Hello, Battleship!
I just threw some freeform tags around, don't worry about sticking to them too much. I'm sure I'll love anything that doesn't hit my DNWs!
general likes:
character studies, relationship studies
established relationships, either going through trials together or just being in love!
getting together as a couple, especially under dramatic or tragic circumstances
mutual pining and/or waiting to get together but choosing not to make a move
hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort
recovery from past trauma, recovery from current trauma, current trauma triggering past trauma
tragic endings, bittersweet endings, ambiguous endings, happy endings
gifts/caretaking as a form of love
cuddling, hugging, holding hands--touching to show love, to comfort, to nurture
showing love in unconventional ways
touch as a show of love and comfort
relaxing after a hard day or a battle
almost losing a loved one in battle/thank-god-we're alive moments
a third party playing matchmaker
humor! get silly with it.
on that note, I love the classic goofy transformation tropes, like bodyswap and characters turning into animals.
general smut likes:
Exploring bodies, worshiping bodies--eyes, hands, mouths, I love it all! I know this is a broad category but seriously anything is great. Some examples: body worship, fingers in mouths/finger sucking, slowly tracing a hand down a partner's body, touching different places with a hand or a mouth to see a partner's reaction.
Anal play in all gender combinations, but especially when the recipient is male. Fingering, rimming, pegging. All amazing!
Long, slow lovemaking sessions with lots of making out, foreplay, fingering, etc.
One person being less experienced but very enthusiastic and the other absolutely loving that. (Anything from not having tried a particular act all the way down to not really knowing anything about sex At All but being very excited to learn.)
Athletic sex, from characters having a ton of strength and endurance to characters being super flexible.
Awkward but loving first times (in general or the first time doing a specific act).
Coming untouched.
Coming before the "main event", whether that leads the being "done" early, taking a break before getting back to it, or not stopping for a second and the character that came being overstimulated.
Come play, come swallowing, facials, snowballing, etc.
Nipple/breast play
Mutual masturbation, or one character watching the other one get off.
Talking in bed!! Banter, dirty talk, praise, etc. (I read hentai manga so I have a pretty high tolerance for goofy dirty talk, as long as it seems in character.)
Post-battle sex: thank-god-you're-alive, having extra energy after a fight and wanting to get it out of your system, getting turned on by a partner's skills, careful sex while someone is injured.
Consensual use of magic/powers during sex, including as an aphrodisiac.
Non-penetrative sex, especially intercrural and frottage
Size kink (focus on canon size differences; realistically big dicks; large sex toys)
Touch-starved characters finally getting what they need
Emotions running high: laughter, crying, etc.
Sexual mishaps and sex that doesn't go quite as planned.
AUs I like:
canon divergence
mundane/real world AUs that take into account characters' canon backstories and find equivalents (e.g. Theseus from Hades was king when he was alive and has celebrity status in death; in a mundane modern AU he might be a celebrity, a politician, or a sports star)
in canons with magic/supernatural stuff, AUs that incorporate some or all aspects of the magic! no need for explanations if you don't want to, someone can just be a minotaur or whatever.
reincarnation (I'm a SUCKER for this, go crazy with the details, but particularly of the "I don't know why I feel drawn to you but I do" sort and the "one person is immortal and the other one is reborn and falls in love with the immortal one again" sort)
Things that you might be hesitant to write that I'm fine with:
major character death
rape recovery/aftermath, rape as backstory, etc.
dubcon and under-negotiated sexual situations, when it's clear to the reader that the characters are into it
fics for requested ships that could be read as friendship fics
fics for requested threesomes that focus on the relationship between two of the characters
DNW:
pre-pubescent characters in romantic situations with adults or in any sexual situations
pregnancy/childbirth
kidfic/non-canon children/deaging
terminal or possibly terminal illness
medical malpractice (what I mean by this is a character providing medical care intentionally doing it badly)
focus on aro/ace headcanons in shipfics
nonconsentual body modification or transformation
A/B/O and BDSMverse
noncon (dubcon fine)
shaving kink, medical kink, race kink, daddy/mommy kink, mind break, puppy/kitty play
human AUs for non-human characters
Some specific ideas, if you'd like:
Fire Emblem 7/8
The heart and soul of FE shipfic to me is injuries on the battlefield. All of my FE ships deserve ten thousand of those fics. Include that in anything you write for FE and I am guaranteed to love it. Hurt/comfort, tending to wounds or illness, deathfic, sex while injured, etc. etc. go for it!
Other general ideas, since I have a million character dynamics in FE that I love:
For friends-to-lovers and allies-to-lovers ships, what makes them fall in love? Is there a particular moment, a lot of little things? Does the war bring them closer, or does it bring new challenges to their relationship, or both?
