sathinfection

Dear FIAB Creator,

Thank you so much for creating for me! I hope that you have a good time with your assignment or treat.

General Likes

I enjoy fic of any rating. I know explicit fic covers a large part of my output, but that's just how my brain goes for ideas and doesn't reflect all the things that I like reading. There are some canons where I really enjoy gen and not just shipfic.
For canon queer ships, I like fics set in post-canon exploring what happens with the ship after the end of the story.
Alternate universes. I love them, the weirder and more specific the better. However, there are some AUs I don't like, and for these please see my Do Not Wants section. Please note that I love the canon settings for all my requests, so AUs are an option and not a need. For some AU ideas:
- I like genre changes, canon divergence, going into neat details about specific jobs (provided the job isn't the entire focus of the fic), and modern AUs in general, but there's so much potential for AUs I can't say this comes anywhere near to covering everything I'd like. What I love best about an AU is when it connects to canon in a way that I wouldn't have expected, but makes perfect sense when it arrives. I'm not into time loops or time travel very much, though.
I absolutely adore horror. However, I don't like when characters in a requested ship get an unhappy ending, though you're free to kill off all the side characters or OCs that you want.
- For types of horror, I enjoy: supernatural horror, vampires, suspenseful horror, psychological horror, and eldritch horror. Things getting bloody is cool.
I also love comedy.
I like scenarios where a couple is isolated from others and have to work together to survive.
Characters getting into a 'fast burn' type relationship is cool, where they get together quickly, passionately, and carnally.
I'm into headcanoning characters whose sexuality is ambiguous or never stated as gay. If you're writing a character in a requested ship who's shown interest in the opposite sex in canon and none in the same sex, I prefer they be made bi/pan.
I like descriptions of food and cooking in a non-sexual context.
I enjoy fic that's just exploring a character or relationship.
I love established relationship fics.
I like hurt/comfort with ships, but not sickfic for something as minor as a cold. A fever so high that a character gets delirious is good. Tending injuries is great, as is a character going through some sort of tremendous distress and being comforted afterwards. Please no hospitalization of any sort or cancer, though.
Smut is excellent. The sex I best like to read has a lot of enthusiasm from both sides. The sex doesn't have to be flawlessly amazing but everyone is having fun.
- I like when characters are fixed in who tops and who bottoms during penetrative sex. However, while I like fixed top/bottom dynamics in a ship, that doesn't extend to what I want with characterization or their relationship dynamics in general. Write the character personalities and ship dynamics however you interpret them! I don't like mentions of switching positions, whether it's in the past or something a character is thinking about wanting.
- If you want to add a kink to a scene, I love semi-clothed sex, dry humping as foreplay, crossdressing, and non-degrading dirty talk. I don't care about if it's the top or bottom crossdressing, either is great! Hell, make them both crossdress. I would prefer that no one be embarrassed about the crossdressing. For dirty talk, calling a character a slut or a whore is fine, provided it's not meant to hurt or degrade the person.
- I'm not picky about the come/cum debate, spell it however your heart desires. You can get raunchy in your sexual descriptions or keep things tasteful.
Going on long trips is fun, whether that's by foot, car, train, whatever vehicle you like.
I like fics where characters have to solve a mystery.
I enjoy reading men being described as pretty/feminine, provided there are no references to breasts or fertility (for example, saying a man has 'childbearing hips' is a do not want for me).
ROMANCE. Give me my ship being loving in whatever way they tend to show their love and I'll be so happy.
Write in whatever POV or tense you like; however, I would prefer no smut in 2nd person, script format, or chat/Twitter fics.

General Do Not Wants

Permanent disabling injury of requested characters or any hospitalization for mental illness. Temporary horrible injuries are welcome and I like eye injury. Prior canon disabling injuries are fine to include.
Death of any character in a requested ship. Canonical deaths and OC deaths are fine.
The following alternate universe settings:
- Coffee shop, police, mafia, university, Harry Potter, wingfic, BDSM, serial killer, mermaid, high school, omegaverse, genderswap.
Chatfic, Twitter fic, script format, or porn in 2nd person POV.
Alternate universe fics besides canon divergence for Star Control.
Pregnancy of any sort in anyone, including mentions. Focus on characters under 18 or who are minors according to their species. Talk of fertility or lactation.
Asexual or aromantic characters in a requested ship.
Porn-without-plot/plot-what-plot PWP fics. I consider a PWP to be anything where more than 50% of the total wordcount is part of a sex scene. I would prefer no sex at all for any fic below 2k words, though mentioning it is fine.
Hospitalization or cancer.
Unrequested unhappy endings for requested ships.
Crossovers and fusions.
One-sided relationships where only one character has feelings for the other.
Writing a requested ship that includes a cis character and a trans character unless explicitly requested.
Negotiation about consent or kinks. I want everyone to be on the same page, but discussion, traffic lights, or safewords are not needed.
Noncon/rape or rape play. Characters under 18 or who are minors according to their species having sex.
Domestic abuse. Slavery.
Polyamory/OT3s/open relationships. Unrequested non-canon side pairings. Infidelity. Breaking up. Exes to lovers.
Focus on an M/F (male/female) relationship. Brief mentions of canon ones are fine.
Fic focusing on gender dysphoria or identity, misogyny, racism, homophobia, sexual identity, transphobia, neurodivergence, or self-harm.
Cat harm.
I like fixed top/bottom dynamics when it comes to a ship having penetrative sex and I don't like references to a ship ever switching positions in the past or future. I don't consider top/bottom dynamics as extending to characterization or relationship dynamics as a whole. I'm fine with a character who bottoms taking more of a 'dominant' role during sex, but I also like a classic pillow princess.
Sex-related Do Not Wants: mentions of body or facial hair, anal sex without lube (spit's ok), rimming, foot kink, frotting, ass to mouth, small dicks, characters who top being penetrated anally or vaginally by anything (this includes fingers, dicks, dildos, etc.), transmasc characters being vaginally penetrated, felching, pee, erectile dysfunction, anal bleeding/tearing, heats/ruts, daddy kink, fisting, belly bulges/stuffing/inflation/feeder kink, enemas, and sounding.

