Rare Pair 2025 Letter
Aug. 16th, 2025 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
artemisdartDear fellow Rare Pair connoisseur,
I'm excited to create fics for some underserved pairings. I can't wait to see what you'll come up with. Above all, I hope you'll have fun with it and write what inspires you! :)
Here's a lot more information about --
My Likes
I'm hoping for fics that are based in canon, rather than alternate AUs. But feel free to riff on canon -- changing major events, etc., is fine. I'm just hoping to avoid totally alternate AUs like coffee shop, tattoo parlor, high school, at least for this exchange!
In general, I like smut -- I really like smut, in fact! -- so I would appreciate it if you could include Explicit or at least Mature scenes, if possible. See below for my sex & kink likes and dislikes! However, if you really really don't want to write any sex, then don't force yourself to do it! I can get by with "just" kink, or "just" characters doing other things that are not sex or kink!
(but I really do like smut, just to be clear)
I also like plot that explains why the sex is happening. That could include things like heists, duels, chases, brawls, masquerade balls, deadly traps, etc. Even if you don't want to write scenes like that, simply including a few internal monologues / character studies from one or both leads would help explain to me WHY they're getting it on. :)
My NSFW Likes
For sex scenes, if you choose to include any, I am a big fan of most things! I like both tender and poetic descriptions, and unrestrained nasty smut with fluids all over the place! You could say my tastes are wide-ranging.
I enjoy both realistic and unrealistic sex. Realistic -- sex where people don't get hard, where it doesn't work, where someone isn't super "big," where there are funny sounds or sex accidents, where people don't orgasm at the same time, or at all, etc.! Unrealistic -- xeno elements, Force nonsense, multiple orgasms with people whose bodies you don't know well, multiple male orgasms without training yourself to do that, etc.!
Dubious consent is a big favorite of mine -- sex pollen, "bad guys made them do it," mistaken / hidden identity, identity reveal, sex under duress, sex for political reasons, basically whatever you can dream up!
Here are some kinks I'm into, but please feel free to write what your fancy inspires.
Aftercare, Anal fingering, Anal fisting, Anal sex, Anonymous sex, BDSM parties, Beatings, Bondage, Bukkake, Butt plugs, Cages, Caring Dom, Chastity devices, Clothed person / naked person, Cock cages, Cock rings, Claws, Creampie, Dildos, Drunk sex, Dry orgasms, D/s, Electric play, Exhibitionism, Femdom, Figging, Flogging, Frottage, Garter belts, Glory hole, Group sex, Handcuffs, Hate sex, Hair bondage, Humiliation, Hypnosis, Ice play, Improvised sex toys, Kneeling, Light D/s, Lingerie, Loyalty kink, Masks, Medical kink, Multiple orgasms, Multiple partners, Multiple penetration, Needles, Nipple play, Obedience, Orgasm control, Orgasm delay/denial, Overstimulation, Paddling, Panty sniffing, Power differences, Praise kink, Predicament bondage, Public masturbation, Public sex, Public sex with an audience, Public sex with an audience that's giving their ratings in real time, Public use, Remote controlled vibrators, Restraints, Riding crops, Rimming, Rope bondage, Safewords, Safeword use, Safewords being respected, Safewords NOT being respected, Saran wrap bondage, Sensory deprivation, Sex swing, Sex toys, Shower sex, Slapping, Sounding, Spanking, Spreader bars, Stocks, Submission, Sybian, Tantric sex, Temperature play, Vaginal fingering, Vaginal fisting, Vaginal sex, Verbal humiliation, Vibrators, Voyeurism
My Do Not Wants
Sex where one person hates it the whole time. They can start out hating it, but they should be enjoying themselves at some point, even if only physically. They don't necessarily need to orgasm though (although I do like that)
Major character death within the requested pairing (unless you bring them back alive and well. I don't count being raised as a vampire, or being turned into a ghost, as 'bringing them back.')
Permanent physical or mental illness or injury happening to the character in the story. Note that it's fine if someone is already permanently injured at the start of things
Permanent body changes such as losing a limb, becoming a cyborg, having your body parts altered, etc. happening in the story -- I want to avoid reading about situations where someone's body is irreparably altered against their will or in a way that's not to their benefit
Urethral stretching, anything unrealistic to do with the cervix
Incest
Poop, vomit, bestiality, children, making someone wet themselves and mocking them for it
Stuffing / feeding / making your partner fat on purpose / dirty talk about any of that
Losing a pregnancy (mentions of previous miscarriages would be fine. I just don't want to experience it vicariously)
Unrequested trans headcanons
"Littles" / age-play / age reversion
Mommy / Daddy / child kink or roleplay
Soulmates / soul bonds, Hanahaki disease
Coffee shop, flower shop, tattoo artist AUs, etc.
