Dear Rarepair Exchange 2024 Creator

 

Hello dear creator! Welcome to my letter! First of all, treats are welcome, and gifting is open on AO3. I would prefer fic as main gift, but treats of any kind are welcome

 

General things I like (if you don’t like any of the specific prompts/ideas I wrote for the ships, feel free to pick from these):

 

Bickering, bantering

Battle couples/moresomes

Sparring leading to making out

Porn With Plot

Soulmate AUs (especially if they are unconventional - say, you fall in love with someone who is not your Soulmate, and going against societal expectations, and of course exploring poly soulmates)

Romance, love and fluff and kisses and cuddles

That italicized oh, especially if followed with oh no or oh fuck

characters looking at themselves and going “really?!?!! we have to develop feelings for them?!?!!?”

"oh the idiots are out early… oh shit it’s MY idiot” dynamic

codependency. characters who’d let the world burn, as long as they can be together

okay, so maybe they will probably do the right thing - provided their lover is safe first.

chaotic gremlins or originally evil characters forcibly made behave, because they got attached to a ray of sunshine and THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF THEY HADN’T BEEN INFLICTED WITH MORALS GODDAMNIT

fantasy AUs - dragons and magic and all of it

Sci-fi AUs - especially to the style of Firefly, spaceships with small crews traveling alongside each other. Maybe all falling in love with each other, during the long times in deep space

sedoretu AU

Pacific Rim AU

Ladyhawke AU

I love “weird” romances. One of them is a sentient spaceship. Or a robot. Or one of them is possessing the other. I love some good ol’ fashioned monsterloving too.

Hurt/comfort

 

General DNW:

 

cheating, any shape or form

character bashing

animal death/abuse. if it’s say, an adventure story where giant spiders attack the cast, and they have to kill it, that’s fine, but any other way, no

A/B/O

noncon (Dubcon is fine)

unrequited love

sad endings, unless otherwise specified.

homophobia, transphobia, even internalized - no struggling with sexuality or gender identity. there’s enough of that IRL, i want to see this part of the relationships be smoother in fiction. same goes for anti-poly sentiments

Nonhuman characters being changed into humans in an AU. If say, you change an AI into a demon in a fantasy setting or vice versa, that's fine, but not changing them into humans.

Kamen Rider Geats

Ace/Keiwa/Michinaga/Neon - to me these four are everything. Put them into AU’s, and see how they handle it. Especially curious about putting them into some kind of sci-fi worlds. Post vcine content of them is always welcome about either Dooms Geats or Haruki. If you poke at Keiwa’s demon and Michinaga’s plant-ness that’s always fun. To me, Ace and Neon are tried to creation (Ace Obviously, plus Neon + Fantasy), while Keiwa and Michinaga to destruction (Bujin Sword and Michinaga’s whole deal), and the two really are inseparable. Also I headcanon Michinaga to be a Tsukasa/Daiki lovechild Daiki misplaced in time, so if you add that, that’s even more fun.

Sara/Tsumuri/Win - Tsumuri being courted by two balls of energy is always fun. Give Sara a better buckle. If you look at the idea of that if Keiwa has a demon, so should Sara,  that’s also fun.

Fandom-specific DNW: while in general prefer all-romantic relationships in my polyships, it’s extremely true to the Geats OT4. If you pick them, all of them should be in love with everyone.

Kamen Rider Revice

Olteca/Hiromi/George - I love the Demons OT3 so much. I love Olteca being dragged kicking and screaming into redemption, until he uses the name Makoto again. I love Hiromi being called out for his self-sacrificial tendencies that he doesn’t actually get better at (changing your catchphrase is NOT ENOUGH). Call out George for the Zein bullshit.

Daiji/Muramasa/Kagero - let Muramasa live and try to figure out who he is, beyond just a clone. Maybe Daiji and Kagero help him at it while being his guards to make sure he doesn’t go off the rails. Maybe Muramasa thinks he is just a replacement, because Daiji and Kagero can’t get Hiromi.

Sakura/Hana/Tamaki/Hikaru - the identity issues inherent in these four endlessly fascinate me. Bonus if you give Hikaru a new suit.

Fandom-specific DNW: I headcanon the Igarashi siblings as trans, with Ikki being a transfem egg and Daiji and Sakura already transitioned. You don’t have to mention these, but don’t make them explicitly cis, please.

Kamen Rider Decade

Daiki/Natsumi/Tsukasa/Yuusuke - I just care them. Show me their adventures through the multiverse. Show me Tsukasa coming back to life and recovering and everyone dealing with it. Retirement just doesn’t suit Tsukasa. Bonus if you use the above headcanon of Michinaga being their time-displaced child. Maybe so is Legend from Gotchard. Or both.

