Dear Author/Artist (XXX)

[tangeriner]

Hello! Thanks so much for writing or drawing something for me in the X-Men X-Mas X-Change! I'm very excited!

Some things I particularly love: happy endings, gratuitous nudity, shippy stuff, sexy stuff, first times, pining, gazing, casual swearing, long hair, friendship romps, tropes, true love.

If you need ideas for tropes: snowed in, locked in, huddle for warmth, fake relationships, friends to lovers, first times, coming of age, fuck or die (provided other partner is 100% willing to help out), love serum/potion (ditto), handcuffed together, pining (with eventual payoff), truth or dare, hurt/comfort, fix its, bodyswap.

I do prefer set-in-canon-stories more than AUs, but it's definitely not a strong preference, and I don't have any AU settings I don't like. I do prefer third person a little more strongly, present or past. Any rating is fine, up to and including explicit (unless it involves characters under 18 then nothing explicit please).

DNWs: non-con/dub-con, A/B/O, gender/sexswap, darkfic, deathfic, unhappy endings, underage, mpreg, incest, power imbalances between the characters.

Here are some plot bunnies/suggestions, should you need them, but again, I'm pretty easygoing. I'm also pretty relaxed about comics canon, so feel to ignore things you do not like or want to write or want to think about. I do it all the time.

X-Force (Comics) - Julio Richter/Shatterstar (fic/art), Julio Richter & Tabitha Smith (fic), Theresa Cassidy & Shatterstar (fic)

So I love first times/getting togethers/coming of ages with Ric and Star, especially during this time period, with all of THE FEELINGS and THE ANGST and THE TEARS (mostly Star), so anything along that line would be appreciated.

But I'm also curious about the side friendships -- I mean, Terry definitely would have known something was up, with her new BFF Shatterstar. And I just continue to adore the sibling dynamic of Ric and Tabby. So maybe a friendship story that touches on the budding relationship between Ric and Star, like, outsider POV? Or just hanging out, chilling, decompressing. I love platonic MF relationships, and I love Terry and Tabs.

X-Factor (comics) - Julio Richter/Shatterstar (fic/art), Longshot & Shatterstar (fic), Longshot (fic)

For Ric/Star, any sort of established relationship fic would be assume, fluff or angst or anywhere in between. Movie night snuggles? Mission gone awry? First night back together? I would like Star to be more considerate/aware of Ric's feelings than he was in the book.

And I'm always up for Longshot and Shatterstar shenanigans. Who knew how much and when is a question that plagues me. It also must be nice just to not be so alone on a faraway planet/dimension. Maybe training together? Mission gone awry? Or hey, just Longshot on his own. It always kinda felt like he was just there? Star was basically his only connection.

X-Men (616) - Alison Blaire/Longshot (fic/art), Bobby Drake/Warren Worthington III (fic/art)

For Longshot/Dazzler, I have no preference for era. Australian outback, time on Mojoworld during the rebellion, current time. I'm just... so into them right now? They have an adult son? That must be weird? Maybe they get back together? Maybe they get together for the first time? Maybe they just hook up because it's fun and they have such a strange history together? All good.

For Iceman/Angel, again, I have no preference for era. O5 era, post-X-Men where they tried to live normal lives, Defenders era, X-Factor era, current time. It's all good. I think they would definitely lend themselves well to some of the more traditional tropes. Snowed in at Angel's Aerie! Bodyswap! Handcuffed together!

Generation X (Movie) - Arlee Hicks/Kurt Pastorius (fic)

This is definitely a nostalgia request. I remember mid-teens me having MANY FEELINGS about the tension between Arlee and Kurt, and those feelings have lingered. I do rewatch the movie from time to time (some amazing soul put it up on YouTube). Maybe some more sweetness between them? The blush of first love? Happily ever after? A day in a life sort of thing? First official date after victory?

Excalibur - Cerise/Kurt Wagner (fic/art)

This is another nostalgia request, brought on by Cerise's re-appearance in Mr and Mrs X. I clearly have a thing for the person-from-another-world/more savvy human pairing/trope. Nothing will ever convince me that Kurt and Cerise weren't THE BEST together. Maybe more of their time together in Excalibur? Cerise getting used to earth? First time? Fluff? H/C? Anything is good.