2025 Fic in a Box Exchange Letter

[the_paradigm]

Dear Creator,

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider creating something for me for the Fic In a Box 2025 Exchange! Below you will find in the main post a list of my likes and DNWs, and then you can use the Fandom links to jump to a reply tailored specific to each one of my fandom requests!

Table of Contents:

• DNWs
• Fandom-Specific DNWs
• SFW Likes
• NSFW Likes
• 'Dead Dove'/Bulletproof Likes
• AU Prompt/Likes
• Art Prompt/Likes

Fandoms
(click for specific likes and prompts)
Final Fantasy XII | Sense and Sensibility
Star Trek: AOS | Original Work

DNWs:

other pairings besides those requested as a focus (background a-ok!) | permanent character death within ship requested | unhappy or hopeless endings | infidelity between requested pairing(s) | unrequited love (requited unrequited okay if it gets resolved by the end) | violent rape/non-con (dub-con okay as long as both parties ultimately enjoy themselves whether they're okay with that or not) | omegaverse | bodily fluid kinks (scat, watersports, vomit, etc.) | mpreg | snuff | unrequested genderswap/bend/trans/nb headcanons | explicit underage sex (16+ ok) | incest | mommy/daddy kink | unresolved toxic relationship behavior | age play/infantilism | anal sex/anal play | bestiality (dogs/cats/etc.: no; sentient/alien/supernatural creatures: yes!) | modern politics/real world issues (canon-compliant issues are welcome!) | character bashing | characters acting wildly OOC without significant plot reasons | hurt no comfort | active love triangles (mention of past relationships ok) | age-regression/de-aging

Note: If it's not listed here, I either don't know I don't want it yet (in which case, that's on me) or it's free game!

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Fandom-Specific DNWs:

Final Fantasy XII

Ashe/Basch/Penelo: My poor brain and heart can't handle an active love triangle between these three. Ashe/Basch and Basch/Penelo have to live in two completely separate head canons/universes, so please do not combine the two. Pick one or the other and focus on it though and I will be happy as a clam, which is also why I offered the & (friendship) options for these pairings as well.

Sense and Sensibility

Marianne Dashwood/John Willoughby: Please do not have Marianne pining endlessly for Willoughby in what I would like to be a Marianne/Brandon love story. I am perfectly fine with her reflecting on their relationship and her own behavior, and some pining is to be expected, I absolutely get that. But I would prefer her to be at least (mostly) "over" him before she commits to Brandon.

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SFW Likes:

Romance & Fluff | Genfic | Austen/Regency Style Courtships with Tense Romantic Restraint | Yearning/Pining | Unusual Settings | High and Low Fantasy | Character Studies | Experimental Writing Styles | Epistolaries/Character Journals | Mystery/Suspense | Action/Adventure | Canon AUs | Canon-Divergence | Pre-/Post-Canon Speculation | Hurt/Comfort | Dancing/Training/Sparring (bonus: leads to sex/lovemaking) | Complicated Feelings/Drama | Age Gaps (up to 15-20 years) | May/December Romances | Friends to Lovers | Enemies to Lovers | Slowburns | Fantasy/Sci-Fi Settings | Intricate Worldbuilding | Angst with a Happy Ending | Feelings Realizations | Slice of Life | Hilarious Miscommunications | Humor/Banter | Missing or Extended Scenes from Canon | Ensemble Hijinx and Shenanigans | Dynamic Fight/Battle Scenes | Plot-Heavy Stories | Dialogue Heavy Stories | Creative Problem Solving | Rag-Tag Teamwork |

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NSFW Likes:

Porn With Feelings | PIV Sex | Experienced Male/Inexperienced Female | Rough Sex/tender!violence | Romantic Foreplay/Loving Oral | Praise Kink | Hair Pulling | Hand Holding | Woman Held Down | (Consensual) Loss of Virginity | Sex Pollen | Non-Omegaverse Heat/Rut/Compulsion in Non-Human Sentient Species | Intimacy | Cuddlefucking | Fingering | Delayed/Forced Orgasm | Awkward/Fun Sex | Frottage | Both Parties Enjoying Themselves

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Bulletproof Likes:

Age Gap or May/December | Experienced Male/Inexperienced or Virgin Female | Sex Pollen/Magic | Love Confessions | Requited Unrequited Love | Hurt/Comfort | Power Dynamic Rough Sex With Feelings | Weird/Alien/Eldritch Horror | Supernatural Horror | Weird/Eldritch Flora| Fantasy Biomes | Intricate Worldbuilding | Dire Situations Where Characters Have Epiphanies | Forced Marriage/Marriage of Convenience + Dubcon Wedding Nights | War Tributes | Alternate Universes (see AU likes) | Stockholm Syndrome Romances |

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AU Prompt/Likes:

Basically, if it's a fun historical, sci-fi, fantasy, or horror setting, I'm all for it. But here are some of my favorites if you need help:
Pirates/Sailors | Dragons/Dragonriders (Shapeshifting is great too) | Vampire: the Masquerade | Haunted Houses | any requested characters inserted into any Final Fantasy setting (FFXII and FFVIII are my go-tos) | Space Exploration | Movie/Book/Video Game AUs or Crossovers (as long as my requested pairs are the focus) | Regency | Victorian | Gothic Horror | College/University | Magic | Cyberpunk | Steampunk | Solarpunk | Supernatural | Fantasy | Sci-fi | Canon Divergence

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Art Prompt/Likes:

watercolor and ink styles | experimental or abstract coloring | I am VERY easy to please with art as long as it looks finished (no unfinished sketches, i.e. visible guidelines, visible gesture drawing without some coloring, pencil only etc.)

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Thank you for reading through all my general information! For specific prompts and ideas, please click on one of the links below to take you to the specific request I have made! <3

Fandoms
(click for specific likes and prompts)
Final Fantasy XII | Sense and Sensibility
Star Trek: AOS | Original Work

Comments

Sense and Sensibility

[the_paradigm]

Sense and Sensibility: Specific Prompt Ideas

NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list, just an extra list along with my likes to get your juices flowing! Please take all suggestions with a grain of salt; this is just to give you an idea of what I'm currently fixated on!
FANDOM SPECIFIC NOTE: Some people have only had the movie or the miniseries as their reference for Sense and Sensibility, but if you have read the original book, that is the version I prefer. I still love the movie version though, and so I have requested it as well in case I am matched with someone who has only seen the movie!

Tags Requested:

Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood

Fandom Specific DNW:

Marianne Dashwood/John Willoughby: Please do not have Marianne pining endlessly for Willoughby in what I would like to be a Marianne/Brandon love story. I am perfectly fine with her reflecting on their relationship and her own behavior, and some pining is to be expected, I absolutely get that. But I would prefer her to be at least (mostly) "over" him before she commits to Brandon. Expanding on this from the main entry: The reason I prefer the text over the movie is because Colonel Brandon's affections for Marianne are much more subtle and not so love-at-first-sight in-our-faces. The movie makes him a little more lovesick, while the book keeps that a little more practical, but in both versions he is a perfect example of a gentleman and an excellent match for Marianne once she gets past her immature feelings and behavior. I want to see more of her character growth through this process of accepting her feelings for Willoughby but also understanding that he was not right for her, for all the reasons laid out to us in canon. Conversely, I want to see her realizing more and more how right for her Brandon is.

Brandon/Marianne Prompts:

End-Canon Fluff: What was their courtship like? Both the movie and the book are so sparse about this, but I absolutely adore Brandon's subdued smitten energy, and then wanting to see Marianne go from barely noticing him at all to finally seeing him as a person worth knowing, to finally esteeming him in friendship and realizing oh hey, this is actually the great basis of a healthy marriage, THANK YOU ELINOR I GET IT NOW.
The Proposal: How did Brandon finally propose? When? How did Marianne respond? How much did she feel for him at that point?
Conflict and Setbacks: I know that their engagement and marriage weren't always sunshine and roses, especially with different personalities and interests. how do they deal with these things as a couple?
The Realization: When/How did Marianne finally realize that she was actually in love with her husband? How did she react? Give me all the fluff and romance.
Post-Canon Fic Ideas: Wedding, Wedding Night!!, Family/Parenting/Kid Fic, Pregnancy, Slice of Life, Holidays with the Ferrarses, Visiting London, Years-Later seeing the Willoughbys in Town, anything you can come up with. And I adore Slice-of-Life fic.
Explicit Content: You know what, yes please. If you want to keep it more in line with Austen-Style Romance, nothing above a T rating/fade to black, that is PERFECTLY fine with me as long as there's some good romance nuggets in there. But if you're going to do romance and you're comfortable with it, I would LOVE it for these two since they hit my bulletproof Age Gap like. Maybe keep it more on the vanilla side for Marianne's sake, but either way I'm stoked!