Just Married 2021 Letter
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kay_obsessiveDear Just Married Creator,
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! I love silly marriage tropes and I really love all of these ships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
My previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con (but I am very okay with the dubcon inherent to certain unwanted marriage tropes). Underage sex under 15 or so. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any elaborations on the freeform tags are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these you should totally go for it!
Also as a general note, I am okay with pretty much any way of dealing with canon relationships except for unrequested poly – breakups, handwaves, infidelity, died off-screen, completely unmentioned, all fine.
Dishonored
Daud/Billie Lurk
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other. I was doomed basically from Billie’s first line, and it only got better from there.
Freeforms:
-Fake Marriage - Get Married During The Mission To Not Break Their Cover But Then They Catch Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Marriage Required To Carry Out Secret Mission
-Fake Marriage - Married As Cover But Unexpectedly Have To Consummate It In Ritual
-Fake Marriage - Pretending To Be Married To Access Information
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married Leads To Unexpected Feelings
I love fake/undercover marriage stuff for any kind of professional partnerships, and scary assassins are no different. Whether it’s early years as part of a job, or later on in life when they’re trying to keep a low profile and move on from their old reputations, or anything else that might require pretending to be married for Reasons. And maybe sometimes it turns out less fake than intended.
Daud/Jessamine Kaldwin
So, this one is a little bit complicated, given that Daud’s hired killing of Jessamine is the inciting incident for the whole series, but I think there’s some interesting potential here. Daud has a clear respect for Jessamine, and her death affects him in a way none of his other victims has. And Jessamine gets the rare opportunity to assess her murderer after her death, and she finds herself a little conflicted about what he deserves, despite her justified anger. And before all of that, they were both prominent, powerful figures running different parts of the same city – who’s to say they never had any dealings with each other in all those years before the murder?
Freeforms:
-Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Enemy Under Control
-Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Reluctant Ally Under Control
-Arranged Marriage - Between People Who Knew Each Other Under False Names as Children
-Dimension Travel - Permanently Transported to AU; Married to Person Who's Dead In Theirs
-Dimension Travel - Temporarily Transported to AU; Married to Person Whose Dead In Theirs
-Established Marriage - Possessive Feelings Towards Spouse
-Established Marriage - Suspects that Spouse is Trying to Kill Them
-Forced Marriage - Marrying Someone You Don't Like To Save Them From A Worse Fate
-Forced Marriage - Traitor Forced To Marry Spouse Who'll Monitor Them For Further Treachery
-Historical - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
-Marriage - Class Conflict
-Newlyweds - Friends/Family/Fans/Foes React To Unexpected Or Contentious Marriage
-Political Marriage - To Keep Enemy Under Control
-Royal Marriage - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
Idk, I just like the idea of antagonistic, powerful people with grudging mutual respect entering into purely practical arrangements – willingly or unwillingly – that get messy with ulterior motives and emotions and stuff. And those ‘transported to alternate universe’ one were just too good to miss. Crank up that guilt. For the ‘knew each other as children one’, I just saw the tag and had the idea of Jessamine visiting Serkonos when she was younger and slipping her guards and pretending not to be the heir to the throne for a little while.
Doctor Who
Seventh Doctor/Ace McShane
Seven/Ace hit all my mentor/student buttons from the start. I love how there’s a real apprentice-y vibe to their interactions that isn’t there for every Doctor and Companion. I love how that goes a bit dark sometimes, with the Doctor pushing Ace well outside her comfort zone and being willing to hurt her to help her, and with Ace lashing out in response and calling him on his more dickish behavior. On the lighter side, I also just love how comfortable they are with each other, lots of friendly teasing and casual contact.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Engagement - Didn't Know Item Was Traditional Betrothal Gift
-Accidental Marriage
-Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
-Accidental Marriage - Due to Misunderstanding the Norms of Another Culture
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Aliens - Aliens Will Only Agree to Interplanetary Summit with Married Couples
-Aliens - Artifact Creates Marriage
-Aliens - Cultural or Biological Differences Result in Accidental Marriage
-Aliens - Make Them Get Married
-Aliens - Marriage to Avoid Interplanetary Conflict
-Aliens - Think They're Married
-Proposal - Accidental due to Not Knowing Item Was Traditional Betrothal Gift
-Proposal - Accidental Proposal due to Cultural Differences
So, basically I’m here for all of the alien cultural misunderstandings and mishaps.
