Rare Pairs Exchange Letter 2019

[electra_xt]

 

Hey there, writer! If you’re reading this, I’m so happy you’ve signed up to write for me and I’m psyched to see what you come up with. Here’s a little bit about what I like. There’s general notes at the beginning, and fandom-specific likes and ideas and prompts later on. If none of the specific prompts for a pairing grab you but something else in the letter does, that’s totally okay! I’m down for everything that’s on here.

 

Thank you in advance for the gift— I hope you’ll enjoy writing it as much as I’ll enjoy reading it!

 

Basic info:

• AO3: Electra_XT

• Tumblr: electra-xt.tumblr.com

 

General likes:

• I love canons about team dynamics, as you’ll see, and the way relationships form between people who fight together. For a most of the pairings I’ve requested, I’m in love with the dynamic of two (or more) competent people who make a great team. 

• Powerful people being insecure and/or vulnerable! Most of these characters are superheroes in some way, and I’d love to see the way that affects their self-conceptions and how they interact with other people. In superhero/superhero ships, do the characters feel daunted by their partners’ powers? I have a soft spot for super-strong characters feeling super weak.

• Fashion and descriptions of clothes. If you’re the kind of person who likes to squee over fashion and makeup, so am I. If it’s not your thing feel free to pass, but if it is, go wild.

• Superpowers used in unusual ways. Luther Hargreeves picking up his partner one-handing during sex? Janet Van Dyne becoming giant so she can better scan her house for where she left her keys? Anything’s possible!

 

Smut likes:

• Dirty talk! The more the better. I love characters saying out loud what they want to do to the other person, or what they want the other person to do to them, or how they feel about what’s happening.

• Sexual fantasies

• Light-to-medium humiliation

• Characters getting off on kinkshaming/being kinkshamed: “you’re into this thing and now I know you’re into it and you know I know that,” being into being called a pervert, etc.

• Exhibitionism/voyeurism/mirror sex

• Lingerie

• Tit play (female or male)

• Roleplay

• Sexual dysfunction, insecurity around sex, body image issues

 

Prefer to avoid:

• Non-canonical nicknames for characters (terms of endearments like “babe” are fine, but not “Di” for Diego, “Tones” for Tony, etc.)

• Plots that rely on an elaborate misunderstanding that could be solved in one scene if the characters just talked to each other

• Genuinely angry hatesex

• Fics where the plot is the main part of the story and the ship is more of a background thing

 

Hard DNW:

• Unhappy endings

• Major character death

• Underage sex (below 16)

• Rape/non-con

• Unrequested trans headcanons

• Unrequested ships

• Unrequested kinks

• Suicide/self-harm, gore

• Prominent OCs

• Non-traditional formats (e.g. poetry)

• 1^st or 2^nd person POV

 

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The Umbrella Academy

 

Allison/Diego: Remember the “get her” scene from the fight at the mansion with Hazel and Cha Cha in episode 3? So do I. Allison and Diego kick ass. I loved seeing Allison’s combat skills, and I’d imagine that that’s the kind of thing that would earn Diego’s respect/admiration. They’re two deeply caring people with a strong sense of loyalty, they both have complex relationships with Luther, and uh, they’re both really hot. Things I’d like to see with them:

Prompts:

• Competence kink. I’d love to see them working and fighting together, maybe doing detective work like they were in the later episodes of the season.

• Both of them being desperately horny for each other, and thinking it’s a lost cause. Think mutual pining, but especially focused on sex. I want lots of shameful masturbating in bed and being a mess around each other, and both of them trying to put on a show of toughness. Bonus points for letting Allison act like a stereotypical horny teenage boy— watching porn, objectifying Diego endlessly in her mind, trying to show off for him, etc.

• Dom/sub in either direction, or even switching. I equally love Allison turning tough Diego into a stuttering mess, and Diego letting Allison surrender control for once in her life.

