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Lance Hunter/Bobbi Morse: This is the ship that brought me back into fandom and fanfic after ages of being out of the fandom game.My favorite thing about Bobbi and Hunter's relationship is embodied by a speech Hunter gives Bobbi near the end of season two, where he says we can be new people, better people. I love that they are both so willing to change but also so scared of what changing means for them as individuals and their relationship. The push and pull of I want to love you but I don't know how is so iddy to me.
Prompts: Exploration of Bobbi's recovery in the season two/season three hiatus; we end season two with her saying "I can't do this anymore" and I think that deserves more exploration than it got. I also would be really interested in how being kidnapped by someone wearing the face of a person she trusted would exacerbate Bobbi's pre-existing trust issues, if you want to go that route. • I am an absolute sucker for anything casefic related, especially "undercover as a couple" tropes. I know a lot of "undercover as a couple" happens when the couple is not actually together, but I would love it equally much if they have to go undercover while also being in an established relationship.

Melinda May/Bobbi Morse: I love the dynamic between these two from the first time we see them on screen together, and it only gets more layered and complex as they know each other for longer. The similarities between them, with their devotion to S.H.I.E.L.D. and their difficulty expressing their feelings, only makes their differences stand out even more starkly and I love to see their relationship with each other and with S.H.I.E.L.D. explored.
Prompts: In early season three, May reveals that she saw Bobbi training when she was a new recruit and knew even then Bobbi would make a good agent. I would love to see an exploration of this; in canon Bobbi didn't know May was scouting her, but why not? Feel free to lean into the age gap aspect of their relationship (the actresses are nineteen years apart, even if their characters' ages are implied to be a little closer), but I prefer if May is not Bobbi's commanding officer at any point. • I love supernatural AUs and think something like a witch!AU could be really interesting in exploring femininity and power. Maybe May and Bobbi are witches from rival covens, maybe Bobbi is a new witch May has to teach to control her powers, maybe the witchiness is incidental to some other story you want to tell!

Daisy Johnson/Bobbi Morse: I love these two together an unreal amount. I love how they are so fundamentally different with how they see the world (Bobbi has learned to become more reserved and calculating where Daisy wears her heart on her sleeve) but they still agree on so much about how the world should be. I love the way Bobbi protects Daisy and the way Daisy challenges Bobbi to think outside her normal comfort zone and how they both care so, so much about each other. They should have had more time.
Prompts: Bobbi breaks quarantine when she comes to visit Daisy (either on accident or on purpose, whichever makes your heart sing). As such, she realizes that Daisy is the source of the strange happenings, and the rest of the season spins out differently. • Post Parting Shot, Daisy calls Bobbi in to help her with a situation. Can be when Daisy is on the run in the season three/season four hiatus, or as a part of a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission where Bobbi's help is off the book and unsanctioned.

Alphonso Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: Their relationship has always been so special to me in whatever form it takes; I love that when they had nothing else after the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D. they still have each other. The trust they share makes my heart flutter, and I love that Mack can see through all of Bobbi's carefully-constructed walls. The show has a lot to say about friends-to-lovers with other relationships, and I would love any expansion on those themes through Bobbi and Mack's relationship.
Prompts: An Academy fic! Based on my math, Bobbi and Mack would've started at the Academy at the same time, so even though it's not explicitly canon they've been friends since then, it's one of my most precious headcanons. I would love them meeting and being school friends in whatever way sparks joy for you, whether it's as academic rivals or kindred spirits who are immediately drawn to each other or anything in between. • Canon divergent AU where Mack is actually Bobbi's ex-husband, not Hunter. How does that change canon? How do they find their way back to each other after their divorce (if they actually got divorced in the first place?). Alternately, some sort of divergence where Bobbi and Mack get together in season two but use Bobbi's previous relationship with Hunter as a smokescreen to keep others from finding out for... reasons.

Lance Hunter/Daisy Johnson: I will never get off my soapbox of how similar these two are as people. They both have an inherent distrust of authority and come to S.H.I.E.L.D. as outsiders who are nonetheless trying to fit in. I think it's really interesting that by the time Hunter entered the picture Daisy had mostly assimilated into S.H.I.E.L.D., and then became the kind of person she had originally disliked (that is, by the book, not welcome to outsiders). I would've loved if their similarities were acknowledged or explored more in canon.
Prompts: Anything set in the season one/season two hiatus surrounding the beginning of Daisy and Hunter's relationship. What was their first meeting like? By the first episode of season two they've already met and Daisy already seems kind of over Hunter, and I'm curious what the backstory there was and how they might have developed differently. • My AOS free space prompt is always 'make someone else an Inhuman'. I know it's later confirmed Hunter isn't an Inhuman, but... what if he was? I feel like he would raise a stink at Afterlife if he was taken there, and he and Daisy could have a fun whirlwind romance when out of the context of being agents and coworkers.

Solo - Lance Hunter: My favorite thing about Hunter is how he is consistently underestimated by those around him but also consistently capable of doing amazing things despite the shitty circumstances. I also love that he is the grounding force of the agents, reminding them that S.H.I.E.L.D. isn't something that should be consuming your life (a message I think definitely gets lost in later seasons as the stakes get higher and it becomes less and less possible for S.H.I.E.L.D. not to be all-consuming). He's kind of an everyman while also being competent in his own way, and I love him for it.
Prompts: We know Hunter was in a special forces unit and subsequently left it (presumably to be with Bobbi). How did he get caught up in his military career, and was he ready to leave before Bobbi came into his life or did she change things enough to take him from a true believer to someone who was willing to leave it all behind? How does his relationship with the military affect him once he's out? • Hunter has a lot of friends in low places but we never quite learn how he made all of them. Anything missions from his time as a merc would be fun. If you need someplace to start, I would love to know what the first mission he ran with Isabelle Hartley was, as well as any missions that may have put him and S.H.I.E.L.D. on opposite sides of the gun.

