Trick or Treat 2022 Letter
Sep. 18th, 2022 02:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kay_obsessiveDear Trick or Treat Creator,
First of all, thank you so much for making something for me! I really love all of these fandoms and characters 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, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is 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 little worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Epistolary formats. 5+1 things format. Stylized designs. Limited color palettes.
Halloween-y Likes: Werewolves, vampires, and monsters – AUs welcome for all requests. Ghosts and hauntings. Creepy abandoned places. Transformation and body horror. Witches, magic, and curses. Blood, blood magic, blood rituals. Unknowable, eldritch horrors. Skeletal creatures. General autumn-ness: changing leaves, pumpkins, harvests, shortening days, and a chill in the air.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Unrequested 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 prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art or trick/treat prompts, so feel free to interpret anything in either direction.
Dishonored
Requested Characters: Beatrici Attano, Doctor Luigi Galvani, Galia Fleet, Grim Alex, Billie Lurk, Daud, Daud's Mother
Liked Ships: Billie/Daud, Jessamine/Daud, Galia->Billie
I love the lore and worldbuilding and aesthetics of these games and all the complicated characters we often only get glimpses of. I would love anything filling in the blanks or giving a few more glimpses of any of these requested characters, from backstory, future speculation, exploring the 15-year gap between game events, or just ordinary moments in their daily life. Or anything further exploring the supernatural aspects of the world and how they intersect with everyone’s lives. Also, Fugue Feast. There’s masks and face paint and wild parties and crime. That’s basically Halloween, right?
For the listed ships, everything about Billie and Daud’s messy, complicated relationship and decades-long influence on each other’s lives is entirely my jam, I love the fascinating pre-series or AU potential of a Daud and Jessamine relationship, and the idea of Galia having an angry, one-sided crush on Billie to go with the angry, one-sided rivalry is very entertaining to me. I am also open to the platonic versions of each of those relationships as well as interactions between any requested characters, no matter how unlikely their meeting might be. Or whales. Anyone interacting with whales (or any other creepy Dishonored critter) would be cool.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Requested Characters: Lan Fan, Olivier Mira Armstrong, Riza Hawkeye, Winry Rockbell
I’ve always really loved the number and variety of prominent female characters in FMA, and there’s a fine selection of my favorites in the tagset! They all have their own very different lives, interests, passions, strengths, and weaknesses, and I’d love to see more of any one of them. I would also enjoy seeing any of them interact with each other - maybe Winry repairing Lan Fan’s automail, or Olivier and Riza at one of the North-East joint training sessions, or any other combination.
Beyond interactions between the tagged characters, I would also enjoy seeing any explorations of the other important relationships these characters have. Winry with Pinako, the Elrics, her Rush Valley colleagues and customers, or Scar. Olivier with the Briggs troops or the rest of the Armstrong family. Lan Fan with Ling, Fu, or Mei. And so on.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Requested Characters: Deku Butler's Son, Happy Mask Salesman, Madame Aroma, Mikau, The Postman, Skull Kid, Tael, Tatl
This game has such an incredible atmosphere - not quite scary (for the most part) but eerie and unsettling and tragic. Nothing else in the series feels quite like it. I love the world of Termina and its people and would love anything exploring more of it - either more of the tragedy or looking at happier times before or after the events of the game.
What happened to the Deku Butler’s son, and why was he in that strange place between Termina and Hyrule? Do he and Mikau retain any consciousness when Link uses their masks? Madame Aroma calmly deciding to wait in town as the moon falls for any news of her son while encouraging everyone else to flee always struck me, especially her interaction with the poor Postman, relieving him of duty so he can leave. Where do the Skull Kid and the fairies end up after everything? And just what is the deal with the Happy Mask Salesman? It would also be fun just to see what the Carnival is supposed to be like when the world isn’t ending, especially everyone with their own masks.
