Jukebox 2025

[desertvixen]

 

My general preferences are here.

 

 DNW: unrequested mundane AU | female characters in fridges | non-con | violent dub-con | graphic violence | gore | graphic sexual violence | cruelty/death to animals | cruelty/death to children | requested character death | unrelieved grimdark | bigotry by the good guys | first or second POV | reader fic | ABO | soulbonds | wildly OOC in a non-cracky way

 

SMUT DNW: creampies | the word “cunt” | anal | hate each other out of bed | underage | incest

 

 MAYBE: no-harm dubcon (sex pollen or “fertility artifact”) | period typical attitudes | infidelity | power dynamic

 

TREATS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

 

I have listed pairings/characters under some of the songs to give a bit more of a vibe for what I am looking for, but feel free to use them if you’re familiar with the fandoms!

 

 

Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga (Song) 

If you watch Insta or FB you are probably tired of this song but I love it. It is like every OTP ever for me. I am here for a more metaphorical take or a more literal one (as long as they don't actually die).

My favorite part:

Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow

Nobody's promised tomorrow

So I'ma love you every night like it's the last night

Like it's the last night

 

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I love this song – they mesh so well together, and it’s shot straight to the top of my OTP list, thank you Bruno Mars Essentials on Apple Music. 

Some kind of disaster situation where they think they’ll die but don’t?  Rescue?  Preparing to defend their castle/citadel/whatever they’re defending?

Pairings: Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries), La’an/James (SNW), Levy/Gajeel (Fairy Tail), Romelle/Sven (Voltron 1984)

 

 

Kings & Queens - Ava Max (Song) 

Young queens unite! I'd love some sort of case where they're brought together, not damsels in distress!

No damsel in distress, don't need to save me

Once I start breathin' fire, you can't tame me

And you might think I'm weak without a sword

But if I had one, it'd be bigger than yours

If all of the kings had their queens on the throne

We would pop champagne and raise a toast

To all of the queens who are fighting alone

Baby, you're not dancin' on your own

More in letter!

I really enjoy envisioning Allura & Romelle from Voltron with this song, and love a vibe where they’ve been discounted by their enemy because they are princesses (feel free to make this be a fatal mistake for the enemy).

Also here for delicious formal events – maybe after the queens have done their bit? Have fun with it.  Prefer keeping this one light and upbeat, or triumphant.  A helpful/grateful prince would not go amiss.

 

Ordinary (Wedding Version) - Alex Warren (Song) 

Recently discovered this one, and it is hitting all of my OTP notes.

My favorite part:

Somethin' so out of the ordinary

You got me kissin' the ground of your sanctuary

Shatter me with your touch, oh Lord, return me to dust

The angels up in the clouds are jealous, knowin' we found

More in letter!

This one is everywhere right now on FB/Insta, and now that I’ve actually heard the whole thing, I really love it.  Introspection?  Gratefulness after surviving something they didn’t expect to see?  Seeing the person you were involved with before and realizing how amazingly lucky you aren’t still together?

Pairings: Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries), La’an/James (SNW), Levy/Gajeel (Fairy Tail), Ivan/Tej (Vorkosigan), Romelle/Sven (Voltron 1984)

 

 

Everytime I See Your Face - Live (Song) 

ALSO hits all my OTP notes..and has for a long time!

My favorite part:

If the quicksand of love and deception

Finds a way to come between you and me

Don't fret, I'm gonna cut through the darkness and set us free, yeah

And if you wanna just lay with me darlin, let the mystery silently speak

Take my tongue, take my lungs if you want, I'll even try not to breathe, yeah

Every time I see your face, something overwhelms my heart with grace

And I fall behind, I just close my eyes I just close my eyes

Every time I see your face

I know you are the one (I was looking everywhere to find you)

I know you're more than wonderful

I know you are the one

Every time I see your face, it's like Heaven opens up her gates

More in letter!

Like, the whole album is great but this one really resonates for me.  Whatever these two have to get through, they will – even if the enemy is their own doubts.  These two have always been looking for each other and they won’t be broken apart.

Pairings: Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries), La’an/James (SNW), Levy/Gajeel, Laxus/Mira, Elf/Ever (Fairy Tail), Beach Head/CG (GI Joe) Duv/Delia, Ivan/Tej (Vorkosigan), Romelle/Sven (Voltron 1984)

 

The Impossible Dream (feat Sting) - Aaron Lazar (Song) 

So I know what this is from, but this version with the group singing it puts me in mind of a group preparing to go on a quest. I may have also been reading LMB's Chalion series as well, so the "march into hell for a heavenly cause" is definitely resonating.

 

My favorite part:

This is my quest to follow that star

No matter how hopeless, no matter how far

To fight for the right without question or pause

To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest

That my heart will lie peaceful and calm

When I'm laid to my rest

More in letter.

What is the glorious quest?  Does someone need to be rescued, defenders need to be relieved, the future queen rides 60 miles in one night?  (Okay, I’ve really been on a Chalion kick here in case you couldn’t tell). Why are they marching into hell?  And of course, they’d succeed.  Has someone assembled an army to help save their loved one or is more of an alliance?

Cryotek/Galadria (Visionaries), La’an/James (SNW), Levy/Gajeel (Fairy Tail), Beach Head/CG (GI Joe) Duv/Delia, Ivan/Tej (Vorkosigan), Romelle/Sven (Voltron 1984), Liss/Foix (Chalion)

 

The Ride - David Allan Coe (Song) 

I love vanishing hitchhikers and this is a reverse. Please make main character (passenger) female. Pretty much what it says. I'm cool with the driver being Hank Williams, but love the idea of the passenger being a female country singer.

More in letter!

OR…since Hank Williams died when his son was 4, if you wanted to cross this with Family Tradition, I’m totally on board for that. I want the interaction, and would love to see the singer looking back. Especially if they belatedly realize...the driver was their parent.  (Family Tradition was not nominated this year because I have received an incredible gift story for it but I am still down for you to get inspired by this crossover idea).

Pretty much this.   Except it doesn’t have to be Hank Sr if you’d prefer to create your own character. 

But I love the impact of the line, You don’t have to call me mister mister/the whole world called me Hank. 

If you look at my past requests, I love vanishing hitchhikers. 

I’m good with it being Hank, or being an original character, or crossing over…I just love the reverse vanishing hitchhiker in the song, the slow realization that the driver isn’t/wasn’t of this world.  Or playing off the Telly Savalas meeting, interacting with their relative.

Telly Savalas claimed to have had one of these encounters.  Details vary, but here is one of the accounts and it’s the vibe I’m looking for:

It was late when he began his drive home from a friends house at Long Island to his own home in New York. He was also out of gas, but the lights from an all night cafe lit up the darkness. He managed to pull in, and having a coffee, asked the way to the nearest garage. He was told to take a path through the wood at the back of the cafe until he reached the freeway. Just about to set off on the daunting walk, a voice called out, asking if he wanted a lift. It was gratefully received and Telly got into the Cadilac of this good Samaritan.

It wasn't until he got to the gas station that he realised his wallet was missing and the man kindly gave him some money with Telly insisting on having his name and phone number. Harry Agannis wrote his name on a scrap of paper and Telly thanked him for all he had done.

When it came to contacting the man he spoke to his wife who told him the sad news that he had died. Telling her what had happened and how her husband had helped him, she said that was impossible as his death was not recent. He had been dead three years. The star was shocked, and then intrigued. He described the car which she agreed was the same as her husband's. The clothes, which she said he was buried in. Then there was the voice which was unusually high pitched. That could have accounted for the fact that Harry Agannis had taken his own life, shooting himself in the throat. Telly eventually met the widow and showed her the piece of paper on which the man had written. She was more than sure that it was her husband's handwriting. It was certainly an experience that Telly Savalas never forgot, and earned him a new friend in Mrs Agannis.

 

Strip It Down - Luke Bryan (Song) 

I am here for the vibe of a couple reconnecting with the physical after getting lost in other roles.

My favorite part:

I wanna drop this cell phone now

And let it shatter on the ground

They ain’t holdin’ nothin’, these two hands   Until they’re holding you again

More in letter!

In my current season of life, this is very much a couple with kids who have gotten out of the habit, but it could be something else.  Why do they need to get back to how it used to be?  Let them get there.  None of my current  OTPs really fit this vibe, but WHY are they out of the habit (prefer just parent life rather than trauma) and HOW do they get it back?  Does one of them need to make the suggestion or they realize together?  Do they commit to not losing it again?