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Dear MM Rares Writer
First of all, thank you for writing for me :D
Second, I most want to read the story that you actually want to write. So if you already have an idea in mind, feel free to ignore my prompts! Or if a prompt does catch your fancy, please take it in whatever direction you like. They’re only suggestions on my part.
Good luck writing and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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Previous MM Rares letter: 2015
General Likes:
So many things! I love gapfillers and casefics and fics that hew incredibly close to canon. I love AUs: canon-divergent, for-want-of-a-nail type things or whole new universes (organized crime/hitmen! professional athletes being professional athletes in different sports! space pirate! under-caffeinated, overworked grad student! gladiator! bookish accountant/socialite!).
I love tropes (huddling for warmth! slow-burn/UST/pining! amnesia! soulmates/soulbonding! time loops! fake dating! gay chicken! identity porn! bed-sharing! accidental baby acquisition! hurt/comfort!) and subversions of tropes too. I love interesting and complicated relationships between characters, but I love easy get-togethers and fluffy feel-good fics too.
I’d be equally happy with shippy fic or gen for all the pairings I’ve requested, and tried to come up with prompts for both. If you do want to go in a porny direction, some things I love are: fun, giggly sex, anything related to size difference (especially forehead kisses!), edging, frottage, coming in pants, breathplay, touch starvation, sex-pollen, and accidental stimulation.
Past vs. present tense isn't a big deal to me, although generally I prefer third-person narration.
General Dislikes:
Please no rape/non-con, mpreg, necro, terminal illness, non-canonical character deaths, infidelity, loss of limb or permanent/serious injury, character bashing, character flaws being glossed over, and characters assuming the worst of each other through lack of communication.
While I like a lot of AUs, please no coffeeshop or high school!AUs.
⇒ Band of Brothers
Eugene Roe/Richard Winters
The thought of these two together kind of snuck up on me on a recent rewatch when I noticed how often Gene’s in a scene and shares a little moment with Dick. It’s understated, but that works for them. Now, don’t get me wrong, I adore Winters/Nixon and Gene/Babe—and I might like them better as endgame pairings—but there’s just something about these two together. I love the idea that Dick feels comfortable enough with Gene (or maybe it’s that Gene just naturally puts people at ease) to share some of his concerns about Easy and unburden himself a little. (I don't have a specific tag for this shipalthough now I'm thinking I need to rectify that! but if you're interested, here's my Doc Roe tag and my HBO War tag.)
Prompts
◊ Dick is worried about Doc while they’re dug in at Bastogne. He forces Gene to sleep with him to make sure he actually gets some rest.
◊ They have a conversation after Doc gets back from taking Moose to the aid station.
◊ Gene, a cup of coffee, and a warm smile are inextricably linked in Dick’s mind. Tell me about all the quiet moments between them.
◊ After Dick heals Blithe, Gene finds himself watching his lieutenant more and more often. Can a yankee from Pennsylvania have the same touch as his traiteuse grandmother?
◊ Dick asks Gene for help with some basic French phrases for his leave in Paris. Gene can’t help laughing at Dick’s terrible accent.
⇒ Crossover Fandom, Inception/Nolanverse Batman
Robert Fischer/Bruce Wayne
The idea that the Nolanverse Batman and Gotham exist in the same universe as Inception and dream-share technology is super fascinating to me—how do criminals use it beyond corporate espionage? Which Batman baddies would hire Dom’s crew and what might make them accept the job? And beyond the worlds, the idea of Robert and Bruce knowing each other is totally intriguing and would love to see anything about these two :D
Prompts
◊ They had a thing in prep school. Robert hates running into Bruce at charity functions, opening galas, etc. because he’s always dropping hints about it in company and Robert blushes really easily.
◊ Identity porn! Robert hates Bruce the party boy, but has the most embarrassing crush/fascination with the Batman.
◊ When Robert starts dismantling his father’s multinational conglomerate, Bruce decides to investigate.
◊ They run into each other again after years of virtually no contact because they use the same firm to militarize their dreams.
⇒ Football RPF
A quick note about shipfic and rl partners: I am equally cool with either the no-partners/girlfriends-AU or the open relationship/negotiated polyamory routes to bangtown. Just please don't break up any rl couples in a fic to get to the porn.
