Once Upon A Fic Letter 2019

[platinum_firebird]

  Hi! Thanks for taking a look at my letter! 

Links: I'm Burning_Nightingale on AO3


Likes

General

I’m a fan of romance, adventure (especially quests!), casefic, plotty fic, fluff, gen, world-building and character studies. I am happy with any rating and any tone, from fluffy curtain fic down to pretty dark stuff. I usually prefer at least a bittersweet ending, though (unless otherwise specified). I love fics that are realistic and I love stuff that’s tropey as all get out; go wild.

Some themes/tropes I really love include: characters fighting against/changing fate, everything about survival (what it means, how it changes you, the lengths you went to), the pressures and struggles of leadership, two people against the world together, found family anything, harsh/beautiful (or harshly beautiful) physical landscapes, gifts or gestures with intense or very personal meanings, anything where characters just get one another, characters who grapple with becoming evil or doing evil deeds, villains who believe they’re in the right, villains who just don’t care about morality, characters who are determined hope will prevail above all else, characters who really feel the weight of their heritage/someone's legacy and a pressure to live up to that.

I am also very into AUs and fusions, including: fantasy (urban, high, whatever), post-apocalypse, sci-fi/space, superpowers, Pacific Rim fusions, reincarnation, royal/arranged marriage

Relationship Themed Trope Likes

Seemingly Unrequited Pining, Friends to Lovers, Fake Dating/Fake Marriage Accidentally Turns Into Feelings, Battle Couple, Everyone Can See It, Like An Old Married Couple

Porn Likes

I really love porn that’s about the characters and centres their relationship. Emotionally charged, desperate, I-need-you-it-can’t-wait sex is fantastic! Sex that’s the culmination of a slow burn and/or a really intense bout of UST is my absolute jam. I’m pretty vanilla when it comes to things like BDSM, so anything beyond blindfolds and tying up wrists is a no-go for me. I’m not really into dom/sub dynamics, but a bit of dirty talk is great. A bit of rough sex – hair-pulling, pushing up against walls, scratching/biting, not being 100% gentle all the time is also very good ;) I'm also always down with xeno and human/non-human sex!

DNWs

Scat + watersports, incest, underage, character-bashing, non-con, strict BDSM relationships, de-aging, humiliation


Fandoms


The Death of Koschei The Deathless

Prompts:

- When we meet her Marya Morevna seems like a pretty ruthless and somewhat terrifying military leader - anything that expands on that, and her life before Ivan appeared, would be amazing. Just how did she get Koschei into that cupboard in the first place?

- Ivan meeting his sisters again, being shown around their palaces, learning about their lives with their husbands? I'd also love to know about Ivan's relationship with his brothers-in-law; they go to great lengths to bring him back to life, so I'd love to know about how they care about Ivan.

- I don't think it's covered in the fairytale, so just why is Koschei called 'the Deathless'?

- Anything Ivan/Koschei; maybe Koschei manages to capture both him and Mara, and begins a campaign to seduce both husband and wife? Or maybe he kidnaps Ivan instead of Mara? Dubcon is good for this request ;) 


Ivan and the Firebird and the Grey Wolf

Prompts:

- Anything Ivan/Grey Wolf. Why does the Grey Wolf help him? How does he feel after Ivan repeatedly ignores his advice and fucks things up? (And, if you wanted to have porn I would not be opposed...and if you wanted to have porn where the Wolf was not entirely human (or not human at all) I would definitely not be opposed at all ;) )

- I don't know if it's in every version, but in some versions the Grey Wolf eats Ivan's elder brothers. What's their relationship like after this? Does Ivan fear the wolf, or is he glad his brothers are gone? I imagine he might have very mixed feelings - yes, his brothers tried to kill him, but they were still his brothers. Or maybe he thanks the Wolf for killing them! I'd love to see any interpretation here.

- Elena leaving after Ivan rescues her and forging a new life for herself somewhere else, whether it's quiet or adventurous, or maybe even something to do with magic. 


The Six Swans

Prompts:

- I really want to know about how the girl feels about her marriage to the King, and how she falls in love with him. Is it a slow thing, or is she just as entranced by him as he is with her? Does she worry and try to hide her strange project with the nettles? How does the King feel about having to face what he thinks is the truth, and sentence his beloved wife to death? And how do they reconcile after the end of the story? Essentially I'd love an in-depth look at what must have been a tumultuous and odd relationship.


Ocean-Born Mary

Prompts:

- How does one react, when the pirate your mother has (presumably) told you stories about appears on your doorstep offering marriage and a comfortable life?

- What does Mary think of Don Pedro, before she meets him? Has she built up an image of him in her mind? Or perhaps her mother never told her about the strange events of her birth, and this man arriving on her doorstep with his offer of marriage is a complete stranger?

- This is an age-gap ship so I would be very happy if you leant into that in some way.

- What's married life like for these two?

Thanks for reading!