Dear Creator Letter (femslashafterdark).

[ziskandra]

Hello and welcome! I look forward to reading whatever you create for me. While I have included prompts for most of the pairings I have requested, please don't feel beholden to them if something I've mentioned, or my likes list, inspires you in a different direction! The prompts are just there to help in case you need some more specific ideas!

With no further ado, I'll re-state my likes and DNWs before getting into fandom and pairing specifics.

DNWs: blood-related incest, inflation, unrequested noncon (dubcon okay!), scat, unrequested gender headcanons, unrequested asexuality headcanons, vore.

LIKES: angst with an unhappy ending, apocalypse AU, bittersweet endings, character studies, fake dating, first times, huddling for warmth, light bondage, pining, power imbalances, praise kink, smutty character studies, time-travel, unconventional formats and POVs.

ACE ATTORNEY
Adrian/Franziska

Although this is one of the fandom's stalwart pairings, I've never quite been able to find fic for them that tickles my itch in quite the right way! I tend to conceptualise them as having a rocky, but loving relationship, the kind where they want to be the best person they can for each other, but that the growth they require simply isn't possible within their dynamic.

Possible ideas: pre-ship pining, Adrian and/or Franziska coming to terms with their sexuality (whatever wlw identity that might be), moments of happiness and/or sadness throughout the course of their relationship, reconnecting at a later date in the future and reflecting upon their past relationship, exploration of the idea that just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it was a failure.

Adrian/Maya

I must confess the idea of them as a pairing is really fascinating to me! I love how they are both strong characters in their own rights, without falling into the trope of strong=acting more masculine. I would enjoy seeing them relating to each other and supporting each other through the shit they've both experienced.

Possible ideas: Adrian learning more about Kurain and its culture, what effect Maya, the master of Kurain being in a LTR with another woman has on succession planning in the village (perhaps Maya could name Pearl as her successor?), snippets of the two of them together through the course of T&T -> SoJ, or anywhere in between.

Ema/Franziska

Did someone say hyper-competency? I just love the mental image of these two solving crimes together and then getting home and working through their excess energy. Or, if post-canon isn't quite your jam, I really like the idea of Franziska supporting Ema with her studies and basically being the best cheerleader for her partner.

Possible ideas: celebrating after Ema passes her forensics exam, having sex at the workplace (or a crime scene), sexual uses of a whip (maybe Fran has a different one (or more) for the bedroom? Up to you!), and just to wrap this up with something completely different: one or the other of them is murdered and the other one is determined to solve it.

Mia/Lana

Ahh, my favourite doomed Ace Attorney ship. I've shipped this ever since the words 'intellectual attraction' were uttered. This is another pairing that I see as messy and complicated but interspersed with moments of softness and hope.

Possible ideas: college days, getting to know each other, the impact Diego had on their relationship (was Mia using him for information? Did she have genuine feelings for him?), rekindling their relationship after a break-up and how their goals and the secrets they keep affect them, reflecting on past relationship, spirit-channelling-sex.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Rebecca Bunch/Valencia Perez

I’ve shipped it ever since their makeout scene in the second episode, and while I am delighted Valenica got her sapphic awakening on air, part of me is disappointed that Rebecca didn’t have the same. I’d love to see them exploring their sexuality together, and railing against the heteronormativity that has coloured their lives.

Possible ideas: canon divergence where Rebecca realises she doesn’t need a man in her life, Rebecca writing a musical theatre piece based on how she fell in love with Valencia, exploring Valenica’s self-consciousness with only being liked for her looks.

Valencia Perez/Beth

I love their relationship, but I still can’t help but wish that we got to see more of it! How did Beth continue to woo Valencia, or was it Valencia that took the reins? How did she navigate and overcome her feelings of comphet?

Possible ideas: snippets of their relationship during the timeskip, Valencia planning the best wedding ever, meeting the parents, declarations of love, taking down homophobes together.

Dragon Age

Isabela/Aveline Vallen

I love their banter, I love that how despite constantly getting on each other’s nerves, they have a deep and abiding respect and friendship for one another. My personal preference for this pairing is that Aveline tried, and failed, to attract Donnic’s attentions.

