somethingdarker

What I want most is a story that you enjoyed writing. In many cases, I nominated and/or requested single characters. That's more aimed at not limiting you than at me not wanting those characters interacting with others. For / character interactions, I'll be as (and often more) happy with a G or a T rated interaction as with something E rated.

I'm more interested in character development and non-romantic plots, generally speaking, but don't mind romance and/or sex. If I've asked for an / pairing, I'm expecting it. For happy relationships, I prefer established relationships.

I'm usually good with most background pairings and with appearances by characters I didn't request but who fit the story. I will generally specify if there's a character or pairing I wish to avoid.

I would much prefer getting a story you loved writing that avoids my DNWs than something you didn't enjoy writing but think is exactly what I want. Exchanges are imperfect things.

In some cases, my DNWs include things I have written and/or things that would be okay under very specific circumstances. Those DNWs are simply because it's easier to detour around the field entirely than to define the exact route for avoiding the landmines.

Me not giving a specific prompt for a character or grouping that I requested does not mean I want them less. It means I got overwhelmed with all of the detail.

Generally speaking, I like::
Canon divergence.
Time travel fix-its.
Time loops with humor.
Unreliable narrators.
Two or more characters simultaneously trying to manipulate each other.
Divided loyalties.
Characters having inexplicably survived their tragic, canonical deaths.
Crossovers.
Established relationships with trust and good boundaries.
Worldbuilding, generally.
Worldbuilding that explores scaffolding/logistics in the background of canon.
Explorations of the dark implications that canon ignores.
Bisexual characters.
Genderqueer characters.
Poly characters and relationships.
Open ended stories.
5 things and variants.

Note: What I write is not necessarily consistent with what I like to read. I read a lot less porn than I write and am not necessarily interested in any particular kink, even when I've written it more than once. Gen is good. G, T, or M rated relationships are also good. I'm not saying no sex scenes or no explicit sex, more that such things aren't the point for me.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen
Tenten & Sai (DoS)
Aburame Chiyako & Gaara (DoS)
Akimichi Chouji & Nara Shikamaru & Yamanaka Ino (DoS)
Gaara & Kankurou & Temari (DoS)
Haku & Maito Gai & Momochi Zabuza & Rock Lee (DoS)

Haku & Momochi Zabuza (DoS)
Haku & Yoro & Shiku (DoS)
Haruno Sakura & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Haruno Sakura & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Inuzuka Kiba & Sai (DoS)

Inuzuka Tsume & Terumi Mei (DoS)
Maboroshi Kisuke & Morino Ibiki (DoS)
Mitarashi Anko & Sai (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Aburame Shino (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Gaara (DoS)

Nara Shikako & Hatake Kakashi (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Inuzuka Tsume (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Kankurou (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Mitarashi Anko (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Morino Ibiki (DoS)

Nara Shikako & Nara Shikamaru (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Sai (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Shiho (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Temari (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Tenten (DoS)

Nara Shikako & Uchiha Itachi (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Uchiha Sasuke (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Uchiha Uzume (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)

Nara Shikako & Yamanaka Ino (DoS)
Nara Shikako & Yamashiro Aoba (DoS)
Solo: Haruno Sakura (DoS)
Solo: Kankurou (DoS)
Solo: Nara Shikako (DoS)

Solo: Sai (DoS)
Solo: Shizune (DoS)
Solo: Temari (DoS)
Solo: Tenten (DoS)

Crack Treated Seriously
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Alternate Universe - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime
Family
How Danzo Finally Dies
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I like these characters singly and in combination. Please have fun writing them. I don't mind combinations or the presence of characters I didn't request or who weren't nominated.

I like character exploration and missing scenes. Time travel, future fics, divergences, fluff, introspection, all good.

Feel free to use my DoS and/or Naruto fics for recursive purposes if that appeals to you, but please don't feel obligated to (or even to think about doing it). Feel free to use other DoS stories from the permissions list for recursive purposes. I'm not sure which stories are there (and the list is long), but if it otherwise fits my likes and doesn't step on my DNWs, go for it.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Avatar: The Last Airbender
Iroh (Avatar) & Jiraiya (DoS)
Iroh (Avatar) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Iroh (Avatar) & Uchiha Itachi (DoS)
Jet (Avatar) & Sai (DoS)
Jet (Avatar) & Uchiha Sasuke (DoS)
Mai (Avatar) & Sai (DoS)
Mai (Avatar) & Tenten (DoS)
Uchiha Sasuke (DoS) & Zuko (Avatar)
Yamanaka Ino (DoS) & Toph Beifong (Avatar)
Zuko (Avatar) & ANBU Team Red (DoS)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

If you write Iroh and/or Shikako, I would welcome recursive of my story, "A Cup Filled with Listening," but feel free to ignore that story entirely, if you prefer.

I don't care which direction the crossover goes. The AtLA characters can end up in the DoS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. The DoS characters can end up in the AtLA universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. Both AtLA and DoS characters can end up in a third universe of some sort.

I don't need the mechanism explained or justified.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Babylon 5
Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Alfred Bester (Babylon 5) & Sai (DoS)
Delenn (Babylon 5) & Uchiha Itachi (DoS)
G'Kar (Babylon 5) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Hyuuga Neji (DoS) & Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)
Morino Ibiki (DoS) & Michael Garibaldi (Babylon 5)
Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5) & Sai (DoS)
Susan Ivanova (Babylon 5) & Tenten (DoS)
Vir Cotto (Babylon 5) & Hatake Kakashi (DoS)
Vir Cotto (Babylon 5) & Londo Mollari (Babylon 5) & Nara Shikako (DoS)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I don't care which direction the crossover goes. The B5 characters can end up in the DoS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. The DoS characters can end up in the B5 universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. Both B5 and DoS characters can end up in a third universe of some sort.

I don't need the mechanism explained or justified.

If Shikako's involved, she can have memories of watching Babylon 5 or of hearing of it, or she can be completely ignorant of the other universe.

Canon specific DNW: the Vorlons as unambiguously good or bad, the Shadows as unambiguously good or bad, the Psi Corps as unambiguously good or bad

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Aburame Shino (DoS) & Aburame Chiyako (DoS) & Hyuuga Hanabi (DoS) & Drusilla (BtVS)
Anya Jenkins (BtVS) & Sai (DoS) & Hyuuga Hinata (DoS)
Ethan Rayne (BtVS) & Morino Ibiki (DoS)
Faith Lehane (BtVS) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Faith Lehane (BtVS) & Nara Shikamaru (DoS)
Maito Gai (DoS) & Rupert Giles (BtVS)
Nara Shikako (DoS) & the Watchers' Council (BtVS)
Spike (BtVS) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Tara Maclay (BtVS) & Nara Yoshino (DoS)
Willow Rosenberg (BtVS) & Yamanaka Ino (DoS)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I don't care which direction the crossover goes. The BtVS characters can end up in the DoS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. The DoS characters can end up in the BtVS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. Both BtVS and DoS characters can end up in a third universe of some sort.

I don't need the mechanism explained or justified.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Labyrinth (1986)
Gaara (DoS) & Jareth (Labyrinth)
Hatake Kakashi (DoS) & Jareth (Labyrinth)
Hatake Kakashi (DoS) & the Junk Lady (Labyrinth)
Hoggle (Labyrinth) & Mitarashi Anko (DoS) & Haruno Sakura (DoS)
Hyuuga Hinata (DoS) & Hyuuga Neji (DoS) & Jareth (Labyrinth)
Jareth (Labyrinth) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Jareth (Labyrinth) & Nara Shikako (DoS) & Nara Shikamaru (DoS)
The Junk Lady (Labyrinth) & Uchiha Sasuke (DoS)
Ludo (Labyrinth) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Nara Shikako (DoS) & Sarah Williams (Labyrinth)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I strongly prefer having the DoS characters physically visit the Labyrinth. They can get there accidentally, take a mission there (retrieving someone or something completely different), be trying to rescue someone they've wished away, have gotten wished away themselves. Maybe running the Labyrinth is a challenge for getting a summoning contract or a rite of passage of some sort. Who knows? Whatever works for the story.

I think some of the DoS characters might have ended up in the Labyrinth while small if being wished away was possible. Gaara, Naruto, Hinata, and Kakashi all seem like candidates due to being unwanted/inconvenient at various times, and I could see Itachi trying to wish young Sasuke away as an alternative way to protect him.

I find all of the nominated character groups potentially fascinating, so please don't think I want any of them more or less than any of the others.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena
Hatake Kakashi (DoS) & Juri (Utena)
Himemiya Anthy (Utena) & Tenjou Utena (Utena) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Himemiya Anthy (Utena) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)
Mitarashi Anko (DoS) & Nanami (Utena)
Nara Shikako (DoS) & Ohtori Akio (Utena)
Ohtori Akio (Utena) & Orochimaru (DoS)
Red Team (DoS) & the Student Council (Utena)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I don't know whether or not Shikako would recognize Ohtori (and Ohtori would likely try to keep her from recognizing it), but I have a suspicion that, if she did, her reflex would be to take off and nuke it from orbit as the only way to be sure.

