humanist + humorist

Hello, prospective future Yuletide writer! I am erinptah on the AO3, and here is my gift!fic wishlist this year.


General likes:

• hurt/comfort
• time travel
• culture clashes, especially one character in a fish-out-of-water situation
• taking a weird fantasy/SF situation and earnestly thinking through the logistics
• crossovers
• crossdressing + gender-nonconformity

General DNWs:

• joyless issuefic
• character-bashing
• hurt where the hurt character's loved ones don't care about comfort
• mundane AUs (unless specifically prompted) for fantasy/SF canons
• heavy references to IRL politics
• zombies

Oz books

Characters: Dorothy, Ozma (at least one)

Likes: Dorothy coming into her own as a magic-user. The developing magitech of Oz. Diplomatic relationships with neighboring countries, especially Ev (Ozma of Oz) and the country of the Great Jinjin (Tik-Tok of Oz). Toto's deep nonverbal connection with Dorothy.

Shippy or gen is fine! Please don't pair up Dorothy or Ozma with anyone but each other; aside from that, any pairings are good.

Any take on Gender Feelings for Ozma is fine, but I'd like to see her after the "trying to figure it out" phase. Show me an Ozma who already found a comfortable gender space, moved in, and picked out the curtains.

Books are public domain, so you can read them all for free on Project Gutenberg! (And there's a series of reread reaction posts on my Land-of-Oz tag.)


Optional specific prompts:

- Dorothy/Ozma wedding fic. If Ozma's birthday was a book-defining event, the Royal Wedding of Oz must be even more extravagant. What are the Oz traditions here? What elements do Henry and Em suggest from Kansas-style weddings? How many more different magical countries (maybe from crossover series -- Narnia, Labyrinth, Wonderland, Arendelle) send guests? Who tries and fails to crash the party?

- A mini-adventure with Dorothy and the Patchwork Girl. Something that shows off how Scraps has brains as good as the Scarecrow, she's just a lot more whimsical in how she uses them.

- Dorothy goes back to the US for a visit (maybe to see all-grown-up Cousin Zeb? or his descendants?), and it's nothing but culture clashes now that she's grown up with Oz norms. Extra bonus points if she brings Ozma, who has it even worse.

Moon Knight (Comics)

Characters: Steven, Jake (all)

Likes: Headmates who love and support each other -- no matter how much heckling, power-struggling, and bickering they put each other through. Superhero characters who need therapy, and are actually getting it (and it's not a magic fix, but it sure is better than nothing). Characters who only interacted with one member of Team Moon Knight in the past, getting cautiously introduced to the whole system. Unlikely friendships between all the different weird types of people that exist in the Marvel universe.

Any combination of gen or shipping between Marc+Steven+Jake is good with me.

If you include any of their canon romances, please focus on the good parts! For example, I'd be great with "system watching movies with Tigra and her kid" or "Marlene walks in on Marc practicing superhero catchphrases," but I don't want to read about "Marc making Tigra cry on a rooftop" or "Marlene walks in on Marc wearing a dead guy's face."


Optional specific prompts:

- We now have a 616 version of Layla El-Faouly!...but the writing in the City of The Dead miniseries has been discontinuous and uncomfortable in a lot of ways. Can I get a backstory for "how Layla found out about the DID" that makes sense for the comicverse characters? It's weird for her to know the actual medical diagnosis, since he was still in denial about needing one for a lot of his early Moon Knighting years, and this Layla's relationship with Marc was all pre-Khonshu...but let her meet Steven and Jake. Have them pop out for some reason during a mercenary job. Give Layla a chance to ask questions -- not invasive "let me dissect you" questions, but reasonable "if I'm going to date this guy, I'd like to know what his deal is" questions.

- Fic about the House of Shadows enthusiastically taking care of its new residents. I got one of these last year, would read a hundred more. Does an eldritch interdimensional piece of sentient architecture understand what squishy depressed mortals need? Not really! Is it going to do its very best anyway? Sure is. Feel free to take this in a "wacky hijinks" direction, or a "psychological horror hurt/comfort" direction.

- Headspace sex, making use of the different internal settings we've seen. I'm thinking they have fun with scenarios like "Jake shows up to fix the plumbing at Steven's office, seduces him on his desk" or "stealing Captain Spector's spacecraft, flying it to the Planet of Makeouts, and getting it on in the back seat." Maybe when Steven or Jake is fronting, the other one uses this to keep Marc distracted so he doesn't get in the way...