Possible ideas: Aveline’s first time for a woman, Isabela has been unfairly imprisoned (for once) and Aveline must break her out, reconnecting post DA 2 or post Inquisition, Aveline spending time on Isabela’s ship.

Female Hawke/Cassandra Pentaghast

I can’t help but think Cassandra has a bit of a crush on the Champion of Kirkwall; she tried so hard to find Hawke prior to the events of Inquisition, and then there’s the swooning when Varric tells Cass about Hawke defeating the Arishok in single-handed combat… My preferred Hawke is a red or purple warrior or rogue, but a mage might work well with Cass given her history!

Possible ideas: bonding over both being declared Heroes, stolen moments in Skyhold, drinking games, why one should never meet their heroes, Hawke being left in the Fade.

Female Hawke/Isabela/Merrill

This is one of my favourite Dragon Age OT3s, and I just love the idea of them being in lesbians with one another. They are all strong women who have had to put up with so much shit, and I want to see them finding comfort and support in one another.

Possible ideas: Isabela and Merril running away with Hawke after the events of DA2, Hawke and Merrill deciding to join Isabela on her ship (let them be pirates), missing moments during the events of Inquisition, relationship negotiation, kink negotiation.

Female Inquisitor/Josephine Montilyet

While I really enjoyed Josephine’s romance for what it was in the game, I have a hankering for these two in smutty situations. I can see Josephine being particularly wild in the bedroom – is the Inquisitor pleasantly surprised, or does she take it as a challenge?

Possible ideas: rushed sex at a public event, meeting the parents, planning a wedding, tension between assigned roles and what it means for their relationship, goodbye sex (whether they’re meeting again or it’s goodbye for good).

Female Inquisitor/Sera

I love Sera, and I wish the game gave us more opportunities to approve of her actions.
I’d like to see more of the Inquisitor bonding with her over their shared past experiences, whatever they might be (let your Quizzy headcanons run wild!)

Possible ideas: wedding night sex, what did the Inquisitor actually shave into her pubes that one time, how their relationship develops during and post the time-skip, exploring a new kink together.

Isabela/Josephine Montilyet

I love how ships are very important to both of them, and I’d love to see how this would work in regards to them being a … ship. Thoughts on Rivain and Antiva are loved, as is smut with feelings!

Possible ideas: first impressions, Isabela teaching Josephine how to sail, Josephine being scandalised by Isabela’s actions while secretly loving them, Isabela writing smutty fanfiction about their relationship, snippets of their relationship during the timeskip.

Josephine Montilyet/Sera

I love the contrast between these two women, how Sera might remind Josephine of a simpler life while Sera considers Josephine high-and-mighty before realising she’s actually quite alright, despite her airs and pretences.

Possible ideas: Sera gets Josephine involved in her pranks somehow, meeting Josephine’s parents, standing up to societal norms, hurried sex in a public place, ripping apart a fancy dress.

Isabela/Merrill

Similarly to how I envision Hawke/Isabela/Merrill, I love how both Isabela and Merrill are two strong badass women who’ve had to put up with so much. In particular, I enjoy how Merrill may be a bit naïve, but that she’s always eager to learn more.

Possible ideas: Isabela showing Merrill the ropes (literally and figuratively), Isabela trusting Merrill enough to tell her the truth about her backstory, bloodplay and blood magic (and how do they both feel about that?)

Morrigan/Cassandra Pentaghast

The dragon meets the dragon slayer…! They’re both two very independent women with strong belief systems and I’m interested in the way they might clash with one another and how they might come to appreciate each other despite their differences.

Possible ideas: how their relationship develops in the post-Inquistion timeskip (whether Cassandra is Divine or not), fun with shapeshifting, Cassandra’s thoughts on mages, Morrigan’s thoughts on the chantry.

Female Cousland/Anora Mac Tir

Give me the sword lesbians that Bioware has denied me for so long! I love the idea of the two most powerful women in the nation defying societal expectations to rule alongside each other, or alternatively, snippets of their relationship prior to the course of canon.

Possible ideas: reflecting on how they’ve changed since they were young, Cousland and The Calling, deciding on a possible heir, lazy mornings in bed together, frantic sex after a near-death experience.