My Thoughts on Ships I Requested
Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Haruno Sakura/Karin -- I think these two have a lot more in common with each other than both having crushed on Sasuke for years. They're actually quite complementary as characters, and I think the two of them should fuck about it. :)
Cotillion - Georgette Heyer
Kitty Charing/Freddy Standen -- I was raised on my mother's collection of Georgette Heyer novels, and I recall Cotillion being a charming bit of fluff, with so much fun and humor packed into the pages. I still have the novel, and I might very well reread it in my copious spare time before this challenge resolves, haha! I'm thrilled that people are still requesting and writing fics for Heyer's work, which has been so formative in my life.
Vicky Bliss - Elizabeth Peters
Vicky Bliss/John Tregarth -- I have to be honest; it's been yeeeeeaaaaarrrrs since I've read any Vicky Bliss. If I recall correctly, she and John are cousins, which was probably more okay 'back in the day' than it is now. (I don't count cousin relationships as incest.) I'd be so interested in returning to this world and seeing what you might have in store for these two!
Miraculous Ladybug
Emilie Agreste/Gabriel Agreste/Nathalie Sancoeur -- To me, these three were clearly a trio that shared complex and interwoven ties of longing, loyalty, and love. It's all so tragic -- Nathalie loving both Emilie and Gabriel and ruining her life for them, Gabriel being so obsessed with Emilie that he was unable to move on... the angst, the pain, the smokin'-hot threesome sex! Ahem, or so I assume.
The Expanse (TV)
Amos Burton/Praxidike Meng -- Here are two very different men, but maybe that's what attracts them. I can see lots of room for built-in conflict and drama. Maybe Amos doesn't want to ruin Prax's life with his dysfunction and mess. Maybe Prax assumes that Amos is out of his league. Maybe Prax sees Amos going off to have sex with a woman, and assumes he's straight. Maybe Amos assumes that Prax is straight, because he was married and had a daughter. (In my headcanon they are both bi) Maybe they had an ill-advised booty call during the stress of tracking down Prax's daughter, and then there are Residual Feelings.
Chrisjen Avasarala/Bobbie Draper -- I love strong, attractive, repressed characters pining for their authority figures, so this pairing is par for the course for me. Maybe Crisjen wants to blow off steam with her attractive bodyguard sometimes, and Bobbie wants it to be more. Maybe Bobbie sees how the burdens of Crisjen's position, and all the stress that comes with it, are weighing on her physically, and offers to give her a tender backrub that can lead to Things Happening! Maybe we're back during Season One and they're at odds over Bobbie's testimony. So many things could happen!
Chrisjen Avasarala/Amos Burton/Bobbie Draper -- The same as the previous ship, but with an attractive, deadly, completely emotionally repressed man who probably just wants to be told what to do, and then praised for doing a good job.
Murderbot (TV)
Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot -- It stuns me that this pairing still qualifies as "rare," and I assume that it won't be true much longer, considering the true explosion of Murderathin fics that have been happening in the wake of the season finale. These two have so much in common and so many points of potential conflict, attraction, and sympathy with each other, and I'm fascinated by all the different directions people are taking it in fiction.
Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot/Dr. Ratthi -- Let's add Ratthi to the mix, because he's hilarious! I think he could really serve as a foil to the two Serious Wet Cat Characters who are busy eye/hate-fucking each other, haha.
GrayCris Blue Leader/Dr. Gurathin -- No one has written this yet. I was picturing a Non-Con / dubcon encounter involving blackmail or extortion, with maybe a happy ending rescue from our favorite SecUnit?
GrayCris Blue Leader/Murderbot -- The same as above, only with a happy ending rescue from our favorite augmented ex-Corporate spy?
Murderbot/Dr. Ratthi -- To be honest, I can only see this if some sort of sex pollen or deadly computer virus is involved and it's Fuck or Die. But hey, I'd be there for that.
Please use it/its pronouns for Murderbot.
Sense8 (TV)
Hernando Fuentes/Lito Rodriguez/Daniela Velasquez -- Canon relationship(s) are rarely as hot as this one. I couldn't look away from the screen when these three were gracing us with their raw sensuality. I'm still so sad about losing Sense8 and I want more!!!
Sun Bak/Kwon-Ho Mun -- This ship was barely getting started when the show had to end. I loved the way these two were starting to orbit each other more closely, and I feel cheated that I never got to see it play out.
Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal -- One of the other canon trios from this show. No one can deny how hot Wolfgang and Kala are together, so that's a natural ship, but I found myself sympathizing with and mentally cheering on poor Rajan. He's not in the octet; he only knows what the others tell him. Honestly, I think it would take someone incredibly strong and self-assured to hold his own in a trio where the other two are literally mind-melding with each other, not only during sex but just during day-to-day life. Is Rajan okay? Can his partners make sure he's okay?
