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Smut4Smut Prompts

I didn’t intend to write an actual letter, I just wanted to paste my prompts into the description box for this exchange, but then I got long-winded (as usual) so here are the prompts that were too long for AO3 to handle! If the prompts did fit into the box they’re not going to be here, and I am not restating my DNWs/Likes/etc; that’s all readily available in my AO3 signup.

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Canon Russingon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

This is my “Russingon in canon” request, though if you’ve got a canon divergence AU, be my guest.

BDSM - A doms B into being nicer to/taking better care of themself: This just screams Russingon to me. Maedhros asking for Fingon to be cruel to him and Fingon using kindness as the greatest cruelty because Maedhros hates himself so much...

Character Bottoms Who Normally Tops, Character Tops Who Normally Bottoms, Role Reversal: I’m a sucker for role reversal, especially with these two. I lean toward Maedhros bottoming more often than not, but however you prefer their dynamic is completely fine.

Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Accidentally Sees B Naked, Can't Stop Thinking About It - A Hears B Masturbating and Moaning A's Name: I think I’ve written both of these scenarios for these two but I would LOVE to read another take on them! Mutual pining in Valinor? :)

Characters mutually pining finally get together and have amazing sex, Filthy Sex With Feelings,: I just love this in general, and Russingon having filthy but extremely loving sex is my very favorite thing <3

Characters Experiment With Sexy New Ways To Use Detachable Body Parts: Maedhros’ prosthetic. Enough said.

Characters React To In-Universe Smut Written About Them: Listen, someone has GOT to have written some Russingon smut in-canon, that’s just statistically likely. The sillier and less accurate it is, the better, especially if it’s countered with them having the kind of sex they prefer in...protest? Or maybe trying out some of the dumb things, lol.

Cock Slut, Slut Praising: bottom!Maedhros tbh.

Crown kink, Fealty, Throne Sex: The “Fealty Kink” tag is literally half Silm fics, and half of those are Russingon fics. Add some more?

Dom/sub - not 24/7 but reflecting RL power roles: Very much related to the above. Liege/vassal kink? Yes please!

Domesticity - Sex In Bed Before Sleep: Just. Soft married Russingon. ;-;

Devotion: THEY JUST LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH AND WOULD (AND DO) DIE FOR EACH OTHER. AHHH.

First Time: I am SUCH a sucker for first times. Could be their first time together at all, or their first time doing a specific sexual act, or their first time in a certain situation (post-Angband, post-rebirth, etc...)

Getting Together: Another thing I really really love in almost any form, especially if there’s been mutual pining before this.

Fluff and Smut: Russingon just loving each other SO DAMN MUCH...bonus points if there’s some baby Gil-galad fluff involved before/after the sexytimes?

Hurt/Comfort Sex: Their lives are so depressing that there’s so many times this could apply. Right before Formenos? Right after the Darkening or the First Kinslaying? Post-Angband/Ice? Post-Bragollach? Or any other time things get angsty (aka all of canon)?

Magic - using telepathy to cause other person to orgasm: Soul bonds. Dom Fingon. Yes please.

Morning After (Incredible Sex the night before): Fluffy good times. Maybe after their first time, back in Valinor?

Mutual Masturbation With Intent to Watch Each Other in Lieu of First Time Sex: Another fic I have definitely written before but would LOVE to see again! This would make the most sense in a LaCE context, I think.

Mutual Pining: I’ve mentioned this a billion times already, you get the idea.

Praise Kink: Maedhros has a praise kink, that’s just canon. This can be fun and slightly embarrassing in Valinor...or really intensely emotional post Angband. Or post-rebirth...oof.

Pregnancy - Sex to Conceive Heir: Just where DID Gil-galad come from, hmmm? (Trans mpreg is wonderful; I’m not interested in cis mpreg. Either one of them could be trans, I enjoy both.)

Reunion Sex: They’re basically in an LDR in Beleriand, give me some Fingon visiting Himring or Maedhros visiting Dor-lómin and just how horny and desperate they are for each other after being separated for awhile.

Scar Worship: Finno post-Angband finding Mae’s scars Extremely Sexy?

Secret relationship between members of feuding families: This is literally just canon. Lean into the Romeo and Juliet style Valinor shenanigans!

Sex After Taking Revenge on Someone Who Wronged Their Partner: Husbands who murder orcs together and then fuck while still all nasty from battle :)))

Sex Toys - Character Fucks Themselves on a Dildo While Performing Oral Sex: I just think Mae giving Finno a blowjob and fucking himself at the same time would be really hot, okay?

Size - Size Difference: I do love bottom!Maedhros, but I also love size queen!Fingon, and I think they both really enjoy the size difference :))

thank god you're/we're alive sex: I bet this happened SO many times after battles in Beleriand. This could also apply to right after the Darkening, and would be just HEARTRENDING right after the First Kinslaying...

Soul Bond - Sharing Physical Pleasure Through Soul Bond: I am very fond of this trope! Also like. Them feeling how much they are loved through each other’s eyes. Ahhh. But also like, Mae getting off on how good he’s making Finno feel. Or vice versa.

Character A hurts Character B (at their request) during sex but Character A immediately regrets it, Character Thinks Rescue Has a Price Tag, Sex gets paused to deal with PTSD then maybe returned to, panic attack during sex: These are some angstier options! I would love a fluffy/happy story (or a hurt/comfort story) but if you wanted to go a bit darker route here’s some ideas. Just. Post-Angband Mae with no self worth and/or consent issues, Finno having a hard time dealing with Mae being masochistic, Mae flashing back to Angband...all of these are some really juicy ideas.

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Modern Russingon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

This is my “Modern AU Russingon” request - though if you see a tag here that you think could be applied to canon, that would be awesome too.

Trans Male Character: Lots of these tags would have at least one of them being trans, which I’m also super happy to see in canon-compliant fic, but I know for me it feels a bit easier to me to write about trans stuff when I don’t have to worry about terminology not fitting the setting, so I put them here.

Cunnilingus to relieve period cramps, PiV With Trans Male Character, Sex Toys - Character Fucks Themselves on a Dildo While Performing Oral Sex, Sex Toys - Giving a Blowjob to a Dildo or Strap-on, Sex Toys - Strap-On: Just all some very excellent stuff if you want to go the trans route. I imagine the strap game would be next level with these two.

Characters mutually pining finally get together and have amazing sex, Filthy Sex With Feelings, First Time, Fluff and Smut, Getting Together, Morning After (Incredible Sex the night before), Mutual Pining, Praise Kink, Size - Size Difference: I requested all these tags for the canon prompt too, this is just the same stuff but modern, where they get to be dorky about how much they’re in love, minus most of the angst.

Character with Low Self-Esteem has Self-Worth Affirmed Through Tender Sex: ...but not minus ALL the angst. Just. Mae having had bad experiences in previous relationships and Finno being extremely tender and loving to him, AHHHH.

Getting off on how much partner trusts them: And this could be the other side of the previous request - Mae is trusting Finno even after all the bad stuff he went through and that’s very sexy to him.

Good Boy/Good Girl Kink: This could apply in canon too but if you want to do the trans thing, it could also be a gender affirmation thing.

Impact - Friendly ass slap unexpectedly turns character on: Mae is mortified that he’s into spanking, Finno is delighted.

romantic sex: This didn’t fit into the previous request but YES PLEASE. Just. They love each other SO much.

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Russurgon Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

OKAY wow I love this ship, it’s so incredibly fucked up and angsty, hell yeah. This is one request where you really don’t need to bother with anything fluffy or a happy-ish ending, just go full on angst mode, please! Basically, I just think it would be very fun and horrible if Mae seduced Turgon for political reasons post-Nírnaeth when they’re both grieving Fingon :)))))

Character Bottoms Who Normally Tops: I can see Turgon having a hangup about bottoming...which Mae is fine with but one day they get into a Very bad argument and Mae like, puts Turno in his place. (No non-con though. Dub-con would be okay here.)

Characters about to kill each other decide to fuck instead: Kinslaying averted by sex!

Dirty Talk - Character A Gets Off on B Relaying Their Sexual Exploits: Just. Mae growling in Turno’s ear all the filthy things he would do with Fingon and Turgon HATING it and especially hating how hot it is.

Enemies to enemies who fuck, Enemies With Benefits, Frenemies with Benefits, sex between enemies, Sex between rivals: Basically all the same thing. These guys do NOT like each other but they’re fucking anyway.

Fucked with the hilt of a weapon: Look idk man just. Turgon being really mean to Maedhros after a post-battle argument or something?

Grudging/Horrified One-Sided Attraction To Someone Who Annoys You Deeply: I think this would be funny if Turgon realized he was into Mae (honestly, at any point in time, not just post-Nirn?) and that maybe the reason he was so mad about Fingon dating Mae is because he was jealous...lmaooo

Hate Sex Turns Unexpectedly Tender: Like. A moment of understanding between them. That they both refuse to talk about after it happens.

lord/retainer, Political Alliance Confirmed with Sex, Political Debate as Foreplay, Sex as a Negotiation Tactic, Sex As Part Of Diplomatic Negotiations: POLITICAL SEX. It’s showing that they’re serious about this alliance...nothing else, just that...right?

sex as self harm, Sex as Unhealthy Coping Mechanism, Sex as Grief Processing: This could work for both of them but I think it especially works for Maedhros. He unlearned a lot of fucked up shit with Fingon after Angband, but now Fingon’s dead and it’s all coming crashing back down on him...and Turgon hates him so much that if he can tell, he doesn’t care.

A using B as replacement for C who is not present: This is exactly why Mae would fuck Fingon’s brother.

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Anairë/Fëanor/Fingolfin/Nerdanel Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

OKAY so I don’t like sibling incest EXCEPT for Fëanor/Fingolfin, pretty much, just because the love-hate stuff with them is SO juicy. But I also hate how most FëaNolo fics depict their relationships with their wives, so I would just love it if they were all a polycule or had a foursome or something that didn’t end up with Fëanor and Fingolfin leaving their wives.

Bisexuality: They’re all very hot and they’re all very into each other. Gender who?

Breeding Kink - as dirty talk without risk: Look Fëanor and Nerdanel had SEVEN kids, I think there was probably some kind of breeding kink there...Fëanor applying this to Fingolfin, though? That’s hot. Or maybe he’s dirty talking with Anairë while Fingolfin is Right There.....yesss. But again, no risk, because elf pregnancy is always very intentional.

Character A and Character B Mutually Pine For Each Other While They Fuck Other People Together: Fëanor and Fingolfin just absolutely refusing to acknowledge their feelings even when they’re having sex with each other’s wives.

Double Anal Penetration, Double Penetration - Vaginal and Anal, Double Vaginal Penetration: I just think it’s hot. You can mix up who’s penetrating who, give the ladies some strap-ons or mess around with gender, if you like.

First Time - Getting Pegged: Fëanorians get pegged, it is law, so probably not Fëanor’s first time but... Nerdanel pegging Fingolfin? Or Fëanor and Nerdanel showing Fingolfin and Anairë how it’s done? OR since let’s be real Fingolfin ALSO probably gets pegged regularly, Anairë and Nerdanel fucking each other while their husbands watch, and it’s their first time with another lady.

First Time Having Sex Postpartum: I imagine Nerdanel is unfazed by what pregnancy does to the body, but maybe Anairë isn’t, and her lovers all get together to show her how much they still love her after like, Argon is born?

Fucking Someone While Being Fucked By Someone Else: All the fun things you can do with multiple partners...

Grudging/Horrified One-Sided Attraction To Someone Who Annoys You Deeply: I must admit I missed the “one-sided” part of this when I picked this tag - but maybe they think it’s one-sided but it turns out that it’s not? Regardless, this is exactly how I see Fëanor and Fingolfin if they’re in a ship situation.

Sexy Shenanigans at a Masked Ball: Anonymity allowing a secret relationship to be slightly less secret!! Everyone is like “wow who is that tall fellow dancing with Prince Fëanáro?” or something like that!

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Taeglin Prompts

(These are optional - if you have a different idea, go for it!)

Now this is my rarepair that I completely understand why it’s a rarepair, but also like MATCHING CURSED SWORDS. I generally think of this ship in the context of a “Túrin goes to Gondolin with Tuor” AU, BUT it could also be a “Aredhel and Maeglin go to Himlad, and then follow Celegorm and Curufin to Nargothrond and stay after they get banished” AU, but that’s a bit more convoluted. Or you can have them meet each other on one of Maeglin’s journeys away from Gondolin, or whatever other take you’d like to explore.

Both parties are pining for someone else: Túrin missing Beleg? Or both of them being in love with Idril and upset about her choosing Tuor instead, lol.

In Captivity Together, Bad guys think they made them do it but they really just enabled them: Túrin gets captured alongside Maeglin...or maybe Maeglin gets captured earlier, at the same time Túrin is after Amon Rûdh? (In that case it would probably just be “Bad guys made them do it” without the qualifier because they haven’t had the chance to Pine.) Basically, they finally have an excuse to fuck, and it’s not ideal, but hey they’re gonna take it.

Realizing romantic feelings mid-sex: “Oh FUCK I actually like this guy. Shit. Goddamnit.”

Mating Cycles/In Heat: Maybe heats are an elf thing, and Túrin remembers how Beleg would get, so he knows how to help Maeglin...and it’s not like Maeglin was going to ask anybody for help, he was just planning on suffering through it (again?)...

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eta: an anon asked about smut likes and i was like oops i didn’t make that list so here’s some stuff i enjoy. otherwise just see the kink tags i requested

anal sex, vaginal sex, oral sex (basic but yknow)

fingering

frottage

very romantic sex (especially for russingon)

nonromantic sex (i like aro takes on characters)

trans characters whose gender is affirmed during sex

trans characters without much physical dysphoria

reunion sex

first times!!

hurt/comfort sex

political sex

fealty kink, liege/vassal dynamic

mutual masturbation

double penetration

russingon stumpfucking

dirty talk

healing from trauma through tender sex

dealing with trauma through rough sex

teasing, begging

dramatic miscommunications that get cleared up (such as mutual pining, very brief worries about consent, etc)

praise kink (especially for maedhros)

size kink (especially for fingon)

telepathy/osanwe

dom fingon/sub maedhros

hair kink

possessiveness but ONLY for russingon

sharing a bed

maedhros getting spanked......

role reversal, switching

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Things to do instead of A/B/O

(Buckle up my friends, this is going to be long, as I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it)

Okay so if you've followed my blog for any amount of time, or if you know me a bit, you might know that one of my biggest NOPES when it comes to fanfic is the A/B/O trope.  Now, I haven't read a ton of it, but I've given it a fair chance, have read enough to know the characteristic aspects of it, and decide it's not for me.  But, I'm also aware that it...might be for a lot of people, and, okay I really hate to say this but it's problematic, and while I'm normally like, write the shit you want, you do you, conflict makes story great, etc...okay, yeah, you do you. That's fine. But I really feel like A/B/O is not only propagating dangerous, misogynistic heteronormative narratives, but is also kind of an easy, lazy writing device.  Because I can see aspects of the trope that have potential!  Which don't get explored!  And I see aspects of the trope that are appealing, but have alternatives that would be much more interesting if approached differently.

So, here I am to offer some potential alternatives to A/B/O Things, based on some of the key elements of A/B/O.

Mpreg

Okay personally mpreg just really triggers my YIKES NOPE reaction.  However, I can see the appeal of it.  There are ways of going about it without relying on an A/B/O narrative.

One, you just want your characters to make a family     together. That's sweet, cute, yeah, go for it!  But...why not adopt?      Really. Adopting is really beautiful, has potentially a lot of     conflict in the adoption process itself, I mean, really.  As many     children as there are without parents, it's still probably more difficult     to adopt than it is to just pop out a child on your own (not sure about     the financial aspects, but having a baby is REALLY expensive, medically; I     don't usually read fics involving kids but I would imagine that's another     issue that probably doesn't get addressed in fic, but I digress).      Anyway. The adoption process is just as meaningful, and potentially     more so, for a couple to go through together, instead of pregnancy.

You want to see your character pregnant.  Okay.      So I suppose there's a few different aspects of this that are     appealing.

You want your character to go      through morning sickness, etc, all the physical bullshit of pregnancy so      their partner can care for them.  That can be accomplished just as      well with illness, there are illnesses that can be long and drawn-out, it      doesn't have to be a fatal illness, and fighting that illness can make      for good conflict/resolution, etc.

You like the idea of      procreation as it is.  You can accomplish that with a gender swap.      Don't be afraid to write the character the same, with only their sex      different. Women can be as robust and diverse as men.  You still      want a same-sex relationship?  They can both be gals.  Just go      for it!

You really want to see a male      character pregnant, and this cannot be accomplished through the usual      biological means. See the Gender/Secondary Gender section.

You want your character to be a      “woman” without actually making them female.  NO.  Just don't.      Stop.  We have enough problems with women being a “fragile” or      “weaker” or “inferior” sex as it is, and all the shitty gender roles that      go with it.  Unless the story arc is overcoming ingrained prejudice      in that aspect (and even then it’s questionable), just...don't.       There are better things to write.

Gender/Secondary Gender/Sex

This is...a really sensitive subject to deal with, imo.  I think it's probably one of my biggest issues with A/B/O, because there's rampant misogynistic, heteronormative elements in many A/B/O fics.  I don't know if ALL fics fall into this, but all of the ones I've read do, and it's a big turn-off for me.

Here’s a simplified rundown of my understanding of secondary sexes:

Alphas present as dominant, the caretaker/provider, are     generally superior in things like sports, business, etc.  They can     lose control in the presence of an omega, to the point of potentially     raping them.  The “man/masculine” of the dynamic.

Betas are neutral, safe, I guess?  Inferior in a     way, because they're normal and don't have one of the extremes. (As an     aside, I actually think that this “secondary sex” would be incredibly     interesting to explore in the context of A/B/O, if it was done right,     like, are they an in-between?  Is it kind of like being agender or     genderfluid?  How do they cope with the other genders?)

Omegas present as submissive, needy, inferior, unable     to control themselves during heat and therefore at a disadvantage in     whatever activities they engage in (especially competitive sports), and     also the ability to consent is essentially taken from them during their     heats, due to biological need.  The “female/feminine” of the dynamic.

Women are generally completely ignored???  I'm     guilty in not always including ladies in my fics, I won't lie, but there     has to be some dynamic created in this setting that involves women.

Okay. So. Overall, I don't think the idea of a secondary sex or gender is a bad idea, per se.  I just really hate the gender-driven hierarchy that's raised by it (specifically that it’s heavily heteronormative), and it's really not that necessary when the same effect can be achieved with primary gender/sex.  So here's a few things to consider.

Gender roles:  just don't.  Please, I'm so     fucking sick of it.  Relationships are a give-and-take, and different     people have different strengths and weaknesses, that don't depend on their     gender.  Figuring out the balance is more interesting, anyway, rather     than having it predescribed.  Do that instead, please.

There are still many issues of gender in the world we     live in as it is. You could explore those.  For example, Yuri on Ice     plays with this a little: most of our main characters have cultivated an     image of androgyny or even femininity in their skating programs.      However, keep in mind that androgyny etc has different roots and     different meanings for different cultures.

If you want to explore gender identities, I     would suggest treading very carefully, especially if you are a cis     person (in fact as a general rule I wouldn't do it at all without heavy     research, consulting people that are willing to share their experiences     with their identity, etc).  You might be tempted to, say, make your     character a trans male so they can get pregnant.  Personally, as     someone who is cis, I feel very uncomfortable doing that, because it's not     an issue I think I have the right to handle, and I highly suggest that     such an issue be left to those who would identify with that situation (I'm     not sure what language/vocab I should use to say this).  Of course     everyone will have a different situation, and it's not entirely impossible     to have such a storyline, but really...cis people have no business using     such a delicate matter as a writing device, just so they can make their     character fit a particular kink, because let's be real, that's what it     comes down to.  There are other ways.

Not knowing one’s secondary gender/sex until after     puberty:  honestly, you don't even need to make it secondary, if     people are genderless to begin with!  For example, since we’re     already writing an alternative biology AU, why not make it so that people are     sexless at birth?  Maybe they choose or develop a sex later on!      I imagine this would make an incredibly interesting culture:      is there pressure to choose one over the other?  Are there     still gender roles, or does the neutral beginning make it easier to do     away with those?  What other kind of identity issues arise with this,     or is it not an issue at all?  Is it possible to remain in a state of     neutral gender indefinitely?  How does procreation work?      Fascinating, right?!

Again with the idea of an alternative biology, you     could use fantasy creatures (see also: Heats/Ruts, Mating Cycles;     Scenting and Marking).  Maybe your character has the ability to     choose to carry a child, regardless of their presented sex/gender, or     maybe their sex/gender is in flux, changeable.  There are probably     different kinds of demons, too, with different abilities--and probably not     all of them have these abilities!  There's a wealth of     cultural/societal implications in this, without having to resort to     gendered roles.

Non-con/dubcon propagated by secondary gender     (heats/ruts).  I mean, ok, different strokes for different folks, but     again, don't really need a secondary gender for that one.  See also Heats/Ruts...

Heats/Ruts, Mating Cycles; Scenting and Marking

Perhaps one of the big elements of A/B/O, I think?  Also actually something I dig quite a bit--up to a point.  While I like the idea of being exceedingly desperate for sex in my smut, in A/B/O, it’s often taken to the extreme to the point that characters arguably lose the ability to say ‘no,’ and therefore the ability to consent.  Sometimes this is addressed before the omega character has their heat, but not always, and sometimes even discussing it ahead of time, an alpha still loses control due to a reaction to pheromones and whatnot.

Marking/bonding with a mate is also, in itself, not a terrible thing (it can be romantic, actually!) but again there’s the non-con marking that’s sometimes used as a plot point to trap a character into a relationship.  I guess that can work, but again, there are other ways to trap a character into a relationship, if that’s what you’re really going for. Financial issues, different forms of abuse, etc, without using biological restraints--even with these, you should be careful, or at least tag your fic appropriately.

Anyway, overall, not a bad element.  However, these things don’t have to be limited to A/B/O!  A few alternatives to consider:

Above I mentioned alternative biology, you don’t need     A/B/O to have a character that has a mating cycle, does the scenting thing     etc.  Could be a fantasy/mythology creature, or hell, we could do     aliens!  Why not!  You can also incorporate knotting in this, if     you like.

Could be a fetish thing--you don’t really need     different biology to get wrapped up in someone’s scent.  A lot of     that is in a person’s head, too, which can flesh out a narrative.

Yo dude, biting/marking is hot in regular fic, you     don’t need to put it in A/B/O.

And so…

I make no claims that this is a comprehensive list of alternatives, or that I’m right, or that A/B/O is inherently wrong and you should never write it.  I am a huge proponent of MAKING SHIT UP for fics, of writing what you want.  But I also think that A/B/O is a bit of a cop-out on many fronts--or at least, it’s not reaching its potential, and ought to be handled differently, so please keep that in mind.  And thanks for reading!

Feel free to add on to this, if you like!  (Not that I have any say, thanks, tumblr.)  Or, if you want to discuss it, that’s cool, too--just know that I will not entertain personal attacks or responses that blatantly ignore the suggestions I have put out (which, by the way, I put a lot of time and thought into!).

Cheers!