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do not wants: chat fic, first person pov; crack unless it's a crack premise treated seriously; incest; minor/adult relationships of any sort, especially teacher/student or coach/student, even if you age the kid up; any type of sex work AU; abuse, abuse of authority, extreme interpersonal power imbalances/etc; infidelity, extreme or excessive jealousy/possessiveness; tragedy for tragedy's sake; rape/noncon; a/b/o or sex pollen or anything that invalidates consent; animal death/abuse; i'm generally boringly vanilla so please ask before springing anything exotic on me; please don't give me background ships unless i ask for them.
nsfw likes: switching, overstimulation, someone being really overwhelmed but liking it, porn with feelings, tender sex, frottage, intercrural, characters just being really familiar and comfortable with each other, multiple orgasms, dry orgasms, delayed orgasms, teasing or banter during sex, one partner baiting the other into overpowering them, sex as an expression of love/devotion/etc.
rating preference: currently all green; canon-typical levels of violence are fine.
general prompts
can be applied to any other prompts/canons.
missing scenes detailing the development of their relationship
their very first kiss, circumstances are your choice
sleepy early morning shuffling around each other in shared spaces
intense makeouts
underwater kiss
big spoon/little spoon, sleeping arrangements
arranged/fake marriage
forced proximity eg there was only one bed/have to kiss to hide from pursuers/etc
li family gen
up for anything li family centered tbh! i would love sister bonding, or maybe something about mom. i love that they're so fiercely protective of one another but it looks slightly different for every single one of them.
brother-in-law alliance
pleeeaaaase give me the nonsense, i'd love for them to help their wives scheming or maybe being at minor cross purposes and having to navigate that. i'd really love to see how li fan fits into all of this since he's the only non-in-law brother lol
canon ships
if there's a specific ship you love, feel free. i would love to hear more about li fan/qiongnu in particular, but honestly i like all of them. in fact, if you want to cram every single ship in here, i support you.
li lun/zhao yuanzhao
lizhou is so delicious... fix-its or li lun character pieces are welcome. them finding their way back to each other post-canon, whatever far flung starcrossed au you can think of for them. li lun's perspective on what happened between them would be neat, since it's not really explored in canon and it's clear that a lot of it is just that he feels very, very hurt and abandoned. "being chosen firmly" is a recurring theme in canon as well, so seeing that applied to this particular ship would be really interesting considering their... everything. would also just like to see zyz taking care of ll properly, including and especially in bed. spoil that tree zyz, possibly with ur dick! if going the polycule route, i 'm interested in seeing how li lun feels about all of that, and how this new configuration settles in alongside 34K of being togther in one way or another. do note that if you do polycule, wen xiao/zyz must be included, and neither that relationship or lizhou should be subordinate or inferior to zhouyi.
i'm really keen on zyz's thought process, when he chooses to be so casually cruel to ll and ngl would love to see him making it up to ll. basically i'm fine with emotionally torturing ll as long as he (we) gets some resolution on it eventually, and also i would like ll to get railed out of his mind please.
the stray porn pitch: silver haired zhu yan + canon (or postcanon, w/e) zyz x li lun. the interplay of zy + zyz aside, li lun deserves to be doubleteamed.
pei sijing/wen xiao
jingxiao my beloved! i would love them dealing with the aftermath of the visit to yinglong's cave together, little moments during canon, or really anything for them. it's fine if wx is also dating zyz; psj's perspective on zyz might be interesting. psj is also a human surrounded by supernatural beings or those with supernatural roles, so something about that might be neat too!
li lun/zhao yuanzhao/zhuo yichen
ok the one thing i'm really interested in here that in any way centers zyc is him observing his partners and how they are similar after 34K years shared history... do they kiss the same way? what little mannerisms do they share? what does he notice about how zyz handles ll when he's being difficult? basically sort of interested in zyc's outsider perspective on lizhou while he is also getting intimately tangled up in it.
dihua
my most beloved! below are some specific ideas but honestly i'm fine with anything about them being counterparts, inextricable equals, etc.
i'm actually ok if llh dies at the end of the series (dfs is the one who is never ok again) but for the purpose of this exchange — how do they bring him back? did dfs realize his feelings beforehand or not until it was too late? what does he do? what has he like in the interim? or if you prefer the bad end, dfs in the aftermath. does he keep looking forever? does he eventually give up?
anything pre-canon about dfs and lxy and how they became to be so unhinged about one another.
