( Supernatural, The Terror, The Favourite )General Likes: (none of these need to be combined and some of them are contradictory, if it’s in the list I love it.)
Us against the world is a favourite dynamic of mine as is finding connections in strange places. I'm very fond of closeness between characters (friendship, honourable enemies etc). Apocalyptic and wartime settings are big for me. I'm a big fan of tough people doing hard things, especially if they have to sacrifice things of value. I’m also a fan of humour and banter, of mentally strong characters who battle through against all odds. I also love vicious characters who will do anything to survive and who have one weakness for someone else.
I like brittleness which isn't fragility, love/friendship that is prized above everything else, sacrifices, fighting and ambition. I also like funny things and veneers of casualness that conceal a lot. My taste runs strongly to stoic individuals who can take and deal out a lot of pain. Competent people who are really good at what they do are A+
I like epistolary fic, third person, lush writing, sparse writing, most things inbetween, details of a person or place that makes me feel like I know them, plot and character pieces both. Weather references, dark brooding tension/atmosphere, light breeziness, secrets between two people. Oh yeah, and explosions.
Exchange specific likes: Food! I love food as an act of care - one person making food for another, food as refuge or symbolism. Detailed descriptions are lovely but not necessary for enjoyment, I'm more interested in how the characters are feeling. I like cooking as a joint activity, one person who is a bad cook attempting to make the other person something. I like alcohol being involved either as a garnish or a story focus. I like unhealthy foods and healthy foods alike, and have no objections to food moralisation if it's in keeping for the characters, equally I am interested in disordered eating and food as a method of control. Although feeding kink is a DNW, I like feeding/cooking as a physical act of care for another person or concern for their wellbeing.
Porn likes:
switching, comeplay, slightly more than comfortable penetration (toys, large cocks etc), sex pollen or other fuck-or-die scenarios, blowjobs, scar touching, hair tugging, choking/breathplay, shaving (anywhere, but especially face), shower sex, fight/sparring sex where they're both into it,
Supernatural, Sam/Dean. Sour, Spicy
I love how interesting their canon relationship with both each other and food is. I am very happy for them to be happy (and indeed would prefer that their relationship is one of love regardless of everything else), I'm just not looking for uncomplicated happiness regarding for example Dean making Sam a homecooked meal in the bunker. There is lots of potential here for angst I think. Sam in particular has a super complicated relationship with food and nutrition, I think it's interesting that canon tends even now to have him prefer healthy foods - is this a left over from Stanford, something that he's always had, maybe the threads of disordered eating as a method of control in a life that's almost completely without it? There's loads of potential here for a lot of darkness as well - the nourishment of demon's blood for Sam, the vanishing enjoyment of human food for Demon Dean. I'm also really interested in stories that touch on Dean in particular's approach to alcohol and his (debatably canon) potential functional alcoholism. As an aside, one thing I am definitely not looking for is fic in which Dean/Sam deals with quitting alcohol or with worsening levels of alcoholism, I'd prefer canon levels of drinking if alcohol is included.
Ideas (feel extremely free to ignore these and to write anything that inspires you! They're just bounce off points.)
- memories of childhood food and how those memories have shaped them both as adults - the possible lack of food, the poor quality/nutrition, complicated feelings for them both about Dean's attempts to provide for his brother, and John's failure to do so on an ongoing basis.
- poor decisions around alcohol, maybe that's how they first hook up? Do one/either of them use alcohol as an excuse or as a way to dull their feelings about their relationship/hide behind it?
- demon blood as nourishment that replaces or supplants food/alcohol as either a craving or that renders enjoyment of those things to a minimum.
- foods eaten along the road, junk food, diner food, food made by Dean in the occasional motel kitchenette, fast food, Sam failing to be able to cook anything good.
- coming back from Hell or Purgatory (for either one of them) and having to get used to eating again
Art specific: everything above stands for art as well - but things I would especially love to see is location-based art with Sam/Dean - them in a diner with a favourite food, leaning on the Impala with a beer or a burger, whisky-drunk together in a hotel room, anything with distorted images of nurturing/care - for example Sam drinking straight from Demon Dean as a blood source or Sam setting a table in hell for a banquet. I also love art that plays with symbolism, but all art is great.
The Terror (TV 2018) , Captain Francis Crozier/Commander James FitzjamesGenre: Sour, Spicy, Sweet
Food in this canon is an absolute minefield and I love that! I've requested all variants here, so feel free to go as sweet and dark as you like. Obviously cannibalism is a thing in this canon, and although I would generally prefer both Crozier and Fitzjames not to be participants in eating human flesh, if that's where the story takes you, I am happy to read it. There's loads of potential here for both during-canon fic and post-canon fix-it of all flavours. Crozier and Fitzjames are more likely to be eating the food than cooking it of course, but I would love to see moments of exceptions to that rule - of course we have the canon moments, but anything like that would be amazing as well - Fitzjames maybe sharing a small forgotten delicacy from his personal stores with Crozier, them both heating their meagre food together, trading flat looks and snide undertoned small-talk over a glass of wine pre canon-events. Of course anything that takes place post rescue also opens up an amazing avenue of food and drink - I would absolutely love anything that deals with their shared healing using food or the restoration of their bodies/minds. For something a little darker, maybe post-rescue Crozier turns back to the bottle to cope with the inevitable PTSD or Fitzjames can't stomach food properly.
Ideas (feel extremely free to ignore these and to write anything that inspires you! They're just bounce off points.)
- Learning to eat again on the way back home after rescue, Fitzjames maybe struggling more physically and Crozier more mentally
- A moment's peace together during canon, either onboard or offship, where they can share food together and maybe warmth as well
- Back home where they can indulge completely and with each other where nobody can see them (bad food manners a plus)
Art specific: everything above is good for art as well, but for art in particular, I would love to see them in small huddled spaces together - whether that's in a cramped Captain's cabin, a tent on the tundra, anything that pulls in and focuses on them together would be amazing. Grim banquets would also be really cool, too much choice for them (or too little if you wanted a darker look).
The Favourite (2018), Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough/Abigail Hill Masham, Sour, Spicy
These two are my favourites, and I absolutely love how dynamic their relationship it is - the push and pull, the seediness and grubbiness of their wants/needs especially when contrasted with the high state and ceremony of the queenship, especially the nastiness of their manoeuvring for power. Food and drink provides absolutely perfect metaphors for these two, and there's a lot of material to work with in canon - not just around the Queen's sad/sordid relationship with food and weight, but the ways that Abigail and Sarah contrast each other - Abigail the enabler, Sarah the judger. I would love to see more of that dynamic, the sense of Abigail as the face of indulgence - whether food, drink, cruelty, power or sex, and Sarah as the restraining force. This is a great canon for vast banquets, for food as symbolism and drink as an disinhibitor. Also you know, as many cups of tea as you'd like to work in. Include or exclude the queen as much as you'd like, I am happy either way. Regarding the DNWS: I am OK with minor weight gain for this canon only, although please not sexually driven. Things like Abigail finding it more difficult to lace up her bodice etc or Sarah taunting her with becoming a mark ii of the queen once she's handed the ability to act as she wants. Equally feel free to have Abigail insulting Sarah for her restrained appetites and deriding her as having lost because of that. Canon divergences where Sarah remains at court while still in disfavour, or scenes during canon are all good.
Ideas (feel extremely free to ignore these and to write anything that inspires you! They're just bounce off points.)
- During canon Abigail orders an immense banquet on the queen's behalf as a power play to show Sarah just who is in charge.
- Anything that touches on Abigail's deprivation before canon and how it fuels her appetites during canon
- They have a truce like moment where they drink/eat together, and Abigail demonstrates to Sarah exactly what she does to the queen
Art specific: anything for the prompts above or things like either of them licking wine off the other. I'd particularly love anything that plays with their relationship and dynamic - things like food or drink being seized from each other, or Sarah's response to Abigail's debauchery.
Thanks very much and I look forward to anything that you write!
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