Dear Creator Letter (press_start_comm)

[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: age play, animal play, blood-related incest, mpreg, noncon (dubcon okay!), omegaverse, scat, unrequested gender headcanons, unrequested asexuality headcanons, vore.

Likes: angst with an unhappy ending, apocalypse AU, bittersweet endings, character studies, fake dating, first times, five times fic, huddling for warmth, pining, power imbalances, soulmate AUs (both inverted and played straight), time-travel, unconventional formats and POVs.

ACE ATTORNEY

Franziska von Karma

Franziska is hands-down favourite Ace Attorney character of all time, and I would love any fic centred on her. I basically ship her with anyone (that does not conflict with my DNWs!) so if you’d like to take this as the chance to write the Franziska rarepair of your dreams, go ahead!

Prompts: growing up, shedding the whip as a security blanket, contemplating motherhood, learning to love, forgiveness, solving the murder of a loved one.

Klavier Gavin

Clearly, I have a soft spot for child geniuses. I’m interested in any Klavier ships, any exploration of his character and his relationships with friends and family, at any point in the timeline.

Prompts: Just how German is Klavier ‘Piano’ Gavin anyway, the German legal system and its relationship with child geniuses, the founding of the Gavinners, Klavier’s thoughts on Apollo moving to Khura’in.

Franziska von Karma & Miles Edgeworth & Manfred von Karma

Again, I love the von Karma family and just how wild and dysfunctional they must have been. There are a great variety of different takes in fandom, in everything from ‘Manfred was a loving but distant father’ to him being outright abusive, and I’m always hungry for people’s take on their family dynamics.

Prompts: Franziska or Edgeworth’s feelings about their childhood after Manfred’s conviction, mourning and/or celebrating Manfred’s death, Manfred’s thoughts on his daughter and his ward, unlearning what it means to be a von Karma.

Franziska von Karma/Adrian Andrews

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.

Prompts: pre-ship pining, Adrian and/or Franziska coming to terms with their sexuality (whatever wlw identity that might be), meeting Adrian’s parents and the complications that come with that, reconnecting at a later date in the future and reflecting upon their past relationship.

Franziska von Karma/Klavier Gavin

Child genius meets child genius! I have a very soft spot for this rarepair and would love any exploration of them as a couple, from getting together to being in an established relationship.

Prompts: bonding over their commonalities: perfectionism, being teen geniuses, having murderous relatives and the complications that come with that, both being prosecutors and their different styles, Franziska at one of Klavier’s concerts, solving a crime together, trying for a baby.

Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth & Franziska von Karma

I love Phoenix and Edgeworth as a couple, but in this case I’m particularly interested in how Franziska feels about two of her greatest rivals being in a relationship together. Either platonic or romantic jealousy is loved, for either Phoenix or Edgeworth (or both!). Alternatively, perhaps as Franziska’s aged she’s become more genuinely self-assured as is simply happy for them?

Prompts: Franziska’s POV on Phoenix and Edgeworth’s wedding day, Franziska’s thoughts on Trucy and how Phoenix and Edgeworth and raising their daughter, Phoenix or Edgeworth (or both) breaking the news to Franziska about their relationship.

Mia Fey/Miles Edgeworth

I love these two together and there’s simply not enough fic for them! Give me belligerent sexual tension, in or out of the workplace, or alternatively, them bonding together over their shared relationship with the DL-6 incident.

Prompts: investigating a case together (DL-6 or otherwise), Edgeworth reflecting on a shared liaison after Mia’s passing (and how weird it is that she keeps popping up everywhere, especially given he doesn’t believe in spirit-channelling),
courtroom trysts, doomed relationships.

DRAGON AGE

Loghain Mac Tir

I love Loghain and would love any exploration of him throughout the canon timeline. Stories set during or after The Stolen Throne? Fantastic! Or during Origins? Also great! Or in Loghain’s Warden years leading up being left in the fade? Or not? I love Loghain with a number of different characters should shipping take your fancy: Maric, Rowan (or any combination therof), his wife Celia, or with a female Warden or a female Hawke later in the timeline.

Prompts: atonement, first time with Rowan, doing the Dark Ritual with Morrigan, sacrificing himself at Fort Drakon, sacrificing himself in the Fade, political intrigue during his years as Ferelden’s general.

Cullen Rutherford/Isabela

These two have such different personalities that I always love seeing them bounce off each other. Perhaps Isabela decides that the Knight-Captain isn’t half-bad to look at and Cullen decides she’s a safe space to explore his sexuality? Or maybe they meet up during the events of Inquisition and talk about what happened in Kirkwall?

Prompts: sparring and compromising positions, sneaking around, exploring a crime together, belligerent sexual tension, initially reluctant Cullen and determined Isabela.

Aveline/Isabela

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.

Prompts: 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.

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.