I would be interested in characters crossing in either direction or in having them meet in some third space. I suspect, though, that only Anthy and Akio would remember Ohtori clearly while away and the most DoS characters would have to struggle to remember who they are if they end up in Ohtori.

I can deal with the existence of Utena's canonical incest relationships and desires. I'd just prefer that none of them be shown as objectively beneficial for the characters involved and that there be no sex onscreen during the story.

I'm not enthusiastic about Juri/Shiori as an endgame relationship. Generally speaking, I don't think the two of them would be good for each other without them both having a decade or three to grow up apart from each other. I am, however, fine with the idea that they're together (or not) within the frame of whatever story you write.

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/The Librarians (TV 2014)
Cassandra Cillian (Librarians) & Sai (DoS)
Eve Baird (Librarians) & Inuzuka Tsume (DoS)
Eve Baird (Librarians) & Shizune (DoS) & Aburame Chiyako (DoS)
Ezekiel Jones (Librarians) & Maito Gai (DoS)
Ezekiel Jones (Librarians) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Jacob "Jake" Stone (Librarians) & Nara Shikaku (DoS)
Jenkins | Galahad (Librarians) & Gaara (DoS) & Haku (DoS)
Jenkins | Galahad (Librarians) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Jenkins | Galahad (Librarians) & Sai (DoS)
Nara Shikako (DoS) & the Librarians in Training (Librarians)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I don't care which direction the crossover goes. The Librarians characters can end up in the DoS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. The DoS characters can end up in the Librarians universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. Both Librarians and DoS characters can end up in a third universe of some sort. I'd be good, too, with the DoS characters ending up in some sort of artifact that is part of the Library.

I don't need the mechanism explained or justified.

Fandom specific DNW: Jenkins/Anyone, Flynn as a major character (he can be there but off screen; he can even speak a few lines)

Dreaming of Sunshine - Silver Queen/The Pretender (TV)
Aburame Shino (DoS) & Hyuuga Hinata (DoS) & Broots (Pretender)
Akimichi Chouji (DoS) & Nara Shikamaru (DoS) & Yamanaka Ino (DoS) & Mr. Lyle (Pretender)
Jarod (Pretender) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Jarod (Pretender) & Senju Tsunade (DoS)
Kyle (Pretender) & Nara Shikako (DoS)
Miss Parker (Pretender) & Debbie Broots (Pretender) & Aburame Chiyako (DoS) & Hyuuga Hanabi (DoS)
Miss Parker (Pretender) & Nara Shikako (DoS) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS) & Uchiha Sasuke (DoS)
Mitarashi Anko (DoS) & Miss Parker (Pretender)
Nara Shikako (DoS) & Miss Parker (Pretender)
Sydney (Pretender) & Uzumaki Naruto (DoS)

Crack Treated Seriously
Crossover - Both Universes Exist at Once
Crossover - Reincarnation
Crossover - The Many Gardens of Shikabane-hime Mechanics
Dimension Travel
Fix-It
POV Outsider
Time Loop
Time Travel
Worldbuilding
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Family
Innovative Or Domestic Applications For Ninja Skills
Politics
Mission fic/Casefic

I picked these groups with the idea that the characters could have fascinating conversations and that (at least some of them) might learn something from each other.

I don't care which direction the crossover goes. The Pretender characters can end up in the DoS universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. The DoS characters can end up in the Pretender universe, physically or via remembering reincarnation. Both Pretender and DoS characters can end up in a third universe of some sort or communicate in dreams or some such.

I don't need the mechanism explained or justified.

I could very easily see a person who remembers a past life and who doesn't hide it adequately attracting the attention of the Centre while still too young to defend themselves. I'd prefer not to have the darker aspects of that onscreen or in detail, but I'm okay with having references to that type of bad things happening since they're canonical.

I could also see some of these DoS characters attracting Centre attention if they crossed dimensions physically and didn't realize that the things they could do were unusual.

I'm agnostic on the subject of Jarod/Miss Parker. Pair them or don't, whatever.

Fandom specific DWN: book canon, any first name for Miss Parker, bashing Thomas Gates