Solo - Daisy Johnson: I love every version of her, from scrappy hacker Skye to competent professional Agent Johnson to superhero Quake to even more super Destroyer of Worlds. Her arcs throughout the seasons were all amazing and I loved how the show showed how her time in foster care affected her long-term and how all the previous versions of herself were still there even when she did "level up" so to speak. The thing I love most about Daisy is her compassion and her heart, and how she wants to be someone who helps the world instead of hurts it.
Prompts: The show has been (in my opinion) somewhat inconsistent in the side effects for Daisy's powers. She hurts herself when she first uses them and again in season four, but doesn't get hurt at all during season seven, even when she does her epic super quake? I would love something exploring the side effects of her powers (the microfractures in her bones, as well as any other side effects you want to come up with) as well as how that changes the way she uses her powers. • Daisy's idea of family is, understandable, messed up. Something exploring what family means to her, and who she considers her family throughout her life, would be really interesting. (Important note, I love the found family of the show but am not attached to it, so if you have strong feeling against the team being called her found family, I would be equally happy to read your interpretation of that!)

Solo - Bobbi Morse: She is so blorbo-shaped. I love everything about Bobbi, but what has kept me interested in her nearly a decade later is how many layers there are to peel back. She's so good at lying to others that I think she doesn't always realize when she's lying to herself. My favorite Bobbi moments in canon are when she's somehow conflicted, like when she realizes Real S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't have all the answers or when she's resigned herself to having to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. forever to save her team. Basically: give her some inner turmoil and I will love it.
Prompts: What was Bobbi's childhood like? We know basically zero about her except that her parents were both alive when she married Hunter (the road trip with the Eagles song), which is a crying shame given how much we know about other characters' backstories. Also, there's an easter egg in season seven that implies her mother's name might be Susan, so do with that what you want. • Bobbi's time at HYDRA in the season one/season two hiatus! We know the general thrust of what happened, but I'm really curious as to what Bobbi was feeling at the time. Did she have any contact with others at S.H.I.E.L.D., either on Coulson's side or real S.H.I.E.L.D.? What was it like for her to be isolated immediately after her world got turned upside down with the HYDRA uprising?

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Grant Ward as anything other than a villain, Deke Shaw in any role, romantic Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons (even in the background), romantic Daisy Johnson/Phil Coulson (even in the background)

Anemone/Sol: Nem's story is one of the ones in the game I find the most tragic - so many of the bad "fixed points" in the timeline seem to revolve around her, from Kom's death to her unhealthy relationship with Vace (as a side note, I'm okay with Vace-bashing to whatever degree you deem necessary, but prefer if he isn't made into a ~secretly good guy all along~). Nem starts as this precocious little wild child and then becomes someone who is so overwhelmed by grief, and I love how Sol is there for her through it all.
Prompts: I would love anything that explores the aftermath of Kom's death, and how it affects the relationship between Nem and Sol. Alternately, if you want to do a Kom Lives AU, I would be really interested in how that changes the trajectory of Nem's life and therefore her relationship with Sol. • If you're into AUs, I think any sort of sports AUs would be fun! I could see Nem as a soccer player and Sol as her rival, or Sol as her childhood best friend who she grows apart form because of her fame then reunites with, or anything of that ilk. (I only picked soccer because it's what my brain associates sportsball with for some reason, but feel free to pick another sport if there's one you know or like better!)

Cal/Sol: Cal was my first romance in the game, and if I had known how hard it would be to romance him in subsequent playthroughs I would've tried harder not to get attached. I love that even when things get more tense and it seems like there is a real possibility that the colony won't survive, Cal stands by what he believes in with his pacifism. I know one of the ways to get Cal/Sol together when Tammy is alive is to ruin Tammy's self-esteem, but I prefer that route not be mentioned (if you have to mention Cal and Tammy having feelings for each other at all).
Prompts: The whole plotline with Socks is one of my favorite in the game, so an expansion on that storyline (with a lot of shippy moments between Cal and Sol along the way!) would be so cute! • One of the other things I love about Cal is his relationship with Sol's parents when he works in Geoponics. A fic exploring how Cal's relationship with Sol's parents influences his relationship with Sol, or even just "how Cal becomes a part of the family" would be super sweet.

Cal/Sol/Tammy: Listen. I know Cal says he's not into polyamory but I think he should be, as a treat to me. The story of Cal and Tammy being the prince and princess who are meant to find each other particularly intrigues me because it's not a story they chose for themselves, it's one that was thrust upon them. I would love something that focuses on the idea of Cal, Sol, and Tammy creating their own narrative and choosing their own destiny rather than having one handed to them - especially if you loop in Sol's ability to remember past time loops.
Prompts: I would love any sort of getting-together fic, especially one that answers the question of why Cal tries a poly relationship after saying he's not interested in one (or a canon-divergences where he never says that?). I especially love if two of the three are in an established relationship before realizing they don't feel right without the third. How long would it take for that to happen? How does everyone in their life react? • An AU where Cal and Tammy are literally a prince and a princess, and Sol is their loyal knight/trusted adviser/someone else in close proximity to the throne. In canon polyamory is known and accepted, but would it be in this AU? If not, how do they keep their relationship secret? If it is, are they open about also being in love with Sol? Why or why not?

Andy/Quynh I know we didn't get much of Andy and Quynh in canon, but it is exactly for that reason that I have been obsessed with them since I saw the movie. Their devotion to each other to the point where they were absolutely fine dying so long as they were together, was so good, and I loved Andy's guilt surrounding not being able to save Quynh and giving up on trying to find her and all the ways that drove Andy and will drive Quynh now that she's out of the water. I love the tragedy of their relationship, but I also love that before the tragedy there was so much joy.
Prompts: Andy and Quynh were together for centuries and must have been doing something. Any story set in a historical time period (anywhere on earth!) would be cool. If you want to write something in a time period where Quynh would've been in the water, feel free to hand-wave that away to write the historical fic of your dreams. • I fucking love romcoms, and given the tragic nature of their canon relationship, I think these two deserve some romantic comedies. My most recent favorite romcom(ish) movie was Honor Society, but I invite you to take your own favorite romcom and smash it with the Old Guard and see what happens.

Solo - Andy: Ugh, Andy. She is the embodiment of everything I find difficult or uncomfortable about immortality, from knowing you will outlive everyone you love to struggling to find meaning in life when you have all the time in the world. Losing her immortality opens so many doors to explore Andy's character more deeply and I am really excited for both what the second movie will bring and for anything you write about her!
Prompts: One of the most tragic parts of Andy's character to me is that she knows she had a family but can't remember anything about them. Something exploring that, either a fic that takes place in Andy's past and has her family present as characters, or something where she's looking back and trying to put the pieces of her memory together, would be awesome (and tragic, but mostly awesome). • Like I mentioned in my character blurb, I am really excited for what happens next for Andy now that she's mortal again. What's on her bucket list? What changes for her? What stays the same? Slice of life, domestic fic, casefic, literally whatever makes your heart sing.

Solo - Nile Freeman: She is my girl!!! I think my favorite thing about Nile is how she took the events of the movie in fucking stride despite how absolutely wild they were. I also love that even when faced with immortals who have done their best to intimidate her she doesn't stand down, and is absolutely grounded in herself and her beliefs.
Prompts: Nile has an exchange with Andy I really love about Nile's belief in God. Her feelings about religion aren't really expanded upon after this initial conversation but an exploration of religious beliefs and how they change when going head to head with immortality could be really interesting. (For context, I was raised in the church and am ambivalent now on the existence of Jesus/God, so if you're worried about causing offense or writing religion the "wrong" way, please don't be! I understand it's a touchy subject for a lot of people but I appreciate any good-faith attempt to have discussions about it.) • The last time the team got a new member was over 200 years ago, and needless to say the world changed a lot in those 200 years. I would love Nile teaching the others the intricacies of modern life - obviously they know the basics of how the Internet works, how not to get caught, etc. but like. Do they know about dating apps? Doordash? Other modern things I am assuredly forgetting? I just love the idea of Nile getting to be the expert among the immortals.

Solo - Quynh: I know that what we got of Quynh was basically scraps, but the scraps we did get intrigued me. She was a warrior like Andy, and she was thrown into the ocean, where she drowned over and over. She was fierce and obviously well-loved not only by Andy but also by Joe and Nicky, and I like to think she did something to earn that kind of love and devotion. It's not a lot to build a story on, but I like to think of it as an open window of opportunity!
Prompts: Quynh finds Nile before the rest of the Guard do. This is her first real relationship with another human since coming out of the water, and also how the rest of the Guard find out she's alive. Chaos ensues. • I love any sort of canon divergent AU where Quynh gets out of the coffin sooner, either because Andy finds her or because she's able to get herself out sooner. How does her life change, and how does it change the course of the rest of history?

Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer: The chokehold exes to lovers has on me should be studied in a laboratory because phew, as soon as it became evident that they still had feelings for each other I was sat. One of my favorite things about Ed and Kelly's relationship is how much they learn and grow as a command team over the course of the show, and how that might reflect on a romantic relationship if they did decide to pursue one. The absolute trust they have in each other (especially when their relationship ended because of a lack of trust!) just makes my heart sing.
Prompts: Any sort of canon divergence that leads to them getting back together. Some of my favorite canon divergence points to get them together would be after the season one finale, after the Kaylon invasion in season two, after the season two finale, or after Ed discovers Anaya's existence. Any sort of canon divergence would be welcome and juicy, though. • Kind of the opposite direction, but we don't know a ton about Ed and Kelly's relationship pre-Orville and I feel like that would be fun to explore, too! What originally attracted them to each other, and what made them decide to get married? I've seen people suggest it was almost a marriage-of-convenience type vibe because they both had similar ambitions and while I'm not sure I'm sold on that idea, I figure it's a good starting point to chew on!

Kelly Grayson/Teleya: You know how sometimes you joke about shipping something enough times that you bamboozle yourself into actually shipping it? That's what happened to me with Kelly/Teleya. So much of Teleya's story on the show is tied up in her relationship with Ed that I think it would be really interesting to explore literally anything to do with her falling for someone else, and the hateship she has with Kelly has so much potential.
Prompts: Any sort of prisoner/captor scenario - I have no preference on which one of them is the prisoner, but I feel like forced proximity in this manner would be a great way to launch them from hating each other to developing grudging respect to something more. Feel free to be as canon compliant or divergent as makes you happy. • Teleya spending time with Kelly while she is undercover as Janel (maybe she tells herself it's to get more information on Ed?) and catching feelings along the way.

Kelly Grayson/Pria: Another crackship I bamboozled myself into. Normally I'm not a big jealousy enjoyer, but Kelly's jealousy over the attention Pria was paying to Ed made me cackle with delight. Obviously the intention of the show is that she's jealous because she's still into Ed, but I think it would be easy to tweak that to her being jealous because she's into Pria instead. Obviously there's not a lot about who Pria is beyond her role as antagonist, but what is there could be really interesting to flesh out and explore.
Prompts: Pria decides not to carry out her plan of taking the Orville back to the future, and instead becomes a member of the crew for the remainder of the season. How does her relationship with Kelly start? How does it grow? • A modern AU where Pria is some sort of black market something-or-other and Kelly is a corporate worker standing in the way of what she wants would be fun. I don't mind leaning into the deception and manipulation, but prefer if the ending is at least somewhat happy/hopeful.

Kelly Grayson/Talla Keyali/Ed Mercer/Gordon Malloy: I nominated this ship with a sedoretu formation in mind, but if you have an idea where all four of them are fucking, go for it. I find these four to have such interesting relationships with each other in canon, from Ed and Gordon's years-long friendship to Kelly and Talla's newfound camaraderie, and I am just really curious how those disparate relationships could be pulled together into one cohesive polycule.
Prompts: What does polyamory look like in the future? I'm operating off the assumption it must be normal in at least some Union cultures, even if it's still not the most popular relationship configuration. How do these four come to be poly - on purpose, or through some slow slide of assembling relationships together? • In poly foursomes, I love fics that assign each person in the polycule one of a set of four (for example, the four seasons, four elements, four suits of cards, etc.) and riff of that in some way. An AU where they're all master of one element, for example. I know it's a pretty loose prompt but I love so many iterations of it that I don't want to be unnecessarily specific!

Solo - Kelly Grayson: In case you couldn't tell, I love Kelly. I love how she's set up as being an unsympathetic character but then is given a lot of depth and care and three-dimensionality. She is a deeply flawed person and makes quite a few big mistakes, but she's also a person who is trying her best to do what's right, and the complexity in her character is what makes me love her most.
Prompts: We know surprisingly little about Kelly's past and family - just that she has at least one sibling, her father had some sort of high-ranking Union position, and her mother was still alive as of the events of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. What's her relationship with her family like? What do they think about Kelly's career choice and her current life on the Orville? • Which of the Orville's missions has left the biggest mark on Kelly, and why? How does that mission still affect her? (Can be something we saw in canon, or another mission you make up!)

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Kelly's having sex with Darulio referred to as cheating

Valkyrie/Carol Danvers Kind of amazing how five minutes of screen time can make you ship something, am I right? What appeals to me most about this relationship is how they're both kind of fucked up but also so incredibly powerful, and how they're in the unique position to be able to understand each other because they share that intersection. I love the idea of them both having someone to confide in who gets it, and their relationship building from there.
Prompts: Carol and Valkyrie met before, but when Carol was Vers. Does Carol remember this? Does Valkyrie? How do they discover it, and how does it change their relationship moving forward? • The Kree need to secure an alliance with Asgard, and decide the best way to do it is by marrying off one of their warriors to an Asgardian warrior. (Aka, an arranged marriage AU.)

Kamala Khan & Monica Rambeau: I love Monica's powerful big sister energy and how these two banter together basically as soon as they meet each other. I love Monica's concern for Kamala and keeping her safe, and Kamala's enthusiasm for the adventure they're on and how that helps lighten up some of Monica's more serious tendencies. They're such good complements to each other as a team!
Prompts: How aware was Monica of Kamala before the events of The Marvels? SWORD had a file on her, but did Monica personally read it? What's her impression of this spunky teenager that's borrowing her estranged aunt's name? • In an AU where Monica doesn't get pulled through the jump point at the end of the movie, Kamala tries to convince Monica to team up with her to prank Carol.

Carol Danvers & Monica Rambeau: They make me unwell. The angst involved in them being so close before Carol disappeared, then Carol coming back without her memories only to leave again, and her not feeling like she was good enough for Monica... Again, I am unwell. I love how they both obviously care for each other so much despite their time apart, and the awkward growing back together they have to do over the course of the movie. I especially loved that their feelings weren't glossed over or ignored, and they had to fight through discomfort and hurt to find their way back to each other.
Prompts: When Monica gets pulled through to the alternate universe, Carol gets pulled through with her. • Throughout their time apart, Carol wrote letters/recorded videos/jotted notes to Monica that she never sent. (Waiving epistolary DNW for this prompt.)

Carol Danvers & Kamala Khan: I love the setup of Kamala idolizing Carol and then actually getting to meet her, and the way the movie showed how meeting your heroes can be both better and worse than you thought it would be. I love how Carol wants to make Kamala proud and how Kamala learns to give Carol the space to be a real human alongside a superhero. I also am a firm believer in allowing children/teenagers to have safe adults to turn to who aren't their parents, so Kamala having a mentor figure who understands the superpowered world she's jumping into makes my heart sing.
Prompts: Kamala gets hurt while on a mission (either with Carol there or a solo adventure that Carol hears about later). Carol does not handle it well at all. • Kamala invites Carol to present at her school's career fair, not realizing that "superhero" is probably not a career her teachers are interested in highlighting. Shenanigans and hijinks ensue.

Solo - Carol Danvers: Oh, Carol. She is exactly the kind of character I love: a strong person who has been broken down and is still trying to figure out how to build themself back up again. Her losing her identity and sense of self, and still struggling with it even years after, makes me so sad. I admire how despite that sadness, and how hard she is on herself, Carol still keeps moving (even if maybe sometimes she should slow down), and I just... she's so powerful, and so resilient, and hurting so bad, and I just love her.
Prompts: When using the Skrull memory device, Carol stumbles upon a memory she wishes could've stayed forgotten. What is it, and how does remembering it change how she lives her life after? • Please just someone give her a hug. I care not how Carol gets hugged or by whom, you could even have the cat do it for all I care. I just want her to have a hug. Or several. Five plus one hugs, maybe?

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Tony Stark

Bobbi Morse: My blorbo to end all blorbos. She means everything to me. The things I love the most about Bobbi are her care and compassion for others and her devotion to S.H.I.E.L.D. as a cause. She is always trying to do what's right and recognizes that sometimes doing what's right can have really shitty consequences (see: her being willing to sacrifice herself for her team). One of the other things I find really compelling about Bobbi is how many layers she has. She is so good at hiding her feelings from others that sometimes I think she ends up hiding them from herself, too. If you want to write a more relationships-focused piece, then I love her romantic relationship with Hunter in canon but also ship her romantically with Daisy, May, and Mack. Gen-wise, it is free real estate, baby. I want to know about her friendships with everyone.

Daisy Johnson: Also extremely blorbo-shaped. Daisy went through so much growth throughout the course of the show (and so much trauma, holy shit) and I loved seeing her evolve from an anarchist hacker to a loyal agent to a superhero to Destroyer of Worlds. Everything along that arc compels me in different ways, though I have developed a recent fondness for hacker!Daisy and how she was creative and flexible to get to where she wanted to go. For shipping, my romantic ships with her change with the cycle of the moon but the pretty bulletproof ones are Trip, Sousa, and Bobbi. (Cricket, if you're reading this, I am also opting into Daisy/Ruby.) For gen relationships, my faves for her are Mack, Bobbi, and Kora but as with Bobbi, basically free real estate.

Bobbi Morse and Daisy Johnson: As I mentioned in both of their individual blurbs, I love Bobbi and Daisy either platonically or romantically (or that weird in-between queer women sometimes have where they're both into each other but don't know if the other one is into them so there's just!!! a lot of tension they may or may not act on!!!). They're both emotionally reserved in different ways (Daisy wears her heart on her sleeve but is guarded about her past, Bobbi is good at pretending like she's connecting with people but keeps a lot of vulnerability to herself) and I just love to see that dynamic play out.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Grant Ward as anything other than a villain, Deke Shaw in any role, romantic Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons (even in the background), romantic Daisy Johnson/Phil Coulson (even in the background)

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Elincia: Elincia is one of my favorite characters in the game simply due to her backstory and her growth arc from being a sheltered young princess to a steadfast Queen. I love that she always tries to do her best for her people, but she's also more than a little out of her depth because of the way she was raised. I don't romantically ship her with much of anyone but if you have an Elinicia OTP you'd like to convert me to, I'm open to the possibility! No ship DNWs I can think of. I also love her platonic relationships with Lucia, Geoffrey, Ike, and especially Renning - her discovery that he's still alive always makes me a little weepy.

Titania: I have to admit a large part of why I like Titania is because she's just a fucking useful unit on the battlefield. I saw a Fire Emblem fancomic once where Soren got a concussion and couldn't strategize because of it, so his solution to every problem was just "send in Titania, it'll be fine" and that made me snort-laugh. Aside from utility in-game, I also find her role as second-in-command and advisor to Ike compelling, especially since Ike could've chosen someone else as his second when he ascended to leader of the mercenaries. I'm not super familiar with a lot of her support conversations or relationships with the mercenaries other than Ike, so any romantic or platonic relationship you'd like to explore with her is great for me!

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Carol Danvers: Oh Captain, my Captain. Poor Carol had such a shit hand and I just want her to get to be happy after so long being sad or confused or angry or guilty. The whole arc of her being underestimated again and again and again only to have her underestimate herself... I cry. I love her relationship with Maria as either romantic or platonic, and her platonic relationships with Marv-Ell, Kamala, and Monica.

Kamala Khan: MY BABY! I love how goddamn earnest Kamala is about everything, and how she maintains her optimism and her peppiness even after going through some truly bonkers shit. I also love that she is youthful without being juvenile. Yes, she lacks experience in a lot of the world but she's not naive beyond being a normal teenager, which I appreciate a lot. Her desire to do what's right even in the face of long odds is exactly what I love in my superheroes and I just want to keep her from any harm. Romantically I was not particularly captivated by either Kamran or Bruno, but if you have an idea for one of them you're dying to write, go for it! I loved all her platonic/familial relationships in both Ms. Marvel and the Marvels if you'd like to write a gen fic.

Maria Rambeau: We got criminally little of Maria in the MCU but we did see makes me love her so much. She and Carol obviously has an uphill climb with their time in the Air Force, and I assume Maria's was even worse than Carol's because of her race and her being a single mom. I love that Maria takes everything in such stride, including 'my dead best friend is not actually dead and also, there's aliens'. May we all have that energy. As I mentioned with Carol above, I like their relationship both romantically and platonically; would also be interested in exploring her mother/daughter relationship with Monica or any other platonic relationships that spark joy for you.

Monica Rambeau: Beloved!!! She was honestly the star of WandaVision for me, and obviously I loved her truly, madly, deeply in Captain Marvel and The Marvels. I love how she's a little bit jaded, especially when it comes to Carol, but she is also so incredibly kind. I love how complex her character is, how she wants so much and is also carrying around so much pain. I don't ship her romantically with anyone, but I love her familial relationship with her mom, as well as her platonic relationships with Carol, Kamala, and Jimmy. Don't really care much about Darcy but if you'd like to throw her in for a Monica&Jimmy fic go for it! I am honestly *so* chill when it comes to Monica because I just want more of her in any way I can get. (I know people who say they're super chill normally are not as chill as they say but I promise I really am!!!)

Carol Danvers and Monica Rambeau: Prefer this ship remain platonic, no romance!

Carol Danvers and Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau: Prefer this ship remain platonic, no romance! The Marvels movie was made specifically with me in mind and I loved every moment of it specifically because of the dynamic between these three. The montage where they're working on switching their powers is *chef's kiss* and I just love them and all the messy relationships between them, between Kamala's fangirling and Monica's hurt and Carol's guilt. The movie could've been four hours long and I'd have loved it if we got more of the three of them.

Binary and Monica Rambeau: Prefer this ship remain platonic, no romance! Man what a fucking trip it would be to wake up and see someone with your mom's face who doesn't know you at all. I know we got precious little of these two in canon so I am really down for any interpretation or extrapolation of their relationship you feel called to. The "stranger with my mother's face" is the hook that pulled me in, but I'd love to see what other ground there is to tread here.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: "Thanos was right", even said jokingly; Endgame ending for Nat; Carol or Valkyrie being referred to as "lesbians" (prefer they be called bi or just generally queer, if you need to label them at all)

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Kelly Grayson: I just love her so much. I was one of the people who thought I would for sure never like Kelly based on how she was introduced in canon, but she swept me off my feet with her competence and badassery. Her devotion to making amends to Ed after the situation with Darulio shows what a soft heart she has, and I also love how much she cares for everyone on her ship. In short, I love everything about her. Her romantic relationship with Ed is my favorite (exes-to-lovers has me in a death-grip) but I also ship her romantically with Talla and Pria, and could be convinced to ship Kelly/Teleya. Platonically I will shovel anything and everything I can get for her, but am especially interested in her relationships with Gordon and Isaac since we see the least of those in canon. For characters who don't appear in canon, I'm also curious what the story is between her and her dad, since he seemed to shape a lot of her worldview.

Claire Finn: My love for Claire was much more a slow-burn than my love for Kelly, but every time I've rewatched I loved something new about her. I love that she is older and wiser than the rest of the crew in some ways, but also occasionally makes dumb/impulsive decisions and has to bear the consequences of it. Her whole arc with Isaac was so out of left-field but I found myself charmed by it regardless. Romantically I ship her and Isaac, but also wouldn't mind an exploration of her ex-husband who later got turned into a bug. Platonically, I love her with her kids, but I also love the Claire&Kelly&Talla trio and their girls' nights together. Much like with Kelly, though, any platonic relationship you want to explore is fair game!

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Kelly's relationship with Darulio portrayed as cheating (I firmly believe he was in heat when they slept together for the first time and so the relationship was nonconsensual). It's fine if the characters believe that to be true or say as such, but I'd like them to be corrected either immediately or by the end of the fic.

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Grace Ryder/Judd Ryder: They are everything to me. I love their relationship dynamic where they take turns being the one supported and the one supporting, and how they can have difficult conversations about their relationship without it turning into a huge 'are they going to break up?' moment. Watching them become parents (and in Grace's case, a step-parent) together has made my heart so happy. I just love how they're in a happy, stable relationship that is not without its ups and downs but is at the end of the day about them being better together.

Marjan Marwani/Paul Strickland: Normally I'm not a huge fan of friends-to-lovers ships, but for them I would literally rip my heart out of my own chest. Paul saying "I just can't imagine anyone ever letting you go" made me literally pause Hulu so I could scream. I feel like them getting together would be a rough road because there's so much standing in their way (not wanting to ruin their friendship, still wanting to work together, Marjan struggling with whether or not she wants to be married to another Muslim) but they also have done hard things together before and I think they can again.

Owen Strand/Kendra Harrington: Raise your hand if you're sick of Owen getting a new love interest every season! -raises hand- I haven't been a fan of a lot of Owen's love interests over the years just because they felt very copy/paste and he seems to rehash a lot of the same insecurities with each love interest without moving forward. Kendra seemed to challenge a lot of the problems he'd had with other love interests (like being emasculated) without it being threatening to Owen and honestly, I'd just like to see them work out so Owen doesn't end up going in circles again.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Focus on 9/11 and Owen's experience with 9/11

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Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: Bestie, beloved, and bastard (not necessarily in that order). There's so many bread crumbs about how their relationship developed over the years but we never get the full story, which could easily be a love story. There's so much complexity within each individual relationship (see my blurbs below about Bobbi/Mack and Hunter/Mack) that I just cannot stop thinking about them.

Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: I was gone on them from the first time they were on screen together and finishing each other's sentences. They know each other so well (in Mack's case, I think he knows Bobbi better than Bobbi knows Bobbi) and obviously care deeply about each other (Bobbi saving Mack on the Iliad?! Hello!?!?). There's also several moments in late season 2/early season 3 where Bobbi, at least, is obviously flirting with Mack ("you're one to talk, pretty boy" are actual words out of Bobbi's mouth, like, okay, just kiss him???) and I would love to see the flirting lead somewhere.

Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie: Are you beginning to sense a theme here? I literally do not care in what formation Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter kiss each other. I am particularly interested in the Mack/Hunter relationship because it's the least fleshed out in canon. They have the kind of relationship where they're comfortable teasing each other but we never see them have many in-depth conversations (partially because for the majority of their on-screen friendship Mack was actively lying to Hunter). I'm particularly interested in how they stayed connected after Bobbi and Hunter split, and the fallout of the Real S.H.I.E.L.D. storyline; Hunter forgives Mack but it's stated in canon that's more to spite Bobbi than anything, so I'd be curious what the actual feelings beneath that are.

Lance Hunter/Daisy Johnson/Bobbi Morse: One of the things that makes me sad about the latter seasons of AoS is that Daisy doesn't really have anyone in her corner, and I don't think that it's an accident that this lack of support happens after Bobbi and Hunter leave. They both obviously care about her (and she cares about them) and while Bobbi and Hunter's individual relationship is messy I feel like Daisy is well-equipped to deal with relationship dysfunction.

Bobbi Morse/Daisy Johnson: Bobbi's protectiveness over Daisy during the Inhuman arc is something that can be so personal... Bobbi calling Daisy a rock star, stopping the Real S.H.I.E.L.D. agent from hurting her, working on the Iliad to help rescue Daisy from the attacking Inhumans... I just think about them a lot. Daisy would get Bobbi out of her stoic shell, Bobbi would protect Daisy and offer her a soft place to land.

Lance Hunter/Daisy Johnson: I just think these two have so much potential. They're both outsiders to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a distrust of authority, they both occasionally make impulsive decisions in pursuit of saving the people they love, they both have daddy issues (implied or otherwise) and for the first few episodes of season 2 it really seemed like they might be a thing. I love the idea of them being two kindred spirits who found a home in each other and just the general vibe between them. Bonus points if you touch on how canon treated them very differently (Daisy becomes the badass hero, Hunter stays the comic relief who is disliked by at least some members of their team) despite their core traits being the same.

Lance Hunter/Melinda May: I love me a good annoyances to lovers story! They're not enemies because they're always on the same side, but they're also definitely not friends. I also think it's interesting that May is upset with Hunter for only being in S.H.I.E.L.D. for Bobbi while May herself admits that she's only there for Coulson. That double standard being explored would be really fun. (And maybe May also is a little annoyed with Hunter because she finds him attractive but doesn't think it's appropriate for whatever reason...?)

Bobbi Morse/Melinda May: Sometimes you just want to see two badass ladies being badass together. I love the implied history between Bobbi and May, and especially what May said in early season 3 about Bobbi being one of the most talented agents she's ever seen. There's obviously a lot of mutual respect between the two of them and I would love to see what would happen if they could let their guards down.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Grant Ward as anything other than a villain, Deke Shaw in any role, romantic Fitzsimmons (even in the background), romantic Skoulson (even in the background)

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Lucas Friar/Maya Hart/Riley Matthews: The literal opinion of the 'they have two hands' meme. Who has two hands? Literally all of them! They have been such good friends to each other and there's been romantic tension between literally all of them at some point (even if they wouldn't acknowledge the Riley/Maya tension because Disney). I love Maya with my whole hart (get it?) and I just want to see her happy. Riley and Lucas make her happy, and that is literally all I need.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: N/A

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Anemone/Sol: Nem was so close to being my first romance partner, but then I ended up choosing someone else and still regret it to this day. I love how Nem is the antithesis of a girly girl (her love for sports is my favorite) and how many different paths her story can take. Also, re: Sol's gender, I put both Female Sol/Nem and Sol/Nem in my signups in case someone offered only for fem!Sol, but have no preference for their gender, pronouns, genitalia, etc. Solane is my preferred name of the given options, but I'm fine with any name for Sol as well (or just calling them Sol!).

Fandom-Specific DNWs: N/A

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Carol Danvers/Valkyrie: I was honestly shook this still counted as a rarepair because they are canon to me. Valkyrie showing up for Carol (literally) is something Carol really needs after years of being a loner/blaming herself for things that weren't her fault. I'm sure Val has some self-blame too for what happened with Hela, and I just love two imperfect people finding their way to each other and learning how to heal.

