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Hello Mystery Creator! Happy spooky season!

My name is Banah and you can find my AO3 here. (I'm in the process of changing my fannish ID/name; previous exchange stuff on the AO3 automagic app can be found under lilpocketninja.)

Thank you so much for creating for me; I'm very excited to see what you'll make. Below I've included some likes (including likes specific to art & for horror-themed stuff if you're going in that direction) as well as some brief prompts for each requested pairing. Feel free to ignore them entirely; I love a wide variety of things and am looking forward to whatever you want to make! For this exchange I'm also explicitly opting into any dark fic that doesn't hit my DNWs, including E-rated darkfic. I've done my best to clarify my limits in that regard but if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask through PK!

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Do Not Wants

• infidelity
  
• non-requested non-canon pairings, and non-requested polyamory or open relationships.
  
• pregnancy or childbirth
  
• rape between requested pairings unless otherwise noted
  
• the following kinks: bathroom-related, vore, spanking, vomit kink, breathplay, bestiality, consensual incest, on-screen extreme (<14) underage (CSA backstories are fine), graphic guro, race fetish
  
• non-canon death of major (in canon or story) canon characters. A character becoming a ghost, vampire, zombie, etc is fine as long as there's a continuity of who they are as a person and they're not permanently gone on to some afterlife/nonexistence. Killing off villains and OCs is also fine.
  
• suicide or suicidal ideation
  
• issuefic or fic where characters have conversations about their identities or oppressions
  
• Ace or aro headcanons for requested ship members
  
• Requested ships breaking up (Unless they get back together in the end)
  
• First or second person POV, except in epistolary fic
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Fanfiction Likes

• hurt/comfort (heavy on the hurt)
  
• mentor-mentee bonds (and ships!)
  
• identity porn
  
• battle couples
  
• Non-mundane AUs: superheros, post-apocalyptic, prison, steampunk, high fantasy, space opera
  
• long and difficult roads to redemption
  
• groundhog's day scenarios
  
• Time-travel and universe hopping fix-its in general
  
• epistolary & mediafic
  
• secret or unexpected badasses
  
• outsider POV
  
• making a home together in a survival situation, or fixing up an old/worn down house somewhere isolated
  
• Overly dramatic trauma-fueled backstories and the revelation thereof.
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Fanart Likes

Fashion! High fashion, ball gowns, historical clothing, lolita or ouji, armor, lingerie, club wear, canon outfit redesigns - any and all clothing porn.

I have a special love for hats both stylish and silly.

Redesigns in general - new hair, new outfits, role or outfit swaps, aged up or down, AU'd into another fandom

Ship wearing each other's signature clothes

Ship sleeping on each other or otherwise being vulnerable together

Ship fighting back-to-back

Taller person carrying shorter person bridal-style, either to be cute or because they're injured

Character A sitting on a throne, Character B at their feet

Fake selfies, polaroids, social media posts, etc

Cooking and eating

Magic or glowing elements

Scenery
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Spooky Likes

• werewolves
  
• vampires
  
• doppelgangers, mirror universe evil versions of familiar people, changelings, etc
  
• evil gods & cosmic horror
  
• characters learning that they're secretly something monstrous, or turning into something monstrous
  
• body horror
  
• a sense of doom or already being too late
  
• possession
  
• creepy obsession with love interest, stalking, fucked up affection
  
• murdering your freaked out LI's enemies as an expression of love
  
• [ART] Glowing/black/blank/weird eyes to indicate Evil
  
• [ART] Character licking blood off their hands, or their partner's hands
  
• [ART] Aesthetic blood - fantasy-colored, glowing, dripping in interesting shapes
  
• [ART] Flowers or mushrooms growing out of wounds, eyes, mouths, etc
  

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Compilation of FFVII - Zack/Cloud

Ah, Zack/Cloud. Two cute kids with dreams as big as their swords and a lot of determination beaten down by the world over and over again until it all ends in one dying young and leaving the other with severe psychological trauma. The potential for both early CC and intense angst of post-Nibelheim... /dreamy sigh. I love it all with these two.

Note: Feel free to integrate aspects of Remake, OG, Compilation, twenty year old fanon - whatever you're feeling in here; I'm familiar with everything but the PS5 version of Remake and not even a little picky. RE: Cloti, Clerith, and Zerith - they're all NOTPs for me, but I'm cool with acknowledgement of past feelings (and a past relationship in Zerith's case - I prefer Cloti/Clerith to never have gotten together at all, though of course they're important to each other).

• Zack being resurrected at any point in the timeline - early, pre-Mideel game is interesting considering Cloud's state of mind, but I'm also fascinated with the idea that waking up post-game in Edge would be like time traveling to a post-apocalyptic future for Zack. Either way I like the idea of Cloud having to deal with Zack's opinions of the man he's become and Zack still loving him.
  
• Cute outsider POV with mutual crushing happening when Cloud was in the infantry and Zack was a Second.
  
• For a horror take, anything set during the period where Hojo was experimenting on them. Zack and Cloud being used against one another, forced to watch as the other is tortured, or Hojo Made Them Do It, an AU where they end up turned into something monstrous, Both as party favors at a Shinra Trash Party ... there's a lot of dark possibilities there and I'm interested in all of them. Go nuts!
  
• Cloud's identity issues aren't a result of trauma and the Jenova Project; he's being possessed by Zack's tortured ghost out for revenge on Shinra and desperate to remain with the person he loved in life.
  