Rafael "Rafinha" Alcântara/Marc-André ter Stegen
I just love this ship so much, it’s kinda hard to put it succinctly. I’m really fascinated at how they arrived at the Barcelona first team from two completely different paths—Rafinha’s straight from La Masia and seems to be one of the few from his generation that really broke through and Marc was scouted and kinda parachuted in from a mid-table Bundesliga team. From the very beginning they seemed to click and relationships like that always intrigue me. (My Marc/Rafa tag is here.)
Prompts
◊ Marc’s new to Barcelona, can barely speak the language, and somehow falls in with the Brazilian crew. Rafinha decides getting Marc settled in the team and the city is going to be his new project.
◊ Rafinha might have an unhealthy obsession with Marc’s hands: how big they are compared to his, the calluses and little scars, how strong they feel when they grip his thighs. Give me emotional hand kissing, Rafa telling Marc how much he likes his hands, glove!kink, anything really.
◊ Marc helps Rafinha through his recovery from the knee injury he suffered against Roma.
◊ Germanic barbarian!Marc is captured in battle and Roman centurion!Rafa takes him as his slave.
◊ Marc and Rafa start sleeping together. It doesn’t mean anything until it does.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang/Marco Reus
I just love how damn domestic Auba and Marco are together—they’re super casual about being touchy-feely and in each other’s space all the flipping time, their social media “prank” wars, and the way they look at each other when they’re doing interviews together, like they’re checking in. And all that’s before we even get to their on-field chemistry! Their celebrations are so fun and they honestly seem to enjoy themselves when they’re playing together. (Check out my Marco/Auba tag for even more feels.)
Prompts
◊ Modern epistolary fic! Marco and Auba can barely go half an hour over the summer without sending some sort of tweet, snap, insta, text, etc. and their teammates can’t help but notice.
◊ After news of Mats’ transfer breaks, Auba comforts Marco who wonders if everyone leaving has something to do with him.
◊Auba surprises Marco at one of Germany’s games during the Euros wearing his jersey. God I feel like I jinxed Marco with that prompt :( I mean, I would never say no to happy fix-it fic where Marco's totally healthy and Jogi didn't have to make a shitty decision, but I am also a sucker for emotional h/c and would love a fic where Auba comforts Marco after he hears the news.
◊ Marco decides Auba needs to get laid and keeps trying to set him up on dates. They all go horribly, hilariously wrong, until Auba puts his foot down and asks Marco out himself.
Pep Guardiola/Philipp Lahm
I was not expecting to actually ship this as much as I do when Pep moved to Bayern, but in hindsight this is not surprising at all. Pep and Fips are very similar in their commitment to their team and their obsessive love of the game. I’d even put them in the same hyper-competitive category, although they go about it in two distinct ways. And just the mutual appreciation society they’ve got going on in the press makes my face do completely dopey things. (Also, I just adore the way Pep hugs Fips and how he slots under Pep’s chin, NEGL. And I've got a tag for them here.)
Prompts
◊ What if Fips had gone through with the transfer to Barcelona in 2008?
◊ After Bayern are knocked out of the Champions League, Fips and Pep share a drink.
◊ After the title-winning celebrations, Pep and Fips sleep together thinking they’re no longer officially manager and player and won’t have to deal with any fallout. Years later, Fips is considering coaching and gets an assistant position on Pep’s staff. It is more awkward than either of them think their one-night stand has any right to be.
◊ In his way, Philipp helps Pep settle in Munich. And when it’s time, he says goodbye.
Aleksandar Kolarov/Raheem Sterling
Okay, this isn’t even a ship—it’s a canoe of me and like two other people, but what a canoe and there’s always room for more! It’s a little cracky, except have you seen Aleks and Raheem in a goal celebration hug? THEY ARE ADORABLE. I love that they play on the same flank and you can tell they have a good understanding when they’re playing together. (There's not a lot in it, but my Razza/Aleks tag is here for more inspiration.)
Prompts
◊ Pep Guardiola is officially their manager. What does that mean for Aleks and Raheem’s careers at City? Is there transfer angst? Do they totally buy into the Guardiola System?
◊ Aleks is the definition of tough exterior, gooey center, so. Raheem is vaguely wary of Kolarov before he meets him, having only interacted with him on the pitch as an opponent, but Aleks puts him immediately at ease and welcomes him to the team.
