Dear Fandom 5K Author,

[rodo]

first off, I hope you’re going to have fun writing for me and that this letter helps. I’d also like to say that I’d like fic for all the characters/pairings/fandoms I’m requesting here, whether it follows my prompts or not. If you have an idea that you absolutely want to write about these characters and it doesn’t go against my DNWs, feel free to write it. And if you think you have a better idea than me (which is quite likely) the same applies.

My AO3 Name: Rodo

General Do Not Wants:

• detailed depictions of depression and alcoholism
• a story being in both first person and present tense
• unrequested non-canonical pairings for canon characters (canonical pairings are generally welcome!)
• setting AUs (like coffeeshop!AUs or space!AUs)
• Korean speech patterns in English stories. By that I mean use of honorifics (-sshi, -nim), stuff like eomma and hyung, job titles, the use of names when a pronoun would usually be used in English, vocative markers (-(y)ah) or subject markers (-i(e) being the one I usually come across in fic). I am fine with Korean name order, since that is also used in English.
• character/relationship studies

General Likes:

• stories with a similar tone and theme as canon
• casefic
• plotty fics in general
• complicated interpersonal relationships
• nuanced friendships and family relationships
• post-canon fic
• canon-divergence AUs
• pining and slow burn
• deep passion or devotion (to a person or a cause)
• action/adventure, heists and cons
• humour

Also, while I do not prompt for smut, I would absolutely be happy to receive it! I just don’t know how to prompt for it…


Now for the canons:

• Carnival Row (TV)
• 악의 꽃 | Flower of Evil
• Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013)
• 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV)

Carnival Row (TV)

Canon-specific DNW: an AU where Philo has wings

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU – Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fantasy (used for either AUs or a focus on canonical fantasy elements), Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Smut, Worldbuilding

For all these requests, I’d be happy about worldbuilding/focus on the fantasy aspect of the canon, since we don’t really know much about the world beyond The Burgue. But I really liked what we got to see of the worldbuilding so far, and I’m always happy to see the gaps filled in this fandom, especially with a focus on the different types of creatures, Philo’s hybrid biology or national and international politics.

Rycroft Philostrate/Vignette Stonemoss:

Some ideas for what you could write: something set after the first season, focussing on how the critch deal with their new situation • an AU from the end of the third episode flashback where Philo stays with Vignette and they have to get away from the Pact on their own • an AU where they escape the city at the last minute and try to find a new home • Philo having to solve a case with Vignette’s help

Jonah Breakspear/Sophie Longerbane:

I really love how fucked up their relationship is, and I’d love to read anything that explores it in detail: fucked up smut, a political tug of war, intrigues against each other while working together, Sophie wanting to be lovers and Jonah wanting to be siblings, something along those lines.

Tourmaline Larou:

Some ideas: something pre-canon about Tourmaline arriving in The Burgue and finding a place there • in an AU where Philo and Vignette got away in time, how would she deal with being left alone in The Burgue • how did she end up getting to know the people from the Raven • just, her having an adventure (mostly) on her own, although I’m happy about other characters showing up in minor roles.



악의 꽃 | Flower of Evil

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU – Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-it fic, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Mystery/Procedural, Slice of Life, Smut

Baek Hee-sung | Do Hyun-soo/Cha Ji-won:

Some ideas: canon divergence at any point of the series – I have no specific ideas right now, but I’d love to explore what could have gone differently • an AU where there is no amnesia • Cha Ji-won working on a case and Hyun-soo/Hee-sung supporting her – covertly if set pre-series, openly if set afterwards • slice of life set post-canon, with them growing together as a family again • outsider POV on their relationship



Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela

Genres: Angst, AU – Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-it fic, Getting Together, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Slice of Life, Smut

Ram Rajadi/Leela Sanera:

For this fandom, I’d basically love any AU where they survive somehow, that divergence from any point of canon from your choosing. I’m not looking for a happy-ending, necessarily. Just a chance for them to have sex, have a bit of hope for a life together, even if on the run from their families, or just a different way for things to go terribly wrong. The movie just made me crave more of these two.



설강화 | Snowdrop (TV)

Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU – Canon Divergence, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Established Relationship, Fix-it fic, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Interpersonal Drama, Mystery/Procedural, Slice of Life, Smut

Something I’d like for this fandom in general, combined with all prompts: character death fix-its for more or less anyone: Soo-ho, of course, but also Gyeok-chan, Eun-cheol, Yeong-u or even Man-dong, if you think it would make for a better story!

Gye Bun-ok & Pi Seung-hee:

I absolutely loved both of them and their complicated relationship and issues. Some ideas on what to write: something that explores how they got from the secret reveal to their last scene together • them running the dorm together from an outsider perspective • post-canon fic about a slice-of-life type low stakes problem in the dorm

Lee Gang-mu & Lim Soo-ho:

A bromance for the ages! I’d prefer something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives, rather than missing scenes: an AU that branches off that bonus scene we got in one episode with them speaking terrible German(?) while Gang-mu’s eyes are bandaged • both of them working together on a case post-canon, maybe with Soo-ho as some sort of consultant • both of them retiring from the spy business altogether and failing/struggling to adjust to normal life • Gang-mu saving Soo-ho’s life somehow

Lim Soo-ho/Eun Yeong-ro:

The main pairing of the show, so of course I ship it! I really enjoyed how sweet they were together. I was really hoping for them to get a happy end, so I’d most like to read something set in an AU where Soo-ho survives somehow: whether he has to go on the run, ends up in prison or gets a new identity. With Yeong-ro taking care of his wounds/helping him hide or both of them settling into a life together despite everything that happened between them.

Kang Cheong-ya:

I’m not to hot on the love angle for her in canon, but I absolutely adored her being a badass spy! So, anything that focusses on that: some pre-canon spy shenanigans • her having settled down with a family post-canon and her past getting in the way • her and Han-na (and maybe Gang-mu) working together • saving her comrades’ families