Psychonauts
Requested Characters: Dion Aquato, Frazie Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lili Zanotto, Milla Vodello, Sasha Nein, Gisu, Sam Boole
Liked Ships: Sasha/Milla
Psychonauts is such a fun series. I love how fully it embraces its silly premise and manages to use it for pretty deep worldbuilding and character exploration with some surprisingly dark themes, while still being pretty ridiculous and hilarious overall. The mundane trappings of summer camps and merit badges and office jobs and budget problems contrasted with the whole international psychic secret agents thing is really entertaining to me, and I’d love anything playing with those concepts. All the characters are so unique and memorable, both in personality and design, and I would enjoy seeing more of any of these guys in any situation.
For character interactions, I really enjoy Sasha and Milla’s relationship, both shippy and platonic, and would also love seeing more of their interactions with co-workers and interns, and campers. I’d also love more of the family relationships from the series, like Lili and Truman and Bob, or the Booles, or Frazie and Dion and the rest of the Aquatos, especially in light of recent dramatic revelations and her starting to accept her own psychic powers. Maybe even Frazie starting to learn from the Psychonauts or interacting with the former interns. Gisu with the other interns or more of her getting to know Dion and boggling at his odd beliefs about psychics would also be fun.
Splatoon
Requested Characters: Big Man, Frye, Shiver, Little Buddy Smallfry
I just love the vibe of these games, so distinct and colorful and ridiculous. And there’s a surprisingly complex (and still delightfully ridiculous) lore behind it all. I’ve been loving the new game and would love anything with these new characters.
These guys are all just really fun and cute. Give me Deep Cut at their day job or their banditing side gig or helping the less fresh and fortunate of Splatsville. Shiver or Frye with their shark and eel…friends? pets? Big Man’s training to become a Super Mario Sunshine boss. Hanging out together or on their own or with their new acquaintances after the end of the story mode. And Smallfry! It hangs out in your backpack with its little head sticking out! It helps to save the day and then happily returns to hanging out in the backpack! Give me anything with this cute little ravenous mutant fish!
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 really love all of these fandoms and characters 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, my AO3 account is here, and my tumblr is 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 little worldbuilding details. Undercover as a couple. Sharing a bed. Culture clashes. People who are bad at communicating finally managing it. Drabbles and drabble sequences. Epistolary formats. 5+1 things format. Stylized designs. Limited color palettes.
Halloween-y Likes: Werewolves, vampires, and monsters – AUs welcome for all requests. Ghosts and hauntings. Creepy abandoned places. Transformation and body horror. Witches, magic, and curses. Blood, blood magic, blood rituals. Unknowable, eldritch horrors. Skeletal creatures. General autumn-ness: changing leaves, pumpkins, harvests, shortening days, and a chill in the air.
DNWs: Non-canon permanent major character death. Explicit, onscreen non-con. Underage sex under 15 or so. Unrequested 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 prompts listed are just ideas and suggestions, and if you have your own super great idea for any of these fandoms and relationships you should totally go for it! I haven’t tried to separate out fic/art or trick/treat prompts, so feel free to interpret anything in either direction.
Dishonored
Requested Characters: Beatrici Attano, Doctor Luigi Galvani, Galia Fleet, Grim Alex, Billie Lurk, Daud, Daud's Mother
Liked Ships: Billie/Daud, Jessamine/Daud, Galia->Billie
I love the lore and worldbuilding and aesthetics of these games and all the complicated characters we often only get glimpses of. I would love anything filling in the blanks or giving a few more glimpses of any of these requested characters, from backstory, future speculation, exploring the 15-year gap between game events, or just ordinary moments in their daily life. Or anything further exploring the supernatural aspects of the world and how they intersect with everyone’s lives. Also, Fugue Feast. There’s masks and face paint and wild parties and crime. That’s basically Halloween, right?
