paleomnesis | Dear IPQ Writer,

I'm looking forward to whatever you create for me - I love all of these fandoms, both the new ones I requested and the previous ones I've had written for me in IPQs gone past! I am fine with any rating and level of consent.

Nightmare - Cornell Woolrich (Novella)

Cliff Dodge/Vincent Hardy (Nightmare - Woolrich)

I ship the hell out of Vince and Cliff and the way Cliff just softens towards Vince, keeping him from losing either his mind or his life. It's one of those stories that easily could have had one of the typical grim endings from Woolrich, but because Vince trusts Cliff, listens to him, and keeps trying to unravel the mystery, he's rewarded at the end with a gruff, but caring, detective who's willing to strip his clothes off to save him. I mean, sure, Cliff is married to his sister, but by the end, the only person Cliff has eyes for is Vince and he spends more time in Vince's bedroom than he does in his own. What I'm saying is that Cliff and Vince are adorable together even with the murders and I want more of them solving mysteries and falling in love.

DNWs: No animal harm, extreme underage (15+ fine), body fluids (blood is fine), permanent nominated character death (transformations/resurrections are fine). No focus on unrequested pairings involving nominated characters; Cliff is canonically married to Vince's sister so I'd prefer that either they had an amicable separation before Cliff and Vince get together or that they were never together at all.

Prompts:

Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting

Maybe Cliff never married Vince's sister, but he gets this case about a couple of murders and the more he investigates it, the more he thinks there's something awfully fishy about it. Or maybe they're together from the beginning so when Vince starts getting these nightmares, Cliff's right on top of it to protect him and catch the killer right away.

Case Fic - Character(s) Investigating A Mystery, Competence kink - A turned on by B using the skills/abilities A taught them

It would be fun to see Cliff and Vince on a case where Vince isn't the one that needs help. Maybe Cliff needs someone that's on the force to lend him an unofficial hand, or maybe it's Cliff himself who's in trouble and it's Vince that has to figure out how to get him out of the mess.

Catching injured character as they faint or lose balance, Hurt/Comfort – Nightmares, Mind Control Aftermath & Recovery, Protectiveness - pulling political strings to protect another character, sharing a bed for comfort (after injury/nightmare/etc)

Anything that deals with the aftermath of all the shit that Vince went through (and it was quite a bit) would be great. Even though Cliff says that he's going to be looking out for him, it's not going to be that simple and I'd love to see anything where Cliff realizes just how hard it's going to be for Vince to recover – and how much he wants to be a part of it.

Character thinks they aren't good enough for the object of their pining, Hanahaki that doesn't kill but is still inconvenient unless the feelings are reciprocated, Pining - Character reveals their feelings while not quite lucid (hurt/drunk/etc.), Pining over (presumed) straight character

Oh yes, give me all the angst here. I'd love anything where they're just both utterly pining for each other and competely unaware of it – maybe Vince thinks that Cliff could never trust him after what's happened or Cliff thinks that Vince can't forgive him for not believing in him at first. And then they pine so much they could make their own forest, at which point, something smacks some sense into them.

Characters don't believe in soulmates until it happens to them

I love it when soulmates are such a ridiculous concept that no one believe in until it happens and then they're like, well, shit, that does explain a lot.

Intimacy - casual touch with the one person who knows you better than anyone, Low-key Undramatic Relationships After Dramatic Lives and Relationships, One character shaves another's face with a straight razor, That Time of Night So Late It's Early Again (And the Liminal Conversations Had At This Hour)

I'd also love something just nice and calm after all the drama they went through. Vince and Cliff deserve nice things where they're not

Mind controlled character can still experience everything that is happening to them, Sex With Someone In An Altered State of Consciousness, That one scene from canon but make it sexier

I'm not going to lie – anything to do with the fact that Vince couldn't remember what we doing afterwards and the evil hypnotist was able to get him to do anything he wanted is like catnip to me. Maybe he does something where he's planning on taking advantage of Vince, since you know, waste not, want not, but Cliff manages to save him, only Vince can't break out of the suggestion unless he, well...

