Dear LBD creator 2025,
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chronicbookwormThanks for creating things for me! Should you so want, I can be found at both Tumblr and AO3 also as ChronicBookworm, for any stalking purposes.
In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, and gen. I also like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, get-together, established relationship, character study, slice of life/domestic, you name it – or a mix of them all! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but I also like short and sweet things!
The prompts below are there to help, not box you in, so please feel free to write/make something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. I provide a few suggestions and thoughts for each character to be paired with—please take these as suggestions, and if you want to write a different ship than any of the ones suggested, by all means go for it! I want to see your take on who the characters might fit with!
The length of the sections has nothing to do with how much I want the request, only with how many different prompts I have for each. I want to read them all very badly, so I’m sure I’ll love whatever you write!
General likes
DNWs
A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Bridgerton
The Goblin Emperor
Mansfield Park
Tortall
General likes
• found families, especially ones that don’t try to fit characters into traditional family roles (“team mom”, etc.)
• ride or die friendships
• characters who are kind even when it’s difficult, kindness as a choice
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• marriages of convenience (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• pining
• hurt/comfort
• trauma recovery
• characters with low self-worth being loved and accepted
• characters being shown warmth and kindness when they’re expecting or used to being hurt (verbally or physically)
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy
• complicated politics and shifting alliances
• characters navigating power differentials and power dynamics
• cultural differences, characters trying to communicate when they have wildly different expectations or frameworks for understanding the world
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• conflicts between characters based on differences in opinions, wants, and needs (rather than misunderstandings or erroneous assumptions), conflicts between characters without easy solutions, conflicts between characters where neither side is completely right or completely wrong
• moral dilemmas, trying to do the right thing in situations where there is no good choice
• characters making mistakes, and dealing with the consequences, characters reacting in non-optimal ways, characters lashing out due to pain or trauma
• secrets (both kept and revealed)
• characters working with limited knowledge
• competent characters, characters being recognised for their competence
• women supporting other women
• canon divergence
• outsider POV
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• case fic/mission fic
• time travel (both Peggy Sue style and physical time travel)
• worldbuilding
• longfic
DNWs
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• non-canonical infidelity or jealousy within relationships unless prompted (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
• House of the Dragon: Aemond/Lucerys
• Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, explicitly making Christianity the only way to find Aslan in the real world
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A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Character(s):
• Sansa Stark
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Crossover ships with:
o human/humanoid characters from Chronicles of Narnia (e.g., Mr Tumnus=fine, Reepicheep=not fine)
o Emelan – Tamora Pierce
o The Goblin Emperor series
o Lord of the Rings
o Shakespeare plays: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (not any of the craftsmen players), Othello (not Iago), Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet o Avatar the last Airbender
o The Queen’s Thief series
o Tortall – Tamora Pierce
o The Witcher (game, books, or TV)
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest, except canon-typical Targaryen incest
• Sex involving characters under 15
Ship DNWs, M:
• Petyr
• Sandor
• Ramsay
Ship DNWs, F:
• Cersei
Prompts:
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Aegon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I have a lot of prompts for Sansa paired with various characters from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones as well as crossovers with The Chronicles of Narnia in previous letters, including Willas, Doran, Oberyn and/or Ellaria, Arianne, Quentyn, Jaime, Tyrion, Gendry, Theon, Loras, Daenerys, Margaery, Brienne, any Pevensie sibling, Jacaerys Targaryen, Viserys Targaryen, and probably more that I’m forgetting now – however, if you want to pair her with someone else, by all means, go ahead!
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Bridgerton TV
Character(s):
• Cressida Cowper
• Alfred Debling
• Prince Friedrich
• Edwina Sharma
• Marina Thompson
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F (only for Cressida, Edwina, or Marina, not for Friedrich or Debling)
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
• LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original Characters
• Crossover ships with Jane Austen canons, the Goblin Emperor series
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs (including in poly configurations):
• Hyacinth Bridgerton (unless aged 17+)
• Gregory Bridgerton (unless aged 17+)
Prompts:
I would love to see things work out well for the ones who didn’t get a happy ending in the show! Whether that means pairing them with the Bridgertons they had the strongest connection with in the show, another Bridgerton sibling, each other, one of the love interests who did get a Bridgerton, or another character is completely up to you! With regards to the canonical pairings, feel free to have them never get together, break things off before the wedding, or kill off any character to make your chosen pairing work.
