Yuletide 2023 Letter

[shamanicshaymin]

Dear Yuletide Writer,

Thank you so much for writing for me! I'm already in love with your work, and I'll do my very best to provide inspiration for it in this letter! While some fandoms may have more prompts than others, believe me when I say I'm 100% enthusiastic for all of them and wouldn't be requesting them if I didn't leap for joy receiving a gift for them. Without further ado...

Puri Likes...

• Hurt/Comfort, emotional and physical
• Canon divergence AUs
• Exploration of alternate timelines, cycles, etc. (see above)
• 5+1 fic
• Epistolary/Dairy/Journal logs fic
• Pokemon/Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Pacific Rim fusions
• Death game fusions (Ex. Hunger Games, Battle Royale, Squid Game)
• Modern/Sci-Fi AUs for fantasy canons, and vice-versa.
• Earn Your Happy Ending trope (the more crapsack the world, the more satisfying!)
• Unusual/Unlikely friendships
• LGBTQ and non-binary and/or gnc characters, including ace and intersex spectrums
• Friends to Lovers
• Rivals to Lovers
• Enemies to Lovers
• Friends to Enemies to Friends Again/Friends to Enemies to Lovers
• Polyamory
• Frenemies
• Queerplatonic/Friends with benefits
• Found families
• Blue/Orange morality characters/societies and exploration of such
• Petfic/Fanpets (like kidfic, but with my favorite characters raising animals like doggies, kitties, ratties, and chinchillas! :D) (points for adoption/rescues/strays!)
• Psychological horror
• Body horror of the David Cronenberg variety, and exploration of the character struggling/freaking out/working with the changes
• Action/Battle scenes
• World-building and character-driven pieces
• Emotions and wibbliness in smutfic
• Tasteful exploration of depression, anxiety, and PTSD, and the cast being supportive, patient and loving with the person going through those struggles.
• Stories where hope and kindness are valued as the ultimate strength that triumphs over cruelty and cynicism
• Happy/Bittersweet/Ambiguous/Twist/Hopeful endings
• De/Reconstruction of and bending of fairy-tale tropes
• Robots/Machines/Androids/Cyborgs
• Eldritch abominations
• Enemy Mine, aka enemies/rivals working together
• Tough characters with a love for soft cute things and fights to protect them
• Badass normals/Normal non-magical characters proving to be independent and strong in their own ways
• Grumpy softies with hearts of gold
• Broken Birds healing/learning to fly again/finding happiness again with or without their wings
• “Problematic” abuse survivors (pissed off and lashing out against others, engaging in abusive/manipulative behavior in self-defense whether knowingly or unknowingly, having unhealthy coping mechanisms, basically being anything but the “perfect” victim society expects them to be)
• Dysfunctional characters
• Dysfunctional characters whose downward spirals are explored and explained how they got to become this way
• Dysfunctional characters learning to heal and fix their relationships
• Stories that start out cute and fluffy but turn out to be scary and disturbing
• On that note, scary cute things. :D

Puri Does NOT Like...

• Nice Guyism being endorsed by the narrative instead of being called out/deconstructed
• Demonization of female characters in slashfic and vice versa in femmeslash.
• Transphobia/TERFdom that’s treated as okay by the narrative
• Bi erasure/demonization and biphobic stereotypes
• Female characters made to feel useless for being infertile and/or demonized for not wanting children and motherhood
• Period-shaming/worship/periods regarded as the “ultimate symbol of womanhood.”
• Characters that are regarded as "hopeless" and "better off dead" by the narrative simply because they're disabled (internalized or outside ableism is fine, just not when the narrative agrees)/characters who are "punished" with disability and/or then are magically healed once they are "redeemed"/disabled characters rewarded with being “cured” whether or not it’s something they actually want
• Infidelity/Cuckolding
• Character and ship bashing unless it's appropriate and IC in-universe
• Third Act Misunderstanding and the Liar Revealed tropes (in which the lying character is sympathetic and there’s a long drawn out scene where they are rejected/ostracized by their community and friends played for drama. That said, exceptions are made for deserving unrepentant villains finally broken of their Karma Houdini status) (tl;dr if your fic starts reading like Flik's exile from A Bug's Life or the Shrek/Fiona breakup scene in the first Shrek movie, nuke it and rewrite!)
• Excessive animal abuse and death, especially for shock value. While I'm fine with animals getting hurt (preferably that they turn out okay in the end), I don’t want explicit onscreen torture.
• Mpreg/Pregnancy/Miscarriage/Abortion (canon-typical mentions/discussions are fine regarding canons like LISA and Omega Mart, I just don’t want an in-depth description of characters enduring those things)
• Readerfic
• Vampires that exist just to be pretty, invincible, “perfect” versions of humans without exploring their otherworldly creepier bloodsucking traits
• Werewolves with stereotypical Alpha/Omega dynamics
• Permanent brain damage ("Going mad from the revelation" due to eldritch abominations doesn't count)
• Omegaverse AUs
• Apologism for canon pedophiles and rapists
• Terrible parenting justified by the narrative
• People with faith in humanity being treated as childish and stupid by the narrative

A lot of my canons deal with heavy subject matter such as rape, child abuse, and suicide/depression (especially LISA and Fear & Hunger). You absolutely do not need to have these topics at the forefront, but due to the nature of said fandoms, don’t be afraid to have canon-typical descriptions or references. That said, please no rape, incest, or pedophilia for Super Mario RPG or Omega Mart. Thank you!

Kinks

• Oral
• Anal
• Fingering
• Bondage and BDSM
• Kinbaku/Shibari
• Aftercare
• Descriptive kissing
• Biting/Nibbling/Fangs
• Scratching/Claws
• Awkward first times
• Cuddling
• Dirty talk
• Praise kink
• Bath/Showersex (hell, I'm just happy to see my ships being domestic and washing each other, sex or no sex)
• Size kink/Height differences
• Toys and Pervertibles
• Rough sex
• Angry sex
• Scars and tattoos
• Power-Bottoms
• Gentle submissive tops
• Massages
• Age gaps (points if the younger partner is the dominant one!)
• Frottage/Intercrural/Non-penetrative sex
• Tentacles/Vines
• Xenophilia/Xenobiology
• Characters ashamed about their desire for whatever reason (points if they try hiding said desire and fail humongously)

Non-Kinks

• Scat
• Watersports
• Vomit
• Ageplay/Diapers
• Stuffing/Feederism/Forcefeeding
• Inflation
• Milking/Milking Machines
• Unrealistic gigantic amount of bodily fluids
• Breeding/Oviposition
• Shouta/loli/kodacon (sexualization of minors 14 and under) (please age up all underage characters to at least 16-18!)
• Unrequested non/dubcon pairings
• Non/Dubcon not using my requested aggressors

LISA: The Painful RPG

This game clearly lives up to its name—it’s got a gut-wrenching story that tears your heart out and stomps all over it, and if it wasn’t for its unapologetic absurdity, dark sense of humor, and amazing cast of characters, I doubt I would’ve survived. The game that explores serious themes such as generational abuse and toxic masculinity is also where you can ally yourself with a serial killer goose, a talking fish lawyer, and a samurai who loves his cats so much he’ll seek cat paradise for them. The Definitive Version with its added lore makes it even better. :3 Brad and Buddy are my Problematic Children, Rando is a cinnamon roll who deserved so much better, and Terry, aaaaaaaaa Terry! He's my best friend forever. ;;

If you wish to include other members from Brad’s party in your fic, my favorites aside from Terry are: Olan, Queen Roger, Yazan, Tiger, Birdie, Geese, Carp, Harvey, Jack, and Shocklord.

Characters: Brad Armstrong, Buddy Armstrong, Terry Hintz, Rando aka Dustin “Dusty” Armstrong

Shipping: Brad/Terry, Olan/Terry, Brad/Queen Roger, Columbo/Terry, Past!Brad/Columbo, Brad/Terry/Olan, Brad/Terry/Queen Roger, Brad/Terry/Columbo, Buzzo/Lisa (while Buzzo and Lisa are not tagged characters this year, I felt I should mention them to be on the safe side)

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Buzzo/Terry (Buzzo as aggressor)

Fandom-specific DNW: Marty apologism (anything humanizing him more than his children), Evil!Lisa, Buzzo/Rando, Buddy/Anyone

