Fandom: Dragon Age

Fair warning that this section will contain Veilguard spoilers.

DA: Origins

Alistair/Zevran Arainai

I love these two dumb bastards. Zevran knows what he wants and Alistair has no idea what's even on offer and it's a delicious combination. Not to mention living in close proximity by necessity, traveling together, and the opportunities to save each others' lives.

Dragon Age 2

Fenris/Male Hawke

These two are literally the reason why I started playing the series. My wife was playing DA2 and showed me clips of her Hawke and Fenris and I had to play. I played DA2 first because of it. I've only played mage Hawke and I really enjoyed the idea of Fenris falling in love with Hawke in spite of his hatred of magic, but I'm open to any version of Hawke's class.

DA: Inquisition

Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus

Best side pairing. I love their flirting. Friends with benefits to lovers interpretations are encouraged. Leaning into the size kink and height difference is also encouraged.

DA: Veilguard

Notes on Rook:
If Rook is in a monogamous relationship, I prefer a Rook that's the same gender as the other half (i.e. a woman Rook for Neve, a man Rook for Lucanis), but I'm open to straight-presenting relationships or a non-binary Rook. I don't have any preferences in terms of Rook's class or race. My first Rook was an elven mage Veil Jumper (she/her, I was romancing Harding) and my second is an elven mage Crow (he/him, I'm romancing Lucanis).

Notes on the Harding or Davrin Endgame Choice:
This is the only major decision that I feel strongly enough about to mention. I loved this game, I really did, but I deeply resent that, as a player, I'm forced to choose one to send to their death. I even more resent that losing Davrin means losing Assan. I would love any and all fix-its, as well as fics that avoid that particular piece of canon altogether.

Neve Gallus/Bellara Lutare

I'm genuinely a little upset that this pairing doesn't happen if you romance Lucanis and therefore disrupt Neve/Lucanis. I love their relationship, the understanding between them, and the fact that Neve calls Bellara "Bell." I'd love to see the two of them working together more, Neve supporting Bellara with the Nadas Dirthalen, Bellara studying the mystery of Neve's study filled with wisps.

Neve Gallus/Lace Harding

I really liked the conversations between these two in the early game. They're both sweet and would do anything for the ones they love. I'm obsessed with the idea of a post-game where Lace takes Neve back home to her mother and they just get to breathe for a bit while Neve figures out what she wants to do now she can finally face the destruction of her own home in Minrathous.

Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare

These three. I just want to see them curled up on a couch by a fire, reading books and occasionally talking about them. Precious little nerds in love.

Lace Harding/Taash

I don't have a ton of thoughts on this ship because I romanced Lace and therefore only had a few glimpses of what her relationship could be like with Taash. The size difference, though. Legendary. Also similar vibes with a post-game where Lace takes them home to her mom. I also think they'd have a lot to bond over with Lace's ties to the Titans and Taash learning to balance their Rivaini and Qunari heritage.

Neve Gallus/Lace Harding/Bellara Lutare/Taash

Because why not? They would have so much to talk about and I feel like Neve, Lace, and Bellara could draw Taash into their book club, perhaps with some spicier volumes.

Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Rook

I'm only just started my "romance Lucanis" play-through so I haven't gotten to explore the dynamics of how the relationship works in canon yet, but it's all I could think about in my original play-through when Spite is leading Rook to Lucanis, or when the three of them are at the coffee shop in Treviso.

Lucanis Dellamorte/Spite/Emmrich Volkarin

Brought to you by the simple fact that Emmrich is one of the few that can see and hear Spite, even when he isn't in control.

Davrin/Lucanis Dellamorte

Classic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers. Also, I lost Davrin in my first play-through and Lucanis sitting at the fire saying that Davrin should be with him and Assan at their feet broke me.