Fandom-specific DNW: It’s fine to acknowledge DvZvD, as long as Tsukasa comes back after. I also headcanon Daiki as trans, but you don’t have to mention it, just don’t make him explicitly cis.

Kamen Rider Zi-O

Hiryuu/Sougo - they are FOILS to me. FOILS. Talk to me about them! Talk to me about Hiryuu’s pain and Sougo trying to help, but can you help someone who digs his heels in? What was life in the Ohma Zi-O timeline or the Another ZI-O II timeline for them? What happens when they meet in Sougo’s new world - either before or after Sougo remembers? Will Hiryuu ever remember? Because the crash still happened, probably Hiryuu still resents him…

Geiz/Sougo/Tsukuyomi/Woz - I care them. I just care them. Help all of them to remember. To adjust to the new world, where they have memories, but nothing actually happened. And Woz’s entire thing. Tsukuyomi and Sougo’s powers, and Geiz being Geiz. Love to see Fantasy AUs of them too. Fully acknowledging their weirdness in an AU too.

Bonus: If you can make it into an OT5 or at least the four of them together and Sougo also with Hiryuu, it’s even more fun.

Kamen Rider Kabuto

Kagami/Tendou - I just think that. KagaTen. That’s all. Especially want to see established relationship nonsense of them, because I think they are great.

Kagami/Tendou/Misaki/Tsurugi - this is my OT4 of my heart. Bonus if you give Misaki TheBee. Just I think there are a lot of interesting dynamics at play here.

Fandom-specific DNW: In terms of the OT4 either make it during-canon, or post-canon AU where Tsurugi survives. I’d not like to have a post-canon story of the OT4 where they grieve Tsurugi, or where he is dead. (If you write KagaTen, it’s fine to have Tsurugi dead, but not in an OT4)

Kamen Rider Zero One

Fuwa/Horobi/Naki/Yua - I just think there are a lot of different dynamics to play around with. Maybe Outsiders-era chaos? Dealing with the Ark being back in their lives? Would love to see it

Aruto/Izu/Jin - I just think they are neat, I really have no thoughts about them otherwise. But would love to see more of them.

Raiden/Shesta - In general I want to see more of both of them so why not together? Raiden’s boisterous energy vs Shesta’s :| would give a lot of comedic potential I think.

Fandom-specific DNW: Either ignore the vcines, or fix them so that everyone lives. Also use they/them pronouns for Naki only, and do not gender them at all

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid

Emu/Kiriya/Kuroto - They still live in my head rent free, how they got all entangled through the entire story in all combinations. Kuroto will probably never change, because he doesn’t want to change, and where does this leave them? For this, you can put it post-Ex-Aid, Kuroto with HumaGear body, but no need to delve into Zein nonsense for them.

Graphite/Hiiro/Taiga - When even your rebound has rebound and it’s a whole-ass chaos. But hey, maybe it does work out.

Kamen Rider Saber

Kento/Mei/Rintaro/Touma - They are precious and important to me. Running the bookshop together post-canon. Raising Riku together. (Whether you want to include Mamiya and/or Yuina in the polycule it’s fine, but I’d prefer for the focus to be these four.) Mei becoming Espada while Kento stays Calibur is my preference because I always love All-Rider OT4s.

Kamen Rider W

Akiko/Philip/Shotaro/Terui - Another ship that is an All-Rider OT4 To Me, because I firmly believe Akiko should become Skull. I’d love to see that happen. Also just the four of them raising Haruna is always sweet.

Fandom-specific DNW: I headcanon Philip and Shotaro both as trans. Don’t have to mention it, but don’t make them explicitly cis.

Kamen Rider Blade

Hajime/Kenzaki/Kotaro - This is my OT3 and I’m sticking by it. Always fond of how quickly Kenzaki and Kotaro get attached to each other. Kenzaki and Hajime being Kenzaki and Hajime. I like the tiny moments between Hajime and Kotaro. I love the idea of Hajime and Kotaro bonding more when Kenzaki is away (and maybe having an awakening on his own about the Joker form). Also would love to see some post-Zi-O reunion shenanigans.

Fandom-specific DNW: I heard rumours of the new stage show, and while I’m sure it’s very good, I elected to ignore it. As far as I am concerned, when Sougo did his thing at the end of Zi-O, he made sure KenHaji could stay reunited, and I’d like to keep that.