Ship Swap Letter

Hi there and thanks so much for writing something for me! I'm pretty easy to write for and I'd rather have you have fun writing than worry about writing something I won't like.

Some of my general likes: hurt/comfort, angst, fluff, tragedy, horror, mindfuck, fic about family/friendship, characters growing emotionally, slow burn, dark fic, angsty "pull your hair out" fic, ambiguous endings/moral ambiguity, AUs, mutual pining, characters who are love obsessed, characters who would die for each other, love/hate relationships, wing fic (wing grooming, etc.), all the hurt/comfort in the world (emotional or physical or both).

Some tropes: friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, curtain fic, soulbonding/gracebonding, a/b/o dynamics, courtship, daddy issues, on the run, trapped in elevator, villains to heroes or heroes to villains, hurting someone to save them, worldbuilding, undercover missions, teamfic, sharing/borrowing clothes (what's the difference?: one is with permission and the other without :D ). Also partial to superhero and serial killer AUs, dystopias and apocalypse/post-apocalypse fic. 

Any rating is fine and I don't shy away from excessive angst, graphic violence, blood and gore, trauma, character death, little plot or dub-con, but would prefer not to receive non-con, pwp/excessive porn, crack, de-age, or fic with heavy dialogue.

Prompts are here merely to give you a push should you need one. Also, feel free in add in other characters in any of the fandoms.

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Mission: Impossible: So I adore these films and have a huge soft spot for Rogue Nation, which was actually one of the best movies I've ever seen. Part of what I loved so much about it was because it took the spotlight off of Ethan a little and put it on Ilsa and Benji. Don't get me wrong, I love Ethan, but Benji and Ilsa are fantastic characters that were beautifully fleshed out. For this fandom I love team fic but I also love romance and downtime in between missions.

For your viewing pleasure...long interview and shorter interviews: 1 (Ilsa), 2 (Stunts), 3 (Stunts and Tom/Simon), 4 (Benji and More Tom/Simon) - Spoilers for Rogue Nation however. And seriously, if you haven't seen MI:5 yet then buy it; it is one of my fave films and one of the best I've ever seen stunt-wise and everything-wise. Ilsa is amazing and not to mention the Ethan/Benji FEELS will slay you. 

Pairings: Ethan/Benji, Benji/Brandt, Ethan/Benji/Brandt, Ethan/Benji/Ilsa

Ethan/Benji
I am a huge Ethan/Benji shipper. Tom and Simon just have the best chemistry ever, plus they are just so adorable in their interviews (see above), with Tom being a huge fan of Simon (Shaun of the Dead) and Simon totally trusting Tom enough to put his life in his hands in the car chase scene. Seriously, what is not to love? 

Things to play with: Benji's insecurities over Ethan being attracted to him and wanting to be with him, tons of angst and potential ptsd after Rogue Nation, hurt/comfort with hurt Benji and protective mama bear Ethan, badass motherfucker Benji who always has Ethan's back, taking a vacation, Ethan taking Benji to the opera for real this time, tooth-rotting fluff, Ethan courting Benji, undercover mission where they're a couple and Ethan finally gets out how he feels about Benji, matchmaking Luther or Brandt (or even Ilsa)... and did I mention all the hurt/comfort and all the FEELS?

Benji/Brandt
I really just want Benji to be happy, or at least have one or more people on the team who are there for him (especially after Rogue Nation). Jeremy and Simon are so cute together so I'd love them to hook up in the films. Brandt is kinda the best of both worlds: stunts and behind the scenes, so I feel like he really gets where Benji is coming from, and Benji is also sorta the best of both worlds (especially taking Rogue Nation into account). I feel like these two should totally geek out together, though I also love badass Benji and overprotective Brandt.  

Ethan/Benji/Brandt
My personal head canon for these three is Ethan and Brandt taking Benji home and staying with him after Rogue Nation, helping him deal with everything and making him tea and trying to get him to go to therapy and holding him through nightmares and hallucinations and other manifestations of ptsd. Maybe they even go on a vacation, 'cause we know Ethan can pull some strings and I'm sure Alan might be pretty sympathetic for a while. If this isn't your cup of tea then I adore team fic, slow burn, disastrous missions or even missions that turn out unexpectedly good, even having a night in together (movie night!) 