• Art-Specific Prompts
  • Werewolf Zack menacing or protecting Cloud
    
  • Anything at all with Miss Cloud
    
  • Zack carrying Cloud in any context
    
  • Cloud defending Zack against enemies
    
  • Anything where they're on the road together
    
  • Creepy glowing eyes SOLDIER weirdness.

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FFXV - Ignis/Prompto

I love the contrasts between these two - polished suit vs punk uniforms, poised vs awkward, restrained vs unbridled enthusiasm, raised in the palace vs completely new to all of this, and, well, size - as well as the dorky sense of humor they seem to have in common. I love the moments when Ignis gets goofy and the moments when Prompto gets serious, and I like to see them reacting to those qualities in each other!

• In some kind of happier world, Ignis is tasked with getting Prompto's manners, dress, and dancing up to snuff for an important royal event (totally cool to throw in background Luna/Noctis here if you want a wedding as an excuse, or handwave he's gotta be there for some reason) and as a result they end up spending a lot of time together and grow some feelings. (shopping montage??? shopping montage!!!)
  
• Yandere!Ignis - specifically, one that Came Back Wrong from the events of Episode Ignis and continued to deteriorate into the World of Ruin period while Prompto tries to make the best of things and ignore little problems like the fact that he thinks Ignis might have murdered a guy that tried to assault him. Jealousy, possessiveness, a dark slide into evil insanity... give me all those horror vibes. (Note: this is an exception to my "no noncon between requested ships" DNW - if you want to go there with this one I will happily follow you.)
  
• I love anything that plays with the organized crime vibe some of the early trailers and stuff had, mostly because violent Ignis is my jam. Prompto could either be someone on the outside who has no idea what he's caught up in, or a newer associate learning the ropes from Ignis. Give me all your edginess, please, I love it. (If you wanted to work in a sex worker!Prompto scenario... I might have to pledge my undying loyalty to you...)
  
• Art Specific Prompts
  • playing video games while cuddling together
  • selfies
  • cosplaying/dressing up for halloween as characters from other fandoms or FF games (i'm familiar with seven, ten, and classic job classes etc)
  • MT!Prompto
    
  • one or both of them transforming into daemons
    
  • gunplay
  
  

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Zuko

What is there to say about Zuko that hasn't already been said? I love his determination, I love his badassery, I love his awkwardness, I love his character arc... I love pretty much everything about him. He is Best Boy.

If you'd like to go in a shippy direction with any of these I ship Zuko/(Aged Up) Aang, Zuko/Sokka, Zuko/Mai, and I also like non/dubcon with Zuko/Zhao.

Note: I am not familiar with the comics and am only passingly familiar with Korra - if you go post-canon I'd prefer it to be only by 10-15 years and not into Old Man Zuko territory.

• Zuko was killed during the Agni Kai and now haunts the rest of the cast as a vengeful spirit - either seeking revenge against his father for his own death or still trying to carry out his canon mission.
  
• The Fire Nation is buried under approximately a billion war crimes going back a hundred years - some kind of location-based horror/Fire Nation gothic/bad spirit times dogging Zuko as he tries to rule honorably would be pretty interesting.
  
• On a happier note I love anything that gives this boy some emotional healing. Hugs, restful evenings by the turtle duck pond, hot springs with the love interest of your choice...
  
• Art-Specific Prompts
  • Body horror with Zuko transforming into a dragon
    
  • Literally haunted by his ancestors in some kind of visual way
    
  • Anything mimicking shadow or paper puppetry
    
  • festivals in the fire nation
    
  • Pirate!Zuko

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Crossover Fandom (Wandavision / Marvel 616) - Billy Maximoff & Billy Kaplan, Billy Maximoff & Teddy Altman

Note: I'm a little behind on comics - I haven't read anything with Billy or Teddy post-Empyre, though I'm aware of the general shape of where they're at in canon. I'm totally good with any era from the original flavor YA onwards.

Ever since WandaVision ended on *that* note I've been obsessed with the idea of this particular crossover. There's a ton of canon universe-crossing in Marvel 616 and Wanda's establishment as a Nexus being points toward it being equally possible in the MCU, so two versions of a character with the ability to peek across dimensions seems like a great setup.

• Billy & Billy - The thing I love best about this style of crossover is the ability for the viewpoint character to learn about themselves - Comics Billy getting a chance to see what growing up with Wanda, Tommy, and Vision might've been like for him and all the feelings that might potentially stir up in him could be interesting. Likewise it might inspire Show Billy to see himself as a full-fledged superhero with a boyfriend; he might idealize the experience enough to completely overlook Comics Billy's flaws.
  
• Billy & Teddy - on a more action-adventure-y note I love the idea of either of these two crossing universes to save the other. Maybe Teddy is somehow so tuned to Billy's ~mystical resonance~ that he calls out across a universe for help, or maybe Billy tries to use his powers to secure a rescue from wherever he is at the end of the show and ends up with a champion. Either way I'd love the chance for a different dynamic between the two of them (and maybe an adorable little kid crush...)
  
• Either/Both - During the show's timeframe Billy uses his powers to break the forth wall in the vein of various tween shows and ends up talking to the alternate universe version of himself and/or his future boyfriend about his weird sitcom problems. They give heartwarming but terrible advice!
  
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