Id Pro Quo Letter

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Dear Id Pro Quo author/artist,

Thanks so much for creating for me! My ramblings/prompts below are just in case you wanted some inspiration and are basically an excuse for me to go on about what I love about the various pairings I’ve requested, so don’t feel obliged to read them if you’re not interested. I’m pretty easy to please and look forward to whatever you create!

General likes
Smut likes
DNWs

Petshop of Horrors
Crimson Peak
Thor (Movies)
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad
Supernatural

General likes:
- Angst, with or without a happy ending
- Snark and banter
- Missing scenes
- Canonverse AUs and canon divergences
- Non-mundane AUs (fantasy, SF, historical)
- Hurt/comfort
- Trauma recovery
- Crack premises treated seriously
- Quiet moments in among the drama of canon
- Complicated relationships: betrayal, manipulation, frenemies, friendships with emotional baggage
- Pining and denial
- Heroes being gradually seduced to the dark side
- Villains being gradually seduced to the light side
- Whump

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Smut likes:
- Casual/informal BDSM, especially characters being tied up with belts/scarves/whatever’s to hand
- Mutual noncon
- Comfort sex
- Having sex instead of talking about emotions
- Characters being pinned down in bed
- Characters being teased through their clothes
- Femdom


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DNWs:
- Pregnancy
- Kidfic (it’s fine if characters’ canon kids make an appearance; what I don’t want is fic mainly focused on parenting or on child characters being cute)
- Heavily ritualised, 24/7, or total power exchange BDSM
- Non-canon nicknames/pet names/titles
- Soulmates
- Male dom/female sub
- Mundane AUs (i.e. high school, coffee shop, etc.)
- Underage
- De-aging, ageplay, infantilism
- Degrading dirty talk
- Kinks involving bodily waste
- Stuffing/overfeeding/belly kink


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Petshop of Horrors:

Count D/Leon Orcot - Arguments leading to sex; Character A feels a mixture of love/hate/anger/confusion after Character B suddenly leaves them; Immortal Characters Having Continual Existential Crises; Just Because We Had Sex Doesn't Mean We Have To Admit To Feelings; Pining - Character fucks people who look like their crush (until they get together); Clothes kink - character A kinks on seeing character B in formal/traditional clothes; Pining - A interprets B’s internalized homophobia as lack of interest (before porny happy ending); Pining - Character A realises pining for B when they move away; Pining - metaphoric pigtail pulling to get the attention of the person you're pining for; Food kink and sexual feeding

This was baby’s first fandom, and I remain nostalgically delighted by anything to do with it. I love angsty fic that focuses on the fallout of the series ending, or on the problems inherent in a mortal/immortal relationship, and I also love fluffier fic that leans into the snarky banter and the general crackiness of the canon.

Anything themed around D’s love of sweets would be amazing! I also love Leon being fascinated by D’s elaborate outfits (…and how to get him out of them), or maybe they have to go to a fancy event for *handwavey plot reasons* and D insists on choosing Leon’s outfit? Denial, pining, continuing to push each other’s buttons even as they’re falling into bed… It’s all good.


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Crimson Peak:

Edith Cushing/Lucille Sharpe - Arguments leading to sex; A can never forgive B but tries to have a relationship with them anyway - it fails; character accidentally consenting to more than they can handle but unwilling to stop; Noncon - Victim is forced to enjoy it; Noncon - Victim is treated like a lover

Obviously, this is a pretty dark pairing, but their dynamic in the movie gave me shivers. I’d prefer to see it keep something of that threatening edge, whether you choose to go AU and have Lucille be the one who seduces Edith, or have something develop between them after Edith arrives at Crimson Peak. Maybe Lucille threatens to turn Thomas against Edith unless Edith submits to her? Or maybe Edith attempts to seduce Lucille in order to save herself and Thomas, but finds herself in over her head?


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Thor (Movies):

Loki/Thor - Amnesia - Affected person forgets the terrible things they've done; Arguments leading to sex; Bad Guys Made Them Do It; Bad Guys Think They Made Them Do It But Really Just Enabled Them; Aftermath of sex pollen; Alternate Universe – Witchcraft; alternate universe: angels and demons; Characters are forced to fight side by side in a gladiatorial arena; Characters Have The Important Conversation(s) They Never Got The Chance To Have In Canon; Characters have to choose between sex pollen and truth serum; Enemies - No one is allowed to kill you but me; Hanahaki disease; Made-Them-Do-It-Aftermath: Mutual Victims Each Sure the Other Must Hate Them Now (and Are Wrong); Pining codependent brothers think their relationship is normal till they meet actual normal brothers; Post-canon - characters slowly recover from trauma caused by canon

I love both their melodramatic rivalry in the earlier movies, and the relative equilibrium they seem to have found by the end of Ragnarok. Mutual noncon of the sex pollen/bad guys made them do it variety fascinates me for this pairing – I’d love to see the effect it has on their already complicated relationship, and there are endless opportunities for it to happen in canon. One of Loki’s spells goes wrong? The Ark stopped off at a random planet, and oops, turns out all the plants here secrete sex pollen? The Grandmaster made them do it?