Davrin/Lucanis/Neve/Harding/Bellara/Rook/Taash/Emmrich

The entire concept of the Lighthouse gave me a need for polycule family. I would adore, like, "Avengers Tower era MCU" vibes. Just the eight of them exploring the Lighthouse, building a home there, getting to know each other, and being domestic. More scenes around the kitchen table! More of Assan and Manfred, Davrin's wood-carving, Lucanis's cooking skills, Neve investigating the mystery of the wisps, Harding's plants, Bellara's books, Taash discovering themself, Emmrich naming himself the team's physician. I love them so much.

Rook/Solas

It feels like they laid the groundwork with Solas to be a romanceable character again and then decided to shy away from it at some point in the creative process. Probably because they didn't want to do the romance-betrayal arc a second time. I want to see it, though, and I'm also OBSESSED with the dimension that it could've given the endgame where you can convince Solas to give himself over to maintain the Veil.

Fandom: Pacific Rim

Fandom DNW: Canon from Pacific Rim Uprising. That movie was dead to me when they killed Mako. Any reference to Hermann's wife.

Raleigh Becket/Yancy Becket

They're two young men who share a room and literally share a brain when they pilot a Jaegar. I want to know more about that relationship and what it could've meant as they grew up. If either of them had thoughts or feelings about the other, there isn't any way they could've hidden them, not in the drift.

Raleigh Becket/Mako Mori

The OTP. I love Mako driving Raleigh to be better, and Raleigh throwing his whole heart into supporting her as his co-pilot. They barely know each other but they're on the same wave-length so quickly. He holds her after she chases the rabbit, even though she could've destroyed the base. The last shot of them sitting in the ocean, their foreheads pressed together.

Newton Geiszler/Hermann Gottlieb

These two are so good together. I live for their married couple bickering, but also when it counts they have each others' backs. In my recent rewatch, it really hit me that Hermann knows the risks of drifting, but he never once questions whether he'll be compatible with Newton. He just offers to help him drift with the kaiju.

Fandom: The Untamed

Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing

I thought about them together during the scenes when Wen Qing is treating Jiang Cheng after the destruction of his golden core and I've been consumed by it every since. They're two women powerful in their own way that would do anything to protect their younger brothers and there's something so poetic about that. They both deserve to have nothing bad happen to them ever. I'm open to basically any scenario, whether it's a slice of life fic that's canon compliant, canon divergence, or an entirely separate AU.

Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang

My hyperfixation. I wasn't really into it until Xue Yang was thinking about how he'd always wanted to eat candy every day after Xiao Xingchen's death and I shouted, "ARE THEY SAYING XIAO XINGCHEN IS THE CANDY?" I very much want Xue Yang to be subbing because he's a very bratty sub who needs to be taken down.

Feel free to embrace the more violent aspects of their relationship (within reason). Weapons play and bloodplay are both fair game. I'd also enjoy a softer side, Xiao Xingchen taking care of Xue Yang and giving him the gentle treatment that he's literally never experienced in his life. Song Lan can watch Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang or he can be an active participant.

Jin Ling | Jin Rulan/Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui

One of my favorite junior ships. I love Jin Ling, even if he's a brat, and I love the idea of Lan Sizhui being a stabilizing influence on him. It helps that Jin Ling is Wei Ying's nephew and Lan Sizhui is basically his son so I like to imagine they'll be spending a lot of time together, night hunts or not.

Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui/Ouyang Zizhen

Ouyang Zizhen is brave and sweet, which makes him feel like a good match for Lan Sizhui.

Lan Jingyi/Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui

Largely my junior ship of proximity. Both living in Cloud Recesses means they'd have a lot of opportunity to spend time together, even more than the others. Lan Jingyi is also one of the more boisterous, and is likely to be able to bring Lan Sizhui out of his shell.

Jin Ling | Jin Rulan/Lan Jingyi/Lan Yuan | Lan Sizhui/Ouyang Zizhen

All the juniors! This was inevitable when I started shipping Lan Sizhui with everyone else.