Casablanca

Rick Blaine/Victor Laszlo (Casablanca 1942)

One's a gruff, secretly noble guy who pretends not to give a damn, but has a history of very much giving a damn about doing the right thing,. The other's the embodiment of hope and truth, beloved by all to the point that even the villains respect him. Together they fight Nazis, most likely get turned on by each other's past heroism, and probably have their biggest quarrels over who gets to sacrifice themselves this time! I do really love the two of them together, so I'd love to see something where they get their own happy ending. Maybe it's set after the war is over with them still fighting the remnants of the Nazi regime by tracking down the ones that fled and bringing them to justice? Or maybe it's a divergence where Victor and Rick met from the beginning or neither hooked up with Elsa and now all the emotional baggage is shared between the two of them and their differing philosophies on the Resistance?

DNWs: No animal harm, extreme underage, scat/watersports, no focus on unrequested pairings involving nominated characters (mentions of past canon relationships are fine), no permanent nominated character death (transformations are fine). If you do include Ilsa in the story, please have her either never having hooked up with them, or having had an amicable break-up (please don't kill her off or make her into a villain.)

Prompts:

Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting

Maybe they met prior to the war when Rick was off doing his thing in the Spanish Civil War and Victor actually got to see Rick in action? Or Victor shows up in Casablanca on his own, trying to get out, and stumbles into Rick, who has no idea why the hero of the Resistance is in his club, but it's definitely going to get him into all sorts of trouble.

Alternate Universe - Star Wars Setting

Yeah, no, this one just slots in way too well if you think of Rick as some sort of cross between Han and Lando, and Victor as Leia (that totally makes Ilsa Luke and she enjoys every minute of it).

Characters don't believe in soulmates until it happens to them

Rick gets publicly, smashingly drunk when he realizes it and curses a storm until Sam drags him off to put him to bed, while Victor, carefully and thoughtfully nods, then quietly has a nervous breakdown over the possibility of having a soulmate sacrifice his life for him.

Hurt/Comfort During A Case/Mission, It's Rotten Work / Not If It's You, One character defending another character passionately and that other character overhearing them, Pining - Mutual admiration, Self-sacrificial badass forced to value own happiness, Stranded on a train with antagonists closing in, Thank god you're alive/we're alive! Sex, , Trust Kink, Untrusting Character Falls Asleep on/near Character They Never Intended to Trust

So that's a whole lot of tags to basically say, I'd love anything where the two of them work together on some sort of mission and realize just how awesome the other one is. Maybe they take turns saving each other's lives and it gets to a point where the other Resistance members are like, just send them both on the same mission because you know if you don't, the other one's just going to show up anyhow if anything goes wrong.

Looking Through Someone's Book Collection, Low-key Undramatic Relationships After Dramatic Lives and Relationships, Notes Left In Books, That moment after a long night where the bowtie is loose and the sleeves are rolled up, Thing character has built a large chunk of their life around comes to an end; finding a new path, Train Stations As a Blatant Metaphor for Life Transitions, Two tired people taking quiet comfort in each other

I'd love something post-canon also – how do you handle getting back to peacetime when so much of your life was devoted to a cause? Surprisingly, does Victor have more issues than Rick since Rick at least is used to getting out of it, however unconvincingly and briefly. I'd also be thrilled with something where maybe it's books that bring them together – whether it's sharing a similar interest in a novel or leaving notes in ones for the other to find.

Tagged characters are Hunger Games victors

Rick runs a bar in one of the Districts and occasionally sends Haymitch booze to keep him off from actually coming there and drinking him dry, while Victor runs missions out from District 13 and is easily one of the most wanted people in the Capitol. One day, Haymitch is like, hey, sending you a package, please take care of it for me for a few days, and fuck Rick's life, he guesses, because Victor's there and Rick's been dragged into the rebellion.

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Three Days of the Condor (1975)

G. Joubert/Joseph Turner (Three Days of the Condor (1975))

I'm kind of a sucker for these type of dynamics – suave, professional assassin hunting a less experienced, but more creative person on the run, who then meet face to face only to realize that they're not so different after all (even the non-assassin doesn't want to admit it). And Three Days of the Condor is just so great with this! I love Joubert, all classy and calm, growing to respect and possibly even root for Turner (that last speech he gives him is just perfect). Then there's Turner, outwitting everyone until the very end, rejecting Joubert's advice, but not his gun, because there's always that car and that day and both of them know it. I'd love to have something more with the two of them – we really don't get nearly enough in the movie with them together, which is such a shame.

Prompts:

"I had nowhere else to go.", Character thinks rescue has a price tag; discovers it doesn't, Hurt/Comfort - Character Treats Other Character's Injuries, Rescue - Saved by unexpected person when they thought no one would come

I'm definitely a sucker for the sort of story where the “villain” swoops in to rescue the hero, who's deeply suspicious of their motives, and is taken aback, when the “vllain” is like, oh, I just like you and I thought it would be a shame if you died.