Prompts: Isabela showing Merrill the ropes (literally and figuratively), Isabela trusting Merrill enough to tell her the truth about her backstory, bloodplay and/or blood magic (and how do they both feel about that?), Isabela teaching Merril to play Wicked Grace well.

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 if you feel up to it!

Prompts: 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.

Cullen/F!Hawke

Their shared time in Kirkwall is full of unexplored potential, and I love any exploration of how they both feel like they’re trying their best to improve their new home. I have no preference on Hawke’s class, but prefer either red or purple Hawke for personality.

Prompts: bonding over their Fereldan homeland, friends with benefits, sneaking around, how their relationship (whatever form it might take) is impacted by the events at the end of DAII, reuniting in Skyhold, canon-divergence where Cullen leaves Kirkwall with Hawke.

Cassandra Pentaghast/Varric

Cassandra certainly has a thing for locking people up in chains, and Varric is no exception. I love that despite their differences and their arguments they have a deep abiding respect for each other, and I always enjoy seeing that develop into something more.

Prompts: getting together, confessions, first date, Varric providing Cassandra with an advance personal reading of his smutty literature, Cassandra and Varric in the post-game timeskip.

F!Inquisitor/Josephine Montilyet

I love these two and basically want to see any missing moments from canon, or anything post main game or post-Trespasser. If the Inquisitor is non-human, how does Josephine reconcile being with them as well as her duty to her family?

Prompts: meeting the parents, planning a wedding, tension between their assigned roles and what it means for their relationship, post-Trespasser decision and what it means for their relationship.

Morrigan/F!Warden

It’s a shame Morrigan wasn’t romanceable by a female warden, but fortunately we have fanfiction to fix that! I would love to see them bonding over what it means to be a woman (whether they have compatible views or different ones), or missing moments from canon, or well, anything, really! I’m happy with any Warden origin.

Prompts: falling in love, how the Dark Ritual affects their relationship, missing moments between Origin and Inquisition, fighting Flemeth and the effect Morrigan’s mother has on their relationship. Reflections on motherhood.

Sera/F!Inquisitor

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: playing more pranks together, how their relationship develops during the time-skip, how getting married changes their dynamic (or not!)

Female Trevelyan

I have a particular soft spot for Trevelyans, and am interested in all the different ways their history can be conceived! Are they are a warrior or a rogue? How faithful are they really? Or are they a mage, and how do they feel about being the Herald of Andraste? Any pairings (canonical or not) are fine if romantic relationships are something you’d like to explore, I just ask that the focus be on Trevelyan and how their past has made them the woman they are today!

Prompts: training to fight, feelings in the Circle, thoughts on the Inquisition, Trevelyan’s relationship with their family and how they feel about being a noble, running away, being a reluctant hero.

MASS EFFECT TRILOGY

Kaidan Alenko/Female Shepard

I love any exploration of their relationship, both in canon and beyond. I’m also particularly fond of a wide-array of AUs for them, such as coffeeshop, bakery, roommates and the like! My favourite take on this pairing is Kaidan being obviously infatuated with her from the jump but it taking Shepard a little more time to warm up to him.

Prompts: falling in love, meeting the parents, Kaidan’s POV on the events of ME2, post-ME3 (whether Shepard survives or dies), mutual pining, miscommunication, celebratory kisses.

Miranda Lawson/Female Shepard

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?

Prompts: 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’.

Female Shepard & Female Shepard Clone

I like comparing and contrasting Shepard and her clone, and seeing them try and one-up each other while disguising their own insecurities (original Shepard feeling inferior because she isn't flawless like her clone, and the clone feeling hollow because she doesn't have the lived experience -- the SOUL -- that her original counterpart has) through whatever means necessary.

Prompts: evenly-matched-battle, Shepard was actually a clone all along, canon-divergence from the end of the Citadel DLC, Clone!Shepard wins and how does that effect the rest of the story?

Samantha Traynor/Female Shepard

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.

Miranda Lawson

I love Miranda and how she tries so hard to be perfect and is still yet so refreshingly human, with all the foibles that entails. I’d love pre-canon stuff exploring her getting involved with Ceberus, her thoughts on the Lazarus project, on her teammates, exploration of her relationship with her family, or anything, really!

Prompts: Miranda dealing with the fallout from the ending of ME3 (whichever ending that might be), sibling bonding times with Oriana, exploration of her greatest fear or her greatest triumph (or both!)

Jack/Female Shepard

These two have a lot of chemistry together, especially if Shepard is a fellow biotic! I love seeing two badass women coping and overcoming their trauma together, through whatever means necessary.

Prompts: biotic training, tattoos, trying to make it in the world together post-Refusal energy, long-distance-relationship, first times.

Ashley/Female Shepard

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?

Prompts: 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.

MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA

Regarding art:
I am down for any scene or portrait depicting the requested characters! I like slice-of-life moments, feelings of hope, and bright colours. For the Ryders, I would prefer their default appearances.