Unlikely relationships! What makes personalities that could clash, like Karel and Lucius, click? Outsider POV is fun for this as well.
For characters with darker pasts, like Raven and Lyon, I love to see them loved without necessarily having everything fixed. Just a little relief from a friend or lover.
For ships - "thank god you're alive" or "this might be our last day together" makeouts/cuddles/sex is great.
And this is a L'Arachel love zone. So when all else fails just have her be goofy for a while.
Hades
I adore Theseus... my rotten soldier, my sweet cheese, my good time boy. Let him be 1000% on his bullshit. He is perfect.
Our Flag Means Death
for Stede ships (Stede/Ed, Stede/Izzy, Stede/Ed/Izzy, Stede/Ed/Lucius) (yes, Stede is my favorite):
Stede is terrible at sex, but he has the spirit!
I'm a big dick Stede believer, especially if he thinks it's awkward/monstrous and his partner(s) love it.
Everyone involved in these ships would have the worst flirty/dirty talk, but in different hilarious ways.
Roleplaying, god, roleplaying! The OFMD cast's theatre kid energy is so powerful and I'm here for all of it. Did Lucius take on his job because he was hoping to be ravished by pirates, and now he finally gets his fantasy fulfilled? Does Ed enjoy taking on the Blackbeard persona purely for sex reasons, or maybe another character does to shake things up? Does Stede write the scripts and direct everyone??
Kink exploration - I doubt Stede has even heard of some of the things that people get up to during their actually enjoyable sex lives, and I can totally see him experimenting - and learning about some weird kinks. I'm partial to dacryphillia and cuckolding for him, but the possibilities are endless.
The intimacy of piercing and tattooing...
Oluwande and Jim are so perfect in canon and I love the moment of Lucius realizing, correctly, that Jim is hot. I'm so curious about more of their backstory, not to mention how they feel once they're together as a couple and then separated almost immediately. I'd be partial to a hurt-comfort scenario, or a situation where one of them gets to be a badass and save the other!
Frenchie/Izzy/Wee John is just very funny to me. I think they would be very chaotic and that Izzy would benefit from having two boyfriends who are kind of weird, but in a normal, non-dramatic way.
My heart for an Izzy-anyone bodyswap. Or just Izzy getting into Situations, in general.
Another Situation that I'd die to see Izzy in is more interactions with Buttons, who is weird as hell but also the only person on Stede's crew approaching competency. Could they be actual friends? Does Izzy secretly want to be a bird guy? And Buttons seems to be Stede's first mate, and first mates traditionally performed weddings on ships...
Stede and Lucius are so great, such a hilarious dynamic where Stede gets to be bitchy and bossy but they do ultimately care for one another. Lucius supporting Stede in his romantic pursuits is always great, especially with Lucius as a much more out and comfortable gay man, and Stede asking him ridiculous romance/sex questions is a classic. Also: has Lucius ever drawn Stede naked?
Mary... Mary, Mary, Mary. I doubt that she and Stede will ever meet again in canon, but I'd love to see their relationship explored, whether it's pre-canon or during their second meeting, or even some kind of AU where they interact more as friends. And the potential for her and Ed is just staggering - I love the fics where they end up getting along, but she could also be terrified of him - he does love a good maim, after all. Does she figure out who he is? She's supportive of Stede, of course, but is he the kind of guy she expected him to fall for? I have this image of her meeting Ed when he still looks like a drowned, dirty rat and realizing he's her husband's boyfriend before she realizes he's Blackbeard.
Promare
Promare is so delightfully goofy, and I love when fics embrace this. Silly pet names, dumb dates, awful sex - I think the characters have a lot of fun together. "Idiots to lovers" is perfect for Lio and Galo - and any Promare ship, really.
I would be happy to receive fic that includes a requested ship but has a lot of cast friendship stuff! Love some Burning Rescue and/or Mad Burnish hijinks.
The former Burnish trying to adjust to regular life is a classic, as is the non-Burnish characters trying to help but not quite getting it. Love to see them experiencing normal, even mundane stuff and feeling some kind of way about it.
Lio probably hasn't been to a regular doctor in years, especially since the Burnish can heal themselves - what happens when he has to go for something mundane? Is he a drama queen about it, is he legitimately scared, is he just excited to have married Galo and gotten on his government health insurance? (Bonus points if it's because he needs glasses, I just think that would be cute.)
AUs where the Promare don't leave, or where another character is/becomes a Burnish, are always a treat. I'm also curious about the potential for AUs where the Burnish are never oppressed, and the characters meet in another way.
I love the idea that Galo had a crush on Kray or even some kind of imbalanced/unhealthy sexual relationship with him and is now realizing how good love can actually be when it's mutual and your partner cares for you, so feel free to work with that.
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