Top/bottom-related Do Not Wants: Top Jigyo, Top Yuqian, Top Gam-rae

Dangeum and Jigyo

Dangeum/Jigyo

I think I marathoned reading this in 3-4 days. I loooooooove how sweet this story is. I was going to say cozy, but a lot of stressful things happen in the story. However, even when Jigyo is uncovering a poisoner or returning to manage the throne, the heart of the story remains how very earnest Jigyo's goodness is and how devoted to him Dangeum is. There's interesting background worldbuilding too, with the extraordinary powers and lifespan of the people of Woljuk. Also what's with that side story at the end, huh??? Huh??? CHILD, I TOO HAVE QUESTIONS.

I would love anything expanding some point in the story, but I think there's lots of cool ways to adapt Dangeum and Jigyo to an AU. What I really want is something that has the same steady and steadfast vibe as the manhwa.

If you write anal sex, I prefer that Dangeum top.

Go Jin and Gam-rae

Gam-rae/Go Jin

I read this because I loved Dangeum and Jigyo so much and it has the same creator, and I'm glad I did! This manhwa is simply so goddamn sweet and soothing. Gam-rae is a darling and Go Jin is so loving, despite being a man of few words. I actually really enjoy that about Go Jin, because the story addresses the lack of communication between Go Jin and Gam-rae and has them learn to get better about talking to each other. In general, the manhwa values love and openness so much. Plus, the Taoist magic is so fun! I was really happy that Jin eventually decided to learn for Gam-rae's sake.

My request is basically the same as my Dangeum and Jigyo request: I'd love something that had the same vibe as the manhwa. It'd be great to see the 1000 years that Jin and Gam-rae spent together explored, but their future is also something I'm interested in. Taoist magic could lead to some fun AUs (or no powers needed at all). If you write anal sex, I would prefer that Go Jin top.

I Promise to Return

Shuihua Qi/Yuqian

This manhua was such a great read!! It took me forever because I was waiting 3 hours each time to get the free chapters until I hit the paid ones and had to pony up. There were so many twists and I love Chinese stories about demons and the underworld. I'm normally not into stories about childhood besties, but this one was HEARTWRENCHING. Literally, at times, ha ha! Yuqian is my favorite, he's so charming and pretty. Shuihua Qi's devotion made me Feel Things.

I think a post-canon story set in the underworld would be really fun. What kind of shenanigans do ghosts get up to?? And as much as I loooove the canon setting, feel free to consider experimenting with other ones as long as you keep the underworld aspect! I'd also be happy with fic that just explores Yuqian's time in the underworld without Shuihua Qi - but did Yuqian feel like something was missing? Something... ghosty... perhaps?

If you write anal sex, I prefer that Shuihua Qi top. Fandom-specific do not want: alternate universe fics that don't involve the Chinese underworld.

Star Control

Solo: Neo-Dynarri, WB: Ur-Quan Culture, WB: Umgah Culture, WB: Spathi Culture, WB: Utwig Culture, WB: Investigations of "They"

Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Field Report

Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Bureaucratic Paperwork

Medium Opt-In: Writing - Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting

Medium Opt-In: Writing - In-Universe Travelogue

Fandom-specific Do Not Want: Alternate universes.

Fandom-specific Do Not Want Exceptions/opt-ins: unhappy endings, graphic violence, major character death, permanent disabling injury, mental illness, self-harm, torture, slavery (basically: you can get really fucked up with your creations)

Am I requesting a fuckton of gen for a game from 1992? YES I AM. Unless you want to write torrid alien romance, which I'd also find interesting. Star Control is so special to me, I watched my brother play it when it was fairly new and I was super young. My formative scifi experience! I actually never got to play it myself until I was in my late 20s and I fell in love with it all over again. The originality of the aliens and the mix of stuff that's both funny and wicked cool is just delightful.

For all these tags, I'm really interested in daily life or documentation. I'd love to see what makes their cultures so alien. There's a really excellent wiki for the game's lore here and I've linked to the relevant wiki page for each request. You can pick up the game for free as Free Stars: THe Ur-Quan Masters.

If you want extra inspiration, here are the tags from my Jump Scare request:

Body Horror, Character Awakens Ancient Horror, Competently handling the horrifying thing, cosmic horror, Creeping Horror, Comes Back Wrong, Descent into Madness, Horror Comedy, Horrific for reader but not for character, Mazes and Labyrinths, Not-So-Abandoned Ruins, Space Horror, Unreliable Narrator

Solo: Neo-Dynarri

Such an evil little thing! I'd love to read about what it gets up to post-canon or its history with the Umgah.

WB: Ur-Quan Culture

Has any alien race ever had cooler theme music than the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za? I think NOT. There's so much about the Ur-Quan that's cool, from their basic behavior to everything that they got up to in the game. Do Ur-Quan even have the arts?

WB: Umgah Culture

I love the prankster nature of these hideous aliens. They must have such cool scientific stuff, too!

WB: Spathi Culture

These cowardly little guys omg. Poor Fwiffo. I absolutely love how scared they are.

WB: Utwig Culture

Please, the Utwig are hilarious to me with how miserable they are. Don't drop the Ultron!!

WB: Investigations of "They"

I love all the hints about gruesome extradimensional beings. What really happened to the Androsynth? How are the Orz connected to "Them"?