by some contrivance dfs has to deal with llh and lxy at the same time! how does he handle that, and how do they handle each other? also: dfs sandwich
reincarnation or any situation where llh is the one who has to pursue dfs (with or without memories).
lxy or llh teasing/testing dfs's intense level of control
dfs has always chosen llh... maybe something where llh has to definitively choose dfs.
trio gen
mlc gen is truly underrated tbh. comedy especially welcome!
hulijing gets a starring role! can be casefic or general shenanigans, post or during canon, just let our girl shine. bonus points for her teaming up with dfs.
really anything exploring the weird shifu/uncle/older bro/quasi-friend space llh's relationship with fdb occupies; the deliberate gap llh maintains between the two of them is the most interesting thing about their relationship to me, and i'd love to see someone explore it in a gen setting. llh stratifies their relationship in various ways, including senior + junior, older relative + younger relative, and master + disciple; fdb attempts to get around all of these, but llh never lets him. maybe seeing it from an outside perspective (dfs)? idk, dig in.
general post-canon jianghu shenanigans/casefic
fdb/princess (no explicit content for them please!)
i know a lot of fandom is biased against this ship, but i actually think they have several interesting parallels wrt how the older generation tries to shield the younger generation and i think he does genuinely come to like her as a person by the end. i'm down for them working out what their relationship looks like postcanon, whether that's romantic or platonic, because i do think they would be really good for each other.
bonus crossover idea
please inflict llh (mlc) on lin chen (nif). canon point and world state are creator's choice, but please, i need to see these two handling each other.
li tongguang/yang ying
clenches fist give me all the postcanon about these two! how they navigate their marriage and their shared grief, what they build together out of the ashes. i want yang ying continuing to come into her own, and ltg realizing that he has to match her, not the other way around. i can go for either romantic or platonic development for them, but i am an inveterate fan of the "the mortifying ordeal of falling in love with my wife" trope.
yang ying & everyone
yang ying has one of the best arcs in any show in the last few years imo, and a lot of that is predicated on her relationships with the rest of the cast. especially down for yang ying & ren ruyi things, but happy for anything with her and the liu dao boys, or even chu yue.
yu shisan & everyone
any gen about yss and the liudao boys is welcome!
the many loves of yu shishan, but most specifically his love of the liudao boyband; can be about his general views on love and its various guises and the way its shaped his life, about his persona vs his true self, etc. can be mildly shippy with qian zhao if you feel like it.
yu shishan and grief; he had to send off each of his brothers until he and nyz were the only ones left; what was that like and what was his thought process leading up to his self-sacrifice? his thoughts as he lost each one if you feel like twisting the knife.
qian zhao/yu shisan
idk i just have a feeling about it lol. happy to receive anything you might want to make about these two, maybe something about how it does or doesn't fit into the larger pattern of yss's relationships with women?
lin chen/mei changsu
i am so starved for these two, i will eat anything. i want anything from their early days, how their relationship took shape while mcs was still becoming mcs, to that misty rose-tinted postcanon where they get to take that trip together with fei liu. there's also a woeful lack of porn for this ship.
xiao jingrui/yan yujin
there's also so little for these two! give me their baby shenanigans, or their burgeoning realizations about how they feel about one another in the midst of canon, or how they settle into one another afterward. let jingrui lean on yujin when he has to face losing his second family while gaining a third one! let yujin meddle in politics for jingrui's benefit!
bonus crossover idea
please inflict llh (mlc) on lin chen (nif). canon point and world state are creator's choice, but please, i need to see these two handling each other.
shen yurong/xue fangfei
ok god. i'm obsessed with their dynamic in the middle part of the show where we're not sure if he really doesn't know who she is or if he's pretending and she keeps challenging him. i love how blurry the line between love and hate is with them and would love any exploration of either of their psyches during this period. would also love to see the version where he took her deal at his banquet and made the choice to try to get back on the right path. does he succeed? does he try very hard but fail? what does that mean for their tangled up mess of a relationship? honestly will gobble up anything about them. theirs was a love match and he fucked it up!
su rongqing &/ li rong
i was so dissatisfied with their final conversation and how the show framed their 17 year relationship as not real love since he was not pwx! i want to see li rong struggle more to reconcile her feelings! i want to see su rongqing fight himself for her! pwx can be there too/ot3 is fine ig but i'd rather the focus not be on him or his relationship with li rong. ideally would like to let li rong have two husbands and see sqr and pwx deal with it, hah.
gen or rongzhi (wang zhi/ding rong) only, though background suitang/canon ships is fine, and other characters being around is great; please do not include unrequested relationships.
specific prompts:
the evolution of wang zhi; anything about his rise to power and how he navigates the complicated pathways of the palace.
dong'er's great adventure: something starring our best girl where she gets to use her pluck and wit and save (solve? ) the day!
i also really love dong'er's dynamic with wang zhi so something with the two of them would be fun.
ding rong's thought processes leading up to the end of the series and how he justifies his choices; did he chafe for a long time, was he simply given a deal too good to pass up, what happened?
postcanon rongzhi slowly unraveling their unresolved romantic tension after the betrayal. i prefer them to not have had an established relationship prior in this scenario, but perhaps some near misses, and a lot of unacknowledged emotions.
general preferences
likes: future fic, canon divergence, character studies, slice of life, turning points, hand holding, characters taking care of each other while simultaneously destroying their opponents/enemies/whatever, you and me against the world, spies and secret agents, con artists and heists, that king and lionheart vibe, tension and longing, cyberpunk, SPAAAAACE, magical realism, fairy tale elements/reimaginings, mutual pining, tenderness, creative use of lighting, selective framing, sequential rendering of small gestures or moments, limited palettes.do not wants: chat fic, first person pov; crack unless it's a crack premise treated seriously; incest; minor/adult relationships of any sort, especially teacher/student or coach/student, even if you age the kid up; any type of sex work AU; abuse, abuse of authority, extreme interpersonal power imbalances/etc; infidelity, extreme or excessive jealousy/possessiveness; tragedy for tragedy's sake; rape/noncon; a/b/o or sex pollen or anything that invalidates consent; animal death/abuse; i'm generally boringly vanilla so please ask before springing anything exotic on me; please don't give me background ships unless i ask for them.
nsfw likes: switching, overstimulation, someone being really overwhelmed but liking it, porn with feelings, tender sex, frottage, intercrural, characters just being really familiar and comfortable with each other, multiple orgasms, dry orgasms, delayed orgasms, teasing or banter during sex, one partner baiting the other into overpowering them, sex as an expression of love/devotion/etc.
rating preference: currently all green; canon-typical levels of violence are fine.
general prompts
can be applied to any other prompts/canons.
perfect match
notes: canonverse please! no explicit fic for this fandom.li family gen
up for anything li family centered tbh! i would love sister bonding, or maybe something about mom. i love that they're so fiercely protective of one another but it looks slightly different for every single one of them.
brother-in-law alliance
pleeeaaaase give me the nonsense, i'd love for them to help their wives scheming or maybe being at minor cross purposes and having to navigate that. i'd really love to see how li fan fits into all of this since he's the only non-in-law brother lol
canon ships
if there's a specific ship you love, feel free. i would love to hear more about li fan/qiongnu in particular, but honestly i like all of them. in fact, if you want to cram every single ship in here, i support you.
fangs of fortune
notes: canonverse and aus are both ok! with this particular fandom i'm ok with the ships in this diagram being mentioned/present as long as they don't take focus in the work.li lun/zhao yuanzhao
lizhou is so delicious... fix-its or li lun character pieces are welcome. them finding their way back to each other post-canon, whatever far flung starcrossed au you can think of for them. li lun's perspective on what happened between them would be neat, since it's not really explored in canon and it's clear that a lot of it is just that he feels very, very hurt and abandoned. "being chosen firmly" is a recurring theme in canon as well, so seeing that applied to this particular ship would be really interesting considering their... everything. would also just like to see zyz taking care of ll properly, including and especially in bed. spoil that tree zyz, possibly with ur dick! if going the polycule route, i 'm interested in seeing how li lun feels about all of that, and how this new configuration settles in alongside 34K of being togther in one way or another. do note that if you do polycule, wen xiao/zyz must be included, and neither that relationship or lizhou should be subordinate or inferior to zhouyi.
i'm really keen on zyz's thought process, when he chooses to be so casually cruel to ll and ngl would love to see him making it up to ll. basically i'm fine with emotionally torturing ll as long as he (we) gets some resolution on it eventually, and also i would like ll to get railed out of his mind please.
the stray porn pitch: silver haired zhu yan + canon (or postcanon, w/e) zyz x li lun. the interplay of zy + zyz aside, li lun deserves to be doubleteamed.
pei sijing/wen xiao
jingxiao my beloved! i would love them dealing with the aftermath of the visit to yinglong's cave together, little moments during canon, or really anything for them. it's fine if wx is also dating zyz; psj's perspective on zyz might be interesting. psj is also a human surrounded by supernatural beings or those with supernatural roles, so something about that might be neat too!