◊ Have you seen the video this gifset comes from? Where Aleks jokes that he’ll only sing after several drinks? Aleks gets drunk at the City end-of-season party and Raheem is reluctantly charmed by his ridiculous singing and dancing skills.
◊ Aleks has a strategy to seduce Raheem that consists mostly of being as naked as possible after games. Shirt swapping, short swapping, the works.
⇒Luther
John Luther/Justin Ripley
I love love the moral ambiguity of these characters and the situations that they find themselves in, and the cases they investigate often require it. The John-Justin dynamic is so archetypical: brilliant but troubled detective with questionable ethics but clear sense of justice and his loyal companion and occasional loyal opposition, and it is amazing. There's so much about their personal feelings they don't say to each other, that when they do ("He's my mate. And I love him." GAH MY HEART) it seems like it's extra significant. I’d be happy with either S3 canon-compliant or fix-it fic. (I don't have a specific tag for Luther/Justin, but my main Luther tag has a lot of them in it.)
Prompts
◊ Anything, and I really do mean literally anything, about Justin's loyalty to Luther. That scene in S3, where Superintendent Stark first questions Justin about his relationship with Luther is everything. I'd love something either related to the case against Luther or something more AUish involving a suspect capturing Justin for information and Justin refuses to divulge anything.
◊ I have rather recently discovered that I have A Thing for dramatic/emotional hand kissing. I don't particular care who's kissing whose hand, but I love it. In a S3 fix-it, Justin's just coming out of surgery and Luther tenderly kisses his hand. Or what's supposed to be a routine handshake turns into a tender moment.
◊ So tough guys crying is my jam, and as much as S3 broke my heart into a million little pieces, I adored Luther's reaction to Justin's death. Anything with heartbroken Luther mourning Justin's loss would be catnip to me.
◊ I'd love any sort of Justin lives!S3 fix-it, recovery, or h/c fic. Like a groundhog day/timeloop AU where Luther wakes up after each time he doesn't manage to save Justin.
◊ Porn. Just, porn. Something with bondage or powerplay, watersports—particularly of the you're going to hold it until I tell you not to variety—with a dash of desperation/neediness thrown in, rough and quick sex that can be blamed on adrenaline after chasing a suspect, or seeking a human connection after a tough case would be fantastic.
Second, I most want to read the story that you actually want to write. So if you already have an idea in mind, feel free to ignore my prompts! Or if a prompt does catch your fancy, please take it in whatever direction you like. They’re only suggestions on my part.
Good luck writing and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
General Info:
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Previous MM Rares letter: 2015
General Likes:
So many things! I love gapfillers and casefics and fics that hew incredibly close to canon. I love AUs: canon-divergent, for-want-of-a-nail type things or whole new universes (organized crime/hitmen! professional athletes being professional athletes in different sports! space pirate! under-caffeinated, overworked grad student! gladiator! bookish accountant/socialite!).
I love tropes (huddling for warmth! slow-burn/UST/pining! amnesia! soulmates/soulbonding! time loops! fake dating! gay chicken! identity porn! bed-sharing! accidental baby acquisition! hurt/comfort!) and subversions of tropes too. I love interesting and complicated relationships between characters, but I love easy get-togethers and fluffy feel-good fics too.
I’d be equally happy with shippy fic or gen for all the pairings I’ve requested, and tried to come up with prompts for both. If you do want to go in a porny direction, some things I love are: fun, giggly sex, anything related to size difference (especially forehead kisses!), edging, frottage, coming in pants, breathplay, touch starvation, sex-pollen, and accidental stimulation.
Past vs. present tense isn't a big deal to me, although generally I prefer third-person narration.
General Dislikes:
Please no rape/non-con, mpreg, necro, terminal illness, non-canonical character deaths, infidelity, loss of limb or permanent/serious injury, character bashing, character flaws being glossed over, and characters assuming the worst of each other through lack of communication.
While I like a lot of AUs, please no coffeeshop or high school!AUs.
