Trick or Treat Exchange 2023

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1. Likes
2. DNW
3. The White People - Arthur Machen
4. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
5. AEW
6. ROH
7. WWE
8. The North Water
9. The Boys
10. Crash (1996)
11. Original Work

Dear creator,

thanks for making something for me and a disclaimer up ahead, everything except the DNWs is a kind suggestion. Please consider my prompts, thoughts and ideas merely as inspiration. I will also have more to say about some fandoms, characters, or ships than others but that doesn't mean I like them more or less.

On Halloween

I have no specific prompts that are Halloween related but I do like horror - folk horror, transgression, transformation, body horror, magical realism, everything from the subtly unsettling to the excessively grotesque and disgusting, blood and dirt, aesthetic gore, everything that slithers and crawls, the intersection between folk, religious and cosmic horror, atmosphere, mania, insanity, "unspeakable horrors" & revelations that kill you like Semele. And I like all sorts of masquerade, costumes and masks, whether that's Halloween or Saturnalia. So if you want to just write something in that vein, I'm game.

On Trick vs. Treat

When it came to trick or treat I tried to pick what fits the vibes I'm going for (basically: everything goes or only darkfic, please), but don't overthink it.

On Smut

For some of my ships I focus a lot on sexual attraction, because that's what I see rather than romantic attraction, but that doesn't mean I'd be unhappy with anything rated less than E. But also if you write kink or smut, here's my likes.

On Art

For styles I like medieval and early Renaissance art and then lets fast forward past all that realism to the 20th century. I like the 1910s and 1920s a lot, silent films, expressionist dance, the grotesque, ero-guro (Suehiro Maruo). I'm generally fond of things being abstract, distorted, heightened and symbolic rather than realistic. I'm also super into history, so something that resembles e.g. Mesopotamian or Etruscan art would delight me.

 

For erotic art I care a lot more about props (including clothing!) and poses than genitalia (nothing wrong with genitals though) and I am partial to thick guys with a bit of meat and hair on them in positions of distress but obviously that doesn't make sense for all prompts.

On Wrestling

If you write wrestling fic I am open to anything from full kayfabe (wrestling is real and everyone is exactly like their characters and all the weird supernatural stuff in wrestling is real too) to medium rare kayfabe (wrestling is fake, characters act more or less like they do on screen, I don't want to hear about real life partners unless they are part of the wrestling world, like e.g. Renee Paquette in AEW or AJ Lee in WWE).

I am into the latter not because of the RPF aspect (or, rather, despite it) but because wrestling is such a fascinating performance of violence with so much trust necessary between the participants, and there are so many things that tickle me and only work if wrestling is fake, such as: A wrestler is genuinely injured in the ring but wants to finish the match, their opponent is distraught and handles them most tendlerly while still trying to give the impression of trying to hurt them [x]. Or a wrestler takes liberties with another one in the ring (being stiff, making them look bad, humiliating them, sexual assault) but they can't do anything about it because they are the rookie jobber. Or just that moment when something goes wrong and a wrestler saves their opponent's life. Or when they injure each other accidentally and feel so bad about it. Or just blading [x] [x] being really hot to me for some reason. Or the inherent intimacy of blading your opponent! [x]

For all my wrestling requests I'm happy with Rule 63, given that they are still wrestlers, you turn M/M into F/F rather than make it het, and don't use this to introduce issues (e.g. this wrestler is now a diva and facing sexism in the business).