Alternate Universe - John Wick (Movies) Setting

I'm fine with setting this in any time period – if you want to update Joubert and Turner to modern times and have Joubert and Winston have conversations on how delightful it is to have a favorite young man, I'd love that, but I'd also be amused by Joubert and Turner running into younger Winston and seeing how that would play out (please ignore the Continental TV series if you do so, I'm not really fond of what they did with canon there).

Alternate Universe – Noir

There's a lot that 70s paranoia thrillers share with noir – a protagonist on the run, morally ambiguous killers that alternately hunt and aid them, the best ending being where you get to see the wreckage of your former life and know well, at least you're still alive.

the careful aesthetic of a well-dressed dangerous man, Competence kink - A turned on by B using the skills/abilities A taught them, Getting Together With the Person You Were Hired to Kill, Highly competent characters are even better together, I am everything you hate but have you considered no one will ever understand you like I do, i can make him worse, Murder Lessons, Villain Convinces Hero to Join Them

Just so many different tags about what happens when the assassin that upended your life and nearly killed you ends up killing the guy that ordered him to kill you and giving you some thoughtful job advice. I'd love anything where Turner ends up taking him up on the offer, whether through desperation or the dawning realization that he's actually good at it, and

learning new languages, Notes Left In Books, That Time of Night So Late It's Early Again (And the Liminal Conversations Had At This Hour),. Train Stations As a Blatant Metaphor for Life Transitions

Ooh, symbolism. I will take any sort of meaningful conversations, foggy train tracks, and cryptic notes left in literature that you have to learn an entire new language for just to pick up the subtle implications left in them.

Vampires - Forced Vampire Turning (To Save Life), Vampires - Older Vampire Feeds Newborn Vampire

Vampires! I am a sucker for the sort of “I turned you to save you, so technically it's my responsibility to make sure you keep on living, until you're ready to accept that you actually make a pretty damn good vampire.”

야차 | Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022)

Han Ji Hoon/Ji Kang In (Yaksha: Ruthless Operations)

Once in a while, the Netflix algorithm gives you a gem and Yaksha: Ruthless Operations is one for sure. It's got one of my favorite dynamics to start off with. First, you've got a buttoned-up guy reluctantly entangled in a matter that tests him and forces him to open his eyes to the fact that things aren't always as black and white as they appear to be. Then you've got a cynical hardass leader of a team that thinks very little of the man who keeps getting in the way until he proves to have some hidden skills and then before you know it, Han Ji Hoon has traded in his suit for a leather jacket and Ji Kang In is saying things like “it has to be you” and calling him first at the end when he gets the team back together for another job. They're just so much fun together and really, if you want a hot older man to seduce your prosecutor/cop, Sol Kyung-gu (Kang In) is one of the best around.

Prompts:

Accidental Soulbond - Both are resistant to the idea but fall in love over time

You know they'd both hate it so much at first that it remind their team of two angry cats hissing at each other until one day, they both come into work, looking smug and pleased and everyone knows that they finally fucked.

Alternate Universe - Inception Fusion

Ji Hoon definitely got roped into it as the Tourist (minus the sugar daddy money), but it's okay because by the end, he's the one that's pulling Kang In out and saying deeply suggestive things about being together in the real world.

Character thinks rescue has a price tag; discovers it doesn't, Hurt/Comfort - Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting

Anything where Ji Hoon gets hurt and Kang In is deeply terrible at the technical part of the comfort, but aces the artistic portion, due to his creativity. Or maybe Ji Hoon gets kidnapped by one of the team's enemies, rescued, and expects a favor in return, only to have Kang In shrug it off and make a crack about paying it back with sex (he's joking, but he's also seriously hoping he'll be taken up on the offer.)

Characters argue their way into a confession of feelings (and do something about them), Clearly The Fact That We Keep Having Sex Is A Series of Unrelated Bad Decisions, Competence Kink - Character A Annoyed By How Hot They Find Character B's Competence, I Don't Regret The Drunken Sex (But I Do Regret The Property Damage), If I Must Solve A Dozen Geopolitical Problems Just To Have Sex With You Then I Will, when the necktie comes undone and sleeves get rolled up

I just want them to be terrible at courtship, just the worst at understanding each other's emotions while having deeply hot sex . That it's not the worst makes them Kang In and Ji Hoon even angrier at each other, which leads to even better sex, which pisses them off even more, and before you know it, something's on fire.

Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded, i can make him worse, I'm Doing This For Your Own Good And Also Getting Off On It, Mind Games as Show of Affection, on the run together, Possessiveness - ruining character's other relationships so they don't have anyone else, Spymaster using their resources to spy on the object of their affections

I'd love Kang In to just decide to make Ji Hoon his project because he realizes what he's been missing in his life – a nice prosecutor in a suit that he can just toy with until he shows up in a leather jacket and pushes him down, which was exactly step C of Kang In's plan (he doesn't really have much else in the plan, but it''s okay, because he can wing it from there).

Different First Meeting - one night stand before their first canon meeting

At some point, they slept together, probably drunk, and both decided to never think about it again until one day Ji Hoon shows up, recognizes the asshole that he slept with and almost decks him on the spot. Unfortunately, that's a turn on for Kang In.

A is a vampire; B hates vampires; B is secretly also a vampire

I'd love irritated vampire Ji Hoon who just dislikes being a vampire so much that he hides it while Kang In and his team flaunt their supernatural status and cause maximum chaos. Of course, Kang In figures out that Ji Hoon is a vampire and starts fucking with him, because it can't be healthy to repress yourself this way.

Outsider POV: Would You Two Just Fuck Already?

It doesn't matter if it's one of the team that thinks it, an enemy that's kidnapped either Kang In or Ji Hoon (or both), or even some random person they save, they're all thinking it within a few minutes of meeting the two.

The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023)

Arthur Pym/Verna (Fall of the House of Usher 2023)

The thing that made me really love this show was the scene between Arthur Pym and Verna. Just the way they connected, the quiet nature of it after so much Grand Guignol and gore. There's a line in a Vulture article about “a look of melancholic ecstasy” as Pym recognizes perhaps the only person who understands him. Coupled with Verna's own respect, perhaps even mournfulness, for a man who's done terrible things and knows the exact cost of it all and I just wanted hours of the two of them, sitting and talking. Alas, 'twas not meant to be, but I cherish what I got. I've gotten a couple of great stories, but I'd always love more of their relationship and their mutual recognition of each other as worthy opponents that understand far more than the ones making the deal. There's so much hinted at – the first meeting they had on the expedition has always fascinated me because what did they see in each other (cosmic horror in the ice is a terrific trope), but also what happens after their final meeting? There's so much we don't really know about Pym or Verna, and I'd love to explore more possible encounters they may have had.

DNWs: No on-screen animal harm (though references to off-screen hunting and trapping are fine), watersports/scat, extreme underage, focus on unrequested pairings involving nominated characters (mentions of past canon relationships are fine)), no permanent nominated character death (character transformation/resurrection is fine. Also no graphic depictions of sexual assault during the Transglobe Expedition (you don't need to gloss over it, just please don't dwell on it either).

Prompts:

Alternate Universe - Noir

It just strikes me as a canon that would do amazing as a noir – the fixer for the morally unscrupulous boss that's sent to silence some supposed blackmailing femme fatale, only to discover she's more than a match for him.

the careful aesthetic of a well-dressed dangerous man, Masked Ball As An Excuse for Inadvisable Sex

Give me all the clothing porn here (as well as any actual porn you'd like). And as for the former tag, well, I do think Carla Gugino looks damn good in a suit, so you can roll with that interpretation if you'd like.

Character resigned to loneliness finds unexpected intimacy with other(s),Conversations In Liminal Spaces On The Border Of One World And Another, Feeling your feelings in a quiet moment with a much older/immortal being

I do like a lot of the quieter moments in this show; they're a nice breather after all the Grand Guignol, so anything where they're just having some sort of conversation about time, or humanity, or just anything at all, would be lovely.

Competence Kink - You're great at murder and that's hot, Sincerely Murderous Murder Attempts Are Seen as Sexy. We're Soulmates; who cares about a little bit of murder or betrayal?

I feel it's canonical that Verna really appreciates a good murder attempt by a professional, and if that leads to something more, well, we all have our kinks.