• I want aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the fix-it fics for this fandom. Is there any possible way Brad could’ve been stopped from going on his Joy-fueled end-game murder spree, like if Buddy decided to fight him herself before he cleaved through the Rando army? What would’ve happened if Rando had the vaccine and gave them to Brad and Buddy before they transformed into Joy mutants? What if Dr. Yado kept a select few women in cryostasis in his lab (which could only be accessed by him and Buddy)? How would Buddy react to NOT being the last girl in the world as a result? What if one of Yado’s scientists secretly worked on a cure for Joy mutation behind his back? (In regards to my DNW about disabilities being cured, the only thing “fixed” while turning back from mutant to human is Joy addiction. Ex. If Brad sacrificed one or both arms, they never grow back after becoming human again)

• What would happen if Brad ever told Buddy, Rando, and/or Terry about Lisa? According to Dingaling’s tweets, a very select few people even knew she existed, since Brad is extremely cagey and reluctant to open up about his past with anyone. How would his relationship with everyone change? Would Buddy be more forgiving of Brad or would she be upset he didn’t tell her sooner?

• LISA: The Joyful is a mixed bag for me; on one hand, it has some of my favorite scenes in the series (ex. The final “battle” with Brad, the added secret boss and its unlocked content afterwards) but on the other it feels rushed and we don’t get enough time fleshing out ideas better suited for a longer game. A major example of this is Buddy and Rando’s relationship: I really wanted to see them bond as siblings, confront each other about their opposing views on Brad (who nonetheless was a failed father to them both, RIP), see the contrast between Rando’s gentleness vs. Buddy’s rage, and I dunno. I wanted way more from them than what we got in canon. ;;

• What if Terry survived the events of Painful and joined Buddy and Rando? How would the plot of the Joyful change? Would Terry be afraid of them at first (Buddy being hostile and Rando’s reputation)? What sort of interactions would he have with them? How would his friendship with Brad impact everything? I’d also love to hear about Terry’s life pre-Flash and before meeting Brad. Using Terry's hints for epistolary fic would be fun! :D How long did it take him to build the Land of Hints? What was Buddy’s response to this place? Is his mask how she’s able to recognize him when they first meet?

• I’ve fallen in love with Brad and Terry’s relationship, especially their campfire conversation in the Definitive Edition. I ship them so fucking hard, but I’m also open to exploring their friendship in detail. They are such opposites when it comes to dealing with trauma, but they come from a similar place of hurt and understanding. They’re so fascinating to me in that they can either heal or ruin each other more effectively than anyone else. Maybe they get together after a fix-it fic of Painful/Joyful. Alternatively, you can break my heart with Former Friend (aka Terrible Terry: Lord of Hurts) fic if you so choose. </3

• The Beehive is one of my favorite parts of the game, and I love how the Bees themselves were portrayed. It’s also fascinating watching Brad work as a Bee, because he’s confronting a lot of things about himself he hadn’t been in a safe environment to explore before, such as his relationship with femininity and his own sexuality. So Beehive introspective fic would make me happy. :3

• I’m open to No Flash!AUs and domestic fic too! Brad and Terry could be married, and Brad can learn to be a better parent to Buddy and Dusty. Maybe they see a movie (Barbenheimer double-feature?) Adopt a dog or cat, like Cheese Legs? Cue the dad memes of Brad not wanting said pet only to bond with it first. XD

Fear & Hunger

I entirely blame Super Eyepatch Wolf’s video of the first game for hooking me on this series. Through much pain and suffering, I managed to get all the endings of the first game (except for the S endings. Goddammit) and Ending A for Termina (I watched the other endings on Youtube; I don’t have the heart to kill the entire cast and I get my ass kicked by the game anyway. XD) I love the original game for its grim atmosphere and cosmic horrors, and I love Termina for its wonderful cast and their relationships with each other. Not to mention the excellent overarching story of both games~

While not a tagged character, feel free to include Nas'hrah (O'saa and Nas'hrah in Funger 2's case) as part of the cast so he can be a snarky ass to everybody, lol

Characters: Enki Ankarian (“Dark Priest”), Ragnvaldr (“Outlander”) (Funger 1)
Abella, Daan, Kida Tanaka, Levi, Marcoh, Marina, Olivia, Samarie (Funger 2: Termina)
Pocketcat (Both)

Shipping: Queerplatonic!Ragnvaldr/Enki (Funger 1)
Marcoh/Tanaka, Levi/Marina, one-sided!Samarie/Marina (Samarie pining) one-sided!Levi//Marina/Olivia (Olivia pining for either or both of them) (Funger 2: Termina)

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Pocketcat/Daan (Pocketcat as aggressor)

Fandom-specific DNW: The Girl getting sacrificed to anyone (Ending A is canon to me), Reciprocated!Le’garde/D’Arce (Funger 1)
Caligura/Anyone, Reciprocated!Marina/Samarie, Henryk/Abella, misgendering Marina (Funger 2: Termina)
Moonless dying or being tortured (Both)

• Enki is my favorite character from the first game, and I’d love a look into his thoughts during his S route and the progression of his decision to reject godhood and become the most enlightened human on earth. :) (Whether or not he kills his sister in his backstory is up to you) I’m also fond of Ragnvaldr and would be interested in introspection on his S route too. While I know you can’t ally with anyone on Hard Mode, I love the thought of Rag befriending Moonless and her joining him on his quest to vanquish evil. It’d certainly explain how August (believed to be Rag’s descendant) knows her in Termina. :D

• I headcanon Enki as aroace; someone willing to get down and dirty if it means furthering his goals (see: his willingness to participate in Marriage and the Sylvian cultist ritual) but overall not interested in sex or romance. That said, Dungeon Nights led me to believe he and Ragnvaldr could be queerplatonic, or at least friends with benefits. A goofy fic based off that (I played as Enki and romanced Ragnvaldr on my route) would be fun. XD

• Abella’s B ending is full of so many cool and creepy possibilities. What happens after she reaches the moon? What sort of horrors await her there?

• Daan is easily one of the most tragic characters of Termina, not helping that Needles and Stitches used to be the Baron and Elise respectively. Which brings up his bizarre relationship with Pocketcat… what's up with Pocketcat’s interest in him anyway? Is it because Daan possesses a Blank soul? This can lead to some reeeeeeeeally fucked up noncon (selfcest?) if you’re willing to go that route. Hell, just give me Pocketcat manipulating anyone in general.

• I think Levi and Marina are very sweet together, be they friends or lovers. I like the idea of an ending where they both survive and live together in the red light district of the capital of Valland like in Marina’s B ending. It’s better than Levi’s B ending where he’s all alone. ;;

• I ended up feeling more sorry for Samarie than I expected to be, especially if you’re successful at calming her down and bringing her back to the train. She’s just a kid with a horrible upbringing and unfortunate powers that actually isolate her from anyone she could be close to. :( A more detailed look at her backstory and her love/obsession with Marina would be nice, even if things don’t end up happily for her.

• Olivia is who I beat the game and got Ending A with. :3 So her catching up with her sister and getting used to her newfound existence as part of the Machine God could be interesting. What’s it like becoming an entity of an early eldritch version of the Internet? (Regarding my “disabilities being cured” DNW, I consider Ending A exempt from this)

• I loved Marcoh and Tanaka’s bond throughout the game (depending on the route, Marcoh can teach him boxing!) and the inspiration Tanaka takes from Marcoh, whether his fate leads to good or bad. I’d love a fic where they both survive and continue being friends and seeing each other. Maybe even fall in love if the shipping bug bites. :D

Yume Nikki

Yume Nikki is a game that changed my life forever, and it’s such an open sandbox that there’s always something new to take from it. I’d love to hear your takes on the weird creatures and symbolism behind the various doors of the Nexus. Who is Madotsuki? Why is she a hikikomori in the first place? What are these eggs for? Are the few humans she encounters made up or based on someone she knows in the real world (or both)? Go absolutely nuts.

Characters: Madotsuki, Masada, Monoko, Monoe, Mars-san, Poniko, Uboa, Shitai-san

Shipping: Madotsuki/Masada, Madotsuki/Poniko, Madotsuki/Monoko, Madotsuki/Monoe, Monoko/Monoe, Madotsuki/Monoko/Monoe, Madotsuki/Monoko/Monoe/Poniko

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Madotsuki/Poniko (Either as aggressor), Madotsuki/Masada (Madotsuki as aggressor)

Fandom-specific DNW: Evil!Masada, Rapist!Masada, Masada and Uboa being the same, Masada being Madotsuki’s teacher in the waking world (it’s okay if she calls him “sensei,” he’s just not her sensei, it that makes sense)