Cressida
I love Cressida in all her petty, spiteful, insecure, lonely glory! I love how complicated she is, how she is what her parents made her be, how she becomes a better person when exposed to better influences but can’t quite shake herself free from her parents’ hold over her. She made bad decisions, but so understandable ones, scrabbling for whatever power she could get. I would love to see her gain happiness and independence, and be valued for who and what she is—maybe some of her rough edges are sanded off if she no longer feels under threat. Maybe she manages to pull off the great feat of snagging Prince Friedrich during her first season, and finds that he is actually a nice man, and finds herself falling for the man as much as his title? Maybe she marries one of the Bridgerton boys, and has to find her place with all of her in-laws, who are all sceptical of her? Maybe she marries Debling after his failed courtship of Penelope, and gains the freedom she’s been looking for?
I was also really intrigued by the connection she and Eloise seemed to form, and how much she seemed to value Eloise’s friendship—it wouldn’t be hard to convince me there were some romantic feelings there as well! Or possibly her feud with Penelope or Daphne is a cover for her own attraction to them? Or what about Cressida/Eloise/Penelope—lots of intriguing character dynamics in all directions! Perhaps she and Kate find themselves matching wits and form an antagonistic friendship that turns into more? With a woman comes the additional complication that they can’t marry—and I doubt Cressida’s parents will be very happy to pay for her to set up a household on her own with a friend, which might be a cause of concern for the relationship, but maybe the love interest has means of her own or a family that’s happy to support her and her partner? Or maybe she finds some way of bringing in enough to support her lifestyle—maybe she has a hidden talent not revealed in the show that will allow her to live an independent life?
Debling
I really liked Debling’s openness and frankness—he’s a man who knows who he is and what he wants, and doesn’t let anyone make him ashamed of that. I love his practicality and pragmatism, his kind-heartedness and willingness to accept people as they are, not trying to please him! I would love for him to get his wife who can manage his estate and be someone to come back to after his travels? Maybe Colin never shows up to ruin his plan to propose, and Penelope is able to move on as Debling’s wife? Maybe he finds that Cressida would love the kind of arrangement he proposes: one where she gets to manage a household out of her family’s power? Maybe he discovers that Eloise is also someone who knows who she is, and is unafraid to be herself? Maybe he finds that Lady Bridgerton is ready for a second love? Maybe he finds out he prefers the company of men, and that appointing someone (a younger Bridgerton brother) as his estate agent is a good cover for a relationship? Or maybe he finds that he’s OK with his wife not remaining 100% faithful, as long as he’s invited into the relationship when he's at home?
Prince Friedrich
Prince Friedrich was such a sweetheart! I loved the care with which he courted Daphne, and how gallant he was! I loved how understanding and non-possessive he was, and how considerate he was of Daphne and her wants and wishes. I like how he wants a family, and how willing he was to step aside for true love: I would love for him to get that kind of love himself, either at courtship, or growing after the wedding, and having the chance to start a family for himself! Maybe his courtship with Daphne goes as planned, and she accepts his proposal? Maybe Daphne never returns his attentions, and he starts to get to know the woman beneath Cressida’s spikes? Maybe he arrives a season later, and is charmed by one of the Sharma sisters, sponsored by his aunt’s dear friend? Maybe he finds Eloise refreshing, after so much time at court where everyone hides their true thoughts behind manners and propriety? Maybe he decides to do a good deed and pay attention to the wallflowers, and discovers that Penelope has hidden depths?
Or maybe he falls for a man? How does he deal with that—the pressures on him to marry and having an heir being especially strong due to his royal status? Perhaps he and Simon hit it off (and perhaps Daphne is the glue that binds them together)? Perhaps he’s invited to one of Granville’s scandalous gatherings where royalty should absolutely not be seen and meets Benedict? Perhaps he meets Colin at a club and falls for his open honesty and good nature? Or does he instead find Anthony’s protectiveness appealing?
Edwina
What I like about Edwina is her sweet temperament, her shyness, her charm, her willingness to please, and her ability to get on with a range of different people, coupled with an integrity that makes her take a stand when it’s something she feels strongly about! I like how she clearly cared for both Kate and Anthony, and how she was willing to forgive and move on after they both hurt her deeply and caused a scandal for both families. I would love to see her find love and happiness and a suitable match with someone who can give her what she wants! Maybe she and Anthony go through with the marriage, and love grows between them: a more steady, stable kind of love than the tempestuous and passionate one between Kate nad Anthony, but love nonetheless? Or maybe Benedict or Colin take pity on her during the Pall Mall game, and they form a connection? Maybe she gets together with Prince Friedrich, as the season 2 ending implied she might? Or she arrives one season earlier and meets and charms Simon against his will? Maybe she arrives one season later, and makes a connection with Lord Kilmartin?
Maybe she finds that she prefers being on the sides of a ballroom, after all the negative attention she had to withstand during her first season, and forms a connection with Penelope? Maybe she finds Eloise’s determination to be herself in spite of societal pressures to conform refreshing, after her own attempt to follow the societal script so nearly turned to disaster? Maybe she and Cressida bond over being ill-treated by the Bridgertons, the darlings of London society?