Thanks again for whatever you create. I look forward to receiving and to giving! :)
I'm excited to create fics for some underserved pairings. I can't wait to see what you'll come up with. Above all, I hope you'll have fun with it and write what inspires you! :)
Here's a lot more information about --
My Likes
I'm hoping for fics that are based in canon, rather than alternate AUs. But feel free to riff on canon -- changing major events, etc., is fine. I'm just hoping to avoid totally alternate AUs like coffee shop, tattoo parlor, high school, at least for this exchange!
In general, I like smut -- I really like smut, in fact! -- so I would appreciate it if you could include Explicit or at least Mature scenes, if possible. See below for my sex & kink likes and dislikes! However, if you really really don't want to write any sex, then don't force yourself to do it! I can get by with "just" kink, or "just" characters doing other things that are not sex or kink!
(but I really do like smut, just to be clear)
I also like plot that explains why the sex is happening. That could include things like heists, duels, chases, brawls, masquerade balls, deadly traps, etc. Even if you don't want to write scenes like that, simply including a few internal monologues / character studies from one or both leads would help explain to me WHY they're getting it on. :)
My NSFW Likes
For sex scenes, if you choose to include any, I am a big fan of most things! I like both tender and poetic descriptions, and unrestrained nasty smut with fluids all over the place! You could say my tastes are wide-ranging.
I enjoy both realistic and unrealistic sex. Realistic -- sex where people don't get hard, where it doesn't work, where someone isn't super "big," where there are funny sounds or sex accidents, where people don't orgasm at the same time, or at all, etc.! Unrealistic -- xeno elements, Force nonsense, multiple orgasms with people whose bodies you don't know well, multiple male orgasms without training yourself to do that, etc.!
Dubious consent is a big favorite of mine -- sex pollen, "bad guys made them do it," mistaken / hidden identity, identity reveal, sex under duress, sex for political reasons, basically whatever you can dream up!
Here are some kinks I'm into, but please feel free to write what your fancy inspires.
Aftercare, Anal fingering, Anal fisting, Anal sex, Anonymous sex, BDSM parties, Beatings, Bondage, Bukkake, Butt plugs, Cages, Caring Dom, Chastity devices, Clothed person / naked person, Cock cages, Cock rings, Claws, Creampie, Dildos, Drunk sex, Dry orgasms, D/s, Electric play, Exhibitionism, Femdom, Figging, Flogging, Frottage, Garter belts, Glory hole, Group sex, Handcuffs, Hate sex, Hair bondage, Humiliation, Hypnosis, Ice play, Improvised sex toys, Kneeling, Light D/s, Lingerie, Loyalty kink, Masks, Medical kink, Multiple orgasms, Multiple partners, Multiple penetration, Needles, Nipple play, Obedience, Orgasm control, Orgasm delay/denial, Overstimulation, Paddling, Panty sniffing, Power differences, Praise kink, Predicament bondage, Public masturbation, Public sex, Public sex with an audience, Public sex with an audience that's giving their ratings in real time, Public use, Remote controlled vibrators, Restraints, Riding crops, Rimming, Rope bondage, Safewords, Safeword use, Safewords being respected, Safewords NOT being respected, Saran wrap bondage, Sensory deprivation, Sex swing, Sex toys, Shower sex, Slapping, Sounding, Spanking, Spreader bars, Stocks, Submission, Sybian, Tantric sex, Temperature play, Vaginal fingering, Vaginal fisting, Vaginal sex, Verbal humiliation, Vibrators, Voyeurism
My Do Not Wants
Sex where one person hates it the whole time. They can start out hating it, but they should be enjoying themselves at some point, even if only physically. They don't necessarily need to orgasm though (although I do like that)
Major character death within the requested pairing (unless you bring them back alive and well. I don't count being raised as a vampire, or being turned into a ghost, as 'bringing them back.')
Permanent physical or mental illness or injury happening to the character in the story. Note that it's fine if someone is already permanently injured at the start of things
Permanent body changes such as losing a limb, becoming a cyborg, having your body parts altered, etc. happening in the story -- I want to avoid reading about situations where someone's body is irreparably altered against their will or in a way that's not to their benefit
Urethral stretching, anything unrealistic to do with the cervix
Incest
Poop, vomit, bestiality, children, making someone wet themselves and mocking them for it
Stuffing / feeding / making your partner fat on purpose / dirty talk about any of that
Losing a pregnancy (mentions of previous miscarriages would be fine. I just don't want to experience it vicariously)
Unrequested trans headcanons
"Littles" / age-play / age reversion
Mommy / Daddy / child kink or roleplay
Soulmates / soul bonds, Hanahaki disease
Coffee shop, flower shop, tattoo artist AUs, etc.