Likes

If you're here in 2024: here's my general likes letter
 

• hand holding, hand kissing, neck touches, chaste kisses, displays of fealty
• hierarchies, power dynamics and subversions of them, abuse of power
• stifling environments, coded language, uniforms
• obscene, grotesque, disgusting things
• violence, gore
• sadism, masochism, fetishism
• noncon, dubcon, fail sex, unpleasant sex
• horror, suspense, mystery
• glorifying my faves through their suffering
• established relationships
• enemies with benefits
• sexless love and loveless sex
• loyalty, codependency
• hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort
• (unresolved) sexual tension, (edge me - believe me, I won't be disappointed if there's no payoff)
• transgression, transformation, becoming
• insects, flowers, birds
• slice of life, people just doing mundane things from baking bread to going for a swim
• observations of nature from the tinniest bugs to the tallest trees
• focus on the historical context (from the music, clothing, objects to greater societal themes)
• pouring all your niche knowledge, intellect, trivia and so on into fic
• in medias res
• pastiche, archaic language, unusual form
• unreliable narrators, outsider POV
• letters, diary entries, events relayed in conversation
• my smut and kink likes

 
 

DNW

If you're here in 2024: ignore these and stick to the DNWs in my sign up

• m on f noncon/dubcon*
• terminal illness, cancer, dementia, amnesia, Alzheimer's, brain damage (for wrestling concussions are fine if you don't get into the long term effects)
• AUs with the exception of canon divergence  (or in case of wrestling adding horror elements e.g. wrestlers are vampires or werewolves but still wrestlers)
• mpreg, pregnancy*, kidfic
• for the non omegaverse requests: alpha/beta/omega (and similar worldbuilding with assigned roles/biodeterminism)
• for the omegaverse request: nesting, omegas birthing a litter of pups, discrimination of omegas (omegas treated like women in strongly patriarchal societies), people calling each other alpha/omega, alpha voice, dual genitalia for male omegas, omegas dying when their alpha dies or leaves them
• focus on formalized aspects of bdsm (formal negotiations, safewords, traffic light system, people identifying as dom/sub)

*mentions are fine, just don't get into details or make the story all about it


Prompts


The White People - Arthur Machen

I love the story of this girl walking into otherworldly places in a way that is the stuff of my own childhood fantasies, her exposure to witchcraft, or whatever you want to call it, and the old gods, or whatever you want to call them, and I love all of the lore we hear about only in passing. I really like the child POV which does not even really question what she's just walking into.

Oh, yeah, also this part (and Machen's whole point) is great:

"And if the roses in your garden sang a weird song, you would go mad. And suppose the stones in the road began to swell and grow before your eyes, and if the pebble that you noticed at night had shot out stony blossoms in the morning?"

I nominated the characters that come in contact with magic, the nurse perhaps knowing more than the child, but I wouldn't mind a fic that's entirely focused on world building, like telling the story of a different character coming across one of the places from the story.

Playing with the sexual themes here is also fine although I am not looking for pure smut.


The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen

Similar to The White People I just really like the worldbuilding here but whereas The White People has so many things thrown at the wall and it feels like everything is magic what fascinates me here is simply the Great God Pan as more than simply a god of the Greek pantheon but more of an eldritch like entity and just the whole "seeing him" deal is so fascinating to me, the phrase makes me think of Jupiter and Semele or Arjuna and Krishna. There's something about visions that alter you permanently or rend you apart, unspeakable horrors, revelations, and so on.

Also if you want to get in the mood for the story, listen to Comus' Song to Comus [x].

Playing with the sexual themes here is also fine although I am not looking for pure smut.


All Elite Wrestling

For all things CM Punk I'd prefer no mention of backstage drama with the Elite camp or his firing.

Dax Harwood/Cash Wheeler
I love them as a old married couple (metaphorically), I love them as big beefy hairy guys. I'd enjoy "wrestling fluff" (holding your partner's hand as he has a panic attack because of the injury/near death experience he had in the ring, messy bloody kissing backstage after the most dramatic heartbreaking finish, that sort of thing) as well as plain smut (the nastier the better).

I know Dax can't stop talking about them but I'd prefer if his wife and daughter weren't mentioned.

Dax Harwood/CM Punk/Cash Wheeler
He's their king and their princess, to me. I think they take good care of him and sometimes Dax worships the ground he walks on and Punk might bat his lashes and giggle about it but he certainly doesn't mind.