Consensual Romantic Cannibalism, Gore - Aesthetically Inspired by Baroque Art of Tied-Up Martyrs and Classical Subjects Suffering, Pain as a Means of Communing with the Divine, Woundplay - the Exquisite Intimacy of Piercing Opening and Entering the Body Envelope

Just go nuts here – blood, gore, limbs getting chopped off. As per my DNWs, I would like the characters to stay “alive,” but that can totally mean immortal beings temporarily dying and coming right back to do it all over again.

Exploring Ancient Ruins in a Lovecraftian Alternate Dimension (Monsters Optional), Mindreading and shapeshifting during sex for partner's pleasure, Physical transformation into a monstrous and lovely being,

Feel free to lean into the weirder, eldritch aspects of it all – the time during the expedition is ripe for all sorts of “Weird Stories” potential, so if you have one of those you like, I'd love to see an interpretation as well!

Looking Through Someone's Book Collection, Notes Left In Books, Writing on Skin

You cannot go wrong with pretentious or florid literary references here, and while the show did hit all of Poe's Greatest Hits, I'm sure there's still some B-side material leftover. Or anything else in that genre – Stoker, Shelley, even some James for some good old Flanagan crossover references.

Stranded At A Science Outpost During A Blizzard

There's just so much to work with here, given the rich history of the trope, so I'd love something that really leans into all the best parts of this – the paranoia, the isolation, the fear that there's something out there not quite human and it knows way more than you do about how to survive.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

George/Martin Jerome (CBS Radio Mystery Theater

So this is a radio program from the 1970s about a man who discovers his wife has cheated on him and it breaks him. He speaks to no one for years, only venturing out to visit a cave once a year to have a vacation until one day, he discovers a young couple there and that's the final straw. Now I thought I knew where this might go, but I was not prepared for the attempted cannibalism nor the utter mindfuck of a relationship at the end between the older man and the younger one. I love that they have this weird non-verbal communication where Martin just shows up at the hospital and George just shrugs and thinks, yep, living with this complete stranger now for the rest of my life and goes off with him without a word. And I love that there's this weird fluctuating power dynamic between the two where Martin's the one that's looking to get help for George, while George seems perfectly content to just spend the rest of his life being a reminder to Martin of how genuinely fucked-up a person Martin is.

DNWs: No animal harm, extreme underage, body fluids (blood is fine), focus on unrequested pairings involving nominated characters (mentions of past canon relationships are fine), permanent nominated character death (transformations are fine).

Prompts:

"I had nowhere else to go.", ex-brainwashed character returns to their brainwasher b/c the world no longer makes sense w/o it, hurt/comfort - reversal of mindbreak, You Hurt Me More Than Anything; But Being Without You Hurts More

Oh, I'd love something where George does recover and Martin thinks, okay, well I've made up for the absolute devastation I inflicted upon him, only to realize to his horror that no, all he's done is sealed his fate

Altered States - Confessing Possessive Thoughts While Object of Them Is Unconscious, Alternate Universe - Dark/Unhealthy/Twisted Soulmate AU, Obsession - Character A gets revenge on someone who has hurt Character B, Obsessive Possessive and Codependent, the road to hell is paved with good intentions

This is the section I like to call “everything hurts and is terrible and we don't care because we have each other.” Maybe Martin starts out really meaning well, but finds that he's utterly shit at helping George out (which is perfectly fine by George because he's the one that's actually in control). Or a nice little fucked-up scenario where George leaves for a bit, making Martin both relieved and nervous until he returns, and there's blood under his nails, and a police officer at the door, politely asking Martin if he's talked to his ex-wife recently...

Character resigned to loneliness finds unexpected intimacy with other(s), Complicated relationships of love and loyalty and hurt and resentment, Notes Left In Books, Seeming fluff that's actually incredibly bittersweet due to surrounding circumstances, Touch Starved - Character Startled by How Good Being Touched Feels, Two Reticent Characters Travel Together

Or, you know, things are bad, but they work through them and realize that Martin can never make up for the hurt, but that George really doesn't need him to. He just needs him to realize that and stay with him. It's codependent still, but in a “maybe everything won't all catch on fire” kind of way.

Incest - only one character knows they're related and initiates a relationship anyway, Pseudo-Incest

If you want to go the related route (or just one where the age gap between them makes for some very fucked-up roleplay), I'm all for it. Maybe George knew once he saw who had done all that to him and decided that his revenge would be far more fucked-up, or maybe Martin realized once he did some research into George's background and you know, everything's gone to hell anyways, might as well take the express route.