Alec Ryder & Liam Kosta

Just how did Liam come to be involved in the Andromeda Initiative anyway? Was there anything about humanity’s Pathfinder that encouraged him to join?

Prompts: mentorship, first impressions, Liam getting himself into trouble (and Alec’s subsequent response), an Alec-doesn’t-die AU (and how their relationship develops in Andromeda, regardless of if Liam ends up involved with one of his children or not).

Alec Ryder & Ellen Ryder & Female Ryder & Male Ryder

It’s 2020 and I’m still emotionally recovering from the revelations in Ryder Family Secrets. I’d love to see how the twins cope, regardless of which one is the Pathfinder. Do they tell anyone else about their mother? The Reapers? Do they manage to rescue Ellen?

Prompts: reviving Ellen (regardless of if the cure is successful), backstory examining the family dynamics and how Alec came to make such a controversial choice, Alec-doesn’t-die and how does that change everything else?

Alec Ryder & Cora Harper

I love their relationship (even despite how little of it we see in game), and I have read the Mass Effect: Initiation novel, so I’d love anything building upon what we see in that book, or alternatively, your own take on their pre-Andromeda relationship!

Prompts: Cora seeing Alec as a father figure, bonding between the two, Cora’s feelings on being second-in-command, Alec doesn’t die and how does that affect his relationship with Cora?

Alec Ryder

I love how complex a character he is and how controversial his actions were. I’m honestly here for any exploration of Alec as a character, whether that be pre-canon or in an Alec-doesn’t-die AU.

If you choose to pair him with anyone, I just ask that you avoid Dr. Carlyle, but other than that, let your mind run wild with possibilities!

Prompts: Alec doesn’t die and Ellen is revived, how Alec and Ellen met, Alec’s childhood and how he ended up joining the Alliance, becoming an N7, going through the Mass Relay for the first time, the First Contact War.

Female Ryder/Liam Kosta

I'm really feeling AUs for this pairing at the moment. Perhaps something mundane, like a coffeeshop or college AU? Or a timeline divergence where neither of them go to Andromeda and are left behind on Earth during the Reaper War? Soulmate AU? Heck, AU them into your favourite fairytale; your imagination's the limit!

Alternatively: Ryder tells Liam about what she learnt from looking at her father’s memories. Comfort ensues.

Female Ryder/Cora Harper

Outtakes from their relationship (whether they follow Scott’s romance path or take a different route), canon divergent AUs where they had met and gotten to know each other before the Initiative… I’m here for it all!

Prompts: gardening, falling in love, first times, Ryder telling Cora about her dad’s memories (and comfort ensuing), Cora’s reaction the times that Ryder dies.

THE OUTER WORLDS

Regarding art:

I am down for any scene or portrait depicting the requested characters! I like slice-of-life moments, feelings of hope, and bright colours. For the Ryders, I would prefer their default appearances.

Parvati Holcomb

Parvati is such a fresh breath of air in what can be a very desolate setting. I would love any exploration of her and her relationships with others, whether they be platonic, familiar or romantic. I just ask that you respect her asexuality!

Prompts: reconnecting with her mother, talking about her father, found family with the Captain and her teammates, her relationship with Junlei later in the game and beyond, her job and what it means to her.

Ellie Fenhill

I’m a sucker for Ellie and her cool girl façade. I’d love to see what adventures she
got herself into before and after her time on the reliable (whatever did happen between her and Jessie anyway?)

Prompts: piracy gone wrong, stitching up a teammate, drinking games, working to be a better person post-game, bonding with the crew, found family.

Ellie Fenhill & Lionel Witherspoon & Theodora Fenhill

Following on from the previous request, Ellie’s personal quest and her relationship with her family near broke me, and I love to see any exploration of this. How does Ellie feel that her parents cared more about money than her? How did this affect her growing up? What was the straw that broke the camel’s back and caused her to leave her home?

Prompts: running away, perfectionism, living up to someone else’s ideals (and how suffocating it can be), how Ellie derived her nickname from ‘Marilyn’, another time Ellie brought someone to her parents and it also didn’t go to plan.

Nyoka

Yet another badass woman! Again, I’m pretty much down for any exploration of her character, and whatever ships you may feel like including (or not). What was it like growing up on Monarch and how did she get involved in her line of work?

Prompts: learning to trust again, getting help with her alcoholism, her relationship with her crewmates and what they mean to her, her relationship with her family and what happened to them.

Chairman Rockwell

A smug bastard, but one I’m fascinated by. I would love pretty much any content centred on him. How did he come to power? What lengths has he gone to keep it?

Prompts: propaganda posters, his relationship with Earth, keeping his subjects in line, what does he care about most in the world, and what will he to do to keep it safe?

Female Captain/Ellie Fenhill

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, whatever happened to Earth anyway?