Maxwell Jacob Friedman/CM Punk
I love how unwell they are about each other. Max hurting who he loves. Max regretting it, and doing it all over again. All of his rejection issue and resentment, Max hating how much he cares about Punk. Childhood memories, hero worship, hero disappointment, the age difference, peak prime Max and aging Punk. When it comes to smut I'm not much into Punk daddy dom topping Max but I'm open to all sorts of other dynamics and configurations.

I'm not particularly interested in face Max and Adam Cole.

Christian Cage/Luchasaurus
They are just so hot. Villainous dilf in a turtleneck and his enormous mute beast in a weird leather harness carrying around on his shoulders and breathing down his neck, treating him like a princess while still being very obviously a barely restrained brutal beast. I'd love to see Christian dominating him (sexual or not sexual, top or bottom, he can do it all). Also is he called Cage because he keeps Luchasaurus' cock in a cage? Weird genitalia for real dino Luchasaurus welcome (dual genitalia, clit dick, knot, double dick, cloaca...).

Christian Cage/CM Punk/Luchasaurus
I saw this in the tags and thought... why not add my fandom bicycle to the mix?

Christian Cage/CM Punk
What's better than one hot old man? Two. I have virtually no thoughts about this except that Cage's got a hairy chest and Punk is a slut (affectionate). Also the daddy issues thing. Punk's been playing them up for half his career, Cage has his "what's with all the daddy issues in AEW" running gag. Maybe they can have a little tongue in cheek fun despite Cage being only like five years older than Punk.

William Regal/Wheeler Yuta
I'm into all sorts of BCC gay fight club polycule stuff (so you may include others) but I crave fic about these two specifically. Thinking about the contrast of young lean "boy" Yuta and old sadistic charming Regal. I can imagine this as Regal getting weird about Yuta's young body, touching him in increasingly invasive ways (and Yuta having mixed feelings about it or loving it), or a smitten Yuta worshipping Regal's scars and injuries, or Regal teaching him shoot holds like he was taught (with no mercy) and Yuta being so brave and proud about it, or Regal teaching him how to fuck him. If you write anal sex I'd like Regal bottoming.


Ring of Honor

Zack Sabre Jr/Samoa Joe
They had this brief thing going on with them tagging as an unlikely pair that was really hot actually. Look at them bickering [x]! Too bad Joe rotated over from one annoying brat to the next so he could wrestle Punk and it never went anywhere. I'm actually not super interested in dommy top Joe taming the brat into submission or anything in that vein but if Zack was an incessant flirt that got him all flustered, that would be cute. If you write anal sex I'd really like Joe bottoming.

Samoa Joe/CM Punk
Samoa Joe & CM Punk
I've probably written essays about what I like about them across different exchanges, which you can check out here. To keep it brief I like them as unlikely best friends who also might or might not fuck and might or might not have feelings about that. This ROH shoot interview [x] is like a primer for that (highlight: Punk painting Joe's toe nails as he's passed out drunk in bed), which also tells you I am mostly into it out of full kayfabe, but blending realities is cool too!

I'd love hurt/comfort, Punk looking out for Joe when he's drunk or Joe saving Punk when he's about to get his ass kicked or his straight edge vow violated (or taking care of him afterwards and having to handle the Punk's feelings/desire coming out when he's not in control of himself). I'd also enjoy Punk being really into Joe's weight, whether just being into cuddling or kinking on it (e.g. enjoying being smothered, thoroughly appreciating his fat ass and thighs).

I'm into sadomasochism with them without heavy focus on the dominance and submission, e.g. dommy brat tamer Joe topping a submissive trembling Punk is less interesting to me than Punk climbing in his lap and demanding to be choked, or Joe getting off on the way Punk fights back and bites and scratches when he holds him down.

Fic set during AEW is fine too here.

