rodo's journal

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.

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
• 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, or untranslatable fantasy terms such as the ones in Arthdal Chronicles.

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

Now for the canons:

• 아스달 연대기 | Arthdal Chronicles (TV)
• Le Bazar de la Charité | The Bonfire of Destiny (TV)
• 내 뒤에 테리우스 | My Secret Terrius
• 터널 | Tunnel
• Warrior (TV 2019)

( 아스달 연대기 | Arthdal Chronicles (TV) )


( Le Bazar de la Charité | The Bonfire of Destiny (TV) )


( 내 뒤에 테리우스 | My Secret Terrius )


( 터널 | Tunnel )


( Warrior (TV 2019) )

Title: Faces New and Old
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: rodo
Length: 1362 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: first meeting
Characters: Tourmaline Larou & Rycroft Philostrate
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for blindmadness during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: Tourmaline and Philo meet again in The Burgue.


( “Could you please come into the foyer, girls?” Madame Moira called one morning while Tourmaline drew yet another portrait of yet another punter. )

Title: The Dead Dreamer
Fandom: Carnival Row
Author: rodo
Length: 9164 words
Rating: 12+
Genre: casefic
Characters: Rycroft Philostrate, Constable Berwick, Vignette Stonemoss, others
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to Amazon, of course
Beta: kalypsobean
A/N: Written for BookGirlFan during Yuletide 2019.

Summary: Philo has managed to keep his head down for half a year, hiding on the Row among the fae. But then, a dead body changes everything.


( “Shite!” Philo heard Turnus curse when he entered the building they were in the process of demolishing. )

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/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. The “optional pairings” I mention in the fandom sections are all pairings I'd be interested in reading about, but you're not obliged to include any of them.

My AO3 Name: Rodo

General Do Not Wants: detailed depictions of depression and alcoholism, a story being in both first person and present tense (exception: Renegade X fanfic), unrequested non-canon pairings, setting AUs (like coffeeshop!AUs or space!AUs)

General Likes: stories with a similar tone and theme as canon, casefic, plotty fics in general, complicated interpersonal relationships, post-canon fic, canon-divergence AUs

Now for the canons:


( 아스달 연대기 | Arthdal Chronicles (TV) )


( 군함도 | The Battleship Island (2017) )


( Carnival Row (TV) )


( La casa de papel | Money Heist (TV) )


( Designated Survivor: 60 Days (TV 2019) )


( The Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell )

I hope I won't be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel's worth of specific pairings and ten kinks – and those who don't give you any idea of what they really wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about fandoms and fics in general and what I've been longing for in the specific fandoms I requested.

While I read slash, het and gen, I've been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, family relationships, adventures and I always appreciate a good plot. Since I spend a lot of time reading Game of Thrones fanfic, I am desensitized to most things, but on the whole (especially in other fandoms), I'm not a fan of darkfic and like my happy or at least ambivalent endings. Deathfic (only non-canon, I'm fine with canon death appearing in fics) has been a big no for me as well, just like the detailed depiction of depression and alcoholism . But apart from that, I'm not easily squicked.

As for the fandoms and characters I chose – I'd really appreciate any fanfic written for them, because they deserve more love. If I don't squee myself silly in the comments, I assure you it's not because I don't like what you wrote. I'm just not very good at squeeing. It's a personality quirk and people have given up on asking my opinion on things because a sober “It's good” is all I can come up with. I assure you, if I say “it's good”, I mean it.

A note: this year's letter, like the one before, contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes weren't fulfilled. My name on the AO3 is Rodo


( The Alienist – Mary Palmer, Sara Howard, John Moore )

( Babylon Berlin – Alexej Kardakow, Stephan Jänicke, Charlotte Richter, Gereon Rath )

( Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell – Damien Locke, Gordon Tines )

( Rivers of London – Dominic Croft, Peter Grant )

( Rome – Octavia, Agrippa )

I hope I won't be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel's worth of specific pairings and ten kinks – and those who don't give you any idea of what they really wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about fandoms and fics in general and what I've been longing for in the specific fandoms I requested.

While I read slash, het and gen, I've been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, family relationships, adventures and I always appreciate a good plot. Since I spend a lot of time reading Game of Thrones fanfic, I am desensitized to most things, but on the whole (especially in other fandoms), I'm not a fan of darkfic and like my happy or at least ambivalent endings. Deathfic has been a big no for me as well, just like the detailed depiction of depression, due to suffering from it. But apart from that, I'm not easily squicked.

As for the fandoms and characters I chose – I'd really appreciate any fanfic written for them, because they deserve more love. If I don't squee myself silly in the comments, I assure you it's not because I don't like what you wrote. I'm just not very good at squeeing. It's a personality quirk and people have given up on asking my opinion on things because a sober “It's good” is all I can come up with.