Mage & Demon Queen (Webcomic)

Characters: Malori, Velverosa (all)

Likes: Malori's shameless thirst. The other demons' shameless shipping. The comedy in general. I loved the long-term slow-burn of Vel coming to accept Malori's feelings, but I'm also delighted that they Actually Got Together and the comic is still going. Not super gripped by the political intrigue, other than hoping it all works out. I do like Leora, though.

Shippy or gen is fine, just please don't pair Malori or Vel with anyone but each other! ...Unless you're thinking polycule.

Read the comic for free here!


Optional specific prompts:

- Vel/Malori, sex with hijinks! Are they trying to hide from a nosy underling? Are human and demon kinks/erogenous zones/basic sexual functions different in surprising ways? Does Vel uncontrollably turn into a dragon when she's turned-on enough? Make it magic, make it weird, make it fun.

- Reverse isekai where Malori gets summoned into Cerik's world. Maybe she has some form of communication with her friends back home, so Cerik can give advice (and everyone else can try to give advice)? But the fish-out-of-water awkwardness is strong.

- Setting AU that give Malori/Vel a different dynamic than human/demon. Sci-fi where Vel is the alien queen? Cyberpunk where Vel is a sentient virus? Superhero where Vel is that one powerful politician who's trying to get heroes canceled? (A few years ago, I wrote "Locked Tomb AU where Vel is a Resurrection Beast" mostly as a joke, then Nona the Ninth has come out...)


And finally...

Super Drags (Cartoon)

Characters: Patrick | Lemon, Ralph | Safira (at least one)

Likes: The affectionate parody of magical-girl tropes. The way it's overtly, messily pro-queer, full of love and support for a wide range of people with all their different strengths and flaws. The way it manages to pair "thoughtful, nuanced portrayal of inter-community issues" with "there is a dick-shaped robot assistant called D.I.L.D.O."

Canon-typical levels of ridiculous sex jokes not required, but if you go for that, I'll enjoy it. (Some of these prompts have younger kid characters in them; I would also like a canon-typical level of "not involving the kids in the sex jokes.")

Shippy or gen is fine, all ships are fine. Ralph/Junior Pedroso was adorable, but feel free to pair either with somebody else, too.

I wrote a whole post gushing about this series the year it came out, with links to trailers and other promo material! Feel free to mine that for other canon feelings/potential story hooks.

Optional specific prompts:

- Future fic where Ralph's little sister comes out as some flavor of LGBTQ (pick a letter, any letter), and they do queer sibling bonding. Going to a Pride parade? Or a drag show? The sister having a crush on someone, and Ralph being a terrible overenthusiastic wingman?

- Do the Sailor Moon riff: somebody's kid from the future drops out of the sky, and tells the present-day Super Drags they need to stop villains from taking over the world. Your choice which Super Drag is the parent! Any of them has potential for a ton of funny reactions from the other two.

- Crossover with another magical-girl series (or several!), helping solve their problems. Maybe by teaching them to channel their Highlight (have you ever seen a straight magical girl), maybe just with an overwhelming show of sass and dick jokes. I'm the biggest fan of Sailor Moon and Madoka Magica; would also be into Tokyo Mew Mew, Princess Tutu, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cardcaptor Sakura, even Miraculous Ladybug or Steven Universe. Or introduce me to something new!

Hello, prospective future Yuletide writer! I am erinptah on the AO3, and here is my gift!fic wishlist this year.


General likes:

• hurt/comfort
• time travel
• culture clashes, especially one character in a fish-out-of-water situation
• taking a weird fantasy/SF situation and earnestly thinking through the logistics
• crossovers
• crossdressing + gender-nonconformity

General DNWs:

• joyless issuefic
• character-bashing
• hurt where the hurt character's close family/friends/loved ones never care about offering comfort
• mundane AUs for fantasy/SF canons
• references to the current state of US politics (a fic with a pandemic in it would be fine, as long as the context is different)
• zombies (other than canon-typical necromancy, if applicable)

Oz books

Characters: Dorothy

Likes: Dorothy coming into her own as a magic-user. The developing magitech of Oz. Diplomatic relationships with neighboring countries, especially Ev (Ozma of Oz) and the country of the Great Jinjin (Tik-Tok of Oz). Toto's deep nonverbal connection with Dorothy.

Shippy or gen is fine! Please don't pair up Dorothy or Ozma with anyone but each other; aside from that, any pairings are good.