Ethan/Benji/Ilsa
Pretty much the same as Ethan/Benji/Brandt. I really adore Ilsa's character because she isn't a sex symbol and she's also pretty much Ethan's equal. She's compassionate but intelligent and cunning too, and she has a line and does not cross it. I love how she wants to inflict the least amount of damage possible (she could've killed Benji but knocked him out instead), and doesn't want to kill unless absolutely necessary. She's sexy and she knows it but she doesn't overly flaunt it and she is just so much more than a pretty face in Rogue Nation. She's possibly my favorite female character ever. 

So... Ilsa and Ethan taking care of Benji after Rogue Nation. Ilsa getting to know Benji and falling in love with Benji and getting to know Ethan through Benji and vice versa. Also, team fic, Ethan and Benji run into Ilsa again sooner or later, etc. Ethan/Benji could be already established or not or just really slow burn. These three are my favorite characters in the Mission: Impossible franchise so play with them :)

Additional Notes: Feel free to add in other characters, especially Luther and Alan. I'm also up-to-date with all five of the films. 


 

Penny Dreadful: I pretty much love all the characters in this show but am especially partial to Ethan, Vanessa and Dorian, and partial to Sembene, Ferdinand, Sir Malcolm and Lily. Characters I don't care much for are Hecate and Frankenstein, and Caliban, Angelique, Mina and Brona you can choose to add in or not. Along the lines of the show, I'm fine with graphic violence, excessive blood and gore, etc. I cannot say how much I adore the darkness in the show, the fact that there is nothing else like it on TV. I love the raining blood scene and the freaky dolls and Vanessa speaking the devil's language and the hallucinations and pretty much everything else. More than anything, I love the characters. 

Pairings: Ethan/Sembene, Ethan/Ferdinand, Ethan/Vanessa, Ethan/Dorian, Mina/Vanessa

Ethan/Sembene, Ethan/Ferdinand, Ethan/Vanessa, Ethan/Dorian
Can you tell I love Ethan? I love that he's bisexual and is with someone because he loves them or needs them or is attracted to them and that's that. I love that he will shamelessly flirt with Ferdinand like everything's all right in the world. I love that he openly admits that he hasn't had a friend like Sembene and how he literally pulls the trigger and tries to kill himself to save someone he's only just connected with.

I love how protective he is of Vanessa and how he calls her Miss Ives and tries to help her. I love how broken and desperate to be loved he is when he throws himself on Dorian, yet how he pulls back from him as if imagining Dorian won't want him and Dorian showing him that he does want him. I love that he turns himself in because it's the right thing to do.

I love how he cares about everyone else but himself. I love that he will wash dishes and flirt with Sembene and let Vanessa sleep in his room and take the bed and do everything she asks of him. I love how guilt-ridden and haunted he is by his past and because of who/what he is.

Some ideas: Sembene comes back as a werewolf and tracks down Ethan in the States, Ethan makes Ferdinand feel comfortable in his own skin, Dorian locks Ethan up in his own dungeon during full moons and hides him away from the world. I love Ethan being taken care of and Ethan taking care of others, so either one would be appreciated.

As for the other characters, I would love backstory on Vanessa, Sembene, Ferdinand or Dorian. I love how strong Vanessa is as a character and am always aching to read an exploration of her darkness. 

Mina/Vanessa

You could go pretty much any route with these two and I'll be happy. I love Mina in Bram Stoker's Dracula (the book) and I love pretty much either movie/series version I've seen of her throughout the years. I love that this show did something different and created Vanessa rather than just throw in Lucy. I would love to read Mina's pov of what their childhood was like and then what transpired between them, since we've seen Vanessa's in the show. Other things are Mina's transition into a vampire, Mina abducts Vanessa on the beach instead of leaves her behind, Mina turns Vanessa into a vampire, Mina isn't quite so dark once she turns into a vampire as she was in the series and instead escapes and comes back to Vanessa and Mina, where they help her fight her urges while at the same time keep her alive and search for a cure. Just moments (dark or fluffy or both) between Mina and Vanessa and I'll be thrilled. 