Lackadaisy
Mordecai Heller/Mitzi May
I’m really fascinated by the relationship these two have. They’re on opposing sides of the main conflict of the series and don’t really seem to particularly like each other, but there’s a weird understanding and some kind of trust between them. They seem to know each other really well and clearly know each other’s secrets, and they don’t quite seem to consider each other enemies on a personal level, despite the circumstances.
Freeforms:
-Established Marriage - Possessive Feelings Towards Spouse
-Established Marriage - Suspects that Spouse is Trying to Kill Them
-Forced Marriage - Marrying Someone You Don't Like To Save Them From A Worse Fate
-Forced Marriage - Traitor Forced To Marry Spouse Who'll Monitor Them For Further Treachery
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection Does The Opposite Of Protect
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection From Criminal Organization
-Marriage of Convenience - Marrying Pregnant Person So Child (Not Theirs) Will Be Born In Wedlock
-Newlyweds - Friends/Family/Fans/Foes React To Unexpected Or Contentious Marriage
Some sort of semi-reluctant arrangement – legally binding or just a convincing façade – entered into for practical reasons or out of a sense of obligation to each other after the business with Atlas’s death? Maybe they both think they’re doing the other a favor or protecting them in some way, or maybe there are more sinister motivations.
Mordecai Heller/Nico Savoy/Serafine Savoy
The Savoys slowly dragging Mordecai out of his comfort zone and into their little circle is just a delightful part of this comic for me. It’s hilarious and dark and also kinda weirdly sweet, since they really seem to genuinely like him and want him as part of their world. And he seems surprisingly susceptible to being dragged along by them, whether he likes it or not.
Freeforms:
-Fake Marriage - As Part Of A Con
-Forced Marriage - Tricked Into Marriage
-Forced Marriage - Tricked Into Performing an Unfamiliar but Legally Binding Wedding Ritual
-Marriage of Convenience - Can Only Join Organization By Marrying In
-Proposal - During Crime Spree
-Ritualistic Marriage - As Part Of Partnership Within A Religious Organization
-Ritualistic Marriage - Didn't Realize Ritual Sex Was Part Of Marriage Ceremony
-Ritualistic Marriage - Kill People Together
-Ritualistic Marriage - Mistakenly Believe Ritual Marriage Isn't Legally Binding
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
I can’t see Mordecai ever going into any of this willingly, but I could see him just kind of dealing with it once it’s happened and the outrage has passed. Or going along with something under the assumption it’s some trickery for a job and not realizing the other two are actually serious about it until it’s too late.
Psychonauts
Sasha Nein/Milla Vodello
Superstar Psychonauts Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello! They don’t actually have a ton of direct interaction in the game itself, but I love the implied relationship between the two. They are psychic secret agents! They go on ridiculous missions together and fight crime - psychic crime! One of these missions involved being undercover in elaborate costumes at a fancy party! They have had at least one clichéd instance of falling down and landing on top of each other in a ~romantic~ pose! I eat this stuff up with a spoon.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Accidental Marriage - Trying To Keep Accidental Marriage Secret
-Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married
-Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married After A Drunk Night
-Anniversary - Spoiled by Villains
-Celebrity Marriage - Getting Fake Married as a Mission Cover But Get Interrupted By Fans
-Established Marriage - Decide to Adopt a Child Together
-Fake Marriage - Get Married During The Mission To Not Break Their Cover But Then They Catch Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Made Legally Binding by Helpful Third Party
-Fake Marriage - Marriage Required To Carry Out Secret Mission
-Fake Marriage - Married As Cover But Unexpectedly Have To Consummate It In Ritual
-Fake Marriage - Pretending To Be Married To Access Information
-Fake Marriage - That Leads To Real Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married Leads To Unexpected Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married While Mutually Pining
-Honeymoon - Villains Attack
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
-Marrying for Love - Everyone Thought They Were Already Married
-Secret Marriage - Becomes Public
-Wedding Ceremony - Disastrous Wedding Ceremony Everyone Will Gossip About For Years
Hey, they’ve canonically done full undercover with silly costumes for Psychonauts missions before. Undercover marriage is obviously the next logical step. And I can only imagine all the ways someone could accidentally wind up married in a world with psychic powers. And their coworkers already seem to gossip about their relationship, and I could see campers, interns, or True Psychic Tales fans doing the same. For the adopting the child one, I kinda like the idea of them winding up taking in a troubled psychic kid the Psychonauts come across.
