Just type them in and send them off so I know which ones you’re most excited for! Multiple submissions allowed.
Also, you can make suggestions not on the list if you want. I may or may not pick ‘em, but I can’t pick it if you don’t send it. I’ve done a couple collabs before too, so if you’ve got an idea for one, you can DM me to chat.
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More details are below on a plethora of story ideas, and the usual rules apply. No reposting, no stealing, all those ethical things we all know.
Here’s a handy index:
Original works (sorted alphabetically by genre)
Fandom originals (sorted alphabetically by fandom)
Fanfiction (sorted alphabetically by fandom)
Original Stories/Games
Fantasy
Magic having to compete with the industrial era: Because what’s better than an up-and-coming mage contending with these newfangled cars and phones? Read this here.
Post-war/apocalyptic magic nightmare city game: I like monsters and the chaos of a city with moving sidewalks and talking walls. There’s a patron-only OC profile associated with this too, along with some videos and other content here on Tumblr.
Failed “Chosen One” story: The original Chosen One didn’t succeed in their quest, and now the second one has to take a crack at it. They don’t appear to be treating it very somberly, considering the pantheon is collapsing in the aftermath of losing their first hero of choice.
Sci-Fi
Stock Alien Agency™ but monster lovers and conspiracy: Because I want a gay alien romance that features barely contained chaos. There’s another OC profile for patrons only with this one.
Underground city because the surface is uninhabitable: As sometimes happens when humanity can’t be trusted with nice things, they have to make do with lesser things until they can fix what they broke. The underground city is threatened by other creatures living under the earth, so the people there have to make the surface safe again or, well, it’s not looking good.
Superhuman Themes
Living After, a superhuman found family apartment series on Ream. Learn more about them with this long Tumblr post.
Controlling regime weaponizing and isolating people with abilities: These superhuman people are confined in a fortress-esque community unless they’re needed, until they one day gain control. They’re trying to find a way to live inside these fortress without outside control, and the regime is trying to keep it on the dl that they’ve lost control.
Post-demise of an evil science laboratory: The people who were experimented on were freed and given their lives back, for the first time in some cases, and they’ve been called back to the lab in somewhat dubious circumstances. That they really should’ve questioned before going.
Supernatural
Modern-day hunters just trying to do their jobs: There are new hunters from the 21st century, hunters that aren’t entirely human, and generally greater forces at work than any one of them can handle alone. So, you know, a Tuesday for them. They’re as needed as ever, but not particularly trusted.
Krampus-themed Christmas visual novel: What happens to kids who are a mainstay on the naughty list? Well, who did you really think made those toys? Also known as “I’m sick of canned sweet Christmas stories and want something with a little edge to it”.
Interdimensional librarians game: Is it a visual novel? An app? Undecided, but the player will be absorbed into a group of adventurer/scholar/librarians who navigate multiple universes that need documenting/stabilizing. As you save more universes, you learn more about the library/museum.
Fandom-Based Original Fics
Fire Emblem (spoilers):
FE3H: Hubert’s agent: Remember that one faceless agent of Hubert’s who delivered the note about TWSD at the end of the Golden Deer route? Well, I do! And I created a whole story for them and how they met Hubert. They’re from Morfis because you can’t give me places on a map and put nothing there but one battalion.
FE3H: Vestra Sr.’s backstory: How did he become part of the Insurrection that destroyed House Hresvelg and his relationship with his son? Was Hanneman right to trust him? And just how close was the Father of Crestology to the Imperial spymaster anyway?
General Holmes universe:
Holmes academy: For coming-of-age/mystery stories with inclusive energy and calling out Sherlock Holmes for being hot garbage. Read these here.
Fanfiction
Darkest Dungeon:
Vestal/Hellion
Vestal/Occultist
The Three Jesters: Cecil, calm and easygoing. Belet, nervous and attentive. Paixdecouer, pretentious and talented.
Dragon Age (spoilers):
More Dorian/Hawke because I have no self-control. It’d be a sequel to this fic with them talking about how Hawke is going to Weisshaupt after this mission and what Dorian’s plans are after the Inquisition.
But what if Hawke made it out of the Fade in DAI? I just love the idea of Hawke, months/years later because time is weird, emerging from the Fade and not being quite right in the head anymore. Same old Hawke! They just sometimes interact with things you can’t see. It’s probably fine.
Final Fantasy:
Vincent/Zack
Reeve/Rufus
Fire Emblem Three Houses (spoilers):
Headcanon on if the lords/lieutenants of the game were trapped in various combinations in the first attack on Garreg Mach
Dark Silver Snow AU where Hubert lives
Dimibert Blue Lions AU where Hubert lives
Mom Vestra headcanons
What if Sylvain joined the Empire and someone from the Faerghus crew didn’t survive the war?
Into the Hubertverse pre-ts
Mercedes/Sylvain where Mercie meets an angry ex of Sylvain’s and handles it deftly as only Mercedes could.
(tw) Modern/mental health: Dimivain meeting in a mental health context (support group, etc.)
Some characters I like (not a full list, lol): Hubert, Ferdinand, Edelgard, Sylvain, Lorenz, Yuri, Dedue, Dimitri, Mercedes, Claude, Petra, Dorothea, Jeritza, Hanneman, Caspar
Other FE games I’ve played (but maybe not finished): Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Awakening, Fates (incomp), Echoes (incomp), Heroes (incomp)
I'm really enjoying Veilguard, but I hate how they seem to have re-invented the wheel in almost every aspect they can. Wherever there's something established, if it was slightly complicated, they've felt the need to replace it with something simpler that has zero grounding in the past three games.
For me, the most glaring example of this is Taash. I LOVE them, please don't get me wrong, I think Taash is a fantastic character. But why, when the Qunari already have a deep, rich culture already built, are we suddenly being told 'oh yeah, by the way, some of them can breathe fire'. The Iron Bull never mentions this! And you think he bloody well would have!
It provides an easy, cool reason for Taash to have a unique skill and reason for their mum to have fled with them. But that reason already exists in the Dragon Age setting.
Qunari treat their mages horrifically worse than the rest of Tevinter does, with sewn up lips, effectively made slaves who can only do what they're told. They're called Saarebas. We have fascinating encounters with them in Dragon Age 2, and it creates a wonderful parallel to Ander's plight. So if you have a kid that starts controlling fire, demonstrating magic, you would absolutely do anything to stop your child being made Saarebas - an existing, fully-fleshed out and horrifying answer to the newly made-up branch of beserkers who can breathe fire that Taash's mum was apparently so keen for them to avoid.
And it would add so much more weight to Taash's character growth around choosing your identity. In a setting where having magical abilities is an immediate prison sentence, for the most part, having a character who goes, yeah, I have some control over fire, but I choose to hit people with an axe, is so much more compelling. Rather than their mother teaching them to control the flame, it's controlling their abilities so they doesn't open themselves up to possession. With characters from Tevinter, where mages are revered, it could open up fascinating conversations about someone choosing not to be like that. And it draws a fantastic parallel to choosing to go against your 'nature' with a different gender identity.
I'm so mad about this. Saarebas have been morbidly fascinating for so long. And I can't help see Taash not being one as another way that DATV is trying to smooth over and ignore any dark patches of Dragon Age lore (i.e the slaves completely absent from Minrathos) and choosing to make DATV accessible to newcomers over engaging with established lore.
"Were you there? When they sold off my things because everyone thought I would finally be killed? Did you buy anything to hold onto it for me? Did you even ask about my cat, if you went at all?"
When Theo's sister didn't answer, steeling over, they scoffed.
"Exactly. So. My family is right here. And your car is over there."
There's a bunch of adhd advice out there that's like "people with adhd tend to work better under deadlines due to the anxiety so here are ways to artificially induce a stress response in order to get you to get work done" and it's like well what if I don't want to be stressed out all the time in order to function
hey loves, I’ve been reading through the comments and loads of people are asking how to not fall into this pattern because that’s all they know. so, here’s some advice from Auntie Pan who’s been in the trenches (stress-caused disabilities and chronic illnesses).
context: grew up in an abusive, controlling home, escaped to uni, had a prolonged mental breakdown, became a teacher and worked in a dysfunctional school with amazing kids and nightmare management for years. I did not realise I have adhd and autism for a long time. (You might even be able to scroll back through this blog to find the time around which I did realise lol.)
ANYWAY, things that have helped me because my body can no longer handle any kind of stress without flaring up:
If you’re doing anything that requires you to do a lot of prep before you begin the actual thing (e.g. cooking, deep cleaning a room, moving house), mise en place. That’s a fancy french way of saying get everything ready before you begin. So if I’m cooking idk spaghetti carbonara, that means fry and chop the bacon, separate the egg yolks from the whites, put water in the kettle, put dry spaghetti into a pan. Once everything’s ready, it reduces the mental load and means I can focus on the actual cooking and any clean up that I can do along the way. H/t to @ms-demeanor for this, you changed my life!
the Might As Well rule. This one works really well for me but you gotta be careful otherwise you’ll get sucked into the Vortex. Basically, let’s imagine you’re in the bathroom, brushing your teeth. You notice that the extra roll of toilet paper has been used. instead of thinking, “I’ll get to that later”, and then forgetting about it until you sit down on the bog (no judgement, we’ve all been there), you think “Might As Well put an extra roll while I’m here!” This tends to help with the little tasks that build up over time. This Does Not Work for big tasks.
Leading on from no.2, Do It Immediately/ASAP really helps me too. My current boss will email me on a Friday and say, ‘don’t reply to this now! Leave it til monday!’ But she and i both know that if i leave it til monday, I will forget and get stressed and this will make me Very Ill. So, instead, the moment i receive the email, I’ll either schedule in replying to it as soon as I’m done with my current thing, OR I’ll reply to it immediately.
Anything that can’t be actioned immediately, i mark as Unread. Anything Unread in my inbox is a future action, and i check those Unread emails/texts/whatevers Every. Day. To make sure whether today is the day i have the info to action it. (This also means i have to stay on top of my inbox. I read all my emails and then mark them accordingly. I’m also brutal with unsubscribing)
The House Always Wins. Both in a literal sense, because i am in a constant battle with keeping my house clean, and i know now that I’ll never get it as clean as i want it. It’s impossible, i no longer have the energy or stamina to vacuum and scrub everything. But also just in a life sense. I’m never going to achieve things to perfection, and perfect is the opposite of done. And getting things done is that much more important when you have limited energy and strength. Accept that you often have to half-arse life in order to Full-Arse the few things that really matter to you.
Have multiples of everything, everywhere. I wear support gloves, so i need to have handcream at every sink and everywhere i sit down in the house. I try to keep it unobtrusive, but it means i don’t have to trek upstairs just to moisturise my hands. Gum, phone chargers, pens and pencils, water bottles, hand sanitizer, whatever you need.
Work with people, even if it’s online. Body doubling actually works. Also I’ve found that if I’m working on assignments, taking myself to a library or study area that isn’t my bedroom helps so much.
Show off! Tell people on here or elsewhere in your life about the fact that you’ve just written 100 words! Or that you’ve cleaned the fridge and that’s a really big deal for you. Celebrate your wins, no matter how small.
Basically, you’re aiming to reduce the mental load as much as possible. Wear the same types of clothes all the time to minimise the amount of laundry. Eat the same three lunches so decision fatigue doesn’t take over.
All of this takes time to implement and it is cumulative, but i hope it helps. Reading the comments on this post, i finally understand why adhd is comorbid with so many other conditions. let’s take care of each other <3
For anybody looking for resources from someone dealing with actual ADHD, I have an incomplete but ever growing list of ADHD tips, tools, and suggestions on my website.
A lot of the pages on that site are adapted from my tumblr posts, for instance I'm adapting this post about car repair projects with ADHD into a guide on project management and completion with ADHD.
(Red links are stuff that I've got planned but haven't published for reasons that are probably clear to anyone looking for ADHD advice online)
Okay so this is what I mean when I tell people, "Only take advice on dealing with ADHD from other people with ADHD." (Or other neurodivergencies with overlapping symptoms, like autism and brain injuries.)
This is all good, actionable advice. I won't be able to do all it every day, but even the person giving the advice acknowledges that.
Meanwhile, advice from people who don't have ADHD nearly always can be summed up "But have you tried just not having ADHD?" It's all "set timers, make lists, break things down, keep a planner" advice we've heard a thousand times, that doesn't work (or at least doesn't work when explained that way) and will just make you feel worse about yourself.
Also, sometimes doing something right away is a panic/anxiety response and will not be your best work. If it's not urgent and you can schedule it, do so. I fill out my calendar with tasks in little chunks all day long so that I don't forget about the task but I also can dedicated the appropriate level of attention to it at the right time.
AO3 team will NEVER contact you via your fic’s comments section!!!!!!!!
if you get a comment from someone claiming to be from AO3 in any way, shape or form, IT IS A SCAM.
if you get a comment from someone claiming they work with AO3 and that your AO3 account has been compromised or restricted somehow and that you must contact xyz or open a link they give, IT IS A SCAM.
they want to hack your account and/or steal your credit card/personal information (because the link they want you to click on will require your login info and/or your other sensitive information!!!!)
*the same scam tactic can be seen on tumblr where these scammers claim to be someone from tumblr team too
DO. NOT. FALL. FOR. IT!!!!!!
here’s AO3’s official statement about it
here’s the post I made that covered other types of bots
Rowan (they/them): I'm not saying it was a good idea. I'm saying it was my idea, and I stand by my ideas.
Sophie: You fell through a ceiling.
Rowan: I stand by my ideas from the floor below.