Man From Uncle: 

Gaby/Ilya/Napoleon, Ilya/Napoleon
So I am so incredibly partial to hurt Napoleon that it's kinda ridiculous. I love the nicknames and Ilya being an overprotective badass who is actually this cuddly Russian bear who always gives into Gaby and/or Napoleon, despite his better judgment. I love Ilya calling Napoleon 'cowboy' and terrible things like 'stupid american' and swearing in Russian and talking about mother Russia. I especially love expansions on Napoleon's electrocution ('cause that had to have side effects). 

As for threesome, I love Gaby in the film crying out both her men's names when they're both in danger, and that scene was what immediately struck me about how well a threesome would work between the three of them. Gaby's in the middle, trying to tone them down, but while they're preoccupied with each other they're also incredibly overprotective of her. I would adore the three exploring their feelings for each other after the film (with much angstyness), even another mission that goes wrong. Can't go wrong with these three cuties.

Some ideas: Working a case together. Date night! Patching each other up. Protecting Gaby. Emotional Gaby over one of them being hurt. Fighting over the two beds in the room (one's for Gaby of course but what about the other?). Ilya thanks Napoleon for his watch. Gaby shows just how much she loves her boys. Ilya (and Gaby?) motherhen over a hurt or sick Napoleon. Ilya and Napoleon finally get over themselves and say how they really feel (maybe they're tortured and one of them admits it out loud when it is exactly not the right time to deal with it). 



Expendables: God, these films. I'm still reeling on the fact that they even exist because I am a huge fan of both Sly and Jason and together it's just too much awesomeness to realistically handle. 

Barney/Lee
So I adore the old married couple banter with these two, Lee repeatedly calling Barney old and Barney prodding at Lee's ego (yep, it's as big as a dinosaur all right), the tattoos, the whole Christmas is coming (because it never gets old), Barney nitpicking Lee's girlfriend (such jealousy there), these two always in the cockpit, and Lee with his knives (yum). Things I would love to read: angstyness after Barney leaves in E3, hurt Lee and overprotective Barney (maybe that incident where Jason almost drowned in E3), backstory (how the hell did these two get so close anyway), slow burn, downtime after a particularly stressful run, etc. Really, I will take anything with these two. 

Additional Notes: If you want to add in anyone else from the team/films then go for it (I'm especially partial to Tool, Gunnar and Trench), if not then I just ask for no character bashing. I am also a huge fan of Charisma, so please no Lacey bashing (okay with Barney jabbing at her a little just not excessively). Also, I've noticed that some writers in this fandom like to do crossovers, crossover characters, mentions of Jason's and Sly's other films, etc., so I'd just like to point out that I'm okay with that. I've seen most of Jason's and Sly's films. So really, anything you want to write goes. 



Expendables RPF: First ever request for an RPF fandom. Figures it would be with Jason and Sly. 

Sylvester Stallone/Jason Statham
So, as said in the Expendables section, I've seen pretty much all of Jason's and Sly's films, which means references to various films are awesome if you want to go that route. Basically, you could go anywhere with these two. What made Sly want to put Jason in his Expendables films? Furthermore, what made Sly give Jason such a huge role in these films and write ridiculously cheesy but amazing banter between their two characters? There has to be a good reason. Either Sly is a huge fan of Jason's work or he thinks the guy is just ridiculously sexy or he thinks it's cute to have Lee and Barney act like an old married couple or all three. Also, Jason has said that he will do as many films as Sly wants (and if this isn't major squee material then I don't know what is). Is Jason attracted to Sly too?

What I'm really looking for here is mutual pining. Whether they're already in a relationship prior to the films or hook up during the films after much pining and angsting is entirely up to you. Just as long as they get to that point. If you're more for the hurt/comfort route (which I am all for), maybe one of them takes care of the other while they're sick. If you want to go darker/angstier: that incident where Jason almost drowned in E3 (here and here); Sly's surgery after E1 (if you watch the special features on E1 and also this, Sly postpones the surgery because if he postpones the filming he'll lose Jason to another film). 

Additional Notes: I'm fine if you want to add in other action stars, like Arnold or Dolph or someone else, since I've seen a lot of their films too. And other actors knowing about their relationship and being supportive of it would be awesome. 



Thank you so much for writing something for me!

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