#and see that 20 other users marked it as that one soulmate trope you love

[pendragonsclotpole]

for some reason i’m getting a ton of those “ao3 should/should not be an app” posts in my feed and i just need to say, you guys are fighting the wrong battle

what we need is the ability to assign or +1 certain tags to emphasize when a fic is giving us what we want. like some of you have never spent three fucking weeks searching for the perfect soulmate au on a search of the general “soulmates” tag, only to find it in the shape of some three chapter, 50k fanfic with 100 kudos and only three tags to its name but none of them even vaguely related to the word “soulmates” and it shows

[alittlefangirlish]

Dear Fandom5k Author,

First of all, thank you so much for writing a story just for me! 

 To start, some of my general likes/dislikes:

What I Like kid!fic (as in, the characters have kids, not the character are kids - toddler age is perfect), crushes/beginning of relationship (the concept of the feelings coming to fruition and both parties going, “WTF is going on? Why am I acting this way around him/her?” is one of my favorite fandom tropes), smut is always good, flirting.

What I Don’t Like Incest, bestiality and molestation are my only three sexual squicks, fandom has desensitized me to everything else. Character bashing. Yes, I’m generally a slasher but that doesn’t mean I hate the female (or in the case of a femslash ship, male) characters (or, if I do, it’s for reasons unrelated to “I ship his/her love interest with his/her best (fe)male friend and s/he gets in the way of the gay sex”). On that note, I also hate when writers completely disregard canon pairings. As much as I don’t want them to, they exist. If you’re gonna break them up, let us know how it happened. Please. And now, my specifics!

Requested Fandom #1: Backstreet Boys, Brian/Nick (AU - Canon Divergence, AU - Modern, Established Relationship, Fluff Getting Together, Slice of Life, Smut) I would be content with just about anything you write me for these two, but here are a few ideas to maybe jumpstart your plot bunnies: 

College AU: Nick is the wet behind the ears freshman, Brian is the TA that steals his heart. Workplace AU: Either one of them gets the other a job, or they meet in a training/orientation session. Things progress. Canon Set: I really love the Millennium/Black & Blue era set stories, so maybe some sort of AU set in that time where the two of them get together versus Brian ending up with Leighanne (and thus Nick doesn't ultimately end up with Lauren).

Feel free to mix and match the requested genres as needed/wanted.

I adore these two so so much (as you can tell because I request them a lot)! They are my babies. I know I gave a few prompts but by all means, don't feel limited to just them. Honestly, if it involves these two, I've seen (and probably loved) some sort of AU with them. (Though I didn't request it, I have even done these two IN SPACE!) I think the only AU I've ever done with these two that I didn't like was a Medieval AU because trying to keep the old timey language in check was tough.

Requested Fandom #2: Voltron: Legendary Defender, Hunk/Lance, Allura/Shiro, Hunk, Lance, Pidge, Shiro (AU - Genre Shift, AU - Modern, Canon Style Plot, Character Development, Fluff, Getting Together, Smut) For Allura/Shiro: A coffee shop AU - Shiro visits this local coffee shop every day before work not just because the coffee is amazing, but the owner isn't bad on the eyes herself. Or something canon set after season 2 where Shiro returns from Lord knows where (the Astral Plane?) and while he was there he realized exactly how he felt about Allura.

Oh, my Space Parents. I really just want them to be happy. And, don't feel like you're limited to these two options. I mentioned them as a jumping ground, not an end all be all, this is what I want and nothing else.

For Hunk/Lance: I really just want a soulmate AU of these two. If you do decide to write smut of these two, please age them up to 18+, thanks.

I've been really invested in soulmate AUs for a while, and these two just seem perfect for it. If you do write one, I'd like something different than a typical "countdown to the day they meet" or "first thing said to them" tattooed on their arm type of AU. But if that doesn't spark you, whatever you want to do with them is fine.

For all of the paladins: I really, really, really just want the character development these four deserved, but did not get, in season 2 since the writers were so darn focused on Keith.

Oh, my feelings on season 2 (I have strong ones). Why did they have to focus on Keith so much (and we got a little bit with Shiro during his astral plane fight with Zarkon, but not nearly enough)? I want to know more about the rest of the Paladins. I want Pidge finding out more about her brother. I want Lance to have more angst about his assumed "seventh wheel" status, that was resolved way too quickly for my liking (and seeing Lance with a vulnerable side was refreshing). I want Hunk... just... not reduced to fat/food jokes. He is so much more than that. I want more of Shiro struggling with his time as a prisoner of the Galra, slowly remembering more of what happened when he was there.

Requested Fandom #3: The Social Network, Mark/Eduardo (Angst, Fix-it fic, Getting Together, Smut) Ah, the bane of every Mark/Eduardo shipper: canon, and the need for fix-it fic. Because everyone in this fandom loves its fix-it fic. Maybe have something set during one of Facebook's milestones: the 10th anniversary, a user count milestone. Something involving a huge party.

These two. My heart. So much heartbreak. I really, really just want them to be happy. I would love it if Mark were the one to extend the olive branch to Eduardo, but however you want to do it is fine with me.

Requested Fandom #4: Pokémon (Games), N/Hilda, Lillie/Moon (AU - Modern, Canon Style Plot, Established Relationship, Getting Together, Smut) (If you write smut, please make sure everyone is aged up to 18+, thanks.)

For Lillie/Moon: Either Moon returning to Kanto, or Lillie returning to Alola. Maybe Moon takes on the Kanto Gym Challenge and Lillie is Indigo League Champion, or Lillie is asked to replace one of the Alola Elite Four.

These two girls completely stole my heart, and I want them to have nothing but happiness. I want to see Lillie as a competent trainer, I want to see Moon impressed by her skills, I want to see them having to battle each other (bonus points if Lillie wins!) and Moon being impressed by Lillie's skills.

For N/Hilda: I see these two reuniting many years in the future, even after the events of Black and White 2, possibly as trainers in their late 20s/early 30s. How has Unova changed? How have they changed?

My babies. I wasn't feeling them until the end of the game, but I fell for them and fell hard. What have they been doing the last couple years? Do they think of each other? What happens when they finally reunite? Do Reshiram and Zekrom have anything to do with their reunion? Does Team Plasma strike again, causing them to have to join forces? 

Requested Fandom #5: Original Work, Female Barista/Female Customer, Female Rock Star/Female Groupie, Male Athlete/Male Athlete (Canon Style Plot, Established Relationship, Fluff, Getting Together, Smut) For Female Barista/Female Customer: She comes in every day and gets the same thing. Maybe she's not just doing it for the coffee. 

For Female Rock Star/Female Groupie: Seeing the same face in the crowd night after night, like the fan's following the rock star around, leads the rock star to want to know more about the fan.

For Male Athlete/Male Athlete: The two are teammates, and one thing just leads to another with them, perhaps.

For any of these, being original work, feel free to take any of these prompts however they lead you (or if something else strikes your fancy, go for it!)