Dear Mane Event Creator

(Still under construction, but like halfway done!)

Hello, and thank you for creating for me! This is my first time posting a letter on Dreamwidth so apologies in advance if the formatting is a little wonky - I'm trying! :) (I wish there were more coding tutorials on how to make nice pretty Dreamwidth posts.)

I like to begin all my letters by saying that I care about you having a good time writing more than anything else! I include extra prompts as a way of getting the creative juices flowing, not because I will be distraught if you don't follow one of them exactly. Mostly, just avoid my DNWs and we'll be golden. I've also written a lot (like a lot) of fics on AO3, so if you want to see what I gravitate towards, that might also give you an idea.

Without further ado!

General Likes:

• 5+1 fic
  
• Accidental baby acquisition
• Alternate universes of any ilk
  
• Angst with a happy ending
  
• Characters getting therapy (though I prefer it be off-screen since I’m a mental health professional and will lowkey judge a bad therapy session/therapist)
  
• Exes to lovers
  
• Found family
  
• Non-traditional family structures (single parents, blended families, foster families, adopted families, families where there's no designated parental figure but they all consider each other family, etc.)
  
• Outsider POV
  
• Polyamory
  
• Pregnancy and kidfics (I’m also fine with mentions of miscarriage, abortion, pregnancy complications, etc.)
  
• Queer characters (especially non-binary characters)
  
• Romantic comedies
  
• Smut
  
• Wingfic
  
• Worldbuilding

General Dislikes/DNWs:

• Body horror
• Epistolary fic
• Explicit queerphobia (referenced is fine)
• Mpreg (unless the character is a trans man seahorsing)
• Non-ethical non-monogamy (aka cheating, infidelity)
• "Shipper on Deck" trope, or basically the idea that side characters in the story ship the main characters (I'm fine with other characters commenting on how well two characters suit each other romantically and being supportive of the relationship, but what really gets my goat is if the side characters are willing to give up their own happiness/well being for the sake of the main ship getting together, or are otherwise scheming to get the main characters together)
  
• Ship bashing of canon ships for non-canon couples
  
• Soulmate AUs or anything adjacent to the notion of “one true love” or someone you are “meant to find” (I’m fine if this is subverted somehow, like a soulmate AU where the main relationship aren’t soulmates)
• Time loops
• Vomit

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bobbi Morse/Lance Hunter: Exes to lovers is one of my favorite tropes - I love the idea that someone could be the right person at the wrong time, or the right person once you two both grow up a little and admit you're flawed. I don't think they have the healthiest relationship, exactly, but I think there's genuine love there and if they learned how to communicate a bit better they could be the definition of a power couple. I don't really subscribe to OTP culture but these two are the closest I have to an OTP and scratch my fandom itches in the way not a lot of ships do.

Bobbi Morse/Skye | Daisy Johnson:

Bobbi Morse/Alphonso Mackenzie: I just think they're neat. I also think it's a little bizarre that of all the long-term heterosexual friendships (Bobbi&Mack, Fitz&Simmons, Coulson&May), Bobbi and Mack's was the one that was never implied to have been or would be able to become romantic. They are so solidly in each other's corners the whole time

Bobbi Morse/Alphonso Mackenzie/Lance Hunter

Solo: Bobbi Morse: In case you couldn't tell. I just really think she's neat.

Fandom-Specific Dislikes:

• Bobbi Morse/Clint Barton
  
• Deke Shaw
  
• Grant Ward
• Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons romantically
  
• Ship-bashing (re-iterating this here because I read way too many Bobbi fics that bash Bobbi/Hunter because she ends up with someone else; while I hope it's obvious I like Bobbi/Hunter since it's one of my requested ships this exchange, I am once again saying I like Bobbi/Hunter and if you choose one of the other Bobbi ships to focus on for your fic, please don't make Hunter an irredeemable asshole or imply their divorce was entirely Hunter's fault <3)
  

Requested Tags: Character A washing blood out of B's hair, Playing with Someone's Hair while Half-Asleep, Tenderly Kissing Character's Hair, Touch Starved Character Gets Their Hair Stroked, Untying and brushing out your partner's hair after a long day, Hiding weapons in your hair, Character A tenderly tucks errant Lock of Hair behind Character B's ear, Alternate Universe - Tangled (2010) Fusion, 5 Times Someone Cared For Character's Hair, Putting flowers in a character's hair, Character A Is Upset That Character B's Hair Is Different

Additional Prompts:

• Bobbi's utter lack of surprise at Hunter's "I prefer you blonde" makes me think that has happened before. What was the first time?
• Who takes care of Bobbi's hair after she's tortured by Ward?
• Mission fic!

Friday Night Lights

Tyra Colette/Tim Riggins: So, confession, I watched the entirety of Friday Night Lights while recovering from my wisdom teeth being removed so I was like, heavily medicated and not much capable of following a plot 😂 FNL kind of imprinted on my id because of that experience, Tim/Tyra especially. I thought their relationship had a lot of room for growth and complexity and relationship growth is like catnip to me, so there's that. If you do write Tim/Tyra, I prefer that Tim/Lyla is mentioned minimally or not at all, since it kind of squicks me out that so many people romanticize a relationship that began with Lyla cheating on Jason.

Requested Tags: Caring for character's hair turns unexpectedly tender, hair washing, touch starved character gets their hair stroked, pregnancy makes hair change texture and luster, pulling hair during rough sex, pulling partner's hair while fucking them doggy style, pulling partner's hair while receiving cunnilingus

Additional Prompts:

• Tyra taking care of Tim's hair following his return from prison (I honestly can't remember how this would fit into her canon timeline, but as I said: my brain was not fully invested in understanding timelines when watching this show lol)
  
• Rough sex as a way for Tyra to reclaim her agency following being assaulted
  
• Post-canon getting back together
  

Harry Potter

Harry Potter/Hermione Granger: I just think they had so much potential. I love that Hermione and Harry are on a relatively even keel throughout the books; they care about each other deeply and Harry tries to humor Hermione and her bookish tendencies even when he doesn’t necessarily agree with them. I think Harry and Hermione also represent two ways to be successful – Harry is naturally talented (and lucky), whereas Hermione works hard to get where she is. I'm not sure how that relates to hair, but...

Hermione Granger/Viktor Krum: This ship had so much potential! I love that Hermione can be a partner for Viktor who does not give a single shit about his fame, both because she doesn’t care that much about Quidditch and because her best friend is, frankly, way more famous than Viktor will ever be. Equally I love that Viktor pays attention to Hermione and sees her as more than just an extension of Harry, and cares about her/is attracted to her even before the other boys notice she’s pretty. He loves her when she's bushy-haired and awkward and when she's sleek and shiny and beautiful.

Nymphadora Tonks/Remus Lupin: I just think they're neat 🥺 I love that Tonks brings out the youth in Remus and makes him realize that he's not "damaged goods" because he's a werewolf, and that he balances out her more firecracker type personality. They're a great example of opposites attract and I am so sad that their story ended before it even started. They should've gotten to raise Teddy and grow old together and every time I think about it I'm sad they didn't get that happy ever after.

Solo: Remus Lupin: I just have so many feelings about my poor little wolf boy. It absolutely breaks my heart that he was the last of his friends alive and had to live with that burden. Also, as above, I hate that he died.

Requested Tags:

Additional Prompts:

• "We deserve a soft epilogue, my love, for we are good people and we've suffered enough."
• Who takes care of Remus's hair after his wolf-y days? Especially when he's serving the Order as a werewolf I imagine it's not exactly cushy.
  
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The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield: Honestly this is one of those ships where I barely remember the original canon but the fanon has eclipsed it in basically every way. I just want more of them and their story, preferably with a happy ending and a found family and all that juicy fun stuff. A lot of the fanon I love surrounds dwarves and using their braids to indicate relationship status, so that's what my tags for this fandom are mostly about that phenomenon.

Requested Tags: Hair styles indicate relationship status, Learning To Do Partner's Culturally Significant Braids/Hairstyle

Additional Prompts:

• Bilbo learning about the dwarves' hair on the journey
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The Old Guard

Andy/Quynh: Oh my God, tragic sapphics. The fact that Andy still thinks about Quynh hundreds of years after they last saw each other… literally just stab me and twist the knife. I love the idea of undying love like that, but also what their love looked like before Quynh died (especially since I think it was implied that at some point Quynh and Lykon were an item?). Again, I am such a blank slate when it comes to these two, anything you create I will love.

Requested Tags: Mourning jewellery containing or fashioned from loved one's hair rubbing the fuzzy recently-shaved part of someone's undercut, take hair up or down as indication that shit is about to get intense, Blood in hair, Woman Warrior Balancing Societal Norms and Practicality to Find Hairstyle Solution She's Happy With

Additional Prompts:

• 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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The Orville

Kelly Grayson/Ed Mercer:

Requested Tags: Pregnancy makes hair change in texture and luster, Blood in hair, Gently brushing out long wet and tangled hair of upset character, Hair Care in the Future, Hair brushing as comfort, Hair stroking as comfort, Pulling Partner's Hair While Receiving Cunnilingus

Summary

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