Speaking of the Grandmaster, Loki being made to fight alongside Thor on Sakaar would be pretty amazing. Your choice as to whether or not there’s a sexy component to it.

I’d also love to see something post-Ragnarok, sans Thanos, or maybe something where Loki comes back in the Blip, and they finally get to be quiet together and maybe comfort each other after all they’ve been through, or where feelings develop and pining ensues.

I kind of love the idea of seeing them in AUs involving different kinds of mythology, too, hence the angels & demons and witchcraft tags. I’m still hoping one day someone will write the Supernatural AU of my heart… but really, I’d be up for anything that plays with fitting them into another kind of magic and myth.

Brunnhilde | Valkyrie/Loki/Thor (Thor Movies) - Arguments leading to sex; Characters are forced to fight side by side in a gladiatorial arena; Double Anal Penetration; Pegging; Post-canon - characters slowly recover from trauma caused by canon; Threesome

Wouldn’t say no to Val & one of the boys double-teaming the other, just saying.

More generally, I like the idea of Valkyrie deciding Thor and Loki are people she can safely sleep with without developing feelings for them, because they’re clearly so wrapped up in each other, so at first she’s just using them to blow off steam. Whether or not things stay that way might be another matter, of course. Maybe she’s eventually able to open up, because they’ve been through just as much crazy shit as she has? Or maybe not, and things get messy?


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Better Call Saul:

Jimmy McGill | Saul Goodman/Ignacio "Nacho" Varga, Jimmy McGill | Saul Goodman/Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul TV) - Arguments leading to sex; forced to work together; Injured bad guy showing up on good guy's doorstep saying "I didn't know where else to go"; Pegging; Competence kink - different skills complementing each other; Competence Kink - male character is in awe of female character's confidence/intelligence/etc; Competence Porn

I don’t normally expect to ship the canon het pairing, but Jimmy and Kim are surprisingly cute for such a devious couple! I’d love to see them admiring each other, whether in the courtroom or pulling something slightly more morally dubious. Sweet, sexy, or angsty, it’s all good.

Jimmy and Nacho together could be a really interesting dynamic, and I’d love to see more of it. Working together to get out of a tight spot? Or maybe Nacho manages to get away from Lalo by the skin of his teeth and shows up at Jimmy’s place? Competence kink would be great fun for this ship, too, whether that’s Nacho, being a man of few words, being fascinated by Jimmy’s ability to talk himself out of (and into) trouble, or Jimmy finding himself turned on by Nacho’s ability to keep his cool in scary situations.


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Breaking Bad:

Jesse Pinkman/Walter White - "I Hate You More Than Anything But Can't Live Without You"; "If you act like a child then I'll treat you like one"; Addict uses unsafe and inadvisable sex as a way to manage addiction; after worst day of A’s life A pretends to fall asleep on B to get tenderness without having to talk; Aftermath of sex pollen; Bad Guys Made Them Do It; Bad Guys Think They Made Them Do It But Really Just Enabled Them; A can never forgive B but tries to have a relationship with them anyway - it fails; character accidentally consenting to more than they can handle but unwilling to stop; Character seeks out rough sex as coping mechanism; Disturbing from an outside perspective but sweet to the people within the relationship; Dubcon/Non-Con - Character A submits to rough sex to soothe an angry Character B; improvised bondage; Masochistic sub asks for more pain than they really want; Possessiveness - ruining character's other relationships so they don't have anyone else; Praise Kink; A recognizes B was abusive but returns to them anyway; Subdrop; Unhealthy disaster relationship neither of them can quit

I am endlessly fascinated by this trainwreck! Jesse’s desperate desire for approval, the fact that Walt seems to genuinely care but not enough to stop manipulating him, the possessiveness, the way they act like they can’t stand each other half the time, but stubbornly refuse to give each other up – it’s so iddy it hurts. Generally I prefer fic that stays relatively true to the unhealthy canon dynamic to outright fluff, though I do enjoy an occasional moment of tenderness amid all the drama.

Most of the tags here really speak for themselves as prompts, I think. I love seeing what happens to already messy relationships in a mutual noncon-type scenario (“Oops, we accidentally made sex pollen in the lab!” or bad guys made them do it), or when they add some badly-negotiated BDSM to the mix. I also love more canon-typical moments of angst, based around Jesse’s addiction or the generally messed-up nature of their relationship.

Todd Alquist & Jesse Pinkman, Todd Alquist/Jesse Pinkman – Hallucinations; Lima Syndrome - With a Captive Who Hates Their Guts; Noncon - Character Kills Their Rapist; Noncon - Submission extorted by threats to a loved one; Noncon - Victim is treated like a lover; Whump – Torture; Villain backstory

Compound fic is an excellent source of whump, and Todd’s almost-friendliness towards Jesse while he’s being held captive is so creepy. If you whump/non-con is your thing, go wild! Alternatively (or additionally), I’d love to see Todd attempting to bond with Jesse by sharing stories from his childhood, not realising how disturbing they are, while Jesse just goes “WTF, that is so messed up.”

Brandon "Badger" Mayhew & Jesse Pinkman & Skinny Pete, Jane Margolis/Jesse Pinkman - Addiction recovery; Character Ignores Their Trauma; Their Friends Try to Help After They Can No Longer Deny It; Character tries to hide their problems but friends are determined to help; Character who isn't used to being protected gets protected; Characters acquire pet rats; Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic; Characters Team Up To Investigate Something Paranormal/Supernatural; Drawing & Painting; Finding Someone Sleeping and Putting a Blanket or Coat Over Them; getting high together; Hurt/Comfort: Awkward Comfort

I loved what we saw of Jesse, Badger and Skinny Pete’s friendship in El Camino, and I’d love to see some other moments of the three of them during the series timeline. Maybe a missing scene where Jesse tells them some of what happened to him while he was missing? Maybe during Jesse’s depressed party animal phase, they realise something’s very wrong with him and stick around after the party ends to low-key hang out and keep an eye on him while he comes down? Or maybe they all try to get clean together and attempt to help each other out (whether they succeed or fail is up to you)?

I also loved Jane, and I’d love to see more of her and Jesse (or even her getting to know his friends). The two of them drawing or painting together would be amazing, and I kind of love the idea of them adopting a pet rat.

More of a crack prompt, maybe, but I love the idea of any of the above characters seeing something paranormal. Of course, nobody believes a bunch of drug addicts, so do they decide to go and look for proof?

Also, either Jane or his friends standing up for Jesse and telling Walt to fuck off would be amazing.


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Supernatural:
Alicia Banes/Max Banes/Sam Winchester, Max Banes/Sam Winchester, Rowena MacLeod/Sam Winchester - Character's superpowers are killing them; Comfort Sex: A and B comfort grieving C; Comfort Sex: A comforts grieving B; Ritual Sex Magic; A seduces/romances B meaning to betray them but catches feelings; Something Made Them Do It - Lust Potion/Spell

I’ll always be sad we didn’t get more witch!Sam on the show, and I love seeing him with other magic-users. Sex magic seems like an obvious choice here – or maybe magic goes wrong and causes sex. I’d also love to see some post-canon fic where Sam gets comforted by Rowena or Max, both of whom know how it feels to lose your family. Or something a bit messier where Sam encounters Max and Alicia again after Dean’s death, and has complicated feelings about their whole deal (but not too complicated to sleep with them, lbr).

An AU where Sam still has powers and seeks magical help to deal with them would also be amazing.
I loved Rowena back in her antagonist days just as much as I love her post-redemption, so the idea of her seducing Sam for nefarious purposes makes me smile. Or Max or both twins trying out their seduction skills as a distraction from… something (maybe a disagreement about a case?) but catching feelings in the process.

Benny Lafitte/Dean Winchester - Aftermath of sex pollen; Character who isn't used to being protected gets protected; Alternate Universe – Pirates; Human feeding vampire own blood escalates from drawing blood to biting to biting while fucking; Hurt/Comfort - Character doesn't care about own well-being; Hurt/Comfort - Character is weak and fatigued but doesn't slow down because they're "just tired"; Resurrection - Fought a way out of afterlife for loved one's sake; Resurrection - One character rescues the other from the underworld/afterlife; Sex Pollen - Only One Person Affected; Sex pollen - pining victims each think the other is horrified but eventually work things out later; Sex Pollen - reveals mutual feelings; Vampire needs to drink blood to heal; Vampires - human character gets off on being bitten

I loved Benny and Dean’s friendship with him SO MUCH. I’d love to see feelings developing while in Purgatory. Maybe the first time Benny puts himself at risk to save Dean, or persuades Dean to slow down and look after himself, and Dean realises he’s more than just a ticket out to Benny. Or one of the native plants in Purgatory turns out to have sex pollen effects on humans. I love blood drinking – the sexy type or the angsty type (or both). Dean getting Benny out of Purgatory, or Benny finding a way out to be there when Dean’s in trouble and needs a friend, would be awesome. And, of course, we never actually got to see vampirate!Benny on the show, which is a crime. So, pirate AU!

Thanks for reading my ramblings, lovely creator! I hope you have a good time with whatever you decide to create, and I’m sure I’ll love it. ♥


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