Marina
I feel so bad for Marina, trapped by circumstances and trying to make the best of the hand she’s been dealt! I have a great deal of sympathy for her actions in trying to save herself from a horrible future. I would love to see her gain a better end than she got in the show, and a chance at real happiness, real love to grow from her marriage, whether that is changing the marriage she did have to be more fulfilling, or having her marry someone else, or letting her find someone (male or female) after the death of her husband, or even having her and Sir Philip agree to find happiness elsewhere despite their marriage. Maybe she confesses to Colin on Penelope’s urging and he decides to go through with the marriage after having heard of her plight in her own words? Maybe another one of the Bridgertons steps in to save their little brother? Maybe Simon decides that the best way to spite his father is to have the Hastings name continue through children with none of his blood? Perhaps Prince Friedrich spots her early in the season, and whisks her away from her judgmental family?
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The Goblin Emperor
Character(s):
• Arbelan Drazharan
• Chenelo Drazharan
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
• Eshevis Tethimar
• Uleris Chavar (for Chenelo only, OK for Arbelan)
Prompts:
This is such a nice comfort read book! I loved Maia finding his feet in court, how he started to flourish and come into his own, and how he, through his kindness and consideration, managed to win people over and start making changes for the better! I also love the politics, how people use subtle cues to signal favour or disfavour, the thought that goes into appearances, and back-room deals where people trade favours with each other!
I’d also be incredibly interested in seeing how the women’s court functions, politics among the ladies—both their own politics, but also how they move things in the national politics that’s usually seen as the men’s domain, how they wield influence over other ladies and over men, the different factions among the women—not just Csoru’s faction and Csethiro’s, but other factions among the older ladies, and to what extent does it mirror the men’s factions, what Csethiro is like as the Empress, Vedero’s circle and who is included in it, and how it interacts with other factions in the women’s court, what role Arbelan has at court and how she fits in, or what role Chenelo would have in Maia’s court if she survived?
Arbelan
Look, after 30 years in isolation, Arbelan deserves someone who she can lean on and spend her time with! She deserves someone who will treat her right! I would love to see Arbelan’s interiority and her getting to be more than “just” a kindly Aunt-figure to Maia, and to have a romance (or platonic marriage of convenience) of her own! I would love to see her come into her own at court, and being a political figure as one of Maia’s confidantes and the Drazhada. How would she and her partner work together towards political goals, or how would they allow each other to take time off from being in public and relax. Maybe she marries one of Maia’s advisors or the Corazhas, or a lower-ranked noble, or maybe she causes a scandal by marrying outside the nobility? Does she stay at court, or does she move to an estate further away, and what does her life look like in that case? Or maybe she has a close, female “bosom companion” who she shares her life with in outward respectability but her close friends and family know the truth of their relationship?
I have prompts for Arbelan paired with Maru, Berenar, or an original in previous letters here at my dreamwidth, but I’m happy for you to pick any character to pair her with and explore what her relationship with that character would look like!
Chenelo
I would love to see an AU where Chenelo came to court with Maia! How would she cope with being back at court? Would she feel out of place, due to the changes or due to being a goblin in an elven court, or would she find that without Varenechibel there she would be free to make court her own and set up her own faction? She would be in a completely different position, as the Emperor’s beloved mother, as opposed to the unwanted fourth wife in a political marriage that the Emperor didn’t want and had in fact been manipulated into. How would that influence how she dealt with the court when she came back—those who had shunned her before who now want to be in her good graces (or would they still shun her due to being a goblin?)—did she have any allies then, and would they still be around to welcome her back, or would they have run afoul of Varenechibels’ temper and court politics?
And how would she meet her new husband/partner? How would Maia react to his mother’s second marriage/partnership (especially if it is with a woman—he’s shown to be open-minded and accepting, but there might well be an adjustment: or perhaps he already knew she liked women as well/instead of men)? How would them no longer being the only person who cared about each other change relations between Maia and Chenelo?
As with Arbelan, I have prompts for Chenelo paired with Deshehar and an original character, as well as for a lavender marriage with Thara, but I’m happy for you to pick any character to pair her with and explore what her relationship with that character would look like!