 

Allison/Diego/Luther: A little bit of everything! The way they work as a unit is golden— Allison tames and focuses the combustion engine of Diego and Luther, but she’s equally badass and can go toe-to-toe with them. I’d love to see them egging each other on in a fight or, uh, other activities. 

Prompts:

• Diego and Luther get competitive over Allison and she’s 100% aware and pulling their strings. You could take this in a bunch of directions— something darker, with a vain Allison purposefully enjoying the attention and manipulating them, or it could be fluffier.

• Allison and Luther are together like they are in canon and Diego is being an immense dick about it. Allison and Luther get together to punish him for his bratty behavior.

• After Diego finds out that Allison Rumored her own husband and daughter, he refuses to speak to her. He sees it as an ultimate betrayal. Allison doesn’t think much of Diego, either. Luther tries to talk sense into them, but eventually he realizes that it’s probably more effective to fuck sense into them.

 

Allison/Diego/Vanya: Every pair in this trio has a super interesting relationship, and all together, there’s really a wealth of ways to go. Check out the Allison/Diego and Allison/Vanya sections for my thoughts on them… and Diego and Vanya have the deep animosity between them, of course, because of Vanya’s book, Diego’s teenage cruelty, and the ways that they were both shafted by Reginald.

Prompts:

• Allison and Diego, decked out in leather, team up to introduce their innocent sister to the world of kink.

• Diego’s still mad at Vanya about her book, and Vanya isn’t too inclined to reconcile with him. Allison helps them kiss and make up.

• Vanya and Allison are in a relationship and Diego’s obsessed with them. He can’t stop thinking about how hot they are together, the times he’s caught them kissing or getting hot and heavy or even just when they’re together in public, loosely holding hands. He touches himself thinking about them, and he feels like an immense perv. Around them, he’s skittish and guilty and avoids them, until they finally track him down and make it clear that they’re extremely interested in having them join him.

 

Allison/Vanya: Two words: yay sisters. Allison and Vanya have a tense and complex relationship in the show, and that translates beautifully to their romantic/sexual chemistry. I’m especially drawn to the ways that Allison gets whatever she wants all the time, and Vanya is always denied. How does Allison try to be a “good sister” to Vanya? How does she fail? Does she even need to be?

Prompts:

• Light sexual harassment in the form of “yay sisters”— I’m really interested in the ways that Allison could try to get close to Vanya and be a little bit intrusive. Light dub-con welcome, but Vanya happiness endgame please!

• Pining. So much (eventually requited) pining, especially Vanya pining for her beautiful, powerful sister who has it all.

• Sugar mommy Allison flaunting her wealth and spoiling Vanya, especially if it’s Allison’s way of seducing her. I’m happy with Vanya being a little self-conscious and uncomfortable, or for her to secretly love it.

 

Diego/Luther: On the surface, the outright animosity between Diego and Luther creates irresistible chemistry for an enemies-to-lovers ship, but I’m also incredibly drawn to the deep, underlying trust between them. Number One and Number Two need each other in equal measure, but it’s hard for them to admit it.

Prompts:

• Miscommunication, as long as it’s resolved by the end of the fic. What would happen if Diego or Luther tried to declare his affections, but the other one misinterpreted the gesture?

• Either Diego or Luther— whoever’s POV it is— feeling deeply conflicted about his attraction to his brother. I’m happy for either Diego to struggle with pressure to be macho and good enough, or for Luther to beat himself up for not being the perfect law-abiding Number One who’s perfectly content with Allison. Internalized homophobia is also a welcome angle!

• Angry sex that turns into tears. Diego and Luther try to do hate sex, but they can’t, the feelings are too complicated. If Diego’s the one who ends up in tears, I’d love for his stutter to come back out.

Diego/Grace: The highlight of this ship for me is the way Grace brings out Diego’s softer side. The contrast between swaggering, macho Diego and humble son Diego is perfection, especially paired with Grace’s unwavering cheerful calm. I’m a sucker for the Oedipal complex here, as well as exploring the weirdness of having a robot mom.