WandaVision
Darcy Lewis/Monica Rambeau/Jimmy Woo
I loved the dynamic these three fell into and how quickly they got along and became a sort of united front against Hayward. They were so fun to watch, and I loved that they each had their own skills to contribute to the team.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Marriage - Algorithmic-selected Partner Error Results in Three Partners Instead of Two
-Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Anniversary - Spoiled by Villains
-Established Marriage - Couple Practically Married to Best Friend
-Honeymoon - Villains Attack
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
-Marrying for Love - Everyone Thought They Were Joking About Getting Married
I love the idea of them all being pulled into the Hex and enacting some sitcom marriage shenanigans. Or just continuing to work together after the events of the show, becoming their own little hero team and dealing with other kinds of wacky comic book happenings.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! I love silly marriage tropes and I really love all of these ships I’m requesting, so I’m sure I’ll like anything you make for any of them!
My previous exchange letters can be found here and here, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is here. Other than that, I don’t have much of an online presence, but I will try to give you everything you need to know right here.
General Likes/Dislikes
Likes: Characters who know each other better than anyone else, whether they are friends, lovers, colleagues, enemies, or any combination of the above. Trust and loyalty. Competence kink. Casually intimate body language. People who have no sense of personal space with each other. Outsider POVs. Interweaving plots. Slice of life. Weird domesticity. Roadtrips. Mission fic. Future fic. Canon divergence AUs. Supernatural/fantasy/______punk/in space! AUs. Interesting worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con (but I am very okay with the dubcon inherent to certain unwanted marriage tropes). Underage sex under 15 or so. Parent-child incest. Unrequested crossovers. ‘Modern mundane’/high school/coffee shop-type AUs. Anything A/B/O, dom/sub world AU, soulmates, or soulbonds (canonical supernatural bonds and connections are fine).
Requests
Any elaborations on the freeform tags are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these you should totally go for it!
Also as a general note, I am okay with pretty much any way of dealing with canon relationships except for unrequested poly – breakups, handwaves, infidelity, died off-screen, completely unmentioned, all fine.
Dishonored
Daud/Billie Lurk
This is one of those relationships that was basically tailor-made for me. Mentor/student, leader and their close subordinate who can get away things others can’t, age gap, complicated issues of trust and loyalty and betrayal and forgiveness – these are a few of my favorite things. I love everything about these two and their messy, complex history with each other. I was doomed basically from Billie’s first line, and it only got better from there.
Freeforms:
-Fake Marriage - Get Married During The Mission To Not Break Their Cover But Then They Catch Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Marriage Required To Carry Out Secret Mission
-Fake Marriage - Married As Cover But Unexpectedly Have To Consummate It In Ritual
-Fake Marriage - Pretending To Be Married To Access Information
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married Leads To Unexpected Feelings
I love fake/undercover marriage stuff for any kind of professional partnerships, and scary assassins are no different. Whether it’s early years as part of a job, or later on in life when they’re trying to keep a low profile and move on from their old reputations, or anything else that might require pretending to be married for Reasons. And maybe sometimes it turns out less fake than intended.
Daud/Jessamine Kaldwin
So, this one is a little bit complicated, given that Daud’s hired killing of Jessamine is the inciting incident for the whole series, but I think there’s some interesting potential here. Daud has a clear respect for Jessamine, and her death affects him in a way none of his other victims has. And Jessamine gets the rare opportunity to assess her murderer after her death, and she finds herself a little conflicted about what he deserves, despite her justified anger. And before all of that, they were both prominent, powerful figures running different parts of the same city – who’s to say they never had any dealings with each other in all those years before the murder?