A note: this year's letter, like the one before, contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes weren't fulfilled.


1. Raumpatrouille Orion – Any: This one has been on my list of wishes for years, so I would read just about anything. I confess, I don’t ship the canon pairing Cliff/Tamara. Instead, I ship Cliff/Lydia van Dyke, Tamara/Helga, Mario/everyone and Lydia/everyone. Both Lydia and Tamara are my favourite characters, so of course I would love to read fic about them being awesome or having fun together. But I’d also read teamfic, adventure, canon pairings and a story about Villa or the other members of the crew. I also think a story about Spring-Brauner has potential. Canon left me with a desire for more that I haven’t satisfied yet. If you are a native speaker of German, please consider writing the story in German, if that isn’t against the rules. If not, English will do as well!

2. Renegade X Series – Chelsea M. Campbell – Damien Locke, Gordon Tines: I really crave more about the family life of Damien Locke, particularly his relationship with his father and the adults in his life. I would love to read about how he deals with his crazy mother and her son and husband and his father's family some more. Maybe a fic about him attending some family gathering or someone throws a party for him when he passes summer school after book 4. What I love most about the books – besides Damien, of course – is the way the characters define themselves by being heroes or villains and the way especially the adults don't deal well with the other.

3. Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch – Any: In this fandom, I only read gen and canon pairings, and I'd prefer casefic or something slice-of-life-y to anything pairing focused. Stuff I'd like to read includes, but is not limited to, Nightingale and Peter dealing with the new witches, Peter and his mother and father, Abigail (because she's cute) meeting the supernatural, something about Varvara, Dominic Croft visiting the big city (because I'm a city person living in the countryside and can sympathise), German wizards asking for international cooperation, and of course, protocols and Peter's views on architecture. And pretty much any casefic. Note: I have read the first few comics and Furthest Station, but don't mind book-only fic.

4. Rome – Octavia/Agrippa: Oh God, could canon have ended in a worse place? I mean, it’s nice to know Pullo and Vorenus will get their happily ever after living with their children in some place Not Rome, but when I watched the series, I was sure that this pairing would play a major role in the third season. Both are unmarried now, but I think Octavian still wouldn’t be too happy about them and I would love to read a post-canon story that brought them together against the odds or just showed us that while they have problems to work out, they also still have feelings for each other.

I hope I will not be one of those recipients one hates to write for. Those who demand either too much – half a novel with a specific pairing and ten kinks – and those who don’t give you any idea of who they are and what they wish for. So I will tell you what I like most about the fandoms and what fic I’ve been longing for to give you and idea what I want, but first a few general remarks:

I read slash, het and gen, although I have been mostly into gen and canon pairings lately. I like stories about friendships, adventures, hurt/comfort that’s heavy on the comfort part and I always appreciate a good plot (and some good porn). Two things I would really rather not read are deathfic (although death as a minor or canon plot point is fine) and detailed depictions of depression, as both can sometimes trigger depressive episodes and anxiety attacks. Apart from that, I am not easily squicked and can deal with almost anything you will throw at me.

As for the fandoms: I always choose fandoms where I am glad about every fic written for them or the characters, so even if I don’t squee myself silly (I’m not good at squeeing at all, it’s a personality quirk), I will appreciate the effort you put into your story. This year’s letter also contains some copypasta from previous exchanges where these wishes were not fulfilled.


( The specifics )

2013 started in a sucky way, so it can only improve from here, right? CAF of my mum's is in detox, which means a few days without drama, I hope, and a chance to read the last of the Yuletide stories I still have open in tabs.

As for my story:

Not Quite a Bond Girl (9401 words) by Rodo
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Choi Ryu/Joo In Ah, Kang Woo/Han Myung Wol
Characters: Joo In Ah, Choi Ryu, Han Myung Wol, Kang Woo, Yu Da Hae
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Yes, I wrote a fic with actual chapters and such. It is, as far as I know, the only story written for that series, which is a shame, because not only is it one of the dramas that doesn't kill off half its cast by the end, there are also still unresolved plot elements left, mainly regarding Choi Ryu and Ju In Ah, the secondary leads.

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


( Chapter 3: Charity functions, In Ah decided, were evil. )

Title: Not Quite a Bond Girl
Fandom: Spy Myung Wol
Length: 9401 words in total
Rating: PG-13
Genre: post-series, a fix it of sorts, and fluffy
Pairing: Choi Ryu/Ju In Ah
Disclaimer: Not mine, of course
Beta: Teyke
A/N: This fic was originally written for idella during Yuletide 2012
Summary: Ryu must build a new life. In Ah copes with the changes in hers. Both succeed to varying degrees until fate reunites them.

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4


( Chapter 1: In Ah walked through the lobby of the company headquarters as if she owned the place. She did, in fact, own it, )