CM Punk/Raven
I think their relationship is fascinating both in and out of kayfabe and in the space in-between. Some notes: Punk projecting his daddy (and daddy's alcoholism) issues on Raven. Smartass Raven mentoring him (digging deep into wrestling history, terminology and workings appreciated). The abusive nature of that mentoring in the wrestling business. Callbacks to the abusive (both in and out of kayfabe, really) Stevie and Raven situation. Consent issues (in the ring or in the hotel bedroom). Raven making Punk break edge. Punk taking advantage of Raven when he's drunk. Raven introducing young, self-destructive Punk to kink and saver ways to get off or attain catharsis. Punk being put in his place and loving it some kind of way. Blading and bleeding and that dog collar match!

Bryan Danielson/CM Punk
Bryan Danielson following Punk around and serenading him (according to his livejournal), their shared intense respect for bathroom etiquette (what did they mean by that and was it about watersports?), the way the best technical wrestler in the world and possibly sadistic fuck and weird tantra sex freak (he loves edging, he definitely knows about the power of the prostate orgasm) Bryan might be the perfect match for the masochist supreme CM Punk. Their nerd to nerd connection. This match where they are basically fucking for 40 minutes in front of a crowd of 20.


World Wrestling Entertainment

CM Punk/Triple H

Psychosexual obsessions galore. I love the hate they have for each other! In kayfabe, out of kayfabe, hate is hate. Their whole (tragically fizzled out storyline) with Punk taunting and teasing HHH, playing with his tie (he's obsessed with the suit/tie as symbols of the evil authority... also: "Can I wear your blazer?") [x], going "oh, you want to hurt me, yeah, you want to hurt me so bad, tell me about how you want to hurt me, big man" is like crack to me. That brief moment in their match at Night of the Champions 2011 when HHH is pummeling him and pulling his hair and Punk is grinning manically [x].

There is also something so fun about HHH seeming completely ill-equipped to deal with Punk's weaponized flirting (see promo clip "I wanna know personally what your feelings are for CM Punk?" [x]).

And then there is the shoot elephant in the room, HHH supposedly saying "Punk's ass is too big and too soft for TV". Why are you looking at his ass?? Love to see HHH hating Punk because he's attracted to him, sitting behind the monitors at gorilla, seething with rage because Punk sells/suffers like a slut.
 

On Punk's side I enjoy him getting off on living in HHH's head rent free, driving HHH to lash out and fuck him (up) and being in the worst fucking position, going through something truly terrible, all the while thinking "hah, I got him exactly where I want him" (you do not, you are unwell). I also have a soft spot for victims of abuse/rape somehow still getting their narrative revenge, if only by making their assailant feel disgusting and miserable about themselves, maybe by showing them the extend of the damage they've done or getting the verbal upper hand.
 

Also I might be mixing things up but in reference to the whole staph infection thing, I recently read HHH saying Punk is so closed off, HHH always asked him if he was okay, and he always said he's fine and it had me laughing. Oh, he's not opening up to you, not showing his weakness? I wonder why. Do with this what you want. Staph infections and general misery are on the table.

Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels
What if a pretty, slutty, vain, two-faced, drug-addicted egomaniac meets a proud, straightforward, respected shoot wrestler who was raised and moulded into the perfect wrestler by his ruthless father. I am forever obsessed with their shoot backstage brawl or rather, as Bret put it, them fighting like two prostitutes downtown, and then ripping out a handful of Shawn's pretty hair.

Also about Bret's father, there's a couple of sources [x] talking about Stu Hart being a sadist who tormented rookies in his basement (the Dungeon.... really!) beyond the usual rookie torture that's common in the business in front of his sons and filming it on VHS. Bret also talks about how he was treated:

"Stu had a temper so fierce that some would consider his corporal punishment child abuse. Too many times I limped around bruised and battered, my eyeballs red and ruptured because of his discipline. On more than a few occasions, I thought I was going to die. Often, as I was on the verge of blacking out from some choke hold of Stu’s, he’d huff, “You’ve breathed your last breath.”"