• Madotsuki is my problematic baby (and the OG Stabby Knife Child!) and I love her so much. ;; My headcanon for her is she suffered a lot of abuse (physical, verbal, emotional, sexual) from a religious-obsessed stepparent (said stepparent into cult-like rituals inspired by Mayan imagery) and she killed them out of self-defense, which is why she’s hiding alone in her apartment, terrified she’ll be arrested or taken somewhere even worse. Exploring her dreams and recording them in a diary have become a coping mechanism for her, but eventually she’s forced to confront her inner demons head-on—whether or not she succeeds (some people interpreted her suicide at the end of the game to actually be her escaping the dream world for real [in an Inception sort of way] and back into the waking world) is left ambiguous by the game itself. You don’t have to follow this hc for your own Madotsuki—I’m just providing mine for inspo in case you’re stuck on characterizing her. :)

• The entire trip to Mars sequence is my favorite part of the game and one I still think about to this day. Masada’s spaceship was one of the rare places I felt genuinely safe (I remember calling Masada some kind of Phantom of the Opera dude before I learned his name, haha. XD) and I felt bad when his ship crashed and you could hear the loneliness in his voice (made even worse that you have the option to stab him and he’s the most afraid of you when you’ve got the knife out) Finding Mars-san in the cave is gut-wrenching as hell, and he’s the only one who doesn’t disappear when you stab him, only bleeds with visible wounds. ;; What is the symbolism behind Mars-san? Is he linked to Masada and/or Madotsuki in any way?

• I love Madotsuki and Masada’s relationship so much; they’re simultaneously wholesome and dysfunctional, fucked up and loving, sweet and tragic. A part of it has to do with Masada being this alien creature and Madotsuki’s unsure how to react to his kindness and uses him as a punching bag/stressball, I don’t know. I’ve shipped them since the dawn of the fandom, but if Madotsuki’s age makes you uncomfortable (though with what a gory trainwreck this ship can be, the age gap feels like the least of their problems. XDDD;;;), feel free to age her up or skip the shippiness entirely.

• What’s up with Poniko? Were she and Madotsuki friends in the past? Did Madotsuki have a mad jealous crush on her and she has no idea how to express her emotions in a healthy way? Does Uboa symbolize Madotsuki’s guilt for doing something to hurt Poniko? Does Uboa represent whoever was abusing Poniko (in dreamworld or reality) and Madotsuki’s helplessness to stop it? Hell, would Uboa represent the looming specter of mental illness that haunts them both?

• Who are Monoko and Monoe? Were they twins? Girlfriends? Lost friends of Madotsuki’s? Does Monoko’s stoplight form have anything to do with Shitai-san and the car crash he’s killed by? I think Shitai-san was Madotsuki's biological father, but alternatively, he could just be a friend of Monoko's. :o

• One interesting interpretation of Yume Nikki I’ve seen is Madotsuki is hiding in her apartment from a body horror plague, as shown in this video here. I’d love to see a fanfic exploring this in detail. :)

Nanquest

Nanquest is the spiritual successor of Rubyquest and is its own beast in a lot of ways (pun intended), and I'm still screaming about this fandom for anyone who'd listen. I love the cast in their entire dysfunctional glory and Nan is a badass heroine I'm proud to have befriended in Animal Crossing (and she's the only AC-based character this time, unless you count Santiago. As this was written pre-New Leaf, Henry is hilariously nothing like his AC namesake at all) If you love people from different time periods meeting together in the same place in a horror scenario, Nanquest is gonna be a treat. ;D

Characters: Lorenzo, Henry, Pablo, Santiago

Shipping: Pablo/Lorenzo, Past!Pablo/His girlfriend, Pablo/Alan, Father Velasco/Lorenzo

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Henry/Pablo (Henry as aggressor), Henry/Santiago (Henry as aggressor) (Dubcon only), Father Velasco/Lorenzo (Velasco as aggressor) (Dubcon only)

Fandom-specific DNW: Nan/Any male character except Lorenzo, Henry/Anna, Pedophile Priest!Father Velasco, Evil!Pablo’s girlfriend

• Lorenzo is my favorite character and everything that's happened to him breaks my heart. ;; What was his childhood like? What led him to become a pilgrim? I'd love to see more of his friendship with Nan too. Does he meet everyone who died in the Hotel post-death? I'd especially be fascinated by how he interacts with Pablo, considering he made the crucial decision to stab him in the first place so Nan wouldn't have to choose. (Bonus points if Lorenzo and Pablo end up slowly falling in love with each other. :D) Do he and Father Velasco have a chance to make amends in the afterlife? Hell, what were those months between them like while Lorenzo was waiting for his blessing? Once again, feel free to go all m/m if you choose. Catholic Guilt, baby!

• Ohhhhh, Pablo. Everything about him makes me cry, and I love that he’s a clearly mentally ill character who isn’t a serial killer—just extremely anxious, suicidal, and self-loathing. ;; I imagine he and his girlfriend genuinely cared about each other, but due to the environment they grew up in and the general lack of sympathy for those with mental illness and disability, they ended up becoming codependent and ultimately destructive. Do they meet up in the afterlife post-canon? Do they reconcile as friends or do they agree that it’s best to move on?

• And then there’s Henry, lol. I take the Book!Jack Torrance route with his character in that he was a completely normal man who loved his family, and the hotel took that love and twisted him into a desperate puppet willing to do anything it takes to return home. Usually I’m all about healing and redemption, but with Henry, I want to learn aaaaaaaaaall about his downward spiral. Was the meek cinnamon roll he presented himself to be his pre-Hotel personality, or was it a persona he made up to look less threatening?

• Pablo and Henry are like foils to each other, and I’d love to see that explored whether it be gen or (dysfunctional) shipping. They both had women they loved in their lives (they’re totally bi, just sayin’), have vastly different backgrounds (Henry’s a relatively well-off salesman while Pablo’s a janitor and struggling artist), and when the hotel started fucking with them, Pablo turned his negative feelings inward while Henry went outward. I just want to see them confront each other and interact more, and all the sparks and/or bloodshed that flies.

• Hoo boy, Santiago, my Problematic Fave. He's clearly led a fucked up life, but in the end of it all, he's just a scared little kid who ultimately ended up doing what's right and earning a second chance (via second childhood). What was Santiago's time like in the hotel before Nan came along? What was his relationship with the other residents like? Exactly how fucked up were things between him and Henry, considering he was used as Henry's scapegoat? It’s heavily implied in canon that he was abused/raped and castrated by his father as a child—how does that impact his psyche and the road to recovery post-canon? Was the attempted assault of Nan not part of Henry's plan, since he was unaware of Santiago's trauma?

• For something fluffier, I want to hear about Santiago post-ending and all the shenanigans he gets up. I love to think Nan adopted him and she and Kim get to show him all the cool things that exist in their timeline. :3

Super Mario RPG

Super Mario RPG is one of my all-time favorite games, and it sums up everything I love about Mario games: the quirky characters, fun sense of humor, the world-building, and a hell of a lot of heart. After so long of being shoved aside, it’s finally getting a remake and I’m so excited for it! ;; I want an entire new generation to experience how amazing this game is. And for everyone to understand why I’ve been clamoring for Geno to be in Smash Bros. since the Brawl days. <3

Characters: Geno, Mallow, Peach, Mario

Shipping: Geno/Mallow, Geno/Bowser, Mario/Peach, Mario/Bowser/Peach

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: None

Fandom-specific DNW: Bowser/Peach (unless part of a Mario/Bowser/Peach threesome), anything above T-rating, Evil!Mario, rape, incest, pedophilia, alcoholism/addiction

• Geno is my favorite Mario character and I would love all the introspection on him! What’s it like for him as he gets used to having a corporeal form? What does he love and find fascinating about Earth? Does he know Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy? What about Twink and the Star Spirits from Paper Mario? Fics about him and his friendship with Gaz would make my heart soar. ;; Also, the thought of Mario wanting to introduce Geno to Luigi someday is adorable.

• Mallow is my forever cinnamon roll and I love him to bits and pieces. His character growth throughout the game still makes me wibble to this day. It looks like he’s adjusting really well to being a prince post-game, and I imagine he writes letters and visits Frogfucius every now and then. Does he invite him to meet his birth parents? Do Peach and Bowser give him royalty pointers? (I imagine they’d have very different pieces of advice, haha. XD) He seems to have a lot of admiration for Geno and I’d love to see their friendship explored. If going the shipping route, all I ask is it’s set post-game where Mallow’s grown up and there’s no grooming involved whatsoever. Keep it cute and wholesome. <3

• If you want to go a liiiiiiiiittle darker, a fic based off this fanart would be gut-wrenching. My only request is that Mario and friends make it back to Smithy’s dimension, save Geno, and help him back into Gaz’s doll so they can ultimately save the world this time. Bonus points if Mario and Peach are especially determined to save him due to their friendship with him. ;;

Omega Mart

So Omega Mart is a… special type of grocery store. I’m sure you’ve seen the ads on Youtube. But did you know you can actually visit Omega Mart in Las Vegas? Did you know there’s a HUGE amount of lore and backstory bigger than Omega Mart itself, which you can uncover yourself by exploring the vicinity and beyond? It’s fucking wild. You have no idea what’s in store for you! ;D

Characters: Worldbuilding

Shipping: None

Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: None

Fandom-specific DNW: Rape, incest, pedophilia

• An average day for an employee at Omega Mart. How many discover the truth about Dramcorp? How many have brush-ins with the Source?

