desert_vixen's lair

My DNW for all: nominated character death, graphic/explicit/sexual violence, cruelty to animals/children, hard kink.

My general preferences on fanfic are here.

I decided to talk a little about what I like about the tags.  Although there are specified tags for each request, feel free to bring them in as you like (with one exception noted below on request)  In general, if I requested the tag, I like the concept.

CharacterA/B Kick The Asses Of Bad Guys Who Attack During Their Date Then Go Back To Having A Good Time

Alternate Universe - Boarding School: This one is all about the hijinks.  I’m not as invested in the idea of houses (a la HP) but love the idea of the school being somewhat isolated (either physically or more metaphorically), the students having to build strong relationships with each other, and teachers being somewhat overwhelmed.

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence: I’m always down for a good “What If”, and I’ll give some ideas on the specific fandom.

Alternate Universe - Canonically dead character lives: On this one I’m interested in how them being alive changes everything. 

Alternate Universe – Regency: This is one of my favorite periods of history.  I love the fashions, the conventions, the plots.  Arranged marriages, debuts at Almacks, country house parties, the Season.

Being Picked Off One by One: I love the tension inherent in this one, especially if they don’t know that the person picking them off is an outsider or not.  (I am pretty good either way)

Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked : Pretty much what it says.  Going back to the moment in their head, trying not to think about it when they see them normally, stammery embarrassed moments.

Canon Typical Adventures : Pretty cut and dried.

Characters solving problems like the fucking adults they are : I don’t know who nominated this tag but I loved it.  No flailing or Big Mis, just “we need to do the thing, let’s do the thing” energy.  Calm, competent and collected.

Country House Party: Feel free to go either Regency or Golden Age of Mystery here.  I love groups of people gathered together who don’t go together, being stuck with social formalities, semi-polite snarky shots at each other, and a mystery (optional).

Families - Found Family: I love both the realization of this and the quiet acceptance of it, and social events based on it.

Grooming - hair brushing: I love both the comfort and the sexy-times aspect of this.

Huddling for warmth leads to fantastic sex: Oh no we’ll freeze to death!  (I didn’t nominate it separately but I am definitely down for There Was Only ONE Bed (sleeping bag, couch, etc).  Let’s get out of these clothes.

Risky Public Sex - Almost Caught: The “almost” is key here.  Especially if they are almost close to finishing.  I like the aftermath (stumbling away, missing pieces of clothes, realizing that you left something incriminating behind).

Stranded in Haunted Building: Is it really haunted?  Or is something else going on?  I love the tension, and this combines well with several others.

Trapped together - snowed in: I really like the physical isolation of this one.  Murder She Wrote Season 4 episode “Snow White, Blood Red” and ND/HB SM book The Last Resort are essentially what you’re looking for here.

Sex in a shower or bath: Slippery and sexy – “oh I thought I was all alone” – but I also dig the more comic (but sexy) aspect of shower sex – ooops, I keep slipping…

Finding Someone Sleeping and Putting a Blanket or Coat Over Them: I love the caring aspect of this one, and the small intimacy.

First Time Seeing Partner Naked: Here I really like the “better/more than I expected” aspect here, the wondering description and the “God I’m so lucky” factor.

Intimate soft make outs with one character in the other's lap: The intimacy here is key.  Best employed in a darkened room, maybe waking in the middle of the night after being covered with the blanket….

Vanishing hitchhiker: I’m down for a vanishing hitchhiker in any fandom, any era.  I love the whole part where they don’t realize it’s a ghost until the end.  If you would like to invoke Resurrection Mary, go for it.

Vacation - They Go to Disneyland and Have a Fantastic Time: Really what it says here.  Part of this is because I would like to go to Disneyland myself right now.  Anyway, I love immersing oneself in Disneyland, but would also be down for the wonder of a first visit.  My favorite rides are Haunted Mansion, Jungle Ride, Space Mountain and Small World.  Feel free to combine any of these 4 with a ghost prompt.

Ridiculously Gothic Atmosphere: Foreboding dark corners and secrets!  Family prophecy and ghosts!  A dark threatening estate owner and a plucky heroine determined to save him.  Hidden passages and secret treasures.  Last night I dreamed of Manderley….

Ritual Sex – Public: For the HG/K/Q one, I’m interested in the trappings as well as the actual sex.

Betrayal: The should have known better factor is always good here, rather than the unexpected betrayal.  The “I never thought they would go so far” factor.

Dubcon - Blackmailed/Coerced into sex : See above.  I’d prefer not a lot of detail on the actual sex, more on the aftermath or leading up to it.

Fairy tale wedding: Obviously on this one I mean more like Princess Diana with trappings etc, opposed to an actual fairy tale.  Details, details, details.  Dresses, flowers, trappings, emotions.

Revenge Sex: Again more interested in the before/after, the justification, than the actual sex.

Bored Old Man Faked His Own Death and Left Clues To Frame His Family Members: In other words, what I thought Knives Out was going to be.

On to the specifics: