Dear Trick or Treat Author

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Genre thoughts: I love both the fluffiest of fluff and the smuttiest of smut. I don’t expect to see both in the same fic, but if you can make it work, power to you. I have a complicated relationship with angst - it’s fine if there’s some there, but I prefer it conclude with a happy ending. Given that I have multiple fandoms that include teenagers, please make sure everyone is 18+ - and that it’s made clear in the fic - if there’s going to be any smut.

Character death thoughts: Permanently killing a main character is a big fat DNW for me. Referencing the death of a minor character is okay, as long as it’s not a primary plot point. Basically - fic opens at a funeral or passing reference to someone that died before the events of the story, okay. Minor character dying in the middle of the story, DNW. Temporary character death is okay, as long as the resurrection occurs at the end of the story. Fix-it option for anyone dead in canon.

Pregnancy/kid fics: Yes please. I adore all sorts of kid fics. I'm good with mpreg if you want to go that direction.

SFW DNWS (unless otherwise explicitly stated): on screen-death of any character, permanent death of a major character, angsty endings

NSFW DNWS: dub-con/non-con (unless otherwise explicitly stated), extreme kink, body fluids not meant to be involved in sex



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Jason Grant/Wayne Pascal
This was a show that I was perfectly content to watch and not engage any further and then Wayne appeared and I wanted to have them happen much sooner than it actually happened.  I'd love to see the complications of the relationship giving that Wayne is on house arrest and Jason is a cop, and presumably such a relationship would be frowned upon by the higher ups in the Philly PD.  Or maybe something a bit further in the future when Wayne is off of house arrest and they can be together publicly.

Chicago Med
Will Halstead
Will was one of my favorites and I've been dragging my feet on catching up because I know he leaves and I'm not ready for that.  For this I'd actually like to see a snippet set pre-canon when he was still living in New York.  When you change specialties, you need to re-do your residency, which explains why Will was a resident when the show started, even though he was part of a plastic surgery practice in New York, though it does seem like the writers forgot about that.  What happened in New York that he had to leave?  Or maybe something with Will in action in the OR.  Was he more on the cosmetic side of plastics or the reconstructive side?

ER
Peter Benton/John Carter
Taking Carter/Benton as a ship, I see happening post-series.  They’re both single, they’ve both through so much stuff, and things just evolved.  IIRC, the finale did make a passing reference to Cleo, but we’ll just pretend she’s been out of the picture for awhile.

Harry Potter
Neville Longbottom
I’d love to see anything post books for Neville.  You can follow canon or you can throw it out the window and make up your own stuff.  I adore Neville/Ginny and dabble with Percy/Neville, but I’m open to other ships if you’re so inclined.

Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
I’d love to see either a) something from their Hogwarts days/shortly after graduation that shows the beginning of their relationship. If you go this route, please end it before James & Lily are killed and Sirius gets sent to Azkaban. Or b) and everyone lives AU that has Sirius & Remus rebuilding their relationship after Sirius’s escape from prison. You can go with Sirius being properly exonerated or having to stay in hiding - just as long as no one dies.

Marvel Cinematic Universe
Carol Danvers
Carol is one of my favorites.  I’d love to see either a) more of her with Maria and Monica before she got her powers and was basically kidnapped by the Kree, b) what she was doing between Captain Marvel and Avengers Endgame, or c) what she’s been doing since Endgame.  As much as I love the characters involved, The Marvels is a bit of a hot mess, so I'd prefer pretending it just doesn't exist.

James "Bucky" Barnes
Bucky is one of the characters where I’m okay with things getting a little darker, given what canon has done to my poor baby. A few things that I’d love to see:
1) Something exploring the Winter Soldier’s time under Hydra’s control. We see glimpses of getting his memories back in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, so it would be interesting to see some other instances over the years where that happens.
2) Anything set between Captain America: The Winter Solider and Captain America: Civil War where Bucky is learning to be Bucky again.
3) More of Bucky in Wakanda.
4) Bucky learning to live without Steve after Avengers: Endgame.

Nick Fury
I'd love to see something in Fury's journey from merely SHIELD agent in Captain Marvel to SHIELD Director in The Avengers.

Sam Wilson
Two possible directions I’d love to see you go with Sam:
1) Something between losing Riley and his introduction in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. How did he end up working for the VA? How did he deal with his own PTSD?
2) Adjusting to being the new Captain America. (Before we get new canon that invalidates everything.)

Steve Rogers
I hate the end of Steve’s arc with a passion, so please don’t go there. Part of this arc in four different movies is “do stupid shit to save Bucky,” so he’s not going to up and leave Bucky behind, not even to be with Peggy. That is my hill that I’m willing to die on.
That being said, I’d love to see a deeper exploration of Steve’s mindset during the “do stupid shit to save Bucky” arcs. You can take it from a BFFs gen perspective or from a Stucky perspective.
A couple other options would be adjusting to life in the present day since that’s pretty well glossed over. Also Steve definitely has PTSD that I don’t think he’s dealing with at all, so something around that would be awesome too.

James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Stucky is one of my favorite ships and I don’t care what canon says, there is no way in hell that after everything Steve went through to save Bucky that he would just leave him behind to go and be with Peggy. A few ideas:
1) Steve and Bucky in the late 1930s/early 1940s before WWII and the US Army intervene. This could be a getting together or an established relationship fic, I’m not picky.
2) Sneaking around in a war zone to be intimate with each other. I’m fine with Peggy and/or Howard and/or the Commandos busting them as long as they’re fine with it and help them keep their secret.
3) 1940s everyone lives AU where they both go home after the war. How do they readjust to civilian life. How do they explain away the fact that Steve is twice the size he used to be?
4) Post-Winter Soldier AU where Sam and Steve find Bucky before the events of Civil War can ever happen.
5) Civil War AU where Tony already knew that Hydra had his parents killed because Steve wasn’t a fucking coward and therefore that epic Stucky vs. Tony fight does not happen. Tony helps hide them from the government and fix Bucky and Bucky doesn’t have to go into cryo and Steve and Bucky have lots of quality time together.
6) Endgame AU where Steve stays in 2023 and he and Bucky live happily ever after.

James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
I started playing around with this ship from the moment in Civil War where Sam wouldn’t move the seat up for Bucky. I’d love to see something that builds on/continues from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier where Sam & Bucky are learning how to work together without Steve there and it ultimately develops further. I’d also be good with an AU where Steve is still around and/or Infinity War & Endgame never happened.

Peter Parker & Tony Stark
I'd love to see moments of Tony being a father-figure with Peter in either an Infinity War never happens AU or a Tony survives Endgame AU.

Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
I’m open to canon-based fics where Steve and Tony do have to get past their initial antagonism and it becomes a slow burn into a relationship. I do see a lot of AU here depending on timeline - if they’re together before Civil War, that probably plays out a lot differently. And if they end up getting together between Civil War and Infinity War because Tony actually uses the cell phone Steve sent him, Infinity War/Endgame will look a lot different and maybe The Snap never happens at all. I don’t want to see any homewrecking, so I’d prefer that Tony was not with Pepper romantically before getting with Steve.
I’d also be happy with an AU where Howard was a much less shitty father and Steve gets found sooner and he and Tony start dating as Steve gets acclimated to the 1990s or early 2000s. Finding Steve any sooner means Tony would be too young - please don’t put them together until Tony can legally drink. Bonus points if the AU also has Howard still alive and he has to deal with his son’s boyfriend being someone that technically is his own age - according to the MCU wiki, Howard was born 11 months before Steve.

Perry Mason
Hamilton Burger
I’d love to see a deeper exploration of Ham as a gay man in a position of power in the 1930s, having to hide his sexual orientation in order to keep his career and livelihood.  The aftermath of being blackmailed over his sexuality in season 2 would also be interesting to explore.

I do ship Ham/Perry.

Perry Mason
I’d love to see something post-season 2 that explores Perry’s next steps after he gets out of jail.

I ship Ham/Perry, but I’m also fine with the canon love interest of his son’s teacher, or just keeping things gen.

Star Wars Original Trilogy
Han Solo
Empire Strikes Back takes place three years after A New Hope.  What is Han up to during that time?  He's on the side of the Rebellion, but given that Jabba still has a price on his head, he's obviously not on the straight and narrow.

Luke Skywalker/Han Solo
I’d love to see either stolen moments during the Original Trilogy or them figuring out the how to balance their relationship with their post-Rebellion lives.

Stargate Atlantis
Evan Lorne
Evan is by far my favorite secondary character.  I would love to see a deeper exploration of his backstory and his artistic side.

John Sheppard
I adore John to bits and would love to see his complexities explored.  Perhaps something pre-series relating to either the black mark on his record or his difficult relationship with his family.  I’d also take a story that’s basically just Atlantis continuing to react to him in new and different ways.  I’m not going to be picky.

Laura Cadman/Evan Lorne
This definitely falls under the guilty pleasure category because they barely had any screen time together.  I adore these two and would be happy with anything.  If you go the kid fic route, I’d love to see the struggle in the counter-balance between parenting and being in the military.

Rodney McKay & Jeannie Miller
I'd love to see more of those little siblings moments between them.  There weren't nearly enough of them and the fact that they're played by actually siblings makes it even better.

Rodney McKay/John Sheppard
While I’ve dabbled with other ships, especially for John, this is the very first ship I had for this show and I’ve been revisiting it as of late. Given that Rodney tends to be a bit oblivious to the fact that someone is into him, I’d love to see something with John convincing him that yes he’s into him. I’m fine with them having to date within the confines of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or a case where DADT is technically policy, but no one on Atlantis cares or pretending that policy never existed and bigotry isn’t an issue.

Stargate SG-1
Daniel Jackson/Jack O'Neill
SG-1 had already stopped airing  by the time I started watching, so I knew enough plot going in that by the midway point of season 1, I was already trying to decide how much time Daniel would need to get over Sha’re and get with Jack.  I’d love to see the evolution of their relationship to the point where they finally become lovers.  I’m fine with them having to date within the confines of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or a case where DADT is technically policy, but no one in the Stargate Program cares, or pretending that policy never existed and bigotry isn’t an issue.

Torchwood
Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
While this is one of my few canon ships, there is so much that we don’t get to see.  Fill in one of those gaps.  If you go the mpreg route with this pairing, please make sure Jack is the one pregnant, given Jack’s “at least I won’t get pregnant - never doing that again” line from the first episode.  At the beginning of Children of Earth when Jack yelled out "Ianto, we're having a baby," when he learned Gwen was pregnant, based on Ianto's facial expressions, he definitely totally thought Jack was pregnant at first.

I'd prefer either AUs where Children of Earth never happened or Children of Earth fix-its where Ianto never died or gets brought back somehow.