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Mansfield Park
Character(s):
• Fanny Price
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
• Crossover ships with:
o characters from other Jane Austen canons
o Any officer on the HMS Surprise from Master and Commander 2003
o James Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean
o members of the British Aerial Corps or Tharkay from the Temeraire series (but please don't make Fanny herself a member of the Aerial Corps from childhood—having William be a member of the Aerial corps instead of the Navy or having Fanny come into it in adulthood due to bonding with a dragon and have to try to adjust is fine)
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
None
Prompts:
Fanny is probably Austen’s most divisive heroines, but I love her! I like that she’s quiet, and unassuming, and self-sacrificing to a flaw, but she still won’t budge when everyone around her is trying to persuade her into something she thinks is wrong. I like that inner strength she has, that allows her to endure both Mansfield and Portsmouth.
I’d really like a story that highlights those qualities – and I’d also really like her to be happy and valued. Maybe post-canon, and Edmund learns to not put his own wants above her needs? Or maybe a canon divergence, in which Henry actually goes to Everingham and reforms enough to be the kind of husband she deserves? Or there is another man who would be a better husband to her than either Edmund or Henry? Maybe she falls in love with a redeemed Tom, or Maria, or Julia? Or maybe she becomes the companion to another rich lady, one who values her and enjoys her company, and they fall in love? Or maybe you have another idea in mind for what happens to her – I’m open to anything, as long as she’s happy! Feel free to make this a crossover with any other Austen canon, Pirates of the Caribbean for Fanny/Norrington prompts (there are prompts in past letters), or Master and Commander 2003 (I have prompts for Fanny/Pullings in past letters, but for this exchange I am opening up to any officer of the Surprise, i.e., also Mowett, Aubrey or Maturin), or Temeraire.
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Mansfield Park
Character(s):
• Fanny Price
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
• Crossover ships with:
o characters from the Emelan universe
o Avatar the Last Airbender
o A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon/Fire & Blood – although I’d prefer the story set in the Tortall universe
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest (except canon-typical Targaryen incest if crossing with a Westeros fandom)
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
• Joren
• Vincent
Prompts:
I would love to read more about Maura and what happens to her: how does she restore Dunlath, and heal the land? What sort of trouble does she face with the wolves, ogres, and people? What does she do during the Immortals War? How does she lead her fief through war with mythical creatures? What sort of defences does she put up? Does she ever fight herself, or does she take a commanding and leading role instead? Perhaps she meets the King’s Own, and gets on with one of the young soldiers (Dom, perhaps, or Lerant)? Or with one of the Queen’s Riders?
What does she do when she comes of age? How does that change things? According to Pierce, Maura goes to Corus: how does that work out for her? How does she fit in? What sort of challenges does she face there? What is life like for the noblewomen who aren’t fighters? How does Thayet organise her ladies-in-waiting, and what is Maura’s role? Perhaps she stumbles across some kind or conspiracy at court, and has to deal with that? Maybe she meets a squire or court lady and falls in love, either any of the ones we saw in the Protector of the Small quartet, or an original character!
Maura is the only remaining person of her family—what sort of contingencies are there in place for the inheritance of Dunlath? Who is Maura’s heir until she has children of her own? Is there an arranged marriage for her, and how does she feel about that? How involved is she in arranging it? What arrangements does she make if she falls in love with a woman – adoption, a lavender marriage solely for the purpose of producing heirs, a poly relationship, or some other solution?
I have prompts for Maura/Kalasin and Maura & Kel that could be made romantic in my previous letters (just follow the fandom: tortall tag), but as always, I’m happy with any character you think would be fun to pair her with!
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In general, I like most things. I’m a multishipper, and I read slash, het, femslash, and gen. I also like most genres: fluff, angst, adventure, case fic, humour, get-together, established relationship, character study, slice of life/domestic, you name it – or a mix of them all! I’m very fond of long, plotty fic, but I also like short and sweet things!
The prompts below are there to help, not box you in, so please feel free to write/make something different if none of my prompts below grab your imagination or inspiration strikes you in a different direction. I provide a few suggestions and thoughts for each character to be paired with—please take these as suggestions, and if you want to write a different ship than any of the ones suggested, by all means go for it! I want to see your take on who the characters might fit with!
The length of the sections has nothing to do with how much I want the request, only with how many different prompts I have for each. I want to read them all very badly, so I’m sure I’ll love whatever you write!
General likes
DNWs
A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Bridgerton
The Goblin Emperor
Mansfield Park
Tortall
General likes
• found families, especially ones that don’t try to fit characters into traditional family roles (“team mom”, etc.)
• ride or die friendships
• characters who are kind even when it’s difficult, kindness as a choice
• loyalty, both strong, reciprocated loyalty, and more complicated forms such as conflicting loyalties, loyalty to the undeserving, etc.