Lots of messed up things going on there, which might lead to Bret having some baggage, perhaps about his own enjoyment of putting someone in a nice tight chokehold.
 

As for Shawn I'm fascinated by him being the booker's pet and how that allowed him to be a menace backstage and bully big boys that could kill him around (look up Shawn Michaels vs Vader). Also have you looked at him. Those outfits!


The North Water

In accordance with the tone of the series I am not seeing any of these ships as particular wholesome, except maybe Cavendish and Drax have their own twisted take on friendship.

There is a lot to draw from in the show and in the fandom: weird flirting over whale carcasses, totally normal not gay stabbing, drowning aftercare, medical care for men that want you dead and the way they breath down your neck and hold your hand, all things drug, impotence, machismo. I love all the bad vibes.

I love that Sumner tries to be good but also doesn't try too hard, that he's a bit prissy and out of place aboard. I like him as a bit of a pain slut too, I have no specific headcanon regarding whether he's gay or it's situational.

I want people to be nasty. I like gross, I like disturbing, I like sick and wrong. I want to be able to smell the fic.


The Boys

You can find all the times I prompted Frenchie here.

A quick rundown of things I like: shipping him with Kimiko, Nina, MM. Frenchie as a dog on a chain. His emancipation from Butcher. Drugs, parties, techno, euro trash. His childhood traum. BDSM. Why is he dressed up like Travis Bickle? "What power would you like to have?" (or which does he actually get). Hurt/Comfort. That belly out look he's always serving. Cooking.


Crash (1996)

I nominated the film but I loved the book actually, I'm just also thirsting over Elias Koteas. I don't care what you draw from, since I don't recall any plot differences. I just love everything about Vaughan and his brand of dangerous eroticism. Love to see him at the receiving end of some more or less tender abuse or just do his car thing, which is dangerous enough on its own.

Regarding ships I'm fine with him in any sexual relationship with himself, inanimate objects (sometimes a ship can just be you and the car you run into a tree) or people, or no sexual content at all. But some kind of eroticism is probably hard to avoid given the subject of the film and book.

Some prompts: the inherent eroticism of full frontal car collisions; bodies and technology; the horrors of the modern age; the new human; scars & tattoos; body worship; ugliness and decay and violent death; any damn kink (but also... uhmmm piss?); drugs; penetration of any kind; death makes a hero.


Original Work

 

Tall Strong Male Omega/Short Weaker Male Alpha
I'm honestly mostly coming to this from a smut/erotica perspective rather than fluff and plot. As per my omegaverse DNWs you can tell what I'm not into. What I am into is heats and ruts, sex pollen like effects (don't mind it being very extreme, painful, nauseous, dangerous), feral behavior, biting and sniffing and licking, knots and scents and omegas slicking all over the place.

Sorry about the genitalia DNW being unclear, I forgot to elaborate but I prefer male omegas to have dicks and those practical slicking assholes rather than dicks and vaginas or no dick at all. I also don't care what size their dicks are as long as you don't describe them as resembling prepubescent boys.

I'd prefer if the body/size difference between the ship wasn't the opposite of the norm (normally omegas are small and frail but this one freakishly isn't), but either if alphas and omegas don't have strong sexual dimorphism at all and that's just how these individuals are, or the dimorphism of this ship is in line with what's common.

I'd like worldbuilding around some fitting animal species, think spotted hyenas and make omegas aggressive and domineering and alphas submissive too, think of birds where the males are colorful and impress the females with their dances (maybe omegas are butch and plain and alphas are pretty and utterly charming), think insects where there males could literally be eaten by the females before during or after mating (maybe society has moved past that but there's still that little dormant instinct ready to raise its ugly head). Also a thought: what if knotting is actually painful (degree of pleasure up to you) for the alpha?
 

I'm okay with a variety of settings, historically inspired (Roman, Babylonian, Etruscan, Celtic, Mayan etc), fantasy, science fiction, mundane, silly porn world (omega handyman fixes alpha's piping and then gets piped tier).