Requested Fandoms
⇒ Band of Brothers
Eugene Roe/Richard Winters
The thought of these two together kind of snuck up on me on a recent rewatch when I noticed how often Gene’s in a scene and shares a little moment with Dick. It’s understated, but that works for them. Now, don’t get me wrong, I adore Winters/Nixon and Gene/Babe—and I might like them better as endgame pairings—but there’s just something about these two together. I love the idea that Dick feels comfortable enough with Gene (or maybe it’s that Gene just naturally puts people at ease) to share some of his concerns about Easy and unburden himself a little. (I don't have a specific tag for this ship
Prompts
◊ Dick is worried about Doc while they’re dug in at Bastogne. He forces Gene to sleep with him to make sure he actually gets some rest.
◊ They have a conversation after Doc gets back from taking Moose to the aid station.
◊ Gene, a cup of coffee, and a warm smile are inextricably linked in Dick’s mind. Tell me about all the quiet moments between them.
◊ After Dick heals Blithe, Gene finds himself watching his lieutenant more and more often. Can a yankee from Pennsylvania have the same touch as his traiteuse grandmother?
◊ Dick asks Gene for help with some basic French phrases for his leave in Paris. Gene can’t help laughing at Dick’s terrible accent.
⇒ Crossover Fandom, Inception/Nolanverse Batman
Robert Fischer/Bruce Wayne
The idea that the Nolanverse Batman and Gotham exist in the same universe as Inception and dream-share technology is super fascinating to me—how do criminals use it beyond corporate espionage? Which Batman baddies would hire Dom’s crew and what might make them accept the job? And beyond the worlds, the idea of Robert and Bruce knowing each other is totally intriguing and would love to see anything about these two :D
Prompts
◊ They had a thing in prep school. Robert hates running into Bruce at charity functions, opening galas, etc. because he’s always dropping hints about it in company and Robert blushes really easily.
◊ Identity porn! Robert hates Bruce the party boy, but has the most embarrassing crush/fascination with the Batman.
◊ When Robert starts dismantling his father’s multinational conglomerate, Bruce decides to investigate.
◊ They run into each other again after years of virtually no contact because they use the same firm to militarize their dreams.
⇒ Football RPF
A quick note about shipfic and rl partners: I am equally cool with either the no-partners/girlfriends-AU or the open relationship/negotiated polyamory routes to bangtown. Just please don't break up any rl couples in a fic to get to the porn.
Rafael "Rafinha" Alcântara/Marc-André ter Stegen
I just love this ship so much, it’s kinda hard to put it succinctly. I’m really fascinated at how they arrived at the Barcelona first team from two completely different paths—Rafinha’s straight from La Masia and seems to be one of the few from his generation that really broke through and Marc was scouted and kinda parachuted in from a mid-table Bundesliga team. From the very beginning they seemed to click and relationships like that always intrigue me. (My Marc/Rafa tag is here.)
Prompts
◊ Marc’s new to Barcelona, can barely speak the language, and somehow falls in with the Brazilian crew. Rafinha decides getting Marc settled in the team and the city is going to be his new project.
◊ Rafinha might have an unhealthy obsession with Marc’s hands: how big they are compared to his, the calluses and little scars, how strong they feel when they grip his thighs. Give me emotional hand kissing, Rafa telling Marc how much he likes his hands, glove!kink, anything really.
◊ Marc helps Rafinha through his recovery from the knee injury he suffered against Roma.
◊ Germanic barbarian!Marc is captured in battle and Roman centurion!Rafa takes him as his slave.
◊ Marc and Rafa start sleeping together. It doesn’t mean anything until it does.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang/Marco Reus
I just love how damn domestic Auba and Marco are together—they’re super casual about being touchy-feely and in each other’s space all the flipping time, their social media “prank” wars, and the way they look at each other when they’re doing interviews together, like they’re checking in. And all that’s before we even get to their on-field chemistry! Their celebrations are so fun and they honestly seem to enjoy themselves when they’re playing together. (Check out my Marco/Auba tag for even more feels.)
Prompts
◊ Modern epistolary fic! Marco and Auba can barely go half an hour over the summer without sending some sort of tweet, snap, insta, text, etc. and their teammates can’t help but notice.
◊ After news of Mats’ transfer breaks, Auba comforts Marco who wonders if everyone leaving has something to do with him.
◊
◊ Marco decides Auba needs to get laid and keeps trying to set him up on dates. They all go horribly, hilariously wrong, until Auba puts his foot down and asks Marco out himself.