• “us against the world” plots and relationships (whether it’s true or just what the characters imagine)
• friends to lovers
• arranged marriages (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• marriages of convenience (that can either lead to love or strong friendship)
• pining
• hurt/comfort
• trauma recovery
• characters with low self-worth being loved and accepted
• characters being shown warmth and kindness when they’re expecting or used to being hurt (verbally or physically)
• characters uniting forces against a common enemy
• complicated politics and shifting alliances
• characters navigating power differentials and power dynamics
• cultural differences, characters trying to communicate when they have wildly different expectations or frameworks for understanding the world
• complicated and messy relationships (can be platonic, romantic or familial)
• conflicts between characters based on differences in opinions, wants, and needs (rather than misunderstandings or erroneous assumptions), conflicts between characters without easy solutions, conflicts between characters where neither side is completely right or completely wrong
• moral dilemmas, trying to do the right thing in situations where there is no good choice
• characters making mistakes, and dealing with the consequences, characters reacting in non-optimal ways, characters lashing out due to pain or trauma
• secrets (both kept and revealed)
• characters working with limited knowledge
• competent characters, characters being recognised for their competence
• women supporting other women
• canon divergence
• outsider POV
• partisan and resistance movements, small groups of people going up against or being pursued by large, powerful governments or organisations
• case fic/mission fic
• time travel (both Peggy Sue style and physical time travel)
• worldbuilding
• longfic
DNWs
• explicit sex (fade to black or references to sex are fine)
• changes to human anatomy or physiology (such as mpreg, omegaverse, soulmarks, etc.)
• teacher/student (if it’s relevant, please set any romance sometime after they've stopped being teacher/student)
• non-canonical incest (including between adopted or foster family members and biological family members who don’t know they’re related. Cousin incest and canon-typical Targaryen incest are OK)
• non-canonical infidelity or jealousy within relationships unless prompted (real or imagined. Open relationships and jealousy as a path to feelings discovery are OK)
• more than 3-year age gaps for any ships involving characters 16 years or younger
• sex involving characters under 15, setting a date when the character is considered "old enough"/"legal" for sex and fixating on that date
• modern-day terminology for sexual and gender identities in historical or fantasy canons
• characters being ostracised by their friends and loved ones
• public embarrassment, humiliation
• character or ship bashing
• hopeless endings, grimdark tone
• unrequested setting change AUs (merging crossover universes into one or having characters from one universe dimension travel to the other by either hand-wavey or explained means are all fine)
Fandom-specific DNWs:
• House of the Dragon: Aemond/Lucerys
• Narnia: the rift between Susan and her family, explicitly making Christianity the only way to find Aslan in the real world
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A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones
Character(s):
• Sansa Stark
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Crossover ships with:
o human/humanoid characters from Chronicles of Narnia (e.g., Mr Tumnus=fine, Reepicheep=not fine)
o Emelan – Tamora Pierce
o The Goblin Emperor series
o Lord of the Rings
o Shakespeare plays: Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (not any of the craftsmen players), Othello (not Iago), Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet o Avatar the last Airbender
o The Queen’s Thief series
o Tortall – Tamora Pierce
o The Witcher (game, books, or TV)
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest, except canon-typical Targaryen incest
• Sex involving characters under 15
Ship DNWs, M:
• Petyr
• Sandor
• Ramsay
Ship DNWs, F:
• Cersei
Prompts:
Sansa is one of my favourite characters in ASOIAF/GoT – I’d love to see a story that doesn’t gloss over the horrors she’s suffered, but also doesn’t reduce her to them. She’s clever and cunning, and she’s learnt to play the game, but she’s still managed to keep her kindness and compassion, despite everything she’s suffered. I like stories where she’s able to heal and move on from the traumas she’s suffered and reclaim her agency.
I also like stories that deal with politics and playing the game of thrones, especially ones that allow Sansa to demonstrate that she actually knows how to play – ones where she demonstrates her cunning and agency earlier in Kings Landing, and somehow manages to save her family, or stories where she’s older and has come into her own in a position of power, maybe as Lady of Winterfell or some other castle, or as a member of the Small Council to Robb, Daenerys, Jon, Aegon, Stannis, Tommen or whoever you choose to give a crown to, maybe as Queen in the North, or maybe even Queen of the Seven Kingdoms.
I have a lot of prompts for Sansa paired with various characters from A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones as well as crossovers with The Chronicles of Narnia in previous letters, including Willas, Doran, Oberyn and/or Ellaria, Arianne, Quentyn, Jaime, Tyrion, Gendry, Theon, Loras, Daenerys, Margaery, Brienne, any Pevensie sibling, Jacaerys Targaryen, Viserys Targaryen, and probably more that I’m forgetting now – however, if you want to pair her with someone else, by all means, go ahead!
