felinejumper | femslash after dark letter, 2019 (Reply)

hello, beloved assignee,

The first obligatory and extremely sincere disclaimer: I am already so stoked to consume the fanmedia you make for me; please run with whatever strikes your fancy, as far and as wide as you like. I am gonna like it, because of how I like girls, and because of how femslash is like...70% of my fanfiction motivation. It's going to be amazing, and I'm going to faint on my AO3 page when reveals happen, because of you. What fun!

This is mostly geared towards written fandom, because I haven't done art-avaible exchanges before, but screaming I would LOVE art for any of these fandoms, my fucking word.

Likes & DNWs

addition: I totally forgot that M or E could also mean dark as opposed to just smut; I prefer smut with a flavoring of dark, rather than the other way around, but this letter is predominantly written with smut in mind.

I like when my M or E ratings occur at cross purposes; when sex is a distraction from themselves, an emotional lure, a misguided attempt to accomplish emotional resolution. No need for the characters to know what they're trying to accomplish or acknowledge their desires, although I also very much enjoy some straight up manipulation. And I don't need anyone to get off, if those goals fail! I also like sex that hasn't happened yet, or was but won't be again, or occurs in the next room. I also really like queer mentorship, done badly or well. Basically, sex with narrative/competitive drive.

A more specific set of kinks, somewhat: voyeurism and denial (both of orgasms and emotional), sort've-dub-con-but-we're-all-happy-now,-aren't-we?-arcs, more-than-twosomes. I like fisting and nipple tweaking and giving head and strapons and gentle-yet-toppy touching and well-used sex toys of all sorts; I like when people manage to maintain a semblance of control over lust and convert it into raw focus on the other person's sensation. Obsession is good. Knives and similarly fear-inspiring is good. I like science and the particularly faux-objective scientific mindset.

DNW: entirely noncon scenes, gender-essentialist notions of womanhood, possessive-jealousy, monogamy-as-an-inherently-happy-ending. Kidfic, incest, stuffing kinks, A.B.O., world-changing AUs

Just remember, my real goal here is to have both of us have a really nice time thinking about adversarial women in bed/alleyways/couches/offices/tents/bars together.

Fandoms

Gentleman Jack Anne Lister/ladies, Anne Lister/Mariana Lawton

This show is basically designed to cater to me (I feel attacked constantly, by the opening sequence), but what I maybe love the most is Anne Lister, heartbroken rogue. The S1E1 breakup with Vere Hobart, for example: I would absolutely 1000000% die for their last time in bed together, with Hobart knowing it was their last time and Anne not. Or how Hobart came to that decision; what is she thinking the last time she has Anne's head between her legs? How long had she known? Similiarly, Mariana Lawton and her, returning to each other again and again; how does that work? When did they learn certain tricks together? Is their routine well worn; how has their jealousy flamed and muted over time? Re: everything I like above, there is so much potential in Anne Lister's exploits for girls lying to each other while kissing. I haven't read Anne's diaries proper, but if you wanted to do additional historical research, I would welcome it on bended knee and coronets of gold. I love footnotes.

Traitor Baru Cormorant Baru/Tain Hu

Baru/imagination is also great, as is Baru/OFC, or Tain Hu/OFC (I just didn't get my tag set in
I have finished Monster (or...will have...very soon), if you'd like to extend it to that canon as well.

On to the actual request: I'd prefer no fix its or big AUs, because I Love Crying A Lot. I'd love to see Tain Hu working out her Baru frustration on the women of Aurdwynn; I'd love to see Baru touching herself and thinking of Tain Hu, before or after the end of Traitor -- maybe when she's learning to ride. Horses, that is. Ahem. I'd love Tain Hu being terribly, painfully, nastily gentle to Baru, who doesn't think she deserves anything soft or nice. Give me Baru steaming with jealousy and failing to get off because she doesn't know how. WHEW I just LOVE THIS CANON SO MUCH, I can't believe I get to request femslash in it.

Original Work I listed a number of pairings, and only stopped because putting them in on AO3 was glitching for me; pick your favorite, I absolutely adore the original works I see in exchanges. I am partial to power dynamic-y tomfoolery, in general. It could be lots of teasing, and doors "accidentally" left open as another woman's little sighs drift out; minor abuses of power "for your own good". I love the idea of recurring scenes, of the growth (or failure) of a relationship through sex and intimacy. loosens collar. Anyway, that's. You know, whatever you like, please go to town!

AND REALLY, thank you, I am SO excited to see this; please please do not feel constrained by the scenarios I've mentioned. I love both canons mentioned a LOT and am very excited to see what your original work looks like; if you have something that is totally orthogonal to these, well...I did ask for adversarial, didn't I?