Pep Guardiola/Philipp Lahm
I was not expecting to actually ship this as much as I do when Pep moved to Bayern, but in hindsight this is not surprising at all. Pep and Fips are very similar in their commitment to their team and their obsessive love of the game. I’d even put them in the same hyper-competitive category, although they go about it in two distinct ways. And just the mutual appreciation society they’ve got going on in the press makes my face do completely dopey things. (Also, I just adore the way Pep hugs Fips and how he slots under Pep’s chin, NEGL. And I've got a tag for them here.)
Prompts
◊ What if Fips had gone through with the transfer to Barcelona in 2008?
◊ After Bayern are knocked out of the Champions League, Fips and Pep share a drink.
◊ After the title-winning celebrations, Pep and Fips sleep together thinking they’re no longer officially manager and player and won’t have to deal with any fallout. Years later, Fips is considering coaching and gets an assistant position on Pep’s staff. It is more awkward than either of them think their one-night stand has any right to be.
◊ In his way, Philipp helps Pep settle in Munich. And when it’s time, he says goodbye.
Aleksandar Kolarov/Raheem Sterling
Okay, this isn’t even a ship—it’s a canoe of me and like two other people, but what a canoe and there’s always room for more! It’s a little cracky, except have you seen Aleks and Raheem in a goal celebration hug? THEY ARE ADORABLE. I love that they play on the same flank and you can tell they have a good understanding when they’re playing together. (There's not a lot in it, but my Razza/Aleks tag is here for more inspiration.)
Prompts
◊ Pep Guardiola is officially their manager. What does that mean for Aleks and Raheem’s careers at City? Is there transfer angst? Do they totally buy into the Guardiola System?
◊ Aleks is the definition of tough exterior, gooey center, so. Raheem is vaguely wary of Kolarov before he meets him, having only interacted with him on the pitch as an opponent, but Aleks puts him immediately at ease and welcomes him to the team.
◊ Have you seen the video this gifset comes from? Where Aleks jokes that he’ll only sing after several drinks? Aleks gets drunk at the City end-of-season party and Raheem is reluctantly charmed by his ridiculous singing and dancing skills.
◊ Aleks has a strategy to seduce Raheem that consists mostly of being as naked as possible after games. Shirt swapping, short swapping, the works.
⇒Luther
John Luther/Justin Ripley
I love love the moral ambiguity of these characters and the situations that they find themselves in, and the cases they investigate often require it. The John-Justin dynamic is so archetypical: brilliant but troubled detective with questionable ethics but clear sense of justice and his loyal companion and occasional loyal opposition, and it is amazing. There's so much about their personal feelings they don't say to each other, that when they do ("He's my mate. And I love him." GAH MY HEART) it seems like it's extra significant. I’d be happy with either S3 canon-compliant or fix-it fic. (I don't have a specific tag for Luther/Justin, but my main Luther tag has a lot of them in it.)
Prompts
◊ Anything, and I really do mean literally anything, about Justin's loyalty to Luther. That scene in S3, where Superintendent Stark first questions Justin about his relationship with Luther is everything. I'd love something either related to the case against Luther or something more AUish involving a suspect capturing Justin for information and Justin refuses to divulge anything.
◊ I have rather recently discovered that I have A Thing for dramatic/emotional hand kissing. I don't particular care who's kissing whose hand, but I love it. In a S3 fix-it, Justin's just coming out of surgery and Luther tenderly kisses his hand. Or what's supposed to be a routine handshake turns into a tender moment.
◊ So tough guys crying is my jam, and as much as S3 broke my heart into a million little pieces, I adored Luther's reaction to Justin's death. Anything with heartbroken Luther mourning Justin's loss would be catnip to me.
◊ I'd love any sort of Justin lives!S3 fix-it, recovery, or h/c fic. Like a groundhog day/timeloop AU where Luther wakes up after each time he doesn't manage to save Justin.
◊ Porn. Just, porn. Something with bondage or powerplay, watersports—particularly of the you're going to hold it until I tell you not to variety—with a dash of desperation/neediness thrown in, rough and quick sex that can be blamed on adrenaline after chasing a suspect, or seeking a human connection after a tough case would be fantastic.