The Handmaid’s Tale

June Osborne/Serena Joy Waterford

They have such a complicated relationship during the second and third season,
and I am here for and all explorations of it. I appreciate how the power dynamics between them make it difficult for any sexual relations between them to be truly consensual, so I’m happy with however you decide to play it.

Possible ideas: sex as a form of finding intimacy in a hostile world, sex as a manipulation tactic, June escapes Gilead post season 3 and seeks out Serena (to either bond with her or taunt her, I’m not fussy), taking down Fred and the extended Gilead patriarchy together.

Emily Malek/Sylvia

I really liked the snippets of their relationship we got to see in season 3; it must be difficult to acknowledge how much a loved one has changed since going through a traumatic experience, and any exploration of that is loved. Additionally, pre-canon fic is great, too: how did they get together, how did they fall in love?

Possible ideas: getting reacquainted with loving intimacy, realising too much has changed and their relationship won’t work the same way anymore, snippets of life before Gilead and during the beginning stages of the uprising.

Emily Malek/Moira Strand

Two of the most hardened characters in the television series, I feel like they have a lot in common even though they’re in different places in their recovery. I’d love to see more of them rediscovering life together, in whatever context.

Possible ideas: trauma bonding, rediscovering loving intimacy, resisting Gilead from the relative safety of Canada, domestic fluff and the contrast between that and what they’ve been through.

Moira Strand/Original Female Character

I really love Moira and want to see her pursue a bit of happiness after escaping to Canada. It might not be an easy road considering that she’s still barely processing what happened to her ex-fiancee, but it was never really going to be easy…

Possible ideas: being comforted after a nightmare, rediscovering one’s own relationship with sexuality post-Gilead, explorations of what ‘freedom’ truly means.

Mass Effect

Female Shepard/Ashley

I love these two together, and love to see them bond over being two strong soldier-types, or indeed, anything else they might have in common. Does Shepard also enjoy poetry, or have hang-ups about their family or is a religious person?

Possible ideas: stolen moments during the course of canon, fraternization regs and how they make a relationship difficult, Shepard learning to appreciate their body again after being reconstructed, post-Destroy ending, Shepard and Ashley trying (and failing) to make it in the post-Refusal ending.

Female Shepard/Samantha Traynor

Sam’s enthusiasm and energy for life make me love her, and I’m sure it’s the same for Shepard! I will basically gobble up anything about this pairing, so whatever idea you may have, please drop it on my plate!

Possible ideas: shower sex, bonding over being from colonies, meeting the parents, reflections on their relationship after Shepard’s death/disappearance, chess games that lead to sex.

Female Shepard/Miranda Lawson

Miranda might have been genetically engineered to be perfect, but then Shepard was reconstructed to be humanity’s salvation by Miranda herself. How does Miranda reconcile these two factors?

Possible ideas: creative use of biotics, testing out the extent of Shepard’s cybernetics, post-game reflections upon their relationship (whether Shepard lives or dies), musing on what it means to be ‘human’.

The Outer Worlds

Female Captain/Ellie

There is not enough content out there for this pairing and I am always craving more. I love how the Captain’s support of Ellie helps her to realise that allowing others to support you isn’t a weakness, and that she doesn’t see the inherent romantic subtext of asking the Captain to come meet her parents…

Possible ideas: creative reinterpretation of the phrase ‘watching your back’, working together to make Halcyon a better place, medical kink, 5 times fic, whatever happened to Earth anyway?

The Walking Dead (Telltale Video Game)

Clementine/Violet

I love their relationship in the game and how they slowly open up to one another. I’d love to see their development continue along in that vein and how they face what the future brings together.

Possible ideas: Violet’s reactions after Clem’s zombie bite, raising AJ together, the school becoming a bigger community, Clem and Violet as older adults reflecting on their childhood during the zombie apocalypse.

Minerva/Violet

Another doomed pairing… I love how shocked Violet was to see Minerva alive again, and that she still believed in her ex even while learning about all of the terrible things that she had done.

Possible ideas: canon divergence where Minerva doesn’t get sent into the Delta (maybe Minerva and Violet attempt to rescue Sophie together), Violet attempting to appeal to Sophie’s humanity post-capture, how they got together in the first place.