Fandom 5k Letter
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mylittlefaithHello! I personally prefer it when my recipient gives me a lot of prompts and details to pick from so I like to try to give the person assigned to me the same, but feel free to incorporate as much or as little as I've shared here as you want, I love all my requests and am hungry for fics for all of them, so I'm sure I'll love whatever you write for me.
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GENERAL LIKES: character development over plot, happy endings, slowburn romance, best friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending, overprotectiveness, when someone gets hurt and the other person loses their shit with worry, fake dating, 5+1 times style fics, parallels!, callbacks, banter, slice of life fics, missing scenes, canon compliant and canon divergent fics, roadtrip fic, makeouts, platonic cuddling, cuddling that's not really platonic, forehead kisses!!, romantic and platonic bed sharing, dysfunctional and maybe bordering on toxic and they know it but they just love each other so much! relationships, codependency and loyalty, nonsensical but harmless jealousy, social media as a plot point, domesticity, realistic miscommunication, unrequited love that's secretly not so unrequited/pining that eventually pays off, third parties being jealous of my ships bond, sudden declarations of love, outsider POV, other characters finding out about their relationship, high school reunions, and college fic.
GENERAL DISLIKES: unhappy endings, noncon, character death (side characters getting killed off for plot is okay tho), unnecessary or contrived angst, pining with Nice Guy type behavior, cheating (on each other, they can cheat on other people together all they want, whoops), romanticized abuse, betrayal, genderbending, body switching, not super into coffeeshop or other similar mundane AUs, character bashing, hard kinks, out of characterness, porn without plot, first or second person narratives, crossovers, supernatural/vampire AUs, and too much focus on side characters or their relationships (unless otherwise stated).
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RIVERDALE | Toni Topaz/Cheryl Blossom
I haven't read many fics that are set during the back half of S6, where Toni comes to her sense before the comet, so that could be fun to read. Whether it's before the wedding or after dying, whatever. I can see a few different paths to her getting a wake up call and ending things with Fangs and reuniting with Cheryl. Maybe Percival does something to Cheryl or her life is in danger some other way/Cheryl gets hurt trying to protect Anthony, maybe Cheryl doesn't just sit back and let the wedding happen and it opens Toni's eyes, or someone else speaks up and informs Toni of the obvious, that Cheryl still loves her. Or some kind of magical/time travel twist would be fun, like future or past Toni (or Anthony) shows up and warns her or she gets set to/has visions of the future where she's miserable with Fangs or sees she ends up with Cheryl.
Post S6 finale/comet is such a sweet spot for Choni fics, and something I can read endless variations of and never get tired. The set up of Cheryl possibly being hurt from the comet and Toni freaking out, Toni remembering Thomasina/Abigail's night together and not being able to stop thinking about it/rebury her feelings for Cheryl. The near death experience making them reconnect and start spending more time together and Fangs being a little bitch about it. Maybe Big Anthony has memories of his whole life in that bubble where Cheryl was his other mother and he misses her. I enjoy reading just about any version of their reunion, as long as it includes them having hard and ugly convos about everything that went wrong with them, from the nursery incident, to Toni marrying someone else and asking Cheryl to officiate it, to Toni having a child with someone else and how hard that is for Cheryl, etc. Anything that touches on Cheryl having complicated or conflicting feelings about them being soulmates and that possibly forcing Toni's hand and taking her choice away is fun too.
As much as I love reunion fics, there's a severe lack of fics that focus on their relationship after they get back together, which I think is just as compelling. How do they navigate their relationship this time around, when they're older and their lives/personalities are so different? When they've hurt each other and those wounds are still fresh and can be poked at? How does Fangs deal with it and how do they deal with his presence and possible bitterness/interference? Or more interestingly, the Anthony of it all, whether he stays a teenager or gets reverted back to a baby. I can't imagine Cheryl doesn't have some kind of a complex about his existence and Toni's relationship to Fangs due to his existence. Does she struggle with her place in his life and what her boundaries are with him? Does she worry he resents her and will never see her as his mother? That other people, namely Fangs or even worse, Toni, won't ever see her as his mother? That she'll always feel like she's on the outside of Toni's family despite being in a relationship with her? I'm super interested in those kinds of scenes/scenarios where Cheryl is confronted with that hurtful reality, whether it's a mundane way (can she sign his permission slip? Will his teachers let her pick him up from school? Is she not allowed in the hospital room because it's family only?) or a more personal way (I don't have to listen to you, you're not my real mom! I'm his mother! heat of the moment declarations that are immediately regretted). What about their own possible future marriage? Will she be plagued with memories of Toni marrying Fangs and her having to officiate it? Will it feel less special to Toni because it's her second? So much juicy angst to explore that opens the door for super sweet and cathartic conversations and reassurances.