Fandom: Crossover

Caleb Widogast (Critical Role)/Thom of Trebond (Tortall)

I'm OBSESSED with the very idea of this. They're two powerful, young, and ambitious mages who want to prove themselves. I'm open to a setting in either world or an entirely separate AU. I just want Caleb "I'm going to develop time travel to save my parents" Widogast with Thom "Don't tell me I can't WAKE THE DEAD" of Trebond. I'm not sure if they'd temper each other or if they'd accidentally combine to destroy the world.

I've also become obsessed with the idea of Thom meeting Caleb and Essek. Like, who better to understand Essek betraying his kingdom for magical knowledge than someone who betrayed his kingdom for magical knowledge.

I'm open to a world that contains both the nations of Exandria and Tortall, just Exandria, just Tortall, or an entirely separate setting.

Elizabeth Swan (Pirates of the Caribbean)/Valkyrie (MCU)

My brain came up with this on a whim while I was thinking about female characters who carry the title of King and I imprinted on it almost immediately. The Pirate King and the King of Asgard. They'd be unstoppable.

Jester Lavorre (Critical Role)/Nina Zenik (Shadow & Bone)

I saw Jesper/Nina on Discord and read it as Jester/Nina and now here we are. The flirting between these two would be excruciating. I don't even know if I see them as romantic or simply sexual, but feel free to run with it. I'm fine with any setting for these pairings.

Inej Ghafa (Shadow & Bone)/Beauregard Lionett (Critical Role)

The Wraith and the monk who punches ghosts. I think these two would find a lot to respect in each other, particularly when it comes to past trauma and the things they had to do to survive away from their families.

Kaz Brekker (Shadow & Bone)/Caleb Widogast (Critical Role)

My original plan was to request these two as a platonic ship but I accidentally typed a slash instead and decided to just run with it. The trauma bonding.

Gray (Harvest Moon)/Sebastian (Stardew Valley)

I don't even really know how this happened. I've been thinking about Gray a lot lately (he was one of my favorite characters to romance playing More Friends of Mineral Town as a kid) and also playing a lot of Stardew Valley. Gray is a sweet boy working for his blacksmith grandfather who only wants his grandfather's approval and feels like he's never going to get it. Sebastian is a sweet boy who struggles to fit in the small town where he lives and dreams of the big city life, although once he has a reason to stay, he's quick to settle down. I think they would have a lot to bond over.

Veronica Mars (Veronica Mars)/Kirby Reed (Scream)

I was trying to think of someone for Kirby and my first thought was Veronica. Especially because Kirby becomes an FBI agent and RT's concept for season four before season three was cancelled was "The FBI Years." I love the idea of leaning into that, these two women who have both been through hell bonding as they try to prove themselves.

Alec Hardison (Leverage) & Riley Poole (National Treasure)

There isn't really anything deeper to this than the fact that they're both hackers and I think it would be fun to see them both interact, maybe even work together on a job that involves returning stolen art to its rightful nation or something along those lines.

Anya Forger (Spy x Family) & Unasaka Miri (Buddy Daddies)

These two would be chaos together, like even before getting into Anya's telepathic abilities. Case (of a sort) fics are encouraged.

Eddie Kaspbrak (It - Muschietti)/Richie Tozier (It - Muschietti)/Will Byers (Stranger Things)

I didn't like the thought of breaking up my Eddie/Richie OTP for Will, but thankfully I don't have to. I really like the idea of Will and Richie bonding over being hopelessly in love with their best friend, being closeted in the 80s, and Will introducing them both to D&D. Open to them being teenagers or adults for whatever scenario necessary to bring the three of them together.

Also, very much here for Joyce mothering Eddie and Richie.

Stanley Uris (It - Muschietti)/Will Byers (Stranger Things)

Mildly obsessed with this. Stanley and Will are both so sweet that the two of them together could give me cavities.