If you include Ozma, any take on her Gender Feelings is fine, but I'd like to see her after the "trying to figure it out" phase. I've already read (and received) (and written!) a good amount of "uncertain Ozma does gender-related experiments" fics -- show me an Ozma who already found a comfortable gender space and is joyfully inhabiting it.

I did a major Baum reread a few years ago; there are reaction posts on my land-of-Oz tag. Feel free to mine that for other canon feelings/potential story hooks.

Optional specific prompts:

- Dorothy/Ozma wedding fic. If Ozma's birthday was a book-defining event, the Royal Wedding of Oz must be even more extravagant. What are the Oz traditions here? What elements do Henry and Em suggest from Kansas-style weddings? How many more different magical countries (maybe from crossover series -- Narnia, Labyrinth, Wonderland, Arendelle) send guests? Who tries and fails to crash the party?

- A mini-adventure with Dorothy and the Patchwork Girl. Something that shows off how Scraps has brains as good as the Scarecrow, she's just a lot more whimsical in how she uses them.

- Dorothy goes back to the US for a visit (maybe to see all-grown-up Cousin Zeb? or his descendants?), and it's nothing but culture clashes now that she's grown up with Oz norms. Extra bonus points if she brings Ozma, who has it even worse.

The Locked Tomb Trilogy - Tamsyn Muir

Characters: Harrow, Gideon

Likes: Gideon in all her sarcastic, obstinate, sword jock lesbian glory. Gideon/Harrow with their weird hostile loyalty. Little details about space travel and the different living conditions/worldbuilding necessities on different planets. The casual absence of homophobia. Other favorite characters include Camilla and Palamedes, Isaac and Jeannemary, Abigail and Magnus.


Optional specific prompts:

- AU where the main characters are adults, came together as a group voluntarily, and are working toward a common goal. (Just not a mundane AU, as per DNWs.) They can still be dysfunctional and antagonistic, I just want more time to roll around in the Team Feelings, you know?

- Comedy with Gideon and Harrow doing something low-stakes together. Baking a cake? Playing a video game? Going for a boat ride? The important thing is, it's not life-or-death stakes if they fail. Up to you whether they pull it together and succeed, bicker and sabotage each other until it all goes down in flames, and/or end up making out and get too distracted to finish.

Long-Shot Crossover Prompt 1: the mining ship Red Dwarf finally returns to our solar system, only to find that in the past 3 million years it's been...overrun with necromancers? Rimmer is immediately on the "great, give me a new body" train, Kryten tries to prove to Harrow that he's not totally obsolete compared to her skeletons, Gideon and Lister bond over the horror of being isolated in the far reaches of space with nothing to get off to except porn mags and your insufferable best frenemy...

Long-Shot Crossover Prompt 2: The Secret Garden but Mary is a necromancer, who (unwittingly?) used her powers to survive the plague that wiped out her family. Meanwhile, everyone expects Colin to have inherited the power, and therefore of course he's supposed to be frail and sickly, why would he get to be anything else? Lovingly detailed scenes of Mary manipulating and restoring dead flowers/branches/roots. Colin shapes up to be a fine Cavalier Primary once everyone stops pushing him to use bones and just lets him have a rapier.

If you write that one, feel free to have canon characters (including Gideon + Harrow) appear in background roles, or not at all. (I would've put TSG itself in my fandom requests, but that didn't seem fair when the only fic I really want for it is the fusion...)

Mage & Demon Queen (Webcomic)

Characters: Malori

Likes: Malori's shameless thirst. The other demons' shameless shipping. The comedy in general. I loved the long-term slow-burn of Vel coming to accept Malori's feelings, but I'm also delighted that they Actually Got Together and the comic is still going. Not super gripped by the political intrigue, other than hoping it all works out. I do like Leora, though.


Optional specific prompts:

- Vel/Malori, sex with hijinks! Are they trying to hide from a nosy underling? Are human and demon kinks/erogenous zones/basic sexual functions different in surprising ways? Does Vel uncontrollably turn into a dragon when she's turned-on enough? Make it magic, make it weird, make it fun.

- Reverse isekai where Malori gets summoned into Cerik's world. Maybe she has some form of communication with her friends back home, so Cerik can give advice (and everyone else can try to give advice)? But the fish-out-of-water awkwardness is strong.

- Setting AU that give Malori/Vel a different dynamic than human/demon. Sci-fi where Vel is the alien queen? Cyberpunk where Vel is a sentient virus? Superhero where Vel is that one powerful politician who's trying to get heroes canceled? (Does "Locked Tomb AU where Vel is a Resurrection Beast" even make any sense or)