Freeforms:
-Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Enemy Under Control
-Arranged Marriage - Arranged as a Means of Keeping Reluctant Ally Under Control
-Arranged Marriage - Between People Who Knew Each Other Under False Names as Children
-Dimension Travel - Permanently Transported to AU; Married to Person Who's Dead In Theirs
-Dimension Travel - Temporarily Transported to AU; Married to Person Whose Dead In Theirs
-Established Marriage - Possessive Feelings Towards Spouse
-Established Marriage - Suspects that Spouse is Trying to Kill Them
-Forced Marriage - Marrying Someone You Don't Like To Save Them From A Worse Fate
-Forced Marriage - Traitor Forced To Marry Spouse Who'll Monitor Them For Further Treachery
-Historical - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
-Marriage - Class Conflict
-Newlyweds - Friends/Family/Fans/Foes React To Unexpected Or Contentious Marriage
-Political Marriage - To Keep Enemy Under Control
-Royal Marriage - Court Reaction to Unexpected Marriage
Idk, I just like the idea of antagonistic, powerful people with grudging mutual respect entering into purely practical arrangements – willingly or unwillingly – that get messy with ulterior motives and emotions and stuff. And those ‘transported to alternate universe’ one were just too good to miss. Crank up that guilt. For the ‘knew each other as children one’, I just saw the tag and had the idea of Jessamine visiting Serkonos when she was younger and slipping her guards and pretending not to be the heir to the throne for a little while.
Doctor Who
Seventh Doctor/Ace McShane
Seven/Ace hit all my mentor/student buttons from the start. I love how there’s a real apprentice-y vibe to their interactions that isn’t there for every Doctor and Companion. I love how that goes a bit dark sometimes, with the Doctor pushing Ace well outside her comfort zone and being willing to hurt her to help her, and with Ace lashing out in response and calling him on his more dickish behavior. On the lighter side, I also just love how comfortable they are with each other, lots of friendly teasing and casual contact.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Engagement - Didn't Know Item Was Traditional Betrothal Gift
-Accidental Marriage
-Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
-Accidental Marriage - Due to Misunderstanding the Norms of Another Culture
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Aliens - Aliens Will Only Agree to Interplanetary Summit with Married Couples
-Aliens - Artifact Creates Marriage
-Aliens - Cultural or Biological Differences Result in Accidental Marriage
-Aliens - Make Them Get Married
-Aliens - Marriage to Avoid Interplanetary Conflict
-Aliens - Think They're Married
-Proposal - Accidental due to Not Knowing Item Was Traditional Betrothal Gift
-Proposal - Accidental Proposal due to Cultural Differences
So, basically I’m here for all of the alien cultural misunderstandings and mishaps.
Lackadaisy
Mordecai Heller/Mitzi May
I’m really fascinated by the relationship these two have. They’re on opposing sides of the main conflict of the series and don’t really seem to particularly like each other, but there’s a weird understanding and some kind of trust between them. They seem to know each other really well and clearly know each other’s secrets, and they don’t quite seem to consider each other enemies on a personal level, despite the circumstances.
Freeforms:
-Established Marriage - Possessive Feelings Towards Spouse
-Established Marriage - Suspects that Spouse is Trying to Kill Them
-Forced Marriage - Marrying Someone You Don't Like To Save Them From A Worse Fate
-Forced Marriage - Traitor Forced To Marry Spouse Who'll Monitor Them For Further Treachery
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection Does The Opposite Of Protect
-Marriage of Convenience - Marriage For Protection From Criminal Organization
-Marriage of Convenience - Marrying Pregnant Person So Child (Not Theirs) Will Be Born In Wedlock
-Newlyweds - Friends/Family/Fans/Foes React To Unexpected Or Contentious Marriage
Some sort of semi-reluctant arrangement – legally binding or just a convincing façade – entered into for practical reasons or out of a sense of obligation to each other after the business with Atlas’s death? Maybe they both think they’re doing the other a favor or protecting them in some way, or maybe there are more sinister motivations.
Mordecai Heller/Nico Savoy/Serafine Savoy
The Savoys slowly dragging Mordecai out of his comfort zone and into their little circle is just a delightful part of this comic for me. It’s hilarious and dark and also kinda weirdly sweet, since they really seem to genuinely like him and want him as part of their world. And he seems surprisingly susceptible to being dragged along by them, whether he likes it or not.