li lun/zhao yuanzhao/zhuo yichen
ok the one thing i'm really interested in here that in any way centers zyc is him observing his partners and how they are similar after 34K years shared history... do they kiss the same way? what little mannerisms do they share? what does he notice about how zyz handles ll when he's being difficult? basically sort of interested in zyc's outsider perspective on lizhou while he is also getting intimately tangled up in it.
mysterious lotus casebook
notes: i'm mostly interested in canon-compliant or canon-divergent things but i won't say no to a good au if you can swing it.dihua
my most beloved! below are some specific ideas but honestly i'm fine with anything about them being counterparts, inextricable equals, etc.
trio gen
mlc gen is truly underrated tbh. comedy especially welcome!
fdb/princess (no explicit content for them please!)
i know a lot of fandom is biased against this ship, but i actually think they have several interesting parallels wrt how the older generation tries to shield the younger generation and i think he does genuinely come to like her as a person by the end. i'm down for them working out what their relationship looks like postcanon, whether that's romantic or platonic, because i do think they would be really good for each other.
bonus crossover idea
please inflict llh (mlc) on lin chen (nif). canon point and world state are creator's choice, but please, i need to see these two handling each other.
a journey to love
notes: canonverse for this one please!li tongguang/yang ying
clenches fist give me all the postcanon about these two! how they navigate their marriage and their shared grief, what they build together out of the ashes. i want yang ying continuing to come into her own, and ltg realizing that he has to match her, not the other way around. i can go for either romantic or platonic development for them, but i am an inveterate fan of the "the mortifying ordeal of falling in love with my wife" trope.
yang ying & everyone
yang ying has one of the best arcs in any show in the last few years imo, and a lot of that is predicated on her relationships with the rest of the cast. especially down for yang ying & ren ruyi things, but happy for anything with her and the liu dao boys, or even chu yue.
yu shisan & everyone
any gen about yss and the liudao boys is welcome!
qian zhao/yu shisan
idk i just have a feeling about it lol. happy to receive anything you might want to make about these two, maybe something about how it does or doesn't fit into the larger pattern of yss's relationships with women?
nirvana in fire
notes: i'm not really interested in modern AUs for this show! other types of AUs are fine, though, i'd just like them tailored to the show's setting rather than the other way around.lin chen/mei changsu
i am so starved for these two, i will eat anything. i want anything from their early days, how their relationship took shape while mcs was still becoming mcs, to that misty rose-tinted postcanon where they get to take that trip together with fei liu. there's also a woeful lack of porn for this ship.
xiao jingrui/yan yujin
there's also so little for these two! give me their baby shenanigans, or their burgeoning realizations about how they feel about one another in the midst of canon, or how they settle into one another afterward. let jingrui lean on yujin when he has to face losing his second family while gaining a third one! let yujin meddle in politics for jingrui's benefit!
bonus crossover idea
please inflict llh (mlc) on lin chen (nif). canon point and world state are creator's choice, but please, i need to see these two handling each other.
the double
notes: canonverse or canon divergence only; this is also a canon i'm not interested in sexual content for, so nothing explicit please. fade to black is fine.shen yurong/xue fangfei
ok god. i'm obsessed with their dynamic in the middle part of the show where we're not sure if he really doesn't know who she is or if he's pretending and she keeps challenging him. i love how blurry the line between love and hate is with them and would love any exploration of either of their psyches during this period. would also love to see the version where he took her deal at his banquet and made the choice to try to get back on the right path. does he succeed? does he try very hard but fail? what does that mean for their tangled up mess of a relationship? honestly will gobble up anything about them. theirs was a love match and he fucked it up!
the princess royal
notes: canonverse or canon divergence only; no explicit content please. fade to black is fine.su rongqing &/ li rong
i was so dissatisfied with their final conversation and how the show framed their 17 year relationship as not real love since he was not pwx! i want to see li rong struggle more to reconcile her feelings! i want to see su rongqing fight himself for her! pwx can be there too/ot3 is fine ig but i'd rather the focus not be on him or his relationship with li rong. ideally would like to let li rong have two husbands and see sqr and pwx deal with it, hah.
sleuth of the ming dynasty
notes: canonverse, please!gen or rongzhi (wang zhi/ding rong) only, though background suitang/canon ships is fine, and other characters being around is great; please do not include unrequested relationships.
specific prompts: