FemslashEx Letter 2017

[chocochipbiscuit]

Dear Creator,

I'm ChocoChipBiscuit and this is my second time participating in the Femslash Exchange! (and I continue to be just as excited for this as my first time!)

I’m happy with any rating (Gen to Explicit) and my favorite tropes are playful banter and affection, cuddling (whether or not to stay warm! ;) ), and domesticity. My favorite kinks are spanking, bondage, explicit consent/negotiation, and use of toys. My DNWs (Do Not Want) are non-con/dub-con, choking, urine, scat, age play, and underage characters.

I prefer to have happy and hopeful endings for everyone involved. A little bit of angst and pining and all can be fun, but I want to know everyone ends up happy! Also, trans characters and headcanons are 100% approved, but not necessary!

I am happy with about anything for the ships listed, but also included prompts. :) Obviously I’m not expecting you to go through every bullet point I list, but hopefully these are enough ideas to jumpstart something!

Dishonored: It’s such an atmospheric game, and I love the overriding emphasis on choice and destiny and the way people try to live their lives despite there being unseen forces beyond their control. All of Dunwall (and the Empire, tbh) is shaped off blood and bone and sacrifice on some level, and because of that I’m especially drawn to stories where the characters are carving their own safe spaces and quiet moments against all the turmoil.

Breanna Ashworth/Delilah Copperspoon

They might be bad, bad women but they also make me gasp because I love them. They share such history and sense of injustice about how the world’s treated them, and while Delilah may not repay Breanna’s utter devotion I do think there’s a lot of emotional room to explore there. I also admit this pairing is my exception to my usual “I want fluff and everyone to end up happily ever after!!!” wishes, since the best they can end up is “happily for now” or bittersweet.

• I’d love to read something about their early years, their first meetings and the nights spent in graveyards, discussing art and literature and magic.
• Delilah doesn’t like needing people or admitting that she ever needs help, but maybe some sort of sick-fic or hurt/comfort where Delilah needs some tender care, and Breanna is the only one she trusts enough to do it?
• Or if you want to go straight up smutty, Delilah painting Breanna like one of her French girls. *cough cough* (extra optional bonus if you work in tentacles or restraint because what else would a couple hot witches do with blood briars!!!)

Mindy Blanchard/Lizzy Stride

You cannot tell me they haven't met before, and that Mindy hasn't done some of Lizzy’s tattoos!!! Two tough ladies with stories on their skin, all teeth and knuckles against the world. (And the occasional smokes of white leaf tobacco! ;) ) I think there would be a special intimacy to Mindy doing Lizzy’s tattoos, either designing something fresh or doing touch-ups on previous work. And as blustery or nasty as Lizzy can get, Mindy has seen worse and remains unflappable. Some possible prompts!

• I'd love to read or see them drinking in a dingy bar, comparing gangs and playfully one-upping each other with outrageous bets and dares.
• Something quiet and intimate as Mindy tattoos Lizzy in the back of her shop, or Lizzy thumbing through Mindy’s sketches and promising to pay off her tab at the silvergraph studio.
• Lizzy and Mindy planning a big heist on some ridiculous noble! Details up to you if you choose this, but I love heists and capers and think this could be a lot of fun!

Cecelia/Callista Curnow

I feel like poor Cecelia deserved so much better from just about everybody, and Callista is a brave, clever woman who had been pigeonholed due to class and gender. I would really love to explore their relationship in a low-chaos game, like Callista teaching Cecelia deportment or shoring up her esteem, or Cecelia collecting sea-stories for Callista. Some other ideas:

• Callista and Cecelia reunited after Corvo takes out the Loyalists, teary and relieved and throwing themselves into each other's arms.
• Through a series of unfortunate events, Cecelia ends up stowed away on a ship out of Dunwall and becomes a sailor or joins up with pirates. She grows confident and competent, and returns home to sweep Callista off her feet
• After Callista officially becomes the royal tutor, Cecelia thinks that means she's gone too far up in life to want to stay with her. Callista tenderly and passionately proves her wrong.

Fallout: This is my first fandom! I really love the ongoing themes about building a better tomorrow off the bones of the past, and while there is a lot of potential for tragedy in this setting, I prefer the sense of cautious hope and optimism. The world was destroyed, but there’s always a chance to rebuild.

Kasumi Nakano/Isabel Cruz

They are both trying so hard to make the world a better place! I really like the idea of Isabel turning the Mechanist’s Lair into a Railroad safehouse or waystation and meeting Kasumi. They’re both looking for purpose and structure; Kasumi figuring out her identity and Isabel trying to make up for the robots she accidentally inflicted upon the helpless. They have a lot of potential for heavy conversations about what it means to be human, about what distinguishes synths from robots, and at what point do you carry your guilt or does it drown you. (And just some fluff and smooching because they’re both sweethearts who deserve nice things!) Plus I see Isabel being a teensy bit jealous of Kasumi’s loving family for being alive and warm and accepting of their synth daughter.

• Isabel turns the Mechanist’s Lair into a Railroad safehouse and meets Kasumi. They fix robots together! (and smooch!)
• Two science gals designing and testing post-apocalyptic vibrators :O
• Kasumi and Isabel swap comics!
• Isabel dresses up as the Mechanist, and Kasumi goes giggly over it

Glory/Desdemona - I love Glory! I love Dez! They both work so hard for the Railroad, and carry all sorts of tension and professional distance as part of their work (plus they have such trouble with ties outside the Railroad since the Institute can use that against them) and they deserve a moment together where they can both relax and forget everything else, or a ‘Glory lives’ ending after the main questline where they can have the happiness they so richly deserve. And bonus: I headcanon Desdemona as trans. It’s not a requirement, but it’s something I like to see in fic or art.

• Desdemona hard at work over her desk, while Glory tries to convince her to take a break (they all need breaks, ahhh)
• Desdemona finds small things for Glory (snack cakes, bourbon, etc) and stashes them away for Glory’s return from missions
• Glory and Desdemona take a quiet moment in the shadows of Railroad HQ
• After defeating the Institute, years later, Glory and Desdemona get to do what they never dreamed possible: retire. They set up a small farm with a million dogs and cats

Stardew Valley: For a game that doesn’t have a lot of actual story, I am really emotionally invested in the townspeople’s lives and making sure everyone lives warm and happy. It’s just a sweet, fundamentally hopeful and daydreamy game and I adore it. Please note that I play with the diversity mod though, so I’d prefer to read that reflected in the characters. (I admit as someone who’s not trans, I do waffle over the ‘trans Penny’ mod because I don’t think she has to ‘look’ different than the vanilla mod to be a trans lady, but I would still appreciate Penny being trans in any fics.)

Penny/Maru: Science girlfriends!!!! I feel like Penny would love being around Maru’s family, especially as they seem much closer than her and her mom, and Penny and Maru both share an interest in learning about the world around them and they sit together on the bench together sometimes anyway… *dreamy sigh* So maybe some ideas?

• Penny invites Maru as a guest speaker for her students, and Maru shows off something really cool with her robots or astronomy lessons!
• Maru invites Penny to go stargazing, it’s utterly romantic and schmoopy
• Girls’ movie night with ice cream and makeup and doing each other’s nails. :’)

Overwatch: I am fully aware this is a game with a shoestring plot, but I love how bright and vibrant the characters are! I especially love stories that focus on team dynamics and found families, and if you can work in their friendships as well as romantic ships, I'd be ecstatic!

Mei/Widowmaker

I'm aware that they’re a rare pair but just! Imagine with me, the cold-blooded killer who thinks she can't feel anything, and the scientist who never minds the cold anyway. (Believe me, I'm trying my hardest to resist the Frozen reference.) I see a lot of possibilities for them, especially because Mei is one of the members of Overwatch who gets to approach Amélie as she is, as Widowmaker, rather than Amélie as she was before Talon. I'll be happy with just about anything you choose to write or draw, but hopefully some of these ideas might inspire you!

• Hot summer day, cold popsicle girlfriend. Mei is melting in the heat, but Amélie feels so nice to cuddle up against.
• Something sweet and hopeful (and maybe a little bitter) after Widowmaker is captured by Overwatch, but finds it difficult to adjust back to her ‘old friends’ and everything unfamiliar all over again. Amélie and Mei strike up an unlikely friendship that leads to more. (Bonus points for Ana tentatively approving, or Hana gossiping with Mei and trying to play matchmaker for her best friend!)
• If you want to go pure smut, I would really love Mei as a gentle and attentive rope top, and Amélie finding comfort in constraint. Lovely attention to decorative bondage and harnesses worn under clothing would be delightful!
• AU idea: Mei is conducting research in a remote location, and Widowmaker is the local cryptid. After hearing the rumors and finding mysterious evidence of Widowmaker’s presence, Mei discovers her. (Or is discovered!) Please feel free to make cryptid!Widowmaker as monstrous as you'd like, I love monster girlfriends! (Also bonus if Lena’s the one blowing up Mei’s phone with details on the latest cryptid sightings!)

Mei/Zarya

TEAM BUFF AND FLUFF! TEAM RUSSIAN WINTER!!!! I love these two for their exuberance and altruism and I absolutely ship them, believe it! Plus I appreciate attention to their very different body types. :’)

• Winter girlfriends cuddled up and sipping hot drinks!
• Mei and Zarya would be such cute gym buddies! Mei could help spot Zarya, or maybe they’re distracting each other with how cute they are! (Please though, no “Mei is trying to lose weight” stories or subplots though!)
• Zarya carrying Mei piggyback as they go hiking or are out somewhere!
• I can also see Mei very excitedly taking Zarya to a museum, and even if Zarya doesn't like the museum, she loves how enthusiastic Mei is!
• Something cute (and maybe warmly sincere) as they discuss why they've chosen mission names so close to their real names. Do they think of themselves as not ‘really’ heroes? Is it harder to compartmentalize that way? Or is it just easier to remember?
• Or if you want pure smut… Mei as a very sweet and loving rope top? (I have this very specific headcanon, I admit it!) It's a lot of mutual trust and tenderness as Zarya cooperates, and Mei makes something sturdy enough even the mighty Zarya can't break! (And then maybe some forced orgasms from Zarya’s favorite vibrator!)

I’m sure I’ll be very happy with whatever you choose to write, and I am super-excited to read it!