Freeforms:
-Fake Marriage - As Part Of A Con
-Forced Marriage - Tricked Into Marriage
-Forced Marriage - Tricked Into Performing an Unfamiliar but Legally Binding Wedding Ritual
-Marriage of Convenience - Can Only Join Organization By Marrying In
-Proposal - During Crime Spree
-Ritualistic Marriage - As Part Of Partnership Within A Religious Organization
-Ritualistic Marriage - Didn't Realize Ritual Sex Was Part Of Marriage Ceremony
-Ritualistic Marriage - Kill People Together
-Ritualistic Marriage - Mistakenly Believe Ritual Marriage Isn't Legally Binding
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
I can’t see Mordecai ever going into any of this willingly, but I could see him just kind of dealing with it once it’s happened and the outrage has passed. Or going along with something under the assumption it’s some trickery for a job and not realizing the other two are actually serious about it until it’s too late.
Psychonauts
Sasha Nein/Milla Vodello
Superstar Psychonauts Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello! They don’t actually have a ton of direct interaction in the game itself, but I love the implied relationship between the two. They are psychic secret agents! They go on ridiculous missions together and fight crime - psychic crime! One of these missions involved being undercover in elaborate costumes at a fancy party! They have had at least one clichéd instance of falling down and landing on top of each other in a ~romantic~ pose! I eat this stuff up with a spoon.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Accidental Marriage - Trying To Keep Accidental Marriage Secret
-Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married
-Accidental Marriage - Woke Up Married After A Drunk Night
-Anniversary - Spoiled by Villains
-Celebrity Marriage - Getting Fake Married as a Mission Cover But Get Interrupted By Fans
-Established Marriage - Decide to Adopt a Child Together
-Fake Marriage - Get Married During The Mission To Not Break Their Cover But Then They Catch Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Made Legally Binding by Helpful Third Party
-Fake Marriage - Marriage Required To Carry Out Secret Mission
-Fake Marriage - Married As Cover But Unexpectedly Have To Consummate It In Ritual
-Fake Marriage - Pretending To Be Married To Access Information
-Fake Marriage - That Leads To Real Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married Leads To Unexpected Feelings
-Fake Marriage - Undercover As Married While Mutually Pining
-Honeymoon - Villains Attack
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
-Marrying for Love - Everyone Thought They Were Already Married
-Secret Marriage - Becomes Public
-Wedding Ceremony - Disastrous Wedding Ceremony Everyone Will Gossip About For Years
Hey, they’ve canonically done full undercover with silly costumes for Psychonauts missions before. Undercover marriage is obviously the next logical step. And I can only imagine all the ways someone could accidentally wind up married in a world with psychic powers. And their coworkers already seem to gossip about their relationship, and I could see campers, interns, or True Psychic Tales fans doing the same. For the adopting the child one, I kinda like the idea of them winding up taking in a troubled psychic kid the Psychonauts come across.
WandaVision
Darcy Lewis/Monica Rambeau/Jimmy Woo
I loved the dynamic these three fell into and how quickly they got along and became a sort of united front against Hayward. They were so fun to watch, and I loved that they each had their own skills to contribute to the team.
Freeforms:
-Accidental Marriage - Algorithmic-selected Partner Error Results in Three Partners Instead of Two
-Accidental Marriage - Causes Scandal
-Accidental Marriage - Series Of Mishaps Prevent Annulment Of Accidental Marriage
-Anniversary - Spoiled by Villains
-Established Marriage - Couple Practically Married to Best Friend
-Honeymoon - Villains Attack
-Honeymoon - Working While on Honeymoon
-Marrying for Love - Everyone Thought They Were Joking About Getting Married
I love the idea of them all being pulled into the Hex and enacting some sitcom marriage shenanigans. Or just continuing to work together after the events of the show, becoming their own little hero team and dealing with other kinds of wacky comic book happenings.
Well, that about sums it up, I think. Again, thank you so much for creating something for me! If you like prompts, I hope what I gave you is helpful. If you prefer to work without them, I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with. I’m sure whatever you make will be awesome!