• I want to see Grace absolutely bringing Diego to his knees— this could be when he’s still a teenager living at the Academy, or an adult coming back to visit. Or, best of both worlds, Diego comparing his feelings about Grace from the past to the present!

• I love angst on Diego’s part about how Grace is his mom and she’s a robot and he’s not supposed to feel this way about her. 

 • Diego desperate, but trying to keep his desire under control… until he cracks.

 

 

Fandom-specific likes:

• Diego’s stutter 

• Leaning real hard into the incest kink

• Feelings of inadequacy and rivalries within the siblings

• Allison-centric iddy angst: how is the “real Allison” different than the Allison she presents to the world?

• Stories set when they’re teenagers at the Academy together

 

Fandom-specific dislikes:

• Grace’s POV

• Klaus as any orientation other than gay

• Non-related AUs

 

 

Marvel Cinematic Universe

 

Carol Danvers/Tony Stark: I think that Carol could bond a lot with Tony over having a cocky and charismatic persona and immense power, and I can imagine him being someone she could trust emotionally, if that makes sense. Also, I love characters who are powerful, and these two are at the top of their game! The alpha/alpha (not omegaverse, just in general) vibe is really cool.

Prompts:

• Figurative dick-measuring contests. Carol and Tony try to impress each other by how macho they are, how much of a big deal they are, etc., and get turned on partially by their own egos and partially by each other.

• Dom/sub play, with either Carol domming the hell out of Tony with those power fists or Tony letting Carol take a break from being the most powerful person ever.

• Hurt/comfort. Can be emotional or physical— e.g. Carol starts feeling guilty over not being with Maria and Monica, or something actually injures her; or Tony is extremely agitated about failing to prevent Thanos, or he’s having issues with his arc reactor. Anything with these two normally swaggering and confident heroes having to face their demons.

 

Carol Danvers/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark: I'm fascinated with the psychological toll of Carol being The Most Powerful and how that affects her and the people who care about her. Steve and Tony are excellent foils for her in that regard, because they've both faced the experience of being the "chosen one" in some capacity, and having to contend with vast battles in violence and in ethics. I also really like how they're all such aggressive competent alpha-individuals, and could play with vulnerability and power in the bedroom. 

Prompts:

• Steve and Tony are in an established relationship and they invite Carol into their bedroom. Carol starts out as a super dominant type and eventually learning to trust Steve and Tony enough to let them see her in a more vulnerable role.

• A scenario in which Carol acts as a bridge between Tony and Steve as they navigate their relationship post-CW and IW.

• All three of them staggering home after a mission and having exhausted, thank-God-we're-alive sex.

 

Fandom-specific likes:

• Fics where everyone lives together in the tower/compound

• Some history of Steve/Tony

• Tony still relying on the arc reactor

 

Fandom-specific dislikes:

• Cosmic stuff

• Asgard

• Tony’s death

 

Marvel Comics

 

Tony Stark/Janet Van Dyne: Tony Stark and Janet Van Dyne are two founding Avengers who share a deep love and empathy for their friends and loved ones. They’ve both seen a lot, they both can kick ass, and they’ve got plenty of feelings between them. 616 is what’s nominated, but I’m also happy with Ults Tony and Jan if that’s what you’d rather write. 

Prompts:

• Hurt/comfort— both Jan and Tony have seen some shit, and I’d love to see them trusting and relying on each other as longtime allies.

• Jan and Tony are both fancy people who like fancy things! I’d be very happy to see them living The Good Life together, going to parties and being glamorous.

• Costume kink, for either party. Maybe even roleplaying as each other!

 

Fandom-specific likes:

• I really like stories about Tony’s alcoholism, and the first and second drinking arcs in 616 are two of my all-time favorite comics.

• Avengers mansion fluff!

• Identity porn with Tony and Iron Man

 

Fandom-specific dislikes:

• The Avengers being broken up or in a state of serious trauma

• AI Tony

• Slott’s current IM run

 

Thanks again, writer! ♥