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Bridgerton TV
Character(s):
• Cressida Cowper
• Alfred Debling
• Prince Friedrich
• Edwina Sharma
• Marina Thompson
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F (only for Cressida, Edwina, or Marina, not for Friedrich or Debling)
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
• LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original Characters
• Crossover ships with Jane Austen canons, the Goblin Emperor series
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs (including in poly configurations):
• Hyacinth Bridgerton (unless aged 17+)
• Gregory Bridgerton (unless aged 17+)
Prompts:
I would love to see things work out well for the ones who didn’t get a happy ending in the show! Whether that means pairing them with the Bridgertons they had the strongest connection with in the show, another Bridgerton sibling, each other, one of the love interests who did get a Bridgerton, or another character is completely up to you! With regards to the canonical pairings, feel free to have them never get together, break things off before the wedding, or kill off any character to make your chosen pairing work.
Cressida
I love Cressida in all her petty, spiteful, insecure, lonely glory! I love how complicated she is, how she is what her parents made her be, how she becomes a better person when exposed to better influences but can’t quite shake herself free from her parents’ hold over her. She made bad decisions, but so understandable ones, scrabbling for whatever power she could get. I would love to see her gain happiness and independence, and be valued for who and what she is—maybe some of her rough edges are sanded off if she no longer feels under threat. Maybe she manages to pull off the great feat of snagging Prince Friedrich during her first season, and finds that he is actually a nice man, and finds herself falling for the man as much as his title? Maybe she marries one of the Bridgerton boys, and has to find her place with all of her in-laws, who are all sceptical of her? Maybe she marries Debling after his failed courtship of Penelope, and gains the freedom she’s been looking for?
I was also really intrigued by the connection she and Eloise seemed to form, and how much she seemed to value Eloise’s friendship—it wouldn’t be hard to convince me there were some romantic feelings there as well! Or possibly her feud with Penelope or Daphne is a cover for her own attraction to them? Or what about Cressida/Eloise/Penelope—lots of intriguing character dynamics in all directions! Perhaps she and Kate find themselves matching wits and form an antagonistic friendship that turns into more? With a woman comes the additional complication that they can’t marry—and I doubt Cressida’s parents will be very happy to pay for her to set up a household on her own with a friend, which might be a cause of concern for the relationship, but maybe the love interest has means of her own or a family that’s happy to support her and her partner? Or maybe she finds some way of bringing in enough to support her lifestyle—maybe she has a hidden talent not revealed in the show that will allow her to live an independent life?
Debling
I really liked Debling’s openness and frankness—he’s a man who knows who he is and what he wants, and doesn’t let anyone make him ashamed of that. I love his practicality and pragmatism, his kind-heartedness and willingness to accept people as they are, not trying to please him! I would love for him to get his wife who can manage his estate and be someone to come back to after his travels? Maybe Colin never shows up to ruin his plan to propose, and Penelope is able to move on as Debling’s wife? Maybe he finds that Cressida would love the kind of arrangement he proposes: one where she gets to manage a household out of her family’s power? Maybe he discovers that Eloise is also someone who knows who she is, and is unafraid to be herself? Maybe he finds that Lady Bridgerton is ready for a second love? Maybe he finds out he prefers the company of men, and that appointing someone (a younger Bridgerton brother) as his estate agent is a good cover for a relationship? Or maybe he finds that he’s OK with his wife not remaining 100% faithful, as long as he’s invited into the relationship when he's at home?
Prince Friedrich
Prince Friedrich was such a sweetheart! I loved the care with which he courted Daphne, and how gallant he was! I loved how understanding and non-possessive he was, and how considerate he was of Daphne and her wants and wishes. I like how he wants a family, and how willing he was to step aside for true love: I would love for him to get that kind of love himself, either at courtship, or growing after the wedding, and having the chance to start a family for himself! Maybe his courtship with Daphne goes as planned, and she accepts his proposal? Maybe Daphne never returns his attentions, and he starts to get to know the woman beneath Cressida’s spikes? Maybe he arrives a season later, and is charmed by one of the Sharma sisters, sponsored by his aunt’s dear friend? Maybe he finds Eloise refreshing, after so much time at court where everyone hides their true thoughts behind manners and propriety? Maybe he decides to do a good deed and pay attention to the wallflowers, and discovers that Penelope has hidden depths?
Or maybe he falls for a man? How does he deal with that—the pressures on him to marry and having an heir being especially strong due to his royal status? Perhaps he and Simon hit it off (and perhaps Daphne is the glue that binds them together)? Perhaps he’s invited to one of Granville’s scandalous gatherings where royalty should absolutely not be seen and meets Benedict? Perhaps he meets Colin at a club and falls for his open honesty and good nature? Or does he instead find Anthony’s protectiveness appealing?