Natasha Romanoff/Sam Wilson: I just love Sam so bad. He takes being thrown into a world of superheroes and government conspiracies in stride and does his best to support the people around him. I love him and Nat because they're in some ways polar opposites (Sam is very in touch with his emotions, Nat ignores hers) but in other ways just the same (guilty consciences, heroic sacrifices, etc).

Fandom-Specific DNWs: "Thanos was right", even said jokingly; Endgame ending for Nat; Carol or Valkyrie being referred to as "lesbians" (prefer they be called bi or just generally queer, if you need to label them at all)

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Samuel Obisanye/Rebecca Welton: This ship unexpectedly swept me off my feet in canon. I never would've picked the two of them as a pairing but once it happened it felt really natural. Sam's optimism is a nice counterpoint to Rebecca's cynicism, and it was nice to see an older woman flirt with a younger man (while they were both still aware of the power imbalances between them). I wish we could've gotten more hints of how their relationship would've worked out, because it seems like canon kind of dropped any hint of them being attracted to each other after they decided not to pursue it.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Michelle/Dr. Jacob explicitly/in the foreground (you don't want to hear my rant about how unethical Dr. Jacob's behavior is)

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Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer:Unfortunately I am overly invested in whether or not Ed and Kelly will get back together. Their trust in each other as Captain and XO is so beautiful to see, especially since the core conflict in the beginning of the show was Ed's resentment towards Kelly for breaking his trust. Their loyalty and devotion to each other also really gets me really emotional and I just want them to find their way back to each other.

Kelly Grayson/Pria: I am a simple enby, and the only thing better than one hot lady is two hot ladies. I know Pria was a one-episode guest star but I personally have not been able to stop thinking about how much more fun and interesting it would have been if Pria had tried to seduce Kelly instead of Ed. There's just a lot of potential for juicy dynamics when you add "they should kiss" into a relationship, you know?

Kelly Grayson/Talla Keyali: Honestly I just haven't been enthused with any of the attempted love interests for Talla, but thinking about Talla and Kelly together makes my brain go wild. I love how Talla is one of the only people Kelly lets loose around and how they confide in each other about their private lives while trusting each other in their professional ones. Similar to above, I just think it would be neat to see how this dynamic changed if romance was added to the equation.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Kelly's relationship with Darulio portrayed as cheating (I firmly believe he was in heat when they slept together for the first time and so the relationship was nonconsensual). It's fine if the characters believe that to be true or say as such, but I'd like them to be corrected either immediately or by the end of the fic.

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Grace Ryder/Judd Ryder: They are everything to me. Everything that we learn about them in canon makes me go HEART EYES MOTHERFUCKER and I just think we should get more of them. Judd loves and respects Grace so much and I love that their relationship went from her supporting him through his PTSD to him being the epitome of 'that's my wife!'. Everything about their dynamic (and their backstory, God!!!) just makes my brain go brr.

Grace Ryder/Judd Ryder/Tommy Vega: Basically every exchange I'm a part of I end up seeing one of the nominated relationship tags and thinking to myself 'well that sounds neat', and this is that ship for this exchange lol. I'm particularly interested in the 'getting together' aspect of their relationship: does it happen before Charles dies or after? Who initiates? How do they keep it a secret (if they do) or tell their friends and family (if they do that instead)? I just have a lot of questions I would love to see someone else's take on.

Marjan Marwani/Paul Strickland: Normally I'm not a huge fan of friends-to-lovers ships, but for them I would literally rip my heart out of my own chest. When Paul said "I just can't imagine anyone ever letting you go" and I yeeted myself into the sun. Basically every element of their canon relationship is perfect to me, and I would just like them to kiss.

Owen Strand/Kendra Harrington: Raise your hand if you're sick of Owen getting a new love interest every season! -raises hand- Mostly I want these two to work out because I don't want Owen to get yet another love interest, and it seemed like Kendra was a good fit for him (especially being able to call him out on his bullshit). I think there's some really interesting bits in their relationship about power, with her being more financially powerful than him and him being more physically powerful than her, but mostly I just want stability for Owen.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Focus on 9/11 and Owen's experience with 9/11


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Lance Hunter/Skye | Daisy Johnson: I just think these two have so much potential. They're both outsiders to S.H.I.E.L.D. with a distrust of authority, they both occasionally make impulsive decisions in pursuit of saving the people they love, they both have daddy issues (implied or otherwise) and for the first few episodes of season 2 it really seemed like they might be a thing. I love the idea of them being two kindred spirits who found a home in each other and just the general vibe between them. Bonus points if you touch on how canon treated them very differently despite their core traits being the same.

Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: Bestie, beloved, and bastard (not necessarily in that order). I love all the complicated history that hasn't been explored between these three, the years of friendship and love and pain and everything in between. One of my biggest pet peeves with AOS canon is how post-Parting Shot, Bobbi and Hunter are basically not talked about, not even by Mack. The utter heartbreak on his face when they were leaving, then nothing? Give me a break. There's just so much to dig into here and at the foundation of it all is love and friendship and I am in love with them.

Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie/Bobbi Morse: The utter romance of someone knowing you better than you know yourself... I knew I was gone on them from the first time they were on screen together and finishing each other's sentences. There are several moments in late season 2/early season 3 where they are obviously flirting with each other ("you're one to talk, pretty boy" are actual words out of Bobbi's mouth, like, okay, just kiss him???) and I just want to see that actually followed through on.

Lance Hunter/Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie: Are you beginning to sense a theme here? I literally do not care in what formation Mack, Bobbi, and Hunter kiss each other. I am particularly interested in the Mack/Hunter relationship because it's the least fleshed out in canon - they're obviously still close but we don't know as much about how or why they stayed connected even after Hunter and Bobbi split, and I'm just. So eager for more of them.