Rosa Diaz (B-99)/Sara Lance (Arrowverse)

Two of my favorite bisexual women and I'd love to see them meet. Perhaps Sara's business brings her to Brooklyn and her investigations intersect with a case of Rosa's. Perhaps they just meet in a bar one night.

Death of the Endless (The Sandman TV) & Verna (House of Usher)

As two immortal women, I feel like if they lived in the same universe their paths would have to intersect. Especially as Verna's deals often involve a great deal of death (and end...in death) so call it an occupational hazard that she'd run into Death from time to time. I'd also love to see them just hanging out at various points in time, or maybe Verna has to make deals with Death in order to ensure she's able to fulfill the terms of her own deals.

Neal Caffrey (White Collar)/Sophie Devereaux (Leverage)

Two extremely intelligent con artists. What could possibly go wrong? I'd love to see them working together or even at odds. Maybe they both go after the same mark. Maybe Sophie is chasing Neal because he stole something she wants, or maybe it's the other way around.

Fandom: Buddy Daddies

Kurusu Kazuki/Suwa Rei

Absolute sucker for "dangerous men accidentally adopt tiny daughter" stories. Also, the fact that Kazuki and Rei work so well together despite having very different styles and skill sets. Kazuki could've died trying to free Rei from his father's influence, and Rei really showed how far he was willing to go to protect his little family. I love them so much.

Also, I very much support any and all ideas that involve Rei getting a cat. I'm never going to get over him not being allowed to keep that cat.

Kurusu Kazuki/Suwa Rei & Unasaka Miri

Miri is also very important. She's their daughter and it breaks my heart that her mother just sent her off to her father without even making sure she'd be okay. I'd love to see any "missing moments" taking place between the end of the show and the epilogue. The domesticity. Rei and Kazuki teaching her how to ride a bike. The loss of her first tooth. Her going to school. Her first crush. Her first boyfriend (or girlfriend).

Fandom: Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon (Anime)

Fandom DNW: Seeds planted or organisms crawling beneath skin. 

Marcille Donato/Falin Touden

I've only watched the anime so no manga spoilers please. These two are hopeless lesbians and I want more of them. I'm into pre-canon relationships, alternate versions of The Bath, canon divergence, or alternate universes.

Laios Touden/Any Monster(s)

I don't normally go all in for monsterfucking with non-descript monsters but Laios was basically made for this. He's so fascinated with monsters, no matter how horrifying. He's one weird day away from fucking one and we all know it. Feel free to run wild. Tentacles, oviposition, xeno genitalia, sounding. Monsters that aren't quite sure what to do with human anatomy. Things I wouldn't normally ask for that I am absolutely asking for now.

Fandom: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar

I'm a sucker for the serious one/goofy one trope, but also I love that Xenk has faith in Edgin even when Edgin doesn't have faith in himself. I'd love to see more exploration on how they would get together and what roadblocks they'd run into when trying to make it work. I imagine there would be a lot of miscommunication, giving Edgin's tendency toward jokes and Xenk taking everything literally.

Edgin Darvis/Zia Darvis/Xenk Yendar

I put up a request for double penetration in Rare Kink Buffet and forsworn wrote this amazing fic that made me realize I've never even thought about this before. I love the idea of Edgin getting to have his wife but also his husband.

Doric/Wood Elf Prisoner

I maintain that it was a missed opportunity for Doric not to be a queer and also in love with the wood elf that she saves. I also hate that the wood elf doesn't have a name.

Fandom: Hades

Fandom DNW: Hades II spoilers. I have the early access but I haven't played through the full story available yet.

Thanatos/Zagreus

The personification of death and the son of Hades who can't die. It's poetic. This is the only romance I've done in-game because I love Thanatos too much. He's so awkward and he shouldn't love Zagreus but he does. He loves him so much.

Charon/Hermes

I love these two with all my heart. It's clear that they have some kind of relationship and I love the idea of Hermes visiting Charon whenever he comes down with a delivery to the underworld.