For the listed ships, everything about Billie and Daud’s messy, complicated relationship and decades-long influence on each other’s lives is entirely my jam, I love the fascinating pre-series or AU potential of a Daud and Jessamine relationship, and the idea of Galia having an angry, one-sided crush on Billie to go with the angry, one-sided rivalry is very entertaining to me. I am also open to the platonic versions of each of those relationships as well as interactions between any requested characters, no matter how unlikely their meeting might be. Or whales. Anyone interacting with whales (or any other creepy Dishonored critter) would be cool.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga
Requested Characters: Lan Fan, Olivier Mira Armstrong, Riza Hawkeye, Winry Rockbell
I’ve always really loved the number and variety of prominent female characters in FMA, and there’s a fine selection of my favorites in the tagset! They all have their own very different lives, interests, passions, strengths, and weaknesses, and I’d love to see more of any one of them. I would also enjoy seeing any of them interact with each other - maybe Winry repairing Lan Fan’s automail, or Olivier and Riza at one of the North-East joint training sessions, or any other combination.
Beyond interactions between the tagged characters, I would also enjoy seeing any explorations of the other important relationships these characters have. Winry with Pinako, the Elrics, her Rush Valley colleagues and customers, or Scar. Olivier with the Briggs troops or the rest of the Armstrong family. Lan Fan with Ling, Fu, or Mei. And so on.
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Requested Characters: Deku Butler's Son, Happy Mask Salesman, Madame Aroma, Mikau, The Postman, Skull Kid, Tael, Tatl
This game has such an incredible atmosphere - not quite scary (for the most part) but eerie and unsettling and tragic. Nothing else in the series feels quite like it. I love the world of Termina and its people and would love anything exploring more of it - either more of the tragedy or looking at happier times before or after the events of the game.
What happened to the Deku Butler’s son, and why was he in that strange place between Termina and Hyrule? Do he and Mikau retain any consciousness when Link uses their masks? Madame Aroma calmly deciding to wait in town as the moon falls for any news of her son while encouraging everyone else to flee always struck me, especially her interaction with the poor Postman, relieving him of duty so he can leave. Where do the Skull Kid and the fairies end up after everything? And just what is the deal with the Happy Mask Salesman? It would also be fun just to see what the Carnival is supposed to be like when the world isn’t ending, especially everyone with their own masks.
Psychonauts
Requested Characters: Dion Aquato, Frazie Aquato, Hollis Forsythe, Lili Zanotto, Milla Vodello, Sasha Nein, Gisu, Sam Boole
Liked Ships: Sasha/Milla
Psychonauts is such a fun series. I love how fully it embraces its silly premise and manages to use it for pretty deep worldbuilding and character exploration with some surprisingly dark themes, while still being pretty ridiculous and hilarious overall. The mundane trappings of summer camps and merit badges and office jobs and budget problems contrasted with the whole international psychic secret agents thing is really entertaining to me, and I’d love anything playing with those concepts. All the characters are so unique and memorable, both in personality and design, and I would enjoy seeing more of any of these guys in any situation.
For character interactions, I really enjoy Sasha and Milla’s relationship, both shippy and platonic, and would also love seeing more of their interactions with co-workers and interns, and campers. I’d also love more of the family relationships from the series, like Lili and Truman and Bob, or the Booles, or Frazie and Dion and the rest of the Aquatos, especially in light of recent dramatic revelations and her starting to accept her own psychic powers. Maybe even Frazie starting to learn from the Psychonauts or interacting with the former interns. Gisu with the other interns or more of her getting to know Dion and boggling at his odd beliefs about psychics would also be fun.
Splatoon
Requested Characters: Big Man, Frye, Shiver, Little Buddy Smallfry
I just love the vibe of these games, so distinct and colorful and ridiculous. And there’s a surprisingly complex (and still delightfully ridiculous) lore behind it all. I’ve been loving the new game and would love anything with these new characters.
These guys are all just really fun and cute. Give me Deep Cut at their day job or their banditing side gig or helping the less fresh and fortunate of Splatsville. Shiver or Frye with their shark and eel…friends? pets? Big Man’s training to become a Super Mario Sunshine boss. Hanging out together or on their own or with their new acquaintances after the end of the story mode. And Smallfry! It hangs out in your backpack with its little head sticking out! It helps to save the day and then happily returns to hanging out in the backpack! Give me anything with this cute little ravenous mutant fish!
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!