Victoria Hand/Isabelle Hartley: If you're confused by this ship, it's basically an amalgamation of Vicizzy being comics canon and Izzy calling Vic "Vic" in AOS canon (even though she says to one of the other agents she doesn't like that name... sure, Jan). Basically I think it sucks that the show split up a comics-canon lesbian couple just so they could bury the gays without being called out for burying the gays. They've never interacted on-screen in AOS so I am fine with literally any direction you want to take this as long as they're together.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Grant Ward as anything other than a villain, Deke Shaw in any role, romantic Fitzsimmons, romantic Skoulson

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M/Tally Craven:

Abigail Bellweather/Raelle Collar:

Abigail Bellweather/Raelle Collar/Tally Craven:

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Romantic Sarah Alder/Tally Craven


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Keeley Jones/Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt: I feel like Ted Lasso really missed the boat on this one because all of them have such love and affection for each other and it's just so!!!!! I love the way Roy opens up, Jamie grows up, and Keeley glows up. They bring out the best in each other and the triad helps mitigate some of the negative aspects of the individual relationships and really that's what love's about. Any part of their relationship, from getting together to going domestic, is fucking catnip to me.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Michelle/Dr. Jacob explicitly/in the foreground (you don't want to hear my rant about how unethical Dr. Jacob's behavior is)

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Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer:Unfortunately I am overly invested in whether or not Ed and Kelly will get back together. Their trust in each other as Captain and XO is so beautiful to see, especially since the core conflict in the beginning of the show was Ed's resentment towards Kelly for breaking his trust. Their loyalty and devotion to each other also really gets me really emotional and I just want them to find their way back to each other.

Kelly Grayson/Pria: I am a simple enby, and the only thing better than one hot lady is two hot ladies. I know Pria was a one-episode guest star but I personally have not been able to stop thinking about how much more fun and interesting it would have been if Pria had tried to seduce Kelly instead of Ed. There's just a lot of potential for juicy dynamics when you add "they should kiss" into a relationship, you know?

Kelly Grayson/Talla Keyali: Honestly I just haven't been enthused with any of the attempted love interests for Talla but thinking about Talla and Kelly together makes my brain go wild. I love how Talla is one of the only people Kelly lets loose around and how they confide in each other about their private lives while trusting each other in their professional ones. Similar to above, I just think it would be neat to see how this dynamic changed if romance was added to the equation.

Fandom-Specific DNWs: Kelly's relationship with Darulio portrayed as cheating (I firmly believe he was in heat when they slept together for the first time and so the relationship was nonconsensual).

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Grace Ryder & Tommy Vega: Their friendship means the world to me! Basically everything about their relationship is what I love in F&F friendships - they are so solidly there for each other no matter what happens, and they have just gone through so much of life together between Tommy's infertility struggles, Judd being a stubborn son of a bitch, everything that happens in canon including Charles's death... They just know each other so deeply and intimately and I am here for anything that shows how beautiful and powerful their friendship is. I'm cool with whatever background romantic relationships you may want to throw in for Tommy but please don't break up Grace and Judd! <3

Requested Tags: Canon-Style Plot, Slice of Life, Fluff

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• Booth is the conspiracy theorist and Hodgins is the straight man. What conspiracy could cause this role reversal?
• Any sort of case fic, especially one that relies on Hodgins and Angela's expertise rather than being solely in the bones
• Anything post-canon of everyone just hanging out, being happy, having a good time (with Hodgins as king of the lab

• I've seen a lot of fem!Bilbo fics but not a lot of fem!Thorin and I just think that would be neat. I honestly can't remember how dwarven succession works, but I'm sure Thorin's gender changing would change something about the way he was perceived, etc. etc.
  
• Similar vein: role reversal where Bilbo is the exiled king and Thorin is the scrappy outsider who starts out on the wrong foot.
• Thorin proposing to Bilbo in a traditional Dwarvish way and Bilbo not understanding because he, bless his heart, still has barely learned anything about dwarves
  

• Role reversal of any kind. Switch who has what powers, switch who has what backstory, switch whatever! The only role reversal I wouldn't want is changing characters' sides on the Accords, if you choose to include those at all (and honestly, I'm fine if you don't)
• Anything set during the Snap that shows the reality of what it would be like to lose so many people so quickly - or directly after people come back, when people are coming back to loved ones who have had to live lives without them and might have moved on
• Time travel, but make it make sense! (I seriously don't understand the explanations of time travel in the MCU so just like... don't explain it and my little pea brain will be happy.) Any time travel welcome, especially if it involves fix-it.

• Honestly, please just rewrite season 3. There was so much about it I disliked (especially the weird thing where Abigail and Adil were planning to have a baby???) and I feel like it would've been so much better if it had been more... grounded and there weren't so many weird power jumps and power creep.
• Arranged marriage? I don't know how you would swing this but I think any sort of forced proximity where they're forced to confront that the bickering hides genuine affection and care is absolutely ace.
• Go wild with worldbuilding and use Abigail and Raelle as a framing device for whatever worldbuilding you would like to do! Of particular interest to me is magical history and how queer people fit into this world of magic, but if that's not your jam do what calls to you.

• Take a rom-com, any rom-com. Make it Andy and Quynh. That's it that's the prompt. Bonus points if their queerness is never really brought up in the romcom and the main conflict is something entirely unrelated to them both being women. (My favorite rom-com is 10 Things I Hate About You, if you need an idea of what kind of rom-coms I like.)
• I think it was implied at some point in the movie that the guard didn't always work for good -- I'd love to hear them talk with Nile about that, what changed their minds, etc. etc. Alternatively, dark!Guard would be a fun thing to explore too -- what makes them snap? What damage can four (or five) pissed off immortals do?
• Any sort of mission fic. Send them out on a rescue mission, a heist, a vacation that goes wrong... I just like to see them working together as a team having a good time (or an absolutely wretched time, if you would like).

• Take any scene or events from the movie that we don't see Poe's perspective on, and write his perspective.
• Finn-is-a-Jedi AU, please! I'm sure this would affect his relationships with everyone else and there would be ripples there. How does Poe feel knowing Finn and Rey share something he doesn't? (If you want to throw in Jedi!Poe too, be my guest.)
• Rey gets pregnant, either during the movies or afterwards (during could be fun for canon-divergent purposes but after could be fun for fluff purposes). It doesn't necessarily have to be Poe's baby (or Finn's for the OT3) but if it is Kylo's I would prefer that not be a voluntary thing.

• Bilbo learning about the dwarves' hair on the journey
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• Cutting/altering hair is a big thing in historical East Asian culture with filial piety. How does Quynh balance her culture with practicality?
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