My Thoughts on Ships I Requested
Naruto (Anime & Manga)
Haruno Sakura/Karin -- I think these two have a lot more in common with each other than both having crushed on Sasuke for years. They're actually quite complementary as characters, and I think the two of them should fuck about it. :)
Cotillion - Georgette Heyer
Kitty Charing/Freddy Standen -- I was raised on my mother's collection of Georgette Heyer novels, and I recall Cotillion being a charming bit of fluff, with so much fun and humor packed into the pages. I still have the novel, and I might very well reread it in my copious spare time before this challenge resolves, haha! I'm thrilled that people are still requesting and writing fics for Heyer's work, which has been so formative in my life.
Vicky Bliss - Elizabeth Peters
Vicky Bliss/John Tregarth -- I have to be honest; it's been yeeeeeaaaaarrrrs since I've read any Vicky Bliss. If I recall correctly, she and John are cousins, which was probably more okay 'back in the day' than it is now. (I don't count cousin relationships as incest.) I'd be so interested in returning to this world and seeing what you might have in store for these two!
Miraculous Ladybug
Emilie Agreste/Gabriel Agreste/Nathalie Sancoeur -- To me, these three were clearly a trio that shared complex and interwoven ties of longing, loyalty, and love. It's all so tragic -- Nathalie loving both Emilie and Gabriel and ruining her life for them, Gabriel being so obsessed with Emilie that he was unable to move on... the angst, the pain, the smokin'-hot threesome sex! Ahem, or so I assume.
The Expanse (TV)
Amos Burton/Praxidike Meng -- Here are two very different men, but maybe that's what attracts them. I can see lots of room for built-in conflict and drama. Maybe Amos doesn't want to ruin Prax's life with his dysfunction and mess. Maybe Prax assumes that Amos is out of his league. Maybe Prax sees Amos going off to have sex with a woman, and assumes he's straight. Maybe Amos assumes that Prax is straight, because he was married and had a daughter. (In my headcanon they are both bi) Maybe they had an ill-advised booty call during the stress of tracking down Prax's daughter, and then there are Residual Feelings.
Chrisjen Avasarala/Bobbie Draper -- I love strong, attractive, repressed characters pining for their authority figures, so this pairing is par for the course for me. Maybe Crisjen wants to blow off steam with her attractive bodyguard sometimes, and Bobbie wants it to be more. Maybe Bobbie sees how the burdens of Crisjen's position, and all the stress that comes with it, are weighing on her physically, and offers to give her a tender backrub that can lead to Things Happening! Maybe we're back during Season One and they're at odds over Bobbie's testimony. So many things could happen!
Chrisjen Avasarala/Amos Burton/Bobbie Draper -- The same as the previous ship, but with an attractive, deadly, completely emotionally repressed man who probably just wants to be told what to do, and then praised for doing a good job.
Murderbot (TV)
Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot -- It stuns me that this pairing still qualifies as "rare," and I assume that it won't be true much longer, considering the true explosion of Murderathin fics that have been happening in the wake of the season finale. These two have so much in common and so many points of potential conflict, attraction, and sympathy with each other, and I'm fascinated by all the different directions people are taking it in fiction.
Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot/Dr. Ratthi -- Let's add Ratthi to the mix, because he's hilarious! I think he could really serve as a foil to the two Serious Wet Cat Characters who are busy eye/hate-fucking each other, haha.
GrayCris Blue Leader/Dr. Gurathin -- No one has written this yet. I was picturing a Non-Con / dubcon encounter involving blackmail or extortion, with maybe a happy ending rescue from our favorite SecUnit?
GrayCris Blue Leader/Murderbot -- The same as above, only with a happy ending rescue from our favorite augmented ex-Corporate spy?
Murderbot/Dr. Ratthi -- To be honest, I can only see this if some sort of sex pollen or deadly computer virus is involved and it's Fuck or Die. But hey, I'd be there for that.
Please use it/its pronouns for Murderbot.
Sense8 (TV)
Hernando Fuentes/Lito Rodriguez/Daniela Velasquez -- Canon relationship(s) are rarely as hot as this one. I couldn't look away from the screen when these three were gracing us with their raw sensuality. I'm still so sad about losing Sense8 and I want more!!!
Sun Bak/Kwon-Ho Mun -- This ship was barely getting started when the show had to end. I loved the way these two were starting to orbit each other more closely, and I feel cheated that I never got to see it play out.
Wolfgang Bogdanow/Kala Dandekar/Rajan Rasal -- One of the other canon trios from this show. No one can deny how hot Wolfgang and Kala are together, so that's a natural ship, but I found myself sympathizing with and mentally cheering on poor Rajan. He's not in the octet; he only knows what the others tell him. Honestly, I think it would take someone incredibly strong and self-assured to hold his own in a trio where the other two are literally mind-melding with each other, not only during sex but just during day-to-day life. Is Rajan okay? Can his partners make sure he's okay?
Thanks again for whatever you create. I look forward to receiving and to giving! :)
