evening ends with Kou in his guest's bed, I would hope Siegfried would be just as sweet and gentle as can be, taking good care of the charming boy who's been taking care of him all evening.
I would also be painfully weak for Kou having his first heat in Siegfried's company for whatever contrived reason, and Siegfried doing his best to help this blustery little fox who's trying to pretend he can handle everything.
Dex/Isaac
Nomf, look at this huge slab of beefcake and this scruffy nerd. I love that size difference and I love the ambiguity in their scenes together—the way, possibly because of the chaos matter scalpel, Dex's threat level went down around Isaac and he seemed the least alarming of the Omega 3. I think the ambiguity is my favorite part, tbh; I'd be less interested in something where that tension is pre-resolved either as "Dex is just a monster" or "now Dex is a real boy" from the start. But you can lean in either direction! There are good options both ways. I like Isaac trying to figure out what he can trust this bruiser with and how to stay safe around him, and Dex trying to figure out why being around Isaac makes him feel so different (and whether he likes that difference). Maybe Isaac is really attracted, but maybe he's alarmed by Dex's curiosity and trying to protect his secrets, and using sex as a distraction. Central Axis having creepy dehumanizing protocols about who can have sex when would be excellent here, for the taboo-breaking potential and how acting without orders could destabilize Dex's worldview further. ...If you're up for canon divergence where he survives or regenerates following the battles on the surface, I am 500% a happy audience for that, but don't stress over it if that's not where you want to go.
I also requested these guys in Heat Fic Summer and would absolutely still be interested in those prompts too.
A House of Many Doors
Ships: WB Entomarch, Captain/Penpusher, Captain/Jack of Quills, Captain/Lord of Crows
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Epistolary, In-Universe Poetry
I do not have strong feelings about the Captain's gender; as long as they're comfortable with the shape of their body, please use whatever combination of pronouns and anatomy appeals to you.
Media
Epistolary, In-Universe Poetry: Both of these media tags are selected with the thought that the Captain does a lot of writing in the course of their adventures, and a non-procedurally-generated look at some of their letters and/or poems would be really neat. Is this an ode praising the charms of an unusual lover? An elegy for a room in the House falling to ruin? A piece of a travelogue in the form of a letter home? A series of letters to the editor of one of the Cities' publications?
Entomarch
There are honestly a lot of cool regions in the House that could stand some worldbuilding. The Entomarch is one of my favorites but if it's not one of yours, show me around one you like better. How do people live in a parasite dimension? What kind of ecosystem can develop there? Maybe a historical account of some previous conflict between Entomarch nobles? Maybe a treatise on the husbandry of a particular sort of giant beetle?
Captain/Jack of Quills
I just want the AU where Jack doesn't decide he's not ready for this. What would sex with him be *like*? What's the rest of his body look like? Are there additional pen-parts in his pants? How does he get off? Is there writing on skin, with Jack either writing or being written on? Does he talk constantly during sex and is it charmingly ridiculous? Do those sharp nibs of his cut up the Captain's skin, and is that a side effect to tolerate or an additional enticement? Does this wind up being a tremendously hot encounter or is it adorable fail sex? I have so many questions and I guarantee that if you have answers they're correct.
Captain/Penpusher
If at first you don't succeed, get more creative next time! I feel like the in-game hookup between these two went badly because the Captain approached it as if they were having sex with another human, when clearly they need to take a more individualized approach. Please show me how this could actually become satisfying for both parties! If you wanna research shark biology and throw bits of that in there, awesome; if you wanna just handwave and go with whatever kind of xeno anatomy and function excite you, also awesome. In either case, kinking on the size difference here (and the fact that it's exciting and strange for Penpusher to be the bigger one, when he's a runt among his own people) is cool too.
ALTERNATELY, give me the AU where the Captain was another carchar! What would that have looked like? How do giant shark people get it on? What's sexy for them? What's taboo? Is Penpusher kinky by carchar standards in addition to being a rebel on the literacy front?
Captain/Lord of Crows
This was the most amazing bizarre erotic experience I found in this game (I did miss the oil rig). Just wow. I want more. Maybe you're elaborating on the scene we get or maybe the Captain goes back for a second date after that first one is so earth-shattering that nothing else compares afterward. I just want more details, weird and hallucinatory and maybe painful and definitely breathtaking. Art of this encounter would be likewise *amazing*; what the hell does sex with the Lord of Crows even look like? I'm not big into heavy guro but I feel like some body horror imagery here would be entirely appropriate if that's a thing that moves you.
Onmyoji
Ships: Hannya/Yasha, Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji, Ibaraki Douji/Onikiri/Shuten Douji, Hoshiguma Douji/Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji, Kujira/Otakemaru, Yorimitsu/Onikiri, Yorimitsu/Orochi, Tamamo & Small Spirits, Kidomaru/Seimei, Hannya/Ichimokuren, Aoandon/Hououka, Jorogumo/Kiyohime
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Creepypasta, Spell or Ritual Instructions, TTRPG Campaign, Art - Zodiac Sign
Consent issues are fine in ships involving Yorimitsu, Kidomaru, or Menreikis.
Everybody's claws, horns, transformations, powers, and other xeno weirdness is absolutely welcome in your fanwork, just for the record. I'm noting my favorite skins for each character mostly in case you are drawing and are unsure which to pick; if you're drawn (hehe) to a different one, that one's also gorgeous.
Media
So the thing with creepypasta is that a lot of the spirits in Onmyoji basically *are* their era's equivalent of creepypasta characters; if you look up the folklore for someone like Kamikui (Kamikiri) or Dodomeki, they have that spooky legend/rumor feel already. You could do something in canon setting with court nobles passing around someone's account of a close call or commoners warning each other about the dangers of the forest... or I'd be down for a modern AU where these spirits are still around and people are literally writing creepypasta on the internet about the demon kings of Mt. Oe or what have you. Also I would like to note that Aoandon is the patron youkai of creepypasta, who both collects the stories and has become one herself (and if you hear her 100th tale—).
Spell or Ritual Instructions obvs I'm thinking about onmyoji spells, how they would seek to make pacts with these various spirits and what you need to worry about when trying to interact with them. But also, how many of these guys—especially the powerful ones—have little local shrines and informal worship dedicated to them? Or superstitions about how to placate them before moving through their territory? Generally this lends itself well to a lot of outsider POV, how humans attempt to understand and interact with the magical beings around them.
TTRPG is just a chance to do something playful and fun; the two things that I've thought about are the possibility of Hoshiguma running the worst-behaved table for the inhabitants of Mt. Oe (and visitors? feel free to bring over some of the other fightboys they've hung out with if you want to make a bigger party), or Tamamo DMing for some of the small spirits who hang out with him (i'm so fond of all the little guys in his Demon Parade skin). But if you want to throw someone else together, please do! I bet Aoandon would like running a spooky mystery game too.
Zodiac: Theme art is neat! If you want to do the characters in a ship as signs of the zodiac, interacting with each other or not, I'm into it. I'd prefer eastern zodiac for this fandom given their background. Some of the characters are probably a little obvious (Ichimokuren -> the Dragon?) but a lot of them could go various ways and I'd love to see your interpretations.
Hannya/Yasha
Look, it's just that they're both very attractive, neither of them have existing obvious ship choices, and they'd both enjoy dancing in the blood of their enemies. Or strangers, tbh. A lot of the youkai in Onmyoji have nobility or grace or conditions in which they're better than people expect them to be, and these two are just. Nope. Hannya has an origin story for being a pretty monster but Yasha doesn't even have that. These two are monsters and fine with it. Does Hannya suggest a target that Yasha should go after? Does Yasha bring Hannya a still-warm heart or liver as a courting gift and/or cat-sharing-prey offering? Does Yasha put Hannya's long slender legs over his shoulders and fuck him raw? Does Hannya rake sharp nails down Yasha's back to urge him on? Just give me sexy monsters doing bad things (like each other), pls.
Fav skins: Hannya's basic & Yasha's evo or Blood Thirst.
Hannya/Ichimoku Ren
I'm just really curious about this! They showed up to this summer's fireworks show together, walking along and chatting like they're comfortable with each other, and that seems like such an odd fit when Hannya is made of spite and Ren is a cinnamon roll. How did they make each other's acquaintance? What do they like about each other? Does Ren's gentleness soothe Hannya's anger and jealousy? ...Does Hannya stick up for Ren when he's reluctant to do it for himself? Do they have gentle sex, being emotionally vulnerable together, or is it all storm and passion? I'm excited about all the possibilities.
Fav skins: I think this is probably Vengeful Hannya; Ren i like his evo and Wind Shield.
Ibaraki Douji/Shuten Douji
I love that the game has moved toward having their relationship be more mutual rather than the hopeless pining of Ch. 10-11. Also using "good friend" or "best friend" as a term of endearment just charms me so much. We know from the Celestial Realm dream fragments that they've known each other for hundreds of years, since Ibaraki was a smol oni child and Shuten was the "divine child" of a human monastery; I would love to see any of their adventures together rendered in loving detail. Some suggestions:
Fav skins: Iba I like barefoot and showing off, so Maple Memories or Winter Bamboo; Shuten I can't even pick, they're all good, SP included.
Shuten/Ibaraki/Hoshiguma
Shuten/Ibaraki/Onikiri
Sometimes when you love a pairing very much you want them to be sex friends with their cute friends. Or playful makeout friends, or reassuring cuddle friends, whatever. I love the connections that Shuten and Iba have with their comrades and would love to see them fleshed out more.
Fave skins: Pick Onikiri's to go with where he is in his character arc, probably his evolved form? I like Hoshiguma's evo skin and also his new Winter Chef one a lot.
Kujira/Ootakemaru
Loyalty for DAYS. Kujira's Talisman Pass story demonstrates that humans were never good to him—that he didn't really get to be a person instead of a tool until he reached Mt. Suzuka. And now Ootakemaru has given him a name and a weapon worthy of the name and trusted him to see to his own goals but come back to defend what's now his home. I want a lot of devoted vassal/firebrand liege, pretty much. I want to kink on experience difference (Ootakemaru looks like a youth but probably has long years more experience than Kujira who just became a youkai, and who had little chance to gain consensual sexual experience as a human) and the size difference, and Kujira's admiration for and desire to please this rowdy fightboy who fears nothing. I would also intensely love Ootakemaru to be at least something of a switch (you can't tell me what to want in bed!!) and for that also to be a bit of (welcome) culture clash after Kujira's time with the pirates.
Fav skins: Kujira's evo (those scars!); Ootakemaru's SP (spooktake!).
Kidomaru/Seimei
I want Seimei's patience and kindness vs Kidomaru's bitterness and anger. Their experiences of being "adopted" into the human world were so different even in the same place and time. I want Kidomaru jealous of and longing for the "golden boy" that he's probably getting compared to, and some kind of fraught, secretive, probably dubcon intimacy between them where Seimei doesn't want to hurt Kidomaru and Kidomaru just wants to be acknowledged/touched by someone who isn't like those awful gross humans. Alternately, if you don't want to deal with the potentially underage issue there, a reunion more recently with all that history still simmering under the surface is really good too. Kidomaru being... idk, I guess yandere? unable to let go of the idea of Seimei and his need for Seimei's validation/affection, and Seimei still doesn't want to see any spirit, even an asura, as unreservedly evil. FEELINGS.
Fav skins: Kidomaru's Talisman Pass; Seimei looks great in everything including his festival one and his flashback young Seimei version.
Yorimitsu/Onikiri
Yorimitsu is terrible and Onikiri is entirely my type and the story events don't dig into their extremely messy history in nearly enough detail. Essentially what I want is to get the messy emotionally complicated details of any bits of their history—this might be a good request for a "5 times..." format tbh, looking at some of the key turning points for them. Or one straightforward (as if Yorimitsu is ever straightforward) adventure together, possibly after Onikiri's reforging when he's aware of all the bullshit Yorimitsu has pulled but clear-headed about it and they can be cooperating adversaries in the best way.
Adventures and battles are also really good, though I'd rather not see Yorimitsu successfully deploy Onikiri to assault any of the youkai lords/strongholds that we have positive interactions with in game (Arakawa, Tamamo, Mt. Suzuka, Mt. Oe)—battles against nameless foes at home or in the Demon Domain/Celestial Realm story, maybe? Or some fuckery from Orochi or a power play by cranky elders who don't like how this arrogant young onmyoji has taken over the noble Minamoto clan, those are good too! I'm just very easily sympathetic to monsters and don't want to watch them get massacred :x
Sex thoughts: is it kinky and/or perverse for Yorimitsu to fuck someone who is a) an object made for violent purposes x b) a member of the species he's declared war on? I bet he finds that completely filthy, whether he's congratulating himself for it or angry at his "weakness." Onikiri thinks like a weapon; before he gets his memories back he's probably doing his best to perform acceptably for his master, but afterward I bet he's looking for ways to use intimacy against That Man even if what they're doing still looks like seme/uke power imbalance.
Fav skins n/a since Yorimitsu doesn't have them; pick one for Onikiri to match where he is in his character arc (or whatever seems like the most fun for your work).
Yorimitsu/Orochi
Please let the bad snake man have a good time.
I'm here for fleshing out the history Yorimitsu had with this bad god before he really got his own power established. We see "junior" Yorimitsu (maybe a teen?) petitioning Orochi for a kind of power that humans shouldn't have. We know Orochi enjoys messing with humans, that perfect combo of sadistic/experimenting and hedonist. Please roll in it. All the humiliation and forced obeisance he can coax out of this lordling, making him say please and thank you, making him show off the hole he's oiled for his god to use, purring pet names and filth and just disrespecting his autonomy at every turn—knowing that Yorimitsu will cooperate despite the shame and anger (and possibly despite it going much further/continuing much longer than he believed it would) because there's no other way to get this power. ...just, fff. the way he calls Yorimitsu "arrogant boy" like it's an endearment, the way he makes adult Yorimitsu not just angry but shaken—it points to such good bad history.
And ovi would be a treat here, too—maybe the price for power is that Yorimitsu play host to a clutch of Orochi's snake minions! (And maybe while they're developing inside him they'll need to be bathed in the god's come regularly to nourish them. you know how it be.)
I would also be totally into Orochi fucking with present-day Yorimitsu after the resurrection arc gets him out of the rift, whether shadowy mindfuck or actual presence. Taunting Yorimitsu with the history they have, complimenting him on being so entertaining, making a powerful and arrogant onmyoji feel helpless. Good stuff.
Fav skins n/a for Yorimitsu, Threat in the Rift is my favorite for Orochi but he's got great ones all around.
Aoandon/Hououka
They share a life-sustaining flame! ;3; I love the idea of Aoandon coming back to the forest where Hououka makes her home, bringing back new stories and experiences to share with her lovely flame. They're probably partly stories about what she's seen/done herself, but also more spooky tales she's collected—using Aoandon/Hououka as a frame story and nesting something about other characters inside it would be neat!
But also, things that have nothing to do with storytelling/other people: expanding on their connection when Hououka saved Aoandon's life as she transformed into a spirit would be excellent stuff. Aoandon having a chance to save Hououka from trouble in return would be rad. Kink play with those controlled flames. Pretty red/blue color contrast motifs in art. Whatever you got for them, really.
Fav skins: Aoandon's Tale Teller or SP; Hououka's basic or evo.
Jorogumo/Kiyohime
This is just a ship of similarities, since these two are both cautionary tales about men treating women badly (you never know when she'll turn into a murderous monster instead of being quietly defeated!). They're very pretty monsters, and I'd like to see them having a good time together, or taking care of each other, or one coming to the other's rescue. Fussing over each other's hair and makeup. Figuring out mutually satisfying sex with both of their transformed bodies. Eating some villainous man who would have made a monster out of some other girl if they hadn't gotten to him first. All the fun things!
Fav skins: Kiyohime's Scarlet Love, Jorogumo's evo.
Tamamo & Small Spirits
The Demon Parade skin & its attendant bio (available on the wiki) just own me. I love this wild trickster fox having a strong caretaker streak and seeing the small weak spirits of the realm as... not replacements for his children, but chances to protect someone else who needs it. Low-stakes sweetness is good, as is playful mischief, as is some small spirit discovering that the great and fearsome Tamamo no Mae has a kind and gentle side, as is any kind of (successful) rescue scenario. Or a dinner party with Semei and his own shikigami friends! Or as noted above in the TTRPG media note, a game dynamic with Tamamo setting up little challenges for his small followers to triumph over. He's immensely dangerous when he wants to be, but with these little friends he doesn't want to be like that, and my heart melts.
Fav skin: SP Demon Parade.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
Ships: Raidou/Satake, Raidou/Raido, Raidou/Choice of Demon
Additional Media Opt-Ins: n/a
Satake
My favorite friendly neighborhood mob boss! He hits all the notes a mob boss should: genial, approachable, concerned about the welfare of his people, calculating, ruthless, always thinking about how to make assets and dispose of problems. A pretty young thing who's clever, connected, and in command of supernatural powers is a great asset. He should seduce Raidou, possibly as a way to get the kid more thoroughly in his pocket, possibly just because he's a man of tradition and power admiring a beautiful youth. (If the alternate history of Raidou's Japan means the warrior/page wakashudo tradition was never suppressed, so much the better.) This is a ship of indulgence for me: a little sleazy, leaning into some sensual indulgences (the bathhouse itself, all the expensive commodities Satake can afford, the sophisticated/adult pleasure of alcohol or more illicit drugs), not romantic in any meaningful way but going through the motions with a vengeance. I like Raidou knowing what kind of man he's dealing with—he's not going to give his heart away—but still flattered by the attention and sometimes overwhelmed by how all of this feels.
Raido
For all that this is more or less selfcest, I'm really interested in how much they contrast. Raido is so clearly from a rougher, nastier, more difficult timeline, and I'd love to see that show up in how he approaches a relationship/sex—more guarded, more aggressive, more likely to be already experienced (but maybe not in a good way?), and I'd love to see our protag Raidou engage with that. I don't much care how you get them back into the same dimension; maybe they're on a case together, or maybe one of them is on a case and needs the other's help, or maybe some demon has meddled with one of them in a way that only the other can solve (sexily!).
Demons
I just like monsterfucking ok. I like consensual encounters for mutual pleasure, more cold-blooded consensual sex for negotiations, and also Raidou getting in over his head and getting nonconned possibly with Charm involved. Also, a summoned demon watching, making suggestions, or stepping in to assist while Raidou is with either of the partners above! Also also, what if a shunga print of the young hero of the Capital engaged in intimate negotiations?
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Ship: Gaston/Hallelujah
Additional Media Opt-Ins: Text Fic
Media
Text fic: This just feels like such a great match for Gaston's tendency to bluster around saying things in person? Maybe it's easier to get to an honest place, or to ask questions, if he's texting Hal from a different room in the same underground. Maybe he even meant to be searching for something at first and accidentally sent the request to Hal instead of apocalypse google. Maybe Burroughs is helping (or "helping") to get the conversation going!
Ship Stuff
After the hardcore megaten alignment heartpunching in IV, I really liked seeing these two show up in the sequel representing Team Angels and Team Demons, and then instead of being irreconcilable and doomed, they both wound up deciding those guys sucked and choosing Team Humanity when the chips were down. And they pushed each other into it in a lot of ways, and the way their aggravation and frustration got shaken into mutual respect, I honestly can't get enough of it. Also I love the size difference, and Gaston being a blustery but secretly very thirsty mess, and Hal's demon form is v v good. I want a lot of tropey shit here tbh. Optional prompts:
