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Hey there, thanks so much for making something, I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with!

I'm down to receive fic of any rating from Gen to Explicit (whether in the porn or the violence/gore category), and shippy or non-shippy, so just go where the story takes you. The Likes are really more suggestions than what I explicitly want in a fic, so feel free to take inspiration or completely ignore the list as you like. As for DNWs, if it's not on the list, assume I'm cool with it!

Find me as timegoesby on AO3, I'm always open to treats (*￣3￣)╭

Some General Likes:

Angst | Bickering/Banter | Casefic | Canon-Divergent AUs (fix-it, make it worse, what-if, role swap, etc.) | Character Studies | Complicated Relationships | Darkfic | Enemies/Rivals to Lovers | Fluff | Found Family | Friends to Lovers | Good/Bad/Open Endings | Hurt/Comfort | Hurt No Comfort | Misfits Coming Together | Lovers to Rivals | Missing Scenes | Mystery | Pining | Power Dynamics | Slice of Life | Worldbuilding | Whump

Some Smutty Likes:

ABO | Age Gap | Aphrodisiacs | BDSM | Begging | Body Worship | Consensual Non-Consent | Dub/Noncon | First Times | Forced Orgasms | Foreplay | Fuck or Die | Oral | Overstimulation | Power Imbalance/Power Plays | Praise | Rough Sex | Switching | Size Difference | Teasing | Tentacles & other Monsterfucking Fun | There Was Only One Bed & Related Forced-Closeness Tropes | Threesomes (or more)

DNWs:

Non-Canon Permadeath of Requested Characters¹ | Mundane/Non-Supernatural AUs² | Reader-Insert | Focus on Unrequested Identity Headcanons
For smut: Age Play | Daddy/Mommy Kink | Infantilisation | Piss/Scat/Vomit (in a sexual context) | Pregnancy/M-preg (breeding kink is fine, just no actual pregnancy) | Underage (under 16) | Vore/Cannibalism

1 - Temporary death/fakeout deaths/threat of death, etc. are fine, as is death of other characters that are not the requested ones, I just want the requested characters to be alive by the end of the fic :)
2 - What I like about these canons are the interesting supernatural settings, so I'd prefer something set in the worlds and time periods of the source. That being said, for my Mignon request I'd be fine with any sort of setting change AU as long as Oh Youngone is still a vampire ;)

Opt-Ins & Mini Challenges:

Unconventional Fic Formats (epistolary, CYOA, in-world documents, etc.) | 1st or 2nd POV stories (from canon characters' POV, no reader-insert) | Crossovers (For Ghost Wax & Agent Stoker requests)

Mini Challenges:
Yuleporn
Crueltide
Interactive Fiction
Two For One - Crossovers

Find more detail about fandom-specific likes and prompts below, but feel free to go your own way with whatever you choose to make.

Time For Chaos (Podcast)

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Characters
Any in the tagset - Carter Tillinghast, Fairuz Gibran, Margarete "Margot" Sauer, Vaughn Villiers.
Desmond Mahoney is not in the tagset (for lack of space), but his addition is always welcome.

In General
I'm so starved for content I'd literally take anything: casefic, shipfic, canon divergence, character studies, literally whatever.
I'm most interested in missing moments or character backstory speculation -- fill in the gaps in the story! Theorise on the conspiracy! I've neither played nor read the Masks of Nyarlathotep adventure so I welcome any and all sorts guesses as to what is really going on. I'm also a big fan of the Cthulhu Mythos so if you want to write some sort of case fic involving a lovecrafitan investigation I am all for it.
I'd also just take the characters hanging out in between adventures and having a fun (or a not so fun) time together, because I love them and anything they do.

Some Ideas
Again, this is just my brainrot idea dump, feel free to do whatever as I am aware I wrote a lot lol.

• Margot: For her past, how did she come to join the Order in the first place? What drove her to it? Could Gunther have had something to do with it behind the scenes? How did she come to have that relationship with Gunther? What was it like?
  For more present things, what was her life like in the years between Peru and New York? What kinds of things did she get up to in order to move through the ranks in the Order after proving herself with the golden mask? How has her art/reputation as an artist evolved?


• Vaughn: For his past, anything involving Oberon is fair game, but I'm especially interested in the tragic end of that relationship. Were there any things that Vaughn left unsaid? Anything he wishes he might have done differently? Additionally, Oberon's poem to Vaughn mentions Carcosa, does that mean he knew about the "mythos" before Vaughn did, and did he perhaps try to tell Vaughn about it? omg what if Oberon is in Carcosa right now and the delusions Vaughn has been having are actually him glimpsing Oberon there?
  Otherwise I'm super interested in explorations of Vaughn's faith, how he went from his Anglican upbringing to losing his faith in the trenches to becoming a staunch Catholic due to glimpsing mind-shattering horrors.


• Fairuz: I'm interested in her pursuit of knowledge. How did she first get started? How did she come to join the Order independent of her father? Does she have any goals in joining aside from finding out what happened to her mother? Otherwise, her relationship with her father. When/how did it become so strained? He clearly cares about her, and yet he's keeping so many thing from her, how long has she suspected that her father may be lying about some very important things?
  


• Carter: I feel like this funny, debonair conman actually has some sort of incredibly tragic backstory, I mean, he's in debt with the Irish(?) mob and scams old ladies for a living before he gets with the squad, that's gotta have come from somewhere, right? We see him grow once he makes friends, but I'm interested in the kind of person he was before he ever got kicked in the face by that horse. Has he always been a conman? Did he ever have an honest job? What was his life with his latest late wife like? Were there parts of it he enjoyed?
  Otherwise anything involving him trying to write and publish that (in)famous book of his adventures or just him talking himself into (and perhaps even out of) any sort of comical problem that might befall a slightly clueless American in a foreign country like Peru (or even England, lmao) after the bulk of his horrible adventures are over.

As for ships or pair interactions:

• Carter and Margot: love them and ship them so hard, but even as friends they are fantastic. Anything that involves more of that top tier banter, whether it's them dealing with more spooky mysteries, some juicy angst at the thought that the other may be dead, or just their hilarious hijinks.


• Fairuz and Vaughn: I don't ship them romantically, but I love their partnership and can see them being in what we would consider a queerplatonic relationship nowadays. I just want to see them working together, perhaps to unravel the dark secrets that surround them and exchanging mad theories, or spending some time together healing at Eagle's Grange.


• Margot and Fairuz: I love their interactions when they're on screen together, especially in the second season when their relationship grows increasingly complicated due to the Order's involvement. How does Margot feel with being tasked to essentially spy on her friend for the Order? How does Fairuz deal with he thought that another person she holds dear may be keeping important secrets from her? I also think they'd make an interesting ship, something about the way they band together as two capable women against the 20th century world makes me feel like they'd find comfort in one another, especially after all the shit they've been through.


• Carter and Vaughn: That scene on season two of Carter softly kissing Vaughn's forehead and putting his picture in the locket he always keeps with him lives in my head rent free. They make great friends, Carter often being the straight man to some of Vaughn's more ideologically esoteric ramblings, and I think they'd make for an interesting ship as well -- there's just something about Carter always being the poor victim to Vaughn's homicidal bouts of madness (under the pyramid, at the basement of the Juju house, inside the house of the lizard man...) that just makes their whole dynamic kind of tragically ironic. What happens after their work is done in England? Does Carter go to visit Vaughn at Eagle's Grange?


• On Desmond: Being the newest guy, he's the one we know least about, so there's not that much material to go off for backstory speculation (though you're welcome to attempt it). However, I would welcome his addition in any story. What would a meeting between Vaughn and Desmond look like? What happens if the Mystery Squad asks him out for one last job before they leave England?

Ghost Wax (Podcast)

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Characters
Must include - Owen Voncid.
Luca and Pip are always welcome additions, but not necessary to the request (for matching purposes, my nemesis). Also Worldbuilding ^^b.

In General
I just want case fic! More spooky mysteries! Voncid doing his reclaimer thing and talking to dead people! Also, while I would love a fic that included either Luca and/or Pip, I'd also love a fic taking place before Voncid even met them. How did he handle the reclamations before? Have his methods changed since? Has he truly gone soft?
I love the horror elements of the podcast, the whole having to piece together a mystery from the mouth of a dead person angle, and the whole use of magic for good and evil. Also the bees <3
Since the creators have said that the Ghost Wax universe operates on an "anything goes" policy, feel free to get creative!

Some Ideas

• Afaik the current HQ of the gang is based in the United States, so what if a (mythical/magical) creature from another country finds its way in Voncid's territory and starts wreaking havoc? How did it get there? How will Voncid deal with it?


• What if Voncid gets caught in some sort of magical trap like a maze/time loop/illusion? How does he figure it out? How does he get out? Does anyone else notice, and if so, do they help?


• A good old horrific "something supernatural killed this person and we gotta figure out what it is" story, you can't go wrong with a classic. If you want, take a peep at my Summer of Horror dear creator letter to see what I wrote for Ghost Wax and some horror tropes I like for more ideas ;)


• I'd also welcome crossovers with other nominated supernatural podcasts. I'm familiar with Archive 81, Agent Stoker (see below haha), The Black Tapes, Kane and Feels, The Silt Verses, and World Gone Wrong, so consider them all fair game for fun crossover purposes :) I'm also a fan of anything Cthulhu Mythos, which I know is also in the tagset, so use it if you want as well, like -- what if Jinx knew some of the cats of Ulthar? ;)

Agent Stoker (Audio Drama)

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Characters
Must include - Agent Stoker.
Agent Caliban and EnGAGE are always welcome additions, but not necessary to the request (for matching purposes, alas). Also Worldbuilding ^^b.

In General
I'd honestly be thrilled with anything. A deep character study of Agent Stoker and his traumas? Hell yeah. A fun adventure romp as Agent Stoker and Agent Caliban solve another apocalyptic mystery? Bring it on. Agent Stoker trying (and failing?) to stop EnGAGE from killing yet another person that threatens its plans? Sounds fun. Some juicy canon-divergence? Finding fluffy slice-of-life in the midst of the end of the world? As long as Agent Stoker is there doing his thing, perhaps accompanied by one or both of his not partners (or any of the people he's met along the way), I'd be glad to receive it!

Some Ideas:

• An early case from before Agent Caliban's death, showing Agent Stoker gaining experience and perhaps grappling with what he's learning.


• EnGAGE trying, once again, to become Agent Stoker's partner. Results of the attempt completely up to you.


• What if Agent Stoker had been the one that died* when EnGAGE first attacked, and also came back to continue helping Agent Caliban? How would that series of events have occurred?
  *I know one of my DNWs is permanent requested character death but it's okay if he comes back as a ghost dw.


• Agent Stoker tries helping someone, but fails. How does he deal with it? Does it hit him as hard as the first time? Is that a good or bad thing?


• I'd also welcome crossovers with other nominated supernatural podcasts. I'm familiar with Archive 81, Ghost Wax (see above haha), The Black Tapes, Kane and Feels, The Silt Verses, and World Gone Wrong, so consider them all fair game for fun crossover purposes :)

민용 | Mignon (Cartoon)

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Characters
Must include - Mignon, Oh Youngone.

In General
I would love shipfic of any sort, smut is welcome too! Anything that takes a look at Mignon's life after he turns into a vampire, how he deals with the changes, and how his relationship with Oh Youngone continues to develop.
Some worldbuilding would be more than welcome. Vampire society is clearly organised in some sort of underground way, so feel free to build on that however you deem interesting. How does Mignon learn to navigate it? What does Oh Youngone do to ease him into into it (if anything at all)?
Also, as I mentioned in the caveat to my DNWs, I'd welcome any sort of setting change fic as long as Oh Youngone is still a vampire! Wanna write the same story beats but they're now in a medeival-inspired fantasy kingdom? Go for it! College AU where Mignon is the student with the troubled home life and debt while Oh Youngone the sickly guy who keeps missing class because he's secretly a vampire? Hell yeah. Play with it, do whatever!

Some Ideas

• How does Mignon adapt to his new life as a vampire? Does it change his relationship with Oh Youngone? Who has the hardest time with the changes?


• Roleswap AU where Mignon is the vampire boxer trying to win over the reticent, cool doctor who is investigating why his supply of blood bags is constantly going missing.


• What is their home life like after all the chaos? What kind of moments of domesticity do they value? What is their new normal like?


• Vampire bloodplay and biting stuff. Super into that. Lean into it as much as you like.


• What if someone is hunting them down? Does it have anything to do with Mignon's or Oh Youngone's past life? Can they deal with it on their own or do they need the help of other vampires?


• Canon divergence where Mignon avoided getting the shit beat out of him and so Oh Youngone never bit him. What would be different? Would they still end up together?


• Canonically vampires are very long-lived. How does this affect their relationship? Do they lean even harder on each other, or do they struggle on their own? How do they view the changing world, or the possibility of one day living in a world they won't recognise (especially Mignon, since it seems Oh Youngone is used to it)? What will their life look like in 20, 50, 100 years?


• Anything with Oh Youngone being protective over Mignon and Mignon being a completely lovestruck puppy.

Hi, thanks so much for making something, I'm sure I'll love whatever you come up with. I'm very easy to please and I don't really have many DNWs aside from those explicitly listed, so if it's not on the list assume I'm cool with it and feel free to get creative! I'm also down to receive fic of any rating from Gen to Explicit, shippy or non-shippy, so just go where the story takes you :)

Find me as timegoesby on AO3, I'm also open to treats (*￣3￣)╭

General Likes (including but absolutely not limited to):

Angst | Character Studies | Fluff | Slice of life | Found Family | Hurt/Comfort | Whump | Characters Being Soft | Mutual Understanding | Pining | Power Dynamics | Complicated Relationships | Canon-Divergent AUs (fix-it, make it worse, what-if, role swap, etc.) | Casefic | Couples Who Bicker Lovingly | Enemies/Rivals to Lovers | Friends to Lovers | Lovers to Rivals | Good/Bad/Open Endings

General DNWs:

1st or 2nd person POVs (unless it's epistolary) | Non-canon permadeath of requested characters | Out-of-universe/Mundane AUs (unless stated otherwise)

Smut-related Likes (including but absolutely not limited to):

ABO | Age Gap | Aphrodisiacs | BDSM |Begging | Blackmail/Coercion | Body Worship | Consensual Non-Consent | Dub/Noncon | Femdom | Forced Orgasms | Fuck or Die | Healing Sex | Multiple Orgasms | Oral | Overstimulation | Power Imbalance | Power Plays | Praise | Rough Sex | Switching | Teasing | There Was Only One Bed & Related Tropes

Smut-related DNWs:

Daddy/Mommy Kink | Infantilisation | Piss/Scat/Vomit | Pregnancy | Underage (under 16)

蟲師 | Mushishi (Anime & Manga)

Character: Ginko
Ginko is a must for a Mushishi fic, but I would also love if it included Adashino and/or Tanyuu! Anyone else from the tagset is fine as well, those are just my faves <3

I love the mushishi vibes and I just want more of Ginko and what he gets up to during his various travels, as well as the relationships he makes while out in the world and how these are affected by their transitory nature. Bonus points for mushi shenanigans since he and everyone he knows are all tied together by mushi and the effect those things have had on their lives. I'm a big fan of casefic/episode-style fic and character studies, but it can be just a slice of life or something less involved.

さんかく窓の外側は夜 | Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru | The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window (Manga)

Characters: Mikado Kosuke, Hiyakawa Rihito
Kosuke and Rihito are a must for me, since I really like the nature of their relationship and their contrasting views of the world, but I would also enjoy the inclusion any other character in the tagset. I love everyone in the gang!

I'm really mostly interested in post-canon interactions and how they deal with the aftermath of the show, though I'm also interested in missing scenes/canon divergence scenarios. I'm also open to relationship-focused fics or worldbuilding/plotty fics since I'm a big fan of the ghost cases and how the two work together to solve things!
Some ideas:
- Finally fitting in with one another
- Mentor & student relationships (conventional or unconventional, eg. the student becomes the master, etc.)
- Growing from trauma
- Creepy ghost shit
- Hanzawa being a father-figure to Hiyakawa
- Mikado learning to use and embrace his abilities
- All the guys being terrible (/jk) influences for Erika

鹿の王 | The Deer King (2021)

Characters (any, giver's choice): Van Gansa, Sae, Hohssalle Yuguraul

I really loved the world of this story and would love anything from any point. Some thoughts include:
- Pre-canon lives, especially Van's with the Lone Antlers
- Missing scenes, what where any of them thinking/doing while they weren't being shown in the main story?
- Post-canon, how are they getting by? How's Hohssalle's research? Has Sae adopted Yuna? What really happened to Van? Will any of them ever see each other again?
Any bits of worldbuilding you want to throw in there would be greatly appreciated, the movie left me with so many questions and so many possibilities for what magic (is it even magic?) is like in the world.
I also noticed that of the three fics that exist for this fandom two are focused on the Hohssalle/Van ship, which I do totally ship but don't feel pressured to make it a ship fic if gen is more your calling, or if you do want a ship fic just know I would be totally cool with any combination of the three characters mentioned above!

侠探简不知 | Ancient Detective (TV)

Characters: Jian Buzhi, Zhao Wohuan
Featuring any other character from the tagset as well as the two I tagged is fine!

I just want to put it out there that I picked those two not because I ship them (which I do but that's besides the point) but because I really like their crime-solving dynamics and I'm a big fan of casefic in general, so I would be totally stoked to get some sort of mystery-solving scenario, whether it's a ship thing or just a sweet bromance.
If casefic isn't your thing, I would also just love some character studies or glimpses of their relationship (again, romantic or not), I'm really just looking for more of these two interacting with each other and the world.