• The Seven Monolith Village. Everything about this place is intriguing to me, especially the schism that’s developed between all the villagers going insane: one side wants to kick out Dramcorp from ruining their home, and the other sells land to them so they can have the luxuries of Old Earth aka Our World. It just reads so true of life to me, and I want a fic diving deep into the Seven Monolith Village in all its juicy details.

• There’s an anarchist part of the Monolith group posing as an Omega Mart employee who rescues plant people and returns them to the Source. I’d love to hear her story!

• Customers just using Omega Mart products in general and all the shenanigans that follow. What’s up with those Omega Mart Lemons anyway?

• Omega Mart dating simulator. Do it, you cowards! :o

• I don't expect anything above a T-rating for this fandom, though like any grocery store, there’s usually a “family planning” section. How cursed are Omega Mart’s condoms? Their spermacides just take care of sperm, right? Right? I’d assume that viagra won’t make you grow tentacles or anything… Do we really want to know what their lube is like?

Crossover Fusion Madness

What it says on the tin. The original ships, non/dubcon scenarios, and DNWs apply to the same fandoms unless otherwise noted. Once again, feel free to include Nas'hrah in any Funger crossover listed so he can snark on everybody. Let's rock! :D

• Fear & Hunger/LISA: What if our main cast of four had to traverse Olathe to find Le’Garde? What role would Ma’habre serve this time around? What if The Girl was the last girl instead of Buddy, and our crew was tasked with taking her to the belly of Olathe? You can genderswap D’Arce or have her go undercover if you choose. Considering characters like Geese and Tiger, Pocketcat wouldn’t be out of place in the LISAverse. :o

• Yume Nikki/Fear & Hunger: Madotsuki enters a dream where she traverses the dungeons of Fear & Hunger and she wakes up each time she “dies” or gets an “ending,” allowing her to try again. Maybe she’s in charge of looking after the Girl this time around? (While I usually DNW sacrificing the Girl, here Madotsuki is allowed to experiment due to her having multiple dreams) How does Madotsuki fare against the New Gods and remnants of the Old Gods (Gro’goroth and Sylvain)? Pocketcat would try to manipulate Madotsuki without a doubt. Is Poniko/Uboa the new Le’Garde? Can other Yume Nikki characters like Masada, Monoe, and Monoko become party members? Not to mention Madotsuki can learn Necromancy and use it on Shitai-san…

• Fear & Hunger 2: Termina/Nanquest: Instead of ending up in Prehevil, the cast of Termina end up trapped inside the hotel from Nanquest instead. Who’s the Pilgrim this time around? Who ends up becoming the “stranger” who saves everyone? Since the hotel brings in people from different time periods, feel free to include characters from LISA, Funger 1, Yume Nikki, and Omega Mart too. :D

• Fear & Hunger 2: Termina/Nanquest/LISA/Yume Nikki: The Funger 2 cast is not alone in Prehevil… this time, characters from LISA, Nanquest, and/or Yume Nikki have been thrown into the fray as contestants for the Festival of Termina! This requires mini-prompts of its own, so bear with me here. ^^;;; And yes, I have bowls of popcorn ready to watch Pocketcat fuck around with absolutely everybody’s heads.

• Fear & Hunger 2: Termina/Nanquest: Pablo carries a lot of guilt over losing a past love like Daan does. Marcoh also carries the heavy burden of his past, so I imagine Pablo getting along best with the two of them. Do Pablo and Henry feel a sort of connection to Abella, since she’s a tough engineer like Nan (despite not meeting Nan in this universe?) Does Henry end up going insane like Henryk? What role would Lorenzo play in this? Would he be an innocent contestant who refuses to kill anyone or is he part of something bigger like Reila? Santiago’s a wild card; he’s difficult to trust, but he knows how to get around the city relatively well… is he a Prehevil native like Marina and Levi? Feel free to make human versions of the Nanquest characters if you'd like, though considering Sergals are a canon race, I won’t mind if they’re left as is. Go with what makes you more comfortable!
  