If you wanna try to tackle a different take on the end of S7, I love fics that deal with them getting their memories back, whether it's just discussing/dealing with the kind of shallow version of their memories they seemed to get in canon, or a version of the canon scenario where they get more concrete memories and they revert back to their original versions because of that, like most of us hoped would happen. Just a different set up for those ugly and deep convos I wanted them to have, but with the bonus of also discussing the fact that they fell in love again in the 50s without their memories, while Toni didn't look twice at her quote unquote husband. They don't have to go back to the present, but there is a lack of fics that have them do that, and deal with the fall out that, whether it's the same present they left or one that was altered due to their time in the past/Tabitha's meddling, so all for that direction too. Can even combine it all and have them return from the 50s with their memories intact to right before/after the comet and then reunite thanks to the 50s.
I'm not usually picky about side ships, but would prefer Choni be the only old ship getting back together in whatever scenario you choose as to not have their thunder stolen, so I'll request no Bughead or Varchie (also not a big fan of Beronica, either).
YELLOWJACKETS | Misty Quigley/Natalie Scatorccio
For precrash/no crash fics, I'm here for anything that involves Nat standing up for Misty or defending her and awakening an obsession she wasn't expecting (but ends up begrudgingly loving). I love the idea of the classic bet/paid to take her out and then falling for her plot with them. Maybe they end up as roommates in college, idk, I will read literally anything with them in a normal setting, though in this case, I prefer Misty's sometimes sinister portrayals to be toned down a bit given the slight genre shift, and her just being more offputting/strange/awkward more than anything.
If you do wilderness set, I've been into fics where they were secretly hooking up before the crash and now they're stranded together (can do a S1 rewrite or diverge entirely from canon events), or ones where Nat and Misty are drawn to each other instead of Travis and Ben. But my ideal wilderness set fic would definitely be something set at the end of S3, either a different take on the finale where Misty goes with Nat to the mountain or one that covers what happens when Nat gets back to camp and how their relationship evolves now that they share this secret, if Shauna did something to Misty before Nat got back, etc. Kind of obsessed with the idea of them sneaking around a lot for their phone plan and people getting suspicious and Van spontaneously covering for them by telling the others that they're hooking up and it leads to an absurd fake dating scenario in the wilderness. Big sucker for hurt/comfort, so if you wanna kickstart Nat's feelings or have her confront them in any of these scenarios by having Misty get very hurt and Nat get very emotional or protective, well, I would eat that up. Especially if Misty gets hurt trying to protect Nat. Love when the caretaker gets taken care of instead.
And for post rescue, go wild. They've kept the details so vague, there's a lot of wiggle room, but I'm convinced they had a toxic on/off again thing that mirrored Nat's relationship with Travis. But you don't have to make it line up with the canon adult timeline at all, do whatever you want. Maybe they meet up and Misty tries drugs for the first time to seem cool/hang with Nat and something goes wrong and Nat has to take care of her. Or Nat needs a place to stay and crashes at Misty's. The classic plot of Nat calling when she needs help with bail or whatever else. Maybe Misty doesn't get an invite to Shauna's wedding so Nat takes her as a plus one just to stick it to Shauna (who probably only invited her for pretense) but it ends up with them having a good time and hooking up.
And a blanket comment for any and all timelines: BIG fan of fics where any of the other characters find out they're together/hooking up, so if you manage to work that in, I'll love you extra.
EUPHORIA | Maddy Perez/Lexi Howard
I'm really open to anything you might want to write for me, but I really love the idea of something that leans into them growing closer/coming together after just kind of being around each other for years due to Cassie. Whether that's due to their falling outs with Cassie after S2 or something to do with Maddy helping Lexi deal with unrequited feelings for Rue or falling for her while trying to help her get Rue. Maybe she's the one that helps her become more confident instead of Fez. Something where Lexi tags along to a party with Maddy and Cassie but Cassie gets distracted and something happens with Lexi and Maddy is the one that saves her. I feel like Lexi is used to taking care of others, and could use someone to take care of or protect her and Lexi appreciating Maddy for it in a way nobody else has. I'd also really love to see Cassie's reaction to them if it works for the plot.
I don't mind if you incorporate the flirtation with Fez in either scenario, whether for jealousy or to set up something dangerous for Lexi to be involved in, but would prefer it's nothing more than a fleeting crush. Also a big fan of Rue/Lexi, so again, feel free to incorporate a one sided crush or their friendship.
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GENERAL LIKES: character development over plot, happy endings, slowburn romance, best friends to lovers, angst with a happy ending, overprotectiveness, when someone gets hurt and the other person loses their shit with worry, fake dating, 5+1 times style fics, parallels!, callbacks, banter, slice of life fics, missing scenes, canon compliant and canon divergent fics, roadtrip fic, makeouts, platonic cuddling, cuddling that's not really platonic, forehead kisses!!, romantic and platonic bed sharing, dysfunctional and maybe bordering on toxic and they know it but they just love each other so much! relationships, codependency and loyalty, nonsensical but harmless jealousy, social media as a plot point, domesticity, realistic miscommunication, unrequited love that's secretly not so unrequited/pining that eventually pays off, third parties being jealous of my ships bond, sudden declarations of love, outsider POV, other characters finding out about their relationship, high school reunions, and college fic.
GENERAL DISLIKES: unhappy endings, noncon, character death (side characters getting killed off for plot is okay tho), unnecessary or contrived angst, pining with Nice Guy type behavior, cheating (on each other, they can cheat on other people together all they want, whoops), romanticized abuse, betrayal, genderbending, body switching, not super into coffeeshop or other similar mundane AUs, character bashing, hard kinks, out of characterness, porn without plot, first or second person narratives, crossovers, supernatural/vampire AUs, and too much focus on side characters or their relationships (unless otherwise stated).
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RIVERDALE | Toni Topaz/Cheryl Blossom
I haven't read many fics that are set during the back half of S6, where Toni comes to her sense before the comet, so that could be fun to read. Whether it's before the wedding or after dying, whatever. I can see a few different paths to her getting a wake up call and ending things with Fangs and reuniting with Cheryl. Maybe Percival does something to Cheryl or her life is in danger some other way/Cheryl gets hurt trying to protect Anthony, maybe Cheryl doesn't just sit back and let the wedding happen and it opens Toni's eyes, or someone else speaks up and informs Toni of the obvious, that Cheryl still loves her. Or some kind of magical/time travel twist would be fun, like future or past Toni (or Anthony) shows up and warns her or she gets set to/has visions of the future where she's miserable with Fangs or sees she ends up with Cheryl.
Post S6 finale/comet is such a sweet spot for Choni fics, and something I can read endless variations of and never get tired. The set up of Cheryl possibly being hurt from the comet and Toni freaking out, Toni remembering Thomasina/Abigail's night together and not being able to stop thinking about it/rebury her feelings for Cheryl. The near death experience making them reconnect and start spending more time together and Fangs being a little bitch about it. Maybe Big Anthony has memories of his whole life in that bubble where Cheryl was his other mother and he misses her. I enjoy reading just about any version of their reunion, as long as it includes them having hard and ugly convos about everything that went wrong with them, from the nursery incident, to Toni marrying someone else and asking Cheryl to officiate it, to Toni having a child with someone else and how hard that is for Cheryl, etc. Anything that touches on Cheryl having complicated or conflicting feelings about them being soulmates and that possibly forcing Toni's hand and taking her choice away is fun too.
As much as I love reunion fics, there's a severe lack of fics that focus on their relationship after they get back together, which I think is just as compelling. How do they navigate their relationship this time around, when they're older and their lives/personalities are so different? When they've hurt each other and those wounds are still fresh and can be poked at? How does Fangs deal with it and how do they deal with his presence and possible bitterness/interference? Or more interestingly, the Anthony of it all, whether he stays a teenager or gets reverted back to a baby. I can't imagine Cheryl doesn't have some kind of a complex about his existence and Toni's relationship to Fangs due to his existence. Does she struggle with her place in his life and what her boundaries are with him? Does she worry he resents her and will never see her as his mother? That other people, namely Fangs or even worse, Toni, won't ever see her as his mother? That she'll always feel like she's on the outside of Toni's family despite being in a relationship with her? I'm super interested in those kinds of scenes/scenarios where Cheryl is confronted with that hurtful reality, whether it's a mundane way (can she sign his permission slip? Will his teachers let her pick him up from school? Is she not allowed in the hospital room because it's family only?) or a more personal way (I don't have to listen to you, you're not my real mom! I'm his mother! heat of the moment declarations that are immediately regretted). What about their own possible future marriage? Will she be plagued with memories of Toni marrying Fangs and her having to officiate it? Will it feel less special to Toni because it's her second? So much juicy angst to explore that opens the door for super sweet and cathartic conversations and reassurances.
If you wanna try to tackle a different take on the end of S7, I love fics that deal with them getting their memories back, whether it's just discussing/dealing with the kind of shallow version of their memories they seemed to get in canon, or a version of the canon scenario where they get more concrete memories and they revert back to their original versions because of that, like most of us hoped would happen. Just a different set up for those ugly and deep convos I wanted them to have, but with the bonus of also discussing the fact that they fell in love again in the 50s without their memories, while Toni didn't look twice at her quote unquote husband. They don't have to go back to the present, but there is a lack of fics that have them do that, and deal with the fall out that, whether it's the same present they left or one that was altered due to their time in the past/Tabitha's meddling, so all for that direction too. Can even combine it all and have them return from the 50s with their memories intact to right before/after the comet and then reunite thanks to the 50s.
I'm not usually picky about side ships, but would prefer Choni be the only old ship getting back together in whatever scenario you choose as to not have their thunder stolen, so I'll request no Bughead or Varchie (also not a big fan of Beronica, either).
YELLOWJACKETS | Misty Quigley/Natalie Scatorccio
For precrash/no crash fics, I'm here for anything that involves Nat standing up for Misty or defending her and awakening an obsession she wasn't expecting (but ends up begrudgingly loving). I love the idea of the classic bet/paid to take her out and then falling for her plot with them. Maybe they end up as roommates in college, idk, I will read literally anything with them in a normal setting, though in this case, I prefer Misty's sometimes sinister portrayals to be toned down a bit given the slight genre shift, and her just being more offputting/strange/awkward more than anything.
If you do wilderness set, I've been into fics where they were secretly hooking up before the crash and now they're stranded together (can do a S1 rewrite or diverge entirely from canon events), or ones where Nat and Misty are drawn to each other instead of Travis and Ben. But my ideal wilderness set fic would definitely be something set at the end of S3, either a different take on the finale where Misty goes with Nat to the mountain or one that covers what happens when Nat gets back to camp and how their relationship evolves now that they share this secret, if Shauna did something to Misty before Nat got back, etc. Kind of obsessed with the idea of them sneaking around a lot for their phone plan and people getting suspicious and Van spontaneously covering for them by telling the others that they're hooking up and it leads to an absurd fake dating scenario in the wilderness. Big sucker for hurt/comfort, so if you wanna kickstart Nat's feelings or have her confront them in any of these scenarios by having Misty get very hurt and Nat get very emotional or protective, well, I would eat that up. Especially if Misty gets hurt trying to protect Nat. Love when the caretaker gets taken care of instead.
And for post rescue, go wild. They've kept the details so vague, there's a lot of wiggle room, but I'm convinced they had a toxic on/off again thing that mirrored Nat's relationship with Travis. But you don't have to make it line up with the canon adult timeline at all, do whatever you want. Maybe they meet up and Misty tries drugs for the first time to seem cool/hang with Nat and something goes wrong and Nat has to take care of her. Or Nat needs a place to stay and crashes at Misty's. The classic plot of Nat calling when she needs help with bail or whatever else. Maybe Misty doesn't get an invite to Shauna's wedding so Nat takes her as a plus one just to stick it to Shauna (who probably only invited her for pretense) but it ends up with them having a good time and hooking up.
And a blanket comment for any and all timelines: BIG fan of fics where any of the other characters find out they're together/hooking up, so if you manage to work that in, I'll love you extra.
EUPHORIA | Maddy Perez/Lexi Howard
I'm really open to anything you might want to write for me, but I really love the idea of something that leans into them growing closer/coming together after just kind of being around each other for years due to Cassie. Whether that's due to their falling outs with Cassie after S2 or something to do with Maddy helping Lexi deal with unrequited feelings for Rue or falling for her while trying to help her get Rue. Maybe she's the one that helps her become more confident instead of Fez. Something where Lexi tags along to a party with Maddy and Cassie but Cassie gets distracted and something happens with Lexi and Maddy is the one that saves her. I feel like Lexi is used to taking care of others, and could use someone to take care of or protect her and Lexi appreciating Maddy for it in a way nobody else has. I'd also really love to see Cassie's reaction to them if it works for the plot.
I don't mind if you incorporate the flirtation with Fez in either scenario, whether for jealousy or to set up something dangerous for Lexi to be involved in, but would prefer it's nothing more than a fleeting crush. Also a big fan of Rue/Lexi, so again, feel free to incorporate a one sided crush or their friendship.
