2025 Fic in a Box Exchange Letter
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the_paradigmThank 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
(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!
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.
- 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 |
- 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
- 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 |
- 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
- 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.)
Fandoms
(click for specific likes and prompts)
Final Fantasy XII | Sense and Sensibility
Star Trek: AOS | Original Work
Original Work
Date: 2025-09-04 12:06 am (UTC)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!
+ Triumphant Knight Rewarded With His Pick Of The Court's Noble Ladies As A Bride/The Lady No One Expected Him To Choose (M/F)
+ Warlady of a Foreign Country/Tribute Unwanted Son Of Yet-To-Be-Conquered King (M/F)
+ Surprisingly Polite Viking/Conquered Princess Who Wants To Be Ravished (M/F)
+ Princess/Male Mercenary Who Has Kidnapped Her on Behalf of a Rival Kingdom (M/F)
+ Princess Always Getting Into Scrapes/Her Long Suffering Bodyguard (M/F)
+ Older Lonely King/Younger Princess He Must Marry For An Alliance (M/F)
+ New Warlady/Her Fiery Tribute from a Yet-To-Be-Conquered Nation (F/M)
+ Exiled Princess/Male Mercenary She Hired to Help Her Get Her Kingdom Back (M/F)
+ Emperor Who Realizes He's Very Submissive/Domme Concubine Who Is the Source of This Realization (M/F)
I saw this prompt and now I'm OBSESSED with the idea. I love the idea of an older, battle-worn pirate somehow coming across a young maiden (could be noble, could just be a naive commoner of some sort) who hero worships the idea of piracy to the point of totally getting off on the idea of being ravished by one, and him honestly not knowing how to deal with that. take it wherever you want, G-E rating, it's all delicious.
Okay, so is he like the gorgeous typical knight type and he picks a very visual plain lady with maybe a not ideal body type? Does she have a disability that was not understood at the time? It's always bothered me in tv shows where we always get a plain looking dude with some real issues with a gorgeous wife, but never the other way around. I'm also VERY into plus-sized women getting the ideal-body-type husband who has a heart of solid gold and legit loves her more than the sun itself if you want to go that route, and I am not squeamish about ridiculing/shaming/ableism happening in the story as long as it is resolved between the couple and/or by the end of the story. This could be such a fun, heartwarming prompt if done well!
I feel like you could really play with D/s dynamics here--but with like...which one is which? Is the Warlady sick and tired and being strong all the time and wants a man to rough her up a bit? Or is the tribute son always forced to put on the big strong dominant face, but is secretly looking forward to being ordered around by a conquering wife? Are they both dominant and we get some wild power play? None of this has to be explicit or sexual either, it can be simply in their every day dynamics as they learn to come to terms with their arrangement. Also, don't forget any fun worldbuilding you want to plop in here!
Really just another variation of the Pirate prompt above, but in a different culture and setting that I think is just as rich as the former. You could go historical, you could go fantasy, you could go historical fantasy--I LOVE genre bends!
This obviously has Enemies to Lovers written all over it, but also a lot of room for shenanigans with the Princess trying to foil him or runaway at every turn, maybe she's super feisty and has no qualms about trying to kill him to get away either. Or you could go the route of spunky super naive princess who is just STOKED to get out of the country and see the rest of the world. There is tons of room for worldbuilding here as well, I will NEVER say no to an intricate plot centered around a rich setting.
Another plot ripe for shenanigans, whether you go cutesy or darker, I'm game for it all. Has more of a Friends to Lovers vibe, or Requited Unrequited, or you know what I'm not going to box you in here. This is such a fun sounding prompt, and gives off such a Saint of Steel vibe that I've got to have it. You get the gist.
Age Gap my beloooooved. You can go hard on this, 20 even 30 years if you like (15-20 year age gap is my sweet spot), make that older lonely king have a tragic heartbroken past, or make him a codgery jaded thing thinking he's only marrying for politics, and then give him such a deliciously complex and intriguing bright eyed young thing to marry. I wants it, the preciousss.
This is along the lines of the Princess/Long Suffering Bodyguard, but a different take since in this one the male is a hired hand rather than serving her out of any sort of loyalty.
This was a last minute add to this list, and while I LOVE me an Dom Male/Sub Female trope, sometimes a fiery lady and a submissive man is just the ticket if done right. I am very taken with the idea of this Emperor being a very dominant personality naturally and typically leaning towards submissive/demure lovers, and then (perhaps accidentally) stumbling upon this absolute firebrand of a concubine and having his whole world turn upside down.