  
  • Crossover Ships: Daan/Pablo, Marcoh/Pablo, Abella/Pablo, Olivia/Santiago, Marcoh/Lorenzo, Marcoh/Lorenzo/Pablo, Abella/Pablo/Santiago, Olivia/Pablo/Santiago
  • Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Pocketcat/Pablo (Pocketcat as aggressor), Pocketcat/Santiago (Pocketcat as aggressor)
  • Fandom-specific DNW: Caligura/Anyone

• Fear & Hunger 2: Termina/LISA: The LISA cast ending up in Prehevil… there’s only so many fucking ways this could go horribly wrong (or better than how they would’ve ended up in their original canon?) Would Brad slaughter all the contestants to save his daughter (only to find Perkele wants him to kill Buddy, which he absolutely can’t bring himself to do, so Buddy kills Brad herself, RIP) Or would he end up forming a reluctant bond with those he allies with, making him question his motivations? Does Buddy go on a similar kill spree as Brad (if any LISA character is going to make it to Pekele and take on Rher, it’s her), or does she end up befriending people with similar experiences as her like Levi and Marina? How would Terry and Brad’s relationship differ if their first meeting is at Prehevil? Hell, how does the Funger 2 cast react to Terry in general? (Imagine how fucking insane his Moonscorched form would be!) Do all three of the Armstrongs end up running into each other before the 3-Day time limit’s up, and is it even possible for them to reconcile? You can take advantage of the 5+1 fic format here! ;D (Points if Brad and Buddy’s Moonscorched forms are the same as their Joy mutant forms)


• Crossover Ships: Marcoh/Rando, Marcoh/Rando/Tanaka, Rando/Tanaka, Marcoh/Terry, Tanaka/Terry, Marcoh/Terry/Tanaka, Daan/Brad, Marcoh/Brad, Brad/Tanaka, Marcoh/Tanaka/Brad, Marcoh/Terry/Brad, Tanaka/Terry/Brad, Marcoh/Terry/Tanaka/Brad
• Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: Pocketcat/Brad (Pocketcat as aggressor) (‘cause I am fucking mean)
• Fandom-specific DNW: Caligura/Anyone, Buddy/Anyone, Brad/Any female character*, Terry/Any female character*

* For those coming in from Transtide and/or Queering the Tide, while I generally headcanon Brad and Terry as gay, I'll absolutely make an exception for Transfem!Brad so she and Terry can still be together. ;;

• Fear & Hunger 2: Termina/Yume Nikki: If anyone’s suitable to have her own route in Funger 2, it’s Madotsuki. There’s also fun things you can play around with for the other Yume Nikki characters! Are Monoko and Monoe part of the same cult that Samarie was raised in? Do either of them have an unrequited crush on Samarie herself? (Points if Monoko’s Moonscorched form resembles her stoplight form!) Is Poniko a contestant or similar to Reila? Is Uboa an assistant of Rher or something else entirely? And oh gods, the things that can happen to Masada would be so fucking tragic. ;;


• Crossover Ships: Madotsuki/Marina, Madotsuki/Marina/Levi, Madotsuki/Samarie, Monoko/Samarie (one-sided or requited), Monoe/Samarie (one-sided or requited), Monoko/Monoe/Samarie
• Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: None
• Fandom-specific DNW: Caligura/Anyone


• Yume Nikki/Super Mario RPG: Does Madotsuki feel a form of nostalgia exploring Mario’s world? How would she feel about Geno and Mallow? Do we get some kind of odd NASU crossover?


• Possible Ships: None
• Noncon/Dubcon is okay for: None
• Fandom-specific DNW: The same as my Super Mario RPG DNWs.


• Omega Mart/All Fandoms: Omega Mart is compatible with everything, lol. XD The store may not exist yet in the Fear & Hunger games, but the crew can still run into the aliens and the Source. Does Wally from LISA have any connections to Omega Mart? Madotsuki would no doubt explore the entire facility and the Seven Monolith Village too. Does she meet Marin? If Mario can meet Culex, then surely he can run into a certain supermarket…

Once again, thank you so much, and happy writing!

Your Recipient,
Puri / “ShamanicShaymin” of AO3