Edwina
What I like about Edwina is her sweet temperament, her shyness, her charm, her willingness to please, and her ability to get on with a range of different people, coupled with an integrity that makes her take a stand when it’s something she feels strongly about! I like how she clearly cared for both Kate and Anthony, and how she was willing to forgive and move on after they both hurt her deeply and caused a scandal for both families. I would love to see her find love and happiness and a suitable match with someone who can give her what she wants! Maybe she and Anthony go through with the marriage, and love grows between them: a more steady, stable kind of love than the tempestuous and passionate one between Kate nad Anthony, but love nonetheless? Or maybe Benedict or Colin take pity on her during the Pall Mall game, and they form a connection? Maybe she gets together with Prince Friedrich, as the season 2 ending implied she might? Or she arrives one season earlier and meets and charms Simon against his will? Maybe she arrives one season later, and makes a connection with Lord Kilmartin?
Maybe she finds that she prefers being on the sides of a ballroom, after all the negative attention she had to withstand during her first season, and forms a connection with Penelope? Maybe she finds Eloise’s determination to be herself in spite of societal pressures to conform refreshing, after her own attempt to follow the societal script so nearly turned to disaster? Maybe she and Cressida bond over being ill-treated by the Bridgertons, the darlings of London society?
Marina
I feel so bad for Marina, trapped by circumstances and trying to make the best of the hand she’s been dealt! I have a great deal of sympathy for her actions in trying to save herself from a horrible future. I would love to see her gain a better end than she got in the show, and a chance at real happiness, real love to grow from her marriage, whether that is changing the marriage she did have to be more fulfilling, or having her marry someone else, or letting her find someone (male or female) after the death of her husband, or even having her and Sir Philip agree to find happiness elsewhere despite their marriage. Maybe she confesses to Colin on Penelope’s urging and he decides to go through with the marriage after having heard of her plight in her own words? Maybe another one of the Bridgertons steps in to save their little brother? Maybe Simon decides that the best way to spite his father is to have the Hastings name continue through children with none of his blood? Perhaps Prince Friedrich spots her early in the season, and whisks her away from her judgmental family?
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The Goblin Emperor
Character(s):
• Arbelan Drazharan
• Chenelo Drazharan
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
• Eshevis Tethimar
• Uleris Chavar (for Chenelo only, OK for Arbelan)
Prompts:
This is such a nice comfort read book! I loved Maia finding his feet in court, how he started to flourish and come into his own, and how he, through his kindness and consideration, managed to win people over and start making changes for the better! I also love the politics, how people use subtle cues to signal favour or disfavour, the thought that goes into appearances, and back-room deals where people trade favours with each other!
I’d also be incredibly interested in seeing how the women’s court functions, politics among the ladies—both their own politics, but also how they move things in the national politics that’s usually seen as the men’s domain, how they wield influence over other ladies and over men, the different factions among the women—not just Csoru’s faction and Csethiro’s, but other factions among the older ladies, and to what extent does it mirror the men’s factions, what Csethiro is like as the Empress, Vedero’s circle and who is included in it, and how it interacts with other factions in the women’s court, what role Arbelan has at court and how she fits in, or what role Chenelo would have in Maia’s court if she survived?
Arbelan
Look, after 30 years in isolation, Arbelan deserves someone who she can lean on and spend her time with! She deserves someone who will treat her right! I would love to see Arbelan’s interiority and her getting to be more than “just” a kindly Aunt-figure to Maia, and to have a romance (or platonic marriage of convenience) of her own! I would love to see her come into her own at court, and being a political figure as one of Maia’s confidantes and the Drazhada. How would she and her partner work together towards political goals, or how would they allow each other to take time off from being in public and relax. Maybe she marries one of Maia’s advisors or the Corazhas, or a lower-ranked noble, or maybe she causes a scandal by marrying outside the nobility? Does she stay at court, or does she move to an estate further away, and what does her life look like in that case? Or maybe she has a close, female “bosom companion” who she shares her life with in outward respectability but her close friends and family know the truth of their relationship?
I have prompts for Arbelan paired with Maru, Berenar, or an original in previous letters here at my dreamwidth, but I’m happy for you to pick any character to pair her with and explore what her relationship with that character would look like!
Chenelo
I would love to see an AU where Chenelo came to court with Maia! How would she cope with being back at court? Would she feel out of place, due to the changes or due to being a goblin in an elven court, or would she find that without Varenechibel there she would be free to make court her own and set up her own faction? She would be in a completely different position, as the Emperor’s beloved mother, as opposed to the unwanted fourth wife in a political marriage that the Emperor didn’t want and had in fact been manipulated into. How would that influence how she dealt with the court when she came back—those who had shunned her before who now want to be in her good graces (or would they still shun her due to being a goblin?)—did she have any allies then, and would they still be around to welcome her back, or would they have run afoul of Varenechibels’ temper and court politics?
And how would she meet her new husband/partner? How would Maia react to his mother’s second marriage/partnership (especially if it is with a woman—he’s shown to be open-minded and accepting, but there might well be an adjustment: or perhaps he already knew she liked women as well/instead of men)? How would them no longer being the only person who cared about each other change relations between Maia and Chenelo?
As with Arbelan, I have prompts for Chenelo paired with Deshehar and an original character, as well as for a lavender marriage with Thara, but I’m happy for you to pick any character to pair her with and explore what her relationship with that character would look like!
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Mansfield Park
Character(s):
• Fanny Price
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
• Crossover ships with:
o characters from other Jane Austen canons
o Any officer on the HMS Surprise from Master and Commander 2003
o James Norrington from Pirates of the Caribbean
o members of the British Aerial Corps or Tharkay from the Temeraire series (but please don't make Fanny herself a member of the Aerial Corps from childhood—having William be a member of the Aerial corps instead of the Navy or having Fanny come into it in adulthood due to bonding with a dragon and have to try to adjust is fine)
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
None
Prompts:
Fanny is probably Austen’s most divisive heroines, but I love her! I like that she’s quiet, and unassuming, and self-sacrificing to a flaw, but she still won’t budge when everyone around her is trying to persuade her into something she thinks is wrong. I like that inner strength she has, that allows her to endure both Mansfield and Portsmouth.
I’d really like a story that highlights those qualities – and I’d also really like her to be happy and valued. Maybe post-canon, and Edmund learns to not put his own wants above her needs? Or maybe a canon divergence, in which Henry actually goes to Everingham and reforms enough to be the kind of husband she deserves? Or there is another man who would be a better husband to her than either Edmund or Henry? Maybe she falls in love with a redeemed Tom, or Maria, or Julia? Or maybe she becomes the companion to another rich lady, one who values her and enjoys her company, and they fall in love? Or maybe you have another idea in mind for what happens to her – I’m open to anything, as long as she’s happy! Feel free to make this a crossover with any other Austen canon, Pirates of the Caribbean for Fanny/Norrington prompts (there are prompts in past letters), or Master and Commander 2003 (I have prompts for Fanny/Pullings in past letters, but for this exchange I am opening up to any officer of the Surprise, i.e., also Mowett, Aubrey or Maturin), or Temeraire.
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Mansfield Park
Character(s):
• Fanny Price
Categories:
• LBD/M
• LBD/F
• LBD/NB
• LBD/M/F
• LBD/M/M
• LBD/F/F
• LBD/M/NB
• LBD/F/NB
•LBD/NB/NB
Opt-ins:
• Original characters
• Crossover ships with:
o characters from the Emelan universe
o Avatar the Last Airbender
o A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon/Fire & Blood – although I’d prefer the story set in the Tortall universe
Opt-outs:
• Cross-generational or sibling incest (except canon-typical Targaryen incest if crossing with a Westeros fandom)
• Underage <17
• Age-gaps >15 years
Ship DNWs:
• Joren
• Vincent
Prompts:
I would love to read more about Maura and what happens to her: how does she restore Dunlath, and heal the land? What sort of trouble does she face with the wolves, ogres, and people? What does she do during the Immortals War? How does she lead her fief through war with mythical creatures? What sort of defences does she put up? Does she ever fight herself, or does she take a commanding and leading role instead? Perhaps she meets the King’s Own, and gets on with one of the young soldiers (Dom, perhaps, or Lerant)? Or with one of the Queen’s Riders?
What does she do when she comes of age? How does that change things? According to Pierce, Maura goes to Corus: how does that work out for her? How does she fit in? What sort of challenges does she face there? What is life like for the noblewomen who aren’t fighters? How does Thayet organise her ladies-in-waiting, and what is Maura’s role? Perhaps she stumbles across some kind or conspiracy at court, and has to deal with that? Maybe she meets a squire or court lady and falls in love, either any of the ones we saw in the Protector of the Small quartet, or an original character!
Maura is the only remaining person of her family—what sort of contingencies are there in place for the inheritance of Dunlath? Who is Maura’s heir until she has children of her own? Is there an arranged marriage for her, and how does she feel about that? How involved is she in arranging it? What arrangements does she make if she falls in love with a woman – adoption, a lavender marriage solely for the purpose of producing heirs, a poly relationship, or some other solution?
I have prompts for Maura/Kalasin and Maura & Kel that could be made romantic in my previous letters (just follow the fandom: tortall tag), but as always, I’m happy with any character you think would be fun to pair her with!
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