Outsider POV - I don't understand this relationship but it weirdly works

What does the psychiatrist think of all this shit? Does he even know how to handle such a gigantic clusterfuck? Is he firmly convinced that it's a horrible idea for the two of them to be living together and that one of them is likely to kill the other, only to realize that somehow, from the outside, it's sweet (in an incredibly twisted way)?

Vampires - Older Vampire Feeds Newborn Vampire

Martin's still not entirely sure how George became a vampire (he barely remembers becoming one himself) but it's his responsibility now to take care of him.

Any Fandom I've Requested for IPQ Before [ERASED, Labyrinth, The Frankenstein Chronicles, OW, Devil May Cry, Dexter, Scanners, Vampires, Andor, House of the Dragon, Midnight Mass, Deus Ex]

Any Ship I've Requested for IPQ (AFIR4IPQ)

These are my three past sign-ups for IPQ:

2020 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/idproquo2020/user/psychomachia (Original Work, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Labyrinth, ERASED)

2022 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/Id_Pro_Quo_2022/user/psychomachia (Devil May Cry, Dexter, Scanners)

2023 - https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/Id_Pro_Quo_2023/user/psychomachia (Vampires, Andor, House of the Dragon, Midnight Mass, Deus Ex, Any Fandom I've Requested for IPQ Before)

There's been some fantastic things written for me in these fandoms but I've never stopped wanting more! I just keep adding to my freeform list and I'd be happy with any tag I've requested – new or old.

Prompts:

4am at Denny's After Doing Something Stupid

Okay, I know this prompt probably wouldn't work for all my fandoms, but you know, you could give it a shot for any of them. ModernAU!Daemon's definitely the sort to sulk at a Denny's, waiting for Viserys to pick him up, Vergil and Dante have been banned from Waffle House and the Denny's is their last shot, and there has to be space diners in Star Wars (look, Spaceballs wouldn't steer me wrong on that).

Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting

I love canon divergence and having people meet each other under different circumstances, so there's a broad range you can cover with this.

Alternate Universe - Noir

Noir it up! Is John Marlott a private dick that gets way in over his head? Is Darryl trying to recruit his brother into some shady family business? And take away the tech and Deus Ex is a noir, right down to everyone being totally shifty and untrustworthy.

Any freeform I've requested for this ship in IPQ

Yep, I mean it. Any tag I've used before, feel free to use again!

Character Surprised By Their Own Deep Loyalty Feels; Object Of Loyalty Even More Surprised. Loyalty kink - "my/your sword/gun/right hand", Praise Kink

Oh, this is so my cup of tea. In particular, I just love absolute assholes who will burn the world down but stop on a word from the person they're loyal too. And it's equally delicious when they're taken apart by a single word of praise.

Clearly The Fact That We Keep Having Sex Is A Series of Unrelated Bad Decisions, I Don't Regret The Drunken Sex (But I Do Regret The Property Damage)

There are so many characters this could apply to, and those that don't, well, give them some and tequila and we'll see if that changes.

Creating your moral code from scratch after the last one imploded, I'm Doing This For Your Own Good And Also Getting Off On It, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, Your past is your past but your future is MINE

I love it when one half of the ship is a morally ambiguous asshole that decides that they're into someone who's clearly a much better person than them and tries to get them more into the gray area, even as they're drawn, kicking and screaming, towards being a better person.

Following Your Boyfriend's Trail of Bodies, Gore - Aesthetically Inspired by Baroque Art of Tied-Up Martyrs and Classical Subjects Suffering, memories shared through blood, Woundplay - the Exquisite Intimacy of Piercing Opening and Entering the Body Envelope

There's a lot of canons I love where there's just bodies everywhere, so if you want to explore that avenue, I'm totally down for that. I just want the characters I've nominated to be “fine” at the end, though fine can have a lot of shading to it.

Hurt/Comfort - Technically awful attempts at comfort are actually very comforting

I think for all these pairings, one half of them would be the absolute worst at taking care of someone when they're sick, but ultimately, it would be fine. I mean, they weren't there to lay a cool hand on your brow, unless you count the one they brought back that they took from that guy that hurt you in the first place.

That Time of Night So Late It's Early Again (And the Liminal Conversations Had At This Hour)

I love late night conversations so much, especially ones that don't make sense in the light of day, but seemed absolutely revelatory at 4:30 a.m.

You Hurt Me More Than Anything; But Being Without You Hurts More

Angst and pain and betrayal just fed straight into me and I devour it happily and ask for more.